May 18, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— UChicago Institute of Politics surrounded by pro-Palestinian protesters, some climb on building. The Institute of Politics is across the street from a Jewish student center. – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/post/iop-uchicago-protest-institute-of-politics-pro-palestinian/14834145/
— Chicago Tribune journalists file discrimination suit against paper – Kade Heather (COMMENT: One could compare and contrast the private sector with the government sector. I am a White male born in 1948. If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO in 2005, I would have presented a jury with evidence that beginning in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors paid my coworkers more than me and/or promoted them over me who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and/or who had less job-related work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-tribune-lawsuit-journalists-file-discrimination-class-action-lawsuit-against-paper-claiming-systematic-pay-disparities/14832647/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Seven Chicago Tribune journalists filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against the newspaper and its owner, alleging violations of equal pay based on sexual and racial discrimination. The lawsuit claims systematic pay disparities between female and male employees, as well as between Black and white employees under its current ownership of Alden Global Capital and dating back to its previous owner, the Tribune Publishing Co.)

NBC5
— Chicago’s population has dropped again, data shows. Here’s what Mayor Johnson chalks it up to. If the population drop continues, Chicago could soon lose its status as the third-largest city. (COMMENT: Pritzker ever-increasingly a) drives out of Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) recruits to Illinois voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those who vote Democrats a) lack education and/or job skills, b) have major health, financial, and/or other problems, c) want/need/demand massive assistance from government, charities, and churches, d) promote dependency on government and charity, e) promote LGBTQ, f) promote abortion, g) promote mass/illegal immigration, h) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, i) promote diminishment of Second Amendment rights, j) promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and/or k) are in America illegally.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-population-dropped-yet-again-census-data-shows-heres-what-mayor-johnson-chalks-it-up-to/3440368/

CBS2
— Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy University of Chicago campus building. – Charlie De Mar, Adam Harrington, Jason Cooper
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-rally-university-of-chicago/
— With warm weather coming, Chicagoans are concerned about violence prevention on beaches – Jermont Terry (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicagoans-concerned-violence-prevention-beaches/
— Chicago Tribune employees sue the paper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JGHi61OQ-8

WGN9
— Pro-Palestinian protestors occupy building on University of Chicago campus – Gabriel Castillo
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/pro-palestinian-protestors-occupy-building-on-university-of-chicago-campus/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/biden-speeds-up-asylum-proceedings-for-migrants-to-chicago-four-other-cities/

FOX32
— Committee hearing on Capitol Hill turns to chaos. Lawmakers are reacting after a committee hearing on Capitol Hill turned into chaos. It came complete with name calling, insults and accusations of members being under the influence.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1457785

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— UC students, alumni briefly occupy politics building days after pro-Palestinian encampment razed – CAROLINE KUBZANSKY (COMMENT: Because my Jewish Chicago Office GAO superiors were anti-conservative and anti-Republican, if they were still working for GAO today, they would protest against Israel.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/17/uc-students-alumni-briefly-occupy-politics-building-days-after-pro-palestinian-encampment-razed/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Students and alumni from the University of Chicago briefly occupied the university’s Institute of Politics late Friday afternoon to protest the war in Gaza and demand that the university divest itself of financial assets associated with Israel.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/18/miscommunication-in-shelters-leads-to-confusion-and-worry/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pro-Palestinian protesters take over University of Chicago building. Around 5 p.m. Friday, a large group of protesters had surrounded the Institute of Politics. Shortly after that, a group of police officers, equipped with riot shields, burst into the building and scuffled with protesters. – Ellery Jones and Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/17/pro-palestinian-protesters-take-over-university-of-chicago-building-institute-politics-israel-hamas
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2024/05/17/grindr-app-loop-office-tower-menashe-global-engineering-tech-hub
— Mandatory driving tests for Illinois’ older adults are unnecessary and unfair. Studies show seniors are the safest drivers on the road. – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2024/05/17/unfair-mandatory-driving-tests-older-adults-illinois
— Advocate Health staff stage protest, allege disparities and discrimination in response to Gaza crises. Doctors at Advocate Medical Group say the organization has fallen short in responding to ongoing humanitarian crises in Gaza, especially compared to donated aid and calls for peace after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – Violet Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/17/advocate-health-protest-israel-hamas-gaza

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How lawyers are preparing protesters for the DNC – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-dnc-how-lawyers-are-preparing-protesters
— CPS meeting with Pritzker marked by tension over migrant funding – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-public-schools-officials-meet-gov-jb-pritzker
— Protestors take over building at University of Chicago – Brandon Dupré
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/protestors-take-over-building-university-chicago

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Donald Trump will address the NRA in Texas. He’s called himself the best president for gun owners. Former President Donald Trump is expected to address thousands of members of the National Rifle Association in Texas a day after campaigning in Minnesota in the midst of his hush money trial. – AP
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-will-address-the-nra-in-texas-hes-called-himself-the-best-president-for/article_0aa6c87d-c9b0-5cff-8038-0f978a985fea.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WAND TV
— After blaming his 2020 loss on mail balloting, Trump tries to make GOP voters believe it’s OK now – AP (COMMENT: At the request of the Milton Township Republican Organization, as an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman, I am in the process of hand-delivering permanent mail-in ballot applications to 64 registered Republican voters in my precinct in 55 homes and one apartment who did not vote recently. Of course, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my doing that will cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to get fewer votes.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-gop-tries-to-correct-the-narrative-on-use-of-mailed-ballots-after-years-of-conflicting-messages/
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/after-blaming-his-2020-loss-on-mail-balloting-trump-tries-to-make-gop-voters-believe/article_75cca206-805c-50fb-852e-7140155501bd.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-17/biden-will-cap-off-a-week-of-outreach-to-black-americans-with-morehouse-commencement

WCIA
— The more that you promote Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/boebert-heckled-in-new-york-while-defending-trump/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-90/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Top reasons to attend the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention as a delegate in Collinsville May 24-25 include urging your representative on the Platform and Resolutions Committee to vote on May 24 a) for the resolution for direct election of IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members and b) to strengthen the IRP platform. Further, if those committee members who oppose direct election of IRP SCC members and/or who want to weaken the IRP platform win by a small margin and minority reports are filed like the one that was filed at the 2016 convention, you can vote for those minority reports on May 25. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The system used by the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to elect its State Central Committee (SCC) members has resulted in the IRP and its candidates failing/refusing to defend/advance the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, the IRP and its candidates paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite if not anti-conservative. Consequently, ever-increasingly, Republican candidates ever-increasingly lose elections in Illinois. Going back to direct election of IRP SCC members would allow candidates to run who could/would defend/advance the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write a book about the tremendous downside of helping elect political candidates. I would focus on those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I have done the most to help elect and to reelect since 2000 but a) who have suffered defeats and/or have won by a smaller margins than they expected, b) who have blamed their defeats on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most, c) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to punish me, d) who oppose direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members the most, and/or e) who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who had their nasty operatives and nasty dupes a) end my membership on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) end my bid to be appointed to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) end my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, f) end my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, g) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, i) almost get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) end my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and k) end my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS

— Bill defines ‘woman’ as legislators oppose Illinois sponsoring teen drag show – Catrina Petersen

https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_fe60f630-1488-11ef-85ea-7bfe84171406.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) votes to count illegal aliens towards seats in Congress
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/658775762-rep-davis-votes-to-count-illegal-aliens-towards-seats-in-congress

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Progressive protest tactics face resistance in Illinois General Assembly
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/659213290-progressive-protest-tactics-face-resistance-in-illinois-general-assembly

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-11: Bill Foster Votes for Illegal Aliens Again
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/17/hr7343/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— VP Harris Falsely Repeats “We’re Winning” During Chicago Fundraiser as Biden Trails Trump in Every National, Swing State Poll. https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/vp-harris-falsely-repeats-were-winning-during-chicago-fundraiser-as-biden-trails-trump-in-every-national-swing-state-poll.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

BREITBART
— 84% of Chicago’s Measles Cases Traced to Venezuelan Migrants – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2024/05/17/report-84-of-chicagos-measles-cases-traced-venezuelan-migrants/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Effect of the Border Crisis on U.S. Elections – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Effect-Border-Crisis-US-Elections

DAILY SIGNAL
— 10 Most Common Pro-Hamas Lies About Israel – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/10/try-a-little-honesty-about-israel/
— Who Benefits From Destabilization of America? – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/17/who-benefits-from-destabilization-of-america/

FOX NEWS
— Reparations in America: How cities from San Francisco to Wilmington are trying to get it done. The California Assembly on Thursday voted to formally apologize for the state’s role in slavery, the latest move by elected officials working towards reparations in the country. – Joshua Q. Nelson (COMMENT: How much reparations have you paid so far? Affirmative action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Because I have paid the price of AA and DEI big time, I have paid reparations big time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/president-bidens-hometown-releases-reparations-recommendations-after-similar-efforts-sweep-country

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Illegal Aliens Vote – in DC!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/illegal-aliens-vote-in-dc/

PATRIOT POST
— Biden’s Border Baloney. He thinks we’re supposed to tolerate nearly 1.5 million illegal aliens crossing our border. That’s not a “closed border.” – GARY BAUER
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/106927-bidens-border-baloney-2024-05-17

TOWNHALL
— What if Biden Wins in November? Part One – Mark Lewis
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/05/18/what-if-biden-wins-in-november-part-one-n2639231
— Chinese Illegal Aliens Are Crossing the Border in Droves Because of Biden’s Open Border Policies – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/05/17/chinese-illegal-immigrants-hearing-n2639162

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters Take Over the Institute of Politics at University of Chicago – Monica Davey and Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/uchicago-protests-politics-institute.html
— Protesters Agreed to Leave. This Is What Some Colleges Promised in Return. – Vimal Patel
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/campus-protests-agreements-divestment-israel.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago Tribune staffers’ unequal pay lawsuit claims race and sex discrimination. The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white male counterparts. AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/17/chicago-tribune-pay-race-sex-discrimination/5970ab4a-146d-11ef-9d37-865890cc2670_story.html

MSNBC
— Democrats and RINOs decry that “The sneaky, spiteful new way Republicans are working to undermine LGBTQ groups. The House GOP has doubled down on efforts to shut off funding to LGBTQ nonprofits.” (COMMENT: RINOs who promote LGBTQ have always worked against me the hardest.)
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/house-republicans-lgbtq-nonprofits-rcna152753

MSN
— Who’s okay with the affirmative action decision? Many Black Americans. – Aaron Blake (COMMENT: Some of my Black GAO coworkers opposed my Democrat GAO supervisors forcing my Jewish GAO superiors forcing me to retire so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. Democrat employers used Affirmative Action and continue to use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/who-s-okay-with-the-affirmative-action-decision-many-black-americans/ar-AA1dx3bt
— ‘I‘ve seen bigger Tupperware parties’: CPAC ridiculed as ‘a shell of its former self’ – Carl Gibson (COMMENT: I should write about the many CPACs that I attended in the past.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-ve-seen-bigger-tupperware-parties-cpac-ridiculed-as-a-shell-of-its-former-self/ar-BB1iOF7N
— Target’s reputation takes hit over children’s LGBTQ clothing – Shannon Thaler
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/targets-reputation-takes-hit-over-childrens-lgbtq-clothing-survey-shows/ar-AA1bDGW3
— Melania Trump inexplicably hosts LGBTQ+ Republican event despite total absence from campaign trail – Molly Sprayregen
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/melania-trump-inexplicably-hosts-lgbtq-republican-event-despite-total-absence-from-campaign-trail/ar-AA1nsd4M
— Biden to Pay Foreign Countries to ‘Control’ Flow Of Illegals – Jordan Andrews
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/biden-to-pay-foreign-countries-to-control-flow-of-illegals/ar-AA1jmcG1
— Brooklyn residents protesting after finding out new illegal immigrant shelter is coming to their neighborhood (COMMENT: How many illegals are Democrat leaders and RINO leaders going to dump in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/brooklyn-residents-protesting-after-finding-out-new-illegal-immigrant-shelter-is-coming-to-their-neighborhood/ar-BB1k5zXO
— Maybe the Left should stop calling its political opponents ‘neo-Nazis’ – Julian Adorney
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/maybe-the-left-should-stop-calling-its-political-opponents-neo-nazis/ar-AA1ggiel
— Trump vows to fight ‘anti-white feeling’ in US. His allies have a plan (COMMENT: What do you say to Whites who promote more hatred against Whites to curry favor with anti-Whites?)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/politics/analysis-trump-vows-to-fight-anti-white-feeling-in-us-his-allies-have-a-plan/ar-AA1o8aYl

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Allies Draw Up Plans for Unprecedented Immigration Crackdown. Advisers to former president are getting a head start on clearing the hurdles they would face. – Michelle Hackman and Andrew Restuccia
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-immigration-plans-deportation-e91b1bc4

BLOOMBERG
— 11 Million Immigrants in US Unlawfully at Last Count: Mayorkas (COMMENT: How many of them voted for Biden in 2020? How many of them will vote for Biden in 2024?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veo2xf70F24

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DAILY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI to a) not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/72386/what-does-dei-mean-in-todays-workplace/

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Is the profession damaging its own pipeline? – Paige Hagy (COMMENT: What about age discrimination and reverse discrimination? I was a 30-year-old White male when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I subsequently a) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, and c) became a licensed CPA in 1981. But the accounting profession, IRS, and GAO had no interest in me because they considered me to “too old” to have a successful career in accounting. Further, I was a White male and the accounting profession has always been under tremendous pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote minorities and females. Further, I was conservative, Republican, non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, I had lived in Crete 1948-1972, and I had lived in Wheaton since 1978. Back then, as it is now, the accounting profession continues to be under tremendous pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to give preference to young people who are minority and/or female. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/is-the-accounting-profession-damaging-its-own-talent-pipeline

May 16, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Police clear out pro-Palestinian DePaul quad encampment; school green spaces closed – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/post/police-clear-out-depaul-university-pro-palestinian-protest-encampment-in-lincoln-park-chicago/14825161/
— DePaul University students, faculty hold walkout over impasse on divestment negotiations – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/depaul-university-students-faculty-hold-walkout-over-impasse-between-pro-palestinian-protesters-officials-on-israel-divestment/14821862/
— CTU goes to Springfield to lobby lawmakers for more school funding, CPS CEO agrees $1B needed – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-teachers-union-goes-to-springfield-lobby-lawmakers-for-more-school-funding-cps-ceo-agrees-1b-needed-district/14822334/

CBS2
— Trump appeals gag order in New York “hush money” trial (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want a gag order that stops me from promoting a) direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members and b) those planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-appeals-gag-order-new-york-hush-money-trial/

FOX32
— Chicago teachers rally at state capitol for additional $1B in funding – Paris Schutz and Joanie Lum
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-ctu-cps-school-funding

WTTW
— Chicago Teachers Union, CPS Leaders Travel to Springfield to Lobby State Lawmakers for More Funding – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/15/chicago-teachers-union-cps-leaders-travel-springfield-lobby-state-lawmakers-more-funding

WBEZ
— Northwestern ended its encampment without cops or violence. Why is Congress upset? Northwestern University President Michael Schill is expected to be grilled by lawmakers next week for his decision to negotiate with students. – Lisa Kurian Philip
https://www.wbez.org/stories/northwestern-encampment-deal-gets-criticism-and-praise/9db7586c-fb16-4b3c-a9e4-0c21ec427645
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/planned-parenthood-offers-abortion-pill-via-app/3a0df98b-a31f-4594-a731-faa8f2d17efd

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More than 112,000 Illinois residents have lost the right to own guns. The state doesn’t know if 84,000 still have them, sheriff says. – STACY ST. CLAIR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/16/foid-revocations-guns-rights-felons-police-seizures/
— CTU rallies in Springfield to demand greater funding for city’s schools – JEREMY GORNER and SARAH MACARAEG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/15/ctu-rallies-in-springfield-to-demand-greater-funding-for-citys-schools/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Suburban Cook County biggest area population loser in recent years, census estimates show. ROBERT MCCOPPIN, JAKE SHERIDAN, KORI RUMORE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/15/suburban-cook-county-biggest-area-population-loser-in-recent-years-census-estimates-show/
— America is distracted by Trump’s trials and campus encampments as Eastern Europe turns into a powder keg. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/15/editorial-georgia-slovakia-ukraine-russia/
— This era’s protesters could stand to ask a few more questions – Clarence Page (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that those who avoided the Vietnam War draft like me caused America to lose the War. They stress that I was 1-A for the draft, conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844. They demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a big hypocrite and coward because I would not have been sent into combat because of my health problems. According to them, the only reason why I became a college student was to avoid the draft. In my defense, I decided to get a college degree when I was in grade school in 1962 because my father frequently decried his not having a college degree.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/15/clarence-page-protests-gaza-vietnam-campuses/
(COMMENT: Whether the protests ended the Vietnam War any sooner than it would have otherwise remains a subject for vigorous debate. But at least they helped a lot of us to make better arguments.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Biden needs to get real about trailing Trump in the latest polls.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/15/joe-biden-donald-trump-polls-election-2024-s-e-cupp-column

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat and RINO policies ever-increasingly increase poverty and crime in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240515/news/a-tremendous-need-how-wheaton-glen-ellyn-rotary-clubs-help-fill-the-college-of-dupage-food-pantr/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-residents-can-now-access-abortion-pill-through-mobile-app

CHALKBEAT
— In some Chicago neighborhoods, almost half of all teens and young adults are not going to school or working – Mila Koumpilova (COMMENT: I was taking classes and/or working 1953-1997. I was both taking classes and working 1962-1981 and 1992-1997.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/05/15/out-of-work-out-of-school-youth-doubled-during-pandemic-report-finds/
— Illinois high school juniors must take the ACT to fulfill graduation requirements starting next spring. – Samantha Smylie and Becky Vevea (COMMENT: No one thought that I was “college material.” They were shocked that my ACT score was 24. They thought that it would be much lower. Similarly, they were shocked that I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. Similarly, they were shocked that UIC accepted me.)
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/05/15/illinois-college-entrance-exam-is-act-not-the-sat/

CAPITOL FAX
— Johnson disapproval rating at 57 percent, approval rating at 28 percent (COMMENT: What disapproval/approval ratings do my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter readers, including you, give me and why? From what I see, the more that my readers oppose direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members, reject planks in the Republican Party platform, and/or disapprove of my demographics, the more that they disapprove of me. I should write a book about my readers who disapprove of me the most. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect and reelect since 2000. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who use their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.)
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/15/poll-johnson-disapproval-at-57-percent-approval-at-28-percent/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-290/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-briefing-4/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-289/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Zahorik Moves from County and State to National Level Using Affirmative Action
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/16/zahorik-moves-from-county-and-state-to-national-level/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Venezuelan illegal alien invasion: Oak Brook shoplifting arrests up 80 percent in ’24
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/658800410-venezuelan-illegal-alien-invasion-oak-brook-shoplifting-arrests-up-80-percent-in-24

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinoisans seek judicial declaration on validity of ‘Workers Rights Amendment’ – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_72ada9ae-12ca-11ef-8e1c-07a556c99d66.html

WIREPOINTS
— New Census data: 75% of Illinois cities shrank last year, Chicago population drop nation’s 3rd-worst – Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner and Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/new-census-data-75-of-illinois-cities-shrank-last-year-chicago-population-drop-nations-3rd-worst/
— Illinois job growth? Government does all the hiring as private sector shrinks – Nick Binotti and Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-job-growth-government-does-all-the-hiring-as-private-sector-shrinks-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 9-YEARS OF DECLINE: EXPECT CHICAGO TO BE NO. 4 BEHIND HOUSTON BY 2035 – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/9-years-of-decline-expect-chicago-to-be-no-4-behind-houston-by-2035/
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION IN SPRINGFIELD SEEKING MORE CASH WHEN THEY ALREADY GET A LOT – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-in-springfield-seeking-more-cash-when-they-already-get-a-lot/
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION CUTS CLASS TO LOBBY, COSTING TAXPAYERS UP TO $141K – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-cuts-class-to-lobby-costing-taxpayers-up-to-141k/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Border cools as migrants use Biden ‘parole’ to enter elsewhere – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/15/border-cools-migrants-use-biden-parole-enter-elsew/
— ‘Police Week’ shines spotlight on the left’s retreat from ‘defund the police’ movement – Kerry Picket and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/15/police-week-shines-spotlight-on-lefts-retreat-from/
— Democrats really hate Americans, and here’s the proof. Those who see ordinary people as deplorable pose the real threat to democracy. – Joseph Curl
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/15/democrats-really-hate-americans-and-heres-proof/

NEW YORK POST
— Anti-Israel protesters swarm UC Irvine campus, buildings; students told to ‘leave area’ – Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/us-news/police-on-uc-irvine-campus-after-anti-israel-agitators-swarm-buildings-students-told-to-leave-area/
— Inflation rates show Biden is gaslighting Americans on the economy – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/opinion/inflation-rates-show-biden-is-gaslighting-americans-on-the-economy/

AMAC
— Why Counting Illegals On The Census Threatens American Democracy – Dale Wilcox
https://amac.us/blog/blog/why-counting-illegals-on-the-census-threatens-american-democracy/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Ohio Removes Illegal Aliens from State Voter Rolls – Eric Lendrum (COMMENT: How many illegals are on the voter rolls in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct?)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/15/ohio-removes-illegal-aliens-from-state-voter-rolls/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Great shortstops and now swimmers? – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/great_shortstops_and_now_swimmers.html
— With illegals rolling in through the surf, City of San Diego decides to crack down on … beach yoga – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: As illegals roll into your municipality, what are the leaders of your municipality focusing on?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/with_illegals_rolling_in_through_the_surf_city_of_san_diego_decides_to_crack_down_on_beach_yoga.html

BLAZE
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson complains about having to take care of migrants – JULIO ROSAS
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-complains-about-having-to-take-care-of-migrants

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Migrants Send List of 13 Demands to Denver Mayor. If you give migrants free housing, they’ll demand the right to ‘cook their own food with fresh, culturally appropriate ingredients’ – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Migrants-Send-List-13-Demands-Denver-Mayor

