February 25, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What should the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) promote more strongly in its next platform and what should the IRP oppose more strongly in that platform? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

I served on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee in 2008. Sadly, my requests to be appointed to serve on those committees again in 2012, 2016, and 2020 were not granted. Of course, I have asked to be appointed to serve on the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee.

Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party exists to defend and advance conservative principles.

In my opinion, the next IRP platform should more strongly promote the following:
— Personal responsibility,
— Traditional marriage and family,
— Right to life,
— Enforcement of immigration laws,
— Discouragement of vices,
— Second Amendment rights, and
— Equal opportunity, that is, no race or gender based preference giving.

Republican elected officials should promote the aforesaid.

In my opinion, the next IRP platform should more strongly oppose the promotion of the following:
— Dependency on government and charity,
— LGBTQ,
— Abortion,
— Mass/illegal immigration,
— Booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and
— DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.

Republican elected officials should oppose promotion of the aforesaid.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump wins South Carolina, beating Nikki Haley in her home state
https://abc7chicago.com/south-carolina-republican-primary-donald-trump-nikki-haley/14465347/
— Downtown Chicago demonstrators call on US to continue to support Ukraine in fight against Russia. Rally marks 2 years since Russia invaded Ukraine. – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/ukraine-war-russia-invades-2-years-chicago-rally/14465008/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4W9IhCI0Go

FOX32
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lunar-new-year-luncheon-held-in-chicago
— Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase in Chicago.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwestern-medicine-donates-200k-to-two-of-chicagos-largest-food-banks
https://www.aol.com/news/northwestern-medicine-donates-200k-two-040055248.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOILD WITH PICTURES: Democratic congressional candidates for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District want to abolish Electoral College. – Russell Lissau (COMMENT:
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240225/us-congress-politics/democratic-congressional-candidates-want-to-abolish-electoral-college/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DeSantis sending more highway troopers, National Guard members to Southern border – LAURA HUSSEY
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/desantis-sending-more-highway-troopers-national-guard-members-to-southern-border-us-mexico-migrant-crisis-florida-governor-highway-patrol-law-enforcement-san-antonio-securing-the-border

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Democratic Panic Grows Over Biden’s Invasion of the Illegals
https://johnkassnews.com/democratic-panic-over-bidens-illegals-grows-at-white-house-and-other-sanctuaries/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump adds to winning streak in South Carolina, puts major dent in Haley’s comeback aspirations – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/24/trump-adds-to-winning-streak-in-south-carolina-put/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— CPAC 2024: Kari Lake makes case for bringing back ‘alpha male’ Trump – Julia Johnson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2880286/cpac-2024-kari-lake-alpha-male-trump/
— CPAC 2024: Lara Trump looks to alleviate deep Republican concerns over early voting – Julia Johnson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2871044/lara-trump-republican-concerns-early-voting/

NEW YORK POST
— Why black Republicans are gaining ground nationwide and blacks Dems are reconsidering – Kendall Qualls
https://nypost.com/2024/02/24/opinion/why-black-republicans-are-gaining-ground-in-the-us/
— Outraged social media users claim migrants responsible for norovirus spread in the Northeast – Matthew Sedacca
https://nypost.com/2024/02/24/us-news/social-media-users-claim-migrants-behind-norovirus-spike/
— Chicago mayor’s epic flameout is a warning for Eric Adams and New York – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/02/24/opinion/chicago-mayors-epic-flameout-is-a-grim-warning-for-eric-adams-and-new-york/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Behind the Scenes of Trump’s Stemwinder at CPAC. The former president’s hour-and-a-half speech was the comedy special attendees were hoping for. – Bradley Devlin
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/behind-the-scenes-of-trumps-stemwinder-at-cpac/
— San Francisco: The Big Money Teaching Racism. Unsurprisingly, “anti-racist” teaching methods are not helping students learn in the classroom. – Ryan Girdusky (COMMENT: My outstanding parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, teachers, etc. all promoted personal responsibility. They stressed that my succeeding in life was my personal responsibility. They did not blame those who did not share my demographics for my problems. They discouraged me from blaming others for my problems. That motivated me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, earn a professional license, etc.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/san-francisco-the-big-money-teaching-racism/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Work permits for illegals: the fast track to citizenship – John Conlin
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/illegal_work_permits_the_fast_track_to_citizenship.html
— America can mass deport illegal aliens, and we know this because it’s done so before – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/america_can_mass_deport_illegal_aliens_and_we_know_this_because_its_done_so_before.html
— Ford: can DEI, merit and profit coexist? – Mike McDaniel (COMMENT: What percent of those Ford hires are DEI hires?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/ford_can_dei_merit_and_profit_coexist.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Influencer’ urges followers to raise money for illegal alien who allegedly shot tourist in Times Square – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/24/influencer-urges-followers-to-raise-money-for-illegal-alien-who-allegedly-shot-tourist-in-times-square-1439910/

BREITBART
— ‘They’re Giving Apartments to Illegals’: Hecklers Disrupt AOC’s Green New Deal Town Hall – OLIVIA RONDEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/24/theyre-giving-apartments-illegals-hecklers-disrupt-aocs-green-new-deal-town-hall/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Trump warns ‘the worst is yet to come’ if Biden wins re-election – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-warns-the-worst-is-yet-to-come-if-biden-wins-re-election.html

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Nikki Haley Is the New Liz Cheney – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/02/24/nikki-haley-is-the-new-liz-cheney

DAILY WIRE
— Illegal Immigrants Released Onto Streets Of San Diego, Given Court Dates At Cities They’ve Never Heard Of Before – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrants-released-onto-streets-of-san-diego-given-court-dates-at-cities-theyve-never-heard-of-before

FOX NEWS
— Red-faced Google apologizes after woke AI bot gives ‘appalling’ answers about pedophilia, Stalin. When asked whether Stalin or conservative influencer Libs of TikTok was worse, the bot said it’s a ‘very complex issue, and there is no easy answer’ – Gabriel Hays
https://www.foxnews.com/media/red-faced-google-apologizes-woke-ai-bot-gives-appalling-answers-pedophilia-stalin

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Border Crisis: San Diego Faces Flood of Illegal Immigrants Mostly From China. Bill Melugin said agents have apprehended 21,000 Chinese nationals in San Diego since October 1. That’s a 500% increase from 2023. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/biden-border-crisis-san-diego-faces-flood-of-illegal-immigrants-mostly-from-china/

PJ MEDIA
— Job ‘Gains’ Are for Migrants as U.S. Men Kept Out of Workforce – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/02/24/job-gains-are-for-migrants-as-us-men-kept-out-of-workforce-n4926735
— Could Illegal Alien Flood Rig Congress, Electoral College for Dems? – CATHERINE SALGADO (CCOMENT: Yes! )
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/02/24/could-illegal-alien-flood-rig-congress-electoral-college-for-dems-n4926722

POWERLINE
— THE PRICE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – JOHN HINDERAKER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/the-price-of-illegal-immigration.php

TEXAS GOP
— Platform and Resolutions as Amended and Adopted by the 2022 State Convention of the Republican Party of Texas
https://texasgop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-RPT-Platform.pdf

TOWNHALL
— Coddled To Death: Mental Illness, Illegal Aliens and the Democratic Party – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/02/25/coddled-to-death-mental-illness-illegal-aliens-and-the-democratic-party-n2635685

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Fox News Cameras Catch Mass Street Release of Illegal Immigrants During Live Shot Expected to Cause ‘Political Issue’ for Gavin Newsom. – C. Douglas Golden
https://www.westernjournal.com/fox-news-cameras-catch-mass-street-release-illegal-immigrants-live-shot-expected-cause-political-issue-gavin-newsom/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

AOL
— Some RNC Members Pushing Resolutions to Constrain Trump – DAVID M. DRUCKER
https://www.aol.com/news/scoop-rnc-members-pushing-resolutions-181701255.html
— What drives remarkable student outcomes? – BRIAN BRUESS (COMMENT: Not that any of my student outcomes were remarkable, my outstanding parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, teachers, etc. all promoted personal responsibility. They stressed that my succeeding in life was my personal responsibility. They did not blame those who did not share my demographics for my problems. They discouraged me from blaming others for my problems. That motivated me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, earn a professional license, etc.)
https://www.aol.com/higher-degree-drives-remarkable-student-080110885.html

MSN
— Arizona sector becomes No. 1 hotspot for citizens of foreign countries to invade America. How soon will there be more citizens of foreign countries in America than citizens of America? How big will the conflicts be between invaders from different countries? Which invaders from which countries will win those conflicts? What language will invaders force on citizens of America? What form of government will invaders force on citizens of America. How fast will invaders get rid of citizens of America?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/arizona-sector-becomes-no-1-hotspot-for-migrant-crossings/ar-BB1iQfVE
— Multiple States At ‘Breaking Point’ With Illegal Aliens – Claire O’Hare
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/multiple-states-at-breaking-point-with-illegal-aliens/ar-BB1iOyrM

MSNBC
— ‘Chaos and confusion’: Inside the civil war engulfing the Michigan GOP (COMMENT: What if the mainstream media reported on the Illinois Republican Party like it reports on the Michigan Republican Party?)
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-chaos-and-confusion-inside-the-civil-war-engulfing-the-michigan-gop-204833349722

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kristi Noem and Vivek Ramaswamy Are CPAC’s Choices for Trump’s Running Mate. The conservative gathering’s straw poll is hardly predictive, but it can show which way political winds are gusting on the far right. – Michael C. Bender
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/us/politics/trump-vp-cpac-kristi-noem-vivek-ramaswamy.html
— This Man Paid $9,000 for a Pair of Donald Trump Sneakers – Jacob Bernstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/style/donald-trump-sneakers-roman-sharf-auction-9000-dollars.html

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— To get more and more and more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasing encourage/force Blacks to blame their problems on White Republicans and especially on those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, male, married, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and has ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/whites-must-feel-the-direct-pain-from-white-supremacy/article_9890c5e8-63ea-53a2-abeb-62de8e4e3b1c.html

GAZETTE
— Texas AG moves to shut down Catholic migrant shelter. Could the same happen in Iowa? Iowa City migrant shelter worries Iowa bills could lead to attempt to shut down Catholic nonprofit. – Tom Barton
https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/texas-ag-moves-to-shut-down-catholic-migrant-shelter-could-the-same-happen-in-iowa/

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— JUNE 18, 2022 FLASHBACK: Texas Republican Convention calls Biden win illegitimate – SEWELL CHAN AND ERIC NEUGEBOREN
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/18/republican-party-texas-convention-cornyn/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meeting at their first in-person convention since 2018, Texas Republicans on Saturday acted on a raft of resolutions and proposed platform changes to move their party even further to the right. They approved measures declaring that President Joe Biden “was not legitimately elected” and rebuking Sen. John Cornyn for taking part in bipartisan gun talks. They also voted on a platform that declares homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice” and calls for Texas schoolchildren “to learn about the humanity of the preborn child.” The actions capped a convention that highlighted how adamantly opposed the party’s most active and vocal members are to compromising with Democrats or moderating on social positions, even as the state has grown more diverse and Republicans’ margins in statewide elections have shrunk slightly in recent years. Votes on the platform were collected at the end of the party’s three-day convention in which party activists moved to add multiple items to the official Texas GOP platform. As the convention closed, two separate sets of ballots — one allowing delegates to choose eight of 15 legislative priorities and another allowing delegates to vote on the 275 platform planks — were gathered. Those will now need to be tallied and certified in Austin, but it is rare for a plank to be rejected, according to party spokesperson James Wesolek.)

NEWSBREAK
— Illegal Immigrant Pauses When Asked if There Are Jobs in His Country, Walks Away Laughing
https://original.newsbreak.com/@the-world-around-jae-and-beyond-1604689/3345603235964-illegal-immigrant-pauses-when-asked-if-there-are-jobs-in-his-country-walks-away-laughing

NEWS NATION
— States are spending billions on resources for migrants
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/what-states-spending-resources-migrants/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Courts Black Voters With Claim He Was ‘Discriminated Against’ – Alex Leary and Eliza Collins (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, the following never discriminated against me: a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government who wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer,” b) those who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) those who ended my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, d) those who ended my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, e) etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/south-carolina-gop-primary-election-2024/card/trump-courts-black-voters-with-claim-he-was-discriminated-against–8E0a5RentXVVyxpWFORO
— Haley Campaign Manager: Trump Can’t Win and Has Sunk the GOP – John McCormick (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Haley to promote more hatred against Trump.)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/south-carolina-gop-primary-election-2024/card/haley-campaign-manager-trump-can-t-win-and-has-sunk-the-gop-2WYgySCufBILCpJbkYEB
— Tim Scott Takes Leading Role in Trump World – Eliza Collins
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/south-carolina-gop-primary-election-2024/card/tim-scott-takes-leading-role-in-trump-world-amZTgmXNzOcor3EeZz4x
— The Democrats Have Demoted Personal Responsibility – Daniel Henninger (COMMENT: My outstanding parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, teachers, etc. all promoted personal responsibility. They stressed that my succeeding in life was my personal responsibility. They did not blame those who did not share my demographics for my problems. They discouraged me from blaming others for my problems. That motivated me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, earn a professional license, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-have-demoted-personal-responsibility-decriminalization-shoplifting-border-economy-ac746a71

FORBES
— ‘Seal The Border, Deport All The Illegals’: Stephen Miller Lays Out Trump Immigration Plan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wSmTsF–64

WISTV
— Trump speaks at Black Conservative Federation Gala in Columbia – Kevin Connaughton and Joshua Hemphill
https://www.wistv.com/2024/02/23/donald-trump-set-speak-black-conservative-federation-gala-columbia/

JUST THE NEWS
— Trump tells CPAC military is only ‘woke’ at the top, takes a shot at Gen. Mark Milley. “We have a great military,” Trump said. – Charlotte Hazard
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/cpac-trump-said-military-only-woke-top-takes-shot-gen-mark-milley

MESA COUNTY
— County Commissioners have passed a resolution officially declaring Mesa County as a Non-Sanctuary County. (COMMENT: Who is leading the effort to get your county to pass such a resolution?)
https://www.mesacounty.us/news/commissioners/county-adopts-resolution-response-immigration-influx

ATLANTIC
— Democrats say “How Donald Trump Became Unbeatable.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/02/trump-republican-primary/677550/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/how-donald-trump-became-unbeatable/ar-BB1iQQ57?cvid=6f667c7f6c84404ec02d36f5086b2559&ei=31

DAILY MAIL
— Now Google’s ‘absurdly woke’ Gemini AI refuses to condemn pedophilia as wrong – after being blasted over ‘diverse’ but historically inaccurate images. – PETER HESS and JAMES GORDON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13122189/Googles-absurdly-woke-Gemini-AI-refuses-condemn-pedophilia.html

February 24, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Internal DHS analysis warns of threats posed against 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones (COMMENT: Remember when Democrat violence canceled Trump’s Chicago rally  in 2016?)
https://abc7chicago.com/dnc-2024-chicago-democratic-national-convention-dhs-security-threats/14462581/
— Judge rules Chicago real estate transfer tax primary ballot question invalid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjlX_m3p8og
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. All those who hired me would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have.
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-work-permit-authorization-unity-initiative/14462070/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14462126/
— Allegations of sex abuse or assault against Chicago Public Schools staff are up 12% – Leah Hope
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-public-schools-grooming-child-sex-assault-abuse/14462021/

NBC5
— Surveillance video shows Chicago teen, 8 others steal cars worth $583K from Wisconsin dealership. One suspect, a 17-year-old Chicago boy, was arrested Sunday in the southern Wisconsin community of Pleasant Prairie after the stolen vehicle he was driving crashed along Interstate 94. – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-teen-8-others-stole-several-cars-worth-583k-from-wisconsin-luxury-dealership-police-say/3364413/
— Controversial real estate transfer tax removed from primary ballot in Chicago after judge’s ruling
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/controversial-real-estate-transfer-tax-removed-from-primary-ballot-in-chicago-after-judges-ruling/3364498/

CBS2
— Judge tosses Chicago referendum on tax hike on sales of million-dollar homes to fight homelessness – Adam Harrington, Todd Feurer, John Odenthal
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-tosses-chicago-referendum-tax-sales-homes-fight-homelessness/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. All those who hired me would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lack-access-work-permits-migrants-shelters/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FslKOBufrZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku985cpunqo
— Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard accused of misusing public funds, improperly running charity – Megan Hickey, Alex Ortiz
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dolton-mayor-charity/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuqt74U2Cxc

WGN RADIO
— Where does Chicago rank among cities with people in financial distress – Brian Althimer (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/where-does-chicago-rank-in-cities-with-the-most-people-in-financial-distress/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville councilman Josh McBroom said no one interested in housing migrants but emails show some people did respond. – TESS KENNY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/23/naperville-councilman-mcbroom-migrant-housing-foi-interest-email/
— Local Russians in exile decry war in Ukraine — and Putin — on invasion’s 2-year anniversary. – ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/23/local-russians-in-exile-decry-war-in-ukraine-and-putin-on-invasions-2-year-anniversary/
— Illinois agrees to tougher oversight of polluters in low-income communities, resolving civil rights complaint about Chicago scrap shredder. – MICHAEL HAWTHORNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/23/illinois-agrees-to-tougher-oversight-of-polluters-in-low-income-communities-resolving-civil-rights-complaint-about-chicago-scrap-shredder/
— Naperville mansion sells for nearly $8M, making it the suburb’s second-priciest sale in history – BOB GOLDSBOROUGH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/23/naperville-mansion-sells-for-nearly-8m-making-it-the-suburbs-second-priciest-sale-in-history/

DAILY HERALD
— It’s newcomer vs. five-time federal candidate in GOP’s 14th Congressional District contes. – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240223/us-congress-politics/its-newcomer-vs-five-time-federal-candidate-in-gops-14th-congressional-district-contest/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— With IVF under the gun, fertility providers in Illinois face an uncertain future – Jon Asplund
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/alabama-ivf-ruling-creates-uncertain-future-illinois-providers

MADISON RECORD
— Madison County Board passes resolution opposing Illinois’ sanctuary status – Heather Isringhausen Gvillo (COMMENT: Who is leading the effort to get your county to pass such a resolution?)
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/655075553-madison-county-board-passes-resolution-opposing-illinois-sanctuary-status

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Lara Trump Urges RNC to Cover Donald Trump’s Legal Bills, Citing Voter Support – Benzinga
https://pantagraph.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/lara-trump-urges-rnc-to-cover-donald-trumps-legal-bills-citing-voter-support/video_7ff2f17f-968d-540c-9ea1-56de419a6ebf.html

WSIL TV
— Trump says he ‘strongly supports’ IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access – AP
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/trump-says-he-strongly-supports-ivf-and-calls-on-alabama-lawmakers-to-protect-access/article_edcf89fe-a58a-5927-8d5e-09a2ff19f36f.html

WAND TV
— Trump tells religious broadcasters he’ll defend Christianity against perceived threats from the left. – AP
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-tells-religious-broadcasters-hell-defend-christianity-against-perceived-threats-from-the-left/article_d74108ec-dd53-5c39-942f-636ecbfb54c1.html
— Trump says he ‘strongly supports’ IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access – AP
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-says-he-strongly-supports-ivf-after-alabama-court-ruling-puts-new-pressure-on-republicans/article_6fc5273c-7cc0-5980-9702-b79559ea61e1.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump speaks at Black Conservative Gala ahead of GOP primary – KIMBERLEI DAVIS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-speak-at-black-conservative-gala-donald-president-presidential-primary-palmetto-state-columbia-metropolitan-convention-center
— LGBTQ+ rights, abortion & immigration: Trump, Haley’s take on big issues before SC primary – COURTNEY ROWLES, EMMA PARKHOUSE, CONNOR INGALLS and ANDREW JAMES
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-nikki-haley-south-carolina-gop-primary-republican-vote-election-2024-big-issues-abortion-lgbtq-israel-ukraine-war-january-6-immigration-border-patrol

NPR ILLINOIS
— How moving back to the South could give Black Americans’ vote more power – Manoush Zomorodi, Rachel Faulkner White, Sanaz Meshkinpour
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-02-23/how-moving-back-to-the-south-could-give-black-americans-vote-more-power

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— More Trump VP hopefuls speak at CPAC – Justin Kounelias
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/more-trump-vp-hopefuls-speak-at-cpac/
— Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy shows Trump ally drowning in debt – Ella Lee, Zach Schonfeld
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/rudy-giuliani-bankruptcy-shows-trump-ally-drowning-in-debt/amp/
— Trump says his criminal indictments boosted his appeal to Black voters – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-his-criminal-indictments-boosted-his-appeal-to-black-voters/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-40/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Rivian shaping up as another example of why government shouldn’t pick winners and losers – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/rivian-shaping-up-as-another-example-of-why-government-shouldnt-pick-winners-and-losers-wirepoints/
— Wirepoints and Jeff Daly of WZUS run through everything you need to know about Illinois’ 2025 budget
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-and-jeff-daly-of-wzus-run-through-everything-you-need-to-know-about-illinois-2025-budget/

CHAMBANA SUN
— Illinois Governor Proposes $1 Billion in Tax Increases for Migrant Crisis Expenses
https://chambanasun.com/stories/655077460-illinois-governor-proposes-1-billion-in-tax-increases-for-migrant-crisis-expenses

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS’ REAL ‘STATE OF THE STATE’ – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/paul-vallas-illinois-real-state-of-the-state/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MAY 30, 2023 FLASHBACK: Don Tracy, IL GOP Leaders Endorsed a Pro-Choice, Pro-Same Sex Marriage, Pro-Transgender Candidate (Bob Fioretti) Who Voted for Barack Obama, Violating GOP Party Platform
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/05/don-tracy-il-gop-leaders-endorsed-a-pro-choice-pro-same-sex-marriage-pro-transgender-candidate-who-voted-for-barack-obama-violating-gop-party-platform.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hispanic Democrat lawmakers blast Biden over embrace of Trump solutions for asylum, border – Mallory Wilson and Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Hispanic Democrat lawmakers want to flood America with Hispanics.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/23/hispanic-democrat-lawmakers-blast-biden-over-embra/
— Mike Pompeo is obvious and best choice for Trump’s running mate – Michael McKenna
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/23/mike-pompeo-is-obvious-and-best-choice-for-trumps-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago skips crime and school issues to kick police out of schools – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2873445/chicago-skips-crime-and-school-issues-to-kick-police-out-of-schools/
— CPAC 2024: Kristi Noem says Biden could reverse border crisis ‘within 24 hours’ – Julia Johnson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2873048/cpac-2024-kristi-noem-biden-could-reverse-border-crisis-24-hours/
— Stephen Miller: ‘Seal the border, deport all the illegals’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/2870904/stephen-miller-seal-the-border-deport-all-the-illegals/
— Passengers getting bumped from flights for asylum-seekers – Luke Gentile
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2870559/passengers-getting-bumped-flights-asylum-seekers-report/
— CPAC 2024: Kristi Noem says ‘I know I could’ help Trump win as his vice presidential choice – Julia Johnson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2872162/cpac-2024-kristi-noem-help-trump-vp-choice/
— CPAC 2024: Trump fans dish on vice presidential favorites at confab of MAGA faithful – David Sivak
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2870247/cpac-2024-trump-vice-president-straw-poll/
— CPAC 2024: Megyn Kelly calls on parents to fight against child gender transitions – Julia Johnson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2874721/cpac-2024-megyn-kelly-child-gender-transitions/
— CPAC 2024: Once a Republican bastion, annual gathering brings fringe movement to the mainstream – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2873188/cpac-2024-republican-bastion-fringe-movement-mainstream/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden’s Approval on Immigration Reaches New Low – Matthew Xiao
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/bidens-approval-on-immigration-reaches-new-low-poll/
— California Reparations Bill Would Require State Licensing Boards To Favor Black Applicants – Charles Hilu (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, I was the office’s only licensed CPA. Not only were those promoted over me not licensed CPAs, they had no professional certification or fewer than I had, they had less education than I had, and/or they had less work experience than I had. They all were Democrat DEI hires.)
https://freebeacon.com/california/california-reparations-bill-would-require-state-licensing-boards-to-favor-black-applicants/
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 82)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-82/

NEW YORK POST
— Ex-Google exec claims he was denied promotion by woke tech firm because he’s a white man – Ariel Zilber
https://nypost.com/2024/02/23/business/ex-google-exec-claims-he-was-denied-promotion-by-woke-tech-firm-because-hes-a-white-man/

AMAC
— How should American lawmakers react to the Biden administration’s orders giving illegal immigrants a pathway to vote in our elections? (COMMENT: Absolutely NO!)
https://amac.us/poll/how-should-american-lawmakers-react-to-the-biden-administrations-orders-giving-illegal-immigrants-a-pathway-to-vote-in-our-elections/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Court Strikes Down New York City Law Allowing Illegal Aliens to Vote
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/23/court-strikes-down-new-york-city-law-allowing-illegal-aliens-to-vote/

AMERICAN FAMILY RADIO
— Is Your Church Woke? And Why Do You Owe It to God to Leave If They Are. – ALEX MCFARLAND
https://www.afa.net/the-stand/culture/2024/02/is-your-church-woke/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Texas’s Ken Paxton takes on the open-borders NGO juggernaut – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/texass_ken_paxton_takes_on_the_openborders_ngo_juggernaut.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— AOC latest squad member to turn on Biden for doing Trump ‘impressions’ – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/23/aoc-latest-squad-member-to-turn-on-biden-for-doing-trump-impressions-1439452/

BREITBART
— NGO Smuggles Migrants Away from Border Before Federal Inspection – Rep. Tom Tiffany
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/02/23/rep-tom-tiffany-ngo-smuggles-migrants-away-from-border-before-federal-inspection/

COLLEGE FIX
— White supremacy goes back to ‘early church’: Oxford professor – MICAIAH BILGER (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/white-supremacy-goes-back-to-early-church-oxford-professor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The most egregious thing that we have to wrestle with is the normalization of white supremacy,” Reddie said. Although Christianity “was created as a movement for those who are marginalized and oppressed,” he said white leaders quickly began using the religion as a weapon to seize land and oppress other cultures. Reddie traced the distortion back to the early Christians who blamed the Jews for killing Jesus, instead of Roman leader Pontius Pilate, according to the report. “Pilate represents white supremacy, and white supremacy now becomes normalized and effectively becomes the religion of Jesus, the religion of God,” the professor said. As time went on, more and more people began to believe Jesus was a white European, like them, Reddie said.
Baptist News Global reports: That’s why few white Christians flinched at the claim that Jesus called European and American Christians to travel the globe to oppress brown- and Black-skinned people, he said, explaining that a Christianity suffused with white supremacy enabled plantation owners in the American South to see no contradiction between their faith and owning other human beings. “They saw people who are other as inferior and that it was OK to kill or enslave them for their own good.” Those attitudes clearly continue to exist and in the U.S. are evident in the rise of Trumpism, the British scholar said. Because white supremacy has been connected with Christianity for so long, he said it has “distorted the very fabric of what we call Christianity and the nature of church.” The Baylor conference is part of a “three-year sequences of programs on confronting racism in the white church and seeking God’s justice,” according to the event website. More than a dozen pastors, theologians, and Christian leaders participated. Baylor is a private, Protestant Christian university in Texas. Earlier this year, a Catholic university professor also linked white supremacy with the early Christian church in a new book, “Christian Supremacy.” The author, Fordham University Professor Magda Teter, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that white supremacists’ ideology “is rooted in Christian ideas of social and religious hierarchy.”)

