Tag: marijuana

March 16, 2022

ABC7

— COVID Illinois Update: IL reports 1,574 new cases, 32 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-19-cases-test-testing-stats/11653495/
— When will gas prices go back down? Illinois drivers flock to Wisconsin, Indiana for cheaper fill-ups. Illinois gas prices averaging $4.55 a gallon. – John Garcia
https://abc7chicago.com/current-gas-prices-chicago-il-illinois-price/11652935/

NBC5
— Anna Valencia’s Secretary of State Campaign Faces Criticism Over Ties to Madigan Organizations – Mary Ann Ahern (COMMENT: Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, I have gathered signatures in my precinct on nominating petitions for all the Republican candidates who have asked me to, but not this year because of my health problems.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/anna-valencias-secretary-of-state-campaign-faces-criticism-over-ties-to-madigan-organizations/2783933/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Politicos say it was much more difficult to get the required signatures this year because the process was moved to January rather than September, with the weather causing some issues. Another problem is voter anger with the political landscape in Illinois, and Democratic strategists say that those issues made experienced signature-getters even more valuable this time around. For Valencia, her campaign collected way more signatures than were required, with nearly 20,000 obtained. Only 6,500 signatures were required to get on the ballot in the race to replace incumbent Secretary of State Jesse White, who will retire after his term concludes. Strategists say that Valencia’s campaign received help in circulating petitions from groups with ties to Madigan’s organization. It also included help from Mike Kasper, the Valencia campaign’s attorney, who is one of Madigan’s closest aides. Ald. David Moore, one of Valencia’s opponents, has criticized her campaign for its affiliations with Madigan’s organization.)

WTTW
— Under Revised Equal Pay Law, Some Illinois Businesses Will Start Reporting Workforce Data – Marissa Nelson (COMMENT: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors gave bigger pay increases to and promoted over me my Democrat coworkers me who were minority and/or female and who a) had less job-related work experience than I had, b) had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) had fewer job-related professional certifications and licenses than I had.)
https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/15/under-revised-equal-pay-law-some-illinois-businesses-will-start-reporting-workforce-data

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Candidates file to run in Naperville-area Illinois House, Senate, Congressional primary races – RAFAEL GUERRERO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-us-illinois-senate-house-candidates-st-0316-20220315-ujgblipv3bb7fe44zbusfvy7uu-story.html
— DuPage board chairman the only countywide contested race in DuPage or Will counties – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-county-races-final-st-0316-20220315-v7ejmbmwl5a4fmeek254xburwy-story.html
— Contested races set for Kane County Board, county clerk in June primary election
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-kane-county-races-st-0316-20220315-nhtiaou3rncybkoaow4n5loqwu-story.html
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters call Trump’s election fraud claims baseless.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-election-candidates-20220315-nsszr3quujg4divbx2i53eo6ge-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among the filings likely to gain scrutiny are those filed by candidates running under the “We are the people Illinois” banner in the GOP primary. Individuals associated with the group filed for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, comptroller, treasurer and U.S. Senate. Emily Johnson of Wheaton, the group’s candidate for governor, issued a campaign statement touting her support for the former Republican president who continues to perpetuate false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by Democratic President Joe Biden.)
— Naperville still no. 1 city to raise a family and with best schools, and makes list as ‘healthiest’ too, Niche says – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-niche-best-cities-st-0316-20220315-lnjbgfhsajc25bo6i6ytw2xgqi-story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote pot. To promote pot in a municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-simpler-license-applications-20220315-vwgpj7t6knhehin6a4gdxnbvua-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Who’s running for statewide offices – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220315/whos-running-for-statewide-offices
— Three primary races set for statehouse seats in Kane and McHenry counties – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220315/three-primary-races-set-for-statehouse-seats-in-kane-and-mchenry-counties
— Just three primary races in Lake County legislative contests – Doug T. Graham
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220315/just-three-primary-races-in-lake-county-legislative-contests
— We need to re-evaluate our relationship with cars in light of gas prices and climate change – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have been the most anti-car.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20220316/editorial-we-need-to-re-evaluate-our-relationship-with-cars-in-light-of-gas-prices-and-climate-change
— Lights and noise at Irvin’s State of City address – Susan Sarkauskas (COMMENT: Anti-Republicans and Republican-haters have not wanted Wheaton to mention its Independence Day parades and fireworks at its state of the city addresses because Republicans were major sponsors 2005-2019.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220315/lights-and-noise-at-irvins-state-of-city-address-where-aurora-christkindlmarket-is-announced-

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Jesse Sullivan files petitions, making GOP gubernatorial primary official – BRENDEN MOORE
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-jesse-sullivan-files-petitions-making-five-man-gop-gubernatorial-primary-official/article_7166df8c-91d9-5dc6-b5e7-b03a41bdfa0c.html

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Republicans in Cook County face survival or extinction. With only two seats held by Republicans on the Cook County Board, they have a choice to make, lose their representation by backing Sean Morrison for re-election in the 17th District, or return to a proven Republican with the skills to survive, Liz Gorman. – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2022/02/16/republicans-in-cook-county-face-survival-or-extinction/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Barr sounds alarm about CRT, gender theory in American public schools – ALEC SCHEMMEL
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/barr-religious-liberty-at-stake-as-education-system-sheds-traditional-values-bill-attorney-general-christian-religion-critical-race-theory-transgenderism

NPR ILLINOIS
— Crowded GOP field lines up to challenge Pritzker, Stratton – Peter Hancock
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-03-15/crowded-gop-field-lines-up-to-challenge-pritzker-stratton

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Steve Kim: ‘Corrupt politicians like J.B. Pritzker and Mike Madigan have ignored what’s best for Illinois’ – Bree Gonzales
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/621842478-kim-corrupt-politicians-like-j-b-pritzker-and-mike-madigan-have-ignored-what-s-best-for-illinois

WIREPOINTS
— Jussie Smollett’s legacy: Race-hustling must no longer hinder smart policy – Matt Rosenberg
https://wirepoints.org/jussie-smolletts-legacy-race-hustling-must-no-longer-hinder-smart-policy-wirepoints/
— It’s bad enough that Illinois is shrinking. What’s worse is we’re losing our wealthier residents and entrepreneurs
https://wirepoints.org/its-bad-enough-that-illinois-is-shrinking-whats-worse-is-were-losing-our-wealthier-residents-and-entrepreneurs-wirepoints-joins-chicagos-morning-answer-on-am-560/
— Spiraling Violence in Chicago: Causes and Solutions – Matt Rosenberg
https://wirepoints.org/spiraling-violence-in-chicago-causes-and-solutions-imprimis/

NEW YORK POST
— Putin’s spin doc demands reparations from US over sanctions, wants Alaska back – Ben Kesslen
https://nypost.com/2022/03/15/putins-spin-doc-wants-reparation-from-u-s-and-alaska-back/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Russia strikes back with sanctions on Biden, Hunter Biden, Hilary Clinton, Jen Psaki – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/15/russia-strikes-back-sanctions-biden-hunter-biden-h/
— DeSantis leads indignant parents against woke school days. No one alive today is enriched from slavery, which ended 159 years ago. – R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a conservative old White male Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have been enriched by slavery. In my defense, I stress that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany, they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/15/desantis-leads-indignant-parents-against-woke-scho/

FOX NEWS
— Mississippi Gov. Reeves signs bill targeting critical race theory. Reeves said the state is ‘not backing down.’ – Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mississippi-gov-reeves-signs-bill-targeting-critical-race-theory

BREITBART
— Georgia Senate Rejects Education Bill for Illegals – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/15/georgia-senate-rejects-education-bill-illegals/

CNS NEWS
— JULY 10, 2020 FLASHBACK: The New ‘Systemic Racism’ That Is Coming – Patrick J. Buchanan (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I have benefited tremendously from systemic racism and from systemic sexism, and that therefore, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/patrick-j-buchanan/new-systemic-racism-coming

DAILY CALLER
— Sex Ed Advocate Claims Education Activists Are Part Of ‘Organized, White Supremacist Groups’ – KENDALL TIETZ
https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/15/sex-education-cory-silverberg-critical-race-theory-parents-books/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Texas University’s Insistence on Critical Race Theory, Ideological Conformity Draws Overdue Pushback – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/03/15/texas-universitys-insistence-on-critical-race-theory-ideological-conformity-draws-overdue-pushback

PJ MEDIA
— San Francisco Boycotts Most of the U.S. for Insufficient Wokeness – CHRIS QUEEN (COMMENT: To tout their wokeness, the Democrats and RINOs who run Wheaton can a) stress that they stopped Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks in 2021 and b) stress that they promoted LGBTQ in downtown Wheaton big time in 2020.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/chris-queen/2022/03/15/san-francisco-boycotts-most-of-the-u-s-for-insufficient-wokeness-n1566587
— Woke Starbucks To Phase Out Disposable Cups For Nasty Reusable Ones – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2022/03/15/woke-starbucks-to-phase-out-disposable-cups-for-nasty-reusable-ones-n1566652

POST MILLENNIAL
— Bill Maher says his politics haven’t changed, the woke have just gotten way worse – James Anthony
https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-bill-maher-says-his-politics-havent-changed-the-woke-have-just-gotten-way-worse

HILLSDALE COLLEGE
— Spiraling Violence in Chicago: Causes and Solutions – Matt Rosenberg
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/spiraling-violence-chicago-causes-solutions/

CAPITOL RESEARCH CENTER
— Wokeism in Private Schools: Go Woke or Get Out – Hayden Ludwig
https://capitalresearch.org/article/wokeism-in-private-schools-part-4/
— Wokeism in Private Schools: Going Undercover – Hayden Ludwig
https://capitalresearch.org/article/wokeism-in-private-schools-part-1/
— Wokeism in Private Schools: No Bridge Is Too Far – Hayden Ludwig
https://capitalresearch.org/article/wokeism-in-private-schools-part-3/

EPOCH TIMES
— Russia Announces Sanctions Against Biden, Blinken, Other Top Officials – Nick Ciolino
https://www.theepochtimes.com/russia-announces-sanctions-against-biden-blinken-other-top-officials_4339187.html
— People Are Seeing Through Holes in Woke Ideology: Critical Theory Expert – Masooma Haq and Jan Jekielek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/people-are-seeing-through-holes-in-woke-ideology-critical-theory-expert_4338463.html
— Arrests of Illegal Immigrants at US-Mexico Border Up 63 Percent in February – Zachary Stieber
https://www.theepochtimes.com/arrests-of-illegal-immigrants-at-us-mexico-border-up-63-percent-in-february_4339235.html

ABC NEWS
— Anti-critical race theory bill signed into law by Mississippi governor. Similar Republican-led bills have been pushed in 41 states. – Kiara Alfonseca
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/anti-critical-race-theory-bill-signed-law-mississippi/story?id=83455412

NBC NEWS
— Biden moves to shrink gender pay gap for federal employees – Rebecca Shabad (COMMENT: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors gave bigger pay increases to and promoted over me my Democrat coworkers me who were minority and/or female and who a) had less job-related work experience than I had, b) had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) had fewer job-related professional certifications and licenses than I had.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-moves-shrink-gender-pay-gap-federal-employees-rcna20039
— Black, Latino queer students say they are on edge in the wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. They say the controversial Florida bill, which would ban discussions on gender identity and sexual orientation in elementary schools, will make it harder to find support. – Tat Bellamy-Walker (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Federal employees who are Republican get very little support, and especially those who are conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Moderates run Republican politics in Illinois. Republicans who are conservative get very little support, and especially those who are patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-latino-queer-students-say-are-edge-wake-dont-say-gay-bill-rcna19983
— Democrats to report $14 million fundraising haul in February – Natasha Korecki
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/democrats-report-14-million-fundraising-haul-february-rcna19961

CNBC
— Women in low-paying jobs are losing billions as U.S. gender pay gap persists, Labor Department says – Ylan Mui and Harriet Taylor (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/15/women-in-low-paying-jobs-are-losing-billions-as-us-gender-pay-gap-persists-labor-department-says.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs call conservatives “far-right.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/us/politics/enrique-tarrio-jan-6-document.html
— Making the SAT and ACT Optional Is the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations – John McWhorter
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/test-optional-admissions.html
— For Working-Class Boys, Religion May Be the Key To College Success – Ilana M. Horwitz (COMMENT: I am forever thankful that my outstanding parents had be baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), raised me as a MSL, and had me confirmed as a MSL.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/religion-school-success.html
— FRONT PAGE: California Cannabis Sellers Face a Bleak Reality – Michael Corkery and Jim Wilson
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/business/cannabis-dispensaries-oakland.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Disney LGBTQ employees plan walkout over Florida bill – RYAN FAUGHNDER
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-03-15/disney-lgbtq-employees-plan-walkout-over-florida-bill

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Expect that those who promote electric vehicles promote higher gasoline prices.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2022/03/15/gas-prices-electric-vehicles-supply/7041213001/
— Equal Pay Day sheds light on gender gap – Chabell Carrazana (COMMENT: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors gave bigger pay increases to and promoted over me my Democrat coworkers me who were minority and/or female and who a) had less job-related work experience than I had, b) had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) had fewer job-related professional certifications and licenses than I had.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/03/15/equal-pay-day-2022-salary-job-postings-could-narrow-gap-some-say/7047634001/

TIMES LEADER
— America becoming a nation of the woke – GEORGE WILL (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, expect that the more of the following that you are, the sooner that you will be gotten rid of: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. How soon, if not already, will employers, organizations, governments, etc. officially banish those who are the aforesaid? In 2021, Democrats and RINOs stopped Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. In 2020, they promoted LGBTQ in downtown Wheaton big time.)
https://www.timesleaderonline.com/uncategorized/2022/03/america-becoming-a-nation-of-the-woke/

IDAHO STATESMAN
— Critical race theory, ’1619 Project’ criticized as ‘divisive’ by Idaho Legislature – BECCA SAVRANSKY
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article259433084.html