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Hamas Democrats Run Senate And Biden White House – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/hamas-democrats-run-senate-and-biden-white-house

DAILY WIRE
— Libs EXPLODE Over Not Allowing Illegals To Vote – Michael Knowles
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1490-libs-explode-over-not-allowing-illegals-vote

FOX NEWS
— Biden team reportedly in denial about dismal polling ahead of November
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6352964696112
— 148 House Democrats vote against bill to deport migrants who assault police. House passes Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act. – Elizabeth Elkind
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-votes-bill-deport-migrants-who-assault-cops

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Sues California to Force Clean-Up of Voting Rolls
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-sues-california-to-force-clean-up-of-voting-rolls/

NEWSMAX
— Telehealth Spurs Rise in Abortions Despite State Bans – Jim Thomas
https://www.newsmax.com/us/telehealth-abortion-bans/2024/05/14/id/1164751/

HOT AIR
— D.C. Now Requires 4-Year Degree to Teach in Day Care – DAVID STROM
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/05/15/dc-now-requires-4-year-degree-to-teach-in-day-care-n3788422

PJ MEDIA
— New York Mayor Adams Has the Perfect Job for Illegal Aliens – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/05/15/new-york-mayor-adams-has-the-perfect-job-for-illegal-aliens-n4929046

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— In About-Face, Wall Street’s Big Donors Warm to Trump. They may “hate the man,” as one put it, but major business players from coast to coast are increasingly on board for a second term after the first one alienated them. – Rob Copeland
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/business/wall-street-donors-trump.html

MSN
— Biden Is Trying To ‘Get As Many Illegals in the Country As Possible’ So He Can Make a ‘One-Party State’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-claims-biden-is-trying-to-get-as-many-illegals-in-the-country-as-possible-so-he-can-make-a-one-party-state/ar-BB1hHdhr
— High Schoolers Walk Out as Adults Push Transgenderism – Evelyn Thomas (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/high-schoolers-walk-out-as-adults-push-transgenderism/ar-BB1kskDY

CNN
— By disallowing my education deductions in 1978 when I was 29 years old, IRS sent a big message. I had just been the subject of a 4-page “One Person’s Finances” article in Money Magazine. I had worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for 5 years and as a Special Procedures Staff Advisor for 2 years. My salary in today’s dollars was $106,785/year. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. The message that IRS sent was that IRS does not want employees who share my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The message that IRS sent was that IRS does not want employees like me who oppose patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. The message that IRS sent was that IRS can and will use its power to destroy whoever it wants to. Subsequently, IRS was furious when I a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) transferred to GAO in 1980, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) became a licensed CPA in 1981. GAO audits IRS. Neither the Democrats who ran IRS nor the Democrats who ran GAO wanted me to be assigned to audits of IRS. The forced me to suffer a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. They forced me to take their early “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.
https://money.cnn.com/2013/05/08/pf/taxes/irs-protest/index.html

NEWSWEEK & MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-so-many-more-gen-z-identifying-lgbtq-1900962
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/18-republican-led-states-are-suing-for-the-right-to-discriminate-against-trans-workers/ar-BB1ms2Lu

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden Goes From the Basement to Denial. Polls show him behind Trump, and he won’t come back unless he admits the problem. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-goes-from-the-basement-to-denial-2024-presidential-election-9ec3d29f
— Trump and Haley: A Perfect Match. As running mates, they can unite voters, raise money, and dominate American public policy for years. – Gordon Sondland (COMMENT: Haley promotes ever-increasingly talk and/or act like they rather see Biden elected than Trump.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-haley-a-perfect-match-election-vice-president-480be237
— The Power Move of Working the 5-to-9 Before the 9-to-5. Working a regular day, even into the evening, is for mere mortals. Those out to impress start well before dawn. – Callum Borchers (COMMENT: To put together and send pot a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning, I get up between midnight and 2:00 AM each and every morning.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/early-5-to-9-work-7dd4db7c
— Retirees Face Decline in Financial Wealth Due to Inflation. Inflation over the past two years has caused retirees as well as Americans several years away from retiring to take bigger withdrawals from their savings. Wall Street Journal reporter Anne Tergesen joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss a new study that focused on how inflation has harmed older households. (COMMENT: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to take the early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/retirees-face-decline-in-financial-wealth-due-to-inflation/e2d612e2-359e-4fb4-9a08-5530c27cb411
— FRONT PAGE: More Workers Are Cheating on Drug Tests. Substituted urine samples increased by sixfold, while marijuana positive screens jumped in finance and real estate, according to Quest Diagnostics – Joseph De Avila (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/cheating-on-workplace-drug-tests-hits-a-record-c3f62355

21th CENTURY CHRONICLE
— The Federal Government’s move to introduce a new productivity-based salary structure for civil servants, allowing employees at the same rank to earn different wages, is a significant policy shift. – ISMAILA UMARU LERE (COMMENT: Starting in 1989, my Democrat GAO superiors used their pay-for-performance system to get rid of their employees who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://21stcenturychronicle.com/assessing-the-new-productivity-based-wage-system/

POLITICO
— Biden moves to block House from getting tapes of his interviews with special counsel on classified docs. Robert Hur’s description of those interviews fueled a firestorm over the president’s memory and mental fitness. – JOSH GERSTEIN
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/16/biden-moves-to-block-house-from-getting-his-classified-docs-interview-tapes-00158323

GOVERNING
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.governing.com/urban/how-cities-can-absorb-waves-of-refugees

GBH
— Activist calls on white religious leaders in Boston to draft atonement message – Saraya Wintersmith (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will the organizations that you are a member of issue atonement messages?)
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-15/activist-calls-on-white-religious-leaders-in-boston-to-draft-atonement-message

May 14, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Officially, who are all the candidates for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) National Committeeman and National Committeewoman? What are their qualifications? Why are they running? Illinois Republicans await a press release from the IRP. The deadline for applying was Friday, May 3, 2024 at 5:00 PM. According to a May 8, 2024 Prairie State Wire article at https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/658419645-kolber-seeking-rnc-committeeman-seat-important-green-shoots-are-growing-in-illinois , Vince Kolber is seeking the IRP National Committeeman seat and he faces Dean White (8th CD) and Mark Shaw (1st CD). While I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2010, I conducted a candidate forum for an open IRP National Committeeman seat. Jack Roeser participated. See a Chicago Tribune article titled “Illinois Republicans pick Williamson as new national GOP representative” at https://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/04/illinois-republicans-pick-williamson-as-new-national-gop-representative.html and a Huffington Post article titled “Jack Roeser, Wealthy Conservative, Passed Over For GOP Leadership Role; Rich Williamson Wins National Committeeman” at https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-roeser-wealthy-conse_n_549492 . From the Tribune article: “Williamson succeeds Pat Brady, who vacated the position when he became chairman of the Illinois Republican Party last year. Also interested in the national post were conservative Carpentersville businessman Jack Roeser and former governor candidate Jim Oberweis. The selection was made before a Republican fundraiser in honor of the statewide ticket and featuring controversial RNC Chairman Michael Steele. It was supposed to be open to the media, but Brady decided to close it today.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— APRIL 13, 2024 FLASHBACK: IL GOP National Committeeman Race Heats Up, Includes a Former State Party Chairman and a Wisconsin Voter
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/il-gop-national-committeeman-race-heats-up-includes-a-former-state-party-chairman-and-a-wisconsin-voter.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The race amongst the Illinois Republican Party’s State Central Committee to be the next Republican National Committeeman is heating up as candidates campaign to replace outgoing national committeeman Richard Porter and national committeewoman Demetra Demonte, who cannot run for a third time because of term limits. While the state central committee represents the governing board of the IL GOP, the national committeeman – one male and one female, represents the state party along with the state GOP chairman before the Republican National Committee The position requires frequent travel to RNC meetings throughout the country and they are elected by delegates at the state convention. The national committeeman also votes in the RNC chairman’s election, and last year, Porter, Demonte and IL GOP chairman Don Tracy all voted to support Ronna Romney-McDaniel over the grassroots-backed candidate Harmeet Dhillon. Running to replace Porter are three candidates: state central committee members Mark Shaw and Dean White, and IL GOP Finance Committee Chair Vince Kolber.”)

IDAHO POST REGISTER
— This race matters (COMMENT: Who is your Republican Precinct Committeeman? Since 2002, leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) who oppose direction of IRP State Central Committee members and/or who reject planks in the IRP platform have failed in their efforts to recruit a registered Republican in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 (previously Precinct 9) in Wheaton to run against me and to defeat me for Precinct Committeeman. But I anticipate/expect that the aforesaid leaders will do whatever that they believe is necessary to get a registered Republican in my precinct to run against me and to defeat me in 2026. I should write a book the aforesaid leaders and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me so far, most recently, removing me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.)

https://www.postregister.com/freeaccess/opinion-this-race-matters/article_3cabc650-0d5d-11ef-8912-03b65b4c49d4.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Precinct committeemen wield tremendous power within the Republican and Democratic parties. They elect the county political party leaders, set the county party rules and send delegates to the state convention where they vote on the state party platform and state party officers. You vote for them during the May primary elections. They’re on your ballot if you are affiliated with the Republican or Democratic parties. Registered Republicans vote for Republican PCOs, and registered Democrats vote for Democratic PCOs. If you are not affiliated with a party, you have no say.”)

IDAHO CAPITOL SUN & NEWS FROM THE STATES
— Idaho 2024 primary election: Precinct committee races represent battle for soul of GOP. Hundreds of Idahoans are running for obscure precinct positions that could shake up the state’s Republican Party leadership. – CLARK CORBIN
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/05/13/idaho-2024-primary-election-precinct-committee-races-represent-battle-for-soul-of-gop/
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/idaho-2024-primary-election-precinct-committee-races-represent-battle-soul-gop
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Hundreds of obscure, down ballot primary election races for neighborhood-level political positions are drawing intense competition in Idaho and have the potential to shake up party leadership – particularly within the dominant Republican Party. The problem – according to officials on both sides of the fight for control and influence of the Republican Party – is that many voters have no idea what precinct committeemen are and likely don’t recognize the names of candidates running for these positions because they aren’t high profile offices like a congressional representative, state legislator or even a county commissioner or city council member. “I would say 99% of people don’t know and don’t know who their precinct committeeman is,” former Idaho Lt. Gov. Jack Riggs said in a telephone interview. “But your neighborhood precinct is the foundation of the party, and in our case, the Republican Party.” The stakes are so high that Riggs wrote in an April 26 opinion piece for the North Idaho Republicans that “This May, precinct committeeman will be the most important race on the ballot.” Riggs, a Republican physician who served as lieutenant governor from 2001 to 2003, is the co-founder of a group called North Idaho Republicans. The group is one of at least two groups of established, traditional Idaho Republicans who are engaging heavily in the precinct committee elections this year as part of an effort to take the Republican Party back from its current leadership team that includes Chairwoman Dorothy Moon. The other group is called Gem State Conservatives, and it includes former Idaho Republican Party chairmen Trent Clark and Tom Luna. Moon defeated Luna to become chairperson of the Idaho Republican Party in 2022. . .“There is a statewide effort to take over the party at the precinct level,” Regan said in a telephone interview. “That is not what precinct committeemen are supposed to be; it’s not supposed to be the elites and the higher ups, it’s supposed to be the grassroots, the ma and pa,” Regan added. “It’s supposed to represent the voters and the people, not a bunch of special interests. When Tom Luna lost in a landslide and his faction of the party was no longer in charge of the party, they set aside their prior calls for unity at the convention when they lost and a bunch got up and left.” Multiple efforts to reach Moon, the chairwoman of the Idaho Republican Party, were unsuccessful. Additionally, Moon did not respond to a list of questions about precinct committee races that a reporter from the Sun emailed to Moon and another Idaho GOP official on April 22. What is a precinct committeeman and what do they do in Idaho? There are only a few requirements to run for precinct committeeman. Candidates must be at least 18 years old, be a U.S. citizen and have been a registered voter in the precinct for at least six months before the election. Idaho law refers to the position as precinct committeeman, but anyone can run for the office, not just men. Although they are obscure, the precinct committeemen are important because they make up the grassroots level of political parties and help determine the parties’ leaders and rules. For example, the precinct committeeman elected in the May 21 Republican primary will play a big role in who is elected chairperson of the Idaho Republican Party during the upcoming GOP state convention this summer. Precinct committeemen essentially make up the county central committees for political parties in Idaho. Under state law, within 10 days of the primary election, the precinct committeemen who are elected are required to meet, organize their county central committees and elect a county chairperson and officers. Once the county central committees are organized, they select the delegates that will attend the 2024 Idaho GOP State Convention that begins June 13 in Coeur d’Alene. At the convention, delegates will vote on who to elect as chairperson of the Idaho Republican Party and will help write and pass any changes to party rules or the party platform, which lists the party’s core beliefs and policies it supports. In Idaho, it is basically impossible to track how much money is going into precinct committeeman campaigns. Unlike other offices, there are no campaign finance reporting requirements for precinct committeemen with the county or the state, and there is no limit to what they can raise or spend, said Chelsea Carattini, a spokesperson for the Idaho Secretary of State’s office. Precinct committeemen are required to disclose a “paid for by” designation on any materials, Carattini said. Campaign finance information gives the public a transparent look at money funding political campaigns and candidates, according to the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office. For state level candidates, all money raised and spent on a campaign must be tracked and accounted for, according to the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office. Even local county candidates and judicial candidates must report campaign finance information once they raise $500, including the sources and expenses for that first $500. But for precinct committeemen, there are no such reporting requirements, Carattini said. How many precinct candidates are running in Idaho’s primary election this year? Unlike statewide races and elections, the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office does not maintain a list of all the statewide candidates running for precinct committeeman in Idaho, Carattini said. Instead of the state keeping tabs, it’s up to local county election officials. But for context, there are almost 300 Republicans in Ada County alone running for a precinct committeeman position in the May 21 Republican primary. . .How can you tell where precinct committeeman candidates stand on issues? The ability to inform voters about these tiny precinct level offices is a challenge for everybody on all sides of this election. The North Idaho Republicans and supporters of the Gem State Conservatives have published lists of the precinct committeeman candidates they are supporting or have recruited. Regan said Republican Party rules prevent central committees from endorsing precinct committeemen. Instead, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee has published a list of its current precinct committeemen in a list posted below a list of candidates for other offices that have been vetted and recommended by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee. Beyond looking at lists published online or on social media, Wasden recommends voters find out what precinct they are in and spend time researching the candidates running for precinct committeeman in their neighborhood. To support establishment Republicans looking to take the party back, Wasden urged voters to listen to see if candidates support education and public schools, reasonable government services, low taxes and fewer regulations. There’s been an increase in those running for the position in other Idaho counties as well. “For years now, the public’s interest and participation in Idaho’s Republican Party has been growing, and this year there were a record number of applicants to serve in Bonneville County,” said a press release from Nicholas Contos, Bonneville County Republican Party chairman. Across the state, there are more than 930 precincts in total, and each precinct can be represented by a different precinct committeeman in each of the four political parties the state recognizes. While state election officials do not have an exact number of precinct committeeman candidates running for office this year, longtime political observers say they have never seen this much interest and competition for the positions. “Right now what is happening is traditional, true Republicans have decided we are going to take back this party,” said Tracey Wasden, a longtime Republican booster and party official who has served as a precinct committeeman and president of the Idaho Federation of Republican Women.”)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A Republican operative is running for Congress in Georgia with Trump’s blessing. Will it be enough? (COMMENT: I have never been an operative for any person and I never will be. My critics/opponents have a very hard time calling me an operative because I do not need/want more money. I have enough money. I have a Civil Service Retirement System pension, currently $65,165/year. The federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance. We have no debts. We have no children or dependents. We have substantial retirement savings. We own a home in Wheaton, a car condo in Naperville, and seven cars and an SUV. I have no desire for a political office or government office. I am 75 years old. Because of the aforesaid, no one manipulates me, no one dominates me, and no one ever will. While they can and do take big public adverse actions against me, for example, removing me from the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolution Committee, my critics/opponents decry that no one can tell me what to do.)
https://srnnews.com/a-republican-operative-is-running-for-congress-in-georgia-with-trumps-blessing-will-it-be-enough/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The Illinois Democratic Party elected their seven “base” members to serve on the Democratic National Committee on Monday. They are Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, Congresswomen Robin Kelly and Delia Rameriz, former Senate President John Cullerton, Democratic Committeewoman Kristina Zahorik and former Deputy Gov. Dan Hynes. Here’s how the votes broke down, via Lee Enterprises’ Brenden Moore. ( https://twitter.com/brendenmoore13/status/1790178141769466021 ) – SHIA KAPOS (COMMENT: It would be great if the Illinois Republican Party would be so open.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Northwestern threatens disciplinary action as American, Israeli flags vandalized. Flags were set up for Israel’s Memorial Day. – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northwestern-president-threatens-disciplinary-action-as-american-israeli-flags-near-former-pro-palestinian-encampment-vandalized/14812323/
— CPD’s massive safety plan to protect Chicago during DNC – Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Tom Jones, Maggie Green and Adriana Aguilar and Chuck Goudie
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14810925/

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/city-announces-more-changes-to-chicago-pride-parade-reversing-course-after-reducing-event-size/3435618/

CBS2
— End-of-year FEST at DePaul University canceled with protest encampment continuing – Adam Harrington
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/end-of-year-fest-depaul-university-canceled-protest-encampment/
— Antisemitic signs left on cars in Chicago’s West Ridge community
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/antisemitic-flyers-cars-chicago-west-ridge-community/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4WjlfuTux4

FOX32
— Chicago police investigate anti-Semitic fliers found on predominantly Jewish block – Nic Flosi
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-antisemitic-fliers-jewish-neighborhood

WTTW
— Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin Fined $10K for Firing Whistleblowers – Heather Cherone (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I increasingly blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Consequently, they increasingly took big adverse actions against me.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/13/chicago-city-treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-fined-10k-firing-whistleblowers

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— With or without CPS/CTU ‘day of action’ in Springfield, there’s no more money for Chicago schools – Editorial
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-without-cps-ctu-day-100500103.html
— ‘We’re on the friends and family plan now’: New details emerge in alleged AT&T scheme to bribe House speaker. – Jason Meisner, Ray Long
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-re-on-the-friends-and-family-plan-now-new-details-emerge-in-alleged-at-t-scheme-to-bribe-house-speaker/ar-BB1mjYvV

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/13/donald-trump-going-overseas-president-elections-gene-lyons

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PHOTOS: GOP legislative hopefuls sue state over slating ban – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240513/illinois-state-politics/gop-legislative-hopefuls-sue-state-over-slating-ban/
— Democrats promote Democrats who blast Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240513/nation-and-world-politics/democratic-ad-campaign-tries-to-chip-away-at-trump-support-among-rural-swing-voters-in-3-key-states/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for Donald Trump in Florida and Texas and possibly other large states in the coming weeks. – AP
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/ron-desantis-is-planning-to-raise-money-for-donald-trump-in-florida-and-texas-ap/article_b1fc6b05-981a-56b4-b12c-b03c7f84f727.html

SOUTHERN
— Haley voters don’t want Trump – Isabella Murray (COMMENT: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. For general elections, Republican Precinct Committeemen are required to help elect those candidates who win Republican primary elections. I have always done that.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/05/13/zombie-haley-voters-dont-want-trump-but-many-not-sold-on-biden-either/

WSIL TV
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters run America. The more that you question the 2020 election, the faster that they destroy you.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/rudy-guiliani-s-radio-show-has-been-canceled-after-he-repeatedly-discussed-false-2020-election/article_530e149b-0b63-5343-96da-7034bed4a7f6.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUID & WCIA
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will send their illegals to battleground/swing states to use their false identifications to vote for Biden.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/johnsons-intuition-clashes-with-data-on-illegal-voting/
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trump-to-stump-in-minnesota-a-traditionally-blue-state-he-insists-he-can-win-is-it-really-in-play/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/13/afternoon-roundup-196/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Candidates file lawsuit challenging Illinois’ hastily changed election law – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1718e3a2-115c-11ef-93b1-47f6d0682015.html

COOK COUNTY
— IL Dems unconstitutionally changed election rules to block Republican candidates from fall ballot, lawsuit says
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/658603879-il-dems-unconstitutionally-changed-election-rules-to-block-republican-candidates-from-fall-ballot-lawsuit-says

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP lawmakers Tuberville, Vance, Malliotakis attend court to support Trump – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/13/gop-sens-tuberville-vance-and-rep-malliotakis-atte/
— GOP leaders clash with Secret Service over ‘protest trap’ near Republican National Convention site – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/13/gop-leaders-clash-with-secret-service-over-protest/
— Trump campaign rails at ‘disgusting’ Mother’s Day ad from Biden-Harris campaign – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/13/donald-trump-campaign-rails-at-disgusting-mothers-/
— Pull federal funding from universities that won’t protect Jewish students. ‘Never again’ is right now – Rep. Ashley Hinson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/13/pull-federal-funding-from-universities-that-wont-p/
— After U.S. withdrawal, terror groups ‘gaining strength’ in Afghanistan, report warns. Critics questions effectiveness of ‘over the horizon’ surveillance. – Ben Wolfgang
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/14/after-us-withdrawal-terror-groups-gaining-strength/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Can Blinken stand up to anyone other than Israel? – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3002409/blinken-stand-up-israel/
— Illegal immigration up 3.8 million since Biden became president – Conn Carroll (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3002214/illegal-immigration-up-3-8-million-since-biden-became-president/
— Campus mayhem, funded by our adversaries – Robert Bellafiore
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3002063/campus-mayhem-funded-by-our-adversaries/

NEW YORK POST
— Ken Griffin slams pro-Palestinian protests as ‘performative art,’ urges Harvard to embrace ‘Western values’ – Ariel Zilber
https://nypost.com/2024/05/13/business/ken-griffin-slams-pro-palestinian-protests-as-performative-art/
— Nancy Pelosi yet again reveals Democrats’ disdain for average Americans – Joe Concha (COMMENT: My critics/opponents a) distain those who have less money than they have and/or b) glorify, praise, and pander to those who have more money than they have.).
https://nypost.com/2024/05/13/opinion/nancy-pelosi-yet-again-reveals-democrats-disdain-for-average-americans/
— Border charities spending taxpayer millions on music therapy, ‘people-plant interactions’ and huge salaries – Megan Palin
https://nypost.com/2024/05/13/us-news/border-charities-spend-millions-on-music-therapy-salaries-report/
— Anti-Israel Columbia grads wear zip ties, rip diplomas on stage during commencement – Doree Lewak and Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2024/05/13/us-news/columbia-university-grads-wear-zip-ties-rip-diplomas-on-stage-during-commencement-ceremony/

BLAZE
— Boston uses taxpayer funds to support anti-ICE groups providing services to illegal aliens – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/boston-uses-taxpayer-funds-to-support-anti-ice-groups-providing-services-to-illegal-aliens
— House Committee investigates surge of Chinese nationals illegally crossing border after Biden relaxes vetting – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/house-committee-investigates-surge-of-chinese-nationals-illegally-crossing-border-after-biden-relaxes-vetting-report

BREITBART
— Catch and Release: Biden’s DHS Freed Illegal Alien Convicted Killer into U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/13/catch-and-release-bidens-dhs-freed-illegal-alien-convicted-killer-into-u-s/

COLLEGE FIX
— Northwestern journalism professor counts Yemeni terrorism supporter among his ‘comrades’ – HUDSON CROZIER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/northwestern-journalism-professor-counts-yemeni-terrorism-supporter-among-his-comrades/

DAILY WIRE
— San Francisco Slammed For Spending Millions Of Dollars For Vodka And Beer For Homeless Alcoholics – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-program-slammed-for-spending-millions-of-dollars-giving-vodka-and-beer-to-homeless-people-with-severe-alcohol-addiction

FEDERALIST
— Teachers Unions’ Fanatical Hatred Of Children Ignited The Parent Revolution – COREY DEANGELIS
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/13/teachers-unions-fanatical-hatred-of-children-ignited-the-parent-revolution/

EPOCH TIMES
— Why 1960 Alternate Electors Succeeded Where 2020 Ones Failed. The two elections bear striking similarities, but important differences allowed one to succeed, while the other failed. – Lawrence Wilson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/why-1960-alternate-electors-succeeded-where-2020-ones-failed-5637240
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A November election decades ago produced a clear winner in a hotly contested presidential race. Yet the popular vote immediately came under scrutiny in several states. In one, auditors discovered clear errors in tabulating vote totals. In others, credible evidence of election fraud was uncovered. With a court challenge underway, electors from both parties met at a state capitol and conducted the electoral vote. Two certifications were forwarded to Washington, one declaring the Democratic candidate to be the victor, the other naming the Republican. The Republican vice president—also a candidate in the race—convened a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. Without fanfare, he moved to accept the Democratic slate of electors and set the Republican electors aside. So ended the presidential election of 1960. The state in question was Hawaii. The vice president was Richard Nixon, who ran against Democrat John F. Kennedy, and would have won if as few as 11,000 votes spread over five battleground states had gone the other way. Sixty years later, history nearly repeated itself as Republican electors from seven states sent alternative electoral certifications to Washington amid allegations of election fraud.)