DAILY SIGNAL
— Under Biden, US Failing to Push Latin American Nations to Stem Illegal Immigration – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/23/under-biden-us-failing-push-latin-american-nations-stem-illegal-immigration-borderline/

DAILY WIRE
— Illinois Dem Gov Says He Didn’t Ask For ‘Crisis’ Of Immigrants. Look What He Stated In 2021. – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-dem-gov-says-he-didnt-ask-for-crisis-of-immigrants-look-what-he-stated-in-2021
— Biden Prepares Basement For Reelection Campaign. – Andrew Klavan
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-prepares-basement-for-reelection-campaign
— Microsoft Brags That It Pays White Employees Less Than Non-White Employees Despite ‘Same Job Title’ The admission came in the company’s diversity report, which hones in on a “pay equity” initiative. – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/microsoft-brags-that-it-pays-white-employees-less-than-non-white-employees-despite-same-job-title

EPOCH TIMES
— Jury Finds NRA Head Wayne Pierre Liable, Must Pay $4.3 Million in Damages. The jury found that LaPierre misused charitable funds on a lavish lifestyle. – Caden Pearson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/jury-finds-nra-head-wayne-pierre-liable-must-pay-4-3-million-in-damages-5594053

FOX NEWS
— AOC heckled in town hall: ‘all you care about is illegal aliens’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6347476464112
— Sen. Tom Cotton torches Google AI system as ‘racist, preposterously woke, Hamas-sympathizing’ – Jamie Joseph
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-tom-cotton-torches-google-ai-system-as-racist-preposterously-woke-hamas-sympathizing

GOPUSA
— While Biden Pushes Ukraine To Fight, He Demands Israel Surrender
https://www.gopusa.com/while-biden-pushes-ukraine-to-fight-he-demands-israel-surrender/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Catholic NGO, accuses the ‘charity’ of engaging in human trafficking at the border – Pat Droney
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/texas-ag-ken-paxton-sues-catholic-ngo-accuses-the-charity-of-engaging-in-human-trafficking-at-the-border

MRC TV
— Border Patrol Encounters Plummet in Gov. Abbott’s Texas, Surge in Newsom’s California, Hobbs’ Arizona – CRAIG BANNISTER
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/border-patrol-encounters-plummet-gov-abbotts-texas-surge-newsoms-california
— Illegal Aliens Unleashed onto the Streets of San Diego by Border Patrol – CRAIG BANNISTER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/illegal-aliens-unleashed-streets-san-diego-border-patrol

NEWS BUSTERS
— GOP Attorney General on Biden’s FAA ‘Making Passenger Safety Take a Back Seat to Diversity’ – Tom Olohan
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/tom-olohan/2024/02/23/watch-gop-attorney-general-bidens-faa-making-passenger-safety
— Hostin Conspiracy: GOP Only Support IVF to Stave Off White Replacement – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2024/02/23/hostin-conspiracy-gop-only-support-ivf-stave-white
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Good things don’t last long on ABC’s The View. After defending embryos as children earlier in the week, staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners) found her angle of attack against Republicans on Friday, in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling on in vitro fertilization. According to her, the only reason Republicans were now coming out in defense of IVF was because it was how they planned to stave off white people being replaced by minorities. “On the one hand, they want you to not have an abortion and then they also don’t want you to have more children. Make up your minds. Whatever that means,” Friday moderator Joy Behar kvetched, keeping with the narrative that the GOP was trying to stop people from using IVF, for some reason. Before cracking open the lid on her crazy conspiracy theory, Hostin suggested she was on the trail of something major. “I think they do want you to have more children and they just not saying the quiet part out loud,” she teased. “Which is, multicultural Americans are going to become the majority population by 2050,” she began to unwind her crazy. “By 2050, the Hispanic Americans are expected to have the most population growth, an increase of about six percent, while the white population is expected to decrease by about 11 percent. At this time, the birth rate for white Americans in this country has been falling since the great recession and it’s dropped almost 23 percent between 2007 and 2022.”)

NEWSMAX
— Trump Strongly Supports IVF After Alabama Court Ruling
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-ivf-abortion/2024/02/23/id/1154747/

TOWNHALL
— There Are More Illegal Migrants in the U.S. Than the Population of 36 States. – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect those millions of illegals to use their false identifications to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/23/there-are-more-illegal-migrants-in-the-us-than-the-population-of-36-states-n2635643
— Nikki Haley Says America Will Have a ‘Female President’ in 2024, Either Her or Kamala Harris – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/02/23/nikki-haley-kamala-harris-remark-n2635655
— Newsom Blames Republicans After Border Patrol Releases Hundreds of Illegal Aliens In San Diego – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/23/san-diego-migrant-center-closes-after-aliens-are-mass-released-in-california-n2635657
— Don’t Want to Pay for Health Care or Groceries? Then Don’t. Pretend to Be an Illegal Alien Instead. – Carolyn Phippen (COMMENT: What percent of those in your hospital’s emergency room are illegals?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolyn-phippen/2024/02/24/dont-want-to-pay-for-health-care-or-groceries-then-dont-pretend-to-be-an-illegal-alien-instead-n2635661
— Woke Google AI Erases U.S. History – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/23/google-ai-erases-us-history-n2635631

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump supporters turn out in force at CPAC
https://thehill.com/video/trump-supporters-turn-out-in-force-at-cpac/9458431/

CBS NEWS
— Potential Trump VP picks speaking at CPAC
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/potential-trump-vp-picks-speaking-at-cpac/

CBS NEWS & FOX NEW YORK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/staten-island-to-hold-st-patricks-day-parade-welcoming-lgbtq-groups-for-the-first-time/
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/video/dozens-gather-at-state-capitol-in-support-of-legislation-focused-on-supporting-lgbtq-community/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AIhxiycXmo
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/staten-island-st-patricks-day-parade-lgbtq

MSN
— MAGA fans predict who will be Trump’s VP: Daily Mail asks CPAC attendees if Tulsi Gabbard, Kristi Noem, Ben Carson, Elise Stefanik should be at the top of his running mate shortlist.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/maga-fans-predict-who-will-be-trump-s-vp-daily-mail-asks-cpac-attendees-if-tulsi-gabbard-kristi-noem-ben-carson-elise-stefanik-should-be-at-the-top-of-his-running-mate-shortlist/ar-BB1iMvR7

MSNBC
— To get votes from voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn voters who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyuhk7V8wCo

NEWSWEEK
— California’s Gen Z, Millennials Sour on Benefits of Migrants – Nick Mordowanec
https://www.newsweek.com/california-gen-z-millennials-migrants-burden-survey-1872848

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Tries to Flip the Politics of Immigration. – Michael D. Shear (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders falsely argue that Republican leaders tanked “the border restrictions they have demanded for years.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/politics/biden-immigration-executive-action.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden’s Student Loan Boast: The Supreme Court ‘Didn’t Stop Me’ The President ignores the law again as he forgives more student debt. The total is now $138 billion and counting. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-student-debt-forgiveness-supreme-court-0c5204fe
— How Trump Turned Conservatives Against Helping Ukraine. GOP’s transformation is on full display at CPAC gathering: ‘The war is the fault of the U.S.’ – Molly Ball (COMMENT: Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump had been President.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/how-trump-turned-conservatives-against-helping-ukraine-d9f75b3b
— Blue-State Residents Streamed Into South Carolina. Here’s Why It Stayed Ruby Red. Conservatives who leave Democratic states are often looking for a politically favorable new home. – Eliza Collins, Paul Overberg, and Anthony DeBarros
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/blue-state-residents-streamed-into-south-carolina-heres-why-it-stayed-ruby-red-a049c74c
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “People do look for their own cohorts,” said Paul Westcott, L2’s executive vice president. In South Carolina, he said, “People see a lower cost of living, lower taxes, and are looking for that cohort that matches their own. Maybe they’re not thinking about it consciously, but they are finding themselves among other conservatives there.”)

JOURNAL
— The harm of illegal immigration – Joseph de Soto
https://www.journal-news.net/the-harm-of-illegal-immigration/article_c9808989-5d8e-523e-9930-014905502d12.html

EURASIA REVIEW
— Welfare For Migrants Ensures The Border Crisis Will Continue – Ryan McMaken
https://www.eurasiareview.com/24022024-welfare-for-migrants-ensures-the-border-crisis-will-continue-oped/

INDEPENDENT
— Nikki Haley calls Congress ‘most privileged nursing home in the country’
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/nikki-haley-trump-south-carolina-biden-b2501677.html

BNN
— At CPAC, Trump Supporters Forecast a ‘Civil War’ if Election Loss Occurs
https://bnnbreaking.com/politics/at-cpac-trump-supporters-forecast-a-civil-war-if-election-loss-occurs

February 22, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago closes 4 migrant shelters amid lull in new arrivals – Michael Loria
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnson-shelters-closed-migrant-crisis/14454797/
— Pritzker delivers State of the State address to discuss budget, asylum seeker funding – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-state-of-the-budget-where-to-watch/14452394/
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Chicago police as being racists.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-traffic-stops-racial-profiling-black-driver/14454575/
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14454636/

NBC5
— Pritzker’s full 2024 State of the State address for Illinois. Illinois faces a steep budget shortfall of nearly $900 million for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/read-gov-pritzkers-full-2024-state-of-the-state-address-for-illinois/3362205/

CBS2
— Chicago alderman accuses colleague of assaulting him
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-alderman-accuses-colleague-of-assaulting-him/

WGN9
— Illinois Attorney General tells Dolton mayor’s charity to stop soliciting money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHqbEnszrBk

FOX32
— Trump reveals VP shortlist including DeSantis, Scott, Ramaswamy, Noem, Donalds, Gabbard – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-vp-list-includes-desantis-scott-ramaswamy
— President Biden announces more student loan debt being forgiven. More than 100,000 student loan borrowers are getting some good news. Another $1 billion of student loan debt has been forgiven. (COMMENT: Not that I could have gotten a student loan, but because I worked my way through college, I was able to a) graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE, b) buy a new Corvette after my Charger was stolen 14 months after I graduated, c) buy a new town home in University Park 25 months after I graduated, d) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago 48 months I graduated, e) buy a one bedroom condo there 72 months after I graduated, and f) buy a home in Wheaton with my wife 92 months after I graduated. In addition, I was able to pay for graduate evening courses in business at Loyola 1972-1976 and in accounting at DePaul 1976-1980. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary increased from $54,728/year in 1971 to $110,020/year in 1979. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1414764
— Chicago Mayor Johnson abruptly ends meeting with newspaper after refusing to speak on the record. Chicago Sun-Times reports City Hall reporters are ‘openly frustrated’ with Brandon Johnson. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-mayor-johnson-abruptly-ends-meeting-newspaper-refusing-speak-on-record

WTTW
— Pritzker’s $52.7B Budget Proposal Funds Migrant Care and Early Childhood Education, Angers Business Community – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/21/pritzker-lays-out-plan-tackle-projected-budget-shortfall-state-state-address

CHICAGO TRIBUNE


— FRONT PAGE: State picks up travel tab for migrants who want to leave Chicago – NELL SALZMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/22/state-picks-up-travel-tab-for-migrants-who-want-to-leave-chicago/
— Who pays when migrants leave Chicago?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/22/daywatch-who-pays-when-migrants-leave-chicago/
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget proposal includes $800 million in tax increases, largely for corporations, sportsbooks – DAN PETRELLA, JEREMY GORNER, and OLIVIA OLANDER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/21/gov-j-b-pritzkers-budget-proposal-includes-800-million-in-tax-increases-largely-for-corporations-sportsbooks/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes plan to borrow $1.25 billion for housing, development and climate goals – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/21/mayor-brandon-johnson-pushes-plan-to-borrow-1-25-billion-for-housing-development-and-climate-goals/
— Conservatives are targeting IVF. Women deserve a choice. – MICHAEL FRERICHS (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. In the late-1980s, my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. Our doctors told us that because we both had serious fertility problems, success would have been very unlikely. We did not adopt or become foster parents. My Democrat GAO superiors used that against me viciously. They falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted not only that I lied about trying to have children, but that we were disgusting selfish DINKs (dual income, no kids) who never wanted to have children. They used that slander to punish me severely in 1989. They did the aforesaid because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit in late 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/22/opinion-ivf-reproductive-health-care-abortion-legislation/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker’s budget to include plan to erase $1 billion in medical debt. Gov. J.B. Pritzker will include the $10 million ask in his budget proposal for the next fiscal year to erase $1 billion in medical debt for Illinois residents — and the investment would mark the first in a multi-year plan. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2024/02/20/pritzker-budget-elimination-1-billion-medical-debt
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ‘more austere’ $52.7 billion budget plan turns to big business, sportsbooks for tax increases. There will undoubtedly be sticking points for some of the governor’s priorities, including about $182 million in funding for newly arriving migrants and more than $600 million in health care costs for the undocumented. – Tina Sfondeles and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2024/02/21/jb-pritzker-budget-proposal-pension-crisis-general-assembly
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches borrowing $1.25B for housing and development. Johnson’s signature plan would rely on letting dozens of the city’s tax increment financing districts expire, using that money to repay the debt. – Mariah Woelfel and Tessa Weinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/brandonjohnson/2024/02/21/mayor-brandon-johnson-development-plan-borrowing-1-billion-tif-money
— Getting rid of school choice and police in schools is about politics, not what’s best for kids and families. The Chicago Board of Education’s potential vote to dismantle school choice and get rid of police, even in schools that want them, imposes a blanket approach that strips families of a say in their children’s education and safety, eight elected officials write. – Michelle Harris, Marty Quinn, Matt O’Shea, Monique Scott, Felix Cardona, Samantha Nugent, Mike Kelly and Angie Guerrero-Cuellar
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/02/21/school-choice-police-in-schools-politics-education-safety-kids
— It’s the public who loses the most when Mayor Johnson avoids the press. The former teacher and union organizer considers himself a man of the people, but to reach the people, a big-city mayor has to be ready every day to take tough questions from journalists. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/02/21/mayor-johnson-media-relationship-questions-accountabilty-city-hall-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Bartlett regulates unscheduled bus drop-offs – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240221/news/bartlett-regulates-unscheduled-bus-drop-offs/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Kane County dismisses bipartisan push for statement on migrant busing – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240221/news/kane-county-dismisses-bipartisan-push-for-statement-on-migrant-busing/
— Should Naperville adopt a resolution backing a cease-fire in Gaza? – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240221/article/should-naperville-adopt-a-resolution-backing-a-cease-fire-in-gaza/

CWB CHICAGO
— Cook County dropped charges after Chicago cops saw him stealing a catalytic converter. He wasn’t so lucky in DuPage County. – Tim Hecke
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/02/chicago-dupage-county-catalytic-converter-theft-charges-hit-different.html

SOUTHERN
— Trump team insists RNC funds wouldn’t cover his legal bills, as party leadership change looms – Lalee Ibssa , Isabella Murray and Soo Rin Kim
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/22/trump-team-insists-rnc-funds-wouldnt-cover-his-legal-bills-as-party-leadership-change-looms/
— Two Black GM workers share their experiences in the automotive industry – Morgan Korn (COMMENT: My plans for a career in the automotive industry ended when I was 22-year-old Firestone Store Retail Sales Manager in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/21/two-black-gm-workers-share-their-experiences-in-the-automotive-industry/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump set for coronation as conservatives descend on CPAC – Caroline Vakil, Brett Samuels
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-set-for-coronation-as-conservatives-descend-on-cpac/

WSIU
— Principle First summit draws Republicans who don’t support frontrunner Trump
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2024-02-22/principle-first-summit-draws-republicans-who-dont-support-frontrunner-trump

WSIL TV
— Home Depot broke labor law by firing an employee with ‘BLM’ on apron, NLRB rules – Ramishah Maruf
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/home-depot-broke-labor-law-by-firing-an-employee-with-blm-on-apron-nlrb-rules/article_e57117b4-5d3f-5ace-abe3-d217bb09a3f5.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in flooding schools with illegals.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-02-22/dekalb-high-school-sees-an-uptick-in-newcomer-students-that-likely-includes-asylum-seekers
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who are not Biden fans ever-increasingly use Haley to promote more hatred against those who share both Trump’s and Biden’s demographics. Both Trump and Biden are White, male, older, wealthy, draft-avoiders, Christian, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. It is called killing two birds with one stone.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-02-22/nikki-haley-says-biden-is-more-dangerous-than-trump-but-neither-is-fit-for-the-job

ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst conservative activist on Tuesday accused the Elmhurst School District 205 board of backing an ideological agenda on teaching children about gender. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-activist-fights-gender-concepts
— Laughing Men Steal From Oak Brook Stores. The suspects took more than $2,000 worth of merchandise. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/laughing-men-steal-oak-brook-stores-cops

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Five Venezuelan Migrants Charged with Burglary at Oak Brook Stores
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R1141.php

CITY OF WHEATON
— City Council Passes Resolution Regarding Local Impacts of National Immigration Policies
https://www.wheaton.il.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1053

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-237/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-236/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN: What have you done and what will you do to encourage the registered Republican voters in our precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 19, 2024 Republican primary? Which of your fellow township and county elected Republican Precinct Committeemen are running to serve as officers of our township and county Republican party organizations? Who is running to serve as the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) National Committeeman and Committeewoman? When and where is the next IRP State Central Committee meeting? Which IRP State Convention Committees have you asked to be appointed to?
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are the demographics of your county? How have those demographics changed? As more and more and more voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats move into DuPage County, Democrat candidates get more and more and more votes in DuPage County. Those who have the following demographics vote for Democrats: liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. How have the leaders of your Republican county and township party organizations responded to demographic changes? I should write a book about how the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and the Milton Township Republican Organization have responded to demographic changes since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(According to Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois#Demographics ), in DuPage County, 63.4% are White, 12.8% are Asian, 4.7% are Black, 0.1% are Native American, 3.2% are two or more races, 0.4% are some other race, and 15.5% are Hispanic of any race. DuPage County has become more diverse. The population of foreign-born residents increased from about 71,300 in 1990 to 171,000 by 2009 estimates. There were 325,601 households, out of which 37.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% were married couples living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.00% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.27. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.70% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64 and 9.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females, age 18 and over, there were 94.20 males. The median income for a household in the county was $98,441 and the median income for a family was $113,086. Males had a median income of $60,909 versus $41,346 for females. The mean or average income for a family in DuPage County is $121,009, according to the 2005 census. The per capita income for the county was $38,458. About 2.40% of families and 3.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.90% of those under age 18 and 4.30% of those age 65 or over. Religion The First Church of Lombard is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. DuPage County has several hundred Christian churches, and especially around Wheaton is a Bible Belt, with Wheaton College and various other evangelical Christian colleges, and publishing houses including InterVarsity Press, Crossway, Tyndale House, Christianity Today and other smaller ones in the area.)

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— IL Freedom Caucus Statement on Governor’s State of the State Address
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/il-freedom-caucus-statement-on-governors-state-of-the-state-address/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WHERE ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO GET SHOT IN CHICAGO? – Patrick Andriesen (COMMENT: Where are you most likely to get shot in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? As Democrats move in, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/where-are-you-most-likely-to-get-shot-in-chicago/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker’s Illinois Agenda: State of the State Unveils Big Spending & Taxes – Thomas Mccullagh
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/pritzkers-illinois-agenda-state-of-the-state-unveils-big-spending-taxes.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Less than 1% of illegal immigrants deported in key border ‘parole’ test case – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/22/less-than-1-of-illegal-immigrants-deported-in-key-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Yes, Mayorkas is intentionally choosing not to enforce immigration law – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2867099/yes-mayorkas-intentionally-immigration-law/
— Black Harvard alumnae demand DEI pledge for hiring and admissions – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2866964/black-harvard-alumnae-demand-dei-pledge-hiring-admissions/
— Unions have changed their tune on illegal immigration – Rebecca Friedrichs and Roger Ruvolo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2866129/unions-have-changed-tune-on-illegal-immigration/
— Trump delivers blow to former Illinois ally (Bailey) in competitive House GOP primary – Rachel Schilke (COMMENT: In the 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election, Bailey won in all but 17 of Illinois’ 102 counties.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2866410/trump-delivers-blow-former-illinois-ally-house-gop-primary/
— The Supreme Court protects racial discrimination in Fairfax County – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2864287/supreme-court-protects-racial-discrimination-fairfax-county/
— NYPD dance team captain says members are not looking to be ‘professional dancers’ amid online pushback – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2866072/nypd-dance-team-captain-says-members-not-looking-professional-dancers-amid-online-pushback/
— Maine government steers children to transgender activist groups – Breccan F. Thies (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been in making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2856987/maine-government-steers-children-transgender-activist-groups/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Guess who’s the top pick for Trump’s vice president among the GOP faithful? – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/guess_whos_the_top_pick_for_trumps_vice_president_among_the_gop_faithful.html
— New York to hand out $10,000 cards to illegals, no I.D. required, what could go wrong? – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/new_york_to_hand_out_10000_cards_to_illegals_no_id_required_what_could_go_wrong.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— More outrage as NYC prepaid card program could give migrants $15K a year as US taxpayers pony up – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/21/more-outrage-as-nyc-prepaid-card-program-could-give-migrants-15k-a-year-as-us-taxpayers-pony-up-1438827/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— An Immigration Crisis Beyond Imagining – Todd Bensman
https://cis.org/Oped/Immigration-Crisis-Beyond-Imagining
— The UN is paying illegals using US taxpayer cash – Todd Bensman
https://cis.org/Oped/Dont-believe-lies-UN-paying-illegals-using-US-taxpayer-cash

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Time to Cancel CAIR – the Council on American-Islamic Relations – Laurence F. Sanford
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/time-to-cancel-cair-the-council-on-american-islamic-relations

DAILY CALLER
— ‘We’re Getting Pushed Out’: Chicago Residents Blast City Officials Over Migrant Crisis – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/21/chicago-residents-blast-city-migrant-crisis/
— Biden Admin Is Relaxing Illegal Immigration Enforcement – GABRIEL OGUNJOBI
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/21/new-data-sheds-light-biden-admin-relaxing-illegal-immigration-enforcement/

DAILY WIRE
— Illinois Bill Changes Definition Of ‘Abused Child’ To Include Kids Whose Parents Object To Abortion, Transgender Hormones And Surgeries – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-bill-changes-definition-of-abused-child-to-include-kids-whose-parents-object-to-abortion-transgender-hormones-and-surgeries
— Hochul: New York ‘Absolutely Overwhelmed’ By Illegals, ‘We Need A Break.’ It’s Republicans’ Fault.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/hochul-new-york-absolutely-overwhelmed-by-illegals-we-need-a-break-its-republicans-fault

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Reveals Vice President Shortlist – Joseph Lord
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-confirms-several-vice-president-shortlisters-5591500
— Rise in Mail-in-Voting: A Convenience or Pathway to Fraud? ‘The ballot is cast outside the public eye, and thus the opportunities for coercion and voter impersonation are greater,’ the MIT Election Lab states. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that virtually all mail-in ballots will be counted as being votes for Democrats.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/rise-in-mail-in-voting-a-convenience-or-pathway-to-fraud-5591936

FEDERALIST
— Congress Is Too Busy Bankrolling Ukraine To Stop The VA From Processing Illegals’ Health Care Costs – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/21/congress-is-too-busy-bankrolling-ukraine-to-stop-the-va-from-processing-illegals-health-care-costs/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Sanctuary City Tactic: The Longer You’re Here the More Likely You Get to Stay
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/02/21/sanctuary-city-tactic-longer-youre-here-more-likely-you-get-stay

FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents speak out against migrants welcomed by city: ‘Junking up our country’ Residents voiced their displeasure with the Chicago City Council over the illegal immigrant crisis. – Chris Pandolfo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-residents-speak-out-against-migrants-welcomed-city-junking-up-our-country
— Colorado town unanimously declares non-sanctuary status as nearby Denver grapples with migrants: ‘No room’ Mayor Mitch LaKind said the goal is to ensure Denver knows the town will not accept ‘busloads’ of migrants. – Taylor Penle (COMMENT: What is the likelihood that your county, your township, your municipality, and/or your school district will declare the same thing?)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/colorado-town-unanimously-declares-non-sanctuary-status-nearby-denver-grapples-migrants-no-room
— Dem states, cities overrun by migrants funneled millions in federal COVID-19 aid to support illegals. Biden admin ‘directly subsidized “undocumented” immigration under the guise of COVID-19 pandemic relief,’ report states. – Thomas Catenacci
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-states-cities-overrun-migrants-funneled-millions-federal-covid-19-aid-support-illegals
— Thousands of ‘special interest aliens’ illegally entered US via San Diego since October, CBP data shows. Citizens from ‘special interest countries’ are supposed to received additional vetting. – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/thousands-special-interest-aliens-illegally-entered-us-via-san-diego-october-cbp-data-shows

HOT AIR
— Biden’s Illegals Would Make the 14th Largest State – CHRIS PANDOLFO
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/02/21/bidens-illegals-would-make-the-14th-largest-state-n3783325

