January 20, 2024

If/when Democrats and/or RINOs try to make your county, your township, your municipality, and/or your school district official sanctuaries for illegals, who will lead the fight against that? I will lead the fight against that in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. Previously, in Wheaton, I led successful fights against video gambling and pot.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago migrant shelters overcrowded, officials say (COMMENT: Soon, in not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will use that to send their illegals to your county, to your township, to your municipality, and to your school district.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IldRJpMfsBQ
— Mayor Brandon Johnson staff member, reporter allegedly involved in physical altercation in DC
https://abc7chicago.com/mayor-brandon-johnson-staffer-bloomberg-reporter-us-conference-of-mayors/14341412/
— Ald. asks city council to delay Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution to after Holocaust Remembrance Day – Craig Wal
https://abc7chicago.com/israel-war-updates-hamas-chicago-city-council-ceasefire-resolution-holocaust-remembrance-day/14341560/

CBS2
— “An overreach:” UIC Police arrest Palestinian student for marking campus property with messages supporting Palestine – Samah Assad, Dorothy Tucker
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/uic-police-arrest-palestinian-student-marking-campus-property-messages/
— Reporter accuses aide to Mayor Brandon Johnson of shoving him; mayor says reporter was aggressor – Chris Selfridge
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-bloomberg-reporter-ian-kullgren-washington-confrontation/
— Biden forgives $5 billion more in student loan debt. Here’s who qualifies and how to apply. (COMMENT: Where did the money come from to pay for your college degree(s)? For my 1970 NIU bachelor’s degree in management, the money came from what I earned working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. For my 1976 Loyola MBA, the money came from what I earned working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights in 1972 and for IRS 1972-1976. For my 1980 DePaul master’s degree in accounting, the money came from what I earned working for IRS 1976-1980 and for GAO in 1980. For my 1997 IIT master’s degree in finance, the money came from what I earned working for GAO 1992-1997.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-debt-2024/

WGN9
— Glendale Heights mayor charged with shoving police chief – Ben Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/suburban-mayor-charged-with-shoving-police-chief/

FOX32
— Chicago mayor’s minimum wage hike hailed in DC (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, back in 1964-1966, by earning the minimum wage washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time during the school years and full-time during the summer in between, I was able to earn and save enough to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Dx5O7jUjY

WTTW
— Chicago Banned Unannounced Migrant Drop-Offs. Now This Texas Charter Bus Company is Suing Over the Restrictions – CNN
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/18/chicago-banned-unannounced-migrant-drop-offs-now-texas-charter-bus-company-suing-over

WGN RADIO
— Texas bus company sues city of Chicago over migrant drop-off – Pete Zimmerman
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/texas-bus-company-sues-city-over-migrant-drop-off/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Brook stores sites of many DuPage County retail theft arrests in 2024 – Chuck Fieldman (COMMENT: Under illegal immigration promoting Democrat and RINO leaders, poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/ct-dob-oak-brook-stores-retail-thefts-arrests-20240118-7ey2eir3ybghlm4yewfmmhcsl4-story.html
— JANUARY 01, 1989 FLASHBACK: IN SNOW, IT`S A CUL-DE-SOCKED – Blair Kamin (COMMENT: I have lived on Wheaton’s high-taxed 4-home Cove Court cul-de-sac since 1984. Yesterday, I learned that because of “budget constraints,” Wheaton no longer final plows its cul-de-sacs unless individual snows are more than 2-inches deep. That means that if a cul-de-sac is hit with multiple individual snows in a row, but each of them are less than 2-inches, no final plowing is done no matter how high the snow is piled up in the middle of the cul-de-sac, along the curb, and in front of driveways. I have appealed that final plowing policy to Wheaton’s City Manager. My 2018 Chevrolet Cruze LT has only a 6 1/2-inch ground clearance. Mountains of salt and hope for warm temperatures are not the answers. Per doctor’s orders, because on shoulder/arm injury, I am not supposed to shovel snow this winter.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-01-01-8902220015-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Snow and the cul-de-sac do not mix. The Plow Man had cometh, and as she looked at what he`d left behind, Drake recalled the time a plow operator scooped up neighbors` trash and unloaded it near her front lawn. ”Don`t buy a house on a cul-de-sac unless you want to put up with all that,” said the 45-year-old resident of west suburban Naperville. Last week`s heavy snow reminded thousands of people that they pay a price for living on quiet streets with privacy and gently sweeping curves that are like a snowball heaved at Chicago`s no-nonsense street grid. From Naperville, which has about 700 cul-de-sacs, to northwest suburban Schaumburg, which has about 535 of the dead-end, turn-around streets, the price is paid in destroyed sod, buried mailboxes and driveways that get clogged after there`s no place left for plows to put the snow. ”Mother Nature abhors a void,” said Steven Kaar, operations and maintenance manager for the Naperville Department of Transportation. ”Unfortunately, it`s Mr. Jones` driveway.” The reason for the mess is that the typical snow-clearing vehicle in Naperville, a small pickup truck, isn`t powerful enough to push heavy snow where operators want it to go. In fact, it takes 7 to 10 times longer to clear a cul-de-sac than a through street, according to Naperville officials. That`s bad news for suburban taxpayers, wherever they live. Cul-de-sacs are ”several times more expensive” to clear than regular streets, according to Naperville City Manager Ralph DeSantis. Heavy snow also slows Postal Service carriers. Just try reaching out of your Jeep and putting a letter in a snow-encased mailbox. ”I`ll try and deliver it (to the door),” said mailman Tom Stafford, 35, as he headed down a Naperville cul-de-sac. ”I`ve done that at least 20 times today. And I`m only about two-thirds of the way through the route.” Such are the disadvantages of streets where children can play without fear of through traffic and parents don`t have to contend with noise. Homes usually sell for a little more because of the privacy of cul-de-sacs. It also doesn`t hurt that the streets are called cul-de-sacs. To be sure, cul-de-sac is French for ”dead end.” But French adds a touch of class in the same way that English names like Devonshire give snob appeal to little subdivisions on the prairie. Yet that has not rescued the cul-de-sac from being ranked behind arterial streets, major collector streets and local side streets on the snow-clearance priority lists of suburban traffic engineers. The engineers, who make their rankings on the basis of which street handles the most traffic, regularly hear from armchair critics. ”They neglect roads like this,” said 20-year-old John Delgado, a transplanted Californian who was house-sitting on a cul-de-sac in Naperville last week. ”Out here`s where it really matters. . . . People have to be able to get out of their house to get on the main road.” Suburban officials like to deflect such criticism by pointing out that cul-de-sacs may be more manageable than Chicago`s side streets. In the city, cars often cram both sides of the side streets-and wind up covered with snow after plowing. In contrast, it`s illegal to park on the street during certain night hours in some suburbs. But some residents can`t get their cars out of the driveway after a heavy snow. That`s because plows are supposed to dump snow into ”parkways,” the city-owned strips that are wedged between the sidewalk and the curb. But the parkways are filled with mailboxes, street lights, trees and fireplugs. Those obstacles often force plows to push snow into driveways and sidewalks. ”It`s not intentional and it`s not malicious,” said Naperville`s Kaar, sounding like one who has been accused of such sins. ”Again, it`s the law of physics. . . . You come up to a void and the plow fills that void.” Another problem: Plows often go out at night and during snowstorms, when it`s difficult to see. As a result, they sometimes go over the curb and gouge sod. That some suburbs pay for replacing sod underlines the fact that cul-de-sac power is not taken lightly. Naperville, for example, has at least 17,000 residents who live on cul-de-sacs, according to Kaar. That`s more than 20 percent of the suburb`s 79,805 people. The snow-clearing problem also has forced suburbs to purchase something called the articulated end-loader-a hulking, bulldozer-like contraption that bends in the middle like large city buses. That feature allows the loader to make a complete, uninterrupted turn around cul-de-sacs. But unlike the weak pickup truck, the loader has the power-most of the time-to put snow where it should go, officials said. There`s just one problem: The end loaders cost $65,000 to $80,000 apiece- compared to $15,000 for a pickup truck. As a result, Naperville and Schaumburg have only a handful of them. The fact that end-loaders can travel at only 18 m.p.h. also brings complaints from residents who think it takes too long to clear their streets. But residents like Diane Drake aren`t leaving their cul-de-sacs-not because of an inconvenience that strikes a few times a year. ”I wouldn`t move to a regular street,” Drake said. ”This is pretty good. Until it snows.”)
— Illinois downstaters and their city ‘cousins’ live in different worlds – Jim Nowlan (COMMENT: I lived in Crete 1948-1972, University Park full-time 1972-1974 and part-Time 1974-1976, Chicago part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978, and Wheaton since 1978.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-downstate-chicago-life-education-20240119-ymzd6ulx3rejlpp3wbjbpd2rki-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Baby boomers aging in place dominate Chicago’s housing market. Seniors’ decisions to not move have affected the housing market, according to one research report. – Mary Mitchell (COMMENT: My wife and I have lived in 915 Cove Court in Wheaton since we had it built in 1984.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/19/24044183/baby-boomers-aging-housing

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TO OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Authorities: Glendale Heights village president pushed police chief – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240119/crime/authorities-glendale-heights-village-president-pushed-police-chief/

WLS AM
— Infighting Amongst Illinois Democrats This Year?
https://www.wlsam.com/2024/01/19/infighting-amongst-illinois-democrats-this-year/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Immigration consequences not realized – Mark Glennon
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/mark-glennon-immigration-consequences-not-realized/article_49db007e-b6e2-11ee-be7b-730750878fc3.html

SOUTHWEST REGIONAL NEWS
— Orland Park officially declares it is not a sanctuary city – Jeff Vorva (COMMENT: If/when Democrats and/or RINOs try to make your county, your township, your municipality, and/or your school district official sanctuaries for illegals, who will lead the fight against that? I will lead the fight against that in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. Previously, in Wheaton, I led successful fights against video gambling and pot.)
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2024/01/19/orland-park-officially-declares-it-is-not-a-sanctuary-city/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker: Let U.S. Supreme Court decide on ballot objections to Trump, Biden – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/presidential/2024/01/19/gov-pritzker-addresses-ballot-challenges-to-biden-trump/72259779007/

MUDDY RIVER TIMES
— Pritzker responds to Republicans calling for end of migrant sanctuary status – GREG BISHOP (COMMENT: If/when Democrats and/or RINOs try to make your county, your township, your municipality, and/or your school district official sanctuaries for illegals, who will lead the fight against that? I will lead the fight against that in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. Previously, in Wheaton, I led successful fights against video gambling and pot.)
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/pritzker-responds-to-republicans-calling-for-end-of-migrant-sanctuary-status/20240119000047/

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Trump mocks Nikki Haley’s first name – AP
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/trump-mocks-nikki-haleys-first-name/article_7c8658a6-b71f-11ee-a0e7-073ff4c257fa.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Nikki Haley has spent 20 years navigating Republican Party factions. Trump may make that impossible – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about the factions in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I have always been a member of the conservative faction, that is, the platform Republican faction. At least since the 1970s, that faction has been a small minority.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-nikki-haley-has-spent-20-years-navigating-republican-party-factions-trump-may-make-that-impossible/

WAND TV
— Eastern Illinois GOP lawmakers say state should stop helping migrants – Mike Miletich (COMMENT: To “help” illegals is to promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/eastern-illinois-gop-lawmakers-say-state-should-stop-helping-migrants/article_1784bde8-b71b-11ee-adcd-87a3b3281f23.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Andrzejewski reveals US taxpayers’ cost of migrant crisis
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/top-watchdog-group-open-the-books-ceo-adam-andrzejewski-reveals-us-taxpayers-cost-of-migrant-crisis-office-of-refugee-resettlement

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly use mass shootings to diminish Second Amendment rights, that is, to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-18/maines-mass-shooting-has-renewed-calls-for-stricter-gun-laws

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrats promote illegal immigration in DeKalb.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-01-19/dekalb-takes-first-step-to-prepare-for-possible-arrival-of-asylum-seekers

WGLT
— Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump rallies opposition – AP (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-01-19/election-year-politics-threaten-senate-border-deal-as-trump-rallies-opposition
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn White evangelicals for supporting Trump. What percent of those who share your demographics a) hate Trump and b) support Trump? Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters assume that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that you support Trump. Since 2015, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have promoted lots of hatred against me. I share the following demographics with Trump: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-01-19/white-evangelical-voters-are-standing-by-their-man-donald-trump
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-01-18/patchwork-aid-system-and-uncertain-funding-leave-thousands-of-migrants-in-limbo

ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst State Rep Hopefuls Get Union Cash – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-state-rep-hopefuls-get-union-cash
— Elmhurst Hotel Gets Nuisance Warning. This occurred after a woman and two boys attacked a nearby driver, police said. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-hotel-gets-nuisance-warning

DARIEN PATCH
— ‘Condescending’: DuPage Officials Disagree Over Night Meetings. A member offered to have her daughter babysit a colleague’s child during an evening session. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/condescending-dupage-officials-disagree-over-night-meetings

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-18/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO DAILY WIRE
— 6,324 Black individuals arrested in Chicago during Q4
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653754468-6-324-black-individuals-arrested-in-chicago-during-q4
— Bloomberg’s labor reporter Ian Kullgren on Friday said in a social media post that a woman staffer of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson shoved him as he attempted to ask questions. Johnson, in a social media post, accused the reporter of making false claims and physically accosting one of his “senior aides.”
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653794294-bloomberg-reporter-claims-woman-chicago-mayoral-staffer-shoved-him-for-asking-questions
— Challenge to Biden’s inclusion on Illinois ballot characterized as ‘protest’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653794341-challenge-to-biden-s-inclusion-on-illinois-ballot-characterized-as-protest

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Facebook is being sued for not properly vetting a group called “Are we dating the same guy?” – James P. Economos, DDS,
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/economos-are-we-dating-the-same-guy.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats cannot be trusted on anything relating to the border crisis – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2806932/democrats-cannot-be-trusted-on-anything-relating-to-the-border-crisis/
— Former lawmaker (Ives) seeking parental rights question for Illinois’ November ballot
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2805855/former-lawmaker-seeking-parental-rights-question-for-illinois-november-ballot/
— The case for Mayorkas’s impeachment is simple – Rep. Michael Guest
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/2804457/the-case-for-mayorkass-impeachment-is-simple/
— Denver mayor bemoans potential $180 million impact of immigrant influx. – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2806908/denver-mayor-bemoans-potential-180-million-impact-of-immigrant-influx/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 77) – Thaleigha Rampersad
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-77/

NEW YORK POST
— Milwaukee Public Schools calls for ‘unequal distribution of resources’ in order to ‘dismantle’ whiteness in leaked memo – Lindsay Kornick (COMMENT: Milwaukee today, your school district tomorrow.)
https://nypost.com/2024/01/19/news/milwaukee-public-schools-planning-to-de-center-whiteness/
— US travelers outraged by airport signs appearing to allow migrants onto flights without ID – Megan Palin
https://nypost.com/2024/01/19/news/are-migrants-allowed-to-board-us-flights-without-id/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Fight DIE and ESG on Our Terms – Linda R. Killian
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/fight_die_and_esg_on_our_terms.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— A city councilman (Josh McBroom) in an affluent Chicago suburb (Naperville) stated that he is against using taxpayer dollars to house the illegal migrants who continue to flood the Windy City area and suggested that those in his district who are pushing for the burbs to do more should sign up to house the asylum-seekers and their families in their “big homes.” – Melissa Fine (COMMENT: Constructively, McBroom is pushing to make Naperville a sanctuary city. If/when Democrats and/or RINOs try to make your county, your township, your municipality, and/or your school district official sanctuaries for illegals, who will lead the fight against that? I will lead the fight against that in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. Previously, in Wheaton, I led successful fights against video gambling and pot.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/19/councilman-challenges-chardonnay-antifa-in-affluent-chicago-burb-to-house-migrants-1428984/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to Zillow, the average price of a home in Naperville is more than a half-million dollars. Sprawling mansions are not uncommon. “Is he the first name on the signup list?” one user asked of McBroom. “You’re missing the point,” replied Republican Chicago talk radio host and former gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft. “It’s a polite challenge to the Chardonnay Antifa in town. Listen closely.” Others were quick to catch McBroom’s droll intent. “PLENTY of roomy homes in and around downtown Naperville,” one user enthusiastically agreed. “Hell, maybe the good natured and compassionate lefty’s can treat their migrant guests to a grilled cheese from Everdines!” “How many white liberal wine moms signed up?” one user asked. “Oh wait, none.)
— Alleged video of woke United Airlines CEO twerking in drag explains a lot – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/19/alleged-video-of-woke-united-airlines-ceo-twerking-in-drag-explains-a-lot-1429031/

BREITBART
— Chicago Man Charged with Stealing Car While Wearing Ankle Monitor for Similar Cases – AMY FURR
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/01/19/chicago-man-charged-stealing-car-wearing-ankle-monitor-similar-cases/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern women’s studies center teaches ‘organizing’ for ‘abortion rights’ – Alexia Bianchi
https://www.campusreform.org/article/northwestern-womens-studies-center-teaches-organizing-for-abortion-rights-/24694
— ‘Discrimination, Exclusion and Indoctrination’: State rep shares Iowa’s efforts to combat DEI – Pedro Rodriguez
https://www.campusreform.org/article/discrimination-exclusion-and-indoctrination-state-rep-shares-iowas-efforts-to-combat-dei/24684

COLLEGE FIX
— Penn faculty upset about ‘viewpoint diversity’ proposal, say could mean more GOP hires – MICAIAH BILGER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/penn-faculty-upset-about-viewpoint-diversity-proposal-say-could-mean-more-gop-hires/

DAILY CALLER
— Charlamagne Tha God Spreads Truth About America’s Decline – KAY SMYTHE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/19/charlamagne-tha-god-border-crisis-illegal-immigration-world-economic-forum-disinformation-ameshia-cross/
— Feds Burn Over $1 Million On Video Game To Help LGBTQ Youth Stop ‘Binge Drinking’- ROBERT SCHMAD
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/19/national-institutes-of-health-grant-lgbtq-youth-binge-drinking/
— Law School Holds Mandatory Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Session For First-Year Students
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/19/law-school-mandatory-diversity-equity-inclusion-session/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Millions of Illegal Aliens Are Costing Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions. Biden Couldn’t Care Less. – Deroy Murdock
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/19/millions-of-illegal-aliens-are-costing-taxpayers-hundreds-of-billions-biden-couldnt-care-less/
— Concerns About Proposed Senate Border Security Compromise – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/19/concerns-proposed-senate-border-security-compromise/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admits Southern Border Is Not Secure: ‘Give Me The Money’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admits-southern-border-is-not-secure-give-me-the-money
— Texas Arresting Illegal Immigrants As It Continues To Defy Biden Administration – Leif Le Mahieu•
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-arresting-illegal-immigrants-as-it-continues-to-defy-biden-administration

EPOCH TIMES
— NFL Announces ‘Black National Anthem’ Will Be Performed at Super Bowl – Tom Ozimek (COMMENT: According to Democrat leaders and RINO leaders, Republicans oppress not only Blacks, they oppress Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, females, young people, LGBTQers, veterans, poor people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, Democrats, Libertatians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, illegals, etc. When will Democrat and RINO leaders perform national anthems for the aforesaid oppressed groups?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/sports/nfl-announces-black-national-anthem-will-be-performed-at-super-bowl-5568956

FOX NEWS
— String of retail thefts, burglaries by migrants plaguing Chicago suburb: authorities. From Oct 23 to Jan 17, a total of 47 migrants were arrested in Oak Brook, Illinois. – Kyle Morris (COMMENT: To elect Democrats and RINOs is to promote illegal immigration, poverty, crime, and even worse things.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/string-retail-thefts-burglaries-migrants-plaguing-chicago-suburb-authorities
— Bloomberg reporter says he was ‘physically shoved’ by staffer for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. ‘He saw the whole thing happen and didn’t intervene,’ Ian Kullgren told Fox News Digital – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bloomberg-reporter-physically-shoved-staffer-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson
— Denver hospitals want federal bailout as illegal immigrants flood system. About 8,000 illegal immigrants recorded about 20,000 visits to Denver Health last year, receiving services such as emergency room treatment, primary care, dental care and childbirth. – Michael Dorgan
https://www.foxnews.com/us/denver-hospitals-want-federal-bailout-as-illegal-immigrants-flood-system
— House Republicans seek answers on DNA testing backlog of illegal immigrants: ‘Extremely distressing’ There was a report of a 15-month backlog for DNA tests. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-seek-answers-on-dna-testing-backlog-of-illegal-immigrants-extremely-distressing
— Hawley demands answers from TSA on migrants using controversial app to board planes: ‘This is outrageous’ CBP One app was expanded last year. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hawley-demands-answers-tsa-migrants-using-controversial-app-board-planes-outrageous

HOT AIR
— Go Woke, Go Look For a Job: Entire Staff of Sports Illustrated Kicked to the Curb – BEEGE WELBORN
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/01/19/go-woke-go-look-for-a-job-entire-staff-of-sports-illustrated-kicked-to-the-curb-n606139

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Border Crisis: Denver Hospital System Might Collapse Due to Influx of Illegal Immigrants – Mary Chastain (COMMENT: As Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with their illegals, healthcare will ever-increasingly collapse in your county, in your township, and in your municipality.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/border-crisis-denver-hospital-system-might-collapse-due-to-influx-of-illegal-immigrants/
— DEI Policies are Hindering Student Reporting at Yale and UPenn. “focusing on coverage that favors oppressed groups or a staff makeup that represents oppressed groups rather than focusing on quality or objectivity” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/dei-policies-are-hindering-student-reporting-at-yale-and-upenn/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Advantages of Old Age for Biden. Almost by definition, Sleepy Joe can’t be too woke. – MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY (COMMENT: Democrats elected Biden by falsely painting him as being a moderate centrist.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/01/the-advantages-of-old-age-for-biden/

NEW AMERICAN
— Med Schools Say They’ll Continue Anti-white, Anti-Asian Discrimination – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/education/med-schools-say-theyll-continue-anti-white-anti-asian-discrimination/

NEWSMAX
— Biden’s Border Policies Only Bring Heartbreak – Bianca Gracia
https://www.newsmax.com/biancagracia/border-joe-biden-colony-ridge/2024/01/19/id/1150221/

PJ MEDIA
— The Do-or-Die Moment for America. The gross negligence and incompetence of the Biden Administration is appalling. Their bad decisions continuously putting our national security at risk and destroying America (maybe willfully) must be exposed and stopped.
https://pjmedia.com/pj-media-staff/2024/01/19/the-do-or-die-moment-for-america-n4925663

POST MILLENNIAL
— Milwaukee Public Schools issues ‘best practices’ on how to ‘dismantle whiteness’ in classrooms. The memo encourages racism against white students through the redistribution of resources to minority students under the guise of “equity.” – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/milwaukee-public-schools-issues-best-practices-on-how-to-dismantle-whiteness-in-classrooms
— Squad member Jamaal Bowman demands $14 TRILLION in reparations to black Americans – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/squad-member-jamaal-bowman-demands-14-trillion-in-reparations-to-black-americans

TUCKER CARLSON
— Iowa results
https://tuckercarlson.com/uncensored-the-iowa-results/

TURNING POINT USA
— Massive Enrollment Declines Pose Threat to Thousands of School Districts Across the Nation – ERIN ELMORE (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace students who have demographics that vote for Republicans with student that have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.tpusa.com/live/massive-enrollment-declines-pose-threat-to-thousands-of-school-districts-across-the-nation

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— After Affirmative Action Ban, They Rewrote College Essays With a Key Theme: Race – Bernard Mokam
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/20/us/affirmative-action-ban-college-essays.html
— Trump Just Keeps Doing Appalling Things, and the Ranks of the Disengaged Are Growing – Michelle Goldberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/opinion/trump-news-disengaged.html
— Johnson’s Big Problem: House Republicans Lack a Governing Majority. With a tiny margin in the House, right-wing rebels’ defections and Democratic control of the Senate and White House, the G.O.P. has relied on Democrats to head off calamity, sapping its leverage. – Catie Edmondson
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/us/politics/mike-johnson-republican-majority.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Nikki Haley says being Trump’s vice president is ‘off the table’ – Dylan Wells and Amy B Wang
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/19/nikki-haley-not-vice-president/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Biden’s campaign pushes abortion rights in the 2024 battle with Republicans – CHRIS MEGERIAN (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrat candidates and for RINO candidates is to promote abortion big time.)
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-kamala-harris-abortion-c634452da5e103913982e1cc5a0cae78

CBS NEWS
— 6 charged in brawl at asylum seeker shelter on Ward’s Island – Lauren Hertz
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/6-charged-in-brawl-at-asylum-seeker-shelter-on-wards-island/

USA TODAY
— How strongly does your church promote LGBTQ?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/19/united-methodist-christian-split-lgbtq/72208440007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— J.B. Pritzker vs. Catholic Schools. After he helped kill a scholarship program, schools that helped low-income students are closing. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-catholic-schools-closing-invest-in-kids-program-j-b-pritzker-c2dacdd5
— What Republicans Used to Believe. The party’s center of gravity has shifted profoundly, as demonstrated by a contrast of today’s presidential campaigns with those from the recent past. – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/what-republicans-used-to-believe-71a77c22
— Why Americans Have Lost Faith in the Value of College. Three generations of ‘college for all’ in the U.S. has left most families looking for alternatives. –
Douglas Belkin (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly treated my three master’s degrees as though they were worthless – Loyola-1976-business, DePaul-1980-accounting, and IIT-1997-finance. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/why-americans-have-lost-faith-in-the-value-of-college-b6b635f2
— The EV Backlash Builds. Companies cut output amid flagging demand. Could it be the product? – Editorial

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-f-150-lightning-production-electric-vehicles-biden-administration-1c3fc8d0

NEWS BREAK
— US City’s (Naperville) Innovative Plan: Shelter a Migrant Asylum-Seeker in Your Home! Are You Interested? (COMMENT: Constructively, McBroom is pushing to make Naperville a sanctuary city. If/when Democrats and/or RINOs try to make your county, your township, your municipality, and/or your school district official sanctuaries for illegals, who will lead the fight against that? I will lead the fight against that in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. Previously, in Wheaton, I led successful fights against video gambling and pot.)
https://original.newsbreak.com/@jon-p-1778972/3304368428820-us-city-s-innovative-plan-shelter-a-migrant-asylum-seeker-in-your-home-are-you-interested
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Amid Illinois confronting a persistent migrant crisis, a Naperville councilman, Josh McBroom, is proactively addressing the situation. He has proposed a plan to connect willing local residents with asylum-seekers requiring shelter. McBroom discussed the concept of compiling a list of Naperville households willing to host these newcomers at a recent city council meeting, as per the Chicago Tribune. While there seems to be a split among city officials, the proposal has garnered some backing. This has prompted staff to explore the viability of a grassroots hosting program, leveraging the city’s affluence as a refuge for those in need. “We do have a very affluent community. A lot of big homes,” McBroom highlighted the potential in Naperville for private citizens to fill the gap where government funds may fall short, according to the same Tribune report. Following Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s move to relocate over 30,000 migrants to the Chicago area, including collar counties like Naperville due to logistical changes, McBroom’s initiative emerges. While still in the early stages, this plan could provide a direct means of assistance to these individuals, many of whom encounter harsh temperatures and resource shortages upon their arrival. “I’m hearing stories about little kids at train stations without coats on,” McBroom said, painting a grim picture of the migrants’ plight to the Chicago Tribune. Aligned with local initiatives, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker revealed a commitment of $17 million in state funds to assist municipalities in tackling the migrant crisis, as reported by the Daily Herald. The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, granted $11 million from this fund, will distribute grants to communities displaying readiness to aid migrants with housing and food. While recognizing the intricacies of his proposal and addressing concerns regarding local schools and city management roles, McBroom maintains the necessity of the initiative in response to what he deems the “inhumane” current state of affairs. The implementation specifics of McBroom’s proposal remain unclear. The challenge extends beyond city council deliberations, encompassing logistics, legality, and ethical considerations. Nevertheless, the growing support for action in Naperville indicates that amidst the cold winds, there is a compassionate undercurrent eager to reshape the narrative for those stranded in the suburb’s embrace. McBroom shared with the Daily Herald, “My idea would be let’s find out … let’s find out who’s willing to help.”)
— Naperville Councilman Proposes Unique Solution to Migrant Housing Crisis Daring Chardonnay Antifa. Affluent Chicago suburb residents challenged to open homes to asylum-seekers instead of criticizing from the sidelines. Natalie Frank, Ph.D. (COMMENT: Constructively, McBroom is pushing to make Naperville a sanctuary city. If/when Democrats and/or RINOs try to make your county, your township, your municipality, and/or your school district official sanctuaries for illegals, who will lead the fight against that? I will lead the fight against that in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. Previously, in Wheaton, I led successful fights against video gambling and pot.)
https://original.newsbreak.com/@natalie-frank-ph-d-561113/3304031164564-naperville-councilman-proposes-unique-solution-to-migrant-housing-crisis-daring-chardonnay-antifa

AUTOEVOLUTION
— Teslas Are Losing the Fight With Chicago’s Brutal Winters, Slow Charge Times Galore – Benny Kirk
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/teslas-are-losing-the-fight-with-chicago-s-brutal-winters-slow-charge-times-galore-227891.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Many Believe Obama Actually Controls Biden’s White House (COMMENT: Those who control Biden’s White House despise/hate those who are conservative, Republican, American, Trump supporters, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, those who have more money than others, etc.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/puppet_show_many_believe_obama_actually_controls_biden_s_white_house

LOCAL SNOW REMOVAL QUOTES
— I am paying $40/hour for snow shoveling. I did not start earning $40/hour in today’s dollars until I was 24 years old in 1973. I had worked for IRS for 2 years. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I was taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola. In today’s dollars, I earned only $18.99-$20.25/hour while I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://localsnowremovalquotes.com/

January 17, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois Republicans to introduce legislative package to discourage migrant arrivals – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-illinois-abbott-republicans-chicago/14330663/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But instead of extending a helping hand, some Illinois Republican lawmakers said they plan to introduce a legislative package aimed at discouraging migrants from coming here, including repealing an element of the Trust Act that prohibits local law enforcement from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. “Our hope is they are going to have traveler’s remorse and that migrants will return to their home country,” said State Senator Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport). “I’ve been a police officer since 1993. I can tell you it’s insane, that you have one law enforcement agency not able to speak to another,” said State Senator John Cabello, Assistant Republican Leader. Additionally, state republicans criticized Illinois for providing health care for undocumented residents and for providing housing and resources to the migrants. “Governor Pritzker, his allies in the General Assembly, Mayor Johnson have rolled out the red carpet for the migrants,” Chesney said. While the state will continue to care for new arrivals, Gov. Pritzker has asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to stop sending them here during the bad weather. His request was ignored. “I think that tells you everything you need to know about the Republican Party, their position on migration and Gov. Abbott himself,” Pritzker said Monday. The Republican migrant legislative package is unlikely to gain traction in Springfield; nor is more state money for the migrants. In a statement, Democrat Senate President Don Harmon said, “We recognize the moral imperative of aiding our new neighbors, but we also have lingering issues with the unhoused, food insecurity, mental health and lack of employment in communities across the state that deserve resources and assistance, too.”)
— Chicago-area Tesla drivers stranded as charging stations not working in bitterly cold weather
https://abc7.com/chicago-area-tesla-charging-stations-freezing-cold-weather-teslas-not-batteries/14330309/

NBC5
— Illinois Republicans push back on migrant funding as state lawmakers return to Springfield – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-republicans-push-back-on-migrant-funding-as-state-lawmakers-return-to-springfield/3329170/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As lawmakers return to Springfield Tuesday, the migrant crisis in Chicago moves to the top of their agenda. Republicans introduced a package of legislation designed to strip Illinois of its sanctuary status and make it a less attractive alternative for asylum seekers. They want to repeal the Trust Act which keeps local police from talking to Immigration and Customs Enforcement about undocumented individuals. They also want to reduce health care expenditures and education spending on asylum seekers. “Our job as elected officials is to protect those taxpayers that pay our salaries and pay for everything under this dome,” said State Rep. John Cabello from Rockford. In Chicago, the Office of Emergency Management and Communications said that no new buses of asylum seekers have arrived from the Southern border states and that the official drop off site no longer has any migrants staying in CTA warming buses. There are still more than 200 people awaiting placement at O’Hare and another 12 in the warming center at the Harold Washington Library. The lull comes after Texas Governor Gregg Abbott refused a request by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to stop sending busloads of migrants in the subzero cold. Pritzker responded by placing full page ads in five Texas newspapers pleading for a stop to state transports to save lives. “It’s dangerous to send a busload of migrants who don’t have jackets, who don’t have shoes, proper shoes, to a climate like the one we are in now,” Pritzker said while campaigning for President Joe Biden at Monday’s Iowa Republican Caucuses. Who will pay for housing migrants? According to Politico, both Chicago and New York City are teaming up to ask the Department of Homeland Security for more money. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and Chicago Budget Director Annette Guzman reportedly signed a letter Director Alejandro Mayorkas saying the cities have not received proper reimbursement from the federal government. Cost is a major concern for Illinois Republicans as well. They claim their new legislative package is deigned to stave off tax increases to pay for migrant services.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/volunteer-organizations-team-up-to-feed-unhoused-migrants-during-extreme-chicago-cold/3329151/
— Texas bus company sues City of Chicago over migrant drop-off ordinance – Bennett Haeberle and Lisa Capitanini
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/texas-bus-company-sues-city-of-chicago-over-migrant-drop-off-ordinance/3329421/
— When 2024 Illinois primary election early voting begins, and where to cast your ballot – James Neveau (COMMENT: As soon as the sample Republican primary ballot for my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton is available, I will hand-deliver a copy to each of the 228 homes in the precinct that have at least one registered Republican voter.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/when-2024-illinois-primary-election-early-voting-begins-and-where-to-cast-your-ballot/3328928/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County: Early voting will begin at five locations across DuPage County on Feb. 8, including the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton. The Addison Township Office, the Naperville Municipal Center, the Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale and the Westmont Public Library will all host early voting sites. Additional locations will open on March 4. A full list of early voting sites has not yet been released, but information on early voting can be found on the DuPage County website. Officials also urge residents to check a new precinct map that was passed by the County Board in June 2023, with many residents having new precinct numbers for the coming election.)

