June 1, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Republicans slam Trump conviction. ‘Stalin would be proud’ said state Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich. Even more moderate Illinois Republicans who don’t support the former president said they were “troubled” by the case that resulted in a conviction on 34 felony counts in New York. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/05/31/donald-trump-hush-money-conviction-illinois-republicans-reaction
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a state where Donald Trump has divided many Republicans, Illinois GOP leaders were united in their condemnation of the former president’s conviction for falsifying business records, blasting what they deemed a “sham trial,” a “fraud case” — and downright “chicken s—.” Soon after a New York jury on Thursday found the presumptive GOP presidential nominee guilty in a hush-money case, Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy called it “a political prosecution the likes of which occur in banana republics but not previously in these United States.” “Democrat activist investigators and prosecutors have relentlessly hounded President Trump for years,” Tracy said in a statement. “This weaponization of the judicial system has weakened our country here and in the eyes of the world, which I’m sure President Biden will savor while he vacations in Delaware as his handlers make critical decisions for the country.” Illinois Republican National Committee member Richard Porter, who has criticized Trump — and who backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the GOP presidential primary — accused Democrats of “perverting the judicial system for political purposes.” “Everyone sees what happened in Manhattan, the second most Democrat county in the nation — where Democrat prosecutors are trying to take his money, with a fraud case in which no one was defrauded, and take his liberty with a criminal case in which no crime was committed,” Porter said in an email. “It’s just another example of how Democrats turn all institutions against the people they are supposed to be serving. Democrats will rue the day that they chose this path,” he said, suggesting President Joe Biden could face prosecution down the line. “There are many, many more Republican county prosecutors than Democrat county prosecutors across the country, and they are watching what the New York County district attorney did and are taking notes,” Porter said. “Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, too.” How will the Biden campaign exploit the Trump hush money guilty verdict? Even self-declared “Never-Trump” Illinois Republicans slammed the verdict, including former Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, who said he was “troubled by how this case was charged.” “People in Manhattan were looking for a reason to convict. He was low-hanging fruit, based on electoral results in that area,” Durkin said, adding that he thought the case should have been brought to election authorities, not a criminal court. “It’s easy to dislike Donald Trump… But I also have respect for the way the justice system is applied, and I thought this was an egregious example of selective prosecution by the Manhattan district attorney,” Durkin said. “Now he can say he got a conviction on Donald Trump. I’m still not sure what crime it was.” The barbs were even sharper from Republicans downstate, where Trump remains immensely popular outside the solid blue Chicago area. “Joseph Stalin would be proud,” said state Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, a member of the far-right Illinois Freedom Caucus of the General Assembly. “The Democrats have shown that they cannot be trusted to be anywhere near power. They must be stopped and the only way to do that is for Donald Trump to win in a landslide in November.” Fellow Freedom Caucus Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City, bemoaned “the trampling of our Constitution by the worst people imaginable.” “The same people who allow criminals to murder, rape, and commit unspeakable acts of violence have the audacity to prosecute a former President of the country,” Wilhour said in a statement. “The American people see right through this, and they will come out in huge numbers to vote for President Trump because they understand the battle facing us is not one of politics and political disagreement — it is truly good versus evil.” Former gubernatorial and congressional candidate Darren Bailey — and a former Freedom Caucus member until he gave up his southern Illinois state Senate seat — exclaimed on social media: “I don’t cuss, but this is chicken s—!” Rep. Mike Bost, a staunch Trump supporter who beat Bailey as GOP nominee for the 12th Congressional District, said “New York’s six-week sham trial against President Trump has eroded the public’s trust in our legal system in a way that will take years to overcome… Even after today’s verdict, he is strengthened with an American public that is fed up with liberals weaponizing the legal system for their partisan political gain.” Rep. Darin LaHood, the central Illinois congressman who has periodically criticized Trump but endorsed his 2024 comeback bid, said, “This political prosecution undermines the rule of law and faith in our justice system. It should be overturned on appeal.” LaHood is hosting House Speaker Mike Johnson Saturday at the Peoria-Tazewell Lincoln Day Dinner, a marquee event on the state GOP calendar. “This was a purely political exercise, not a legal one,” Johnson said in a statement. “President Trump will rightfully appeal this absurd verdict—and he WILL WIN.”)
— 10,560 Illinois-based Mexican nationals to vote in historic presidential election. Up to 1,500 Mexicans with a voting ID will be eligible to vote at the Mexican Consulate of Chicago by 6 p.m. on Sunday. – Andrea Flores (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and many other countries have declared war on America. I am 100% German American. I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2024/05/31/mexican-nationals-to-vote-in-historic-presidential-election
— Mexican nationals in Chicago get to vote for the first time to elect Mexico’s president. The election marks the first time that Mexicans abroad are able to vote by mail, electronically or in person across 23 locations around the world, including several U.S cities. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and many other countries have declared war on America. I am 100% German American. I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/06/01/mexico-historic-presidential-election-chicago-mexican-nationals-vote-sheinbaum-galvez
— Michigan Avenue, once a picture-perfect postcard, is now a depressing mess. “I inhale smoke from so much weed I wonder why I don’t feel high. Adults, apparently mentally ill, scream on street corners.” – Carol Felsenthal (COMMENT: During 1974, 1975, and 1976, I walked Michigan Avenue to/from my IRS job in the Loop, graduate evening business classes at Loyola, and my Outer Drive East condo.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/05/31/michigan-avenue-grim-depressing-mess-once-beautiful-richard-daley-brandon-johnson-carol-felsenthal
— University of Chicago faculty, City Council members criticize withholding degrees of encampment protesters. At a news conference Friday morning, Denis Hirschfeldt, a math professor at the university, said its disciplinary process had lost “all credibility.” – Violet Miller (COMMENT: When you were in high school and college, were you an activist? I was not active in Republican politics while I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, and DePaul 1976-1980. If I had been active in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/31/university-of-chicago-faculty-alderpeople-pro-palestinian-protester-degrees
— Breaking down tense moments in the Illinois House as it passed a budget package. You really have to wonder if House Speaker Chris Welch could’ve mollified a few more of his members before he locked in a budget deal. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/31/illinois-house-budget-package-passes-speaker-chris-welch-winning-ugly-jb-pritzker-rich-miller
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/chicago-pride-2024-events-calendar-lgbtq
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/31/donald-trump-hush-money-joe-biden-conspiracy-murder-gene-lyons

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Biden says questioning Trump’s guilty verdicts is ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’ – AP (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I not only questioned, I opposed their race and gender based preference giving, that is, I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/31/biden-says-questioning-trumps-guilty-verdicts-is-dangerous-and-irresponsible/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in convicting Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/31/trump-conviction-voters-november-election/
— Chicago to provide free sidewalk snow removal services in four areas next year, Mayor Brandon Johnson announces. – ALICE YIN (COMMENT: My wife and I walked to/from Wheaton train stations 1978-1997. We greatly appreciated those homeowners who shoveled their sidewalks.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/31/chicago-free-sidewalk-snow-removal-pilot/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Not surprisingly, suburban political leaders divided on Trump verdict – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240531/nation-and-world-politics/not-surprisingly-suburban-political-leaders-divided-on-trump-verdict/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Across the aisle, Will County Republican Party Chair Christina Clausen defended Trump and said the verdict “represents a profound crisis for our democratic process.” Clausen, of Homer Glen, alleged the trial was unfair and said the verdict interferes with the upcoming presidential election.
“It is deeply troubling that, despite living in what many consider the most free and fair society in history, a judge and prosecutor in New York City can wrongfully condemn and imprison one of our nation’s greatest presidents,” said Clausen, overlooking that a jury handed down the verdict. “I stand firmly with Donald Trump during these challenging times and hope that justice will prevail, demonstrating his innocence to the world.” Republican congressional candidate Mark Rice of Chicago, who’s challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg in the entirely suburban 8th District, said he expects the verdict will be overturned by an appellate court. “What a farce,” Rice said Friday in a Facebook post. . .In a statement on social media, Seth Cohen, a Skokie resident and the GOP’s nominee for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat, supported “the role and authority” of the justice system while “respectfully” disagreeing with the verdict. Cohen also said he opposes the weaponization of the system by members of either major political party. Cohen is vying to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the 9th District, which includes parts of Cook, Lake and McHenry counties. . .Republican state Rep. Martin McLaughlin of Barrington Hills turned to social media after the verdict, posting a photo of the U.S. flag displayed outside his office and a jab at the people of New York City. “I left the office flag flying high and proud,” wrote McLaughlin, of the 52nd District. “Thankfully there are still a lot of ‘Old Souls’ still present in our Great Nation if not in Manhattan. Blue skies ahead.”)
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump responds to his guilty verdict by falsely blasting a ‘rigged trial’ and attacking star witness.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240531/crime/trump-responds-to-his-guilty-verdict-by-falsely-blasting-a-rigged-trial-and-attacking-star-witness/
— What do you say to those who promote opioid abuse?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240531/news/wheaton-providing-narcan-overdose-antidote/
— College of DuPage board appoints interim president – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240531/education/college-of-dupage-board-appoints-interim-president/

ABC7
— 16 alderpersons call on UChicago to reconsider withholding diplomas for 4 sanctioned students – Mark Rivera (COMMENT: When you were in high school and college, were you an activist? I was not active in Republican politics while I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, and DePaul 1976-1980. If I had been active in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/university-chicago-students-faculty-speak-disciplinary-process-participants/14894627/
— Mayor Johnson unveils sidewalk snow removal pilot; alderman says it will bring blizzard of trouble – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: My wife and I walked to/from Wheaton train stations 1978-1997. We greatly appreciated those homeowners who shoveled their sidewalks.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-unveils-sidewalk-snow-removal/14897709/
— Mexico presidential election: Chicago Mexicans to vote in-person at consulate for 1st time. Mexican voters set to make history with expected election of female president. – Sarah Schulte (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and many other countries have declared war on America. I am 100% German American. I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mexico-election-2024-chicago-mexicans-vote-claudia-sheinbaum/14897226/

NBC5
— President Biden says questioning Trump’s guilty verdict is ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’ – AP (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I not only questioned, I opposed their race and gender based preference giving, that is, I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/biden-slams-questioning-trump-verdict/3451959/
— Diplomas withheld from 4 University of Chicago students following pro-Palestine encampment. The four students on Friday were supported by two professors who believe the decision is inconsistent with free speech values. – Natalie Martinez (COMMENT: When you were in high school and college, were you an activist? I was not active in Republican politics while I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, and DePaul 1976-1980. If I had been active in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/university-of-chicago-withholds-diplomas-from-4-students-who-took-part-in-pro-palestine-protest/3452355/
— Donald Trump holds news conference day after guilty verdict in hush money trial
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/watch-live-trump-news-conference-friday-time/3451650/

CBS2
— Private security patrols come to Chicago’s Fulton Market District – Jermont Terry (COMMENT: As crime ever-increasingly increases under the Democrats and under the RINOs, how soon, if not already, will your neighborhood have to hire private security?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/private-security-patrols-come-to-chicagos-fulton-market-district/
— Chicago minister gets another “Chance” as his church is rebuilt after fire – Shardaa Gray (COMMENT: When my father was a leader of the Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Crete, he questioned the need to replace the congregation’s existing wooden church with a brick one and he paid the price for doing that.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-chance-ministries-church-rebuilt/
— University of Chicago withholding degrees from four students
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/university-of-chicago-withholding-degrees-from-four-students/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moS3HybYz1w
— Chicago kids swing into confidence through First Tee Chicago (COMMENT: Because I majored in business at UIC 1966-1968, UIC required me to take a course in either golf or bowling.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-students-life-skills-golf-lessons/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-kids-swing-into-confidence-through-first-tee-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNhLDZ0qM1Y

WGN9
— Where do Chicago, other Midwest cities rank in retiree Social Security income? – Katie Smith, Jeremy Tanner (COMMENT: I paid into Social Security 1964-1974. But my Social Security is only $2,935/year because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/where-do-chicago-other-midwest-cities-rank-in-retiree-social-security-income/

FOX32
— Chicago aldermen criticize CPS budget cuts to top-performing schools. Some Chicago City Council members are voicing concerns that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is disproportionately making budget cuts to top-performing schools in favor of increasing funds for under-enrolled neighborhood schools.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1464426

WBEZ
— Illinois legislative staff union sues Speaker Welch demanding recognition. Members of the Illinois Legislative Staff Association filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch Friday, alleging he’s violating their right to organize as workers. – Alex Degman
https://www.wbez.org/2024/05/31/illinois-legislative-staff-union-sues-speaker-welch-demanding-recognition

SPRINGFIELD STATE JORNAL REGISTER
— Are Illinois Republicans still backing Trump after being found guilty? – Patrick M. Keck (COMMENT: How many of those who could/should have attended the Illinois Republican Party State Convention but failed/refused to do so to protest Trump?)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/31/trump-convicted-are-illinois-republicans-still-supporting-him/73922423007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot in Danville.
https://www.news-gazette.com/business/entrepreneurs/latest-proposal-for-danville-cannabis-dispensary-includes-truck-stop-restaurant/article_d5e5f7a8-a5e2-5e2b-9ea7-88347124919c.html
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/third-danville-cannabis-site-the-charm/article_d5e5f7a8-a5e2-5e2b-9ea7-88347124919c.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/lgbtq-pride-month-is-starting-to-show-its-colors-around-the-world-what-to-know/article_0990923f-8b23-50dd-abd2-51ebdf5527e2.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH & JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER & HERALD & REVIEW
— Chicago police misconduct records to be searchable by officer name – SAM CHARLES (COMMENT: Constructively, federal employment records are in the public realm. Potential employers could find out about the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me including a) GAO forcing me to take its early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) GAO always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) GAO never promoting me beyond GS-13, d) GAO requiring me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, e) IRS never promoting me beyond GS-12, f) IRS disallowing my education deductions in 1978, g) IRS disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974, h) the Post Office forcing me to resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/chicago-police-misconduct-records-to-be-searchable-by-officer-name/article_40cd398b-9afe-52da-976e-0763662c672d.html
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/chicago-police-misconduct-records-to-be-searchable-by-officer-name/article_6035e1d7-6545-5117-bed9-f0cc00df2c6e.html
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/chicago-police-misconduct-records-to-be-searchable-by-officer-name/article_23369fad-5acb-534c-bdd9-a824ba9fd51e.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Several GOP senators on Friday signed a forceful letter to their Democratic colleagues revoking their cooperation on any legislation that does not affect the safety of the American people in the wake of the verdict against former President Donald Trump.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gop-senators-sign-letter-refusing-to-cooperate-with-dems-after-trump-conviction-sens-tommy-tuberville-r-ala-marsha-blackburn-r-tenn-roger-marshall-r-kan-jd-vance-r-ohio-eric-schmitt-r-mo-rick-scott-r-fla-and-marco-rubio-r-fla-mike

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republicans join Trump’s attacks on justice system and campaign of vengeance after guilty verdict – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-republicans-join-trumps-attacks-on-justice-system-and-campaign-of-vengeance-after-guilty-verdict/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in convicting Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-carries-the-stain-of-conviction-like-a-crown-will-the-verdict-matter-to-voters/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Legal experts say Trump’s conviction is unlikely to lead to a prison sentence
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-30/legal-experts-say-trumps-conviction-is-unlikely-to-lead-to-a-prison-sentence
— Trump allies say his felony conviction has helped unify Republicans – Franco Ordoñez
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-31/trump-allies-say-his-felony-conviction-has-helped-unify-republicans

WJPF
— Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy joined WJPF to discuss upcoming elections and the importance of engagement and participation.
https://x.com/ILGOP/status/1793673251408990413

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISON
— Replica Vietnam Memorial Wall at College of DuPage honors veterans – Jesus Cortez,
https://www.nctv17.org/news/replica-vietnam-memorial-wall-at-college-of-dupage-honors-veterans/
— New legislation could end feud between DuPage County Board and county clerk – Will Payne
https://www.nctv17.org/news/new-legislation-could-end-feud-between-dupage-county-board-and-county-clerk/

SIU
— SIU uses $186K grant to fully fund training for counselors as drug, alcohol problems rise. – Christi Mathis (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more vice.)
https://news.siu.edu/2024/05/053124-siu-uses-186k-grant-to-fully-fund-training-for-counselors-as-drug-alcohol-problems-rise.php

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Chicago Could Start Plowing The Sidewalks Under Pilot Program. The pilot program launching in late 2025 and would target specific “zones” throughout the city. If the initiative moves forward, Chicago would be the largest city in the U.S. to pilot a sidewalk plowing program. – Molly DeVore (COMMENT: My wife and I walked to/from Wheaton train stations 1978-1997. We greatly appreciated those homeowners who shoveled their sidewalks.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/31/chicago-could-start-plowing-the-sidewalks-under-pilot-program/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— IL Supreme Court rewrites attorney ‘discrimination’ rule; Critics predict court challenges forthcoming
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/660076176-il-supreme-court-rewrites-attorney-discrimination-rule-critics-predict-court-challenges-forthcoming

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 96)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-96/

NEW YORK POST
— Institutions have violated the trust of Americans, and a new revolution is coming – Victor Davis Hanson
https://nypost.com/2024/05/31/opinion/institutions-have-violated-the-trust-of-americans-and-a-new-revolution-is-coming/

AMAC
— Mass Migration Hurting, Not Helping, Western Economies – Andrew Shirley
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/study-mass-migration-hurting-not-helping-western-economies/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Worse Than Woke, the Libertarians Have Gone Globalist – M. Walter
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/06/worse_than_woke_the_libertarians_have_gone_globalist.html

BLAZE
— Armed thugs try to steal Chicago homeowner’s Ferrari and Range Rover, but he grabs his gun and foils their plan – CARLOS GARCIA (COMMENT: What are you doing to protect your vehicles from theft?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-ferrari-firefight-homeowner-thieves
— Even Dems alarmed as illegal aliens, 11-year-olds allowed to vote on some Boston expenditures – CORTNEY WEIL
https://www.theblaze.com/news/even-dems-alarmed-as-illegal-aliens-11-year-olds-allowed-to-vote-on-some-boston-expenditures

BREITBART
— ‘We’re Going to Fight’: Donald Trump Vows to Appeal Guilty Verdict – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/31/were-going-to-fight-donald-trump-vows-to-appeal-guilty-verdict/
— Migrants Arriving from ‘Corners of the Globe’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/31/donald-trump-migrants-arriving-border-corners-globe/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Campaign Says It Raked In $34 Million After Guilty Verdict – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/31/donald-trump-campaign-rakes-34-million-guilty-verdict/
— Rod Blagojevich Says Black Voters Will ‘Rise Up’ Against Democrats Following Trump Verdict – HAILEY GOMEZ (COMMENT: Blagojevich defeated Jim Ryan in 2002. I should write a book about those who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for that. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Organization, b) Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/31/rod-blagojevich-democrat-black-voter-donald-trump-2024-presidential-election/
— Democrats Are The Real Racists. But There’s An Even Bigger Problem – GAGE KLIPPER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/31/democratic-racism-demand-for-hate-crime-hoax-documentary/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Soros-Backed DA’s Office Gave Free Consultations to Illegal Aliens Charged With Violent Crimes – Jason Hopkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/01/soros-backed-das-office-gave-free-consultations-to-illegal-aliens-charged-with-violent-crimes/
— The Sick, Sociopathic Symbiosis of the Woke Left and Jihadi Enthusiasts – Peter Berkowitz
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/01/confronting-woke-left-jihad-enthusiast-alliance/

DAILY WIRE
— Elon Musk Slams Politically-Motivated Trump Trial: ‘Great Damage Was Done’ To America – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-slams-politically-motivated-trump-trial-great-damage-was-done-to-america

FOX NEWS
— Chicago watchdog agency warns police unprepared for protests ahead of Democratic National Convention. Democratic National Convention will be held in August. – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-watchdog-agency-warns-police-unprepared-protests-ahead-democratic-national-convention

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Illegal Immigrants Driving up NYC Hotel Costs
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/05/31/illegal-immigrants-driving-up-nyc-hotel-costs/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Biden’s Border Crisis Promotes Foreign Espionage in Plain Sight – Simon Hankinson
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/bidens-border-crisis-promotes-foreign-espionage-plain-sight

HOT AIR
— Biden’s Latest on Handling Illegal Immigration: Send Them to Greece or Italy – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/05/31/bidens-latest-on-handling-illegal-immigration-send-them-to-greece-or-italy-n3789388

JUDICAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Denounces Abuse of Trump!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/abuse-of-trump/
— Air Force Paid For Drag Queen To Appear At ‘Bingo’ Event And ‘Glow Party’
https://www.judicialwatch.org/air-force-paid-for-drag-queen-to-appear-at-bingo-event-and-glow-party-docs-show/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Denver, which cut police and fire budget, issues ‘playbook’ for handling illegal immigrants, calls them ‘newcomers’ – Matthew Holloway (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County continue to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a newcomer. They stress that I have lived in Wheaton only since 1978.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/denver-govt-issues-playbook-for-handling-illegal-immigrants-calling-them-newcomers

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Conviction Probably Isn’t Good for Trump’s Electoral Prospects – CHARLES C. W. COOKE
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-conviction-probably-isnt-good-for-trumps-electoral-prospects/

NEWSMAX
— Biden Wants Illegals Voting – Texas AG Paxton
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/ken-paxton-newsmax-joe-biden/2024/05/31/id/1167067/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/pride-month-lgbtq-2024/2024/06/01/id/1167071/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Facebook Being Used to Facilitate Illegal Immigrants’ Infiltration of the US, from Border Crossing to Fake Work Credentials – Christine Favocci
https://www.westernjournal.com/facebook-used-facilitate-illegal-immigrants-infiltration-us-border-crossing-fake-work-credentials-report/

ZERO HEDGE
— 10 Million Illegals Later, Biden To Use Executive Orders To Fix It. – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/10-million-illegals-later-biden-use-executive-orders-fix-his-f-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Trump’s Most Loyal Supporters Are Responding to the Verdict – Elizabeth Dias and Richard Fausset (COMMENT: Who heads the Trump campaign in Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/us/trump-verdict-voters.html
— Trump Verdict Hardens Many Views, but Changes Some, Too. For the remaining undecided voters, the decision to pick former President Donald J. Trump could be more difficult now that he is a felon. – Jonathan Weisman, Kellen Browning and Maya King (COMMENT: Generally, the more adverse actions that are taken against you, the more that people dump you. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/01/us/politics/trump-verdict-voters-election.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in destroying him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/01/nyregion/donald-trump-new-york-nyc.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/us/politics/trump-speech-fact-check.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/lgbtq-movies-documentaries.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/01/pride-month-lgbtq-rights-gay-trans/

MSNBC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “The Texas GOP’s new platform is a terrifying preview of MAGA’s future. There are many, many horrors to behold in the latest platform.” Illinois GOP platforms and resolutions have never been anywhere near as conservative as the Texas GOP platforms and resolutions. But nevertheless, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs who run Republican organizations in Illinois have always a) demonized, denigrated, and condemned Illinois GOP platforms and resolutions as being too conservative and b) blamed Illinois GOP platforms and resolutions for Republican defeats.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/texas-republican-party-platform-trump-rcna154805
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now, their latest platform, which delegates voted on last weekend, endorses the conspiracist “great reset” theory, declares that “abortion is not health care, it is homicide,” and calls for a new election law requiring candidates running for statewide offices to win a majority of Texas’ 254 counties, effectively barring any Democrat from the position. And that’s just the start. Yet the chief politics reporter for the Austin American Statesman just called the platform “more of a wish list for the most activist members of the GOP than a road map that will be followed to the letter by lawmakers in Austin or Washington.” Even the Texas Tribune’s otherwise thoughtful, comprehensive reporting on the convention describes the party platform as “traditionally … seen not as a definitive list of Republican stances, but a compromise document that represents the interests of the party’s various business, activist and social conservative factions.” . . . There are many, many horrors to behold in the latest platform, and they must be taken seriously not in spite of how terrifying the document is, but because of how terrifying the document is. It is because the latest Texas GOP platform endorses “prohibiting the teaching of sex education, sexual health, or sexual choice or identity” that we should take it seriously. It is because the platform equates abortion and murder that we should take it seriously. It is because the platform aims to ban any Democrat — and indeed, any noncompliant Republican — from ever holding statewide office, that we should take it seriously.)