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Far too many join churches to give themselves a license to sin. I should write a book about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me and who have stressed the most that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and/or that they give money to a church. I would focus on those who I have sued.
https://devotions1.lccportal.org/2024/02/22/how-jesus-dealt-with-sin/

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Democrat Wants Parents Who Refuse Abortion, “Gender-Affirming” Care for Kids Charged With Abuse – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/illinois-democrat-wants-parents-who-refuse-abortion-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-charged-with-abuse/

NEWSMAX
— Illinois GOP Slams Gov. Pritzker Over Migrant Funding – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illinois-gop-jb-pritzker/2024/02/21/id/1154496/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker, during his State of the State address on Wednesday, called for a budget proposal of $182 million to be directed toward the healthcare costs of illegal migrants in his state, the Center Square reported. Framing the issue as one of a broken immigration system as opposed to an open-border policy constructed by the Biden administration, the governor said: “I will not join the chorus of people in this country or in this chamber who eagerly look to slam shut an immigration door that was once open to our ancestors.” Pritzker then blamed Republicans in the United States Senate for not agreeing to what was nominally dubbed a border bill that tied more funding to Ukraine than the border and was negotiated in secret apart from Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla. “Why did every single Republican run away from something that they claimed they desperately wanted,” Pritzker asked a crowd of Illinois politicians. “Because Donald Trump told them to, and they’re afraid of him.” The Illinois governor also blamed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for transporting migrants to Chicago and other sanctuary cities. But local conservative politicians say Pritzker is to blame for his state’s migrant crisis. “You can’t literally invite people to come here with this insane sanctuary state policy and then complain that we don’t have the resources when they arrive,” state Rep. Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City, said after the governor’s address. Pritzker also outlined that part of the proposed funding would go to transitioning illegal migrants from temporary shelters to permanent housing. State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, however, said there are better uses for the state’s budget. He said that “$2.8 billion dollars of state of Illinois spending” is going to “undocumented immigrant healthcare or migrant assistance. It is a gigantic sum of money that is crowding out other spending priorities that I think are worthwhile.” Newsmax could not verify the figure but has contacted Spain for comment. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, has called for a statewide moratorium on accepting migrants, citing high expenses.)
— CPAC Enforces New Rule Barring Left-Wing Journalists – Jim Thomas (COMMENT: I have always fully disclosed that I am conservative. I attended many CPACs, although not recently, and reported on them as a journalist for GOPUSA. According to my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents, you are not a “real” journalist unless you claim to be nonpartisan. RINOs are anti-conservative. I should write a book about high-profile RINO event organizers in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton who have barred me from attending their events and/or have had me thrown out of their events since 2000.)
https://www.newsmax.com/amp/politics/cpac-rule-gop/2024/02/21/id/1154466/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), chaired by Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative Union, has implemented a significant policy change, disallowing credentials for left-wing journalists, reported Mediaite. Schlapp stated, “CPAC has a new rule. If you’re a propagandist, you can buy a ticket, like everyone else, but you’re not in the media, and we’re not going to credential you by saying you’re in the media.” He criticized certain media outlets for their alleged anti-Trump and anti-conservative stance, asserting that such bias undermines the credibility of journalism. Schlapp announced this decision as the conference commenced near Washington, D.C., igniting reactions and discussions about media access and bias. In a conversation with Schlapp, Steve Bannon articulated concerns about what he perceives as biased reporting, accusing some journalists of engaging in “information warfare.” In response, Schlapp highlighted a perceived trend of targeting conservatives with unfavorable coverage, emphasizing a need for increased discernment in media accreditation. Acknowledging the existence of left-wing journalists who provide balanced coverage, Schlapp maintained that CPAC’s decision aims to address what he sees as pervasive bias within the media landscape. He cited instances where journalists selectively target conservatives, contributing to what he described as a hostile environment for those with differing viewpoints. Responding to questions regarding CPAC’s evolving identity and criticism of its increasingly MAGA-centric focus, Schlapp defended the conference’s trajectory. He dismissed concerns over relevance and emphasized a commitment to principles aligned with the conservative movement. Additionally, Schlapp shared an exchange between his wife and a Huffington Post reporter who was denied credentials, expressing satisfaction with what he described as a reaction from “leftist propagandists” who expected preferential treatment as a “real” journalist. “But as we know what’s happened to these corporate media entities is they’re 100%. If you listen to MSNBC, it’s 100% anti-Trump, anti-American, anti-conservative every moment of every day. They never have any kind of honest treatment of anything,” Schlapp said.)
— Illinois Bill Seeks to Change Definition of ‘Abused Child’ – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/illinois-child-abuse-transgender/2024/02/21/id/1154450/
— Quality of Life Ebbs as Tide of Migrants Rises – Betsy McCaughey
https://www.newsmax.com/mccaughey/migrants-new-york-eric-adams/2024/02/21/id/1154474/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Residents Fed Up By Illegals Getting Free Stuff – Scott LoBaido
https://www.oann.com/video/real-america-video/residents-fed-up-by-illegals-getting-free-stuff/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Dr. Phil Blasts Woke Mutilation on Children – Rachel M. Emmanuel
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.westernjournal.com/dr-phil-blasts-woke-mutilation-children-time-joe-rogan-just-given-pressure/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— McConnell on GOP migrant transports: ‘well-to-do blue enclaves’ finally facing border reality – JULIA MUELLER
https://www.aol.com/mcconnell-gop-migrant-transports-well-154021773.html

UPI
— To get more votes from younger voters, anticipate/expect Biden to ever-increasingly give younger voters more preference over older voters.
https://www.upi.com/Voices/2024/02/22/Joe-Biden-young-people-election/4491708607018/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Republicans Must Stop Being Democrat-Lite – Judson Phillips (COMMENT: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders are ever-increasingly painting themselves as being Democrat-Lite.)
https://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-the-gops-problem-in-its-strategies-or-its-policies/republicans-must-stop-being-democrat-lite

NEW YORK TIMES
— Yale to Require Standardized Test Scores for Admissions – Stephanie Saul (COMMENT: UIC admitted me in 1966 because my ACT score was 24 and because I graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/us/yale-standardized-testing-sat-act.html

USA TODAY
— Rejections have piled up since disclosing my disability on job applications. ADA fails us. – Samuel Adams (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their Democrat employees who were disabled, minority, female, veteran, unmarried. non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, had performance problems, and/o who they wanted to get rid of.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/02/05/americans-with-disabilities-act-failing-employees-work/72414700007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Haley
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/21/trump-nikki-haley-donor-threat/72525819007/

NEW YORK SUN
— Texas Seeks To Clamp Down on Federally Funded Catholic Group Helping Migrants Cross Border and Seek Asylum – JORDAN ESRIG
https://www.nysun.com/article/texas-seeks-to-clamp-down-on-federally-funded-catholic-group-helping-migrants-cross-border-and-seek-asylum

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Ken Paxton moves to shut down Catholic nonprofit that helps migrants
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/ken-paxton-border-nonprofit-18679847.php

DESERET NEWS
— A closer look at which states best represent America — and which fall short. Survey says Utah is furthest from the overall representation of the U.S., while Illinois is closest. – Emma Pitts (COMENT: Those who have the following demographics vote for Democrats: liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because voters who have the aforesaid demographics vote for Democrats and because Illinois voters overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, Illinois voters must overwhelmingly have the aforesaid demographics. Those who vote for Democrats overwhelmingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, and age discrimination and that is exactly what Democrat Illinois elected official promote. If you backed out Chicago voters, and especially if you backed out Collar County voters too, Illinois would be to the right of Utah. In the 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election, Republican Bailey won in all but 17 of Illinois’ 102 counties.)
https://www.deseret.com/2024/2/21/24079255/united-states-represent-electoral-presidential-candidates-caucuses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No single state can perfectly represent the United States in all aspects due to the country’s vast diversity, but Illinois had a “94% similarity when all demographics are averaged.” “It’s most similar in terms of gender, age, the share of residents born in the U.S. and the unemployment rate, with more than 99% similarity for each of those metrics,” according to the survey. Regarding representation, Utah ranked last place in the following categories, making it an atypical representation of the country: Religious composition of adults. Wealth gap. Age characteristics. However, every state contributes uniquely to the nation’s fabric, and the concept of being the “worst” or “best” representative is largely subjective and dependent on the measures used for comparison.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Time to Seize Russia’s Reserves, Ukraine needs the money. What is Biden waiting for? – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-sovereign-asset-seizure-vladimir-putin-ukraine-biden-administration-7e5fdc70
— DEI Invades Community Colleges Too. A ‘glossary’ disdains merit and misdefines ‘white supremacy.’ – Santi Tafarella
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dei-invades-community-colleges-too-los-angeles-county-free-inquiry-indoctrination-19058b34

BLOOMBERG
— Republicans Shouldn’t Be Democrats-Lite. – Amity Shlaes and Matthew Denhart (COMMENT: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders are ever-increasingly painting themselves as being Democrat-Lite.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-04/republican-minimum-wage-and-welfare-plans-are-democrat-lite

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— More Than Half of Recent 4-Year College Grads Underemployed. A new report found that many recent graduates don’t land jobs that require a degree. – Sara Weissman (COMMENT: I did not get a job that really required a bachelor’s degree in business until 10 months after I graduated from NIU in 1970 because I was viewed as being draft bait and because of my bad demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844). The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me as a GS-7 (currently $54,728/year) Revenue Officer because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, or someone whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time who would take the job. They would never have hired me if I had not taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/academics/2024/02/22/more-half-recent-four-year-college-grads-underemployed

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations for Blacks. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will promote reparations for Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, females, younger people, LGBTQers, unmarried people, poor people, veterans, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and members of other oppressed groups.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/nearly_a_third_of_voters_favor_reparations_for_slavery

DAILY MAIL
— Black Chicagoans slam Mayor Johnson for ‘replacing’ them with migrants, demanding ‘REPARATIONS’ carve-out on $6,000-a-year property taxes that whites, Asians and Hispanics would still have to pay. Chicago activists want city to exempt black residents from property tax. Flush with handouts, migrants are pricing them out of black areas, they say. – JAMES REINL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13108985/Black-Chicago-Mayor-Johnson-replace-migrant-REPARATIONS-property-tax-white-Asian-Hispanic.html

February 21, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump backs U.S. Rep. Mike Bost in blow to Darren Bailey in downstate GOP battle for Congress – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/20/trump-backs-u-s-rep-mike-bost-in-blow-to-darren-bailey-in-downstate-gop-battle-for-congress/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump endorses U.S. Rep. Mike Bost over Darren Bailey in downstate Congressional battle. Rep. Mike Bost called Trump’s endorsement “a tremendous honor” and vowed to help Trump win back the White House. And while Darren Bailey’s campaign downplayed the endorsement as an example of the former president’s support of GOP incumbents, the campaign reiterated Bailey “proudly stands” with the former president. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/02/20/donald-trump-endorsement-mike-bost-over-darren-bailey-downstate-congressional-primary
— Chicago closes 4 migrant shelters amid lull in arrivals. The four shelters, holding around 400 people, were located downtown, in North Lawndale and on the North Side. They closed amid a seasonal drop in border crossings. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/02/20/chicago-closes-4-migrant-shelters-amid-lull-in-arrivals
— South Side alderperson accuses Ald. Greg Mitchell of attacking him. In a letter to the City Council’s Black Caucus Chair Stephanie Coleman, Ald. Desmon Yancy alleged that he was the “victim of an unprovoked assault” by Mitchell after a Council hearing last week. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/02/20/chicago-city-council-member-accused-assault-greg-mitchell-gentrification-housing-obama-center
— Chicago sues five giant oil companies, accusing them of climate change destruction, fraud. The suit says BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell have hurt the city by discrediting science even as their products lead to “catastrophic consequences,” including strong storms, flooding, severe heat and shoreline erosion. – Brett Chase
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/02/20/bp-chevron-conocophillips-exxonmobil-chicago-lawsuit-climate-change-damage

DAILY HERALD
— LaPlante, Maes vying for Democratic nod in DuPage County Board District 4 – Alicia Fabbre (COMMENT: Republican Annette Corrigan is running as a write-in candidate.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240220/news/laplante-maes-vying-for-democratic-nod-in-dupage-county-board-district-4/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Should recorder’s office be eliminated in DuPage County? Candidates weigh in. – Alicia Fabbre (COMMENT: Republican Nicole Prater is running for the office.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240220/news/should-recorders-office-be-eliminated-in-dupage-county-candidates-weigh-in/
— Don’t sit out the March 19 primary — too much is at stake – Editorial (COMMENT: What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done to encourage registered Republicans in your precinct to vote in the March 19, 2024 primary? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I have hand-delivered a copy of the sample Republican ballot to each of the precinct’s 224 homes and 4 apartments that have at least one registered Republican voter.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240221/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-dont-sit-out-the-march-19-primary-too-much-is-at-stake/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Migrant crisis stirs tension in Oak Park, but village mounts a supportive response – Judith Crown
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/migrant-crisis-arrived-oak-park-cold-night
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Scaman says Cook County is reimbursing the village for monthly expenses of more than $300,000. “At this point, we’re going to see all the money we invested,” she said. At its Jan. 23 meeting, Oak Park trustees authorized staff to pursue a grant of $1.9 million through the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. The village received notice the following week that grant was approved. The funding will be used to provide aid to asylum-seekers through June 30. That will enable the village to continue helping migrants in a different shelter because asylum-seekers staying at the Carleton and West Cook YMCA must leave by the end of February.)
— After altercation, City Council member calls on colleague to resign leadership posts – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/after-altercation-yancy-calls-mitchell-resign-city-council-leadership
— Supreme Court leaves elite school’s diversity policy intact – Greg Stohr
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/supreme-court-leaves-university-diversity-policy-intact

ABC7
— Letitia James says she’s prepared to seize Donald Trump’s buildings if he can’t pay his $354M fine. The New York attorney general made the remarks in an interview with ABC News. – Aaron Katersky and Peter Charalambous
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-case-trial-president/14450327/

NBC5
— Trump endorses Rep. Mike Bost over Darren Bailey in 12th district race
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-endorses-rep-mike-bost-over-darren-bailey-in-12th-district-race/3361111/

CBS2
— Suburban Chicago volunteers aim to open another shelter for migrant families – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/oak-park-migrant-shelter-volunteers/
— Far Southwest Side Chicago neighbors appalled by street takeover involving ring of fire – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/far-southwest-side-chicago-street-takeover-ring-fire/
— Chicago voters to decide on increase in real estate tax to combat homelessness
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bring-chicago-home-tax-vote/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3lUM1t4FAU

FOX32
— Illinois Republicans challenge Pritzker to put citizens first on eve of budget address
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republicans-challenge-pritzker-put-citizens-first-budget-address
— Illinois launches website to track state spending on asylum seekers – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-launches-website-track-spending-asylum-seekers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkVaOWXa68o
— President Pritzker? Political analysts speculate on Illinois gov’s future amid Biden’s uncertainty – Scott Schneider
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/political-analysts-speculate-pritzker-future-biden-uncertainty

WBEZ
— Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches borrowing $1.25 billion for housing and development. Johnson says his signature development plan would rely on letting dozens of the city’s controversial TIF districts expire, and that money would be used to pay back the debt. – Mariah Woelfel, Tessa Weinberg
https://www.wbez.org/stories/johnson-pitches-125-billion-borrowing-plan/3b300404-a57d-43f4-8eb3-9b2140541460

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— The uncomfortable truth – Jonathan Panton
https://www.oakpark.com/2024/02/20/the-uncomfortable-truth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some may live in denial, but entering the United States illegally is a crime. The village of Oak Park has continually used the term “asylum-seeker” to hide the truth. First, the term “asylum-seeker” is misleading. Applicants seeking asylum protection have the burden of (1) proving that they suffered past persecution or have a well-founded fear of future persecution; (2) the applicant is a member of a protected ground (race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, political opinion); (3) there is a connection between the harm the applicant suffered and their protected ground; and (4) the applicant either fears harm from the home country’s government or the home country is unable or unwilling to control a private person. INA§101(a)(42)(A). Asylum is designed to protect those who meet these four elements. In the fiscal year of 2023, asylum relief was denied in the majority of cases. While some individuals are genuinely escaping persecution, there are many others who unlawfully enter the United States for economic opportunities. This does not warrant asylum protection. The primary job of a government is to keep its citizens safe. In 2023, Customs and Border Patrol had 3,201,144 encounters with illegal immigrants. A serious concern is the lack of vetting of illegal immigrants in the United States. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens stated on X (Twitter) that his agents arrested an average of 47 individuals every day in 2023 who had “serious criminal histories.” Moreover, those figures only included individuals who have been apprehended. In 2023, 860,000 “gotaways” unlawfully entered the United States. These individuals pose safety concerns since their criminal backgrounds and whereabouts are unknown to law enforcement agencies. Oak Park’s Village Board broke its duty to residents by approving a $1.9 million grant providing various services for immigrants, some of whom may be illegal. The $360,000 allocated toward giving illegal immigrants various legal services is wasteful. The role of the government is to provide public services like police, fire, roads, schools. I don’t recall the village paying for residents’ legal services spent appealing their outrageous property tax bills. Yet Oak Park has no issue doling out money for legal representation to individuals whose first act in the United States may have been a crime.)

SOUTHERN
— Nikki Haley says deployed husband ‘stepped up to defend our nation’s freedom’ – Hannah Demissie and Nicholas Kerr
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/20/nikki-haley-says-deployed-husband-stepped-up-to-defend-our-nations-freedom/
— Trump owes $87K in interest per day until he pays the fine in his civil fraud case – Peter Charalambous
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/21/trump-owes-87k-in-interest-per-day-until-he-pays-the-fine-in-his-civil-fraud-case/
— Trump brings in more than $6.8 million from Greenville fundraiser – Soo Rin Kim and Lalee Ibssa
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/21/trump-brings-in-more-than-6-8-million-from-greenville-fundraiser/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— In Last Correspondences Before Death Navalny Wrote That Second Trump Term Would Be ‘Really Scary’
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/in-last-correspondences-before-death-navalny-wrote-that-second-trump-term-would-be-really-scary/video_bda3fbc4-63dc-5864-bb15-83ffc3510657.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push magic mushrooms.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/02/20/lawmaker-says-legalizing-magic-mushrooms-will-help-mental-health/72604573007/

WCIA
— Donald Trump again compares his criminal indictments to imprisonment and death of Putin’s top rival. – AP
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-donald-trump-again-compares-his-criminal-indictments-to-imprisonment-and-death-of-putins-top-rival/

WAND TV
— Illinois Senate GOP say Pritzker should prioritize Illinois families over migrants – Mike Miletich
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois-senate-gop-say-pritzker-should-prioritize-illinois-families-over-migrants/article_042a04e0-d045-11ee-bdbf-e78a80ce141f.html

WSPY
— Resolution for non-sanctuary migrant status for Sandwich offered; DeKalb County Board considering its own proposal. – Mark Harrington
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/resolution-for-non-sanctuary-migrant-status-for-sandwich-offered-dekalb-county-board-considering-its-own/article_2d6f004e-cff0-11ee-af00-7b6746df26d3.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Comptroller provides portal to track migrant-related spending – Sean Crawford
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2024-02-20/illinois-comptroller-provides-portal-to-track-migrant-related-spending

CITIES 92.9
— Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois but nevertheless ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.cities929.com/2024/02/20/legislator-reacts-to-illinois-near-bottom-ranking-in-social-mobility/

Q98.5
— Illinois Named Most Hated State in America
https://q985online.com/illinois-named-americas-most-hated-state/

OAK LAWN PATCH
— Migrant Funding Top Of Mind Ahead Of Pritzker’s Budget Address. The current budget that ends June 30 budgeted $550 million for non-citizen health care, but projections have pushed that number higher.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/migrant-funding-top-mind-ahead-pritzkers-budget-address

SMILE POLITELY
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.smilepolitely.com/food-drink/a-step-by-step-guide-to-buying-legal-cannabis/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-38/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Legislator reacts to Illinois’ near bottom ranking in social mobility – Glenn Minnis (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois but nevertheless ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_110133f8-d006-11ee-8992-1fedfb7130a2.html

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— California Emissions Standards Coming To Illinois? – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2024/02/california-emissions-standards-coming-to-illinois/

CHICAGO CTY WIRE
— ‘We built this city;’ west side pro-slavery reparations group says blacks shouldn’t have to pay property taxes in Chicago. (COMMENT: How much property tax have you paid? I have paid property tax since I was 24 years old in 1972.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654972559-we-built-this-city-west-side-pro-slavery-reparations-group-says-blacks-shouldn-t-have-to-pay-property-taxes-in-chicago
— O’Hare Respite Center: Illegal migrants ‘crowding out and reducing movement space’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654973448-o-hare-respite-center-illegal-migrants-crowding-out-and-reducing-movement-space

WIREPOINTS
— City Club of Chicago plays host to education officials’ latest excuse for dismal student outcomes: The covid pandemic – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-education-officials-latest-failed-excuse-for-dismal-student-outcomes-the-covid-pandemic-wirepoints/
— We’re trumpeting about Illinois’ failing schools to force education officials to finally focus on literacy
https://wirepoints.org/were-trumpeting-about-illinois-failing-schools-to-force-education-officials-to-finally-focus-on-literacy-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— UPWARD MOBILITY TOUGHER IN ILLINOIS THAN IN REST OF MIDWEST, MOST OF U.S. – Joe Tabor (COMMENT: In terms of education, how successful have you been compared to your parents? 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. Nevertheless, thanks to my outstanding parents, with money I earned, I earned a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a professional license when I was 32. In terms of buying new cars, how successful have you been compared to your parents? My father did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door 6-cylinder 1967 Chevrolet. Thanks to my outstanding parents, with money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20, and a new 1972 Corvette when I was 23.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/upward-mobility-tougher-in-illinois-than-in-rest-of-midwest-most-of-u-s/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden under pressure to take cognitive test amid dementia concerns – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/20/joe-biden-under-pressure-to-take-cognitive-test-am/
— Biden’s betrayal of Israel – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/20/bidens-betrayal-israel/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden ‘releasing everyone’ at border in latest secret move – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/2864556/biden-releasing-everyone-at-border-in-latest-secret-move/
— Denver schools face federal civil rights complaint over ‘black excellence’ pledge – Breccan F. Thies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2864412/denver-schools-federal-civil-rights-complaint-black-excellence-pledge/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC migrant families could make up to $15K per year under controversial $53M pre-paid credit card program. – Craig McCarthy and Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2024/02/20/us-news/nyc-migrant-families-could-make-up-to-15k-per-year-under-controversial-53m-pre-paid-credit-card-program/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Boston Removes Residents from Community Center to Make Room for Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/20/boston-removes-residents-from-community-center-to-make-room-for-illegal-aliens/

BREITBART
— ‘Extortion Attempt:’ Joe Biden Hopes to Cut Deportations amid Migrant Crime Wave – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/20/extortion-attempt-biden-hopes-to-cut-deportations-amid-migrant-crime-wave/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— How Biden gave up on ridding us of criminal aliens — putting us in danger – Jon Feere (COMMENT: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you vote for Democrats: criminal, in America illegally, boozer, gambler, stoner, socialist, liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, union member, LGBTQ, unmarried, have health problems, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://cis.org/Oped/How-Biden-gave-ridding-us-criminal-aliens-putting-us-danger

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Democrat’s Open Border Trickery — Gaming the Census – Betsy McCaughey
https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey/02/24/dems-open-border-trickery-gaming-the-census

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Civil War Deepens As Senators Claim McConnell Threw Party’s Voters ‘Under The Bus’ On Ukraine, Border
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/20/republican-senate-mitch-mcconnell-border-deal-ukraine-aid-funding-vote-mike-lee-ron-johnson-rick-scott/

DAILY WIRE
— Mandatory IRS Diversity Training Includes Material From Trans Academic Who Called For ‘Death Of Whiteness’ The dogmas of a far-left transgender academic made their way into official IRS training materials for criminal investigators. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mandatory-irs-diversity-training-includes-material-from-trans-academic-who-called-for-death-of-whiteness

FOX BUSINESS
— Biden cares more about illegals than Americans – Charles Hurt
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6347288405112
— Biden cares more about illegals than Americans – Charles Hurt
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6347288405112

FOX NEWS
— Nikki Haley staying in the race hurts the Republican Party – Jesse Watters (COMMENT: Haley promoters would rather see Biden elected than Trump.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6347285226112
— 7.2M illegals entered the US under Biden admin, an amount greater than population of 36 states. The total number of illegal immigrants who have entered the US under President Biden is larger than almost every American city. – Chris Pandolfo (COMMENT: How many millions will use their false identifications to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrats?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrants-biden-admin-amount-greater-population-36-states
— Chinese illegal immigration on pace to break records at US southern border. Officials, lawmakers raise national security concerns about spike in Chinese nationals. – Adam Shaw, Bill Melugin, Griff Jenkins
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chinese-illegal-immigration-pace-break-records-us-southern-border

NEWSMAX
— Texas: Migrant Nonprofit Engaged in Smuggling
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/texas-ken-paxton-nonprofit/2024/02/20/id/1154334/

TOWNHALL
— Democrat State Asks for Volunteers to House Illegal Immigrants – Madeline Leesman (COMMENT: Should such volunteers be required to get permission from the voters in their neighborhood, precinct, school district, municipality, township, and/or county?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/02/20/michigan-state-immigrants-n2635450
— Here’s What Happened When Harlem Residents Learned Luxury Building Will Be Turned Into Migrant Shelter – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/02/20/watch-harlem-residents-give-democrats-an-earful-over-migrant-crisis-in-their-backyard-n2635426

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Michigan Tries to Convince Residents to Pick Immigrants Up at Airport, Help Them Find Housing and Jobs – Allison Anton
https://www.westernjournal.com/michigan-tries-to-convince-residents-to-pick-immigrants-up-at-airport-help-them-find-housing-and-jobs/

ZERO HEDGE
— A Stunning 10 Million Illegals Have Entered The US Under Biden; Tucker Warns They Are “Destroying” The Country – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect of the rule of law and of that country.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/stunning-10-million-illegals-have-entered-us-under-biden-tucker-country-being-destroyed

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Why is Biden letting in millions of illegal border crossers? – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4478371-why-is-biden-letting-in-millions-of-illegal-border-crossers/

