June 19, 2024

LINKS TO ARTICLES CONCERNING THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE AT THE END OF THIS NEWSLETTER

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Former President Trump holds rally in Racine – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-rally-racine-former-president-heads-wisconsin/14970940/
— Opposition grows to Chicago migrants eviction policy for shelter stays, many ask mayor to reconsider – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/post/little-village-community-council-opposes-evicting-chicago-migrants/14972671/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago. I should write a book about those LGBTQ-promoters who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-parade-2024-abc7-chicago-broadcasts-parade/14970212/
https://headtopics.com/us/abc-7-chicago-celebrates-pride-with-live-broadcast-from-54435131

NBC5
— How much reparations do Democrats and RINOs want you to pay?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/brandon-johnson-chicago-reparations-task-force-goals/3467117/

CBS2
— With RNC weeks away, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker ramps up attacks on Trump – Chris Tye (COMMENT: Who were the attack dogs that your critics/opponents have used? I should write about my critics/opponents and the attack dogs that they have used a) to remove me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) to end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) to end my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) to gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) to end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) to end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) to end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) to almost get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) to end my bid to serve as the MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and k) to end my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors member in 2004.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-pritzker-politics-2024-milwaukee/

FOX32
— ‘Americans last and illegals first’: Reaction to Biden taking immigration action. President Joe Biden made big waves on Tuesday with an executive order protecting certain undocumented immigrants. The move aims to benefit undocumented spouses and/or parents of legal American citizens. (COMMENT: Biden ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1472795

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump cancels stay at his Chicago hotel during Milwaukee Republican convention after word leaks out. Despite preparations being made in Chicago for former President Donald Trump to stay at the Trump Tower during the GOP convention, the campaign on Tuesday announced an apparent change in plans. – Tina Sfondeles and Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/06/18/donald-trump-chicago-hotel-milwaukee-republican-national-convention
— If you are the following, Democrats ever-increasingly foist the sins of your forefathers on you. If you are the following, and your ancestors have been in America for a long time, Democrats ever-increasingly stress how long your ancestors have been in America: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, gun owner, Protestant, and/or German American. My ancestors have been in America since 1844. In my defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone. In 1921, on my father’s side, they operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. In the Civil War, Democrats fought to preserve slavery, Republicans fought to end slavery. The more that Democrats promote Juneteenth, the more evidence that Democrats are succeeding in painting today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/06/18/juneteenth-remember-tulsa-race-massacre-1921-suppression-history-books-national-monument-ben-jealous

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/19/chicago-area-immigrants-hopeful-over-bidens-executive-order-that-offers-pathways-to-citizenship-to-spouses-of-us-citizens/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Skokie.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/18/skokie-to-hold-pride-fest-june-23/
— Will County executive vetoes hiring Robert Schillerstrom as landfill consultant – MICHELLE MULLINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/18/will-county-executive-vetoes-hiring-robert-schillerstrom-as-landfill-consultant/
— Beware being Joe Biden’s attack dog, Gov. Pritzker. Flatulence can blow back. – Editorial (COMMENT: Who were the attack dogs that your critics/opponents have used? I should write about my critics/opponents and the attack dogs that they have used a) to remove me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) to end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) to end my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) to gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) to end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) to end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, h) to end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) to almost get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) to end my bid to serve as the MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and k) to end my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors member in 2004.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/18/editorial-jb-pritzker-donald-trump-attacks/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Southern Poverty Law Center flags Naperville-based Awake Illinois as a hate group. – TESS KENNY (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I would focus on those who ended my TAPROOT chairmanship in 2012 and who ended my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/18/naperville-awake-illinois-southern-poverty-law-center-hate-map/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville-based Awake Illinois was called out as one of 1,430 hate and anti-government extremist groups operating in the U.S. in 2023 by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Awake group, which espouses anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and advocates against sex education in schools, was flagged by the center in its Year in Hate & Extremism report. The annually published report, the center says, is a “comprehensive analysis of the groups and organizational infrastructure upholding white supremacy in the United States.” It includes a “hate map,” tracking groups that land on the center’s hate and extremism radar by state as well as several observed trends in recent hard-right activity. In its latest analysis, the center found that 39 different hate and anti-government extremist groups were active in Illinois last year. Those, according to the center, included Awake Illinois. Other Illinois groups cited by the center include Partners for Ethical Care, an anti-gender affirming group in Chicago, and several local chapters of the conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty. Asked for comment, Awake Illinois founder and President Shannon Adcock deferred to a video statement on the group’s X (formerly Twitter) account. “Awake Illinois is designated a ‘hate group’ by the totally not respected and fully absurd joke of an organization known as the Southern Poverty Law Center,” the group posted to X earlier this month. “Awake Illinois continues to be a thorn in the side of government bootlickers, child exploiters, anti-Americans, Marxists and people with no sense of humor whatsoever.” Awake’s statement goes on to thank the center “for this amazing 3rd anniversary gift.” The group was founded in May 2021. The statement ends with “Can’t cancel us!”  From her own X account, Adcock wrote, “I’d like to thank the SPLC for this award,” followed by a laughing crying emoji, in a June 4 post. The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Mongomery, Alabama, has been publishing an annual census of hate groups operating within the United States every year since 1990. The tally encompasses several different types of groups under the larger umbrella of hate and extremism. Ideologies the center’s hate map covers include anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ+, conspiracy propagandists, Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi and racist skinhead, among others. Awake was deemed a “general anti-government” group, which, per the law center’s website, are groups that are “part of the anti-democratic hard-right movement.” The center dubbed more than 630 of the total 1,430 groups on its 2023 hate map as generally anti-governmental. To devise the annual analysis, the center says it reviews extremist group publications and materials as well as reports by the public, law enforcement, field sources and news media. The center identified 205 more hate and anti-government extremist groups last year than it did the year before. Between 2021 and 2023, the list has almost doubled in size. However, the number often fluctuates. In 2016, the center named 917 groups on its hate map. By 2018, that total was up to 1,020. The next year, it was down to 940. The same pattern is reflected in Illinois. In 2018, the center placed 31 Illinois groups on its hate map. Two years later, only 19 across the state were identified. Beyond monitoring hate and extremism, the center — founded in 1971 — files lawsuits over justice issues and offers educational programs to counter prejudice. It is frequently criticized by conservative groups as biased and has faced lawsuits of its own in the past over its designation of various organizations as hate groups. In 2019, for instance, the founder of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group sued the center for labeling the organization as a hate group. Awake Illinois describes its efforts as “waking up Illinoisans each day while empowering citizens to elevate their voices on topics of education, equality, legislation, civic involvement and social welfare causes.” The group often takes positions on pending legislation and encourages voters to lobby their legislators. It also runs a livestream series called “Protect the Kids.” According to Awake, the series “invites top national advocates and experts to discuss how they are empowering parents, policy makers and communities on the urgent need to protect children from the harms known as ‘gender affirmation,’ ‘gender ideology’ and transgender trends.” Most recently, Awake ran a campaign to drum up opposition to a “Drag Story Hour” hosted by the Skokie Public Library on June 8. On its website, the library publicized the event as Chicago drag queen Coco Sho-Nell leading a “festive and fabulous hour of stories and fun during Pride Month.” It was open to children ages 3 to 6, accompanied by an adult. The event went on without a hitch.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump was set to stay in Chicago during the RNC. Now he’ll be in Milwaukee.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-stay-milwaukee-not-chicago-rnc

