CBS2 — Democrats ever-increasingly segment and separate Americans into demographic groups and then charge Republicans with discriminating against those groups. What demographic groups are you a member of? Democrats ever-increasingly charge Republicans with discriminating against those who are LGBTQ, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and those who have less money than others. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/passage-bill-arab-americans-illinois-data/ — Democrats ever-increasingly use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/flowers-laid-at-the-grave-of-emmett-till/
ABC7 — Democrats acknowledge that “Migrants Chicago: As housing crisis continues, some expected to move into Lake Shore Hotel. 3 Chicago police station migrants hospitalized with flu-like symptoms Tuesday.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrats and RINOs want cheap labor. https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-migrant-immigrants-news/13719714/
CBS2 — Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago officials propose housing about 300 migrants in Hyde Park hotel.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrats and RINOs want cheap labor. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrants-in-hyde-park-hotel/ — Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago alderman turns to CBS 2 for information on city’s spending on migrants.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrats and RINOs want cheap labor. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/alderman-seeks-migrant-spending-info/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — Democrats say “Chicago Democrats are pushing Biden to speed up work permits for migrants” and ask “Will they succeed?” and say “Top Illinois Democrats are pushing the Biden White House to speed up work permits for noncitizen migrants in Chicago, but the effort is complicated and nuanced.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrats and RINOs want cheap labor. https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/8/30/23852113/migrant-worker-permits-biden-pritzker-chicago-illinois — Democrats crow that “In Chicago visit, Jill Biden calls union workers backbone of this country.” I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980. While I was a union member, my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $104,583/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, they have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article on me, it viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, b) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and f) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Since 1980, my critics/opponents have stressed that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But my Democrat GAO superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, females, and/or veteran.) https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/30/23852822/jill-biden-chicago-visit-unions-labor-day-democratic-national-convention — AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO EVER-INCREASINGLY TIGHTENS: Democrats acknowledge that “Hate crimes in Chicago last year reached highest number since 1994.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/metro-state/2023/8/30/23853206/report-chicago-hate-crimes-2022-highest-since-1994 — A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump’s inability to shut up could keep him in hot water.” https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/8/30/23852737/trumps-big-mouth-legal-trouble-s-e-cupp — Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) use books to promote more hatred against Republicans. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/31/23851186/library-bomb-threats-oak-park-park-ridge-morton-grove-editorial
STATELINE — Democrats acknowledge that “GOP attorneys general warn law firms against using race-based hiring practices.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action (AA) decision. While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat superiors used AA, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to waste my career and to get rid of me. https://stateline.org/2023/08/30/gop-attorneys-general-warn-law-firms-against-using-race-based-hiring-practices/
CITY OF WHEATON — City to Host September 11 Remembrance Ceremony (COMMENT: I organized Wheaton’s September 11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. I should write a book about those ceremonies. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who not only boycotted the ceremonies, but who discouraged everyone from sponsoring them, participating in them, and attending them. I would focus my critics/opponents who continue to take many/big adverse actions against me.) https://www.wheaton.il.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=979
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG — Illinois Presidential Poll (COMMENT: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, for general elections, I am obligated to and I have always supported those candidates who won Republican primary elections. However, I am ever-increasingly reluctant to support candidates in Republican primary elections. Far too many of them and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, and supporters blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats.) https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/30/illinois-presidential-poll/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: 53% of Republicans support Donald Trump. . .The poll drilled down a level further, asking Republicans and Democrats who they would support if Trump and Biden were not in the running. For Republicans, 26% would nominate Ron DeSantis, followed by Vivek Ramaswamy (16%), Mike Pence (10%) and Nikki Haley (10%).)
NEW YORK POST — Malliotakis renews calls for Staten Island to secede from NYC as outrage over migrant crisis continues – Craig McCarthy, Kevin Sheehan and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon https://nypost.com/2023/08/30/malliotakis-renews-calls-for-staten-island-to-secede-from-nyc-over-migrants/ — These are the salaries single people need to survive in every state – Adriana Diaz (COMMENT: The salary is $63,930 for Illinois. I got married in 1978. In today’s dollars, while I was single and working for IRS 1971-1978, my salary increased from $52,022 in 1971 when I was 22 to $63,633 in 1972, to $76,990 in 1973, to $92,279 in 1974, and to $101,507 in 1978. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and an MBA from Loyola in 1976. The aforesaid salaries enabled me a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) to pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, c) to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, d) to buy a new Dodge Dart in 1973, e) to buy a studio condo in the Loop in 1974, f) to pay for tuition and books for graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1978, and g) to buy a one bedroom condo in the Loop in 1976. I still own that 1972 Corvette and the furniture that I bought in 1972, 1974, and 1976 is either in the finished basement of our Wheaton home or in our Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville.) https://nypost.com/2023/08/30/these-are-salaries-single-people-need-to-survive-in-every-state/
CHRISTIAN POST — Orland Park Stephen Pastor indicted with Trump in Georgia released on bail with help of conservative group – Ryan Foley https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-indicted-with-trump-in-georgia-released-on-bail.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: Lee’s gratitude on Sunday likely stems from his inclusion on the Living Word prayer list for Aug. 27, which calls for “prayers of guidance and blessing” for the Lee family “as they work for their current struggles, and a prayer of thanksgiving for support.” In an appearance on “Diamond & Silk: The Podcast” Thursday, Lee’s attorney, David Shestokas, told the conservative influencer known as Silk that his client was due to report to jail the following day. He noted that if convicted, Lee faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison. After detailing how Fulton County had set Lee’s bond at $75,000, with the defendant expected to pay 10% upfront, Shestokas reported that the conservative advocacy organization Illinois Family Institute set up a defense fund for Lee that had raised almost $4,000. Silk, whose name is Herneitha Richardson, offered to “make a contribution and pay that $3,500,” instructing Shestokas to tell his client “don’t worry” because “Diamond and Silk: Chit Chat Live is going to pay that $3,500 that he needs.” “Once he [pays] that and if he’s found not guilty, will he get that money back?” Silk asked. After Shestokas responded in the affirmative, Silk urged Lee to donate the $3,500 to his church if/when he is found not guilty. The Illinois Family Institute’s efforts to raise money for Lee’s legal defense continue as the organization partners with a honey company called MakeHoneyGreatAgain.com, which has committed to donating “a significant portion of the proceeds from their honey sales” to Lee’s defense. In his conversation with Silk, Shestokas said Lee served as a chaplain to the New York Police Department and New York firefighters after 9/11. He also ministered to Hurricanes Katrina and Irma victims, the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, and the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.)