MSN
— Texas GOP platform calls for ban on same-sex parenting because being gay is “abnormal” – Daniel Villarreal
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-gop-platform-calls-for-ban-on-same-sex-parenting-because-being-gay-is-abnormal/ar-BB1ndhH9
— 50,000 New Yorkers died fighting slavery — is that not reparations? – Bob McManus (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/50-000-new-yorkers-died-fighting-slavery-is-that-not-reparations/ar-AA1cjmz9

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say “Texas Republicans want rural voters to count more than city slickers, pushing radical policies.”
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/texas-republican-platform-elections-19484820.php

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders have made it impossible for Trump to get a fair trial. Further, the more demographics that you share with Trump, especially being conservative, Republican, Protestant, and/or German American, the more that you will be discriminated against if not gotten rid of.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-was-convicted-by-a-jury-not-by-his-political-enemies-13f2654e
— The Long View of Higher Ed’s Decline. Harvey Mansfield arrived at Harvard in 1949. By the time he retired last year, he was practically the last conservative standing. – Tunku Varadarajan (COMMENT: In 1966, 1971, and 1980, I was one of last Republicans that the Post Office, IRS, and GAO hired respectively.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-long-view-of-higher-eds-decline-college-university-professor-conservative-harvard-96bb22a5

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say “Texas GOP Exposes Ugly Truth About Letting States Ban Abortion.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/texas-gop-abortion-platform.html

NEW YORKER
— Will Mexico Decide the U.S. Election? Top officials from the two countries are wrangling over immigration policy. What they resolve will have huge implications on both sides of the border. – Stephania Taladrid (COMMENT: How many millions of Mexican illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/10/will-mexico-decide-the-us-election

FEDWEEK
— Court Takes Restrictive Reading on Completing Probationary Period (COMMENT: In 1970, Firestone Store’s Chicago district office hired me and assigned me to its Chicago Heights store. My Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss would never had hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana store before he would let me report to work. He disapproved of my having avoided the Vietnam War draft, my having more education than he did, my having been a federal employee for almost 3 years, my being Protestant, my being German American, and my ancestors having been in America for a long time. In 1980, when I transferred from IRS to GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could just fire me because I had already passed the federal employee probationary period while I worked for IRS.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/court-takes-restrictive-reading-on-completing-probationary-period/

QUORA
— Good old days (COMMENT: When you were working, when were your good old days? For me, they were 1971-1974 when IRS promoted me from GS-7 (currently $54,728/year) to GS-12 (currently $97,079/year). During that time, I bought a new Corvette, a new town home, and a studio condo and I completed 12 graduate evening business courses at Loyola. But then my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Then the good old days for me were 1986-1988 when the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 was finally able to get me assigned me to audits of IRS in 1986 and to promote me to GS-13 (currently $115,439/year) in 1986. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $123,136/year in 1988. But then my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of him.)
https://www.quora.com/When-were-the-good-old-days

May 30, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. It is not “Democrat-Lite.” The only legitimate reason a) to be a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) to be an Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Delegate, c) to serve on an IRP State Convention committee, d) to be an officer of a Republican township/ward or county party organization, e) to be an IRP State Central Committee (SCC) member, f) to be an IRP National Committeeman or Committeewoman, and g) to be the IRP chairman is to help elect candidates in Illinois who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform. But in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township, far too many of the aforesaid reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its 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. Far too many of the aforesaid get rid of those like me who promote the aforesaid planks. Ever-increasingly, Republican candidates in Illinois paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite if not anti-conservative. Ever-increasingly, they talk and/or act like the Republican Party platform does not exist. The current process for electing IRP SCC members has caused the aforesaid. Should I start writing about the aforesaid who have the most clout, who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform, who have done the most to destroy those like me who support those planks, who use the current system for electing IRP SCC members to stay in power, who had me removed from the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

SPECTRUM NEWS
— 2024 Republican National Convention’s Platform Committee leadership announced – Aly Prouty (COMMENT: Which man and which woman will represent Illinois Republicans on the RNC Platform Committee in Milwaukee? I certainly hope that the new RNC platform continues to promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, opposition to pot, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).)
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2024/05/15/2024-rnc-platform-committee
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican National Committee and Trump Campaign announced its leadership team for the 2024 Republican National Convention’s Platform Committee. The committee includes one man and one woman from every U.S. state and territory. It will create an outline of the GOP’s core principles and values.)

TIMES TRIBUNE NEWS
— IL Republican State Convention Returns To The Metro East For The First Time In 20 Years – Stephanie Malench
https://www.timestribunenews.com/2024/05/27/il-republican-state-convention-returns-to-the-metro-east-for-the-first-time-in-20-years/

FREE REPUBLIC
— My last take on the state convention (Illinois GOP) – Thomas Devore
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4240809/posts

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Pro-Palestinian protesters march through streets in the Loop, demand ceasefire in Gaza
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pro-palestinian-protesters-march-streets-loop-downtown-chicago/14888475/
— Winnetka-based company wins bid to purchase Oberweis Dairy after bankruptcy protection filing
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hoffmann-family-companies-wins-bid-buy-oberweis-dairy/14888430/

NBC5
— Illinois House passes $53.1B budget with tax changes, migrant funding and more. Just after 2 a.m. Wednesday, as discussions lasted well into the overnight hours, lawmakers voted to pass the budget with a 65-45 vote.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-house-passes-53-1b-with-tax-changes-migrant-funding-and-more/3449241/
— Thornton Township residents demand transparency amid budget controversy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thornton-township-residents-demand-transparency-amid-budget-controversy/3449871/

CBS2
— Trump trial ends first day of jury deliberations without a verdict – Graham Kates, Katrina Kaufman, Olivia Rinaldi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/trump-trial-verdict-jury-deliberations-judge-instructions/
— Suburban Oberweis Dairy has a new owner
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-oberweis-dairy-has-a-new-owner/

WGN9
— Pro-Palestine protesters march streets of downtown Chicago – Alonzo Small, Micah Materre, Ray Cortopassi
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/pro-palestine-protesters-march-streets-of-downtown-chicago/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. If you push pot, it should be presumed that you use pot.
https://wgntv.com/news/northwest-suburbs/cannabis-friendly-music-festival-returns-to-suburb-later-this-summer/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N23Wz1uRSag
— Stolen SNAP benefits top $4.5M during recent six-month span in Illinois – Lourdes Duarte, Andrew Schroedter
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/stolen-snap-benefits-top-4-5m-during-recent-six-month-span-in-illinois/

FOX32
— Pro-Palestine protesters gather downtown demanding cease-fire in Israel-Hamas conflict – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pro-palestine-protesters-gather-downtown-demanding-cease-fire-israel-hamas-conflict

WBEZ
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/chicago/2024/05/30/after-challenging-journeys-migrants-in-chicago-adjust-to-life-in-their-new-city

WBBM
— Illinois Republicans blast Dems’ tactics after $53B state budget barley passes – Mike Krauser
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/illinois-republicans-blast-dems-tactics-after-usd53b-state-budget-barley-passes

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Winnetka private equity firm wins bankruptcy auction for Oberweis Dairy – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/29/oberweis-dairy-bankruptcy-auction/
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage Blacks and everyone else to hate law enforcement. IRS Revenue Officers enforce tax laws. I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to promote hatred against me because I was an IRS employee.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/29/say-their-names-project-memorializes-black-americans-killed-by-law-enforcement-were-tired-of-living-it/
— Illinois lawmakers fail again to pass hemp regulations and medical cannabis expansion – ROBERT MCCOPPIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/29/illinois-lawmakers-fail-again-to-pass-hemp-regulations-and-medical-cannabis-expansion/
— Chicago Public Schools robs Peter to pay Paul to pursue an unaffordable Brandon Johnson vision – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/29/editorial-chicago-public-schools-budget-brandon-johnson/
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget expands bureaucracy and does little to better Illinoisans’ lives – Willie Wilson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/30/opinion-governor-pritzker-budget-migrants/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Daily marijuana use is increasing. That’s cause for concern. Millions of people drinking daily was already a problem, and millions more now getting high is another. Adults have to be smart about the risks of heavy cannabis use. – Editorial (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. If you push pot, it should be presumed that you use pot.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/05/29/daily-marijuana-drug-use-increasing-cannabis-legalization-editorial
— Illinois House ekes out $53.1 billion budget, hits state with more than $700 million in tax hikes. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office optimistically put out a statement to celebrate the budget’s spending measure after it cleared the Illinois House. But the revenue measure was trickier. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/05/29/illinois-general-assembly-budget-passage-jb-pritzker
— Delta skate? Lawmakers leave Springfield without regulating delta-8, other hemp products. A bill that would’ve banned sales of pot-like delta-8 products sailed through the Illinois Senate, but never made it to the floor of the state House. That means the mind-altering products will be unchecked for yet another summer in Chicago and beyond. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/05/29/delta-8-hemp-ban-illinois-regulations
— Sen. Dick Durbin can help reverse the decline of American press freedom. Durbin chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is considering a bipartisan bill to enact a press shield law. Durbin is a co-sponsor of the bill, but has yet to schedule it for a markup. (COMMENT: I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about those who continue to 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 those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP). I would focus on those who have their operatives and 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. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me, most recently, removing me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/05/29/press-freedom-illinois-senator-dick-durbin-clayton-weimers-reporters-without-borders-letters

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DuPage County clerk controversy prompts push for change in state law – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240529/local-politics/dupage-county-clerk-controversy-prompts-change-in-state-law/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Oberweis Dairy sold in bankruptcy auction – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/oberweis-dairy-sold-bankruptcy-auction
— Alito rejects Durbin’s call for recusal from election interference cases
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/alito-rejects-durbins-call-recusal-election-interference-cases
— Cannabis legislation falls apart at the last minute in Springfield — again – John Pletz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/illinois-hemp-regulations-talks-end-stalemate

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Has Memorial Day gotten ‘too celebratory?’ Huntley American Legion ends local parade sponsorship.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2024/05/28/has-memorial-day-gotten-too-celebratory-huntley-american-legion-ends-sponsorship-of-local-parade/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Profiles in Cowardness? – Mike Lowry
https://www.thenews-gazette.com/article/6415,profiles-in-cowardness

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— The average age for a woman and man to retire in Illinois? – BILL FLICK (COMMENT: Are you retired? To take regular retirement, federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System need 30 years of service and age 55. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer.” By doing that, they flushed down their toilet a) my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, b) my almost 9 years of IRS work experience (GAO audits IRS), c) my six job-related professional certifications, d) my job-related professional license, e) my three job related master’s degrees, and f) my job-related bachelor’s degree. My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party a) have absolutely no problem with the aforesaid and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that GAO grossly overpaid me.)
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/flick-fact-the-average-age-for-a-woman-and-man-to-retire-in-illinois/article_78be0678-1891-11ef-90cf-0702126f21b6.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— An anti-immigrant resolution in DeKalb County fails – Maria Gardner Lara (COMMENT: Sooner or later, Democrat and RINO leaders will destroy you if you do not promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-05-29/an-anti-immigrant-resolution-in-dekalb-county-fails

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois lawmakers set for another raise, pushing salaries over $93,000 – Carson Gourdie
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-set-for-another-raise-pushing-salaries-over-93000#

WCIA & WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. If you push pot, it should be presumed that you use pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/cannabis-friendly-music-festival-returns-to-illinois-later-this-summer/
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/move-over-alcohol-it-s-weed-s-turn-but-is-marijuana-a-healthier-option/article_cd4025c4-51df-52da-a46a-82d113a96678.html

CHICAGO PATCH
— Chicago Metro Among America’s Worst For ‘Brain Drain’ At the state level, Illinois also lost more degree holders than it gained in 2023, the study said. –
Anna Schier (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilet a) my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, b) my almost 9 years of IRS work experience (GAO audits IRS), c) my six job-related professional certifications, d) my job-related professional license, e) my three job related master’s degrees, and f) my job-related bachelor’s degree.)
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/chicago-metro-among-americas-worst-brain-drain-study

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-300/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-95/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CARBONDALE REPORTER
— Rep. Severin criticizes $53.1 billion Illinois budget over tax hikes and immigrant services
https://carbondalereporter.com/stories/660064415-rep-severin-criticizes-53-1-billion-illinois-budget-over-tax-hikes-and-immigrant-services

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Former employee alleges race-based discrimination against retail giant Meijer (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and the Post Office 1966-1969, none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates who were minority and/or female filed any kind of race or gender discrimination complaint. All the employees who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, older, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had major performance problems. My Democrat GAO superiors did everything that they could to turn my supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/660054414-former-employee-alleges-race-based-discrimination-against-retail-giant-meijer

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— In Chicago, violent crime goes up as arrests go down
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/policy-shop/the-policy-shop-in-chicago-violent-crime-goes-up-as-arrests-go-down/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The new Yale President will discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3021414/yale-president-affirmative-action-ruling-will-not-affect-diversity/
— UCLA medical school paid first-year students to write left-wing course requirements – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3020882/ucla-medical-school-left-wing-course-requirements/
— Less than half of young adults ‘proud’ to be American – Peter Cordi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3021196/less-half-young-adults-proud-american/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago to hand $150M to real estate developers to transform vacant office buildings into apartments – Ariel Zilber (COMMENT: In 1974, when I was a 25 year old IRS employee and newly promoted to a GS-12 (currently $97,079/year) job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East Building. Two years later, I traded it into the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo.)
https://nypost.com/2024/05/29/business/chicago-to-hand-150m-to-real-estate-developers-to-transform-vacant-office-buildings-into-apartments/
— DEI is finally dying in the US — and response to Oct. 7 Hamas attacks highlighted its hypocrisy – Rikki Schlott (COMMENT: Because Democrats and RINOs run Illinois, DEI is not dying in Illinois.)
https://nypost.com/2024/05/29/us-news/dei-is-dying-and-response-to-oct-7-highlighted-the-hypocrisy/

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
— Walmart goes all “out” for Pride month (COMMENT: Sooner or later, Democrat and RINO leaders will destroy you if you do not promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.afa.net/activism/action-alerts/2024/walmart-goes-all-out-for-pride-month/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is Correct About Deportation – Warren Beatty
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/05/trump_is_correct_about_deportation.html

BLAZE
— Illegal aliens’ attempted breach of military base was ‘dry run’ for future attack, says former staffer – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-aliens-attempted-breach-of-military-base-was-dry-run-for-future-attack-says-former-staffer

BREITBART
— Republican State Senator Dan McConchie: ‘We Raised Your Taxes $1 Billion Just to Spend on Migrants’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/29/illinois-senator-we-raised-your-taxes-1-billion-just-to-spend-on-migrants/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Jewish prof set for early retirement after ‘outright institutional antisemitism’ Dr. Barbara Risman recently announced her plans to retire from teaching at the University of Illinois Chicago in response to the rise of anti-Semitism on UIC’s campus. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many adverse actions against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/jewish-prof-set-early-retirement-outright-institutional-antisemitism/25527
— Students sue University of Oklahoma, say school offers financial aid based on race (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders continue to give preference big time to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and RINOs, that is, they continue to discriminate against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/students-sue-university-oklahoma-say-school-offers-financial-aid-based-race/25533
— The death of DEI approaches– right on schedule – Celine Ryan Ciccio (COMMENT: Because Democrats and RINOs run Illinois, DEI is not dying in Illinois.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/death-dei-approachesright-schedule/25542

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— CBP Stats Reveal the World Is Coming Illegally to the Southwest Border. Nearly half of CBP encounters in FY 2024 involve ‘extra-continental’ aliens. – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/CBP-Stats-Reveal-World-Coming-Illegally-Southwest-Border

COLLEGE FIX
— Arizona State University still asks for DEI commitments in hiring despite board directive prohibiting it – DAVID GLASSER (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO businesses and organizations will ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/asu-still-asks-for-dei-commitments-in-hiring-despite-board-directive-prohibiting-it/

DAILY CITIZEN
— ‘USA Today’ Deletes U.S. Senator’s Editorial for Being Biologically Truthful
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/usa-today-deletes-u-s-senators-editorial-for-being-biologically-truthful/

FEDERALIST
— Republicans’ Defense Amendment Would Rescue Military Kids From Lefty Indoctrination In DOD Schools – MAX EDEN AND AMY HAYWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/30/republicans-defense-amendment-would-rescue-military-kids-from-lefty-indoctrination-in-dod-schools/

FOX NEWS
— White teacher sues California union after allegedly blocking him from leadership for being White. ‘This kind of racial litmus test is illegal, and it’s un-American, and that’s why I’m taking them to court,’ the California teacher said. – Hannah Grossman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-teacher-sues-california-union-allegedly-blocking-leadership-being-white
— Illinois Democrats think they can magically cure the crime devastating Chicago with a few words. Rooftop Revelations: I wish I could laugh at this foolishness in my state, but I can’t. – Corey Brooks
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/illinois-democrats-think-magically-cure-crime-devastating-chicago-few-words

MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— Americans for Meritocracy (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs oppose meritocracy because conservative Republicans do better on tests.)
https://manhattan.institute/article/americans-for-meritocracy

NEWSMAX
— Illinois Senator Dan McConchie: We Raised Taxes $1B to Pay for Migrants – Michael Katz
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illinois-budget-illegal-immigrants/2024/05/29/id/1166697/
— Tyson Accused of Favoring Illegals Over US Workers (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers want cheap labor.)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/tyson-foods-illegal-immigrants/2024/05/29/id/1166692/
— DOJ Tracked Moms for Liberty as a Hate Group – Sandy Fitzgerald (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who treated TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) as though they were hate groups. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC. I would focus on leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP). I would focus on those who have their operatives and 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. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me, most recently, removing me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/doj-crs-moms-for-liberty/2024/05/29/id/1166674/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— San Diego Border Overrun By Illegal Immigrants From China – Stella Escobedo
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/san-diego-border-overrun-by-illegal-immigrants-from-china/
— Illegal Alien Crosses U.S. Border, Freaks Out About How Easy It Really Is
https://www.oann.com/video/tipping-point-video/illegal-alien-crosses-u-s-border-freaks-out-about-how-easy-it-really-is/

TENNESSE CONSERVATIVE
— Knoxville Couple Sentenced For Producing More Than 100 Fake ID For Illegal Immigrants
https://tennesseeconservativenews.com/knoxville-couple-sentenced-for-producing-more-than-100-fake-id-for-illegal-immigrants/

ZERO HEDGE
— NYU Grads Go Into Debt For These Worthless Degrees – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered WORTHLESS my job-related a) bachelor’s degree (1970), b) three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), c) six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and d) professional license (1981). I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-nyu-grads-go-debt-these-worthless-degrees

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WASHINGTON POST
— If convicted in his hush money trial, here’s what Trump could face next. A guilty verdict for Trump in the New York trial would mean a mix of routine court processing and extraordinary logistical considerations, legal experts say. – David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/trump-if-convicted-hush-money-trial-new-york/

THE HILL
— To promote diversity is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4692206-yale-first-female-president-diversity-supreme-court-student-protests-slavery/

REUTERS
— Illinois adopts revamped bar exam, marking gain for new lawyer licensing test – Karen Sloan
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/illinois-adopts-revamped-bar-exam-marking-gain-new-lawyer-licensing-test-2024-05-29/

AOL
— 6 Unrecognizable Signs of Growing Up Wealthy – G. BRIAN DAVIS (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents have/had parents who have/had way more money than my parents had. None of my critics/opponents had to work their way through college like I had to.)
https://www.aol.com/finance/6-unrecognizable-signs-growing-wealthy-110223214.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting illegal immigration.
https://www.aol.com/america-turned-against-migrant-detention-185952737.html

MSN
— US Civil Rights Commission Report Found Illegal Immigration Makes Black Americans Poorer – Andrew Rodriguez (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers want cheap labor.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-civil-rights-commission-report-found-illegal-immigration-makes-black-americans-poorer/ar-AA1n7Q6l%3Focid%3Dob-fb-frfr-839
— Texas GOP platform calls for ban on same-sex parenting – Daniel Villarreal
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-gop-platform-calls-for-ban-on-same-sex-parenting-because-being-gay-is-abnormal/ar-BB1ndhH9

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/05/30/what-is-asexuality-define-meaning/73643206007/
— Little or no experience? You’re hired! – Paul Davidson (COMMENT: My first 6 months as an IRS Revenue Officer in 1971 was classroom training.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/23/more-jobs-with-no-experience/73807898007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Inside Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Growing Alliance. Donald Trump is weighing an advisory role for the Tesla leader in the event the former president reclaims the White House – Emily Glazer, Robbie Whelan, Alex Leary, Cara Lombardo, and Dana Mattioli
https://www.wsj.com/politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-alliance-d1fe43e3
— Democrats Plan $100 Million Push on Abortion Rights to Win House. House Majority PAC’s new fund will be spent in swing districts for advertising and voter mobilization. – Natalie Andrews (COMMENT: How much success have Democrat and RINO leaders had getting women in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct to believe that getting immediate free abortions should be their top priority, that is, that having unprotected sex should be their top priority?)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrats-plan-100-million-push-on-abortion-rights-to-win-house-a2106302
— How Much Happiness Can Your Salary Buy? Researchers Can’t Agree. When it comes to income, there is no magic number. – Joe Pinsker (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $18.99/hour in 1966 to $150,075/year in 1997. In my defense, during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on their parents’ wealth. I would focus on what they did to qualify themselves for better paying jobs.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/income-salary-brackets-happiness-1eb80a76
— Will A Second Trump Term Fix the Border Crisis? – Gerry Baker (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders do not the border crisis to be fixed. They want ever-increasingly more illegal immigration. Democrat leaders what illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/opinion-free-expression/will-a-second-trump-term-fix-the-border-crisis/65788b25-dc9e-479e-8570-e887a99ab59e

INC. & FORTUNE
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.inc.com/peter-economy/5-ways-to-be-an-inclusive-leader.html
https://fortune.com/2024/05/29/fortune-100-diversity-communications-comms-messaging-dei/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— To be progressive is to be against those who are the following: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, gun owner, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/biden-tells-black-voters-hell-pick-progressive-supreme-court

May 29, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) a) to issue a detailed press release on its State Convention and b) to post on its website its new platform and its 12 new resolutions. Those who dominate the IRP oppose direct election of IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members, oppose Dean White, and oppose conservative principles. Anticipate/expect that those who dominate the IRP will not only ignore/dismiss/belittle the party’s new platform and resolutions, they will get rid of IRP SCC members, county party leaders, township/ward party leaders, precinct committeemen/captains, voters, and everyone else a) who want direct election of IRP SCC members, who support Dean White, and/or who promote conservative principles. Conservatives overwhelmingly want direct election of IRP SCC members. Who were the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee members who stated that they are conservative but voted against direct election? I have promoted direct election of IRP SCC members and conservative principles, that is, the Republican Party platform, big time since 2000. Since 2000, party leaders who oppose direct election of IRP SCC members and/or oppose conservative principles have taken many big adverse actions against me because of that. I should write a book about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Thank you to Richard Porter and Demetra DeMonte for all of your hard work as Illinois’ RNC Representatives! We are excited to welcome Rhonda Belford and Dean White as our new representatives!
https://x.com/ILGOP/status/1795466791092617438

JOHN ZAHM
— Getting your own house in order. Some people came to Collinsville to the Illinois Republican Party Convention to limit grassroots Republicans voice and influence in the party. Others came to take selfies and pump up the appearance of their influence. Others cut deals to acquire positions and titles to benefit themselves. Daniel R. Zahm and I attended the Convention laser-focused on supporting policies and people who would represent grassroots conservative values and real reform for the Republican Party. After witnessing Committee Reports that had predetermined outcomes, and little substantive debate and discussion, we doubled down on our efforts promoting a great grassroots conservative leader Dean R. White – Illinois Republican State Central Committee. Insider party bosses like Laura Pollastrini and Larry Smith fought tooth and nail to defeat Dean. They supported and used rules and technicalities to make the process of overturning the National Committeeman-National Committeewoman vote of 10 people for Mark Shaw carry the weight over 494 Delegates nearly impossible. We would not stand for it and took the route of defeating the Committee report on the floor since they would not allow us to have a new vote on the floor between Shaw and White. In the end we succeeded. It was a team effort bringing together a group of just over 300 delegates who would not waver in the face of threats, demands, and insults. One HUGE victory. But many more to go. Many more stories to share. Patriots to thank. Bad actors to call out. But let’s start with this one right here. (Photo with Dean right after the victory).
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=illinois%20republican%20party