JOURNAL COURIER
— First in a series of hearings on Illinois reparations set next month. – Dave Dawson  (COMMENT: How much reparations have you paid? Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. To curry favor with Blacks, my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents have used AA and DEI to make me pay a tremendous amount of reparations. They have always strongly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I took jobs that should have been given to Blacks. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. In 1997, they forced me to retire early and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. Since 2000, they have blamed me for votes that Black Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct did not get. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-reparations-hearings-19520349.php

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump declares ‘I love Milwaukee’ – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-declares-i-love-milwaukee-after-reportedly-using-the-word-horrible-for-the-rnc-host-city/

WGEM
— Therapists concerned about effects of marijuana on mental health (COMMENT: What do you say to those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but do nothing to oppose pot?)
https://www.wgem.com/video/2024/06/18/therapists-concerned-about-effects-marijuana-mental-health/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Donald Trump campaigns in swing state of Wisconsin – SCOTT HURLEY
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/former-president-donald-trump-2024-campaign-rally-racine-festival-park-republican-presumptive-nominee
— Trump’s hush money conviction hurting his standing among independent voters – AUSTIN DENEAN (COMMENT: What has hurt your standing? My policy of helping elect all those candidates in general elections who won Republican primary elections has hurt my standing with those reject those candidates. I should write a book about those candidates on ballots in my precinct who I have done the most to help elect since 2000, but who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/former-president-donald-trumps-hush-money-conviction-hurting-his-standing-among-independent-voters-falsifying-business-records-hush-money-payment-stormy-daniels-2024-election

ELMHURST PATCH
— An Elmhurst conservative activist on Monday criticized the city’s mayor, saying he was under the influence of a “radical” LGBTQ group. Resident Tom Chavez, who often addresses the local school board, spoke at Monday’s City Council meeting. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/conservative-slams-elmhurst-mayor-lgbtq-group

CHOOSE CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://www.choosechicago.com/event/chicago-tap-theatre-presents-can-you-hear-us-now-the-queer-tap-dance-revolution/2024-12-15/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Elections board dismisses illegal campaign coordination complaint, declines to clarify law. – HANNAH MEISEL
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/elections-board-dismisses-illegal-campaign-coordination-complaint-declines-to-clarify-law
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At their monthly meeting in Chicago, Illinois State Board of Elections members voted 7-1 to adopt a hearing officer’s recommendation to dismiss a complaint filed by a Democratic party official in the waning days of the 2022 election cycle. The complaint alleged conservative radio host and political operative Dan Proft illegally coordinated with former Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey during his 2022 campaign for governor.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/06/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-107/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— “Follow the Science” Except When it Comes to Marijuana – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/follow-the-science-except-when-it-comes-to-marijuana/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden promises leniency for 500,000 illegal immigrants married to U.S. citizens – Jeff Mordock and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/18/joe-biden-promises-leniency-for-500000-illegal-imm/
— Biden hails new citizenship by marriage deal as a way to keep families together – Jeff Mordock and Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/18/joe-biden-hails-new-citizenship-by-marriage-deal-a/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tim Scott should be Trump’s running mate – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3050464/tim-scott-should-be-trumps-running-mate/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump rips Biden ‘amnesty’ plan for rewarding ‘sham marriages’ as ‘veterans are dying on the street’  – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/06/18/us-news/trump-rips-biden-amnesty-plan-for-rewarding-sham-marriages-as-veterans-are-dying-on-the-street/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Biden Announces Amnesty for over 500,000 Illegal Aliens. The plan covers those married to U.S. Citizens. – Mason Letteau Stallings
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/biden-announces-amnesty-for-over-500000-illegal-aliens/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Republicans Should Embrace Juneteenth – Bart Marcois  (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, and especially my Democrat superiors in the federal government, have had great success getting Blacks to blame their problems on those who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-veteran, non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. In the Civil War, Democrats fought to preserve slavery, Republicans fought to end slavery. The more that Democrats promote Juneteenth, the more evidence that Democrats are succeeding in painting today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/19/republicans-should-embrace-juneteenth-it-is-a-celebration-of-our-achievements/