FEDERALIST
— Without The SAVE Act, The Only Thing Keeping Foreigners From Voting Is The Honor System – MIKE LEE (COMMENT: Do not anticipate/expect that Democrat election officials will stop illegals from voting.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/13/without-the-save-act-the-only-thing-keeping-foreigners-from-voting-is-the-honor-system/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— House Passes Bill to Stop Illegal Aliens from Distorting Congressional Apportionment (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your congressional district and how many of their illegals have Democrat leaders sent there recently?)
https://www.fairus.org/news/congress/house-passes-bill-stop-illegal-aliens-distorting-congressional-apportionment

FOX NEWS
— Biden’s unvetted migrant parole plan putting every community at risk. Abuse of parole is only one layer of Biden’s immigration ‘strategy,’ one that should be shut down immediately. – Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/bidens-unvetted-migrant-parole-plan-putting-every-community-at-risk

JUDICIAL WATCH
— New Documents Reveal DC Training for Noncitizen Voting (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that illegals will use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Democrats.)
https://www.judicialwatch.org/documents-reveal-dc-training-noncitizen-voting/

NEW AMERICAN
— Could Biden Use Executive Order to Let Illegals Vote? – Catherine Engelbrecht (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Biden will do that.)
https://thenewamerican.com/video/could-biden-use-executive-order-to-let-illegals-vote-catherine-engelbrecht/
— Trump’s Popularity Is Soaring. But Will It Make a Difference? – Steve Bonta (COMMENT: Joseph Stalin said “It’s Not Who Votes That Counts, It’s Who Counts The Votes.”)
https://thenewamerican.com/video/trumps-popularity-is-soaring-but-will-it-make-a-difference/

REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— Embattled Dolton Mayor’s Sky-High Salary Revealed – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/05/13/waste_of_the_day_embattled_illinois_mayors_sky-high_salary_revealed_1030909.html

TOWNHALL
— NYC Sued for Denying IVF Coverage to Gay Male Couples – Madeline Leesman (COMMENT: Should I write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors who used my and my wife giving up trying to have children in the 1980s without trying IVF to justify taking big adverse actions against me including throwing me off audits of IRS, giving me an extremely bad job assignment and performance appraisal, and ranking me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for performance purposes in 1989?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/05/11/nyc-invitro-lawsuit-n2638872

TURNING POINT USA
— Illinois Math and Science Academy Faces Backlash Over Equity Training Requirements for Teachers (COMMENT: Who has used DEI to get rid of you? Those above me in the following continue to use DEI to get rid of me: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Those above me in the following used DEI to get rid of me: American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter in 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012. Those above me in the following continue to use DEI to get rid of me: Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Those above me in the following used DEI to get rid of me: Post Office in 1969, IRS in 1980, and GAO in 1997. I should write a book those above me in the aforesaid and what they are doing and have done to get rid of me. If I had been a woman or a minority, they would not have taken the many big adverse actions against me that they did.)
https://www.tpusa.com/live/illinois-math-and-science-academy-faces-backlash-over-equity-training-requirements-for-teachers

ZERO HEDGE
— Biden Calls Illegals Crossing The Border “Hispanic Voters” – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: No one anticipates/expects that any illegal will ever vote for a Republican. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promise to give illegals more and more and more preference.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-calls-illegals-crossing-border-hispanic-voters

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— He’s Running for Senate With an Immigrant’s Origin Story. Here’s the Rest. Bernie Moreno, the Republican challenging Senator Sherrod Brown in Ohio, tells a riches-to-rags-to-riches tale. But the reality isn’t so tidy. – Jonathan Weisman, Patricia Mazzei and Simón Posada (COMMENT: How much money did your ancestors have when they immigrated? On my father’s side, they had to work in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 before they had enough money to homestead a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they were sharecroppers in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/us/politics/bernie-moreno-ohio.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/us/politics/gop-earmarks-lgbtq-centers.html

MSN
— U.S. Anchor Baby Policy Ensures Easy Welfare Access for Illegals – Jordan Andrews
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/study-finds-u-s-anchor-baby-policy-ensures-easy-welfare-access-for-illegals/ar-AA1mqd0o

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/red-states-sue-eeoc-over-harassment-guidances-lgbtq-protections

NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/1250880650/girl-scouts-migrant-children-asylum-latin-america

QUORA
— Are people responsible for the actions of their ancestors? (COMMENT: What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, my father took and kept an office job in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights in 1941 and kept it until he died suddenly in 1969. He married my mother in 1945 and they had me in 1948 and my brother in 1953. My grandfather fought the Germans in WWI, operated Crete’s only a hardware store, had my father and my aunt Eunice, and had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete. My great grandfather raised and sold horses in Crete, operated Crete’s only hardware store, had my grandfather and other children, and had a large historical home built on Main Street in Crete. My great great grandfather and his father immigrated from what is now Germany in 1844, worked in brick factory in Chicago until 1854, homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854, had my great great grandfather and other children, sold the farm and bought 10 acres just northeast of downtown Crete in 1864, raised horses on it, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, my mother was born and raised on a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. She raised me and my brother. Her parents operated that farm. Her grandparents operated that farm. Her great great grandparents immigrated from what is now Germany in the 1850s and were sharecroppers.)
https://www.quora.com/Are-people-responsible-for-the-actions-of-their-ancestors

DAILY MAIL
— Illegal migrants are being ‘encouraged’ to vote, top Republican warns after shocking documents reveals ‘training’ for noncitizens to cast ballots in Washington D.C. Chip Roy is the lead sponsor of new legislation that will soon hit the House floor to prevent illegal immigrants from voting in federal elections. DC City Council voted to allow illegal immigrants to vote last year. – MORGAN PHILLIPS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13413623/elections-illegal-migrants-washington-dc-chip-roy.html

TELEGRAPH
— Blame Democratic dysfunction on big cities. The herd effect is leading progressive lawmakers down a dark path where fashion is more important than function. – RICHARD PORTER
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2024/05/12/democrats-crime-herd-affect-urban-joe-biden/

May 13, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza – JOSH BOAK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/12/blinken-delivers-criticism-of-israel/
— The IRS gets back on its feet. Time to crack down on wealthy cheaters. – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/13/editorial-irs-funding-audits-wealthy-cheaters/

ABC7
— Protesters deny DePaul University’s request to vacate encampment as negotiations ‘are at an impasse’ Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have remained on Lincoln Park campus quad since April 30. – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pro-palestinian-protesters-deny-depaul-universitys-request-to-vacate-encampment-ahead-of-2-week-mark-negotiations-at-impasse/14804610/

NBC5
— Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/blinken-criticism-israel-war-gaza/3434921/

CBS2
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transborder-students-us-mexico-graduate/

WGN9
— Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase in Chicago. Soon, everyone in Chicago will be handing out welfare and/or collecting welfare.
https://wgntv.com/news/features/share-our-spare-helping-chicago-families-as-need-grows/

FOX32
— Protesters gather to honor Palestinian mothers in Chicago on Mother’s Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDuSA-S6zlg

WGN RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/steve-dales-other-world/chicagos-gay-mens-chorus-is-celebrating-40-years/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hitting their pocketbooks: How Illinois backs Israel, hinders its opponents – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/13/illinois-ups-investment-in-israel-as-student-groups-continue-protests/71228972007/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Trump may face $100M+ tax bill if he loses IRS audit fight over Chicago tower – AP (COMMENT: Democrat leaders use IRS to get rid of Republicans. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1978 when I was a GS-12 Step 4 (currently $106,785/year) IRS Collection Division Special Procedures Staff Advisor. They stressed their disallowance to all my IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, subordinates and to everyone else. They disallowed the graduate evening business and accounting courses that I had taken at Loyola and DePaul 1972-1978. Even though my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take those courses and I had stated that in my Loyola and DePaul applications, they outrageously and unethically argued that the courses were not related to my job duties, that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that they qualified me for a new trade or business, and that I took them to get a job in the private sector. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They would not have done that if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/report-trump-may-face-100m-tax-bill-if-he-loses-irs-audit-fight-over-chicago/article_4701545e-0fe1-11ef-a043-270da722131e.html

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— In a new low, Missouri’s AG defends defamation on the taxpayers’ dime – Editorial (COMMENT: Those who defame me talk and/or act like they are operatives or dupes for my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they can defame me because I am a “public figure” because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. I should sue them.)
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-in-a-new-low-missouris-ag-defends-defamation-on-the-taxpayers-dime/article_5cd6900c-0efe-11ef-911c-ef426bb080b9.html

WAND TV
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise Chinese illegals.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-suggests-chinese-migrants-are-in-the-us-to-build-an-army-the-migrants-tell/article_956d1632-3ca0-5286-9aa0-c6bcbb03cfd0.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democratic ad campaign tries to chip away at Trump support among rural swing voters in 3 key states (Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin) – AP (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will flood Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin with their illegals who will use their false identifications to vote for Biden.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democratic-ad-campaign-tries-to-chip-away-at-trump-support-among-rural-swing-voters-in-3-key-states/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-288/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

ILLINOIS FREDOM CAUCUS
— Chicago Teachers Union needs to refund taxpayers – not demand more money
https://www.myradiolink.com/2024/05/10/il-freedom-caucus-chicago-teachers-union-needs-to-refund-taxpayers-not-demand-more-money/

WIREPOINTS
— Mayor Johnson deepens concerns about what side he will be on if DNC protesters become lawbreakers and challenge police – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-johnson-deepens-concerns-about-what-side-he-will-be-on-if-dnc-protesters-become-lawbreakers-and-challenge-police-wirepoints/
— Lawsuit Filed Against State of Illinois Over Democrats’ Retroactive Election Rule Change – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/scoop-lawsuit-filed-against-state-of-illinois-over-democrats-retroactive-election-rule-change-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Delays continue to plague Illinois agency responsible for issuing professional licenses – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: I earned a CPA license when I was 32 years old in 1981. I had a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and f) worked for GAO for more than a year.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0568f268-0f14-11ef-b423-fbd861d076a6.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to help elect Republican candidates? I am in the process of hand-delivering permanent mail-in ballot applications to 64 registered Republican voters in my precinct in 55 homes and one apartment who did not vote recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were me, how would you react to high-profile people who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who take big public adverse actions against me? Those who take big public adverse actions against me a) reject direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members, b) reject planks in the Republican Party platform, and/or c) reject Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents stress about you to turn people against you?

My critics/opponents:
— stress to those who oppose direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members that I have always advocated strongly for direct election,
— stress to those who despise/hate Trump that I share many demographics with Trump; we are both conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft avoiders, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and we have ancestors who have been in America for a long time,
— stress to veterans that I avoided the draft,
— stress to non-Protestants that I am Protestant,
— stress to non-German Americans that I am 100% German American,
— stress to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time that my ancestors have been in America since 1844,
— stress to moderates and liberals that I am conservative,
— stress to those who reject the personal responsibility plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the illegal drugs plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate strongly for that plank,
— stress to those who despise/hate federal employees that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969 and that my ending salary was $150,075/year in today’s dollars,
— stress to those who do not have a pension that I have gotten a Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $65,165/year) since 1997 and that the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums,
— stress to renters that I have owned real estate since 1972,
— stress to those who are not married that I have been married since 1978,
— stress to those whose spouse has little or no income that my wife always had good-paying jobs,
— stress to those who have children that my wife and I do not,
— stress to those who have dependents to care for that I do not,
— stress to those who have no master’s degrees that I have three,
— stress to those who have no professional certifications that I have six,
— stress to those who have no professional licenses that I became a licensed CPA in 1981,
— stress to those who have/had major health problems that I do not,
— stress to those who have dogs that I do not,
— stress to those who despise/hate conservative principles that Crete used to advocate that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and
— stress to those who despise/hate conservative principles that Wheaton used to advocate that I have lived in Wheaton since 1978. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— DEI Hits the VA: Biden’s Veterans Affairs Department Offers Race-Based Training Programs That Exclude White Vets. ‘Equity’ means realizing ‘treating everybody the same might not be enough,’ VA official Shawn Liu says. – Peter Hasson
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/dei-hits-the-va-bidens-veterans-affairs-department-offers-race-based-training-programs-that-exclude-white-vets/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illegals Have More Rights Than Citizens. If you are an illegal alien, your chances of getting away with committing a crime are higher than those of an American citizen. – Ed Brodow
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/13/illegals-have-more-rights-than-citizens/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats are proving the existence of the ‘Great Replacement’ theory – Eric Utter (COMMENT: How much success are Democrats having replacing voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/democrats_are_proving_the_existence_of_the_great_replacement_theory.html

CENTER SQUARE
— Trump tax cuts becoming important election year issue – Casey Harper (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their troubled operatives, and the troubled dupes have always wanted me to pay more taxes because I avoided the draft, because I worked for IRS, because my wife has always had a good job, because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did become foster parents, because I do not give money to a church, because etc.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_fb84b5a0-0ecf-11ef-9b26-836f4c63d800.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Rally Draws Tens of Thousands in Blue State New Jersey – Janice Hisle (COMMENT: Of course, this makes hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters furious.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-draws-tens-of-thousands-makes-history-in-blue-state-rally-5648508
— Republican Campaign Strategists See Jewish Voters Moving Right in 2024. Being perceived as weak on supporting Israel appears to be a growing problem for Democrats seeking re-election. – Mark Tapscott (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government had great success in turning Jewish superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/republican-campaign-strategists-see-jewish-voters-moving-right-in-2024-post-5644515

FOX NEWS
— South Side Chicago pastor says ‘faith in government is very low’ after seeing city resources go to migrants. Pastor Corey Brooks said the handling of migrant crisis in Chicago shows a ‘serious leadership flaw’ – Teny Sahakian
https://www.foxnews.com/media/south-side-chicago-pastor-says-faith-government-very-low-after-seeing-city-resources-migrants
— Jewish students across the US blame DEI, faculty for anti-Israel protests: ‘Wasting my tuition dollars’ USC, George Washington, UT-Austin, Rutgers and Cornell students said the campus environment is ‘dangerous’ and ‘antisemitic’ – Nikolas Lanum (COMMENT: Democrats run education in America.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jewish-students-across-us-blame-dei-faculty-anti-israel-protests-wasting-tuition-dollars

TOWNHALL
— Electoral College Mischief Not Unprecedented—You Don’t Have to Look That Far Back – Fred Lucas (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will flood battleground/swing states with their illegals who will use their false identifications to vote for Biden.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/fredlucas/2024/05/12/electoral-college-mischief-not-unprecedentedyou-dont-have-to-look-that-far-back-n2638950

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

REUTERS
— Billionaire investor Ken Griffin calls on Harvard to embrace ‘Western values’
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/billionaire-investor-ken-griffin-calls-harvard-embrace-western-values-2024-05-11/

NEW YORK TIMES
— A German Initiative to Keep Workers Employed by Retraining Them – Melissa Eddy (COMMENT: In 1992, when I was 43 years old, after had been assigned to GAO’s group that audited federal financial regulators since 1990, I started using my own money to pay for graduate evening finance courses at IIT, and in 1997, after I completed 14 courses, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. I did that because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it very clear that to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” they would never again assign me to audits of IRS. But in 1997, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” They should have always assigned me to audits of IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. But my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/business/germany-workers-retraining.html
— To Protect Kids, We Need More Foster Care, Not Less – Naomi Schaefer Riley (COMMENT: I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/opinion/child-abuse-foster-care.html

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP escalates fight with Secret Service over convention protesters. Senior GOP representatives have been arguing for weeks with Secret Service officials, but the agency has not budged. – Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/republican-convention-milwaukee-protesters/
— Those who defame me talk and/or act like they are operatives or dupes for my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they can defame me because I am a “public figure” because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. I should sue them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/11/trump-carroll-comments-defamation/

MSN
— U.S. to welcome illegal migrants this summer by handing out free IDs – Jon Michael Raasch
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/u-s-to-welcome-illegal-migrants-this-summer-by-handing-out-free-ids/ar-BB1mbeqj
— Biden lets in immigrants and taxpayers get stuck with the bill – Simon Hankinson
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-lets-in-immigrants-and-taxpayers-get-stuck-with-the-bill/ar-AA1etnz9
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat candidates and elected officials, their operatives, and their dupes ever-increasingly not only promise to give non-Whites even more preference, they promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/white-people-never-have-to-think-about-these-things/ar-BB1me6BO

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Kicked out in ’68 for protesting at Arizona State University, 78-year-old finally graduates. Alfredo Gutierrez, one of Arizona’s most influential Latino leaders, earned a degree nearly 60 years after he was kicked out of ASU for protesting. – Daniel Gonzalez (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always equated getting draft deferments and not enlisting with protesting. They have always a) stressed that was 1-A for the draft, b) stressed that I got draft deferments 1966-1971, and c) stressed that I never enlisted.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/11/alfredo-gutierrez-graduates-after-1968-college-protests/73613424007/
— The Democrat Party promote homelessness, that is, it promotes LGBQ, that is, it destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/05/08/supreme-court-homelessness-grants-pass-oregon/73530096007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— California Beaches Are a New Gateway for Illegal Immigration. Migrants who want to avoid the Mexican border are arriving on boats, then rushing into waiting vehicles. – Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/illegal-migrant-california-beach-boat-crossing-7f135d8e
— Trump’s Vice Presidential Opportunity. He needs to attract Nikki Haley’s voters, and a MAGA echo won’t do it. – Editorial (COMMENT: How many Haley voters are going to vote for Biden? If you vote for Biden, you never were a Republican.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-vice-presidential-opportunity-candidate-election-05e7aa64
— Evangelist Franklin Graham Says Democratic Politics Have Turned Against Religion. Whereas the late Billy Graham warned against crossing the line with politicians, his son owns a Trump-endorsed Bible. – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/evangelical-franklin-graham-donald-trump-support-0af2b035
— There’s Not Enough Power for America’s High-Tech Ambitions – David Uberti
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/data-centers-energy-georgia-development-7a5352e9
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use same-sex marriage to ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-20-years-of-same-sex-marriage-changed-america-670758bd
— What 1960s Antiwar Protesters Think About Today’s Unrest on College Campuses. – Alyssa Lukpat, Joseph Pisani, and Suryatapa Bhattacharya (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have used against me the most my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. I would focus on my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. I would focus on those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that America lost the war because of hypocrites and cowards like me. They stressed that I should have enlisted straight out of high school because of my being 1-A for the draft and because of my demographics (White, male, conservative, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844). But that instead, while and after my peers died in Vietnam, I got draft deferments and a) earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976 and in 1980, b) bought a new cars in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) went on vacations every year since 1969 except 1972, d) bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984, and e) earned professional certifications in 1979 and1981 and a professional license in 1981. They stressed that because of my health problems, I would not have been sent into combat anyway. I could not run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. They used the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that I was a super hypocrite and a super coward.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/1968-anti-war-protesters-pro-palestinian-campus-protests-0264a9cb
— Biden Breaks a 2004 Promise to Israel. To facilitate withdrawal from Gaza, Bush pledged the U.S. would ‘lead efforts’ against terrorism. – Amit Segal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-breaks-a-2004-promise-to-israel-sharon-hamas-gaza-terrorism-a081d7e4
— Campus Protesters, Unmasked. Anti-KKK laws are relevant against today’s antisemites. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/campus-protesters-unmasked-ohio-a0197b89
— Relationships get complicated when one spouse retires and the other keeps working – Clare Ansberry (COMMENT: My wife and I have been married since 1978. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/retirement-couples-relationships-942a76a9

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/big-law-recruiting-rush-puts-more-pressure-on-diverse-students

HUFFINGTON POST
— ‘What The Hell’s She Talking About?’: Ex-RNC Chair Exposes Lara Trump’s Blatant Lie. Michael Steele tells Trump to “stop it” when it comes to this big falsehood. – Ed Mazza
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-steele-lara-trump-lie_n_6641832ce4b0c43c96b0cc65
— Blinken Criticizes Israel For Conduct In Gaza Conflict. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza. – AP
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/united-states-israel-palestinians_n_66410d47e4b0866a5b2c3033?se
— ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Reportedly Threatens To Sue Twitter Workers Who Leak To Press – Mary Papenfuss (COMMENT: My critics/opponents blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all of their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems. They have falsely charged me with “leaking” confidential/private information. I should sue them for that. All the “information” that they charge me with “leaking” was already in the public realm, was already know by the Democrats and/or their news media, and/or was my opinion. They have never wanted me to report that Republican events that were open to the public took place, who organized those events, where or when those events took place, who spoke at those events, who the high-profile attendees were at those events, or home many attended those events.)
https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/free-speech-absolutist-elon-musk-032732704.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” is now threatening to sue his own employees who leak information to the press, according to an email he sent to workers reportedly leaked Saturday to a media organization. Musk issued a message warning the company’s workers against leaking “confidential” information, and threatening to sue “for damages” those who violated non-disclosure agreements, according to the email obtained by tech outlet Platformer. Managing Editor Zoe Schiffer then distributed Musk’s message — on Twitter. Musk asked staffers to sign a pledge indicating they understood his email, and said he expected a response by 5 p.m. Saturday, Schiffer said. She did not post the actual email in an effort to do everything possible to protect the source, she said. It was a dramatic turnaround from Musk’s catch phrase “transparency is the key to trust,” and “sunlight is the best disinfectant.” Musk could not immediately be reached for comment.)