IDAHO STATE JOURNAL
— Idaho House OKs resolution promoting Donald Trump’s 1776 Commission, condemning New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ – AP
https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/idaho-house-oks-resolution-promoting-donald-trumps-1776-commission-condemning-new-york-times-1619-project/article_3e00bf6b-2bf5-5626-ab81-a6fa3609eaa4.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is San Francisco the Most Intolerant Place in America? The city government is boycotting much of the United States. – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-san-francisco-the-most-intolerant-place-in-america-11647385763

FORBES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, moderates dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). Ever-increasingly, they get rid of Republican voters, precinct committeemen, candidates, donors, etc. who are conservative. They a) stopped me from raising funds from DuPage County Republicans so that DuPage County Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks, b) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, d) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, e) ended my MTRO webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) tried to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, and i) viciously end my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharysmith/2022/03/10/no-surprise-congress-has-become-more-polarized-with-gop-moving-further-rightward-study-finds/
— Why Employers Should Fight For Employee Satisfaction During The Great Resignation – Debora Roland (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2022/03/15/why-employers-should-fight-for-employee-satisfaction-during-the-great-resignation/

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DEI Isn’t Enough; Companies Need Anti-Racist Leadership (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will companies officially stop hiring those who are the following and get rid of their employees who are the following: Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/03/dei-isnt-enough-companies-need-anti-racist-leadership

YALE NEWS
— Yale sociologist Phil Gorski on the threat of white Christian nationalism – Mike Cummings (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hit/imply/argue/shout that if you are a conservative old White male Republican Christian, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have been enriched by slavery. In my defense, I stress that while all my ancestors were Christians and immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany, they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://news.yale.edu/2022/03/15/yale-sociologist-phil-gorski-threat-white-christian-nationalism

DAILY PRINCETONIAN
— COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will colleges stop admitting those who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2022/03/affirmative-action-unequal-supreme-court

PEW RESEARCH
— Many Americans are unsure whether sources of news do their own reporting – KIRSTEN WORDEN AND MICHAEL BARTHEL (COMMENT: My GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) stress the names of the websites that articles are posted on, b) stress the titles of the articles, c) stress the authors of the articles, and d) stress the unhidden hyperlinks of the articles. The original work in the newsletters is a) my decisions on which articles to include in my newsletters, b) articles that I write, and c) my comments on the articles. My critics/opponents falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that if I include an article in my newsletter, a) I agree with or disagree with that article and/or b) I vouch for the accuracy and fairness or the inaccuracy and unfairness of that article.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/12/08/many-americans-are-unsure-whether-sources-of-news-do-their-own-reporting/

DRIVING
— Anti-car hatred runs deeper than you think. It’s not just internal-combustion the true environmentalist wants banned, but all cars. – David Booth (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have been the most anti-car. I would focus on those who stressed to my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers that I bought a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 new in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, a new 1972 Chevrolet Corvette in 1971, a 1962 Chevrolet BelAir in 1971, a new 1974 Dodge Dart in 1973, a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta Royale new in 1978, a new 1978 Chevrolet Chevette in 1978, a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS collector car in 1989, a new 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX in 1989, a new 1994 Thunderbird in 1994, a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car in 1994, a new 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX in 1995, and a new 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier in 1996. Subsequently I bought a new 2005 Chevrolet Corvette in 2005, a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier LS in 2010, a new 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max in 2012, a new 2016 Ford Mustang in 2016, a new 2019 Escape Titanium in 2019, and a new 2021 Malibu Premier in 2021. I bought a small unit in Iron Gate Motor condos in Naperville in 2020.)
https://driving.ca/column/motor-mouth/motor-mouth-anti-car-hatred-runs-deeper-than-you-think

GUARDIAN
— Proud Boys leader had plans to ‘storm’ government buildings on 6 January. Enrique Tarrio possessed document titled ‘1776 Returns’, with details to invade and occupy seven buildings, New York Times says. – Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/15/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-document-january-6

March 11, 2022

ABC7

— Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail, 30 months’ probation before emotional outburst – Diane Pathieu, Leah Hope, Eric Horng, Rob Elgas
https://abc7chicago.com/jussie-smollett-sentencing-sentence-update/11638499/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora panel recommends marijuana dispensary downtown – STEVE LORD (COMMENT: To promote pot in a municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-marijuana-st-0311-20220310-l2qoqljd6zb3nnx24p4lqws7oa-story.html
— Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in Cook County Jail beginning immediately, shouts as he is led from court – MEGAN CREPEAU and JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-jussie-smollett-sentencing-20220310-6rkydf7zt5d6hkianqp6d6js7a-story.html
— A perfect storm is destroying Chicago’s economic vitality – PAUL VALLAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-economy-mayor-lori-lightfoot-20220310-3m3aytyvxzaevbuc4zgfs2tkq4-story.html
— The silent shame of getting older in a youthful world: ‘We woke up one day and asked ourselves, what happened?’ – JERRY DAVICH (COMMENT: I should write a book about age discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-shame-of-old-age-disability-st-0309-20220308-6fb64uplnbf6rodta36gmh7mtu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In new Hispanic 3rd Congressional District, poll shows Democratic primary wide open; Ramirez has edge over Villegas. The poll underscores how Delia Ramirez, a state representative, and Gilbert Villegas, a Chicago alderman, are blank political slates waiting to be filled in. – Lynn Sweet (COMMENT: Justin Burau of Winfield has filed for the GOP nomination. In 2015, my critics/opponents gerrymandered my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. I should write a book about them.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/3/10/22971706/new-hispanic-congressional-district-poll-shows-race-wide-open-ramirez-has-edge-over-villegas
— Illinois Gaming Board pulls plug on Russian sports betting following Ukraine invasion. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/10/22971721/illinois-sports-betting-russia-ban-ukraine-gaming-board
— Jussie Smollett sentenced to 5 months in jail for staging fake hate crime in downtown Chicago. – Matthew Hendrickson, Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/10/22967380/jussie-smollett-sentence-empire-actor-fake-hate-crime-hoax
— CPS selective enrollment schools to accept fewer affluent students under proposed change – Sarah Karp (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents as being filthy rich. They have always stressed that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home and raise my brother and me and that they sent my brother and me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. My outstanding parents never attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father fought type 1 diabetes, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. If my parents were filthy rich, why did I take jobs that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2022/3/10/22971194/cps-selective-enrollment-high-schools-whitney-young-payton-northside-lane-tech-jones-college-prep
— Search for Chicago’s next inspector general is down to two – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: I served on the Executive Committee (EC) of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996. Almost all the other EC members were employees of federal inspector general (IG) offices. All the audits of all the federal agencies that I worked on for GAO 1980-1997 required coordination with those agency’s IG offices. I worked on audits of federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies, including Railroad Retirement Board, Department of Defense, U.S. Postal Service, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Immigration and Naturalization Service, General Service Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration, Veteran Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Health and Human Services, for almost 6 years. I worked on an audit of EPA IG compliance with professional standards. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/afmd-86-43 )
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/3/9/22969647/chicago-inspector-general-search-two-finalists-ferguson-witzburg-lightfoot
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/3/10/22971494/donald-trump-ukraine-war-president-biden-column-mona-charen
— Lightfoot: Clock isn’t ticking on top cop – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: The clock was always ticking on me while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969,.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/3/10/22971431/chicago-violent-crime-lightfoot-brown-police-department

DAILY HERALD
— ‘We are losing good teachers and staff every single day’: Report reiterates pandemic shortages – Madhu Krishnamurthy
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220309/we-are-losing-good-teachers-and-staff-every-single-day-report-reiterates-pandemic-shortages
— Pappas named to replace disgraced Cullerton in Senate – Maria Gardner
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220310/pappas-named-to-replace-disgraced-cullerton-in-senate
— DuPage County Workforce Innovation Board to host webinar on finding talent April 8 (COMMENT: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20220310/dupage-county-workforce-innovation-board-to-host-webinar-on-finding-talent-april-8

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Jim Marter Appointed to Serve as Deputy for IL-14 on GOP State Central Committee
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/jim-marter-appointed-to-serve-as-deputy-for-il-14-on-gop-state-central-committee/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Marijuana could be removed from firefighter drug testing requirements – Jordan Elder (COMMENT: To promote pot in a municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://foxillinois.com/newsletter-daily/marijuana-could-be-removed-from-firefighter-drug-testing-requirements
— Approximately $1.5 million worth of damage to US Capitol during Jan. 6 riot, DC AG says
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-capitol-riot-january-6-insurrection-millions-damage-attack-police-congress-breach-washington-dc-presidential-election-results-trump-biden
— Those convicted of marijuana-related offenses to get first dibs on NY cannabis licenses (COMMENT: To promote pot in a municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/those-convicted-of-marijuana-related-offenses-to-get-first-dibs-on-ny-cannabis-licenses

WIFR
— Rockford’s First Cannabis-Infused Bakery opens its doors – Conor Hollingsworth (COMMENT: To promote pot in a municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://www.wifr.com/2022/03/11/rockfords-first-cannabis-infused-bakery-opens-its-doors/

MDJ ONLINE
— Incarceration rates demographics in Illinois
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/incarceration-rates-demographics-in-illinois/collection_91649f6e-ffe6-5a92-82c0-2843bf8ae2b5.html#1

JOHN KASS
— Smollett’s Juicy New Jailhouse Role: Martyr For the Cause
https://johnkassnews.com/lady-justice-1-jussie-smollett-0/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly to Mayor Lightfoot: Chicago has lost faith in you | Will you resign?
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-to-mayor-lightfoot-chicago-has-lost-faith-in-you-will-you-resign

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Lisle trustee Mullen calls on colleagues to take diversity training over ‘offensive’ comment about chicken and duck
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/621600174-lisle-trustee-mullen-calls-on-colleagues-to-take-diversity-training-over-offensive-comment-about-chicken-and-duck

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Village of Lisle Paid $23K In FOIA Lawsuit Settlement – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2022/03/village-of-lisle-paid-23k-in-foia-lawsuit-settlement/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY BALLOT CROWDS UP WITH FIVE, POSSIBLY SIX TEAMS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/03/gop-gubernatorial-primary-ballot-crowds-up-with-five-possibly-six-teams-.html
— ANOTHER GREAT DEPRESSION? MANY THINK IT’S LIKELY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/03/another-great-depression-many-think-its-likely.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s inflation plan will only pour ‘fuel on the fire,’ warn fiscal hawks – Haris Alic
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/10/bidens-inflation-plan-will-only-pour-fuel-fire-war/

DAILY POLITICAL WIRE
— Mayor Buttplug’s Husband Had Kids Pledge Allegiance to the Rainbow Flag – Keely Sharp (COMMENT: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.)
https://dailypoliticalnewswire.com/mayor-buttplugs-husband-had-kids-pledge-allegiance-to-the-rainbow-flag/

FEDERALIST
— J6 Committee Seeks To Criminalize Republican Fundraising – MOLLIE HEMINGWAY
https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/10/j6-committee-seeks-to-criminalize-republican-fundraising/

EPOCH TIMES
— Illinois Illegally Denied Elections Group Access to Voter Records, Federal Court Rules – Matthew Vadum
https://www.theepochtimes.com/illinois-illegally-denied-election-group-access-to-voter-records-federal-court-rules_4328836.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Jussie Smollett Sentenced to Jail for False Report of a Hate Crime – Julia Jacobs and Robert Chiarito
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/arts/television/jussie-smollett-sentencing.html
— Biden Urges Americans to Blame Rising Prices on Putin. Many Do, for Now. – Katie Rogers and Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/us/politics/biden-putin-inflation.html
— U.S. Battles Russia and China on Ukraine War Disinformation – Edward Wong (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. Since 2000, they have done everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china-bioweapons.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Most Democrats Say They’d Flee, Not Fight, a Ukraine-Style Invasion. Too many Americans have forgotten the meaning of ‘home of the brave.’ – Matthew Hennessey (COMMENT: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/home-of-the-brave-rip-war-poll-democrats-fight-enlist-vietnam-soldiers-invasion-ukraine-patriotism-culture-war-isolationist-military-recruitment-11646929607
— Inflation Reached 7.9% in February; Consumer Prices Are the Highest in 40 Years. Surging energy costs related to Russian invasion of Ukraine are pushing prices higher. – Gabriel T. Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-inflation-consumer-price-index-february-2022-11646857681
— Economic Blacklist of Russia Marks New Blow for Globalization. Postwar vision of harmonious world trade was already under pressure; invasion of Ukraine risks further economic fragmentation. – Josh Zumbrun
https://www.wsj.com/articles/economic-blacklist-of-russia-marks-new-blow-for-globalization-11646940040
— Senate Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill That Includes Aid for Ukraine – Siobhan Hughes and Teresa Mettela
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-democrats-see-ukraine-aid-speeding-passage-of-omnibus-spending-bill-11646935157
— Biden to Call for Revoking Normal Trade Relations With Russia – Yuka Hayashi and Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-call-for-revoking-normal-trade-relations-with-russia-11646971099
— Government Gives Itself a Big Raise. Everything you dislike about Congress and more—in 2,727 pages. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-gives-itself-a-big-raise-congress-omnibus-spending-bill-democrats-republicans-biden-defense-11646939869
— It’s Joe Biden’s Inflation. He blames Vladimir Putin, but his policies and the Federal Reserve are at fault. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-joe-bidens-inflation-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-prices-bureau-of-labor-statistics-11646952656
— IRS Readies Hiring Binge in Bid to Clear Tax-Return Backlog. Tax agency plans to hire 5,000 workers quickly and 5,000 more by September 2023. – Richard Rubin (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $88,229-$99,994/year. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 and worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $104,915-$136,387/year. The Democrats who ran GAO kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of those almost 18 years. In my book, I would focus on my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and on my Republican U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, their staff members, and their political consultants.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-readies-hiring-binge-in-bid-to-clear-tax-return-backlog-11646942444
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Republicans starved the Internal Revenue Service of funding for far too long, and the taxpayer has paid the price,” said Rep. Richard Neal (D., Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. “But in this bill, Democrats deliver the largest funding increase to the agency in decades.” Republicans have criticized the IRS for being too slow to use pandemic-era funding it received. “The IRS is finally recognizing that this historic backlog is not due to a lack of funding, but due to its neglect in using the tools it has,” Rep. Kevin Brady (R., Texas), the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, said last week.)