BLAZE
— Biden wants amnesty for 100k+ illegal immigrants
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/illegal-immigrants-amnesty-biden
— Biden orders executive action to grant amnesty for illegal aliens married to US citizens: ‘It doesn’t tear families apart’ – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-aliens-carlos-garcia
— Staten Island officials protest plan to shelter illegal aliens at church: ‘We have to stand and fight back’ – CANDACE HATHAWAY (COMMENT: Staten Island church today, your church tomorrow.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/staten-island-officials-protest-plan-to-shelter-illegal-aliens-at-church-we-have-to-stand-and-fight-back

BREITBART
— Amnesty Joe Biden Gives His Podium to Illegal Migrant – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/19/amnesty-speech-joe-biden-gives-his-podium-to-illegal-migrant/
— Trump Campaign: Biden’s ‘Mass Amnesty’ for Illegals Will ‘Steal Social Security, Medicaid’ from American Seniors – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/18/trump-campaign-bidens-mass-amnesty-for-illegals-will-steal-social-security-medicaid-from-american-seniors/
— Joe Biden Rolling Out ‘Welcome Mat’ for Illegal Aliens with Executive Amnesty – Chairman Mark Green
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/18/chairman-mark-green-says-joe-biden-rolling-out-welcome-mat-for-illegal-aliens-with-executive-amnesty/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Amnesties All the Way Down – Mark Krikorian
https://cis.org/Krikorian/Amnesties-All-Way-Down

COLLEGE FIX
— Teachers union head: ‘Conservatives don’t even want black children to be able to read’  (COMMENT: How much success have the Democrat teachers in your school district had getting their students to hate conservatives?)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/teacher-union-head-conservatives-dont-even-want-black-children-to-be-able-to-read/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Democrat ‘Trump A Convicted Criminal’ Ad Backfires Spectacularly – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/the-democrat-trump-a-convicted-criminal-ad-backfires-spectacularly

DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Outrageous Use of a ‘Parole’ Loophole to Grant Amnesty to Illegal Aliens – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/18/parole-in-place-for-illegal-aliens-amounts-to-more-lawless-executive-arrogance/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Campaign Hammers Biden On ‘Mass Amnesty’ Order For Illegal Immigrants – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-campaign-hammers-biden-on-mass-amnesty-order-for-illegal-immigrants
— Biden Rewards Hundreds Of Thousands Of Migrants Who Violated Federal Immigration Laws – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-rewards-hundreds-of-thousands-of-migrants-who-violated-federal-immigration-laws
— Trump Blasts Biden For His ‘Illegal’ Amnesty Program For Illegal Aliens – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-biden-for-his-illegal-amnesty-program-for-illegal-aliens

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden’s Immigration Policy Consists of Nothing More than Sham Border Enforcement and Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/fair-bidens-immigration-policy-consists-nothing-more-sham-border-enforcement-and

FOX NEWS
— Migrants in ‘urgent humanitarian’ need flown to US from Bahamas, other vacation hot spots. Migrants have arrived on flights from Europe and Australia. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrants-urgent-humanitarian-need-flown-us-from-bahamas-other-vacation-hot-spots

HOT AIR
— Biden’s Illegals Are Getting Voter Registration Forms
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/06/18/confirmed-bidens-illegals-are-getting-voter-registration-forms-n3790454

NATIONAL REVIEW
— White House Announces Mass-Amnesty Plan for Illegal Immigrants Married to U.S. Citizens. – JAMES LYNCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-administration-announces-mass-amnesty-plan-for-illegal-immigrants-married-to-u-s-citizens/
— Amnesties All the Way Down – MARK KRIKORIAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/amnesties-all-the-way-down/

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Biden Wants to Be ‘President for Illegal Aliens’ – Mark Swanson
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-wisconsin-joe-biden/2024/06/18/id/1169248/

PJ MEDIA
— The Morning Briefing: ‘Glitch’ Biden Unveils His Illegal Alien Dem Voter Registration Plan – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2024/06/19/the-morning-briefing-glitch-biden-unveils-his-illegal-alien-dem-voter-registration-plan-n4929974

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— No Matter Biden’s Election Year Rhetoric, The Border Is Wide Open – Larry Kudlow:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/06/18/larry_kudlow_no_matter_bidens_election_year_rhetoric_the_border_is_wide_open.html

