May 29, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 28, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What steered you away from vices, poverty, and crime? What steered you toward your successes in life? For me, it was my parents who were conservative Republicans who stressed personal responsibility and becoming a productive member of society. They had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL. Even though neither of them attended college and my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma and my mother never attended high school, their upbringing of me motivated/enabled me to work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree, three masters degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party a) to issue a detailed press release on its State Convention and b) to post on its website its new platform and its 12 new resolutions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

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

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

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— PARTY POLITICS: Illinois Republicans united behind former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign during their state convention in Collinsville over the weekend. They also got behind a platform that attacks Democrats for supporting abortion rights, eliminating cash bail and promoting transgender identity, according to the Tribune’s Rick Pearson and Jeremy Gorner. Cheering for Trump: “Joe Biden’s vision for the country and JB Pritzker’s vision for the state is, it’s a disaster, and may I say, even that it’s evil,” Congresswoman Mary Miller, a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, said during the conference. Roll call: Miller was also elected to be the delegation leader of Illinois and could be the voice we hear during roll call to support Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. There was drama: The election to determine the new Republican National Committee members became divisive. An election had to be held because current members Richard Porter and Demetra DeMonte will see their terms come up at the end of the convention. How it played out: Republican State Central Committeeman Dean White was elected to replace Porter after Lake County GOP Chair Mark Shaw was twice rejected during voting on the convention floor. Shaw dropped out, opening the lane for White. Rhonda Belford, the Hardin County GOP chair, will replace DeMonte after the convention. “There are always going to be disagreements. You see that among Democrats, too,” DeMonte told Playbook after the convention. Her take: “There wasn’t any disunity.” If you are Mark Shaw, Playbook would like to hear from you. Email skapos@politico.com – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/28/state-budget-still-up-in-the-air-00160091

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 41 shot, 9 fatally, in citywide Memorial Day weekend violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-memorial-day-gun-violence-police/14877210/
— Dad gets into shootout with group trying to steal cars while 5 daughters sleep inside Winnetka home. Suspects broke into Sheridan Road house to steal keys before trying to take Range Rover, Maserati. (COMMENT: Winnetka today, your municipality tomorrow. What are you doing to avoid car theft? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/winnetka-homeowner-exchanges-fire-suspects-steal-car-sheridan/14877966/

NBC5
— Winnetka homeowner exchanges gunfire with suspect in attempted car theft. The suspects fled the scene after the exchange of gunfire. (COMMENT: Winnetka today, your municipality tomorrow. What are you doing to avoid car theft? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/winnetka-homeowner-exchanges-gunfire-with-suspect-in-attempted-car-theft/3447578/

CBS2
— UChicago to withhold degree from at least one pro-Palestinian demonstrator – Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/uchicago-withhold-degree-palestinian-demonstrator/
— What happens if Trump is convicted in New York? No one can really say – Graham Kates
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happens-if-trump-is-convicted-in-new-york-trial/
— Activists, leaders work to prevent violence in Chicago this summer (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/leaders-activists-push-safety-violent-memorial-day-weekend-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I0Y-JSDhYU
— 5-year-old among 9 killed, 30 hurt in Chicago shootings during Memorial Day weekend – Jeramie Bizzle, Beth Lawrence (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-shootings-memorial-day-weekend-may-24-to-28/
— Winnetka homeowner exchanges gunfire with suspects trying to steal car – John Dodge (COMMENT: Winnetka today, your municipality tomorrow. What are you doing to avoid car theft? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in Chicago in 1973.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/winnetka-car-theft-gunfire/

WGN9
— Over 30 fall victim to shootings over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://wgntv.com/news/over-30-fall-victim-to-shootings-over-memorial-day-weekend-in-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjYWC31GLVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs8akgzKqmE

FOX32
— Chicago crime: 27 shot, 7 killed so far in Memorial Day weekend violence – Tia Ewing (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-memorial-day-weekend-violence