DOUG IBENDAHL
— Rank-And-File outsmart Pompous Pooh-Bahs at IL GOP state convention (COMMENT: Far too many “Republican” party leaders and precinct committeemen are acting like they would rather see Biden elected than Trump. How many of them boycotted the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Collinsville?)
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/rank-and-file-outsmart-pompous-pooh
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This state convention was the most shamefully rigged and disrespectful to the Republican rank-and-file I’ve seen yet in the nearly 30 years I’ve been paying attention to this stuff. And I have always been the first to acknowledge there were certainly problems when I was the state party’s lawyer 25 years ago. But I learn from experience and when I see things are infinitely worse today, I work for meaningful positive change. I don’t double-down on a failed system which the average 5-year old can see has been a catastrophic disaster for the Illinois GOP. Unfortunately, that is not yet an attitude universally shared. And we’re now to the point where dishonesty, self-dealing and unprofessionalism are officially off the charts. And it all centers around a desperate desire by the pooh-bahs to keep the rank-and-file disenfranchised and voiceless in their own state party. The lengths some on the state central committee (SCC) and their bootlicks have been willing to go to keep Republicans from having a vote again has a lot of people scratching their heads. . .Meanwhile, my strong hunch is that the party pooh-bahs are taking no positive lessons from the clock-cleaning regular Republicans delivered on Saturday. If anything, the pooh-bahs are kicking themselves for leaving even a crack in the door which allowed the Republican rank-and-file to have ANY voice at this convention. They aren’t planning to loosen the rules, they’re surely planning to make them even MORE restrictive next time. Not sure that would even be possible, but if there is a way to further squelch the voice of their constituents, I’m sure they’ll find it. It’s about all they do. Anyone who still doesn’t understand why our vote must be restored for our state party’s central committee, the governing board, really needs to do us all a favor and find a new hobby. I mean come on, seriously, no one can truly be that oblivious.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Grassroots Dominate IL GOP State Convention and Expand Influence as State Party Leaders Lose Their Cool (COMMENT: Far too many “Republican” party leaders and precinct committeemen are acting like they would rather see Biden elected than Trump. How many of them boycotted the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Collinsville?)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/grassroots-dominate-il-gop-state-convention-and-expand-influence-as-state-party-leaders-lose-their-cool.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Saturday, the influential conservative grassroots base of the Illinois Republican Party scored major victories during the GOP State Convention in Collinsville – as delegates from across the state elected Dean White as the new Republican national committeeman and Donald Trump-endorsed U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, (IL-15) as the Illinois Delegation Chair to nominate President Trump at the RNC Convention in Milwaukee. The state convention did not lack drama, as state party officials tried their best to maintain power and protect their own establishment-supported candidates. . .But the drama was not over as late Friday night, embattled IL GOP chairman Don Tracy withdrew himself from the running to be the Illinois Delegation Chair to nominate President Donald Trump at the RNC Convention in Milwaukee, after realizing that the room full of delegates was not on his side. Tracy then supported Miller, who is grassroots and a crowd favorite who was endorsed by President Trump in her re-election to Congress, in her bid to become the delegation chair. Rhonda Belford was also elected as the new RNC National Committeewoman. Many IL GOP officials continue to blame this publication for publishing articles critical of the establishment-base of the party – and that anger towards Illinois Review was on full display during the convention.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DNC in Chicago will lose some luster as Democrats plan to virtually nominate President Joe Biden before convention. – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/28/dnc-in-chicago-will-lose-some-luster-as-democrats-plan-to-virtually-nominate-president-joe-biden-before-convention/
— Biden campaign sends actor Robert De Niro, first responders to Trump’s NY trial to put focus on Jan. 6 – AP (COMMENT: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO, I wonder who my Democrat GAO superiors would have sent to watch the trial. Would it have been my Democrat coworkers who they had promoted over me a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or who had no professional license like the one I had?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/28/biden-campaign-sends-allies-de-niro-and-first-responders-to-trumps-ny-trial-to-put-focus-on-jan-6/
— China sends Taiwan’s new president a message of belligerence – Daniel DePetris (COMMENT: What do you say to politicians who wrongly argued that China would have realized by now that capitalism is the way to go instead of communism?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/28/column-taiwan-new-president-china-conflict-depetris/
— Democrats continue to use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/29/clarence-page-george-floyd-racial-reckoning/
— It’s not too late for teens to find summer jobs. – FRANCINE KNOWLES (COMMENT: What summer jobs did you have and what did you do with the money that you earned? I did yard work during the summers of 1962 and 1963, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes in 1965, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, and delivered mail 1967-1969. I used the money that I earned to buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. I used the money that I earned to pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968 and for my NIU expenses 1969-1970. I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/27/column-its-not-too-late-for-teens-to-find-summer-jobs/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Pageantry at Chicago Democratic convention, but no nomination: Biden to get nod in virtual roll call. Before the Chicago convention in August, Democrats will hold a virtual roll call to nominate President Joe Biden to a second term in order to qualify for the Ohio ballot. – Lynn Sweet
By Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/28/president-biden-democratic-national-convention-ohio-ballot-nomination-virtual-roll-call
— Putting a halt to state election law that blocked candidates is the right move. If Democrats wanted to change the rules for nominating candidates, they should have waited until 2025, a non-election year. Even then, it would need some lively debate. Oh, wait, maybe that’s what they were trying to avoid. – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO party leaders who would rather see “no candidate” on ballots than see conservative Republican candidates on them. I would focus on the aforesaid who succeeded in getting Wheaton to select a LGBTQer to fill a City Council vacancy in 2019 rather than me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/05/28/illinois-election-law-november-ballot-primary-republicans-democrats-lawsuit-pritzker-editorial
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Typically, party leaders have slated candidates for the November ballot in late spring if the party had no one run in the primary.)
— City needs a clear plan for managing protestors at Democratic convention. The lack of a defined, public strategy isn’t a criticism of city officials. The goal is to show that Chicago can embrace protest and the exercise of free speech rights. – Colleen K. Connell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/05/28/chicago-protesters-democratic-national-convention-american-civil-liberties-union-colleen-connell
— As the Democrat stranglehold on Chicago tightens, domestic violence in Chicago increases.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/05/28/domestic-violence-victims-support-gaza-protests-owls-urban-wildlife-state-budget-bird-flu-letters

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Honoring those who gave: Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall stops at College of DuPage – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240528/news/honoring-those-who-gave-traveling-vietnam-memorial-wall-stops-at-college-of-dupage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Our purpose in bringing the Vietnam Wall to Glen Ellyn is to give community members an opportunity of a lifetime to see the 58,318 names of our fallen patriots and all those men and women who survived the war,” Mike Formento, commander of Glen Ellyn’s American Legion Post 3, said adding that the traveling wall is particularly important for those who cannot make the trip to D.C. to see the memorial.)
— Book Review: ‘Ascent to Power’ studies how Harry Truman overcame lack of preparation in transition. – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240528/literature/book-review-ascent-to-power-studies-how-harry-truman-overcame-lack-of-preparation-in-transition/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240529/syndicated-columnists/banning-gender-affirming-treatment/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Once again working through the night, lawmakers finalize $53.1 billion budget – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-lawmakers-finalize-531-billion-fiscal-year-2025-budget
— CPS releases schools budget under new funding formula as $391M deficit looms – Leigh Giangreco (COMMENT: The more White students that there are in schools, the less money that those school will get. The more minority students that there are in schools, the more money that those school will get.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/cps-reveals-2025-schools-budget-new-formula

ABC7
— CPS releases school-by-school budget breakdown under new equity-based funding formula – Sarah Schulte (COMMENT: The more White students that there are in schools, the less money that those school will get. The more minority students that there are in schools, the more money that those school will get.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cps-school-budget-breakdown-released-chicago-public-schools-parents-transparency-funding-formula/14883754/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday, CPS released a school-by-school budget breakdown under a brand new funding formula based on equity rather than enrollment. “It’s schools that have high needs high poverty, high special ed, high English language learners. Those schools are going to get more recourses. They’re going to be smaller class sizes,” Martinez said. But Martinez admits a small number of schools will face cuts because of tighter budgets. At schools where enrollment is high and demographics are wealthier, class sizes may become a bit bigger.)

NBC5
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/so-many-people-in-tents-new-documentary-follows-migrant-families-struggles-triumphs-in-chicago/3446095/
— Group aims to recruit more Asian American police officers in Chicago area (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/celebrating-aapi-heritage/group-aims-to-recruit-more-asian-american-police-officers-in-chicago-area/3448577/

CBS2
— DNC plans to nominate Biden and Harris virtually before convention – Ed O’Keefe
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dnc-biden-nomination-virtually-august-convention-chicago/
— An investigation is under way at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, after school’s yearbook published a quote from a student who appeared to say they were “happy” about the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. – Charlie De Mar (COMMENT: I am 100% German American. In my defense, I have always stressed a) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, b) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and c) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-chicago-high-school-yearbook-oct-7-attacks/

WGN9
— ‘There’s a lot of work to be done:’ Mayor Johnson discusses violent holiday weekend. – Jenna Barnes, Gabriel Castillo
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/theres-a-lot-of-work-to-be-done-mayor-johnson-discusses-violent-holiday-weekend/

FOX32
— What happens if Trump is sentenced to prison? Expert weighs in.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1462510

WBEZ
— CPS budgets target help for schools with high needs. – Nader Issa (COMMENT: I am not sure what the tuition was when my parents sent me and my brother to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest in the 1950s and 1960s, but I believe it was 10% of their income. In today’s dollars, my father never made more than $50,000/year. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother did not work outside the home until he died suddenly in 1969. Consequently, I had to work my way through college.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/cps-budgets-target-help-for-schools-with-high-needs/1ea08d57-c913-4ba9-8350-a87229d4e3aa

FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
www.journalstandard.com

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— If you are a pot promoter, you should be presumed to be a pot user.
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2024/05/28/jelly-roll-says-his-marijuana-use-has-kept-me-sober/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— President Pritzker? If you’re a successful governor with $2 billion, where do you go next? The White House. – EDWARD ROBERT MCCLELLAND (COMMENT: Far too many “Republican” party leaders and precinct committeemen are acting like they would rather see Biden elected than Trump. How many of them boycotted the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Collinsville?)
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/june-july-2024/pritzkers-potential-path-to-the-white-house/

WHEATON PARK DISTRICT
— Independence Day Celebration (COMMENT: I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks from 2005 until my critics/opponents ended that in 2021. I should write a book about that. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who have done the most to discourage Republican participation in the parade. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 1978.)
https://wheatonparkdistrict.com/events/july4/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-299/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/28/afternoon-roundup-198/
— Reform group slams election bill days after it cleared both chambers
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/28/reform-group-slams-election-bill-days-after-it-cleared-both-chambers/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What do Democrat employers do to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority and/or female? ANSWER: They lower hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related a) bachelor’s degree (1970), b) three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), c) six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and d) professional license (1981). I should write a book about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Up to $410 million extra being spent on children of illegal immigrants at Chicago Public Schools – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/up-to-410-million-extra-being-spent-on-children-of-illegal-immigrants-at-chicago-public-schools-wirepoints/
— Many education officials receiving millions during retirement…we’re throwing money at an education problem that won’t be solved
https://wirepoints.org/there-are-many-education-officials-receiving-millions-during-retirement-were-throwing-money-at-an-education-problem-that-wont-be-solved-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-a/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Plummer on $53 billion budget: ‘No wonder families and businesses continue to flee our state’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/659947718-plummer-on-53-billion-budget-no-wonder-families-and-businesses-continue-to-flee-our-state

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is drawing bipartisan criticism for a proposed policy change on traffic stops. South Side GOP chair blasts Foxx policy move. – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_703a8f04-1d4f-11ef-b51a-07e40f0f21d7.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION DEMANDS PARENTS BE KEPT IN DARK ON CURRICULUM – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-demands-parents-be-kept-in-dark-on-curriculum/
— ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY OKS $1.1B IN TAX HIKES FOR RECORD $53.1B SPENDING – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-general-assembly-oks-1-1b-in-tax-hikes-for-record-53-1b-spending/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas continues its effort to fill Biden’s border-security gaps – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/28/inside-beltway-texas-continues-its-effort-fill-bid/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Immigration hawks fear two-phase DACA deal could lead to Trump amnesty. – Gabby Morrongiello
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/205453/immigration-hawks-fear-two-phase-daca-deal-could-lead-to-trump-amnesty/
— Biden puts his reelection before national security – Tom Rogan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3019588/biden-puts-reelection-before-national-security/
— How to destroy DEI statements – Max Eden (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote DEI.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3019557/how-to-destroy-dei-statements/
— Majority of Democrats, 54%, say dump Biden – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3018752/majority-democrats-54-say-dump-biden/

WASHINGTON STAND
— Johnson: ‘If Just One Out of Every 100’ Illegals Vote, It Will Change the Outcome of the Election – Suzanne Bowdey
https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/johnson-if-just-one-out-of-every-100-illegals-vote-it-will-change-the-outcome-of-the-election-

NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s all-of-government vote-buying scheme makes a mockery of democracy. – Betsy McCaughey (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the more that Biden is using the federal government to buy your vote: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time, if you are in America illegally, boozer, gambler, stoner, and/or criminal.)
https://nypost.com/2024/05/28/opinion/bidens-vote-buying-schemes-make-a-mockery-of-democracy/

AMERICAN THINKER
— CRT/DEI and the military – Richard Kline
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/crt_dei_and_the_military.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Money Going Around’: Worker Reveals Why Hotels Are ‘Loving’ NYC’s Shelters for Illegal Aliens. – Harold Hutchison
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/28/money-going-around-worker-reveals-why-hotels-are-loving-nycs-shelters-for-illegal-aliens/

FOX NEWS
— De Niro’s chaotic Biden campaign conference garners mockery on social media: ‘Disaster for Democrats’ Actor Robert De Niro had angry altercations with Trump supporters at chaotic presser. – Kristine Parks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/de-niros-chaotic-biden-campaign-conference-garners-mockery-social-media-disaster-democrats
— We need to SAVE our elections from abuse and here’s how. It would be easy for non-citizens to abuse our elections and find ways to vote. – Rep. Chip Roy (COMMENT: Non-citizens vote for Democrats. How many non-citizens will vote for Democrats in the November 5, 2024 election in America, Illinois, your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/need-save-elections-from-abuse-heres-how

GOPUSA
— Trump Attends NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 At Charlotte Motor Speedway
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-attends-nascar-coca-cola-600-at-charlotte-motor-speedway/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ‘They don’t have a handle on it’: Illegal crossings surge along Northern U.S. Border. – Eddie Killian
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illegal-crossings-surge-along-northern-u-s-border

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Republicans Introduce Bill to Curb DEI Policies in Medical Schools. “Teaching that takes into consideration the challenges different populations face is good, but interpreting every situation through the lens of race is not.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/05/republicans-introduce-bill-to-curb-dei-policies-in-medical-schools/

MRC TV
— Anti-U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush Confuse Memorial Day With Veterans Day – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/anti-us-reps-ilhan-omar-cori-bush-confuse-memorial-day-veterans-day

NEWSMAX
— New Drug (medetomidine) Linked to Rise of Overdoses in Chicago – James Morley III
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/drugs-crime-fentanyl/2024/05/28/id/1166508/

PJ MEDIA
— The ‘Massive Strain’ of Illegal Migration on U.S. School System – CATHERINE SALGADO (COMMENT: Needless-to-say, the more illegals that Democrat and RINO leaders dump into your school district, the more problems that your school district will have.)
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/05/28/massive-strain-of-illegal-migration-on-us-school-system-n4929390

PATRIOT POST
— Democrats Still Cynically Use George Floyd. A criminal died of a drug overdose while resisting arrest, and he’s a permanent “hero” to the Left. – NATE JACKSON
https://patriotpost.us/articles/107154-democrats-still-cynically-use-george-floyd-2024-05-28

TOWNHALL
— An Attack on America Is Coming Thanks To Biden’s Negligence – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/05/29/an-attack-on-america-is-coming-thanks-to-bidens-negligence-n2639583
— Biden Taps U.S. Oil Reserves for Political Reasons…Again – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2024/05/28/biden-taps-us-oil-reserves-for-political-reasonsagain-n2639635

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Xi Jinping’s Recipe for Total Control: An Army of Eyes and Ears. Reviving a Mao-era surveillance campaign, the authorities are tracking residents, schoolchildren and businesses to forestall any potential unrest. – Vivian Wang
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/world/asia/china-surveillance-xi.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://apnews.com/article/drag-queen-group-lgbtq-pride-qommittee-6312cbee20821db1922716cb0b10a2ad

CBS NEWS
— Mayorkas says some migrants “try to game” the U.S. asylum system – Camilo Montoya-Galvez (COMMENT: For saying that, Mayorkas is in big trouble with Democrat and RINO leaders because Democrat and RINO leaders want him to glorify and praise illegals.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mayorkas-interview-migrants-immigration/

CNBC
— Here’s why entry-level jobs feel impossible to get – Jack Hillyer and Juhohn Lee (COMMEMT: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 as a Revenue Officer was classroom training.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/heres-why-entry-level-jobs-feel-impossible-to-get.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mass-deportation-would-be-a-disaster-trump-second-administration-cd804e87
— Higher tax rates discourage earning more money.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/republicans-4-trillion-question-should-they-pay-for-extending-trump-tax-cuts-ebbe67f3
— What Entry-Level Jobs Really Look Like Today. – Lindsay Ellis and Kara Dapena (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, to get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates rudely treated me as though I was a GS-4 (currently $39,488/year) entry level employee. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that I had a) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels (currently $97,079-$110,020/year), b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/entry-level-jobs-2024-recent-graduates-31d55cdd
— Why American Workers Are Feeling Lonely and Isolated Te-Ping Chen (COMMENT: While worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, fewer and fewer and fewer of my coworkers shared my demographics, that is, were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/google-news-update/why-american-workers-are-feeling-lonely-and-isolated/0889f188-3c90-4409-9706-322c088261fd
— Chief Justice Durbin Opines. Chief Justice Roberts should tell the Senators to stay in their constitutional lane. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dick-durbin-sheldon-whitehouse-supreme-court-john-roberts-samuel-alito-51c0c866

POST REGISTER
— On behalf of the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee communications team and the over 140 volunteers who have served faithfully in multiple capacities over the years, we extend a warm welcome to our newly elected precinct committee officers and executive team members. The BCRCC has been steadfast in the cause of conservative liberty over the years and we anticipate the start of our next term as we continue this mission together with Idaho voters. – CHRISTOPHER COOK and KELLY GOLDEN (COMMENT: Since 1999, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have urged Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to not encourage me to help elect them. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am “too conservative” and even worse things and that because of that, the more that do to help elect them, the more votes that they will lose. Further, they stress my bad demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.postregister.com/opinion/commentary/opinion-after-the-vote-now-comes-the-hard-work/article_271ed202-1d1e-11ef-a0a9-e7d61252b5cc.html

HR MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/how-hr-can-create-a-trans-inclusion-policy

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/05/agencies-best-tool-closing-talent-gaps-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/396758/

GAO
— GAO Named #1 Best Places to Work 4th Year in a Row! (COMMENT: I doubt that any GAO employee are Republican. From what I see, virtually all GAO employees are Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or do not have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USGAO/2024/05/28/file_attachments/2890732/MN5111.pdf

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATIION
— A ‘Great Misalignment’ Between Credentials and Jobs – Sara Weissman (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. My qualifications included a) earning a high school diploma and passing the postal employment test in 1966. b) earning a bachelor’s degree in business and passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, c) earning an MBA in 1976, d) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and. e) earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/alternative-credentials/2024/05/29/report-finds-misalignment-between

May 27, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) a) to issue a detailed press release on its State Convention and b) to post on its website its new platform and its 12 new resolutions. At the convention, there was very strong support for Trump and for Dean White for IRP National Committeeman, but there were very few delegates from DuPage County. IRP chairman Don Tracy spoke vehemently against direct election of IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members. Many of the delegates who I spoke with had been strongly lobbied by opponents of direct election against direct election. Tracy’s IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee (PRC) killed direct election. Illinois Republicans who want direct election are overwhelmingly conservative. Illinois Republicans who oppose direct election are overwhelming moderate, that is, they reject some, many, most, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. It seems that to get PRC members to kill direct election, those who oppose direct election a) loaded the PRC with members who oppose direct election or could be made to oppose direct election and b) dumped efforts to move the platform to the left. I was appointed to the PRC even though I have always promoted direct election. But that appointment was made before those who oppose direct election knew that major efforts were going to be made to promote direct election. Therefore, because of that, I was removed from the PRC before its first meeting. The Democrat news media at the convention again demonstrated its rudeness and hostility toward me. I have attended as a delegate and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor all the IRP State Conventions since 2000. The 2020 convention was by Zoom. The last big push for direct election was at the 2008 convention. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you know who represented you at the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention on its National Committeeman and National Committeewoman Committee and on its Platform and Resolutions Committee? Do you know how they voted and why? Questions for your representative on the National Committeeman and National Committeewoman Committee: when the final vote was taken, a) did you vote for White or for Shaw for National Committeeman and why and b) did you vote for Belford or for Lasonde for National Committeewoman and why? Which candidates did you vote for in earlier rounds of voting and why? Questions for your representative on the Platform and Resolutions Committee, when the final vote was taken, did you vote for or against the following and why a) each of the proposed resolutions including direct election of IRP State Central Committee members and b) the IRP platform? How did you vote in earlier rounds of voting and why? If I had not been removed from the Platform and Resolutions Committee, I would have answered the aforesaid questions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does the future look like for your elected Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC)? I have been an elected RPC since 2000. My future as a RPC looks ever-increasingly bleak for me. The leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletters for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They stress that I promote direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. They stress that I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including 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. They stress my bad demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. They stress the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me, most recently, removing me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. One of them recently rudely told me that she threw my precinct letter away. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In my opinion, Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains should include the following in their next precinct letter concerning the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention: a) who the speakers were, b) how many delegates there were in total and from their congressional district (CD), county, and township/ward, c) the names of the delegates from their CD, county, and township/ward, d) who their IRP State Central Committee (SCC) member appointed to represent them on the IRP State Convention committees and how they voted on the new IRP platform, the 12 new resolutions, direct election of IRP SCC members, National Committeeman, and National Committeewoman, e) links to the new platform and to the 12 new resolutions on the IRP website, and f) lots of information on the new IRP National Committeeman Dean White and the new IRP National Committeewoman Rhonda Belford. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

JEFF BERKOWITZ
— IL GOP’s Grassroots ride Dean White into the Winner’s Circle in Collinsville, IL. Could this be a turning point for the IL GOP?
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/il-gops-grassroots-ride-dean-white
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yesterday, about 300 “Grassroots” county delegates to the IL GOP convention overcame strong recent GOP historical precedent and took control of the Party, at least for an afternoon. The grassroots wrested control away from the Establishment IL GOP State Central Committee (“SCC”). Usually, the seventeen member SCC chooses the IL RNC Committeeman and Committeewoman and the delegates in attendance at the convention docilely ratify the choice, almost proforma. But, not yesterday. Choice of a new IL GOP RNC Committeeman. This weekend, about five hundred IL Republicans gathered in Collinsville, IL to choose their new IL RNC committeeman and committeewoman to serve on the 168 member Republican National Committee, as IL committeeman Richard Porter, watch by clicking here (12 (10?) years of service) and IL committeewoman Demetra Demonte (16 years of service) were both term limited from continuing on the RNC. The main job of an RNC committeeman is to be the link or nexus between the state GOP and the RNC on national campaigns. Large elements of that nexus include national fundraising, message development and political organizing, especially for the national Presidential and mid-term elections. The primary interest of the IL GOP grassroots is the recruiting and election of quality state and local candidates and a party apparatus related thereto, not a national committeeman. But the symbolism and precedent of yesterday’s reversal of the establishment SCC was important to the grassroots, and they seemed to shout, as they descended on Collinsville, Carpe Diem, sensing victory would be theirs. On the other hand, get a sense of what could happen if these two often divergent parts of the IL GOP worked together— by watching RNC Committeeman Porter, linked to above (18:58-19:58), as he explains more than three years ago, the potential interaction between IL State operators, GOP U. S. Senators, the entire Congress and the RNC to solve Illinois’ fiscal issues, including the need to lower public sector pension and education costs— and taxes to make IL more fiscally stable and attractive in the long run to taxpayers and residents. . .Rhonda Belford, GOP Chair of Hardin County, was the SCC’s choice over Joan Lasonde for IL GOP Committeewoman, and Belford was easily approved by the Delegates in the Hall. Lasonde, residing on Chicago’s North Shore, is the 9th CD member of the SCC. The next steps for the IL GOP. So, we’ll find out in due course if Dean White, who is a bit of an unknown commodity in IL GOP politics, is everything the grassroots hope he will be. More importantly, we will no doubt learn soon if the SCC has learned how to make effective use of the grassroots’ energy to start producing some general election wins, perhaps even for IL Governor, since the stakes for IL are so high. And, many in the IL GOP almost surely will start chanting that familiar phrase: “Now is the time for all good men [and women] to come to the aid of their Party.”)

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATEMAN
— Texas Republican convention shows ultraconservative flank still controls the party. The dueling themes of party unity and purging the GOP of “RINOs” were the subplots of the Texas State Republican Convention. – John C. Moritz (COMMENT: One could compare and contrast the Texas Republican Party with the Illinois Republican Party. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINOs paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite if not as being anti-conservative. RINOs reject some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. RINOs get rid of Republicans like me who support the planks that they reject. I should write a book about the biggest past and present RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/26/texas-gop-still-controls-state-politics-can-they-unite-in-2024-campaign/73853421007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I made a big decision in January of this year,” Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told the cheering delegates Saturday as the three-day Texas State Republican Convention was heading into its final hours. “I announced that I was declaring open season on RINOs with no bag limits.” Miller, an irrepressible conservative who likes to bill himself as “Donald Trump’s man in Texas,” was referring to that strain of the GOP faithful that has been castigated as “Republicans In Name Only” because of a willingness to sometimes seek common ground with Texas’ minority party. His remarks, which were presaged by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton, came in the final weekend before Tuesday’s runoffs, in which several Republican members of the state House — including Speaker Dade Phelan, who in the minds of many of the delegates and some of the GOP officeholders is Texas’ RINO-in-chief — are fighting for their political lives in the face of challengers backed by deep-pocket conservative donors and an army of activists from the party’s right flank. That right flank emerged as the dominant force among the almost 10,000 delegates and alternates who chose to spend at least the first part of their holiday weekend shaping the future of the Texas Republican Party, which has held unchecked power in the state for more than two decades.)