NEW YORK TIMES — Democrats crow that a judge ruled that “Rudy Giuliani is liable for defaming two Georgia election workers by repeatedly saying that they had mishandled ballots in 2020.” Who has defamed you and for doing what? Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have defamed me the most a) for what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and b) for what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. Better yet, I should sue my critics/opponents. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/us/politics/giuliani-defamation-georgia.html — The Real Lesson of the March on Washington; it has always been a struggle against the privileges of caste and class. – Jamelle Bouie (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents have/had parents who have/had way more money than my parents had.) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/opinion/march-washington-king-randolph-rustin.html — Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Ramaswamy. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/us/politics/ramaswamy-2024-lies.html
BUSINESS INSIDER — Democrats crow that “Vivek Ramaswamy, the candidate with the least political experience, attended a town hall in 2003 where he asked why Americans should vote for the candidate with the least political experience.” What did you do in 2003? In 2003 I served as a) the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Vice Chairman, c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster and I played a very big role in MTRO’s fundraiser and straw poll that year, e) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, f) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, and g) a Republican Precinct Committeeman. I organized a July 3rd picnic for the voters in my precinct and the precincts to the east and west that more than 200 attended including five Republican candidates for U.S. Senate: John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andrew McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan. I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremony. I attended CPAC and the Chicago Conservative Conference. https://www.businessinsider.com/ramaswamy-asked-why-people-should-vote-for-someone-lacking-experience-2023-8
POLITICO — Democrats say “Judge rules Giuliani is liable for defaming Georgia election workers, orders sanctions.” I should write a book about those who have defamed me. Better yet, I should sue them. They include those who have blamed me for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They include those who have taken many/big public adverse actions against me since 2000. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/30/judge-rules-giuliani-is-liable-for-defaming-georgia-election-workers-orders-sanctions-00113462
DAILY MAIL — ‘Forgotten’ middle class is WORSE off when they retire now compared to 20 years ago – ALEXA LARDIERI (COMMENT: If my Democrat GAO had not succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” 26 years ago in 1997 when I was 49, I would have been eligible for regular retirement 20 years ago in 2003 when I was 55. Because of my early retirement, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has always been dramatically reduced and it always will be dramatically reduced. In today’s dollars, it is a) only 44% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 and b) less than what my IRS salary was in 1972 when I was 23.) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12437753/America-forgotten-middle-class-worse-retire.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS — What did do 20 years ago, that is, what did you do in 2003? – Dave Diersen http://www.gopillinois.com
2003 should have been the year that I retired from GAO.
In 2003, I served as a) the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Vice Chairman, c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster and I played a very big role in MTRO’s fundraiser and straw poll that year, e) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee (GAC) member, f) an American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board member, and g) a Republican Precinct Committeeman. My critics/opponents a) ended my TAPROOT service in 2012, b) ended my WCC GAC service in 2011, c) ended my ICRC service in 2007, and d) ended my MTRO and AAPC service in 2004.
I organized a July 3rd picnic for the voters in my precinct and the precincts to the east and west that more than 200 attended including five Republican candidates for U.S. Senate: John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andrew McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan.
I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremony.
I attended CPAC and the Chicago Conservative Conference.
I gathered signatures in my precinct on petitions for all the Republican primary candidates on the 2004 Republican primary ballot in my precinct.
ROCHELLE NEWS LEADER — A time to celebrate labor’s successes and acknowledge its challenges in Illinois – Tim Drea and Pat Devaney (COMMENT: I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980. While I was a union member, my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $104,583/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, they have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article on me, it viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, b) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and f) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Since 1980, my critics/opponents have stressed that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But my Democrats GAO superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, females, and/or veteran.) https://rochellenews-leader.com/article/a-time-to-celebrate-labors-successes-and-acknowledge-its-challenges-in-illinois
WAND TV — Democrats crow that “Illinois lawmakers could give prisoners voting rights before 2024 election.” What percent of prisoners vote for Democrats?
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS — Pritzker suggests employing recently arrived undocumented migrants on farms – Andrew Hense (COMMENT: I should write a book about the bad jobs that I had to take. My critics/opponents never had to take bad jobs and they would never stoop to take bad jobs.) https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_64a38bb0-46b2-11ee-a3a2-bfc5a3c2deaa.html
CREATORS SYNDICATE — Unprofessional Media Tie DeSantis to a Mass Shooting – Tim Graham (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have blamed me the most and who have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most since 2000 for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.) https://www.creators.com/read/tim-graham/08/23/unprofessional-media-tie-desantis-to-a-mass-shooting — Blue City Blues – Betsy McCaughey https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey
TOWNHALL — Did NBC News Really Just Blame Ron DeSantis for the Jacksonville Shooting? – Matt Vespa (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have blamed me the most and who have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most since 2000 for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.) https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/08/29/did-nbc-news-really-just-blame-ron-desantis-over-jacksonville-shooting-n2627667
THE HILL — Democrats say “Canada warns travelers to US about anti-LGBTQ laws.” Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote LGBTQ. https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4177990-canada-warns-travelers-to-us-about-anti-lgbtq-laws/ — Democrats crow that “Video of young Ramaswamy questioning Al Sharpton at town hall in 2003 goes viral.” What did you do in 2003? In 2003, I was 55 years old. I served as a) the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Vice Chairman, c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster and I played a very big role in MTRO’s fundraiser that year, e) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, f) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, and g) a Republican Precinct Committeeman. I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremony. I attended CPAC and the Chicago Conservative Conference. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4176637-video-of-young-ramaswamy-questioning-al-sharpton-goes-viral/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: An old video of Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy as a young Harvard student questioning the Rev. Al Sharpton about his “political experience” has gone viral on social media. “Of all the Democratic candidates out there, why should I vote for the one with the least political experience?” the then 18-year-old Ramaswamy asked during an October 2003 presidential town hall on MSNBC’s “HardBall with Chris Matthews.” )
WASHINGTON POST — Democrats ever-increasingly blame DeSantis for Ryan Christopher Palmeter’s actions. According to CNN, “in 2017, Palmeter was held in state custody under Florida’s Baker Act, a statute that allows for people to be “taken to a receiving facility for involuntary examination” for up to 72 hours if they are considered a harm to themselves or others during a mental health crisis.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/29/desantis-shooting-florida-black-floridians/ — Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) call Republicans racists. To call someone a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/08/29/white-christians-pew-poll-racism/ — Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote more hatred against Ramaswamy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/29/republicans-experience-primaries-ramaswamy-trump/ — Democrats crow that “Secretaries of state might decide to keep Trump off the ballot.” Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois will keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/29/trump-ballot-disqualification-constitution/ — Democrats say “Ramaswamy’s 2003 question: Why support a candidate without experience?” What did you do in 2003? In 2003, I was 55 years old. I served as a) the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Vice Chairman, c) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster and I played a very big role in MTRO’s fundraiser that year, e) a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, f) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, and g) a Republican Precinct Committeeman. I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremony. I attended CPAC and the Chicago Conservative Conference. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/29/ramaswamy-poltical-experience/
NBC5 — Democrats say “Chicago philanthropist launches jobs program to deter crime, teen trends.” How many of today’s teens would stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. The money that earned doing the aforesaid bad jobs enabled me a) to buy a 1958 Chevrolet in 1964, b) to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) to pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, d) to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) to pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, and g) to graduate from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger in 1970. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-philanthropist-launches-jobs-program-to-deter-crime-teen-trends/3202517/
CBS2 — Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago officials refuse to disclose how they spent more than $120 million in tax money.” How much money have the following spent so far on illegals: Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and the hospitals in your area? https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-wont-disclose-120-million-spending/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: City of Chicago officials have failed to turn over records detailing how they spent more than $100 million to care for new arrivals. The Chicago Office of Budget & Management denied CBS 2’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for spending records. The city also ignored requests from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.)
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE — Democrats analogize Trump to unsuccessful candidates William Jennings Bryan, Thomas Dewey, and Adlai Stevenson. If you ran for an office, who would your critics/opponents analogize you to? I should write a book about my critics/opponents and who they would analogize me to if I ran for an office. I would focus on my critics/opponents who viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a) when sought to be selected to fill the vacant Wheaton City Council West District office in 2019 and/or b) when I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer office in 2004. I would focus on my critics/opponents a) who viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me both times and b) who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, and/or DuPage County. https://news.yahoo.com/tom-kacich-nominated-trump-could-145300442.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS — Democrats say “On this day in 1974, President Richard Nixon told the nation he was resigning.” What were doing 49 years ago? I was a) working for IRS in the Loop as a GS-12 Step 1 (currently $92,279/year) Revenue Officer, b) taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, c) living weekdays in my studio condo in the Outer Drive East building, d) living weekends in my University Park town home, and e) driving my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air and my 1971 Corvette. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/08/08/d-c-insider-and-chicago-native-will-head-dem-convention-00110236
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Curran explains why most Senate Republicans voted against allowing non-citizens to serve as law enforcement officers.”