ABC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows what critics call ‘racial balancing’ at elite public school. The court’s majority did not explain its decision; Thomas and Alito dissented. – Devin Dwyer (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-elite-high-school-adopt-admissions/story?id=107367410

CBS NEWS
— Michigan Republicans plan dueling presidential nominating conventions as turmoil over state party continues – AP
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-republicans-plan-dueling-conventions-for-presidential-nomination-as-turmoil-continues/

MSN
— America’s Most Racist States in 2024 Ranked – Conor Jameson (COMMENT: Illinois is ranked 43rd.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/america-s-most-racist-states-in-2024-ranked/ss-BB1iBbS8

WASHINGTON POST
— Haley’s nearly all-White high school lacked lessons of racism, some say. Haley left her hometown’s integrated public school system and attended a high school newly created from the merger of two “segregation academies.” – Michael Kranish (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats and RINOs are nasty/vicious. To demonize me as being not only a racist, but as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, my critics/opponents have always stressed that none of my classmates, teachers, or school administrators were minorities while I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/20/nikki-haley-high-school-racism-education/

NEW YORK SUN
— Gay Activists in Seattle Declare ‘Homosexual Intifada’ in Support of Palestinians
https://www.nysun.com/article/gay-activists-in-seattle-declare-homosexual-intifada-in-support-of-palestinians

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For Marijuana Users, Even Legalization Doesn’t Guarantee Safety. Mold, pesticides and heavy metals can contaminate pot products, threatening to sicken users. – Stephanie Armour
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/for-marijuana-users-even-legalization-doesnt-guarantee-safety-ef1660a5?page=1
— Biden Rewrites ‘An American Tragedy’ He pledged to unify the nation but squandered his opportunity, dividing and weakening the country. – Arthur Herman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-american-tragedy-biden-edition-instead-of-unifying-has-divided-weakened-america-52172de3
— Dave Ramsey Tells Millions What to Do With Their Money. People Under 40 Say He’s Wrong. Young adults are rejecting the finance guru’s advice to live frugally while getting out of debt. – Julie Jargon and Ann-Marie Alcántara
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/dave-ramsey-tells-millions-what-to-do-with-their-money-people-under-40-say-hes-wrong-56733630

FORBES
— Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/02/21/elon-musk-fans-conspiracy-that-biden-wants-to-legalize-undocumented-migrants-for-their-vote/

BARRON’S
— Does the 4% Withdrawal Rule for Retirees Still Make Sense? – Elizabeth O’Brien
https://www.barrons.com/articles/retirement-savings-withdrawal-calculation-interest-rates-baec2da9?refsec=financial-planning&mod=topics_financial-planning

DAILY SENTINEL
— Mesa County Commissioners couldn’t have been clearer: The county is most definitely not a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. – CHARLES ASHBY (COMMENT: What messages are the leaders of the following sending to illegals: a) your county, b) your township, c) your municipality, and d) your school district?)
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/commissioners-ok-non-sanctuary-resolution/article_b414bf38-d01f-11ee-8b4b-a711d9d75630.html

KTRH
— Biden Orders That Illegals be Counted in The Census. – Ethan Buchanan (COMMENT: That diminishes Texas Republican power and increases Illinois Democrat power.)
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-02-20-biden-orders-that-illegals-be-counted-in-the-census/

WFDD
— Texas has spent over $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country – Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
https://www.wfdd.org/story/texas-has-spent-over-148-million-busing-migrants-other-parts-country

KERA
— From what I see, ever-increasingly, the more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the less welcome that you are in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization: individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Actually, the more of the aforesaid planks that you support, the more that RINO leaders of the aforesaid try to get rid of you.)
https://www.keranews.org/news/2024-02-21/theyre-conservatives-and-even-lifelong-republicans-is-there-a-place-for-them-in-the-texas-gop

U.S. CONGRESS & U.S. SENATE
— H.R. 3115 & S. 1496: Public Service Reform Act (COMMENT: Were it not for Civil Service protections, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me or have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me or promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3115/text?s=1&r=77
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1496/text?s=1&r=54
(THE BILL: AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES)
— H.R. 159 and S 59: Chance to Compete Act (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who are minority and/or female, Democrats ever-increasingly lower hiring, retention, and promotion requirements.)
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118hr159ih
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/59
(THE BILL: To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and competency-based hiring, and for other purposes.)

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
— Examining the role of White Guilt and White Shame – Galgay, Corinne (COMMENT: Democrats are ever-increasingly succeeding in convincing Americans like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time that we have unfairly benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the following because I benefitted tremendously from the aforesaid discrimination: a) get accepted by UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, b) graduate from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, c) get hired by the Post Office in 1966, d) get hired by Firestone Stores in 1970, e) get hired by IRS in 1971 and promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974, f) get hired by GAO and promoted in 1986, g) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, i) earn professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, j) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1978, etc., k) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, l) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, m) get married and buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, n) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, o) etc.)
https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D80S168D

POWER NATION
— Which States Drive The Most American-Made Vehicles?
(COMMENT: Illinois is ranked 24th.)
https://www.powernationtv.com/post/states-with-most-american-made

KELLY BLUE BOOK
— Presidential Candidate Preference Related to Car-Owner Brands, Segments (COMMENT: What cars are owned by the candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct?)
https://mediaroom.kbb.com/press-releases?item=105633

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Missouri Governor deploys highway patrol officers near Texas border
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGu_o_TyxcU

February 20, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which homeowners in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, in your precinct, in your neighborhood, and on your block will Democrat and RINO leaders expect/encourage/force the most to house their illegals and to provide them with food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.? It should be Democrat and RINO homeowners. Will it be those who are wealthy, own big homes, have empty bedrooms, have donated money to Democrats and/or to RINOs, are minority, are female, are LGBTQ, despise/hate Trump, etc.? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Mayor Johnson backs out of commitment to $250M joint city, county, state migrant care package – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnson-migrant-crisis-news/14445847/
— Union leaders want Ford held responsible after vehicles stolen, vandalized inside Chicago lots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE8GMLd0uns

NBC5
— Aldermen, lawmakers criticized Chicago Board of Education over selective enrollment – Mary Ann Ahern and Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/aldermen-lawmakers-criticized-chicago-board-of-education-over-selective-enrollment-in-private-briefings-newly-obtained-videos-show/3360537/
— Court order delays early voting in Chicago. The court order will cost the Board of Elections tens of thousands of dollars, but it will also cost Chicago voters days on the early voting calendar. – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/court-order-delays-early-voting-in-chicago/3360241/

CBS2
— Illegal street takeover at Southwest Side Chicago intersection appalls neighbors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgoEizZriIg
— Dozens of car stolen, vandalized outside Ford Chicago Assembly Plant
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/dozens-of-car-stolen-vandalized-outside-ford-chicago-assembly-plant/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGCag7xPwrY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6sxFVcyu-8
— “Peace Warriors” become violence interrupters at their schools
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/peace-warriors-become-violence-interrupters-at-their-schools/

FOX32
— Conservative parents group rallies for ballot question on child gender therapy consent
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/conservative-parents-group-ballot-question-child-gender-therapy-consent
— Beverly residents speak out after Ridge Country Club, front yards damaged during ‘car caravan drifting event’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-car-caravan-drifting-event-2-teens-arrested-vehicles-impounded
— Car caravan in West Beverly leads to 2 arrests. Chicago police arrested two teenagers after a car caravan disrupted the West Beverly neighborhood Saturday night. The group drove cars in circles at a high rate of speed and struck an Evergreen Park squad car.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1413382
— Teens from Chicago steal nearly a dozen luxury cars in Wisconsin. The teens led police on a chase in Wisconsin. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, crime will ever-increasingly increase. What are you doing to protect yourself, your home, and your vehicles from that?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1413707
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNe3C6Q8jI
— Workers at Chicago’s Ford Assembly Plant demand action over vandalism surge – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicagos-ford-assembly-plant-vandalism-surge
— Chicago public housing residents claim poor living conditions, demand action
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-public-housing-residents-poor-living-conditions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB6BHUTvw0k
— Activists in Chicago rally to support Palestine amid Israeli conflict
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/activists-chicago-rally-support-palestine-israeli-conflict

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker confronts migrant crisis, projected shortfall as he prepares for his sixth budget address – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/20/gov-j-b-pritzker-confronts-migrant-crisis-projected-shortfall-as-he-prepares-for-his-sixth-budget-address/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly celebrate their success in promoting abortion. To be a Democrat is to be an abortion promoter.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2024/02/19/chicago-abortion-rights-national-analysis-roe-v-wade-reproductive-health-dobbs
— ‘Doom spending’ takes hold among younger consumers. The stress of managing high living costs and food is leading some to cope by actually spending more, survey finds. – Hector Cervantes (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, I was able to earn and save enough money a) washing dishes part-time for the minimum wage for 18 months to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 when I was 17, b) delivering mail part-time for 13 months to pay my UIC expenses and buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, c) delivering mail part-time for 12 months to pay my UIC expenses and buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20, d) delivering mail par-time for 9 months to pay for my NIU expenses, e) working for IRS for 4 months and for Firestone Stores part-time for 7 months, and for Firestone Stores full-time for 7 months before that to but a new 1972 Corvette when I was 23, and e) working for IRS 15 months and for Firestone Stores for 25 months to pay for my Loyola expenses and to buy a new town home in University Park when I was 24. Granted, my parents having provided me with room and board 1948-1968, weekends during my first semester a NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 enabled me to do the aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2024/02/18/doom-spending-inflation-among-younger-consumers-economy

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: DuPage County recorder: Democratic primary challengers say it’s time for change – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240219/news/dupage-county-recorder-democratic-primary-challengers-say-its-time-for-change/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase in DuPage County.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240219/editorials/fighting-hunger/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s migrant crisis raises questions of equity – Judith Crown (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To give preference to newly arrived illegals discriminates against everyone else.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/chicagos-migrant-crisis-divides-communities-over-equity
— Migrants have three routes to get permission to work – Judith Crown (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me. But if could have hired illegals instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/three-ways-migrants-can-get-work-permits
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/asylum-seekers-are-also-victims-failed-policies-opinion

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— More funding for migrants, education to highlight Pritzker budget proposal – Brenden Moore
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/pritzker-budget-plan-adds-funding-for-migrants-education/article_54311be8-cd0e-11ee-9199-b7908ca37a4e.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat and RINO Winnebago County leaders want Winnebago County to do more to encourage illegal immigration.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2024/02/20/rockford-area-leaders-seek-limits-on-spending-to-help-migrants/72633913007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s first remarks about Navalny compare Russian’s death to his legal situation – Brett Samuels
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trumps-first-remarks-about-navalny-compare-russians-death-to-his-legal-situation/

WSIU
— Trump has only weeks to pay the state of New York hundreds of millions of dollars
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2024-02-20/trump-has-only-weeks-to-pay-the-state-of-new-york-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly kill the American Dream for Americans, and especially for Americans who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The Post Office hired me when I was 18 in 1966, Firestone Stores when I was 21, IRS when I was 22, and GAO when I was 31. But because I am all of the aforesaid, if I was 18, 21, 22, or 31 today, I doubt that they would hire me.
https://www.nprillinois.org/arts-life/2024-02-19/illinois-humanities-examines-the-changing-narrative-of-the-american-dream

ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Illinois now requires public schools to teach LGBTQ+, Asian American and pre-enslavement Black history. Are teachers ready? – Emily Hays
https://ipmnewsroom.org/illinois-now-requires-public-schools-to-teach-lgbtq-asian-american-and-pre-enslavement-black-history-are-teachers-ready/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The 50 Most Powerful Chicagoans, Ranked. Who’s in charge here? The heavy hitters in our Power 50 know how to use their influence to make things happen in Chicago and beyond. – EDWARD ROBERT MCCLELLAND (COMMENT: Dick Uihlein is ranked 6th. Pat Ryan is ranked 43rd.)
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/march-2024/the-50-most-powerful-chicagoans-ranked/

WINDY CITY TIMES
— As Chicago prepares to host DNC, former delegates reflect on LGBTQ+ inclusion at previous conventions – Jake Wittich
https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/As-Chicago-prepares-to-host-DNC-former-delegates-reflect-on-LGBTQ-inclusion-at-previous-conventions/76664.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-235/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— If the University of Wisconsin Wants to Get Rid of Its Statue of Lincoln, Why Not Put It Here?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/02/20/if-the-univeristy-of-wisconsin-wants-to-get-rid-of-its-statue-of-lincoln-why-not-put-it-here/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— New Illinois bill looks to give abortion seekers and providers tax credits – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8ae8011c-cc49-11ee-b67d-7be0d570d7e7.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago, Are You SUPER Prepared?
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654895536-chicago-are-you-super-prepared
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stay Alert! Report Suspicious Activity by Calling 9-1-1)

KANKAKEE TIMES
— Kankakee County municipalities mum on accepting funding for illegal immigrant resettlement
https://kankakeetimes.com/stories/654928817-kankakee-county-municipalities-mum-on-accepting-funding-for-illegal-immigrant-resettlement

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Mayor Richard C. Irvin Declares February As Black History Month In Aurora! (COMMENT: During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office, they had my Black subordinate lead the office’s big annual Black History Month events. In September of 1997, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/654895527-mayor-richard-c-irvin-declares-february-as-black-history-month-in-aurora

WIREPOINTS
— Three federal judges in Illinois giving extra time for arguments to young female and minority lawyers – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/three-federal-judges-in-illinois-giving-extra-time-for-arguments-to-young-female-and-minority-lawyers-wirepoints/
— How Illinois’ political machine gets billions in school bond referendums passed – Nick Binotti and Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/how-illinois-political-machine-gets-billions-in-school-bond-referendums-passed-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Border chaos peels Black voters from Biden, pollster says – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/19/border-chaos-peels-black-voters-biden-pollster/

NEW YORK POST
— Native Americans fear woke efforts by Kansas City Chiefs, Taylor Swift to erase heritage
https://nypost.com/2024/02/19/us-news/native-americans-fear-woke-efforts-by-kansas-city-chiefs-boy-scouts-and-taylor-swift-to-erase-heritage/
— Migrants continue to flock into unofficial border camp near remote California town by the hundreds – Andy Tillett
https://nypost.com/2024/02/19/us-news/migrants-continue-to-flock-to-jacumba-hot-springs-california/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Connecting an open U.S. border with ‘unrestricted warfare’ and the PLA – Chad Groening, Billy Davis
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/02/19/connecting-an-open-u-s-border-with-unrestricted-warfare-and-the-pla/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Illegal immigration skyrockets 240% on northern border – TIMOTHY FRUDD
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/02/video-illegal-immigration-skyrockets-240-on-northern-border/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Death of 5-year-old illegal in Chicago facility condemns the left’s approach to public policy – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/death_of_5yearold_illegal_in_chicago_facility_condemns_the_lefts_approach_to_public_policy.html
— America’s Open Border – Intentionality or Incompetence? – Brian C. Joondeph (COMMENT: Intentionality )
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/americas_open_border__intentionality_or_incompetence.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— NYC Dems push for unlimited shelter stays for illegals, seek to overrule mayor – Chris Donaldson
https://americanwirenews.com/nyc-dems-push-for-unlimited-shelter-stays-for-illegals-seek-to-overrule-mayor/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Migrant smuggling operation at northern border spikes, locals have Border Patrol on speed dial – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/19/migrant-smuggling-operation-at-northern-border-spikes-locals-have-border-patrol-on-speed-dial-1438228/
— Four illegals living in migrant shelter arrested for robbing, strangling Chicago man – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/19/four-illegals-living-in-migrant-shelter-arrested-for-robbing-strangling-chicago-man-1438353/
— NYC Dems push for unlimited shelter stays for illegals, seek to overrule mayor – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/19/nyc-dems-push-for-unlimited-shelter-stays-for-illegals-seek-to-overrule-mayor-1438245/
— Peanuts’ new special features black character as atonement for past sins – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/19/peanuts-new-special-features-black-character-as-atonement-for-past-sins-1438264/

BREITBART
— 5 Presidents Who Warned Against Mass Immigration – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: To warn against mass immigration is one thing. To take actions to stop it is another.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/19/presidents-day-5-presidents-who-warned-against-mass-immigration/
— Four Illegal Aliens Arrested in Chicago for Robbing and Strangling Man on Mass Transit – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/02/19/four-illegal-aliens-arrested-in-chicago-for-robbing-and-strangling-man-on-mass-transit/
— Desperate Anti-Trumpers to Hold Anti-Trump, Anti-CPAC Counter-Summit – HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN (COMMENT: I attended many CPACs, but not recently. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who used my attending CPACs against me the most.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/19/desperate-anti-trumpers-hold-anti-trump-anti-cpac-counter-summit/
— Boston Families Furious as City Kicks Black Children Out of Community Center to House Biden’s Migrants – WARNER TODD HUSTON (COMMENT: Since 1964 when I was 16 years old, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the jobs, degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I got should have been given to minorities, females, those who were younger than me, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, illegals, and other “victims.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents are/were rich, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and who got them good jobs.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/02/19/boston-families-furious-kicks-black-children-out-community-center/
— Two-Thirds of Voters Strongly Oppose Secret ‘Woke’ Civics Classes. A Rasmussen Reports survey revealed Monday that 66 percent of voters believe parents should be told if their children are being taught that the United States was founded on the concepts of racism and white supremacy. – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/19/poll-two-thirds-voters-strongly-opposes-secret-woke-civics-classes/
— Native American Groups Decry Woke Effort by Chiefs, Taylor Swift to Erase Heritage – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/02/19/native-american-groups-decry-woke-effort-chiefs-taylor-swift-erase-heritage/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Reverses Plan to Give Luxury Harlem Condos to Migrants After Public Outcry – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/20/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-reverses-plan-to-give-luxury-harlem-condos-to-migrants-after-public-outcry/

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Weighs Cracking Down On Illegal Immigration After Saying For Months He Couldn’t Do Anything About It – JAKE SMITH
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/19/biden-weighs-cracking-down-on-illegal-immigration-after-saying-for-months-he-couldnt-do-anything-about-it/
— Blue State (Washington) Promotes Map Directing Minors To Free Condoms – ROBERT SCHMAD
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/19/washington-promotes-map-directs-minors-condom-map/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Texas vs. Biden: Lone Star State’s Battle to Secure the Border – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/20/texas-vs-biden-lone-star-states-battle-secure-border/

EPOCH TIMES
— Alarming Rise in Military-Aged Chinese Men Entering US Illegally – Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/alarming-rise-in-military-aged-chinese-men-entering-us-illegally-border-patrol-union-chief-warns-5590289

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— White House Threatens Mass Release of Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/biden-immigration-border-policy/white-house-threatens-mass-release-illegal-aliens
— Denver Cuts Millions From Public Services to Pay for Illegal Aliens – Shari Rendall (COMMENT: Denver today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.fairus.org/state-immigration-legislation-policies/denver-cuts-millions-public-services-pay-illegal-aliens
— Texas’ Border Security Efforts are Working – Ira Mehlman
https://www.fairus.org/state-immigration-legislation-policies/texas-border-security-efforts-are-working
— Biden Issues Order Shielding Palestinians from Deportation
https://www.fairus.org/biden-immigration-border-policy/biden-issues-order-shielding-palestinians-deportation
— White House Threatens Mass Release of Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/biden-immigration-border-policy/white-house-threatens-mass-release-illegal-aliens

FOX BUSINESS
— Teens working part-time jobs at highest rate since 2009 – Hanna Panreck (COMMENT: Because my critics/opponents had wealthy parents, they did not have to work while they were in high school or college. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs when they graduated. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who look down on me the most.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/teens-working-part-time-jobs-highest-rate-since-2009-perfect-storm-economic-conditions-stability

FOX NEWS
— Chicago police arrest four Venezuelan migrants for allegedly strangling, robbing man on train. The defendants could face deportation if convicted. – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-arrest-four-venezuelan-migrants-allegedly-strangling-robbing-man-train
— Michigan asks residents to help house, settle migrants amid crisis at border. Volunteers would be expected to support newly arrived refugees by greeting them at the airport and securing and preparing initial housing. – Louis Casiano (COMMENT: Michigan today, Illinois tomorrow. Will such hosts accept full responsibility for any wrongdoing done by their guests (illegals)? Of course, such hosts will demand that their neighbors also “welcome” their guests (illegals).)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigan-asks-residents-help-house-settle-migrants-crisis-border
— Woke left will erase American history unless we stop them. Left-wing extremists attack Constitution, while others target American heroes like the Founders. – Douglas MacKinnon
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/woke-left-will-erase-american-history-unless-stop-them
— New York rule change makes thousands of migrants eligible for cash payments
https://wfin.com/fox-national-news/new-york-rule-change-makes-thousands-of-migrants-eligible-for-cash-payments/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Military-aged Chinese nationals continue pouring across border, disappearing into America at ‘terrifying speed’ – Pat Droney
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/military-aged-chinese-nationals-continue-invasion-at-bidens-open-southern-border
— HHS Inspector General: Report says agency neglected to adequately screen the hosts assigned to migrant children – Pat Droney
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/health-and-human-services-inspector-general-finds-agency-failed-to-properly-vet-those-migrant-children-were-placed-with

NEW AMERICAN
— Secession? Why Not Nullification? – Gary Benoit
https://thenewamerican.com/print/secession-why-not-nullification/

NEWSMAX
— Media an Arm of Democratic Party, Especially on Immigration – Steve Levy
https://www.newsmax.com/stevelevy/cnn-msnbc/2024/02/16/id/1153932/
— Fourth ‘Anti-CPAC’ Summit Packed With Trump Critics – Mark Swanson (COMMENT: I attended many CPACs, but not recently. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who used my attending CPACs against me the most.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/principles-first-summit-anti-trump-cpac/2024/02/19/id/1154199/

PJ MEDIA
— Border Crisis: From ‘Take the Money and Run’ to ‘Run and Take the Money’ – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/02/19/border-crisis-record-number-of-chinese-cross-to-take-the-money-n4926565

PARADISE NEWS
— Gov. Whitmer Calls on Michiganders to House Illegals As Migrant Invasion Crisis Worsens (COMMENT: Michigan today, Illinois tomorrow.)
https://theparadise.ng/gov-whitmer-calls-on-michiganders-to-house-illegals-as-migrant-invasion-crisis-worsens/

ZERO HEDGE
— How The US Regime Subsidizes Immigration (Both Legal & Illegal) – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-us-regime-subsidizes-immigration-both-legal-illegal

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— Joe Biden’s Nightmare Immigration Numbers
https://www.newsweek.com/us-immigration-poll-biden-1871229

MSN
— Conservatives blaming Democrats for “taking opportunities away” from Black children after hosting illegals in Boston rec center (COMMENT: Since 1964 when I was 16 years old, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the jobs, degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I got should have been given to minorities, females, those who were younger than me, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, illegals, and other “victims.” I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents are/were rich, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and who got them good jobs.)
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/news/conservatives-blaming-democrats-for-taking-opportunities-away-from-black-children-after-hosting-illegals-in-boston-rec-center/ar-BB1iwgU7

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage all the citizens of all the foreign countries of the world to seek asylum in America, that is, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/nyregion/asylum-seekers-homeless-evictions-new-york-city.html
— FRONT PAGE: Anti-Trump Burnout: The Resistance Says It’s Exhausted. Bracing for yet another election against Donald Trump, America’s liberals are feeling the fatigue. “We’re kind of, like, crises-ed out,” one Democrat said. – Katie Glueck
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/us/politics/trump-resistance-democrats-voters.html

USA TODAY
— A record number of Americans are choosing to work part time. Here’s why. – Paul Davidson (COMMENT: My working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1971-1972 while I worked for IRS in Chicago and then Harvey enabled me to a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) to pay for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/01/25/part-time-jobs-hit-record-high/72331112007/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump-supporting truckers threaten to boycott NYC after court rulings against him – BRIAN NIEMIETZ
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/19/trump-trucker-boycott-new-york-chicago-ray/

BOSTON
— Activists call for Boston to pay $15 billion in reparations for slavery – Molly Farrar (COMMENT: How many billions in reparations will Democrat and RINO leaders call for America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district to pay?)
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/02/19/activists-call-for-boston-to-pay-15-billion-in-reparations-for-slavery/

FORTUNE
— College students who have jobs are much less likely to graduate than their privileged peers – WALTER G. ECTON, CELESTE K. CARRUTHERS (COMMENT: I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owing a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in when I was 21 in 1970 notwithstanding the fact that I worked all part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. However, working all those hours made me major in management instead of accounting and harmed my GPA.)
https://fortune.com/2023/01/11/college-students-with-jobs-20-percent-less-likely-to-graduate-than-privileged-peers-study-side-hustle/

FORBES
— Some Undocumented Immigrants Get Benefits From States
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXA3_6DBNhA

GO BANKING RATES
— I (Kent Bausman) Grew Up Poor: How I Reached the Upper Middle Class by Age 30. – Laura Beck (COMMEMT: I am 75. Because of ever-increasing Democrat and RINO led disapproval/disgust/hatred against those who share my demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time), if I was 30 today, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I got married and bought a home in Wheaton with my wife when I was 29. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27. I bought real estate when I was 27, 25, and 24. I bought new cars when I was 29, 25, 20, 19, and 17. I graduated debt-free from NIU owing a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21. The Democrats who ran the Post Office hired me when I was 18, Firestone Stores when I was 21, and IRS when I was 22, but they would not hire me today if I was 18, 21, or 22. IRS promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25, but IRS would not do that if I was 23, 24, or 25 today. )
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/wealth/i-grew-up-poor-how-i-reached-the-upper-middle-class-by-age-30/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Trump.
https://www.creators.com/read/rights-aclu/02/24/anti-dei-efforts-are-the-latest-attack-on-racial-equity-and-free-speech

POLITICO
— NYT publisher: White House ‘extremely upset’ on Biden age coverage. “We are going to continue to report fully and fairly,” A.G. Sulzberger said. – KIERRA FRAZIER (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/19/nyt-white-house-upset-biden-age-coverage-00142098