NEWSWEEK
— Texas Republicans voted on Saturday on a motion over whether the state party should back a referendum on the Lone Star State seceding from the United States and becoming an independent country. Once the votes have been tallied up, the party is expected to finalize its policy platform this week. – James Bickerton
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-republicans-vote-call-independence-referendum-1904934

HOODLINE
— ILLINOIS GOP EMBRACES TRUMP AT STATE CONVENTION AS LIBERTARIANS CHALLENGE HIS VIEWS IN CHICAGO SPEECH – Damon R. Sheffield (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Libertarian plants in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. Libertarians promote booze, gambling, pot, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, etc.)
https://hoodline.com/2024/05/illinois-gop-embraces-trump-at-state-convention-as-libertarians-challenge-his-views-in-chicago-speech/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republicans threw their full weight behind former President Donald Trump during their state convention this past Saturday, as reported by the Chicago Tribune. The GOP adopted a platform that fiercely criticized Democrats for their stance on abortion rights, bail reform, and transgender issues. U.S. Rep. Mary Miller did not hold back in her condemnation of President Joe Biden and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, calling their vision for the country and state “a disaster” and even labelling it “evil.”. . . The dichotomy of the two events emphasizes the divisive figure Trump continues to represent, even within varied conservative circles. Illinois Republicans, particularly in rural regions, remain staunchly pro-Trump, with GOP Chair Don Tracy suggesting that Republican enthusiasm for the former president was on the rise. Meanwhile, Trump’s reception at the Libertarian convention exposes the frictions within a party known for its commitment to individual liberties and small government—a party where some view Trump as antithetical to their values. The Illinois GOP’s adopted platform attacks Democrats on a number of fronts, including abortion, law enforcement, and election integrity, according to the Chicago Tribune. They vehemently oppose the state’s pro-abortion laws and have added new language to their platform on gender identity, aligning closely with Trump’s traditional conservative views. Their actions signal an intention to fiercely fight to regain a foothold in suburbia, despite the potential risks of alienating moderate voters with their undiluted embrace of Trump.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 29 shot, 5 killed in Memorial Day weekend violence across city. (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-memorial-day-gun-violence-police/14874004/

NBC5
— National Spelling Bee reflects the economic success and cultural impact of immigrants from India – AP (COMMENT: What is your national origin? How long have your ancestors been in America. How successful have they been? What have their successes been attributed to? I am 100% German national origin. All my ancestors were farmers who immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. Immigrants from other nations have been more successful than immigrants from Germany. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. Critics/opponents of German Americans attribute the success that German Americans have had to their benefitting from discrimination against immigrants from other nations. Further, they stress WWI and WWII and the Holocaust. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would cite examples in which my critics/opponents have used negative German American stereotypes and my German national origin against me. It is called national origin discrimination.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/national-spelling-bee-immigrants-india/3447166/

FOX32
— Child among 5 killed in slew of shootings during Memorial Day weekend in Chicago. – Nate Rodgers (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/young-girl-among-5-killed-over-three-dozen-shootings-during-memorial-day-weekend-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Park Ridge provisionally OKs $861,000 bid for security upgrades – RICHARD REQUENA (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/26/park-ridge-provisionally-oks-861000-bid-for-security-upgrades/


— Illinois Senate Democrats boost budget plan after House leaves town – OLIVIA OLANDER, JEREMY GORNER, DAN PETRELLA, OLIVIA STEVENS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/26/illinois-senate-democrats-boost-budget-plan-after-house-leaves-town/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/26/clarence-page-supreme-court-samuel-alito-dick-durbin/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Senate approves $53.1 billion budget plan. Senate Democrats on Sunday night called the state’s budget “fair” and a “statement of our priorities.” Republicans called it “another example of a long list of misplaced priorities.” – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2024/05/26/illinois-senate-begins-voting-on-53-1-billion-budget-springfield-legislature-pot-migrants-pritzker
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/05/24/justice-samuel-alito-upside-down-flag-jan-6-insurrection-supreme-court-democracy-solutions-project-editorial
— Pro-Palestinian student says University of Chicago is withholding degrees from 4 protesters. Youssef Hasweh, a fourth-year student, is having his degree withheld until the disciplinary measures are ‘resolved.’ He believes the ‘disproportionate response’ is aimed at deterring other student protesters. – Violet Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/25/pro-palestinian-student-university-chicago-hyde-park-withholding-degrees-protesters-israel-hamas-war

WBBM
— Pedestrians twice as likely to be hit by an electric or hybrid car than a gas-powered one – Mark Menard
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/national/study-electric-or-hybrid-car-twice-as-likely-to-hit-someone

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Here’s what’s in the Illinois state budget, passed by Senate and sent to House for vote – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article288777295.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success pushing pot. Pot is poison. – Chris Breach
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2024/05/20/illinois-among-top-5-states-for-marijuana-sales-tax-revenue/73504372007/

KANKAKEE DAIL JOURNAL
— Gotion buys 231 acres for targeted expansions, power plant –
https://daily-journal.com/news/local/gotion-buys-231-acres-for-targeted-expansions-power-plant/article_47e9a7e2-1930-11ef-b1d2-83309955f2cd.amp.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Americans report using marijuana more frequently than alcohol. What are the risks of both? – Scott Detrow (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-05-26/americans-report-using-marijuana-more-frequently-than-alcohol-what-are-the-risks-of-both

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Libertarians nominate Chase Oliver for president, spurning both Trump and Kennedy – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Libertarian plants in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. Libertarians promote booze, gambling, pot, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, etc.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-libertarians-nominate-chase-oliver-for-president-spurning-both-trump-and-kennedy/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ASSAULTS UP 6.7% PAST 12 MONTHS, MORE VIOLENT – Patrick Andriesen and Jon Josko
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-crime-assaults-up-6-7-past-12-months-more-violent/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The left is turning America into a Third World country. Buying votes by the billions. – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/26/left-is-turning-america-into-third-world-country/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats look to expand abortion playbook to target Republicans on IVF – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3016549/democrats-look-expand-abortion-playbook-ivf/

WASHINGTON POST
— Alan Dershowitz compares anti-Israel campus protests by ‘Hitler Youth’ to Nazi Germany: ‘They are our future leaders’ – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2024/05/26/us-news/alan-dershowitz-likens-campus-protests-to-nazi-germany/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— It’s Time For The Republican Party to Unite Behind Trump Now. There is no denying that under Trump, America was stronger, safer, wealthier, and more prosperous. – David Keltz
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/27/its-time-for-the-republican-party-to-unite-behind-trump-now/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Like terrorists in the White House – Lynne Lechter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/like_terrorists_in_the_white_house.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden props George Floyd up as an American hero on anniversary of death – X responds – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/26/biden-props-george-floyd-up-as-an-american-hero-on-anniversary-of-death-x-responds-1461780/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Congress considering bill to curb DEI in med schools – Haika Mrema (COMMENT: To implement DEI is to lower standards.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/congress-considering-bill-curb-dei-med-schools-/25518

EPOCH TIMES
— Everything You Need to Know as Trump Trial Heads to Verdict. The charges, the witnesses, those who didn’t testify, and the final arguments before the jury takes control. – Catherine Yang (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have bombarded the jurors, as well as everyone else in the world, with ever-increasing hatred against not only Trump, but against those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. The aforesaid has hurt Biden because Biden shares the aforesaid demographics with Trump except that Biden is liberal, Democrat, Catholic, and Irish American.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-as-trump-trial-heads-to-verdict-5655809

FEDERALIST
— Public Elementary Schools Deploy Leftists’ Favorite DEI Terms — And Refuse To Define Them – STEPHANIE LUNDQUIST-ARORA
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/27/public-elementary-schools-deploy-leftists-favorite-dei-terms-and-refuse-to-define-them/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Biden, the king of gaslighting, again falsely blames Republicans for HIS border crisis – Pat Droney (COMMENT: I should write about the biggest gaslighters in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/biden-the-king-of-gaslighting-again-falsely-blames-republicans-for-his-border-crisis

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Finally, Transgender Sports Rules That Make Sense – GEORGE LEEF (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/finally-transgender-sports-rules-that-make-sense/

NEWSMAX
— Mass Migration Overwhelming Sanctuary City Schools – Eric Mack (COMMENT: Sanctuary city schools today, your schools tomorrow.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegal-immigration-crowding/2024/05/26/id/1166259/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Biden to face at least 35 ‘uncommitted’ delegates at Chicago DNC
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-to-face-at-least-35-uncommitted-delegates-at-chicago-dnc

TOWNALL
— Over 40 Mayors Beg Joe Biden to Create Jobs Program for Illegal Immigrants – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: If there had been as many illegals in America when I was young, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I did, they did not have to work their way through college. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/26/over-40-mayors-beg-joe-biden-to-create-jobs-program-for-illegal-immigrants-n2639541
— A President Who Exalts Evil – Mark Lewis
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/05/27/a-president-who-exalts-evil-n2639560
— Here’s How Many Times Non-Citizens Try to Infiltrate US Navy Bases Every Week – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/05/27/us-admiral-were-seeing-non-citizens-trying-to-infiltrate-naval-bases-2-3-times-per-week-n2639572

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCESSOUTHERN

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promote Hillary Clinton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/us/politics/hillary-clinton-abortion.html
— Democrats say “How Donald Trump Still Lives in the 1980s. The greed-is-good era was the last time his preferred public image was intact, and he’s been returning there in ways large and small as he sits through his criminal trial in Manhattan.” What did you do during the 1980s? I worked as an Analyst for the Democrats who ran GAO. In 1980, I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. In 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA. In 1984, my wife and I had own home built in Wheaton. In 1986, the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS was finally able to get me assigned to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13, currently $115,439/year. But my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. In 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In 1989, in retaliation, they threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment and performance appraisal, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/us/politics/trump-1980s-manhattan.html
— FRONT PAGE: Free Food? Modi Makes Sure Every Indian Knows Whom to Thank for It. India’s welfare programs improve lives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party uses its vast machinery to ensure the handouts also create loyal voters. – Suhasini Raj and Alex Travelli (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO candidates and elected officials ever-increasingly buy votes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/world/asia/india-welfare-modi.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hotels in N.Y. Pick Migrants Over Tourists| – Luis Ferré-Sadurní
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/nyregion/hotels-prices-migrants-nyc.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A vote for the soul of the Republican Party (COMMENT: What does the future look like for your elected Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC)? I have been an elected RPC since 2000. My future as a RPC looks ever-increasingly bleak for me. The leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletters for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They stress that I promote direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. They stress that I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including 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. They stress my bad demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. They stress the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me, most recently, removing me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. One of them recently rudely told me that she threw my precinct letter away.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/a-vote-for-the-soul-of-the-republican-party/
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat candidates and elected officials ever-increasingly promise to give Blacks more preference.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/27/ncaa-settlement-racial-injustice/

USA TODAY
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat candidates and elected officials ever-increasingly promise to give Blacks more preference.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/25/george-floyd-death-anniversary-racism-progress-slow/73540226007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Massive Immigration Wave Hitting America’s Classrooms – Jon Kamp and Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-massive-immigration-wave-hitting-americas-classrooms-3c7d7943
— Young professionals graduating from public universities charging in-state tuition often receive a degree that is worth the money—with one caveat. New graduates need to earn at least $50,000 a year, on average, in their first decade off campus for the degree to pay off, according to new research from Strada Education Foundation, a nonprofit that analyzed federal education and earnings data. If they can land that salary, or make $500,000 before taxes over 10 years, state school graduates across sectors will find the investment worth it and should be able to pay off their loans, Strada says. – Alyssa Lukpat (COMMENT: During the almost 9 years that I worked for IRS 1971-1980, IRS paid me more than $800,000 in salary In today’s dollars. My IRS salary increased from $54,728/year (GS-7 Step 1) to $110,020/year (GS-12 Step 5). I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/public-college-value-salary-career-7dc157e5

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— The Christian Nationalist Danger Behind the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag – Sarah Jones (COMMENT: What is your religion? How are members of your religion stereotyped? What are members of your religion blamed for? What have their successes been attributed to? I am Protestant. My parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. Protestants are ever-increasingly negatively stereotyped as being patriotic and even worse things. Protestants are ever-increasingly blamed for all the problems that America has. The successes that Protestants have is ever-increasingly attributed to their benefitting from discrimination against non-Protestants. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would cite examples in which my critics/opponents have used negative Protestant stereotypes and my being Protestant against me. It is called religious discrimination.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-christian-nationalism-behind-the-appeal-to-heaven-flag.html

TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Despite mounting opposition, US House leader moves to invite Netanyahu to Congress. Republican Mike Johnson sets deadline for Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer to sign on and make it a joint session or will proceed alone; Democrats divided
https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-mounting-opposition-us-house-leader-moves-to-invite-netanyahu-to-congress/

May 26, 2024

BOST FOR CONGRESS
— The Illinois Republican Party’s State Convention
https://x.com/BostForCongress/status/1794340527892312105

DALLAS NEWS
— Texas Republican Party delegates vote on party platform (COMMENT: In my opinion, delegates to state party conventions should be provided with at least a week before the convention a) copies of the platform and the resolutions that they are going to vote on and b) the names of and lots of information on the National Committeeman and Committeewoman candidates who they are going to vote on.)
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/05/25/texas-republican-platform-calls-for-teaching-bible-in-schools-blocking-abortion-drugs/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Texas GOP to vote on Bible lessons, deportations to platform (COMMENT: In my opinion, delegates to state party conventions should be provided with at least a week before the convention a) copies of the platform and the resolutions that they are going to vote on and b) the names of and lots of information on the National Committeeman and Committeewoman candidates who they are going to vote on.)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/texas-gop-bible-lessons-school-19472547.php

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office. The platform was voted on Saturday, with tallies expected next week. Other planks call abortion homicide and gender-transition care “child abuse.” – ROBERT DOWNEN AND RENZO DOWNEY (COMMENT: In my opinion, delegates to state party conventions should be provided with at least a week before the convention a) copies of the platform and the resolutions that they are going to vote on and b) the names of and lots of information on the National Committeeman and Committeewoman candidates who they are going to vote on.)
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/25/texas-republican-party-convention-platform/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans go all in for Trump at state convention – RICK PEARSON and JEREMY GORNER (COMMENT: Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) a) to issue a detailed press release on the convention and b) to post on its website its new platform and its 12 new resolutions. At the convention, there was very strong support for Trump and for Dean White for IRP National Committeeman, but there very few delegates were from DuPage County. IRP chairman Don Tracy spoke vehemently against direct election of IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members. Many of the delegates who I spoke with had been strongly lobbied by opponents of direct election against direct election. Tracy’s IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee (PRC) killed direct election. Illinois Republicans who want direct election are overwhelmingly conservative. Illinois Republicans who oppose direct election are overwhelming moderate, that is, they reject some, many, most, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. It seems that to get PRC members to kill direct election, those who oppose direct election a) loaded the PRC with members who oppose direct election or could be made to oppose direct election and b) dumped efforts to move the platform to the left. I was appointed to the PRC even though I have always promoted direct election. But that appointment was made before those who oppose direct election knew that major efforts were going to be made to promote direct election. Therefore, I was removed from the PRC before its first meeting. The Democrat news media at the convention again demonstrated its hostility toward me. I have attended as a delegate and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor all the IRP State Conventions since 2000. The 2020 convention was by Zoom. The last big push for direct election was at the 2008 convention.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/25/illinois-republicans-go-all-in-for-trump-at-state-convention/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The state GOP party platform has long opposed same-sex marriage, though its been almost a decade since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans against those unions. On Saturday, the party added a plank “confirming the immutable biological sex of humans and the protection of women” and opposing gender treatments as well as “all efforts to validate transgender identity,” The platform adopted by more than 500 delegates at the convention also attacked the Democratic Party for eliminating cash bail, contending it “opposes law and order and law enforcement.” . . . The only contentious note in the festivities occurred when former Lake County GOP chairman Mark Shaw was twice overwhelmingly rejected in votes from the convention floor in his bid to become the state’s new Republican National Committeeman, replacing Richard Porter, who is term limited. Shaw, a Trump delegate and a “senior adviser” to the presidential candidate, has a controversial party history. Once viewed as a grassroots supporter, his attempts to maneuver into the RNC job were rejected by delegates who viewed him as too establishment. Dean White of St. Charles, a construction company owner and a member of the Republican State Central Committee, was ultimately named national committeeman after Shaw dropped out. Hardin County GOP Chair Rhonda Belford, who chairs the Republican County Chairs’ Association, was voted as national committeewoman, replacing Demetra DeMonte.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for pollution.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/26/prairie-state-coal-plant/
— We can’t let summer events distract us from violence prevention in Chicago – Faith Leaders (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty, crime, and violence.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/26/opinion-chicago-summer-gun-violence-prevention/
— Mayor Johnson hires organizer as administration liaison to progressive groups – Jake Sheridan (COMMENT: Who serves as liaisons for the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization to conservative groups?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/24/mayor-johnson-hires-organizer-as-administration-liaison-to-progressive-groups/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: NCTV17 seeks funding support from Naperville as the nonprofit TV station deals with urgent financial crisis – TESS KENNY (COMMENT: I am a conservative Republican nonprofit political and government news and commentary aggregator. All the money and time needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out each and every morning comes from me. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/24/naperville-city-council-nctv17-cable-news-funding/

DAILY HERALD
— Biden to Black students: You’re nothing without me – Debra J. Saunders
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240525/syndicated-columnists/biden-to-black-students-youre-nothing-without-me/

NBC5
— At least 2 killed, 10 others injured in Chicago Memorial Day weekend shootings
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-violence-crime-memorial-day-weekend-shootings/3446710/

WGLT
— Trump confronts repeated booing during Libertarian convention speech – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Libertarian plants in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. Libertarians promote pot, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, etc.)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-05-26/trump-confronts-repeated-booing-during-libertarian-convention-speech

WGIL
— Illinois bill allows out-of-state minors to apply for taxpayer funded abortions – Catrina Petersen
https://www.wgil.com/2024/05/25/illinois-bill-allows-out-of-state-minors-to-apply-for-taxpayer-funded-abortions/

CWB CHICAGO
— Huge brawl leaves migrant stabbed, cop injured as police declare emergency outside downtown Chicago shelter. (COMMENT: Chicago today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/05/huge-brawl-leaves-migrant-stabbed-cop-injured-as-police-declare-emergency-outside-downtown-chicago-shelter.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Budget negotiations will extend into next week as House leaves Springfield – JERRY NOWICKI & HANNAH MEISEL
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/budget-negotiations-will-extend-into-next-week-as-house-leaves-springfield

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislators eye $870 million in tax increases ahead of budget deal. Package includes tax credits for hiring journalists, ex-felons, live theatre. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2b3aeb7e-1b06-11ef-905a-1fa73edcfead.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— Acknowledging Truth – Thomas Klocek
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/05/acknowledging_truth.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— MSNBC’s Joy Reid takes racist shot at Rep. Byron Donalds over Trump support – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/25/msnbcs-joy-reid-takes-racist-shot-at-rep-byron-donalds-over-trump-support-1461605/

BREITBART
— Chicago: 10 Shot During First Night of Memorial Day Weekend – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/05/26/chicago-10-shot-during-first-night-of-memorial-day-weekend/

FOX BUSINESS
— Walmart promotes Pride merchandise as Target scales back following backlash. – Brie Stimson
https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/walmart-promotes-pride-merchandise-target-scales-back-following-backlash

HOT AIR
— Schumer Clearly States Citizenship for Illegals Is the Goal
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/05/25/when-chuckles-schumer-clear-states-citizenship-for-illegals-is-the-goal-n3789060

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— “Not one Mexican”: Group of illegal immigrants interviewed near San Diego border wall. – Matthew Holloway
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/not-one-mexican-group-of-illegal-immigrants-interviewed-near-san-diego-border-wall

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Illinois Chemical Abortion Free-for-All Puts Women in Danger – ERIK BAPTIST
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/the-illinois-chemical-abortion-free-for-all-puts-women-in-danger/
— Merit Must Trump DEI in Medical Education – IAN KINGSBURY (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, professional license, and work experience.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/merit-must-trump-dei-in-medical-education/

NEW AMERICAN
— Is the Constitution Now an “Inconvenient Document”? – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/constitution/is-the-constitution-now-an-inconvenient-document/

PARADISE
— Great Replacement: Sen. Schumer Calls For Amnesty of Millions of Illegals to Offset Declining U.S. Population
https://theparadise.ng/great-replacement-sen-schumer-calls-for-amnesty-of-millions-of-illegals-to-offset-declining-u-s-population/
— 40+ Dem Mayors Beg Joe Biden to Create Jobs Program — for Illegal Aliens!
https://theparadise.ng/40-dem-mayors-beg-joe-biden-to-create-jobs-program-for-illegal-aliens/#google_vignette

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Confronting the Woke-Left and Jihad-Enthusiast Alliance – Peter Berkowitz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/26/confronting_the_woke-left_and_jihad-enthusiast_alliance_151003.html

TOWNHALL
— Chuck Schumer Admits Democrats’ ‘Ultimate Goal,’ And It’s Not Good – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: Democrat elected and appointed officials ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/25/chuck-schumer-our-ultimate-goal-is-to-give-every-illegal-immigrant-citizenship-n2639528
— Half of UCLA Med School Students Fail Basic Tests Thanks to DEI Push – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/25/half-of-ucla-med-school-students-fail-basic-tests-thanks-to-dei-push-n2639525

WESTERN JOURNAL
— New Low: Illegals Across U.S. Hiring Fake Robbers to Attack Them So They Gain Asylum – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/new-low-illegals-across-us-hiring-fake-robbers-attack-gain-asylum/

— FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCESSOUTHERN

AOL
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly crow about their success in using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/news/republican-leaders-unc-board-claims-144739678.html
— How to Check Your Employment Eligibility – LISA JOHNSON MANDELL
https://www.aol.com/news/2011-03-24-how-to-check-your-employment-eligibility.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Green cards? Passports? Visas? Just what exactly to they allow you to do? A lot of people coming to the U.S. are uncertain about whether or not they’re able to legally work in the U.S. Now there’s a super simple way to find out. The U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services recently unveiled a free online tool called E-Verify Self Check, that allows people to see if they’re eligible to work in the U.S. before they start looking.)