WBBM
— Chicago police officer takes teens on a camping trip to give them a ‘safe place’ over Memorial Day weekend. – (COMMENT: When you were young, how safe was your municipality? While I lived in Crete 1948-1972, it was very safe.)
https://www.wtvy.com/2024/05/27/police-officer-takes-teens-camping-trip-give-them-safe-place-over-memorial-day-weekend/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? A major week looms in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. – ERIC TUCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/27/major-week-trump-hush-money-trial/
— FRONT PAGE: Gov. J.B. Pritzker continues clashing with Illinois Senate over parole board – DAN PETRELLA and JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/28/gov-j-b-pritzker-continues-clashing-with-illinois-senate-over-parole-board/
— FRONT PAGE: CTA could provide up to 250 buses for use during the DNC. Will that leave enough for regular bus service? – Sarah Freishtat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/cta-could-provide-up-to-250-buses-for-use-during-the-dnc-will-that-leave-enough-for-regular-bus-service/ar-BB1nbmSu

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 9 killed, 30 wounded in Memorial Day weekend gun violence across Chicago. Among the dead are 5-year-old Reign Ware, who was fatally shot in the abdomen while sitting in a parked car in the 200 block of South Campbell Avenue. (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/05/27/memorial-day-weekend-2024-continues-violent-trend-28-shot-7-killed
— 2 ex-jail officials say they were fired after claiming they were coerced into political work for Sheriff Tom Dart. Drake Carpenter and Aracelis Gotay were suspended without pay in March of 2022 amid a federal investigation involving the sheriff’s office. – Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/05/27/cook-county-jail-officials-fired-coerced-political-work-sheriff-tom-dart

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Prairie Band Potawatomi land deal clears Illinois Senate, returns to House – PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: If you run for a government office or for a political office as a Republican, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if any of your ancestors homesteaded a farm, Democrats and RINOs will use that against you. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that you directly, substantially, and unfairly benefitted from that and that therefore, you should pay reparations. If I ran for an office, they would stress a) that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854, b) that they sold that land and bought 10 acres just northeast of downtown Crete in 1864, c) that my grandfather had a home built on that land in 1926, d) that I lived in that home 1954-1972, and e) that I inherited that home and sold it in 2022.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/prairie-band-potawatomi-land-deal-clears-illinois-senate/article_af1d1eb4-1c71-11ef-856a-3f6519303841.html

WQAD
— Illinois Senate Democrats send $53.1B spending plan to House – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/illinois-senate-democrats-531-billion-spending-plan-house-capitol-news/526-456b2ed3-b494-4894-b78e-b418c7d24bdd

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Pastor Criticized For No Transit Experience Withdraws From RTA Board Nomination. Rev. Ira Acree said the City Council and most agency boards should be vacated if alderpeople now want to only go off experience. – Mack Liederman (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. After working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS. The kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988 and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/24/pastor-criticized-for-no-transit-experience-withdraws-from-rta-board-nomination/

HOODLINE
— CHICAGO CONFRONTS DISMAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WITH 7 DEATHS AMID SURGE IN GUN VIOLENCE – Damon R. Sheffield (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://hoodline.com/2024/05/chicago-confronts-dismal-memorial-day-weekend-with-7-deaths-amid-surge-in-gun-violence/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-298/
— Welch to convene House at noon Tuesday.
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/27/welch-to-convene-house-at-noon-tomorrow/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JEFF BERKOWITZ
— In Part 2 of our interview w/the Big Tent Coalition’s CEO, Tim Ozinga, the discussion focuses on the dearth of real political leaders in IL and the key challenges facing the State. – Alana Goodman
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/in-part-2-of-our-interview-wthe-big

