ABC7 — COMMENT: Democrats say “California reparations efforts eyeing $5 million payments, restitution.” How much reparations have you paid? How much will you pay? Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote reparations. Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are reparations. Because of my bad demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844), my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents have made me pay lots of reparations since the 1970s. I should write a book about my RINO critics/opponents who share my bad demographics, but who have paid little or no reparations. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, d) conservative and religious leaders and activists in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and e) those who I have sued. https://abc7chicago.com/california-reparations-efforts-eyeing-$5-million-payments-restitution/12792397/
AMERICAN THINKER — If Reparations Are Owed … the Democratic Party Should Pay Them – Joe Fried (COMMENT: How much reparations have you paid? How much will you pay? Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote reparations. Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are reparations. Because of my bad demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844), my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents have made me pay lots of reparations since the 1970s. I should write a book about my RINO critics/opponents who share my bad demographics, but who have paid little or no reparations. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, d) conservative and religious leaders and activists in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and e) those who I have sued. https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/02/if_reparations_are_owed__the_democratic_party_should_pay_them.html
BREITBART — J.D. Vance: Illegal Immigration Robs Americans of Dream of Owning a Home – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: I might very well have not been able to get a mortgage to buy a new town home in 1972 when I was 24 years old if I had not had a part-time job pumping gasoline. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, that part-time job might very well have been given to an illegal.) https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/09/j-d-vance-illegal-immigration-robs-americans-of-dream-of-owning-a-home/ — Left-Wing ‘Disinformation’ Groups Choking Off Conservative Media Money – HANNAH BLEAU (COMMENT: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who are furious that because I have the money, time, ability, and motivation needed to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters every morning, I do not need or want any money to do the aforesaid. They are furious that GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and access to www.gopillinois.com are free, contain no advertising, and no donation requests. My money comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension and from my retirement savings.) https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/09/left-wing-disinformation-groups-choking-off-conservative-media-money/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Supposedly “nonpartisan” groups are influencing ad companies behind the scenes to blacklist conservative websites under the guise of fighting what they consider to be “disinformation.” A recent report from the Washington Examiner delves into the inner workings of these groups and their relationship with ad companies, as they are essentially using their influence with these ad companies to target right-wing outlets. According to the report, some brands are reaching out to third-party companies tasked with tracking what they deem to be “disinformation,” thereby advising the brand to defund websites the organization believes are spreading falsehoods or misleading narratives.)
DAILY SIGNAL — Voting With Their Feet: People Leaving Illinois by Tens of Thousands – EJ Antoni (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have had the most success in driving conservatives out of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, d) conservative and religious leaders and activists in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and e) those who I have sued.) https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/09/why-are-people-fleeing-illinois-by-tens-of-thousands/ — Biden Had Little Time for Border Security in State of the Union Speech – Simon Hankinson https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/09/biden-had-little-time-for-border-security-in-state-of-the-union-speech/
NEWSMAX — New York Conservative Party Demands AT&T DirecTV Put Newsmax Back On – Theodore Bunker (COMMENT: From what I see, the anti-conservatives and the conservative-haters who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) would be overjoyed if all conservatives left the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO and joined the Conservative Party SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(United_States) ) https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/new-york-conservative-party-newsmax-directv/2023/02/09/id/1108027/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: The message comes just a day after the Republican Party, via the Republican National Committee, issued an email urging members to support Newsmax. “DirecTV has claimed that their decision was the result of a dispute over carrier fees, but this is yet another example of powerful corporations silencing conservative viewpoints,” RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel wrote. “It’s anti-free-speech and anti-American.”)
ABC NEWS — COMMENT: Democrats say “Few Black male teachers are in US classrooms. These programs are changing that.” To hire, to retain, and to promote Black Democrat CPAs, my IRS and GAO superiors wasted the careers of and got rid of their Republican employees like me who were CPAs. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/black-male-teachers-us-classrooms-programs-changing/story?id=96821522
NBC NEWS — COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump escalates attacks on Ron DeSantis as a 2024 clash brews. Former President Donald Trump is branding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a RINO and raising questions about his past — efforts that DeSantis describes as a smear.” I should write a book about those who smear me the most as being “too conservative.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-escalates-attacks-ron-desantis-2024-clash-brews-rcna69712
NEW YORK TIMES — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats lower job requirements because Democrats who are minority and/or female fail/refuse to earn college degrees, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were furious when I did what they failed/refused to do. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. Ever-increasingly, my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less job-related education than I had, b) had fewer job-related professional certifications than I had, and/or c) had no professional licenses. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/opinion/letters/jobs-college-degree.html — COMMENT: Democrats say “House Blocks Pair of D.C. Bills, Hinting at Discord to Come.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/us/congress-washington-dc-laws.html — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America and promote hatred against Republicans. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/opinion/culture-war-democrats-republicans.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/opinion/ron-desantis-democrats.html
KANSAS CITY STAR — COMMENT: Democrats say “Kansas Republican Party to hold contentious leadership vote after governor’s race loss.” Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives and conservative-haters, that is anti-Republicans, dominate the Illinois Republican Party, and therefore dominate the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and therefore dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization. https://www.aol.com/news/kansas-republican-party-hold-contentious-120000615.html
KGOU — COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who are active in Republican politics in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton mainly, if not solely, to get more preference for those who share their demographics: moderate, liberal, LGBTQ, unmarried, minority, female, younger, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and/or those who have financial, health, and/or other problems. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. https://www.kgou.org/politics-and-government/politics-and-government/2023-02-09/an-organization-works-to-get-republicans-to-focus-on-issues-important-to-gen-z
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION — Understanding ways to support federal candidates (COMMENT: If you were me, how would you deal with my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading my newsletters? They hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct a) that me and my newsletters are far too conservative and b) that the more that I do to help elect/reelect them, the more votes that they lose. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Currently, a big measure of the success that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are having in destroying me is Republican candidates on the April 4, 2023 ballot in my precinct who act like they do not want me to help elect them.) https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/understanding-ways-support-federal-candidates/ (FROM THE POSTING: Using a computer for political activity An uncompensated individual or group of individuals may engage in internet activities for the purpose of influencing a federal election without restriction. This exemption applies to individuals acting with or without the knowledge or consent of a campaign or a political party committee. Possible internet activities include, but are not limited to: Sending or forwarding email Providing a hyperlink to a website Creating, maintaining or hosting a website and paying a nominal fee for the use of a website.)
EPOCH TIMES — Freedom vs. ‘More Government Control’: Gov. Sanders Delivers GOP Rebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union – John Haughey https://www.theepochtimes.com/freedom-vs-more-government-control-gov-sanders-delivers-gop-rebuttal-to-bidens-state-of-the-union_5042163.html — NumbersUSA Calls on McCarthy to Get Border Security Bill Onto House Floor – John Haughey https://www.theepochtimes.com/immigration-reform-group-calls-on-mccarthy-to-get-border-security-bill-onto-house-floor_5035800.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: Until we have a mandatory workforce verification system–like E-Verify–in place, immigrants will have an incentive to come into our country through illegal means. We want and need immigrants to come to our nation to contribute to our economic success, but we must also remain a sovereign nation governed by the rule of law.” Chmielenski said Calvert’s proposed Legal Workforce Act has “actually been endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Restaurant Association, and National Home Builders Association. These are organizations that tend to oppose additional mandates on employers.” Right now, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 22 states impose some form of “mandatory E-Verify rather than just requiring I-9,” he said, which puts the onus on employers to “become document experts. E-Verify is a touchy subject in the states but [mandatory E-Verify] would replace a patchwork of laws from state-to-state and go a long way” to addressing the nation’s immigration issues.)
ABC7 — COMMENT: Democrats say “State of the Union: Biden recognizes Brandon Tsay, who disarmed Monterey Park shooter and says He saved lives. It’s time we do the same. Ban assault weapons now.” On their way to abolishing the Second Amendment, Democrats want to register all semiautomatic firearms, then ban all semiautomatic firearms, than register all firearms, then ban all firearms, then confiscate all firearms from non-Democrats starting with non-Democrats who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, homeowners, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. https://abc7.com/joe-biden-state-of-the-union-watch-live-stream/12784228/
WTTW — COMMENT: Democrats say “Police Reform Seizes Spotlight at WTTW Forum as Lightfoot Once Again Clashes with Challengers.” I should write a book about those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition were hate groups. https://news.wttw.com/2023/02/07/police-reform-seizes-spotlight-wttw-forum-lightfoot-once-again-clashes-challengers (FROM THE ARTICLE: “Of course we should not hire, we should not support, we should not retain any officer that is associated with any hate group,” Lightfoot said, adding that the department conducted a “fulsome investigation.”)
NORTHERN STAR — COMMENT: Democrat say “Student Government Association proposed petition criticizes NIU’s efforts at inclusion.” NIU let me transfer from UIC in 1969 when I was 20 years old, but because of my bad demographics, if I was 20 years old today, I doubt that NIU would let me do that today. I am White, male, heterosexual, conservative, Republican, non-poor, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), 100% German national origin, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Factors that encouraged NIU to let me transfer included I was a federal employee (Park Forest Post Office), a union member, draft avoider, and I had not been active in Republican politics at Crete-Monee High School or at UIC. https://northernstar.info/103019/news/sga-petition-criticizes-nius-efforts-at-inclusion/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Amid growing concerns of what it’s calling NIU’s inactivity toward racism and lack of diversity on campus, the Student Government Association has proposed a petition to shed light on student concerns. The proposed petition was co-authored by Historian Atlas Babcock and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Olivia Newman and was developed in collaboration with feedback from Black student organizations on campus. The petition proposed highlights three issues with the university raised by students: “A lack of diversity and representation in campus staff and administration,” “performative activism” and “lack of long-term community support.” Among examples of student complaints are over-policing at Black events, a lack of Black representation among administration and staff, failure to provide upkeep to the BLM mural and more. Much of the discussion around the proposed petition centered on the university’s handling of inclusion in the past and what the SGA wants NIU to do going forward.)
DAILY EASTERN NEWS — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs attribute all the successes that White males have to their benefitting from discrimination against minorities and against females. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their Democrat employees, and especially to those who were minority, female, and/or younger. If I had been a Democrat a minority and/or a female, my Democrat superiors would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $183,500/year, long before I was 40 in 1988. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. Because I was not a Democrat, a minority, or a female, a) IRS did not promote me beyond GS-12, Step 5, currently $104,583/year, and b) GAO forced me to take a $21,863/year pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, currently $82,720/year, to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, did not promote me beyond GS-13 Step 1, currently $109,732/year, until I was 38, and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would cite my many Democrat coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me who had a) less job-related work experience than I had, b) less job-related education than I had, c) fewer job-related professional certifications than I had, and/or d) had no job-related professional license. https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/2023/02/06/column-white-male-privilege-is-alive-and-well-part-i/
AMERICAN GREATNESS — DeSantis, Inc. Underestimates Donald Trump. Like so many commonplaces one finds on the lips of talking heads, “electability” may prove to be a confection of partisans blinded by their own preferences. – Matthew Boos https://amgreatness.com/2023/02/07/desantis-inc-underestimates-donald-trump/
REPUBLICAN STANDARD — Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck Plans To Sue Biden Admin For Harassment – Donny Ferguson https://therepublicanstandard.com/featured/pro-life-activist-plans-to-sue-biden-admin-for-harassment/dferguson/2023/02/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: “We took on Goliath—the full might of the United States government—and won,” Peter Breen, Thomas More Society executive vice president and head of litigation, said in a statement. “The jury saw through and rejected the prosecution’s discriminatory case, which was harassment from Day One. This is a win for Mark and the entire pro-life movement. The Biden Department of Justice’s intimidation against pro-life people and people of faith has been put in its place,” said Breen.)
WASHINGTON POST — COMMENT: Democrats say “Biden faced GOP jeers.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/07/takeaways-state-of-the-union/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: 3. A jeer-filled affair It’s been 14 years since a Republican member of Congress appeared to cross a threshold by yelling “You lie” at Barack Obama during a speech to a joint session of Congress. Tuesday’s speech marked the continued trend toward partisan raucousness during what was once a much more staid affair. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), perhaps predictably, repeated Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-S.C.) outburst from 2009 when Biden brought up Medicare and Social Security. (It’s worth noting that Biden qualified his comments about Republican support for Scott’s plan by emphasizing: “I’m not saying it’s a majority,” but he was jeered anyway. McCarthy shook his head while seated behind Biden.) Biden responded to all this by suggesting it was an important moment, with Republicans so loudly taking issue with the idea that they would target entitlements: “I’m glad to see — you know, I enjoy conversion. When Biden brought up fentanyl deaths, he was met with a response of: “It’s your fault!” Republicans also took exception to his comments about other issues, including gun control and the border. The latter instance elicited a notable response from McCarthy: While he sat stone-faced for much of the speech, the GOP outcry drew a demonstrative blink from the House speaker, who shushed his conference. McCarthy earlier Tuesday had promised no “childish” games, specifically citing then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) having ripped up a copy of Trump’s speech after the 2020 State of the Union address. And as the speech wore on, we got a sense for why, perhaps, it got so contentious. In contrast to McCarthy’s shushing, Trump on Truth Social attacked “RINO” — Republican in Name Only — party members for “jumping up and down with applause for the wrong reasons!”) — COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois gun-ban incites challenges to legislative shortcuts.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/illinois-gun-ban-incites-challenges-to-legislative-shortcuts/2023/02/07/706554ea-a718-11ed-b2a3-edb05ee0e313_story.html — COMMENT: Democrats say “The evolution of the backlash against affirmative action.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/07/tucker-carlson-affirmative-action/
FORTUNE — COMMENT: Democrats say that “51% of women experience racism at work.” I should write a book about what my Democrat GAO superiors did 1980-1997 to turn my Democrat subordinates against me who were minority and/or female. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, healthy, draft-avoider, non-poor, married. childless, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, and/or Wheaton resident since 1978. All of my GAO subordinates were at least one of the following, and many were many, most, if not virtually all of the following: minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, liberal, Democrat, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had parents who were recent immigrants, had significant financial, health, and/ or other problems, and/or were employees who my Democrat superiors wanted to get rid of. https://fortune.com/2023/02/07/racism-at-work-women-research-not-here-syndrome/
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS — Job-related education and training – Alan Eck (COMMENT: I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. Extremely few of my coworkers took job-related courses like I did. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.) https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1993/10/art2full.pdf
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR — COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois CPA Society Accepting Scholarship Applications.” If you did not get college scholarships, why was that? Because I worked as many hours as I could for the Park Forest Post Office while I attended UIC and NIU, a) my GPA was harmed, b) I was not in financial need, and c) I could not demonstrate any leadership qualities. Further, sports scholarships were out because while I could stand and walk, I could not run far at all because of a bone disease that I had. https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/02/07/illinois-cpa-society-accepting-scholarship-applications-2/76599/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: These scholarships provide essential financial assistance to qualifying accounting students across the state of Illinois and reward them for their hard work and academic success. Applicants must be junior, senior, or graduate-level accounting students enrolled at Illinois colleges or universities who demonstrate financial need, academic achievement, and leadership qualities.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW — Chicago GOP Declares War on Free Speech, Silences Conservative Voices and Bans Illinois Review Articles on Facebook Discussion Group (COMMENT: I should write a book about what anti-conservative leaders of the following have done since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop their members from reading those newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.) https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/02/chicago-gop-declares-war-on-free-speech-silences-conservative-voices-and-bans-illinois-review-articles-on-facebook-discussion-group.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: But aside from casting sunlight on the inner workings of the Chicago GOP and the personal perspectives of its leaders, Illinois Review continues to publish an overwhelming majority of articles focused on conservative news and opinion – standing up for the grassroots, and challenging the establishment leadership of the IL GOP, who seem more concerned with maintaining their power and titles than actually winning and supporting the grassroots. Boulton and Fiedler remain fierce allies and defenders of embattled IL GOP chairman Don Tracy.)