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL — DuPage GOP fundraising sinks to $26.48 in second quarter of 2023. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if not already, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) leaders will officially blame conservative Republicans for DCRCC’s fundraising and other problems, and especially blame conservative Republicans like me a) who support the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and/or b) who share lots of Trump’s demographics including heterosexual, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about those DCRCC leaders who since 2000 have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for DCRCC’s problems and/or who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.) https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648155694-dupage-gop-fundraising-sinks-to-26-48-in-second-quarter-of-2023 (FROM THE ARTICLE: The DuPage County Republican Central Committee has had virtually no funds donated to it in the second quarter of 2023. According to the report, the committee received a total of $26.48 in contributions during the three-month period. The details were released in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee D-2 Quarterly Report to the Illinois State Board of Elections covering the period from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023. “The June 2023 Quarterly Report must include all committee activity from April 1, 2023, up to and including June 30, 2023,” the Illinois State Board of Elections stated on its website. “This Quarterly Report must be filed by all active political committees, regardless of whether the committee had any activity during that period of time.” The lack of fundraising comes amid Republican in-fighting over donations to the Democratic DuPage County Chair Deb Conroy from notable Republicans including DuPage County Board Member Sam Tornatore and former DuPage County Board member Donald Puchalski. Another Republican, former DuPage County Board member Pete DiCianni, was paid by Conroy’s campaign for marketing efforts to get her elected. DuPage GOP Chair Jim Zay explained away the donations to Conroy in a letter to the county’s GOP faithful. Zay has steadfastly refused to criticize fellow Republicans who financially and materially supported Democrats in the once-Republican stronghold as GOP hopes and funds have plummeted. In a letter to the DuPage GOP, Zay emphasized the need for unity within the party and calls for an end to public criticism of fellow Republicans, stating that it only weakens the party and hinders its ability to expand its base. The statement came after Tornatore and Puchalski were outed by the DuPage Policy Journal for making campaign donations to Conroy, drawing attention and controversy within the party. Now, activists have turned their sights on Zay himself, who oversaw the paltry fundraising effort. In an appearance at the Downers Grove Republican Township Organization, Zay and Tornatore explained away the material support for party opponents. “Chairman Zay’s remarks focused on coming together as Republicans and not dwell in the past,” Noel Manley, a Downers Grove Republican Committeeman, told DuPage Policy Journal after the July 10 meeting. “Both justified their actions as efforts necessary to protect the budgets of the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office and the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office. “However, what struck me was the level of indignance both Commissioner Tornatore and Chairman Zay demonstrated in their explanations. Specifically, their justifications were peppered with comments such as, ‘I didn’t have to be here tonight.’ In addition, questions and comments raised by committeemen regarding the lack of support in recent elections, and contributions to Democrat events were simply dismissed or ignored. In fact, there was no effort to demonstrate any humility or contriteness regarding these matters.”) — The fact that the DuPage GOP raised only $25.00 in Q2 reflects the quality of leadership at the county level. – Noel Manley (COMMENT: I should write a book about DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my leadership of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois the most.) https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648155698-manley-the-fact-that-the-dupage-gop-raised-only-25-00-in-q2-reflects-the-quality-of-leadership-at-the-county-level (FROM THE ARTICLE: Noel Manley, a Downers Grove Republican committeeman, has expressed strong criticism of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee’s fundraising efforts for the second quarter of 2023. The committee reported raising only $25.00 during the three-month period, leading Manley to question the quality of leadership within the county’s GOP. “The fact that the DuPage GOP raised only $25.00 in Q2 reflects the quality of leadership at the county level,” Manley told the DuPage Policy Journal. “The job of DuPage GOP leadership is to serve as the number one booster for raising money, recruiting quality candidates, and setting a vision for future Republican efforts at the county, state, and federal levels. Sadly, $25.00 is not going to get the job done.” According to the report, the committee received a total of $26.48 in contributions during the three-month period. The details were released in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee D-2 Quarterly Report to the Illinois State Board of Elections covering the period from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023. Manley is one of several critics of DuPage GOP Chairman Jim Zay who refused to denounce fellow Republicans amid revelations that key members of the DuPage County Republican leadership have been funding the campaigns of Democrats. In response, Zay said he identifies as a “Reagan Republican,” and believes in the principle of being a “Big Tent” Party, accommodating all Republicans regardless of their varying views on certain issues noting “true leadership is bringing people together.” Zay’s comments run counter to his performance over a disastrous three years in which local Republicans have lost several elections. “Finger-pointing and fighting is not the answer and that path will only continue to election losses,” Zay said in a letter addressing criticism of three high-ranking officials who donated to Democrats, DuPage Policy Journal previously reported. “I am not saying that anyone should change their principles but telling others to change theirs doesn’t work either. If we don’t come together as a Party then we will be destined to be the minority party for years to come.” Zay’s comments came after DuPage Policy Journal revealed donations to Democratic DuPage County Chair Deb Conroy from notable Republicans including DuPage County Board Member Sam Tornatore and former DuPage County Board member Donald Puchalski. Another Republican, former DuPage County Board member Pete DiCianni was paid by Conroy’s campaign for marketing efforts to get her elected. Tornatore also provided $250 to “activist prosecutor” Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s election efforts. Puchalski, who was a board member at the time, chipped in $500 to the week prior to Foxx’s election in 2016. Since Foxx assumed that role, Chicago has become crime-ridden as a direct result of her soft-on-crime policies that have encouraged not prosecuting or incarcerating known serial criminals responsible for even the worst crimes, such as murder.) — Safe Suburbs USA on Chicago shifting immigrant crisis to suburbs: ‘Is your community one that is agreeing to do this?’ (COMMENT: Do you live in DuPage County? How many of the 32,000+ illegals who already live in DuPage County live your DuPage County District, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your school district, and in your precinct? How many illegals are Democrat and RINO officials sending there?) https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648155692-safe-suburbs-usa-on-chicago-shifting-immigrant-crisis-to-suburbs-is-your-community-one-that-is-agreeing-to-do-this (FROM THE ARTICLE: Safe Suburbs USA is questioning which suburban communities Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is planning on partnering with to punt the city’s illegal immigrant population. As of 2023, Chicago’s sanctuary status has attracted over 800,000 undocumented residents. “Mayor Johnson says he’s been in dialogue with suburban cities to help share the migrant burden,” Safe Suburbs USA said on Twitter. “Johnson says he sees suburban support on the horizon. Is your community one that is agreeing to do this?” Johnson noted in a recent press conference that he had been in discussions with suburban governments to accept the border crossers. “We see some real support on the horizon,” Johnson said at the press conference, Chicago City Wire reported. The Migration Policy Institute reports DuPage County, where Safe Suburbs USA, is based is already home to over 32,000 illegal immigrants, which is over three times the 10,000 reported in each of the counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, and Will in 2014 by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The bulk of the undocumented population comprises those aged 35 to 44. But that figure pales in comparison to Chicago’s staggering population of 829,000, according to NBC News, which also reports Chicago’s open arms policies have given illegal immigrants a soft landing spot. The city has taken to setting up temporary shelters, sometimes in police stations where allegations of sexual impropriety have arisen, and committing millions of taxpayer dollars to provide for those in the country illegally. While former mayor Lori Lightfoot spoke welcoming words to those incoming she later changed her tune when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began sending border crosses to Chicago and other Democrat-controlled sanctuary cities by the busload. Johnson has similarly toed a line between welcoming the undocumented to the city – where there is no longer room – while condemning the politics of those seeking to put an end to illegal border crossings. Thus, Johnson’s move to push the undocumented to the suburbs.)