March 9, 2022

NBC5

— Chicago-Area Residents Cope With Pain at the Pump as Gas Prices Soar
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-residents-cope-with-pain-at-the-pump-as-gas-prices-soar/2778385/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Auto insurance rates are rising sharply in Illinois, as drivers hit the road and repair costs skyrocket – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-auto-insurance-rates-rising-illinois-20220308-mnfo7e7h4bdydfpu3rfja7hvee-story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a conservative old White male Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against women. How soon, if not already, will Democrats demand that conservative old White male Republicans disclose when their ancestors immigrated to America, where they immigrated from, where they lived, what they did, etc.? All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were share-croppers and then bought and operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-emmett-till-antilynching-act-0308-20220308-lmxfdjlbs5hthjr45gongjjc34-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Here are the contested statehouse primary races emerging in DuPage County – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220308/here-are-the-contested-statehouse-primary-races-emerging-in-dupage-county
— The few legislative showdowns brewing in Northwest suburban Cook County – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220308/the-few-legislative-showdowns-brewing-in-northwest-suburban-cook-county
— A few intraparty fights on tap in key Lake County legislature races – Doug T. Graham
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220308/a-few-intraparty-fights-on-tap-in-key-lake-county-legislature-races
— Few battles, so far, in state legislative primaries in Kane, McHenry counties – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220308/few-battles-so-far-in-state-legislative-primaries-in-kane-mchenry-counties
— Four reasons to get a master’s degree – Tim Panfil (COMMENT: If I had not been taking graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, IRS might not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not been taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, I might not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO might not have hired me in 1980, I might not have passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I might not have become a licensed CPA in 1981, and GAO might not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking graduate finance courses 1992-1997, my Democrat GAO superiors might have succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” sooner than they did.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20220306/four-reasons-to-get-a-masters-degree

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s closing all Russia locations. The temporary McDonald’s closures come after the fast-food giant had been silent on its business in Russia. – ALLY MAROTTI
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-closes-all-stores-russian-over-ukraine-war

FOX ILLINOIS
— DeSantis says reporter is ‘pushing false narratives’ in heated exchange over sex ed bill – ALEC SCHEMMEL
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/in-heated-exchange-over-sex-ed-bill-desantis-says-reporter-is-pushing-false-narratives-dont-say-gay-florida-ron-republican-press-hb1557

NPR ILLINOIS
— Sticker shock: Gasoline tops $4.17 a gallon, a new record – Camila Domonoske
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-03-08/sticker-shock-gasoline-tops-4-17-a-gallon-a-new-record

WILL
— How much should parents be involved in school curricula? – Erica Scalise
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/how-much-should-parents-be-involved-in-school-curricula

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Central Illinois Auto Show stalled for 2nd straight year – Austin Schick
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/central-illinois-auto-show-stalled-for-2nd-straight-year/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Kendall County area Republicans energized at Plano election rally. Candidates seek GOP nomination for June 28 primary. – Mark Foster

https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/news/government/2022/03/08/kendall-county-area-republicans-energized-at-plano-election-rally/

WIRE POINTS
— Gov. Pritzker should cut Illinois’ state gasoline taxes. They’re up over 100 percent since he took office. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-should-cut-illinois-state-gasoline-taxes-theyre-up-over-100-percent-since-he-took-office-wirepoints/

JOHN KASS
— Chicago, Behold Mayor Phallus Maximus
https://johnkassnews.com/chicago-mayor-phallus-maximus-lets-christopher-columbus-rot-in-her-jail-of-statues/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— If You Care About Children and America’s Future, Keep Your Kids Out of Public Schools – Laurie Higgins (COMMENT: My outstanding parents a) had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, b) sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, c) sent me to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and d) had me confirmed as a MSL at Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest in 1962.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/if-you-care-about-children-and-americas-future-keep-your-kids-out-of-public-schools/
— The Blatant Anti-Christian Sentiment of the Public Schools – Evan O’Bryan
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/the-blatant-anti-christian-sentiment-of-the-public-schools/

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP slams Pritzker over Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2022/03/08/ilgop-slams-pritzker-over-madigan/
— Irvin bats away, ignores questions
https://capitolfax.com/2022/03/08/irvin-bats-away-ignores-questions/
— Irvin’s combat veteran status
https://capitolfax.com/2022/03/08/irvins-combat-veteran-status/
— Illinois First Alliance is having its second fundraiser in Naples, Florida?
https://capitolfax.com/2022/03/08/campaign-notebook-32/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans preserve $1.9 billion in border wall cash in 2022 spending bill – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/9/spending-bill-preserves-19-billion-border-wall-cas/

NEW YORK POST
— ‘Smear campaign’ v. Clarence Thomas and other commentary – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2022/03/07/smear-campaign-v-clarence-thomas-and-other-commentary/

BLAZE
— Biden requests $2.6 billion from Congress to fund global gender equity programs – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-requested-2-6-billion-to-fund-global-gender-equity-programs

DAILY CALLER
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/08/hateful-psaki-texas-florida-policies-lgbtq-children/
— Tucker Carlson: ‘Maybe teach the kids to read before you tell them to go trans ‘- NICOLE SILVERIO
https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/09/beaten-up-tucker-carlson-florida-parental-rights-bill-kindergarteners-sex-gender-identity/

NEWSMAX
— Poll: More Republicans Than Democrats Would Fight for US If Invaded Like Ukraine – Luca Cacciatore
https://www.newsmax.com/us/poll-invasion-war-fight/2022/03/08/id/1060130/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Bill to Federalize CRT Must Be Stopped – STANLEY KURTZ
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/bill-to-federalize-crt-must-be-stopped/
— Yes, If America Is Ever Invaded, You Must Take Up Arms and Fight – CHARLES C. W. COOKE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/yes-if-america-is-ever-invaded-you-must-take-up-arms-and-fight/

PJ MEDIA
— Hard at Work Solving Today’s Most Urgent Problems, Congress Passes Anti-Lynching Act – ATHENA THORNE
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2022/03/08/hard-at-work-solving-todays-most-urgent-problems-congress-passes-anti-lynching-act-n1564844

COLLEGE FIX
— Princeton professor argues America is irredeemably racist, must be refounded – DALTON NUNAMAKER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/princeton-professor-argues-america-is-irredeemably-racist-must-be-refounded/
— Wisconsin professor suspended after criticizing ‘woke dysphoria’ – JONATHAN DRAEGER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/wisconsin-professor-suspended-after-criticizing-woke-dysphoria-at-lutheran-college/

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
— The Supreme Court and the Price of Diversity – DENNIS L. WEISMAN (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs make Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran pay the price of diversity.)
https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2022/03/80774/

THE HILL
— Pence does not rule out 2024 White House bid in new interview – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/597295-pence-does-not-rule-out-2024-white-house-bid-in-new-interview

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Realtors to conservatives living in liberal areas: Try Idaho – NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS (COMMENT: From what I see watching home purchases in my precinct since 1984, it ever-increasing looks like Democrat realtors steer home buyers to my precinct who are Democrat, moderate, liberal, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. Ever-increasingly, it looks like Democrat realtors stress to potential home buyers a) that ever-increasingly, Democrats get more votes in the precinct, for example, Biden got 269 votes while Trump got only 157, b) that there are LGBTQ-promoting churches immediately north and south of the precinct, c) that the Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 Administration Headquarters is in the precinct, and d) that a grade school and middle school are in the precinct.)
https://www.bakercityherald.com/realtors-to-conservatives-living-in-liberal-areas-try-idaho/article_45f107c6-9eeb-11ec-ae6a-a7f7d3f09317.html

NBC NEWS
— Florida Senate passes controversial LGBTQ school measure. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signaled he would sign the bill, which would ban “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in primary schools. – Brooke Sopelsa, Tat Bellamy-Walker
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/dont-say-gay-bill-florida-senate-passes-controversial-lgbtq-school-mea-rcna19133

NEW YORK TIMES
— McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and Starbucks temporarily stop sales in Russia. Pressure has been ramping up on the American brands to pull out of Russia. – Julie Creswell
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/business/mcdonalds-russia.html
— What Opportunities Did Covid Steal From You? (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, everyone is under ever-increasing pressure to give more opportunities to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-conservative, non-Republican, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, that is, ever-increasingly, everyone is under ever-increasing pressure to take more opportunities away from those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, married, conservative, Republican, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and those who do not have financial, health, and/or other problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/nyregion/covid-missed-opportunities.html
— Pressing for Evidence, Jan. 6 Panel Argues That Trump Committed Fraud – Luke Broadwater
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/politics/jan-6-panel-trump-fraud.html
— Mark Meadows Spread Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims. Now His Voting Record Is Under Scrutiny. The former Trump aide listed a mobile home in rural North Carolina as his residence at the same time that he was running operations at the White House. – Reid J. Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/politics/mark-meadows-trump-vote-north-carolina.html
— I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead. – Emma Camp (COMMENT: If I had been active in Republican politics, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/campus-speech-cancel-culture.html
— COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/fighting-disinformation-education.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/ukraine-social-media-disinformation.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/cheap-speech-fake-news-democracy.html
— It’s ‘Alarming’: Children Are Severely Behind in Reading. The fallout from the pandemic is just being felt. “We’re in new territory,” educators say. – Dana Goldstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/pandemic-schools-reading-crisis.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Florida legislature passes bill to restrict LGBTQ topics in elementary schools – Tim Craig
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/08/florida-bill-lgbtq-schools/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats teach children that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2022/03/07/history-class-slavery-critical-race-theory/6909961001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Talking to Teens About Cannabis Gummies as Use Booms. Candy-like marijuana products have become the stealth way of getting high for more teens. Here’s how to talk to your kid about them. – Andrea Petersen
https://www.wsj.com/articles/talking-to-teens-about-cannabis-gummies-as-use-booms-11646717498
— What Kind of Justice Will We Get With Ketanji Brown Jackson? – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-biden-nominee-supreme-court-violent-crime-democrats-racial-identity-affirmative-action-racism-clarenc-thomas-11646769193
— Putin’s Groupies Walk Back Their Praise. Mike Pence said there is no room in the GOP for an apologist after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while Trump plays the part. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/putins-groupies-walk-back-tucker-carlson-donald-trump-steve-bannon-viktor-orban-josh-hawley-11646770018

FORBES
— Short-Term And Long-Term Picture Of Talent Shortage – Peter Bendor-Samuel (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and up-or-out. According to them, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran are disgusting losers if they do not make GS-13 (currently $104,915) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $123,978) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $145,831) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $176,300) by age 40.)https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterbendorsamuel/2022/03/08/short-term-and-long-term-picture-of-talent-shortage/

BLOOMBERG
— Bank of America Sees Consumers Spending More Money on (immediate pleasures) – Katherine Doherty (COMMENT: I am 73 years old. One reason why I have money than many of my peers is that I have always spent less money on immediate pleasures and saved more money for retirement. According to my critics/opponents, I have more money a) because I was born a White male, b) because I avoided the draft, c) because the federal government grossly overpaid me, d) because I got married, and e) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-08/bofa-sees-consumers-spending-more-money-on-in-person-activities

BARRON’S
— ‘What Do We Do With All That Talent?’: Older Workers and the New Economy – Chris Farrell (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, they use patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and up-or-out to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/retirement-older-workers-51646755952

FAST COMPANY
— The future of equality – KRISTINA LENGYEL (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will employers officially stop hiring and officially get rid their employees who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? How soon, if not already, will organizations officially not admit and officially get rid of their members who are the aforesaid? How soon, if not already, will governments officially get rid of their residents who are the aforesaid?)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90726050/the-future-of-equality

NEWSWEEK
— Gender Equity at Work Advances at ‘Glacial Pace,’ New Harvard Survey Shows – COLLEEN AMMERMAN AND BORIS GROYSBERG (COMMENT: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors promoted my Democrat coworkers over me who were minority and/or female and who a) had less job-related work experience than I had, b) had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) had fewer job-related professional certifications and licenses than I had.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2022/03/11/gender-equity-work-advances-glacial-pace-new-harvard-survey-shows-1685659.html

MINNESOTA POST
— Real hunger plagues college students, too; and their expanded SNAP benefits are due to expire. Thirty-three percent of first-generation college students and 43 percent of Black students in Minnesota are food insecure. – Dr. Melissa Laska (COMMENT: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete while I took courses at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. I never was food insecure. My working part-time for the Park Foest Post Office 1966-1969 allowed me to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and c) graduate from NIU debt-free in 1970.)
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2022/03/real-hunger-plagues-college-students-too-and-their-expanded-snap-benefits-are-due-to-expire/

January 5 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Illinois COVID: IL reports record high 32,279 new cases, 80 deaths. Previous record was set on New Year’s Eve 2021.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-cases-test/11428977/

NBC5
— When Rioters Took Over the US Capitol: A Look Back Over the Last Year. A timeline of events since the violent storming of U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 – Noreen O’Donnell (COMMENT: Those who invaded the Capitol had to know that would harm Trump tremendously.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/when-rioters-took-over-the-us-capitol-a-look-back-over-the-last-year/2721518/

FOX32
— Lightfoot locks teachers out of online classrooms after union votes against in-person classes, CTU says – Ronn Blitzer
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lightfoot-locks-teachers-out-of-online-classrooms-after-union-votes-against-in-person-classes-ctu-says
— Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger won’t run governor
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-rep-adam-kinzinger-wont-run-for-office