FOX32
— Illinois announces additional funding for migrants, but there’s a catch – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-additional-funding-migrants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reepp3cYHf4
— Chicago migrant situation intensifies amid cold snap. Some state legislators are calling for new measures when it comes to migrants in Illinois, as the number of new arrivals only continues to grow.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1396369
— Highland Park organizations collaborate to provide care packages for migrants arriving from Texas. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/highland-park-care-packages-migrants
— New Lenox mayor says he won’t attend Johnson’s meeting on migrants: ‘you cannot say we’re a sanctuary state’ – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-lenox-mayor-wont-attend-johnsons-meeting-on-migrants
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jklYLMNQMMA
— Migrant staying in Chicago allegedly stole $3K in merchandise, cut off ICE electronic monitoring device
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/migrant-chicago-stole-merchandise-electronic-monitoring-device

WTTW
— Amid Freezing Temperatures, Chicago Suspends Migrant Eviction Policy – Paul Caine
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/16/spotlight-politics-amid-freezing-temperatures-chicago-suspends-migrant-eviction-policy
— Emails Show Johnson, City Officials Notified About Sewage, Roaches and Illnesses at Pilsen Migrant Shelter Almost 2 Months Before Boy’s Death Highlighted Problems – Paris Schutz
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/16/emails-show-johnson-city-officials-notified-about-sewage-roaches-and-illnesses-pilsen

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-immigration-house-republicans-biden-border-greg-abbott-20240117-hg7zgx5jvjcidiyfg3hrajzy3q-story.html
— Legislators OK rules for maintaining, enforcing registry of guns covered by state ban – Jeremy Gorner (COMMENT: Registration today, confiscation tomorrow.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gun-registration-rules-20240117-npx4j5ylbjcg5f4e6po7dbu27q-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: North Central College receives $130,000 state grant to address student homelessness, basic needs insecurity – Tess Kenny
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-north-central-college-state-grant-housing-insecurity-st-0117-20240116-6ptng6jpdfashgsjoimmoyu3wu-story.html
— Trump scowls while jury selected – AP (COMMENT: In 1998, while the jury was being selected for my lawsuit against Ford, Ford made a settlement offer that I accepted. I got $6,000, my lawyer got $6,000, and Ford agreed to fix defects the in my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/donald-trump-defamation-trial-20240116-m5cfc3y3dfafhiugkjtzmpq45m-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Blankets, gloves, a tent and some propane protect some homeless Chicagoans during ‘brutal’ cold snap. As temperatures plummeted to their lowest this season, the homeless outreach program of Thresholds, a North Side-based mental health provider, worked overtime to canvass the city handing out warm clothes, meals and offering shelter. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/16/24040570/chicago-homeless-brutal-cold-snap-outreach-tent-city-roosevelt-canalport
— Family demands answers after veteran dies from self-inflicted gunshot inside Chicago VA hospital. “I don’t understand,” said the brother of Roy Fred Giddens. “How could you get a gun into the facilities?” – Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/1/16/24035088/marine-veteran-roy-fred-giddens-dead-gunshot-jesse-brown-va-hospital-suicide

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker earmarks $17 million for municipalities helping asylum seekers – Jake Griffin (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240116/news/pritzker-earmarks-17-million-for-municipalities-helping-asylum-seekers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The grants will be distributed through a partnership with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. The group will issue $11 million to municipalities outside Chicago to “welcome and support recent arrivals living in their communities.” The money must be used to support migrants within the municipality and can’t be used to transport them elsewhere, state officials said.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote EVs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240116/news/ev-battery-not-getting-you-as-far-heres-some-tips-to-keep-your-car-charge-going/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Back in the Capitol: Illinois lawmakers resume business in Springfield – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/01/17/back-in-springfield-lawmakers-return-for-spring-session/72241272007/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Mail-in ballots have their place, but in-person still an important tradition – Scott T. Holland (COMMENT: To promote mail-in ballots is to promote voter fraud.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2024/01/16/eye-on-illinois-mail-in-ballots-have-their-place-but-in-person-still-an-important-tradition/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— 5 Illinois voters file petition to remove Trump from ballot – Edward Simon Cruz and Shreya Srinivasan
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/01/16/city/5-illinois-voters-file-petition-to-remove-trump-from-ballot/

STATELINE
— Illinois announces additional $17M to communities who take in migrants – John Clark (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-announces-additional-17m-to-communities-who-take-in-migrants/

ILLINOIS VALLEY
— Could Kernan FOID case to go to Illinois Supreme Court? (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more hatred against FOID card holders.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2024/01/17/could-kernan-foid-case-to-go-to-illinois-supreme-court/

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— 14th Amendment invoked in objections to Biden’s candidacy in Illinois – Dominic Genetti
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/biden-illinois-ballot-objections-18611070.php

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Pritzker announces additional funding to municipalities to support asylum seekers
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/pritzker-announces-additional-funding-to-municipalities-to-support-asylum-seekers/article_2c2ca708-b4df-11ee-b26e-572ba0ae4760.html

SHAW LOCAL & WCIA & CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2024/01/16/as-recreational-marijuana-sales-again-hit-record-illinois-ag-calls-for-federal-rescheduling/
https://www.wcia.com/news/local-news/illinois-attorney-general-advocates-for-looser-federal-cannabis-classification/
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/as-recreational-cannabis-sales-again-hit-record-illinois-ag-calls-for-federal-rescheduling

WQAD
— As Illinois lawmakers return to work in Springfield, discussion points to migrant crisis. While Gov. JB Pritzker continues to fund projects to aid incoming migrants, some Republican lawmakers want to scale back resources. – Jonathan Fong
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/illinois-spring-legislative-session-2024/526-b507c98d-9505-4e90-a77b-c48401998b2a

FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Help push back against MAGA extremism’: Biden asks for donations after Trump’s Iowa win. – JESSICA A. BOTELHO (COMMENT: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that Democrats and RINOs call you an extremist.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/help-push-back-against-maga-extremism-biden-asks-for-donations-after-trumps-iowa-win-florida-gov-ron-desantis-nikki-haley-politics-republicans-conservatives-gop-democrats-liberals
— Lawmakers demand new data on link between crime and illegal immigration – KONNER MCINTIRE & COURTNEY RAU
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/lawmakers-demand-new-data-on-link-between-crime-illegal-immigration-department-homeland-security-migrants-southern-border-encounters-customs-asylum-china-darien-gap
— What’s propelling GOP voters to support Trump? – AUSTIN DENEAN (COMMENT: Trump promises to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/whats-propelling-gop-voters-to-support-former-president-donald-trump-republican-primary-iowa-caucuses-new-hampshire-nikki-haley-ron-desantis

CERNTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Haley says US has ‘never been a racist country’ – Sarah Fortinsky (COMMENT: The Democrat Confederacy (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia) was a racist country. The Republican America defeated the Confederacy.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/haley-says-us-has-never-been-a-racist-country/

WJBC
— Some Illinois House and Senate Republicans frustrated about state resources going to migrants – Dave Dahl (COMMENT: What percent of the students in your school district are illegals? What percent of those in emergency rooms near you are illegals?)
https://www.wjbc.com/2024/01/16/some-illinois-house-and-senate-republicans-frustrated-about-state-resources-going-to-migrants/

CITIES 92.9
— Migrant influx to Illinois being felt in downstate communities – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: What percent of the students in your school district are illegals? What percent of those in emergency rooms near you are illegals?)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/01/16/migrant-influx-to-illinois-being-felt-in-downstate-communities/

WHEATON PATCH
— Coming Soon to NIU Naperville: `Packing for Retirement’ In a free two-session curriculum, Dr. Jim Flanagan & Jigar Doshi of Bentron Financial Group help older adults gauge retirement readiness. – Matt Baron (COMMENT: I should write a book about retirement. I have been retired for more than 26 years. I would focus on the many negatives of being forced into early retirement. I would focus on how your critics/opponents use your being forced into early retirement against you. I would stress that the more qualifications that you have when you are forced to retire early, the more that your critic/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that you were forced to retire early because you were a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I had the following qualifications when the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old: I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,439-$150,075/year. 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. I had become a licensed CPA. I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I had become a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, and Certified Fraud Examiner. I had earned master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business. )
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/coming-soon-niu-naperville-packing-retirement

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-213/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-16/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Migrant influx to Illinois being felt in downstate communities – Kevin Bessle (COMMENT: What percent of the students in your school district are illegals What percent of those in emergency rooms near you are illegals?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3a956d6c-b4bb-11ee-a6b0-5bf0f1037e3c.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— One bus carrying 30 illegal immigrants dropped off in Wheaton on Jan. 7
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653741341-one-bus-carrying-30-illegal-immigrants-dropped-off-in-wheaton-on-jan-7

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Springfield Leftists Pass Law to Enable Schools to Assess Student Mental Health – Laurie Higgins
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/post/springfield-leftists-pass-law-to-enable-schools-to-assess-student-mental-health

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U: How many students failed ELA test in 2021-22 school year?
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/650298946-crete-monee-community-unit-school-district-201-u-how-many-students-failed-ela-test-in-2021-22-school-year

JOHN KASS
— After Trump’s Historic Iowa Victory, No Path Forward For DeSantis and Haley
https://johnkassnews.com/after-trumps-historic-iowa-victory-no-path-forward-for-desantis-and-haley/

WIREPOINTS
— Mayor Johnson wants federal aid for the city’s illegal immigrants…but Chicagoans should expect increased taxes
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-johnson-wants-federal-aid-for-the-citys-illegal-immigrants-but-chicagoans-should-expect-increased-taxes-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pritzker’s Myopia Ignores Open Borders – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2024/01/pritzkers-myopia-ignores-open-borders/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s Iowa win underscores his dominance on border issues that motivate GOP voters – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/16/trumps-iowa-win-underscores-his-dominance-on-borde/
— Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Iowa results exposed Trump’s ‘weakness’ – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/16/jb-pritzker-says-iowa-results-exposed-donald-trump/
— The eve of Apple and Tesla’s destruction in China. American CEOs who succumb to the lure of China’s sweatshops, pollution havens and government subsidies inevitably lose not just their souls. They eventually surrender their companies. – Peter Navarro
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/16/eve-of-apple-and-teslas-destruction-in-china/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Majority of Americans agree with Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban – Eden Villalovas (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2799875/majority-americans-agree-supreme-court-affirmative-action-ban-poll/
— Chicago to spend $20 million on green energy buses from EPA for public schools – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2799689/chicago-green-energy-buses-epa-public-schools/

NEW YORK POST
— Joy Reid accuses white Christian Iowa Trump voters of wanting people of color to ‘bow down’ to them – Alexander Hall
https://nypost.com/2024/01/16/media/joy-reid-accuses-white-christian-iowans-of-wanting-to-have-people-of-color-bow-down-to-them/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Will Illegal Aliens Choose the 2024 Republican Nominee in Arizona? Arizona Democrats are exploiting a loophole that lets non-citizens cast a ballot in the 2024 election. – Hayden Ludwig (COMMENT: In your precinct, what percent of the voters a) cast Republican ballots in primary elections but then vote for Democrats in general elections and b) use their false identifications to register and vote?)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/will-illegal-aliens-choose-the-2024-republican-nominee-in-arizona/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Combating the Federal Government’s Determination to Allow a Border Invasion. In the face of federal opposition and local Republican indifference, Texas citizens demand that we secure our borders. – Tim Greeson
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/17/combating-the-federal-governments-determination-to-allow-a-border-invasion/

AMERICAN THINKER
— From the open border to anti-poverty programs, the Democrats wage war on the lower class – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/us_civil_rights_commission_acknowledges_the_obvious_southern_invasion_disproportionately_harms_black_americans.html
— Patriots Who Are Doing Something; What are You Doing? – Robin M. Itzler (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have done the most since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against 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.).
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/patriots_who_are_doing_something_what_are_you_doing.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In November 2020, she started a free weekly newsletter for about 100 people—free to readers and free of ads. Today, Patriot Neighbors has thousands of readers across the country and continues to feature contact information so America First Patriots can share their thoughts and concerns with elected officials and corporate CEOs. These are just four examples. American Thinker readers could add instances where they or someone they know saw something that needed to be changed and decided to get actively involved and do something.)

AMERICAN WIRE
— Illegals are now complaining that winter is too cold here in the US – Frieda Powers
https://americanwirenews.com/illegals-are-now-complaining-that-winter-is-too-cold-here-in-the-us/

BREITBART
— DeSantis, Haley Spent $72M Combined in Iowa to Place Second, Third – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/01/15/desantis-haley-spent-72m-combined-iowa-place-second-third/
— Nikki Haley Punches Back at MSNBC’s Joy Reid: ‘We’re Not a Racist Country — We’ve Never Been a Racist Country’ – JEFF POOR (COMMENT: The Democrat Confederacy (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia) was a racist country. The Republican America defeated the Confederacy.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/16/nikki-haley-punches-back-at-msnbcs-joy-reid-were-not-a-racist-country-weve-never-been-a-racist-country/
— New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams Imposing 11 PM Curfew on Illegal Aliens – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/16/new-york-democrat-eric-adams-imposing-11-pm-curfew-illegal-aliens/

CENTER SQUARE
— DeSantis, Haley vow to stay in race despite Trump’s huge Iowa victory – Corey Walker
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6589c6d0-b498-11ee-92c5-3f1fbf4521a6.html

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Biden Says There Is No Crisis at the Border – Terence P. Jeffrey
https://www.creators.com/read/terence-jeffrey/01/24/biden-says-there-is-no-crisis-at-the-border

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago EV Charging Fiasco Appears To Pierce Proponents’ Claims About Performance In Bitter Cold – NICK POPE
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/16/chicago-ev-charging-fiasco-claims-performance-cold/
— Majority Of Black Americans Approve Of Supreme Court Striking Down Race-Based Admissions – BRANDON POULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/16/black-americans-supreme-court-race-based-admissions/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Strikes Unifying Tone, Praises Competitors in Iowa Victory Speech – Joseph Lord
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-strikes-unifying-tone-praises-competitors-in-iowa-victory-speech-5566718

FEDERALIST
— How And Why The Ivy League Will Die – ISAAC SIMPSON (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Ivy League degree holders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/17/how-and-why-the-ivy-league-will-die/

FOX NEWS
— Medical schools promote segregated medicine, and here’s how it’s going to hurt patients. Activists in medicine are cherry-picking evidence that aligns with their political objectives, while ignoring reality. – Ian Kingsbury, Jay P. Greene
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/medical-schools-promote-segregated-medicine-heres-how-going-hurt-patients

HOT AIR
— DoJ Confirms DHS Lied When Blaming Texas for Migrant Deaths
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/01/16/doj-confirms-dhs-lied-when-blaming-texas-for-migrant-deaths-n605367

JONATHAN TURLEY
— MSNBC Hosts Denounce White Christians as Racist and Pledge to Censor Trump After Iowa Win; an early glimpse of what to expect from coverage of this election.
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/01/16/msnbc-host-iowa-proves-white-christians-are-racists-who-want-minorities-to-bow-down-to-them/comment-page-1/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Western Illinois U. National Day of Racial Healing Includes ‘Racism for White People’ Lecture. “Racism is almost always perceived as threatening to white people.” – Mike LaChance (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, Whites, men, older people, heterosexuals, non-veterans, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time like me discriminate against minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/western-illinois-u-national-day-of-racial-healing-includes-racism-for-white-people-lecture/

MRC TV
— Illegal Aliens IN CHICAGO Are Whining About the Cold Weather – NICK KANGADIS
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/illegal-aliens-chicago-are-whining-about-cold-weather

NATIONAL REVIEW
— J. B. Pritzker Gives the Game Away – NOAH ROTHMAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/j-b-pritzker-gives-the-game-away/

NEW AMERICAN
— “This Must END!” Says Musk of J Hopkins “Privilege” Hit List. Here’s Why It Won’t – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/this-must-end-says-musk-of-j-hopkins-privilege-hit-list-heres-why-it-wont/

NEWS BUSTERS
— On MLK Day, Joy Reid Defecates On White Evangelical Voters – Jorge Bonilla
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2024/01/15/mlk-day-joy-reid-defecates-white-evangelical-voters
— Confronting Woke Culture: Examining Progressive Ideologies in Education – Tierin-Rose Mandelburg
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/tierin-rose-mandelburg/2024/01/16/normal-girls-beards-slapping-transphobes-stripping

NEWSMAX
— Gallup Poll: Majority Favor SCOTUS Ban on Affirmative Action – Mark Swanson (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll-scotus-ban/2024/01/16/id/1149857/
— China’s Multi-Pronged Presence Overrunning U.S. – Clare M. Lopez
https://www.newsmax.com/claremlopez/asia-biological-warfare/2024/01/16/id/1149790/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lgbtq-school-sports/2024/01/16/id/1149843/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Illegal Aliens Unexpected Hotel “Guests” In San Diego – Kalen D’Almedia
https://www.oann.com/video/in-focus-video/illegal-aliens-unexpected-hotel-guests-in-san-diego/

PJ MEDIA
— Blue States Are Hiring Illegals as Police, Giving Them Guns – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/01/16/car-54-donde-estas-states-pushing-to-hire-illegals-as-police-n4925538

POST MILLENNIAL
— EV charging stations in Chicago turn into ‘car graveyards’ amid frigid temps. “We got a bunch of dead robots out here.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/ev-charging-stations-in-chicago-turn-into-car-graveyards-amid-frigid-temps

TOWNHALL
— Pro-Hamas Agitators Arrested at Cannon House Building – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/01/16/here-we-go-again-hamas-agitators-arrested-at-cannon-house-building-n2633720
— As Biden Denies Border Crisis, Border Patrol Reveals Horrific Death Toll – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/01/16/immigration-border-crisis-n2633617
— Blue State Democrats Really Do Misunderstand the Border Crisis – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/01/16/jb-pritzker-laments-sanctuary-state-status-n2633644

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Under Biden, illegals are safe from deportation once they get past the border
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4410809-under-biden-are-illegal-immigrants-safe-from-deportation-once-they-get-past-the-border/
— EV drivers struggle to keep batteries charged amid winter freeze. Cold impacts electric vehicles. – Gabriel Castillo and Dana Rebik
https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/energy/4411984-ev-drivers-struggle-to-keep-batteries-charged-amid-winter-freeze/

NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump’s Border Wall Was a Huge Hit in Iowa – Andrew Stanton
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-border-wall-was-huge-hit-iowa-1860397

CBS NEWS
— Hundreds of asylum seekers wait in the snow for New York City shelter assignments – Lisa Rozner
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/new-york-city-asylum-seekers-shelters-waiting-in-the-cold/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Electric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather In freezing temperatures, the batteries of electric vehicles can be less efficient and have shorter range, a lesson many Tesla drivers in Chicago learned this week. – Emily Schmall and Jenny Gross
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/business/tesla-charging-chicago-cold-weather.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/opinion/voting-rights-constitution-28th-amendment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Haley.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/17/pro-trump-anti-immigrant-ad-makes-it-seem-if-haley-coddles-criminals/
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats A0 who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had fewer no professional certifications, and/or d) who had no professional license. Virtually all of them were female and/or minority. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/16/gender-pay-gap-women-discussing-wages/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A study’s surprise finding: Most workers want to be in the office more often. – ROGER VINCENT (COMMENT: In 1997,when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office, which is exactly what they did.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-04/most-workers-want-to-be-in-the-office-more-often-a-studys-surprise-finding

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A middle-age Millionaires’ Row: Average 50-something now has net worth over $1 million – Daniel de Visé
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/01/14/average-net-worth-1-million-50-year-olds/72177890007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— 75% of Iowa GOP Caucusgoers Say Immigrants Hurt the Country – Aaron Zitner
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iowa-caucus-republican-primary-2024/card/three-quarters-of-iowa-gop-caucusgoers-say-immigrants-hurt-the-u-s–NSFLNiG9DMZJTMUyXqmy
— The Tech Employee Who Went Viral for Filming Her Firing Has No Regrets – Joseph Pisani (COMMENT: If I had filmed/recorded what my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors said to me to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I would have won Diersen v GAO. SEE:
https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf

https://www.wsj.com/business/the-tech-employee-who-went-viral-for-filming-her-firing-has-no-regrets-54b61ffe
— Trump Takes the Iowa Caucus, and the GOP Is His. Those who thought it was still Reagan’s party were proved wrong Monday night. – William A. Galston (COMMENT: While he was president, Trump did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-takes-iowa-and-the-gop-is-his-2024-election-fdr-reagan-lbj-transform-party-5e60bb0a
— The Electric-Vehicle Cheating Scandal. A government rule makes them look nearly seven times as efficient as they are. – Michael Buschbacher and James Conde
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-electric-car-cheating-scandal-subsidy-rule-efficiency-falsehood-2798b4ab
— The Unexpected Ways a Big Raise Affects Your Happiness. Getting more money often leads to immediate satisfaction. The good feelings might not last. – Joe Pinsker (COMMENT: I got promoted to GS-9 (currently $66,942/year) in 1972 when 23 years old, to GS-11 (currently $80,994/year) in 1973, to GS-12 (currently $97,079/year) in 1974, and to GS-13 (currently $115,439/year) in 1986. My critics/opponents have always been furious about the aforesaid. In my defense, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. And I became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/the-surprising-aftermath-of-a-big-raise-a4358f21
— FRONT PAGE: M.B.A.s Struggle With Finding a job. – Lindsay Ellis (COMMENT: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old after I completed 16 graduate evening business courses one at a time. My completing those courses encouraged my IRS manager to promote me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. But my Democrat IRS superiors were so furious that he promoted me instead of my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, and/or veteran that they got rid of him.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-m-b-a-s-who-cant-find-jobs-669cc1fa

BLOOMBERG
— Iowa Republicans Rank Immigration Ahead of Economy – Gregory Korte
https://news.yahoo.com/iowa-republicans-rank-immigration-top-222717174.html

PBS
— New York governor wants to spend $2.4 billion to help deal with migrant influx in new budget proposal – AP
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-york-governor-wants-to-spend-2-4-billion-to-help-deal-with-migrant-influx-in-new-budget-proposal

DAILY MAIL
— Even minorities reject DEI special treatment: Poll shows all Americans – white, black, Hispanic and Asian – support the death of affirmative action – James Reinl
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12969369/Even-minorities-reject-DEI-special-treatment-Poll-shows-Americans-white-black-Hispanic-Asian-support-death-affirmative-action.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/even-minorities-reject-dei-special-treatment-poll-shows-all-americans-white-black-hispanic-and-asian-support-the-death-of-affirmative-action/ar-AA1n4CNS

January 14, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC5
— Chicago opens warming centers across city, including for migrants staying at ‘landing zone’ – Matt Stefanski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-to-open-warming-centers-across-city-including-for-migrants-staying-at-landing-zone/3326772/

CBS2
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrants-chicago-shelters-concordia-place/
— Extreme cold prompts Chicago to open additional warming centers for residents and migrants – Beth Lawrence
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-extreme-cold-warming-centers-residents-migrants/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5e-xgv8VQc

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Community input sought by Aurora groups on how to help asylum seekers – Denise Crosby (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-asylum-seekers-st-0114-20240112-7vfizrseefe6dngitvvpzdsnvi-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Out of work and running out of time, migrants struggle to find jobs in Chicago – Nell Salzman (COMMENT: If offered to them, will migrants take the bad jobs that I took? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrants-work-permits-process-20240114-2qjw2l4jcjbaji7tjiugnifdzi-story.html
— MLK taught us to love our neighbor. Unity between Black and Jewish Americans is vital. – Seth M. Limmer (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government had great success in uniting my Democrat Jewish and Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. I should write a book about that. It culminated in 1997 when I was 49 when my Democrat Jewish GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-martin-luther-king-sermon-black-jewish-americans-unity-20240114-kn5xqmytzzaftii7yfuct6fw4u-story.html
— The 1833 Treaty of Chicago forced Native Americans off their land, but legal disputes continued for years. – Ron Grossman (COMMENT: What have your ancestors taken from Native Americans? My ancestors on my father’s side were farmers who immigrated from what is now Germany to Chicago in 1844. They worked in a brick factory there until they had saved enough money to homestead a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854. They sold that farm in 1864 and bought 10 acres on the north side of downtown Crete. My grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built on that land in 1926. I lived in that house 1954-1972. My father lived in that house until he died in 1969. My mother lived in that house until she died in 2016. My brother lived in that house until he died in 2022. I sold that house in 2022. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have aways used the aforesaid against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-indian-treaty-1914-chicago-20240114-fgoohs7dcbajbpi3muxq24mpqu-story.html
(COMMENT: In June 1905, the Tribune recalled that some 70 years earlier, diplomacy had been a thriving industry on Lake Michigan’s shore, far removed from its accustomed focal point in the nation’s capital. “In the days of Chicago’s youth, treaties were negotiated here. Representatives of the United States and of the Potawatomi and other tribes held solemn councils here and entered into agreements by which the Indians gave up much and got little.” Collectively, those treaties stripped the Indians of their tribal lands. They proceeded apace with the westward movement of European farmers and ranchers. Indians not only lost their hunting grounds, they became foreigners in someone else’s country. Until 1924, Indians weren’t American citizens.)
— Racial equity activist must pay at least $38,000 after judge dismisses her lawsuit alleging harm from Awake Illinois leader. – Alex Hulvalchick and Pam DeFiglio (COMMENT: Have you supervised a racial equity activist? I did during all of the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office. He was a younger Black CPA who always led the office’s many Black events. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to turn him against me. They stressed to him that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American. They stressed to him that my ancestors had been in America since 1844 but that none of them joined the Union Army. They stressed to him that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and that I had lived in Wheaton since 1978. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at him that I gave him unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals. They shouted at him that I sabotaged his career advancement. They stressed to him that I supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. But they stressed the most to him that was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination and age discrimination. In September of 1997, when I was 49 years old, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired at the end of that month. I was not eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years and they made it clear that if I did not take their “offer,” my next 6 years would be a living hell. They gave my younger Black activist subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-awake-activist-lawsuit-tl-0111-20240112-4ram7soozvh2hotp7qhnalzyl4-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: After conviction, ex-Ald. Ed Burke gets pension bump; former Speaker Mike Madigan now in line for hike before new trial date – Ray Long (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes complaint that my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is too generous. They especially complain that for computing my pension, a) I got almost 3 years full-time CSRS credit while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 even though I worked only part-time and b) I got more than a full year CSRS credit for my unused sick leave that I had when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-burke-madigan-pensions-20240114-bmead6ia55boffb5cmrlupu72u-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville narrowly avoids landing on state list for Illinois’ least affordable cities – Tess Kenny (COMMENT: What helped you and your spouse afford your first home? Our salaries and my wife’s savings helped us buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528 ) in 1978: I had worked for IRS for 7 years and my wife had worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions for 8 years. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $106,785/year. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-affordable-housing-illinois-state-list-0114-20240112-x24tjsp6hzeyxoofcdboakji64-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Democracy not at risk, but not operating optimally – Michael Barone (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders run America. They ever-increasingly use democracy to screw Republicans.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240113/article/democracy-not-at-risk-but-not-operating-optimally/
— How the accountant shortage is affecting businesses, markets – Brian Davidson
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240114/business/how-the-accountant-shortage-is-affecting-businesses-markets/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although one could point to a number of factors driving this change, one of the most significant is the general decline in the number of certified professional accountants (CPA) and the impact of this decrease on professional firms and businesses.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As ‘mansion tax’ catches on in U.S. cities, Los Angeles offers lessons. – Sarah Holder
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/what-chicago-can-learn-los-angeles-mansion-tax

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County officials draft proclamation amid asylum seeker influx
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2024/01/11/kane-county-officials-draft-proclamation-amid-asylum-seeker-influx/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Trump fraud trial: Trump calls civil charges politically motivated (COMMENT: All the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), and Post Office (1966-1969) superiors took against me were politically motivated.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/trump-fraud-trial-trump-calls-civil-charges-politically-motivated/video_6fe561a8-f271-556a-83dd-93b5c753475e.html

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Evanston’s Reparations Committee selects which descendants will get grants first – Carlos D. Williamson (COMMENT: Democrats promote who gets reparations, but not who pays for them.)
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/01/13/evanston-reparations-direct-descendant-grants/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump likes to call people losers. Now Biden’s using the insult on him – Tamara Keith (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a loser. In my defense, I stress that I earned three master’s degrees (Loyola-business-1976, DePaul-accounting-1980, and IIT-finance-1997), six professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accounting-1997), and a professional license (CPA-1981).)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-13/trump-likes-to-call-people-losers-now-bidens-using-the-insult-on-him

CITIES 92.9
— Major disparities among minority children in Illinois – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: Because Democrats run education in Illinois, Democrats cause disparities.)
https://www.cities929.com/2024/01/12/report-major-disparities-among-minority-children-in-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report analyzed 12 indicators representing well-being milestones from cradle to career and converted them into a scale ranging from 0 to 1,000. In Illinois, Asian and Pacific Islander children have the highest index score at 837, followed by white children at 740. Black children received an index score of 341. . .The report shows that poverty levels improved between 2007–2011 and 2017–2021, but too many families still struggle to make ends meet. More than half of Black (58%), American Indian or Alaska Native (57%) and Latino (53%) kids live below the federal poverty level.)