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS — Illinois named 7th worst state for retirement – Zeta Cross https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-named-7th-worst-state-for-retirement-by-wallethub/article_467f707a-a3e9-11ed-83f5-fb87b8e99041.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: “Illinois is much less affordable than the other Midwest states,” Gonzalez told The Center Square. “In general, it costs more to retire in Illinois than it does in most other states in the country.” Despite Illinois not taxing retirement income, general tax policy and lack of taxpayer friendliness were the main factors in Illinois’ low ranking, Gonzalez said. “Taxes are a huge part of why Illinois loses out to other states like Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Nebraska,” she said. “Special tax breaks for seniors and tax policy for retirement income just aren’t there in Illinois.” High sales taxes, high property taxes and high inheritance taxes are among the main reasons why Illinois came in 47th for affordability, she said.)
EAST CENTRAL REPORTER — Illinois U.S. Rep Mary E. Miller: “Our House Republican majority will put PARENTS back in charge of their children’s education.” (COMMENT: Great, but what about parents who are the following and who want their children to be the following: sexually active LGBTQers, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-gun owners, anti-rich people, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/639197479-illinois-u-s-rep-mary-e-miller-our-house-republican-majority-will-put-parents-back-in-charge-of-their-children-s-education-chairman
WTTW — COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago’s Elections are Nonpartisan, But Lori Lightfoot Is Working to Cast Paul Vallas as a Republican.” Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters cast those who share Trump’s demographics negatively. Trump is heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/31/chicago-s-elections-are-nonpartisan-lori-lightfoot-working-cast-paul-vallas-republican
FOX ILLINOIS — COMMENT: Biden falsely blames Trump for inflation. Who has falsely blamed you for what? I should write a book about the following who have falsely blamed me and falsely blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, d) conservative and religious leaders and activists in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and e) those who I have sued. Better yet, I should sue them. https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-blames-inflation-on-trump-administration-it-was-already-there-when-i-got-here
DAILY SIGNAL — Race Everywhere in Today’s America – Victor Davis Hanson https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/03/race-everywhere-in-todays-america/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: In sum, class, not race, remains the best litmus test of being underprivileged in America. It is no longer synonymous with race. No wonder the identity politics industry now strains to attach prefixes such as “systemic” or “implicit” to “racism,” or “micro” to “aggression,” purportedly to ferret out bias that otherwise is not apparent. Pause to reflect that America is the only successful multiracial constitutional republic in history. To survive in an increasingly dysfunctional and hostile world abroad, the unique idea of the United States requires concord. But national cohesion is only possible through citizens subordinating their tribal interests to a common culture. Only then do they cease being automatons of warring tribes and collectives. As the world becomes ever scarier, Americans must—as Benjamin Franklin once warned—hang together, or most certainly they will soon all hang separately.)
EPOCH TIMES — Trump Reacts to Haley, DeSantis, Other Potential 2024 Rivals. Won’t commit to backing eventual GOP nominee; says Kushner ‘won’t be involved’ In 2024 efforts. – Nathan Worcester https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/trump-reacts-to-haley-desantis-other-potential-2024-rivals_5030088.html — Democrats Unveil Family and Medical Leave Legislative Package – Savannah Pointer (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have promoted the most hatred against me for my benefiting from the federal government’s leave policies since 1966 when I was 18 years old and became a part-time Park Forest Post Office employee. SEE: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/ and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/sick-leave-general-information/ I would focus on those who promoted more and more and more hatred against me as I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.) https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-unveil-family-and-medical-leave-legislative-package_5026799.html — Democratic Senators Form ‘Gun Violence Prevention Caucus’ After String of Mass Shootings – Katabella Roberts https://www.theepochtimes.com/democratic-senators-form-gun-violence-prevention-caucus-after-string-of-mass-shootings_5031252.html — Speaker McCarthy Addresses Democrats’ Issues With Statues, Portraits. Offending symbols point out true history of Democratic Party, he says. – Michael Clements (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) falsely paint themselves as having been the Union Army in Civil War and b) falsely paint Republicans as having been the Confederate Army in the Civil War. Ever-increasingly, Democrats join up with America’s enemies to win their Second Civil War and get rid of Republicans once and for all. What if in 1861, Mexico had officially joined with the Confederacy to defeat America? To Mexico’s credit, it abolished slavery in 1829.) https://www.theepochtimes.com/speaker-mccarthy-addresses-democrats-issues-with-statues-portraits_5030590.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: The Party of Lincoln He pointed out that the Republican Party started with Abraham Lincoln, the president credited with freeing the slaves in America. McCarthy pointed out that slavery, defended by Southern Democrats, was the issue that brought about the Civil War. He called the war the “greatest challenge ever to our Constitution.” McCarthy said Joseph Rainey of South Carolina, the first black American elected to the House of Representatives, was a Republican. He suggested that the statues remind the Democratic Party’s true history. “If I was a Democrat, I wouldn’t be proud of their legacy, I wouldn’t be proud of their history, and I would want to change it, ” said McCarthy. “There’s not one Republican you have to take down.”)
UPI — COMMENT: Democrats say “Freshman Rep. Delia Ramirez to give progressive response to State of the Union.” Who represents you in Congress? Things have gotten much worse for me congressionally. Democrat Ramirez currently represents me in congress. GAO works for Congress. In 1989, Republican Henry Hyde represented me. In 1989, he came to my defense against my Democrat GAO superiors. They had retaliated against me big time because in 1988 I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They had a) thrown me off audits of IRS, b) given me an adverse job assignment, c) given me unfair performance expectations, d) turned my subordinates against me, e) given me an unfair performance appraisal, and f) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. Previously, they had a) kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13, and c) forced me to take a $21,863 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, to GS-9 Step 10. After Hyde came to my defense, my Democrat GAO superiors’ retaliation against me diminished somewhat. But eight years later, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer.” https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/02/03/Delia-Ramirez-progressive-response-state-of-the-union/1621675431638/
AOL — Millennials and Money: 5 Simple Ways To Get Ahead of Your Peers Financially – HEATHER TAYLOR (COMMENT: What helped you get ahead financially? I earned job-related college degrees when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. I always spent far less on immediate pleasures than my peers. Instead of renting, I bought a new town home in 1972 and condos in 1974 and 1976. My wife and I got married in 1978. We both worked, but in anticipation of having children, we spent money like we had only one paycheck. We always saved as much as we could for our retirement. Instead of renting, we bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and we had one built in Wheaton in 1984. But according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I got ahead financially, because I avoided the draft. Because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, renters, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Because the federal government grossly overpaid me. Because of my wife’s income. Because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. Because my federal pension and health, dental, and vision insurance subsidies are far too generous. What do you think?) https://www.aol.com/finance/millennials-money-5-simple-ways-150544022.html
LAS VEGAS SUN — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success replacing those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write a book about their success in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in my precinct. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/feb/03/gop-led-congress-goes-all-in-on-spreading-racist-c/
WEEK — COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies? Anti-conservative Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Republicans to lose. They want Republican candidates and elected officials to dump the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about the biggest anti-conservative leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. https://theweek.com/abortion-law/1020523/why-are-republicans-doubling-down-on-abortion
POLITICO — COMMENT: Democrats say “Progressive Rep. Delia Ramirez set to give State of the Union response.” Who represents you in Congress? Things have gotten much worse for me congressionally. Democrat Ramirez currently represents me in congress. GAO works for Congress. In 1989, Republican Henry Hyde represented me. In 1989, he came to my defense against my Democrat GAO superiors. They had retaliated against me big time because in 1988 I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They had a) thrown me off audits of IRS, b) given me an adverse job assignment, c) given me unfair performance expectations, d) turned my subordinates against me, e) given me an unfair performance appraisal, and f) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. Previously, they had a) kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13, and c) forced me to take a $21,863 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, to GS-9 Step 10. After Hyde came to my defense, my Democrat GAO superiors’ retaliation against me diminished somewhat. But eight years later, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer.” https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/03/progressive-rep-delia-ramirez-set-to-give-state-of-the-union-response-00081007
TIME — COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats recruit the following to be their soldiers in their army: minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, unmarried, liberals, moderates, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who lack education and/or job skills, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, citizens of foreign countries, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc. https://time.com/6222633/second-civil-war-us-how-to-avoid/
EMEA TRIBUNE — Republicans Revive a Debate on Term Limits https://emeatribune.com/republicans-revive-a-debate-on-term-limits/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: While Republicans tried to hold Democrats responsible for the failure, 40 Republicans also balked, and 30 of them were among the most senior Republicans in the House. That included Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, who won an ovation for his speech in opposition to the proposal. “I just can’t be an accessory to the dumbing down of democracy,” Hyde told his colleagues.)
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL — Bailey: ‘To come here into Illinois and to add the FOID card, and to continue to add these restrictions, that’s an infringement’ https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/639054534-bailey-to-come-here-into-illinois-and-to-add-the-foid-card-and-to-continue-to-add-these-restrictions-that-s-an-infringement (FROM THE ARTICLE: State Sen. Darren Bailey is among the growing list of lawmakers to come out against new legislation. According to KSKD, DuPage County Sheriff Jim Mendrick, the top law enforcement officer in the state’s second-largest county, is also among law enforcement officials who have declared they will not be enforcing the law, branding it as facing “a clear violation of the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.” In a recent Facebook post, Bailey expressed that background checks for firearms make sense. However, additional restrictions are not necessary. “We can say, alright, ‘Shall not be infringed,’ but yet we understand that sometimes these guns fall into the hands of the wrong person. So we have the federal, you know, firearm background check. That’s exactly what it does, and I don’t see anyone arguing that. But to come here into Illinois and to add the FOID card, and to continue to add these restrictions, that’s an infringement,” Bailey said in a Facebook post. Illinois state residents will be informed further on the new law for firearms once it is fully enforced. Under the terms of the new law, residents will be allowed to keep guns they have already purchased or obtained, along with newly relocated residents being eligible to apply for a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card within 60 days of making the state their new home. Illinois State Police are writing new administrative rules to explain how to enforce the assault weapons ban, with The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) being the final voice in determining what rules are officially adopted before state police eventually circulate them to other law enforcement agencies across the state.)