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Biden Wants to Be ‘President for Illegal Aliens’ – Mark Swanson
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-rally-biden/2024/06/18/id/1169248/
— Trump Campaign Slams Biden’s ‘Mass Amnesty Plan’ – Mark Swanson
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-campaign-joe-biden/2024/06/18/id/1169187/
— Biden’s Spouse Plan Gives 550,000 a Path to Citizenship
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegals-amnesty-immigration/2024/06/18/id/1169111/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump campaign blasts Biden amnesty plan for illegal immigrant spouses: ‘another invitation for illegal immigration’  “Biden only cares about one thing — power — and that’s why he is giving mass amnesty and citizenship to hundreds of thousands of illegals who he knows will ultimately vote for him.” – Thomas Stevenson
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-campaign-blasts-biden-amnesty-plan-for-illegal-immigrant-spouses-another-invitation-for-illegal-immigration

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Biden ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/latino/4726536-biden-immigration-southern-border-crackdown-daca-dreamers-deportation/
— In the Civil War, Democrats fought to preserve slavery, Republicans fought to end slavery.  Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly used Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans. The more that Democrats promote Juneteenth, the more evidence that Democrats are succeeding in painting today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4727668-black-advocates-sl-sharption-steven-horsford-juneteenth-political-change/
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/4726668-juneteenth-a-reminder-of-ongoing-struggles-for-freedom/

NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly paint themselves as being shields against Republicans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-plans-new-policy-shielding-undocumented-spouses-us-citizens-rcna157604

MSN
— “I was a garbage man” – Denzel Washington  (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid and all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/i-was-a-garbage-man-denzel-washington-s-humble-beginnings-and-harsh-verdict-on-being-a-hollywood-star-will-make-you-call-him-your-goat/ar-BB1o18wt
–In the Civil War, Democrats fought to preserve slavery, Republicans fought to end slavery. Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly used Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans. The more that Democrats promote Juneteenth, the more evidence that Democrats are succeeding in painting today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-juneteenth-is-a-celebration-of-freedom-and-a-litmus-test-for-americans-including-me/ar-BB1oqNcm

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/us/politics/biden-legal-protections-undocumented-spouses.html
— In the Civil War, Democrats fought to preserve slavery, Republicans fought to end slavery. Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly used Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans. The more that Democrats promote Juneteenth, the more evidence that Democrats are succeeding in painting today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/opinion/juneteenth-texas.html
— Putin and Kim Sign Pact Pledging Mutual Support Against ‘Aggression’. – Choe Sang-Hun and Paul Sonne  (COMMENT: In WWIII, which countries will unite against the United States?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/world/asia/putin-meets-kim-north-korea.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “New voters aren’t what Biden gains from his action on noncitizen spouses.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/18/new-voters-arent-what-biden-gains-action-immigrant-spouses/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden Sees Obama’s DACA, and Raises. The President uses undocumented immigrants married to Americans as pawns to appease the left. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-immigration-order-spouses-citizens-parole-in-place-daca-barack-obama-efa2c91e?mod=opinion_lead_pos1
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/abortion-rights-advocates-deploy-a-new-red-state-playbook-8f13a644
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-to-give-legal-status-to-immigrant-spouses-of-u-s-citizens-34f5a81a
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-gets-serious-about-black-voters-72689d75
— How much success have hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters had getting older voters to hate Trump in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/bidens-secret-weapon-against-trump-older-voters-f87e861b
— How much success have hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters had getting younger voters to hate Trump in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-young-voters-celebrity-endorsements-9874a74a
— Dying EV Dream. Biden’s subsidies may have harmed the car maker by flooding the market amid low consumer demand. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fisker-bankruptcy-electric-vehicles-biden-administration-subsidies-8060c7e0

FORTUNE
— What percent of Fortune 500 CEOs share your demographics? What percent of them a) have more work experience than you have, b) have more education than you have, and/or c) have more professional certifications and licenses than you have? What have you done to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject meritocracy.
https://fortune.com/2024/06/19/the-number-of-black-fortune-500-ceos-is-still-abysmally-low-a-shocking-corporate-dei-practice-might-be-to-blame-stanford-professor-says/

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly paint themselves as being shields against Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/06/18/biden-plan-gives-500000-immigrant-spouses-amnesty-heres-what-to-know/

INC.
— In the Civil War, Democrats fought to preserve slavery, Republicans fought to end slavery. Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly used Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans. The more that Democrats promote Juneteenth, the more evidence that Democrats are succeeding in painting today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://www.inc.com/ava-mandoli/how-founders-approached-white-house-juneteenth-celebration-amid-dei-backlash.html

FAST COMPANY
— High salaries, poor performance: These were the most overpaid CEOs last year. – CHRIS MORRIS (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, including Money Magazine, have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. In today’s dollars, my salary was $18.99/hour in 1966, $54,728/year in 1971, $97,079/year in 1974, $110,020/year in 1980, and $115,439/year in 1986.  In today’s dollars, my salary was $150,075/year in 1997, but by then, I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had earned four more job-related professional certifications, and I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91129176/these-were-the-most-overpaid-ceos-last-year-report

PBS
— Democrats ever-increasingly paint themselves as being shields against Republicans.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-bidens-immigration-order-shields-undocumented-spouses-and-children-of-citizens

SPLC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you owe. My critics/opponents have always stressed that my ancestors have been in America since 1844. In my defense, I have always stressed that they have always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2024/06/18/last-slave-ship-mobile-river-alabama

PEW RESARCH
— Since the Civil War, Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.pewresearch.org/regions-countries/sub-saharan-africa/

DAILY MAIL
— Melania Trump to host $100,000-a-head fundraiser for Republican LGBTQ group at Trump Tower in rare political appearance. –  KATELYN CARALLE (COMMENT: I should write a book about those LGBTQ-promoters who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13542845/melania-trump-republican-lgbtq-group-tower.html