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
— SPJ Code of Conduct (COMMENT: I am a SPJ member. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should sue my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have violated the SPJ Code of Conduct. I have always fully disclosed that I have always been a conservative Republican. I have always fully disclosed that I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I have always fully disclosed my sources of income and my demographics including that I am White, male, older (born in 1948), draft avoider, heterosexual, married, childless, non-poor, Protestant, 100% German American, and my having ancestors who have been in America since 1844. I have always fully disclosed that I advocate the Republican Party platform and direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members.)
https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

May 11, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Far too many of those who want to keep the current in-house system for electing Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members destroy those like me who promote direct election of IRP SCC members.

I have promoted direct election of IRP SCC members big time since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. I served on the teams that fought for direct election at the IRP State Conventions in 2008 and 2012.

I should write a book about those who oppose direct election the most and who because of that have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me..

I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the IRP platform. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who 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 their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.

I would focus on past and present leaders of the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO).

I would focus on those a) who removed me from the 2024 IRP State Convention Party Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) who ended my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy in 2019, d) who gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, e) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, f) who ended my membership on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011, g) who ended my service as the MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) who ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, i) who almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) who ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and k) who ended my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

IBENDAHL ON POLITICS
— Grassroots are united on restoring direct elections for the Illinois GOP
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/05/10/grassroots-are-united-on-restoring-direct-elections-for-the-illinois-gop/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS2
— CPS teachers to lobby Springfield for more funding. Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools teachers plan to skip school and head to Springfield next week to lobby state lawmakers for more funding for the school district, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say the request is pretty much a non-starter.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-public-schools-teachers-springfield-state-funding/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/cps-teachers-to-lobby-springfield-for-more-funding/
— DePaul University warns of possible “escalated confrontations” at pro-Palestinian encampment – Adam Harrington, Matthew Cramer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/depaul-university-escalated-confrontations-pro-palestinian-encampment/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/some-entries-restored-scaled-back-2024-chicago-pride-parade/

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-pride-parade-2024-officials-move-starting-point-adjust-cap-on-entries/

FOX32
— Democrats prepare for potential protests at Chicago convention – Paris Schutz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/democrats-protests-chicago-convention

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson doesn’t bring up $1 billion ask for schools in Springfield. The Chicago Teachers Union is set for its own lobby day to ask for money for Chicago schools. But coming to town with two weeks left can mean settling for leftovers, and if the budget is as tight as the governor says, there may not be any leftovers for CPS. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/10/mayor-brandon-johnson-billion-dollars-chicago-public-schools-springfield-budget-ctu-union-rich-miller
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2024/05/10/city-bumps-up-pride-parade-entries-150

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville facing $5M budget hole if governor’s proposal to nix grocery tax gets approved – TESS KENNY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/10/naperville-city-council-grocery-tax-cut-state-budget-governor-pritzker/
— Officials lay out ambitious timeline for closing, rebuilding Stateville, Logan prisons – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/10/officials-lay-out-ambitious-timeline-for-closing-rebuilding-stateville-logan-prisons/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH TWO PHOTOS: DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is threatening a legal fight unless existing bills for her office are paid and the county auditor is no longer involved in approving future invoices. – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240510/news/dupage-county-clerk-to-county-pay-my-bills/

FOX32
— Democrats prepare for potential protests at Chicago convention – Paris Schutz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/democrats-protests-chicago-convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOICylMsdE

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/10/city-announces-additional-entries-new-starting-point-chicago-pride-parade

WGN RADIO
— Biden stabs Israel in the back while the media loses it over a Stormy show trial – John Kass
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-biden-stabs-israel-in-the-back-while-the-media-loses-it-over-a-stormy-show-trial/

WBEZ
— Facing a budget cliff, CPS lets teachers out of school to lobby Springfield. District leaders will join teachers for a lobbying day in the state capital. Critics say the day away from classrooms is inappropriate. – Sarah Karp
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-teachers-getting-day-off-to-lobby-lawmakers/12f16b54-939c-4988-8630-98ab6625fa20

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-88/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIRE POINTS
— Chicago mayor wants $1 billion more for schools even though 43% of CPS teachers are chronically absent – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-mayor-wants-1-billion-more-for-schools-even-though-43-of-cps-teachers-are-chronically-absent-wirepoints-quickpoint/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Biden Gives Crime a Free Pass, Compromises Our Safety – MARK VARGAS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/vargas-biden-gives-crime-a-free-pass-compromises-our-safety.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP congressman Eli Crane calls Biden’s border handling ‘treasonous’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/10/rep-eli-crane-calls-joe-bidens-border-handling-tre/
— ‘Woke’ Scouts and the death of another American institution. Dangerous move comes at a time when our boys are in crisis. – Tom Basile
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/10/woke-scouts-and-death-of-another-american-institut/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 93)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-93/
— Xi Gains Ground As Biden Stumbles – Mike Watson
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/xi-gains-ground-as-biden-stumbles/

NEW YORK POST
— Legal immigrants are being hurt the most by Biden’s policies – Andrew Arthur
https://nypost.com/2024/05/10/opinion/legal-immigrants-are-being-hurt-the-most-by-bidens-policies/
— Biden administration preparing to hand out 10K migrant ID cards in several US cities – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/05/09/us-news/biden-administration-preparing-to-hand-out-10k-migrant-id-cards-report/
— Biden betrays Israel for the feeling of a few clueless college students – Douglas Murray
https://nypost.com/2024/05/09/opinion/biden-betrays-israel-for-the-feeling-of-a-few-clueless-college-students/

AMAC
— Chicago Schools Crumble While Teachers Make Extremist Demands
https://amac.us/newsline/education/chicago-schools-crumble-while-teachers-make-extremist-demands/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— College takeovers are CRT in action – Victor Joecks
https://afn.net/opinion/victor-joecks/2024/05/10/college-takeovers-are-crt-in-action/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Replacement theory? Joe Biden calls illegals ‘Hispanic voters’ – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/replacement_theory_joe_biden_calls_illegals_hispanic_voters.html
— Biden uses arms as a bargaining chip to force Israel to go soft on Hamas – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/joe_biden_uses_arms_as_a_bargaining_chip_to_force_israel_to_go_soft_on_hamas.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Elon Musk identifies ‘Democratic Party goal’, makes ominous election prediction after telling House vote. – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/10/elon-musk-identifies-democratic-party-goal-makes-ominous-election-prediction-after-telling-house-vote-1458530/

BLAZE
— From Soros to Beijing: Unveiling the billionaires behind transgenderism – GLENN BECK
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/from-soros-to-beijing-unveiling-the-billionaires-behind-transgenderism

BREITBART
— GOP Senators: Joe Biden’s Obamacare for DACA Illegal Aliens Is ‘Economically Unsustainable’ for Americans – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/10/gop-senators-joe-bidens-obamacare-for-daca-illegal-aliens-is-economically-unsustainable-for-americans/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Here’s How To Tell Congress Only Citizens Should Vote – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/chq-joins-only-citizens-votes-coalition-here-s-how-to-tell-congress-only-citizens-should-vote

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Ways the Left Exploits Illegal Immigration for Electoral Gain – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/10/ways-left-exploits-illegal-immigration-electoral-gain-borderline/

FOX NEWS
— Civil War General Sherman’s sword among relics headed to Ohio auction next week. ‘Conservative’ estimate by auction house president suggests saber will fetch at least $40,000. AP (COMMENT: I inherited a Civil War sword and its scabbard from one of my relatives on my father’s side who fought for the Union Army.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/civil-war-general-shermans-sword-relics-headed-ohio-auction-next-week

NEW AMERICAN
— Cartels Control Border. It’s Not Secure – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/border-agent-cartels-control-border-its-not-secure/

NEWSMAX
— Dems’ true border plan coming to life in ‘bait and switch’ moment – Bob Brooks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P4dwni4xkg
— Greg Abbott Slams ‘Feckless’ Immigration Proposals – Theodore Bunker
https://www.newsmax.com/us/greg-abbott-joe-biden-immigration/2024/05/10/id/1164241/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Dems Vote Unanimously To Give Representation To Illegals (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.)
https://www.oann.com/video/in-focus-video/dems-vote-unanimously-to-give-representation-to-illegals/

PJ MEDIA
— Illegal Immigrants in Denver Won’t Leave Tent Encampment for Shelters Until the City Meets 13 ‘Demands’ – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/05/10/illegal-immigrants-in-denver-wont-leave-tent-encampment-for-shelters-until-the-city-meets-13-demands-n4928934

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Judge Dismisses Charges Against 211 Illegal Immigrants Who Violently Stampeded Over Border – George C. Upper III
https://www.westernjournal.com/judge-dismisses-charges-211-illegal-immigrants-violently-stampeded-border/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump vows to reverse transgender student protections ‘on day one’ – BROOKE MIGDON
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4656405-donald-trump-transgender-students-athletes-title-ix-lgbtq/
— How Trump will stop the invasion at our southern border – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4656263-trump-illegal-immigration-southern-border/

MSN
— U.S. to welcome illegal migrants this summer by handing out free IDs – Jon Michael Raasch
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/u-s-to-welcome-illegal-migrants-this-summer-by-handing-out-free-ids/ar-BB1mbkA6

WASHINGTON POST
— Billy Graham statue for U.S. Capitol to be unveiled next week. A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham set to stand inside the U.S. Capitol to represent North Carolina will be unveiled next week in a ceremony. – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2024/05/10/billy-graham-statue-capital-ceremony/99b67a24-0f16-11ef-ae0a-a6870885518d_story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/10/target-pride-collection/

NEW YORK SUN
— Hundreds of Chicago Teachers To Skip Work To Lobby for Giant Raises, Radical Teaching Freedoms, as Schools Flounder. The city’s teachers’ union has ‘positioned itself as the new political machine in Chicago,’ one observer tells the Sun, as the group implements a playbook that ‘will be used to inspire other government and teachers unions around the country.’ – MAGGIE HRONCICH
https://www.nysun.com/article/hundreds-of-chicago-teachers-to-skip-work-to-lobby-for-giant-raises-radical-teaching-freedoms-as-schools-flounder

NBC BOSTON
— To get customers who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, etc., Democrat and RINO companies ever-increasingly promote DEI, that is, they ever-increasingly dump customers who are White, male, older, heterosexual, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg8bN4tySPE

FOX DENVER
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religion to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpr1ASsv2qc

COEUR D’ALENE PRTESS
— I should write books about the success that Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs have had since 2000 in infiltrating, infesting, taking over, conquering, and destroying the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://cdapress.com/news/2024/may/11/my-turn-killing-the-idaho-republican-party/

LIBERTY LENS
— Become A Precinct Committeeman – Steven Carr, Glen Rock, PA (COMMENT: I should write books about the success that Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs have had since 2000 in infiltrating, infesting, taking over, conquering, and destroying the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://libertylens.news/articles/letters/2024/05/10/become-a-precinct-committeeman/
(FROM THE LETTER: By becoming a Republican Committeeman for your local county or State Republican Party, you can vote on County bylaws and help elect better county and state party leadership of the republican party and local county GOP. Plus, get out the vote for better MAGA and America First candidates to get on the ballot and get more republican voters to your very own voting precinct and change the republican party from inside the party by recruiting more precinct committeeman to the republican party to outnumber the moderates in the republican party. No precinct committeeman? No republican party. It’s that simple. There are over 200,000 empty precinct committee seats in the Republican party that need to be filled. If you need more information on becoming a precinct committeeman, go to Dan Schultz’ website PrecinctStrategy.com. The Precinct Committeeman is the most powerful office in the country because we help get the candidates on to the primary ballot and endorse candidates and can even primary candidates off the ballot. Plus, we elect leadership all the way up to the RNC Chair.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago Will Need a Miracle to Escape Its Debt Burden. The city got a pandemic lifeline from the feds and did nothing to shore up its finances for the long term. – Judge Glock
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-will-need-a-miracle-to-escape-its-debt-burden-dd39353b
— Job seekers, frustrated with corporate hiring software, are using artificial intelligence to craft cover letters and résumés in seconds, and deploying new automated bots to robo-apply for hundreds of jobs in just a few clicks. In response, companies are deploying more bots of their own to sort through the oceans of applications. – Lindsay Ellis (COMMENT: What did you stress that got you hired? GAO audits IRS. In my 1980 GAO Analyst application, I stressed a) that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years as a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do and what GAO Analysts do is very similar, c) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and e) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. The Democrats who ran GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed the aforesaid by forcing me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/ai-job-application-685f29f7
— What You Aren’t Hearing About Marijuana’s Health Effects. Bertha Madras, a leading expert on weed, outlines the science linking it to psychiatric disorders, permanent brain damage, and other serious harms. – Allysia Finley (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-you-arent-reading-about-marijuana-permanent-brain-damage-biden-schedule-iii-9660395e
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Young people who smoked marijuana in the 1960s were seen as part of the counterculture. Now the cannabis culture is mainstream. A 2022 survey sponsored by the National Institutes of Health found that 28.8% of Americans age 19 to 30 had used marijuana in the preceding 30 days—more than three times as many as smoked cigarettes. Among those 35 to 50, 17.3% had used weed in the previous month, versus 12.2% for cigarettes. While marijuana use remains a federal crime, 24 states have legalized it and another 14 permit it for medical purposes. Last week media outlets reported that the Biden administration is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous Schedule III drug—on par with anabolic steroids and Tylenol with codeine—which would provide tax benefits and a financial boon to the pot industry. Bertha Madras thinks this would be a colossal mistake. Ms. Madras, 81, is a psychobiology professor at Harvard Medical School and one of the foremost experts on marijuana. “It’s a political decision, not a scientific one,” she says. “And it’s a tragic one.” In 2024, that is a countercultural view.)

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/05/10/trump-promises-rollback-on-trans-rights-heres-what-hes-said/

HOOVER INSTITUTE
— Does Merit Still Matter? – Peter M. Robinson (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that you owe your achievements in life to? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe my achievements in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-married, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, I have stressed a) that my parents never attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50.000/year in today’s dollars, d) that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, e) that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, f) that my mother never attended high school, and g) that I had to work my way through college. I should write a book about mt critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and/or who got them jobs.)
https://www.hoover.org/research/does-merit-still-matter

May 10, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Unanswered questions concerning the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who represents each of the 17 congressional districts on the committee and what is their contact information?
— Who has replaced me as the member who represents the 3rd Congressional District and what reasons have been given for my removal?
— At the IRP State Convention in Collinsville May 24-25, which committee members are going to vote on May 24 for the resolution that calls for direct election of IRP State Central Committee members?
— At the convention on May 24, which committee members are going to vote to strengthen or to weaken calls for promoting the following in the platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws including adding E-Verity, discouragement of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, protection of Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving)?

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do political consultants in Illinois who want Republican candidates to lose advise Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders and their candidates to do? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The IRP platform in conservative. I am one of the extremely few Republican political consultants in Illinois. I have been a member of the American Association of Political Consultants since 2001. I served on the board of directors of its Midwest Chapter 2001-2004. I want Republican candidates to win. Political consultants in Illinois who want Republican candidates to lose do not advise the IRP leaders or their candidates to defend and advance the IRP platform. Instead, they advise the IRP leaders and their candidates to ignore the platform, to paint themselves as being Democrat Lite if not anti-conservative, and to give the voters what they want. According to them, Illinois voters want dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and race and gender based preference giving. Far too many IRP leaders and far too many of their candidates have taken that advice and are taking that advice. That is why Republican candidates are losing elections. That is why I am extremely concerned that efforts are under way under the table to move the new IRP platform to the left.

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Call for articles. Please email to me at diersen@aol.com links to articles in which Illinois Republican party leaders, elected officials, candidates, major donors, and activists promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws including adding E-Verity, discouragement of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, protection of Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— University of Chicago protesters call out campus police ‘shoving, hitting’ while encampment was cleared. In a press conference at the school Thursday morning, students criticized university president Paul Alivisatos and shared their experiences when police began emptying the encampment early Tuesday. – Mohammad Samra
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/05/09/university-of-chicago-pro-palestinian-protesters-campus-police-paul-alivisatos
— Secret Service building secret Democratic convention communications center in southern suburb. ‘The X is the event,’ Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Chicago Sun-Times about the location, which will be the central hub for about 60 agencies involved in designing and implementing convention security. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/09/secret-service-building-secure-democratic-convention-communications-center-southern-suburb-elections

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/10/migrant-mourns-death-of-child-one-of-the-many-unaccounted-for-in-chicago-without-money-youre-nobody/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH THREE PHOTOS: Republican leaders slating legislative candidates despite new law banning it – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240509/illinois-state-politics/republican-leaders-slating-legislative-candidates-despite-new-law-banning-it/

ABC7
— VERY SAD: The Chevrolet Malibu, the brand’s last sedan, will end production. General Motors’ mainstream Chevrolet brand will sell only trucks, SUVs, and the Corvette in the United States. – Peter Valdes-Dapena
https://abc7chicago.com/post/production-of-chevrolet-malibu-to-end-general-motors-sedan-chevy/14788891/
— Chicago Mayor Johnson RTA board nominee coming under fire for lack of transit knowledge. – Sarah Schulte (COMMENT: What do you have knowledge of? I have knowledge of IRS. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my knowledge of IRS. I should write a book about my GAO coworkers who they assigned to audits of IRS instead of me. They knew little or nothing about IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and I had earned an MBA from Loyola. The Democrats who ran IRS and GAO back then certainly did not want Republicans like me to work on audits of IRS. They succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-pick-to-serve-on-rta-board-rev-ira-acree-coming-under-fire-for-lack-of-transit-knowledge/14790975/

NBC5
— Man killed in STREET TAKEOVER was not part of event (COMMENT: Chicago today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWD-gPuarQ

CBS2
— University of Chicago protesters call removal of pro-Palestinian encampment a “brutal police raid” – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-chicago-protesters-encampment-removed-response/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRcT1GM0Uug
— Chicago Police officer shortage a concern with summer, DNC coming (COMMENT: Democrats run Chicago. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shortage-chicago-police-officers-summer-dnc/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-police-officer-shortage-a-concern-with-summer-dnc-coming/
— Organizers hope Mexican Independence Day festival in Chicago’s Grant Park deters chaos – Charlie De Mar
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mexican-independence-day-festival-chicago-grant-park-deter-chaos/

FOX32
— Chicago teachers to skip school to lobby state lawmakers for more funding – Paris Schutz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-teachers-skip-school-lobby-state-lawmakers-funding
— Protesters call out University of Chicago for tactics used to take down encampments
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/protesters-call-out-university-of-chicago-for-tactics-used-to-take-down-encampments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaLNzQtNRuk
— Chicago police investigate vandalism of squad cars with reported feces
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1453853
— Highest-paying jobs right out of college revealed – Stephanie Weaver (COMMENT: I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. In 1971, my starting IRS salary was $54,728/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/highest-paying-jobs-school-revealed
— VERY SAY: GM ends production of Chevrolet Malibu to make room for electric vehicles – Aislinn Murphy
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gm-ending-production-chevrolet-malibu

WGN RADIO
— Chicago is 4th ranked city for number of millionaires – Michael Piff
https://wgnradio.com/wintrust-business-lunch/wintrust-business-minute-chicago-is-4th-ranked-city-for-number-of-millionaires/
— Over 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck – Patrick Hennessey
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/ted-rossman-over-60-of-americans-are-living-paycheck-to-paycheck/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Failure to oust Speaker ‘MAGA Mike’ Johnson shows strength and weakness of his alliance with Trump – AP (COMMENT: Are/were you allied with Trump? Since 2015, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a Trump promoter. To punish me, they have taken many big adverse actions against me including a) removing me from the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) ending my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council vacancy, and d) gerrymandering my precinct.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/failure-to-oust-speaker-maga-mike-johnson-shows-strength-and-weakness-of-his-alliance-with/article_8411232d-7320-5425-b330-e5769ca6cca5.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump is limited in what he can say about his court case. His GOP allies are showing up to help – AP (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted those who could and should have come to my defense, but have not. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those a) who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and/or c) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Wheaton.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-is-limited-in-what-he-can-say-about-his-court-case-his-gop-allies-are-showing-up-to-help/