DAILY MAIL
— Kremlin threatens to unleash Armageddon on the West if it loses in Ukraine: Moscow warns it will fire nuclear missiles on London, Washington, Berlin and Kyiv if Russia is forced to give up territory. Putin snarls Ukraine war is a ‘matter of life and death’ for Russia. – WILL STEWART
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13097421/kremlin-threatens-Armageddon-west-russia-loses-Ukraine.html
— Dozens of Chinese migrants spotted entering US illegally in California border town of Jacumba and say they’re here to ‘take the money’ along with others from Syria and Turkey. Chinese nationals now make up the fastest-growing nationality of illegal border crossers into the US. Over 37,000 Chinese migrants crossed in the 2023 fiscal year – and almost 20,000 have crossed since October, according to US government. Jacumba, California has become crossing hot spot for Chinese nationals. – MARYANN MARTINEZ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/us-border-crisis/article-13101039/Startling-photo-shows-large-group-Chinese-migrants-California-crossing-border-illegally-Mexico-numbers-continue-rise.html
— Biden, 81, now has a Secret Service agent stand at the bottom of Air Force One steps to make sure he doesn’t fall as his fitness for office comes under greater scrutiny. A Secret Service agent now stands at the bottom of the steps of Air Force One. An added precaution in case President Joe Biden takes a tumble again. Comes amid a series of stumbles since taking office – and rising concerns over the president’s physical and mental fitness for office. – KATELYN CARALLE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13100325/biden-secret-service-agent-air-force-one-fall.html

February 19, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gerrymandering continues to ruin our democracy. When you have few or no choices on your primary election ballot in a few weeks, blame gerrymandering. When the violence in our cities escalates and the response remains utterly inadequate, blame gerrymandering. – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/02/16/gerrymandering-continues-ruins-democracy-cta-red-line-extension-madeleine-doubek-kirk-dillard

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Mexicans prepare to vote in Chicago for their homeland’s president, with a woman as a front-runner – LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated legally during the 1840s and 1850s from what now Germany. 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://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/19/mexicans-prepare-to-vote-in-chicago-for-their-homelands-president-with-a-woman-as-a-front-runner/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/18/clarence-page-donald-trump-david-french/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/19/cannabis-companies-go-vertical-to-both-grow-and-sell-products/

DAILY HERALD
— McHenry board chair touts successes in state of county address – Claire O’Brien
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240218/news/mchenry-board-chair-touts-successes-in-state-of-county-address/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders work to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1412980

WBEZ
— To trace the origins of busing migrants to Chicago, start with Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz. Key decision makers in Illinois and Texas talk about the early months of Texas’s program to export migrants to Democratic cities like Chicago. – Frank Main, Tina Sfondeles
https://www.wbez.org/stories/the-political-origins-of-busing-migrants-to-chicago/ad12e13b-aa59-445d-a371-21a2948243f4
— After Illinois banned assault weapons, rural gun owners registered very few of them. A new law allowed gun owners to keep assault weapons if they disclosed them. Illinois county registration rates ranged from 0.5% to 1.8%. – Mawa Iqbal, Amy Qin, Matt Kiefer
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-assault-weapon-registrations-by-the-numbers/5ec250d1-897e-43bf-b278-d3ed77a88ec7

WGN RADIO
— Retiring in an era of increased longevity – Ben Anderson (COMMENT: I started earning my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension since 1997. Virtually none of the operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have pensions. My critics/opponents not only stress to their operatives and their dupes that I get a CSRS pension, they demonize, denigrate, and condemn my CSRS pension as being grossly excessive.)
https://wgnradio.com/this-week-in-wealth/retiring-in-an-era-of-increased-longevity/

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/gop-candidates-elevate-anti-transgender-messaging-as-a-rallying-call-to-christian-conservatives/article_e50a0f68-283b-525b-92b1-9a90979d63f9.html

WSIL TV
— Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz endorses Darren Bailey in IL 12th District race
https://www.wsiltv.com/video/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-endorses-darren-bailey-in-il-12th-district-race/video_b4368af8-d7d6-5fd9-89b6-5fb412abf89e.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— The GBH News podcast What Is Owed? It considers the issue of reparations in the cradle of the American Revolution — and the first American colony to legalize slavery — Massachusetts. (COMMENT: I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-02-18/pod-corner-what-is-owed-explores-reparations-for-slavery

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago criminals out on probation/parole/pretrial release continue violence in 2024 – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-criminals-out-on-probation-parole-pretrial-release-continue-their-violent-mayhem-in-2024-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘We were just better off’ under Trump, Tim Scott says – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/18/inside-beltway-we-were-just-better-under-donald-tr/
— Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, said Sunday that the former president is wrong to want to wait until potentially getting reelected to fix the southern border. – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/18/lindsey-graham-clashes-with-donald-trump-on-southe/
— Haley: Trump’s growing influence over RNC should be a ‘wake-up call’ – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/18/nikki-haley-trumps-growing-influence-over-rnc-shou/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Government shouldn’t have the power to discriminate based on race – Julian Adorney (COMMENT: Life is a zero-sum-game. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to minorities and/or females is to discriminate against Whites and/or males. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI big time to give preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female. Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from minorities and/or females, Democrat and RINO politicians use DEI to give preference to minorities and/or females.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2861205/government-shouldnt-have-the-power-to-discriminate-based-on-race/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In his new book The End of Race Politics, Coleman Hughes takes aim at the spread of diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology in the U.S. government. Instead of DEI that discriminates on the basis of race, he argues, we should adopt colorblindness as a national policy. What is colorblindness? Hughes defines it this way: “We should treat people without regard to race, both in our public policy and in our private lives.” One reason to adopt colorblindness as a national policy is that the government cannot be trusted with such a weighty power as picking and choosing which skin colors to favor and which ones to disadvantage. The government’s race-based classifications are completely arbitrary. Hughes notes that the current five racial categories (black, Hispanic, white, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American/Alaska Native) were developed by the Carter administration and are enormously inconsistent. For example, Pakistanis are considered to be Asian. But Afghans right next door are considered to be white. The arbitrariness with which these lines were drawn isn’t fixable; it’s baked into the cake. Race is a social construct and is at least somewhat fuzzy, so racial categorization means the government will inevitably rely on crude measures to try to decide who fits into which bucket. . .There’s an even bigger problem: History shows that governments can’t be trusted with the power to discriminate. Slavery was the law of the land for 89 years (1776-1865), and Jim Crow for another 100 (1865-1965). For most of our nation’s history, the U.S. government wielded its power to place a boot on the neck of people of a specific skin color. A mere six years ago, then-president Donald Trump was reported as referring to Haiti and African nations as “s***hole countries” from which we shouldn’t want more immigrants. Is this really the government that social justice warriors want to endow with the power to make more decisions on the basis of race? This point should be especially salient for proponents of DEI. Ibram X. Kendi, one of the most popular advocates of DEI in the United States, proposed the creation of a new Department of Anti-Racism with totalitarian powers to police Americans’ speech and actions. But in How to Be An Antiracist, Kendi said that the United States has “stage four” racism (comparable to stage four cancer). He says racism and white supremacy have “spread to nearly every part of the body politic.” If the United States is as irredeemably racist as he claims, who does he imagine will end up staffing his new Department of Anti-Racism? Where will he find the saints necessary to discriminate in the “right” way rather than use their enormous powers to discriminate the “wrong” way? Hughes notes that the civil rights movement and the abolitionist movement fought for the idea that our government should be colorblind. The abolitionist Wendell Phillips said in a speech in 1867, “When once the nation is absolutely, irrevocably pledged to the principle that there shall be no recognition of race by the United States or by State law, then the work of the great anti-slavery movement which commenced in 1831, is accomplished.”)

NEW YORK POST
— Kansas City mayor accuses governor of racial ‘dog whistle’ for calling Super Bowl parade shooters ‘thugs’ – Anders Hagstrom
https://nypost.com/2024/02/18/us-news/kansas-city-mayor-accuses-governor-of-racial-dog-whistle-for-calling-parade-shooters-thugs/
— Hidin’ Biden AWOL as America faces crisis after crisis – Joe Concha
https://nypost.com/2024/02/18/opinion/hidin-biden-awol-as-america-faces-crisis-after-crisis/
— Haley won’t say she’ll back Trump if he wins GOP nod — despite debate pledge – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/02/18/us-news/nikki-haley-wont-say-shell-back-trump-if-he-wins-the-nod-despite-debate-pledge/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Transgender free-for-all at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral in New York – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/transgender_freeforall_at_st_patricks_catholic_cathedral_in_new_york.html
— Even a Catholic country like Mexico isn’t immune to the tyranny of gender madness – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/even_a_catholic_country_like_mexico_isnt_immune_to_the_tyranny_of_gender_madness.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Next level cringe’: NYPD mocked for having a ‘dance’ team – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/18/next-level-cringe-nypd-mocked-for-having-a-dance-team-1438155/

BREITBART
— Joy Reid: Black People ‘Literally, Physically, Built this Country,’ Obama Our Only Reparation – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/18/joy-reid-black-people-literally-physically-built-country-obama-only-reparation/
— New York Cathedral Holds ‘Mass of Reparation’ After ‘Sacrilegious’ Trans Event – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2024/02/19/new-york-cathedral-holds-mass-of-reparation-after-sacrilegious-trans-event/
— Drug-Induced Transgender ‘Chestfeeding’ as Safe as Milk From Mothers, Claims NHS Trust – KURT ZINDULKA
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/02/19/drug-induced-transgender-chestfeeding-as-safe-as-milk-from-mothers-claims-nhs-trust/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Parental Nightmare’: Blue States Are Becoming Magnets For Runaway Kids Seeking Trans Treatments – BRANDON POULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/18/parental-nightmare-blue-states-becoming-magnets-runaway-kids-seeking-trans-treatments/
— Non-Citizens Voting? No Thanks, Americans Say – JENNY BETH MARTIN:
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/18/opinion-non-citizens-voting-no-thanks-americans-say-jenny-beth-martin/
— Deceased Transgender Activist Mourners’ Alleged Deception Of Catholic Cathedral Which Welcomed Them – HAILEY GOMEZ
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/18/transgender-activist-deceived-saint-patricks-cathedral-catholic-church-funeral-cecilia-gentili-new-york/

FOX NEWS
— Democrat governors fight over busing migrants to one another: ‘Unhelpful’ Illinois leaders have called out Colorado and New York City for sending migrants their way. – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democrat-governors-fight-busing-migrants-one-another-unhelpful
— Trump winning Illinois would be ‘insane’ for the 2024 election. Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell examines Nikki Haley’s strategy in the GOP’s race for the White House during an appearance with Arthel Neville on ‘Fox News Live.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6347162871112
— Behind-the-scenes look inside NYC’s iconic Roosevelt Hotel repurposed into migrant processing hub. ‘The Sanctuary Trap’ is streaming now on Fox Nation. – Taylor Penley
https://www.foxnews.com/media/exclusive-look-inside-nyc-iconic-roosevelt-hotel-repurposed-into-migrant-processing-hub
— Haley: Congress is ‘lying to the American people’ by tying foreign aid to border security. Haley said securing border is ‘priority number one,’ but stresses Congress must choose ‘preventing war’ – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/haley-congress-lying-american-people-tying-foreign-aid-border-security
— Sen. Scott rips Haley for ‘ridiculous’ and ‘desperate’ attack against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74X5kbKREDQ
— New York rule change makes thousands of migrants eligible for cash payments. As many as 17,000 migrants could be receiving the payments in New York City. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-rule-change-makes-thousands-migrants-eligible-cash-payments
— How St Patrick’s says it was tricked into hosting trans activist funeral, why it held Mass of Reparation. Mass of Reparations are performed to re-sanctify church after scandalous activity. – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/how-st-patricks-cathedral-says-tricked-hosting-trans-activist-funeral-mass-reparation
— St. Patrick’s Cathedral ‘had no idea’ about atheist trans activist’s funeral: ‘It was a sacrilege’ Cecilia Gentili, a self-proclaimed atheist and transgender activist, had her funeral held at ‘America’s Parish’ in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. – Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi
https://www.foxnews.com/media/st-patricks-cathedral-had-no-idea-about-atheist-trans-activists-funeral-it-was-a-sacrilege

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Scranton Joe and the Temple of Doom Spending – EJ Antoni and Peter St Onge (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in 1972 when I was 24, I bought a new townhome ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/University-Park/774-Sunset-Ct-60484/unit-5/home/23344604 ) in University Park. The downpayment came from what earned a) working for IRS for 15 months, b) working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for 18 months, and c) working full-time for that store for 7 months before that. That money also enabled me to buy a new Corvette in 1971 and to pay tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $54,728/year in 1971 and $66,942/year in 1972.)
https://www.heritage.org/markets-and-finance/commentary/scranton-joe-and-the-temple-doom-spending
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millions of young Americans seem to have given up on their economic future, turning instead to “doom spending.” Adults under 30 are moving back in with their parents at rates not seen since the Great Depression, giving up on the American dream of homeownership. So long as the uniparty in D.C. keeps spending like there’s no tomorrow, America’s youth will believe there’s no tomorrow for them.)

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— LGBT Nursing Course Accused of Putting Activism Ahead of Healthcare – MIKE LACHANCE
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/lgbt-nursing-course-accused-of-putting-activism-ahead-of-healthcare/amp/
— DHS Is Training Teachers To Develop Student ‘Disinformation’ Informers – I Know, I Took The Training. DHS Media Literacy Has Little To Do With Media or Literacy. It is a K-12 Surveillance Program With The Goal Of Training Teachers and Students to Identify and Report On Alleged “Disinformation” and Alleged “Violent Extremism” – Ramona Bessinger
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/dhs-is-training-teachers-to-develop-student-disinformation-informers-i-know-i-took-the-training/
— Get Out of New York, If You Can. Rough politics has given way to the political weaponization of prosecutors’ offices. The price of living in and doing business in New York should not be that you have to be politically obedient. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/get-out-of-new-york-if-you-can/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— CPAC Will Host a Pro-Life Panel – MICHAEL J. NEW (COMMENT: I should write books about my critics/opponents who have done the most to destroy me because I support the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/cpac-will-host-a-pro-life-panel-this-weekend/

PJ MEDIA
— Muslim Families Can Opt Out of School LGBTQ Propaganda — and That’s Bad News for Biden – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/02/18/muslim-families-can-opt-out-of-school-lgbtq-propaganda-and-thats-bad-news-for-biden-n4926544

TOWNHALL
— Trump Overwhelmingly Outperforms Biden on Key Issues – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/18/trump-overwhelmingly-outperforms-biden-on-key-issues-n2635403
— Mass Deportation—It CAN Be Done – Mark Lewis
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/02/19/mass-deportationit-can-be-done-n2635411

TURNING POINT USA
— The Walt Disney Company finds itself facing a lawsuit alleging that the company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies are unlawful and discriminatory. The lawsuit, brought forth by American First Legal, cites both public documents available on Disney’s website and internal memos that show the company is actively prioritizing diversity initiatives like race and gender identity in its hiring practices. – Erin Elmore, Esq. (COMMENT: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their employees who were Republican.)
https://www.tpusa.com/live/disney-faces-lawsuit-over-alleged-discrimination-in-dei-policies

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Haley ramps up attacks on Trump over Russia ahead of South Carolina GOP primary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7qtbZ-TDEo

CNN
— Why this millionaire gifted his own money to Tulsa survivors seeking reparations. Reparations into his own hands: As the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre await their day in court, philanthropist Ed Mitzen, who gifted $3 million to their families, reflects on why the wealthy White community needs to “step up.” (COMMENT: What arguments do your critics/opponents make that you should pay reparations? Mine stress that my ancestors have been in America since 1844, that none of them fought for the Union Army in the Civil War, that I have a pension, that I am not poor, that I am old (born in 1948), that I am White, that I am male, that I have been married since 1978, that I have no children, that I am conservative, that I am Republican, that I avoided the Viet War draft, that I am Protestant, that I am German American, that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and that I have lived in Wheaton since 1978.)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2024/02/16/tulsa-massacre-survivors-reparations-donation-jimenez-orig.cnn

MSN
— What nationalities are the migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally?
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/what-nationalities-are-the-migrants-crossing-the-us-mexico-border-illegally/ss-BB1i9Fbf

MSNBC
— DePaul professor and her students are helping migrants seeking asylum – ALI VELSHI (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/a-chicago-professor-and-her-students-are-helping-migrants-seeking-asylum-204442693610

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Trump rallies in Michigan, the state G.O.P. is in disarray. – Neil Vigdor (COMMENT: Everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton sees how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. None of those leaders came to my defense when Democrat and RINO leaders a) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) ended my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) ended my service as the MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) ended my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, or f) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I should write a book about how IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have treated me and treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/17/us/trump-haley-biden-election
— Reeling From $450 Million Penalty, Trump Hawks $400 Shoes. In just the past year, Mr. Trump has promoted trading cards, his mug shot, scraps of his clothes and firearms bearing his name and likeness. – Chris Cameron
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/politics/trump-sneakers-line.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/opinion/magas-violent-threats-are-warping-life-in-america.html

WASHINGTON POST
— As everyone comes to realize how divisive DEI is, companies are ditching their DEI teams. Zoom and Snap are among companies that have cut their DEI teams in recent weeks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/20/corporate-diversity-job-cuts/
— Tucker Carlson faces new backlash over Putin interview after Navalny death – Adela Suliman and María Luisa Paúl
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/02/17/tucker-carlson-navalny-putin-killing/
— The inexplicable silence of George W. Bush – David Kling, Vienna (COMMENT: From what I see, Bush has always been on the left and that he has only pretended to be on the right to get elected and reelected as president.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/18/inexplicable-silence-george-w-bush/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those like me who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/18/lgbtq-transgender-republicans-trump-christian-conservatives-election/baa4ce44-ce5b-11ee-ac8b-765284b5203e_story.html

DENVER POST
— Migrants in Denver scrape by with odd jobs, pleading: “Open the doors so that we can work” City officials help Venezuelans, others apply for work authorization as asylum cases play out. – MEGAN ULU-LANI BOYANTON (COMMENT: If those who hired me could have hired illegals instead of me, they would have. I got hired to a) do yard work and deliver newspapers in 1962, b) wash dishes in 1964, c) clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, and deliver mail in 1966, d) work on an automobile assembly line in 1970, e) sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances in 1970, f) pump gasoline and collect delinquent taxes in 1971, and g) audit federal agencies in 1980.)
https://www.denverpost.com/2024/02/18/denver-migrants-work-permits-jobs-shelters-venezuela/

LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER
— DEI is a practice that cites equity in theory but discriminates in practice (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article285573152.html

UNION LEADER
— Haley assails Trump for silence on ‘hero’ Navalny’s death
https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/voters/nikki-haley-assails-trump-for-silence-on-hero-navalny-s-death/article_a2832828-ceb1-11ee-894f-bb1e5c0fe2dc.html

WBUR
— Can focusing on class instead of race solve our country’s equity issues? – Paige Sutherl and Meghna Chakrabarti (COMMENT: What if Affirmative Action had been only for those whose parents did not have college degrees? 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.)
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/02/19/rebroadcast-class-race-solve-america-equity-issues

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/on-the-news/why-immigration-legislation-is-next-to-impossible-to-pass-in-congress/8B2963FD-1354-42AA-90FA-B4C2FE058514
— Black History Month Is More Complicated Than It Seems. Celebrate the story of survival and liberation, but beware dwelling too much on suffering and grievance. – Lance Morrow (COMMENT: During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office, they had my Black subordinate lead the office’s annual Black History Month events. In September of 1997, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-history-month-more-complicated-than-it-seems-survival-liberation-over-grievance-c8906ed3
— FBI Director Says China Cyberattacks on U.S. Infrastructure Now at Unprecedented Scale. Christopher Wray warns that pre-positioned malware could be triggered to disrupt critical systems in the U.S. – Joe Parkinson and Drew Hinshaw
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/fbi-director-says-china-cyberattacks-on-u-s-infrastructure-now-at-unprecedented-scale-c8de5983
— What We Know About Cognitive Decline. The White House plays down Biden’s mental lapses. – Allysia Finley (COMMENT: What demonstrates your cognitive health? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-we-know-about-cognitive-decline-e56f0ded
— For President Biden, Nothing Beats a Weekend in Delaware. Biden spent 254 days in the state in the first three years of his presidency – LEAH MILLIS/REUTERS
By Andrew Restuccia
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/for-president-biden-nothing-beats-a-weekend-in-delaware-84083283
— Donald Trump Courts Sneakerheads With $399 Gilded High-Tops. GOP front-runner makes a foray into footwear, unveiling his ‘Never Surrender’ shoes at Sneaker Con. – Jacob Gallagher
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/donald-trump-courts-sneakerheads-with-399-gilded-high-tops-ea2e334c
— Congrats on Your Retirement. Time to Find a New Job. Hit by rising costs and boredom, retirees weigh going back to work. – Clare Ansberry (COMMENT: I should write a book about how impossible it was for me to get a job that would have been appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license after my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Employers do not want employees like me who fight political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Employers do not employees like me who have sued their employers. Employers do not want employees like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate. Employers do not want employees like me who will not cover up their wrong doing. Employers do not want employees like me who will not discriminate against anyone including those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Employers want cheap labor. In today’s dollars, my ending GAO salary was $150,075/year. Employers want employees who help them meet their Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/retirement-costs-back-to-work-inflation-d84924f1

FORBES
— Average ‘Net Lifetime Cost Of An Illegal Immigrant Is $69,000’ Per Person – Tom McClintock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOk7jxsW8bY
— Where To Find Donald Trump’s Hot New Sneakers – Shaun Harper
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaunharper/2024/02/18/where-to-find-donald-trumps-hot-new-sneakers/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Over 50 once beloved cars that have been discontinued – Steven John and Alexa St. John (COMMEMT: Discontinued cars include Ford Thunderbirds, Dodge Chargers, and Chevrolet Cuzes. I own a 1996 Thunderbird LX, 2013 Charger R/T Max, and 2018 Cuze LT. Cars I used to own are: 1958 and1962 Chevrolet Bel Airs, 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 and 1969 Chargers, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevrolet Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta Royale, 1990 and 1993 Thunderbirds, 1997 and 2003 Chevrolet Cavaliers, and 2016 Mustang.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/50-once-beloved-cars-that-have-been-discontinued-2019-3

FAST COMPANY
— The Slack generation can’t communicate with the email generation. Why more platforms are dividing the workplace. Workplace miscommunication and conflict are on the rise, as work becomes more decentralized and multigenerational. – JARED LINDZON (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who discourage everyone from reading emails. I would focus on those who brag that they do not read emails.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91026349/the-slack-generation-cant-communicate-with-the-email-generation-why-more-platforms-are-dividing-the-workplace

ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/asylum-seekers-migrant-crisis/677464/

AXIOS
— Nikki Haley’s unwanted fan: How Biden uses her against Trump. – Sophia Cai and Justin Green (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed about Haley’s success in promoting hatred against Trump. How many Democrats and RINOs will vote for Haley in your precinct, municipality, township, and county?)
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/nikki-haley-biden-trump-twitter-x
— Haley says U.S. “will have a female president” in 2024, be it her or Harris – Shauneen Miranda (COMMENT: To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasing promote more hatred against Whites and against men.)
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/nikki-haley-female-president-republican-racee

DAILY MAIL
— Haley says older politicians should get ‘some sort of cognitive test’ and ‘there’s a concern’ when it comes to Biden: He’s showing ‘he’s not totally in charge’ – MATT MCNULTY (COMMENT: If you were attacked, who would come to your defense? My critics/opponents stress that no one came to my defense when they a) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) ended my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) ended my service as the MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) ended my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, or f) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10167883/Nikki-Haley-says-older-politicians-cognitive-test.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Biden made the bizarre remarks during an address at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia. Hundreds of Twitter users accused the president of being ‘creepy’; others came to his defense saying he just appeared ‘socially awkward.’)

February 18, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party Platform are conservative. The following are questions to ask the candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

What have you done and what will you do if elected on November 5, 2024 to:
— Promote individual responsibility and oppose promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Promote traditional marriage and family and oppose promotion of LGBTQ,
— Promote right to life and oppose promotion of abortion,
— Promote enforcement of immigration laws and oppose promotion of mass/illegal immigration,
— Promote enforcement of vice laws and oppose promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Promote enforcement of gun laws and oppose diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and
— Promote equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) and oppose promotion of patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination?