AMERICAN GREATNESS — The Remaking of America. Every aspect of American life and culture is under assault. – Victor Davis Hanson https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/07/the-remaking-of-america/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: The Revolution began under the Obama administration that sought to divide Americans into oppressed and oppressors, and then substitute race for class victimization. It was empowered by the bicoastal wealth accrued from globalization, and honed during the COVID lockdown, quarantine-fed economic downturn, and the George Floyd riots and their aftermath. The Revolution was boosted by fanatic opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump. And the result is an America that is unrecognizable from what it was a mere decade ago. Here are 10 upheavals that the Left has successfully wrought. . .Race, Not Class. Racial inequality and lack of parity are due to “whiteness.” Racial quotas, segregated dorms, graduations, workshops, and safe spaces are exempt from civil rights statutes given they are necessary to achieve equity. Integration and assimilation are the opiates of the masses. Apartheid and segregation are misunderstood modalities, and thus, if enlightened, sometimes necessary corrective measures. Reparations are to supersede ineffective affirmative action. Wokeness liberates us to see how race explains everything in America, past and present. At universities and in popular culture “proportional representation” of various ethnicities and races is no longer sufficient remedy. Instead reparatory hiring and admissions are required to atone for prior generations of discrimination. It is taboo to suggest that cultural conditions not just race accounts for inequality. Everything from meritocracy to promptness to physical fitness is racist in nature, requiring DEI experts to expose and inform about the systemic nature of American racism.)
BIZ PAC REVIEW — America’s White majority ends with GenZ, census data reveals – Melissa Fine (COMMENT: Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly use that a) to dump Republicans who are White and especially to dump White Republicans like me who share lots of Trump’s demographics including: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time .) https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/07/americas-white-majority-ends-with-genz-census-data-reveals-1384493/ — Castle owner says Mayor Adams ignores his plea to bed 180 as NYC struggles to house illegal aliens – Kevin Haggerty https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/07/castle-owner-says-he-can-bed-180-but-mayor-adams-ignores-him-as-nyc-struggles-to-house-illegal-aliens-1384440/
EPOCH TIMES — Mega Donor Threatens to Cut Off Funding If DeSantis Doesn’t Go Moderate – Allen Zhong (COMMENT: I should write a book about mega donors in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have had the greatest success since 2000 in getting Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to “go moderate.” I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.) https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us/mega-donor-threatens-to-cut-off-funding-if-desantis-doesnt-go-moderate-5446880
FOX BUSINESS — Think tanks file suit to block Biden administration’s plan to cancel $39B in student loans. New Civil Liberties Alliance filed the lawsuit in Michigan Friday on behalf of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Cato Institute. – Landon Mion (COMMENT: If I had gotten a student loan to pay for my 1bachelor’s degree in 1970, I would have paid it off quickly with the money that I earned working for Firestone Stores 1970-1972 and for IRS 1971-1980. Further, my grades would have been much better and I would gotten much better paying jobs. But as it was, I worked my way through college and still had enough money to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile in 1967, to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger. Granted, tuition was much less back then, but I avoided room and board costs by living with my parents in Crete while I a) took classes at UIC 1966-1968, b) worked for the Park Forest Post Office weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969) https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/think-tanks-file-suit-block-biden-administrations-plan-cancel-39b-student-loans
THE HILL — Democrats say “Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm. https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-illinois-to-ban-advertising-for-guns-allegedly-marketed-to-kids-and-militants/ — Democrats say “America’s White majority is aging out.” Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly use that a) to dump Republicans who are White and especially to dump White Republicans like me who share lots of Trump’s demographics including: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.) https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-white-majority-aging-100000247.html — Democrats acknowledge that “Lawyers say DOJ wants to ‘censor’ Trump.” https://nxslink.thehill.com/view/6230d8bab246d104952d7f0bj8w4x.a1h/f089790f
MSNBC — Democrats crow that “Illinois fights gun lobby to ban marketing guns to little kids.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/illinois-fights-gun-lobby-to-ban-marketing-guns-to-little-kids-190317637765
YAHOO FINANCE — Democrats say “Advancing Black Wealth Tour Coming to Oakland & Chicago in August.” Why do you have the wealth that you have? According to my critics/opponents, my wealth came from my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant, he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to, and I did, work my way through college. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/advancing-black-wealth-tour-coming-181700900.html
SUBURBS 101 — 13 Most Affordable Chicago Suburbs for Commuters 2023 (COMMENT: I lived in Crete 1948-1972. Commuting from Crete to Chicago has never been good. Nevertheless, I commuted from Crete to Chicago a) 1966-1968 while I took classes at UIC, b) in 1970 while I took graduate business classes at UIC, c) in 1971 while I worked for IRS in the Loop, d) in 1972 while I took graduate business classes at Loyola.) https://suburbs101.com/most-affordable-chicago-suburbs-for-commuters/
ABC NEWS — Democrats say “Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants.” If I sought any of political or government office, my critics/opponents would stress that I have owned firearms since I was in high school and that I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968. In my defense, I stress that if my best friend in high school had not encouraged me to go hunting with him, I might never have owned a firearm. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illinois-ban-advertising-guns-allegedly-marketed-kids-militants-102069765
KEVIN MD — How to handle a toxic person – BETHANY SILVERMAN (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are extremely judgmental. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have painted me as being Trump’s representative in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 2015. I would focus on those who demonstrate more hatred against those the more demographics that they share with Trump. Both Trump and I are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, draft-avoiders, gun-owners, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois.) https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/08/how-to-handle-a-toxic-person.html
WGN9 — Democrats ask “Should asylum seekers be hired to help solve Chicago’s hotel worker crisis?” Democrats and RINOs want cheap labor. What bad jobs have you had? According to my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies. https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/should-asylum-seekers-be-hired-to-help-solve-chicagos-hotel-worker-crisis/
HERALD WHIG — Democrats say “GOP attorneys general shift the battle over affirmative action to the workplace.” (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government punished me severely because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, that is, because I opposed how they used Affirmative Action. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) gave me bad job assignments, c) gave me unfair performance expectations and performance appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and did not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) did not promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave request in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969.) https://www.whig.com/ap/business/gop-attorneys-general-shift-the-battle-over-affirmative-action-to-the-workplace/article_6d6b933f-df47-5031-bef8-dea500bb1eb2.html
FOX ILLINOIS — Democrats say that Christie says about Trump that “‘I’d kick his ass” in possible UFC fight. Ever-increasingly, Christie is the champion of hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters. Who are the champions of hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in your county, in your township, and in your municipality? I should write a book about those champions in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those champions who treat me like I have run Trump’s campaign in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 2015. I would focus on those champions who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those champions who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/id-kick-his-ass-chris-christie-brags-about-beating-trump-in-possible-ufc-fight-donald-president-gop-republicans-new-jersey-nyc-new-york-queens-fighting
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS — Reparations are a Pandora’s box – Chris Talgo (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that they should get reparations from Republicans: LGBTQ, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, union member, non-rich, non-married, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.) https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_89251b12-2249-11ee-ab0c-430f13ce9c44.html
WASHINGTON TIMES — Biden cancels $39 billion in student loans on heels of Supreme Court ruling – Dave Boyer (COMMENT: I did not seek a student loan and I would not have gotten one anyway because I was never viewed as being college material. Instead, I worked my way through college. I worked part-time during the school years for the Post Office and full-time during the summers. That enabled me to a) pay for my college expenses, b) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and d) graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 with bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger.) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/14/joe-biden-cancels-39-billion-student-loans-heels-s/ — House passes hot-button defense bill with amendments aimed at dashing ‘woke’ Pentagon policies – Alex Miller https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/14/house-passes-hot-button-ndaa-amendments-aimed-dash/ — In the hot seat: EV owners warned extreme summer heat could melt travel plans – Ramsey Touchberry https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/14/hot-seat-electric-vehicle-owners-warned-extreme-su/ — GOP attorneys general shift battle over affirmative action to the workplace – AP (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government punished me severely because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, that is, because I opposed how they used Affirmative Action. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) gave me bad job assignments, c) gave me unfair performance expectations and performance appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and did not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) did not promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave request in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969.) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/14/gop-attorneys-general-shift-battle-over-affirmativ/