WGN RADIO
— Could we see Safe Injection Sites across the state of Illinois?
https://wgnradio.com/chicagos-afternoon-news/could-we-see-safe-injection-sites-across-the-state-of-illinois/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As Chicago Public Schools’ stalemate with teachers union continues, Trump and Biden press secretary each weigh in – TRACY SWARTZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-class-cancel-covid-chicago-teachers-union-20220105-xnlsdz5vobafdao5n5cnqnhexq-story.html
— Lake County’s congressmen call for accountability and unity a year after insurrection; ‘The threat to our representative democracy is just as serious today’ – STEVE SADIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-lake-insurrection-anniversary-st-0106-20220105-lsd67xb7dnhbpkxplam5ibbdnu-story.html
— Gary, Indiana guaranteed Income program recipient calls it a ‘blessing’ as director looks for more funding – CARRIE NAPOLEON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-gary-gift-program-st-0102-20211231-a7e3jcv3cfh5rhga6qhuccerm4-story.html
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “The damage to the 2024 election has already been done.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-column-trump-republicans-2024-election-chapman-20220105-f4obw26635cvbjsjvvlakn3one-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Government consolidation must be a top priority in 2022. Shrinking the number of units of government is about saving Illinois through property tax relief. – Bob Anderson, Wonder Lake
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/1/4/22866818/illinois-government-consolidation-priority-2022-marijuana-police-shootings-letters
— Rep. Kinzinger to focus on fighting right-wing extremism, won’t run for governor or Senate. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., is a member of the Jan. 6 panel probing the Capitol attack. He earlier announced he will not seek another term in the House. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2022/1/5/22868350/kinzinger-will-not-run-senator-governor-congress-january-6-capitol-attack-right-wing-extremism-trump

DAILY HERALD
— Fewer than 10% of suburban ICU hospital beds are available – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220105/fewer-than-10-of-suburban-icu-hospital-beds-are-available
— Apparently, it’s up to the legislature to clarify roles in township government – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20220105/editorial-apparently-its-up-to-the-legislature-to-clarify-roles-in-township-government
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from their discrimination against minorities and against women.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220105/it-has-no-place-how-a-mundelein-area-woman-is-deleting-a-painful-relic-of-race-and-housing
— Kinzinger to focus on fighting right-wing extremism, won’t run for governor or Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220105/kinzinger-to-focus-on-fighting-right-wing-extremism-wont-run-for-governor-or-senate
— Most Kane County court business to be done remotely the next four weeks – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220105/most-kane-county-court-business-to-be-done-remotely-the-next-four-weeks

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Reflecting on a dark anniversary: The latest D.C. Memo. Crain’s asked members of the Illinois congressional delegation to reflect on the upcoming anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. No Republicans responded.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/juice/jan-6-capitol-riot-democrats-illinois-delegation-reflect-anniversary

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— County board trims 34 precincts. State-required change will save election costs. – Scott Cousins (COMMENT: I only learned of precinct consolidation in Illinois this morning. I erroneously relied on the following to advise me of such things: the DuPage County Election Division (DCED), my representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee, the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization. I understand that at its January 11, 2022 meeting, the DuPage County Board will vote to consolidate DuPage County’s 930 precincts into just 607, a loss of 323 precincts. That includes consolidating Milton Township’s 130 precincts into just 83, a loss of 47 precincts. I have asked DCED to email me the new map for Milton Township and the map for the new precinct that I am in. I should write a book about the 2015 Gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Board-reduces-precincts-in-response-to-new-state-16729105.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Madison County Board has approved a new precinct map that reduces the number of precincts to 191 from the current 225. The board took the action after new state laws were signed in mid-November by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The changes were approved at a special Madison County Board meeting Thursday night. The new map was approved unanimously 21-0, with seven members absent, two participating remotely and one open seat. The changes are the last to be completed as part of the decennial census. In November the board approved a new Madison County Board district map cutting the board size by three to 26 members. “Reducing the total number of election precincts by consolidating 225 into 191 will save taxpayers 15 percent on every election held in Madison County,” said Madison County Board Member Chris Guy, R-Maryville, who chairs the Government Relations Committee. “Not only will a reduction result in cost-savings to the taxpayers, a reduction will also bring more efficiency and integrity to the election process.” The new law requires precincts to be “as near as may be practicable, 1,200 registered voters,” according to information provided by Guy. Prior to that the number was 500 registered voters per precinct. The new state law also requires precinct maps to be approved by Jan. 14, the day after candidates are allowed to begin collecting signatures to get on the 2022 ballot. The full county board took the precinct action after a special meeting by the Government Relations Committee, which approved the new precinct maps.)

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Batavia students, parents and faculty share candid stories of racism, homophobia in school – Jonah Nink
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/news/education/2022/01/05/batavia-students-parents-and-faculty-share-candid-stories-of-racism-homophobia-in-school/

NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “People who believe Trump’s election lies are running for offices that control voting.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-01-05/people-who-believe-trumps-election-lies-are-running-for-offices-that-control-voting

WIREPOINTS
— Running out of hospital beds is the biggest danger of Omicron? Then why has the Pritzker administration let the supply of ICU beds collapse by nearly 1,000? – Ted Dabrowski
https://wirepoints.org/running-out-of-hospital-beds-is-the-biggest-danger-of-omicron-then-why-has-the-pritzker-administration-let-the-icu-supply-collapse-by-nearly-1000-beds-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— They’ve bastardized both the prosecution process and policing
https://wirepoints.org/theyve-bastardized-both-the-prosecution-process-and-policing-wirepoints-joins-chicagos-morning-answer-on-am-560/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Benet graduate Proft slams alma mater: ‘Apparently the monks weren’t up for the fight’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/617927951-benet-graduate-proft-slams-alma-mater-apparently-the-monks-weren-t-up-for-the-fight

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Public Schools Battle Plague of Violence, Sexual Abuse – Alex Newman
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-public-schools-battle-plague-of-violence-sexual-abuse/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ALVEDA KING: VIRGINIA REJECTED CRITICAL RACE THEORY. WHAT WILL 2022 VOTERS DO?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/01/alveda-king-virginia-rejected-critical-race-theory-what-will-2022-voters-do-.html
— WEYERMULLER: MARCH FOR LIFE CHICAGO 2022 SATURDAY AT FEDERAL PLAZA
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/01/weyermuller-march-for-life-chicago-2022-saturday-at-federal-plaza-.html
— FACEBOOK IS A SYMPTOM OF A MUCH DEEPER BIG TECH PROBLEM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/01/facebook-changing-its-name-to-meta-will-not-change-the-fact-that-all-social-media-platforms-make-promises-they-cant-k.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Ahead of January 6 anniversary, SGOP Leader McConchie again pleads for reconciliation
https://capitolfax.com/2022/01/05/ahead-of-january-6-anniversary-sgop-leader-mcconchie-again-pleads-for-reconciliation/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— AG Garland: DOJ has ‘no higher priority’ than charging, prosecuting Jan. 6 rioters – Emily Zantow
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/5/merrick-garland-justice-dept-has-no-higher-priorit/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Survey shows Illinois businesses recovering slower than rest of U.S. – Kevin Bessler
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/survey-shows-illinois-businesses-recovering-slower-than-rest-of-u-s
— Social media employees should not be arbiters of truth – Washington Examiner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/social-media-employees-should-not-be-arbiters-of-truth

FOX NEWS
— Former Trump adviser suing New York state for racialized coronavirus priorities: ‘This is racist fascism’ US could become a ‘fallen civilization,’ he says. – Yael Halon
https://www.foxnews.com/media/stephen-miller-suing-new-york-racialized-coronavirus-priorities
— New year, same failed Biden policies at our southern border—and things will only get worse in 2022. All Americans are facing escalating hazards from illegal drugs & dangerous criminals entering our communities. – Mark Brnovich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-southern-border-arizona-drugs-illegal-immigration

FOX BUSINESS
— 2022 is the year of the raise and workers getting the ‘upper hand,’ personal finance expert says. Companies reportedly allocating 3.9% of payroll capital for employee raises this year
Facebook. – Kristen Altus
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/2022-year-of-the-raise-workers-upper-hand-dan-roccato

GOPUSA
— After Violent 2021, Mayor Lori Lightfoot And Police Leaders Look To Hit The Reset Button – Again
https://www.gopusa.com/after-violent-2021-mayor-lori-lightfoot-and-police-leaders-look-to-hit-the-reset-button-again/
— Educators Called Out For ‘Ideological Grooming’ Of Student
https://www.gopusa.com/educators-called-out-for-ideological-grooming-of-student/

BREITBART
— James Lindsay: Bill Gates, George Soros Use Critical Race Theory Advocates as ‘Useful Idiots’ to Co-Opt America for Their Own Purposes – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/05/exclusive-james-lindsay-bill-gates-george-soros-use-critical-race-theory-advocates-useful-idiots-co-opt-america-their-own-purposes/

FREEDOM WORKS
— FreedomWorks for America Endorses Mary Miller in Illinois’ 15th Congressional District
https://freedomworksforamerica.org/press-releases/freedomworks-for-america-endorses-mary-miller-in-illinois-15th-congressional-district-2/

NEWSMAX
— Twitter Team Reviewing Harmful Content Related to Capitol Attack Riles Conservative Critics – Fran Beyer
https://www.newsmax.com/us/twitter-content-review-january-6-conservatives/2022/01/05/id/1051145/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Fiscal Conservatives Should Care about Abortion – BOBBY JINDAL
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/01/why-fiscal-conservatives-should-care-about-abortion/#slide-1

CNN
— Republicans seek to avoid Trump talk as party grapples with January 6 anniversary. Anchor Muted BackgroundCNN Digital Expansion DC Manu Raju. – Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/politics/gop-reaction-january-6-anniversary/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Midterms and 2024 Loom, Trump Political Operation Revs Up – Kenneth P. Vogel and Shane Goldmacher (COMMENT: Who heads the Trump campaign in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/us/politics/donald-trump-midterm-elections.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois child welfare worker fatally stabbed during visit – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/illinois-child-welfare-worker-fatally-stabbed-during-visit/2022/01/05/07760e0a-6e72-11ec-b1e2-0539da8f4451_story.html
— Suspect in slaying of Illinois police officer denied bond – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/suspect-in-slaying-of-illinois-police-officer-denied-bond/2022/01/05/6f634588-6e71-11ec-b1e2-0539da8f4451_story.html
— Florida activist handcuffed while trying to attend DeSantis news conference – Lori Rozsa (COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have done the most to stop me from attending their press conferences, and failing that, who have done the most to stop me from asking any questions at those press conferences.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/04/florida-news-conference-handcuffs/

January 4 Evening Edition

FOX32
— Record number of COVID-19 patients fill Illinois hospital beds: ‘More challenging by the day’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/record-number-of-covid-19-patients-fill-illinois-hospital-beds-more-challenging-by-the-day

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Benedictine monks cut ties with Benet Academy months after school hired coach in same-sex marriage. The chancellor of Benet Academy said in September he was “deeply troubled” by the school’s decision to hire a girls lacrosse coach in a same-sex marriage. – Madeline Kenney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2022/1/4/22867440/benedictine-monks-cut-ties-benet-academy-hiring-coach-same-sex-marriage-amanda-kammes

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Rep. Bobby Rush ending 30-year congressional run for ‘higher calling’ in the pulpit, as scramble of potential successors begins – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-bobby-rush-retiring-congress-20220104-c2n4xjudkvcw3or6b7dpc42eze-story.html
— COVID testing is critical to keeping Chicago schools open. On that front, CPS has failed badly. – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-cps-ctu-covid-testing-debacle-20220104-ah242gmknnhvpg3liw3ky5jqve-story.html
— Use the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol rioting to boost democracy, not Democrats – JONATHAN BERNSTEIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-capitol-riots-democracy-20220104-l6tgjtzcpbbbfbwvrsl7bbroz4-story.html
— COMMENT: Pot pushers push pot. To pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-marijuana-sales-comparison-st-0105-20220104-bkjqyukybfak7lfabjopyhig7a-story.html
— COVID-19 testing available at several Naperville locations – RAFAEL GUERRERO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-covid-testing-st-0105-20220104-tp7fwbyvxvf7npredc446jplqq-story.html
— After violent 2021, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police leaders look to hit the reset button – again – GREGORY PRATT and ANNIE SWEENEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-brown-violence-2022-20220105-euep2o4luffidpwzzj7tafghpy-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Republican former prosecutor Milhiser announces he will run for Illinois secretary of state – Andrew Adams
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/01/04/john-milhiser-illinois-secretary-state-2022-election-race-trump-officials/9091813002/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— The mud is already flying in bitter battle to be Republican candidate in the Illinois 15th Congressional District – Jonathan Turner
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/the-mud-is-already-flying-in-bitter-battle-to-be-republican-candidate-in-the-illinois-15th-congressional-district/

WSIL TV
— More children are hospitalized with Covid-19 than ever before as doctors face rising cases – CNN
https://www.wsiltv.com/coronavirus/more-children-are-hospitalized-with-covid-19-than-ever-before-as-doctors-face-rising-cases/article_ce9b77ae-0e5e-5ab8-9b6f-ebd5870d5ade.html

WREX
— The world’s 500 richest people became $1 trillion richer last year – CNN
https://www.wrex.com/the-worlds-500-richest-people-became-1-trillion-richer-last-year/article_f74963cb-e3ec-5da6-92fa-19c744aec7da.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump cancels Jan. 6 press conference – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/4/donald-trump-cancels-jan-6-press-conference/
— Pelosi accused of hiding info on her role in security breakdown on Jan. 6 – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/4/nancy-pelosi-accused-hiding-information-her-role-s/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why did Facebook say a children’s book on Ronald Reagan is ‘disruptive’? – Quin Hillyer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-did-facebook-say-a-childrens-book-on-ronald-reagan-is-disruptive
— It’s ‘law and order’ vs. ‘woke’ and Black Lives Matter in bitter campaign for Orange County district attorney – TORI RICHARDS
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/its-law-and-order-vs-woke-and-black-lives-matter-in-bitter-campaign-for-orange-county-district-attorney
— Republicans say Capitol Police in ‘worse position’ than on Jan. 6, alleging Pelosi failure and secrecy – Emily Brooks
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-nancy-pelosi-house-failure-january-6-anniversary-failure