CNN
— Trump courts Libertarians amid mounting concern over third-party candidates – Steve Contorno and Aaron Pellish (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Libertarian plants in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. Libertarians promote pot, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, etc.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/25/politics/donald-trump-libertarian-party-rfk/index.html

MSN
— Wokeness has gone full circle with the separation of Americans by race thanks to DEI
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/news/wokeness-has-gone-full-circle-with-the-separation-of-americans-by-race-thanks-to-dei-says-conservatives/ar-BB1idbhx
— ‘Zapped time and time again’: More workers say they expect to retire at 65, but research shows they may be overly optimistic about how long they can remain in the workforce. – Serah Louis (COMMENT: I should write a book about age discrimination. I am 75. As age discrimination ever-increasingly increases under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that as you get older, there will be ever-increasingly pressure to get rid of you and especially if you are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time like me. Currently, age discriminators are using age discrimination concurrently against both Trump and Biden to “kill two birds with one stone.” In my defense, I stress the GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that I put together and send out each and every morning. I had no trouble driving non-stop to/from Wheaton and Collinsville for the Illinois Republican Party State Convention.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/zapped-time-and-time-again-more-workers-say-they-expect-to-retire-at-65-but-research-shows-they-may-be-overly-optimistic-about-how-long-they-can-remain-in-the-workforce/ar-BB1n201B

NEW YORK TIMES
— What Do Students at Elite Colleges Really Want? – Francesca Mari (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, degrees from non-Ivy League colleges are worthless, that is, that my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/business/gen-z-college-students-jobs.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/opinion/trump-deportation-immigration-border.html
— Biden Addresses Graduating Cadets at West Point Military Academy – Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/us/politics/biden-commencement-west-point.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Biden indirectly rebukes Trump at West Point commencement. – Tyler Pager
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/25/trump-biden-military-academy/
— Democrats continue to use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/25/george-floyd-anniversary-retrenchment/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Teach Your Children to Love America. – Peggy Noonan (COMMENT: What inspires your patriotism? For me, it includes my being able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/teach-your-children-to-love-america-memorial-day-7c97666e

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly crow about their success in using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayarichard-craven/2024/05/25/racial-trauma-can-affect-your-career-heres-how/

PBS
— JULY 21, 2022 FLASHBACK: Jan. 6 committee says Donald Trump is to blame for the violence (COMMENT: He who determines the membership of a committee determines the outcome of that committee.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-jan-6-committee-says-donald-trump-is-to-blame-for-the-violence

May 25, 2024

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— 2024 Illinois State Convention – RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaSXeMRHkh4

NEW YORK TIMES

— Biden to Deliver Commencement Address at West Point Military Academy. President Biden’s address comes at a moment of military upheaval abroad, university protests at home and a looming White House rematch with former President Donald J. Trump. – Michael D. Shear

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Mayor Brandon Johnson rolls out summer safety plan, hoping to prevent Memorial Day weekend violence. – Christian Piekos, Craig Wall, and Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-beaches-open-season-friday-castaways-restaurant-north/14864792/
— Illinois lawmakers working through holiday weekend on budget as spring legislative session ends
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-lawmakers-state-budget-finalized-governor-jb-pritzker/14867028/

WTTW
— State Lawmakers Pass 250 Bills, Including Measure Targeting ‘Legacy’ Admissions at Public Universities (COMMENT: How much did your parents’ education help you? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/24/state-lawmakers-pass-250-bills-including-measure-targeting-legacy-admissions-public
— Advocates Underscore Need for Statewide Reentry Programs as Several Bills Aimed at Supporting People With Criminal Records Stall – Dilpreet Raju (COMMENT: Democrats advocate for criminals. Republicans advocate for the victims of criminals.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/24/advocates-underscore-need-statewide-reentry-programs-several-bills-aimed-supporting
— Bill Banning Illinois From Aiding Other States’ Investigations Into Abortion Services Clears General Assembly – Peter Hancock and Cole Longcor (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/24/bill-banning-illinois-aiding-other-states-investigations-abortion-services-clears-general

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judicial Watch files lawsuit over Evanston reparations program – ALEX HULVALCHICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/24/conservative-group-files-lawsuit-over-evanston-reparations-program/?clearUserState=true
— Illinois Senate pitches budget, but talks continue into holiday weekend as Democrats struggle to reach consensus – DAN PETRELLA, OLIVIA OLANDER, EREMY GORNER, and OLIVIA STEVENS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/24/illinois-senate-pitches-budget-but-talks-continue-into-holiday-weekend-as-democrats-struggle-to-reach-consensus/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As Pritzker, Dems hash out state budget, lawmakers tackle health care, abortion protections and digital IDs. Topping Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s legislative agenda and on track for approval heading into the weekend was a health insurance reform package targeting so-called “junk plans” and step therapy. – Mitchell Armentrout and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2024/05/24/jb-pritzker-democrats-health-care-abortion-protections-digital-ids-legislative-roundup
— A former DuPage County prosecutor accused of threatening state lawmakers, gun control groups on social media. Samuel Cundari, 30, is charged with making threatening posts on X directed at the children of two state lawmakers, gun control groups and the Illinois attorney general’s office. He’s also accused of posting about a potential bomb at a Springfield LGBTQ festival. – Kade Heather
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/05/24/dupage-county-threats-state-lawmakers-gun-control-groups-social-media

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s Hispanic community welcomes Biden and the DNC — and demands work permits – Leigh Giangreco (COMMENT: When I was young, if there had been as many illegals as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicagos-hispanics-want-worker-permits-biden

HERALD
— Republican campaign aide charged in Will County with harassment, obscenity
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2024/05/24/republican-campaign-aide-charged-in-will-county-with-harassment-obscenity/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois’ tiny jobs growth due only to new government hiring – Mark Glennon
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/illinois-tiny-jobs-growth-due-new-government-19462440.php

SOUTHERN
— What Haley donors, voters think about her saying she’ll vote for Trump in November – Soo Rin Kim, Hannah Demissie, and Kelsey Walsh (COMMENT: Who are the leaders of Haley voters in your congressional district, county, township, and municipality? What do they say?)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/05/24/what-haley-donors-voters-think-about-her-saying-shell-vote-for-trump-in-november/
— VP hopefuls modify their stance on abortion to more closely align with Trump – Hannah Demissie
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/05/24/vp-hopefuls-modify-their-stance-on-abortion-to-more-closely-align-with-trump/

WGLT
— Campaigns are starting earlier than ever — due, in part, to early voting – Domenico Montanaro, Steve Inskeep
https://www.wglt.org/2024-05-24/campaigns-are-starting-earlier-than-ever-due-in-part-to-early-voting

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-24/abortion-can-be-difficult-to-talk-about-these-14-strangers-took-it-on-anyway

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/understanding-inequality-redlining-is-only-part-of-the-story/Event?oid=18458376

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— South Side Chicago GOP delegate makes history – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ad2bbf7a-19ec-11ef-a863-e7a3816125c9.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Public Schools Fail: Kids Can’t Read. Only 35 in every 100 Illinois students can read at grade level. Is your child one of them? (COMMENT: At Crete-Monee High School, only 15% are proficient in reading and only 7% in math. I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. My ACT score was 24. I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. That got me accepted by UIC.)
https://wirepoints.org/kidscantread/statewide/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— An Opposing View of Direct Election of GOP SCC – Larry D. Smith (COMMENT: I should write a book about those past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who oppose direct election of IRP SCC members and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I promote direct election of IRP SCC members. I would focus on those who removed me from the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/05/an-opposing-view-of-direct-election-of-gop-scc/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden is downsizing, politicizing our military – Want to avoid war? Prepare for one. – Don Feder
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/24/biden-is-downsizing-politicizing-our-military/
— Biden, Democrats and the dangerous religion of race. It’s being used to justify totalitarianism. – Tom Basile
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/24/biden-democrats-and-dangerous-religion-of-race/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Left’s war on merit comes for medical schools – Brad Polumbo (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, professional license, and work experience.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3016582/the-lefts-war-on-merit-comes-for-medical-schools/
— DEI is going to get people killed: Medical edition – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/opinion-restoring-america/3016922/dei-is-going-to-get-people-killed-medical-edition/
— Biden’s fiscal vigilantes are robbing people – Rep. Jodey Arrington
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3015339/bidens-fiscal-vigilantes-robbing-people/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— UCLA Medical School Denies Whistleblower Allegations, Claims Students Admitted ‘Based on Merit’ Admissions officers say the school lowers standards for minorities in an effort to boost diversity. – Aaron Sibarium (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, professional license, and work experience.)
https://freebeacon.com/campus/ucla-medical-school-denies-whistleblower-allegations-claims-students-admitted-based-on-merit/
— ‘A Failed Medical School’: How Racial Preferences, Supposedly Outlawed in California, Have Persisted at UCLA. Up to half of UCLA medical students now fail basic tests of medical competence. Whistleblowers say affirmative action, illegal in California since 1996, is to blame. – Aaron Sibarium
https://freebeacon.com/campus/a-failed-medical-school-how-racial-preferences-supposedly-outlawed-in-california-have-persisted-at-ucla/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Make America great, and competitive, again – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/make_america_great_and_competitive_again.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— At UCLA, the DEI medical students are a disaster – Andrea Widburg (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, professional license, and work experience.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/at_ucla_the_dei_medical_students_are_a_disaster.html

BREITBART
— Over 40 Mayors Plead with Joe Biden to Create Jobs Program — for Migrants – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/24/over-40-mayors-plead-with-joe-biden-to-create-jobs-program-for-migrants/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern journalism school’s chair of ‘social justice in reporting’ has history of pro-Hamas rhetoric – Patrick McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/exposed-northwestern-journalism-schools-chair-social-justice-reporting-history-pro-hamas-rhetoric/25525
— UCLA med students alarmingly sub-standard, as school ‘cuts corners’, admits applicants based on race – Adam Sabes (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, professional license, and work experience.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/ucla-med-students-alarmingly-sub-standard-school-cuts-corners-admits-students-based-race/25529

CENTER SQUARE NORTH CAROLINA
— Jews ‘fit neatly’ into universities’ DEI oppression matrix – Alan Wooten |
https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_fe852b0a-19d7-11ef-9adc-63d6dbfbd38b.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said the Committee on Education and the Workforce will continue getting to, and ending, the “roots of antisemitic hatred, including anti-Israel DEI bureaucracies, and questionable foreign funding” that enabled a group to be found – the Jews – that “fit neatly” into the oppression matrix of diversity, equity and inclusion. “Over the course of years, decades even,” Foxx said, “universities gradually nurtured a campus culture of radicalism in which antisemitism grew and became tolerated by administrators.”)

DAILY CALLER
— Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Rips Biden For Border Crisis, Details Concerns Over Migrants Crossing – HAILEY GOMEZ
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/24/anna-paulina-luna-rips-biden-border-crisis-illegal-immigrants-crossing/
— How We Built A World Meant To Cave To The Mob – GAGE KLIPPER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/24/build-world-cave-mob-jussie-smollett-demand-for-hate-crime/

DAILY WIRE
— Up To Half Of UCLA Med Students Are Failing Basic Medical Competency Tests, Affirmative Action To Blame – Ashe Schow (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, professional license, and work experience.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/up-to-half-of-ucla-med-students-are-failing-basic-medical-competency-tests-affirmative-action-to-blame

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Want Aliens To Vote In U.S. Elections – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/24/yes-democrats-want-aliens-to-vote-in-u-s-elections-take-jamie-raskins-word-for-it/

FOX NEWS
— California bill would ban schools from telling parents if student identifies as LGBTQ. Opponents say the bill will ‘keep parents in the dark.’ – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-bill-would-ban-schools-telling-parents-student-identifies-lgbtq-gut-and-amend
— Top House Republican launches probe into failed breach of military base by illegal immigrants. Lawmakers in both congressional chambers have demanded answers. – Adam Shaw, Griff Jenkins
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-house-republican-launches-probe-failed-breach-military-base-illegal-immigrants

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Evanston faces federal class action over reparations program
https://www.judicialwatch.org/chicago-suburb-faces-federal-class-action-over-reparations-program/

MRC TV
— Half of UCLA Med Students Are Failing Family Medicine Amid Racial Admissions Reports – SCOTT GIEBEL (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, professional license, and work experience.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/scott-giebel/data-shows-half-ucla-med-students-are-failing-family-medicine-amid-racial

NEWSMAX
— Chicago Officials Concerned About Violence at DNC Convention – Solange Reyner
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dnc-chicago-officials/2024/05/24/id/1166141/

PATRIOT POST
— Illegals in Chicago Fake Armed Robberies for Immigration Benefit. Illegal immigrants in the Windy City are paying to be “victimized” in fake armed robberies, attempting to obtain a visa and protection from deportation.
https://patriotpost.us/videos/107127-illegals-in-chicago-fake-armed-robberies-for-immigration-benefit-2024-05-24

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— How UCLA Became ‘a Failed Medical School’ – Aaron Sibarium (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, professional license, and work experience.)
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/05/24/how_ucla_became_a_failed_medical_school_1033829.html

TOWNHALL
— The High Art of Virtue Signaling – Jeff Davidson (COMMENT: I should write about the biggest virtue signalers in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/05/25/the-high-art-of-virtue-signaling-n2638867
— Tired of Waiting for Border Agents, Illegal Aliens Call a Lyft and Become ‘Gotaways’ – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/05/24/tired-of-waiting-for-border-agents-illegal-aliens-call-a-lyft-and-become-gotaways-n2639498

WESTERN STANDARD
— Half of UCLA med students fail basic tests since lowering standards for minorities – Jen Hodgson (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, professional license, and work experience.)
https://www.westernstandard.news/news/half-of-ucla-med-students-fail-basic-tests-since-lowering-standards-for-minorities/54812

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Anti-Trump Republicans Worried About the Biden Campaign (COMMENT: I should write about the biggest anti-Trump leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2015.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/us/politics/trump-biden-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How the Libertarian Party that turned from Trump came to embrace him. The decision to invite the former president to speak at Saturday’s convention is the latest battle in a raging, contentious war over the party’s direction. – Meryl Kornfield (COMMENT: Because I have always opposed the promotion of LGBTQ, abortion, and pot, Libertarian plants in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always worked very hard against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/25/libertarian-party-trump/

USA TODAY
— Democrats continue to use George Floyd to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/25/george-floyd-racism-backlash/73548393007/

MSN
— Migrant stuns reporter saying ‘killers’ and ‘psychopaths’ entering US – Jon Michael Raasch
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/migrant-stuns-reporter-saying-killers-and-psychopaths-entering-us/ar-BB1mZK4z
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/welcome-desperate-migrants-without-excuses-or-delays-pope/ar-AA1cMSDI

YAHOO
— Legacy Students Four Times More Likely to Be Accepted to Top Schools – Daniel Kreps (COMMENT: How much did your parents’ education help you? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/legacy-students-four-times-more-130428192.html
— Wall Street is paring its bets on ESG and DEI as political pressure rises – BEN WERSCHKUL (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.aol.com/wall-street-paring-bets-esg-150045085.html

FORBES
— Who have your superiors made role models? My superiors have always made those who are following role models: team players, moderate/liberal, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/04/26/recruiting-gen-z-how-to-engage-young-talent-in-the-workplace/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Ready to Certify Your Affirmative Action Plans Before July 1, 2024? – Lsa B. Marsh, Marolhin D. Mendez (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://natlawreview.com/article/ready-certify-your-affirmative-action-plans-july-1-2024-podcast

May 24, 2024

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP UNITY: The Illinois Republican Party is holding its state convention today and Saturday in the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville. After eight years of divisiveness among the rank and file, party leaders hope to emerge united as they head into election season. No matter where they stand on Donald Trump, they agree on wanting to make Joe Biden a one-term president. “We’re at a pivotal point where you’re seeing Republicans starting to get back together,” Illinois GOP Executive Director Matthew Janes told Playbook. “You’re seeing a lot more unity recently.” The Illinois GOP has evolved much the way the national Republican party has, with right-leaning Republicans veering more right and centrists somehow being seen as being left on party issues. In Illinois, the shift has been geographic. In 2014, the Republican base was strong in Chicago’s suburbs and exurbs, while southern Illinois still saw Democrats have an influence in party politics. That’s all shifted: When Trump came on the scene, rural voters were drawn to his blue collar message and there was a shift in the state party’s cultural and economic bases. Chicago-area Republicans weren’t always in line with Trump. And many still aren’t. Embracing Trump: Illinois GOP National Committeeman Richard Porter was among those hoping to see a new Republican generation in the White House. He backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president. Now, he says he’s most concerned about taking back the White House from Democrats. “I am for winning. Trump is our nominee and the Democrats have behaved appallingly in regard to Trump so it’s not hard to support him,” Porter told Playbook, referring to the former president’s recent court fight in New York. That attitude is expected to prevail in Collinsville this weekend, where the biggest task is to line up behind a party platform and elect a new Republican committee man and committee woman to represent the state within the national Republican Convention (The party elects one man and one woman to those seats.). Why the change: Term limits are keeping Porter and Committeewoman Demetra DeMonte from running again. They have each served two terms. In the running for their seats: GOP state central committee members Mark Shaw and Dean White and Illinois Republican Finance Committee Chair Vince Kolber. Shaw is also an Illinois adviser to Trump’s campaign. Women candidates are State Central Committee members Joan Lasonde and Rhonda Belford, and former Republican legislative candidate Julie Cho. All of the candidates are right-leaning, Trump-supporting Republicans. If you are Demetra DeMonte, Playbook would like to hear from you. Email skapos@politico.com )
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump putting his finger on the scale to revamp GOP platform four years after it froze in time – Elaine Mallon (COMMENT: Those who oppose direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a far-right conservative. Since 2015, they have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a Trump-promoter. I should write a book about those who oppose direct elect election of IRP SCC members and who oppose Trump and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3015947/trump-revamp-gop-platform-after-it-froze-in-time/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump campaign is pushing to elect those closely aligned with the presumptive presidential nominee’s agenda to positions on the Republican National Committee‘s Platform Committee. Much of this effort by former President Donald Trump’s campaign relates to concerns that far-right conservatives will push stances on abortion and same-sex marriage that may alienate the general population just ahead of the general election. The RNC’s Platform Committee consists of a male and a female representative from each U.S. state and territory, and it will play an instrumental role in shaping the party’s stances on dozens of policy issues. The party’s current platform is a 66-page document that hasn’t been reviewed since the 2016 election. In 2020, the RNC passed a resolution stating it would not adopt a new platform, pointing to the COVID-19 pandemic interfering with the party’s ability to hold meetings. That year marked the first time in more than 150 years that the RNC decided not to make adjustments to its official platform, per NBC News. Shiree Verdone served as co-chairwoman of Trump’s campaign in Arizona in both 2016 and 2020 but is no longer involved with the Republican Party of Arizona. She told the outlet that Trump’s team is concerned about who is getting on the party’s platform committee. “Trying to get normal folks on the Platform and Rules [committees], but God knows if there’s any normal people in that delegation,” Verdone said. The committee’s leadership consists of strong Trump supporters, including Trump’s former ambassador to Luxembourg, Randy Evans, who will serve as executive director. Russ Vought, Trump’s former director of the Office of Management and Budget, will serve as policy director, and Ed Martin, the head of several conservative groups, will serve as deputy policy director. “The campaign is really getting into it and involved this year in [Platform Committee] races in states,” a veteran Republican operative told the outlet. “There is a sense among them that the platform should not be pushed too far to the right on a few issues, but I keep hearing abortion and marriage specifically.” While far-right conservatives have called for a national ban on abortion, Trump has been steadfast in his stance that the matter will be left up to the states. “I DO NOT SUPPORT A BAN ON BIRTH CONTROL, AND NEITHER WILL THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!” Trump declared on Truth Social.)
— ‘Haley Voters for Biden’ says Trump endorsement makes their efforts ‘difficult’ – Peter Cordi (COMMENT: Who are the Haley voters for Biden in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3015309/haley-voters-biden-trump-endorsement-efforts-difficult/
— Trump and DeSantis appear to push aside feud in appeal to donors: ‘I love that you’re back’ – Ross O’Keefe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3015526/trump-desantis-push-aside-feud-appeal-donors/
— Speaker Mike Johnson accuses Biden, Democrats of wanting illegal immigrants to vote – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/mike-johnson-accuses-joe-biden-democrats-of-wantin/
— Mike Johnson warns that ‘enemies of freedom’ can vote in local DC elections – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3014853/mike-johnson-warns-enemies-of-freedom-can-vote-local-dc-elections/
— Democrats attack Republicans on DC noncitizen voting law as a setup for election fraud claims – Jack Birle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3014472/democrats-attack-republicans-dc-noncitizen-voting-law-setup-big-lie-2-0/
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: One year in, a failing grade – William J. Kelly
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3001566/brandon-johnson-one-year-in-failing-grade/
— Trump insists Biden, 81, must debate him standing up. – Ashley Oliver (COMMENT: I drove non-stop from Wheaton to Collinsville yesterday.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3016177/trump-insists-biden-81-must-debate-standing-up/
— Illegal immigrant says illegal immigration is too easy – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3015282/illegal-immigrant-says-illegal-immigration-too-easy/

ALTON TELEGRAPH & JOURNAL COURIER
— Collinsville hosts Illinois GOP state convention this weekend. – Scott Cousins
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-republican-convention-gop-collinsville-19474408.php
http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/republicans-state-convention-collinsville-weekend-19474445.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Approximately 500 to 600 people will attend, according to Convention Coordinator Deb Detmers.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Nikki Haley dropped out of the GOP race, but she’s still getting sizable votes. – Hannah Demissie
https://abc7chicago.com/post/nikki-haley-voting-trump-former-republican-presidential-candidate/14858562/
— Trump campaign calls out ‘critical flaw’ in Milwaukee RNC convention’s safety from protesters. Trump campaign wants more space between convention and protest areas. – Kelsey Walsh
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-campaign-accuses-secret-service-of-critical-flaw-rnc/14863699/
— Anti-abortion Chicago City Council members stall quiet zone approval around West Loop clinic. Ald. Bill Conway was trying to establish “quiet zone” around abortion clinic where entering women report bullying and intimidation. – Fran Spielman
https://abc7chicago.com/post/anti-abortion-chicago-city-council-members-stall-approval-west-loop-clinic-quiet-zone/14863192/

WGN9
— House Republicans rail against Northwestern, Rutgers for cutting deals with protesters. – Lexi Lonas
https://wgnradio.com/news/house-republicans-ream-northwestern-rutgers-for-cutting-deals-with-protesters/
— Retiring early may not be as great as it sounds – Collin McCarthy (COMMENT: I should write a book about being forced by Democrats to retire early.)
https://wgnradio.com/your-money-matters/retiring-early-may-not-be-as-great-as-it-sounds/

WTTW
— New Illinois Law That Prevents Political Parties From Slating Candidates in Open General Election Races Put on Hold by Judge – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/23/new-illinois-law-prevents-political-parties-slating-candidates-open-general-election
— Northwestern President Defends Deal With Student Protesters to US House Committee: ‘We Had to Get the Encampment Down’ – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/23/northwestern-president-defends-deal-student-protesters-us-house-committee-we-had-get

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois fails to protect immigrant victims of crime – NELL SALZMAN (COMMENT: Those who promote illegal immigration are responsible for the illegals who come in.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/24/illinois-fails-to-protect-immigrant-victims-of-crime-report-finds/
— Alderman accuses colleague of antisemitism over social media post. – JAKE SHERIDAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/23/alderman-accuses-colleague-of-antisemitism-over-social-media-post/
— Illinois Democrats still at odds over tax hike proposals as budget talks again head into overtime – JEREMY GORNER, OLIVIA OLANDER, OLIVIA STEVENS, DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/23/illinois-democrats-still-at-odds-over-tax-hike-proposals-as-budget-talks-again-head-into-overtime/
— Northwestern President Schill grilled by lawmakers at campus antisemitism hearing. ‘Hate is hate.’ – ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/23/northwestern-president-at-congressional-antisemitism-hearing-existing-rules-policies-falling-short-we-must-improve/
— Senate holds a test vote on border bill as Democrats seek to underscore Republican resistance – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/23/senate-border-bill-test-vote/
— ‘Justice-impacted individual’ is a ‘doublethink’ phrase that could come back to haunt Gov. J.B. Pritzker – Editorial
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-justice-impacted-individual-doublethink-100000509.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge halts election law that blocked Republican candidates from appearing on November ballot. Under the new law, state House and Senate candidates must run in the primary to appear on the November general election ballot — a move leaving prospective candidates in the lurch, viewed as a power grab by the Democrat-led legislature. – Tina Stondeles and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/05/23/judge-halts-election-law-that-blocked-republican-candidates-from-appearing-on-november-ballot
— Mayoral allies in hot water over social media posts. Johnson’s Communications Director Ronnie Reese is under fire for a 2010 tweet that said, “I brake for gay pride, reluctantly.” Meanwhile, Ald. Debra Silverstein called a recent Facebook post by Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez “an antisemitic dog whistle.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/05/23/social-media-mayoral-allies-facebook-tweet-antisemitism-homophobia
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2024/05/23/cook-county-loans-minority-pot-license-marijuana-social-equity
— Advocates worry 120 schools could lose after-school programs this summer. – Nader Issa and Sarah Karp (COMMENT: What did you do after-school? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, and worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/05/23/advocates-worry-120-schools-could-lose-after-school-programs-this-summer
— Student protests are a rite of passage. I went through it, back in the ’60s. Watching the wave of student protests on college campuses nationwide, a retired journalist recalls his own activism and writes: When these students reflect on this moment, I trust they will appreciate, like I have, our country’s commitment to reasonable free speech, peaceable assembly and democracy. – Andy Shaw (COMMENT: While I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970, many of my classmates protested the Vietnam War.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/05/23/student-protests-colleges-israel-hamas-vietnam-war-activists-1960s-andy-shaw

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago newsrooms get $1.6 million in grants to strengthen local journalism – Corli Jay (COMMENT: All the many thousands of dollars needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out every morning comes out of my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/chicago-newsrooms-get-grants-bolster-local-journalism
— Durbin renews call for Alito to recuse himself in 2020 election cases. (COMMENT: I have flown an American flag off my front porch in Wheaton constantly since September 11, 2001 and a 18X12 foot American flag in my Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville since January of 2021.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/durbin-calls-alito-recuse-himself-2020-election-cases

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois House moves to protect emergency abortions ahead of US Supreme Court ruling – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/23/illinois-house-passes-bill-protecting-emergency-abortion-services/73793013007/

SOUTHERN
— Democrats go on offense as the GOP opens the door to birth control restrictions – Isabella Murray
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/05/23/democrats-go-on-offense-as-the-gop-opens-the-door-to-birth-control-restrictions