LINKS TO ARTICLES CONCERNING THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mark “Manifesto” Shaw Removed as IL GOP Vice Chair as Grassroots Dominate Local, State Party Politics
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/06/mark-manifesto-shaw-removed-as-il-gop-vice-chair-as-grassroots-dominate-local-state-party-politics.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Late on Monday, the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee – the governing board of the IL GOP, voted overwhelmingly to remove fellow SSC committeeman Mark Shaw as vice chair of the state party – in a stunning move – as the grassroots continue to show their dominance over statewide GOP politics. On Saturday, Shaw penned an angry, 10-page manifesto where he appeared unhinged as the IL GOP leader attempted to defend himself after it was revealed that he broke party rules and purposefully misrepresented himself as a delegate during the state convention last month, and then threatened to beat up a leader of the party. As it has been previously reported, Shaw made a fool of himself during the GOP State Convention in Collinsville when he refused to withdraw from his national committeeman race after losing in a series of votes – intent on not backing down despite an overwhelming majority of delegates rejecting his candidacy. And when Aaron Del Mar, a fellow SSC member suggested he withdraw from the race and back his opponent, Shaw threatened Del Mar – a former MMA fighter, and said that he was going to take him outside and beat him up. But that wasn’t all. Just shortly after the convention, it was discovered that Shaw purposefully misrepresented himself as a delegate to the convention as photos emerged of the IL GOP vice chairman wearing an official delegate badge when he was in fact, not a delegate – a direct violation of state party rules. Several county GOP leaders called for Shaw to resign or be removed from his leadership positions – and late on Monday – that’s exactly what happened during a Zoom meeting where the SSC met to discuss Shaw’s future within the party. Shaw remains a SSC member and a member of the IL GOP finance committee – but those positions are in jeopardy as well following Monday night’s vote. Over the last few months, the grassroots have dominated local and state party politics – and the influential voter base shows no signs of backing down – a point that threatens the party establishment.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Illinois GOP leadership teetering with RNC a month away – RICK PEARSON and JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/18/illinois-gop-leadership-teetering-with-rnc-a-month-away/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The decision by top Illinois Republican officials to dethrone the party’s vice chair could portend even bigger changes for the moribund organization, including renewed efforts to replace its Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy. Mark Shaw, the former chairman of the GOP in Lake County, lost the title of state party vice chair and also was removed from the party’s fundraising committee during a special  meeting Monday of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee following controversies last month at the state GOP convention in Collinsville. State GOP sources familiar with the inner workings of the state party said the events leading up to Shaw’s sanctioning also underscored long-standing concerns about the leadership of Tracy, a Springfield attorney who has headed up the party since February 2021. Tracy took no public position on whether Shaw should continue as state GOP vice chair and said he was powerless to force him to step down — a stance critics cited as weak. They also noted Tracy questioned whether Shaw was being fairly treated. The party instability comes less than a month before the state’s 64-member delegation heads to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention’s nomination of former President Donald Trump. The entire delegation is pledged to Trump, including Shaw and Tracy. But conventions are typically designed to display party unity — an element lacking within the Illinois GOP leadership. “His days are numbered. It’s just a matter of how it happens,” one Republican familiar with the intraparty discussions said of Tracy. The source asked that their name not be used to avoid intensifying the feuding. Tracy was unavailable for comment, according to a party spokesman, who instead issued a statement confirming Shaw was no longer serving as state GOP vice chair. At the state GOP convention last month Shaw, of Lake Forest, unsuccessfully sought to be named a committeeman to the Republican National Committee. He overwhelmingly lost three floor votes among delegates after having been recommended each time by a convention committee. Shaw was then urged by another state central committeeman, Aaron Del Mar of Palatine, to withdraw and support the eventual winner, businessman Dean White of St. Charles. After that happened, Shaw, 63, has acknowledged he threatened to “kick his ass,” speaking about Del Mar, even though the 45-year-old has a previous history of being involved in mixed martial arts. Shaw also displayed a floor delegate badge at the convention, enabling him to vote for himself as national committeeman, even though he was not chosen by Lake County GOP Chairman Keith Brin to serve as a delegate. Brin successfully became county GOP chairman in July 2022 amid concerns over growing Democratic victories in Lake County and Shaw withdrawing his bid for another term. Shaw, who has been a paid adviser to Trump’s reelection campaign, also was criticized for distributing drink tickets promoting his national committeeman candidacy for a hospitality room that was paid for to promote Trump. In a post-convention 10-page manifesto of grievances, Shaw said he did nothing wrong. He labeled GOP critics seeking his ouster as party vice chairman as “keyboard warriors,” “political hacks” and “uninformed lemmings” and attacked the “sheer ignorance knowingly perpetrated by my political enemies.” On Monday, of the 14 members of the 17-member state central committee who met, 11 voted to take Shaw’s title away, though he remains a state central committeeman. Shaw did not appear, sending a lawyer in his place. Two others voted “present” and only one member voted to retain Shaw as vice chairman. Efforts to sanction Shaw also include his symbolic censuring by the Lake County GOP and a potential “no confidence” vote by Republican committeemen in the 10th Congressional District that he represents on the state central committee. Condemning Shaw has resulted in a unifying effect among often disparate Republican county chairs in the Chicago area. But it also has reopened the doors to a potential challenge of Tracy who survived a “no confidence” vote in May of last year. As was the case with Shaw, removing a state GOP officer requires a 60% majority of the weighted vote of ballots cast in the March Republican primary. “Don is incredibly weak right now, because he doesn’t have any support. Nobody is standing up and saying, ‘We really want Don.’ But that’s not happening,” said another source active in the inner workings of the party. The source said in the wake of the Shaw discipline, “I don’t think there’s an appetite right now. But I would say within a week or two there probably is.” But, the source said, there are questions of whether to mount a challenge to Tracy before next month’s GOP national convention or wait until August, when Republicans gather for their day at the Illinois State Fair. “There’s a lot of different opinions, but there’s no one standing up and saying that we need to keep this guy,” the source said. The first source said the party provides few resources to elect Republicans and instead money actually flows out to “consultants and staffers.” That source said the GOP needs a leader “who’s actually in it to build a party organization” and doesn’t use the position with a personal agenda of boosting themselves or their allies as has been the case with past state chairs. The source noted Illinois is an economically and geographically diverse state and the party needs to reflect that. “You need a leader who wants the state party to be successful above and beyond the success of any single individual,” the source said. Among names being mentioned by Republicans in a possible challenge to Tracy’s post are Del Mar, a former Cook County GOP chair, and Jason Plummer, a state senator from Edwardsville who also serves on the GOP state central committee.)