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE — FAQS: QUESTION: Do Illinois residents have to register their AR or assault weapons as defined by the new law? ANSWER: Yes. In the coming months, more detailed information will be made available on how to register the firearm. At this time, you cannot submit an affidavit for registration. The endorsement affidavit will be available by October 1, 2023 and must be signed under oath and submitted to the ISP prior to January 1, 2024. https://isp.illinois.gov/Home/HB5471Faqs
ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY –HB5471 Synopsis (COMMENT: If this goes forward, exactly how will it be enforced?) https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocTypeID=HB&DocNum=5471&GAID=16&SessionID=110&LegID=139995 (FROM THE LAW: Provides that beginning January 1, 2024, it is unlawful for any person within the State to knowingly possess an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge, with exemptions, and provides penalties. Provides that it is unlawful for any person within the State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, or purchased a large capacity ammunition feeding device, with specified exemptions, and provides penalties. Contains a severability provision. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from disclosure under the Act certain information concerning endorsements received by the Illinois State Police. Effective immediately.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — COMMENT: Democrats say “Mayoral challengers call for swifter action on reparations. A City Council subcommittee that was formed almost three years ago to explore how to make amends to the descendants of enslaved people has only met twice. “It’s smoke and mirrors,” state Rep. Kam Buckner said at a candidate forum on the issue.” Of course, the more of the following that Chicago residents are, the more reparations that Chicago Democrats will make them pay: heterosexual, White, male, older, Republican, conservative, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/2/2/23583091/chicago-mayoral-forum-lightfoot-buckner-vallas-garcia-green-wilson-king-sawyer-johnson-reparations — COMMENT: Democrats say “City opens temporary shelter for asylum seekers in Woodlawn despite effort to block bus moving them. At least 3 busloads of recently arrived immigrants were dropped off at a once-shuttered South Side school that has been transformed into a shelter. Two protesters tried to stop a bus from reaching the former Wadsworth Elementary School.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/2/23583286/chicago-illinois-immigration-woodlawn-wadsworth-elementary-asylum-seekers-shelter-south-side-opens — COMMENT: Democrats say “Cook County’s financial divide is a local example of how policies favor the rich. What happens during the budget standoff in Congress could determine whether it becomes harder for average Americans to build wealth and pay their bills.” Where did you build your wealth and how did the policies there help you do that? I worked in Cook County 1964-1997. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 washing dishes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline. I worked in Flossmoor in 1966 cleaning golf shoes. I worked in Park Forest 1966-1969 delivering mail. I worked in Chicago Heights 1970-1972 selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances and pumping gasoline. I worked in downtown Chicago in 1971 and 1973-1980 collecting delinquent taxes. I worked in Harvey 1972-1973 collecting delinquent taxes. I worked at 63rd and Halsted in Chicago in 1973 collecting delinquent taxes. I worked in downtown Chicago auditing federal agencies 1980-1997. I lived in downtown Chicago part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978. In 1978, I got married. My wife and I used her savings for the downpayment on a home in Wheaton, I sold my one bedroom Outer Drive East condo for $61,000, and with the $10,000 gain, I bought a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale for $6,000 and a new 1978 Chevrolet Chevette for $4,000 in Glen Ellyn. My wife worked in Cook County 1968-2003 and 2014-2017. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/2/23581847/wealth-disparity-cook-county-income-inequality-editorial — COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago should be talking about its big pension problem. All four pension programs are vastly underfunded. There’s no meeting of minds around resolving the issue. But Chicagoans deserve to hear more about solutions as the municipal election approaches.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/2/23581823/chicago-pension-underfunding-budget-fiscal-challenges-state-lawmakers-ralph-martire-op-ed
FOX32 — COMMENT: Democrats say “Congressional lawmakers introduce bill to protect teaching Black History in schools.” Democrats teach Black History to promote hatred against Republicans. Then again, everything that Democrats do is to promote hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about the success that Democrats have had in promoting hatred against Republicans in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, and in DuPage County since 1978. Ever-increasingly, Democrats work closely with RINOs, Libertarians, Greens, and Independents to promote hatred against Republicans. https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/congressional-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-protect-teaching-black-history-in-schools
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER — COMMENT: Democrats say “Survey pushes for greater focus on teacher recruitment and retention amid shortages.” The Democrats who ran GAO, IRS, and the Post Office in 1980, 1971, and 1966 respectively, hired me because I was qualified for the jobs and they could not find qualified Democrats, minorities, females, veterans, or young people who would take the jobs. I had a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, and d) earned a high school diploma in 1966. By 1980, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. By 1971, I had worked for Firestone Stores for 10 months. I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I had passed the Post Office employment examination in 1966. https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/education/2023/02/03/illinois-teacher-shortages-getting-worse-according-to-new-survey/69867798007/
BURR RIDGE PATCH — COMMENT: Democrats say “Burr Ridge To Enforce New Gun Law: Officials. The police chief described how the registration requirement would be enforced.” (COMMENT: Under the law, assault weapons do not have to be registered until January 1, 2024. Exactly what will Grasso and Madden do now if they see someone in Burr Ridge with an assault weapon? Will they demand to see their FOID card? What else?) https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-enforce-new-gun-law-officials (FROM THE ARTICLE: But he said officers called onto private property for unrelated matters would take action if unregistered weapons are in view. “I have been asked if this bill is a violation of the Constitution. That’s for the courts to decide,” Madden said. Mayor Gary Grasso agreed with the chief’s approach. “The point being is that the village will not turn a blind eye to the necessary enforcement of this law,” the mayor said. “Like all laws, the chief and officers will enforce them.” He said he wanted to make it clear where the village stands on the issue. “We follow the law and will let the courts decide on the propriety of the law,” Grasso said. The law is being challenged in the courts. Under its provisions, residents with “assault” weapons must register them starting Oct. 1. They have until Jan. 1 to do so.) — COMMENT: Democrats say “Durkin Seat Hopefuls Kept Secret For Now. Parts of La Grange, Western Springs, Burr Ridge and Hinsdale are in the district.” Conservatives fear that another hate-filled conservative-hater will be selected to fill the seat. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled conservative-hating Republican party leaders, elected officials, major donors, etc. in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 2000.) https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/durkin-seat-hopefuls-kept-secret-now (FROM THE ARTICLE: Two Republicans have applied for the state House seat left vacant by Rep. Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, a party leader confirmed Thursday. But the leader declined to release the names. In a message to Patch, DuPage County Republican Party Chairman Jim Zay said the selection committee plans to meet Thursday night about the candidates for 82nd District state representative. He said the names would not be released until after that meeting, saying the committee would need to talk to all its members about it. Both Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso and Willow Springs Village President Melissa Neddermeyer have confirmed to Patch that they did not apply. Democrats and Republicans have no legal requirement to disclose the names of candidates who apply for legislative posts left vacant by party members. In fact, the parties have been known to keep the information under wraps. The 82nd District includes all or parts of Western Springs, La Grange, Hinsdale and Burr Ridge, among other towns. Durkin, who resigned last month, was the House Republican leader. In Illinois, a state representative’s district consists of about 105,000 people. Republicans plan to hold a public meeting involving interviews of “select” candidates, according to a party news release. The meeting is set for 10 a.m. Saturday at the House Republican Organization office at 16W281 83rd St., Suite D, in Burr Ridge. Interested Republicans must have lived in the district for the last two years. For more information, call 217-553-7743 or email jaymesiemer@gmail.com.)
WASHINGTON TIMES — State-sanctioned racism: Students should not pay for their ‘white privilege.’ DeSantis takes lead in eliminating DEI and CRT bureaucracies. – Scott Walker (COMMENT: Ever-increasing, to get votes from hate-filled White-hating White-haters, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against Whites. I should write a book about the success that they have had in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct.) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/feb/2/state-sanctioned-racism-students-should-not-pay-fo/ — USA for sale: Biden is America’s Caligula https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/feb/2/usa-for-sale-biden-is-americas-caligula/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — DeSantis vindicated on critical race theory in schools – Editorial https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/desantis-vindicated-on-critical-race-theory-in-schools — Wokeism is the elite’s effort to protect their privilege – Timothy P. Carney (COIMMENT: I should write a book about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and who push wokeism the strongest. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/wokeism-is-elites-effort-to-protect-privilege-oscars
AMERICAN GREATNESS — Race Everywhere. “Whites”—to the extent we can determine any race in an intermarried, multiracial society—do not fit the now ossified definition of an exploitive majority. – Victor Davis Hanson (COMMENT: Ever-increasing, to get votes from hate-filled White-hating White-haters, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against Whites. I should write a book about the success that they have had in Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct.) https://amgreatness.com/2023/02/01/race-everywhere/
EPOCH TIMES — Illinois Court Rules Against State, Says New Gun Ban Violates Constitution – Naveen Athrappully https://www.theepochtimes.com/illinois-court-rules-against-state-says-new-gun-ban-violates-constitution_5029131.html — Why Nearly 45 Percent of American School-Aged Children Suffer From Chronic Health Conditions – DAN SKORBACH (COMMENT: How was your health when you were young? When I was young, I was blessed with good health except that a) I could not run because I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease , b) my vision could not be corrected to 20/20, and c) I had partial red-green color blindness.) https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/why-nearly-45-percent-of-american-school-aged-children-suffer-from-chronic-health-conditions_5018710.html — Democrat Lawmakers Demand IRS Answer Key Tax Questions on Data Sharing – Jack Phillips (COMMENT: Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me reads like my Democrat IRS superiors gave Money Magazine tremendous advice on how to make my education deductions look improper. For example, a) to paint my job duties as having nothing to do with the graduate business and accounting courses that I took, b) to paint what I learned taking those courses as not having helped me carry out my job duties, c) to paint my motives for taking the courses as being to get a job in the private sector or to qualify myself for a new trade or business, d) to paint the courses as having been a distraction, and e) to hint/imply/argue that if courses had helped me carry out my job duties, IRS would have promoted me to GS-13 if not GS-14 by then.) https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/lawmakers-demand-irs-answer-key-tax-questions-on-data-sharing_5030108.html
NEWS BUSTERS — The View Denounces Pledge of Allegiance, American Exceptionalism – Nicholas Fondacaro (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats denounce the American Flag, denounce the Pledge of Allegiance, denounce Americans, and denounce America. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on America. Ever-increasingly, Democrats use the many millions of illegals who they bring in from foreign countries to serve as their soldiers in that war.) https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2023/02/02/view-denounces-pledge-allegiance-american-exceptionalism
NEWSMAX — COMMENT: I should write a book about those of the following who reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I support that plank: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and d) conservative and religious leaders and activists in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. https://www.newsmax.com/estrich/abortion-republicans/2023/02/02/id/1107009/
PJ MEDIA — ‘Great Replacement’: German Government Floods Tiny Village With 400 ‘Asylum Seekers’ – BEN BARTEE (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had so far in flooding your municipality, your township, and your county with illegals? Democrats will force the remaining Republicans in the aforesaid to pay for providing illegals with housing, food, clothing, medical care, education, transportation, job training, jobs, etc. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party’s army.) https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/02/02/great-replacement-german-government-floods-tiny-village-with-400-asylum-seekers-n1667360
TED CRUZ — SEN. CRUZ CONTINUES TO LEAD FIGHT AGAINST NON-CITIZEN VOTING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. (COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, to get elected and reelected, Democrats in your municipality, in your township, in your county, in Illinois, and in America will fight harder and harder and harder to give illegals the right to vote. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, to get votes from illegals, Democrats give illegals more and more and more preference over citizens of America.) https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-continues-to-lead-fight-against-non-citizen-voting-in-washington-dc
TOWNHALL — Wokeism Is Undermining Our Legal System – Bob Barr (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the courts in Illinois exist to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, including its Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion planks. Anyone who reads the documents filed in Diersen v. GAO will see the bias against Republicans like me who oppose political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, non-veteran, non-poor, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2023/02/02/woke-ism-is-undermining-our-legal-system-n2619042
NEWSWEEK — COMMENT: Democrats ask “Should There Be a Maximum Age Restriction for Buying a Gun?” I am 74 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform, b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn guns and gun owners, c) stress that I have owned firearms since high school, and d) stress that I have had an FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. https://www.newsweek.com/should-there-maximum-age-restriction-buying-gun-1778461
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot. How successful have Illinois Democrats been in pushing pot in your school district, in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county? What percent of the students in your school district are stoners? https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-okay-dispensary-20230202-5v2m5kf6rjgdtf4ug56cymslii-story.html
NPR ILLINOIS — COMMENT: Democrats use African American studies to promote hatred against Republicans. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Democrats promote hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about my Black superiors, my Black supervisors, my Black coworkers, and my Black subordinates who rejected my Democrat superiors’ efforts to make them hate me because I am a Republican who is conservative, White, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-02-01/college-boards-revised-ap-african-american-studies-course-draws-new-criticism — COMMENT: Democrats ask “Does the IRS audit some people more often than others?” IRS can use court decisions to disallow just about any deduction that it wants to. My 1972-1980 and 1992-1997 federal income tax returns show that I paid less tax because I deducted my education expenses. In 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions to punish me because I increasingly complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically argued that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 and the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1977 and deducted a) did not relate to my IRS Revenue Officer job duties, b) did not help me carry out those duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, d) were taken by me to qualify myself for a new trade or business, and d) were a distraction. They ignored a) my IRS Revenue Office position description, b) my graduate school applications, and c) the fact that IRS encourages its Revenue Officers to take the courses that I took.) https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-02-01/does-the-irs-audit-some-people-more-often-than-others
FOX ILLINOIS — COMMENT: Democrats crow that “NY college system now requiring students to complete diversity and inclusion course to graduate.” The Democrats who run the federal government require all federal employees to take lots of diversity training to promote hatred against Republicans. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I should write a book about the diversity training that they required my superiors, my supervisors, my coworkers, my subordinates, and me to take. I would focus on the success that training had in promoting hatred against Republicans and especially against Republicans who share my demographics. https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ny-college-system-now-requiring-students-to-complete-diversity-and-inclusion-course-to-graduate-state-university-new-york-suny-deisj-social-justice
AMERICAN GREATNESS — LGBTQ+ ‘Pride’ Is Totalitarian. That is why the Left chose the word “pride” and not “tolerance”—“pride” is about thought. And totalitarianism controls thought as well as speech. – Dennis Prager (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. I should write a book about the biggest past and present LGBTQ-promoting leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.) https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/31/lgbtq-pride-is-totalitarian/
FOX NEWS — Illinois sheriff who called gun control law ‘unconstitutional’ will now enforce it if implemented. The Illinois sheriff previously said that the bill is a ‘clear violation’ of the 2nd Amendment. – Adam Sabes (COMMENT: I continue to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write a book about those who have taken the biggest adverse actions against me to stop me from sending out those newsletters. I would focus on those who ended my service as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, c) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, d) a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, e) an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, and f) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. I would focus on those a) who ended my bid to be appointed to fill a Wheaton City Council West District City Council vacancy, b) who gerrymandered my precinct, c) who almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and d) who ended my bid to serve as a MTRO Treasurer.) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-sheriff-called-gun-control-law-unconstitutional-now-enforce-implemented — DHS Secretary Mayorkas hit with new impeachment article over ‘reckless abandonment’ of border security. Arizona Republican accuses Biden secretary of ‘reckless abandonment’ of border security. – Adam Shaw https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-secretary-mayorkas-hit-new-impeachment-article-reckless-abandonment-border — Senate Republicans push for concealed carry reciprocity in new Second Amendment bill. Measure would treat state-issued concealed carry permits like driver’s license. – Brianna Herlihy https://www.foxnews.com/politics/holdtop-senate-republicans-push-concealed-carry-reciprocity-second-amendment-bill — Matt Gaetz urges colleagues to abolish the ATF before it strips Americans of gun rights: ‘Cannot be trusted’ Rep. Gaetz called the ATF an ‘unlawful agency’ and urged his colleagues to help eliminate it ‘once and for all’ – Lawrence Richard https://www.foxnews.com/politics/matt-gaetz-urges-colleagues-abolish-atf-before-strips-americans-gun-rights — All GOP senators, Manchin challenge Biden’s ESG climate investment rule ‘politicizing’ Americans’ 401(k)s. Sen. Braun and Rep. Barr are introducing a bipartisan disapproval resolution to challenge a new Biden admin rule. – Kelly Laco (COMMENT: Democrats want to make it illegal to invest in companies that do not promote the Democrat Party platform.) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senators-manchin-challenge-bidens-esg-climate-investment-rule-politicizing-americans-401ks — Pastor Brooks scores $8 million private donation to combat Chicago crime, encourage economic opportunity. Project H.O.O.D. has raised $28.5 million for a community center intended to transform Chicago’s South Side. – Ethan Barton, Teny Sahakian https://www.foxnews.com/us/pastor-brooks-scores-8-million-private-donation-combat-chicago-crime-encourage-economic-opportunity
GOPUSA — DeSantis Hits Back After Trump Launches Attack On COVID And ‘Disloyalty’ (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who demand blind loyalty to them personally. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.) https://www.gopusa.com/desantis-hits-back-after-trump-launches-attack-on-covid-and-disloyalty/
NEWSMAX — Netanyahu Gets It Right on Guns, US Should Follow His Lead – Michael Dorstewitz (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. To vote for Democrats is to increase poverty and crime. As crime increases, more and more and more concealed carry permits are needed.) https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/israel-mass-shootings-second-amendment/2023/02/01/id/1106851/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a better idea. He announced over the weekend what the Jewish state’s response would be. “In addition, we’re expanding and accelerating gun licensing to thousands of licensed citizens, including first responders. This will allow citizens to save lives,” he said on his official Facebook page. “When civilians have guns, they can defend themselves,” agreed Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli national security minister. Itzik Chiprout, chairman of the Israeli Legal Weapon Association, also thought this was an excellent move. “The police cannot be everywhere,” said Chiprout. “Even a swift police reaction is sometimes not enough. Civilians that are armed save lives.”)