WAND TV
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/dems-face-uphill-battle-to-pass-legislation-to-protect-dreamers/article_67a46918-0d83-11ef-b0be-ab1444d5eb66.html

WYSO
— Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won’t have another. – Noam Levey (COMMENT: My wife and I got married in 1978. We gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. My wife has always had good paying jobs. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used the aforesaid against me. I should write a book about those who have used it against me the most. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) afford to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, e) become a licensed CPA, f) have a home built in Wheaton, g) buy collector cars, h) earn four more professional licenses, i) etc.)
https://www.wyso.org/npr-news/2024-05-09/their-first-baby-came-with-medical-debt-these-illinois-parents-wont-have-another

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/09/chicago-pride-parade-announces-2024-grand-marshals-fortune-feimster-and-jax-smith/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-287/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-87/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago Teachers Union demands estimated at $50 billion
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7376f9a8-0e4c-11ef-8d37-9f266fdaa465.html
— Race-based, higher ed funding formula advocates want state to cover student costs – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_104d8ee2-0e46-11ef-84a6-1bd8223d4e37.html

WIREPOINTS
— Negligence or something more? Gov. Pritzker’s $827 million in taxpayer subsidies for Rivian. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/negligence-or-something-more-gov-pritzkers-827-million-in-taxpayer-subsidies-for-rivian-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Tax Bills Show Increase or Decrease for Each Tax District
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/09/mchenry-county-tax-bills-show-increase-or-decrease-for-each-tax-district/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION CUTTING CLASS TO LOBBY SPRINGFIELD LAWMAKERS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-cutting-class-to-lobby-springfield-lawmakers/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrants in Denver demand ‘culturally appropriate’ food, free lawyers at tent city (COMMENT: What have the illegals in your municipality demanded? What will they demand? How will your mayor respond?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/9/illegal-immigrants-denver-demand-culturally-approp/
— Student sues school district over suspension for saying ‘illegal aliens,’ switches to homeschooling – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/9/student-sues-school-district-over-suspension-for-s/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans move to expose Biden for flying in 400,000 ‘unvetted’ migrants – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2992456/republicans-biden-flying-400000-migrants/
— Johnson’s speakership saved because top four candidates to replace him lack votes to win gavel – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/2998071/johnson-speakership-saved-top-four-candidates-replace-struggle-secure-gavel/
— Student suspended for saying ‘illegal aliens’ gets help from Trump after online threats – Asher Notheis (COMMENT: If I had been active in Republican politics, the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/student-suspended-for-saying-illegal-aliens-gets-help-from-trump-after-online-threats/ar-BB1m7vYB

NEW YORK POST
— NYS Board of Regents joins the woke battle to force biological boys into girls’ sports – Post Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/05/10/opinion/state-board-of-regents-joins-woke-crackdown-on-trans-sports-dissent/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals in Denver issue the city a list of 13 ‘demands’ for services – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: What have the illegals in your municipality demanded? What will they demand? How will your mayor respond?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/illegals_in_denver_issue_the_city_a_list_of_13_demands_for_services.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Completely fed up’: Biden not exactly welcomed to Chicago with open arms, protesters fill streets – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/09/completely-fed-up-biden-not-exactly-welcomed-to-chicago-with-open-arms-protesters-fill-streets-1458275/
— Republicans fight to stop Dems from using illegal aliens in ‘greatest election interference’ scheme in history – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/09/republicans-fight-to-stop-dems-from-using-illegal-aliens-in-greatest-election-interference-scheme-in-history-1458224/

BLAZE
— House passes bill to add citizenship question to census to stop illegal aliens from distorting congressional representation – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/house-passes-bill-to-add-citizenship-question-to-census-to-stop-illegal-aliens-from-distorting-congressional-representation

BREITBART
— Asheville, NC: Reparations Commission Recommends ‘No Strings Attached’ Monthly Cash Payments – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2024/05/09/asheville-reparations-commission-recommends-guaranteed-income-program/

CENTER SQUARE FLORIDA
— DeSantis to Jewish students: Come to college in Florida – Bethany Blankley (COMMENT: I should write a book about the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had turning my many Jewish superiors and supervisors against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, 100% German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/article_f5d48fb8-0e52-11ef-a157-13c9e62d8d41.html

COLLEGE FIX
— University math, chemistry, immunology job openings require scholars pledge loyalty to DEI – DANIEL NUCCIO (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. To get promoted, federal employees have to promote DEI. RINOs run Republican organizations in Illinois. To survive in those organizations, Precinct Committeemen have to promote DEI. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-math-chemistry-immunology-job-openings-require-scholars-pledge-loyalty-to-dei/

DAILY WIRE
— Teachers Put Through ‘Coaching’ Sessions On Gender And Sexuality At Woke Illinois Math Academy – Leif Le Mahieu (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had so far making the students in your school district sexual active LGBTQers?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/teachers-put-through-coaching-sessions-on-gender-and-sexuality-at-woke-illinois-math-academy
— Biden Faces Dueling Calls From Democrats Over Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants, Border Security – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-faces-dueling-calls-from-democrats-over-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-border-security
— Trump Slams Biden For Threatening To Withhold Military Aid To Israel: ‘Taking The Side Of These Terrorists’ – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-slams-biden-for-threatening-to-withhold-military-aid-to-israel-taking-the-side-of-these-terrorists

EPOCH TIMES
— Illinois Governor Signs Controversial Election Bill That Would Help Democrats. ‘It really does make sure that we don’t have backroom deals to put people on the ballot,’ Illinois Governor Pritzker said. – Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/illinois-gop-accuses-democrats-of-election-interference-by-banning-candidate-slating-5646215
— Secret Service ‘Must Provide Protection’ to Trump If He’s Jailed – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/secret-service-must-provide-protection-to-trump-if-hes-jailed-spokesperson-5645322

FOX NEWS
— Denver migrants refuse to leave encampment, send mayor list of demands. The list includes demands for better food, access to immigration lawyers, and unlimited shower time. – Gabriel Hays (COMMENT: What have the illegals in your municipality demanded? What will they demand? How will your mayor respond?)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/denver-migrants-refuse-leave-encampment-send-denver-mayor-list-demands
— Taxpayer-funded ID program for illegal immigrants expected to begin this summer. The initial rollout will consist of 10,000 cards. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-eyes-summer-rollout-for-id-card-program-for-illegal-immigrants

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Another blow to the middle class: Biden will add 100,000 ‘dreamers’ to Affordable Care Act – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/another-blow-to-the-middle-class-biden-will-add-100000-dreamers-to-affordable-care-act

MRC TV
— Taxpayers Fund $150 Billion of Perks Annually for Illegal Aliens, Including Biden’s ‘Parolees’ – CRAIG BANNISTER (COMMENT: How many millions of Biden’s many millions of illegals are going to vote for Biden?)
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/taxpayers-fund-150-billion-perks-annually-illegal-aliens-including-bidens
— Illegals Set Up ‘Protest’ Camp In Denver, Demanding ‘Culturally Appropriate’ Food, Free Healthcare, & Lawyers – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/illegals-set-protest-camp-denver-demanding-culturally-appropriate-food-free
— IBM Subsidiary Faces Discrimination Lawsuit Over DEI – EVAN POELLINGER
https://mrctv.org/blog/evan-poellinger/ibm-subsidiary-faces-discrimination-lawsuit-over-dei

NATIONAL REVIEW
— San Francisco Mayor Appoints Drag Queen to Head Office of Transgender Initiatives – ABIGAIL ANTHONY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/san-francisco-mayor-appoints-drag-queen-to-head-office-of-transgender-initiatives/

NEW AMERICAN
— GOP Bills Would Require ID to Vote in Fed Elections, Stop Counting Illegals in Census – R. Cort Kirkwood (COMMENT: Yes, but illegals use false identifications.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/gop-bills-would-require-id-to-vote-in-fed-elections-stop-counting-illegals-in-census/

NEWSMAX
— Companies Look to Rebrand ‘DEI’ Without Ditching Controversial Practice. Republican Virginia State Delegate Wren Williams, a small business owner, has warned against kneeling to “woke” demands, stating companies that have capitulated to progressives’ demands have learned that if you “go woke,” you “go broke.” – Marisa Herman
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/dei-esg-woke/2024/05/09/id/1164061/

POST MILLENNIAL
— IBM faces discrimination suit after OMG revealed anti-white male hiring practices. Wood claims that Red Hat used illegal anti-white and anti-male hiring practices to make Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) quotas. – Katie Daviscourt

https://thepostmillennial.com/ibm-faces-discrimination-suit-after-omg-revealed-anti-white-male-hiring-practices

TOWNHALL
— Entitled Illegal Immigrants Send Mayor Long List of Demands: ‘Unlimited Showers, Fresh Food’ – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/09/immigrants-refuse-to-leave-encampment-send-mayor-list-of-demands-n2638835

ZERO HEDGE
— Denver Illegals Make Demands, Include ‘Culturally Appropriate’ Food, Lawyers, Unlimited Showers And Warnings Before Evictions – TYLER DURDEN (COMMENT: How many millions of Biden’s many millions of illegals are going to vote for him?)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/denver-illegals-make-demands-include-culturally-appropriate-food-lawyers-unlimited

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— What percent of the money given to the following is from donors who reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) your Republican county party organization, and c) your Republican township/ward party organization?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/opinion/republicans-protest-israel.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters us Stormy Daniels to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/opinion/donald-trump-stormy-daniels.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Four Of Trump’s Children Will Be GOP Convention Delegates
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/barron-trump-florida-delegate-gop-convention/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/citizenship-question-census-stephen-miller/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/republican-bogus-claims-vote-fraud/
— Democrats have always blamed antisemitism on Republicans. My Democrat superiors in the federal government did that big time. I should write a book about them and their success.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/09/antisemitism-schools-congressional-hearing/
— I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I am an extremist. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/hannity-rfk-extremeism-republicans/

BALTIMORE SUN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/05/10/shield-youth-from-williams/

REUTERS
— Trump vows to target EVs, LNG exports in meeting with oil CEOs
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-vows-target-electric-vehicles-meeting-with-oil-ceos-report-2024-05-09/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-democrats-give-illegals-political-representation-1898946

MSN
— Democrats push Biden on amnesty for illegals before possible Trump victory (COMMENT: How many millions of Biden’s many millions of illegals are going to vote for Biden?)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/politics/dems-push-biden-on-amnesty-for-illegals-before-possible-trump-victory/ar-BB1m6Wri
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-dei-trainer-sounds-alarm-on-useless-trainings-detrimental-to-minorities/ar-AA1fWPb5

WALL STREET JOUIRNAL
— Trump and the Lawfare Implosion of 2024. Will his prosecution end up putting him back in the White House? – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lawfare-implosion-of-2024-donald-trump-indictments-election-87e99955
— Democrats crow about their success in getting religion to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/methodists-keep-up-with-the-times-general-conference-2024-gay-marriage-4d01492e
— What percent of Haley voters are going to vote for Biden?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/nikki-haley-is-huddling-with-donors-and-wont-endorse-donald-trump-yet-052d3d0f
— FRONT PAGE: Hospitals Are Refusing to Do Surgeries Unless You Pay in Full First – Melanie Evans (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious that I have always had health insurance. The federal government pays 72% of health insurance for its employees, retirees, and their spouses.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/hospitals-pay-before-treatment-patients-c477e2d6

FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2024/05/10/bill-ackman-dei-attack-milken-session/

FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91122169/what-we-lose-when-we-cut-d-and-e-from-dei

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— How CPA Firms Can Prepare for Illinois’ Pay Transparency Law. Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, employers in Illinois will be required to disclose salary ranges in job postings. Here’s what CPA firms and other organizations can do now to prepare. – Helena Almeida (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 required me to suffer a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year.)
https://www.icpas.org/information/copy-desk/insight/article/digital-exclusive—2024/how-cpa-firms-can-prepare-for-illinois-pay-transparency-law

May 7, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Judge again holds Donald Trump in contempt, threatens jail time as hush money trial enters 3rd week – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-trial-today-testimony-in-former-presidents-criminal-hush-money-enters-third-week/14773117/
— Group of University of Chicago faculty defend pro-Palestinian encampment – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/university-of-chicago-stops-negotiations-with-organizers-pro-palestinian-encampment-as-faculty-to-speak-in-support-protests/14772860/
— Mayor Johnson pulling proposal to open new Chicago migrant shelter on South Side. Mayor’s office wanted to move 900 migrants from Loop shelter to new location. – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-mayor-brandon-johnson-pulling-proposal-to-open-new-migrant-shelter-on-canal-street/14775496/

NBC5
— At least 27 arrested as ‘gang violence’ impacts Chicago’s Cinco De Mayo parade. Police said a decision had been made to cancel the parade, while a Chicago alderperson said the decision was made to “relocate” it.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-27-arrested-as-gang-violence-impacts-chicagos-cinco-de-mayo-parade/3429780/
— Chicago mayor wants to MOVE MIGRANTS from downtown shelter to South Side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrL_MsHa3W4

CBS2
— Protesters facing police at University of Chicago. Protesters chanting and locking arms were facing officers wearing shields and heavy protective gear. Tents were seen being taken down and construction equipment was brought into the area.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-facing-police-at-university-of-chicago/

WGN9
— Johnson headed to Springfield to lobby ‘on behalf of the people of Chicago’ – Tahman Bradley (COMMENT: Johnson lobbies only for Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) illegals.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/johnson-headed-to-springfield-to-lobby-on-behalf-of-the-people-of-chicago/

FOX32
— University of Chicago police begin to clear protest encampment – Joanie Lum, Will Hager
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/university-of-chicago-palestine-protest-police
— Rising school violence sparks concern: Chicago agency links increase to mental health crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqdKlCZOYf4

WTTW
— Chicago’s First Chief Homelessness Officer Begins Work on Long-Term Plan, Immediate Problems – Shelby Hawkins (COMMENT: Who steered you away from homelessness? For me, they include my parents, my grandparents, and my teachers at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest, and Crete-Monee High School.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/06/chicago-s-first-chief-homelessness-officer-begins-work-long-term-plan-immediate-problems

WBEZ
— Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/how-the-1963-cps-boycott-over-segregation-shaped-chicago-protests-for-decades-to-come/a172ce2c-5ea0-4a81-b2e4-6019bdf6b8af

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Johnson reverses course on moving migrants from downtown to proposed shelter in 11th Ward after stiff opposition from alderman, property owners – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/06/johnson-pulls-plans-migrant-shelter-11th-ward/
— Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard vetoes hiring of former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/06/dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-vetoes-hiring-of-former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot/
— Giannoulias urges residents to get a Real ID as federal deadline is a year away – OLIVIA STEVENS (COMMENT: What does Giannoulias urge illegals to do?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/06/secretary-of-states-office-urges-residents-to-get-a-real-id-as-federal-deadline-is-a-year-away/
— U. of C. faculty members gather to support pro-Palestinian student protesters – AVANI KALRA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/06/uchicago-faculty-members-gather-to-support-pro-palestinian-student-protesters/
— Politics and government are nasty/vicious. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs do to get rid of you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/07/opinion-illinois-allow-felons-run-for-office/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police begin clearing out pro-Palestinian encampment on campus of University of Chicago. The action began around daybreak Tuesday as campus police surrounded the university’s main quadrangle. According to live reports from the scene, the police were keeping students from entering the quad. – Mary Norkol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/07/pro-palestinian-encampment-university-of-chicago-tear-down
— University of Chicago faculty call on administration to resume negotiations with pro-Palestinian protesters – Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/06/university-of-chicago-faculty-pro-palestinian-protesters-encampment
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI to not hire Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/05/06/companies-rushing-to-end-diversity-programs-are-making-a-mistake

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Group says state Democrats blocked it from putting parental consent question before voters – Jon Asplund
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/parental-consent-question-blocked-illinois-ballot-group-says

WGN RADIO
— U of C assistant professor: Student demands reflect the importance of the moment – Pete Zimmerman
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/u-of-c-assistant-professor-student-demands-reflect-the-importance-of-the-moment/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Months after cash bail ended in Illinois, more changes could be coming. What to know. – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/06/fixing-broken-system-advocates-stand-behind-cashless-bail-in-illinois/73473044007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Springfield.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2024/05/07/illinois-eagle-opens-brick-and-mortar-location-in-springfield/73069191007/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly food America with their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-06/is-it-easy-for-migrants-to-enter-the-u-s-we-went-to-the-border-to-find-out

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump calls Biden weak on antisemitism – AP
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/trump-ignores-rhetoric-calls-biden-weak-antisemitism-donald-joe-former-president-jews-jewish-hate-speech-language-hitler-nazi-germany-response-israel-holocaust-yom-hashoah
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/maxine-waters-warns-trump-supporters-prepping-for-civil-war-if-he-loses-2024-election-rep-maxine-waters-d-calif-california-democrat-former-president-donald-trump-white-house-president-joe-biden-msnbc

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-05-06/is-it-easy-for-migrants-to-enter-the-u-s-we-went-to-the-border-to-find-out

WQAD
— University of Chicago faculty voice support for protest encampment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl6Pfxp9Cak

EVANSTON NOW
— Bringing video gambling, that is, the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ to Evanston – Bill Smith (COMMENT: I helped lead the successful fight against video gambling in Wheaton. Those who want video gambling and other vices will never forgive me. They continue to take big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://evanstonnow.com/bringing-the-crack-cocaine-of-gambling-to-evanston/

CHICAGO MAROON
— Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Ninth Day on Quad
https://chicagomaroon.com/43133/news/live-updates-pro-palestine-encampment-enters-ninth-day-on-quad/

CHALKBEAT
— Illinois’ legislative session is winding down. Here are seven education issues to watch in Springfield. – Samantha Smylie
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/05/06/illinois-legislative-session-close-to-end-education-bills/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Cop swapping for conventions – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/07/cop-swapping-for-conventions-00156455

CAPITOL FAX

— Morning briefing

https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-284

— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-84/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write a book about Saul Alinski disciples who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who push negatives and who target, freeze, personalize, and polarize people like me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I would focus on those who blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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. I would focus on those a) who ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and d) who ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— When the going gets tough, do not hope/anticipate/expect that anyone will come to your defense. I should write a book about those who could/should have but did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents took big adverse actions against me. For example, when my critics/opponents a) ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and d) ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee. In my book, I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct have you done the most to help elect and reelect? I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I have done the most to help elect and reelect. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who blamed what I did as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, and c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What motivates your critics/opponents the most to blast you, to insult you, to defame/slander/liable you, to lie about you, to threaten you, and/or to take big adverse actions against you? For my critics/opponents it is my advocacy a) for direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, b) for personal responsibility, c) for traditional marriage and family, d) for right to life, e) for E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, f) for discouragement of vices, g) for Second Amendment rights, and/or h) for equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Most recently, they ended my membership on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Politics is nasty/vicious. The more that you advocate conservative principles and/or the more that you advocate direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a hypocrite. My critics/opponents who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican stress a) that I avoided the draft, b) that my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and c) that I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who ended my membership on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write a book about those who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who have worked harder against me than against any Democrat. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— 496 illegal aliens arrive at Chicago airport during eight month span
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/658391269-496-illegal-aliens-arrive-at-chicago-airport-during-eight-month-span

WIREPOINTS
— Brazen election interference: Illinois Democrats retroactively change law to knock out Republican challengers. Surely, lawsuits must follow. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/brazen-election-interference-illinois-democrats-retroactively-change-law-to-knock-out-republican-challengers-surely-lawsuits-must-follow-wirepoints/
— Chicago needs more champions of literacy like Willie Wilson – Ted Dabrowski (COMMENT: What do you champion for? I champion for the Republican Party platform and for those who defend and advance that platform.)
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-needs-more-champions-of-literacy-like-willie-wilson-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville: Migrants attracted to Illinois’ health care, ‘soft-on-crime’ policies – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4cc4ff12-098d-11ef-bd89-67cb15dfc758.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Pritzker family funding anti-Israel, anti-white college protests
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/658385491-report-pritzker-family-funding-anti-israel-anti-white-college-protests

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Blagojevich Joins Trump, Speaker Johnson and GOP Officials on Stage During RNC Retreat at Mar-a-Lago Over the Weekend
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/blagojevich-joins-trump-speaker-johnson-and-gop-officials-on-stage-during-rnc-retreat-at-mar-a-lago-over-the-weekend.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— MIT drops DEI-pledge requirements in hiring – Valerie Richardson (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/6/mit-drops-dei-pledge-requirements-hiring-after-con/

NEW YORK POST
— House GOP wants answers from FBI over diversity obsession – Miranda Devine (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were obsessed with promoting diversity, that is, they were obsessed with promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or non-Protestant.)
https://nypost.com/2024/05/06/us-news/house-gop-wants-answers-from-fbi-over-diversity-obsession/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A DEI military cannot protect or defend America – M.B. Mathews
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/a_dei_military_cannot_protect_or_defend_america.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Inside Trump’s plan for ‘mass deportations’ of nearly 20 million illegals on ‘day one’ – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/06/inside-trumps-plan-for-mass-deportations-of-nearly-20-million-illegals-on-day-one-1457430/