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Descendants of Evanston residents file federal class action suit against reparations program – William Tong
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/05/24/city/descendants-of-evanston-residents-file-federal-class-action-suit-against-reparations-program/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Class action lawsuit attacks Evanston reparations program as unconstitutional. Plaintiffs allege they are ‘irreparably harmed’ by program’s limitation to Black ancestors and descendants, seek their own $25,000 payments. – Alex Harrison
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/05/24/class-action-lawsuit-attacks-local-reparations-program-as-unconstitutional/

EVANSTON NOW
— Suit challenges Evanston reparations plan – Bill Smith
https://evanstonnow.com/suit-challenges-evanston-reparations-plan/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump isn’t known for letting slights against him pass – AP (COMMENT: I not only let sights against me pass, I let big adverse actions against me pass. Should I continue doing that? Should I start issuing cease and desist letters against my attackers? Should I sue them?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-swaps-bluster-for-silence-and-possibly-sleep-in-his-hush-money-trial//

CITIES 92.9
— Measure impacting auto voter registration raises non-citizen registration concerns – Catrina Petersen
https://www.cities929.com/2024/05/22/measure-impacting-auto-voter-registration-raises-non-citizen-registration-concerns/

WGEM
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wgem.com/video/2024/05/24/bill-expanding-illinois-abortion-shield-law-heads-gov-pritzkers-desk/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-94/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: Why do Republican, conservative, and religious leaders in Illinois not encourage reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, if not discourage reading those newsletters? ANSWER: They reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly its individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks and/or they reject election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois bill allows out-of-state minors to apply for taxpayer funded abortions – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5b88a150-192f-11ef-9334-cb5ac7080596.html

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Evanston faces federal class action over reparations program. The first-of-its-kind reparations initiative is meant to address the historic housing injustice that Black Evanston residents once faced. – DAVE BYRNES
https://www.courthousenews.com/chicago-suburb-faces-federal-class-action-over-reparations-program/

WEST COOK NEWS
— Cook County launches $3.6 million grant program for cannabis businesses
https://westcooknews.com/stories/659508595-cook-county-launches-3-6-million-grant-program-for-cannabis-businesses

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois legislators ‘increasingly see criminals as victims & police as criminals’ – Paul Vallas:
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/659439059-paul-vallas-illinois-legislators-increasingly-see-criminals-as-victims-police-as-criminals

SANGAMON SUN
— Republicans express concerns over exclusion from Illinois budget talks
https://sangamonsun.com/stories/659508774-republicans-express-concerns-over-exclusion-from-illinois-budget-talks

WIREPOINTS
— More woke buffoonery with your money: The latest with Illinois’ ESG investments and Treasurer Frerichs – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/more-woke-buffoonery-with-your-money-the-latest-with-illinois-esg-investments-and-treasurer-frerichs-wirepoints/
— Eleven Illinois U.S. Representatives vote against bill to ban noncitizens from voting in Washington, D.C. elections
https://wirepoints.org/eleven-illinois-u-s-representatives-vote-against-bill-to-ban-noncitizens-from-voting-in-washington-d-c-elections-wirepoints-quickpoint/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Protecting Child Sacrifice and Mandating Indoctrination – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/protecting-child-sacrifice-and-mandating-indoctrination/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP convention plans to be a good guest in Milwaukee – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/23/inside-beltway-gop-convention-plans-be-good-guest-/
— Biden stumbles through press conference with Kenyan president: ‘What was my question?’ – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/23/joe-biden-stumbles-through-press-conference-with-k/
— 52 Democrats join GOP as House votes to overturn D.C.’s noncitizen voting law – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/23/52-democrats-join-gop-as-house-votes-to-overturn-d/
— Biden proves he’s a demagogue on race, yet his own record is terrible. President told Black college grads that America hates them. – Tim Murtaugh
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/23/biden-proves-hes-demagogue-on-race-yet-his-own-rec/
— Safe spaces, ‘trigger warnings’ crush free speech and destroy universities’ academic rigor – Allan C. Stam
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/23/safe-spaces-trigger-warnings-crush-free-speech-and/

NEW YOR POST
— Trump vows to ‘make NYC great again’ at boisterous Crotona Park rally. – Victor Nava and Diana Glebova
https://nypost.com/2024/05/23/us-news/trump-vows-to-make-nyc-great-again-at-boisterous-crotona-park-rally/
— Thousands of Trump fanatics swarm Bronx park for his first NY rally since 2016: ‘He’s a real Nelson Mandela’ – Steven Vago, Marie Pohl and Katherine Donlevy
https://nypost.com/2024/05/23/us-news/thousands-of-trump-fanatics-swarm-nyc-park-for-rally/
— Advice to Donald Trump for the debate: Just let bumbling Biden talk! – Douglas Murray
https://nypost.com/2024/05/23/opinion/advice-to-donald-trump-for-the-debate-just-let-bumbling-biden-talk/
— Advice to Donald Trump for the debate: Just let bumbling Biden talk! – Douglas Murray
https://nypost.com/2024/05/23/opinion/advice-to-donald-trump-for-the-debate-just-let-bumbling-biden-talk/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A border so wide open even the illegals are warning us – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/a_border_so_wide_open_even_the_illegals_are_warning_us.html

BREITBART
— Kinzinger Dismisses Haley’s Support for Trump as ‘Pathetic’ – SIMON KENT (COMMENT: I have always been a Republican. Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes will announce that they have always been Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, or RINOs.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/23/kinzinger-dismisses-haleys-support-for-trump-as-pathetic/
— Illinois Democrats Dumping the Term ‘Offender’ for ‘Justice-Impacted Individual’ in State Law – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/05/23/illinois-democrats-dumping-offender-justice-impacted-individual-state-law/
— Illegal Migrants Hurry to Cross Southern Border: ‘We Don’t Want Trump’ – ELIZABETH WEIBEL
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/22/illegal-migrants-hurry-cross-southern-border-we-dont-want-trump/
— Most House Democrats Vote to Allow Illegal Aliens to Vote in D.C. Elections – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/23/most-house-democrats-vote-to-allow-illegal-aliens-to-vote-in-d-c-elections/
— Joe Biden Blames Record-Setting Illegal Immigration on Republicans – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have blamed me the most for the most. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for the most losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/23/joe-biden-blames-record-setting-illegal-immigration-republicans/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern journalism school’s chair of ‘social justice in reporting’ has history of pro-Hamas rhetoric – Patrick McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/exposed-northwestern-journalism-schools-chair-social-justice-reporting-history-pro-hamas-rhetoric/25525

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— States Seeking to Curb Illegal Immigration Can Start by Curbing Access to Professional Licenses – Jessica M. Vaughan (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that on my first attempt, a) I passed the CPA examination in 1979, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, c) I became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://cis.org/Vaughan/States-Seeking-Curb-Illegal-Immigration-Can-Start-Curbing-Access-Professional-Licenses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 20 percent of U.S. workers require a license in their occupation.)

DAILY SIGNAL
— Up to 2.7 Million Noncitizens Could Vote Illegally in November – Dan Hart
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/23/up-2-7-million-noncitizens-could-vote-illegally-november-study-shows/
— Biden Border Crisis Is Extortion Tactic to Push Massive Amnesty – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/23/biden-border-crisis-is-extortion-tactic-push-massive-amnesty-borderline/

DAILY WIRE
— Activism Over Education? Law School Embraced Drag Shows And Social Justice Amid Rankings Free Fall. As law school plummeted down the rankings, its professors were performing in drag. – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-dei-fueled-implosion-of-a-major-u-s-law-school

FOX NEWS
— Donald Trump at Bronx rally: Biden puts illegal aliens first, I put America first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEtEYViyEd0
— Sen. Graham sounds alarm on terror threat after Marine base incident: ‘Wake-up call’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/sen-graham-sounds-alarm-terror-threat-after-marine-base-incident-wake-up-call?ref=upstract.com
— Top Dem’s past push for noncitizen voting rights revealed ahead of House vote. The House will consider a bill Thursday to repeal a DC law allowing noncitizens to vote. – Elizabeth Elkind
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-dems-past-push-non-citizen-voting-rights-revealed-ahead-house-vote
— Meritocracy works much better in terms of producing excellent results – Dr. Ben Carson
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6353550280112

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Evanston Over Reparations
https://www.judicialwatch.org/reparations/

MRC TV
— Illegal Alien Worried About ‘Who Comes into This Country’: ‘Killers, Psychopaths’ – CRAIG BANNISTER
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/illegal-alien-worried-about-who-comes-country-killers-psychopaths

NEWSMAX
— Trump on Mass Migration: ‘They’re Building an Army!’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-immigration-illegals/2024/05/23/id/1165961/
— Biden’s Open Border Doing Irreparable Harm – Rep. Bob Good, R-Va.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/bob-good-newsmax-joe-biden/2024/05/23/id/1165931/
— DEI Will Destroy Our Trust in Doctors – JEFFREY BLEHAR
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dei-will-destroy-our-trust-in-doctors/

PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Renames ‘Offenders’ to ‘Justice-Impacted Individuals’ – GRAYSON BAKICH
https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/05/22/illinois-renames-offenders-to-justice-impacted-individuals-n4929264

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— When Donald Trump Wins In 2024 Will Democrats Accept The Legitimacy Of His Victory? – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/05/23/ned_ryun_when_donald_trump_wins_in_2024_will_democrats_accept_the_legitimacy_of_his_victory.html
— Speaker Johnson: Democrats Want Illegal Aliens Deciding Elections, They Don’t Want Americans Deciding American Elections – Tyler Stone
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/05/23/speaker_johnson_democrats_want_illegal_aliens_deciding_elections_they_dont_want_americans_deciding_american_elections.html

TOWNHALL
— The Polls Don’t Lie: Thousands of People Show Up to Trump Rally In Deep-Blue State – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/23/trump-deep-blue-state-rally-n2639468
— Only Trump Can Launch and Win a War Against the DEI Army – Douglas MacKinnon
https://townhall.com/columnists/douglasmackinnon/2024/05/24/only-trump-can-launch-and-win-a-war-against-the-dei-army-n2639467

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— Noncitizen voting bill advances as Republicans continue messaging push – Jim Saksa
https://rollcall.com/2024/05/23/noncitizen-voting-bill-advances-as-republicans-continue-messaging-push/

ABC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/closer-donald-trumps-2024-vow-deport-millions-migrants/story?id=110469177

WASHINGON POST
— Fentanyl is fueling a record number of youth drug deaths. The new trend has shocked many pediatricians, who say they feel unprepared to provide counseling on opioid addiction. – Jenna Portnoy and Dan Keating
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/22/fentanyl-youth-overdoses-increase/

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly shout at Black and at everyone else that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbowermaster/2024/05/24/4-years-after-george-floyd-racial-equity-giving-faces-challenges/

DAILY MAIL
— Half of trainee doctors at UCLA’s prestigious medical school ‘are failing basic tests after dean who’s anti-white ignored affirmative action ban and terrorized staff with DEI rules’ Standards plunge at UCLA medical school amid claims of reverse discrimination. Dean Jennifer Lucero has presided over exodus of Asian students since 2020. UCLA Med students forced to sit through pro-Hamas lecture. – DOMINIC YEATMAN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13454451/UCLA-medical-school-dean-Jennifer-Lucero-DEI-affirmative.html

May 23, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. What do you hope that Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders will stress at their State Convention in Collinsville May 24-25? I hope that they will stress defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, and especially 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 hope that they will stress direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— On Saturday, May 25, 2024, delegates to the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention in Collinsville will be asked to vote on a new IRP platform and a new set of resolutions. But so far, the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee has not provided delegates with drafts of the aforesaid. If I had not been removed from the committee because of my calling for strengthening the platform, including calling for E-Verify, and because of my calling for direct election of IRP State Central Committee members, I would have called for the committee to provide delegates with drafts of the new draft platform and the new draft set of resolutions by now. Further, I would have called for the IRP to provide delegates with a detailed agenda for the convention’s May 25 general session by now. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In possible DNC preview, Gov. J.B. Pritzker mocks ex-President Donald Trump – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/in-possible-dnc-preview-gov-j-b-pritzker-mocks-ex-president-donald-trump/
— Judge temporarily blocks hastily passed election law that favored Democrats in November – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/judge-temporarily-blocks-hastily-passed-election-law-that-favored-democrats-in-november/
— BEYOND TRAGIC: There are now more daily marijuana users in the US than daily alcohol users – CARLA K. JOHNSON (COMMENT: Booze is bad, but pot is worse. Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/by-the-numbers-there-are-now-more-daily-marijuana-users-in-the-us-than-daily-alcohol-users/
— Mayor Richard Irvin says Aurora ‘absolutely pursuing a special census’ after recent estimates say city lost population – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/mayor-richard-irvin-says-aurora-absolutely-pursuing-a-special-census-after-recent-estimates-say-city-lost-population/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/22/rescheduling-marijuana-president-biden-justice-department-drug-war-jacob-sullum

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker, Johnson tout DNC in Chicago at preview – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240522/nation-and-world-politics/pritzker-johnson-tout-dnc-in-chicago-at-preview/
— Lara Trump is taking the reins and reshaping the RNC in her father-in-law’s image – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240522/nation-and-world-politics/lara-trump-is-taking-the-reins-and-reshaping-the-rnc-in-her-father-in-laws-image/
— Under Illinois Democrat leaders, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240521/submitted-content/northern-illinois-food-bank-receives-70000-donation-from-meijer-to-help-fight-hunger-in-north-chic/
— ‘We need resolution’: State lawsuit against Wheaton history group drags on – Susan Sarkauskas and Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240521/news/we-need-resolution-state-lawsuit-against-wheaton-history-group-drags-on/

ABC7
— Democratic Party leaders preview DNC to media representatives at United Center – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-dnc-2024-party-leaders-media-representatives-united/14858556/

NBC5 & WGN9 & FOX ILLINOIS & WJOL & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WSIU
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US (COMMENT: Booze is bad, but pot is worse. Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/daily-marijuana-use-outpaces-daily-drinking-in-us/3443948/
https://wgntv.com/news/daily-pot-use-exceeds-daily-drinking-in-u-s-a-new-study-says/
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/daily-marijuana-use-outpaces-daily-drinking-in-the-us-a-new-study-says-recreational-smoking-vaping-edibles-pot-weed-cannabis-drugs-narcotics-research-tobacco-liquor-booze-cocktails-beer
https://www.wjol.com/study-daily-marijuana-use-outpaces-daily-drinking-in-the-u-s/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/daily-pot-use-exceeds-daily-drinking-in-us-new-study-says/
https://www.wsiu.org/state-of-illinois/2024-05-22/the-4th-annual-illinois-cannabis-convention-features-jim-belushi

CBS NEWS
— Shootings, stabbings on Chicago transit system leave many alarmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRQ7yeB-Sq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MThsv4zVuFY
— Woman robbed at gunpoint near Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago – Adam Harrington (COMMENT: I worked near the Federal Plaza in 1971 and then 1973-1997.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/woman-robbed-gunpoint-federal-plaza-downtown-chicago/

FOX32
— Downtown Chicago residents urged to stay vigilant amid rising crime; aldermen to hold meeting (COMMENT: I was a downtown Chicago resident part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KCf70ifT1E

WGN RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/news/expedited-asylum-policies-will-devastate-harm-migrants-advocates-say/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/05/22/city/how-to-celebrate-pride-month-in-evanston-and-chicago/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— ‘Only so much to go around’: Spending demands mount as Illinois lawmakers craft budget – Patrick M. Keck (COMMENT: Tax dollars given to one group are tax dollars not given to another group.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/20/who-wants-a-cut-of-illinois-52-7b-budget-pie-demands-grow-as-vote-looms/73689852007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/23/illinois-house-passes-bill-protecting-emergency-abortion-services/73793013007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primary – AP (COMMENT: Far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 have taken far too many big adverse actions against me. But nevertheless, I continue to do more than just vote for them. I have gotten signatures on their nominating petitions, I have promoted their fundraisers, I have gotten sign locations for them, and I have distributed their campaign literature. I should write a book about the aforesaid candidates who have taken the most big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/nikki-haley-says-she-will-vote-for-donald-trump-following-their-disputes-during-republican-primary/article_85341a54-1009-50bf-a8fb-59061c0b4ea7.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-legal-marijuana-advocates-overwhelming-skeptics/article_40e1f347-5b12-5812-a9d6-d77add67411f.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Colorado GOP urges parents to pull kids from public schools over new gender identity law – KRISTINA WATROBSKI (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/colorado-gop-urges-parents-to-pull-kids-from-public-schools-over-new-gender-identity-law-colorado-republican-party-hb24-1039-governor-jared-polis-students-lgbt-transgender-chosen-names-pronouns-crisis-in-the-classroom

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— A comment from Trump and GOP actions in the states put contraceptive access in the 2024 spotlight – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-a-comment-from-trump-and-gop-actions-in-the-states-put-contraceptive-access-in-the-2024-spotlight/
— Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House as Congress makes an election-year push to curb foreign influence in American politics. – AP (COMMENT: It would be great if my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me, would disclose the amounts and sources of their income. He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-congress-aims-to-overhaul-presidential-ethics-rules-with-a-plan-led-by-an-unlikely-pair-of-lawmakers/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker hurls zingers at Trump – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/23/pritzkers-got-zingers-on-trump-00159626

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-295/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-93/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DOUG IBENDAHL
— When Theodore Roosevelt gave us direct elections in Illinois
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/when-theodore-roosevelt-gave-us-direct

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Pre-Trial Release Denied for West Chicago Man Charged Selling Cocaine to Undercover Officer
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R1191.php

WIREPOINTS
— The big myth that needs debunking: Illinois needs more money for education – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-big-myth-that-needs-debunking-illinois-needs-more-money-for-education-wirepoints-special-report/

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Jim Carris, Illinois 10th District Republican Candidate, said many people are stepping up to run for office due to dissatisfaction with the Democrat-controlled government, and these like-minded individuals are coalescing to make decisions based on common sense and compassion.
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/659300755-illinois-republican-candidate-people-are-running-due-to-democrat-controlled-government

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS MEMORIAL DAY DRIVERS FACE 2ND-HIGHEST GAS TAXES IN NATION – Kurtis Karg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-memorial-day-drivers-face-2nd-highest-gas-taxes-in-nation/
— ILLINOIS LEADERS WHO PUSHED PRO-UNION AMENDMENT THWART THEIR OWN STAFFERS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-leaders-who-pushed-pro-union-amendment-thwart-their-own-staffers/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Speaker Mike Johnson accuses Biden, Democrats of wanting illegal immigrants to vote – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/mike-johnson-accuses-joe-biden-democrats-of-wantin/
— Biden burned by critics for tapping gasoline reserve to lower prices, cover up ‘anti-energy’ agenda – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/biden-burned-by-critics-for-tapping-gasoline-reser/
— Owning electric cars and trucks reflects political preference, survey finds – Jennifer Harper (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise/hate American-nameplate cars, and especially muscle cars. I have owned American-nameplate muscle cars since 1966.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/inside-beltway-owning-electric-cars-and-trucks-ref/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gallego introduces House border bills as GOP vows to block immigration deal in Senate – Samantha-Jo Roth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3012577/gallego-introduces-house-border-bills-immigration-2024/
— When his poll numbers go low, so does Biden – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3013379/when-poll-numbers-go-low-so-does-biden/

AMAC
— Stop The Migrant Invasion
https://amac.us/newsline/society/stop-the-migrant-invasion/
— Civil Society Or None – Robert B. Charles
https://amac.us/newsline/society/real-choice-civil-society-or-none/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Noncitizens voting – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2024/05/23/data-researcher-lays-out-facts-on-noncitizens-voting-they-could-help-choose-next-president/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Cancels Additional $7.7B in Student Debt – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/23/morning-greatness-biden-cancels-additional-7-7b-in-student-debt/

AMERICAN THINKER
— DC Board of Elections trains illegals and ‘non-citizens’ how to vote in US elections – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/dc_board_of_elections_trains_illegals_and_non_citizens_how_to_vote_in_us_elections.html

BREITBART
— Nikki Haley Reveals She ‘Will Be Voting for Trump’ – ELIZABETH WEIBEL (COMMENT: Far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 have taken far too many big adverse actions against me. But nevertheless, I continue to do more than just vote for them. I have gotten signatures on their nominating petitions, I have promoted their fundraisers, I have gotten sign locations for them, and I have distributed their campaign literature. I should write a book about the aforesaid candidates who have taken the most and biggest adverse actions against me.)

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/22/nikki-haley-reveals-she-will-be-voting-for-trump/
— Schumer’s Revived Border Bill Promises ‘Orderly’ Flood of Economic Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/23/schumers-revived-border-bill-seeks-orderly-flood-of-economic-migrants/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Missouri bill would end forced DEI statements in public colleges and universities – Patrick McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/missouri-bill-end-forced-dei-statements-public-colleges-universities-/25509

COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois recommends bonuses to colleges for black, Hispanic students. Plan also includes added funds for students with low GPA, adult learners – SAMANTHA SWENSON (COMMENT: This is race based preference giving.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-recommends-bonuses-to-colleges-for-black-hispanic-students/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Biden’s Black Lies Matter – Larry Elder
https://www.creators.com/read/larry-elder/05/24/bidens-black-lies-matter

DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Immigration Under Biden Has Contributed To Housing Shortage – WILL KESSLER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/22/illegal-immigration-contributed-housing-shortage-experts/
— Antisemitic Campus Protests Expose DEI’s Failure – SHEILA NAZARIAN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/22/nazarian-skin-decision-dei-dtale-campus-antisemitism/

DAILY WIRE
— Fox News Correspondent Shows Large Number Of Military-Aged Males Crossing ‘Illegally’ Into U.S.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-news-correspondent-shows-large-number-of-military-aged-males-crossing-illegally-into-u-s
— Democrats Plan To Push Abortion Issue As 2nd Anniversary Of Roe Overturning Nears – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-plan-to-push-abortion-issue-as-2nd-anniversary-of-roe-overturning-nears-report

FEDERALIST
— AP Admits Noncitizens Vote In U.S. Elections While Insisting It’s No Big Deal – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/22/ap-admits-noncitizens-vote-in-u-s-elections-while-insisting-its-no-big-deal/

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Biden Admin Mourns Loss of “Butcher of Tehran”
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/05/22/biden-admin-mourns-loss-of-butcher-of-tehran/

MRC TV & NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC’s host Joy Reid pounced on a since-deleted video posted to former President Trump’s Truth Social account. The video – made by a third party – briefly flashed the words “unified Reich” in a series of newspaper clippings. Reid characterized the post as a definitive representation of Trump’s fascist views, and ridiculously suggested that no one in the media was talking about it and that no one was calling him a Nazi. In addition, she repeatedly referenced several fascist leaders, especially Adolf Hitler, and accused other conservatives of relentlessly promoting fascist thought through their opinions and policies. After playing the now-deleted campaign ad, Reid ridiculously proclaimed: “As per usual, much of the media is downplaying the fact that the Republican nominee is once again using Nazi language.” She drew attention to some of Trump’s associations and past comments, claiming they indubitably prove he was just like Hitler. She even said, “Donald Trump was proud that someone once compared him to Adolf Hitler.” The someone Reid referred to was former German Chancellor Angela Merkel who once praised Trump’s ability to attract large crowds. – Michael Wnek (COMMENT: Because of the path that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are ever-increasingly taking, anticipate/expect that if you do not share their hatred against Trump, that the more demographics that you share with Trump, that the more that they will call you a Nazi.)
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/reid-whines-media-not-calling-trump-nazi-hitler-enough
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/michael-wnek/2024/05/22/reid-whines-media-not-calling-trump-nazi-hitler-enough

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Northwestern University Has Received Nearly $690 Million from Qatar – ZACH KESSEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/northwestern-university-has-received-nearly-690-million-from-qatar-report/

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Facilitate Illegal Entry Into US – Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/border-immigration-illegal/2024/05/22/id/1165784/
— Army’s woke agenda compromising American safety – Carl Higbie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r37o_ro-wGc

REAL CLEAR INVISTIGATIONS
— Investigative Issues: Media Refuse to Cover Illegal-Immigrant Crime – Dave Seminara
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/05/22/investigative_issues_media_refuse_to_cover_illegal-immigrant_crime_1033452.html

ZERO HEDGE
— Illegals Believe Trump Is Going To Win So They’re Surging The Border Now – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/illegals-believe-trump-going-win-so-theyre-surging-border-now-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/22/inside-democrats-political-strategy-border-security/

KTRH
— Nearly 30% of Illegal Aliens Are Registered to Vote – Ethan Buchanan (COMMENT: What percent of the illegals in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct are registered to vote?)
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-05-22-nearly-30-of-illegal-aliens-are-registered-to-vote/

WBUR
— Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/05/22/brown-affirmative-action