YAHOO NEWS — COMMENT: Democrats say “Congress member Lauren Boebert said Americans owning 46 per cent of the world’s guns is not enough and urged people to get the numbers up. Were it not for the Second Amendment, a) Japan would have invaded America in WWII, b) Germany would have invaded America in WWII and in WWI, and c) Mexico would have invaded America in the Mexican-American War. Were it not for the Second Amendment, Democrats would have abolished the Republican Party by now. https://news.yahoo.com/boebert-hits-americans-only-owning-073031192.html — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote abortion. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/order-abortion-pills-now-just-133000773.html
NEW YORK TIMES — COMMENT: Democrats ask “Are Censures of Politicians a Form of Free Speech or a Threat to It?” Who blames you and for what? I should write a book about my “religious” and “conservative” and “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who tried hard but failed to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at ICRC’s annual convention in Wheaton in 2006. They blamed me and they blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Bill Brady losing the Republican gubernatorial primary that year. Previously, they blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich in 2002. They succeeded in throwing me off ICRC’s Steering Committee in 2007. In my book, I would focus on Ryan’s and Brady’s major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. I would focus on the many adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me since 2002. I would focus on the many things that I did a) to help elect Ryan in the 2002 general gubernatorial election and b) to help elect Brady in the 2010 general gubernatorial election.) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/us/censures-free-speech.html — COMMENT: Democrats say “Eager to Challenge Trump, Republicans Aren’t So Eager to Be the First.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/politics/trump-republicans-2024-nikki-haley.html
BOSTON HERALD — COMMENT: Democrats say “Lawmakers file to prevent state from sharing gun data.” Democrats want to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment so that they can confiscate firearms from Republicans and get rid of Republicans once and for all. Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs have no problem with that. I should write a book about the biggest RINOs in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/01/shall-not-be-infringed-lawmakers-file-to-prevent-state-from-sharing-gun-data/
DUPAGE COUNTY — Joint Statement on DuPage County Public Safety (QUESTIONS: DuPage County has the second most residents of Illinois’ 102 counties. It has more residents than five states and the District of Columbia. What do the 80 Illinois County Sheriffs who object to the Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) have to say about this? Have any of them been threatened with censure like Mendrick has been? So far, exactly what has Pritzker demanded that Illinois County Sheriffs do to implement the PICA? What will Pritzker demand that they do to implement the act? How do Illinois residents become “licensed” to own an assault weapon? Is it by having a FOID card? If Illinois residents become licensed to own assault weapons by having a FOID card, what about those in DuPage County who have assault weapons but do not have a FOID card? Has/will Pritzker demanded/demand that Illinois County Sheriffs go door to door seeking to remove assault weapons from them? What if Pritzker gives Mendrick a list of residences in DuPage County that have assault weapons in them but no one living there has a FOID card? What if Pritzker demands that Mendrick go to those doors seeking to remove those assault weapons? Has/will Pritzker demanded/demand that after January 1, 2024, Illinois County Sheriffs go door to door seeking to remove assault weapons from those who have failed/refused to register them in their county?) https://www.dupagecounty.gov/Content.aspx?id=67541 (THE STATEMENT: Statement attributable to DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, and DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin: “DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy, Sheriff James Mendrick, and State’s Attorney Robert Berlin engaged in a meaningful conversation during which they discussed their shared commitment to the safety of DuPage County residents. The conversation also included discussion of Illinois’ new assault weapons ban, known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act. Enforcement of this law does not demand that deputies go door to door seeking to remove weapons from those licensed to own them. With this understanding, Sheriff Mendrick is committed to enforcing all state and local laws. Chair Conroy is committed to supporting the Sheriff’s Office in maintaining safe communities within DuPage County and sees no reason to pursue a censure resolution at this time. All parties look forward to positive, productive collaboration on important initiatives that will keep DuPage residents safe and ensure the security of our communities moving forward.”)
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS — Illinois State Police enforcing state’s gun ban, reveal one case under investigation – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: Exactly what has Pritzker demanded that your County Sheriff do to enforce the Protect Illinois Communities Act? Is your County Sheriff complying with those demands? For example, what if someone in your county continues to sell assault weapons to residents of Illinois and Pritzker demands that your County Sheriff stop them?) https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-state-police-enforcing-state-s-gun-ban-reveal-one-case-under-investigation/article_6462dc04-a0f0-11ed-a9d5-d30cb6d205bd.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois State Police say they took enforcement action against a business for openly advertising the sale of newly banned weapons, but no additional information was provided. In a YouTube video Friday, gun-rights advocate Todd Vandermyde revealed he’d been told that the state is taking actions to enforce the state’s ban on certain semiautomatic guns and magazines. “It appears that there was a gun shop that was selling stuff, post the enactment,” Vandermyde said after sharing an anonymous tip that state police confiscated weapons from an individual. Monday, a spokesperson for Illinois State Police confirmed in a statement to The Center Square that ISP took enforcement action earlier this month against a business for “openly advertising the sale of banned weapons.” The statement said the investigation is ongoing and additional information wasn’t immediately available. Vandermyde cautioned what he sees transpiring. Cook County Sheriff “Tom Dart and everybody can say there aren’t going to be house-to-house searches, I would beg to differ with you, sheriff,” Vandermyde said. While Dart has said they will enforce the gun ban, most of the state’s 102 sheriffs have said they won’t. ISP said Monday state police are “charged with upholding all state laws, including enforcement of businesses that openly violate current laws.” The law is being challenged in several state and federal judicial circuits. In McHenry County Monday, a motion was made to move its gun-ban challenge from state court to federal court. In several separate pending federal cases, ISP made a motion to consolidate into a Crawford County case last week. Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, an Obama appointee, reassigned two of those cases to Stephen McGlynn, a Trump-appointed judge. “The action arises out of the same facts and is closely related to [the Illinois State Rifle Association’s] Harrel, et al. v. Raoul … which was filed before this action and is assigned to District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn,” Rosenstengel said. The Crawford County case Langley v. Kelly was the first lawsuit filed against Illinois’ gun ban in state court, but it was transferred to federal court after the ISRA case was filed in federal court with a judge assigned. ISRA’s Ed Sullivan said while there are several independent cases in Illinois courts alleging individuals’ Second Amendment rights are being infringed, “we also have to keep an eye on the price elsewhere as well,” including a Second Amendment case filed in Maryland. “Because what happens elsewhere certainly can influence what happens here, so I think Maryland is the most obvious target for us to keep an eye out,” Sullivan told The Center Square. In that Maryland case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard oral arguments Dec. 6. It’s unclear when a ruling would be rendered. Still pending in Illinois federal court is a ruling on a TRO in the challenge of Naperville’s gun ban. The judge in that case Monday notified the state that it is also a defendant after plaintiffs expanded their challenge last week. In a separate state challenge last week, state Rep. Dan Caulkins, R-Decatur, filed a lawsuit against the state’s gun ban. Caulkins is the lead plaintiff with a new association called Law-Abiding Gun Owners of Macon County. Attorney Thomas DeVore filed to intervene, claiming he has clients that don’t want to be part of a group he said may not stand legal scrutiny. “Dan is trying to take the position that my clients are members of an association that they never heard of and they never agreed to join and that could place some risk on them,” DeVore told The Center Square. “The attorney general might want to start deposing them.” DeVore filed an Effingham County challenge on behalf of 866 named plaintiffs. It is pending an appellate court decision of a lower court’s temporary restraining order blocking the law. A ruling on a TRO is pending in a White County case where DeVore represents nearly 1,700 named plaintiffs. Caulkins’ attorney Jerry Stock labeled DeVore’s filing as a “side show.” Stock argued he doesn’t need hundreds of plaintiffs in a case to prove the law is unconstitutional. “There was no way I was going to attempt to represent hundreds of clients when the remedy sought is a judgment, not the temporary time out,” Stock told The Center Square. “While we’ll seek that on this path, the real goal was to knock this legislation out. I thought that my firm taking a fee based on the volume of clients was not something I could be comfortable with ethically.” Stock said he wasn’t casting aspersions and people can hire any attorney they want, but he “very strongly disagrees” with DeVore’s approach. “I think it’s a far more liberal way of pursuing the claims,” Stock said. “And not having to implicate every individual gun owner or to charge every individual gun owner a fee, because it just was not necessary.” A hearing in Caulkins’ case is set for Friday in Macon County.)
NORTHWEST HERALD — The gun ban law won’t protect us from criminals – Randy Illg, Union https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2023/01/30/letter-the-gun-ban-law-wont-protect-us-from-criminals/ (FROM THE LETTER: The supposed intent of the gun ban law is to make us all safe. After the governor signed it, did you feel safer? Did you sleep better last night? The actual intent of the ban is to remove all small arms from civilian ownership. The Second Amendment deals with this because the men who wrote it understood that a defenseless citizenry is the breeding ground for dictators to take control. Law enforcement personnel, from the lowest rank to the state attorney, make value judgments every day. If they didn’t, every one of us would be driving 45 mph in a 45 mph speed zone, and every arrest would automatically result in prosecution. Why didn’t you cry foul when cities decided to become sanctuary cities for illegal aliens? Where was your outrage then? If you believe that this law will make us safer, you are mistaken. Criminals do not respect the law. Why don’t you call the governor of California and ask him how gun control is working for them? Criminals do not get FOID cards. They don’t go through the same training and licensing process as law-abiding citizens. Criminals don’t care about anyone but themselves. The only thing that will stop a criminal threat to your life is force. Once you understand this, you will do the right thing, arm yourself, and join those of us who are willing to stand up for what is right. Sleep tight.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — COMMENT: Democrats say “Chicago mayoral candidates answer 23 questions.” I should write a book about the Republican candidates who I recruited to speak at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois events 2005-2012, the questions that I asked them after they spoke, and the answers that they gave. I would focus on those candidates who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. https://elections.suntimes.com/questionnaire/ — COMMENT: Democrats say “Hundreds gather in Loop to protest police violence and demand justice for Tyre Nichols. After rallying at Federal Plaza the group went on a brief march through the Loop, carrying signs and chanting the names of others killed by police in recent years.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/30/23578971/hundreds-gather-in-loop-to-protest-police-violence-and-demand-justice-for-tyre-nichols
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH — COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump calls DeSantis ‘disloyal’ for considering a 2024 presidential bid.” (COMMENT: Who have you been “disloyal” to? In the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary, I backed Pat O/Malley. Ever since then, my anti-conservative and conservative-hating Jim Ryan promoting critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, viciously condemned me, and viciously punished me for being “disloyal” to Jim Ryan. They ignore, dismiss, belittle, badmouth, demonize, denigrate, and condemn what I did to help elect Ryan in the general election in 2002. They continue to blame me and they continue to blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) for Ryan’s losing to Blagojevich in 2002 and b) for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2002 have suffered. They continue to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being “too conservative.”) https://pantagraph.com/news/national/trump-calls-desantis-disloyal-for-considering-a-2024-presidential-bid/video_787aa157-08c1-5a15-ad7b-0d83bfa5fe73.html
FOX NEWS — Florida bill could hand gun owners huge win, make the US a constitutional carry-majority country. Legislation has support of NRA and Florida Sheriff’s Association. – Emma Colton (COMMENT: What are your Republican state senator and your Republican state representative doing to defend and advance the Second Amendment plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform?) https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-bill-could-gun-owners-huge-win-us-constitutional-carry-majority-country
NEWSMAX — Conservatives Hit Mayor Lightfoot Over Chicago Crime – Theodore Bunker https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lori-lightfoot-chicago-crime/2023/01/30/id/1106475/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Radio host William Kelly, who previously sued Lightfoot after his Chicago press pass was revoked, posted a picture of shuttered businesses on State Street near the “Magnificent Mile” on North Michigan Avenue with the comment, “Not even Old Blue Eyes could save this and Chicagoans have @lorilightfoot to thank.” He said in an interview with Fox News last week: “The policies that really destroyed State Street and honestly, Michigan Avenue, the Magnificent Mile was the one-two punch of the lockdowns, the looting, but also the policies that continue to this day.”)
MSNBC — COMMENT: Pritzker, who ever-increasingly talks and acts like he is going to run for President, calls DeSantis an extremist. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/desantis-black-history-course-ban-part-2024-plan-rcna68266 — COMMENT: Democrats say “RNC throws Ye under the bus with resolution ‘condemning’ antisemitism.” To paint me as being as being an antisemite and to get my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take adverse actions against me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government stressed a) that I was conservative, b) that I was Republican, c) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, d) that I was 100% German national origin, e) that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and f) that I lived in Wheaton since 1978. I should write a book about the aforesaid. https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/rnc-antisemitism-ye-fuentes-gop-rcna68182
SALT WIRE — Unceremoniously dumped – Wilfred Bartlett, Conception Bay South (COMMENT: I should write a book about my being unceremoniously dumped as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, c) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, d) a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, f) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, and g) GAO employee.) https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/opinion/letter-unceremoniously-dumped-as-volunteer-of-seniors-club-with-no-explanation-100819344/
BIG COUNTRY NEWS — COMMENT: Democrats say “Permit-to-purchase, assault weapons ban pass out of Washington House Committee https://www.bigcountrynewsconnection.com/news/state/washington/permit-to-purchase-assault-weapons-ban-pass-out-of-washington-house-committee/article_0936a670-6582-5c1a-a8e3-3c5231fda8f3.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: House Bill 1143 prohibits firearm dealers from selling or transferring guns unless the person has a valid permit to purchase firearms, mandates background checks and 10-day waiting periods for all transfers of firearms, and requires dealers to record every transfer. The bill also requires prospective gun buyers to apply directly to a state or local law enforcement agency to obtain a purchase permit prior to approaching any seller. House Bill 1240 bans “assault weapons,” defined in the legislation as a category of semi-automatic rifles that fit certain criteria like being shorter than 30 inches in length and the ability to accept a detachable magazine.)