LAKE FOREST PATCH
— Illinois Republican Leaders Oust Vice Chair Mark Shaw Over ‘Trans Delegate’ Scandal. Party leaders removed the vice chair after he was accused of voting improperly and challenging a rival to a fight at its convention. – Jonah Meadows
https://patch.com/illinois/lakeforest/illinois-gop-leaders-oust-mark-shaw-over-trans-delegate-scandal
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Shaw, who is also the state central committeeman for the 10th Congressional District, had been facing calls for his ouster from several senior party leaders, including the man who succeeded him as chair of the Lake County Republican Party two years ago. Keith Brin said in a letter asking his fellow county chairs to demand Shaw’s resignation that Shaw claimed to believe he was a delegate at the state convention even though he had been explicitly told he was not. And, according to the Lake County chair, an eyewitness spotted Shaw asking for multiple delegate badges to give to others. “I guess I wasn’t aware there was a new category of identity in America. More specifically, in the Republican Party. We now we have people who ‘identify’ as delegates. It doesn’t matter that they weren’t actually delegates. But because they were above following the rules – the rules they most likely helped create – they were allowed to enter the convention as delegates. And we must forgive them their transgressions and ignore the rules because it’s all up to how they identify,” Brin said. “I should tell my Democratic Chair counterpart the Republican Party is now woke! We are election woke! All election identities are welcome and honored. I think we all should go to an electorally split county and claim that we identify as voters there and demand ballots. It works for Mark Shaw and the Republican Party, so why not,” the county chair said in his June 10 letter to county chairs. “This is all garbage. It’s hypocritical and embarrassing. How can we continue to spend resources on election integrity and allow this arrogance within the upper hierarchy of our Party? We are not talking about a first-term committeeman,” he added. “We are talking about the second in charge of the Illinois Republican Party. This was not a mistake; this was a calculated action.” Brin’s letter to county chairs came four days after state party chair Don Tracy told Shaw that he had “been directed to ask him to resign” in response to the desire of a “strong majority” of the state central committee to get rid of him. The delegate badge controversy was compounded by the allegation that Shaw challenged another committee member to a fight following his unsuccessful bid to become a committeeman for the Republican National Convention, or RNC. Shaw responded to demands for his ouster Saturday with a 10-page response containing his account of events, describing the allegations of voter fraud and incitement of violence as false. According to Shaw, 35 of Lake County’s 45 delegates did not even show up to the convention in Collinsville and no one had any problem with him voting along with the Lake County delegation. And he denied giving away delegate badges to anyone else. Shaw also denied the accusation that he threatened to beat up Palatine Township Committeeman Aaron Del Mar, who he said had spent the weekend intimidating other delegates to defeat him. “More ominously, Aaron reportedly incited attendees to ‘charge the stage’ at the [Illinois Republican Party] State Convention if his candidate, Dean White, was not declared RNC Committeeman,” Shaw said. “Aaron’s divisive, threatening and intimidating conduct resulted in an exchange of very charged words between us as he attempted to bully his way into a private meeting between White, [Chairman] Don Tracy, [General Counsel] John Fogarty and me,” Shaw continued. “He menacingly invited me to fight him when I told him he was not invited to attend the meeting, and I was going to prevent him from doing so. Reflexively, I responded to his invitation by telling him that I would kick his ass. Obviously, a poor choice of words on my part, given Del Mar’s much younger age, better physical condition, and status as a former mixed-martial-arts athlete.” In addition to his claims regarding Del Mar, Shaw’s response contained a series of criticisms of Brin, Cook County GOP Chairman Sean Morrison and the party’s former attorney general nominee, Tom Devore — who accused Shaw of being a “trans delegate” in a social media post. State Sen. Jason Plummer, of Edwardsville, said the state central committee would be able to take action regarding the allegations of misconduct against Shaw at Monday’s meeting. Plummer, the GOP state committeeperson for the 15th Congressional District, said he had heard some good feedback about the state convention. “At the same time, I am very disappointed about the various troubling things that have been relayed to me,” Plummer said, “and the party must take appropriate steps to definitively address any wrongdoing.” GOP state central committee members voted “overwhelmingly” to remove Shaw as vice chair Monday evening, the Illinois Review reported, though he remains, as of Tuesday, a member of the central committee and finance committee.)