NATIONAL REVIEW — The 2024 ‘Testosterone Primary’ Is Good – JACK BUTLER https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-2024-testosterone-primary-is-good/ — Supreme Court Affirmative-Action Decision: Republican AGs Eye Employment (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government punished me severely because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, that is, because I opposed how they used Affirmative Action. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) gave me bad job assignments, c) gave me unfair performance expectations and performance appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and did not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) did not promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave request in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969.) https://www.nationalreview.com/news/after-supreme-court-affirmative-action-decision-republican-ags-eye-employment/
TOWNHALL & DAILY SIGNAL — Ten Reasons Why Affirmative Action Died – Victor Davis Hanson (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, they have always promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about them and how they have used Affirmative Action against me since 1966. I would focus on a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government, b) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, c) leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.) https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2023/07/14/ten-reasons-why-affirmative-action-died-n2625719 https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/14/10-reasons-why-affirmative-action-died/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: The end of affirmative action was inevitable. The only surprise was that such intentions went terribly wrong and lasted so long. First, supporters of racial preferences always pushed back the goalposts for the program’s success. Was institutionalized reverse bias to last 20 years, 60 years, or ad infinitum? Parity became defined as an absolute equality of results. If “equity” was not obtained, then only institutionalized “racism” explained disparities. And only reverse racism was deemed the cure. Second, affirmative action was imposed on the back end in adult hiring and college admissions. However, to achieve parity, remediation early at the K-12 school level would have been the only solution. Yet such intervention was made impossible by teachers’ unions, the rise of identity politics, and government entitlements. All opposed school choice, self-help programs, critiques of cultural impediments, or restrictions on those blanket entitlements. Third, class, the true barometer of privilege, was rendered meaningless. Surrealism followed. The truly privileged Barack and Michelle Obama and Meghan Markel lectured the country on its unfairness — as if they had it far rougher than the impoverished “deplorable” of East Palestine, Ohio. Fourth, affirmative action supporters could never square the circle of proving that racial prejudices didn’t violate the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the text of the Constitution. What they were left with was the lame argument that because long ago, the 90% white majority had violated their own foundational documents, then such past bad unconstitutional bias could legitimately be rectified by present-day “good” unconstitutional bias. Fifth, supporters never adequately explained why the sins of prior generations fell on their descendants who grew up in the post-Civil Rights era. Nor could they account for why those who had never experienced institutionalized racism, much less Jim Crow apartheid or slavery, were to be compensated collectively for the suffering of long-dead individuals. No wonder 70% of the American people in many polls favored ending affirmative action, including half of African-Americans. Sixth, there never was a “rainbow” coalition of shared non-white victimhood — a concept necessary to perpetuate the premise of white privilege, supremacy, and rage, so integral to race-based reverse discrimination. More than a dozen ethnicities earn more per capita than whites. Asians have been subject to coerced internment, immigration restrictions, and zoning exclusions. Yet on average, they do better than whites economically and enjoy lower suicide rates and longer life expectancies. The arguments for affirmative action never explained why Asians and other minorities who faced discrimination outperformed the majority white population. As a result, affirmative action ended up discriminating against Asians on the premise they were too successful! Seventh, no one ever explained when affirmative action was to apply. Blacks, for example, were vastly “overrepresented” in merit-based professional football and basketball. Yet no one demanded “proportional representation” to address such “disparate impact” despite the underrepresentation of all other demographics. Yet if Blacks were “underrepresented” in baseball, then reparatory measures were supposed to address that fact — even if Latino players were “overrepresented” and whites “underrepresented” as well. No one in our race-obsessed culture, of course, objected that white males died at twice their demographics in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. Eighth, in our increasingly intermarried mass-immigration society, few could adjudicate who was what, or much less what standard gave one racial preference. In lunatic fashion, pink, blond Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren became Harvard’s first “Native American” law professor due to her “high cheekbones.” Light-skinned Latinos were considered marginalized, while some darker Italians or Greeks were not. Ninth, an odious wokeism absorbed affirmative action and changed it into something even more abhorrent — as the original spirit of the Civil Rights movement was trashed. So Americans were asked to stomach a return to distasteful segregated dorms, “separate but equal” graduation ceremonies, and racially exclusive workshops. Tenth, and finally, affirmative action was insidiously destroying meritocracy. That hallmark American value of tribally-blind inclusivity had once explained why the nation outshone the world by discarding the old class prejudices of Europe. But increasingly, this value seemed to have been abandoned. When Stockton Rush, the late captain, and inventor of the ill-fated Titan deep-sea explorer, was quoted postmortem bragging that his company had no need of “old white guys” with long military expertise in submarining, Americans realized that woke racial discrimination was not just repulsive, but could get you killed. A nation whose pilot training, medical-school admissions, and military high command promotions were increasingly adopting racial, gender, or sexual-orientation essentialism was a country headed for the sort of Third World tribalism characteristic of failed states abroad. Ultimately, the court finally stepped in to end this unconstitutional aberration, more like the old Soviet commissariat than our ideals of equality under the law. The American people concurred. And the only regret seemed to be, why not sooner?)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
YAHOO — Democrats ask “Does the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Apply to Hiring?” The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the jobs. https://news.yahoo.com/does-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-200700076.html
WASHINGTON POST — Democrats say “GOP attorneys general shift the battle over affirmative action to the workplace.” (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government punished me severely because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, that is, because I opposed how they used Affirmative Action. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) gave me bad job assignments, c) gave me unfair performance expectations and performance appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and did not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) did not promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave request in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/14/affirmative-action-employer-workforce/a1a80c6c-2285-11ee-8994-4b2d0b694a34_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL — FRONT PAGE: Culture War Shapes House Defense Bill – Lindsay Wise, Isaac Yu and Simon J. Levien https://www.wsj.com/articles/mccarthy-rolls-dice-on-defense-vote-as-culture-wars-split-house-1b8a638 — Biden’s Latest Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme. He keeps flouting the law to buy votes by writing off college debt. – Editorial https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-student-debt-forgiveness-supreme-court-income-based-repayment-plan-11f1c5fa — Republican Attorneys General Warn Top U.S. Businesses Over ‘Discrimination’ Citing affirmative action ruling, top state law officials put Fortune 100 on notice for racial quotas, preferences – Jathon Sapsford (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government punished me severely because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, that is, because I opposed how they used Affirmative Action. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) gave me bad job assignments, c) gave me unfair performance expectations and performance appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and did not promote me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and f) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) did not promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave request in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-attorneys-general-warn-top-u-s-businesses-over-discrimination-1eb78d29 — Here’s How Twitter Could Become Irrelevant – Christopher Mims (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) promote Twitter and b) discourage everyone from reading emails.). https://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-how-twitter-could-become-irrelevant-b2b027af
ABC7 — Democrats acknowledge that “Teen takeover at Bronzeville gas station prompts call for increased police presence in area.” What are teens, that is, what are young Democrats, most likely to takeover in your county, in your township, and in your municipality? https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-flash-mob-teen-takeover-gas-station-news/13409590/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/21/23764009/culture-wars-gay-pride-closet-posinghealth-risk-lgbtq-rights — A Democrat says “Mayor Johnson should give cops, firefighters paid parental leave, too.” Since 1966, when I was 18 years old and started working for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/operatives, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who has unfairly benefitted if not improperly benefitted from federal employee benefits. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I have especially unfairly/improperly benefitted because I am conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. They hint/imply/argue/shout that federal jobs should be given to those who are moderate/liberal, Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/21/23768631/mayor-johnson-paid-parental-leave-cpd-cfd-ctu
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT — These are the 10 richest counties in Illinois – Lindsay Smith https://news.yahoo.com/10-richest-counties-illinois-analysis-174449023.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: With a median income exceeding $100,000, DuPage County is the richest county in Illinois. . .DuPage County, while the wealthiest in Illinois, ranked 171st nationally.)