BREITBART
— Chicago Teachers Union Accused of Giving Official’s Mother Multimillion-Dollar Contracts – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/05/06/chicago-teachers-union-accused-of-giving-officials-mother-multimillion-dollar-contracts/
— RNC’s Establishment Election Integrity Lawyer Suddenly Resigns – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/06/great-news-rncs-establishment-election-integrity-lawyer-suddenly-resigns/
— Speaker Johnson ‘Misled’ Republicans to Believe They Are Powerless Against Biden – Thomas Massie
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/06/thomas-massie-speaker-johnson-misled-republicans-believe-powerless-against-biden/
— Joe Biden’s Obamacare for DACA Illegal Aliens to Cost Americans $300 Million Annually – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/06/joe-bidens-obamacare-for-daca-illegal-aliens-to-cost-americans-300-million-annually/
— Americans Protest Boston’s Housing Giveaway to Immigrants – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/06/americans-protest-bostons-housing-giveaway-to-immigrants/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— A Democrat Crack Up Is A Terrible Thing To Waste – Richard A. Viguerie
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/a-democrat-crack-up-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste

DAILY WIRE
— Terror Group Hezbollah Praises Protests On College Campuses: It’s Causing Biden To Cave On Israel
https://www.dailywire.com/news/terror-group-hezbollah-praises-protests-on-college-campuses-its-causing-biden-to-cave-on-israel

FEDERALIST
— Illegal Aliens Skew Elections By Inflating Certain States’ Electoral Power. This Bill Would Change That – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/06/illegal-aliens-skew-elections-by-inflating-certain-states-electoral-power-this-bill-would-change-that/

GOPUSA
— Trump Campaign Reports $76 Million Fundraising Haul In April
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-campaign-reports-76-million-fundraising-haul-in-april/
— NYPD Says Protesters Had Weapons, Gas Masks And ‘Death To America!’ Pamphlets
https://www.gopusa.com/nypd-says-protesters-had-weapons-gas-masks-and-death-to-america-pamphlets/
— Taxpayers Are Subsidizing College Extremism
https://www.gopusa.com/taxpayers-are-subsidizing-college-extremism/
— House Committees To Investigate NPR Over ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’
https://www.gopusa.com/house-committees-to-investigate-npr-over-viewpoint-discrimination/

FEDERALIST
— Illegal Aliens Skew Elections By Inflating Certain States’ Electoral Power. This Bill Would Change That. – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/06/illegal-aliens-skew-elections-by-inflating-certain-states-electoral-power-this-bill-would-change-that/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Mass Migration is Costly and Increases Inflation – Pawel Styrna
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/economist-admits-mass-migration-costly-and-increases-inflation

FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago teachers’ demands show why big cities are in deep trouble. Chicago is representative of the problems we see in virtually all big cities, Stuart Varney argues.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/stuart-varney-chicago-teachers-demands-big-cities-deep-trouble
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6352418689112

FOX NEWS
— MIT eliminates DEI hiring requirement – Teny Sahakian (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/elite-university-eliminates-dei-hiring-requirement-work

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/dei-has-failed-its-time-for-something-better/

NEW AMERICAN
— NY Post: Immigration Experts Say Biden “Migrants” Are Likely Here Forever – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/ny-post-immigration-experts-say-biden-migrants-are-likely-here-forever/

NEWSMAX
— Red States Last Walls of Defense Against Border Invasion – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/immigration-states/2024/05/06/id/1163619/

PJ MEDIA
— University Activists Were Raised in K-12 Wokeness – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/05/06/university-activists-were-raised-in-k-12-wokeness-n4928805

ZERO HEDGE
— Florida Bans ‘Indoctrination’ In Teacher-Training Programs – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/florida-bans-indoctrination-teacher-training-programs

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that making everyone a sexually active LGBTQer is their top priority.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4647026-rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-strut-stuff-on-national-mall/

NEW YORK TIMES
— UChicago Says Free Speech Is Sacred. Some Students See Hypocrisy. The president has allowed protest encampments. But they have also disrupted campus life, and he wants the tents down. – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/university-of-chicago-protests-encampment.html
— Know Thine Enemy – Noam Cohen (COMMENT: I should write a book about Saul Alinski disciples who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/weekinreview/23alinsky.html
— M.I.T. Will No Longer Require Diversity Statements for Hiring Faculty – Anemona Hartocollis (COMMENT: To promote diversity to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/mit-diversity-statements-faculty-hiring.html

WASHINGTON POST

— I should write a book about those who have defamed me the most. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I would focus on those blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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. I would focus on those a) who ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and d) who ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/11/trump-carroll-comments-defamation/

USA TODAY
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. My qualifications included a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970, and e) passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma in 1966.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/05/02/employee-referral-programs-hurt-diversity/73532573007/

MSN
— Ken Griffin Lashes Out at Ivy League Protests – Janet Lorin
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/ken-griffin-lashes-out-at-ivy-league-protests/ar-BB1lV7hb
— School board president trolls Moms for Liberty by getting sworn in on stack of banned books – John Russell (COMMENT: Democrat teachers ever-increasingly make their students sexually active LGBTQers.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/school-board-president-trolls-moms-for-liberty-by-getting-sworn-in-on-stack-of-banned-books/ar-AA1l6eJe
— To encourage those who are the following to be woke is to encourage them to be guilt-ridden: conservative, Republican, White, male. older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/research-suggests-being-woke-may-affect-your-mental-health/ss-BB1kXlsa

NEWSWEEK
— ‘Diversity’ Migrants Getting Citizenship Surges – Nick Mordowanec
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-immigration-visa-asylum-diversity-1897536

NBC BOSTON
— Boston protesters rally against state using $420M to ‘shelter illegals.’ – RAY LEWIS
https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/boston-protesters-rally-against-state-using-420m-to-shelter-illegals-report-says-massachusetts-governor-maura-healey-immigration-migrants-southern0-border-crisis-mayor-michelle-wu-emergency-shelter-system

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— In Atlanta, long lines of migrants downtown reflect surge at border – Lautaro Grinspan
https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/in-atlanta-long-lines-of-migrants-downtown-reflect-surge-at-border/537WXXOWN5CFDH6NDNOOEBUTWM/

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago Cops Plan Job Swap With Milwaukee for Conventions. Chicago will host the Democratic National Convention in August. Security apparatus for the event is ‘extensive,’ governor says. – Miranda Davis and Kailey Leinz
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/chicago-milwaukee-will-share-convention-police-pritzker-says

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Pension Suicide Pact.
A new union gambit could kill the state’s modest pension reform. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-worker-pensions-union-social-security-f8da91bb
— Who’s Happiest at Work? – Anne Marie Chaker (COMMENT: Democrat federal employees who are the following should be very happy because the Democrats who run the federal government give them tremendous preference: minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those who ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/whos-happiest-at-work-hint-its-not-women-47932465
— Colleges Have a New Source of Protest on Their Hands: Irate Parents. Frustrated parents are pushing back against university responses to the Gaza protests. – Clare Ansberry, Oyin Adedoyin, Katherine Hamilton
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-protests-parents-angry-e93bb2ef

FORBES
— What Is Gaslighting? Examples And How To Deal With It. – Marissa Conrad and Rufus Tony Spann (COMMENT: I should write a book about the biggest gaslighters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I would focus on those blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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. I would focus on those a) who ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and d) who ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee.)
https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/what-is-gaslighting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that hinges on creating self-doubt. “I think of gaslighting as trying to associate someone with the label ‘crazy,’” says Paige Sweet, Ph.D., an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan who studies gaslighting in relationships and in the workplace. “It’s making someone seem or feel unstable, irrational and not credible, making them feel like what they’re seeing or experiencing isn’t real, that they’re making it up, that no one else will believe them.” Gaslighting involves an imbalance of power between the abuser and the person they’re gaslighting. Abusers often exploit stereotypes or vulnerabilities related to gender, sexuality, race, nationality and/or class. “The most distinctive feature of gaslighting is that it’s not enough for the gaslighter simply to control his victim or have things go his way: It’s essential to him that the victim herself actually come to agree with him,” writes Andrew D. Spear, an associate professor of philosophy at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, in a 2019 paper on gaslighting in Inquiry.)
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2024/05/06/10-reasons-why-dei-is-important-for-businesses-and-how-its-evolving/

FORTUNE
— What is a callable CD? What to know about the risks. – TRINA PAUL (COMMENT: I learned yesterday from its printed monthly statement that JP Morgan called four of its brokered CDs on April 2 and 11, 2024 that were paying 5.65%, 5.75%, 5.75%, and 5.8%.)
https://fortune.com/recommends/banking/what-is-a-callable-cd/

SPECTATOR
— Chicago plans to keep the DNC migrant-free
https://thespectator.com/newsletter/chicago-plans-dnc-migrant-free-dc-diary-05-06-24/

POLITICO
— How the Right Learned to Love Saul Alinsky – JACK SHAFER (COMMENT: I should write a book about Saul Alinski disciples who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/08/right-saul-alinsky-canada-truckers-00006903
— Right loves to hate, imitate Alinsky – KENNETH P. VOGEL (COMMENT: I should write a book about Saul Alinski disciples who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/right-loves-to-hate-imitate-alinsky-034751

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 71% Want Disney to Return to Family-Friendly Entertainment
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/entertainment/may_2024/71_want_disney_to_return_to_family_friendly_entertainment

RAIR FOUNDATION
— The Great Replacement is Not a Theory – It’s Reality
https://rairfoundation.com/great-replacement-is-not-theory-its-reality-video/

DAILY MAIL
— Lawmakers pressure Biden administration to unveil the true number of migrants living in U.S. that experts estimate is at least 22 MILLION. Recent estimates claim around 11 million illegal immigrants are living in U.S. But Republican lawmakers claim the real number exceeds 20 million. – KATELYN CARALLE (COMMENT: How many millions of these millions are Democrats going to send to battleground/swing states to use their false identifications to vote for Biden?)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13388315/biden-administration-migrant-figures-american-neighborhood.html

May 6, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cinco de Mayo parade cut short after report of shots fired along route. Kaitlin Washburn and Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2024/05/05/cinco-de-mayo-parade-shots-report-route-changed
— Pro-Palestinian camps remain at Chicago-area campuses; 68 arrested at the School of the Art Institute. Counter-protesters at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus reportedly tried to clash with protesters, but the pro-Palestinian protesters used de-escalation tactics to keep peace. Nationwide, more than 2,500 protesters have been arrested since April 18. – Sophie Sherry, Violet Miller and Isabel Funk
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/05/pro-palestinian-camps-remain-at-chicago-area-campuses-68-arrested-at-the-school-of-the-art-institute
— Stop mandatory driving tests for Illinois’ seniors. Current driver’s license requirements for seniors are not making roads safer. Older drivers get in fewer accidents than other age groups, studies show. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/05/05/mandatory-drivers-license-tests-seniors-road-safety-illinois-secretary-state-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cinco de Mayo Parade in Little Village canceled after reports of gunfire. – Adriana Perez
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/05/cinco-de-mayo-parade-little-village/
— Tensions flare between DePaul pro-Palestine encampment and counterprotesters. – AVANI KALRA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/05/depaul-encampment-protest/
— Congress enters thorny debate over how to define antisemitism. – Clarence Page (COMMENT: I should write a book about antisemitism in GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997 and how that impacted me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/05/column-antisemitism-bill-congress-page/

ABC7
— 6 months out, a tight presidential race with battle between issues and attributes. Trump has 46% support among U.S. adults and Biden 44% in a head-to-head matchup. – Gary Langer
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-trump-poll-6-months-out-a-tight-presidential-election-2024-with-battle-between-issues-and-attributes/14770642/
— SW Side Cinco de Mayo Parade rerouted after nearby gang-related fights, arrests, Chicago police say – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-cinco-de-mayo-parade-rerouted-in-heart-of-little-village-after-gang-related-fights-arrests-police-activity/14769804/
— Tensions run high during dueling pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel protests at DePaul’s Lincoln Park Quad – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/depaul-university-protest-school-asks-students-to-avoid-lincoln-park-chicago-quad-amid-pro-israel-pro-palestinian-protests/14769841/
— Chicago shootings: At least 31 shot, 6 killed in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-at-least-23-shot-4-killed-in-gun-violence-across-city-police-department-says/14768881/
— A look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/a-look-at-commencement-ceremonies-as-us-campuses-are-roiled-by-protests-over-the-israel-hamas-war/14771061/

NBC5
— Chicago’s Cinco De Mayo parade canceled due to ‘gang violence,’ officials say. The parade was scheduled to start at noon at the intersection of Cermak and Damen.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-gang-violence-officials-say/3429131/
— Sen. Tim Scott dodges on whether he would accept 2024 election results. The senator, who ran for the Republican nomination for president last year, repeatedly refused to say whether he’d accept this year’s presidential election results, regardless of who wins. – Alexandra Marquez (COMMMENT: How many millions of the Democrats’ illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Biden in battleground/swing states?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/sen-tim-scott-dodges-on-whether-he-would-accept-2024-election-results/3429249/

CBS2
— Talks between pro-Palestinian protesters, University of Chicago suspended
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/talks-between-pro-palestinian-protesters-university-of-chicago-suspended/
— Chicago Police respond to clash between protesters at DePaul University – Andrew Ramos
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lincoln-park-quad-dueling-protests/
— Cinco de Mayo parade canceled due to gang violence in the area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-due-to-gang-violence/

WGN9
— Tensions escalate amid competing protests at DePaul – Gabriel Castillo, Brónagh Tumulty
https://wgntv.com/news/tensions-escalate-amid-competing-protests-at-depaul/
— Police: West Side Cinco de Mayo parade on Cermak canceled due to gang violence. – Courtney Spinelli, Gabriel Castillo
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/west-side-cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-after-reports-of-violence/

FOX32
— Cinco de Mayo parade canceled in Chicago due to gang violence in the area. – Tia Ewing
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-in-chicago-due-to-gang-violence-in-the-area-police

WTT W
— Democrats crow about their success in getting religion to promote LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/05/methodists-end-bans-gay-clergy-and-same-sex-marriage-closing-50-years-battles-mainline
— Probe Into 8 CPD Officers Found No Evidence They Were Active Members of Oath Keepers — But Investigators Only Asked Them. – Heather Cherone (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have used against me the most my serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/03/probe-8-cpd-officers-found-no-evidence-they-were-active-members-oath-keepers

WGN RADIO
— Why is jury selection important? – Jack Heinrich (COMMENT: What percent of the Chicago-area jury pool is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://wgnradio.com/karen-conti/why-is-jury-selection-important/

FOX ILLINOIS
— What to expect after a judge put a gag order on Trump in hush money case – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the links to articles that they have demanded that I delete from my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and my comments in my newsletters that they have demanded that I delete.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/what-to-expect-after-a-judge-put-a-gag-order-on-former-president-donald-trump-in-hush-money-case-criminal-trial-manhattan-possible-jail-time-punishment-gop-republican-party-2024-election-high-profile-case

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WSIL TV & WAND TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/will-abortion-turn-florida-from-red-to-blue/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-many-florida-women-cant-get-abortions-past-6-weeks-where-else-can-they-go/
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/many-florida-women-cant-get-abortions-past-6-weeks-where-else-can-they-go/article_ffce8248-a0fe-55bc-8ce3-1869b177245d.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/many-florida-women-cant-get-abortions-past-6-weeks-where-else-can-they-go/article_dcb1da72-f691-5229-b68e-2f692bc32db6.html

CBW CHICAGO
— Gunman kills driver at street ‘takeover’ as video cameras roll
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/05/chicago-gage-park-street-takeover-shooting-murder.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-283/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Law Enforcement Organization Holding Huntley Meeting
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/06/law-enforcement-organization-holding-huntley-meeting/
— Pro-Hamas Protesters Civil at My Leftwing Oberlin College
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/06/pro-hamas-protesters-civil-at-my-leftwing-oberlin-college/
— CORRECTION: MASSIVE MISINTERPRETATION OF THE NEW LAW – NO Free Ride for GOP State’s Attorney Candidate Randi Freese and County Board Candidates Deena Krieger, Carl Kamienski
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/05/free-ride-for-gopstates-attorney-candidate-randi-freese-and-county-board-candidates-deena-krieger-carl-kamienski-copy/

WIREPOINTS
— Don’t fall for the “progressive-income-tax-for-property-tax-relief” tax swap referendum – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/dont-fall-for-the-progressive-income-tax-for-property-tax-relief-referendum-wirepoints/
— The Illinois State University self-proclaimed progressives – BLNNews “Progressives are FAR left. They don’t believe in capitalism or the Republic.”
https://wirepoints.org/the-illinois-state-university-self-proclaimed-progressives-blnnews/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— STATE LAWMAKERS IN SPRINGFIELD PASS BILL TO CUT OFF COMPETITION IN 78 RACES – Hilary Gowins
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/editorial-state-lawmakers-in-springfield-pass-bill-to-cut-off-competition-in-78-races/
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION WANTS LEAVE SO TEACHERS CAN WORK FOR CTU FOUNDATION, MAYOR JOHNSON – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-wants-leave-so-teachers-can-work-for-ctu-foundation-mayor-johnson/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Saul Anuzis warns against professional infiltration of college demonstrations. – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/5/inside-beltway-saul-anuzis-warns-against-professio/
— The Christian church needs conviction, not sugar-coated candy. – Shane Idleman
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/5/christian-church-needs-conviction-not-sugar-coated/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois candidates feel ‘cheated, violated, robbed’ after Pritzker enacts law ending slating – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2991807/candidates-feel-cheated-violated-robbed-after-pritzker-enacts-law-ending-slating/
— Biden brings the gender war to work – Editorial (COMMENT: Many if not most of my Democrat older White male Chicago office GAO superiors and supervisors were big smokers and big drinkers. They were furious when GAO gutted their smoking room and made it into a lactation room.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2985748/biden-brings-the-gender-war-to-work/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago abruptly cancels Cinco de Mayo parade over fears of ‘safety of all in attendance’ – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2024/05/05/us-news/chicago-adruptly-cancels-cinco-de-mayo-parade-over-fears-of-safety-of-all-in-attendance/
— Chicago Teachers Union’s $50B demands include pay hikes, abortions, and migrant accommodations — at $2K per migrant
https://nypost.com/2024/05/05/us-news/chicago-teachers-contract-demands-include-abortions-2k-per-migrant/
— Inside Trump’s plan to deport ‘nearly 20 million’ illegal migrants from the US – Diana Glebova
https://nypost.com/2024/05/05/us-news/inside-trumps-plan-to-deport-nearly-20-million-migrants-from-the-us/
— Brainwashing campus activists starts long before college. – Karol Markowicz
https://nypost.com/2024/05/05/opinion/brainwashing-campus-activists-starts-long-before-college/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The End of Old Left-wing Mythologies. The one-eyed Jack American Left has been flipped over, and what turned up proved frightening. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/06/the-end-of-old-left-wing-mythologies/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago teachers’ union demands $50B in pay hikes, fully funded abortions, and migrant housing – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/05/05/chicago-teachers-union-demands-50b-in-pay-hikes-fully-funded-abortions-and-migrant-housing-1457297/

BLAZE
— Chicago Teachers Union’s $50 billion in demands: abortions, migrant services, required LGBTQ training, gender-neutral bathrooms. – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-teachers-union-demands-negotiations-abortions-migrants
— Blaze News investigates: Mobs of illegal aliens keep storming border — but El Paso is laying down the law. – CANDACE HATHAWAY
https://www.theblaze.com/news/blaze-news-investigates-mobs-of-illegal-aliens-keep-storming-border-but-el-paso-is-laying-down-the-law

BREITBART
— Chicago Teachers $50B Contract Demands Abortion, Migrant Freebies – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/05/05/chicago-teachers-50b-contract-demands-abortion-migrant-freebies/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago forced to cancel Cinco de Mayo parade due to gang violence. Police make multiple arrests on gun charges. – Bradford Betz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-forced-cancel-cinco-de-mayo-parade-gang-violence
— Chicago teachers’ $50B demands include pay hikes, abortions, migrant accommodation. The demands include members getting 9% annual wage increases through fiscal year 2028. – Michael Dorgan
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-teachers-50b-demands-includes-pay-hikes-abortions-migrant-accommodation

NATIONAL REVIEW
— MIT Scraps Diversity Statements in Faculty-Hiring Process after Discovering ‘They Don’t Work’ – JAMES LYNCH (COMMENT: Constructively, Democrat and RINO leaders get rid of you if you fail/refuse to push diversity, that is, if you fail/refuse to push political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mit-scraps-diversity-statements-in-faculty-hiring-process-after-discovering-they-dont-work/
— Maximizing the Incumbency. Biden is trying to buy his reelection with tax dollars, half of them extracted from voters who oppose him. – NEAL B. FREEMAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/maximizing-the-incumbency/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Plan: Deport ‘Nearly 20 Million’ Illegals – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-border-deport/2024/05/05/id/1163565/
— MIT Does Away With New Hire Diversity Statements – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/us/mit-diversity-college/2024/05/05/id/1163553/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Race to the Bottom: Illinois Competing with California to be the ‘Left’s Progressive Utopia’ – Samuel Short
https://www.westernjournal.com/race-bottom-state-competing-california-lefts-progressive-utopia/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNN
— Long ER waits plague short-staffed hospitals, affecting older adults. – Judith Graham (COMMENT: What percent of those who go to emergency rooms are illegals?)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/26/health/emergency-room-wait-times-kff-partner-content-wellness/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Nonprofit News – Margaret Renkl (COMMENT: My direct competitors are beyond furious that I have the necessary time, money, experience, ability, and motivation to put together a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter and to send it out each and every morning free of charge, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. I should write a book about my direct competitors. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/opinion/nonprofit-media-journalism.html
— A FAFSA Fiasco Has Students Still Asking: Which College Can They Afford? – Colbi Edmonds and Bernard Mokam (COMMENT: When I was in high school, I decided that I could afford UIC if my parents provided me with room and board which they did. But that meant I had to commute by car to/from classes. I decided that I wanted that car to be a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor-man’s GTO. I bought that car in May of 1966 with money that I earned and saved washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights for the previous 18 months.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/fafsa-college-financial-aid.html
— After Weeks of Protests, Columbia Cancels Main Commencement Ceremony – Sharon Otterman
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/nyregion/columbia-commencement-cancel-protests.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DEI is getting a new name. Can it dump the political baggage? Under mounting legal and political pressure, companies’ DEI tactics are evolving. – Taylor Telford and Julian Mark (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use anything and everything that they can to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/05/dei-affirmative-action-rebrand-evolution/
— Democrats use the Pope to promote transgender sex workers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/05/pope-francis-transgender-sex-workers/

NEW YORK SUN
— MIT First Among America’s Elite Colleges to Jettison Mandatory ‘Diversity Statements’ for Prospective Employees. A number of states have already banned or cracked down on DEI administrative offices at public colleges and universities. – MATTHEW RICE (COMMENT: To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/mit-first-in-the-ivy-league-to-jettison-mandatory-diversity-statements-for-prospective-employees

USA TODAY
— Time’s money, but how much? Here’s what Americans think an hour of their time is worth – Medora Lee (COMMENT: How much an hour do you believe my time is worth? I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I passed the CPA examination and the Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I became a licensed CPA. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2024/05/01/time-is-money-value-of-time/73514699007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Smear Campaign Against ‘Christian Nationalists’ The label is ‘assigned’ to Americans who believe there is a link between faith and freedom. – Ralph Reed
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-smear-campaign-against-christian-nationalists-faith-freedom-f3954994
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot. Those who promote something are presumed to use it themselves.
https://www.wsj.com/business/cannabis-companies-profits-taxes-3f8bbee0
— Crime and Progressive Lack of Punishment. The failure to impose penalties on bad behavior, on campus and elsewhere, produces much more of it. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/crime-and-progressive-lack-of-punishment-65c8d68c
— Baby Boomer Professors Join Student Protests, Risking Arrest and Violence. Faculty take to the front lines at universities, often in support of students’ right to protest. – Douglas Belkin and Melissa Korn
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/college-protests-faculty-free-speech-7c1542da

POLITICO
— Pro-Palestinian protesters are backed by a surprising source: Biden’s biggest donors. Some of the most outspoken groups against Biden and Israel get funding from foundations attached to some of the biggest names in Democratic circles. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/05/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-funding-donors-00156135
— Trump’s family steers clear of trial — even as he spotlights them – ADAM WREN
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/06/trump-trial-new-york-melania-family-00156189
— Trump accuses Biden of ‘running a Gestapo administration’ during private donor retreat – ALEX ISENSTADT and SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/05/trump-retreat-biden-2024-elections-00156171
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump also brought on stage Rod Blagojevich, the controversial former Democratic Illinois governor whose prison sentence for corruption was commuted by Trump. Blagojevich, who describes himself as a “Trump-ocrat,” was invited by the campaign to attend the event and was surprised to be called on stage, according to a spokesperson for the former governor. He has not spoken to Trump about any vice presidential consideration.)