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform are conservative. The Republican Party Platform is at: https://prod-static.gop.com/media/Resolution_Platform.pdf and the IRP platform is at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf . Those who reject the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks want to water down if not strike the aforesaid planks. I have asked to be appointed to serve on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I served on that committee at the 2008 IRP State Convention. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is running to serve as your Republican Precinct Committeeman? I am running to serve as the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. Who is running to serve as officers of your Republican township and county party organizations? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— For President, who do you predict will get more votes in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in your congressional district – Trump or Haley? In the 3rd Congressional District, a) Trump delegates include Gordon Kinzler, b) Haley delegates include Elizabeth Roskam, and c) the only Haley alternate delegate is Peter Roskam. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done to encourage registered Republicans in your precinct to vote in the March 19, 2024 primary? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I have hand-delivered a copy of the sample Republican ballot to each of the precinct’s 224 homes and 4 apartments that have at least one registered Republican voter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS2
— Chicago pastor calls for White House response to American violence following Kansas City parade shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pastor-calls-for-white-house-response-to-american-violence-following-kansas-city-parade-shooting/

NBC5
— Robbers targeting patrons at suburban banks. Wheeling police are urging residents to be aware of their surroundings, especially when visiting and leaving banks or ATMs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/robbers-targeting-patrons-at-suburban-banks-police-say/3359278/
— Chicago’s mayor issues statement after medical examiner reveals migrant boy’s cause of death. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office report said the 5-year-old died of sepsis from Strep A, COVID-19 and other viruses.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-mayor-issues-statement-after-medical-examiner-reveals-migrant-boys-cause-of-death/3359239/

WGN9
— Chicago police offer warning to Northwest Side businesses amid rash of robberies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-N2lTVPgWE

FOX32
— Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García speaks out on migrant boy’s death in Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Rx9hIJrdo
— Street vendors demand more police patrols after being targeted by robbers on Northwest Side – Nate Rodger
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwest-side-armed-robbery-spree-chicago-police-looking-for-2-5-suspects

WBBM
— Controversial plans for another homeless shelter in Uptown rejected
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/plans-for-another-homeless-shelter-in-uptown-rejected

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park trustees approve community partners for new migrant shelter – JESSE WRIGHT (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/17/oak-park-trustees-approve-community-partners-for-new-migrant-shelter/
— 5-year-old migrant who fell sick in shelter died of sepsis – ALYSA GUFFEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/17/five-year-old-migrant-who-fell-sick-in-shelter-died-of-sepsis-medical-examiner-says/
— Trump’s legal debts top a half-billion dollars. How much will he have to pay? – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/17/trumps-legal-debts-top-a-half-billion-dollars-will-he-have-to-pay/
— Today in History: Donald Trump commutes sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich – Ap
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/18/today-in-history-donald-trump-commutes-sentence-of-former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bothered by pro-Palestinian activists? Most Americans didn’t like civil rights, Vietnam War protests either. Americans tend to quickly praise demonstrators engaging in “good trouble” overseas but bristle at dissent in their own backyard. – Rummana Hussain (COMMENT: Conservatives protest against Democrat and RINO promotion of the Democrat Party platform, that is, conservatives protest against the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/02/16/protests-palestinian-activists-civil-rights-vietnam-war-social-justice-rummana-hussain

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Uihleins spent more than $1 million on DeSantis’ presidential campaign in fall — will they now back Trump? – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240218/news/uihleins-spent-more-than-1-million-on-desantis-presidential-campaign-in-fall-will-they-now-back/
— What to do if you’re concerned you might be laid off — or if you’ve lost your job – ADRIANA MORGA (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO purposely misled me to believe that they were going to let me work until I was 55 in 2003 and could take regular retirement. But in September of 1997, they suddenly succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240218/business/what-to-do-if-youre-concerned-you-might-be-laid-off-or-if-youve-lost-your-job/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois, Cook County seeking more than $250M for migrant crisis – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/02/18/pritzker-asks-for-182-million-to-take-on-migrant-crisis/72605532007/

TRISTATES PUBLIC RADIO
— In wake of mass shootings, some parents hesitate bringing their kids to big events – Diba Mohtasham
https://www.tspr.org/npr-news/2024-02-17/in-wake-of-mass-shootings-some-parents-hesitate-bringing-their-kids-to-big-events

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Illinois considers making assisted suicide legal for the terminally ill – Drea Barone
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-considers-making-assisted-suicide-legal-for-the-terminally-ill/

CWB CHICAGO
— Gun, drugs, cash recovered during sting operation at West Loop homeless camp
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/02/two-arrested-gun-drugs-cash-recovered-west-loop-homeless-camp.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s border blackmail – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2860246/bidens-border-blackmail/
— Michigan GOP’s ‘descent into chaos’ at the center of DNC’s strategy to hold pivotal swing state – Naomi Lim (COMMENT: When Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and/or RINOs dominate Republican organizations, those organizations do little or nothing to defend or advance the Republican Party platform. One could argue that the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization do little or nothing to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, and especially its individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2860101/michigan-gops-chaos-center-dnc-strategy-pivotal-swing-state/
— As Texas resistance grows, illegal entries increase in Arizona, California, New Mexico – Bethany Blankley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2860143/as-texas-resistance-grows-illegal-entries-increase-in-arizona-california-new-mexico/

NEW YORK POST
— How America’s medical system has become totally woke – Kevin Bass
https://nypost.com/2024/02/17/opinion/americas-medical-system-has-become-totally-woke/
— Democrat elites shouldn’t be laughing at Trump’s civil trial outcome — they just made him a political martyr – Post Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/02/16/opinion/dem-elites-shouldnt-be-laughing-at-trumps-civil-trial-outcome-they-just-made-him-a-political-martyr/
— St. Patrick’s Cathedral says it was tricked into hosting ‘sacrilegious’ transgender activist’s wild funeral – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2024/02/17/us-news/st-patricks-cathedral-said-it-was-tricked-into-hosting-transgender-activists-funeral/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Feminization of America – Rick McDowell
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/the_feminization_of_america.html
— Under the Democrats’ Rule, America Has Become A Failed State – Vince Coyner
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/under_the_democrats_rule_america_has_become_a_failed_state.html
— The New York judge’s non-legal, hyper-partisan ruling will only make Trump stronger – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/the_new_york_judges_nonlegal_hyperpartisan_ruling_will_only_make_trump_stronger.html
— The DEI Road Leads to Gaza – John Green
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/the_die_road_leads_to_gaza.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Residents air laundry list of complaints against Illinois (Dolton) mayor who reportedly ‘dressed like Nino Brown’ – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/17/insider-residents-air-laundry-list-of-complaints-against-illinois-mayor-who-reportedly-dressed-like-nino-brown-1437946/

FOX NEWS
— Facing community pushback, NYC mayor reverses plan to house migrants in luxury building. The building was first advertised as luxury housing with a swimming pool and was expected to be converted into a temporary shelter for illegal migrants. – Michael Dorgan
https://www.foxnews.com/us/facing-community-pushback-nyc-mayor-reverses-plan-to-house-migrants-in-luxury-building
— Haley: Trump should not use RNC as ‘piggy bank’ for legal woes. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley warned that former President Trump is poised to use the RNC to pay his legal bills. – Chris Pandolfo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/haley-trump-should-not-use-rnc-piggy-bank-legal-woes
— Archdiocese of New York condemns ‘scandalous,’ ‘sacrilegious’ behavior following trans activist funeral. Following the outcry, the church said it would begin a ‘Mass of Reparation’ – Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-archdiocese-condemns-scandalous-sacrilegious-behavior-following-trans-activist-funeral

HOT AIR
— The US’s northern border saw a record number of illegal crossings last year, as migrants found it easier to enter through Canada, new US Customs and Border.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/02/17/us-sees-highest-influx-of-illegals-ever-from-canada-cuz-easier-n3783128

JONATHAN TURLEY
— Chicago Mayor Extends Contract on Anti-Crime Program That He Campaigned Against As Racist
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/02/17/chicago-mayor-extends-contract-on-anti-crime-program-that-he-campaigned-against-as-racist/

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Eight non-government organizations are funneling illegal immigrants into America, using taxpayer dollars – Matthew Holloway
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/eight-non-govt-organizations-are-funneling-illegal-immigrants-into-america-the-house-gop-is-fighting-to-defund-them
— Burn an American flag? No problem. Do a burnout on a ‘pride mural’ painted on the road? Get the book thrown at you. – Noah Webster
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/burn-an-american-flag-no-problem-do-a-burnout-on-a-pride-mural-painted-on-a-roadway-you-get-the-book-thrown-at-you

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NYC Mayor Assures Harlem Residents That Empty Luxury Apartment Building Won’t House Illegal Migrants. “The development has sat empty for the past decade, until this week when neighbors noticed boxes of bunk beds being loaded in.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/nyc-mayor-assures-harlem-residents-that-empty-luxury-apartment-building-wont-house-illegal-migrants/
— School District in Minnesota Allows Parents to Opt-Out of LGBT Curriculum After Muslim Families Object. – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/school-district-in-minnesota-allows-parents-to-opt-out-of-lgbt-curriculum-after-muslim-families-object/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS: Catholic Church Declining…Because It’s Not LGBTQ-Affirming and Surrogacy-Supporting – Tim Graham
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2024/02/17/cbs-catholic-church-decliningbecause-its-not-lgbtq-affirming-and

NEWSMAX
— Mayorkas Cannot Hide Behind Biden – Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss. (COMMENT: GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Charles Bowsher served as an operative/dupe for the congressmen who destroyed GAO 1981-1996. Bowsher cannot hide behind those congressmen. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alexandro-mayorkas-dhs-secretary/2024/02/17/id/1153982/
— San Francisco Names Noncitizen to Elections Board – Nick Koutsobinas (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will noncitizens run your school district, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America?)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/san-francisco-chinese-election-board/2024/02/17/id/1154009

PJ MEDIA
— Give Me Your Ungrateful, Your Criminal, Your Anti-Western Masses Yearning To Loiter Free – CHRISTOPHER SKEET (COMMENT: I am proud to say that all my ancestors immigrated legally during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago for 10 years and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://pjmedia.com/christopherskeet/2024/02/17/give-me-your-ungrateful-your-criminal-your-anti-western-masses-yearning-to-loiter-free-n4926522
— Illinois and Cook County to Pump $250 Million Into Chicago’s Migrant Crisis – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/02/17/illinois-and-cook-county-to-pump-250-million-into-chicagos-migrant-crisis-n4926528

TOWNHALL
— Famous NYC Catholic Church Holds Funeral for Atheist Transgender Activist – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/17/famous-nyc-catholic-church-holds-funeral-for-atheist-transgender-activist-n2635382

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Lara Trump steps into political spotlight with RNC role – JULIA MANCHESTER (COMMENT: Leading a political organization is a thankless job. Your critics/opponents blame you for the defeats that your party’s candidates suffer. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007. I served as the webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Organization 2008-2010 and 2000-2004. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have blamed me the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4473118-lara-trump-steps-into-political-spotlight-with-rnc-role/

NEW YORK TIMES
— CPAC Straw Poll, Slighting Haley, Will Ask About Trump’s Ideal Running Mate. The poll question at the prominent gathering of conservatives points to his front-runner status — and just how much he controls the political right. – Michael C. Bender (COMMENT: I attended many CPACs, but not recently. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have held my attending CPACs against me the most.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/us/politics/trump-running-mate-cpac.html
— What a Reported Trump Plan on Restricting Abortion Would Mean. The idea, a federal ban after 16 weeks, is not very popular — nor would it stop very many abortions. – Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. I should write a book about past and present RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization who have promoted abortion the most. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I oppose the promotion of abortion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/upshot/trump-16-week-abortion-ban.html
— N.Y. Archdiocese Condemns Funeral of Transgender Activist at Cathedral. In a statement, the pastor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan said the church was not aware of Ms. Gentili’s background, or her avowed atheism, when it agreed to host the Thursday service. – Liam Stack
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/nyregion/cecilia-gentili-st-patricks-cathedral.html
— Haley Says She Is Going the Distance Against Trump. Here’s Her Plan. The former South Carolina governor is expected to lose big in her home state. Beyond that, it’s an even steeper climb. – Jazmine Ulloa
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/politics/haley-trump-gop.html
— How Trump Turns His Courtroom Losses Into Wins – Andrea Bernstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/opinion/trump-civil-trial-losses.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Seeing Haley’s attacks on Trump, some claim her as a member of the resistance. But the former S.C. governor rejects the label, saying her campaign ‘is not an anti-Trump movement’ – Ashley Parker and Dylan Wells
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/18/haley-trump-resistance-gop-primary/

CNN
— Nikki Haley slams Trump after death of Alexey Navalny
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/02/18/exp-nikki-haley-navalny-trump-sot-021804aseg1-cnni-u-s-politics.cnn

NEWSWEEK
— Texas Could Regret Joining United States, Republican Suggests – James Bickerton (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO army.)
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-could-regret-joining-united-states-republican-1870931

MSN
— 63% of Democrats would choose another candidate over Biden – Stephanie Raymond
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/63-of-democrats-would-choose-another-candidate-over-biden/ar-AA1jlkY4
— Joe Biden ‘breaking records’ for vacation days and ‘illegal immigration’
https://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/news/joe-biden-breaking-records-for-vacation-days-and-illegal-immigration/ar-BB1irHe0

NBC BOSTON
— Group calls for Boston to pay $15B in cash as slavery reparations
https://www.nbcboston.com/on-air/as-seen-on/group-calls-for-boston-to-pay-15b-in-cash-as-slavery-reparations/3283151/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfOHre4wYhE

USA TODAY
— What happens if Biden, Trump drop 2024 presidential bids? Here’s how it could play out – Rachel Looker
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/15/what-happens-trump-biden-drop-out-2024/72352522007/

FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
— Black Americans need more success stories, not victimhood (COMMENT: Democrats can stress their success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old and giving my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article285583607.html

BOSTON HERALD
— What you should know about disability rights (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their Democrat employees who were disabled, minority, female, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, who had ancestors who had not been America for a long time, who had performance problems, and/or who they wanted to get rid of. They did everything that they could to turn them against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/18/what-you-should-know-about-disability-rights/

FORBES
— Glenn Grothman Sounds The Alarm On The Consequences Of Biden’s ‘Massive Catch & Release Campaign’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpNSf2uYadU
— ‘Ushered In A New Era Of Mass Illegal Immigration’: Beth Van Duyne Hammers Biden Over The Border
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tstqjdyagyQ

BARRON’S
— What If Biden Or Trump Leaves The Race? – Camille CAMDESSUS and Aurelia END
https://www.barrons.com/news/us-election-what-if-biden-or-trump-leaves-the-race-2e3e336a

FAST COMPANY
— My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when GAO promoted me in 1986. According to them, those promotions should have been given to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91022464/4-things-to-do-when-you-get-a-promotion-and-avoid-sabotaging-your-success

February 16, 2024

Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with illegals; Democrats because illegals vote for Democrats and RINOs because RINOs want cheap labor.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Pritzker, Preckwinkle pledge combined $250M for Chicago migrants; mayor dodges questions – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-immigration-pritzker-preckwinkle/14428975/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lm4iMD4-2s
— Chicago Mayor Johnson dodges questions on migrant funding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1OfsX7z4ls
— Public safety concerns around homelessness in Chicago as crisis grows. – Chuck Goudie, Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Tom Jones, Maggie Green and Adriana Aguilar
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-homeless-people-homelessness-in-america/14430064/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIAsR0mbjRw

NBC5
— Highland Park woman charged with trafficking immigrants from Mexico. Gladys Ibanez Olea, 34, allegedly told the immigrants that their families back home would be killed if they didn’t comply with her demands.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/highland-park-woman-charged-with-trafficking-immigrants-from-mexico/3357338/
— Johnson mum on city participation as Illinois, Cook County agree to migrant funding deal
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/johnson-mum-on-city-participation-as-illinois-cook-county-agree-to-migrant-funding-deal/3357852/
— Group protests DNC, demands aid for Chicago homeless
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/group-protests-dnc-demands-aid-for-chicago-homeless/3357694/

CBS2
— State of Illinois, Cook County pledge funds for migrant mission, no word from City of Chicago – Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/state-of-illinois-cook-county-funds-migrant-mission/
— After relatives are killed and homes destroyed, Chicago-area Palestinians plead for a cease-fire in Gaza – Andrew Ramos
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-area-palestinians-plead-cease-fire/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-families-plead-for-cease-fire-in-gaza/

FOX32
— Illinois, Cook County allocate $250M to aid migrants in Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-cook-county-aid-migrants-chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FW3_VVc1YU
— Controversy erupts as Uptown residents challenge placement of homeless shelter in mixed-use building – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/uptown-homeless-shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoQcdeRiwTs
— Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-chefs-community-leaders-unite-feed-less-fortunate
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1411999

WTTW
— State, County Leaders Agree to Spend Additional $250M to Care for Migrants — But $70M Gap Remains – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/15/state-county-leaders-agree-spend-additional-250m-care-migrants-70m-gap-remains

WBEZ
— JB Pritzker and Toni Preckwinkle will seek $250 million more to alleviate Chicago’s migrant crisis. The governor and Cook County Board president’s funding agreement is noticeably missing a key partner — the city of Chicago. – Tina Sfondeles
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-cook-county-seeking-250m-more-for-migrant-crisis/7e003453-3541-43bc-8665-621ff1768e4d

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— To trace the origins of busing migrants to Chicago, start with Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz. The Chicago Sun-Times spoke with some of the key decision-makers in Illinois and Texas about the early months of Texas’ continuing program to export migrants to Democratic cities like Chicago. Officials here were caught off guard when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began shipping busloads of new arrivals in 2022 and were furious when Colorado’s governor and the El Paso, Texas, mayor — Democrats — got in on the act. – Frank Main and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/02/15/busing-migrants-chicago-texas-origins-start-donald-trump-tucker-carlson-ted-cruz
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with illegals, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/02/15/immigration-republicans-win-border-deal-democrats-election

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Mayor Brandon Johnson cites differences on migrant response for failure to pitch in on latest state, Cook County funding plan – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/15/mayor-brandon-johnson-notably-absent-as-gov-j-b-pritzker-cook-county-president-toni-preckwinkle-pledge-250-million-in-migrant-aid/
— Highland Park woman arrested after forcing immigrants to hand over money earned and locking up their food – CLIFFORD WARD, CHLOE HILLES
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/14/highland-park-woman-arrested-after-forcing-immigrants-to-hand-over-money-earned-and-threatening-their-families-police-say/
— First-time candidates compete in GOP primary for Illinois House District 49 seat – DAVID SHAROS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/15/first-time-candidates-compete-in-gop-primary-for-illinois-house-district-49-seat/
— Local officials keep proving why distrust in government is high in the Midwest – David Greising
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/16/column-distrust-in-government-midwest-greising/
— Wisconsin Assembly passes constitutional amendment to limit diversity efforts – SCOTT BAUER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted diversity and they continue to promote diversity, that is, they have always promoted and they continue to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/15/wisconsin-assembly-diversity-constitutional-amendment/
— Tribune Editorial Board endorsements for the 2024 Illinois primary election
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/16/tribune-editorial-board-endorsements-for-the-2024-illinois-primary-election/

DAILY HERALD
— In last-minute reversal, former Sen. Sam McCann pleads guilty to corruption charges – HANNAH MEISEL
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240215/illinois/in-last-minute-reversal-former-sen-sam-mccann-pleads-guilty-to-corruption-charges/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker, Preckwinkle pony up $250M for migrant crisis. How about Johnson? – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-cook-county-commit-migrant-crisis-funds-separate-city

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH & HERALD & REVIEW
— With tax credit scholarships expiring soon, Illinois schools, parents scramble to fund students’ tuition – ALYSA GUFFEY (COMMENT: How much money do/did your parents have/had? My critics/opponents have always falsely painted my parents as having been filthy rich because they sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. But in fact, my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. Because my parents lacked money, I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964 to buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964. I washed dishes and delivered newspapers 1964-1966 to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966 and delivered mail 1966-1967 to pay my UIC expenses and buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967. I delivered mail in 1968 to pay for my UIC expenses and buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. I delivered mail in 1969 to pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/with-tax-credit-scholarships-expiring-soon-illinois-schools-parents-scramble-to-fund-students-tuition/article_743a7904-cb8b-11ee-ace5-c7920d557486.html
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/with-tax-credit-scholarships-expiring-soon-illinois-schools-parents-scramble-to-fund-students-tuition/article_4b604104-3c73-5642-922f-9c65d73c19f6.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sam McCann pleads guilty to wire fraud, money laundering, tax evasion charges – Zach Roth
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/courts/2024/02/15/former-illinois-state-senator-sam-mccann-pleads-guilty-on-nine-federal-felony-counts/72619807007/

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Who’s funding the Mike Bost and Darren Bailey campaigns to represent IL in Congress?
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/whos-funding-the-mike-bost-and-darren-bailey-campaigns-to-represent-il-in-congress/article_a55c147e-cc40-11ee-8404-db47ef4a0921.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump wants to fire thousands of government workers. Liberals are preparing to fight back if he wins. – AP (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Virtually all of them despised/hated Republicans. My Democrat superiors and supervisors wasted my career and took many big adverse actions against me. It is called political affiliation discrimination. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-wants-to-fire-thousands-of-government-workers-liberals-are-preparing-to-fight-back-if-he-wins/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-14-gop-led-states-have-turned-down-federal-money-to-feed-low-income-kids-in-the-summer-heres-why/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Targeting diversity efforts. Complaint filed against SIU School of Medicine for scholarship honoring Tracey Meares. – Scott Reeder
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/targeting-diversity-efforts-18087977
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A scholarship for medical students on Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Springfield campus is the target of an Ivy League law professor’s ire because he says it discriminates against white and straight people.)

ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— The issue should be health, not age.
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/why-are-voters-only-concerned-with-president-bidens-age

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-234/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-36/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CARBONDALE REPORTER
— Senate Republicans Criticize Pritzker Administration Over Free Healthcare for Migrants
https://carbondalereporter.com/stories/654806619-senate-republicans-criticize-pritzker-administration-over-free-healthcare-for-migrants

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— GOP candidate gets more funds from teachers’ unions in six weeks than last Dem candidate did in two election cycles
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/654790716-gop-candidate-gets-more-funds-from-teachers-unions-in-six-weeks-than-last-dem-candidate-did-in-two-election-cycles

WIREPOINTS
— Huge Problems With Proterra Electric Transit Buses In Many Cities, Though CTA And PACE Say No Concerns – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/huge-problems-with-proterra-electric-transit-buses-in-many-cities-though-cta-and-pace-say-no-concerns-wirepoints/

CHICAGO REPUBLICAN PARTY
— The Illinois Republican Civil War is Dumb – Patrick Pfingsten
https://www.chicagogop.com/illinois_republican_civil_war_is_dumb

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Fallon challenges former Biden DHS official: ‘How many migrants are you housing personally?’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/16/pat-fallon-challenges-former-biden-dhs-official-ho/
— Michigan GOP chair refuses to step down after party votes her out – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/15/kristina-karamo-refuses-to-step-down-from-michigan/
— What do Democrats do with a problem like Biden? – Scott Walker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/15/what-do-democrats-do-with-problem-like-biden/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans face Trump turning ‘effectively bankrupt’ RNC into legal fund for indicted front-runner – Mabinty Quarshie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2858352/trump-effectively-bankrupt-rnc-legal-fund/
— Trump’s scapegoating of mail-in voting is sinking the GOP – Zachary Faria (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that there will be many millions of fraudulent ballots mailed in for the November 5, 2024 election.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2856837/trumps-scapegoating-mail-in-voting-sinking-gop/

NEW YORK POST
— Shameful Biden tries to reward Hamas terror with a Palestinian state – Douglas Murray
https://nypost.com/2024/02/15/opinion/shameful-biden-tries-to-reward-hamas-terror-with-a-palestinian-state/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals Nation: A ‘great replacement’ beginning to unfold? – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/illegals_nation_a_great_replacement_beginning_to_unfold.html
— Chumming the border for illegal aliens – Ned Cosby
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/chumming_the_border_for_illegal_aliens.html
— The arrogance of the elites – Tim Jones
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/the_arrogance_of_the_elites.html
— Urbanization is Coming For Your Suburb – Jessica Marie Baumgartner (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/urbanization_is_coming_for_your_suburb.html
— The leftist war against women’s yearning for a family – Molly Slag
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/the_leftist_war_against_womens_yearning_for_a_family.html

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Illegal immigrants account for up to 22 seats in the House thanks to Biden’s exec order, experts warn – Vivek Saxena
https://americanwirenews.com/illegal-immigrants-account-for-up-to-22-seats-in-the-house-thanks-to-bidens-exec-order-experts-warn/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal immigrants account for up to 22 seats in the House thanks to Biden’s exec order – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/15/illegal-immigrants-account-for-up-to-22-seats-in-the-house-thanks-to-bidens-exec-order-experts-warn-1437228/
— South American crime rings have spread across America stealing millions. Just like we’d been warned. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/15/south-american-crime-rings-have-spread-across-america-stealing-millions-just-like-wed-been-warned-1437383/

BLAZE
— ICE may release nearly half of all detained illegal aliens because of budget issues: ‘Give us more money or else’ – CORTNEY WEIL
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ice-may-release-nearly-half-of-all-detained-illegal-aliens-because-of-budget-issues-give-us-more-money-or-else
— These are the specific NGOs helping illegal aliens cross the border
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/pat-gray-unleashed/these-are-the-specific-ngos-helping-illegal-aliens-cross-the-border

BREITBART
— ‘Sanctuary Church’ Helps Free from Jail Illegal Alien Charged with Migrant Mob Attack on NYPD Officers – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/15/sanctuary-church-helps-free-from-jail-illegal-alien-charged-with-migrant-mob-attack-on-nypd-officers/
— ‘Conservative’ South Korea Establishes Ties with Cuba, Throwing Communists a Critical Lifeline – FRANCES MARTEL
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2024/02/15/conservative-south-korea-establishes-ties-cuba-throwing-communists-critical-lifeline/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Democrats’ Immigration Evolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4-7S1Jik-o

CHRISTIAN POST
— Minnesota public school allows Somali Muslim families to opt out of LGBT curriculum. St. Louis Park Public Schools was slapped with two demand letters in recent months. – Jon Brown
https://www.christianpost.com/news/minnesota-school-district-allows-parents-to-opt-out-of-lgbt-books.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Dismisses Haley as VP Then Strongly Praises Tim Scott – Nathan Worcester
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-dismisses-haley-as-vp-then-strongly-praises-tim-scott-5587584

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Rep Chip Roy Joins Fellow Lawmaker Calling On Texas A&M To End Minor In LGBTQ Studies – HAILEY GOMEZ
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/15/chip-roy-brian-harrison-texas-lgbtq-university/
— One Asylum Rule Is Opening The Immigration Floodgates Even Wider – ANNA ST. JOHN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/15/st-john-asylum-rule-immigration-floodgates-wider/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Border Chaos Lets Foreign Criminals Live Here Indefinitely – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/15/bidens-border-chaos-lets-foreign-criminals-live-here-indefinitely-borderline/
— Denver’s Fiscal Woes Climb as Illegal Aliens Overwhelm City – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/15/denvers-financial-apocalypse-from-illegal-immigration-is-a-disaster-of-its-own-making/

FEDERALIST
— Biden’s Border Invasion Victimizes Young And Old Americans Everywhere – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/15/president-joe-bidens-border-invasion-victimizes-young-and-old-americans-everywhere/
— As Long As Universities Are Identity Obsessed, America Will Have A Surplus Of Stupid Students – DONALD T. CRITCHLOW
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/16/as-long-as-universities-are-identity-obsessed-america-will-have-a-surplus-of-stupid-students/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago migrants make poor and homeless ‘an afterthought’ in their own city: local activist. Mayor Brandon Johnson has faced backlash from the Black community over the migrant crisis. – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-migrants-make-poor-and-homeless-afterthought-their-own-city-local-activist
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/civil-rights-attorney-argues-cash-payments-descendants-slaves-recognize-harm-done-slavery
— House Republican introduces bill to reimburse Texas the nearly $4 billion it spent to secure border. ‘Texas has been forced to step up to protect our homes and communities, and we must be reimbursed,’ Texas GOP Rep Roger Williams tells Fox News Digital. – Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republican-introduces-bill-reimburse-texas-nearly-4-billion-spent-secure-border