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Joe Biden’s 2024 Election Bribes. The president is using the U.S. Treasury like a 1920s party boss’s safe. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-bribes-2024-election-spending-young-voters-turnout-swing-state-uaw-ev-3ac8df6f
— I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have done the most to may me angry at them.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/anger-health-effects-risks-heart-brain-mental-f4105ed7
— Companies Want Fewer Grad Hires This Year. Companies are hiring fewer fresh graduates and rethinking their needs for entry-level talent. – Joseph Pisani
and Lindsay Ellis (COMMENT: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS was all on-the-job training in the Loop.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/jobs-ai-disruption-2024-college-graduates-f72247ab
— The Facebook Group Reuniting People With Their Stolen Cars – Talal Ansari (COMMENT: In 1971 when I was a 22-year-old new IRS employee in Chicago, the theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE in Chicago had a big impact on me. It resulted in my buying a new 1972 Corvette and my successfully requesting to be assigned to IRS’s Harvey Office.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/portland-stolen-cars-facebook-group-d8546d58

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-basic-income-helped-mother-rent-an-apartment-ubi-gbi2024-5

May 22, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump deletes social media video about election victory referencing ‘Unified Reich’ after backlash. “This was not a campaign video,” a Trump campaign rep said. – Soo Rin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-social-media-video-unified-reich-/14851798/
— Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/summer-ebt-illinois-launches-food-assistance-program-part-of-a-federally-funded-providing-120-per-child/14847949/
— Biden administration canceling student loans for another 160K borrowers. With the latest action, the administration said it has canceled $167B for nearly 5M Americans through several forgiveness programs. – AP (COMMENT: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I would not have gotten one if I had tried. I was not viewed as being college material. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into upper 20% of my class. I had not demonstrated any leadership potential. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial re/green color blindness. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. One could presume that if you got a student loan, you were college material, that you would graduate, that you would get a good-paying job, and that you would pay off your loan. What went wrong with those who have not paid off their college loans?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/biden-administration-canceling-student-loans-160k-borrowers/14856505/

NBC5
— At least five hospitalized after suspected overdoses in Near West Side apartment.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-five-hospitalized-after-suspected-overdoses-in-near-west-side-apartment/3443138/
— Thousands without power in northern Illinois as severe storms arrive (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have blasted me the most for my buying a natural gas fired whole house backup electric generator.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/thousands-without-power-in-northern-illinois-as-severe-storms-loom/3443419/
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at Black women that Republicans cause all the problems that Black women have, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-investigates-dismissed-sexual-assault-racial-disparities-difficulty-prosecution/3438100/

CBS2
— Democrats have always blamed Republicans for homelessness. Chicago Democrats used to a) send their homeless to DuPage County and especially to Wheaton and b) paint them as being failed products of traditional marriages.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicagos-first-chief-homelessness-officer-one-on-one/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgBhDe_Awls
— Chicago’s Millennium Park youth curfew remains as groups work to prevent summer violence (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if not already, there will be youth violence in your downtown.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/millennium-park-youth-curfew-remains/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFa7K9a0ST0

WGN9
— Chicago police paying special attention to beaches, lakefront amid summer-like weather – Gabriel Castillo
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-police-paying-special-attention-to-beaches-lakefront-amid-summer-like-weather/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Those who push pot should be presumed to use pot themselves.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/hed-bill-would-expand-medical-marijuana-sales/
— Majority of Chicago alders support CTA chief’s ouster – Tahman Bradley, BJ Lutz (COMMENT: Will the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) officially call for my ouster as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a precinct committeeman because I promote direct election of IRP State Central Committee members? Recently, they removed me from the 2024 IRP State Central Committee Platform and Resolutions Committee. Previously, they ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005.)
https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/chicago-council-alderman-majority-cta-president-dorval-carter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Twenty-six of the city’s alders have signed on to a non-binding resolution calling on Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter to resign or for the mayor to fire him, as what began as a handful of leaders calling for his dismissal has grown to a majority. Ald. Andre Vasquez of the 40th Ward plans to introduce the resolution at Wednesday’s meeting of the Chicago City Council as critics point out that Chicago trails several cities in post-pandemic ridership recovery, including Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Boston.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcjbET2-hrE

FOX32
— Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard billed wrong taxpayers for pricey political junket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1RHrc055Ew
— High winds cause power outages in Chicago suburbs – Nate Rodgers (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have blasted me the most for my buying a natural gas fired whole house backup electric generator.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/high-winds-cause-power-outages-in-northwest-suburbs

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/lgbtq-international-travelers-warned-pride-month-threats/f6bc9e67-df4d-4aa9-a313-966a41ace1ca

WGN RADIO
— Many Chicago schools aren’t equipped to support migrants. Many migrant children in CPS are being left behind because the schools often lack bilingual support. – Pete Zimmerman (COMMENT: Under Democrat leaders and under RINO leaders, anticipate/expect that sooner rather than later, you will be forced to speak, read, and write Spanish. If I had to spend time learning how to speak, read, and write Spanish in high school, a) my ACT score would have been lower, b) I would not have graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and therefore, c) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966.)
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/many-chicago-schools-arent-equipped-to-support-migrants/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/21/racial-healing-focus-of-programs-in-aurora/
— Deadline for applications for student loan forgiveness extended. – Terry Savage (COMMENT: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I would not have gotten one if I had tried. I was not viewed as being college material. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into upper 20% of my class. I had not demonstrated any leadership potential. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial re/green color blindness. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. One could presume that if you got a student loan, you were college material, that you would graduate, that you would get a good-paying job, and that you would pay off your loan. What went wrong with those who have not paid off their college loans?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/21/terry-savage-news-on-student-loans-consumer-protection/
— Bartlett High School pauses yearbook distribution due to alleged antisemitic photo – ZAREEN SYED
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/21/bartlett-high-school-pauses-yearbook-distribution-due-to-alleged-antisemitic-photo/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 12,000 ComEd customers without power as high winds, severe weather reach Chicago area. (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have blasted me the most for my buying a natural gas fired whole house backup electric generator.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/21/comed-crews-prepare-for-power-outages-as-severe-weather-approaches-chicago-area

DAILY HERALD
— Nikki Haley faces a murky path forward and a key decision on whether or not to endorse Trump – AP (COMMENT: To not endorse Trump is to endorse Biden, that is, to officially become a Democrat.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240520/nation-and-world/nikki-haley-faces-a-murky-path-forward-and-a-key-decision-on-whether-or-not-to-endorse-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans, and especially Republicans who conservative, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240522/opinion/daily-herald-opinion-latest-alito-headlines-further-erode-trust-in-supreme-court/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Those who push pot should be presumed to use pot themselves.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/city-council-could-control-downtown-dispensary-zoning
— Protesters prep for the DNC spotlight (COMMENT: What will Democrat leaders give protestors to stop them from protesting?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-daily-gist/dnc-2024-protesters-prepare-spotlight

SOUTHERN
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/05/21/kansas-physicians-challenge-law-requiring-public-release-of-patients-reasons-for-abortions/
— Anticipate/expect that as November 5, 2024 approaches, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly a) stress that Trump is a German American Protestant and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn him as being a Nazi. Both Trump and I are German American Protestants. In my defense, I have often stressed a) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, b) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and c) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/05/21/harris-democrats-slam-video-on-trump-site-referencing-unified-reich-while-republicans/

WAND TV
— Caterpillar to pay $800K in racial hiring discrimination agreement at Decatur facility. Federal investigation found Black applicants not hired based on race. (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/caterpillar-to-pay-800k-in-racial-hiring-discrimination-agreement-at-decatur-facility/article_1d89cf04-1787-11ef-9046-432f050d165d.html
— Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception. His campaign says he misspoke – AP
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-says-he-is-open-to-restrictions-on-contraception-his-campaign-says-he-misspoke/article_12f76721-5fed-560d-8401-4d1754565861.html

WCIA
— Trump’s lawyers rested their case after calling just 2 witnesses. – AP
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trumps-lawyers-rested-their-case-after-calling-just-2-witnesses-experts-say-thats-not-unusual/

WGME
— Illinois teachers terrified to go to work over student violence, threats – KRISTINA WATROBSKI (COMMENT: While I was in school, none of my classmates threatened or did anything violent. I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968 and 1971, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997.)
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/illinois-teachers-confront-school-board-over-apathy-toward-disturbing-student-threats-springfield-public-schools-education-safety-violence-restorative-justice-parents-defending-education-crisis-in-the-classroom

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-defrocked-in-2004-for-same-sex-relationship-a-faithful-methodist-is-reinstated-as-pastor/

CITIES 92.9
— Another County Talks Secession – Tom Davis
https://www.cities929.com/2024/05/21/irn-another-county-talks/

CHICAGO BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Workers with unseen disabilities face stigmas in the workplace. – Andy Medici (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who had seen and unseen disabilities.)
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2024/05/21/workers-with-adhd-face-stigma-in-the-workplace.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— For Dem convention, media matters – SHIA KAPOS (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media in Illinois: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. What adverse actions will the aforesaid take against me at the IRP State Convention in Collinsville May 24-25?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/22/for-dem-convention-media-matters-00159363
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CONVENTION ZONE: Some 500 media folks are in Chicago today touring the United Center to make sure their seats and views are just right for the Democratic National Convention in August. New world: The media and information landscape has transformed since the last in-person convention in 2016, so editors and broadcasters are looking at the convention space with new (digital) eyes. And the Dems are, too: The Democratic National Convention team is trying to find new and creative ways to bring the party’s story to life, knowing that viewers digest content in different ways than they did eight years ago.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-294/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-92/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Virtually all Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) leaders who oppose direct election of IRP State Central Committee members get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) 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. Virtually all IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who oppose direct election get rid of RPC like me who support planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, most commonly its 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. If I was not an elected RPC, because of the aforesaid, the aforesaid would not appoint me as one. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Rebuilding the Illinois GOP – Jon A. Zahm
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/05/rebuilding-the-illinois-rebuilding-the-illinois-gop-2024/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By Allowing EVERY GOP Primary Voter an Equal Vote for Party Leadership When you donate money to the Illinois Republican Party to fight back against President Joe Biden, Governor JB Pritzker, and the supermajority of liberal Democrats in both chambers of the General Assembly, how are the funds spent? It is up to a 17-member governing board, the State Central Committee (SCC), one person from each Congressional District chosen by party insiders ranging from Precinct Committeemen to Township Committeemen to County Chairmen. These 17 then elect a State Party Chairman and also control which staff is hired and which political consultants and vendors receive lucrative contracts. And this small group of 17 determines the policies, issues, and communications that go out under the Party name. They act similar to a company’s board of directors. By contrast, every Democrat voter votes directly for their State Central Committeeman. And they have been beating us consistently in elections since 1986 when a few party bosses, like now-disgraced Speaker Dennis Hastert and RINO IL House Minority Leader Lee Daniels conspired to change the rules and limit grassroots voting rights. Only Precinct Committeemen in Illinois, under the current rules, can vote. Not a single Republican voter within that precinct is allowed to vote on those who make up the powerful State Central Committee. That must change. What about all the other good Republicans who live in those precincts? They are disenfranchised. No vote for them for SCC. If a company refused to allow their shareholders/stakeholders to vote on who the Board of Directors are, they would be sanctioned and even jailed. (From IbendahlonPolitics.com) Our Party currently operates this inside-deal system that lacks transparency and does not respect the people who make up their broad base. Those who work hard, raise their families, and pay taxes – the same good folks who don’t always have the time to do a lot of local politics. I first got involved as a leader of this movement when my mentor, former State Senator and current Kane County Treasurer, Chris Lauzen, introduced Senate Bill 600 in 2009 to reform a party then dominated by corrupt power players like Gov. George Ryan. It passed 44-13 only to die in the Illinois House where later convicted fixer Mike Madigan, and Tom Cross, made sure it did not get a vote. Don’t let our vote on this be taken away forever. Stand for Reform. Stand for Principle. Stand for an open party that welcomes people who identify as Republicans. Do the right thing. Everyone should have one vote. That is the American and Constitutional way. This is the Resolution that will be considered this Friday, May 24th, at 10 AM by the Platform and Resolutions Committee at the 2024 IL GOP Convention in Collinsville. We ask each member to endorse this, or, if not, at least vote it to the Convention Floor so all delegates in attendance can have a say-so. To add your name and title to our list as a supporter please send me an email to goliathslayers@gmail.com. The decision on Direct Elections will be made Saturday, May 25. The 25th new name I receive will be thanked by me making a $25 donation to the charity of their choice. I can also be texted/called at 630-946-8683 (630-WIN-VOTE). My main page is Jon A Zahm on Facebook. Click HERE for a growing list of Republican and conservative organizations who have endorsed the Resolution to give every Republican primary voter a right to vote for Party leadership. If passed, this will occur every 4 years beginning in March of 2026 on the Republican Primary ballot. Each of the 17 Congressional Districts will elect one man or one woman for these important party posts that decide how to spend party dollars, how to win elections and how to help all Republicans win. IFA’s devoted and excellent leader David E. Smith is a longtime supporter of Direct Elections. Thank you and May God Bless You!)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— What You Need to Know Before the Illinois GOP Convention – Thomas Mccullagh
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/what-you-need-to-know-before-the-illinois-gop-convention.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois State Republican Convention is fast approaching, set to take place on Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25, at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, IL. This event will gather Republicans from across the state for networking, socializing, training, and learning opportunities. However, beyond these activities, the convention holds significant importance as it offers delegates a unique opportunity to influence the direction of the party for the next four years. The main tasks will include adopting a new platform and electing Illinois representatives to the Republican National Committee (RNC). Understanding the rules and mechanics of the convention is vital for those attending. The opportunity for grassroots participants and delegates to impact the party’s direction is scheduled for only 3.5 hours on Saturday afternoon. This brief window makes it essential for delegates to be well-versed in the rules. Without this knowledge, decisions about the platform and the selection of RNC members could be dominated by those who wrote the rules, rather than by the delegates themselves. The first order of business at the convention will be adopting the Rules of Order. These rules are crucial as they determine how officers are nominated and elected, how the platform is approved and adopted, and much more. Essentially, the adopted rules will decide who gets their voices heard and who has the power to influence key decisions. Prior to the convention, several committees controlled by the State Central Committee will meet to propose rules. These committees are tasked with various responsibilities and include the Convention Committee on Credentials, the Convention Committee on Platform and Resolutions, the Convention Committee on Rules and Procedures, the Convention Committee on Arrangements, the Convention Committee on At-Large Delegates and Alternates, the Convention Committee on Presidential Electors, and the Convention Committee to Nominate National Committeeman and National Committeewoman. Among these, the committees on Platform and Resolutions, Rules and Procedures, and Nominations are particularly influential. They will establish the platform, propose the rules of the convention, and nominate members to the RNC. When the convention begins, the first task will be to adopt the rules proposed by the Rules and Procedures committee. This step is critical because it sets the framework for how the rest of the convention will operate. For delegates who wish to challenge the proposed rules, the time to act is when the convention is called to order. According to the current bylaws of the Illinois Republican Party ( https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Amended-Bylaws-as-approved-April-25-2020.pdf ), specifically Articles VI and VII, the convention itself has the authority to set its own rules. This means that unless delegates propose and adopt alternate rules at the opening of the convention, the rules proposed by the Rules and Procedures committee will be enacted. These rules will then govern the adoption of the platform and the nomination and election of members to the RNC. Per Article VII (H) of the bylaws, the proposed convention rules must be published on the Illinois Republican Party website and made available in printed form to each delegation chair forty-eight hours before the convention opens. With the general business session starting at 11:30 AM on Saturday, the rules should be published by 11:30 AM on Thursday. Delegates must review these rules ahead of time to be prepared to propose alternatives if necessary. Being familiar with the proposed rules is imperative for any delegate wishing to make an impact. Grassroots delegates who want to influence the convention must be well-prepared and informed about the proposed rules. The convention’s first order of business is to adopt these rules, so understanding and being ready to discuss them is crucial. Without this preparation, the rules will likely be set by the State Central Committee, potentially advancing their agenda over that of the delegates. Delegates are encouraged to read the bylaws and consult Robert’s Rules on Rules of Order for Conventions and on Nominations. Understanding these rules ensures that all voices can be heard and that the convention’s outcomes reflect the wishes of the delegates. The Convention Committee on Credentials verifies the credentials of all delegates and alternates, ensuring that those participating in the convention are duly authorized representatives. The Convention Committee on Platform and Resolutions is responsible for drafting and proposing the party platform and any resolutions. The platform outlines the party’s principles and policy positions. The Convention Committee on Rules and Procedures proposes the rules that will govern the convention’s operations. These rules will dictate how the convention is conducted, including how votes are taken and how debates are managed. The Convention Committee on Arrangements handles the logistical aspects of the convention, including venue setup, scheduling, and ensuring that all necessary materials and resources are available. The Convention Committee on At-Large Delegates and Alternates selects delegates and alternates who will represent Illinois at the national level. The Convention Committee on Presidential Electors nominates individuals who will serve as electors in the Electoral College should the party’s presidential candidate win the general election in Illinois. The Convention Committee to Nominate National Committeeman and National Committeewoman nominates candidates for Illinois’ representatives to the Republican National Committee. To effectively participate in the convention, delegates should take several preparatory steps. Reviewing the bylaws is essential as they provide the framework for the convention. Familiarizing oneself with these bylaws, particularly Articles VI and VII, is crucial. Understanding Robert’s Rules is also important as they provide the procedural basis for conducting meetings and making decisions. Delegates should understand these rules to effectively navigate the convention’s proceedings. Staying informed is another critical step. The proposed rules will be published on the Illinois Republican Party website, and delegates should review these rules as soon as they are available to be prepared to propose any necessary changes. Engaging with other delegates before and during the convention can help build coalitions and gather support for proposed rule changes or platform amendments. The Illinois State Republican Convention is a pivotal event for party members. It provides a rare opportunity to shape the party’s future direction. However, to make the most of this opportunity, delegates must be well-prepared and informed about the convention’s rules and procedures. By understanding and being ready to engage with the rules, delegates can ensure that their voices are heard and that the convention’s outcomes reflect their collective will. This preparation will help ensure a fair and democratic process that truly represents the interests of all participants.)

WIREPOINTS
— Reckoning with woke’s repercussions: Northwestern and Harvard, JB Pritzker and Penny Pritzker – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/a-reckoning-with-wokes-repercussions-northwestern-and-harvard-jb-pritzker-and-penny-pritzker-wirepoints/
— When it comes to population growth, there is no greater contrast than Illinois and Florida – Ted Dabrowski and Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/when-it-comes-to-population-growth-there-is-no-greater-contrast-than-illinois-and-florida-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— We’re finally seeing more people wake up and talk about Illinois’ dismal education results
https://wirepoints.org/were-finally-seeing-more-people-wake-up-and-talk-about-illinois-dismal-education-results-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislators set to change ‘offender’ to ‘justice-impacted individual’ – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cb6dd896-17ae-11ef-a59a-1341d90c009a.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Rep. Quigley votes to count illegal aliens towards seats in Congress
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/659226208-rep-quigley-votes-to-count-illegal-aliens-towards-seats-in-congress

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House fixes mountain of mistakes in Biden’s NAACP speech – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/21/white-house-fixes-mountain-of-mistakes-in-joe-bide/
— Study shows Illinois among the highest for massive jury verdicts against companies (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always not only sided with those who I have sued, they have glorified and praised them, pandered to them, served as their operatives and dupes, and/or punished me. I should write about that. )
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3011622/study-shows-illinois-among-the-highest-for-massive-jury-verdicts-against-companies/
— States ask for federal help to block noncitizen voting – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: What is your county clerk doing to assure that illegals do not vote? What stops illegals from using their false identifications to register to vote and to vote?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/16/states-ask-federal-help-block-noncitizen-voting/
— Noncitizens caught voting in U.S. elections — here’s how they did it – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: What is your county clerk doing to assure that illegals do not vote? What stops illegals from using their false identifications to register to vote and to vote?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/3/noncitizens-do-vote-in-us-elections-heres-how-they/
— Biden cancels $7.7 billion in student loans for 160,000 borrowers in latest debt forgiveness – Jeff Mordock (COMMENT: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I would not have gotten one if I had tried. I was not viewed as being college material. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into upper 20% of my class. I had not demonstrated any leadership potential. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial re/green color blindness. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. One could presume that if you got a student loan, you were college material, that you would graduate, that you would get a good-paying job, and that you would pay off your loan. What went wrong with those who have not paid off their college loans?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/joe-biden-cancels-77-billion-in-student-loans-for-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— MAY 27, 2016 FLASHBACK: Trump delegates not expecting fight over GOP platform – Al Weaver (COMMENT: What changes does Trump want to the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/614137/trump-delegates-not-expecting-fight-over-gop-platform/
— The National Geographic ‘gender revolution’ has failed – Mark Judge (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3011858/national-geographic-gender-revolution-has-failed/

NEW YORK POST
— Cornell University using DEI policy to reject faculty candidates for not ‘conforming.’ – Carl Campanile (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://nypost.com/2024/05/21/us-news/cornell-university-using-dei-policy-to-reject-faculty-candidates-group-claims/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Man (Biden) famous for ‘you ain’t black’ tells graduates you ain’t got a chance – Chad Groening, Billy Davis (COMMENT: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate got more than a chance in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave him my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2024/05/21/man-famous-for-you-ain-t-black-tells-graduates-you-ain-t-got-a-chance/
— Dems and media: Illegal aliens can’t vote, except when they do. – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2024/05/21/dems-and-media-illegal-aliens-can-t-vote-except-when-they-do-which-is-rare-but-also-good/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden admin seeks to fast-track asylum process in five big cities ahead of election. – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/21/biden-admin-seeks-to-fast-track-asylum-process-in-five-big-cities-ahead-of-election-report-1460880/

BREITBART
— Hispanic Caucus Opposes Biden-Backed Immigration Expansion Bill for Failing to Include Amnesty for Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/21/hispanic-caucus-opposes-biden-backed-immigration-expansion-bill-failing-include-amnesty-illegal-aliens/
— New York Migrant Complains: Not Enough Welfare, Aid – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/21/new-york-migrant-complains-not-enough-welfare-aid/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Terrorists Welcome. Chronic counterterrorism lapses at the border demand investigation and congressional intervention. – Todd Bensman
https://cis.org/Oped/Terrorists-Welcome
— Exploiting Mass Immigration to Displace Blacks. The early twentieth century’s Great Replacement Theory. – George Fishma
https://cis.org/Fishman/Exploiting-Mass-Immigration-Displace-Blacks

CENTER SQUARE WASHINGTON
— More young adults in Washington state smoke weed on a daily basis – Carleen Johnson (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Those who push pot should be presumed to use pot themselves.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_7ab5d884-17c9-11ef-9d3a-6324e444e10f.html

CHARLIE KIRK
— Just How Many Illegals Will Vote In November?
https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/just-how-many-illegals-will-vote-in-november

DAILY CALLER
— California Democrats Vote Unanimously To Keep Protecting Illegal Immigrant Pedophiles – LISA MOORE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/21/they-literally-dont-give-a-damn-ca-dems-vote-unanimously-to-keep-protecting-illegal-immigrant-pedophiles/

DAILY WIRE
— Republicans Dismantle Fact-Check On Non-Citizens Registering To Vote – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-dismantle-fact-check-on-non-citizens-registering-to-vote

FEDERALIST
— Emails Show Alarming Level Of Anti-Israel Activity At Illinois STEM School (Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy) – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/22/exclusive-emails-show-alarming-level-of-anti-israel-activity-at-illinois-stem-school/

FOX NEWS
— Biden’s open-border policy welcomes foreign spies. Since Biden took office, more than 140,000 Chinese nationals have been encountered illegally crossing our border. – Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, (ret.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-open-border-policy-welcomes-foreign-spies
— California lawmaker’s mic cut off while reading bill to end sanctuary state laws. AB 2641 would have ended sanctuary protections for illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes against minors. – Louis Casiano
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-lawmakers-mic-cut-off-while-reading-bill-end-sanctuary-state-laws-dems-dont-care

FOX NEWS RADIO
— The Biden Administration is Hiding the Nationalities of Illegals on Terror Watch List
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/05/21/the-biden-administration-is-hiding-the-nationalities-of-illegals-on-terror-watch-list/

JUDICIAL WATCH
— TRUMP IS A POLITICAL HOSTAGE! – Tom Fitton
https://www.judicialwatch.org/videos/fitton-trump-is-a-political-hostage/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— GOP Try To Ensure Illegals Can’t Vote – Rep. Matt Rosendale (COMMENT: What is your county clerk doing to assure that illegals do not vote? What stops illegals from using their false identifications to register to vote and to vote?)
https://www.oann.com/video/real-america-video/gop-try-to-ensure-illegals-cant-vote/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Brecheen to Newsmax: Illegal Immigrants Drain on Society – Sam Barron
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/josh-brecheen-illegal-immigration-eric-adams/2024/05/21/id/1165602/

PJ MEDIA
— Illegals Resort to Shocking Tactics to Stay in the Country – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/05/21/hundreds-of-illegals-staged-kae-robberies-to-improve-their-immigration-status-n4929210
— Biden Is Rushing a Blizzard of Regulations to ‘Cement His Legacy’ – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/05/21/biden-is-rushing-to-finish-writing-a-blizzard-of-regulations-to-cement-his-legacy-n4929213