FOX NEWS
— New York’s racialized coronavirus priorities are illegal and warrant DOJ investigation, critics say. The New York state health department says no one is being turned away from treatment based on race. – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-coronavirus-priorities-illegal-investigation-critics

GOPUSA
— $29,000 For An Average Used Car During Biden Era
https://www.gopusa.com/29000-for-an-average-used-car-during-biden-era/

AMERICAN THINKER
— One more awkward hypocrisy emerges about incident where a police-defunding and ‘bail reform’ advocate Illinois state senator was carjacked – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/one_more_awkward_hypocrisy_emerges_about_incident_where_a_policedefunding_and_bail_reform_advocate_illinois_state_senator_was_carjacked.html

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Media unite in push warning of Republican-led government collapse – Tim Worstall
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-unite-in-push-warning-of-republican-led-government-collapse/

BLAZE
— Gov. DeSantis: ‘Lockdown politicians’ have been escaping to freedom in Florida throughout pandemic – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/gov-desantis-lockdown-politicians-have-been-escaping-to-freedom-in-florida-throughout-pandemic

CBN NEWS
— ‘Another Glaring Example of Cancel Culture’: Facebook Blocks Conservative Children’s Book Publisher
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/entertainment/2022/january/another-glaring-example-of-cancel-culture-facebook-blocks-conservative-childrens-book-publisher

DAILY CALLER
— The Biden Administration’s Continued Obsession Over ‘Extremism’ In The Military – BOB BARR
https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/04/barr-biden-administrations-obsession-extremism-military/

FEDERALIST
— Why Tradition-Loving Conservatives Are Waging War On Institutions
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/04/why-tradition-loving-conservatives-are-waging-war-on-institutions/

HANNITY
— MORE MIDNIGHT FLIGHTS? Biden Still Flying Illegal Immigrants All Over the Country, Now in PA
https://hannity.com/media-room/more-midnight-flights-biden-still-flying-illegal-immigrants-all-over-the-country-now-in-pa/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Devin Nunes Betrays Conservatives – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/devin-nunes-betrays-conservatives/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Memphis Offers Professors Financial Incentives to Embed Social Justice in Curricula – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/university-of-memphis-offers-professors-financial-incentives-to-embed-social-justice-in-curricula/

EPOCH TIMES
— Facebook Reverses Course After Backlash for Permanently Locking Account of Conservative Children’s Book Publisher – Zachary Stieber
https://www.theepochtimes.com/facebook-reverses-course-after-backlash-for-permanently-locking-account-of-conservative-childrens-book-publisher_4192255.html
— Men Are Different From Women, Women From Men – Philip Carl Salzman
https://www.theepochtimes.com/men-are-different-from-women-women-from-men_4188141.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Only 17% of workers say their pay has kept pace with inflation. – Ben Casselman
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/business/economy/worker-pay-inflation.html
— More workers quit than ever as U.S. job openings remain near a record. – Ben Casselman
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/business/economy/job-openings-coronavirus.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Covid-19 Infections Top One Million After Holiday Backlog. States report backlogs of cases after pausing for the New Year holiday – Anthony DeBarros and Rhiannon Hoyle
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-infections-accelerate-across-asia-11641283016

NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Urges Republicans to ‘Leave Twitter NOW!’ After Her Suspension – ALEXANDRA HUTZLER
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-urges-republicans-leave-twitter-now-after-her-suspension-1665490
— Republican House Memo Warns Capitol Is Not Safe Ahead of January 6 Anniversary – KHALEDA RAHMAN
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-house-memo-warns-capitol-not-safe-ahead-january-6-anniversary-1665288

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Biden’s Midnight Flights of Illegal Immigrants Now Landing in New Territory – Cameron Arcand
https://www.westernjournal.com/bidens-midnight-flights-illegal-immigrants-now-landing-new-territory-reports/
— House Republicans Turn the Jan. 6 Tables on Nancy Pelosi with a Major Accusation – Joe Saunders
https://www.westernjournal.com/house-republicans-turn-jan-6-tables-nancy-pelosi-major-accusation/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What top priorities do your critics/opponents have? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

All my critics/opponents have the following top priorities:


— Stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, stop everyone from reading those newsletters
— Destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate, that refuse to glorify and praise them, that refuse to pander to them, that refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, that refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or that refuse to give them money
— Destroy those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that support planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks

I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the success that they have had destroying the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, me, etc.

I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton

I would focus on those who succeeded last year in stopping me from raising funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.

I would focus on the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.

January 4 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? People sometimes mistakenly think the COVID-19 vaccines will completely block infection. – LAURA UNGAR – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/why-are-vaccinated-people-getting-covid-19-covid-vaccination-vaccine-omicron-variant/11423319/

NBC5
— Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Remote Learning Debate, Testing Warning, Hospitalizations
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-coronavirus-updates-remote-learning-debate-testing-warning-hospitalizations/2720663/

CBS2
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Illinois Marijuana Sales In 2021 Top Out At More Than Double Those Of 2020
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2022/01/03/illinois-marijuana-sales-2021/

FOX32
— Chicago cites 6 businesses for failing to enforce indoor mask mandate
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-cites-6-businesses-for-failing-to-enforce-indoor-mask-mandate

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sen. Dick Durbin endorses Anna Valencia for Illinois secretary of state. In endorsing Valencia, Durbin said, “She is part of the newest generation of Democrats who are critical to our future in this state.” – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/1/4/22866271/sen-dick-durbin-endorses-anna-valencia-illinois-secretary-of-state
— Compliance, frustration on first day of vaccination rule for bars, restaurants, gyms: ‘It’s not right to force this on people’ During a live interview Monday on CNBC, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said even though the Omicron variant usually has less severe outcomes, it is still driving a ‘massive community spread,” justifying the vaccination requirement. – Mitch Dudek and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/1/3/22865122/chicago-coronavirus-vaccination-proof-required-restaurants-cnbc-interview

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Sen. Dick Durbin endorses Anna Valencia for Illinois secretary of state – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-durbin-valencia-secretary-of-state-20220104-umvqgakkwvc4dfmxxiuqwb6rlu-story.html
— Your biological age may be different from your real age. A new institute at Northwestern plans to explore the issue. – LISA SCHENCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-northwestern-longevity-institute-aging-20220104-2sksqyisozeudgdzjmexdbkehu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Even in COVID-shortened sessions, lawmakers face great opportunities – and risks – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20220104/editorial-even-in-covid-shortened-sessions-lawmakers-face-great-opportunities—and-risks

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ignoring reality: Inside the property tax appeals game – ALBY GALLUN (COMMENT: I should write a book about my appeals of the assessed valuation of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton during the 1980s and 1990s. Those who fought those appeals continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/ignoring-reality-inside-property-tax-appeals-game

WBEZ
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things if you do not promote hatred against Trump and against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/new-book-explains-how-to-have-difficult-conversations-about-racism/f001b0b7-2803-4cdf-839c-013bced4eefc

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 education – AP (COMMENT: What happened on January 6 harmed Trump tremendously. Nevertheless, according to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, that is exactly what Trump wanted.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Teachers-at-culture-war-front-lines-with-Jan-6-16747430.php

WREX
— State Senator Dave Syverson thinks a proof of a vaccine mandate is a bad idea for the Forest City – Cassandra Bretl
https://www.wrex.com/coronavirus/state-senator-dave-syverson-thinks-a-proof-of-a-vaccine-mandate-is-a-bad-idea/article_acec1798-6cf2-11ec-b1b0-2fa9e98c10cd.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— 2022 will be a tense year for Facebook and social apps. Here are 4 reasons why – Shannon Bond (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want the following to officially a) have the power to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, b) have the power to stop me from including links in those newsletters to articles that they do not like: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, religious leaders, conservative leaders, those who I have sued, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their pollsters, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-01-03/2022-will-be-a-tense-year-for-facebook-and-social-apps-here-are-4-reasons-why

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois governor’s race is still wait and see – Justin Kaufmann
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2022/01/04/illinois-governors-race-is-still-wait-and-see

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Are Progressives Allies of Women or Misogynists? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/are-progressives-allies-of-women-or-misogynists/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The spirit of Mayberry confounds the liberal media. They hear ‘dogwhistles’ in Andy Griffith’s hometown. – Robert Knight (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my hometown of Crete a) where I lived 1948-1972, b) where my brother continues to live, and c) where my ancestors on my father’s side have lived since 1854.)
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/3/the-spirit-of-mayberry-confounds-the-liberal-media/

NEW YORK POST
— Facebook shut down our hopes for an anti-woke book world for children – Bethany Mandel
https://nypost.com/2022/01/03/facebook-shut-down-our-hopes-for-an-anti-woke-book-world/

FOX BUSINESS
— The America we love will not accept big government socialism. ‘Americans don’t want to be strangled by red tape and taxes from radical left bureaucrats in the Washington D.C. swamp’ says FOX Business host. – Larry Kudlow
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/kudlow-america-we-love-will-not-accept-big-government-socialism

BREITBART
— House Republicans Demand Nancy Pelosi Answer for ‘Failures’ to Secure Capitol on January 6 – ASHLEY OLIVER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/cover-up-house-republicans-demand-nancy-pelosi-answer-for-failures-to-secure-capitol-on-january-6/
— Annual Moving Survey: Top 5 Outbound States Run by Democrats – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/03/annual-moving-survey-top-5-outbound-states-run-democrats/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 8 College Professors Canceled by Left – Douglas Blair (COMMENT: Who cancels your supporters? I should write a book about my critics/opponents who canceled those a) who helped me get appointed as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, b) who helped me get elected as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020, c) who helped me serve as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, d) who helped me serve as a American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, e) who helped me serve as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, f) who helped me serve as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, g) who helped me serve as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and h) who helped me raise funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors a) who canceled my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) who canceled my GAO mentor who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/01/03/8-college-professors-canceled-by-left/

PJ MEDIA
— Dems’ Love Affair With Backstabber Liz Cheney Will Sink Them – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2022/01/04/the-morning-briefing-dems-love-affair-with-backstabber-liz-cheney-will-sink-them-n1546572

FEDERALIST
— Pelosi Is Blocking Access To House January 6 Records. What Is She Hiding? – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/04/pelosi-is-blocking-access-to-house-january-6-records-what-is-she-hiding/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NY State Advantaging Non-Whites For Covid Therapeutics Reflects Growing Racial Radicalization Of Medicine – WILLIAM A. JACOBSON
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/ny-state-advantaging-non-whites-for-covid-therapeutics-reflects-growing-racial-radicalization-of-medicine/amp/

MSNBC
— House Republicans eye their own ‘report’ on Jan. 6 attack. House Republican leaders boycotted the official investigation into the Jan. 6, but they’re nevertheless planning to release their own “report.” – Steve Benen (COMMENT: I should write my own reports on why Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have lost elections since 2000. I should write my own reports on the problems that the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc. have. I should write my own reports about the lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-republicans-eye-their-own-report-jan-6-attack-n1286926

THE HILL
— Trump blasts ‘low-life Twitter’ after Greene’s account suspended – SARAKSHI RAI
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/588100-trump-blasts-low-life-twitter-after-greene-suspended
— COMMENT: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Nearly a year after Jan. 6, US democracy remains perilously fragile.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/587985-nearly-a-year-after-jan-6-democracy-remains-perilously-fragile

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats are doing everything that they can to change the electoral system so that candidates who are the following will never be elected again: Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/opinion/capitol-riot.html
— Resolve to Think Bigger in 2022 – Anne-Marie Slaughter (COMMENT: What more will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/opinion/new-years-resolutions.html

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things if you do not promote hatred against Trump and against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2022/01/04/americans-crime-racism-dialogue/9045428002/
— Lower the US flag to half-staff to commemorate Jan. 6 attacks – Steny Hoyer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/01/01/jan-6-threatened-american-democracy-but-insurrection-failed/9038889002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Zuckerbucks Shouldn’t Pay for Elections. It fans mistrust to let private donors fund official voting duties. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/zuckerbucks-shouldnt-pay-for-elections-mark-zuckerberg-center-for-technology-and-civic-life-trump-biden-2020-11640912907
— Entitlements Always Grow and Grow. The ‘equally worthy claim’ inexorably prompts further expansion, regardless of lawmakers’ initial limits. – John F. Cogan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/entitlements-only-grow-build-back-better-bill-eligibility-aid-expansion-manchin-schumer-11641243361

NEWSWEEK
— COMMENT: Those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican say that those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican are members of the “ruling class.”
https://www.newsweek.com/2021-year-ruling-class-crackdown-dissent-opinion-1664757

NPR
— Millions sympathize with the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, survey finds – ODETTE YOUSEF (COMMENT: I do not sympathize with those who attacked the Capitol on January 6. Nevertheless, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County a) paint me as being the biggest Trump promoter in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County and b) do everything that they can to punish me for that. Last year, they stopped me from raising funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/1069983200/millions-sympathize-with-the-rioters-who-attacked-the-capitol-on-jan-6-survey-fi

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
— How Racism in Early Life Can Affect Long-Term Health – Jack P. Shonkoff (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned the following the most: Crete when I lived there 1948-1972, my parents for having me baptized, raising me, and having me confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962, my parents for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, my parents for sending me to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, my grandparents, my great grandparents, the rest of my ancestors, etc.)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-racism-in-early-life-can-affect-long-term-health1/

DAILY MAIL
— Woke Arizona State University students accuse college of ‘persecuting’ THEM after they were reprimanded for making two white students leave campus multicultural space because of their anti-Biden shirt and pro-cop sticker – JAMES GORDON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10366483/Arizona-State-University-students-persecuted-guilty-harassing-two-white-students.html

January 1 Evening Edition

ABC7

— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago crime rate 2021: Year ends as city’s deadliest in a quarter century. Chicago recorded more homicides in 2021 than any other city in US, including New York and Los Angeles.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-2021-homicides-most-murders-by-city-usa-police-crime/11414801/