NPR — COMMENT: Democrats say “Recent infighting raises the question” and ask “How conservative is the GOP?” Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I should write a book about anti-conservative and conservative-hating leaders of the following who have a) rejected the most planks in the Republican Party platform and/or b) done the most to destroy the following: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and c) Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes a) destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition and/or b) take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.. https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1151996068/republican-party-conservative-ideology-gop-trump
AXIOS — COMMENT: Democrats say “AT&T criticized after dropping Newsmax.” If you got dropped, who would come to your defense? If Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, and/or other anti-conservatives and conservative-haters succeed in stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, who would come to my defense? https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2023/01/30/att-directv-newsmax
WIKIPEDIA — Censure (COMMENT: Who blames you and for what? I should write a book about my “religious” and “conservative” and “Republican” critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who tried hard but failed to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at ICRC’s annual convention in Wheaton in 2006. They blamed me and they blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Bill Brady losing the Republican gubernatorial primary that year. Previously, they blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich in 2002. They succeeded in throwing me off ICRC’s Steering Committee in 2007. In my book, I would focus on Ryan’s and Brady’s major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. I would focus on the many adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me since 2002. I would focus on the many things that I did a) to help elect Ryan in the 2002 general gubernatorial election and b) to help elect Brady in the 2010 gubernatorial election.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censure
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL — New Mentor Program Pairs Midwestern University Students with Women in Medicine and Science (COMMENT: I am not a Democrat, minority, or female. My IRS and GAO superiors were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to promote their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980, assigned me to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.) https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/639155927-new-mentor-program-pairs-mwu-students-with-undergraduate-women-in-medicine-and-science
NORTHWEST HERALD — Stop calling semi-automatic rifles assault rifles – Patrick Donlea, Crystal Lake https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2023/01/29/letter-stop-calling-semi-automatic-rifles-assault-rifles/ (FROM THE LETTER: I understand many people use hyperbole to make their arguments sound more compelling. That being said, we have to stop calling any semi-automatic rifle designed and sold for civilian and police use an “assault rifle.” An assault rifle is a specific tool designed for and used by the military. Because of this, it should not be available for civilian or civil police use. The assault rifle is distinguished from the standard battle rifle by three primary characteristics that make it easier to use in close quarters, such as urban or jungle fighting. These characteristics are: 1. It’s comparatively short and light. 2. It fires a less powerful, and, therefore lighter, round bullet. 3. It has a selective fire switch which allows it to shoot in either semi-automatic or fully automatic mode, such as firing three shot bursts as a third option. The last of these characteristics makes it a type of machine gun. This puts the assault rifle under the registration requirements of the National Firearms Act (NFA). It should be noted that Illinois law has already prohibited the possession of all NFA weapons, specifically machine guns, by Illinois residents since 1961 (720 ILCS 5/24). So, please stop calling a semi-automatic rifle a machine gun or assault rifle when discussing current gun laws. For the past 62 years, it has been illegal to own assault rifles in Illinois.)
NEW YORK POST — Nikki Haley, former UN ambassador in the Trump administration, took a not-so-subtle shot at President Biden, 80, and former President Donald Trump, 76 — saying it’s time for a “new generation to lead.” – Mark Moore (COMMENT: Are you older? What do you stress in your defense of your age? I stress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.) https://nypost.com/2023/01/29/nikki-haley-on-2024-time-for-a-new-generation-to-lead/ — Memphis cops charged in Tyre Nichols murder hired after Police Department relaxed job requirements – Matthew Sedacca (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats lower job requirements to hire Democrats. GAO hired me in 1980 when I was 31, IRS hired me in 1971 when I was 22, and Firestone Stores hired me in 1970 when I was 21. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who GAO, IRS, and Firestone Stores would not have hired back then if they were as old as back then I was because they would not have met job requirements. GAO would not have hired me if I had not a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and d) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$194,583/year. IRS would not have hired me if I had not a) worked the previous 10 months for Firestone Stores and b) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. Firestone Stores would not have hired me if I had not earned the aforesaid degree.) https://nypost.com/2023/01/28/memphis-cops-in-tyre-nichols-murder-hired-after-pd-relaxed-job-standards/ — Democrats want 8.7% pay hike for federal workers who were ‘subjected to’ Trump – Mark Moore (COMMENT: Lyndon Johnson was President while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and Richard Nixon during 1969. Nixon was President while I worked for IRS 1971-1974, Gerald Ford 1974-1977, and Jimmy Carter 1977-1980. Carter was President while I worked for GAO 1980-1981, Ronald Reagan 1981-1989, George Bush 1989-1993, and Bill Clinton 1993-1997. GAO works for Congress. Democrats controlled the House while I worked for GAO 1980-1995 and Republicans 1995-1997.) https://nypost.com/2023/01/29/democrats-offer-pay-hike-to-federal-workers-to-make-good-for-trump-covid/
AMERICAN GREATNESS — School choice is more important than ever. – Larry Sand (COMMENT: My outstanding parents sending 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 had a tremendous impact on me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned that impact the most.) https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/29/the-curricular-firing-squads/
CONSTITUTION ANNOTATED — Table of Laws Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court (COMMENT: Concerning the Second Amendment, see New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen and McDonald v. City of Chicago and District of Columbia v. Heller) https://constitution.congress.gov/resources/unconstitutional-laws/
FOX NEWS — NYC forces all city employees to undergo radical critical race theory training: ‘Really unfair’ A source told Fox News that NYC wanted the contracts with the city and the hiring to be determined with a ‘racial equity’ lens. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They require all federal employees to take lots of anti-Republican training. I should write a book about the anti-Republican training that my Democrat superiors required me to take.) https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-forces-all-city-employees-into-radical-racial-equity-training
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — 7 Lessons From Those Who Retired By FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early). Equip yourself with the tools to enjoy early retirement. – Rachel Hartman (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors did everything that they could to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those who ancestors had been America for a long time and who they had not promote to Senior Executive Service, currently $183,500/year by age 40, I planned on retiring as soon I became eligible for regular retirement in 2003 when I would be 55. But they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. Consequently my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is significantly less. My CSRS pension today is less than what my IRS salary was in today’s dollars in 1972 when I was 23 years old.) https://money.usnews.com/money/retirement/aging/articles/lessons-from-those-who-retired-by-fire (FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Get ready to spend less. 2. Practice living in retirement. 3. Change your approach to money. 4. Recognize there will be challenges. 5. Know your new goals. 6. Pick the right FIRE version. 7. Look ahead to the perks.)
USA TODAY — Another conservative (Fox News analyst Gianno Caldwell) faces public shunning. Liberals grow bolder with their intolerance. What happened to Caldwell at a Miami restaurant isn’t an isolated incident. Conservatives have been shunned or harassed at other establishments in recent years. – Ingrid Jacques (COMMENT: I should write a book about how conservatives are ever-increasingly shunned in the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.) https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/01/29/fox-news-gianno-caldwell-kicked-out-miami-restaurant/11121879002/
WICHITA EAGLE — How The Eagle calculated response times of the Wichita Police Department – MICHAEL STAVOLA (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, crime will increase, and therefore, police response times will increase.) https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article271619047.html
FORBES — America Needs To Improve How It Treats Its Older Workers – Teresa Ghilarducci https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2023/01/28/how-america-treats-its-older-workers-new-data/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Involuntary Retirement It is hard for older workers to keep a job, as Urban Institute’s Richard W. Johnson showed the economists gathered there. Older workers do worse under conditions of layoffs and business closures. Job-finding is easier for workers under 50 who get displaced from a job — more than 70% of displaced workers under 50 typically find new work within three years of their job loss. For workers 55-61, however, that number falls to 59%. Among those who can start claiming Social Security, at ages 62 and older the reemployment rate falls to just 38%. So they claim early Social Security benefits at reduced monthly benefits or they start bidding down and take jobs that are worse than their previous ones. Early retirement is an all-too-common last resort, and involuntary retirements increase the risk of depression and downward mobility. Labor market scarring is another effect of job loss beyond the pain of unemployment. Scarring refers to the earnings losses experienced by displaced workers who do manage to find work again. Once again, things get worse as you move up in age. Re-employed displaced workers, age 55-61, earn 22% less than they did before, a scarring effect that is more than twice as severe as for those in their 30s. Weekly earnings are 29% lower for reemployed displaced workers 62 and older.)
HR DRIVE — COMMENT: Democrats say “6 diversity and inclusion trends to watch in 2023.” (COMMENT: Since I became a federal employee in 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been ever-increasingly furious because as a federal employee and retiree, the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance.) https://www.hrdive.com/news/2023-diversity-and-inclusion-trends/641211/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: A phenomenon Stamps said she’s been thinking about lately is medical challenges forcing early retirement. “If you’re forced to retire, you’re theoretically less prepared for retirement than the average [person] and you have more debt. That’s more challenging because now you have a sort of fixed income if you’re lucky. Getting any kind of fixed income that you have to depend on kind of perpetuates the racial wealth gap.”)
NASDAQ — How to Save for Retirement Even When You’re in Your 20s and Broke – Mary Ellen Cagnassola (COMMENT: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. I earned full-time CSRS credits even though I worked only part-time. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been ever-increasingly furious about that ever since then. I earned almost 9 years of CSRS credits working for IRS 1971-1980 and almost 18 years of CSRS credits working for GAO 1980-1997. My CSRS pension is dramatically reduced a) because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and took many adverse actions against me and b) because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997. Nevertheless, my CSRS pension is currently $63,144/year. But my CSRS pension today is less than what my IRS salary was in today’s dollars in 1972 when I was 23 years old. In addition, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been ever-increasingly furious because as a federal employee and retiree, the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance.) https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-to-save-for-retirement-even-when-youre-in-your-20s-and-broke
ENTREPRENEUR — Early retirement can cause faster cognitive decline – Amanda Breen (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. More than anything else, my putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out since 2000 has slowed down my cognitive decline. Since 2005, those newsletters have included links to 449,353 articles.) https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/early-retirement-can-negatively-impact-cognition-study/443720
U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE — Navy Will Force Retirement on Poor Performing Senior Captains, Commanders – Ben Werner (COMMENT: To “justify” forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors a) gave me unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals, b) kept me off audits of IRS since 1988, c) always ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and d) assigned me to supervise all their poor performing employees.) https://news.usni.org/2018/08/09/navy-to-retire-poor-performing-senior-commanders-and-captains
FED SMITH — The 2023 COLA is the largest in over 40 years. (COMMENT: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension increased from $58,101/year to $63,144/year, that is, by $5,043/year, that is, by 8.7%. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious about that. In my defense, my CSRS pension today is less than what my IRS salary was in today’s dollars in 1972 when I was 23 years old. In my defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. To qualify myself for better paying federal jobs, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 years old in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. I ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) what did they do to qualify themselves for better paying jobs and b) why didn’t they become federal employees?) https://www.fedsmith.com/2023/01/07/when-will-federal-retirees-see-2023-cola-in-their-annuity-payments/
WIKIPEDIA — RINO (COMMENT:I should write a book about the biggest RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on those who not only failed/refused to defend/advance the following planks in the Republican Party platform, but who destroyed those like me who support those planks: individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_in_Name_Only — Entryism (COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on those who have been the most successful in destroying conservative Republican Precinct Committeemen like me.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entryism — Second Civil War (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as having been the Union Army during the Civil War and paint Republicans as having been the Confederate Army during the Civil War.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_American_Civil_War
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL — Ives: ‘I stand in support of Sheriff Mendrick’ https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/639074798-ives-i-stand-in-support-of-sheriff-mendrick (FROM THE ARTICLE: Political organizer Jeanne Ives spoke in support of DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick who stands opposed to the implementation of the state’s recent gun ban. . .Ives, the CEO of Breakthrough Ideas, stands against the move by DuPage County Board Chair Deb Conroy and a delegation of like-minded fellow party members to criticize Mendrick and seek his removal. Ives, a former state representative and former gubernatorial and congressional candidate, was one of hundreds, many holding signs reading “We support Sheriff Mendrick” who packed into the DuPage County Board chambers in a January 24 meeting. “I stand in support of Sheriff Mendrick. He has done an outstanding job keeping our communities safe. He has also worked very hard in turning around the lives of those incarcerated in his jail,” Ives said. “When Sheriff Mendrick started heroin and criminality recidivism rates were 90% and 75% respectively and came down to 18 and 15% respectively. The chairwoman herself, just acknowledged that DuPage is one of the safest states in the country.” “It is remarkable, and hypocritical, of the chairman, and her Democrat state legislative colleagues and the Democrat Congressional delegation to politically assault Sheriff Mendrick for his thoughtful and reasonable position that HB5471 is unconstitutional. After Fridays decision by an IL judge to issue a TRO on the law, it is likely that the law IS unconstitutional.” “The DuPage chairman has herself passed numerous laws, that she probably thought were constitutional, but they aren’t.” “In 2013, she voted for pension reform, that in 2015 was judged unconstitutional.” “In 2017, she voted for SB31, a law requiring Illinois officials to not enforce federal immigration laws.” “For a decade, she voted for unbalanced budgets that are unconstitutional.” “And the chairman, along with her fellow legislators have passed numerous laws without the constitutionally required single subject for a bill or the requirement to read a bill on three separate days before passage.” “Those last two provisions were two of the reasons the judge issued a TRO on the law.” “The Chairman commented that ‘You do not get to choose which laws you comply with in the state of Illinois.’” “Five million illegal immigrants have crossed our border in the last two years and none of these people who insist that our laws be followed have said anything about that.” “If you think this is about keeping people safe, then you should know the chairwoman sponsored and voted for HB3447 which decriminalizes possession of enough fentanyl to kill 1500 people. She does not care about public safety.” “Everyone wants the violence to stop. But taking away the rights of legal gun owners while Cook County refuses to prosecute criminals with illegal guns is irrational.” “And it is telling that the law allows gun manufacturers in Illinois to continue to make and sell these now ‘banned’ guns for people in other states. SO, I guess it isn’t about the guns.” U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) took to extreme language in his characterization of the decision by Mendrick and nearly 90% of the state’s sheriffs to not enforce the law saying the sheriff’s “actions are going to make future mass shootings more likely.” Mendrick answered Casten’s accusations in a statement. “There is absolutely nothing that we are doing or not doing that would make a mass shooting more accessible in DuPage County,” Mendrick said. “In fact, I have asked on multiple occasions to increase penalties on all existing gun crimes, but it does not appear that they want to have that conversation.” Casten was one of five other Democrats in Illinois’ congressional delegation who penned a letter against Mendrick.)
FOX32 — State Rep. Adam Niemerg said the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines is an attack on Second Amendment rights and an attempt to avoid the larger issue: lack of mental health support in Illinois. (COMMENT: Democrats have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Republicans are mentally ill.) https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lawmaker-says-banning-assault-weapons-masks-larger-issue-mental-health (FROM THE ARTICLE: A downstate Republican is joining area sheriffs in pushing back against Illinois’ new assault weapons ban. Sheriffs in Crawford, Jasper and Lawrence counties are among many law enforcement agencies that have refused to enforce the new law, claiming it is unconstitutional. . .”You’re talking about gun violence, and the solution is we are going to strip these folks in this room of their Second Amendment rights. We have some of the most stringent gun control laws in the nation but still, crime is out of control in the city of Chicago as I alluded to earlier, so if the Democrats want to come to me and talk about mental health, completely open to that,” said Niemerg. The Protect Illinois Communities Act is being challenged by several state and federal lawsuits, including at least one backed by the NRA.)