WIREPOINTS
— New Trier School District set to produce next $8 million superintendent pensioner – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/new-trier-school-district-set-to-produce-next-8-million-superintendent-pensioner-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOSE 127,000 STUDENTS – Hilary Gowins (COMMENT: Illinois parents a) who cannot avoid public schools because they cannot afford religious schools and b) who do not want Illinois teachers to make their children “good little Democrats,” take their children and move out of Illinois. My parents sent me to religious schools 1953-1962 even though my father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and my mother never worked outside of the home until after he died.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/editorial-illinois-public-schools-lose-127000-students-since-pandemic/
— How Illinois can give parents more choice within public school system. – Hannah Schmid (COMMENT: Yes, but ever-increasingly, Illinois parents are Democrats who therefore by definition are anti-conservative and anti-Republican and want teachers a) to make their children sexually active LGBTQers and b) to promote dependency on government and charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and race and gender based preference giving, that is, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/report-how-illinois-can-give-parents-more-choice-within-public-school-system/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— NewsGuard primes children in public schools for life of leftist activism. The latest way K-12 students are being indoctrinated. – John Tillman
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/27/newsguard-primes-children-in-public-schools-for-li/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Harvard Graduation Marred by Anti-Semitism Controversy as Speaker Accuses Critics of Smearing Her for ‘Money and Power’ Commencement speaker Maria Ressa employs anti-Semitic trope to blast critics, prompting Harvard rabbi to walk off the stage. – Alana Goodman
https://freebeacon.com/campus/harvard-commencement-speaker-told-graduates-her-critics-had-smeared-her-for-money-and-power-new-translation-confirms-the-critics-were-correct/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Because I accepted your invitation to be here today, I was attacked online and called anti-Semitic by money and power because they want money and power,” she told Harvard graduates during the May 23 ceremony.)

NEW YORK POST
— Here’s why the case against Trump should end in ‘not guilty’ – Jonathan Turley
https://nypost.com/2024/05/27/opinion/heres-why-the-case-against-trump-should-end-in-not-guilty/

BREITBART
— Denver Offers How-To Guide on Turning Cities into Taxpayer-Funded Immigrant Sanctuaries – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/05/27/denver-offers-how-to-guide-on-turning-cities-into-taxpayer-funded-immigrant-sanctuaries/

FEDERALIST
— America Has Become The Land Of The Selfish, Home Of The Indoctrinated – M.D. KITTLE
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/27/america-has-become-the-land-of-the-selfish-home-of-the-indoctrinated/
— Trans Activists Quietly Build ‘Gender-Affirming’ Monopoly On Centers For Abused Children – LAURA BRYANT HANFORD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/28/trans-activists-quietly-build-gender-affirming-monopoly-on-centers-for-abused-children/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— States and Localities Can Determine Whether to Resettle Refugees In Their Communities – Shari Rendall
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/states-and-localities-can-determine-whether-resettle-refugees-their

NEW AMERICAN
— Non-white Privilege? Anti-white Racism Reigns in U.S., Says Jeremy Carl – Selwyn Duke (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from non-Whites, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that they are anti-White.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/non-white-privilege-anti-white-racism-reigns-in-u-s-says-jeremy-carl/

NEWSMAX
— Sheltering Migrants Jacks Up Costs of NYC Hotel Rooms – Mark Swanson
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/nyc-hotels-prices/2024/05/27/id/1166352/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/arts/pride-events-nyc.html

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have bombarded the jurors, as well as everyone else in the world, with ever-increasing hatred against not only Trump, but against those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. The aforesaid has hurt Biden because Biden shares the aforesaid demographics with Trump except that Biden is liberal, Democrat, Catholic, and Irish American.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/05/22/trump-defense-rests-hush-money-trial-jury-duty/73772795007/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “How a right-wing internet broadcaster became Trump’s loyal herald.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-rallies-right-side-broadcasting-maga-election-27befda2383b917ab6e1213df19e5813

MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/how-to-change-the-gender-on-your-driver-s-license/ar-AA1cVZim

May 26, 2024

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCESSOUTHERN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 24, 2024

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

May 22, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Virtually all Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) leaders who oppose direct election of IRP State Central Committee members get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. Virtually all IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who oppose direct election get rid of RPC like me who support planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, most commonly its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. If I was not an elected RPC, because of the aforesaid, the aforesaid would not appoint me as one. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 16, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 14, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 11, 2024

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

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

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

I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the IRP platform. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 6, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 4, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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