FOX32
— More people were murdered in Chicago in 2021 than have been since 1996 – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/more-people-were-murdered-in-chicago-in-2021-than-have-been-since-1996

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump jumps into Illinois politics, endorsing Rep. Mary Miller over Rep. Rodney Davis. The difference between Miller and Davis is that Miller is from the far-right MAGA wing of the Republican Party which includes Miller’s friend, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2022/1/1/22862647/mary-miller-trump-rodney-davis-endorsement-illinois-congress
— Cook County judge carjacked at gunpoint in Humboldt Park with 3-year-old son in backseat. Judge Anna Loftus and the 3-year-old boy were ordered out of the car late Thursday by two people who then drove off in the Subaru Crosstrek. – Frank Main and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/12/31/22861610/carjacking-cook-county-judge-anna-loftus-humboldt-park

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois enters 2022 with record-high COVID cases, full hospitals, evolving risks and some hope – JOE MAHR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-pandemic-new-year-illinois-2022-20220101-txj2mn5pzzbqjlrsmzk2uojeie-story.html
— Controversial downstate freshman GOP Rep. Mary Miller to primary veteran Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis after Trump endorsement – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-gop-rep-mary-miller-trump-endorsement-20220101-du3w7gsjsbacvnqnwyu4hplv3a-story.html
— 2021 ends as Chicago’s deadliest year in a quarter century – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-chicago-violence-2021-20220101-5kjo2iwblfbahbhkg4l26lz2fm-story.html
— ‘No Kids Die in the Chi’ march urges action on gun violence – CECILIA REYES
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-march-against-violence-20211231-wmgp67segfhzfh2yfyq4jxz7hy-story.html
— Naperville: Candlelight vigil planned for insurrection anniversary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-digest-st-0102-20220101-u75vztf7pfbgbotvflilztow3i-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Miller, with Trump endorsement, will go head-to-head with Davis in 15th district primary – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/01/01/rep-mary-miller-challenge-rep-rodney-davis-15th-district/9069064002/

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rep. Mary Miller endorsed by former President Trump
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rep-mary-miller-endorsed-by-former-president-trump/video_806f57aa-209d-5e29-a916-18c99bee341e.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rep. Mary Miller endorsed by former President Trump
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/rep-mary-miller-endorsed-by-former-president-trump/video_38c6ec1e-7001-5293-bc85-fea377d39752.html

WRAL
— Trump endorses Rep. Mary Miller against Rep. Rodney Davis despite pleas from leadership not to get involved in primary – Melanie Zanon
https://www.wral.com/trump-endorses-rep-mary-miller-against-rep-rodney-davis-despite-pleas-from-leadership-not-to-get-involved-in-primary/20058505/

WLDS
— Miller Announces Intention to Primary Davis in New IL-15 Congressional District – Benjamin Cox
https://wlds.com/miller-announces-intention-to-primary-davis-in-new-il-15-congressional-district/

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Bond Set for Three Armed Cook County Men Charged With BMW Dealership Burglary
https://www.dupageco.org/States_Attorney/States_Attorney_News/2022/65734/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC admits prioritizing race in distributing COVID tests: leaked emails – Jon Levine and Conor Skelding
https://nypost.com/2022/01/01/nyc-admits-to-prioritizing-race-in-distributing-covid-tests/
— NYC will consider race when distributing life-saving COVID treatments – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2022/01/01/nyc-considering-race-in-distributing-life-saving-covid-treatment/
— Voters need to start turning the page on Biden’s disastrous presidency – Augustus Howard
https://nypost.com/2022/01/01/voters-need-to-start-turning-the-page-on-bidens-disaster/

BREITBART
— The Year of Education: 7 Seismic Moments that Redefined the Issue in 2021 – BRECCAN F. THIES
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/31/year-education-7-seismic-moments-redefined-issue-2021/
— 11 Times Joe Biden Promised to Get Coronavirus Under ‘Control’ in 2020 – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/01/11-times-joe-biden-promised-to-get-coronavirus-under-control-in-2020/
— GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks: Fauci Is ‘Silent on the Border’ While He Floats Air Travel Vaccine Mandate – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/01/01/gop-rep-miller-meeks-fauci-is-silent-on-the-border-while-he-floats-air-travel-vaccine-mandate/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Endorses Illinois Rep. Mary Miller Ahead Of Member Vs Member Primary – MICHAEL GINSBERG
https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/01/donald-trump-endorses-mary-miller-primary-rodney-davis-illinois/

DAILY WIRE
— New York Governor Kathy Hochul Declares Racism A ‘Public Health Emergency’ – Ben Zeisloft
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-declares-racism-a-public-health-emergency

NEWSMAX
— Trump Endorses Illinois GOP Rep. Mary Miller – Charles Kim
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mary-miller-reelection-campaign-endorsement/2022/01/01/id/1050673/

PJ MEDIA
— New York Covid Testing and Treatment: White People Need Not Apply – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2022/01/01/new-york-covid-testing-and-treatment-white-people-need-not-apply-n1545988

TOWNHALL
— NY Gov Declared a New Public Health Emergency, But It’s Not COVID-Related – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2022/01/01/ny-gov-declares-a-new-public-health-emergency-but-its-not-about-covid-n2601278

NATIONAL REVIEW
— AOC: Conservatives Hate Me Because They’re So Sexually Frustrated – RICH LOWRY
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/aoc-conservatives-hate-me-because-theyre-so-sexually-frustrated/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Law students fed up with COVID excuses: Demand university host in-person classes or lower tuition – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/01/01/law-students-fed-up-with-covid-excuses-demand-university-host-in-person-classes-or-lower-tuition-1183036/

EPOCH TIMES
— Texas Audit Finds Over 11,000 Potential Non-Citizens Registered to Vote, Other Problems. First phase of audit praised by Secretary of State but criticized by some lawmakers who argue it’s not enough. – Darlene McCormick Sanchez
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-audit-finds-over-11000-potential-non-citizens-registered-to-vote-other-problems_4188076.html
— Dumbing Down Education Key to Dismantling America: Alex Newman – Ella Kietlinska and Joshua Philipp
https://www.theepochtimes.com/dumbing-down-education-key-to-dismantling-america-paves-way-for-new-world-order-alex-newman_4183740.html

THE HILL
— GOP Rep. Mary Miller announces reelection bid with Trump endorsement – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/587872-gop-rep-mary-miller-announces-reelection-bid-with-trump-endorsement-sets-up

CNN
— Trump endorses Rep. Mary Miller against Rep. Rodney Davis despite pleas from leadership not to get involved in primary – Melanie Zanona
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/01/politics/donald-trump-mary-miller-2022/index.html

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WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans and Democrats divided over Jan. 6 insurrection and Trump’s culpability, Post-UMD poll finds – Dan Balz, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/01/post-poll-january-6/

KEENE SENTINEL
— Legalizing marijuana violates federal law — but more states are doing it anyway – JACOB FISCHLER
https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/national_world/legalizing-marijuana-violates-federal-law-but-more-states-are-doing-it-anyway/article_d6b211eb-5a9f-5090-9f35-2fa559249dfd.html

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Movement Poses ‘Existential Threat’ to America: New York Times Editorial Board – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-movement-poses-existential-threat-america-new-york-times-editorial-board-1664823

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— COMMENT: New York Magazine exists to elect and reelect Democrats.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/rights-blue-states-may-lose-gop-returns-power.html

FORBES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote lifestyles that lead to homelessness.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2022/01/01/how-the-us-criminalizes-homelessness/

December 30 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Illinois COVID cases: IL reports record-high 30,386 new cases, 87 deaths. IL adopts CDC quarantine guidelines.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-cases-test/11406919/
— Woman beaten, robbed by 8 people on Lakeview sidewalk; 2nd group robbery reported at CTA Red Line. Chicago police warn of 20 other similar crimes in Lakeview, Lincoln Park over last 2 months. – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/lakeview-chicago-crime-robbery-muggings/11404648/
— Woman shot outside Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center in Westmont. Suspect fled the scene and is not in custody, Westmont spokesperson says.
https://abc7chicago.com/hilton-chicago-oak-brook-hills-resort-conference-center-shooting-hotel-westmont/11404826/
— Illinois using SMART health card with personal vaccine QR code to prove you’re vaccinated – Mark Rivera
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-vaccine-qr-code-smart-health-card-vax-verify-vaccination/11407825/

NBC5
— Illinois Obliterates Daily COVID Record, With More Than 30K New Cases in Single Day
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-obliterates-daily-covid-record-with-more-than-30k-new-cases-in-single-day/2718252/

FOX32
— Illinois launches Vax Verify system to confirm vaccination status for residents
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1018080

WGN RADIO
— DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin: Self-defense not a viable argument for Oakbrook Center shooters
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/dupage-county-states-attorney-robert-berlin-self-defense-not-a-viable-argument-for-oak-brook-shopping-center-shooters/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal court dismisses lawsuits sought to fight state redistricting map. The suits, brought by state Republicans, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), and the East St. Louis Branch of the NAACP, argued that the redistricting map passed by the Democrats last summer disenfranchised minority voters in some districts. – Matthew Hendrickson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2021/12/30/22860312/federal-court-dismisses-lawsuits-illinois-republicans-2-others-redistricting-map-fight
— Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton tests positive for COVID-19. The lieutenant governor, who was fully vaccinated and boosted, had only mild symptoms Thursday. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/12/30/22860002/juliana-stratton-tests-positive-covid-illinois-lt-gov-coronavirus
— State lawmakers slash January legislative session due to COVID-19 surge. Lawmakers will meet for just one day in Springfield as the state sees its highest coronavirus caseloads of the pandemic. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/30/22859948/illinois-capitol-springfield-legislative-session-canceled-covid-january
— Illinois obliterates daily COVID-19 case record with more than 30K positive tests. With cases, hospitalizations and deaths rising rapidly, officials are urging more residents to get vaccinated and boosted. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/12/30/22860227/illinois-coronavirus-record-high-cases-30000-covid-omicron-vaccine-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Amid record-breaking COVID-19 spike, Illinois driver’s license facilities will temporarily close; lieutenant governor infected – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-covid-lieutenant-governor-stratton-20211230-f5qorea7xjgshezyem2rui72i4-story.html
— Food pantries have worked overtime to meet demand. Our neighbors still need our help. – KELLIE O’CONNELL (COMMENT: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-food-pantries-chicago-need-20211229-2gstmyex5rczrmigiuwqntddbe-story.html
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-marijuana-st-1231-20211230-2olhqzn2b5bcbajqg7n5efwinu-story.html
— Federal court panel upholds Democratic-drawn state legislative districts – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-legislative-map-ruling-democrats-20211230-ol5cmwt5kff6bljqewlc4f64fi-story.html
— Gov. Pritzker urges hospitals to halt nonemergency surgeries amid record-breaking COVID-19 spike; lieutenant governor infected and driver’s facilities to close – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-covid-lieutenant-governor-stratton-20211230-f5qorea7xjgshezyem2rui72i4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Opioid task force to get $200K from DuPage County, where such overdoses are up 17% – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211230/opioid-task-force-to-get-200k-from-dupage-county-where-such-overdoses-are-up-17
— Illinois records 30,386 new COVID-19 cases, most ever in one day – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211230/illinois-records-30386-new-covid-19-cases-most-ever-in-one-day

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Court upholds new Illinois legislative maps. A federal court rejected complaints from Republicans and Black and Latino groups that the remap plan is unfair. Barring a long-shot appeal, the new maps will be in place for 2022 elections. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-legislative-maps-upheld-federal-court

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— COVID-19 delays start of 2022 General Assembly; drafting a state budget remains a priority – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/12/30/covid-affects-start-illinois-2022-general-assembly/9022002002/
— Replacement for outgoing Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope remains uncertain – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2021/12/30/illinois-commission-deadlocked-replacement-inspector-general/9054296002/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Madison County crafting 500-plus ballot styles for June – Scott Cousins,
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/County-gearing-up-for-a-late-primary-election-16732336.php

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Five-term Congressman Rodney Davis works to meet people in new 35-county district, including the QC area – Jonathan Turner
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/five-term-congressman-works-to-meet-people-in-new-35-county-district-including-the-qc-area/

WAND TV
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/state-releases-guidance-to-protect-transgender-nonbinary-gender-non-conforming-students/article_019dad66-698c-11ec-a87a-6729b32dd6dd.html

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— OMICRON SURGE ‘UNLIKE ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN’; 30,386 ILLINOIS CASES, 1,130 IN KANE; 5,689 IN ILLINOIS HOSPITALS Omicron Surge ‘Unlike Anything We’ve Seen’; U.S. Children Hospitalized in Record Numbers; At-Home Tests Less Sensitive To Omicron.
https://kanecountyconnects.com/2021/12/covid-19-update-omicron-surge-unlike-anything-weve-seen-30386-illinois-cases-1130-in-kane-5689-in-illinois-hospitals/

LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
— Federal court delays new law that will prohibit Illinois jails from housing ICE detainees amid lawsuit appeal. – Sam Borcia
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2021/12/30/federal-court-delays-new-law-that-will-prohibit-illinois-jails-from-housing-ice-detainees-following-lawsuit/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives compares Lightfoot to ‘Mrs. O’Leary’s cow’ following new vaccine mandate – Solange DeLisle
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/616563020-ives-compares-lightfoot-to-mrs-o-leary-s-cow-following-new-vaccine-mandate

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservatives blast AMA’s woke advice on how medical professionals should talk about race – Kery Murakami
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/30/conservatives-warn-dangers-medical-associations-wo/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— US maintains high death rate due to COVID-19 despite lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccines – Cassidy Morrison
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-maintains-high-death-rate-due-to-covid-19-despite-lockdowns-mask-mandates-and-vaccines

FOX NEWS
— Trump will get GOP’s 2024 nomination if he wants it, Lindsey Graham says – Dom Calicchio
https://sports.yahoo.com/trump-gop-apos-2024-nomination-100252204.html