CBS2 — COMMENT: Democrats say “Pritzker tells College Board not to change African American Studies course to appease DeSantis.” https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-desantis-college-board-african-american-studies/ — COMMENT: Democrats say “University of Illinois board increases in-state tuition for incoming freshmen.” Back when college expenses were much lower, I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home a) while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I took classes at UIC and NIU and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-illinois-tuition-increase/
DAILY HERALD — FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO OF KENNEALLY: COMMENT: Democrats say “McHenry County state’s attorney files lawsuit claiming new Illinois gun ban violates 2nd Amendment.” https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230126/mchenry-county-states-attorney-files-lawsuit-claiming-new-illinois-gun-ban-violates-2nd-amendment — COMMENT: Democrats say “Case against father of Highland Park mass shooting suspect could take months before trial.” https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230126/case-against-father-of-highland-park-mass-shooting-suspect-could-take-months-before-trial — COMMENT: Democrats say “‘Historic night for Naperville’: City council poised to pass Affordable Housing Incentive Plan.” For what I see as a DuPage County resident since 1978, ever-increasingly, as Democrats invade the county, the average income of DuPage County residents decreases in relative terms is not absolute terms. https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20230127/historic-night-for-naperville-city-council-poised-to-pass-affordable-housing-incentive-plan — COMMENT: Democrats say “Be skeptical, and look for the 7 tenets of good journalism.” Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media functions as an arm of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties. Ever-increasingly, it does everything that it can to elect and to reelect Democrat candidates and to defeat Republican candidates. Ever-increasingly, it does everything that it can a) to promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, it does everything that it can a) to glorify and praise those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230127/daily-herald-opinion-be-skeptical-and-look-for-the-7-tenets-of-good-journalism (FROM THE ARTICLE: These are the things that are drilled into us in journalism school: the use of multiple credible sources; avoidance of bias; the use of supporting documentation; fairness; verification; balance and context.)
NPR ILLINOIS — COMMENT: Democrats say “University of Illinois Board of Trustees has approved tuition increases at the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses starting this fall.” Back when college expenses were much lower, I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home a) while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I took classes at UIC and NIU and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-01-26/university-of-illinois-trustees-raise-tuition-except-at-uis
POLITICO ILLINOIS — COMMENT: Democrats say “RNC vote today: Illinois members of the Republican National Committee — Don Tracy, Richard Porter and Demetra DeMonte are expected to endorse incumbent Ronna McDaniel as the group’s next chair. Also in the running is Harmeet Dhillon. If you haven’t been following, here’s some background about the behind-the-scenes drama to elect a new leader. It’s become a battle of wills between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as to who wins.” https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/01/27/politics-with-a-side-of-corned-beef-00079855
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Reparations redux – Wayne Laugesen (COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time.) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/reparations-redux — Inside Ron DeSantis’s war with the College Board over AP African American studies – Jeremiah Poff https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/inside-ron-desantis-war-with-the-college-board-over-ap-african-american-studies
BREITBART — Democrat-run Chicago Year-to-Date Crime Rate Up 97% Compared to 2021 – JOHN NOLTE https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/26/nolte-democrat-run-chicago-year-to-date-crime-rate-up-97-compared-to-2021/ — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Calls for AP Courses that Teach ‘Black Queer American’ History – PAUL BOIS (COMMENT: Expect that under Illinois Democrats, ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs will get rid of Illinois Republicans starting with Illinois Republicans like me who are heterosexual, conservative White. male, older, gun-owners, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/27/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-calls-for-ap-courses-that-teach-black-queer-american-history/ — legal Aliens Assaulting Agents, Trying to Escape from Custody – JOHN BINDER https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/26/internal-dhs-emails-sound-alarm-illegal-aliens-assaulting-agents-trying-to-escape-from-custody/ — Sen. Marsha Blackburn: ATF Bureaucrats ‘Destroying Our Second Amendment’ – AWR HAWKINS (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have made it the most clear that they reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican major donors, c) Republican political consultants, d) Republican fundraisers, e) Republican pollsters, f) Republican conservative leaders, and g) Republican activists. The aforesaid should immediately withdraw from Republican politics. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Second Amendment plank is one of the most important planks if not the most important plank in the Republican Party platform.) https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/01/26/sen-marsha-blackburn-atf-bureaucrats-destroying-our-second-amendment/ — Twitter Restores Renaud Camus, French Novelist Who Coined ‘Great Replacement’ Term – CHRIS TOMLINSON (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write a book about the success that Democrats have had in doing the aforesaid in a) DuPage County, b) DuPage County’s 4th District, c) Milton Township, d) Wheaton, e) Wheaton’s West District, and f) my precinct.) https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/01/27/twitter-restores-renaud-camus-french-novelist-who-coined-great-replacement-term/ — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Proposes Same Gun Controls Now Failing in California – AWR HAWKINS (COMMENT: Ever-increasing, to vote for Democrats or RINOs is to abolish the Second Amendment so that Democrats and RINOs can get rid of Republicans once and for all.) https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/01/26/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-proposes-same-gun-controls-now-failing-in-california/
DAILY CALLER — ‘We Need New Blood’: DeSantis Rebukes Ronna McDaniel’s RNC Leadership – HAROLD HUTCHISON (COMMENT: In 2005, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois officers and directors recruited me to serve as the organization’s chairman because no one wanted the job. Because no one wanted the job, I continued to serve as the organization’s chairman until the TAPROOT officers and directors rudely dumped me in 2012. I should write a book about that.) https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/26/desantis-rnc-dhillon-mcdaniel/
FOX NEWS — Reporter who’s suing Lori Lightfoot vows to get answers on Chicago ‘destruction’: I will ask her ‘under oath.’ William J. Kelly filmed shocking video of barren, ‘dystopian’ Chicago storefronts. – Bailee Hill (COMMENT: William J, Kelly is one of the few people who have come to my defense.) https://www.foxnews.com/media/reporter-suing-lori-lightfoot-vows-get-answers-chicago-destruction-ask-oath — Illinois Gov. Pritzker hits DeSantis, warns of Florida’s ‘racist and homophobic laws’ amid AP controversy. Pritzker said that the rejection of the course from the DeSantis’ administration was done ‘in order to fit Florida’s racist and homophobic laws’. – Adam Sabes https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-gov-pritzker-desantis-warns-floridas-racist-homophobic-laws-amid-ap-controversy — California lawmaker wants reparations proposal to be a nationwide ‘blueprint,’ beyond ‘financial compensation’ Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer said the California reparations proposal should be taken up by cities and states around the country. – Joshua Q. Nelson (COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time.) https://www.foxnews.com/media/california-lawmaker-reparations-proposal-nationwide-blueprint-beyond-financial-compensation — Rep. Nehls introduces China Lied, People Died Act to make CCP repay US $4.6 trillion in federal COVID relief. The bill would also prohibit federal funds from going to China until after the communist nation pays America back. – Houston Keene https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nehls-introduces-china-lied-people-died-act-make-ccp-repay-us-4-6-trillion-federal-covid-relief
NEWS BUSTERS — In response to a teacher getting shot by a 6-year-old in a Virginia school, where officials blatantly ignored multiple warnings that the kid had a gun that day, ABC co-host Joy Behar lashed out at law-abiding gun owners and other gun rights activists via The View on Thursday. She accused those millions of Americans of having a “mental illness” and demanded they “be stopped immediately.” – Nicholas Fondacaro (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have made it the most clear that they reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican major donors, c) Republican political consultants, d) Republican fundraisers, e) Republican pollsters, f) Republican conservative leaders, and g) Republican activists. The aforesaid should immediately withdraw from Republican politics. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Second Amendment plank is one of the most important planks if not the most important plank in the Republican Party platform.) https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2023/01/26/behar-gun-owners-have-mental-illness-must-be-stopped
ROLL CALL — COMMENT: Democrats say “In most diverse Congress in history, staff representation lags.” GAO works for Congress. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, their top priority was getting rid of GAO’s who were Republican, and especially those like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. https://rollcall.com/2023/01/26/in-most-diverse-congress-in-history-staff-representation-lags/
NBC NEWS & AOL & ABC NEWS — COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/-1619-project-series-makes-case-reparations-rcna67495 https://www.aol.com/news/nikole-hannah-jones-makes-case-212555249.html https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=124115 (FROM THE ABC NEWS ARTICLE: But since there are no slaves living today, and since most white Americans descend from immigrants who arrived long after abolition, there are many questions about who should pay reparations and who should receive them.) — COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were the most successful in forcing my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take adverse actions against me. https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/illinois-holocaust-museum-preserves-survivors-stories-through-virtual-reality-161898565857
YAHOO NEWS — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from hate-filled White-hating White-haters, Democrats get hate-filled White-hating White-haters to promote more and more and more hatred against Whites. Of course, that forces Whites to buy more and more and more firearms for their self-defense. https://news.yahoo.com/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-introduces-230528993.html
WASHINGTON POST — COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. gun-owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/26/san-francisco-slavery-reparations-report/
DESERET NEWS — COMMENT: Democrats blame Republicans for Kari Lake’s loss. I should write a book about the following who have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued. I would focus on the aforesaid who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses suffered by Jim Ryan, Bill Brady, Judy Barr Topinka, and Peter Roskam. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. https://www.deseret.com/2023/1/26/23569401/why-di-kari-lake-lose-arizona-election-republicans-held-the-key
WALL STREET JOURNAL — The American worker is going AWOL—often because they’ve aged out of the workforce, or never entered it. Their absence could impede the economy’s ability to grow, and make for a less prosperous future. – Justin Lahart (COMMENT: Have you been aged out? I have been aged out since 1973 when I was a 25 year old conservative White male non-veteran Protestant 100% German American Republican IRS employee who had ancestors who have been in America since 1844 and who had not made GS-13, currently $109,732/year. I did not make GS-12, currently $92,279/year, until 1974, and I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986 and a GAO Analyst. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on how my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and GOP-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/labor-participation-factors-economy-11674780877 — Facebook’s Trump Gift to Democrats. Biden couldn’t be happier as the social-media platform lifts its ban on the former President. – Editorial (COMMENT: Trump give ammunition to his critics/opponents/enemies, ammunition that Trump believes will blow up in their face when they try to use it against him. But Trump’s critics/opponents/enemies use that ammunition against Trump’s supporters. https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-facebook-meta-nick-clegg-democrats-joe-biden-twitter-social-media-11674769727 — Vietnam War Veterans Deserve an Apology. Many didn’t receive a hero’s welcome when they came home. – Jerry C. Davis (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for my avoiding the Vietnam draft.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/vietnam-veterans-deserve-an-apology-paris-peace-american-heritage-patriotism-anniversary-pride-11674767541
FORBES — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about that. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2023/01/27/the-court-is-coming-for-affirmative-action-that-would-be-a-terrible-mistake/ — A Looming Recession And How It May Affect Tax Collections – Scott Curley (COMMENT: I was an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who continue to use that against me the most.) https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/01/09/a-looming-recession-and-how-it-may-affect-tax-collections/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: The only time a tax collection issue becomes subjective is when it’s assigned to a revenue officer. This does not happen often. The IRS likes most tax collection issues handled quickly, which is why they prefer the ACS handling it. When a tax collection matter is pulled out of the ACS and assigned to a revenue officer, it becomes a person-to-person issue. When a taxpayer calls the ACS, the agent you speak to is the first available. When dealing with a revenue officer, you are dealing with a person assigned to the particulars of your case.)