WGLT
— Darin LaHood endorses Donald Trump for president ahead of Iowa caucuses – Tim Shelley
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-01-13/darin-lahood-endorses-donald-trump-for-president-ahead-of-iowa-caucuses

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

SOUTHEAST ILLINIS NEWS
— Bailey: ‘Joe Biden’s handling of the border, ceding control to cartels involved in human trafficking, is despicable’
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/653682699-bailey-joe-biden-s-handling-of-the-border-ceding-control-to-cartels-involved-in-human-trafficking-is-despicable

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Congressman Darin LaHood Endorses President Donald J. Trump
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/13/lahood-endorses-trump/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Modern Democrats’ Legacy and the Devastation of Inflation – John F. Di Leo
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/opinion-the-modern-democrats-legacy-and-the-devastation-of-inflation.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— MTG threatens to oust Speaker Johnson over border deal – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/13/mtg-threatens-oust-speaker-mike-johnson-over-borde/
— Projection and denial: That’s the Biden way – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/12/projection-and-denial-thats-biden-way/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the question of whether homeless people have a right to camp on public property. – Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2794406/supreme-court-weigh-whether-cities-criminalize-homeless/
— The wheels are falling off of the forced transition to electric vehicles – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2793977/wheels-falling-off-forced-transition-to-electric-vehicles/
— Ron DeSantis is running against corporate America – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2795135/ron-desantis-is-running-against-corporate-america/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Claudine Gay Was the Embodiment of Woke Academia – Peter W. Wood
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/downcast-gay/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrat-to-English Dictionary — updated for 2024 – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/the_democrattoenglish_dictionary__updated_for_2024.html
— We Are in an Abusive Relationship with Our Government – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/we_are_in_an_abusive_relationship_with_our_government.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California is now covering the costs of genital-mutilating surgeries for illegal aliens. Leftism’s slippery slope invariably leads to depraved absurdity. Consider how Governor (receding) Hairdo and the Pyrite State’s other communist saboteurs have greased the shifting ground under Californians’ feet: (1) There is no illegal immigration crisis. (2) There may be a crisis, but California taxpayers won’t be paying for it. (3) Taxpayers may have to foot the bill for the illegal immigration crisis, but California will do nothing to incentivize illegal immigration. (4) After further review, these aliens aren’t “illegal,” but rather “undocumented.” (5) Health care is a human right. (6) California must provide “undocumented” aliens healthcare. (7) Mutilating the genitals to make them look like the opposite sex is health care. (8) California taxpayers must pay for “undocumented” aliens’ genital surgery. (9) Californians who object to paying for undocumented aliens’ genital surgery may be guilty of “hate” crimes and will be prosecuted. Why punish the people who illegally enter the United States when you can punish the people who do not want to subsidize immigration crimes while canceling their votes with the votes of those here illegally?)
— Claudine Gay debacle is the end result of a 1968 Xerox memo – Michael Bertolone (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, employers have been under ever-increasingly pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females, that is, to discriminate against older Whites and older men.).
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/claudine_gay_debacle_is_the_end_result_of_a_1968_xerox_memo.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The genesis of the policy that led to her hiring can be found in a 1968 memo that then-Xerox CEO Joseph C. Wilson wrote in which he directed his hiring managers to hire underqualified and outright unqualified minorities in the name of “diversity.” Using Claudine Gay’s example as a case study, we can now clearly see the dismal fruit of this well-intentioned but sadly naive policy. Xerox CEO Wilson implemented the policy in reaction to the riots sweeping the U.S. in 1968, particularly after Martin Luther King’s assassination. This reaction foreshadows corporate America’s reaction to the killing of George Floyd by the ramping up of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. Wilson’s directive also included a warning that read, “The full and unqualified cooperation of all Xerox managers is expected in reaching our minority hiring goals.” He could have added “or else” to that statement. Similar hiring directives have been issued at universities and corporations over the last several decades. The only difference is that the decision-makers have gotten clever and usually don’t memorialize these policies in writing. Word of mouth is the preferred method to avoid the blowback of conservatives and the general public. But now, leftists have deluded themselves into thinking that there will be no repercussions for their out-of-touch machinations.)
— You just might be a Democrat if … – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/you_just_might_be_a_democrat_if__part_ii.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— DeSantis lays out his border plan, including funding the wall with remittance fees – Vivek Saxena
https://americanwirenews.com/desantis-lays-out-his-border-plan-including-funding-the-wall-with-remittance-fees/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DeSantis lays out his border plan, including funding the wall with remittance fees – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/13/desantis-lays-out-his-border-plan-including-funding-the-wall-with-remittance-fees-1427453/
— Washington Dem in hot seat for saying ‘nobody stays awake at night worrying about the southern border’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/13/washington-dem-in-hot-seat-for-saying-nobody-stays-awake-at-night-worrying-about-the-southern-border-1427423/
— AOC facing backlash after she’s asked about migrants being placed in schools: ‘It’s not in my district’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/13/aoc-facing-backlash-after-shes-asked-about-migrants-being-placed-in-schools-its-not-in-my-district-1427376/

BREITBART
— Pro-Palestinian Protesters Swarm White House Fence, Secret Service Deployed – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/13/watch-pro-palestinian-protesters-swarm-white-house-fence-secret-service-deployed/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— The Largest Terror Attack in US History Has Already Happened. Here It Is. – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/01/24/the-largest-terror-attack-in-us-history-has-already-happened-here-it-is
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Have you seen the polls? Most Americans are angry and shocked about our open borders. They are literally in shock that any U.S. president would allow this to happen. A huge majority defines this as an “invasion.” A huge majority also says this is a national security crisis. Here is what most Americans can see and understand: Open borders are leading to massive increases in spending: welfare, food stamps, national debt — the bankruptcy of America. And of course, a massive decline in our quality of living.)

DAILY WIRE
— Delusional Biden Says Southern Border Is Not In Crisis As Illegal Crossings Surge – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/delusional-biden-says-southern-border-is-not-in-crisis-as-illegal-crossings-surge

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Talk About Illegal Immigrants The Same Way They Used To Talk About Slaves – EVITA DUFFY-ALFONSO
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/13/democrats-talk-about-illegal-immigrants-the-same-way-they-used-to-talk-about-slaves/

FOX NEWS
— White House accuses Abbott of trying to ‘politicize the border’ after Texas seizes park along Rio Grande. Texas has battled with the federal government over border security. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-accuses-abbott-trying-politicize-border-blocking-border-patrol-park
— Eric Adams rips Texas Gov. Abbott for ‘mean-spiritedness’ on illegal immigrant crisis. NYC Mayor Eric Adams called for a national ‘decompression strategy’ to place migrants throughout the country. – Chris Pandolfo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/eric-adams-rips-texas-gov-abbott-mean-spiritedness-illegal-immigrant-crisis
— DHS claims Border Patrol blocked by Texas from entering area to rescue migrants who later drowned. DHS says an adult and two children drowned in the incident. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-claims-border-patrol-blocked-by-texas-from-entering-area-to-rescue-migrants-who-later-drowned

HOT AIR
— Biden Admin Spent $700K to Prevent Pregnancy in ‘Transgender Boys’
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/01/13/biden-admin-spent-700k-to-prevent-pregnancy-in-transgender-boys-n604768

LAW ENFORCEMET TODAY
— Democrats for children? NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicks more students out of their school to house illegals. – Noah Webster
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/democrats-for-children-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-kicks-high-school-students-out-of-their-school-to-house-illegals

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Executives Say They’re Still Committed to DEI Policies Despite Rising Backlash – Mike LaChance (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of 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. I should write a book about that.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/executives-say-theyre-still-committed-to-dei-policies-despite-rising-backlash/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Threat to Our Democracy in 2024, Enabled by the Biden Administration – TOMMY VALENTINE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/01/a-threat-to-our-democracy-in-2024-enabled-by-the-biden-administration/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. McCaul: Mayorkas Impeachment Could Come in Weeks – Nick Koutsobinas (COMMENT: Mayorkas is an operative for Biden.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/mayorkas-illegal-migrant/2024/01/13/id/1149465/
— Rep. Burlison to Newsmax: Shut Down Border or We Shut Down Govt – Jim Thomas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/burlison-shutdown-migrant/2024/01/13/id/1149472/

PJ MEDIA
— DoJ Asks Supreme Court To Tell Texas Not to Block Border Patrol From Patrols – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/01/13/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-tell-texas-not-to-block-border-patrol-from-patrols-n4925449
— WHO Appoints Transgender Majority for Panel on Raising Children. – MILT HARRIS
https://pjmedia.com/miltharris/2024/01/13/who-appoints-transgender-majority-for-panel-on-raising-children-n4925446

POST MILLENNIAL
— Illinois governor begs Texas to stop sending illegal immigrants to Chicago. “Your callousness, sending buses and planes full of migrants in this weather, is now life-threatening to every one of the arrivals.” – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/illinois-governor-begs-texas-to-stop-sending-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago
— Biden takes Texas to Supreme Court over armed National Guard blocking illegal immigrants from entry – Thomas Stevenson
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-takes-texas-to-supreme-court-over-armed-national-guard-blocking-illegal-immigrants-from-entry

TOWNHALL
— You Won’t Believe What Dem Jerry Nadler Said About Illegal Migrants – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/you-wont-believe-what-dem-jerry-nadler-said-about-illegal-migrants-n2633583
— Biden Admin Dishes Out $700,000 Into Another Woke, Radical Transgender Program – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/biden-pours-70000-into-another-woke-radical-transgender-program-n2633546
— Florida Introduces Several Anti-Woke LGBTQ Bills Aimed to Destroy the Grooming of Children – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/florida-introduces-several-anti-woke-lgbtq-bills-aimed-to-protect-children-n2633543
— Maine Builds Rent-Free Apartments for Illegal Migrants Paid for by American Taxpayers – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/maine-builds-rent-free-apartments-for-illegal-migrants-paid-for-by-american-taxpayers-n2633542
— Biden Admin Dishes Out $700,000 Into Another Woke, Radical Transgender Program – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/13/biden-pours-70000-into-another-woke-radical-transgender-program-n2633546

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Many Older Immigrants in New York Are Struggling: ‘I Have No Future’ Immigrants are the majority of New York City’s 65-and-over population. Many have no nest egg, and some are coping with social isolation. – Winnie Hu and Jeffrey E. Singer (COMMENT: RINO employers want immigrants because RINO employers want cheap labor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/nyregion/older-immigrants-retirement.html

ABC NEWS & WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) paint themselves as having been the Union Army in the Civil War and b) paint Republicans as having been the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/republican-candidates-struggle-civil-war-history-party-grapples-106350803
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/13/haley-trump-civil-war-history/

NEWSWEEK
— Joe Biden Faces Backlash After Refusing to Call Southern Border a ‘Crisis’ – Natalie Venegas
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-faces-criticism-over-southern-border-crisis-1860525

— MAGA Furious at Border Deal Backed by Republican Senators: ‘Surrender’ – Thomas Kika
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-furious-border-deal-backed-republican-senators-surrender-1860511

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-furious-at-border-deal-backed-by-republican-senators-surrender/ar-AA1mVs1B

BUSINESS NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://biz.crast.net/dei-becomes-cool/

FOX ORLANDO
— Eatonville hosts 47th MLK Day parade (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use MLK to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/1395250

WBRZ
— American Civil Rights activist reconnects with children she met during work to desegregate South (COMMENT: Have you supervised a Black activist? I did during all of the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office. He was a younger Black CPA who always led the office’s many Black events. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to turn him against me. They stressed to him that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American. They stressed to him that my ancestors had been in America since 1844 but that none of them joined the Union Army. They stressed to him that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and that I had lived in Wheaton since 1978. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted at him that I gave him unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals. They shouted at him that I sabotaged his career advancement. They stressed to him that I supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. But they stressed the most to him that was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination and age discrimination. In September of 1997, when I was 49 years old, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired at the end of that month. I was not eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years and they made it clear that if I did not take their “offer,” my next 6 years would be a living hell. They gave my younger Black activist subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.wbrz.com/videos/american-civil-rights-activist-reconnects-with-children-she-met-during-work-to-desegregate-south

SIOUX CITY JOURNAL
— Pat Gill running for eighth term as Woodbury County Auditor – Caitlin Yamada (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write a book about my critics/opponents in DuPage County who since 2000 have discouraged me the most from running for DuPage County Auditor, something that I never wanted to do. I would focus on those discouragers who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my qualifications the most. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,439-$150,075/year. I 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. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I became a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, and Certified Fraud Examiner. I earned master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business. In my role as an Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996, I tried to recruit former DuPage County Auditor Bill Jacklin and his deputy Jim Rasins. I recruited Rasins to speak at an AGA Chicago Chapter training event. I worked hard to elect Rasins County Auditor in 2000 and 2004 and I worked hard to elect Bob Grogan County Auditor in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. Grogan’s deputy was Peter Balgemann who is one of my relatives.)
https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/government-politics/pat-gill-woodbury-county-auditor-election/article_0a69c4b6-b0a2-11ee-b419-033daf66fdb5.html

HISTORY
— ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S EMBRACE OF FOREIGN-BORN FIGHTERS More than a quarter million immigrants took up arms for the United States. – HAROLD HOLZER (COMMENT: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. All my ancestors were farmers who immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. My harshest critics/opponents stress that none of them enlisted in the Union Army. In my defense, I own a Civil War sword that I inherited from a relative who did enlist in the Union Army. I have it in my closet by my front door for my self-defense.)
https://www.historynet.com/immigrants-union-army-civil-war/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the earliest days of Union enlistment in New York City, anyone willing to volunteer was welcome at recruitment offices—including the foreign-born. Language barriers proved no obstacle, particularly among Germans. After all, German support had helped Abraham Lincoln win the presidency in 1860. After the fall of Fort Sumter and the call for 75,000 militia to suppress the rebellion, Lincoln wisely concluded that a war to save the Union must not be an exclusively native-born undertaking. So he launched a concerted effort to lure marquee commanders from various ethnic backgrounds, regardless of their politics (though he did resist abolitionist Frederick Douglass’ early pleas for the enlistment of free Blacks). One of Lincoln’s first such acts was to order his secretary of war to appoint “Col. Julian Allen, a Polish gentleman, naturalized,” who proposed “raising a Regiment of our citizens of his nationality, to serve in our Army.” After some initial resistance from the War Department, Allen got his commission. Army regulations at the time explicitly stated: “No volunteer will be mustered into the service who is unable to speak the English language.” That rule would simply be ignored. From the outset, the restriction hardly stemmed the early enthusiasm of the foreign-born to don the U.S. Army uniform, even if the uniforms themselves reflected more the ethnic background of the recruits than the cohesion of the supposedly united states. That spring, German-born New York Herald correspondent Henry Villard seemed “surprised”—but clearly proud—to observe freshly minted “infantry dressed in the genuine Bavarian uniform….Prussian uniforms, too; the ‘Garibaldi Guards’ in the legendary red blouses and bersaglieri [Italian infantry] hats,” as well as “‘Zouaves’ and ‘Turcoes’ [North African infantrymen], clothed as in the French army, with some fanciful American features grafted upon them.” Before long, Lincoln granted a request by Carl Schurz, the recently named U.S. minister to Spain, to abandon his post in Madrid and raise a regiment in New York. Although his initial recruitment efforts fell short, Schurz won a military commission anyway, and served in the Army of the Potomac. In 1863, however, he earned damning criticism when his men fled from a Confederate assault at Chancellorsville. Most officers subject to such castigation would have faced demotion or dismissal. But Schurz still exerted enormous influence—over the German-born community as well as Lincoln—for his tireless work in the 1860 campaign. A gifted orator, he managed to convince Lincoln to continue backing him even as he leveled injudicious criticism (privately, at least) on his commander-in-chief. Then there was the case of Franz Sigel, a 36-year-old German-born general who notched an even more dubious record in the West. From the outset of the war, however, Sigel proved a magnet for German recruitment. “I Fights Mit Sigel” became a rallying cry among German-speaking soldiers. Each time Lincoln sought to downgrade Sigel, the outcry from Germans proved overpowering. In 1864, when Lincoln briefly faced a third-party reelection challenge, many of those expressing support for the insurgency cited the president’s alleged injustices against Sigel. IRISH LEADERS, MIXED RESULTS If German Americans contributed the largest foreign-born contingent in the Federal army, Irish Americans proved a close second. Some 150,000 Irishmen took up arms for the Union.)

TIME
— The Civil War Was Won by Immigrant Soldiers – DON H. DOYLE
https://time.com/3940428/civil-war-immigrant-soldiers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Why did they fight? What were they fighting for? Recruitment posters in the New York Historical Society provide hints at the answers.
One poster reads: Patrioti Italiani! Honvedek! Amis de la liberté! Deutsche Freiheits Kaempfer! (Italian patriots! Hungarians! Friends of liberty! German freedom fighters!) Then, in English, it urges “250 able-bodied men . . . Patriots of all nations” to fight for their “adopted country.” One immigrant mother gave testimony in 1863 to an antislavery convention as to why her 17-year-old son was fighting for the Union. “I am from Germany where my brothers all fought against the Government and tried to make us free, but were unsuccessful,” she said. “We foreigners know the preciousness of that great, noble gift a great deal better than you, because you never were in slavery, but we are born in it.” Following the failed Revolution of 1848, thousands of young Germans fled to America. They took up arms in what they saw as yet another battle in the revolutionary struggle against the forces of aristocracy and slavery. “It isn’t a war where two powers fight to win a piece of land,” one German enlistee wrote to his family. “Instead it’s about freedom or slavery, and you can well imagine, dear mother, I support the cause of freedom with all my might.” In another letter written to his family in Europe, a German soldier gave a pithy explanation of the war: “I don’t have the space or the time to explain all about the cause, only this much: the states that are rebelling are slave states, and they want slavery to be expanded, but the northern states are against this, and so it is civil war!”)

ATLANTIC
— Biden has forced the Texas National Guard to take control of a 2.5-mile stretch of the U.S. border with Mexico. The Texas National Guard has repeatedly denied U.S. Border Patrol agents access to the Shelby Park area in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Civil War began when South Carolina refused to allow federal authorities to access Fort Sumter.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/texas-border-stunt-abbott/677118/

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago’s progressive mayor refuses to answer THREE times when asked if he’ll raise city’s taxes to help pay for the migrant crisis. The Windy City’s mayor made the empty comments during a sit-down with CBS 2 Thursday, where talks hovered around the looming task of setting a city budget. The discussion, however, quickly turned to his predecessors’ pledge to house arriving asylum seekers – a promise he has vowed to continue into next year. With shelters now packed – and busses arriving from states like Texas daily – Franza asked the ex-teacher who succeeded Lori Lightfoot about his response. – ALEX HAMMER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12960405/Brandon-johnson-chicago-mayor-migrants-taxes-interview.html
— Texas national guards use riot shields to hold back horde of migrants trying to cross through razor wire in Eagle Pass with one person hurling a rock towards a soldier’s head. Texas National Guard members are seen struggling to push back against migrants in new footage taken at the border last month. Eagle Pass has become a flash point for the migrant crisis with a record number of crossings taking place. – BETHAN SEXTON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12960613/Texas-national-guards-riot-shields-migrants-Eagle-Pass.html

January 13, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Constructively, by flooding America with illegals, Democrat leaders have declared war not only on Texas, not only on Republicans, but on America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army.
https://abc7chicago.com/texas-national-guard-blocking-border-patrol-from-stretch-of-border/14313347/
— Mayor Johnson addresses shelter plans for new arrivals amid winter storm
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-winter-storm-migrants-little-village-shelter/14316859/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPWtQatJa8M

NBC5
— Gov. Pritzker issues stern letter to Texas Gov. Abbott, pleading for halting of migrant bus arrivals in frigid temperatures
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-issues-stern-letter-to-texas-gov-abbott-pleading-for-halting-of-migrant-bus-arrivals-in-frigid-temperatures/3326184/
— Chicago extends 60-day limit on migrant shelter stays ahead of dangerous wind chills. Johnson said that the city has not opened any new shelters since late December, and it’s adjusting rules on how long migrants can stay at such sites. – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-extends-60-day-limit-on-migrant-shelter-stays-ahead-of-dangerous-wind-chills/3326331/
— Shovel your sidewalk or face a fine: What Chicago residents need to know. An important reminder for Chicago residents and business owners, to safely get outside and clear sidewalks- otherwise you could face fines of up to $500. – PJ Randhawa and Leigh Lesniak (COMMENT: What laws govern show shoveling in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/consumer/shovel-your-sidewalk-or-face-a-fine-what-chicago-residents-need-to-know/3326293/

CBS2
— Chicago delays migrant shelter limits; Gov. JB Pritzker asks Texas to stop sending migrants in dangerous winter weather – Todd Feurer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-delay-migrant-shelter-limit-mayor-brandon-johnson-jb-prizker-letter-greg-abbott/
— Cafe employs young adults with disabilities – Joe Donlon, Edie Kasten (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who they hired who were disabled, liberal, minority, female, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, had parents who were immigrants, had performance problems, and/or who they wanted to get rid of them.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/wills-place-hidden-gems/

FOX32
— Chicago migrant shelter evictions delayed amid extreme cold
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrant-shelter-evictions-delayed-extreme-cold

WTTW
— As Migrants Sit for Hours on Buses at City Landing Zone, Volunteers Call for More Communication – Emily Soto
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/12/migrants-sit-hours-buses-city-landing-zone-volunteers-call-more-communication
— Proposal Calls for Expanding Voting by Mail in Illinois – Peter Hancock
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/12/proposal-calls-expanding-voting-mail-illinois
— Chicago Suspends 60-Day Limit on Shelter Stays for Migrants; Pritzker Appeals to Texas Gov.’s ‘Humanity’ to Stop the Buses Amid Extreme Weather – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/12/chicago-suspends-60-day-limit-shelter-stays-migrants-pritzker-appeals-texas-gov-s

WBEZ
— Amid snowstorm, Chicago delays its plan to force migrants to leave shelters after 60 days. The city’s delay comes days before the first migrants were to be forced out of shelters. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker pleaded with Texas’ governor to halt migrant buses amid extreme cold. – Tessa Weinberg, Mariah Woelfel
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-migrants-wont-be-forced-to-leave-shelters-in-extreme-cold/ca84aa2a-4a5b-48ac-b377-0bbde51f26c3
— With a March 19 primary election looming, Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield. Illinois lawmakers will be picking up where they left off on Tuesday. With an election looming, action might be slow to start. – Alex Degman
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-lawmakers-return-to-work/13b4e6f2-8ffc-41df-bfad-5a886c2b4975

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Thousands more migrants in Chicago than previously reported, city officials say – Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrant-census-uptick-planes-20240112-hhou5w37lrdonf2hln6j3tvr2q-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Mayor Brandon Johnson will delay enforcing migrant shelter evictions policy, acknowledges pause on opening new sites – Alice Yin, Dan Petrella and Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-mayor-brandon-johnson-immigrant-shelters-20240112-cyquqgazznfelcf6sdwlqn2ehe-story.html
— No migrant should be kicked out of a shelter in this weather – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-migrants-brandon-johnson-20240112-oyi5aggnbvdiheybz6xte6lbvq-story.html
— Racial equity activist must pay at least $38,000 after judge dismisses her lawsuit alleging harm from Awake Illinois leader – Alex Hulvalchick and Pam DeFiglio
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/racial-equity-activist-must-pay-at-least-38-000-after-judge-dismisses-her-lawsuit-alleging-harm-from-awake-illinois-leader/ar-AA1mSwj2

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City preparing to ‘right-size’ migrant shelters due to budget constraints. After ramping up the shelter system for months to get migrants off the floors of Chicago police stations and airports, Chicago has not opened a migrant shelter since late December. – Fran Spielman and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/1/12/24036509/chicago-migrant-crisis-rightsize-shelters-budget-constraints
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Pritzker urges Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to stop migrant drop-offs in winter storm: ‘I plead with you for mercy’ With Chicago temperatures expected to dip to dangerous lows, Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants migrant drop-offs from Texas to stop. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/12/24036176/pritzker-urges-texas-gov-greg-abbott-to-stop-migrant-dropoffs-amid-winter-storm
— Migrants won’t get booted from shelters next week, city says, but migrants at ‘landing zone’ stuck on buses as snowstorm hits. The city has delayed shelter evictions that were set for Tuesday, but more than 140 migrants remain in buses at the city’s designated site for new arrivals. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/12/24036052/migrants-landing-zone-stuck-buses-blizzard-hits-chicago-shelter-evictions-delayed
— Biden rolls out new round of student debt cancellation, many Illinois borrowers are eligible. In Illinois, 244,700 residents with student loans are eligible to apply for the new debt forgiveness. – Lynn Sweet (COMMENT: Not that I could have gotten a student loan, but if I had, my GPA would have been higher as well as my FSEE and GMAT scores. Instead of studying, while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969, I worked all the hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office. I skipped many classes on Mondays and Fridays.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/1/12/24035310/biden-announces-new-round-of-student-loan-cancellations-washington-education-money-schools
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/13/24036109/illinois-abortion-patients-numbers-rising-supreme-court-roe-wade-restrictions-editorial
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and his supporters.
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/gene-lyons-fool-us-twice-shame-on-us/article_c404a672-5545-51f3-ba2e-505d106eec2b.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: More suburbs preparing to restrict migrant transports from Texas – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240112/news/more-suburbs-preparing-to-restrict-migrant-transports-from-texas/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats push pot in Elgin.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240112/marijuana/elgin-may-finally-get-its-first-recreational-cannabis-dispensary/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker pleads with Texas governor to stop sending migrants to Chicago in the frigid cold – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/01/12/pritzker-to-abbott-stop-sending-asylum-seekers-to-chicago-in-the-cold/72209935007/

FOREST PARK REVIEW
— Village restricts buses transporting asylum seekers. Violators will be fined based on the number of passengers transported. – Igor Studenkov
https://www.forestparkreview.com/2024/01/12/village-restricts-buses-transporting-asylum-seekers/

WGLT
— Immigration advocate says dozens of bused migrants are already living in McLean County – Eric Stock (COMMENT: How many illegals are living in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-01-11/immigration-advocate-says-dozens-of-bused-migrants-are-already-living-in-mclean-county

WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/marijuana-meets-criteria-for-reclassification-as-lower-risk-drug-fda-scientific-review-finds/article_b686bce7-dffa-5733-aa3d-d9c6c5560b6e.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Isabel’s afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-15/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kane County GOP Announces First Lincoln Day Dinner (COMMENT: Is your Republican county party organization planning a Lincoln Day Dinner?)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/13/kane-county-gop-announces-first-lincoln-day-dinner/
— Trump Campaign Seeking Phone Banking Help Leading Into Iowa Caucus
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/12/trump-campaign-seeking-phone-banking-help-leading-into-iowa-caucus/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Southern District of Illinois federal Judge Stephen McGlynn is expediting the case challenging Illinois’ gun ban, despite some plaintiffs wanting to delay a trial so they can attempt to have a hearing with the U.S. Supreme Court. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7012d5da-b194-11ee-a9c4-dfedd4af5ecc.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Michael Musson, chairman of WTRO: ‘DuPage County citizens are fortunate to have a State’s Attorney who is committed to ensuring our safety’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653663046-michael-musson-chairman-of-wtro-dupage-county-citizens-are-fortunate-to-have-a-state-s-attorney-who-is-committed-to-ensuring-our-safety

CHAMBANA SUN
— Champaign Designated as Certified Welcoming Place by Welcoming America (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more unwelcome that you will be: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Because Democrats and RINOs are ever-increasingly taking over, I feel ever-increasingly unwelcome in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://chambanasun.com/stories/653653341-champaign-designated-as-certified-welcoming-place-by-welcoming-america

FORD COUNTY REGISTER
— Busloads of migrants abandoned in Ford County? ‘It would be a disaster’ – Will Brumleve
https://www.fordcountychronicle.com/articles/featured/busloads-of-migrants-abandoned-in-ford-county-it-would-be-a-disaster/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago GOP Chair Stephen Boulton is Officially Removed from Primary Ballot for “Insufficient Number of Valid Signatures”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/chicago-gop-chair-stephen-boulton-is-officially-removed-from-primary-ballot-for-insufficient-number-of-valid-signatures.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Senate border deal would allow 5,000 illegal immigrants a day. Leaked details of deal spark revolt within GOP. – Ramsey Touchberry and Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the Republican Party is dominated RINOs, Democrat plants, Libertarian Plants, Green plants, and Independent plants who reject many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/13/senate-border-deal-would-allow-5000-illegal-immigr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois becomes abortion destination in Midwest – Gabrielle M. Etzel
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/2791606/illinois-becomes-abortion-destination-midwest/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 76) – Thaleigha Rampersad
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-76/

NEW YORK POST
— Federal authorities escalate war with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over access to migrant-packed park – Selim Algar
https://nypost.com/2024/01/12/news/feds-escalate-war-with-texas-gov-greg-abbott-over-access-to-migrant-packed-park/
— Migrants scour trash for food as they live out of buses in Chicago – Chris Nesi
https://nypost.com/2024/01/12/news/migrants-scour-trash-for-food-as-they-live-out-of-buses-in-chicago/
— Elon Musk is right about Alaska Airlines blowout — Boeing’s DEI push could literally kill people. – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/01/12/opinion/alaska-airlines-shows-elon-musk-is-right-boeing-dei-could-kill-people/
— Rand Paul wades into GOP primary race with ‘Never Nikki’ Haley initiative – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/01/12/news/rand-paul-wades-into-gop-primary-race-with-never-nikki-haley-initiative/

AMAC
— The Myth Of An Apolitical Military – Phillip Keuhlen and CAPT Brent Ramsey
https://amac.us/newsline/society/the-myth-of-an-apolitical-military/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Inside the Illegal Immigrant Situation at James Madison High School. State of the Union: America’s migrant problem is growing worse by the day. – Anastasia Kaliabakos (COMMENT: Sooner or later, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will destroy the students in your school district.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/migrants-at-james-madison/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— ‘How to invade America’ – packaged in living color, compliments of NGOs – J.M. Phelps
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/01/12/how-to-invade-america-packaged-in-living-color-compliments-of-ngos/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illinois’ Ethically Challenged Court. When state legislatures and local officials can strip people of their rights and force them to go through expensive and lengthy lawsuits to get those rights back, then freedom is at risk for everyone. – Dan Caulkins
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/13/illinois-ethically-challenged-court/
— Who’s Ready for Slavery Reparations? The far Left is pushing harder than ever for its latest terrible idea… and no one’s biting. – Hayden Ludwig (COMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Democrats and RINOs have always used AA and DEI to make Republicans who are the following pay reparations: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/12/whos-ready-for-slavery-reparations/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Small Town, USA learns the hard way that welcoming lawbreakers has negative consequences – Olivia Murray (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is shout your disrespect for that country and your disrespect for the rule of law.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/small_town_usa_learns_the_hard_way_that_welcoming_lawbreakers_has_negative_consequences.html

BLAZE
— ‘Proud RINO’ Adam Kinzinger says he would vote for Biden over Trump and hopes Nikki Haley wins New Hampshire GOP primary – ALEX NITZBERG
https://www.theblaze.com/news/adam-kinzinger-vote-biden-over-trump
— Texas seizes riverfront park in Eagle Pass to curb onslaught of illegal aliens – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/texas-seizes-riverfront-park-in-eagle-pass-to-curb-onslaught-of-illegal-aliens
— House Democrat uses racist arguments to justify mass immigration that a Republican would never use: ‘Vegetables would rot’ – CHRIS ENLOE (COMMENT: While I never picked vegetables, I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, deliver mail, work on an automobile assembly line, sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pump more gasoline, collect delinquent taxes, and audit federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and jobs that should have been given to illegals, to minorities, to females, to younger people, to veterans, and to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/jerry-nadler-migrants-vegetables-rot

BREITBART
— Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey Cutting Firefighter Funds, Offering College Financial Aid to Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/12/massachusetts-gov-maura-healey-cutting-firefighter-funds-offering-college-financial-aid-to-illegal-aliens/

DAILY CALLER
— Border Patrol Agents Quietly Support Texas’ Move To Seize Area Of Border – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/12/border-patrol-agents-quietly-support-texas-move-seize-area-border/
— Fmr Trump Advisor Stephen Miller Offers Solution To ‘Shut’ Border Crisis Down – HAILEY GOMEZ (COMMENT E-Verify should be required for all hiring and for just about everything else.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/12/stephen-miller-southern-border-crisis-solution/
— Alejandro Mayorkas Is Finally Getting A Taste Of Accountability – JENNY BETH MARTIN (COMMENT: Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. Bowsher escaped accountability. Because of Bowsher, GAO is just barely a shell of what it once was. Bowsher used Republican-led budget cuts to shrink the agency from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000. All the GAO employees who Bowsher got rid of were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or did not have a degree from an Ivy Leage university. I am all of the aforesaid. I should write a book about Bowsher. Bowsher made the following worthless: a) my three job-related master’s degrees (Loyola-business-1976, DePaul-accounting-1980, and IIT-finance-1997), b) my six job-related professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accountiong-1997), and c) my job-related professional license (accounting-1981).)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/12/opinion-alejandro-mayorkas-is-finally-getting-a-taste-of-accountability-jenny-beth-martin/