AMERICAN GREATNESS — The U.S. Transitions from Superpower to Migrant Colony. On America’s current trajectory, our future is not well-kept suburban neighborhoods, but a nation of dilapidated Bidenville slums built to deal with our elites’ disastrous policy failures. – Brian Lonergan https://amgreatness.com/2023/06/21/the-u-s-transitions-from-superpower-to-migrant-colony/
CREATORS SYNDICATE — When Virtue Signalers Become Virtue Flaunters – R. Emmett Tyrrell (COMMENT: I should write a book about the biggest virtue flaunters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with those who are a) moderate/liberal, b) non-Republican, c) minority, d) female, e) younger, f) veteran, g) have less money than I have, h) non-Protestant, i) non-German American, and/or j) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.) https://www.creators.com/read/r-emmett-tyrrell/06/23/when-virtue-signalers-become-virtue-flaunters
TOWNHALL — Trump Is the Media’s New David Duke – Ann Coulter https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2023/06/21/trump-is-the-medias-new-david-duke-n2624825 — Top Obama Aide Tried to Invoke Jesus Christ in the Illegal Immigration Debate. It Failed Miserably. – Matt Vespa (COMMEMT: Democrats ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus Christ is a liberal Democrat who promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms. Democrats ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus condemns Republicans, and especially Republicans who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/06/21/former-obama-aide-had-a-head-scratching-take-on-illegal-immigration-n2624713 — President Joe Biden once again threatened the constitutional right to own a gun, mocking Second Amendment supporters while discussing violence in the U.S. – Sarah Arnold https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/06/21/biden-claims-americans-would-need-an-f-16-to-fight-the-government-n2624813
NEW YORK TIMES — Democrats acknowledge that “The U.S. Population Is Older Than It Has Ever Been.” All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination. I should write a book about them. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government and past/present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and volunteers, d) conservative activists and leaders, and e) religious activists and leaders. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/us/census-median-age.html — Democrats say “The Democratic Party’s biggest problem today is its struggle to win over working-class voters.” I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. My critics/opponents look down on the working class. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/briefing/democratic-party-covid-georgia.html
FORTUNE — Democrats say “The 2023 Best Workplaces in Chicago make fairness a top priority.” For Democrats and RINOs, to be fair is to give preference to those who are moderate/liberal, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. https://fortune.com/2023/06/21/2023-best-workplaces-chicago-fairness/
CHICAGO CITY WIRE — Radio talk show host Dan Proft calls Cosley Zoo Pride Month observance in Wheaton a ‘cautionary tale’ of what happens when ‘sentimental barbarians seize control of your civic institutions’ (COMMENT: I should write a book about adverse actions that the Wheaton Park District has taken against me including stopping me since 2021 from serving as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.) https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/644473784-radio-talk-show-host-calls-cosley-zoo-pride-month-observance-a-cautionary-tale-of-what-happens-when-sentimental-barbarians-seize-control-of-your-civic-institutions (FROM THE ARTICLE: Dan Proft, the host of The Dan Proft Show, claimed in a tweet on Sunday that the “formerly God-fearing community” of Wheaton, Illinois., is an example of a “cautionary tale” by observing Pride Month at the Cosley Zoo. “Now, another cautionary tale as to what happens when you sit idly by and let sentimental barbarians seize control of your civic institutions,” Proft wrote in the tweet. On June 15, the zoo shared a message of support for Pride Month on its Facebook page. “June is #pride month. Our animals have been enjoying some rainbow enrichment in celebration,” the post stated. “Cosley Zoo is proud to be a safe and welcoming place for families all year!” The post included photos of zoo animals with pride-themed decorative items. Former Illinois state Rep. Jeanne Ives also criticized the zoo in a tweet on June 15. “Wheaton Park District is hiding behind court cases (wrongly, as actual statutory law conflicts) to allow use of locker rooms based on gender identity,” Ives wrote in the tweet. “Essentially saying the courts made them do it. Did the courts make them turn family-friendly Cosley Zoo into a sexual preference promotion site? Utter Lunacy!” Cosley Zoo is home to farm animals and native wildlife. Visitors can explore numerous exhibits that immerse them in natural habitats for white-tailed deer, red fox, Blanding’s turtles, a coyote, and more, according to the zoo’s website. The zoo is also a center for animal education and conservation, offering programs that teach young and old how to care for the world around them and give back to the communities in which they live, work, and play, the zoo’s website states. The zoo is part of the Wheaton Park District.)
DAN PROFT — My text exchange with DuPage County Sheriff Jim Mendrick on answering questions about the Willowbrook shooting. https://twitter.com/DanProft
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL — Ives to Gov. Pritzker: ‘In other words, qualifications don’t matter.’ (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly drop hiring, retention, and promotion standards and use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion a) to not hire Republicans, b) to not retain Republicans, c) to not promote Republicans, and d) to get rid of Republicans. It is called patronage, political affiliation, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government used the aforesaid, up-or-out, and Republican-led budget cuts a) to waste my four job-related college degrees, b) to waste my six job-related professional certifications, and c) to waste my job-related professional license.) https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/644494905-former-illinois-house-member-jeanne-ives-to-gov-pritzker-in-other-words-qualifications-don-t-matter (FROM THE ARTICLE: Political commentator and former Illinois House member Jeanne Ives went on Twitter June 19 to criticize Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s statement on equity being the cornerstone of state hiring. “‘Equity needs to be the cornerstone of the state’s workforce if we want to effectively serve the diverse needs of the people of Illinois,’ said Governor JB Pritzker,” Ives tweeted. “In other words, qualifications don’t matter. No wonder, the tollway sent us 5 transponders when we only ordered one.”)