BLOOMBERG — COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs a) want Republican candidates to lose and b) want the Republican Party to dump its leaders who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, gun-owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. https://about.bgov.com/news/what-to-know-in-washington-diversity-lacking-in-gop-leadership/
POLITICO — COMMENT: Democrats say “As Santos digs in, both parties ramp up campaign plans for his demise. The freshman fabricator is showing no signs of a departure that would trigger a special election. But his GOP and Democrats are preparing anyway.” Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs will paint Santos as being a typical conservative. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/27/will-santos-flee-new-york-three-00079760
STUDY — COMMENT: If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrats, and especially Democrats whose ancestors lived in slave states, owned slaves, fought for the Confederacy, were KKK members, and/or pushed Jim Crow laws. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor. Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in American for a long time. https://study.com/academy/lesson/reparations-definition-overview.html
FREE DICTIONARY — Steer away from (COMMENT: What do you say to my direct competitors who paint themselves as being conservative and/or Republican, but who steer everyone away from articles that promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform: individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving)? I should write a book about my aforesaid direct competitors.) https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/steer+away+from+(someone+or+something)
WHEATON PATCH — COMMENT: Democrats say “Conroy Seeks Censure, Residents Split On Sheriff’s Weapons Ban Stance. DuPage County Board Chair Deb Conroy said Tuesday she plans to seek censure of Sheriff Mendrick for his stance on the statewide ban. Conroy said she will introduce a resolution in February to censure Mendrick.” DuPage County has more residents than five states (Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota) and the District of Columbia. DuPage County Republicans vehemently oppose any such censure. I should write a book about my “Republican” critics/opponents a) who fail/refuse to support Mendrick and b) who tried but failed with a surprise effort to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at the start of its annual convention in Wheaton in 2006. They blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Bill Brady’s defeat in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary. Previously, they blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in 2002.) https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/conroy-seeks-censure-residents-split-sheriffs-weapons-ban-stance
GOPUSA ILLINOIS — How will Conroy proceed with her censure of Mendrick? What about due process? What rights will she accord Mendrick? When and how will Conroy put her charges against Mendrick in writing and publish those charges? Will she give Mendrick an opportunity to respond to those charges in writing and publish his response? Will she allow conservatives like me, that is, platform Republicans like me, that is, Republicans like me to file amicus curiae (friend of the court) type documents with the DuPage County Board in support of Mendrick? Will she allow Mendrick to speak in his defense at her February 14 DuPage County Board meeting? Will she allow Mendrick’s supporters like me to speak in defense of Mendrick at her February 14 DuPage County Board meeting? In 2006, the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) did not accord me such rights when my critic/opponents tried but failed with a surprise effort to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at the start of its annual convention in Wheaton in June of 2006. – Dave Diersen http://www.gopillinois.com (FROM THE MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION BY-LAWS: “Misbehavior and Censure. Upon written petition signed by five (5) voting members, the Chairperson shall notify the named Committeeperson of the petition and shall direct a special committee composed of the full Executive Committee to meet and consider allegations of misbehavior of their office or as a member of the MTRO. If this special committee finds the alleged misbehavior has been prejudicial to the best interest of the MTRO, the Chairperson shall notify the concerned Committeeperson and the voting members of the special committee’s recommendation to censure. No member shall be censured without concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership present at any regular or special meeting preceded by seven (7) days written notice to all members of the action contemplated. If there is concurrence of 2/3 of the membership for censure, a Letter of Censure shall be issued by the Chair and mailed via 1st Class US Mail or electronic mail to the censured Committeeperson. Any member to whom a Letter of Censure is issued shall be ineligible to participate as a voting member of any meeting, shall not be able to attend any MTRO meetings or other take part in any other MTRO activities authorized by these By-Laws for a period of one (1) year. A censured member can be restored to good standing by recommendation of the special committee which recommended the censure, followed by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership present at any meeting. . .Prohibited Endorsements. Any Elected Committeeperson who endorses a non-Republican for any partisan office shall be subject to censure as set forth in Article III.” SEE: https://miltongop.org/about/by-laws )
WIKIPEDIA — Legal Defense Fund (COMMENT: Should Mendrick’s supporters form a legal defense fund for him? Will lawyers donate their time to help defend Mendrick?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_defense_fund
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — COMMENT: Democrats say “Pritzker warns College Board against any AP course changes to appease DeSantis and ‘Florida’s racist and homophobic laws’ In a letter, Pritzker told the nonprofit College Board that Illinois will reject a revised African American Studies course if it doesn’t include “a factual accounting of history, including the role played by black queer Americans.” How soon will Democrat Pritzker officially get rid of all those in Illinois who not promote hatred against Republicans starting with Republicans who are White and/or heterosexual? https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2023/1/25/23571766/pritzker-college-board-desantis-advanced-placement-class-florida-lgbtq-black-racist-homophobic — COMMENT: The more hatred that you promote against Republicans, the more that Democrats promote you. https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/25/23571203/republican-party-lying-george-santos-donald-trump-se-cupp-column — COMMENT: Democrats say “IRS harshly punishes taxpayers who accidentally break the rules.” My Democrat IRS superiors harshly punished me for my opposing their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They got rid of their Republican employees who White, male, and/non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13, currently $109,732/year, by age 25. Extremely few IRS employees make that promotion deadline. I did not make GS-12, currently $92,279/year until I was 25 in 1974. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) got rid of the IRS manager in 1975 who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) never promoted me to GS-13, and d) disallowed my education deductions in 1978. I should write a book about all that. I would focus on how my Democrat IRS superiors used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees. All my IRS coworkers who my Democrat IRS superiors promoted over me were minority, female, veteran, had less job-related work experience than I had, and/or had less job-related education than I had.) https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/1/25/23571245/irs-policy-penalties-senior-citizen-monica-toth-supreme-court-jacob-sullum-column — COMMENT: Democrats say “Heightened security planned for Lunar New Year celebrations.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/afternoon-edition-newsletter/2023/1/25/23571360/chicago-news-roundup — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters a) promote more crime in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality, b) use shootings to promote more hatred against Republicans, and say c) “Legal assaults on Illinois’ sensible new gun law are a travesty. No one can go to school, to church, to a concert, to a celebration, to a park or to a movie without fearing they suddenly will be targeted by a slaughterer wielding deadly weapons.” Criminals will always have semiautomatic weapons. As crime increases under the Democrats, the need for semiautomatic weapons for self-defense increases. Under the Democrats, expect that as crime increases, a) 911 response times will increase and b) law enforcement will be overwhelmed by criminals using semiautomatic weapons. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/26/23571628/lawsuit-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-national-rifle-association-mass-shootings-editorial — COMMENT: Democrats say “CPS to consider science, social studies marks instead of standardized tests for advancing to the next grade. The district is placing more focus on core subjects and helping students who are falling behind so they aren’t held back.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/1/25/23571935/cps-consider-science-social-studies-marks-instead-of-standardized-tests-advancing-next-grade
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — COMMENT: Democrats say “The lesson from George Santos? Don’t elect such candidates in the first place.’ I should write a book about the following who knew that candidates on Republican primary ballots in my precinct since 2000 had very big skeletons in their closets, but promoted those candidates big time anyway: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) major donors, c) political consultants, d) fundraisers, e) pollsters, and f) activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.) https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-george-santos-election-media-20230125-cofdch53cvhftlrxjws6zkqsq4-story.html
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH — COMMENT: Democrats say “McLean County judge dismisses lawsuit against Normal, town clerk.” (COMMENT: What offices are appointed in your municipality, in your township, and in your county?) https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mclean-county-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-normal-town-clerk/article_1f83ccba-9ce0-11ed-808a-9b9cce0f2983.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: A McLean County judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by three prospective candidates for Normal municipal positions that are not set to appear on the spring ballot. Eleventh Circuit Judge Mark Fellheimer determined that the claims filed on the candidates’ behalf by former Republican attorney general candidate Tom DeVore against Normal’s town government and Clerk Angie Huonker were not aligned with state and local law. At issue was whether the clerk was required to certify the candidates’ petitions for the offices of town collector and town supervisor, two offices that are not part of Normal’s government body, and town clerk, a position that is currently appointed.)
STATELINE — TRAGIC: Illinois students trade alcohol, vaping for marijuana use – John Clark https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/report-illinois-students-trade-alcohol-vaping-for-marijuana-use/ (FROM THE ARTICLE’: According to a recent survey, alcohol and vaping use amongst 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students has declined, but marijuana use has increased. The Illinois Youth Survey is undertaken every two years by participating school districts across the state. FHN provided the survey results for Stephenson and Jo Daviess counties, which showed that past-year alcohol use is between 24 – 31% in the 10th grade, increasing to 44 – 52% in the 12th grade, with more than 50% of the students who drank reporting that they received the alcohol from their parents. Winnebago County showed 32% alcohol use in 10th grade, increasing to 42% in 12th grade. Boone County showed 27% in 10th grade and 34% in 12th grade. Ogle County showed 31% alcohol use in 10th grade, increasing to 51% in 12th grade. The survey showed the percentage of alcohol use has been declining over the past four years, but the past-year use of marijuana is now between 23 – 25% of 12th-grade students in Stephenson and Jo Daviess counties, 22% in Boone County, 32% Winnebago County, and 31% in Ogle County. According to the Illinois Department of Human Services Substance Use Prevention Services, research over the years has identified the following risk factors for underage alcohol and other substance misuses: Antisocial behaviors, perceptions of peer substance use, low perceived risk of harm, poor family-youth relationships, and parental acceptance of substance use, school absenteeism, and availability and marketing of substances to youth.)
WESTERN SPRINGS PATCH — GOP Insiders To Pick Durkin Replacement. The Republican Party says it will publicly interview “select” candidates. – David Giuliani (COMMEMT: Of course, conservatives like me, that is, platform Republicans like me, that is, Republicans like me fear that another anti-conservative, that is, another platform Republican, that is, another anti-Republican will be selected.) https://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/gop-insiders-pick-durkin-replacement (FROM THE ARTICLE: One prominent area Republican is Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso, who has unsuccessfully run for Congress and attorney general in the last few years. Grasso, who recently denounced the “far right,” has not returned two messages for comment. Last Friday, Republicans issued a news release giving interested candidates a week to apply. Members of the selection committee are Jim Zay of DuPage County, Tim Ozinga of Will County, Michael Shackel of Lemont Township, Terrance Carr of Lyons Township, Cindy Nelson Katsenes of Orland Township and Sean Morrison of Palos Township. They plan to hold a public meeting involving interviews of “select” candidates, according to the news release. The meeting is set for 10 a.m. Feb. 4 at the House Republican Organization office at 16W281 83rd St., Suite D, in Burr Ridge. Interested Republicans must have lived in the district for the last two years.)
WASHINGTON TIMES — DHS released 1,100 criminals from detention in December – Stephen Dinan https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/25/dhs-released-1100-criminals-detention-december/ — The new Republican chairman of the panel that oversees the IRS said Wednesday that he has created a new online form for agency employees to report directly to Congress on any abuses or wrongdoing they see. – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: If this had existed while I worked for IRS 1971-1980, I would have reported political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. My Democrat IRS superiors harshly punished me for my opposing their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They got rid of their Republican employees who White, male, and/non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13, currently $109,732/year, by age 25. Extremely few IRS employees make that promotion deadline. I did not make GS-12, currently $92,279/year until I was 25 in 1974. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) got rid of the IRS manager in 1975 who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) never promoted me to GS-13, and d) disallowed my education deductions in 1978. I should write a book about all that. I would focus on how my Democrat IRS superiors used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees. All my IRS coworkers who my Democrat IRS superiors promoted over me were minority, female, veteran, had less job-related work experience than I had, and/or had less job-related education than I had.) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/25/house-gop-asks-irs-employees-snitch-agency/
ALBUQERQUE JOURNAL — Governments that disarm the people have troubling history – CLIFFORD C. NICHOLS https://www.abqjournal.com/1154293/governments-that-disarm-the-people-have-troubling-history.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: When considering gun controls, a nation must first acknowledge that this world is, by definition, broken. It’s a given evil will erupt from time to time, no matter what anyone does to prevent it. It’s just where and when it will happen that is most often unforeseeable. Once that is agreed upon, perhaps we can also further agree that, when evil does erupt – whether the threat is personal or national – the last thing any of us should want is for us to have allowed our government to have removed our ability to defend ourselves against it. Consider Hitler. He took away guns in Germany in the 1930s and in every country he conquered thereafter, particularly from (those) “disfavored” by his government. In the words of Heinrich Himmler, “Ordinary citizens don’t need guns, as having guns doesn’t serve the State.” Within that context, compare the evolution of today’s gun debate with the events that actually occurred in Germany not so very long ago: “In 1931, Weimar (Republic government) authorities discovered plans for a Nazi takeover… In reaction to such threats, the (Weimer) government authorized the registration of all firearms … for ‘public safety.’ The interior minister warned that the records must not fall into the hands of any extremist group. “In 1933, the ultimate extremist group, led by Adolf Hitler, seized power and used the (gun registration) records (of the former Weimer government) to identify, disarm, and attack political opponents and Jews. …” (“How the Nazis Used Gun Control,” by Stephen P. Halbrook, National Review, Dec. 2, 2013.) At minimum, the foregoing should highlight that, from the perspective of some governments’ like Hitler’s, the operative word in “gun control” is control. Such control as that which allowed the Nazis, i.e. German government, in the 1940s to deport millions of people on trains to destinations like Auschwitz from every country over which Hitler’s “government,” i.e. tyranny, took control…. These were people who knew … they were destined to die – people who should have resisted, but didn’t in part because they had been disarmed. Guns taken from good people by their government only really matters when government, for whatever reason, turns evil and decides to do evil to good people. Whether a person supported Clinton or Trump, all should be able to agree … any government anywhere is susceptible to becoming a tyranny led by men or women who are evil. If you don’t think that can happen in any nation – even America – think again. Consider the massacre at Wounded Knee in South Dakota on Dec. 29, 1890. After the United States 7th Cavalry confiscated the firearms of a group of Lakota Sioux “for their own safety and protection at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,” 297 Indians were murdered. After the majority of the Sioux had peacefully turned in their firearms, the Calvary began shooting and wiped out the camp; 200 of the dead were women and children. To empower the people of the United States with the ability to resist any tyranny that might threaten them in the future was the sole reason our founding fathers gave all Americans the right to bear arms guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment. Those who disagree should ask: Why?)
AMERICAN GREATNESS — Big-City Mayors Get Border-Wise, Policy Foolish. Elected leaders like Karen Bass and Eric Adams know that advocating sanctuary policies is a requirement to stay in good standing with their party, so they will likely never abandon them. – Brian Lonergan https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/25/big-city-mayors-get-border-wise-policy-foolish/
GOPUSA — COMMENT: The Pope should acknowledge a) that the Democrat Party platform promotes crime and b) that as crime increases, people need more guns to defend themselves. https://www.gopusa.com/pope-decries-expanding-gun-use/
PATRIOT POST — Democrats Demand ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban – MARK ALEXANDER https://patriotpost.us/alexander/94436-shocker-demos-demand-assault-weapons-ban-2023-01-25 (FROM THE ARTICLE: Because neither of the assailants fit Joe Biden’s favored “white supremacist” profile, he trotted out his familiar call for banning so-called “assault weapons.” This despite the fact that neither of the assailants used rifles in the attacks. Fact is, rifles of any type and shotguns combined are used in less than 3% of all homicides, but Biden has never let facts get in the way of his political agenda.)