DAILY WIRE
— Texas National Guard Takes Control Of Border Park Amid Feud With Biden Over Border Crisis – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-national-guard-takes-control-of-border-park-amid-feud-with-biden-over-border-crisis
— AOC Pressed On NYC Placing Illegal Immigrants In High School: ‘Not In My District … Shouldn’t Be Long-Term Solution’ – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-brushes-off-question-about-nyc-placing-illegal-immigrants-in-high-school-its-not-in-my-district
— Democrat Jerry Nadler Slammed After Claiming ‘Many Illegal Immigrants’ Needed To Pick Vegetables (COMMENT: While I never picked vegetables, I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, deliver mail, work on an automobile assembly line, sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pump more gasoline, collect delinquent taxes, and audit federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and jobs that should have been given to illegals, to minorities, to females, to younger people, to veterans, and to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-jerry-nadler-slammed-after-claiming-many-illegal-immigrants-needed-to-pick-vegetables

FEDERALIST
— White Men Don’t Want To Join An Army That Tells Them They Aren’t Wanted – SHAWN FLEETWOOD (COMMENT: Are/were you not wanted? 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. They did not want me and they wrongly gambled/hoped that I would become a Democrat.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/12/white-men-dont-want-to-join-an-army-that-tells-them-they-arent-wanted/

FOX NEWS
— Mayor Eric Adams insists NYC migrant crisis has nothing to do with sanctuary city status
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344787375112
— Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler says we need ‘many illegal immigrants’ in the country to pick vegetables. Nadler said illegal immigrants are needed to keep vegetables from rotting. – Joe Schoffstall (COMMENT: While I never picked vegetables, I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, deliver mail, work on an automobile assembly line, sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pump more gasoline, collect delinquent taxes, and audit federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and jobs that should have been given to illegals, to minorities, to females, to younger people, to veterans, and to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-rep-jerry-nadler-says-we-need-many-illegal-immigrants-in-country-to-pick-vegetables
— Biden’s border crisis looks like the product of a military defeat – Stephen Miller (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrat Party soldiers include the following: illegals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, liberals, moderates, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, unmarried people, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who lack education and/or job skills, those who have severe financial, health, and/or other problems, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and criminals.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344788722112

HOT AIR
— Democrats: We Need Illegals to Do Menial Tasks – DAVID STROM (COMMENT: Will illegals stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/01/12/democrats-we-need-illegals-to-do-menial-tasks-n604608

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE data from 2023 shows there were only 142K deportations despite there being over 3.2 million KNOWN border encounters – Jenna Curren
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/deportations

MRC TV
— DHS Tells SCOTUS Border Patrol Forced to Bring Illegals into U.S. Under ‘Suboptimal Conditions’ Due to Texas Blockade – CRAIG BANNISTER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/dhs-tells-scotus-border-patrol-forced-bring-illegals-us-under-suboptimal
— Jerry Nadler: Vegetables Will Rot If Illegals Aren’t There to Pick Them Like Slaves – BRITTANY M. HUGHES (COMMENT: Will illegals stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/jerry-nadler-vegetables-will-rot-if-illegals-arent-there-pick-them-slaves

NEW AMERICAN
— Woke Military Can’t Get White Recruits but Won’t Blame DEI, Sex Perverts in the Foxhole – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/us/woke-military-cant-get-white-recruits-but-wont-blame-dei-sex-perverts-in-the-foxhole/

NEWSMAX
— Illinois Gov. Begs Texas to Stop Busing Migrants to State – Michael Katz
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/jb-pritzker-greg-abbott-texas/2024/01/12/id/1149412/
— Illegals are being prioritized over Americans – Lidia Curanaj
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzwAoGNTxlc

POST MILLENNIAL
— Texas National Guard deploys armed soldiers to block Biden’s border patrol ‘access to the river’ in Eagle Pass. “Governor Abbott is not harming Border Patrol operations, he is enhancing them.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/texas-national-guard-takes-control-of-eagle-pass-park-to-curb-illegal-immigration

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Here’s How to Help First Generation Students – Scott Feller (COMMENT: I was a first generation student. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. Consequently, I had to work to have money to buy cars (1958 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE) and to pay for college expenses (UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970). I should write a book about my critics/opponents whose parents had college degrees, who had lots of money, who bought their children cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc.)
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2024/01/11/heres_how_to_help_first_generation_students_1004487.html

TOWNHALL
— A Manifesto on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) – Jeff Utsch (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffutsch/2024/01/13/a-manifesto-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-n2633581
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Toe the line or face backlash. That, sadly, is the position in which “woke” companies, employees, universities and faculty now find themselves. It’s time to write those statements or pay a price. The statement must fall in line, too, in helping define what is acceptable within the limits of their ideological sphere. That sphere, unfortunately, is not very large. Acceptable statements must bow to how The Left wants its DEI initiatives interpreted. Look up any number of DEI statements from companies you know, and you will find much of the following: Diversity must mean diversity based on race, skin color, sexual identity, sexual preference, etc. Equity must mean equality of outcome, or something is inherently biased or oppressive. Inclusion must mean everyone is included that agrees with their ideological bent. Excluded are those holding different opinions; they are from the oppressive class, a term defined by them, of course).
— 16K Chinese Migrants Headed for U.S. Border, Detained – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/12/16k-chinese-migrants-headed-for-us-border-detained-n2633568
— A Country I Do Not Recognize – Jeff Davidson
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/01/13/a-country-i-do-not-recognize-n2633585

TURNING POINT USA
— Border Battle Escalates: Texas Blocks Federal Agents from Southern Border Control
https://www.tpusa.com/live/border-battle-escalates-texas-blocks-federal-agents-from-southern-border-control

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Texas starts stopping Biden from flooding America with illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-blocks-federal-border-agents-processing-migrants-eagle-pass-shelby-park/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Republican candidates stop at John Wayne’s birthplace in Iowa (COMMENT: Since 1971, when I was 21, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because I sought and got a financial hardship draft deferment. In my defense, John Wayne sought and got one too.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i26wfTeSE0I

MSN
— Wokeness blamed for White US army recruit decline over last five years (COMMENT: To promote wokeness/wokeism, is to promote hated against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wokeness-blamed-for-white-us-army-recruit-decline-over-last-five-years/ar-AA1mRyPX
— Outrage over Democrat-run Maine town’s luxury digs for migrants: Asylum seekers live rent-free in ‘palace’ apartments with balconies while hundreds of US-born homeless sleep rough – James Reinl
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/outrage-over-democrat-run-maine-town-s-luxury-digs-for-migrants-asylum-seekers-live-rent-free-in-palace-apartments-with-balconies-while-hundreds-of-us-born-homeless-sleep-rough/ar-AA1mSjR2

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago Warms New Migrants in Idling Buses as the Weather Turns Nasty – Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/us/chicago-migrants-shelter-weather.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI a) to get rid of Republicans and b) curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, unmarried, poor, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/business/dealbook/dei-goes-quiet.html
— DeSantis, Once a Darling of Conservative News Media, Now Rails Against It – Maggie Haberman (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for DeSantis’ problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/us/politics/desantis-conservative-media-criticism.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: For DeSantis, The Personal Stays Private – Nicholas Nehamas (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. Government is nasty/vicious. Democrats, Libertatians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs are nasty/vicious. Liberals and moderates are nasty/vicious. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have used Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article against me the most.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/us/politics/ron-desantis-campaign.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/health/marijuana-fda-dea.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Trump’s Hold on Rural America Is Key to His Resilience. Outsize support in places like Iowa’s Hancock County are helping propel the former president past legal woes and challengers. – John McCormick (COMMENT: What are your connections with rural America? During the 1950s and early 1960s, I spent lots of time at my grandparents’ farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-iowa-caucus-rural-voters-598fc324
— John Belushi Was Just Getting Started. What lingers is the energy, the libertine dazzle, the fool in motion. – Rich Cohen
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/john-belushi-was-just-getting-started-f229b18f

FORBES
— Virginia Foxx Accuses West Point Of Teaching Cadets Critical Race Theory’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QHgF_hhSiM

BUSINESS NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://biz.crast.net/9-lgbtq-entrepreneurs-and-ceos-paving-the-way-for-future-generations/

NEW YORKER
— Planned Parenthood Means Fewer Abortions – Michael Specter (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies? Why aren’t women who have them doing more to avoid them? Why aren’t men who cause them doing more to avoid them? Since the 1980s, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/planned-parenthood-means-fewer-abortions

January 10, 2024

By ever-increasingly demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who share Trump’s demographics, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly increase support for Trump from those who share his demographics. What demographics do you share with Trump? I share the following demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Better that voters reject Trumpism than judges do it for them. But Trump makes that case hard to argue.”

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorials-trump-supreme-court-14th-amendment-insurrection-ballot-20240110-pkrm3zdw5fhjjpkku54eg2onwi-story.html

— Migrants no cause for concern in Burr Ridge, mayor says – Jesse Wright (COMMENT: The less money that you have, the more that illegal immigration harms you. The more money that you have, the more that you benefit from cheap labor. Burr Ridge is a wealthy. SEE: https://propertyclub.nyc/article/richest-chicago-suburbs )

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/ct-dbr-migrants-not-a-concern-tl-0111-20240109-33uduubsrrg2neujf33bkntqgu-story.html

— Morton Grove, Park Ridge, Niles, Skokie, Lincolnwood making plans in case buses drop off migrants – Richard Requena

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-mgc-migrant-drop-off-tl-0111-20240109-v7cxtqaknvhj7knkpadqbtnk6u-story.html

— Trump plans to deliver a closing argument at his civil fraud trial – AP (COMMENT: I should write about my pro se lawsuit experiences that were caused by attorneys who filed lawsuits for me, but then dumped me when they concluded that the defendants would not settle. The court decision for one of those lawsuits is at https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html )

https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-trump-fraud-trial-20240110-xpn3nzx2ojal5g3wmrezivqufy-story.html

— Chicago leaders turn away from who is doing the killing in Black communities – Ephraim Lee:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-violence-offenders-race-20240110-dztvt3khqnbyrfhsbcn7phpw44-story.html

— Fireworks erupt at Harvey City Council meeting after residents being boarded up inside their apartments sparks outrage – Hank Sanders

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-harvey-city-council-meets-st-0110-20240109-kbl2acenojce7g6xlx7rlws2yq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— City must move quickly on bollards to curb crash-and-grabs in Streeterville. But the relatively widespread nature of the crimes means the city must also sit down with merchants in other neighborhoods to discuss installing bollards. – Editorial (COMMENT: Democrats want to outlaw guns to stop gun crimes. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will want to outlaw vehicles to stop vehicle crimes.)

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/9/24031481/robberies-crash-and-grabs-install-bollards-streeterville-gold-coast-ald-brian-hopkins-editorial

(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s pretty brazen as far as break-ins go: thieves ramming a vehicle into a retail storefront, then raiding the breached business for whatever merchandise can be taken. Such thefts have been happening too often lately to high-end clothing establishments, particularly those on North Michigan Avenue and the Gold Coast. A predawn crash-and-grab Monday at a Prada store, 30 E. Oak St., resulted in a gun battle that left a police officer shot in the leg and the alleged offender seriously wounded.)

— CPS reports thousands of computers missing — but rarely uses $3 million tracking system to find them. Some devices ultimately turned up but CPS’ inspector general blames the mess on a flawed system for recouping devices and tracking them. – Sarah Karp

https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/1/9/24030957/cps-computers-reported-lost-stolen-77000-laptops-chicago-public-schools

— Democrats ever-increasingly reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/10/24032193/claudine-gay-diversity-civil-rights-activism-harvard-jim-crow-voting-rights-marc-morial-urban-league

DAILY HERALD

— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE OF THE WHEATON TRAIN STATION: DuPage County says it has no authority to enact bus restrictions – Alicia Fabbre (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Chicago Democrats will dump their illegals in DuPage County. Will DuPage Country say that it has no authoruity to restrict that?)

https://www.dailyherald.com/20240109/news/dupage-county-says-it-has-no-authority-to-enact-bus-restrictions/

— Mundelein prohibits unscheduled migrant bus stops – Russell Lissau

https://www.dailyherald.com/20240108/news/mundelein-prohibits-unscheduled-migrant-bus-stops/

— Deer Park going after migrant transports – Russell Lissau

— Big Media’s Partisan Rush to Defend Ex-Harvard President – Debra J. Saunders

https://www.dailyherald.com/20240109/syndicated-columnists/big-medias-partisan-rush-to-defend-ex-harvard-president/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS

— Downtown office vacancy ended 2023 at another record high – Danny Ecker

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/downtown-office-vacancy-chicago-2023-record-high

ABC7

— Oak Lawn bans unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs as Burr Ridge takes different approach. Migrant arrivals get taste of true winter weather, as some try to help. – Sarah Schulte and Cate Cauguiran

https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-illinois-news-how-to-help/14302638/

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NBC5

— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/how-community-groups-helped-hundreds-of-migrants-bussed-in-from-texas/

— Oak Lawn to vote on migrant bus-regulating ordinance to prevent drop-offs. Oak Lawn joins a growing list of municipalities trying to take additional measures to address the migrant crisis. Back in December, the village also amended its hotel occupancy over concerns of extended stays for migrants. – Vi Nguyen

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/oak-lawn-to-vote-on-migrant-bus-regulating-ordinance-to-prevent-drop-offs/3322449/

CBS2

— Advocacy group’s mission to help Chicago migrants starts in storage unit across from Greyhound stop (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-community-for-displaced-immigrants-chicago-asylum-seekers/

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FOX32

— Bally’s Chicago casino closes out year $9.7M short of Lightfoot’s budget bet – Mitchell Armentrout

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ballys-chicago-casino-lori-lightfoot-budget

WTTW

— University of Chicago Terrorism Expert Says America a ‘Tinderbox’ in 2024 – Paul Caine (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.)

https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/09/uchicago-terrorism-expert-says-america-tinderbox-2024

— Policy Banning Chicago Police Officers From Joining Extremist Groups to Take Effect – Acacia Hernandez (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) the most as being extremist groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I would focus my critics/opponent who blame TAPROOT and ICRC leaders the most for the defeat that Jim Ryan suffered in 2002 and for the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since then.)

https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/09/spotlight-politics-policy-banning-chicago-police-officers-joining-extremist-groups-take

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER

— Since the 1960s, many trillions of dollars have been spent by Democrats and RINOs to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.

https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/history/2024/01/10/king-spoke-in-springfield-il-1965-and-speech-will-be-memorialized/72108208007/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE

— Divided DeKalb City Council OK’s ordinance targeting buses carrying migrants. City staff say DeKalb also has concocted a plan to provide food, housing, other needs to migrants if they do arrive. – Megann Horstead

https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2024/01/10/divided-dekalb-city-council-oks-ordinance-targeting-buses-carrying-migrants/

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK

— Brookfield limits migrant drop-offs. The actions come at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request. – Amina Sergazina

RECORDNORTH SHORE

— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.

25 NEWS NOW

— The author of a resolution that would prevent spending McLean County taxpayers’ money on migrants says his proposal is not anti-immigrant. Rather, it’s following the rule of law, said County Board Member Chuck Erickson, who’s also running in the March 19 Republican primary for the Illinois House seat in the 88th District. – Howard Packowitz

https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/01/10/gops-erickson-argues-banning-taxpayer-funds-migrants-is-not-anti-immigrant/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD

— Anticipate/expect that many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.

https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-suggests-unauthorized-migrants-will-vote-the-idea-stirs-his-base-but-ignores-reality/

— Trump plans to deliver a closing argument at his civil fraud trial – AP (COMMENT: I should write about my pro se lawsuit experiences that were caused by attorneys who filed lawsuits for me, but then dumped me when they concluded that the defendants would not settle. The court decision for one of those lawsuits is at https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html )

https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-plans-to-deliver-a-closing-argument-at-his-civil-fraud-trial-ap-sources-say/

— Chris Christie questions Nikki Haley’s ability and desire to beat Donald Trump – AP (COMMENT: Who has attacked you most viciously? I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and dupes attack me the most viciously since 2000 during DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition events and meetings.)

https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-chris-christie-questions-nikki-haleys-ability-and-desire-to-beat-donald-trump/

WAND TV

— Trump warns of ‘Pandora’s box’ of perpetual presidential prosecutions if charges against him stand. – AP

https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-warns-of-pandoras-box-of-perpetual-presidential-prosecutions-if-charges-against-him-stand/article_368e9112-e470-5404-923b-94bfc1b1353c.html

— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “A one-on-one debate between Haley and DeSantis could help decide the Republican alternative to Trump.” Who is the Democrat alternative to Biden?

https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/a-one-on-one-debate-between-haley-and-desantis-could-help-decide-the-republican-alternative/article_c7e38461-8b3c-5199-9e93-f81d59a88fc1.html

WTHI TV

— “They threw us to the wolves” new Illinois gun law’s impact on gun dealers – Ben Verbanic

https://www.wthitv.com/news/they-threw-us-to-the-wolves-new-illinois-gun-laws-impact-on-gun-dealers/article_87758c2c-ae74-11ee-85f1-5bbbde3b5826.html

— Abolish the IRS? How Republicans are keeping up attacks on the tax agency. – Katie Lobosco (COMMENT: I worked for IRS 1971-1980. I should write a book about those who have used that against me the most.)

https://www.wthitv.com/news/abolish-the-irs-how-republicans-are-keeping-up-attacks-on-the-tax-agency/article_877b79c9-ccfb-5868-ae63-d59cd652e91b.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congressional Republicans and some GOP presidential candidates are continuing to target the Internal Revenue Service – a longtime political punching bag – after Democrats bolstered the agency with billions in new funding meant to help modernize the nation’s tax collector. Most recently, Republican lawmakers secured a concession from Democrats to speed up a $20 billion cut, previously agreed to last June to avoid a US default. Rather than cut $10 billion this year and another $10 billion next year from the IRS, all $20 billion would be rescinded in 2024 under an agreement reached Sunday on 2024 top-line budget numbers. The deal is a key first step to avoid a looming, partial government shutdown, but plenty of work remains before lawmakers reach a broader deal on a final 2024 spending bill. Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy have suggested they would gut the IRS, along with some other federal agencies. Last week during a CNN town hall, DeSantis went as far as to say that he would eliminate the IRS and replace the nation’s tax code with one flat tax, which would require all taxpayers to pay the same federal tax rate.)

WMOI

— With thousands of migrants staking their claim in Illinois, State Senator Neil Anderson (R-Andalusia) is calling on Governor JB Pritzker and state and federal democrats to prioritize tax-paying residents who are legal U.S. Citizens. – Lynsey Whitaker

NPR ILLINOIS

— If Biden agrees to make immigration asylum and parole harder to obtain, what would that mean? (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration; Democrats because illegals vote for Democrats and RINOs because RINOs want cheap labor.)

https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-01-08/if-biden-agrees-to-make-immigration-asylum-and-parole-harder-to-obtain-what-would-that-mean

AXIOS

— Hundreds of migrants sleeping on buses as winter storms hit Chicago – Monica Eng

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/migrant-shelter-warming-buses-landing-zone

CAPITOL FAX

— Morning briefing

https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-209/

— Afternoon roundup

https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-12/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS

— It’s scary that in Chicago, robberies, looting, carjackings and retail theft is more and more normalized

— An Open Letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson on the forthcoming recommendations of his Pension Working Group

JOHN KASS

— Graceful Aging – Marie T. Sullivan

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER

— Rep. Miller Visits Open Southern Border

https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/653622179-rep-miller-visits-open-southern-border

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL

— I am 75. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination big time. Most commonly, age-discriminators do that to curry favor with younger people, and especially with younger people who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Most commonly, age-discriminators discriminate the most against older people who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, heterosexual, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those who are ever-increasingly taking more/bigger adverse actions against me as I get older.

https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653627215-senator-seth-lewis-launches-second-annual-valentines-for-seniors-card-drive

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES

— Senate Republicans seek federal penalties for road-blocking protesters – Valerie Richardson

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/9/senate-republicans-seek-federal-penalties-road-blo/

— Pro-Hamas protesters with signs and slogans can’t change facts – Rick Berman

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/9/pro-hamas-protesters-with-signs-and-slogans-cant-c/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

— Marxists hate the SATs because they predict a student’s future success – Tiana Lowe Doescher (COMMENT: Democrats hate tests because Democrats get lower scores on tests than Republicans do. That frustrates Democrat efforts to give preference to Democrats. My Democrat IRS superiors were beyond furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30. My Democrat coworkers either had not taken the examination or failed it. My Democrat GAO superiors were beyond furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. None of my Democrat GAO coworkers had the examination let alone passed it. Further, Democrats hate tests because those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, and especially those who are Black or Hispanic, get lower scores on tests than those who have demographics that vote for Republicans do.)

— DeSantis bashes ‘Biden border crisis’ in Florida address and avoids GOP rivals – Haisten Willis (COMMENT: RINO candidates and RINO elected officials avoid the illegal immigration crisis, that is, they reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform. They do that a) because they are Democrat, Libertarian, or Green plants or b) because they want to get money from RINO donors and votes from Hispanics.)

— Taking down statues was always about removing white people from history. – Christopher Tremoglie

NEW YORK POST

— DHS secretary admits over 85% of migrants are being allowed into US – Alex Oliveira

https://nypost.com/2024/01/09/news/dhs-secretary-admits-over-85-of-migrants-being-allowed-into-us-report/

— The elites who funded anti-Israel bridge and tunnel blockage ‘protest’ in NYC must be stopped! – Editorial

https://nypost.com/2024/01/09/opinion/stop-elites-paying-for-anti-israel-brooklyn-bridge-protest/

AMERICAN THINKER

— Mayorkas allegedly issued a not-so-veiled threat against House Members preparing to impeach – Olivia Murray

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/mayorkas_allegedly_issued_a_notsoveiled_threat_against_house_members_preparing_to_impeach.html

— NYC blames illegal immigrants for its crime problem – Michael A. Letts

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/nyc_blames_illegal_immigrants_for_its_crime_problem.html

— In New York, kids kicked out of their own school, forced into Zoom classes, all to house illegal migrants – Monica Showalter

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/in_new_york_kids_kicked_out_of_their_own_school_forced_into_zoom_classes_to_house_illegal_migrants.html

BREITBART

— New Yorkers Last: Mayor Eric Adams Forces Students into Virtual Classes So Migrants Can Stay in School Gym – JOHN BINDER

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/09/new-yorkers-last-mayor-eric-adams-forces-students-into-virtual-classes-so-migrants-can-stay-in-school-gym/

CBN

— A Breaking Point? Chicago Struggles to Serve a Flood of Migrants – PAUL PETITTE

https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/breaking-point-chicago-struggles-serve-flood-migrants

— ‘This Is Not Normal’: Tens Of Thousands Of Chinese Nationals Cross Border Illegally In Matter Of Months – Amanda Prestigiacomo

https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-not-normal-tens-of-thousands-of-chinese-nationals-cross-border-illegally-in-matter-of-months

COLLEGE FIX

— UMich now has more than 500 jobs dedicated to DEI, payroll costs exceed $30 million – JENNIFER KABBANY

DAILY FREEMAN

— Biden’s continued cynical use of race – Cal Thomas (COMMENT: Biden ever-increasingly does everything that he can to make Blacks hate Republicans.)

DAILY WIRE

— Shapiro Rips Dems Who Claim Opposition To Illegal Immigration Is Racist (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bogots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Becasuse of the aforesaid, Republicans are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)

https://www.dailywire.com/news/shapiro-rips-dems-who-claim-opposition-to-illegal-immigration-is-racist

— The Invisible Bogeyman Of ‘White Supremacy’ – Matt Walsh (COMMENT: What do you say to Whites like Biden who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites to curry favor with minorities?)

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-invisible-bogeyman-of-white-supremacy

FOX NEWS

— Texas hits major milestone for migrants sent to sanctuary cities despite liberal fury: ‘We will not back down’ Abbott began transporting migrants in April 2022 – Adam Shaw

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-hits-major-milestone-for-migrants-sent-to-sanctuary-cities-despite-liberal-fury-we-will-not-back-down

HOT AIR

— Illinois Gun Owners Still Refusing to Follow Registration Laws – JOHN BOCH (COMMENT: Democrat leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment. First comes registration of firearms, then exorbitant registration fees, and then confiscation.)

https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/01/09/illinois-gun-owners-still-refusing-to-follow-registration-laws-n603659

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now the governor, who has designs on the White House either in 2024 or maybe 2028 at the latest, looks weak and feckless. His gun control measure was supposed to be a big pillar of his presidential campaign. “Look, I passed a gun ban in Illinois. Elect me president, and I’ll pass one through Congress too.” Pritzker spent millions to lure the Democratic National Convention to Chicago this year. He wants to appear as a strong and effective state leader ready for the big time in Washington. Appearing feckless and impotent in the face of this gun ban no doubt causes him anger and frustration in private.)

LEGAL INSURRECTION

— Nikole Hannah-Jones Gloats After 1619 Project Documentary Wins an Emmy Award. “Live footage of me twirling on the haters.” – Mike LaChance (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly call Republicans haters and even worse things.)

https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/nikole-hannah-jones-gloats-after-1619-project-documentary-wins-an-emmy-award/

— Bill Ackman Frightening Leftists Because He’s Holding Universities Accountable. Woke activists are finally experiencing much needed accountability due to the action of outside forces. – Leslie Eastman

https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/glenn-reynolds-bill-ackman-frightening-leftists-because-hes-holding-universities-accountable/

— NYC Forcing Brooklyn Students to Go Remote as City Moves Nearly 2,000 Illegal Immigrants Into High School. “They are using a storm, a legitimate situation, where they are testing this out. I guarantee you they’ll be here for the entire summer.” – Mike LaChance

https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/nyc-forces-brooklyn-students-to-go-remote-as-city-moves-nearly-2000-illegal-immigrants-into-high-school/

NEW AMERICAN

— BlackRock Laying Off ESG Employees – Rebecca Terrell

https://thenewamerican.com/news/blackrock-laying-off-esg-employees/

NEWSBUSTERS

— Al Sharpton Says Biden Should Hype White Supremacy Fears for Political Reasons – P.J. Gladnick (COMMENT: What do you say to Whites like Biden who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites to curry favor with minorities?)

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2024/01/09/al-sharpton-says-biden-should-hype-white-supremacy-fears-political

POST MILLENNIAL

— Chicago mayor claims Greg Abbott’s bussing of illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities is an attack on ‘leaders of color’ “He is attacking democratically-run cities, and particularly cities that are being led by black leaders or leaders of color.” – Darian Douraghy

https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-mayor-claims-greg-abbotts-bussing-of-illegal-immigrants-to-sanctuary-cities-is-an-attack-on-leaders-of-color

TOWNHALL

— Chicago Mayor Johnson: Texas Governor Abbott Is a Racist, You Know – KAREN TOWNSEND

https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/01/10/chicago-mayor-johnson-texas-governor-abbott-is-a-racist-you-know-n603990

— Top Democrat Tells a Big Lie to Pin White Supremacy on Trump – Katie Pavlich

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2024/01/09/top-democrat-tells-a-big-lie-to-try-and-pin-white-supremacy-on-trump-n2633370

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEWSWEEK

— Video of Migrants Packed Into New York High School Goes Viral

https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-new-york-brooklyn-high-school-tent-shelter-evacuated-1859403

ASSOCIATED PRESS

— Anricipate/expect that many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Biden and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2024-01-09/trump-suggests-unauthorized-migrants-will-vote-the-idea-stirs-his-base-but-ignores-reality

— Trump plans to deliver a closing argument at his civil fraud trial – JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ (COMMENT: I should write about my pro se lawsuit experiences that were caused by attorneys who filed lawsuits for me, but then dumped me when they concluded that the defendants would not settle. The court decision for one of those lawsuits is at https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html )

https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/01/10/trump-plans-deliver-closing-argument-his-civil-fraud-trial-ap-sources-say/

— Iowa’s Christian conservatives follow their faith when voting, and some say it leads them to Trump – Michelle Price

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-evangelical-voters-trump-2024-22f81caeaec48f5206709d0c67df4be5

CBS NEWS

— Democrats say “Texas officials accused of thwarting help for bused migrants.”

Youtube video

— Ready to vote in 2024? Here are the dates for Republican and Democratic primaries and caucuses, presidential election – Aliza Chasan (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly send their illegals to use their false identifications to register to vote in those states, congressional districts, state house and senate districts, countries, townships, municipalities, and school districts where they can do the most damage.)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2024-calendar-dates-elections-caucuses-presidential-politics-democrats-republicans/

NEW YORK TIMES

— Why Iowa Turned So Red When Nearby States Went Blue – Jonathan Weisman (COMMENT: I should write a book about why DuPage County, its 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, its West District, and my precinct when Blue. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and Wheaton. I would focus on past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform, that is, who are the most anti-conservative, if not conservative-haters. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)

WASHINGTON POST

— Biden ever-increasingly does everything that he can to make Blacks hate Republicans.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/09/democracy-race-jan6-trump-biden/

DENVER GAZETTE

— Denver mayor tells agency heads to ready budget cuts to pay for $180M cost of immigrants. – Nicole C. Brambila (COMMENT: What budget cuts have/will your county, your township, your municipality, and your school disrrict made/make to provide illegals with housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.?)

https://denvergazette.com/news/denver-mayor-tells-agency-heads-to-ready-budget-cuts-to-pay-for-180m-cost-of/article_9b502fb2-af3d-11ee-812e-0752700c16a8.html

DESERET NEWS

— Haley chides Biden for political speech at church – Samuel Benson

https://www.deseret.com/2024/1/9/24031551/haley-biden-for-political-speech-at-church-iowa-evangelicals

AXIOS

— Democrat and RINO leaders crow that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/dei-executives-committment-backlash

KWQC

— Physical therapist shares tips to avoid injury while shoveling snow. May cause an increase in heart rate and blood pressure. – Wafaa Ezzat (COMMENT: I have an appointment with a physical therapist today. Yesterday, my orthopedic doctor ordered me to not shovel snow this winter because of my injured right shoulder/arm. If you have any suggestions on who I could hire to shovel snow at my Wheaton home this winter, please phone me at 630-653-0462 or email me at diersen@aol.com ASAP. Many newspapers are thrown on my driveway every morning that I then skim to help me put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together. They are: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, and New York Times (7 Days a week); Wall Street Journal (Mondays-Saturdays); USA TODAY (Mondays-Fridays); Naperville Sun (Wednesdays and Fridays); and Suburban Life (Thursdays). Two years ago today, ice on my driveway caused me to slip and fall when I retrieved those newspapers. That caused me to suffer a “brain bleed” and injuries that I will never recover from including loss of taste and smell. SEE: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14480-brain-bleed-hemorrhage-intracranial-hemorrhage )

https://www.kwqc.com/2024/01/10/physical-therapist-shares-tips-avoid-injury-while-shoveling-snow/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: As winter weather blankets our area, it’s important for property owners and tenants to ensure their sidewalks are clear of snow and ice. While area cities work to clear streets, alleys, and parking lots of snow and ice, it is the responsibility of property owners and tenants to clear their sidewalks and driveways of snow and ice, which can be a backbreaking chore. According to the CDC slips on ice and snow account for a million injuries each year. “If you’re somebody with a heart condition or an exercise intolerance that you can shuffle because that can the cardiac can definitely be involved there. From a physical therapy standpoint, though, we see shoulder injuries, knee injuries and then falls are a huge thing too. Once you get that first layer of snow shoveled off it tends to be really slippery underneath there,” said Jordan Gillund, Manager of Outpatient Physical Therapy, Genesis Health System. Gillund says that snow shoveling is pretty similar to a gym workout, so it’s important to prepare for it. This includes dressing properly, stretching and warming up your joints, pacing yourself, drinking plenty of water and taking breaks whenever you can. Despite the rush to clear snow before the plow comes, he says it’s important to recognize the toll it takes on the body. “A lot of times, we have people who are bending from the waist bending with their back and not from their knees when lifting, especially when it’s heavy snow, like it is today. We always tell people to keep your back straight, then with your knees. Smaller loads are better, always push the snow versus lifting it when you’re able to.” Gillund also recommends starting to shovel snow shortly after it falls when it’s lighter and fluffier, and make sure to have your phone with you and to always listen to your body. “If you’re somebody with a heart condition or an exercise intolerance that you can’t shovel because that can the cardiac can definitely be involved there. from a physical therapy standpoint, though, we see shoulder injuries, knee injuries and then falls are a huge thing too. once you get that first layer of snow shoveled off it tends to be really slippery underneath there.”)