WHITE HOUSE & NARFE
— Public Service Recognition Week (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, almost 18 years for GAO, 9 years for IRS, and 3 years for the Post Office. I should write a book about those who have used that against me the most. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/03/a-proclamation-on-public-service-recognition-week-2024/
https://www.narfe.org/narfe-celebrates-public-service-recognition-week/

May 4, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Mayor Johnson considers moving downtown migrant shelter to South Side ahead of DNC
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-considers-moving-downtown-migrant-shelter-to-bridgeport-ahead-of-dnc-11th-ward-ald-nicole-lee-says/14762736/
— University of Chicago protest: President says pro-Palestinian encampment ‘cannot continue’ University president said protesters have vandalized buildings, flown Palestinian flag on school flagpole. – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/uchicago-protest-university-of-chicago-president-says-student-pro-palestinian-encampment-on-college-campus-cannot-continue/14760654/
— 9 Chicago police officers on leaked Oath Keepers list will not be punished, CPD says. Far-right, anti-government Oath Keepers played large role in Jan. 6 insurrection. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition not only played a role in Republican defeats, they caused Republican defeats.)
https://abc7chicago.com/9-members-of-chicago-police-department-on-leaked-oath-keepers-list-will-not-be-punished-cpd-says-group-played-role-in-jan-6/14759928/

NBC5
— Pro-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally on University of Chicago campus. Students and university officials on Friday reached an “impasse” during talks about the encampment, which was set up on Monday by pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pro-israel-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-rally-on-university-of-chicago-campus/3428439/

CBS2
— University of Chicago United for Palestine protesters clash with counter-protesters; police head to scene
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-chicago-united-for-palestine-protesters-clash/
— Dueling protests as University of Chicago United for Palestine encampment continues. University of Chicago police officers were seen in the center of the Main Quad, separating the UChicago United for Palestine protesters from a group with American flags. – Darius Johnson
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/dueling-protests-as-university-of-chicago-united-for-palestine-encampment-continues/
— Chicago activists make plea for 48 hours of peace this weekend. Community leaders in Pilsen issued a call to action ahead of the Cinco de Mayo weekend. They called for a 48-hour unity challenge – a message they’re spreading not only through a video on social media, but also to neighborhoods outside of their own. – Marybel Gonzalez
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-activists-make-plea-for-48-hours-of-peace-this-weekend/
— Police come to University of Chicago amid clash between protest groups. The university has said the UChicago United for Palestine tent encampment that has been on the Main Quad since Monday must come to an end. – Darius Johnson
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/police-come-to-university-of-chicago-amid-clash-between-protest-groups/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker signs election bill that would favor Democrats in November – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/02/legislators-pass-election-bill-that-would-favor-democrats-in-november/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: University of Chicago prepares to ‘intervene’ to remove pro-Palestine encampment from campus – REBECCA JOHNSON, ALICE YIN, CAROLINE KUBZANSKY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/03/university-of-chicago-prepares-to-intervene-to-remove-pro-palestine-encampment-from-campus/
— Alderman opposes Johnson’s proposed new migrant shelter location ahead of Democratic convention – ALICE YIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/03/alderman-opposes-johnsons-proposed-new-migrant-shelter-location-ahead-of-democratic-convention/
— Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests – JESSE BEDAYN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/03/campus-protests/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— University of Chicago officials, protesters hit ‘impasse’ over pro-Palestinian encampment. On a mostly peaceful day, tensions briefly bubbled over when counter-protesters confronted the demonstrators at the university’s Edward Levi Hall. An altercation prompted campus police to respond. – Violet Miller, Jessica Ma and David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/03/university-of-chicago-officials-pro-palestinian-protesters-encampment-impasse

DAILY HERALD
— Republicans slam new state election law favoring incumbents – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240503/illinois-state-politics/republicans-slam-new-state-election-law-favoring-incumbents/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/illinois-awards-35-new-pot-shop-licenses
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that discrimination against Blacks has caused, is causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/midwest-economy-growth-depends-addressing-racism-opinion#/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Local officials feel Illinois bill is aimed at Madison County Republican Jay Keeven. Bill to eliminate ‘slated’ General Assembly candidates awaits JB Pritzker’s action. – Scott Cousins
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/jay-keeven-madison-county-republican-party-19435887.php

DAILY JOURNAL
— Illinois gun lawsuits headed to U.S. Supreme Court? – Greg Bishop
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/illinois-gun-lawsuits-headed-to-u-s-supreme-court/article_139b6902-07ed-11ef-919c-7774b1a48291.html

WJOL
— IRS Acts To Address Wide Disparity In Audit Rates Between Black Taxpayers And Other Filers – AP
https://www.wjol.com/irs-acts-to-address-wide-disparity-in-audit-rates-between-black-taxpayers-and-other-filers/

WGLT
— Scientists welcome new rules on marijuana, but research will still face obstacles – Rhitu Chatterjee (COMMENT: What percent of scientists are stoners?)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-05-03/scientists-welcome-new-rules-on-marijuana-but-research-will-still-face-obstacles

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-marijuana-backers-eye-proposed-federal-regulatory-change-as-an-aid-to-legalizing-pot-in-more-states/

WIFR
— IRS says it will boost audits on wealthy, address racial disparities
https://www.wifr.com/2024/05/03/irs-says-it-will-boost-audits-wealthy-address-racial-disparities/

WGME
— 108 paid sick days? Illinois school district superintendent’s contract sparks outrage – KRISTINA WATROBSKI
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/108-paid-sick-days-illinois-school-district-superintendents-contract-sparks-outrage-edwardsville-community-school-district-7-dr-patrick-shelton-education-vacation-time-sick-leave-personal-days-crisis-in-the-classroom

CHICAGO MAROON
— Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Fifth Day on Quad
https://chicagomaroon.com/42726/news/live-updates-pro-palestine-encampment-enters-fifth-day-on-quad/

WHEATON PATCH
— DUPAGE VETERANS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 10th ANNUAL FUNDRAISER – Sat, May 4, 2024 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM – DuPage County Fairgrounds, Wheaton
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/calendar/event/20240504/5765b6e4-f00c-4fcd-8182-d2d3bcc3fff3/dupage-veterans-foundation-announces-10th-annual-fundraiser

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-83/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

IBENDAHL ON POLITICS
— See Who Supports and Who Opposes Restoring Direct Elections
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/05/02/who-supports-and-opposes-restoring-direct-elections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Below are two lists of public officials, party officials, civic leaders, grassroots leaders, activists, and candidates who have communicated either their support or their opposition to giving back to all Republican voters the right to directly elect their representatives to the Illinois Republican Party’s state central committee, our state party’s senior governing board.)
— Help Me, Help You
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/05/02/help-me-help-you/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thank you to everyone who has already stood up for fellow Republican voters in Illinois by demanding that our vote be restored in OUR state party. Please keep spreading the word and encouraging others to sign-on. Any Republican in Illinois is invited to do so HERE. And my latest piece with some interesting history about the Illinois GOP and how we got to where we are (i.e., Republicans losing the big races most all of the time), is HERE. Thanks again and have a great weekend.)

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Candidates feel ‘cheated, violated, robbed’ after Pritzker enacts law ending slating. Despite law, elections board will accept petitions. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1667fea4-097b-11ef-8d4e-237d3a918b26.html
— Illinois taxpayer cost to consolidate transit system could be out $1.5 billion – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_47a96222-0963-11ef-9c2c-dba4212a7ba5.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— With less than one month to go, session hits high gear in Springfield
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/658220610-with-less-than-one-month-to-go-session-hits-high-gear-in-springfield

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kenneally Opposition to Bill Eliminating Mandatory DCFS Reporting of Drug Positive Babies to Local State’s Attorney’s Draws Avalanche of Criticism
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/03/kenneally-opposition-to-bill-eliminating-mandatory-dcfs-reporting-of-drug-positive-babies-to-local-states-attorneys-draws-avalanche-of-criticism/
— Free Ride for GOP State’s Attorney Candidate Randi Freese and County Board Candidates Deena Krieger, Carl Kamienski
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/04/free-ride-for-gopstates-attorney-candidate-randi-freese-and-county-board-candidates-deena-krieger-carl-kamienski/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Supermajority Passes Election Bill That Protects Democratic Incumbents as IL GOP Leaders Fail to Identify 50 Candidates to Run in November
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/supermajority-passes-election-bill-that-protects-democratic-incumbents-as-il-gop-leaders-fail-to-identify-50-candidates-to-run-in-november.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Noncitizens caught voting in U.S. elections — here’s how they did it. Illegal noncitizen voters were three times more likely to be Dems than GOP. – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Illegals use false identifications.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/3/noncitizens-do-vote-in-us-elections-heres-how-they/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Denial of equal protection for whites: How culture countered the Constitution in America – William Perry Pendley (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Americans who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time should not count on equal protection.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2990750/denial-of-equal-protection-for-whites-how-culture-countered-the-constitution-in-america/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 92)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-92/

NEW YORK POST
— US taxpayers shouldn’t be subsidizing idiotic college extremism – David Harsanyi
https://nypost.com/2024/05/03/opinion/us-taxpayers-shouldnt-be-subsidizing-idiotic-college-extremism/

AMAC
— How much value does a college degree hold in 2024? (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, degrees from non-Ivy League colleges are WORTHLESS, that is, a) my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU is WORTHLESS, b) my 1976 MBA from Loyola is WORTHLESS, c) my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul is WORTHLESS, and d) my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT is WORTHLESS. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://amac.us/poll/college-degree-2024/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Biden approves 100,000 illegals for Obamacare next year – AP
https://afn.net/ap/politics/biden-approves-100-000-illegals-for-obamacare-next-year/
— ‘Enough is enough’: Survey shows Americans fed up with illegal immigration – Chad Groening
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/05/03/enough-is-enough-survey-shows-americans-fed-up-with-illegal-immigration/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— University of Chicago Protesters Demand Defunding of Police, Reparations, and Emissions Reductions – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/03/university-of-chicago-protesters-demand-defunding-of-police-reparations-and-emissions-reductions/
— House Speaker Johnson Finally Has Border Crisis Concerns
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/03/too-little-too-late-house-speaker-johnson-finally-has-border-crisis-concerns/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals fly Florida – Mike McDaniel
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/illegals_fly_florida.html

BREITBART
— J.D. Vance Blasts Joe Biden Giving Americans’ ‘Hard-Earned Money’ to DACA Illegal Aliens via Obamacare – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/03/j-d-vance-obamacare-daca-illegals/
— Blue State Blues: Democrats Should Skip Chicago, Hold Zoom Convention Again – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/03/blue-state-blues-democrats-should-skip-chicago-hold-zoom-convention-again/

CENTER SQUARE
— Why no room at the inns? Feds filled ’em with people here illegally. – Brian Lonergan
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_c4b3ba7a-0962-11ef-b775-fb703c5ba5a0.html

DAILY CALLER
— Will States Prevent Illegal Immigrants From Unlawfully Voting In November?
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/03/berry-states-prevent-illegal-aliens-unlawful-vote-november/
— Want To Alleviate The Border Crisis? Follow Texas’ Blueprint
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/03/davis-alleviate-border-crisis-texas-blueprint/
— To promote DEI is to promote hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/03/abc-news-president-kim-godwin-dei-chopping-block/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Congressional Subpoena Reveals Airports Used to Facilitate Illegal Immigration – Kari Jacobson
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/congressional-subpoena-reveals-airports-used-facilitate-illegal-immigration
— Illegal Aliens Issue List of Demands After Hundreds Take Over City Park and Refuse to Leave – Joey Chester
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/05/03/illegal-aliens-issue-list-demands-after-hundreds-take-over-city-park-and-refuse

FOX NEWS
— ‘Stop caving to the woke mobs’: GOP ramps up attacks on vulnerable Dems amid anti-Israel campus unrest. A veteran political strategist argues that protests sweeping college campuses are ‘problematic for Democrats on several fronts’ – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/stop-caving-woke-mobs-gop-ramps-up-attacks-vulnerable-dems-anti-israel-campus-unrest

MISSOURI SYNOD LUTHERAN CHURCH
— When God’s design is rejected, the whole community suffers – Stacey Eising (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have used against me the most my having been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have stressed the most that unlike them, I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me including removing me from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee and ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.)
https://reporter.lcms.org/2024/gods-design-for-sexuality-starting-the-conversation/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Northwestern Hit with Lawsuit, Civil-Rights Complaints over Concessions to Encampment Organizers – ZACH KESSEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/northwestern-hit-with-lawsuit-civil-rights-complaints-over-concessions-to-encampment-organizers/
— Biden Giving Obamacare to 100,000 Illegal Immigrants Is Gross Executive Overreach – PHILIP KLEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-giving-obamacare-to-100000-illegal-immigrants-is-gross-executive-overreach/

TOWNHALL
— Illegal Immigrants Ambush Michigan State Capitol to Demand Driver Licenses – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/03/illegal-immigrants-gather-at-michigan-state-capitol-to-demand-driver-licenses-n2638620
— Investigating the Investigators | Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson with Andrew McCarthy on Trump case
https://townhall.com/podcasts/townhallreview/2024/05/02/investigating-the-investigators-%7C-dan-proft-&-amy-jacobson-with-andrew-mccarthy-on-trump-case
— The Left’s Radicalization Of Our Children – Scott Hogenson
https://townhall.com/columnists/scotthogenson/2024/05/04/the-lefts-radicalization-of-our-children-n2638619

ZERO HEDGE
— Biden Parole Program Has Flown Illegals To More Than 45 US Cities – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/unlawful-sleight-hand-biden-parole-program-has-flown-illegals-more-45-us-cities

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— University of Chicago President Says ‘Encampment Cannot Continue’ The university is home to the Chicago statement, a framework for free expression that has been embraced by other colleges. – Mitch Smith and Robert Chiarito
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/us/university-of-chicago-protest.html
— Joe Biden, Pot President? The president’s allies say the Justice Department’s chill take on marijuana has a political upside. – Jess Bidgood (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/us/politics/marijuana-reclassification-biden.html

WASHINGTON POST
— 134 protesters arrested on 2 campuses had no connection to schools, NYPD says. More than a quarter of protesters arrested Tuesday at Columbia and 60 percent at the City College of New York had no connections to the schools. – Daniel Wu
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/03/columbia-arrests-not-students-nypd/

ABC NEWS
— Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I am a White supremacist, NAZI, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-compares-political-opponents-vermin-root-alarming-historians/story?id=104847748

YAHOO
— Nikki Haley calls former president ‘diminished’ and ‘unhinged’ (COMMENT: What do the Haley supporters in your congressional district, county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct say about Trump? How many would rather see Biden elected than Trump?)
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-federal-election-case-paused-081120649.html

REUTERS
— Trump vows to fight ‘anti-white feeling’ in US. His allies have a plan – Gram Slattery and Nathan Layne (COMMENT: To curry favor more with minorities, White Democrats and White RINOs ever-increasingly paint themselves as being anti-White.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-vows-fight-anti-white-feeling-us-his-allies-have-plan-2024-05-04/

MSNBC
— In a second term, Trump intends to address ‘a bias against white’ As his team prepares to protect white people from discrimination, Donald Trump says he’s concerned about the “problem” related to the “bias against white.” – Steve Benen (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Americans who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time should not count on equal protection.)
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/second-term-trump-intends-address-bias-white-rcna150556

MSN
— Lara Trump’s Plan For RNC Is Utterly Shredded By Former Chair – Lee Moran
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lara-trump-s-plan-for-rnc-is-utterly-shredded-by-former-chair/ar-BB1ivFva
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The duty of the RNC, Steele said, was raising money for all Republican candidates on the ballot and putting in place “the infrastructure every candidate will need.” “You are required, Lara, so let me give you a little bit of training here since you want the job,” he continued. “You are required to organize and coordinate every state party and the territories of the United States who are in the Republican family and you are to provide them the platform from which you will launch a platform to talk about what the party believes in.” “Oh, I’m sorry, we don’t have a platform so is that your number one priority, madame co-chair? No, I don’t think so,” Steele added. “You gotta understand what a party is there for.”)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/hope-hicks-on-trump-campaign-messaging-we-were-all-just-following-his-lead-f1fbd2d0
— Illinois’s Plan to Fund Public Universities on the Basis of Race. Schools with abysmal graduation rates would get more money simply for enrolling minorities. – Neetu Arnold
https://wirepoints.org/illinoiss-plan-to-fund-public-universities-on-the-basis-of-race-wall-street-journal/
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: The UAW Has a Gaza Policy. Auto workers chief Shawn Fain signals the union’s solidarity with violent protesters. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shawn-fain-uaw-hamas-gaza-israel-campus-protests-39d68e2f
— Are Americans Ready for War? As our enemies advance, a prescient author considers what it would take for the U.S. to avoid defeat. The answer is sobering. – Barton Swaim (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with anti-Americans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mark-helprin-asks-are-americans-ready-for-war-novelist-scholar-0214b82b
— Biden Needs to Learn From the Democrats’ Disaster in ’68. The lesson of that tumultuous political summer is clear: The fireworks may be on the party’s left, but the votes needed for victory are on the right. – James Traub
https://www.wsj.com/politics/biden-needs-to-learn-from-the-democrats-disaster-in-68-9024144a
— ‘Follow Your Dreams’ and Other Terrible Career Advice. Want to make a strong professional start? Be open to every opportunity and embrace the lowliest tasks. – Bonnie Hammer (COMMENT: After you earned your bachelor’s degree, what was the lowliest task that your boss gave you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, when I was in my 7th month as the Retail Sales Manager in the Chicago Heights Firestone Store, while the store was open, my boss had me get on a ladder and clean the white walls on moldy tires that had been hanging on the walls of the showroom for many years. That was too much for me. I politely gave him my 2-week notice that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. He immediately rudely/threadedly fired me. But then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Previously, my Firestone Store boss had me pump gasoline, mount, balance, and install tires, change engine oil and filters, remove and install batteries, deliver major appliances, etc. He did not approve of my demographics including my being a draft-avoider, college graduate, conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, Crete resident, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844. He had not hired me, the Firestone district office had hired me and assigned me to his store. He refused to let me start in his store until I passed a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana store. What little understanding/tolerance/sympathy he had for me was because a) I had worked my way through college and b) my father had died suddenly in October of 1969 and I was living with and helping support my mother and brother because of that.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/follow-your-dreams-and-other-terrible-career-advice-3f23590b
— The Government-Spending Jobs Boom. Most new jobs are in healthcare, government and social assistance. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-jobs-healthcare-social-assistance-economy-investment-efe3a8e2
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In many states run by progressives such as Oregon, California and Illinois, government, healthcare and social assistance account for more than all of the net new jobs. That means those states are losing jobs in other industries. Illinois has added about 52,000 jobs in government, healthcare and social assistance over the last year—about double the number of its overall new jobs.)

INSIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
— Public accounting had absolutely no interest in me even though a) I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, b) I had become a licensed CPA, c) I had earned four other job-related professional certifications, d) I had earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, e) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, and f) I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year a) because I was “too old” (30) when I passed the CPA examination and b) because I am not minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.
https://insidepublicaccounting.com/2024/05/03/countering-arguments-against-dei-through-metaphors/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Election 2024: Trump Now +10 Over Biden
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/election_2024_trump_now_10_over_biden

DAILY MAIL
— University of Chicago protestors at pro-Palestine encampment rattle off list of demands on their Instagram – including HIV tests and Plan B. Students protestors at UChicago posted a list of supplies they need to camp. UCLA Protestors demand gluten free and vegan supplies. – ALEXA CIMINO
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13380137/university-chicago-pro-palestine-encampment-demands.html

May 2, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Former President Trump focuses on economy, immigration at Waukesha, Wisconsin rally. Trump campaigns on Wednesdays, when his hush money trial in New York is not in session. – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-news-today-former-president-visiting-battleground-states-wisconsin-michigan-wednesday-as-part-of-2024-campaign/14752392/
— Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s moving ahead with effort to oust Speaker Johnson. Her plan seems doomed to fail as Democrats said they would help save Johnson. – Alexandra Hutzler, Lauren Peller, Elizabeth Schulze, and John Parkinson
https://abc7chicago.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-shes-moving-ahead-with-motion-to-vacate-oust-speaker-mike-johnson-next-week/14750691/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://abc7chicago.com/what-marijuana-rescheduling-from-schedule-1-to-3-would-mean-for-illinois-tax-changes-pharmaceutical-studies/14752483/
— Arizona Senate passes repeal of 1864 abortion ban, sending it to governor’s desk. Once signed, the legislation won’t take effect for several months. – Libby Cathey, Isabella Murray, and Chris Boccia
https://abc7chicago.com/arizona-abortion-ban-senate-passes-repeal-of-1864-ban-sending-it-to-governors-desk/14752122/

NBC5
— Arizona Senate passes bill to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban. The near-total ban, which predates Arizona’s statehood, permits abortions only to save the patient’s life — and provides no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/arizona-senate-vote-repeal-19th-century-abortion-ban/3425864/
— House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war. It all comes at a time when college campuses and the federal government are struggling to define exactly where political speech crosses into antisemitism. – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/house-passes-bill-to-expand-definition-of-antisemitism-amid-growing-campus-protests-over-gaza-war/3426156/
— Illinois bill would combat catalytic converter thefts, lawmaker says. Replacement catalytic converters can cost up to $3,500, officials say. (COMMENT: Sadly, my 2018 Chevy Cruze is one of the most popular vehicles to have its catalytic converters stolen.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-bill-would-combat-catalytic-converter-thefts-lawmaker-says/3426351/

CBS2
— Pro-Palestinian protesters at University of Chicago, DePaul meet with school administrations – Marybel Gonzalez
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-university-of-chicago-depaul-administrations/
— Another carnival called off in Chicago’s northwest suburbs; safety concerns cited – Ellie Coatar
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/another-carnival-called-off-chicago-northwest-suburbs/
— Trump holds rally in Wisconsin, as polls show state is still a toss-up – John Dodge
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-returns-to-campaign-with-rally-in-waukesha-wisconsin/
— Chicago Public Schools students hold sit-in to support pro-Palestinian demonstrations – Noel Brennan
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cps-sit-ins/
— Muslim activists plan rally in Springfield to call for cease-fire in Gaza – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/springfield-rally-gaza-ceasefire-muslim-action-day-illinois-state-capitol/
— DNC protest organizer says pro-Palestinian marches won’t stop until “Palestine is truly free” – Tara Molina, Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/democratic-national-convention-protests-gaza-palestine-protest-demands/

WGN9
— Arizona will repeal its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump – AP
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-arizona-will-repeal-its-1864-abortion-ban-democrats-are-still-planning-to-use-it-against-trump/

WGN RADIO
— Rick Pearson on closed-door meeting between Dan Proft and Darren Bailey – Brian Althimer
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/rick-pearson-on-closed-door-meeting-between-dan-proft-darren-bailey/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— House Democrats advance November ballot questions aimed at driving party turnout – RICK PEARSON and JEREMY GORNER (COMMENT: Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election: Should government: a) Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, b) Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, c) Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion, d) Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration, e) Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights, f) Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and h) Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/house-democrats-advance-november-ballot-questions-aimed-at-driving-party-turnout/
— Trump calls judge ‘crooked’ after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order – SCOTT BAUER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/trump-5/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: As pro-Palestinian protests at some U.S. colleges devolve into violence, Chicago campuses remain peaceful – REBECCA JOHNSON, ZAREEN SYED, SARAH MACARAEG, JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/as-pro-palestinian-protests-at-some-u-s-colleges-devolve-into-violence-chicago-campuses-remain-peaceful/
— Violence, chaos erupts on campuses as protesters and counter-protesters clash over the war in Gaza – JAKE OFFENHARTZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/ucla-pro-palestinian-protestor-columbia-university/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: Chicago Jewish community calls for increased action against antisemitic speech amid campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza – KATE ARMANINI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/chicago-jewish-community-calls-for-increased-action-against-antisemitic-speech-amid-campus-protests-against-the-israel-hamas-war-in-gaza/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban, with Gov. Katie Hobbs expected to sign – ANITA SNOW
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/arizonas-democratic-leaders-get-enough-votes-to-repeal-19th-century-abortion-ban/
— Homer Township Republican committeeperson race to be decided by lot following judge’s order – MICHELLE MULLINS (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that my critics/opponents in Milton Township and in DuPage County will lead a major effort starting in in 2025 to replace me as the DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct 59 Committeeman. Of course, I will draw attention big time to those who lead that effort as well as to their operatives and dupes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/homer-township-republican-committeeperson-race-to-be-decided-by-lot-following-judges-order/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Will County judge ruled in favor of Homer Township Supervisor Steve Balich’s request to get a ballot for his opponent tossed out, which results in a tie for the position of Republican precinct committeeperson that will be decided by lot. Judge John Anderson wrote in his opinion that one ballot cast for Homer Glen resident Tami O’Brien was not initialed by an election judge and could not be counted. A handful of ballots that were initialed in the wrong spot were not considered in this case and were counted. O’Brien was declared the winner of the March 19 race for Precinct 6 committeeperson in Homer Township by one vote, but Balich, who is also the Will County Board Republican Leader, filed for a recount. Anderson wrote he was sympathetic to O’Brien’s position that not counting the ballot would disenfranchise the voter who cast it. “Rather than this case being called a recount, the process may as well be called a discount because it entails efforts to make a vote not count — even when the vote was otherwise properly cast by a voter who most assuredly had no idea their voice would be ignored,” Anderson wrote. But the judge wrote the law is clear that all ballots need to be endorsed or initialed by an election judge and that the Illinois Supreme Court has considered this a requirement for 125 years. “No matter how sympathetic the Court may be to Ms. O’Brien’s position, it is not for a trial court judge to ignore plain statutory language nor directives from the Illinois Supreme Court,” Anderson wrote. O’Brien beat Balich in the March 19 election by 115 votes to 114. With the one vote tossed out, the result ends in a tie and a winner will be determined at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the clerk’s office. The clerk’s office has determined that numbered balls representing the candidates will be drawn from a container to break the tie.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: CPS students protest Gaza war, march to University of Chicago encampment. Anti-war protests have swept college campuses in recent weeks as students support Palestinians in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, decry what they call censorship from their universities and call on institutions to divest from weapons manufacturers and companies supporting Israel. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/05/01/cps-students-to-protest-gaza-war-march-to-university-of-chicago-depaul-encampments
— Students at Chicago’s college Gaza encampments hope police, threats stay away. Tensions were higher Tuesday when hundreds of New York police officers raided Columbia University and City College of New York while a group of counter-protesters attacked a student encampment at UCLA. – Nader Issa, Cindy Hernandez and Jessica Ma
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/01/students-at-chicagos-college-gaza-encampments-hope-police-threats-stay-away
— What to know about the pro-Palestinian protests in Chicago and beyond. Protesters’ demands have focused on divestment — demanding universities cut ties with Israel and businesses supporting the war in Gaza. – Ellery Jones
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/01/protest-camps-northwestern-university-chicago-depaul-explainer
— Suspect in slaying of Officer Luis Huesca arrested in Glendale Heights — with Huesca’s own handcuffs. Xavier L. Tate Jr., 22, was taken into custody without incident shortly after 7 p.m. following a “multi-state investigation” that involved the Chicago Police Department and “many other” law enforcement agencies. – Kade Heather and Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/05/01/suspect-killing-police-officer-luis-huesca-arrested-glendale-heights-handcuffs

DAILY HERALD
— Bill nixing senior driving test hits House roadblock, Senate version still going – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240501/illinois-state-politics/bill-nixing-senior-driving-test-hits-house-roadblock-senate-version-still-going/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Students sue Northwestern over alleged antisemitism at encampment – Duncan Agnew
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/05/01/students-sue-northwestern-over-alleged-antisemitism-at-encampment/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Peoria’s response to racial inequities – Sandra Chapman (COMMENT: My father made enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me. My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1953. My critics/opponents have always used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents as being filthy rich. But my father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/the-citys-response-to-racial-inequities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2022, it was reported that kindergarten readiness amongst Black families was 17.7% and Hispanic families was 19.7%. However, White families had a significantly larger measure of development at 35.3%.)
— Black lawmakers reintroduce bill to ban hair discrimination – Cheyanne M. Daniels
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/black-lawmakers-reintroduce-bill-to-ban-hair-discrimination/

WGLT
— Illinois voters could be asked about IVF coverage, millionaire tax in November – Alex Degman (COMMENT: Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election: Should government: a) Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, b) Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, c) Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion, d) Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration, e) Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights, f) Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and h) Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members?)
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-05-01/illinois-voters-could-be-asked-about-ivf-coverage-millionaire-tax-in-november

WAND TV
— Trump calls judge ‘crooked’ after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order. Returning briefly to the campaign trail, Donald Trump has called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after being held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order. – AP
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-calls-judge-crooked-after-facing-a-warning-of-jail-time-if-he-violates-a/article_d848fd60-a19c-53ba-bfee-26ee60167e94.html

25 NEWS NOW
— Peoria students learn career skills from local mentors – Skylar Collins (COMMENT: 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 a) arranged for my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986, and c) promoted me in 1986.)
Showing what success can look like before entering the workforce.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/05/01/peoria-students-learn-career-skills-local-mentors/

CHICAGO MAROON
— Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Its Third Day on Quad
https://chicagomaroon.com/42443/news/live-updates-pro-palestine-encampment-enters-third-day-on-quad/

BOLTS
— Illinois Ended Cash Bail. Now Reformers Want More Support for People on Pretrial Release. Proposed legislation would expand community-based programs for people released from jail to improve their odds of success. Supporters call it a critical next step after abolishing bail. – Pascal Sabino
https://boltsmag.org/illinois-pretrial-success-act/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump takes usual swipe at Chicago – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/02/trump-gets-in-digs-at-chicago-00155662
— SURPRISE MOVE: Illinois House Democrats introduced and passed legislation Wednesday that would put three non-binding questions on the November ballot and make a tweak existing election law. Sly move: The ballot questions are on subject that could generate interest to get Democrats to the polls, focusing on in-vitro fertilization, protecting election workers and targeting high-end homeowners with a property tax. The wide-ranging measure also calls for preventing political party committees from appointing challengers to fill out legislative ballots if the party doesn’t field a candidate in the primary. The bill drew outrage from House Republicans, who walked out of the chamber to complain about the Democrats’ quick move. House Minority Leader Tony McCombie criticized the bill for not allowing Republican input. Video of her comments here ( https://twitter.com/BlueRoomStream/status/1785778003009470802 ) Heading to the Senate: Senate Republican Leader John Curran says changing the rules in the middle of an election cycle is unfair to potential candidates who are operating under existing rules. But in the Democratic-controlled Senate, the complaint is likely to be ignored. – Shia Kapos (COMMENT: Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election: Should government: a) Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, b) Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, c) Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion, d) Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration, e) Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights, f) Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and h) Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/02/trump-gets-in-digs-at-chicago-00155662

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-281/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-81/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election:
Should government:
— Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion,
— Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights,
— Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and
— Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Who will represent the Republicans in the 3rd Congressional District on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee? In my opinion, the next IRP platform should promote the following:
— Personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion,
— E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights,
— Discouragement of vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and
— Direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
I served on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. But this year, powerful high-profile Republican public figures have falsely charged me with making a false statement in one of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, specifically, the following: “Because of what happened at the 2016 IRP State Convention, I am very concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not officially strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).” They have demanded that I remove my statement from www.gopillinois.com . They have hinted/implied that I made the statement with “actual malice” against them. First, I stand by my statement. Second, my statement is an expression of opinion and not a statement of fact. Third, because I have been a professional journalist since 2000, that charge against me is especially serious. They used that charge as pretext to remove me from this year’s IRP State Platform and Resolutions Committee. Short of suing them for defamation, what should I do, for example, should I send them a cease and desist letter? SEE: Defamation, Libel and Slander: What Do They Mean and How Do They Differ? at https://law.usnews.com/law-firms/advice/articles/what-is-defamation-libel-and-slander – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Candidates who run as Republicans should be required to affirm that if elected, they can and they will defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County GOP Convention Nominates Randi Freese for State’s Attorney in Unanimous Vote
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/02/mchenry-county-gop-convention-nominates-randi-freese-for-states-attorney-in-unanimous-vote/
— Of Electric Smart Meters and Monopolies
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/02/of-electric-smart-meters-and-monopolies/
— Dems Putting Three Referendum Questions on the Ballot to Prevent Citizen Initiatives
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/02/dems-putting-three-referendum-questions-on-the-ballot-to-prevent-citizen-initiatives/

METRO EAST SUN
— Rep. Schmidt Co-Sponsors Bill to End Illinois’ Sanctuary State Status
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/658200789-rep-schmidt-co-sponsors-bill-to-end-illinois-sanctuary-state-status

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republican negotiator State Sen. Donald DeWitte, R-St. Charles responds to Pritzker’s ‘balanced budget’ claim – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1265e5b4-0804-11ef-ba99-2310453191c8.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrats muscle through changes to ballot access, advisory questions – JERRY NOWICKI, HANNAH MEISEL, & PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: Suggested ballot questions for the November 5, 2024 election: Should government: a) Promote personal responsibility, that is, oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, b) Promote traditional marriage and family, that is, oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, c) Promote right to life, that is, oppose the promotion of abortion, d) Enforce E-Verify and immigration laws, that is, oppose the promotion of illegal immigration, e) Protect Second Amendment rights, that is, oppose diminishment of those rights, f) Discourage vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) Promote equal opportunity, that is, oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and h) Give Illinois Republicans the right to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members?)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/democrats-muscle-through-changes-to-ballot-access-advisory-questions

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Biden Flies Four Times More Migrants to Florida Than Texas Bused to Chicago
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/biden-flies-four-times-more-migrants-to-florida-than-texas-bused-to-chicago/
— Universal Fare Surfaces 50 Years after RTA Referendum Passes
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/universal-fare-surfaces-50-years-after-rta-referendum-passes/
— Robert Hanlon Resigns as Shelby County State’s Attorney
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/robert-hanlon-resigns-as-shelby-county-states-attorney/
— Kenneally Speaking on Dangers of Marijuana in Lake County Saturday, May 4th
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/kenneally-speaking-on-dangers-of-marijuana-in-lake-county-saturday-may-4th/
— Ranked Choice Voting Eliminates Minority Candidates
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/30/ranked-choice-voting-eliminate-minority-candidates/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Capping THC Levels in Pot – Kathy Valente
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/capping-thc-levels-in-pot/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CTU DEMANDS PARTISAN RALLIES SO IT CAN ELECTIONEER STUDENTS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/ctu-demands-partisan-rallies-so-it-can-electioneer-students/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Showcases New Phrase: ‘Biden Inflation Tax,’ Says it’s ‘Draining Families’, Promises to Replace ‘Bidenomics’ with ‘Maganomics’ as Thousands Attend Rally in WI
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/05/trump-showcases-new-phrase-biden-inflation-tax-says-its-draining-families-promises-to-replace-bidenomics-with-maganomics.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegals are totally destroying America’s health system – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/2/illegals-are-totally-destroying-americas-health-sy/
— Immigration named top U.S. problem for third straight month in Gallup poll
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/immigration-named-top-us-problem-for-third-straigh/
— Biden’s open borders endanger U.S. – John McGuire
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/bidens-open-borders-endanger-us/
— Biden could welcome Palestinians with refugee program, inside track on U.S. citizenship – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/biden-could-welcome-palestinians-refugee-program/
— Driven by Hamas: Campus protests led by groups backing Hamas terrorists – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/driven-by-hamas-campus-protests-led-by-groups-back/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s plan to bring Gaza refugees to the US should be rejected outright – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2986965/bidens-plan-bring-gaza-refugees-to-us-should-be-rejected/
— Illegal immigrants hiking miles into California in search of police as Border Patrol is stretched thin – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2987252/illegal-immigrants-hiking-miles-into-california/
— Cost of the migrant crisis: Why Denver’s neighbors have had enough – Barnini Chakraborty
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2987282/cost-of-migrant-crisis-denver-neighbors-had-enough/

NEW YORK POST
— 400,000 migrants flown to US under Biden parole program ‘likely staying here forever’: experts – Jennie Taer (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that they will vote for Democrats forever.)
https://nypost.com/2024/05/01/us-news/400k-migrants-under-parole-program-likely-staying-forever-experts/
— If I was still working for the Democrats who run GAO, IRS, or the Post Office, I would in big trouble a) because many, most, and at times, virtually all my superiors were Jewish, b) because Democrats blame Republicans for antisemitism, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American, and c) I am all of the aforesaid.
https://nypost.com/2024/02/03/news/dei-is-failing-jewish-workers-facing-rising-antisemitism/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Citizen-Only Voting Is Winning in 2024. Election integrity advocates are working in 15 states to preserve American citizens’ right to vote—and that’s just the start of this new crusade that’s showing the path to victory. – Hayden Ludwig
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/citizen-only-voting-is-winning-in-2024/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Parole Program Reveals that Illegals Have Flown to Over 45 Cities – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/01/dhs-data-biden-parole-program-reveals-that-illegals-have-flown-to-over-45-cities/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The United States of California – Robin M. Itzler
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/the_united_states_of_california.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Lays Out Plan for Second Term in TIME Interview. President Trump said on day one of his second term he would take aggressive action over illegal immigration. – Chase Smith
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-lays-out-plan-for-second-term-in-time-interview-5640720

FEDERALIST
— A Man Killed Four Cops And Broke ‘Gun Control’ Laws, But Media Aren’t Invested In The Story For Some Reason. Terry Clark Hughes is black, which isn’t convenient for the media’s perpetual campaign against gun rights and law enforcement.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/01/a-man-killed-four-cops-and-broke-gun-control-laws-but-media-arent-invested-in-the-story-for-some-reason/

FOX NEWS
— Student demands at University of Chicago encampment include defunding police, reparations, cutting emissions. Among the chants heard at the rally include ‘Long live the intifada!’ and ‘Smash the settler Zionist state!’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/student-demands-university-chicago-encampment-include-defunding-police-reparations-cutting-emissions
— Sanctuary city police arrest over 1K migrants from this country as residents rage against Dem leaders. Residents have protested additional funding for the care of migrants. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sanctuary-city-police-arrest-over-1k-migrants-from-this-country-residents-rage-against-dem-leaders
— Biden just quietly finalized transgender mandate attacking people of faith. Christian health sharing ministries provide an ethical alternative to traditional health insurance. – Chris Faddis
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-just-quietly-finalized-transgender-mandate-attacking-people-faith

HOT AIR
— Biden’s Get Around Parole Program for Inadmissible Migrants Flies Them Into 50 Cities – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/05/01/bidens-get-around-parole-program-for-inadmissible-migrants-flies-them-into-50-cities-n3787523

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Will the Summer of Anti-Israel Protests Be Enough to Split Biden’s Delicate Coalition? – AUDREY FAHLBERG and BRITTANY BERNSTEIN (COMMENT: The Democrat Party is a coalition of those who are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, that is, anti-traditional marriage and family, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/will-the-summer-of-anti-israel-protests-be-enough-to-split-bidens-delicate-coalition/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Illegals Given Voter Registration Forms In South Carolina – Harrison Smith
https://www.oann.com/video/in-focus-video/report-illegals-given-voter-registration-forms-in-south-carolina/

POWER LINE
— POISONING AMERICAN CAMPUSES – SCOTT JOHNSON
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/05/poisoning-american-campuses.php

TOWNHALL
— EEOC Commissioner Blasts New Federal Workplace Guidelines for Erasing Women’s Rights – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/05/01/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-n2638447

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Chicago Mayor Blames ‘Right-Wing Extremists’ for City’s Problems – Claire O’Hare
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/chicago-mayor-blames-right-wing-extremists-for-city-s-problems/ar-AA1kOa24?ocid=DELLDHP
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/jill-biden-assails-trump-ahead-of-november-elections-dubs-him-bully-and-dangerous-to-lgbtq-community/ar-BB1lxgR8

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religion to push more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/methodist-church-gay-ban-lgbtq.html
— Trump’s Trial Can Right a Wrong From 50 Years Ago – Kevin Boyle (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious at Nixon 50 years ago. They took their fury out on me because I was of the extremely few Republican employees in the office and I shared many demographics with Nixon: conservative, White, male, Protestant, and our ancestors had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/opinion/trump-nixon-trial-america.html
— SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 FLASHBACK: Full Disclosure on Candidates’ Health – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/opinion/full-disclosure-on-candidates-health.html

FLORIDA TODAY
— 80% Of Illegal Aliens Flown Into U.S. By Biden Administration Landed In Florida
https://www.floridadaily.com/80-of-illegal-aliens-flown-into-u-s-by-biden-administration-landed-in-florida/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The New Math of Driving Your Car Till the Wheels Fall Off. Drivers rethink the optimum number of years to hold on to a car as the costs of ownership increase. – Joe Pinsker (COMMENT: I keep vehicle ownership cost down by not driving them. I have owned my 1972 Corvette for almost 53 years, my 1996 Thunderbird LX for almost 29 years, and my 2005 Corvette for almost 19 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/the-new-math-of-driving-your-car-till-the-wheels-fall-off-9c23b7bc

VOA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.voanews.com/a/advocates-seek-work-permits-for-long-term-undocumented-immigrants-in-us/7594041.html

TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Gaza campus protests spread to Chicago high schools, alarming Jewish students. Half a dozen high schools allow hundreds of students to briefly skip class for sit-ins, with many then marching to encampments at nearby universities where they are embraced. – Jacob Magid
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-campus-protests-spread-to-chicago-high-schools-alarming-jewish-students/