GOPUSA
— Trump Dismisses Haley As VP Then Strongly Praises Tim Scott
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-dismisses-haley-as-vp-then-strongly-praises-tim-scott/

HOT AIR
— Homeland Security: We Don’t Track Illegal Immigrants – DAVID STROM
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/02/15/homeland-security-we-dont-track-illegal-immigrants-n3783000

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Brandon Johnson Is Now the Most Tragically Stupid Big-City Mayor in America – JEFFREY BLEHAR
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/brandon-johnson-is-now-the-most-tragically-stupid-big-city-mayor-in-america/
— A Red-Hot Job Market for Immigrants – MARK KRIKORIAN (COMMENT: All those who hired me 1962-1997 would have hired immigrants instead of me if they could have. All the jobs that I had were bad jobs that my critics/opponents would never have stooped to take. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were filthy rich, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them good jobs, etc.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-red-hot-job-market-for-immigrants/
— National Geographic Names Drag Queen as a ‘Traveler of the Year’ – ABIGAIL ANTHONY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/national-geographic-names-drag-queen-as-a-traveler-of-the-year/

NEWSMAX
— Dems Shower Illegal Immigrants with Gifts, Citizens Get Nothing – Deroy Murdock
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/democrats-illegal-immigrants/2024/02/15/id/1153680/

PATRIOT POST
— Chiefs Super Bowl Parade Shattered by Urban Violence. Joe Biden jumped out to blame firearms and opponents of his gun control measures, but Democrat crime policies are the real culprit. – NATE JACKSON
https://patriotpost.us/articles/104456-chiefs-super-bowl-parade-shattered-by-urban-violence-2024-02-15

POST MILLENNIAL
— Illegal immigration to increase House seats from ‘sanctuary’ states. There are 16.8 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/illegal-immigration-to-increase-house-seats-from-sanctuary-states

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— US Taxpayers to Pay $70 Million Toward Migrants in Chicago – Nick Mordowanec
https://www.newsweek.com/us-taxpayers-pay-70-million-toward-migrants-chicago-1870408

MSN
— Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is backing a Republican challenger, Darren Bailey, against incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois. – Jordan Andrews
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/matt-gaetz-fought-mccarthy-and-won-now-has-a-new-republican-target/ar-BB1idJwV
— Democrat and RINO leaders allege that their illegals deliver an economic windfall.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/immigration-wave-delivers-economic-windfall-but-there-s-a-catch/ar-BB1ijwfi

YAHOO
— Putin signs law to confiscate property from critics of Ukraine war (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-signs-law-confiscate-property-125650000.html

CNBC
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrat DEI hires a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. Virtually all of them were minorities and/or females. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/15/racial-wage-gap-starts-as-early-as-16-heres-why.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with illegals; Democrats because illegals vote for Democrats and RINOs because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/learning/film-club-things-fall-apart-how-the-middle-ground-on-immigration-collapsed.html
— I.R.S. Commissioner Warns Budget Cuts Would Add to Deficit. Daniel Werfel, the Internal Revenue Service commissioner, pushed back against claims from Republicans that he had not been following the law. – Alan Rappeport (COMMENT: In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans IRS hired. GAO audits IRS. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/us/politics/internal-revenue-service-budget-cuts-hearing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with illegals; Democrats because illegals vote for Democrats and RINOs because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/15/marco-rubio-joins-toxic-democrats-are-importing-voters-chorus/
— Biden administration failed to vet adults housing migrant children, federal watchdog says – Amanda Seitz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/15/biden-migrants-border-children-labor-child/1f09c66e-cc13-11ee-aa8e-1e5794a4b2d6_story.html

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Who’s funding illegal immigration? You are. – Mark Krikorian
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/commentary-whos-funding-illegal-immigration-you-are-3001893/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with illegals, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy America.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/immigration-wave-delivers-economic-windfall-but-theres-a-catch-51085c4f

BLOOMBERG
— Illinois Governor Plans Additional $182 Million in Migrant Aid. Illinois already committed $638 million to migrant response. State joint funding plan with Cook County totals $250 million. – Shruti Singh (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with illegals; Democrats because illegals vote for Democrats and RINOs because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-15/illinois-governor-plans-additional-182-million-in-migrant-aid
— My critics/opponents have always promoted diversity and they continue to promote diversity, that is, they have always promoted and they continue to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-02-15/us-companies-cut-diversity-teams-does-dei-matter-in-corporate-america

FORBES
— Chicago Mayor Pressed Over Migrant Funding Claims
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4hIB1u04E
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/02/15/what-can-we-expect-from-dei-in-2024/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2024/02/16/4-reasons-employers-wont-abandon-equity-in-2024/

BARRON’S
— Want to Retire Early? Consider These Costs Before Calling it Quits. An early workforce exit may have ripple effects across your financial life. What to know. – Elizabeth O’Brien (COMMENT: I should write a book about early retirement. I have more than 26 years of experience at it.)
https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/retire-early-social-security-medicare-aa48d7db

AFBF
— New Census Shows Alarming Loss of Family Farms. The 2022 Census of Agriculture reports 141,733 fewer farms in 2022 than in 2017. (COMMENT: The farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border that my mother was raised on and I spent lots of time at in the 1950s and early 1960s is gone.)
https://www.morningagclips.com/new-census-shows-alarming-loss-of-family-farms/

NEWS NATION
— Chicago Democrat calls for ‘sanctuary city’ tag removal. Chicago city employee says local funding divested to cover migrant costs. More than 34,000 migrants have been sent to Chicago in 18 months. More than 14,000 asylum-seekers are still in city-run shelters. – Jeff Arnold
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/chicago-dem-sanctuary-city-removal/

PBS
— My critics/opponents have always promoted diversity and they continue to promote diversity, that is, they have always promoted and they continue to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU4rK9bAftw

POLITICO
— Nearly half of voters think it’s likely Biden will be replaced as nominee, a new poll shows. About a third of voters said they thought Trump could lose the Republican nomination because of his legal troubles. – SAMANTHA LATSON
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/15/poll-biden-trump-nominees-00141732

LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
— To get more votes from those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those who have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the aforesaid that they will protect those who are the aforesaid from those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.naacpldf.org/equal-protection-initiative/

HRO TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.hrotoday.com/diversity-inclusion/diversity-pay-equity-and-inclusion/

INSIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
— Illinois CPA Society Survey Explores Turnover and How to Lower It (COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like my Black Democrat CPA subordinate threatened to leave unless they forced me to take their early retirement “offer.” They succeeded in forcing me to retire and they gave him my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://insidepublicaccounting.com/2024/02/15/illinois-cpa-society-survey-explores-turnover-and-how-to-lower-it/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Judge Biden’s Presidency a Failure
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/most_judge_biden_s_presidency_a_failure

February 15, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC5
— Chiefs’ full statement after shooting at Super Bowl celebration
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/nbcsports/read-the-chiefs-full-statement-after-shooting-at-super-bowl-celebration/3356579/
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly a) promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ and BLM.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/oak-park-neighbors-spread-love-amid-chronic-vandalism-to-flags-outside-home/3356780/

CBS2
— Suburban Chicago woman arrested for human trafficking of Mexican migrants – John Dodge, Andrew Ramos
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-chicago-woman-arrested-for-human-trafficking-of-mexican-migrants/

WBEZ
— How much do religious dating apps really help? Connecting with someone who shares your deepest values is tough to do. How much do religious dating apps narrow down the dating pool? – Adora Namigadde (COMMENT: I met my wife at a Presbyterian singles event. She is Catholic and I am Missouri Synod Lutheran. We both worked in the Loop. I worked for IRS and she working for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/how-religious-dating-apps-help-singles-if-at-all/19bf0981-0073-416f-9f7e-a895b50ba595

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois assault weapons ban penalizes lawful gun owners. Simply passing an assault weapons ban that is ignored by criminals who get their guns illegally, yet places new mandates on lawful gun owners, is not the answer, state Sen. Craig Wilcox writes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/02/14/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-handguns-noncitizens-voting-school-board-lead-pipes-letters
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Highland Park woman charged with trafficking immigrants from Mexico, forcing them into labor. – Emmanuel Camarillo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/02/14/highland-park-gladys-olea-trafficking-mexico-labor-onwentsia
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/02/14/democrats-should-take-note-of-george-santos-replacement-if-they-want-to-win-in-november
— Syphilis cases in Chicago babies more than doubled in two years, study shows. While syphilis, a curable sexually transmitted infection, is most often mild in adults, the infection in infants, passed from their mothers in the womb, can be severe, disabling and sometimes life-threatening. – Kaitlin Washburn
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/02/14/syphilis-cases-in-chicago-babies-more-than-doubled-in-two-years-study-shows

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge hears arguments in Johnson homelessness referendum lawsuit – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/14/johnson-homelessness-referendum-lawsuit/
— HUD awards $2 million in Chicago area for program aimed at helping low-income families achieve financial independence – OLIVIA STEVENS (COMMENT: Since I was 24 years old in 1972 and bought a new town home in University Park, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I unfairly if not improperly if not unethically took advantage of a HUD program that was aimed at helping Blacks.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/14/hud-awards-2-million-in-chicago-area-for-program-aimed-at-helping-low-income-families-achieve-financial-independence/
— We must close the digital divide in America – Meka Egwuekwe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/15/opinion-digital-access-us-literacy/
— What responsibility do parents have for their kids? Plenty, when there is a gun involved. Handing a weapon to a disturbed teen is inexcusable. Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/15/michigan-shooting-jennifer-crumbley-ethan-crumbley/
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE HARDCOPY ARTICE HEADLINE: Trump wants RNC leaders ousted – AP (COMMENT: Who has wanted you ousted? I should write a book about my critics/opponents who succeeded in ousting me as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, c) a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, f) a member of the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors, g) GAO employee, h) etc. I would focus on my critics/opponents who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://apnews.com/article/republican-national-committee-ronna-mcdaniel-trump-whatley-51c1cf029cd0a5901082f475abc81673

DAILY HERALD
— Four people rescued as Highland Park woman charged with multiple counts of human trafficking – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240214/news/four-people-rescued-as-highland-park-woman-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-human-trafficking/
— How to boost your professionalism at work – Mary Lynn Fayoumi (COMMENT: To get promoted, I earned job-related college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license. To get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time destroyed their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who did not share their demographics. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240214/human-resources/how-to-boost-your-professionalism-at-work/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For airlines, the DEI wars are just beginning – John Pletz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/dei-policies-airlines-united-political-social-media-pressure

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Biden’s abortion rhetoric riles progressives for not going far enough – Alex Gangitano, Nathaniel Weixel
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/bidens-abortion-rhetoric-riles-progressives-for-not-going-far-enough/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & SOUTHERN
— Will Democrat and RINO leaders reduce their promotion of illegal immigration because of ever-increasing backlash from voters?
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/democrats-embrace-tougher-border-enforcement-seeing-trumps-demolition-of-deal-as-a-gift/article_4654e1d2-603d-50d3-8e06-7c520ae601e3.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-embrace-tougher-border-enforcement-seeing-trumps-demolition-of-deal-as-a-gift/

SOUTHERN
— Investigators search for answers in deadly mass shooting at Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration – Morgan Winsor
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/15/investigators-search-for-answers-in-deadly-mass-shooting-at-kansas-city-chiefs-super-bowl-celebration/
— Trump calls Putin’s comment that he prefers Biden over Trump a ‘great compliment’ – Soo Rin Kim, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Lalee Ibssa
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/02/15/trump-calls-putins-comment-that-he-prefers-biden-over-trump-a-great-compliment/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Republicans challenge Illinois’ judicial policies on female, minority attorneys – Joey Schneider
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/state-news/illinois-news/republicans-challenge-illinois-judicial-policies-on-female-minority-attorneys/

RIVERFRONT TIMES
— Democrats push pot in Collinsville.
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/weed/revolution-dispensary-to-open-new-location-in-collinsville-41873705

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Rules for Illinois’ Paid Leave for All Workers Act on hold amid concerns – Greg Bishop
https://chicagocrusader.com/rules-for-illinois-paid-leave-for-all-workers-act-on-hold-amid-concerns/

WCIA
— Illinois State Rifle Association officially files appeal to SCOTUS on assault weapon ban – Cole Henke
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-state-rifle-association-officially-files-appeal-to-scotus-on-assault-weapon-ban/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Independent voters leaning toward voting for Trump – AUSTIN DENEAN
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/independent-voters-leaning-toward-voting-for-former-president-donald-trump-focus-group-finds-president-joe-biden-2024-election-republicans-democrats

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-233/
— Afternoon roundup.
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-35/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Measure would make parents abusers for denying children sex changes – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f3957638-cb84-11ee-9f0e-c79ea099b4d9.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden is lying to the public about the border. President has express authority to enforce immigration law. – Tom Homan and Matt O’Brien
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/biden-is-lying-to-public-about-border/
— The 25th Amendment and a disabled president – Hans von Spakovsky
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/25th-amendment-and-disabled-president/
— DHS gave out 3.5 million work permits to immigrants in 2023 – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders claim that “helped U.S. economy avoid recession.”)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/border-upside-surge-of-illegal-immigrants-helped-u/
— Republicans dismiss influence of Democrat Suozzi’s New York House seat win – Mallory Wilson and Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/republicans-dismiss-mazi-pilips-loss-of-new-york-h/
— Biden, Schumer and Romney’s foreign aid budget buster adds $1,200 per household to our crushing debt – Stephen Moore
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/biden-schumer-and-romneys-foreign-aid-budget-buste/
— It’s expensive for Trump to defend himself, and conservatives. Battle is about more than self-preservation. – Rowan Scarborough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/14/its-expensive-for-trump-to-defend-himself-and-cons/
— Progressives don’t deserve the Jewish vote. Leftists’ abandonment of Israel is a betrayal. – Adam Milstein
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/13/democrats-dont-deserve-jewish-vote/
— Watchlisted: You’re probably already on a government extremism list. We’re all presumed guilty until proven innocent. – John & Nisha Whitehead (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more of an extremist that you are.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/6/governments-definition-of-domestic-extremists-incl/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE circulates plan to release thousands of detainees to ease deficit – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2856568/ice-circulates-plan-to-release-thousands-of-detainees-to-ease-deficit/
— America’s dysfunctional overclass – Michael Barone
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2856471/americas-dysfunctional-overclass/
— Eric Adams says people will soon be ‘on the streets’ due to immigrant influx – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2856333/eric-adams-says-people-will-be-on-streets-due-immigrant-influx/
— Obama is just like Santa and ‘gives something to each American whether they’ve been naughty or nice’ – Melissa Quinn
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/1939203/watch-toure-obama-is-just-like-santa-and-gives-something-to-each-american-whether-theyve-been-naughty-or-nice/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Palestinian Authority Security Forces Behind Dozens of Recent Attacks on Israelis – Andrew Tobin
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/palestinian-authority-forces-attack-israelis/

NEW YORK POST
— George Santos trolls NY Republicans after Mazi Pilip loses special election – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/us-news/george-santos-skewers-ny-republicans-after-tom-suozzi-victory-you-fing-idiots/
— Lisa Lopez-Galvan, Kansas City Chiefs superfan and mom of 2, killed in Super Bowl parade shooting: ‘Most wonderful, beautiful person’ – Katherine Donlevy
https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/us-news/lisa-lopez-galvan-killed-in-kansas-city-chiefs-parade-shooting-report/
— NYC migrants must be deported to halt crime spree – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/opinion/nyc-migrants-must-be-deported-to-halt-crime-spree/
— Slave descendants say they’re owed $74B in reparations from St. Louis University – Jesse O’Neill
https://nypost.com/2024/02/14/us-news/slave-descendants-demand-70b-in-reparations-from-missouri-university/

AERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— DEI over public safety – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/culture/2024/02/14/dei-over-public-safety/

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Crisis on Southern Border Intensifying
https://americanfreepress.net/crisis-on-southern-border-intensifying/
— Gov. Sarah Sanders Battling Against Cultural Bolshevism in Arkansas
https://americanfreepress.net/gov-sarah-sanders-battling-against-cultural-bolshevism-in-arkansas/
— UN, NGOs Facilitate Migrant Caravans
https://americanfreepress.net/pair-of-courageous-filmmakers-prove-un-ngos-facilitate-migrant-caravans/
— It’s Time to End America’s Global Occupation
https://americanfreepress.net/its-time-to-end-americas-global-occupation/
— Civil War Brewing. GOP states send troops to stop Biden’s illegal invasion.
https://americanfreepress.net/Issue_5_6_AFP_2024_FP.pdf

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Biden giving veteran healthcare resources to illegal immigrants – TIMOTHY FRUDD
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/02/biden-giving-veteran-healthcare-resources-to-illegal-immigrants/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The people taking illegal aliens into their homes—saints, predators, or fools? – Andrea Widburg (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect ever-increasingly pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders on homeowners to house their illegals and to provide them with food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/the_people_taking_illegal_aliens_into_their_homes_saints_predators_or_fools.html
— Leftwing ‘experts’ tout the illegal invasion as a ‘$7 trillion gift’ to the economy – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/leftwing_experts_tout_the_illegal_invasion_as_a_7_trillion_gift_to_the_economy.html
— Well done, GOP: Mayorkas finally gets impeached – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/well_done_gop_mayorkas_finally_gets_impeached.html

BLAZE
— Illegal immigration puts America’s kids last – IRENE ARMENDARIZ-JACKSON
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/illegal-immigration-puts-americas-kids-last

BREITBART
— Mexico Repays Biden by Slashing Migration in 2024 Campaign Year – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/15/mexico-helps-biden-slashes-migration-in-2024-campaign-year/
— Biden’s DHS Drafts Plan to ‘Mass Release’ Illegal Aliens into U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/14/report-joe-bidens-dhs-drafts-plan-to-mass-release-illegal-aliens-into-u-s/

CENTER SQUARE
— Oversight committee opens investigation into IRS for selective enforcement. House members claim that agency is not applying tax-exempt rules against left-leaning nonprofits. – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0cc60a38-cc06-11ee-871e-d7f8a4ed2229.html

COLLEGE FIX
— California bill could pave way for free tuition for black students – JENNIFER KABBANY (COMMENT: How much money did you paid for your college degree(s)? I paid lots of money to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. All that money came from what I earned working for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/calif-bill-could-pave-way-for-free-tuition-for-black-students/
— LGBTQ nursing course called out for prioritizing activism over healthcare
https://www.thecollegefix.com/total-disgrace-lgbtq-nursing-course-called-out-for-prioritizing-activism-over-healthcare/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Venezuelan Narco State Threatens American National Security – Laurence F. Sanford
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/the-venezuelan-narco-state-threatens-american-national-security

DAILY CALLER
— Climate Protesters Throw Pink Powder On Case Holding US Constitution – OLIVIA HICKEY
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/14/video-shows-climate-protesters-throwing-pink-powder-on-case-holding-us-constitution/
— Rank-And-File DHS Officials Applaud Impeachment Of Secretary Mayorkas – JENNIE TAER (COMMENT: During the 1980s and 1990s, GAO employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time applauded Charles Bowsher’s success in getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/14/mayorkas-impeachment-dhs-officials-border-patrol/
— Ben Crump, MSNBC Contributor Suggests Re-Defining Crime To Accommodate ‘Black Culture’ – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/14/ben-crump-msnbc-contributor-suggests-re-defining-crime-accommodate-black-culture/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden Administration’s Plan to Impose DEI on Pentagon-Run Schools – Micaela Burrow
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/14/internal-documents-shed-light-on-biden-administrations-plan-to-impose-dei-on-pentagon-run-schools/

DAILY WIRE
— Border Congressman: Mexican Drug Cartels Dialing It Back Before Election To Help Biden
https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-congressman-mexican-drug-cartels-dialing-it-back-before-election-to-help-biden
— Eric Adams Says New York City Is Handcuffed By Sanctuary City Laws Amid Migrant Crisis – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-says-new-york-city-is-handcuffed-by-sanctuary-city-laws-amid-migrant-crisis

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Denies Biden Is ‘Too Old’ to Be President – Jack Phillips (COMMENT: The issue should be health, not age.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-denies-biden-is-too-old-to-be-president-5587189

FEDERALIST
— Chinese Nationals Are Surging Over The Border — This Isn’t A Crisis, It’s An Invasion. – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/14/chinese-nationals-are-surging-over-the-border-this-isnt-a-crisis-its-an-invasion/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— One Sure Prediction: Mass-Immigration Special Interests will be Dependably Wrong
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/02/14/one-sure-prediction-mass-immigration-special-interests-will-be-dependably-wrong

FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago’s mayor is ending gunshot alert system because it ‘targets minorities’?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqO7DLNwCjo

FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigration could have major impact on House seats, Electoral College. Illegal immigration ‘distorts the mechanics of democratic government.’ – Thomas Catenacci
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigration-major-impact-house-seats-electoral-college-experts
— DEI training suspended after telling firefighters that White staff have caused ‘racial harm.’ The DEI training included quizzes on anti-racist thought. – Jeffrey Clark (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dei-training-suspended-after-telling-firefighters-white-staff-caused-racial-harm-report

HOT AIR
— Southern Border Chinese Invasion Update
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/02/14/southern-border-chinese-invasion-update-n3782901

LIFE NEWS
— Democrat Wants to Give Abortionists Tax Credits to Move to Illinois to Kill Babies – Steven Ertelt
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/02/14/democrat-wants-to-give-abortionists-tax-credits-to-move-to-illinois-to-kill-babies/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Knows Exactly How Much of a Hypocrite He Is on Crime – JEFFREY BLEHAR
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-knows-exactly-how-much-of-a-hypocrite-he-is-on-crime/
— Haley Pins GOP Loss in N.Y. Special Election on Trump, Urges Party to ‘Wake Up’ – JAMES LYNCH (COMMENT: My critics/opponents blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/haley-pins-gop-loss-n-y-special-election-trump-urges-party-wake-up/
— What Biden Should Do at the Border – DANIEL DI MARTINO
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/what-biden-should-do-at-the-border/
— Hur Report on Joe Biden: Unfit to Stand – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/unfit-to-stand/
— White House Spokesman Asks Media to Soften Coverage of Damning Special-Counsel Report – JAMES LYNCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/white-house-spokesman-asks-media-to-soften-coverage-of-damning-special-counsel-report/

NEWSMAX
— Biden, Dems Gaslighting Americans on Border – Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/dan-meuser-newsmax-border/2024/02/14/id/1153608/

PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Have Another Dirty Trick to Play on Illegal Immigration – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/02/14/democrats-have-another-dirty-trick-to-play-on-illegal-immigration-n4926422

RON PAUL INSTITUTE
— Heading For the ‘Texit’?
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/heading-for-the-texit/

TOWNHALL
— FBI Warns of Gang Members Teaming Up With Illegal Venezuelans In the U.S. Thanks to Biden’s Open Border – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/14/fbi-warns-of-violent-gang-members-in-the-us-thanks-to-bidens-open-border-n2635251
— Colorado Town Residents Urge Officials to Not Help Denver With Illegal Immigrant Influx – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/02/14/residents-urge-colorado-town-to-not-help-denver-with-ongoing-illegal-immigrant-crisis-n2635182
— KJP’s Desperate Attempt to Convince America Biden Is Mentally and Physically Fit Isn’t Working – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/02/14/kjp-lets-face-it-this-president-does-more-in-one-hour-than-most-people-do-in-a-day-n2635177

ZERO HEDGE
— Let The Illegals ‘Serve’? – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/let-illegals-serve

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Biden critics list immigration as top reason for opposition – MIRANDA NAZZARO (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the individual 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 in the Republican Party platform. The more of the aforesaid planks that they reject, the more that they oppose me.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4467263-biden-critics-list-immigration-as-top-reason-for-opposition-gallup/

NEWSWEEK
— Anticipate/expect ever-increasing efforts by Democrat and RINO leaders to sell their illegal immigration. Anticipate/expect them to ever-increasingly say that that there is a “workforce crisis” in America, that is, that there are many unfilled jobs in America. But in reality, Democrat leaders just want more Democrat voters. But in reality, RINO leaders just want more cheap labor, that is, they just want to drive wages down.
https://www.newsweek.com/america-facing-workforce-crisis-immigration-answer-opinion-1870062

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-ice-release-migrants-funding-congress/

AOL
— Seattle students told it’s ‘white supremacy’ to love reading, writing – Jason Rantz
https://www.aol.com/m/4a8b138a-53c0-39d9-b0b0-96758956b6ab/rantz-seattle-students-told.html

YAHOO
— Michigan House promotes more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.yahoo.com/michigan-house-passes-resolution-condemning-023240865.html

MSN
— Descendants of slaves who built St Louis University demand $74B
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/descendants-of-slaves-who-built-st-louis-university-demand-74b/ss-BB1igi9y?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Shields Palestinians in the U.S. From Deportation. The president, who is facing mounting criticism over U.S. support for Israel, used an authority that exempts people from deportation if their homeland is in crisis. – Hamed Aleaziz (COMMENT: What percent of those Palestinians despise/hate Jews? What percent despise/hate Republicans?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/us/politics/biden-palestinians-deportation.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/opinion/trans-visibility-legislative-rights.html
— FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/us/politics/republicans-racist-language.html
— I.R.S. Commissioner Aims to Show Progress Amid Threats of Budget Cuts. Daniel Werfel will try to persuade skeptical Republicans on Thursday that funding the tax agency is a good investment. – Alan Rappeport (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 year, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year. I should write a book about those who wasted my knowledge of IRS the most.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/us/politics/irs-budget-congressional-hearing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/15/trans-adults-bathroom-medical-identity/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/06/anti-trans-bills-grow-2024/72353716007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/13/border-security-rhetoric-affects-communities/72401347007/

NEW YORK SUN
— Migrant Crime Turning America’s Cities Into War Zones. Gang members recruit migrants from shelters and as they come off buses from Texas, putting them to work in retail theft rings or worse. – BETSY MCCAUGHEY
https://www.nysun.com/article/migrant-crime-turning-americas-cities-into-war-zones