January 9, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bumpy landing: Migrants — adults and children — languish in buses for days at city ‘landing zone’ The site at 800 S. Deplaines St. is holding more than 500 people. Many say they’re practically sleeping on top of each other, with little food and medical assistance. – Michael Loria

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/8/24030153/migrants-languish-buses-days-city-landing-zone

— CPS reports up to 77,000 computers lost or stolen in a year. Some devices ultimately turned up but CPS’ inspector general blames the mess on a flawed system for recouping devices and tracking them. – Sarah Karp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/1/9/24030957/cps-computers-reported-lost-stolen-77000-laptops-chicago-public-schools
— My Chicago high school paid for college. It’s a model for other community scholarship programs. Getting into college isn’t the hardest part of the journey, a North Lawndale College Prep graduate writes. Black students need more help figuring out how to pay for it. – Keanna Greer (COMMENT: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? Back in the good old days, the money to pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, for my new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and for my new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 came from what I earned working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/9/24024717/north-lawndale-college-prep-college-costs-scholarships-black-students-keanna-greer
— City, Gold Coast merchants should ‘expedite’ installing barriers to keep robbers’ cars off sidewalks, alderperson says. If nothing is done about robbers using cars to break into stores, “some of the retailers may give up on the area, and we can’t afford that,” Ald. Brian Hopkins said Monday. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/1/8/24030205/gold-coast-michigan-avenue-robberies-bollards-security-protection-prada-hopkins

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— U.S. Supreme Court declines to review Illinois high court ruling upholding gun ban – Jeremy Gorner and Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gun-ban-challenge-supreme-court-20240108-zg6pifoznrffta5trex2tbdbki-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOYO: Why selection of new Schaumburg Township assessor remains in limbo – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240108/news/why-selection-of-new-schaumburg-township-assessor-remains-in-limbo/

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to get Blacks to hate Republicans. I should write a book about the success/failure that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in getting my Black superiors, subordinates, coworkers, and subordinate to hate me. I should write a book about the success/failure that my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have had in getting Blacks in the aforesaid to hate me.
https://abc7chicago.com/joe-biden-mother-emanuel-church-charleston-south-carolina/14296200/

NBC5
— 3 former Chicago staffers allege firings followed complaints of mistreatment (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They did that because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They did that so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate which is exactly what they did. They did that to send a strong message to potential job applicants who share my demographics that GAO does not want you.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXrJGGnUFeU

CBS2
— Chicago uses warming buses for migrants for winter storm – Sabrina Franza, Marybel Gonzalez
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-migrants-winter-storm/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-to-use-warming-buses-for-migrants-during-impending-winter-storm/
— Migrant father, son stay on Chicago warming bus ahead of winter storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-arCsuwevR8
— Were people boarded up in their suburban Chicago (Harvey) apartments? – Shardaa Gray
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/people-boarded-up-harvey-apartments/

WGN9
— Migrant enrollment in CPS rises: A look at what it means for the students – Lourdes Duarte (COMMENT: Under anti-assimilation Democrat and RINO leaders, anticipate/expect that you will be ever-increasingly disadvantaged if you do not speak, read, and write Spanish. I am furious that during the 1800s, some German immigrants tried to get America to speak German. My ancestors were slow to drop German. Consequently, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma and my mother never attended high school.)
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/migrant-enrollment-in-cps-rises-a-look-at-what-it-means-for-the-students/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the last year, thousands of newly arrived migrant students have enrolled at Chicago Public Schools. Students and school administrators have had to adjust to the sudden changes adding bilingual teachers and resources to help students with their new surroundings. Barbara Quijada is an 8th grader at Ogden International’s Jenner Academy who arrived from Venezuela in July. That school has enrolled an estimated 80 new migrant students this year. Barbara is considered a role model for many of her newly arrived classmates. Not only is she thriving academically but was recently selected to do the school announcements in Spanish. William Calderon is Barbara’s teacher. “She wanted to be part of a community,” he said. “She had that special thing that when you see someone you know.” The 13-year-old spent at least a month sleeping outside the Near North police station while attending school. The family of one of her classmates decided to welcome her into their home until her parents find permanent shelter. It’s estimated that 20 percent of the nearly 30,000 migrant arrivals are children and hundreds are enrolled in Chicago Public Schools across the city. WGN Investigates found that as of September – the English Learners program at CPS increased by 11 percent – up from just over 72,000 in the 2022-23 school year to nearly 80,000 this year.
— Migrant Buses Arriving in Chicago and Suburbs as Leaders Look to DC for Help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXVIPaZN-LU
— Concerns rise for migrant safety as severe weather approaches Chicagoland – Julian Crews, Peter Curi
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/concerns-rise-for-migrant-safety-as-severe-weather-approaches-chicagoland/

FOX 32
— New Lenox seeks to restrict unscheduled buses amid migrant surge
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-lenox-unscheduled-buses-migrant-surge

WTTW
— Illinois Joins States Considering Challenges to Donald Trump’s Candidacy on Insurrection Grounds – Andrea Guthmann
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/08/illinois-joins-states-considering-challenges-donald-trump-s-candidacy-insurrection
— US Supreme Court Takes a Pass on Latest Challenge to Illinois Assault Weapons Ban – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/08/us-supreme-court-takes-pass-latest-challenge-illinois-assault-weapons-ban
— $23 Million in Missing Devices, Criminal Charges and Sexual Abuse Investigations Detailed in CPS Watchdog’s Annual Report – Matt Masterson
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/09/23-million-missing-devices-criminal-charges-and-sexual-abuse-investigations-detailed-cps

WBEZ
— Chicago spent less to care for migrants than expected last year. Does that tell the full story? The city’s 2024 budget puts aside $150 million to care for asylum seekers transported here from southern border states.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-spent-less-to-care-for-migrants-than-expected-last-year-does-that-tell-the-full-story/e20eda53-19f0-4ca9-bfc5-bb5c0ae0e4d9
— A Chicago-area family lied to get their children into a top CPS school, inspector general finds. The parents owned several properties in Chicago and used those addresses in enrollment materials to lie about where they lived, the CPS IG said. – Nader Issa
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-area-family-lied-to-get-into-selective-cps-schools/129888fb-8dfa-4871-9499-ba708280b7c0

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Durbin: Texas governor ‘has chosen cruelty and chaos’ for migrants bussed to Illinois (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more illegal immigration and b) blame Republicans for the horrific problems that it causes.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/durbin-texas-governor-has-chosen-cruelty-and-chaos-for-migrants-bussed-to-illinois/video_40086f5d-773e-5bb4-9508-26e7f7598870.html

SOUNTHERN & WPSD & WAND TV & WBBJ TV & WFVS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion and LGBTQ.
https://thesouthern.com/planned-parenthood-of-illinois-hosts-ribbon-cutting-for-carbondale-clinic/article_37803209-5a99-58d9-ae41-cb95fbe11eda.html
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/planned-parenthood-of-illinois-hosts-ribbon-cutting-in-hopes-to-fill-the-sexual-health-gaps/article_8e289c0c-ae84-11ee-8ed0-63d0fa70cb6a.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/carbondale-planned-parenthood-clinic-expands-reproductive-gender-affirming-healthcare/article_555f1766-ae7a-11ee-9b97-d3c1eeebb11b.html
https://www.wbbjtv.com/2024/01/08/health-center-opens-in-southern-illinois-with-tennesseans-in-mind/
https://www.kfvs12.com/2024/01/09/planned-parenthood-officially-opens-new-location-southern-ill/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Congress has the power to grant Trump amnesty so he is eligible for primary ballots
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-08/congress-has-the-power-to-grant-trump-amnesty-so-he-is-eligible-for-primary-ballots

FOX ILLINOIS
— Mexican president demands work visas, $20B in US aid to help curb illegal immigration – RAY LEWIS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/mexican-president-demands-work-visas-20b-in-us-aid-to-help-curb-illegal-immigration-reports-say-joe-biden-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-migrant-crisis-southern-border
— Biden lauds 2020 BLM riots as ‘historic movement for justice’ during Monday speech – JACKSON WALKER (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use BLM to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-lauds-2020-blm-riots-as-historic-movement-for-justice-during-monday-speech-mother-emanuel-ame-church-in-charleston-sc-black-lives-matter-george-floyd-summer-of-love-politics-trump-president-white-house-2024-race

WAND TV
— U.S. Supreme Court denies request to review IL Supreme Court’s decision on weapons ban law
https://www.wandtv.com/news/u-s-supreme-court-denies-request-to-review-il-supreme-courts-decision-on-weapons-ban/article_0f4425e2-ae65-11ee-9366-035e2783c96d.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use mass shootings to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/biden-condemns-white-supremacy-in-a-campaign-speech-at-a-church-where-black-people-were/article_51064c27-e371-5726-b3e5-cc53f6230f4a.html

CITIES 92.9
— State Rep. Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbville, visits southern U.S. border amid migrant crisis – Andrew Hensel
https://www.cities929.com/2024/01/08/illinois-legislator-visits-southern-u-s-border-amid-migrant-crisis/

CHALKBEAT
— Inspector General urges overhaul of Chicago Public Schools’ ‘flawed’ tracking system for tech devices – Reema Amin
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2024/01/09/chicago-public-schools-inspector-general-finds-waste-fraud/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-11/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— SCOTUS denies Caulkins’ Second Amendment, conflict of interest case – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a09b5ea4-ae6d-11ee-968a-8fe583f2be38.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Johnson: Texas Governor is sending illegals to Chicago because he is black
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653575088-johnson-texas-governor-is-sending-illegals-to-chicago-because-he-is-black

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State Rep. La Ha: ‘People are leaving Illinois in droves to escape high taxes and out-of-touch public policies’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653575085-state-rep-la-ha-people-are-leaving-illinois-in-droves-to-escape-high-taxes-and-out-of-touch-public-policies

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— In the 2021-22 school year, 91.2% of Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U students failed the Math portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness test. (COMMENT: How has your high school faired since you graduated? I graduated from Crete-Monee in 1966. Even though I was not viewed as being “college material,” my outstanding teachers enabled me get an ACT score of 24 and graduate in the upper 20% of my class. But sadly, since then, relatively few of my 1966 classmates earned bachelor’s degrees and even fewer earned master’s degrees, professional certifications, and professional licenses like I did.)
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/650298975-in-the-2021-22-school-year-91-2-of-crete-monee-community-unit-school-district-201-u-students-failed-the-math-portion-of-the-iar

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois tax rates out-of-sync with those in neighboring states, most of the nation – Nick Binotti and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/its-amazing-to-see-just-how-much-illinois-taxes-are-out-of-sync-with-most-of-the-nation-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— From Local to Legendary: Trump’s Share Catapults Illinois Review to National Spotlight
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/from-local-to-legendary-trumps-share-catapults-illinois-review-to-national-spotlight.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 46,400 EXTRA ILLINOISANS FOUND, BUT 364,443 OTHERS MOVED AWAY – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/46400-extra-illinoisans-found-but-364443-others-moved-away/
— CHICAGO VIOLENT CRIME UP AGAIN, AS CITY CUTS POLICE OFFICERS – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-chicago-violent-crime-up-again-as-city-cuts-police-officers/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservatives fume over Speaker Johnson’s spending deal with Democrats – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/8/conservatives-fume-over-speaker-mike-johnsons-spen/
— America for sale: Biden goes full Hitler – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/8/america-for-sale-biden-goes-full-hitler/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Johnson administration fires Lightfoot holdovers in Chicago who complained about mistreatment – Barnini Chakraborty (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They did that because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They did that so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate which is exactly what they did. They did that to send a strong message to potential job applicants who share my demographics that GAO does not want you.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2789733/johnson-administration-fires-lightfoot-holdovers/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— The ruse is up on ‘secure border’ but will GOP really impeach Mayorkas? – Chad Groening, Billy Davis
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/01/08/the-ruse-is-up-on-secure-border-but-will-gop-really-impeach-mayorkas/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mexico raises its price to Biden for halting the migrant flow – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and other foreign countries have declared war on America.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/mexico_raises_its_price_to_biden_for_halting_the_migrant_flow.html
— After Gay, media trots out ‘experts’ to dismantle meritocracy – Jack Hellner (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/after_gay_media_trots_out_experts_to_dismantle_meritocracy.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— Mexico asks for the moon when Team Biden comes groveling for help on the border – Melissa Fine (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and other foreign countries have declared war on America.)
https://americanwirenews.com/mexico-asks-for-the-moon-when-team-biden-comes-groveling-for-help-on-the-border/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Liz Cheney proclaims DeSantis ‘unfit for office’ for J6 comments. What is wrong with this woman? – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/08/liz-cheney-proclaims-desantis-unfit-for-office-for-j6-comments-what-is-wrong-with-this-woman-1425744/
— Illegal immigrants storm Manhattan Bloomingdale’s, brazenly grab for over $5K in designer sunglasses – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/08/illegal-immigrants-storm-manhattan-bloomingdales-brazenly-grab-for-over-5k-in-designer-sunglasses-1425858/

BLAZE
— Denver mayor says conservative CEOs ask him every day why they can’t hire illegal immigrants – ANDREW CHAPADOS (COMMENT: TINO leaders want cheap labor.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/denver-mayor-ceos-work-permits
— Billionaire grad Bill Ackman excoriates Harvard, effectively leaves Democratic Party over DEI nonsense – CORTNEY WEIL
https://www.theblaze.com/news/billionaire-grad-bill-ackman-excoriates-harvard-effectively-leaves-democratic-party-over-dei-nonsense

BREITBART
— 65% of Likely Voters Accurately See ‘Invasion’ at Southern Border – JOHN NOLTE (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and other foreign countries have declared war on America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/08/nolte-65-likely-voters-accurately-see-invasion-southern-border/
— DHS Chief Mayorkas’s Border Fix: Bus More Illegal Aliens into U.S. Towns – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/08/dhs-chief-mayorkas-border-fix-bus-more-migrants-u-s/

CENTER SQUARE
— U.S. mayors say they will take on migrants, but want five times more federal funding – Tom Gantert (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and other foreign countries have declared war on America.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f6992e14-ae5c-11ee-859d-37498000b53a.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Trans professor with ‘be gay, do crimes’ tattoo appointed to WHO taskforce – MICAIAH BILGER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trans-professor-with-be-gay-do-crimes-tattoo-appointed-to-who-taskforce/

DAILY CALLER
— Alejandro Mayorkas Blames Mexico For December’s Record-High Illegal Immigration Surge – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/08/alejandro-mayorkas-blames-mexico-for-decembers-record-high-illegal-immigration-surge/
— Corporations Are Quietly Walking Back Their Diversity Policies – JASON COHEN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/08/corporations-are-quietly-walking-back-their-diversity-policies/
— Biden Lectures Israel On War While Showering Ukraine With Aid – SHOSHANA BRYEN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/08/opinion-biden-lectures-israel-on-war-while-showering-ukraine-with-aid-shoshana-bryen/

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Can’t Admit The Border Crisis Is Spiraling Out Of Control – JOHN DANIEL DAVIDSON
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/08/democrats-cant-admit-the-border-crisis-is-spiraling-out-of-control/

FOX NEWS
— Mayor Johnson argues Gov. Abbott is intentionally ‘attacking’ ‘leaders of color’ by bussing migrants. Johnson argued that sending immigrants ‘particularly’ to cities overseen by ‘leaders-of color’ is ‘unconscionable’ – Alexander Hall
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mayor-johnson-argues-gov-abbott-attacking-leaders-color-bussing-migrants
— Mayorkas tells Border Patrol agents that ‘above 85%’ of illegal immigrants released into US. There were over 300,000 migrant encounters in December alone. – Adam Shaw, Bill Melugin, Griff Jenkins
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-tells-border-patrol-agents-illegal-immigrants-released-into-us-sources
— A coalition of states call on the Supreme Court to recognize parents’ rights regarding transgender policies. 17 states call on the Supreme Court to overturn ruling in favor of parental rights. – Kendall Tietz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/coalition-states-supreme-court-recognize-parents-rights-transgender-policies
— Mexican president demands $20B, work permits for 10M Hispanics in exchange for immigration help. Mexico says the US must end the Cuba blockade and cut Venezuela sanctions. – Anders Hagstrom
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mexican-president-demands-20-billion-work-permits-10-million-hispanics-exchange-immigration-help

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Maryland School District Amassed Exorbitant Legal Fees Defending Mandatory LGBTQ Curriculum – HALEY STRACK (COMMENT: How much money is your school district spending to promote LGBTQ, that is, make students sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/maryland-school-district-amassed-exorbitant-legal-fees-defending-mandatory-lgbtq-curriculum/

NEWSMAX
— N.Y. Mayor Adams’ Illegals Debacle Helps GOP – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/erica-dams-migrants-democrats/2024/01/08/id/1148734/
— ‘The migrant crisis has nothing to do with asylum seekers’ – Rob Schmitt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHNyGYEWxmw

POST MILLENNIAL
— Mexico demands Biden give amnesty to 10 MILLION illegal immigrants in exchange for help with border crisis. A record-high of 300,000 illegal immigrants were processed by Customs and Border Protection in December. – Darian Douraghy (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and other foreign countries have declared war on America.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/mexico-demands-biden-give-amnesty-to-10-million-illegal-immigrants-in-exchange-for-help-with-border-crisis
— AOC says fix for border crisis is giving legal status to illegal immigrants. “Now you can fix that by trying to build a wall,” Ocasio-Cortez said, “or you can fix that by trying to document people.” – Thomas Stevenson (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and other foreign countries have declared war on America.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/aoc-says-fix-for-border-crisis-is-giving-legal-status-to-illegal-immigrants
— US companies spent $8 billion on DEI initiatives in 2020 – Thomas Stevenson (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-companies-spent-8-billion-on-dei-initiatives-in-2020-report

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— The Economics of Modern Affirmative Action Beneficiaries – Robert Cherry (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on how wealthy their parents are/were.)
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2024/01/09/the_economics_of_modern_affirmative_action_beneficiaries_1003596.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Critiques of Claudine Gay noted her thin publication record that enabled her to gain tenure at Stanford and then Harvard. They only lightly touch on her ability to gain admittance to Harvard’s undergraduate program: Her wealthy black immigrant parents and enrollment at an elite prep school (Exeter). This background had become increasingly commonplace at Ivy League universities, especially Harvard. U.S. affirmative action policies did not make distinctions within the black population. As a result, descendants of twentieth-century black immigrants were the major beneficiaries of affirmative action at the most elite universities. Highly selective colleges increasingly have admitted the sons and daughters of voluntary black immigrants to the U.S., rather than descendants of enslaved blacks forcibly brought to America’s shores; and a disproportionate share, like Gay, attended elite private prep schools. As a result, black students from immigrant families comprise over 40 percent of the Ivy League black student population even though they are only 10 percent of the U.S. black population.)

TOWNHALL
— Why 2024 Will Be the Year of the Illegal Alien – William Davis (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and other foreign countries have declared war on America.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2024/01/09/why-2024-will-be-the-year-of-the-illegal-alien-n2633335
— Biden’s Malarkey-Filled Speech in Charleston Did Not Go Well – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/01/08/bidens-speech-in-charleston-did-not-go-well-n2633331

WESTERN JOURNAL
— WHO Appoints Trans Activist Who Advocates Puberty Blockers for All Kids to Gender Guidelines Group – Allison Anton
https://www.westernjournal.com/appoints-trans-activist-advocates-puberty-blockers-kids-gender-guidelines-group/
— If the US Wants to Stop Mass Shootings, It Should Follow Israel’s Lead
https://www.westernjournal.com/us-wants-stop-mass-shootings-follow-israels-lead/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump super PAC hits Haley in new ad for being ‘too liberal’ on border – ELIZABETH CRISP
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4395016-trump-super-pac-hits-haley-border/

CBS NEW YORK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more illegal immigration and b) blame Republicans for the horrific problems that it causes.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/asylum-seeker-families-set-to-be-evicted-from-nyc-shelters/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/rally-planned-monday-against-nycs-plan-to-evict-families-of-asylum-seekers-from-shelters/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/some-asylum-seekers-will-need-to-re-apply-for-housing-on-tuesday/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuNaNk5UVVo

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Video of 73-year-old boarded up inside his apartment (IN HARVEY) sparks investigation
https://apnews.com/article/illinois-low-income-apartments-boarded-up-ff376b041f7800e85b802902cf9a617b

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more illegal immigration and b) blame Republicans for the horrific problems that it causes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/nyregion/asylum-application-mix-up-backlog.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A plurality of Americans think recent immigrants will hurt U.S. society – Philip Bump (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and other foreign countries have declared war on America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/08/immigration-border-biden/
— I am a not-for-profit political and government news aggregator. What do you say to those website operators who paywall me even though I drive lots of traffic to their websites? What do you say to those website operators who paywall me, but use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and my www.gopillinois.com website for their “opposition research?” I should write a book about the aforesaid website operators.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/11/chatgpt-may-increase-spam-why-not-try-a-paywall-for-your-email/06005e7c-c01a-11ed-9350-7c5fccd598ad_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more illegal immigration and b) blame Republicans for the horrific problems that it causes.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/09/family-trouble-migrant-family-evictions-wont-fix-things/

GBH NEWS
— Reparations for racism and slavery is the focus of the new film “The Cost of Inheritance” (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I could focus on how much they have a) benefited from slavery and b) benefitted from promoting Affirmative Action, Diversity, DEI, and/or reparations.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyiNLDL60L8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Lotte Lieb Dula discovered her family had once enslaved people and that her grandmother had been part of the Ku Klux Klan she no longer felt comfortable existing in what she calls a ‘white bubble.’ Instead she began taking steps to make repairs for the role her family played in the racial disparities that still divide white and Black Americans. Her story is featured in a new WORLD channel documentary called “The Cost of Inheritance: An America ReFramed Special.” Lieb Dula, founder of Reparations 4 Slavery and the film’s director Yoruba Richen join GBH News’ Liz Neisloss. The film kicks off a year-long look at the issue of reparations here at GBH.)
GBH News will launch a podcast in February of 2024 about reparations – called “What Is Owed?”

NEW YORK TIMES & LOS ANGELES TIMES & REUTERS & YAHOO & AP & VOA & CBS NEWS & ABC NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES & MSNBC & USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to get Blacks to hate Republicans. I should write a book about the success/failure that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my Black superiors, subordinates, coworkers, and subordinate to hate me. I should write a book about the success/failure that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have had in getting Blacks in the aforesaid to hate me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/us/politics/biden-campaign-south-carolina.html
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-01-08/biden-white-supremacy-speech-south-carolina-mother-emanuel-ame
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-brings-24-pitch-south-carolina-campaign-scrutinized-2024-01-08/
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW080809012024RP1/
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-criticizes-poison-white-supremacy-012709458.html
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-slams-white-supremacy-charleston-061838147.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coY9JER1-w0
https://news.yahoo.com/church-targeted-racist-mass-shooting-192507256.html
https://apnews.com/article/biden-trump-2024-election-jan-6-3e40b3732036a237a5a8af45b7ad6a6b
https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-describes-white-supremacy-as-poison-in-pitch-to-black-voters/7432101.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-visits-emanuel-ame-south-carolina-election-speech/
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speak-site-white-supremacist-murders-claim-trump/story?id=106192125
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/us/politics/biden-campaign-south-carolina.html
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/biden-denounces-poison-of-white-supremacy-at-mother-emanuel-ame-church-201543237888
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/-white-supremacy-has-no-place-in-america-biden-visits-south-carolina-church-visited-by-hate-201562693530
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/08/biden-charleston-mother-emanuel-church-speech/72146489007/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat Mayor Sparks Uproar for Saying Migrants ‘Aren’t Welcome’ – Andrew Stanton
https://www.newsweek.com/sam-joshi-migrants-not-welcome-mayor-edison-new-jersey-1858654

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Many Retirees Depend Soley on Social Security – Veronica Dagher and Anne Tergesen (COMMENT: I paid into Social Security for 10+ years during the 1960s and 1970s. But my Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. Starting this year, my Social Security is not even enough to pay my Medicare. I had to write a check to cover the $320.40 shortfall for 2024.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement-only-social-security-benefits-america-a3a706e0

FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Haley.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellydittmar/2024/01/08/the-history-haley-could-make/?sh=2faa36215db0
— 325 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested: Rush Hour Bridges, Tunnel Blocked – Brian Bushard
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/01/08/new-york-protesters-arrested-pro-palestinian-sit-ins-briefly-close-brooklyn-bridge-and-holland-tunnel/?sh=6cebb1503519

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://hbr.org/2024/01/3-ways-to-embed-dei-into-your-companys-ai-strategy

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Nearly Two-Thirds See ‘Invasion’ at U.S.-Mexico Border (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico and other foreign countries have declared war on America.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/nearly_two_thirds_see_invasion_at_u_s_mexico_border

January 7, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Pro-Palestinian protest causes DuSable Lake Shore Drive closures on North Side
https://abc7chicago.com/palestinian-protest-chicago-lake-shore-drive-traffic-today/14288408/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UqoC6oqREM
— Harvey apartments boarded up amid concerns over unfit living conditions, ongoing crime. Some residents say they were inside their homes when units were boarded up. – Tre Ward
https://abc7chicago.com/harvey-illinois-apartments-boarded-up-crime-news/14289402/
— It may be a long time, if ever, before everyone involved in Jan. 6 is punished. Here’s why. – CNN (COMMENT: Everyone who did anything illegal that day had to know that Democrats would use what they did to destroy Trump.)
https://abc7chicago.com/capitol-attack-january-6-charges-the-white-house/14288646/

FOX32
— Pro-Palestine protest temporarily shuts down DuSable Lake Shore Drive
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pro-palestine-protest-temporarily-shuts-down-dusable-lake-shore-drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HcwgQq6frM

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise illegals and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrants-train-glen-ellyn-20240107-xyx6s7mbqrfa5jshwtlpoxuiha-story.html
— On Jan. 6 many Republicans blamed Trump for the Capitol riot. Now they endorse his presidential bid. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-aud-nw-capitol-riot-anniversary-20240106-cmc4wasgzzgjhn2326n6zqxm2u-story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of 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://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-harvard-claudine-gay-dei-christopher-rufo-reverse-bias-page-20240107-xsgk3epianhm7cuhv27e54hcom-story.html
— US Supreme Court should keep our sorry state in mind as it considers public corruption case – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-comed-four-madigan-burke-supreme-court-corruption-20240107-w3wdsnwgnvegph44s6qttt7xum-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/5/24016739/dawoud-bey-elegy-photographer-columbia-college-chicago-slavery-stony-the-road

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: What suburban communities are doing as buses carrying asylum-seekers stop in their towns – Alicia Fabbre (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that soon, Pritzker will force Illinois counties, townships, and municipalities to provide illegals with housing, food, clothes, health care, transportation, education, etc. Anticipate/expect that initially he will send counties, townships, and municipalities lots of tax dollars to pay for that.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240106/news/migrant-influx-what-suburban-communities-are-doing-as-buses-carrying-asylum-seekers-stop-in-their-t/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans discriminate against minority girls and that because of that, they need more and more and more preference to succeed.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240105/news/mental-health-needs-of-black-and-hispanic-girls-often-go-unmet-this-waukegan-group-wraps-them-in-su/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Does the objection to Trump on the Illinois primary ballot have a chance? What we know. – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/07/illinois-state-board-of-elections-to-decide-trumps-ballot-eligibility/72112827007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Supporters of the former president like U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Oakland, said the objection was politically-motivated with Trump as the overwhelmingly leading GOP candidate. She also is a Trump GOP convention delegate. “They know Trump will defeat Biden in a free & fair election,” Miller posted on X, formerly Twitter. “Democrats are embracing banana republic tactics by trying to jail their political opponents and throw them off the ballot.” . . . Matt Dietrich, ISBOE spokesperson, said the state election authority’s process will begin on Jan. 17 with the selection of a hearing officer who will meet with both parties to discuss their case. That officer will then report their findings with ISBOE’s general counsel, later providing a recommendation to its bipartisan, eight-member electoral board on Jan. 30. A majority vote is required for the objection to move forward. In the case of a tie, the objection is dropped. Objectors and the candidate, however, can seek judicial review, meaning any legal challenges likely would be ongoing when early voting starts on Feb. 8. The Illinois Supreme Court, holding a 5-2 Democratic majority, could be a favorable venue for the objectors.)

WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly use mass shootings to further diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.wsiltv.com/video/number-of-mass-shootings-revealed-by-gun-violence-archive/video_68da3c50-09a1-5700-a6e7-8ae016d92782.html

WESTERN SPRINGS PATCH
— No Migrant Restrictions In Western Springs. The village aims to treat people with dignity and respect, the village president said. – David Giuliani (COMMENT: Who has not treated you with dignity and respect? I should write a book about my critics/opponents who look down on me the most. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/no-migrant-restrictions-western-springs

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Continues to Rule Without Legislative Input
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/06/pritzker-continues-to-rule-without-legislative-input/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The whereases include: nearly 30,000 migrants seeking asylum have been sent from Texas to Illinois; over 125,000 refugees have come to Chicago from over sixty countries since 1975; they have made “a very long and difficult journey from their homes”; all counties have been declared a disaster area every month since September 2022)

WEST COOK NEWS
— Western Springs Village President: Illegals are welcome…. so long as they get on the train and leave
https://westcooknews.com/stories/653531539-western-springs-village-president-illegals-are-welcome-so-long-as-they-get-on-the-train-and-leave

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor continues fight against police arbitration
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653522816-chicago-mayor-continues-fight-against-police-arbitration

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— CalendarGate and Best Analysis Why It’s Important to Conservatives  Catalina Lauf one of the ten who modeled for Conservative Dad’s “Real Women of America 2024″ Calendar with 10% of proceeds going to Riley Gaines Center
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/06/calendargate/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Americans will rally around constitution,’ confident in upcoming election process – Mike Pence (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that the Democrats who run America will have their many millions of illegals use their false identifications to vote for Biden.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/6/mike-pence-americans-will-rally-around-constitutio/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker issues 18th 30-day migrant disaster proclamation – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pritzker-issues-18th-30-day-migrant-disaster-proclamation
— Gaza war protest in Chicago blocks traffic on Lake Shore Drive – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gaza-protest-chicago-blocks-lake-shore-drive
— DeSantis qualifies for GOP primary ballot in 36 states and territories – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/desantis-ballot-access-illinois-nevada

NEW YORK POST
— Migrants’ pricey cars towed outside controversial NYC shelter in same area where they begged door to door. Carl Campanile, Rich Calder and Georgett Roberts
https://nypost.com/2024/01/06/metro/at-least-five-unregistered-vehicles-used-by-migrants-parked-outside-floyd-bennet-field-shelter-towed/
— Melee breaks out after someone cuts line outside East Village migrant center. Georgia Worrell, Dean Balsamini and Rich Calder
https://nypost.com/2024/01/06/metro/melee-breaks-out-outside-east-village-migrant-center/
— Joe Biden’s ‘January 6th’ speech is nothing more than a rant against Donald Trump – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2024/01/06/opinion/joe-bidens-january-6th-speech-is-nothing-more-than-a-rant-against-donald-trump/

AMERICAN THINKER
— President Trump secured peace and earned respect for America, then Joe Biden came in with a steamroller – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/president_trump_secured_peace_and_earned_respect_for_america_then_joe_biden_came_in_with_a_steamroller.html
— Can You Be Counted On? 2024 is not only going to be a tumultuous year but also a year when the wheat is separated from the chaff. Each of us will be tested, and each of us will be given the opportunity to prove our mettle. – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/can_you_be_counted_on.html
— ‘Gloves off’ Biden? What do the polls say? – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/gloves_off_biden_what_do_the_polls_say.html
— Higher Education: DEI and Cargo Cultism – Clarice Feldman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/higher_education_dei_and_cargo_cultism.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chris Rufo compiles ‘manifesto’ detailing how the right take control of higher education back from leftists – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/06/chris-rufo-compiles-manifesto-detailing-how-the-right-take-control-of-higher-education-back-from-leftists-1425423/

BREITBART
— 30K Migrants Apprehended in Arizona Border Sector in Last Two Weeks – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/01/06/30k-migrants-apprehended-in-arizona-border-sector-in-last-two-weeks/
— Migrant Activists Warn Shelters Are Past Capacity from Texas to LA to Chicago and New York – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/06/migrant-activists-warn-shelters-are-past-capacity-from-texas-to-la-to-chicago-new-york/
— Liberal Globalists Rallying Around Their ‘Chosen Candidate,’ Nikki Haley – Karoline Leavitt
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/06/karoline-leavitt-liberal-globalists-rallying-chosen-candidate-nikki-haley/
— GOP Blocks Biden Bill to Fund, Hide Mass Migration
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/06/speaker-johnsons-gop-blocks-biden-bill-fund-hide-mass-migration/
— Donald Trump in Iowa: ‘Nikki Haley Is a Globalist; She Likes the Globe’ – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/06/donald-trump-iowa-nikki-haley-globalist-she-likes-globe/
— Denver Mayor on Work Permits Incentivizing More Migration: Right Policy ‘Above my Pay Grade’ and Work Permits ‘Key’ – IAN HANCHETT (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/06/denver-mayor-on-work-permits-incentivizing-more-migration-right-policy-above-my-pay-grade-and-work-permits-key/
— Acting Labor Sec’y: ‘A Tight Labor Market Is Good’ — We Also Need Immigration and More Work Permits – IAN HANCHETT (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/06/acting-labor-secy-a-tight-labor-market-is-good-we-also-need-immigration-and-more-work-permits/

COLLEGE FIX
— Western Illinois U. ‘Day of Racial Healing’ includes ‘Racism for White People’ event
https://www.thecollegefix.com/western-illinois-u-day-of-racial-healing-includes-racism-for-white-people-event/

DAILY CALLER
— Massive Brawl Ensues In NYC As Over 400 Migrants Seek Shelter Before Snowstorm – MARIANE ANGELA
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/06/new-york-city-massive-brawl-ensues-300-migrants-await-shelter-snowstorm-line-spill/

DAILY WIRE
— Thousands Of Africans Flying To Central America Before Crossing Illegally Into United States – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/thousands-of-africans-flying-to-central-america-before-crossing-illegally-into-united-states
— Republican AGs Challenge Commerce Department’s DEI Proposal – Leif Le Mahieu (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-ags-challenge-commerce-departments-dei-proposal

FOX BUSINESS
— DEI Forces anti-Americanism (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCCTcBAdJWQ

FOX NEWS
— Biden admin has to address the ‘pull factor’ in the border crisis – Rep. Henry Cuellar (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage illegal immigration.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344401115112
— There isn’t a problem with extremism, it’s with ‘woke ideology’ – Stacy Washington
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfTUsw406BQ
— Harvard’s Claudine Gay was the ‘symbol of the DEI regime’: Chris Rufo (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMkG7wEvmrc
— ‘WELLBEING AND INCLUSION’: Companies are distancing themselves from controversial DEI policies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEY7gdVzt8s
— Moves to ‘disenfranchise’ Trump voters is an effort to ‘deny people the choice’ and will backfire: Illinois, Oregon and Massachusetts are among other states seeking to join Colorado and Maine in banning Trump from 2024 ballot. – Bill Barr
https://www.foxnews.com/media/states-trying-disenfranchise-trump-supporters-counterproductive-only-making-them-stronger-barr
— Tom Cotton calls for asylum and parole reforms to tackle border crisis
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344421880112
— California’s handout to migrants will have taxpayers ‘on the hook’ – Chuck DeVore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOKOKqCPlyM
— Illegal immigrants seen pouring into US through breach in border wall in Arizona. There were over 302,000 migrant encounters in December alone. – Adam Shaw, Bill Melugin
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrants-seen-pouring-into-us-through-breach-in-border-wall-in-arizona
— Ramaswamy claims that he and Trump are the only two America first candidates
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344412550112

NTD
— Trump Casts Haley and DeSantis as ‘Establishment’ Politicians Whom Iowans Cannot Trust – Janice Hisle
https://www.ntd.com/trump-casts-haley-and-desantis-as-establishment-politicians-whom-iowans-cannot-trust_964693.html

NEWSBUSTERS
— CNN Panel Dukes It Out On DEI, Claudine Gay – Alex Christy (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2024/01/06/cnn-fight-panel-dukes-it-out-dei-claudine-gay

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Not one thing has gotten better under ‘Crooked Joe Biden’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AVWh7FkHd0
— Trump: Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley can’t secure the border because they’re globalists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCC1bnHQ6I

POST MILLENNIAL
— Businesses attempt to ‘rebrand’ DEI policies as prominent figures ignite a match to the anti-white ‘racist’ initiatives. “The focus is moving away from ‘those three words’ towards efforts around ‘wellbeing and inclusion.'” – Katie Daviscourt (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/businesses-attempt-to-rebrand-dei-policies-as-prominent-figures-ignite-a-match-to-the-anti-white-racist-initiatives
– Trump BLASTS ‘incompetent’ Biden in new Iowa speech, says he’s the real threat to democracy
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-president-trump-blasts-incompetent-biden-in-new-iowa-speech-says-hes-the-real-threat-to-democracy

REASON
— Universities Use DEI Statements To Enforce Groupthink. DEI statements are political litmus tests. – GREG LUKIANOFF AND RIKKI SCHLOTT (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://reason.com/2024/01/06/the-conformity-gauntlet/

TOWNHALL
— Black Chicagoans Move to Turn Liberal City Red – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/06/black-chicagoans-move-to-turn-liberal-city-red-n2633271
— San Francisco Just Got Worse With Pro-Drug Signs Splattered Throughout the City – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/06/pro-drug-use-campaign-appears-in-san-francisco-n2633273
— Not A Good Week For Nikki Haley – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/01/07/not-a-good-week-for-nikki-haley-n2633276
— Are Most Children with Gender Dysphoria Gay, and Not Transgender Candidates? – Jeff Davidson
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/01/07/are-most-children-with-gender-dysphoria-gay-and-not-transgender-candidates-n2633284

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.westernjournal.com/catholic-church-touts-priest-rainbow-stole-blessing-sex-couple-social-media-cites-pope/
— Illegal Aliens Covered for Sex Change Surgeries, Hormone Therapy Under ‘Free’ Health Care Law in Deep Blue State – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-aliens-covered-sex-change-surgeries-hormone-therapy-free-health-care-law-deep-blue-state/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Pressured by record migrant crossings, White House weighs tough concession in border talks with Congress. – Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Margaret Brennan
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/border-talks-congress-white-house-tough-concessions-record-migrant-crossings/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame conservatives for Claudine Gay’s problems.
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-president-plagiarism-claudine-gay-3b048da1f2ee17b5edec3680b5828e8f

CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly use mass shootings to further diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2024/01/06/exp-tsr-todd-gun-violence-concerns.cnn

NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Poised to Win More Black Votes Than Any Republican in History – Kate Plummer
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-black-votes-presidential-election-republicans-1857699

FOX NEW YORK
— Migrants desperately seek shelter in NYC snowstorm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_pEP0PNsHk

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Takes Aim at Haley as Primary Enters Final Phase in Iowa – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/us/politics/trump-haley-iowa-caucuses.html
— Democrats deny that they stole the 2020 election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/us/politics/on-jan-6-anniversary-trump-repeats-lie-that-2020-election-was-stolen.html
— Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. – David Leonhardt (COMMENT: To advance younger minorities and younger women, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) replace objective criteria with subjective criteria, b) lower standards, and c) give more and more and more preference to younger minorities and younger females. Because I am not a minority or a female, the aforesaid constructively rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. To give preference to younger minorities and younger females is to discriminate against older Whites and older males.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/briefing/the-misguided-war-on-the-sat.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/opinion/taylor-swift-queer.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote Claudine Gay.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/opinion/claudine-gay-resignation-harvard.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who fly the American flag. I have flown an American flag at my home each and every day since September 11, 2001. I have displayed a 18X12-foot American flag in my Iron Gate Motor Condos for the last 3 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/opinion/thin-blue-line-capitol.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serves 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 should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/us/politics/trump-endorsements.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/06/abortion-rights-court-cases-in-2024/72132196007/

ORLANDO SENTINEL
— Income tax deductions you should not miss – ELLIOT RAPHAELSON (COMMENT: What tax deductions have you taken? In 1978, the Democrats who ran IRS disallowed the graduate a) business courses that I had taken at Loyola 1972-1976 and b) accounting courses that I had taken at DePaul since 1976. I was 29, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years, and my salary was $106,785/year (GS-12 Step 4) in today’s dollars. They would not have disallowed those courses I had not been a union member or if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They disallowed those courses to punish me for my complaining about their use of “up-or-out” to get rid of me, that is, their use of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination to get rid of me. They had made it extremely clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 because I was too old. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid course work and that I was on track to pass the CPA examination which I did in 1979. They outrageously/disgustingly/unethically argued that the courses were not job-related, that they did not help me carry out my job duties, that they qualified me for a new trade or business, and that I took them to get a job in the private sector. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the requirements of my position descriptions and the fact that I stated in my Loyola and DePaul applications that I wanted to take the courses because the employee manual that IRS gave me in 1971 encouraged me to take graduate business, accounting, and law courses. They helped Money Magazine make my deducting the courses look improper in its 4-page February 1978 article on me.)
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/01/03/the-savings-game-income-tax-deductions-not-to-miss/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX. Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies. – Emily Glazer and Kirsten Grind
https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-illegal-drugs-e826a9e1
— ‘Merit Is No Longer Evil’ Is DEI vulnerable to sudden collapse? – James Freeman (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/merit-is-no-longer-evil-8df27d4e

MOTLEY FOOL
— Social Security Has an Immigration Problem — and It’s Getting Progressively Worse – Sean Williams
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2024/01/07/social-security-has-an-immigration-problem/

FAST COMPANY
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90996623/hiring-trends-change-your-job-search-2024
— How EEOC fought workplace discrimination in 2023 – PAVITHRA MOHAN (COMMENT: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91001379/ai-pregnancy-discrimination-harassment-how-government-fought-workplace-discrimination-2023
— Mastering The Art of Strategic Quitting. How to know when it’s time to let go. – JUAN M. FERNANDEZ (COMMENT: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.inc.com/juan-fernandez/mastering-art-of-strategic-quitting.html

VOA
— Trump’s Vows to Deport Millions Are Undercut by His Record, History – AP
https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-s-vows-to-deport-millions-are-undercut-by-his-record-history/7427550.html

DAILY BEAST
— How Mass Immigration Hurts Black Americans. The Congressional Black Caucus has an obligation to its base—which means taking a different approach than most Democrats to the migrant crisis. – Roger House
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-mass-immigration-hurts-black-americans

BNN
— Taylor Swift Advocates for LGBTQ+ Rights and Political Activism in Pride Month Speech
https://bnnbreaking.com/arts/taylor-swift-advocates-for-lgbtq-rights-and-political-activism-in-pride-month-speech/
— Harvard University Leadership Shake-Up and the DEI Debate – Israel Ojoko (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://bnnbreaking.com/world/us/harvard-university-leadership-shake-up-and-the-dei-debate/

DAILY MAIL
— New York Times faces growing outrage over op-ed suggesting Taylor Swift is GAY – MARTHA WILLIAMS and ALESIA STANFORD
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12934473/New-York-Times-faces-outrage-Taylor-Swift-GAY-Harry-Styles-sexuality.html
— Fight breaks out among 300 NYC migrants waiting outside in the cold for shelter before MAJOR snowstorm hits the East Coast. The fight began at around 8.30am outside the re-intake center in East Village when one man tried to sneak into the large line, eyewitnesses said. He was holding a cup of coffee and spilled it on to others while trying to cut in front before he was confronted by another migrant. An argument quickly turned physical with the man allegedly punching the line-cutter who fell to the ground and others joined in. – KAMAL SALTAN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12933929/fight-nyc-migrants-shelter-snowstorm-east-coast.html

LEGACY
— OBITUARY: Gary Lee Longman
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/gary-longman-obituary?id=54025103 (COMMENT: Gary was one of my roommates at NIU 1969-1970. When my father died suddenly in October of 1969, he outstandingly came to the wake in Crete. His summer job in 1969 was interning at KPMG while my summer job was delivering mail in Park Forest. I will forever regret a) my not majoring in accounting at NIU like Gary did, b) my not starting to take graduate accounting courses at DePaul until I was 27, c) my not taking and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30, and d) my not becoming a licensed CPA until I was 32.)
(FROM THE OBITUARY: Gary was a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a degree in accounting. He was a highly driven, business- minded CPA who quickly worked his way up at KPMG, becoming a partner at just age 32. He held many esteemed positions, including partner-in-charge of the Chicago Audit Practice and leader of the Midwest-area technology practice. An accountant by trade, Gary dedicated his talents not only to his work but also to the community. He joined many business boards. He was a director of Marine Bank and “interim” President of Sunny Ridge Family Center for ten years, guiding them to success.)

January 5, 2024

Sooner or later, Chicago Democrat leaders will send their illegals to your county, township, municipality, and school district. Those illegals want/need/demand massive government assistance. Are you ready to pay for providing them with housing, food, clothing, health care, transportation, education, etc.?

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Filing begins for presidential candidates and delegates vying for spot on March primary ballot – Jeremy Gorner and Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-presidential-candidates-filing-20240104-wez6sfvkirhhndp4dahwsdprjy-story.html
— New York City is suing charter bus companies for transporting migrants from Texas – Jake Offenhartz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/new-york-charter-bus-migrants-20240104-pzqzt2yabzgbzmumw5lmgnd4la-story.html
— Stellantis pulls out of Chicago Auto Show, ending the long run for Camp Jeep test track – Robert Channick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-stellantis-pulls-out-chicago-auto-show-20240104-lzrltvtnyfe35fzfs5miifxb6y-story.html
— Migrants dropped at Elgin Metra stations en route to Chicago haven’t posed a problem for Elgin, mayor says – Gloria Casas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-migrant-plan-elgin-st-0105-20240104-xyehx4ng7bfvjd3z6asj5ltooe-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The long-awaited FAFSA form for college aid is finally here. Here’s why you should hurry up and fill it out. The Department of Education soft-launched its simpler application for federal student aid that’s also supposed to help families get more money for college. – Medora Lee (COMMENT: Where did the money come from to pay for your bachelor’s degree? All the money to pay for my bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and for a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and for a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 came from what I earned working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I completed courses at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/2/24022887/long-awaited-fasfa-form-college-financial-aid-illinois-finally-here-should-hurry-fill-out
— Stellantis brands Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler and others skipping Chicago Auto Show. The car show, which considers itself the nation’s largest, is trying to pull together a last-minute arrangement with local dealerships to still exhibit some of the brands. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/4/24025324/stellantis-jeep-dodge-chrysler-ram-chicago-auto-show

ABC7
— Group files objection to remove Donald Trump from 2024 ballot in Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-illinois-2024-ballot-objection/14274066/
— NYC mayor announces $708M lawsuit against bus companies carrying migrants to city
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-nyc-texas-migrant-new-york/14274734/
— Hundreds call for Israel-Hamas ceasefire at Chicago Union Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93-TmcX3QBQ
— Chicago migrants: Mayor Johnson to meet with Illinois congressional delegation, seek federal funds (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-lockport-migrants-news-texas/14274932/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhOLCHyuFNA
— DuPage County home invasion suspect beat victim, later returned with knife, police say. DuPage County Sheriff’s Office hoping to ID man who targeted same home twice. – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/willowbrook-dupage-county-home-invasion-timberlake-subdivision/14276742/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anyUlIMYALA

NBC5
— Illinois to launch new intake center, shelter site for migrants arriving in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-to-launch-new-intake-center-shelter-site-for-migrants-arriving-in-chicago/3318040/

CBS2
— Stellantis pulls out of Chicago Auto Show – Natalie Goldstick, Ellie Coatar
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/stellantis-pulls-out-of-chicago-auto-show/

WGN9
— Amid race to finish to migrant intake center, Chicago food bank seeks to help – Julian Crews (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/amid-race-to-finish-to-migrant-intake-center-chicago-food-bank-seeks-to-help/
— Stellantis pulls out of Chicago Auto Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1uTQbnoKUE

FOX32
— Stellantis withdraws from Chicago Auto Show, marking first absence in almost a century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFCY3fzBfUg
— Chicago-area activists call for humanitarian aid for loved ones in Gaza
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-palestine-ceasefire

WTTW
— Chicago Paid At Least $138M to Care for Migrants in 2023 – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/04/chicago-paid-least-138m-care-migrants-2023-far-less-projections-data
— With Private Housing in Uptown, Migrants Build Community While Learning to Navigate Life in New Country
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/04/private-housing-uptown-migrants-build-community-while-learning-navigate-life-new-country
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kaira Estrada, 28, is a Venezuelan asylum seeker. She initially stayed at the largest Chicago-funded migrant shelter, but said she encountered dangerous circumstances. In Spanish, Estrada shared her concerns. “We live surrounded by danger outside the refugee shelter, because there is a lot of people doing bad things,” she said. “So they look for conflict and that brings conflict. So you kinda live with fear.” Estrada now lives at Casa Monarca in Uptown. “We live more calm (here),” Estrada said. “No one is smoking or drinking. It’s important because I feel safe. It’s a big part of the comparison.”)

WBEZ
— What’s That Building? Chicago buildings housing migrants. Several of the city’s migrant shelters have distinguished histories, either because of their architecture or ties to noteworthy figures. – Dennis Rodkin
https://www.wbez.org/stories/buildings-housing-migrants-in-chicago/84869dc9-325e-4e63-9073-b5daef3962f9
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn “Chicago suburbs” for not providing illegals with housing, food, clothing, health care, transportation, education, etc.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-suburbs-are-cracking-down-on-buses-dropping-off-migrants-unannounced/c8fb78ee-e678-4046-85f3-44d8d2d55222

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson and Illinois’ D.C. delegation set refugee crisis strategy session – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-migrant-crisis-brandon-johnson-meets-illinois-congressional-delegation
— Voters file to remove Trump from Illinois ballot
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/voters-file-remove-trump-illinois-ballot-report
— A new migrant intake center at Chicago bus landing zone is under construction – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/state-begins-construction-new-migrant-intake-center

STATELINE
— Chicago suburb leaders meet to discuss, restrict migrant drop-offs – Blake Dietz
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/chicago-suburb-leaders-meet-to-discuss-restrict-migrant-drop-offs/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois elections 2024: What to know before heading to the polls
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/05/illinois-elections-2024-what-to-know-before-heading-to-the-polls/72089790007/
— Trump candidacy challenged as presidential candidates file nomination papers – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/presidential/2024/01/04/presidential-candidates-file-for-illinois-pritrump-biden-file-nomination-papers-for-illinois-primary/72101050007/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Bailey flaunts noncompliance with assault weapons ban; Bost debuts first campaign ad – Brenden Moore
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/bailey-flaunts-noncompliance-with-assault-weapons-ban-bost-debuts-first-campaign-ad/article_7665b676-aa61-11ee-b7f7-0b5f52ff53e7.html

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Filing begins in Illinois for presidential candidates and delegates – Jeremy Gorner and Rick Pearson
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/filing-begins-in-illinois-for-presidential-candidates-and-delegate/article_177f58ca-ab50-11ee-994d-43506b20561c.html
— Full cost of illegal immigration catastrophe still not fully recognized – Mark Glennon
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/columns/mark-glennon-guest-columnist-full-cost-of-illegal-immigration-catastrophe-still-not-fully-recognized/article_c1489c0c-ab43-11ee-91e1-3b3c4394a4ae.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Migrants pass though Wheaton without incident, city says. 14 busloads of migrants have arrived at city Metra stations over past two weeks.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2024/01/04/asylum-seekers-pass-though-wheaton-without-incident-city-says/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois State Board of Elections to decide whether former President Trump will remain on primary ballot following petition – Carson Gourdie (COMMENT: Which of the eight Illinois State Board of Elections members (SEE: https://www.elections.il.gov/AboutTheBoard/BoardMembers.aspx ) will vote against Trump and which will vote for Trump? What criteria will they use?)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-state-board-of-elections-to-vote-jan-30-on-whether-former-president-trump-will-remain-on-primary-ballot
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This January, the SBE will have a hearing officer conduct hearings with the petitioners and the candidate’s legal team. The officer will then provide a recommendation to SBE’s general counsel. The general counsel will then provide their own recommendation to SBE’s eight-person board, which consists of four appointed Democrats and four appointed Republicans. On January 30th, the board will meet. (SEE: https://www.elections.il.gov/AboutTheBoard/BoardMembers.aspx ) It would take five votes to remove Trump from the ballot. A 4-4 tie means Trump can stay. But that may not settle the situation. Redfield said he expects the United States Supreme Court to issue a ruling by March’s Super Tuesday Primary, which would settle whether Trump would remain on the ballots for both the primary and general election. We reached out to both the Illinois Democratic and Republican Party for statements but only heard back from the GOP. “The Illinois Republican Party is strictly neutral in the Republican presidential primary,” said Don Tracy, Illinois Republican Party Chairman, in a statement. “We believe the people, not activist courts, should choose who represents them in the White House. This attempt to remove President Trump from the ballot without due process is an anti-democracy attempt to limit the voting rights of Illinois citizens and should be dismissed outright.” The Illinois State Board of election begin formal proceedings on the petition starting on January 17th.)

WBEZ & WGLT
— Trump’s candidacy is challenged by a group of Illinois residents. Five people working with a voting rights organization filed a formal objection, making Illinois the 18th state challenging Trump over his ties to the 2021 insurrection. – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/stories/trumps-candidacy-is-challenged-by-a-group-of-illinois-residents/6fd7f8c7-36cb-47bd-b278-f42333d3c0e5
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-01-04/trumps-candidacy-is-challenged-by-a-group-of-illinois-residents

WREX
— DeKalb approves plan to prepare for possible migrant arrivals – Samantha Soto (COMMENT: When will the leaders of your country, township, municipality, and school district vote on this? Who will argue for sending them to Chicago? Who will argue for keeping them in your country, township, municipality, and school district? What arguments will they make?)
https://www.wrex.com/news/dekalb-divided-on-how-to-handle-arrival-of-possible-migrants-buses/article_f617dff4-ab81-11ee-baf8-0761c860a33f.html

WJOL
— Didn’t Register Assault Weapon? ISP Won’t Pursue Charges.
https://www.wjol.com/didnt-register-assault-weapon-isp-wont-pursue-charges/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Illinois Won’t Enforce Law Targeting Misleading Anti-Abortion Centers, But People Can Still Report Fraud. The law would have strengthened Illinois’ ability to prosecute and fine pregnancy centers that provide false information to discourage abortions. – Kayleigh Padar (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I send out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to spread false information. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/04/illinois-wont-enforce-law-targeting-misleading-anti-abortion-centers-but-people-can-still-report-fraud/

NORTH SHORE RECORD
— Migrants board trains in Wilmette after bus drivers reportedly refuse to go to Chicago – Joe Coughlin
https://www.therecordnorthshore.org/2024/01/04/migrants-board-trains-in-wilmette-after-bus-drivers-refuse-to-go-to-chicago-according-to-officials/

JOLIET PATCH
— Joliet A Sanctuary City? Council Must Declare It Is Not: Clement Vows In the coming days, Clement wants Joliet’s City Council to vote on the topic. His suggestion drew a long and loud ovation from the audience. – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/joliet-must-declare-it-not-sanctuary-city-councilman-clement

CITY OF WHEATON
— Information on the Arrival of Asylum Seekers at Wheaton Train Stations
https://www.wheaton.il.us/civicalerts.aspx?AID=1030

ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
— Candidate filings
https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/CandidatesFiled.aspx#

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Want to Read Petition Filed by “Non-Partisan” Group to Keep Trump Off the Illinois Ballot?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/05/want-to-read-petition-filed-by-non-partisan-group-to-keep-trump-off-the-illinois-ballot/

WIREPOINTS
— It’s good that murder is down in Chicago, but other major crimes are way up
https://wirepoints.org/its-good-that-murder-is-down-in-chicago-but-other-major-crimes-are-way-up-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
— Why Illinois/Chicago’s paid leave laws are a bad idea – Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/why-illinois-chicagos-paid-leave-laws-are-a-bad-idea-wirepoints/
— Why Chicago has been the nation’s murder capital for 12 years straight.
https://wirepoints.org/wvons-perri-small-and-ted-dabrowski-discuss-why-chicago-has-been-the-nations-murder-capital-for-12-years-straight-wirepoints-on-wvon/

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— 49th House District candidate Garcia: ‘Lots of great conservative candidates attended running for positions across Kane County’
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/653485387-49th-house-district-candidate-garcia-lots-of-great-conservative-candidates-attended-running-for-positions-across-kane-county

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Solicits “Grassroots Leaders” for Donations After Year of Belittling, Mocking Powerful Conservative-Voter Base
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/il-gop-solicits-grassroots-leaders-for-donations-after-year-of-belittling-mocking-powerful-conservative-voter-base.html
— Pritzker’s Epic Failure: Inside Illinois’ Startling Gun Registry Stats
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/pritzkers-epic-failure-inside-illinois-startling-gun-registry-stats.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrants should not vote in the United States. D.C. officials’ move makes the concept of citizenship meaningless. – Newt Gingrich
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/4/illegal-immigrants-should-not-vote-in-united-state/
— The Civil War: Democrats wanted to expand slavery and Republicans opposed it. The facts on what started the battle are clear. – Scott Walker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/4/civil-war-republicans-and-freedom/
— White House responds to weak EV sales with misleading statistic – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/4/white-house-responds-to-weak-ev-sales-with-mislead/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois becomes 18th state weighing Trump ballot access challenge – Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/illinois-voters-sue-keep-trump-off-election-ballot
— DC to follow California’s ambitious electric vehicle mandate – Eden Villalovas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/dc-follow-california-electric-vehicle-mandate
— White House points at GOP when pressed on record border crossings – Haisten Willis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/white-house-points-gop-pressed-record-border-crossings
— There’s no such thing as free parking in Biden’s America – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/no-such-thing-free-parking-bidens-america
— Americans purchased nearly 16 million firearms last year, a solid rejection of President Joe Biden’s gun control agenda. – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/americans-rejected-biden-gun-control-15-8-million-times-in-2023

NEW YORK POST
— Phil Murphy shipping migrants out of NJ proves Democrats hypocrisy on the border – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/01/04/opinion/phil-murphy-shipping-migrants-out-of-nj-proves-democrats-hypocrisy-on-the-border/

AMAC
— Illegal Immigration Nightmare – Robert B. Charles
https://amac.us/newsline/society/illegal-immigration-nightmare/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Once sanctuary cities run out of space, Hometown USA is next – Parrish Alford (COMMENT: Sooner or later, Chicago Democrat leaders will send their illegals to your county, township, municipality, and school district. They all want/need/demand massive government assistance. Are you ready to pay for providing them with housing, food, clothing, health care, transportation, education, etc.?)
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/01/04/once-sanctuary-cities-run-out-of-space-hometown-usa-is-next/
— Just a few questions … then you’re free to roam the country – Chad Groening
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/01/04/just-a-few-questions-then-you-re-free-to-roam-the-country/
— Gay’s liberal defenders circle the wagons, play race card, redefine plagiarism
https://afn.net/education/2024/01/04/gay-s-liberal-defenders-circle-the-wagons-play-race-card-redefine-plagiarism/
— New York City suing charter bus companies for transporting illegals from Texas – AP
https://afn.net/ap/politics/new-york-city-suing-charter-bus-companies-for-transporting-illegals-from-texas/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Can Trump paint blue states red? – Silvio Canto, Jr. (COMMENT: To defeat Trump, anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly send their illegals to battleground states including Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In those state, those illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Biden.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/can_trump_paint_blue_states_red.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump vows to ‘terminate every open borders policy’ on day one, mass deport illegals – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/04/trump-vows-to-terminate-every-open-borders-policy-on-day-one-mass-deport-illegals-1424808/

BREITBART
— Republicans Rebuke Nikki Haley’s 2015 Remarks Defending Illegal Aliens: ‘She Is Not Fit to Be Commander in Chief’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/04/republicans-rebuke-nikki-haleys-2015-remarks-defending-illegal-aliens-she-is-not-fit-to-be-commander-in-chief/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Sues Texas Bus Companies, Not Joe Biden, for Crippling Costs of Illegal Immigration – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/04/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-sues-texas-bus-companies-not-joe-biden-for-crippling-costs-of-illegal-immigration/
— TX Gov. Abbott: Sanctuary City Mayors ‘Should Be Embarrassed Because It Is Utter Hypocrisy’ – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/04/tx-gov-abbott-sanctuary-city-mayors-should-be-embarrassed-because-it-is-utter-hypocrisy/
— New Jersey Officers Direct Wave of Migrants to NYC amid Crisis – AMY FURR
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/04/report-f-this-new-jersey-officers-direct-wave-of-migrants-to-nyc-amid-crisis/
— Mayorkas: Illegal Crossings Increased Despite More Legal Paths, But It Takes Time for That to Work, Migration ‘Dynamic’ – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/04/mayorkas-illegal-crossings-increased-despite-more-legal-paths-but-it-takes-time-for-that-to-work-migration-dynamic/

EPOCH TIMES
— 14 Potential Running Mates for Trump, Including 2 Wildcards. Political chatter is shifting to a new topic amid President Trump’s dominance as the GOP frontrunner: Who will be his running mate? – Janice Hisle
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/14-potential-running-mates-for-trump-including-2-wildcards-5554749

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— CBP Goes Light on Illegal Border Crossers From China
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/01/04/cbp-goes-light-illegal-border-crossers-china

FOX BUSINESS
— White House wants open borders and are ‘getting exactly what they want – Brandon Judd
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6344215272112
— Democratic Party has been hijacked by the ‘woke’ far-left – Ayaan Hirsi Ali
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6344294020112

FOX NEWS
— Abbott calls out blue cities’ hypocrisy on migrants: ‘They’re for illegal immigration as long as it’s Texas’ Governor hits back at Democrat-run sanctuary cities for not supporting border states overrun with migrants. – Elizabeth Heckman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/abbott-calls-blue-cities-hypocrisy-migrants-illegal-immigration-long-texas
— NYC Mayor Adams sues Texas bus companies for transporting migrants to sanctuary city, seeks $700 million. New York City has feuded with Texas over the busing of migrants to the city. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-adams-sues-texas-bus-companies-for-transporting-migrants-sanctuary-city-seeks-700-million
— DEI is like a drug addiction without the benefit of getting high – Greg Gutfeld
https://www.livetube.tv/news/video-greg-gutfeld-dei-is-like-a-drug-addiction-without-the-benefit-of-getting-high

GOPUSA
— Border Residents To Congress: ‘Stop Holding Press Conferences, Shut Down The Border’
https://www.gopusa.com/border-residents-to-congress-stop-holding-press-conferences-shut-down-the-border/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Defund the Smithsonian’s Latino Museum—A Woke Indoctrination Factory – Miike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/defund-the-smithsonians-latino-museum-woke-indoctrination-factory

HOT AIR
— Sixty House Republicans Went to Eagle Pass, Texas and They Got an Eyeful of Illegal Aliens – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/01/04/sixty-house-republicans-went-to-eagle-pass-texas-and-they-got-an-eyeful-of-illegal-aliens-n602585

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Here’s the hidden truth about how they’re going to take over the US through illegal immigrants – Pat Droney
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/bidens-anchor-babies-will-eventually-lead-to-the-great-replacement-weve-been-warned-about
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A report from the Center for Immigration Studies paints a chilling picture of the abuses being perpetrated by illegals entering the United States. While illegal aliens are restricted from many welfare programs, their “anchor babies”–children born in the United States–face no such restrictions. And they are taking advantage. The study shows that households headed by illegal aliens are more likely to use welfare than those headed by US-born citizens. Some 59.4 percent of households led by illegals use one or more welfare programs, while 39 percent of households headed by a US-born citizen use such programs, the report says. The report states that those high rates of welfare use primarily reflect their generally lower education levels and their resulting low incomes, coupled with the large share of those who have U.S.-born children eligible for all welfare programs from birth. More than half of all illegal immigrant households have one or more U.S.-born children.” The term “anchor baby” comes from the Fourteenth Amendment, which establishes “birthright citizenship,” which grants citizenship to anyone born within the United States or its territories, no matter the citizenship of the parents. The Supreme Court has yet to rule on the provision, although such a loophole would appear counterproductive to the country’s security. That provision has been used (and abused) by illegals entering the country. Once they have a U.S.-born child, deporting them back to where they came from is challenging (although not impossible). Once a child reaches 21, they can seek immigrant visas for their parents and extended families to enter the U.S. It’s a loophole that has anti-illegal immigration activists upset. Many of those activists believe that illegals enter the country and have children deliberately, thereby “anchoring” them to the United States. According to the CIS report, illegals and their “anchor babies” cost the American taxpayers $150.6 billion annually. “The American welfare system is designed in large part to help low-income families with children, which describes a large share of immigrants,” CIS stated in the report. Currently, a dozen states offer Medicaid to all low-income children regardless of immigration status. Those children also have access to many government food and meal programs. The CIS report used the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) data. “The reality is that illegal immigrants are included in the SIPP, a large share of them are poor, and they or their U.S.-born children have welfare eligibility, and many take advantage of this eligibility,” CIS stated. “A very large share of immigrants come to America, have children, struggle to provide for them, and so turn to taxpayers for support. This can be seen as especially problematic given that there is already a large number of Americans who are also struggling to provide for their children.” The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) published data that showed the total number of U.S.-born children of illegal aliens in the United States as of June 2023 stood at 5.78 million, or two times the population of Chicago. In reporting the financial impact on the American people over the past five years, the annual cost has risen by almost $35 billion. “This burden will only continue to grow as a result of the Biden administration’s open-border policies,” CIS warned. It is currently unknown how many anchor babies have been born in the United States since the Biden-facilitated invasion began. But if even only ten percent of those who have entered the country illegally have had children, the Great Replacement Theory will come to bear before you know it. Of course, anchor babies are but one small part of the issue facing the United States when it concerns illegal immigration. It has been reported that as of October 2023, at least 169 illegal aliens on the terror watch list tried to enter the United States illegally. Law Enforcement Today sources tell us that number is exponentially higher counting so-called “gotaways.” It has been reported that some of those caught included members of ISIS, which is a sworn enemy of the United States. Moreover, it isn’t only illegal aliens that are a concern to the United States. According to The PIE News, the State Department issued over 393,000 F-1 visas in FY-2023 through August last year. The number is expected to exceed the 411,131 issued in FY-2022 when final data is released. In the UK, an engineering student at the University of Birmingham was sentenced to life in prison for designing and building a so-called “kamikaze” drone for ISIS, The National News reported. Al Bared, a doctoral student at the university, began constructing the drone in July 2022. Officials say Bared built the weapon using a 3D printer after speaking to ISIS online. The outlet reported the Birmingham Crown Court heard notes found where Bared said the idea for the drone was “inspired by the design of the Tomahawk missile.” The court heard testimony that Bared intended to make a drone capable of transmitting live video for terrorism purposes and planned to travel to West Africa via Turkey. In September, he was found guilty by a jury that heard testimony that Bared planned to put together a prototype drone that he hoped would be capable of delivering a bomb or chemical weapon. He was convicted on a single count of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts to benefit a proscribed terrorist organization. Last week, the sentencing judge said Bared sought to lend his support to the “terrorist agenda” of ISIS. “I have no doubt that you intended your design to be used as a single-use weapon with a range of up to 5 kilometers,” the judge said. “Your preparations were undertaken with a view to endangering multiple lives.” The judge also noted that Bared’s design of the drone was “at best suspect and at worse [sic] fundamentally flawed. This was a work in progress.” The judge continued, “You are a manipulative individual. You are a committed extremist. I have no doubt that you are still today a supporter of ISIS. It is impossible to say whether you will ever surrender your extremist views. You are a dangerous offender for whom the public requires protection. “The seriousness of offending justifies a sentence of life imprisonment.” When Al Bared was arrested last January, officials seized the drone and a mobile phone, where encrypted online chats and other digital material exposing Bared’s support for ISIS were found. Over ten million illegals have entered the United States since Biden’s January 2021 installation. Well over two hundred terrorist suspects entered the United States under Biden. Over 400,000 F1 student visas were handed out last year. Is it possible that within that number that, there are perhaps a few hundred ISIS, Hamas, or Hezbollah sympathizers? A thousand? Maybe more…much more.)