May 23, 2024

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. What do you hope that Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders will stress at their State Convention in Collinsville May 24-25? I hope that they will stress defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, and especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I hope that they will stress direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— On Saturday, May 25, 2024, delegates to the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention in Collinsville will be asked to vote on a new IRP platform and a new set of resolutions. But so far, the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee has not provided delegates with drafts of the aforesaid. If I had not been removed from the committee because of my calling for strengthening the platform, including calling for E-Verify, and because of my calling for direct election of IRP State Central Committee members, I would have called for the committee to provide delegates with drafts of the new draft platform and the new draft set of resolutions by now. Further, I would have called for the IRP to provide delegates with a detailed agenda for the convention’s May 25 general session by now. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In possible DNC preview, Gov. J.B. Pritzker mocks ex-President Donald Trump – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/in-possible-dnc-preview-gov-j-b-pritzker-mocks-ex-president-donald-trump/
— Judge temporarily blocks hastily passed election law that favored Democrats in November – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/judge-temporarily-blocks-hastily-passed-election-law-that-favored-democrats-in-november/
— BEYOND TRAGIC: There are now more daily marijuana users in the US than daily alcohol users – CARLA K. JOHNSON (COMMENT: Booze is bad, but pot is worse. Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/by-the-numbers-there-are-now-more-daily-marijuana-users-in-the-us-than-daily-alcohol-users/
— Mayor Richard Irvin says Aurora ‘absolutely pursuing a special census’ after recent estimates say city lost population – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/22/mayor-richard-irvin-says-aurora-absolutely-pursuing-a-special-census-after-recent-estimates-say-city-lost-population/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/05/22/rescheduling-marijuana-president-biden-justice-department-drug-war-jacob-sullum

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker, Johnson tout DNC in Chicago at preview – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240522/nation-and-world-politics/pritzker-johnson-tout-dnc-in-chicago-at-preview/
— Lara Trump is taking the reins and reshaping the RNC in her father-in-law’s image – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240522/nation-and-world-politics/lara-trump-is-taking-the-reins-and-reshaping-the-rnc-in-her-father-in-laws-image/
— Under Illinois Democrat leaders, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240521/submitted-content/northern-illinois-food-bank-receives-70000-donation-from-meijer-to-help-fight-hunger-in-north-chic/
— ‘We need resolution’: State lawsuit against Wheaton history group drags on – Susan Sarkauskas and Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240521/news/we-need-resolution-state-lawsuit-against-wheaton-history-group-drags-on/

ABC7
— Democratic Party leaders preview DNC to media representatives at United Center – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-dnc-2024-party-leaders-media-representatives-united/14858556/

NBC5 & WGN9 & FOX ILLINOIS & WJOL & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WSIU
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US (COMMENT: Booze is bad, but pot is worse. Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/daily-marijuana-use-outpaces-daily-drinking-in-us/3443948/
https://wgntv.com/news/daily-pot-use-exceeds-daily-drinking-in-u-s-a-new-study-says/
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/daily-marijuana-use-outpaces-daily-drinking-in-the-us-a-new-study-says-recreational-smoking-vaping-edibles-pot-weed-cannabis-drugs-narcotics-research-tobacco-liquor-booze-cocktails-beer
https://www.wjol.com/study-daily-marijuana-use-outpaces-daily-drinking-in-the-u-s/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/daily-pot-use-exceeds-daily-drinking-in-us-new-study-says/
https://www.wsiu.org/state-of-illinois/2024-05-22/the-4th-annual-illinois-cannabis-convention-features-jim-belushi

CBS NEWS
— Shootings, stabbings on Chicago transit system leave many alarmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRQ7yeB-Sq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MThsv4zVuFY
— Woman robbed at gunpoint near Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago – Adam Harrington (COMMENT: I worked near the Federal Plaza in 1971 and then 1973-1997.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/woman-robbed-gunpoint-federal-plaza-downtown-chicago/

FOX32
— Downtown Chicago residents urged to stay vigilant amid rising crime; aldermen to hold meeting (COMMENT: I was a downtown Chicago resident part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KCf70ifT1E

WGN RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/news/expedited-asylum-policies-will-devastate-harm-migrants-advocates-say/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/05/22/city/how-to-celebrate-pride-month-in-evanston-and-chicago/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— ‘Only so much to go around’: Spending demands mount as Illinois lawmakers craft budget – Patrick M. Keck (COMMENT: Tax dollars given to one group are tax dollars not given to another group.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/20/who-wants-a-cut-of-illinois-52-7b-budget-pie-demands-grow-as-vote-looms/73689852007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/23/illinois-house-passes-bill-protecting-emergency-abortion-services/73793013007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primary – AP (COMMENT: Far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 have taken far too many big adverse actions against me. But nevertheless, I continue to do more than just vote for them. I have gotten signatures on their nominating petitions, I have promoted their fundraisers, I have gotten sign locations for them, and I have distributed their campaign literature. I should write a book about the aforesaid candidates who have taken the most big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/nikki-haley-says-she-will-vote-for-donald-trump-following-their-disputes-during-republican-primary/article_85341a54-1009-50bf-a8fb-59061c0b4ea7.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot pushers should be presumed to be pot users.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-legal-marijuana-advocates-overwhelming-skeptics/article_40e1f347-5b12-5812-a9d6-d77add67411f.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Colorado GOP urges parents to pull kids from public schools over new gender identity law – KRISTINA WATROBSKI (COMMENT: How much success have Democrats had making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/colorado-gop-urges-parents-to-pull-kids-from-public-schools-over-new-gender-identity-law-colorado-republican-party-hb24-1039-governor-jared-polis-students-lgbt-transgender-chosen-names-pronouns-crisis-in-the-classroom