TOWNHALL
— More Immigration, More Inflation, More Bankruptcies – John and Andy Schlafly
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2024/05/22/more-immigration-more-inflation-more-bankruptcies-n2639364

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Biden’s new asylum ruling is a big flashing ‘Welcome’ sign for undocumented immigrants – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4675072-bidens-new-asylum-ruling-is-a-big-flashing-welcome-sign-for-illegal-immigrants/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— How Lara Trump is reshaping the Republican Party
https://www.wkbn.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-takeaways-how-lara-trump-is-reshaping-the-republican-party/

CBS NEWS
— New program hopes to help Denver’s asylum seekers legally enter workforce (COMMENT: When did you enter the work force? I entered the work force when I was 14 years old in 1962 because I knew that I had to work my way through college. Back then, if there had been as many illegals in America as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. Those jobs enabled me to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, etc., b) pay for my college expenses at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, etc., and c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, etc.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/video/new-program-hopes-to-help-denvers-asylum-seekers-legally-enter-workforce/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago Is Tired of Waiting for Trains, and Thinks It Knows Who’s to Blame – Julie Bosman (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who blame me and who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/chicago-cta-dorval-carter.html
— Can Republicans Embrace Voting by Mail? Pennsylvania Offers a Test. Republicans are now trying to sell voters on voting methods that the party has demonized for years. It won’t be easy. – Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/us/republicans-mail-voting-pennsylvania.html
— Will Trump Run as a Felon? A Big 2024 Question Will Soon Be Answered. The ruling in the trial of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, which could come next week, could be a deciding factor in a tight race. – Shane Goldmacher (COMMENT: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took many big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/us/politics/trump-trial-2024-election.html

USA TODAY
— Hispanic heritage runs deep in the USA (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, America is well on its way to becoming a Hispanic nation. Democrats and RINOs have no problem with that. Democrats want Hispanics because Hispanics vote for Democrats. RINOs want Hispanics because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/10/11/hispanic-heritage-immigration-america/1627823/

MSN
— Tim Scott calls on universities to end legacy admissions – Lauren Sforza (COMMENT: Did your parents have college degrees? Mine did not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tim-scott-calls-on-universities-to-end-legacy-admissions/ar-AA1deaiW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/a-colorful-history-of-lgbtq-pride-in-america/ss-BB1mQJv2

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Does It Take to Flip the 2024 Battleground States? Adjust the WSJ Swing-States Dial to see how subtle shifts in turnout and candidate choice could sway the outcome of the 2024 election. – Randy Yeip, Andrew Levinson, Aaron Zitner, Adrienne Tong
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/election-dial-battleground-states-trump-biden-224ad0e6
— Presidents’ Tax Returns and Families’ Foreign Payments Targeted by Unlikely Duo. Bipartisan proposal seeks more disclosures after years of probes of the Trump and Biden families. – Natalie Andrews (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors were overjoyed when the Democrats who ran Money Magazine helped them disallow my education deductions with their February 1978 4-page article on me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/presidents-tax-returns-and-families-foreign-payments-targeted-by-unlikely-duo-03193ef1
— Foreign Purchase of U.S. Ammo Maker Sparks National-Security Battle. Opponents of deal stress need for American ownership amid gunpowder shortage and concern over China-Russia influence. – Brett Forrest (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on its audit that resulted in its report titled “Defense Budget:
Potential Reductions to DOD’s Fiscal Year 1990 Ammunition Budget.’ SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/nsiad-90-23 )
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/foreign-purchase-of-u-s-ammo-maker-sparks-national-security-battle-db31490d
— Does America Need a Baby Boom? (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-america-need-a-baby-boom-31b422c7
— Biden’s Demoralizing Speech to Morehouse Grads. In his 2013 commencement address, Obama stressed opportunity. His successor emphasizes victimization. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-demoralizing-speech-to-morehouse-grads-obama-achievement-racism-ee5fefb5
— The IRS Money Hole Gets Deeper. The agency is already pleading poverty despite its 2022 windfall. – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about all the money that my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors spent to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-spending-house-appropriations-committee-daniel-werfel-congress-0b10d2a6

WFDD
— Noncitizen voting in N.C. elections is the focus of GOP sponsored bill – David Ford (COMMENT: What is your county clerk doing to assure that illegals do not vote? What stops illegals from using their false identifications to register to vote and to vote?)
https://www.wfdd.org/story/noncitizen-voting-nc-elections-focus-gop-sponsored-bill

TULSA WORLD
— Plaintiffs again question federal judge about slow movement on critical race theory lawsuit. (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in the 1980s and 1990s dragged out the class action lawsuit against them that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and that I became an active member of in 1988 when I was 40 years old. The Democrats who ran GAO in the 1990s and 2000s dragged out the lawsuit that I filed against them in 1998 that charged them with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/plaintiffs-again-question-federal-judge-about-slow-movement-on-critical-race-theory-lawsuit/article_2c07f58e-17a4-11ef-857e-376513d030aa.html

FED SMITH
— Office of Special Counsel Cracking Down on White House Hatch Act Violations. New Hatch Act enforcement guidelines are designed to level the playing field between White House staff and other federal employees. – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/05/21/osc-cracking-down-on-white-house-hatch-act-violations/

GAO
— GAO Named Best Place to Work for 4th Year in a Row (COMMENT: I doubt that any GAO employee are Republican. From what I see, virtually all GAO employees are Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or do not have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.gao.gov/press-release/gao-named-best-place-work-4th-year-row

May 21, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Pro-Palestinian campus protests evoke Vietnam-era uprisings and other ‘struggles of the past’ – ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have used against me the most my avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/21/pro-palestinian-campus-protests-evoke-vietnam-era-uprisings-and-other-struggles-of-the-past/
— Suburban Chicago leaders call on the state of Illinois to increase local government funding – GEORGE WIEBE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/20/suburban-chicago-leaders-call-on-the-state-of-illinois-to-increase-local-government-funding/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess speaks during a public gathering of municipal leaders Monday who joined forces at Elmhurst University to call on Illinois General Assembly to increase local government funding. . .“Each one of us here, and every other citizen in the State of Illinois, relies on the critical services provided by local governments,” Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess said Monday. “We are here this morning to reach out to our partners in the General Assembly and urge them to work with us to prioritize continued investment in our communities.”)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Students protest Israel-Hamas war during School of the Art Institute of Chicago commencement. Many students carried gold flyers with images of a crown, bullets and bombs, symbolizing the Crown family, who are benefactors to the Art Institute and who students say invest in weapons manufacturers. They tore the flyers on stage. – Emmanuel Camarillo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/05/20/students-protest-gaza-war-during-school-of-the-art-institute-commencement-education-israel-hamas-war
— Why so many Black Chicagoans are frustrated by the migrant crisis. A City Council vote on $70 million in migrant funding highlighted the situation faced by communities like South Shore: Migrants have been resettled in Black communities where people have been fighting for decades for development and resources. – Desmon Yancy (COMMENT: To give preference to one group, for example, illegals, is to discriminate against another group, for example, Blacks.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/05/20/black-chicagoans-migrant-crisis-frustration-racism-disinvestment-alderman-desmon-yancy-south-shore
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2024/05/20/lgbtq-international-travel-threat-alert-pride

DAILY HERALD
— Editorial called out sneaky Democrats – Gerry Bliss, Elk Grove Village
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240520/letters-to-the-editor/editorial-called-out-sneaky-democrats/
— Wheaton Memorial Day Parade: 10 a.m. Monday, May 27. Hosted by American Legion Post 76, the parade will begin at Memorial Park, proceed west on Wesley Street, turn south on West Street, ending at the Wheaton Cemetery, 1209 S. Warrenville Road. wheaton.il.us.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240520/entertainment/memorial-day-parades-services-fundraisers/
— Wheaton mayor: Apartment project expected to ‘move forward’ downtown – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240520/news/wheaton-mayor-apartment-project-expected-to-move-forward-downtown/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Supreme Court won’t consider Maryland assault weapon ban, but Illinois’ is still on the table – Greg Stohr
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/supreme-court-refuses-consider-maryland-assault-weapon-ban
— How the wheels fell off Oberweis Dairy – Ally Marott
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/how-oberweis-dairy-went-bankrupt

ABC7
— Prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial – Judy Hsu
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14848731/
— Trump posts social media video seemingly suggesting his victory will bring ‘unified Reich’ “This was not a campaign video,” a Trump campaign rep said. – Soo Rin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-social-media-video-unified-reich-/14851798/

NBC5
— Chicago to implement new beach security measures as summer approaches – Lexi Sutter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-to-implement-new-beach-security-measures-as-summer-approaches/3442164/

WGN9
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://wgntv.com/daytime-chicago/diversity-done-right-a-guide-to-equity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace/

FOX32
— Northwestern student files class action lawsuit claiming school failed to protect Jewish students – Jenna Carroll
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwestern-lawsuit
— Calls for increased police presence after violent weekend in Chicago: ‘We have to do something’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/calls-for-increased-police-presence-surge-after-violent-weekend-in-chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL5E_KFYR28

WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-role-in-the-lgbtq-rights-movement/bd3febe8-2392-459c-8ffa-524d58f39932

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Supporters of Donald Trump flocked to Manhattan on Monday, standing behind the former president heading into day 19 of his hush-money trial. Among them was U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Oakland. – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/21/illinois-congresswoman-heads-to-manhattan-backs-trump/73772682007/

HERALD REVIEW
— Rep. Mary Miller attends Trump trial in New York
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/rep-mary-miller-attends-trump-trial-in-new-york/article_92798250-16e7-11ef-9ed0-2f429b2cc6a4.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— What happens if Trump and Biden don’t reach 270 electoral votes? – KONNER MCINTIRE & COURTNEY RAU
https://foxillinois.com/amp/news/nation-world/what-happens-if-trump-and-biden-dont-reach-270-electoral-votes-2024-election-voters-candidates-polling-majority-constitution-amendment-house-congress-delegates-tie-andrew-jackson-john-quincy-adams

WSIL TV & WAND TV
— Trump Media lost more than $300 million last quarter on very little revenue – Matt Egan
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/trump-media-lost-more-than-300-million-last-quarter-on-very-little-revenue/article_50e6d348-7684-5474-a8fe-d358f8693198.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-media-and-technology-group-posts-more-than-300-million-net-loss-in-first-public/article_3b616c41-685f-5279-b169-a20cdfe3dccc.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Republicans try to soften stance on abortion as ‘abolitionists’ go farther – Sarah McCammon
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-05-21/republicans-try-to-soften-stance-on-abortion-as-abolitionists-go-farther

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— They more that you question the reported 2020 presidential election results, the more that Biden’s supporters destroy you, that is, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates destroy you.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-election-deniers-moving-closer-to-gop-mainstream-report-shows-as-trump-allies-fill-congress/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-293/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-91/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which candidates on ballots in your precinct have you done the most to help elect? I should write a book about the candidates on ballots in my precinct who I have done the most to help elect since 2000. I would focus on a) the signatures that I got for them for their nominating petitions, b) the sign locations that I got for them, c) their campaign literature that I distributed for them, and d) the promotion that I gave their fundraisers. I would focus on the aforesaid who have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA newsletters the most for their not getting as many votes as they expected and/or for their defeats. I would focus on the aforesaid who are taking and have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Should I write about my critics/opponents who do bad things that get into the public record and then punish me for my not covering that up? According to Wikipedia, “A cover-up is an attempt, whether successful or not, to conceal evidence of wrongdoing, error, incompetence, or other embarrassing information. Research has distinguished personal cover-ups (covering up one’s own misdeeds) from relational cover-ups (covering up someone else’s misdeeds). The expression is usually applied to people in positions of authority who abuse power to avoid or silence criticism or to deflect guilt of wrongdoing. Perpetrators of a cover-up (initiators or their allies) may be responsible for a misdeed, a breach of trust or duty, or a crime.” SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover-up – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Should I write about my critics/opponents who are the most nasty/vicious? I would focus on those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who 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 on those who use their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— University of Illinois, it’s your turn to eliminate woke DEI loyalty oaths – Mark Glennon (COMMENT: Constructively, to be accepted by the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, you have to sign a DEI loyalty oath. Because I refuse to do that, the aforesaid not only refuse to accept me, they get rid of me.)
https://wirepoints.org/university-of-illinois-its-your-turn-to-eliminate-woke-dei-loyalty-oaths-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— New 2023 School Report Cards reveal to parents Illinois’ dismal student outcomes – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/new-2023-school-report-cards-reveal-to-parents-illinois-dismal-student-outcomes-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Will Algonquin Township Republicans Hold a Primary Election to Select Candidates or Hold a Slating Caucus?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/20/will-algonquin-township-republicans-hold-a-primary-election-to-select-candidates-or-hold-a-slating-caucus/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois among the highest for massive jury verdicts against companies – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who paint themselves the most as being anti-plaintiff. They stress the lawsuits that I have filed. They glorify and praise, pander to, and serve as operatives/dupes for the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed. They take many/big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_36b20920-16f0-11ef-b2b2-bb5b6afd693b.html

JEFF BERKOWITZ
— Could a scaled-up, empathetic “Big Tent Coalition” fix IL? Could Tim Ozinga, the Big Tent’s CEO, be the IL GOP GOV Candidate to fix IL’s education system, crime problems & lack of growth?
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/could-a-scaled-up-empathetic-big

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.N. helps Hamas. International body’s bias against Israel is undeniable. – Sean Durns
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/20/un-helps-hamas/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden wants the country to be more racist than it is – Zachary Faria (COMMENT: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat and RINO candidates and elected officials ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being racists and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3010294/biden-wants-country-be-more-racist-than-it-is/

NEW YORK POST
— Migrants rushing to cross border now in case Biden loses in November: ‘We don’t want Trump’ – Jennie Taer
https://nypost.com/2024/05/20/us-news/migrants-rushing-to-cross-border-now-in-case-biden-loses/
— Biden’s divisive, defeatist HBCU speech proves he has nothing to offer black voters – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/05/20/opinion/joe-bidens-divisive-defeatist-hbcu-speech-proves-he-has-nothing-to-offer-black-voters/
— Joe Biden was racist and patronizing in his speech to Morehouse grads – Adam B. Coleman
https://nypost.com/2024/05/20/opinion/joe-biden-was-racist-and-patronizing-in-his-speech-to-morehouse-grads/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— New data exposes further flaws in 1619 Project – Tim Worstall
https://aim.org/2024/05/20/new-data-exposes-further-flaws-in-1619-project/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden calls discriminatory DEI policies the ‘core strength’ of America – Chris Donaldson (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/20/biden-calls-discriminatory-dei-policies-the-core-strength-of-america-1460497/

BREITBART
— Six Arrested in Chicago for Staging Sham Robberies to Aid Immigration Visa Requests – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/20/six-arrested-chicago-staging-sham-robberies-aid-immigration-visas-requests/
— Chinese Citizens Using Ecuador – and Tiktok – to Reach U.S. Border – CHRISTIAN K. CARUZO20
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/20/report-chinese-citizens-using-ecuador-tiktok-reach-u-s-border/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Commencement speech invite. Anti-Israel professors not happy with Biden’s commencement-speech. – Joshua Odutola
https://www.campusreform.org/article/anti-israel-professors-not-happy-bidens-commencement-speech-invite/25473

CENTER SQUARE
— Lawmakers press investigation into DEI agenda at the Pentagon – Casey Harper (COMMENT: My many Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans used Affirmative Action and DEI big time to get rid of me.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1d194cca-16d8-11ef-a580-f75eda2a1be5.html

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Evidence Democrats Are Corrupting Trump Hush Money Trial – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/democrats-are-corrupting-trump-hush-money-trial

DAILY WIRE
— The Chicago Way: How Obama Began Transforming America Into Cook County. When then-presidential candidate Barack Obama told a crowd in Columbia, Missouri, in October of 2008, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America,” he meant it. – Brad Schaeffer
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chicago-way-how-obama-began-transforming-america-into-cook-county
— Over 60 Percent Of Independents Support Deporting Illegal Immigrants – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-60-percent-of-independents-support-deporting-illegal-immigrants-poll-finds

FEDERALIST
— Court Rules Schools Can Force LGBT Ideology On Kids Against Parents’ Religious Objections – CHAD FELIX GREENE (COMMENT: Those who promote LGBTQ the most use against me the most that I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/21/court-rules-schools-can-force-lgbt-ideology-on-kids-against-parents-religious-objections/
— GOP-Led Bill Protects IVF Industry But Not The Babies It Routinely Kills – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/20/gop-led-bill-protects-ivf-industry-but-not-the-babies-it-routinely-kills/

FOX NEWS
— Our next health crisis is coming across the border. There’s still time to stop it. Biden’s broken border is letting immigrants enter US with health issues even if they have mumps, measles and TB. – Tom Homan
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/next-health-crisis-coming-across-border-theres-still-time-stop
— Biden wants to speed up backlog of migrant asylum seekers in blue cities as Dem pressure builds. The cities targeted by Biden include Chicago, New York City and Boston. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-wants-speed-up-backlog-migrant-asylum-seekers-blue-cities-as-dem-pressure-builds

GOPUSA
— Trump Demands Biden Take Drug Test Before First Debate
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-demands-biden-take-drug-test-before-first-debate/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Who Benefits From the Destabilization of the U.S.? – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/who-benefits-the-destabilization-the-us

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ‘We’re all border states’ – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/another-illegal-aliens-another-killing-this-time-in-west-virginia-were-all-border-states
— DHS is now protecting the privacy of terrorists – Sarah Akey
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/the-department-of-homeland-security-is-now-protecting-the-privacy-of-potential-terrorists

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Chicago Develops Exciting New Form of Gun Crime – JEFFREY BLEHAR
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chicago-develops-exciting-new-form-of-gun-crime/

NEW AMERICAN
— CDC: Measles Breaks Out in Chicago Migrant Shelter Packed With Venezuelans – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/cdc-measles-breaks-out-in-chicago-migrant-shelter-packed-with-venezuelans/
— NGOs Rake In Billions Handling “Migrant” Kids for Federal Government; CEOs Get Rich – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/report-ngos-rake-in-billions-handling-migrant-kids-for-federal-government-ceos-get-rich/

NEWSMAX
— Chicago’s Death Spiral – Pastor David L. Lowery, Jr.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-violence-death-spiral/2024/05/20/id/1165387/
— Biden’s Border Fiasco Means We and Our Veterans Come Last – Sen. Marsha Blackburn
https://www.newsmax.com/senmarshablackburn/border-catch-release/2024/05/20/id/1165431/
— Sens. Cruz, Britt Aim to Protect Legal Access to IVF – Fran Beyer
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ted-cruz-katie-britt-ivf/2024/05/20/id/1165381/
— 56% of Voters Support Deporting Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ipsos-immigration-deportation/2024/05/20/id/1165444/
— Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, lamented to Newsmax the treachery of migrants who, already in the U.S. illegally thanks to the Biden administration, then take advantage of federal law to get more protections for themselves while American citizens “take a back seat.” – Mark Swanson
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/ronny-jackson-biden-illegals/2024/05/20/id/1165465/
— Migrants Say They ‘Don’t Want Trump’ – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migrants-donald-trump-joe-biden/2024/05/20/id/1165424/

PJ MEDIA
— California College Holding Five Segregated Graduations – CATHERINE SALGADO (COMMENT: Democrats used to promote integration. Now they promote segregation.)
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/05/20/california-college-holding-five-segregated-graduations-n4929192

PATRIOT POST
— Alien Base Invaders. Did you hear about the attempt by foreign nationals to breach the perimeter of the major Marine Corps training center in Quantico, Virginia? – GARY BAUER
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/106948-alien-base-invaders-2024-05-20

TOWNHALL
— Biden Blasts an ‘Extreme’ SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action. – Guy Benson (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors used Affirmative Action big time to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/05/20/biden-blasts-an-extreme-scotus-ruling-on-affirmative-action-but-theres-just-one-problem-n2639266

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— N.Y.C. Parents Rebuked for Questioning Transgender Student-Athlete Rules. Over a dozen Democratic elected officials criticized a parent group that asked for a review of rules that let students play on sports teams that align with their gender identity.- Troy Closson
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/nyregion/transgender-athletes-nyc-public-schools.html
— To push legal weed is to push illegal weed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/opinion/marijuana-legalization-regulation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leader want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/20/trump-immigration-undocumented-economy/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Tired of your state politics? These residents are looking to secession as the solution. An Oregon ballot initiative is the latest in a long line of secession efforts that speak to the nation’s sharp divide. – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/19/oregon-idaho-state-secession-national-divorce/73677225007/

ASSOICIATED PRESS
— Nikki Haley has held out on a Trump endorsement. Her move could shape the presidential race. (COMMENT: To not endorse Trump is to endorse Biden, that is, to officially become a Democrat.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/nikki-haley-has-held-out-on-a-trump-endorsement-her-move-could-shape-the-presidential-race

MSN
— America’s largest LGBTQ rights group plans $15 million swing state blitz to re-elect Biden- Sahil Kapur (COMMENT: Those who promote LGBTQ have taken many of the biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/america-s-largest-lgbtq-rights-group-plans-15-million-swing-state-blitz-to-re-elect-biden/ar-BB1mIaVL
— American Citizens Being Turned Away So NYC Hospital Can Give Health Care to Illegals – Warner Todd Huston (COMMENT: How long are the emergency room wait times at your hospital and why?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/american-citizens-being-turned-away-so-nyc-hospital-can-give-health-care-to-illegals/ar-AA1i3OeO
— Biden tells black graduates Republicans ‘don’t see you in the future’ (COMMENT: How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been getting Blacks to hate Republicans in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/biden-tells-black-graduates-republicans-don-t-see-you-in-the-future/ss-BB1mHWBl
— Black Bostonians demand more than $15billion in slavery reparations – Isabelle Stanley (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/black-bostonians-demand-more-than-15billion-in-slavery-reparations/ar-BB1mJPlh

NEWSWEEK
— Migrants Flood New York ID System – Nick Mordowanec
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-id-cards-new-york-city-asylum-seekers-1902475

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden to Morehouse Graduates: America Hates You. As his black support erodes, he plays up racial resentments to the class of 2024. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-morehouse-college-speech-racial-division-9573a404
— The Highest Paid CEOs of 2023. Stock awards push median package to a record $15.7 million; tech executives top the list. – Theo Francis (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most since 1966 as being overpaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/highest-paid-ceo-2023-charts-0d65be3b
— Higher Ed Has a Progressive Disease. Can It Be Reversed? The prognosis seems grim, but I found signs of life as a proud father at Notre Dame’s commencement. – Gerard Baker
https://www.wsj.com/articles/higher-ed-has-a-progressive-disease-can-it-be-reversed-958333b5
— Suddenly Democrats (hint that they) Care About the Border. Biden and Schumer begin to see their political vulnerability. – John Thune
https://www.wsj.com/articles/suddenly-democrats-care-about-the-border-biden-schumer-f11635aa
— FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg to Resign Following Report Detailing Sexual Harassment at Agency. Gruenberg plans to stay until successor is confirmed, avoiding scenario that would leave a Republican as acting chairman. – Rebecca Ballhaus and Andrew Ackerman (COMMENT: On could compare and contrast Gruenberg with Charles Bowsher who ran GAO 1981-1996. Under him, GAO got rid of virtually all its employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/fdic-chairman-martin-gruenberg-resignation-ab7fed5f
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg bowed to pressure to resign from the bank regulator after an external investigation found widespread sexual harassment at the agency and lawmakers of both parties berated his leadership.)
— FRONT PAGE: Computer-Science Majors Graduate Into a World of Fewer Opportunities. Those from top schools can still get jobs. They are just not all going to Facebook or Google. – Katherine Bindley, Corrie Driebusch, and Lindsay Ellis (COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting at UIC and NIU 1966-1970.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/computer-science-majors-job-market-7ad443bf

FORBES & FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI and ESG to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2024/05/20/want-to-ensure-dei-works-for-your-company-have-some-standards/?sh=4ee039987a46
https://www.fastcompany.com/91123048/war-on-esg-and-dei

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Given a choice between granting amnesty to illegal immigrants and deporting all of them, Americans voters favor deportation by a double-digit margin.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/amnesty_for_illegal_immigrants_or_mass_deportations

WION NEWS
— Lawsuit challenges Southwest Airlines’ Hispanic student ticket program as discriminatory. – Shashwat Sankranti (COMMENT: To give one group preference is to discriminate against another group.)
https://www.wionews.com/business-economy/lawsuit-challenges-southwest-airlines-hispanic-student-ticket-program-as-discriminatory-723748

GUARDIAN
— Wealthy residents of Chicago may live 30 years longer than poorer ones. Can a new mayor help close the gap? – Aliya Uteuova
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/19/chicago-environmental-racism

PRIDE
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ and to demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservative Republicans.
https://www.pride.com/gay-news/pope-francis-lgbt-conservatives