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Academic Activists Want Critical Race Theory Taught to Children in Kindergarten. – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/academic-activists-want-critical-race-theory-taught-to-children-in-kindergarten/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Slamming Trump, DeSantis Promises to Overturn Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Aliens – LUTHER RAY ABEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/slamming-trump-desantis-promises-to-overturn-birthright-citizenship-for-illegal-aliens/

NEWSMAX
— Anthony Scaramucci to Newsmax: Biden’s Border Will Expand Welfare – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/welfare-state-border-security/2024/01/03/id/1148145/

PJ MEDIA
— The Iowa School Shooter Was an LGBTQ+ Activist – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/01/04/school-shooter-in-iowa-was-lgbtq-activist-n4925227

POST MILLENNIAL
— James O’Keefe exposes secret migrant center bussing to illegals to Phoenix airport
https://thepostmillennial.com/james-okeefe-exposes-secret-migrant-center-bussing-to-illegals-to-phoenix-airport

TOWNHALL
— Resurfaced Footage Shows Nikki Haley’s Soft Spot for Illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyMVHpMR9Bw
— California School District Forces Children to Watch Films on Transgenderism and Puberty Blockers – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/04/california-school-district-pushes-lgbt-films-on-students-as-young-as-11-n2633193

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

UPI
— Ohio transgender candidate disqualified for not disclosing deadname – Ehren Wynde
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/01/04/trangender-woman-disqualified-from-running-Ohio/3341704400415/

CBS NEWS
— House Speaker Mike Johnson urges Biden to use executive action at the southern border – Caitlin Yilek
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-us-border-migrants-remain-in-mexico/

CBS NEW YORK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use children to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/children-caught-in-the-middle-of-political-battle-between-new-york-and-texas-over-asylum-seeker-crisis/

CBS COLORADO
— Denver Public School scrambles to educate surge of migrant students: “So many needs” – Anna Alejo
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/so-many-needs-denver-public-school-scrambles-educate-surge-migrant-students/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There’s a very cute table over here where they’re all speaking Spanish with a couple of English translators,” Boylan described in the lunchroom nearly filled to capacity in the middle of the school day. McMeen has welcomed new students throughout this school year – sometimes as many as 15 new-to-country students a week – and it’s overwhelming teachers and staff. “These are children who have literally walked from Venezuela to get to Denver,” Boylan added. Lyly Zaragoza’s kindergarten class now has 32 students – almost the maximum allowed in the teacher’s union contract. “It’s a big number and it can get a bit overwhelming at times just because there’s so many needs,” Zaragoza said. “Some of them have never been at school before, so they don’t even know how to hold a pencil.” And many students have struggled to get through the school day. Zaragoza said, “I have kids that will spend most of the day crying and asking what time, what time do I go home? What time do I see my mom? And since they’re so stuck on that they can’t really learn.” “His integration process has been slow. It has been tough for him. He is the one who’s been most affected by the change,” describes Genesis Salloum in Spanish about her son Maikol who is in first grade at McMeen. Salloum says she and her husband and three children walked across seven countries to get here from Venezuela. She saw five dead people along the way, trying to shield her kids from seeing them. “Yes, the trip was hard, it was a little difficult, getting here was not easy,” Salloum said. Her baby Giancarlos has a seizure disorder. The family was granted a humanitarian parole at the border given the baby’s health. He’s been able to get treatment, but brother Maikol is struggling to adapt and misses the support of his large family back home. McMeen projected enrollment this year at 546 kids. It’s now serving 671.)

WASHINGTON POST
— A quarter of Americans believe FBI instigated Jan. 6 – Tom Jackman, Scott Clement, Emily Guskin and Spencer S. Hsu
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/04/fbi-conspiracy-jan-6-attack-misinformation/
— Can’t keep younger workers? Try offering what they value. – Karla L. Miller (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government acted like their employees who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time wanted them to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Far too many leaders of Republican organizations act like their members who are liberal, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time want them to get rid of their members who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about those leaders.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/04/work-advice-retaining-young-workers/

NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump’s Massive Victory if Election Were Held Today – Katherine Fung (COMMENT: To defeat Trump, anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly send their illegals to battleground states including Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In those state, those illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Biden.)
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-win-election-joe-biden-1857100
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To calculate the winner of the presidential contest, Newsweek began analyzing which candidate would win the electoral votes of each state using the most up-to-date projections from 270toWin, giving Trump the states that would be safe in GOP hands or likely/leans Republican and handing Biden the ones that would be safe/likely/leans Democratic. That left five battleground states up for grabs: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. To determine the winner in each of those states, Newsweek then factored in the most recent averages from RealClearPolling (RCP) to calculate the total electoral vote count.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/business/how-the-push-for-diversity-at-colleges-and-companies-came-under-siege-036d4065

FORTUNE & HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2024/01/04/anti-dei-movement-fringe-mainstream-corporate-america-diversity-equity-inclusion-meaning-joelle-emerson/
https://hbr.org/2024/01/dei-is-under-attack-heres-how-companies-can-mitigate-the-legal-risks

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— IRS using ‘every tool available’ to ramp up agency recruitment, retention – Drew Friedman (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they only wanted to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2024/01/irs-using-every-tool-available-to-ramp-up-agency-recruitment-retention/
— USPS workforce diversity grows, but doesn’t always reflect in leadership ranks – Jory Heckman (COMMENT: When I was 20 years old in 1969, my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors succeeded in forcing me to resign my part-time job by falsely arguing that I would not be available to work enough hours. I had been available to work and I had worked far more hours than any of their other part-time employees. I had worked full-time during the summer of 1969 and I would have available to work each and every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day that NIU would not be in session. They would not have forced me to resign if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2024/01/usps-workforce-diversity-grows-but-doesnt-always-reflect-in-leadership-ranks/

POLITICO
— ‘The grassroots have left DeSantis’: Trump crushes Florida governor in Miami-Dade GOP straw poll. Trump won 82 percent of Miami-Dade grassroots Republicans, far more than DeSantis. – KIMBERLY LEONARD (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many straw polls that I conducted at Milton Township Republican Organization and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois fundraisers. I would focus on those candidates who lost those straw polls. I would focus on those losing candidates who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their losses. I would focus on those losing candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/04/trump-wins-huge-majority-of-republicans-in-miami-dade-grassroots-straw-poll-00133822

PBS
— Chicago Paid At Least $138M to Care for Migrants in 2023
https://www.pbs.org/video/chicago-paid-at-least-138m-to-care-for-migrants-in-2023-mcmh/
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn “Chicago suburbs” for not providing illegals with housing, food, clothing, health care, transportation, education, etc.
https://www.pbs.org/video/chicago-suburbs-seek-to-curb-unannounced-migrant-drop-offs-z/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 41% of Americans Still See Crime Rising (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/social_issues/41_of_americans_still_see_crime_rising

January 3, 2024

Anticipate/expect that if you do not promote mass/illegal immigration, Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist and even worse things.

What criteria/formula will Democrat and RINO leaders ultimately use to determine who ultimately provides their illegals with housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.?

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— 4 suburbs (Woodstock, Hinsdale, Buffalo Grove, Joliet) approve ordinances to fine bus companies that drop off migrants without notice – Eric Horng and Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-venezuelan-migrants-hinsdale-news/14258635/
— 1-year deadline approaching for many Chicago migrants to apply for asylum – Leah Hope (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that pro bono immigration attorneys will ever-increasingly be in greater demand.)
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-chicago-asylum-seeker-national-immigrant-justice-center-migrant-crisis/14261844/

NBC5
— Meetings held in several Chicago suburbs as communities grapple with unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/meetings-held-in-several-chicago-suburbs-as-communities-grapple-with-unscheduled-migrant-bus-drop-offs/3316299/
— Several meetings planned as Chicago suburbs continue to grapple with unscheduled migrant drop-offs – Patrick Fazio
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/several-meetings-planned-as-chicago-suburbs-continue-to-grapple-with-unscheduled-migrant-drop-offs/3315959/
— Illinois has one of worst ‘growth rates’ in America, U-Haul ranking says
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-has-one-of-worst-growth-rates-in-america-u-haul-ranking-says/3316096/
— First permits for rallies during Democratic National Convention in Chicago filed – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/first-permits-for-rallies-during-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago-filed/3315994/
— City Council members slam Johnson plan to use $95 million in COVID funds for migrant shelters
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/city-council-members-slam-johnson-plan-to-use-95-million-in-covid-funds-for-migrant-shelters/3315985/

CBS2
— Cost to apply, demand explain why only 1% of migrants in Chicago have work permits – SABRINA FRANZA (COMMENT: Ald. Bill Conway (34th) says “the jobs are there.” Exactly what jobs? What are the requirements for those jobs including education, work experience, physical abilities, and language skills? What education, work experience, health, language, and other qualifications do illegals have? What do those jobs pay? What benefits do they come with? What advancement opportunities do they offer? What are the working conditions? Do illegals want these jobs? Will illegals take these jobs? Why are these jobs unfilled? Are they bad jobs that Americans refuse to take? Did you take bad jobs that your peers refused to take? I did. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1964, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxers 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrant-work-permit-cost/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTjKWr49mrE
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The number really boils down to three things: the cost of the application, the availability of documents, and the significant demand. “So, the jobs are there. We just have to get them the right status,” said Ald. Bill Conway (34th), explaining why so few asylum seekers have received their work permits. “The only ones eligible are people that were here before August 1st and that are from Venezuela, essentially.” The cost to fill out the application is over $400. There is a form to waive that cost. Conway’s office has helped some asylum seekers fill that out as part of a 31-page application to get the permit. Turnaround time is about two months. “The demand is extremely high compared to how much work permits are actually being processed and distributed,” said Emilio Araujo, the director of development and communications at Onward House. The nonprofit organization has helped countless immigrants resettle not just over the past two years, but during its decades-long history. “When someone comes to the city and they are looking to get find their footing, we are one of the first places that they might go because we do all the case management support,” Araujo. CBS 2 spoke to Araujo about the demand for work permits that Onward House has been seeing after CBS 2 was shown city data suggesting only 1% of asylum seekers in Chicago successfully received their work authorizations and social security numbers. “About 90% of the people that we see, of the new immigrants, are looking for a work permit, and we refer those out, and then about 10% of those people end up actually applying for a work permit, and then only 1% as well end up having that work permit,” Araujo said. A spokesperson with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office said the city has been helping asylum seekers apply for work permits since 2022 and has partnered with the state, nonprofits and the federal government to expedite the application process. The city began expedited clinics in partnership with The Resurrection Project and the state and federal government to help migrants with the application on Nov. 9. “The City is committed to providing the necessary resources to aid asylum-seekers on their path to self-sufficiency and independence,” the spokesperson said. Conway is planning to host another legal clinic later this month to help more asylum seekers fill out an application.)
— Hinsdale passes ordinance restricting migrant buses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-iiMV6BuuU
— More Chicago suburbs approve efforts to limit unscheduled migrant drop-offs – TARA MOLINA, CHARLIE DE MAR, ASAL REZAEI
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-council-woodstock-expected-to-vote-new-migrant-ordinance/
— Group supporting reproductive, LGBTQ+ rights plans to march at Democratic National Convention in Chicago. – ADAM HARRINGTON, STEFFANIE DUPREE (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion and LGBTQ.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/group-reproductive-lgbtq-rights-march-at-democratic-national-convention-chicago/
— Car thefts surged in 2023 in Chicago (COMMENT: While I was working for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973. That really disappointed/angered me.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P759RBrAg5k

WGN9
— Several Chicago suburbs to discuss ongoing issues associated with migrant arrivals – Brónagh Tumulty
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/several-chicago-suburbs-to-discuss-ongoing-issues-associated-with-migrant-arrivals/
— Trump is growing stronger in Iowa. – Julia Manchester
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/trump-is-growing-stronger-in-iowa-why/

FOX32
— Chicago-area migrant bus battle intensifies as more towns consider new rules – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrant-bus-battle-new-rules
— Abortion, LGBTQ+ activists to march outside DNC in Chicago this summer (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion and LGBTQ.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-dnc-abortion-lgbtq-activists-protest
— X now worth 71% less than when Elon Musk bought it
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/x-now-worth-71-less-than-when-elon-musk-bought-it-fidelity-estimates
— 5 more Chicago suburbs crack down on migrant buses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TszN4RN5QcI

WTTW
— Democrats crow about their success in keeping Trump off the ballot.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/02/donald-trump-s-ballot-bans-likely-headed-supreme-court-how-does-14th-amendment-fit
— Area Suburbs Put the Brakes on Migrant Bus Arrivals After Crackdowns in Chicago and New York – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/02/area-suburbs-put-brakes-migrant-bus-arrivals-after-crackdowns-chicago-and-new-york

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders call for disbursing illegals nationwide. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly send illegals to battleground/swing states so that they can vote for Biden.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/2/24017662/chicago-migrant-crisis-president-biden-immigration-federal-funding-major-johnson-editorial
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Disburse migrants nationwide. . .The mayors also want the Biden administration to create a federally-run system to fairly disburse migrants to locations across the country, ending ‘Air Abbott’ and his politically motivated transport policies that have dropped off migrants in cities with no advance warning. . .Meanwhile, Abbott isn’t sending his buses and planes to St. Louis, a city that is actively courting migrants and asylum seekers in a bid to turn back decades of population loss and to bring potential new workers into the region. All of this is a good reason for the federal government — not Abbott — to handle migrant relocation. “We need action and we need it now,” Adams said. “We are calling for the federal declaration of emergency, financial support and a national resettlement strategy.”)
— Chicago abortion-rights and LGBTQ+ advocates submit permit application to march on day before DNC. Advocates expressed frustration with the Democratic Party for failing to protect abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights. – Phyllis Cha (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion and LGBTQ.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/1/2/24022902/chicago-abortion-rights-lgbtq-coalition-march-democratic-national-convention
— Democrats say “Nikki Haley’s Civil War comment shows danger of whitewashing U.S. history. The fact that Nikki Haley apparently didn’t know — or pretended not to know — that slavery is front and center in her home state’s declaration of secession in 1861 is alarming enough.” (COMMENT: What did your ancestors do during the Civil War? On my father’s side, they operated a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. My critics/opponents have always stressed that none of them served in the Union Army. In my defense, I stress that I inherited a Civil War sword used by one of my relatives who did serve in the Union Army.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/2/24022447/nikki-haley-civil-war-slavery-racism-history-book-banning-wayne-shorter-letters
— Here’s a resolution for you. Even if you don’t need to diet or exercise more, there’s still an important resolution you can make for 2024. – Neil Steinberg (COMMENT: It what ways are you a contributing member of society? My life expectancy has been significantly shortened because since 2000, I have spent more and more and more time putting my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out instead of sleeping and exercising. Yes, it is my choice. It is my way of being a contributing member of society.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/1/2/24022287/new-years-resolutions-2024-election-democracy-gun-laws-darren-bailey-jb-pritzker

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Buffalo Grove ready to pass ordinance restricting migrant drop-offs – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240102/news/buffalo-grove-ready-to-pass-ordinance-restricting-migrant-drop-offs/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois was one of the top states to leave in 2023 – Sophie Rodgers (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly drive out of Illinois those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/illinois-ranked-near-top-move-out-states

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Vivek Ramaswamy says he’s ‘proud’ of endorsement from Steve King – Sarah Watson
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/vivek-ramaswamy-steve-king-bettendorf-2024-campaign/article_9a3dc9f6-a9aa-11ee-9a4f-f3dce6464cca.html

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Democrats say “Trump’s vows to deport millions are undercut by his White House record and one family’s story.”
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/trumps-vows-to-deport-millions-are-undercut-by-his-white-house-record-and-one-familys/article_d7b88c25-8b0e-5765-8c0d-43e8e2471970.html

HERALD NEWS
— Joliet takes action to keep out buses with asylum-seekers. Public crowds City Council chambers to urge approval Tuesday night. – Bob Okon
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2024/01/03/joliet-takes-action-to-keep-out-buses-with-asylum-seekers/

CHICAGO CRUSUADER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicagocrusader.com/texas-busing-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-intensifies-spotlight-on-border-crisis/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DeSantis, Haley promise pardons for Trump if he’s convicted – AUSTIN DENEAN
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ron-desantis-nikki-haley-promise-pardons-for-former-president-donald-trump-if-he-were-to-be-convicted-in-criminal-cases-classified-documents-election-interference-doj

WSIU
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2024-01-03/what-lowering-federal-restrictions-on-marijuana-could-mean

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Scalise, No. 2 House GOP leader, endorses Trump – Emily Brooks
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/scalise-no-2-house-gop-leader-endorses-trump/
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success promoting abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-us-women-are-stocking-up-on-abortion-pills-especially-when-there-is-news-about-restrictions/

WEW & WEIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success promoting abortion.
https://www.wevv.com/news/health/uncertainty-around-us-abortion-landscape-drives-surge-in-requests-to-stockpile-abortion-medication-research-shows/article_649d0b9f-f3a5-5102-bc00-5bbdc11ac8f0.html
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/uncertainty-around-us-abortion-landscape-drives-surge-in-requests-to-stockpile-abortion-medication-research-shows/article_1ea949a7-bdc6-578a-967a-036733c3b8f9.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Deadline passes to register under Protect Illinois Communities Act – Julia Rosier (COMMENT: Which non-registrants will Pritzker force states attorneys and county sheriffs to go after?)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/deadline-passes-to-register-under-protect-illinois-communities-act

NPR ILLINOIS & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-01-02/threats-to-abortion-access-drive-demand-for-abortion-pills-analysis-suggests
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-01-02/republicans-want-to-limit-migrants-entering-the-u-s-will-it-affect-asylum-seekers

WPDE
— Chicago lawmakers outraged over plan to use COVID money for migrant shelters – JULIAN BARON
https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/chicago-lawmakers-outraged-over-plan-to-use-covid-money-for-migrant-shelters-eric-adams-brandon-johnson-sanctuary-city-american-rescue-plan-president-biden-john-fetterman-coronavirus-pandemic-relief
https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/chicago-lawmakers-outraged-over-plan-to-use-covid-money-for-migrant-shelters-eric-adams-brandon-johnson-sanctuary-city-american-rescue-plan-president-biden-john-fetterman-coronavirus-pandemic-relief

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Some Newly Arrived Migrants Are Sleeping In City Buses While Waiting For Shelter Space. Two asylum seekers said they’ve been staying overnight inside the warming buses since New Year’s Eve as the city continues to move hundreds of people into shelters. – Quinn Myers, Colin Boyle and Ariel Parrella-Aureli
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/01/02/some-chicago-migrants-are-sleeping-in-city-buses-while-awaiting-shelter-space/

HIGHLAND PARK PATCH
— Assault Weapon Registration Deadline Passes As Court Challenges Remain. Just 1 in 82 FOID cardholders has registered banned items with Illinois State Police, but it can’t be determined how many declined to do so. – Jonah Meadows (COMMENT: According to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/41d170dc-1838-4772-a4e4-29d268264e12.pdf ), 31 percent of adults report owning guns and 20 percent own an AR-15 rifle, and taken together, 6 percent of Americans own an AR-15, about 1 in 20.)
https://patch.com/illinois/highlandpark/assault-weapon-registration-deadline-passes-court-challenges-remain
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are 2.4 million people in Illinois with firearm owners identification, or FOID, cards. Of those, fewer than 30,000 individuals had registered a banned item with state authorities, according to the latest update from Illinois State Police. That means about 1 in 82 FOID cardholders had complied with the law, but there is no available data on how many owned banned guns in the first place or how many chose to take them to another state rather than register their serial numbers in a state database. . .”Historically, registration has led to confiscation, and as an individual gun owner, you must choose the best option for you. We respect that,” Pearson said. “We are currently preparing an appeal to the United States Supreme Court, asking the Supreme Court to declare the entire law unconstitutional. We believe the court will rule in our favor.” . . . Many cities and counties in the Chicago area have had ordinances on the books for years banning assault weapons. But they have hardly, if ever, been enforced because most of the time law enforcement encounters a restricted assault weapon they are either being used by someone who does not have a FOID card or is committing some other crime. Nearly three quarters of Illinois sheriffs came out against the law last year, declaring they would not enforce it. None of them have publicly reversed course. Pritzker characterized it as “political grandstanding” and pledged that state police would still be able to penalize those who violate the gun and magazine ban.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago led nation in homicides for 12th year in a row in 2023, murder rate still 5 times higher than NYC’s – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-led-nation-in-homicides-for-12th-year-in-a-row-in-2023-murder-rate-still-5-times-higher-than-nycs-wirepoints/
— With the DNC coming to Chicago, be prepared for a lot spin from Gov. Pritzker and others in 2024
https://wirepoints.org/with-the-dnc-coming-to-chicago-be-prepared-for-a-lot-spin-from-gov-pritzker-and-others-in-2024-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— About 1.2% of legal Illinois gun owners registered banned items before deadline – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: How many banned firearms are there in Illinois and how many own them? Does this article hint/imply/argue/shout that there are 5,655,082 (68,992/.0122) banned firearms in Illinois and that 2,406,311 (29,357/.0122) Illinois residents own them? According to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/41d170dc-1838-4772-a4e4-29d268264e12.pdf ), 31 percent of adults report owning guns and 20 percent own an AR-15 rifle, and taken together, 6 percent of Americans own an AR-15, about 1 in 20.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0a335d1a-a9b6-11ee-97b2-63471427389e.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The final numbers from Illinois State Police show a total of 29,357 individuals disclosed they possess a now banned item. That’s nearly double the numbers that were reported the prior week and now 1.22% of the state’s 2.4 million Firearm Owners ID cards holders. Of the individuals who disclosed banned items before the Jan. 1 deadline, there were 68,992 banned firearms reported, or about 2.3 firearms per individual that filed an affidavit. There were 42,830 banned accessories disclosed and 528 .50 caliber ammunition disclosures. The three-month registration window opened on Oct. 1, 2023.)

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago alderman Ray Lopez: Why aren’t DuPage suburbs keeping illegal aliens to care for themselves? (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders in DuPage County will “accept” and “keep” illegals.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653469177-chicago-alderman-why-aren-t-dupage-suburbs-keeping-illegal-aliens-to-care-for-themselves
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Amid the ongoing illegal immigration crisis, Chicago’s 15th Ward Alderman and candidate for the 4th Congressional District, Ray Lopez, is questioning Illinois’ status as the “most welcoming state” while raising concerns about human trafficking affecting Chicago. Lopez directed pointed questions at his fellow Democrats. “If Illinois is the ‘most welcoming state’ in the nation, how is it other cities can continue the human trafficking to Chicago? How are @GovPritzker & @ILAttyGeneral allowing them to subvert the spirit of the law? Why is @ChicagosMayor not decrying these mayors for adding to our city’s burden?” Lopez asked on X. Following the City of Chicago’s ordinance outlawing unscheduled buses from dropping off illegal immigrants, DuPage County in particular has been seeing nearly a dozen buses per day in some cases dropping off hundreds of illegal immigrants traveling to the area from Texas. In many cases those dumped in DuPage County are then boarding trains bound for Chicago. On Face the Nation over the weekend Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pleaded for federal government funds to handle the influx of illegal immigrants. “What we have is clearly an international and federal crisis that local governments are being asked to subsidize. And this is unsustainable. None of our local economies are positioned to be able to carry on such a mission,” Johnson said. Johnson’s recent comments run counter to those he made while running for the mayor’s office in March 2023. “Chicago must lead with and live by the promise to be a sanctuary city,” Johnson said in a tweet at the time. “Longtime Chicagoans don’t have to lose for new arrivals to gain — there’s enough space at the table for all of us to sit and eat.” “Immigrants are welcome here.” Lopez has been consistently outspoken on the illegal immigration issue. In December he emphasized the escalating southern border situation as a national security concern. He criticized the Biden Administration and Congress, dismissing accusations of racism from his March 19 congressional primary opponent U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.) as a distraction. Lopez has said President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are responsible for border challenges, expressing frustration with the lack of accountability towards Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. He linked the border crisis to the recent death of a five-year-old boy at a migrant shelter in Pilsen, Chicago, and vowed to bring common sense to the Democratic Party on the issue. In the fall, following a contentious Chicago City Council, Lopez criticized aggressive tactics and harassment, singling out Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, the Floor Leader for Mayor Johnson, for his behavior during the proceedings as the city council discussed a referendum to repeal Chicago’s “sanctuary city” status. Lopez emphasized the connection between the city’s Welcoming City Ordinance and the influx of asylum-seekers and underscored the need for Chicagoans to have a say in the matter. Lopez accused the mayor’s team of bending rules and obstructing the proceedings. Ramirez-Rosa later stepped down due to the criticisms. However, the attempt to bring the matter to the voters was ultimately unsuccessful. Lopez has represented the 15th Ward since 2015. The 4th Congressional District includes the Chicago neighborhoods of Brighton Park, West Elsdon, and South Lawndale; most of New City, Pilsen, Chicago Lawn, Clearing, Garfield Ridge and Bridgeport; the Cook County communities of Burbank, Berwyn, Cicero, Brookfield, LaGrange Park, Northlake, Melrose Park, Berkeley and Franklin Park; and the DuPage County communities of Hinsdale, Elmhurst and Oak Brook.)