CAMPUS REFORM — ‘Explore And Embrace Your Identity’: colleges offer kids social justice camps. . .Northern Illinois University’s ‘Social Justice Summer Camp for Educators’ recently featured a Soros Justice Fellow and a professor who specializes in ‘post-White vindicationist philosophy.’ – Jack Roberts and Brendan McDonald (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.) https://campusreform.org/article?id=23494 — Catholic Jesuit University promotes first-of-its-kind ‘LGBTQ Resource Center’ – Olivia Scarpo (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.) https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=23466
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — Democrats say “Woman who was among 23 shot at strip mall near Willowbrook recounts how celebration turned to chaos; slain man ID’d.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-willowbrook-shooting-victim-identified-20230619-w4vanbq7ebbmfc2dkvkbbhyvsu-story.html — Democrats say “DuPage County board passes contentious new voting precinct map.” I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-nvs-dupage-board-precinct-map-st-0616-20230619-rnb3ejufvfhhlekbsmajltmwse-story.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: The DuPage County Board, in a 11-5 vote, passed an ordinance approving the new 2023 DuPage County precinct map July 10. “I did have constituents reach out to me asking me to not vote on the maps, and I hear them, I acknowledge that, but … we do have to approve the maps today and we have to be in compliance with the law,” county board member Sadia Covert said before Tuesday’s vote. Last May, the DuPage County Board failed to adopt precinct maps in compliance with an election law signed by the governor in November 2021, instructing counties to reduce (INCREASE?) the size of their election precincts to about 1,200 voters each in response to the shift to early and voting by mail. In 2020, nearly a third of DuPage County voters cast ballots through the mail. “I will be a no vote,” board member James Zay, R-Carol-Stream, said Tuesday. “I think the state law, which ultimately gives us 20 to 30 less polling places on Election Day … will disenfranchise some voters.” Voting in DuPage County is unique. Last June the DuPage County Clerk’s Office extended its “vote anywhere” program indefinitely, allowing eligible voters to cast their ballot at any polling place in the county. “I think the word disenfranchisement is perhaps not applicable here because you are now able to go anywhere which expands your voting opportunities” county board member Mary Ozog said.) — Democrats ever-increasingly push America toward Marxism and communism. https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-trump-gop-attacks-20230619-xdpy2pwkmzdcbpomk5appf4u4m-story.html — Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-healthcare-undocumented-refugees-chicago-20230620-vi4aqp6hobfa3h5drt2x6lhfim-story.html
BREITBART — Illegal Immigration Drives 110% Increase in NYC Homeless Shelter Population – JOHN BINDER https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/06/19/illegal-immigration-drives-110-increase-in-nyc-homeless-shelter-population/ — Republicans Cut Reliance on Corporate Donors as Populist Agenda Aligns Them with Small-Dollar Donors – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who give the most money to the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on those who reject the following planks in the Republican Party platform: individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). I would focus on those who have had their operatives and/or their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently.) https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/19/report-republicans-cut-reliance-corporate-donors-populist-agenda-takes-hold/
DAILY SIGNAL — Newt Gingrich’s New Book Reveals Behind the Scenes of 1994’s ‘Republican Revolution’ – Virginia Allen (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. While I worked for GAO during the 1990s, Newt Gingrich overhauled GAO, that is, he dramatically cut GAO’s budget. My Democrat GAO superiors used those cuts to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.) https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/20/newt-gingrichs-new-book-reveals-behind-the-scenes-of-1994s-republican-revolution/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM — Despite Border Crisis, Left Still Peddles Stale Amnesty Arguments Americans Reject (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who want cheap labor.) https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/06/19/despite-border-crisis-left-still-peddles-stale-amnesty-arguments-americans-reject — Yet Another TPS (temporary protected status) Extension Underscores Serious Distortion of the Program’s Purpose – Pawel Styrna https://www.fairus.org/legislation/biden-immigration-border-policy/amnesty/yet-another-tps-extension-underscores-serious — Governor Abbott Signs Six Bills to Address Biden’s Border Crisis – Shari Rendall https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-immigration-legislation-policies/border-security/governor-abbott-signs-six-bills (FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Bill (SB) 423 authorizes the Texas Military Department to use drones as part of the state’s mission on the southern border. SB 602 gives Border Patrol agents who complete certain training the powers of a Texas peace officer to arrest and conduct search and seizure at ports of entry or at Border Patrol checkpoints. SB 1133 compensates landowners up to $75,000 for damages to agricultural land caused by an individual committing a “border crime.” SB 1403 creates an interstate compact without Congressional authority to allow participating states’ law enforcement agencies to share resources and intelligence for purposes of border enforcement. SB 1484 enhances the Department of Public Safety (DPS) training for border operations by creating a training program (which includes training on cartel-related activity as well as the best tactics to address border crimes) for peace officers employed by local law enforcement agencies. SB 1900 designates drug cartels and other similar groups as “foreign terrorist organizations” (FTOs) under state law and adds them to the organized crime offenses. It adds higher penalties for criminal activity associated with FTOs and allows local entities to seek public nuisance claims against them.)
JONATHAN TURLEY — The Berkeley Files: Faculty Applicants Were Ranked on Their Support for DEI Policies and Practices (COMMENT: Constructively, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, and under the RINOs, everyone in America is ranked on their support for DEI. The lower that your DEI ranking is, the faster that Democrats and RINOs get rid of you. My DEI ranking is extremely low a) because I support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, because I oppose reverse discrimination and b) because I oppose age discrimination. Those who are involved in Republican politics to get more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, and/or LGBTQ work extremely hard against me. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently.) https://jonathanturley.org/2023/06/19/the-berkeley-files-university-downgraded-faculty-candidates-who-did-not-support-dei-policies-and-practices/comment-page-1/
FORBES — Democrats say “Why More Workers Are Making Gutsy Career Moves.” GAO works for Congress. GAO audits IRS. I should write a book about my decision in 1980 when I was 31 years old to suffer a $21,863 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 (currently $104,583/year) to GS-9 Step 10 (currently $82,720/year), to transfer from IRS to GAO. My Democrat IRS superiors were making it ever-increasingly clear that they would never promote me to GS-13, currently $109,732/year. GAO claimed to be nonpartisan. The GAO Chicago Office Staff manager (Bill) who arranged for my transfer assured me that under him, GAO would a) quickly promote me to GS-11 Step 10 (currently $100,084/year), b) quickly promote me back to GS-12 Step 5, and c) quickly promote me to GS 13. But immediately after I transferred, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago Office replaced Bill with a Democrat Staff Manager (Dave) who was extremely anti-Republican, if not a Republican-hater. To delay my promotions, that is, to get me, Dave used Affirmative Action and up-or-out a) to give me bad job assignments, b) to give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) to assign me to supervise the office’s most problematic employees, d) to turn all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me, and e) to kept me off audits of IRS. But then, in 1986, because Dave had gone on extended sick leave, Bill was finally able to get me assigned to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13. But then, in 1987, Dave came back and a) threatened me to never apply for a promotion again and forced Bill to retire. Dave then a) threw me off audits of IRS at the end of 1988, b) gave me an extremely bad job assignment at the start of 1989, c) got my supervisor to give me extremely unfair performance expectations and appraisals, d) turned my four subordinates against me, and e) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP) purposes. That forced me to seek help from my Republican Congressman Henry Hyde. Thanks to Hyde, Dave reduced his efforts to get rid of me somewhat. But Dave still succeed in a) keeping me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, b) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP purposes, and c) forcing me to take GAO’s early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. The aforesaid is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about the aforesaid. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2023/06/18/why-more-workers-are-making-gutsy-career-moves/
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Democrats ask “What Could Colleges Do Without Affirmative Action?” Expect/anticipate that Democrat colleges will ever-increasingly use the subjectivity in their admission procedures to keep out Republican applicants, and especially Republican applicants who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/2023/06/20/what-could-colleges-do-preserve-diversity-without-affirmative-action
FOX32 — Democrats say “ShowerUp Chicago: Mobile shower unit giving hope and dignity to homeless individuals. I should write a book about how Chicago Democrats have dumped their homeless on DuPage County, on Milton Township, and on Wheaton. https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/showerup-chicago-mobile-shower-homeless
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER — Democrats say “Former Gov. Rauner’s portrait unveiled at Capitol.” (COMMENT: Because of my extensive connections with Sanguinetti and because Rauner never viewed me positively, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Sanguinetti never viewed me positively.) https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/06/12/former-gov-rauners-portrait-unveiled-at-capitol/70294441007/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner, joined by his wife Diana and former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, took a look back at his “mostly a pleasure” of a time as the state’s 42nd governor and shared details on his new life in the Sunshine State, where he serves as a director of the Foundation for Excellence in Education.)