SEATTLE TIMES
— Biden shields Palestinians in the U.S. from deportation – Hamed Aleaziz (COMMENT: What percent of those Palestinians despise/hate Jews? What percent despise/hate Republicans?)
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/biden-shields-palestinians-in-the-u-s-from-deportation/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Lesson in Wokeness. Of course this is a story about California, but it can happen anywhere. – JJames Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-lesson-in-wokeness-d55ce9de
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/congress-isnt-going-to-fix-the-border-can-biden-8e819275
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tom-suozzi-wins-new-york-house-seat-mazi-pilip-gop-border-bill-donald-trump-51e36a38
— Biden Can’t Win Without Help From Trump. The Hur report only reinforced that voters have decided the president isn’t up to a second term. But he keeps on running. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-cant-win-without-help-from-trump-hur-report-voters-age-disqualify-5e64c2e2
— The Real Reason Biden Won’t Quit. If you enjoyed the perks and trappings of the presidency, would you drop out? – Kenneth L. Khachigian
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-reason-biden-wont-quit-2024-presidential-election-30c01808

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/02/14/dei-is-not-being-cancelled-its-just-getting-started/

ACLU
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), a) virtually none of my superiors and supervisors were Republican and b) fewer and fewer and fewer of my coworkers and subordinates were Republican. While I have served as a DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, fewer and fewer and fewer of my fellow Precinct Committeemen are conservative, that is, fewer and fewer and fewer are platform Republicans.
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/there-was-no-one-that-looked-like-me-why-diversity-matters-in-the-military
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/anti-dei-efforts-are-the-latest-attack-on-racial-equity-and-free-speech

LINKEDIN
— Top Tips for Career Advancement in Accounting – Lisa Ingram (COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if I could do it over again, I would have overcome my fear of not being able to pass the CPA examination much sooner. I would have majored in accounting instead of management at UIC, NIU, and Loyola and I would have done things much sooner than I did. As it was, I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. But by then, because of my bad demographics, I was much “too old” to have a successful career in accounting. I did not take more than one graduate evening course at a time at Loyola and DePaul because of financial limitations and time limitations. IRS did not offer me a job until I was 22 and it was as a “Revenue Officer” job instead of a “Revenue Agent” job because I had not taken enough accounting courses.)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-tips-career-advancement-accounting-finance-lisa-ingram-bsc/

DAILY MAIL
Majority of side effects suffered by trans people taking hormone drugs are ‘serious’ and potentially life threatening – CASSIDY MORRISON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13083339/Majority-effects-suffered-trans-people-taking-hormone-drugs-potentially-life-threatening-according-striking-analysis-official-data.html

February 14, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago Auto Show holding Automotive Career Day (COMMENT: My plans for an automotive career ended when I was 22 years old in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCbDNp_zNdM

NBC5
— Thousands of migrants in Chicago on edge as shelter evictions loom
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/thousands-of-migrants-in-chicago-on-edge-as-shelter-evictions-loom-204176453652
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VImUXFO8RjU

WTTW
— Illinois Finalizes Rules for Assault Weapon Registration, as New Lawsuit Seeks to Strike Law Completely – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/13/illinois-finalizes-rules-assault-weapon-registration-new-lawsuit-seeks-strike-law

WBEZ
— What voters need to know about the Bring Chicago Home referendum. The ordinance would fund homelessness prevention by tiering real estate transfer tax.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/what-voters-need-to-know-about-the-bring-chicago-home-referendum/8c88a23c-02d1-46ae-8c07-10d497b29258

WGN RADIO
— GOP challenges Illinois’ judicial policies on female, minority attorneys – Joey Schneider (COMMENT: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government gave preference to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. That is, they discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/gop-challenges-illinois-judicial-policies-on-female-minority-attorneys/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three federal judges in Illinois adopted policies in 2020 that could allow female and minority attorneys extra time to make arguments in various court proceedings. In recent weeks, at least two Republican U.S. Senators and one conservative nonprofit group have challenged these policies. A nonprofit called America First Legal first sent a complaint to U.S. Chief Judge Diane Skyes on Jan. 25, claiming that the three Illinois judges with these policies promoted “unlawful judicial race and sex discrimination.”)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s Chicago lawyers allege ‘mudslinging’ in bid to freeze Illinois ballot challenge in appellate court. This all comes as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether the Colorado Supreme Court erred when it found in December that Trump is barred from the presidency under the 14th Amendment. The nation’s high court seems poised to rule in Trump’s favor. – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/02/13/trumps-chicago-lawyers-allege-mudslinging-in-bid-to-freeze-illinois-ballot-challenge-in-appellate-court
— Little Village mass shooting blamed on dispute between migrants, local residents over double-parked car. “It’s very heartbreaking to hear that these types of things are happening,” community leader Baltazar Enriquez said. – David Struett, Tom Schuba and Emmanuel Camarillo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/2/11/24069189/5-shot-argument-30th-street-little-village
— Number of migrants in Chicago shelters at lowest point in months. The number of migrants in shelters has fallen below 13,000 from a peak of nearly 15,000 in January. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/02/13/number-migrants-chicago-shelters-lowest-months
— Little Village mass shooting is another chapter in the saga of gun violence. America, and Chicago, don’t need more guns around when people easily fly off the handle, as a gunman did in Little Village this past Sunday, injuring seven people. Nearly four dozen mass shootings have been reported nationwide already in 2024. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/02/13/little-village-mass-shooting-gun-violence-assault-weapons-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase in DuPage County.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/13/dupage-county-allocates-nearly-1m-in-arpa-funds-to-local-food-pantries/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Moving to Illinois for reproductive health services? You could get paid. – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/02/14/abortion-health-care-services-tax-credit-bill-introduced-in-illinois/72540577007/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase in DuPage County.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2024/02/13/sixteen-dupage-county-food-pantries-receive-funds-from-county-board/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump rages at ‘foolish’ GOP candidate who lost race for Santos’s New York House seat – Brandon Conradis (COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to punish me.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-rages-at-foolish-gop-candidate-who-lost-race-for-santoss-new-york-house-seat/
— What is happening at the Republican National Committee and could Lara Trump become its co-chair? – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-what-is-happening-at-the-republican-national-committee-and-could-lara-trump-become-its-co-chair/
— How Texas church shooter bought rifle despite mental illness and criminal history is under scrutiny – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-how-texas-church-shooter-bought-rifle-despite-mental-illness-and-criminal-history-is-under-scrutiny/
— Trump’s pick to lead the RNC is facing skepticism from some Republicans – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-pick-to-lead-the-rnc-is-facing-skepticism-from-some-republicans/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Hundreds demand higher federal employee pay, pushing for FAIR Act – Joy Wang (COMMENT: Private sector employers would have paid me much more than the federal government did. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (business), 31 (accounting), and 48 (finance), b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (accounting), 32 (internal auditing), 41 (fraud examination), 45 (financial management), 47 (financial services auditing), and 48 (forensic accounting), and c) a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/washington-dc-increase-federal-employee-pay-government-shutdown-lawmakers-rally-protest-fair-act-private-sector-congress-adjustment-income-rates-salary-president-biden-funding
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gallery/washington-dc-increase-federal-employee-pay-government-shutdown-lawmakers-rally-protest-fair-act-private-sector-congress-adjustment-income-rates-salary-president-biden-funding

NPR ILLINOIS
— In politics and in everything else, health should be the issue, not age.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-02-13/the-2-oldest-presidential-frontrunners-move-closer-to-a-rematch-should-age-matter

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration; Democrats because illegals vote for Democrats and RINOs because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/immigrants-do-work-that-might-not-otherwise-get-18665638.php

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Municipal leaders call for larger share of Illinois income taxes
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/municipal-leaders-call-for-larger-share-of-illinois-income-taxes/article_3bde035c-caad-11ee-8bd0-9f82c8903422.html

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase in DuPage County.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2024/02/13/dupage-county-to-provide-local-food-pantries-with-nearly-1-million/140884

WHEATON PATCH
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase in DuPage County.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/over-1m-be-donated-local-food-pantries-dupage-board

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-232/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-34/
— Migrant shelter population drops below 13,000 for first time since Nov. 28
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/13/migrant-shelter-population-drops-below-13000-for-first-time-since-nov-28/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans urge no new projects, tax hikes ahead of Pritzker’s budget address – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: Republican elected officials should urge Democrats to stop promoting dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Republican elected officials should urge Democrats to promote individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, limits on vices, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_21551b70-cabb-11ee-a8e7-e3a73d1cc02a.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Stava-Murray bill ‘a new low even for the evil cabal of women who rule Springfield’ – Laurie Higgins
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/654771841-higgins-stava-murray-bill-a-new-low-even-for-the-evil-cabal-of-women-who-rule-springfield
— State Rep. Grant bill would require county clerks to remove dead people from Illinois voter rolls (COMMENT: How much deadwood is there on the voter rolls in your precinct?)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/654775403-state-rep-grant-bill-would-require-county-clerks-to-remove-dead-people-from-illinois-voter-rolls

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— State Rep. Huynh bill would require Illinois toy sellers to have ‘gender neutral’ sections. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654775407-state-rep-huynh-bill-would-require-illinois-toy-sellers-to-have-gender-neutral-sections
— State Rep. Flowers: Illinois Medical students must be instructed in “effects of institutional racism” in health care (COMMEMT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities and at females that White males cause all the problems that minorities and females have.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/654775619-state-rep-flowers-il-med-students-must-be-instructed-in-effects-of-institutional-racism-in-health-care

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— State Rep. Ortiz bill would lower standards for illegal aliens to qualify for Illinois in-state tuition. (COMMENT: UIC accepted me in 1966 when I was 18 years old, but because of my bad demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time), I doubt that UIC would accept me today. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class and my ACT score was only 24.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/654775391-state-rep-ortiz-bill-would-lower-standards-for-illegal-aliens-to-qualify-for-illinois-in-state-tuition

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois public education spends $24,000 per child…and yet 1.2 million students can’t read at grade level.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-public-education-spends-24000-per-child-and-yet-1-2-million-students-cant-read-at-grade-level-wirepoints-on-the-annie-frey-show/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Don Tracy, Ronna Romney-McDaniel Receive Lackluster Applause During IL GOP Gala as Sen. Kennedy Contradicts the Evening’s Messaging on Early Voting
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/don-tracy-ronna-romney-mcdaniel-receive-lackluster-applause-during-il-gop-gala-as-sen-kennedy-contradicts-the-evenings-messaging-on-early-voting.html
— How the Media Lies – Gretchen Fritz
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/opinion-how-the-media-lies-gretchen-fritz.html
— $17 Million Misstep: Mayor Johnson’s Divisive Bet on Race-Specific Aid
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/17-million-misstep-mayor-johnsons-divisive-bet-on-race-specific-aid.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrat Tom Suozzi wins New York special election, cutting into slim GOP House majority
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/13/tom-suozzi-wins-new-york-special-election-cutting-/
— Donald Trump or Bust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfUzax3D4yo
— DEI Brainwashing is worse than you think (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI big time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1dNOD1MnFg

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hundreds of Chinese immigrants arrested by California Border Patrol in single day – Misty Severi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2855088/hundreds-chinese-immigrants-arrested-california-city-single-day/
— Biden is replacing US-born citizens in the workforce with migrants – Parker Miller (COMMENT: All the employers that hired me would have hired illegals if they could have and they would have paid them less than they paid me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2854354/biden-replacing-us-born-citizens-in-workforce-with-migrants/
— Tuberville slams Biden administration for using veterans’ resources for illegal immigrants – Peyton Sorosinski
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2853525/tuberville-slams-biden-administration-using-va-resources-illegal-immigrants/
— Anaheim, Calif., is home to Disneyland, the Los Angeles Angels and, now, violent anti-Trump protests. – Jeremy Lott
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/221035/violent-trump-protesters-arrested-in-anaheim/
— Sanctuary city mayors bemoan blocked border bailout – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2854512/sanctuary-city-mayors-bemoan-blocked-border-bailout/
— Veep regret: As Harris sags in the polls, what happened to the five women overlooked for vice president? – Eden Villalovas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2853784/harris-sags-polls-what-happened-five-women-overlooked-vp/
— Hakeem Jeffries calls Abbott a ‘human trafficker’ as Democratic cities reel from immigrant influx – Misty Severi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2855333/hakeem-jeffries-calls-abbott-human-trafficker-democratic-cities-reel-immigrant-influx/
— How schools teach fragility on Valentine’s Day – Eleanor Bartow
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2853708/how-schools-teach-fragility-on-valentines-day/

NEW YORK POST
— Job gains are going to immigrants, and keeping young US-born men out of the workforce – Steven Camarota
https://nypost.com/2024/02/13/opinion/job-gains-are-going-to-immigrants-and-keeping-young-us-born-men-out-of-the-workforce/
— If Joe Biden is unfit to stand trial, he’s unfit to be president. It’s that simple. – Dan McLaughlin
https://nypost.com/2024/02/13/opinion/if-joe-biden-is-unfit-to-stand-trial-hes-unfit-to-be-president-its-that-simple/
— Migrant crime is turning cities into war zones – Betsy McCaughey (COMMENT: Sanctuary cities today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://nypost.com/2024/02/13/opinion/migrant-crime-is-turning-cities-into-war-zones/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— House At Last Impeaches DHS Secretary Mayorkas. State of the Union: Mayorkas, the first cabinet member impeached since 1876, is likely to be acquitted in the Senate. – Jude Russo
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/house-impeaches-dhs-secretary-mayorkas/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Failing elementary school goes full commie, defends ‘abolishing systems of oppression’ – Bronson Woodruff, Billy Davis
https://afn.net/education/2024/02/14/failing-elementary-school-goes-full-commie-defends-abolishing-systems-of-oppression/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Will White Males Become an Endangered Species in the Workplace? – Janet Levy (COMMENT: I should write a book about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/will_white_males_become_an_endangered_species_in_the_workplace.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America was founded on the principle that “all men are created equal.” So how did whites end up at the bottom of a new hierarchy of races? Why are lawsuits by whites alleging “reverse discrimination” -– racism of another kind -– on the rise? Conservative writer Christopher Caldwell says it all began in the 1960s.)

AMERICAN WIRE
— Chicago mayor giving minority-owned businesses $17mil of taxpayer’s money to feed illegals – Kevin Haggerty (COMMENT: How much taxpayer money will the Democrat and RINO leaders of your municipality give illegals?)
https://americanwirenews.com/chicago-mayor-giving-minority-owned-businesses-17mil-of-taxpayers-money-to-feed-illegals/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘It’s outrageous!’ Biden admin accused of shifting medical resources for U.S. veterans to help illegal aliens – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/13/its-outrageous-biden-admin-accused-of-shifting-medical-resources-for-u-s-veterans-to-help-illegal-aliens-1436642/
— Denver hospitals on verge of collapse under flood of illegals and millions in unpaid care – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/13/denver-hospitals-on-verge-of-collapse-under-flood-of-illegals-and-millions-in-unpaid-care-report-1436748/
— ‘If desperation was a video’: Joe Biden’s latest PR gimmick so cringeworthy it’s stunning – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/13/if-desperation-was-a-video-joe-bidens-latest-pr-gimmick-so-cringeworthy-its-stunning-1436678/

BLAZE
— Attacks against NYPD on pace to reach record-breaking levels, fueled by anti-cop rhetoric and woke policies – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/attacks-against-nypd-on-pace-to-reach-record-breaking-levels-fueled-by-anti-cop-rhetoric-and-woke-policies-report

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Boasts of Millions Given to Minority Businesses to Feed Illegal Aliens – HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN (COMMENT: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO elected officials ever-increasingly give them more taxpayer money.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/02/13/chicago-mayor-boasts-of-millions-given-to-minority-businesses-to-feed-illegal-aliens/
— Boston Democrat City Council Member Julia Mejia Wants Suburbanites to House Illegals in Their Homes – WARNER TODD HUSTON (COMMENT: What will those who take illegals into their homes expect those illegals to do for them — serve them meals, teach them Spanish, wash their dishes, care for their children, walk their dogs, clean their house, mow their lawn, trim their bushes, rake their leaves, shovel their snow, take their garbage out, etc.?)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/02/13/boston-democrat-city-council-member-julia-mejia-wants-suburbanites-to-house-illegals-in-their-homes/
— Vatican Must Stop Bowing to ‘LGBT and Woke Ideology’ – Top Cardinal
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2024/02/14/top-cardinal-vatican-must-stop-bowing-to-lgbt-and-woke-ideology/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Who’s Funding Illegal Immigration? You Are. – Mark Krikorian
https://cis.org/Krikorian/Oped-Whos-Funding-Illegal-Immigration-You-Are

DAILY CALLER
— Woman Hosting Illegal Migrant At Her Home Reportedly Says Experience Is Like Having ‘Personal Chef’ – JULIANNA FRIEMAN (COMMENT: What will those who take illegals into their homes expect those illegals to do for them beyond serving them meals – teach them Spanish, wash their dishes, care for their children, walk their dogs, clean their house, mow their lawn, trim their bushes, rake their leaves, shovel their snow, take their garbage out, etc.?)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/13/lisa-hillenbrand-illegal-haitian-migrant-home-personal-chef/
— Democrat Wins Swing-District Special Election To Replace George Santos – MARY LOU MASTERS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/13/tom-suozzi-mazi-melesa-pilip-wins-swing-district-special-election-replace-george-santos/
— House Votes To Impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/13/house-votes-to-impeach-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas/

DAILY SIGNAL
— House Republicans Impeach Mayorkas on Second Try – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/13/breaking-house-votes-to-impeach-mayorkas/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden’s DHS Makes Political Attacks On Republicans After Mayorkas Impeachment – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-dhs-makes-political-attacks-on-republicans-after-mayorkas-impeachment
— ‘Decolonial Queerness,’ ‘Interrogating Whiteness,’ And Seven Other Bizarre Classes Taught At Colleges This Spring. Colonialism, gender, and race continue to be the main focus of many courses at prestigious universities. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: I did not take any such courses while I earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/decolonial-queerness-interrogating-whiteness-and-seven-other-bizarre-classes-taught-at-colleges-this-spring
— Democrat Barbara Lee Demands $50 Minimum Wage: ‘Just Do The Math! Just Do The Math!’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-barbara-lee-demands-50-minimum-wage-just-do-the-math-just-do-the-math

EPOCH TIMES
— House Republicans Impeach Mayorkas Over Border Crisis. After failing in an earlier vote, House Republicans successfully impeached the DHS secretary—the first cabinet official to be impeached in nearly 150 years. – Mark Tapscott and Joseph Lord
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-republicans-impeach-mayorkas-in-historic-vote-5586243

FEDERALIST
— Let’s Talk About The Gender-Poisoned Mass Shooter Trend The Media Are Trying To Hide – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/13/lets-talk-about-the-gender-poisoned-mass-shooter-trend-the-media-is-trying-to-hide/
— DOD Deceives Military Parents, Doubles Down On DEI Initiatives In K-12 Schools – AMY HAYWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/14/dod-deceives-military-parents-in-doubling-down-on-dei-initiatives-in-k-12-schools/
— DOD Deceives Military Parents, Doubles Down On DEI Initiatives In K-12 Schools – AMY HAYWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/14/dod-deceives-military-parents-in-doubling-down-on-dei-initiatives-in-k-12-schools/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— FAIR Applauds the House of Representatives for Impeaching Secretary Mayorkas
https://www.fairus.org/fair-applauds-house-representatives-impeaching-secretary-mayorkas

FOX NEWS
— Mayors want work permits extended to keep migrants employed, receive new asylum seekers. Mayors of NYC, Chicago say that without the permits, hundreds of thousands of migrants will lose their jobs and districts will find it harder to cater to new asylum seekers. – Michael Dorgan
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayors-want-work-permits-extended-keep-migrants-employed-receive-new-asylum-seekers
— Meet 5 Democrats who have been floated as possible Biden replacements. President facing increased scrutiny over questions surrounding his mental stamina. – Brandon Gillespie
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meet-5-democrats-floated-possible-biden-replacements
— Eric Adams on NYC’s sanctuary city status: ‘Our hearts are endless but our resources are not’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs give illegals taxpayer dollars, that is, they increase taxes and government debt.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6346795315112
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to ‘buy’ the minority community: Judge Jeanine ‘The Five’ co-hosts discuss how a Democrat says Chicago is choosing illegal migrants over residents. (COMMENT: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO elected officials ever-increasingly give them more taxpayer money.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6346828884112
— Descendants of enslaved who built Missouri university want over $70 billion for unpaid slave labor. – Joshua Q. Nelson (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois and that they never discriminated against anyone.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/descendants-enslaved-built-missouri-university-want-over-70-billion-unpaid-slave-labor

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Illegal Immigration and Black Voters – PETER KIRSANOW (COMMENT: Money given to illegals is money not given to Blacks.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/illegal-immigration-and-black-voters/

NEWSMAX
— Life is a zero-sum-game. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll-diversity-dei/2024/02/13/id/1153471/
— Descendants of Slaves Who Built Saint Louis University Demand $74B in Reparations – Nick Koutsobinas (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois and that they never discriminated against anyone.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/julianne-malveaux-slaves-ancestors/2024/02/13/id/1153477/

PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Mayor Pays $17.6 Million in Tax Dollars to Black/Brown Businesses to Feed Illegals – MILT HARRIS
https://pjmedia.com/miltharris/2024/02/13/chicago-mayor-pays-176-million-in-tax-dollars-to-blackbrown-businesses-to-feed-illegals-n4926399

TOWNHALL
— Illinois Mayor Gives ‘Pro-Palestinian’ Mob History Lesson, Piece of His Mind – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/02/13/awesome-illinois-mayor-gives-pro-palestinian-mob-a-history-lesson-and-a-piece-of-his-mind-n2635132

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Reaction to ‘Black National Anthem’ Has Democratic Rep. Fuming Against Fans: ‘Not a Pretty Picture of Super Bowl Crowd’ – C. Douglas Golden (COMMENT: Expect/anticipate that Democrats will soon force national anthems on us for Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, women, young people, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those in America illegally, those who have less money than others, and other oppressed groups.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/reaction-black-national-anthem-democratic-rep-fuming-fans-not-pretty-picture-super-bowl-crowd/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Haley calls Trump ‘unhinged’: ‘An unhinged president is an unsafe president’ – SARAH FORTINSKY (COMMENT: What percent of those who cast Republican primary ballots in your precinct do you predict will vote for Haley and why? Haley ever-increasingly presents herself as being not only anti-Trump but as being a hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4465485-haley-calls-trump-unhinged/
— Life is a zero-sum-game. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4465555-most-say-diversity-makes-us-stronger-but-less-support-dei-training-survey/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.newsweek.com/i-helping-asylum-seekers-texas-border-1869562

YAHOO
— Democrat and RINO Asian American leaders want more preference for Asian Americans.
https://news.yahoo.com/asian-american-lawmakers-urge-fortune-220129166.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Haley’s Hard-Line Immigration Record Runs Counter to Trump’s Attacks. Donald Trump has accused Nikki Haley of siding with Democrats on the border. In South Carolina, friends and foes alike do not recognize that portrait of the former governor. – Jazmine Ulloa (COMMENT: When will Haley stress Trump’s not imposing E-Verify?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/us/politics/haley-immigration-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) run America and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/us/politics/republicans-racist-language.html
— Illegal Border Crossings Plummeted in January. The report is good news for President Biden, but doesn’t change the fact that the number of people crossing into the U.S. has reached record levels during his term. – Hamed Aleaziz and Miriam Jordan
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/us/politics/illegal-border-crossings-january.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/13/immigration-economy-jobs-cbo-report/

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY HEADLINE: Many Jews say they’ve concealed identity – Marc Ramirez (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government (GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969) who had the most success in forcing my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/13/american-jews-behavior-identity-safety-israel-hamas-war/72577331007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Borderline Crazy Campaign Strategy. Biden thinks he can win by blaming the immigration crisis on Trump. Really. – (COMMENT: When will Biden stress Trump’s not imposing E-Verify?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/crazy-campaign-strategy-biden-thinks-he-can-win-blaming-border-crisis-on-trump-871c3df1
— Why We Impeached Alejandro Mayorkas. When executive-branch officials defy the law, Congress has to act. – Mark Green
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-we-impeached-alejandro-mayorkas-executive-branch-can-t-defy-the-law-1dc83d55
— Biden’s Memory Problems, and Mine. Anyone over 80 knows the feeling of reaching for a fact or a name and coming up with nothing. – Joseph Epstein (COMMENT: What do you stress in defense of your memory? I stress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-memory-problems-and-mine-2024-presidential-election-aging-0b892f60
— Easing Children Out Of the Financial Nest – Veronica Dagher (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponent whose parents are/were wealthy, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them good jobs, etc. Because my parents were not wealthy, a) I did yard work and delivered newspapers to buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964, b) I washed dishes to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) I delivered mail to pay for my UIC expenses and to buy a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, d) I delivered mail to pay for my NIU expenses and to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger. My father died suddenly in 1969. My mother had never attended high school or worked outside of the home. My 1970 financial hardship draft deferment application was approved in 1971 to help support her and my brother.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/parents-money-help-children-finances-28037276
— The Cost of Car Ownership Is Getting Painful. Gas prices are in check, but nearly everything else related to your vehicle is getting more expensive. – Joe Pinsker (COMMENT: I minimize the cost of owning seven cars and a SUV by garaging them and by not driving them.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/inflation-car-prices-ownership-insurance-7cac91f1

FORBES
— These Are The Likely Democratic Presidential Candidates If Biden Drops Out – Sara Dorn
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/02/13/these-are-the-likely-democratic-presidential-candidates-if-biden-drops-out/
— Life is a zero-sum-game. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2024/02/13/learn-and-listen-the-building-blocks-for-a-thriving-dei-culture/

NIEMAN LAB
— People don’t quit bad jobs, they quit bad bosses – GREGORY P. PERREAULT (COMMENT: I should write a book about all my superiors and supervisors while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, Firestone Stores 1070-1972, and Post Office 1966-1969. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/02/people-dont-quit-bad-jobs-they-quit-bad-bosses-how-journalists-evaluate-newsroom-leadership/

NDTV
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration; Democrats because illegals vote for Democrats and RINOs because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-southern-border-becomes-global-entry-point-for-asylum-seekers-5054656

DAILY MAIL
— Missouri descendants of slaves who built St Louis University demand $74 BILLION in reparations for their ancestors’ unpaid labor. – CLAUDIA AORAHA (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois and that they never discriminated against anyone.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13079911/Missouri-descendants-slaves-St-Louis-University-reparations.html