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois Freedom Caucus: ‘January 1st, hundreds of thousands of legal gun owners could be considered criminals according to the Democrats!’ (COMMENT: How many banned firearms are there in Illinois and how many own them? According to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/41d170dc-1838-4772-a4e4-29d268264e12.pdf ), 31 percent of adults report owning guns and 20 percent own an AR-15 rifle, and taken together, 6 percent of Americans own an AR-15, about 1 in 20.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/653466861-illinois-freedom-caucus-january-1st-hundreds-of-thousands-of-legal-gun-owners-could-be-considered-criminals-according-to-the-democrats

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Chicago Mayor Advocates for Criminal Reparations to Combat Crime
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/653468542-chicago-mayor-advocates-for-criminal-reparations-to-combat-crime

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Harvard President Claudine Gay Steps Down After Brief, Controversial Tenure
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/harvard-president-claudine-gay-steps-down-after-brief-controversial-tenure.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Data show public prefers Republican control – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/data-show-public-prefers-republican-control
— Does Brandon Johnson know how illegal immigration works? – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/does-brandon-johnson-know-how-illegal-immigration-works

NEW YORK POST
— Texas has bused 95K migrants to sanctuary cities since 2022 as Gov. Abbott warns ‘transportation mission’ will continue – David Propper
https://nypost.com/2024/01/02/news/texas-has-bused-95k-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-greg-abbott/
— Eric Adams renews call to amend outdated ‘right to shelter’ rules amid NYC migrant crisis. – Craig McCarthy and Vaughn Golden
https://nypost.com/2024/01/02/metro/adams-renews-his-call-for-a-carve-out-to-right-to-shelter-during-migrant-crisis/
— The growing lunacy of free health insurance for migrants – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2024/01/02/opinion/free-health-care-for-migrants-lunacy-given-us-border-crisis/
— Democrats and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Steve King to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Vivek Ramaswamy.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/03/news/vivek-ramaswamy-endorsed-by-controversial-former-iowa-rep-steve-king/

AMAC
— Joe Biden’s Silent Insurrection at the Border – Aaron Flanigan
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/joe-bidens-silent-insurrection/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Biden, not Abbott, deserves the blame – Chad Groening
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/01/02/note-to-mayors-biden-not-abbott-deserves-the-blame/

AMERICAN THINKER
— We need to return to an emphasis on meritocracy – Uldis Sprogis (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute their successes in life to meritocracy, but they attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics: liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/we_need_to_return_to_an_emphasis_on_meritocracy.html
— Impending political divorce: irreconcilable differences – Mike McDaniel
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/impending_political_divorce_irreconcilable_differences_part_1.html

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— America’s ‘most dangerous law’ has damaged Illinois policing the way ‘Marxists’ intended. – Monroe-Hamilton
https://americanwirenews.com/americas-most-dangerous-law-has-damaged-illinois-policing-the-way-marxists-intended-local-sheriff-says/

BREITBART
— Sanctuary USA: Joe Biden Deporting 1 Illegal Alien for Every 70 Illegal Aliens Arriving at Southern Border – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/02/sanctuary-usa-joe-biden-deporting-1-illegal-alien-for-every-70-illegal-aliens-arriving-at-southern-border/
— Influx of Illegals Under Biden Could Have Impact on Census, Congressional Representation. – Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/02/gop-rep-palmer-influx-of-illegals-under-biden-could-have-impact-on-census-congressional-representation/
— Denver Mayor: We’ll Hit Point Where Our Sanctuary City Must Turn Away Migrants, ‘Not Enough’ ‘Work’ or Housing. – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/03/denver-mayor-well-hit-point-where-our-sanctuary-city-must-turn-away-migrants-not-enough-work-or-housing/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Feds Sue Texas Developers of Huge Illegal-Immigrant Community. Complaint’s claims: ‘Colony Ridge lies to all of its buyers,’ ‘All of this is illegal,’ ‘predatory loans turned dreams into nightmares’ – Todd Bensman
https://cis.org/Bensman/Feds-Sue-Texas-Developers-Huge-IllegalImmigrant-Community

DAILY CALLER
— ‘More Will Come’: DCNF Reporter Jennie Taer Says More Illegal Migrants Will Flock To California Over Taxpayer-Funded Health Care. – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/02/jennie-taer-says-more-illegal-migrants-will-flock-to-california-over-taxpayer-funded-health-care/
— Biden Admin Brings Dispute Over Texas Border Wire To Supreme Court – KATELYNN RICHARDSON
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/02/biden-admin-brings-dispute-over-texas-border-wire-supreme-court/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Stop Funding ‘Rights for Migrants’ Legal Scam – Betsy McCaughey
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/02/stop-fundingrights-for-migrants-legal-scam/
— The High Cost of Unlimited Illegal Immigration – Tom Patterson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/02/the-high-cost-of-unlimited-illegal-immigration/

DAILY WIRE
— Karine Jean-Pierre Says It’s ‘Shameful’ To Send Illegal Immigrants To Self-Described ‘Sanctuary Cities’ – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/karine-jean-pierre-says-its-shameful-to-send-illegal-immigrants-to-self-described-sanctuary-cities
— Hundreds More Migrants Dropped Off In Chicago, New Jersey, Denver As Year Ended. Hundreds of thousands of migrants have arrived since 2022. – Mairead Elordi
https://www.dailywire.com/news/hundreds-more-migrants-dropped-off-in-chicago-new-jersey-denver-as-year-ended
— Eric Adams’ Latest Response To Flood Of Illegals: Change Ruling That Gave Them ‘Right To Shelter’ – Virginia Kruta
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-latest-response-to-flood-of-illegals-change-ruling-that-gave-them-right-to-shelter
— California Schools Push Kids To Watch Films On Transgenderism That Showcase Puberty Blockers. The recommended resources push the “diversity of gender” and discuss the use of puberty blockers on children. – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-schools-push-kids-to-watch-films-on-transgenderism-that-showcase-puberty-blockers

FEDERALIST
— U.S. Sets Record For Most Single-Month Illegal Encounters At The Southern Border – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/02/report-u-s-sets-record-for-most-single-month-illegal-encounters-at-the-southern-border/

FOX NEWS
— Stop taxpayer funding of the ‘rights for migrants’ legal scam. Tell lawmakers to stop funding the legal advocacy industry with our money. – Betsy McCaughey
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/stop-taxpayer-funding-rights-migrants-legal-scam
— Maine Democrat who barred Trump from ballot said voter ID laws ‘rooted in White supremacy’ Secretary of State Shenna Bellows declared Trump ineligible to appear on COP primary ballot. – Brandon Gillespie, Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maine-democrat-barred-trump-ballot-claimed-voter-id-laws-rooted-white-supremacy
— Black doctor blasts claim ‘systemic racism’ influences poor health: ‘Makes my blood boil’ California anesthesiologist Dr. Marilyn Singleton spoke to Fox News Digital about health in the Black community. – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-doctor-blasts-claim-systemic-racism-influences-poor-health-makes-blood-boil

HOT AIR
— Governor Abbott Trolls Sanctuary City Mayors – Releases Number of Illegal Aliens He Has Sent to Them – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/01/03/governor-abbott-trolls-sanctuary-city-mayors-releases-number-of-illegal-aliens-he-has-sent-to-them-n602398

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Reparations Cannot Fix Chicago’s Crime Problem – JASON RICHWINE (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders blame you for the problems that Blacks have: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/reparations-cannot-fix-chicagos-crime-problem/

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden Admin Accused of ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Cartels in Border Crisis – David Kelly
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/biden-admin-accused-of-aiding-and-abetting-cartels-in-border-crisis/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Woke New Year: What The Left Wants For 2024 – Tierin-Rose Mandelburg
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/tierin-rose-mandelburg/2024/01/02/woke-new-year-what-left-wants-2024

NEWSMAX
— Dem N.J. Mayor Sending Migrants Back to Border – Michael Katz
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/sam-joshi-edison-newjersey/2024/01/02/id/1147973/
— Liberal States’ Reparations Push Is ‘Symbolism Over Substance’ Evanston, Illinois in 2021 became the nation’s first city actually to pay reparations to eligible Black residents. – Marisa Herman
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/democrat-cities-reparations/2024/01/03/id/1148013/

POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘Better late than never’: Vivek Ramaswamy says Harvard should hire on merit after plagiarist Claudine Gay resigns
https://thepostmillennial.com/better-late-than-never-vivek-ramaswamy-says-harvard-should-hire-on-merit-after-plagiarist-claudine-gay-resigns

RELOAD
— One in Twenty Americans Own an AR-15 – Jake Fogleman
https://thereload.com/poll-one-in-twenty-americans-own-an-ar-15/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tens of millions of Americans own an AR-15. That’s according to a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll released on Monday. The poll surveyed Americans more broadly to gauge gun ownership and found that 31 percent of adults report owning guns. Of those, the poll found that 20 percent own an AR-15 rifle. “Taken together, the polls find that 6 percent of Americans own an AR-15, about 1 in 20,” Post reporter Emily Guskin wrote. “The data suggests that with a U.S. population of 260.8 million adults, about 16 million Americans own an AR-15.” The survey is the latest evidence to confirm the popularity of AR-15s and similar rifles, often dubbed “assault weapons” by critics, among the American gun-owning public. The extent of their ownership could factor heavily in the political debate over their continued legality as multiple blue states mull bans and gun rights groups prepare to contest them. That finding provides new insight into ownership of the popular rifle, which is valued by gun-rights advocates for its versatility and modularity but reviled by gun-control activists for its use by shooters in a number of high-profile attacks. The poll’s estimates land in the ballpark of previous estimates. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has previously estimated that there are over 24.4 million AR-15s and similar rifles—which it calls “modern sporting rifles”—in civilian hands as of 2022. The National Firearms Survey, conducted in 2021 by Georgetown professor William English, found that 30.2% of gun owners, about 24.6 million people, indicated owning an AR-15 or similarly styled rifle. In its landmark Heller decision, the Supreme Court found that the Second Amendment protects arms “in common use” by “law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes.” Whether ownership among tens of millions of Americans is enough to fall into that camp may help determine the constitutionality of AR-15 bans. Although, a federal judge in Delaware ruled on Monday that state’s ban can stand despite the popularity of the rifle. Self-defense was the most popular reason AR-15 owners in the poll gave for buying the gun. Around one-third listed it as the main reason for ownership, but nearly two-thirds said that it was “a major reason” for purchasing the rifle. Other popular answers given in roughly equal numbers included recreation, target shooting, hunting, and exercising their Second Amendment rights. The poll found that AR-15 owners were around 20 percent more likely to be male than other gun owners and 30 percent more likely to be male than the U.S. adult population. Only 19 percent of AR-15 owners self-identified as female. AR-15 owners were also more likely than the adult population as a whole, and about equally likely as other gun owners, to be white. Three-quarters of AR-15 owners said they were white, while 11 percent said they were Hispanic, and nine percent said they were black. AR-15 owners were also more likely to live in a suburban area, have a higher income, identify as politically Independent, and fall between the ages of 40-64 than other gun owners and the population as a whole. They were also significantly more likely to have served in the military, though nearly three-quarters of AR-15 owners said they had not served. The poll identified a regional divide in AR-15 ownership as well. Nearly half of all AR-15 owners reported living in the South, while roughly one-quarter and one-fifth reported living in the West and Midwest, respectively. Only ten percent of AR-15 owners said they lived in the Northeast. This Washington Post-Ipsos poll was conducted from September 30-October 11, 2022, among a random national sample of 2,104 gun owners, including 399 AR-15-style rifle owners. The margin of error for the sample of AR-15-style rifle owners is 5.5 points.)

WESTERN JOURNAL
— KJP Kicks Off 2024 with a Bang: ‘Shameful’ to Send Migrants to Sanctuary Cities – Joe Saunders
https://www.westernjournal.com/kjp-kicks-off-2024-bang-shameful-send-migrants-sanctuary-cities/

ZERO HEDGE
— California Hospitals Slammed As Illegal Immigration Costs Soar – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/california-hospitals-slammed-illegal-immigration-costs-soar

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— Biden to take campaign against Trump to church where white gunman killed nine. – John T. Bennett (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Biden will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump and his supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://rollcall.com/2024/01/03/biden-to-take-campaign-against-trump-to-church-where-white-gunman-killed-nine/

THE HILL
— Key dates to watch in the 2024 presidential election – Madeleine Simon
https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-dates-watch-2024-presidential-201359573.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/opinion/editorials/greg-abbott-immigration.html?searchResultPosition=1
— Who are your peers, that is, who shares your demographics? Demographics include race, gender, age, health, sexual orientation, height, weight, handsomeness/attractiveness, political affiliation, religion, national origin, length of time your ancestors have been in America, parents’ wealth, the high school that you graduated from, veteran status, etc. How successful in life have you been compared to your peers?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/learning/do-you-ever-feel-envious-of-others.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “U.S. prepares to reopen southern border crossings as migrant numbers ease.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/01/02/us-border-mexico-migrants-closures/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— States Expand Health Coverage for Immigrants as Republicans Hit Biden on Border. California was the first state to begin covering immigrants regardless of their legal status, starting with children in 2016.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2024-01-02/states-expand-immigrant-health-coverage-as-republicans-hit-biden-on-border

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump vs. the Woke: Let the People Decide. Both might be disqualified as a threat to democracy. Leaving it up to the voters seems the only option. – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-vs-the-woke-let-the-people-decide-if-he-is-on-the-ballot-maine-colorado-dcaf41ce

FORTUNE
— Democrat and RINO employers continue to use DEI to not hire Republicans, to not retain Republicans, to not promote Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2024/01/02/hr-leaders-committed-to-diversity-initiatives-dei-programs-in-2024/

POLITICO
— White House accuses House Republicans of dodging efforts to address migrant crisis – JENNIFER HABERKORN
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/03/white-house-republicans-migrant-crisis-00133570

BNN
— Influx of Illegal Immigrants Strains Southern California Hospitals – Salman Akhtar (COMMENT: The more illegals in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality, the more and faster that health care will decline.)
https://bnnbreaking.com/breaking-news/health/influx-of-illegal-immigrants-strains-southern-california-hospitals/

January 2, 2024

What positions do the following have on Democrat and RINO leaders allowing/encouraging anyone and everyone in the world to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally if they claim asylum: a) your Republican Congressman, b) your Republican state senator and representative, c) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, d) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders, e) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, f) the leaders of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, and g) the Republican candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, virtually all the citizens of all the countries of the world will seek asylum in America.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Hinsdale, Buffalo Grove among suburbs considering regulations on migrant bus drop-offs – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-venezuelan-migrants-hinsdale-news/14258635/

NBC5
— Video captures downtown ‘street takeover’ following Chicago New Year’s Eve celebrations (COMMENT: What are your connections with downtown Chicago? I a) I lived there full-time 1976-1978 and weekdays 1974-1976, b) I worked there 1973-1997 and 1971, and c) I took classes there 1992-1997, 1971-1981, and 1966-1968.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/video-captures-downtown-street-takeover-following-chicago-new-years-eve-celebrations/3315262/
— Illinois’ ‘Paid Leave for All Workers Act’ is now in effect. Here’s what is says. (COMMENT: What leave policies are/were you under? I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always used against me my benefitting from the federal government’s more generous leave policies. As a part-time substitute carrier/clerk for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my coworkers took lots of sick leave and annual leave. My Civil Service Retirement System is higher because my more than a year of unused sick leave was credited as though I had worked that time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-paid-leave-for-all-workers-act-is-now-in-effect-heres-what-is-says/3315038/

CBS2
— 2 killed, 23 hurt in Chicago shootings during New Year’s weekend
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/weekend-shootings-dec-29-to-jan-1/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/volunteers-migrants-chicago-successes-challenges/
— Few migrants in Chicago able to work as shelter stay limit approaches
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/few-migrants-in-chicago-able-to-work-as-shelter-stay-limit-approaches/
— Only 1% of newly arrived migrants in Chicago have received work permits so far – SABRINA FRANZA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-migrants-work-permits-asylum-seekers/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij3bgJQF7go
https://news.yahoo.com/just-fraction-migrants-living-chicago-001300483.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With more than 14,000 migrants still living in one of more than two dozen city-operated shelters in Chicago, only a fraction of all the asylum seekers who have arrived in Chicago over the past 16 months have received the permits they need to start looking for jobs. As of Monday morning, city officials said 14,717 asylum seekers were staying in the city’s 27 shelters, and more than half of those are coming up on the city’s 60-day limit for staying in shelters. . .It’s not clear how many applications have been submitted, but as of Dec. 29, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had processed work permits and temporary protected status applications for only 1,480 new arrivals, according to city data obtained by CBS 2. Once those applications are processed, they also need to be approved. Sources said only 284 asylum seekers in Chicago have gotten work permits, and 279 have received their Social Security card. That’s about 1%. Worse, city data suggests applications did not start processing until the week of Nov. 9.)
— Monday was deadline for Illinois owners of assault weapons prior to ban to register their guns – DARIUS JOHNSON
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-assault-weapons-deadline/
— Monday was deadline for Illinois owners of assault weapons prior to ban to register their guns – DARIUS JOHNSO
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As of last week, only 15,000 people completed the disclosures, according to Illinois State Police. There are nearly 2.5 million firearm owner’s IDs in the state. However, it’s unclear how many of those FOID holders own assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, or rapid-firing triggers. . .In November, state police said it is up to prosecutors in the state’s 102 counties to enforce the law, but it’s unclear what penalties would be in store for those who fail to register their weapons. Penalties can vary for illegal weapons. Carrying or possessing unauthorized assault weapons could result in a misdemeanor, with one year in jail or a fine of up to $2,500. Manufacturing, selling, or purchasing an unauthorized weapon could constitute a felony and result in up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-assault-weapons-deadline/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMNj-F9PlJE

WGN9
— Hundreds of migrants enter Chicago after being flown to Rockford from San Antonio – Michael Johnson, Judy Wang
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/hundreds-of-migrants-enter-chicago-after-being-flown-to-rockford-from-san-antonio/
— NJ mayor says buses of migrants bound for NY are being dropped off at NJ train stations – AP
https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-nj-mayor-says-buses-of-migrants-bound-for-ny-are-being-dropped-off-at-nj-train-stations/

FOX32
— Chicago’s new ‘Landing Zone’ for migrants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln_BLeEXggo

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— With the start of the new year, here is a sobering look at the state of Illinois – Paul Vallas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-state-of-illinois-2024-crime-education-taxes-20240102-moc5t357pfadvptvo3ymitqj5q-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Here’s what to know about the job market in 2024. – Talia Soglin (COMMENT: What was the Chicago-area job market like when you graduated from college? It was not good for me when I graduated in August of 1970 from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969. My mother had never worked outside the home and she had never attended high school. Further, employers were under ever-increasing pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Further, my GPA was not that high because instead of studying, I had worked as many hours as I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, it was from Firestone to be a Retail Store Sales Manager. I soon learned a) that my job did not really require a college degree, b) that I was not using what I had learned at NIU, c) that my duties frequently included pumping gasoline, mounting and balancing tires, changing oil and filters, installing batteries, delivering major appliances, etc., d) that advancement would be very slow, and e) my boss disapproved of my being a college graduate, draft avoider, Protestant, German American, and Crete resident. I was assigned to his store by the Firestone Store district office. He never would have hired me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-jobs-employment-vibes-2024-20240101-hyfuurg555e2bok6naobn752sa-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders oppose school choice. Democrat leaders oppose meritocracy.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/2/24011026/chicago-school-choice-inequity-segregation-whitney-young-jackson-potter-crystal-gardner

SOUTHERN
— Jefferson County Sheriff shares gun control concerns (FROM THE ARTICLE: “Anyone wishing to delay registering their firearms, waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court rule on this matter would be safe to do so.”)
https://thesouthern.com/news/jefferson-county-sheriff-shares-gun-control-concerns/article_0507950e-8162-5f0b-98fe-c17ae972838e.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard, however, took to social media ahead of the affidavit deadline to share that he believed the law was unconstitutional. In a question and answer style video posted on the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page Friday, Bullard said he had been receiving many concerned calls from gun owners who wanted to know if they should register their firearms as constitutional challenges to PICA carry on in state and federal courts. He directed people to the ISP website for registration and more information, before claiming, “Anyone wishing to delay registering their firearms, waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court rule on this matter would be safe to do so.” He continued, saying, “I would never advise anyone to knowingly violate the law, but the law has to be constitutionally valid on its face, and this gun ban is not,” citing previous Supreme Court cases he believed demonstrated his argument, included New York State Pistol and Rifle Association v. Bruen and D.C. v Heller. Bullard said he and other, unnamed Illinois sheriffs who oppose the law “won’t enforce it” and “won’t support it in any way, shape, or form.” Bullard stated that he believed the best way to combat violent crime was “aggressive policing, investigations, prosecution, that is supported by sound sentencing decisions by our judges.”)

HOMETOWN REGISTER
— IRS ready to test free-file program in 13 states (COMMENT: As long as Democrats run IRS, Republicans should use TurboTax. In 1978, the Democrats who ran IRS disallowed the graduate a) business courses that I had taken at Loyola 1972-1976 and b) accounting courses that I had taken at DePaul since 1976. I was 29, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years, and my salary was $106,785/year (GS-12 Step 4) in today’s dollars. They would not have disallowed those courses I had not been a union member or if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They disallowed those courses to punish me for my complaining about their use of “up-or-out” to get rid of me, that is, their use of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination to get rid of me. They had made it extremely clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 because I was too old. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid course work and that I was on track to pass the CPA examination which I did in 1979. They outrageously/disgustingly/unethically argued that the courses were not job-related, that they did not help me carry out my job duties, that they qualified me for a new trade or business, and that I took them to get a job in the private sector. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the requirements of my position descriptions and the fact that I stated in my Loyola and DePaul applications that I wanted to take the courses because the employee manual that IRS gave me in 1971 encouraged me to take graduate business, accounting, and law courses. They helped Money Magazine make my deducting the courses look improper in its 4-page February 1978 article on me. Again, as long as Democrats run IRS, Republicans should use TurboTax.)
https://www.hometownregister.com/news/national/irs-ready-to-test-free-file-program-in-13-states/video_ed7538ca-7956-5d89-8384-a338dd22e8a4.html

WGLT
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-01-01/colorado-legalized-recreational-pot-10-years-ago-heres-how-the-industry-has-grown

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more and mor and more illegal immigration.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-01-02/republicans-want-to-limit-migrants-entering-the-u-s-will-it-affect-asylum-seekers

KHMO RADIO
— Chicago is the New ‘Murder Capital’
https://khmoradio.com/chicago-is-the-new-murder-capital-but-theres-some-good-news/

LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
— Migrants dropped off by bus at Waukegan Metra station for at least second occasion – Sam Borcia
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2024/01/01/migrants-dropped-off-by-bus-at-waukegan-metra-station-for-at-least-second-occasion/

JOLIET PATCH
— Girls Fight In Downtown Joliet Alley, Officer Attacked. Joliet police intervened in the fight and identified the aggressors as Vervynck and Trujillo. – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/girls-fight-downtown-joliet-alley-officer-attacked-cops
— Democrats stress the make and model (Cadillac STS) of the car used by a driver arrested for DUI. My critics/opponents despise if not hate American nameplate vehicles. They hate the fact that they are built by union members. I was a union member for almost 12 years. I worked on a Dodge assembly line in 1970. I have bought many cars since 1964, and they all have been American nameplate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/cadillac-drives-through-joliet-red-light-felony-dui-arrest-jpd

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Janice Anderson has organized Democratic Voters for Naperville. She’s a former Republican DuPage County Board member who left the GOP after Donald Trump took it over. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/01/02/2024-has-a-familiar-ring-00133419

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois illegal alien bus report for Dec 31, 2023; 780 illegals dropped in DuPage, Lake Counties, Elgin, Rockford
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/653460563-illinois-illegal-alien-bus-report-for-dec-31-2023-780-illegals-dropped-in-dupage-lake-counties-elgin-rockford

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Hinsdale will hold meeting Jan. 2 to address drop-offs of illegal immigrants
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653451057-hinsdale-will-hold-meeting-jan-2-to-address-drop-offs-of-illegal-immigrants

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— 75 illegal immigrants dropped off in Lake County on Dec. 31
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/653460564-75-illegal-immigrants-dropped-off-in-lake-county-on-dec-31

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Bailey on gun ban registry deadline: ‘Waiting for Pritzker to knock on my door and take my guns. I will not comply’
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/653450150-bailey-on-gun-ban-registry-deadline-waiting-for-pritzker-to-knock-on-my-door-and-take-my-guns-i-will-not-comply

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Is A Moderate State. Its Progressive Leaders Are Out Of touch. – Mark Glennon (COMMENT: One could argue that Chicago is liberal, the rest of Cook County and the collar counties are moderate, and the rest of Illinois is conservative.)
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-a-moderate-state-its-progressive-leaders-are-out-of-touch-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Thinking about Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Strategy to Change Public Immigration Policy
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/thinking-about-texas-governor-greg-abbotts-strategy-to-change-public-immigration-policy/
— Illinois Rose Bowl Float
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/illinois-rose-bowl-float/
— Contrarian Thoughts on Global Warming
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/contrarian-thoughts-on-global-warming/
— Lou Bianchi Supports Rob Hanlon for Associate Judgeship
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/lou-bianchi-supports-rob-hanlon-for-associate-judgeship/
— Looking at Crime Statistics
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/212500/
— UPDATE: Texas Migrants Flown to Rockford Airport WITH WGN-TV STORY AND CHICAGO MAYOR’S MOANING
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/texas-migrants-flown-to-rockford-airport/
— McRide Price Increased
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/mcride-price-increased/
— County Board Plans Three Bus Grants
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/county-board-plans-three-bus-grants/
— Sheriff Tadelman Featured Speaker at Ives Mid-January Event in Geneva
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/tadelman-featured-speaker-at-ives-mid-january-event-in-geneva/
— Underwood Disappoints Jewish Leaders on Resolution Vote
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/underwood-disappoints-jewish-leaders-on-resolution-vote/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker’s Epic Failure to Intimidate Law-Abiding Gun Owners in Illinois – David A. Lombardo
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/opinion-pritzkers-epic-failure-to-intimidate-law-abiding-gun-owners-in-illinois.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s plan to save our cities – Newt Gingrich
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/1/trumps-plan-to-save-our-cities/
— Cities with noncitizen voting struggle to boost turnout – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/1/if-you-build-it-will-they-vote-cities-with-nonciti/
— Too many Americans live a life of debauchery – Tom Basile
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/30/prodigal-nation-too-many-americans-live-life-of-fa/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America’s rise in drug abuse, mental illness, financial stress, divorce, fatherless households, rudderless, lonely youth, welfare dependency, crime, depression and other societal conditions can be tied to our slow revolt against traditional American values in the name of more freedom.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt JFK Airport in New York – Jack Birle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-disrupt-jfk-airport-new-york

NEW YORK POST
— Biden rings in New Year with black, Hispanic, young voters abandoning him – Diana Glebova (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that to get reelected, Biden will ever-increasingly have the federal government give even more preference to voters who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, parents, veterans, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, citizens of foreign countries, etc.)
https://nypost.com/2024/01/01/news/biden-rings-in-new-year-with-black-hispanic-young-voters-abandoning-him/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Utter Insanity of Joe Biden’s Open Border. If the amorality of illegal immigration were not so deleterious to Americans, its absurdity would be laughable. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/02/the-utter-insanity-of-joe-bidens-open-border/

AMERICAN THINKER
— How to Understand the Woke Colonization Project – Christopher Chantrill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/how_to_understand_the_woke_colonization_project.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— NBC News slammed for ringing in 2024 by touting racist anti-white study: ‘I’m so sick of this trash’ – Chris Donaldson
https://americanwirenews.com/nbc-news-slammed-for-ringing-in-2024-by-touting-racist-anti-white-study-im-so-sick-of-this-trash/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Migrants show up in Chicago burbs and beyond as Gov. Abbott skirts Mayor Johnson’s new bus ordinance – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/01/migrants-show-up-in-chicago-burbs-and-beyond-as-gov-abbott-skirts-mayor-johnsons-new-bus-ordinance-1424112/

BREITBART
— Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez: ‘Community’s at the Brink of Collapse’ Due to Migrant Surge, We Need to Remain a Sanctuary City – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/01/chicago-alderman-communitys-at-the-brink-of-collapse-due-to-migrant-surge-we-need-to-remain-a-sanctuary-city/
— Buses Are Dropping Off Illegal Aliens at NJ Train Stations due to Big Apple Bus Restrictions – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/01/buses-droppingoff-illegal-aliens-nj-train-stations-travel-big-apple-bus-restrictions/

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Admin Watered Down Vetting Process For Chinese Illegal Immigrants – PHILIP LENCZYCKI
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/02/biden-admin-cbp-chinese-illegal-migrants/

DAILY WIRE
— Illegal Immigrants Take Trains Into NYC After Eric Adams Restricts Bus Arrivals – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrants-take-trains-into-nyc-after-eric-adams-restricts-bus-arrivals

FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor ripped for objecting to illegal immigrants flown into city: ‘Take it up with your pal Joe’ – Gabriel Hays
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-mayor-ripped-objecting-illegal-immigrants-flown-city-take-it-up-your-pal-joe
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-mayor-ripped-for-objecting-to-illegal-immigrants-flown-into-city-take-it-up-with-your-pal-joe/ar-AA1mk4gY
— Maryland county claims school board can create seat only illegal immigrants can vote on – Greg Wehner
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maryland-county-claims-school-board-create-seat-only-illegal-immigrants-vote-reports

NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
— RACIAL PREFERENCES ARE AGAINST THE LAW – HORACE COOPER
https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2024/01/01/horace-cooper-racial-preferences-are-against-the-law/

NEWSMAX
— 10M Illegals Since Biden’s Oath – Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/newsmax-tv-rep-mccormick-border/2024/01/01/id/1147846/

TOWNHALL
— Biden Never Bothers to Justify His Open Border Policy—and He Gets Away With It – Ed Brodow
https://townhall.com/columnists/edbrodow/2024/01/02/biden-never-bothers-to-justify-his-open-border-policyand-he-gets-away-with-it-n2633052
— Joe Biden- America’s Agent of Chaos – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2024/01/01/joe-biden-americas-agent-of-chaos-n2633030
— ‘Figured Out a Loophole’: Mayor of NJ City Details How Adams’ Rules for Migrant Buses Are Being Ignored. – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/01/01/nyc-migrant-buses-nj-n2633038

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Sanctuary City Denver Mayor Cries Foul Over Too Many Illegals, Threatens Residents with ‘Historic’ City Service Cuts – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-sanctuary-city-mayor-cries-foul-many-illegals-threatens-residents-historic-city-service-cuts/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

YAHOO NEWS
— Democrats crow that “Number of refugees resettling in Minnesota rising, and more on way.”
https://news.yahoo.com/number-refugees-resettling-minnesota-rising-213500664.html

CBS NEW YORK
— Secaucus, NJ mayor responds to buses dropping off asylum seekers (COMMENT: What positions do the following have on Democrat and RINO leaders allowing/encouraging anyone and everyone to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally if they claim asylum: a) your Republican Congressman, b) your Republican state senator and representative, c) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, d) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders, e) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, f) the leaders of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, and g) the Republican candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, virtually all the citizens of all the countries of the world will seek asylum in America.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/secaucus-nj-mayor-responds-to-buses-dropping-off-asylum-seekers/

CBS MIDLAND TEXAS
— Midland-Odessa welcomes Chinese refugees after years of seeking asylum – Noe Ortega (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, virtually all the citizens of all the countries of the world will seek asylum in America.)
https://www.cbs7.com/2024/01/02/midland-odessa-welcomes-chinese-refugees-after-years-seeking-asylum/

MSN
— Sanctuary City Mayor Mike Johnston Cries Foul Over Too Many Illegals, Threatens ‘Historic’ City Service Cuts – Jack Davis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/watch-sanctuary-city-mayor-mike-johnston-cries-foul-over-too-many-illegals-threatens-historic-city-service-cuts/ar-AA1mjjw0
— Migrants Arrive by Busloads in New Jersey to Work Around NYC Executive Order – Kayla Gallagher
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/migrants-arrive-by-busloads-in-new-jersey-to-work-around-nyc-executive-order/ar-AA1mjNOH
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/border-patrol-agent-illegally-turns-away-asylum-seeking-migrants-who-had-already-made-it-into-texas/ar-AA1mkkFn

NEW YORK POST
— LaPierre, Longtime N.R.A. Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign. A lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general against Wayne LaPierre and three other N.R.A. insiders accuses the gun-rights group of decades of corruption. – Danny Hakim
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/nyregion/nra-lapierre-trial.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Colleges ever-increasingly promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/02/war-on-college-politics-not-education/
— Republican loyalty to Trump, rioters climbs in 3 years after Jan. 6 attack – Rachel Weiner, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/02/jan-6-poll-post-trump/

USA TODAY
— Migrants dropped at New Jersey train stations to avoid New York bus restrictions. – Trevor Hughes and Katie Sobko
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/01/migrants-dropped-new-jersey-train-stations-avoid-nyc-bus-limits/72080200007/
— What to know about America’s rural-urban divide – Brian Reisinger (COMMENT: During the 1950s and early 1960s, I spent lots of time at my mother’s parents’ farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/12/23/economy-election-growing-us-urban-rural-divide/71960783007/

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— Blame the woke authoritarians for student learning loss – Ron Paul
https://www.ocregister.com/2024/01/01/ron-paul-blame-the-woke-authoritarians-for-student-learning-loss/

CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD
— Blame illegal immigration on a) employers that hire illegals and b) elected officials that let them do it.
https://www.chicoer.com/2024/01/02/by-hiring-migrants-americans-made-a-mess-at-the-border-mexico-shouldnt-have-to-clean-it-up-other-views/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Making Discrimination OK Again. The losers in a 2020 California referendum are back again with a sneakier version. – William McGurn (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans. Congress is run by Democrats and RINOs. GAO works for Congress. In Diersen vs. GAO, constructively, GAO successfully argued that it treated me exactly like Congress wanted it to treat its employees who shared my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, old, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. GAO wasted my career, took many adverse actions against me, and forced me to take its early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/making-discrimination-ok-again-racial-preference-california-government-asian-american-9f190a1c
— The Military’s Phantom ‘Extremists’ An independent study puts to rest another false media narrative. – Editorial (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being an extremist. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/military-extremists-report-institute-for-defense-analyses-pentagon-lloyd-austin-97619f4d

SHANNONSIDE
— 11 professions added to Critical Skill list for international work permits (COMMENT: From what I see, illegals not only lack job skills and lack education, they have serious financial, health, and/or other problems. From what I see, they want/need/demand massive assistance from governments and charities.)
https://www.shannonside.ie/news/11-professions-added-to-critical-skill-list-for-international-work-permits-234555