WAND TV — Democrats say Jill Biden says “it’s a little shocking that many Republicans support Trump after indictment.” GAO audits IRS. After my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and had not promoted me after 1974, my Democrat superiors were shocked that GAO offered me a transfer. However, they were overjoyed that GAO forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. Ironically, my Democrat IRS supervisor grossed that the precedent that pay cut established severely harmed all IRS employees who wanted to transfer to GAO especially because I was far better qualified than most IRS employees. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/jill-biden-says-its-a-little-shocking-many-republicans-support-trump-after-indictment/article_1a79cae6-1175-50bf-befd-1f0cf91a2ac0.html — Democrats say “Bruce Rauner’s portrait added to Illinois Hall of Governors.” (COMMENT: Because of my extensive connections with Sanguinetti and because Rauner never viewed me positively, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Sanguinetti never viewed me positively.) https://www.wandtv.com/news/bruce-rauners-portrait-added-to-illinois-hall-of-governors/article_71223580-0945-11ee-8711-a7f3b02b9f82.html (FROM THE ARTICLE: “It was a privilege and a pleasure for Evelyn [Sanguinetti] and I to come together to work for you. It was difficult,” Rauner admitted. “We had many challenges. I lost 22 pounds and most of my hair and it was very stressful. My hair has not come back. It has continued to run away.”)
CAPITOL FAX — Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.” https://capitolfax.com/2023/06/12/afternoon-roundup-102/ — Who has defamed you? I should write a book about those who have defamed me. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have/had the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have demonstrated the most disapproval/distain/hatred of those who share my demographics especially my being Protestant and German American. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect since 2000. https://capitolfax.com/2023/06/12/former-rep-stoneback-files-defamation-suit/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL — Reps. Grant, Sanalitro vote to allow noncitizens to become Illinois police officers (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 hired me, but if they could have hired a noncitizen instead me, they would have. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971` hired me, but if they could have hired a noncitizen instead me, they would have. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 hired me, but if they could have hired a noncitizen instead me, they would have.) https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/643799843-reps-grant-sanalitro-vote-to-allow-noncitizens-to-become-illinois-police-officers (FROM THE ARTICLE: “This is a fundamentally bad idea,” state Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) said. “There’s no fixing it, there’s no amending it, there’s no nothing. You cannot hand the power to arrest any citizen of the United States, let alone the ones we represent here in Illinois, over to someone who’s not a United States citizen.” Rose called police authority and particularly the ability to make arrests “the most important power that must be conferred with absolute concern for how it is employed and how it can be abused.” Giving the power to detain a citizen of Illinois or other states to a noncitizen represents “a fundamental breach of democracy” and “is antithetical to the police power of any state,” he said.)
NATIONAL REVIEW — Opposing Affirmative Action Is Not about White Solidarity – SAHAR TARTAK https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/06/opposing-affirmative-action-is-not-about-white-solidarity/ — When Roadways Collapse: A ‘Test’ for DeSantis, but Business as Usual for Buttigieg – NOAH ROTHMAN https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/when-roadways-collapse-a-test-for-desantis-but-business-as-usual-for-buttigieg/ — Americans Who Say They Are Socially Conservative Reaches Decade High – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN (COMMENT: I am a social conservative. I should write a book about those who despise/hate social conservatives the most. I would focus on past/present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, Republican county party organizations, and Republican township/ward party organizations, b) Republican U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen/women, state senators, and state representatives, c) Republican leaders of Illinois, counties, townships, municipalities, and school districts, d) Republican candidates ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders and activists, and i) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.) https://www.nationalreview.com/news/americans-who-say-they-are-socially-conservative-reaches-decade-high/
WASHINGTON POST — Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) make it more clear that they are using government to get rid of conservatives once and for all. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/12/culture-war-voters/ — Democrats say “The Democrats Are Moving Left” and ask “Will America Follow?” I should write a book about the following in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have moved the furthest to the left since 2000: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, Republican county party organizations, and Republican township/ward party organizations, b) Republican U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen/women, state senators, and state representatives, c) Republican leaders of Illinois, counties, townships, municipalities, and school districts, d) Republican candidates ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders and activists, and i) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2019/11/12/democrats-are-moving-left-will-america-follow-perspectives-partys-dramatic-turn/
PBS — Democrats say “Illinois Home to Most Units of Government in the Country.” I should write a book about the biggest adverse actions that officials and employees of the following have taken against me: Wheaton Park District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. https://www.pbs.org/video/illinois-home-to-most-units-of-government-in-the-country-fps/
QUORA — What kinds of cars do rich parents buy for their kids? (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who had rich parents who bought them cars, who got them into college, who paid for their college education, and who got them jobs.) https://www.quora.com/What-kinds-of-cars-do-rich-parents-buy-for-their-kids
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats say “More than 1,200 beds from McCormick Place COVID-19 temporary hospital go unused amid migrant housing crisis.” The city kept 126 beds but isn’t using them. The state has 1,125 more beds from the makeshift hospital but says the city hasn’t asked for them. And the city is missing out on $30 million from Springfield to support migrants.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/12/23720035/chicago-immigration-crisis-migrant-housing-mccormick-place-covid-temporary-hospital-bed-unused
NEWSWEEK — Democrats acknowledge that “Biden’s Open Border Hurts Black Americans Most of All—and We Know It.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration. https://www.newsweek.com/bidens-open-border-hurts-black-americans-most-all-we-know-it-opinion-1799670 — ‘I Tried to Join the U.S. Military. They Said I’m Too Old’ – ZOLTAN ISTVAN (COMMENT: When did people start treating you like you were “too old?” My Democrat IRS superiors started treating me like I was “too old” in 1974 when I was 25 years old because they had not promoted me to GS-13, currently $109,732/year. GAO audits IRS. Things only got worse for me in 1980 when I was 31 years old and my Democrat GAO superiors not only did not offer me a promotion to GS-13 to transfer from IRS to GAO, but forced me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $104,583/year, to GS-9 Step 10, currently $82,720/year, a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars. Constructively, they treated my 1976 Loyola MBA, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and my almost 9 years of IRS work experience as being worthless. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.) https://www.newsweek.com/us-military-age-air-force-ageism-1798536
FORBES — 9 Topics You Should Never Discuss At Work – Tony Ewing (COMMENT: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. I should write a book about how my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government frequently asked me questions to obtain/confirm information that they would use against me, most commonly concerning a) my conservatism, b) my Republicanism, c) my opposition to political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, d) my wife’s salary and benefits, e) our vacations, and f) our savings, home, cars, possessions, etc.) https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonyewing/2020/09/01/9-topics-you-shouldnt-discuss-at-work-based-on-science/
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT — Democrats say “How DeSantis megadonor Ken Griffin used his wealth to influence Illinois elections.” I should write a book about those Republican megadonors who are working the hardest a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them. https://americanindependent.com/desantis-megadonor-ken-griffin-wealth-influence-elections/ — Democrats say “Donald Trump says he was ‘very honored’ to help Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.” While Trump was president, he did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush. https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-cnn-town-hall-abortion-roe-v-wade/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE — Benefits Envy May Be Partly to Blame for the Erosion of Fed Compensation. The sense that public employees have stuff that’s better than that of private-sector workers persists, says one expert. – NATHAN ABSE (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who since I became a federal employee in 1966 when I was 18 years old have demonized me, have denigrated me, and have condemned me the most has having been grossly overpaid and having benefits that were far too generous.) https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2023/05/fed-pay-salary-compensation-eroded-benefits-envy/386119/