REASON — No Matter the ‘Details on These Shootings,’ Biden Says, Congress Should Respond by Banning ‘Assault Weapons’ The president seems to have forgotten his concession that such laws leave murderers with plenty of options that are “just as deadly.” – JACOB SULLUM (COMMEMT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use shootings a) to outlaw semi-automatic firearms, then b) to outlaw all firearms, then c) to confiscate all firearms, then d) to justify abolishing the Second Amendment, and then d) to officially abolish the Second Amendment. If America had never had the Second Amendment, a) Mexico would have invaded America sooner than it did and b) Japan and Germany would have invaded America in WWII.) https://reason.com/2023/01/25/no-matter-the-details-on-these-shootings-biden-says-congress-should-respond-by-banning-assault-weapons/ (FROM WIKIPEDIA: His (Polk’s) message to Congress on May 11, 1846, claimed that “Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil.” The U.S. Congress approved the declaration of war on May 13, 1846. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War )
CBS NEWS — COMMENT: Democrats say “Republicans meet to choose new RNC chair after lackluster midterm election results.” I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012 and b) who ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007. I would focus on what they hinted/implied/argued/shouted against me. I would focus on what they blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for including all the losses that all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 and especially a) Jim Ryan’s general election loss to Blagojevich in 2002, b) Bill Brady’s Republican primary loss to Topinka in 2006, c) Topinka’s general election loss to Blagojevich in 2006, and d) Bill Brady’s general election loss to Pat Quinn in 2010. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rnc-chair-election-race/
NEW YORK TIMES — COMMENT: Democrats say: “A New Series, In Service of Our Ancestors” Sooner or later, Democrats will force Republicans who are the following to disclose everything about their ancestors to show how much reparations they have to pay: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/insider/a-new-series-in-service-of-our-ancestors.html
KYVB — FROM THE ARTICLE: “If that means exposing your own history or exposing your ancestors supported slavery or the KKK – call it out. Once we lay it all on the table we can say, ‘Ya did it. It was then. What do we [do now to] move forward?’ You encourage [racism] by wanting to hide it.” Sooner or later, Democrats will force Republicans who are the following to disclose everything about their ancestors to show how much reparations they have to pay: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/community/local-hundreds-marched-through-boise-to-support-the-mlk-living-legacy-celebration/277-94852ec3-7cf9-4197-94d1-5aedef5e3575
MARSHALL PROJECT — COMMENT: Democrats say “It’s Not Just a Police Problem, Americans Are Opting Out of Government Jobs.” In 1971, when I was 22 years old, I would not have become an IRS employee if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
JUST THE NEWS — COMMENT: Democrats say “Inflation at the RNC: McDaniel salary more than doubled as chair, now far exceeds predecessors’ pay. Ronna McDaniel’s starting salary as RNC chair was $122,582, which had increased to $358,431 as of November.” Have you ever served as a chairman of an organization? I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write a book about that. I would focus on my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who worked the hardest against me. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/rncs-inflation-problem-mcdaniels-salary-more-doubled-chair-higher-prior
ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER — CHAPTER 15 – Discipline (COMMENT: DuPage County Democrats want to censure Mendrick. DuPage County Republicans vehemently oppose that. I should write a book about my “Republican” critics/opponents, there operatives and their dupes a) who fail/refuse to support Mendrick and b) who tried but failed to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters at its annual convention in Wheaton in 2006. They blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Bill Brady’s defeat in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary. Previously, they blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in 2002.) https://www.kidlink.org/docs/RobertRules/chap15.html
ABC7 — COMMENT: Democrats say “DuPage County sheriff criticized for refusing to enforce new Illinois assault weapons ban.” https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-assault-weapon-ban-2023-gun-laws-new-dupage-county-sheriff/12728795/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Mendrick issued a statement Monday afternoon saying in part, “There is absolutely nothing that we are doing or not doing that would make a mass shooting more accessible in DuPage County. In fact, I have asked on multiple occasions to increase penalties on all existing gun crimes…” “In his estimation they’re asking him to go after legal gun owners and that’s where he has a problem with the law,” said former Republican state representative Jeanne Ives. Enforcement of the assault weapons ban is likely to get a lot of discussion during Tuesday morning’s DuPage County board meeting. Leaders on both sides are encouraging supporters to show up. Monday afternoon the state of Illinois filed an appeal to a judge’s ruling that put the assault weapons ban on hold for some parties. That temporary restraining order that came down Friday night and only applies to four federal firearm license dealers and 862 Illinois citizens who are signed plaintiffs in a downstate lawsuit against the law.) — COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois assault weapons ban faces lawsuit led by former GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey.” https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-lawsuit-2023-white-county/12729650/ — COMMENT: Democrats say “The saga of Rep. George Santos: Inside his many fabrications, exaggerations, and embellishments.” https://abc7chicago.com/george-santos-republican-congressman-anthony-devolder/12718559/
NBC5 — COMMENT: Democrats say “Assault Weapons Ban Sparks War of Words Between DuPage County Sheriff and Lawmakers. DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick on Monday fired back at critics who called on him to enforce provisions if Illinois’ assault weapons ban.” https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/assault-weapons-ban-sparks-war-of-words-between-dupage-county-sheriff-and-lawmakers/3052479/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: In a statement released Monday afternoon, Mendrick struck back at the lawmakers saying, “When elected officials are blatantly untruthful, maybe they are the ones who should consider resignation.” “There is absolutely nothing that we are doing or not doing that would make a mass shooting more accessible in DuPage County,” he added. A downstate Illinois judge on Friday granted a temporary restraining order in a case challenging the legality of the assault weapons ban, effectively halting enforcement of the law for the more than 800 plaintiffs. All but a handful of Illinois’ county sheriffs have said they won’t enforce the ban. Many of them did so by posting letters almost identical to Mendrick’s.)
CBS2 — COMMENT: Democrats say “Lawmakers call on DuPage Sheriff to retract vow not to enforce assault weapons ban.” https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dupage-county-sheriff-assault-weapons-ban/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/lawmakers-call-on-dupage-sheriff-to-retract-vow-not-to-enforce-assault-weapons-ban/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: In a lengthy statement released on Monday, Mendrick again criticized the new law as “poorly written” and for having “no clear direction on who will be enforcing new gun laws.” He said he was contacted by Casten on Jan. 16 about enforcing the law. “There is absolutely nothing that we are doing or not doing that would make a mass shooting more accessible in DuPage County,” Mendrick said in the statement. “In fact, I have asked on multiple occasions to increase penalties on all existing gun crimes, but it does not appear that they want to have that conversation. They seem more concerned with lawful gun owners than people illegally possessing guns.”) — COMMENT: Democrats say “Illinois AG Kwame Raoul appeals court order partly blocking assault weapons ban.” https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-restraining-order-appeal/
WGN9 — COMMENT: Democrats say “Officials discuss DuPage sheriff’s refusal to enforce assault weapons ban.” https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/dupage-co-elected-officials-discuss-local-sheriffs-refusal-to-enforce-assault-weapons-ban/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: On January 13, Mendrick announced that due to his personal beliefs on the act, he would not enforce the law in DuPage County. He is one of many county sheriffs across Illinois to voice such a statement. Enforcement of the law is currently suspended due to a judge’s ruling on Friday in Effingham after multiple lawsuits were filed to overturn the ban. Mendrick released a statement in response to the Monday meeting, where he states he was ‘berated’ and ‘admonished’ but is pleased to hear the suspension of the law. He also questions officials’ goals in combating gun violence. Mendrick claims that he requested increasing penalties for gun crimes and stresses gun laws tied to criminal activity, making domestic violence a top priority for him. “This is a big win for our law-abiding citizens and for law enforcement,” Mendrick said. The DuPage County Board is meeting Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. and is inviting constituents to submit questions and statements they have in regard to the matter.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — COMMENT: Democrats say “Lawmakers call on DuPage sheriff to enforce assault weapons ban.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-dupage-legislators-assault-weapons-ban-st-0124-20230123-rjkl55whljfrdmanxrpodsemeu-story.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: In an interview with the Chicago Tribune last week, Mendrick said he planned on staying out of the statewide outcry among other sheriffs about the new law but said the concerns he heard from his own deputies and regular citizens were too much to ignore. “The first couple of days, I was actually trying to call people back personally. But everyone would keep me on the phone for 30, 40 minutes apiece. Every citizen I talked to wanted to vent on all of this stuff,” said Mendrick. “The way the law was released scared society. I know it wasn’t the intent. But it did. It scared everybody who owns guns.” “Gun owners, lawful gun owners, this makes them feel that their rights are being infringed upon, that this is just the beginning,” said Mendrick. “How much further will it go after this?” He said he tries to “comply with everything I can” but believes the new law, as written, is incomplete. While the ban says that current owners of high-capacity magazines are required to register them with the Illinois State Police by April and high-powered weapons by Jan. 1, Mendrick is concerned over whether he’ll have the police resources to enforce the law. “If you’re expecting us to be the arm of this, how? Tell me where I get the people,” he said. . .In a follow-up statement after the news conference, Mendrick said the law is poorly written and has no clear direction as to who will be enforcing it. He said he was contacted by Casten on Jan. 16 about enforcing the law. “There is absolutely nothing that we are doing or not doing that would make a mass shooting more accessible in DuPage County,” Mendrick said in the statement. “In fact, I have asked on multiple occasions to increase penalties on all existing gun crimes, but it does not appear that they want to have that conversation. They seem more concerned with lawful gun owners than people illegally possessing guns.”) — COMMENT: Democrats say “More than 1,000 plaintiffs, including Darren Bailey and 70 firearms dealers, named in latest lawsuit challenging state gun ban.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gun-ban-lawsuit-white-county-20230124-nawr2cx2w5bfnn4q237q3c4anu-story.html — COMMENT: Democrats acknowledge “Alarming jump in kids eating marijuana edibles prompts warning for adults to keep gummies away from kids.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-edibles-warning-20230123-7aecpuovwbdtbeaz7mzqtxc4ra-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats will outlaw more and more and more types of firearms until Democrats succeed in outlawing all firearms, that is, until Democrats abolish the Second Amendment. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/5/18/23125905/assault-weapons-ban-registration-mass-shootings-president-biden-buffalo-tops-editorial — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) run America and run Illinois and b) destroy those who do not promote the Democrat Party platform. As their efforts to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters increase, who will come to my defense? Will the leaders of the following come to my defense: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), conservative organizations, and Republicans who I helped elect? The aforesaid did not come to my defense when Democrats and RINOs ended my service as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, or d) MTRO webmaster. The aforesaid did not come to my defense when Democrats and RINOs a) gerrymandered my precinct or b) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/23/23567643/media-literacy-kindergarten-elementary-school-illinois-law-letters — COMMENT: Democrats say “Johnson unveils tax-the-rich plan to bankroll social services. Johnson wants to “make the suburbs, airlines and ultra-rich pay their fair share” to generate $800 million in new revenue. His plan includes a Metra “city surcharge” to raise $40 million from the suburbs.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/1/23/23568177/mayoral-challenger-brandon-johnson-taxes-real-estate-financial-transactions
DAILY HERALD — FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: COMMENT: Democrats say “We’re not going to let this die” and “Push for DuPage sheriff to retract weapons ban statement grows.” https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230123/were-not-going-to-let-this-die-push-for-dupage-sheriff-to-retract-weapons-ban-statement-grows (FROM THE ARTICLE: Earlier this month, Mendrick issued a statement that said he believed the state’s new ban on high-powered guns and high-capacity magazines was unconstitutional. “Therefore, as the custodian of the jail and chief law enforcement official for DuPage County, that neither myself nor my office will be checking to ensure that lawful gun owners register their weapons with the state, nor will we be arresting or housing law-abiding individuals that have been arrested solely with noncompliance of this Act,” Mendrick’s statement reads. . .”There is absolutely nothing that we are doing or not doing that would make a mass shooting more accessible in DuPage County,” Mendrick said in a written statement. “In fact, I have asked on multiple occasions to increase penalties on all existing gun crimes, but it does not appear that they want to have that conversation. “They seem more concerned with lawful gun owners than people illegally possessing guns,” he said. Mendrick, who had previously suggested he believed compliance checks would be tied to the law, also took note that lawmakers on Monday said they would not be asking officers to go door to door to ensure weapons were legally registered. “That is a big win for our law-abiding citizens and for law enforcement,” his statement read. . .In his statement Monday, Mendrick, a Republican, said it was “disheartening” to hear Stava-Murray suggest he would not enforce the law when he has said he would enforce the weapons ban when it involves other illegal activity. “When elected officials are blatantly untruthful, maybe they are the ones who should consider resignation,” Mendrick said. . .During a nearly hourlong interview over the weekend on AM-560’s “Black and Right” radio program, Mendrick was critical of the weapons ban, claiming sheriffs were not consulted in drafting the new law. Mendrick also questioned what happens after Jan. 1, 2024, the deadline for gun owners to register weapons. Though state lawmakers Monday said they would not seek door-to-door compliance checks, Mendrick said a Jan. 16 conversation with Casten suggested otherwise. The sheriff said Casten suggested that if police officers would go to the door of a home filled with Molotov cocktails, then Mendrick “should be fine going to the doors of people’s homes for the new gun laws.” “That reinforced my belief that we were going to be saddled with a manpower challenge that would be insurmountable, to say the least,” Mendrick said Monday. . .”If we go to doors to check for lawful gun owners, we won’t be available to answer 911 calls anymore,” Mendrick said during the radio program, adding that he would need to send three officers to a home to check for weapons. He also noted he is down 30 deputies and has gone from having 18 deputies on each shift to 11.) — FRONT PAGE: COMMENT: Democrats say “How Casten dramatically outraised and outspent Pekau in the final weeks of campaign.” https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230123/how-casten-dramatically-outraised-and-outspent-pekau-in-the-final-weeks-of-campaign
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS — Illinois GOP chairman wants review of neutrality in primary process. He said several new committees will be looking at the primary process, get out the vote efforts and how to grow the Republican party in the suburbs. – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: I should write a book about actions taken by leaders of the following to elect/defeat Republican primary candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders who reject the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who destroy those who support their primary opponents.) https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-gop-chairman-wants-review-of-neutrality-in-primary-process/article_585c7aa0-9b5a-11ed-a8d0-17cbfbe881fb.html — Another 1,690 plaintiffs sue over Illinois’ gun ban – Greg Bishop https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/another-1-690-plaintiffs-sue-over-illinois-gun-ban/article_269d99d4-9b6b-11ed-98f3-eb1b553c2bd0.html
FEDERALIST SOCIETY — McDonald v. Chicago https://fedsoc.org/case/mcdonald-v-chicago (FROM THE ARTICLE: The Supreme Court reversed the Seventh Circuit, holding that the Fourteenth Amendment makes the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense applicable to the states.)
NEW YORK TIMES — COMMENT: Democrats say “Santos Fits Right Into McCarthy’s Republican Majority.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/opinion/biden-trump-mccarthy-santos.html — COMMENT: Democrats say “As Tax Season Starts, a Beleaguered I.R.S. Looks to Bolster Customer Service.” (COMMENT: During 1974, as a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $76,990/year) Revenue Officer, I supervised all of the IRS employees, which included a rotating staff of about 90 Revenue Agent trainees, in IRS’s new downtown Chicago office who answered taxpayer questions using IRS’s new CentiPhone system. Because of my performance, IRS promoted me to GS-12 (currently $92,279/year). But then, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 ) and got rid of the IRS manager who had a) promoted me to GS-9 (currently $63,633) in 1972, b) promoted me to GS-11 in 1973, c) got me the CentiPhone Manager assignment, and d) promoted me to GS-12 in 1974.) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/business/tax-season-irs-funding-biden.html
FORBES — COMMENT: Democrats say “At Least 7 Dead In California’s Second Mass Shooting In 3 Days.” https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/01/24/at-least-seven-dead-in-californias-second-major-mass-shooting-in-three-days/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: The suspected shooter, identified as 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, was arrested by police after being discovered in his vehicle, which was located in the parking lot of the sheriff’s substation in Half Moon Bay. A semi-automatic handgun was discovered in Zhao’s vehicle and he is believed to have acted alone, the sheriff said.)
INSIDE HIGHER ED — COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to give preference to those who have demographics that vote of Democrats: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those who have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc. https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2023/01/23/if-supreme-court-bans-affirmative-action-what-can-we-consider-opinion