BREITBART
— Facebook Censors Thomas Paine Quote as ‘False Information’ – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/12/30/report-facebook-censors-thomas-paine-quote-as-false-information/

THE HILL
— Nearly three-quarters of GOP doubt legitimacy of Biden’s win: poll – MAX GREENWOOD (COMMENT: Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/587700-nearly-three-quarters-of-gop-doubt-legitimacy-of-bidens-win-poll

WASHINGTON POST
— Can the IRS Be Trusted With Your Data? – Stephen L. Carter (COMMENT: In 1978, Money Magazine published a 4-page article about my wife and I. The article reads like Money Magazine took advice from my Democrat IRS superiors on how to paint my education deductions as being improper. The article hints/implies/argues/shouts that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 and the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980 a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, d) were taken by me to qualify me for a “new trade or business,” and e) were a distraction. Money Magazine and IRS would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/can-the-irs-be-trusted-with-your-data/2021/12/30/c8ad5c76-697d-11ec-9390-eae241f4c8b1_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Accept that you’ll likely spend more money in 2022 than you did in 2021. – Julia Carpenter
https://www.wsj.com/articles/consider-this-your-permission-to-spend-more-in-2022-11640821151

BUSINESS INSIDER
— After the Facebook whistleblower came forward, the company reportedly tried to discredit her reputation among politicians – Ben Gilbert (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who discredit me with Republican politicians. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) past leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) past and present conservative and religious leaders, e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and g) those who I have sued. I would focus on those who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who hint/imply/argue/shout that they disapprove of those who share my demographics.)
https://news.yahoo.com/facebook-whistleblower-came-forward-company-185147003.html

TIMES NEWS EXPRESS
— Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw calls House Freedom Caucus members ‘grifters’
https://timesnewsexpress.com/news/newsusa/texas-rep-dan-crenshaw-calls-house-freedom-caucus-members-grifters/

NEWSWEEK
— Just 21 Percent of Republicans Say Biden ‘Probably’ or ‘Definitely’ Won in 2020: Poll – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/just-21-percent-republicans-say-biden-probably-definitely-won-2020-poll-1664390
— Republican Adam Kinzinger Rips Trump ‘Lies’ After He Makes Statement About 1/6 Committee – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-adam-kinzinger-rips-trump-lies-after-he-makes-statement-about-1-6-committee-1664458

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why The View Is Struggling to Find a New Token Conservative – Eric Levitz
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/why-the-view-is-struggling-to-find-a-new-token-conservative.html

December 28 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Illinois COVID cases: IL reports 20,804 new cases, 96 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-cases-test/11397924/

NBC5
— 50 New Illinois Laws Going Into Effect in 2022
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/50-new-illinois-laws-going-into-effect-in-2022/2716370/
— Illinois Among 5 States Where Pediatric Hospitalizations Are Rising Most
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-among-5-states-where-pediatric-hospitalizations-are-rising-most-analysis/2716688/

FOX32
— Illinois lost 122,000 residents in 2021 — largest decline in state history
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-lost-122000-residents-in-2021-largest-decline-in-state-history
— Burr Ridge, Orland Park will defy Cook County’s new COVID mandate requiring proof of vaccination
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/burr-ridge-orland-park-will-defy-cook-countys-new-covid-mandate-requiring-proof-of-vaccination

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois sets another grim COVID-19 record: Highest average daily case count since start of pandemic – JEREMY GORNER and JOE MAHR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-covid-illinois-chicago-spike-20211228-ky7j3c4qx5agje7n5ufg6estqq-story.html
— Minimum wage bump coming, Juneteenth to become a state holiday: Here are the new laws taking effect Jan. 1 in Illinois – DAN PETRELLA and JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-new-laws-2022-20211228-mt5petesyngj7p6zphqizhcpm4-story.html
— My college students seem to have lost their drive to engage. The pandemic has wounded all of us. – DAVID W. BERNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-education-pandemic-pause-20211228-t25dz5gkinebpna2w7e7ymuyze-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— New COVID-19 cases top 20,000 for second time this week, for a 15% positive-test rate – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211228/new-covid-19-cases-top-20000-for-second-time-this-week-for-a-15-positive-test-rate
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20211228/marijuana-dispensary-opens-near-aurora-outlet-mall
— Northern Illinois Food Bank awards $454,000 in grants to 18 pantries – Rick West
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211228/northern-illinois-food-bank-awards-454000-in-grants-to-18-pantries

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— If you steal something, you must report it as income, IRS says. – BAILEY ALDRIDGE
https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article256887637.html

RANDOLPH COUNTY HERALD TRIBUNE
— State Rep. Friess launches campaign for reelection
https://www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com/news/20211228/state-rep-friess-launches-campaign-for-reelection

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Coronavirus Cases Surge In Naperville Ahead Of New Year. Total active COVID-19 cases in Naperville increased by more than 50 percent in the past week, according to the county health department. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/coronavirus-cases-surge-naperville-ahead-new-year

WHEATON PATCH
— Coronavirus Cases Surge In Wheaton Ahead Of New Year. The week’s total active COVID-19 cases in Wheaton nearly doubled compared to the previous week, according to the county health department. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/coronavirus-cases-surge-wheaton-ahead-new-year

ORLAND PARK PATCH
— Orland Park Board To Introduce Resolution Against Vax Mandate. Mayor Keith Pekau is set to discuss a resolution stating the village board will not enforce the new mandate, according to board documents. – Eileen O’Gorman
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/orland-park-board-introduce-resolution-against-vax-mandate

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Won’t Enforce Vaccine Mandate. Mayor Gary Grasso’s position appears to be linked to his GOP congressional campaign. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-wont-enforce-vaccine-mandate

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Critical race theory takes aim at immigration law – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/28/critical-race-theory-takes-aim-immigration-law/
— ‘The View’ ‘struggling’ to fix Republican-free lineup – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/28/inside-beltway-view-struggling-fix-republican-free/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DeSantis takes action against communist China and ‘woke corporations’ – Heather Hamilton
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/desantis-takes-action-against-communist-china-and-woke-corporations
— TikTok knocks Google out of first place for most popular website – Heather Hamilton
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tiktok-knocks-google-out-of-first-place-for-most-popular-website

NEW YORK POST
— ‘You’re a disgrace’: Chicago 911 dispatcher slams mayor over surge in crime – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2021/12/28/chicago-911-dispatcher-slams-mayor-over-surge-in-crime/

FOX NEWS
— ‘The Ingraham Angle’ on Biden’s COVID ‘fear-mongering,’ green energy agenda
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/the-ingraham-angle-bidens-covid-fear-mongering-green-energy-agenda
— ‘Hannity’ on Biden’s mishandling of COVID, Chicago violence
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hannity-on-the-mishandling-of-the-covid-pandemic-by-the-biden-administration-and-their-real-objective

AMERICAN THINKER
— The hunt for a GOP punching bag to succeed Meghan McCain on ‘The View’ isn’t going well – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/the_hunt_for_a_gop_punching_bag_to_staff_the_view_isnt_going_well.html

BREITBART
— Victor Davis Hanson: Elites Are Destroying America with Globalism, Leftism, and Tribalism – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/12/28/exclusive-victor-davis-hanson-elites-are-destroying-america-with-globalism-leftism-and-tribalism/

DAILY CALLER
— Meghan McCain Warns Democrats About Becoming Party That Believes Parents Shouldn’t ‘Have Any Say’ In What Kids Are Taught – KATIE JERKOVICH
https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/27/meghan-mccain-democrats-parents-homeschooling/
— MSNBC Panel Calls ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Dad An Insurrectionist, Suggests CIA Investigation – SHAKHZOD YULDOSHBOEV
https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/28/msnbc-nicole-wallace-lets-go-brandon-jared-schmeck-insurrectionist/

FEDERALIST
— Nikole Hannah-Jones Says What The Rest Of The Left Won’t Admit Out Loud – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/28/nikole-hannah-jones-says-what-the-rest-of-the-left-wont-admit-out-loud/

NEWSMAX
— Florida Leads Nation in Migration, Immigration Growth – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/us/florida-us-population-migration/2021/12/28/id/1050169/

PJ MEDIA
— Racist Minnesota School Board Votes to Segregate Minority Teachers, Pay People Less Based on Skin Color. – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/12/28/racist-school-board-votes-to-segregate-minority-teachers-pay-people-less-based-on-skin-color-n1544961

NEW AMERICAN
— “Ghost Flights” Flew Illegal Aliens into Pennsylvania on Christmas Night – Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/ghost-flights-flew-illegal-aliens-into-pennsylvania-on-christmas-night/

POST MILLENNIAL
— CNN, MSNBC ratings PLUMMET as Americans turn their backs on woke, liberal media. News networks have experienced a drastic dip in viewership in 2021, with left-leaning outlets faring the worst. – Hannah Nightingale
https://thepostmillennial.com/cnn-msnbc-ratings-plummet-as-americans-turn-their-backs-on-liberal-woke-media

EPOCH TIMES
— Report Puts Fauci’s Retirement at $350K Per Year, Biggest in US Government Pension History – Mark Tapscott
https://www.theepochtimes.com/report-puts-faucis-retirement-at-350k-per-year-biggest-in-us-government-pension-history_4181919.html
— Finland Man Blows Up His Tesla After Claiming to Face $22,000 Replacement Battery Bill – Katabella Roberts
https://www.theepochtimes.com/finland-man-blows-up-his-tesla-car-after-facing-22000-replacement-battery-bill_4176175.html

WESTERN JOURNAL
— GOP Finally Moves to Brutally Punish Cities, States That Allow Noncitizens to Vote – Samantha Chang
https://www.westernjournal.com/gop-finally-moves-brutally-punish-cities-states-allow-noncitizens-vote/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Candace Owens on Trump’s Vaccine Comments: People Are Forgetting Where Trump Gets His News – Elizabeth Stauffer (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want everyone to get their government and political news and commentary from them, and from them only. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://ijr.com/owens-trumps-vaccine-comments-people-forgetting-trump-gets-his-news/

THE HILL
— Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Kwanzaa ‘a fake religion created by a psychopath’ “Stop. It’s a fake religion.” – Jenna Romaine
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/587464-marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-kwanzaa-a-fake
— Rep. Bobby Rush tests positive in breakthrough case. – JOSEPH CHOI
https://thehill.com/homenews/587461-rep-bobby-rush-tests-positive-in-breakthrough-case
— Pentagon goes on offense vs GOP on vaccine mandates – ELLEN MITCHELL
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/587414-pentagon-goes-on-offense-vs-gop-on-vaccine-mandates

POLITICO
— Which 2024 Candidates Won 2021? This time, it’s actually not too early to game out the next presidential contest. The potential contenders are already maneuvering. – BILL SCHER
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/28/which-2024-candidates-won-2021-525749

FORBES
— Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Retirement Pay Will Exceed $350,000 Per Year – The Largest In U.S. Federal Government History – Adam Andrzejewski (COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my GS-13 Step 10 GAO salary was $132,845/year in today’s dollars. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $54,864/year today a) because my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 when I was 20 years old, b) because my Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12, c) because my Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-13, and d) because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old and had worked for the federal government for almost 30 years and had almost a year of unused sick leave. Generally, you reach the 80% limitation when you have worked for the federal government for 42 years not including accumulated sick leave; that would have been 2010 for me. 80% of GS-13 Step 10 salary is $106,276/year. 80% of GS-14 Step 10 salary is $125,583/year. 80% of GS-15 Step 10 salary and Senior Executive Service salary is $138,000/year.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/12/28/dr-anthony-faucis-retirement-pay-will-exceed-350000-per-year–the-largest-in-us-federal-government-history/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fauci has 55 years of service as a federal employee. For the second year in a row, Fauci was the most highly compensated federal employee and out earned the president, four star generals, and roughly 4.3 million of his colleagues. As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Fauci earned $434,312 in 2020, the latest year available, up from $417,608 in 2019. . .Federal employees with Fauci’s length of service can retire to earn “80 percent of [their] high-3 average salary, plus credit for [their] sick leave,” according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. . .So, at this point, we can use only the last three published years of his salary — 2018: $399,625; 2019: $417,608; and 2020: $434,312 — to calculate his potential retirement earnings. Dr. Fauci earned a total of $1.252 million from 2018-2020 in salary as a federal employee. If he’d left federal service at the end of FY2020, figuring 80% of his highest three-year average, would mean a federal pension of $333,745 a year, plus cost-of-living increases (($1,251,545/3) x 80% = $333,745). However, Fauci’s unpublished FY2021 and FY2022 salaries are likely commensurate, if not higher than his 2020 salary. Therefore, his retirement pay would be closer to $347,500 a year. (($1,302,936/3) x 80%).

OPM
— SALARY TABLE 2022-CHI (COMMENT: In 2022 dollars, I earned a) $136,387/year working for GAO in 1997, b) $104,915/year working for GAO in 1986, c) $99,994/year working for IRS in 1980, d) $88,229/year working for IRS in 1974, e) $73,611/year working for IRS in 1973, f) $60,840/year working for IRS in 1972, g) $49,738/year working for IRS in 1971, h) $18.40/hour working for the Post Office in 1969, and $17.25/hour working for the Post Office in 1966. My 2022 Civil Service Retirement System pension will be $58,101/year. That is a) $2,739/year less than what my IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars and b) only 43% what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2022/CHI.pdf

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Is 2022 the start of big time inflation? – Mike Causey
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2021/12/is-2022-the-start-of-big-time-inflation/

CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY
— MAY 19, 2014 FLASHBACK: A wealth of advice. Nearly $2 billion flowed through consultants in 2003-2004 federal elections. – Sandy Bergo (COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have acted like they took advice from my critics/opponents a) to not read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to blame me and my newsletters for all their problems, for all your problems, for all my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. Previously, my critics/opponents blamed what I did raising funds from DuPage County Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019 and my serving as a) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, b) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, c) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and e) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2000-2004.)
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/campaign-consultants/a-wealth-of-advice/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the 2004 federal races, more than $1.85 billion flowed through a professional corps of consultants whose influence plays an important, though largely unexamined, role in the unrelenting escalation of campaign spending, a groundbreaking Center for Public Integrity study has found. The money going to these consultants amounted to more than half of the total spending by presidential candidates, national party committees, general election candidates for Congress, and so-called “527”s — independent political groups. The high cost of running for office raises concerns because fundraising demands can ultimately bind elected officials to special interest donors and lobbyists who help with fundraising — deepening the widely held perception that politicians serve the interests of large contributors over those of constituents. Potential candidates who can’t meet the fundraising demands are shut out.)

CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS
— How to Give Political Email Readers What They Want – Mindy Serin
https://campaignsandelections.com/campaigntech/how-to-give-political-email-readers-what-they-want/
— 7 Ways to Improve Your Next Campaign Plan – Caitlin Huxley
https://campaignsandelections.com/industry-news/7-ways-to-improve-your-next-campaign-plan/
— 4 Common Campaign Myths About Investing Early in Research – Brent Buchanan, Ethan Todd
https://campaignsandelections.com/industry-news/4-common-campaign-myths-about-investing-early-in-research/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Rating President Biden on the Issues. Most Voters Give Biden ‘Poor’ Rating on Crime, Immigration
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/rating_president_biden_on_the_issues_dec28

December 24 Morning Edition

NBC5

— Some Cook County Communities Push Back Against Proof-of-Vax Requirements
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/some-cook-county-communities-push-back-against-proof-of-vax-requirements/2714672/
— Police Still Searching for Suspected Gunman After Shootout at Oakbrook Center
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-still-searching-for-suspected-gunman-after-shootout-at-oakbrook-center/2715024/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oakbrook Center shopping mall will be open for business today with ‘significant police presence’ following Thursday shooting that injured 4 – JOHN KEILMAN, ROSEMARY SOBOL and ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-oakbrook-center-mall-shooting-stores-open-christmas-eve-20211224-boauuwvwdbgw5n7nbnzacufo6a-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Bail set at $500,000 for West Chicago man accused of trying to suffocate his mother – Kayleigh Padar
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211223/bail-set-at-500000-for-west-chicago-man-accused-of-trying-to-suffocate-his-mother

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Villa Park man charged in connection with Wheaton home invasion
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/local/2021/12/23/villa-park-man-charged-in-connection-with-wheaton-home-invasion/

CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— 2 Men Found Shot To Death In Parked Car: Chicago Heights Police. Police said a preliminary investigation revealed both men may have been targeted. – Eileen O’Gorman (COMMENT: What are your connections with Chicago Heights? My father, my brother, and I were born in Chicago Heights. My mother and father died in Chicago Heights. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1973. I bought new cars in Chicago Heights in 1968, 1971, and 1973.)
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/2-men-found-shot-death-parked-car-chicago-heights-police

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LOSES RESIDENT EVERY 4 MINUTES, 18 SECONDS: LIKE SPRINGFIELD VANISHING EACH YEAR – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-loses-resident-every-4-minutes-18-seconds-like-springfield-vanishing-each-year/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Rand Paul airs grievances over wasteful spending – Haris Alic (COMMENT: GAO audits the federal government. I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of the federal government the most. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors and on my Republican U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, their staff members, and their political consultants. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Level, currently $102,188-$132,845/year. I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 8 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies for almost 7 years. In addition, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Level, currently $85,935-$97,395/year.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/23/festivus-sen-rand-paul-airs-grievances-over-federa/

FOX NEWS
— Virginia school district ‘indoctrinating’ kids with critical race theory, parents claim in lawsuit. School district’s ‘anti-racist’ policy claimed that the ‘denial of white privilege’ constitutes ‘passive racism’ – Tyler O’Neil (COMMENT: How strongly are the students in your school district being indoctrinated in CRT?)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/virginia-school-district-indoctrinating-critical-race-theory-parents-lawsuit
— ‘Hannity’ on Biden avoiding taking blame (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to take blame for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hannity-on-biden-avoiding-taking-blame
— 1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones argues journalists are too neutral. New York Times journalist accuses reporters of ‘upholding people with authoritarian ideas’ – Lindsay Kornick (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/1619-project-nikole-hannah-jones-journalists-too-neutral
— ‘Chaos and confusion’ at the White House has staffers considering jumping ship. Biden and Harris are polling underwater as the year comes to an end. – Yael Halon
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chaos-confusion-white-house-tammy-bruce-joe-biden
— ‘Tucker’ on Biden running again in 2024 depending on health (COMMENT: What shows your good health? For me, it is my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) each and every evening since 2015.)
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/tucker-on-bidens-re-run-depending-on-health
— Mainstream media treats Republican and Democrat women differently: This is how to react. – Kelsey Koberg (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes shout at minorities and at women that I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. Those who reject that plank work against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mainstream-media-republican-democrat
— Biden’s decline is hard to ignore – JESSE WATTERS
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/watters-why-is-the-white-house-doing-this-to-biden

FOX BUSINESS
— Intel is latest US company to apologize to China while pushing social justice at home – Ronn Blitzer
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/intel-china-apologizes-for-xinjiang-statement
— Major corporations had ‘woke’ trainings exposed in 2021. Disney, Coca-Cola, American Express, Bank of America, Lowe’s and Pfizer faced allegations of ‘woke’ training – Tyler O’Neil (COMMENT: To promote wokeness is to promote hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/major-corporations-woke-trainings-exposed-in-2021

AMERICAN THINKER
— Critical Race Theory Would Have Destroyed My Family – J. Motos Gordon
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/12/critical_race_theory_would_have_destroyed_my_family.html
— Enough, Karl Rove, enough: Put up or shut up – David Zukerman
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/enough_karl_rove_enough_put_up_or_shut_up.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Loudoun County Matters – ROD DREHER (COMMENT: I should write books about why DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton matter.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/schools-immigration-loudoun-county-critical-race-theory/

NEW AMERICAN
— Michigan School “Equity Challenge” Demonstrates Leftist Stranglehold on Education – C. Mitchell Shaw
https://thenewamerican.com/michigan-school-equity-challenge-demonstrates-leftist-stranglehold-on-education/

BREITBART
— DCCC to Recruit Senior Campaign Staffers Based on Race, Sexuality – KATHERINE HAMILTON (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, the governments that you are under, etc. officially announce that they are getting rid of all those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/24/report-dccc-to-recruit-senior-campaign-staffers-based-on-race-sexuality/
— Review: Ideal Conceal 9mm Smartphone Pistol – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2021/12/23/review-ideal-conceal-9mm-smartphone-pistol/
— Cartels Succeed in Record Delivery of Youth, Child Migrants in 2021 – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/12/23/cbs-cartels-succeed-in-record-delivery-of-youth-child-migrants-in-2021/

FEDERALIST
— All I Want For Christmas Is An Un-Woke ‘Survivor’ Season – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/23/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-an-un-woke-survivor-season/

TOWNHALL
— Amazon Partnerships with China Reveal Complicity in CCP Evils – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/12/23/amazon-claims-commitment-to-social-justice-but-partnerships-with-china-reveal-n2600983

SPECTATOR WORLD
— Kamala’s bad press isn’t ‘racist’ or ‘sexist’ Vice President Harris is a terrible politician and voters know it. – Charles Lipson
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/kamala-harris-bad-press-racist-sexist/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Buzzfeed wants to ‘deplatform white parents’ The article misses entirely that “the majority of parents of all racial backgrounds,” as Christopher Rufo notes, “oppose critical race theory in the curriculum.” – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/buzzfeed-wants-to-deplatform-white-parents

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Evidence Shows Liberal Narrative About No Critical Race Theory in Schools is False. “schools are introducing CRT concepts, such as systemic racism, white privilege, microaggressions, implicit bias and intersectionality” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/12/evidence-shows-liberal-narrative-about-no-critical-race-theory-in-schools-is-false/

EPOCH TIMES
— Woke Pharmacists Add Diversity, Antiracism to Professional Oath – Matthew Vadum
https://www.theepochtimes.com/woke-pharmacists-add-diversity-antiracism-to-professional-oath_4174668.html
— Beijing’s Political Warfare Campaigns Exploit Social Media – Stu Cvrk
https://www.theepochtimes.com/beijings-political-warfare-campaigns-exploit-social-media_4173398.html
— Latino Shift to GOP Would Shake California, US Elections – John Seiler
https://www.theepochtimes.com/latino-shift-to-gop-would-shake-california-us-elections_4175330.html

MSN
— Leaving 2021: Progressive fantasy, meet brick wall. – Matthew Lau
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/opinion-leaving-2021-progressive-fantasy-meet-brick-wall/ar-AAS5j52?li=AAgh0dA

NBC NEWS
— ACLU accuses school of failing to protect Black student. The complaint filed on Tuesday claims a Vermont school deprived a Black student “of her right to have a school environment free of racial discrimination.” – AP
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/aclu-accuses-school-protect-black-student-rcna9789

NEW YORK TIMES
— More than 2,000 Christmas Eve flights are canceled globally amid the spread of Omicron.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/12/24/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests

WASHINGTON POST
— Ronald Reagan’s statue disturbs the peace at D.C.’s National Airport – Eric Green
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/24/ronald-reagan-statue-national-airport/
— Thousands of flights delayed globally for Christmas holiday as omicron hits staffs. Airlines are blaming the new coronavirus variant for a turbulent start to a peak travel window. – María Luisa Paúl and Hannah Knowles
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/12/23/airlines-cancel-flights-omicron-staff/

USA TODAY
— Omicron surge leads to canceled flights, scaled-back events and sidelined sports stars. Latest COVID-19 updates – Joel Shannon
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/12/24/omicron-covid-surge-canceled-flights/9008997002/

DENVER POST
— Centennial Elementary’s “families of color playground night” isn’t racist or segregation. Events like this are important for a community that has historically faced actual racism and segregation. – MATTISON NUNEZ (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, expect that ever-increasingly, your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, the governments that you are under, etc. will promote segregation based on race, gender, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, Trump hater/neutral/supporter status, political affiliation, liberal/moderate/conservative status, religion, national origin, length of time ancestors have been in America, income, net worth, etc.)
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/23/denver-elementary-school-families-of-color-playground-night-racism-segregation-fox-news/

SACRAMENTO BEE
— When it rains in Sacramento, these neighborhoods face greater flood risk – ALEXANDRA YOON-HENDRICKS (COMMENT: I should write a book about the thousands of hours and many thousands of dollars that Cove Court homeowners in Wheaton have had to spend since 1984 to deal with heavy storm water that flows onto their lots after heavy rains.)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/equity-lab/article256746002.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Electric-Vehicle Push Empowers China. Instead of using its own energy reserves, the U.S. is betting on its rival’s rare earths. – Robert Bryce
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-electric-vehicle-push-empowers-china-rare-earths-mining-motors-rivals-11640290395
— COMMENT: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Election Officials Fight Voter Skepticism After. Trump’s False Fraud Claims. State and local officials are hoping that education efforts can help combat some voters’ doubts that the electoral system is secure and reliable.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/election-officials-fight-voter-skepticism-after-trumps-false-fraud-claims-11640358004
— How the Taliban Outwitted and Outwaited the U.S. Islamist movement spoke of moderation as it solidified gains on the battlefield, taking Washington and its Afghan allies by surprise. – Yaroslav Trofimov and Jessica Donati
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-afghanistan-taliban-outwitted-and-outwaited-the-u-s-11640355270

FORBES
— Why Are Democrats Blowing It On Marijuana? – Kris Krane (COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote pot. Republicans oppose the promotion of pot.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kriskrane/2021/12/23/why-are-democrats-blowing-it-on-marijuana/?sh=3eec009d1f60

BLOOMBERG
— New York State Declares Racism a ‘Public Health Crisis’ (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican and you have good health, it is because you, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors discriminated against Democrats, against Libertarians, against Greens, against Independents, and against RINOs.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-23/new-york-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis

MOTLEY FOOL
— 7 Issues to Look Out for During a Home Inspection – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: If my wife and I were to list our home for sale, we would disclose to prospective buyers and to their home inspectors all our home’s defects and what was done to mitigate those defects including the following. The foundation’s footings cracked before the foundation walls were poured, so the builder put steel reinforcement in the walls and laid interior foundation drain tiles. Many lengthy cracks formed in the basement floor, so I sealed them. The home was built on the intersection of two subterranean drainage lines, so I properly connected those lines to the city storm sewer system. Those subterranean drainage lines create drainage easements, so I had those easements recorded. The subdivision lacks adequate storm water drainage, so I paid the builder $700 to directly connect all of the home’s seven downspouts to the city storm sewer system and I installed many storm water inlets and hundreds of feet of French drains.)
https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/mortgages/articles/7-issues-to-look-out-for-during-a-home-inspection/

NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Touts COVID Vaccines, Says Those Dying and Hospitalized Didn’t Get the Shots – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-touts-covid-vaccines-says-those-dying-hospitalized-didnt-get-shots-1662611

ATLANTIC
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO politicians use government to give more and more and more preference to Democrats and to RINOs, and especially to Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, Trump-haters, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/republican-states-rights-restrictions/621101/

DAILY MAIL
— Kamala Harris is blaming racism and sexism for her failures as Vice President, but her race and gender helped get her invited to the party in the first place, she can’t have it both ways – MEGHAN MCCAIN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10340733/Vice-President-Harris-stop-blaming-racism-sexism-failures-MEGHAN-MCCAIN.html
— ‘Crime is made up’: Woke Indiana teachers force middle school pupils to listen to BLM activists claim black people who commit crime are being ‘enslaved’ by being sent to jail and society is being ruined by ‘white supremacy and capitalism’ – NATASHA ANDERSON (COMMENT: Woke people destroy those who do not promote wokeism. I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being woke and who have taken adverse actions against me. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10341741/Woke-teachers-force-middle-schoolers-listen-BLM-activists-claim-society-ruined.html