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— A comment from Trump and GOP actions in the states put contraceptive access in the 2024 spotlight – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-a-comment-from-trump-and-gop-actions-in-the-states-put-contraceptive-access-in-the-2024-spotlight/
— Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House as Congress makes an election-year push to curb foreign influence in American politics. – AP (COMMENT: It would be great if my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me, would disclose the amounts and sources of their income. He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-congress-aims-to-overhaul-presidential-ethics-rules-with-a-plan-led-by-an-unlikely-pair-of-lawmakers/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker hurls zingers at Trump – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/23/pritzkers-got-zingers-on-trump-00159626

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-295/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-93/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DOUG IBENDAHL
— When Theodore Roosevelt gave us direct elections in Illinois
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/when-theodore-roosevelt-gave-us-direct

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Pre-Trial Release Denied for West Chicago Man Charged Selling Cocaine to Undercover Officer
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R1191.php

WIREPOINTS
— The big myth that needs debunking: Illinois needs more money for education – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-big-myth-that-needs-debunking-illinois-needs-more-money-for-education-wirepoints-special-report/

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Jim Carris, Illinois 10th District Republican Candidate, said many people are stepping up to run for office due to dissatisfaction with the Democrat-controlled government, and these like-minded individuals are coalescing to make decisions based on common sense and compassion.
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/659300755-illinois-republican-candidate-people-are-running-due-to-democrat-controlled-government

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS MEMORIAL DAY DRIVERS FACE 2ND-HIGHEST GAS TAXES IN NATION – Kurtis Karg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-memorial-day-drivers-face-2nd-highest-gas-taxes-in-nation/
— ILLINOIS LEADERS WHO PUSHED PRO-UNION AMENDMENT THWART THEIR OWN STAFFERS – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-leaders-who-pushed-pro-union-amendment-thwart-their-own-staffers/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Speaker Mike Johnson accuses Biden, Democrats of wanting illegal immigrants to vote – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/mike-johnson-accuses-joe-biden-democrats-of-wantin/
— Biden burned by critics for tapping gasoline reserve to lower prices, cover up ‘anti-energy’ agenda – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/biden-burned-by-critics-for-tapping-gasoline-reser/
— Owning electric cars and trucks reflects political preference, survey finds – Jennifer Harper (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise/hate American-nameplate cars, and especially muscle cars. I have owned American-nameplate muscle cars since 1966.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/22/inside-beltway-owning-electric-cars-and-trucks-ref/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gallego introduces House border bills as GOP vows to block immigration deal in Senate – Samantha-Jo Roth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3012577/gallego-introduces-house-border-bills-immigration-2024/
— When his poll numbers go low, so does Biden – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3013379/when-poll-numbers-go-low-so-does-biden/

AMAC
— Stop The Migrant Invasion
https://amac.us/newsline/society/stop-the-migrant-invasion/
— Civil Society Or None – Robert B. Charles
https://amac.us/newsline/society/real-choice-civil-society-or-none/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Noncitizens voting – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2024/05/23/data-researcher-lays-out-facts-on-noncitizens-voting-they-could-help-choose-next-president/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Cancels Additional $7.7B in Student Debt – Liz Sheld
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/23/morning-greatness-biden-cancels-additional-7-7b-in-student-debt/

AMERICAN THINKER
— DC Board of Elections trains illegals and ‘non-citizens’ how to vote in US elections – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/dc_board_of_elections_trains_illegals_and_non_citizens_how_to_vote_in_us_elections.html

BREITBART
— Nikki Haley Reveals She ‘Will Be Voting for Trump’ – ELIZABETH WEIBEL (COMMENT: Far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 have taken far too many big adverse actions against me. But nevertheless, I continue to do more than just vote for them. I have gotten signatures on their nominating petitions, I have promoted their fundraisers, I have gotten sign locations for them, and I have distributed their campaign literature. I should write a book about the aforesaid candidates who have taken the most and biggest adverse actions against me.)

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/22/nikki-haley-reveals-she-will-be-voting-for-trump/
— Schumer’s Revived Border Bill Promises ‘Orderly’ Flood of Economic Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/05/23/schumers-revived-border-bill-seeks-orderly-flood-of-economic-migrants/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Missouri bill would end forced DEI statements in public colleges and universities – Patrick McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/missouri-bill-end-forced-dei-statements-public-colleges-universities-/25509

COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois recommends bonuses to colleges for black, Hispanic students. Plan also includes added funds for students with low GPA, adult learners – SAMANTHA SWENSON (COMMENT: This is race based preference giving.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-recommends-bonuses-to-colleges-for-black-hispanic-students/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Biden’s Black Lies Matter – Larry Elder
https://www.creators.com/read/larry-elder/05/24/bidens-black-lies-matter

DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Immigration Under Biden Has Contributed To Housing Shortage – WILL KESSLER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/22/illegal-immigration-contributed-housing-shortage-experts/
— Antisemitic Campus Protests Expose DEI’s Failure – SHEILA NAZARIAN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/22/nazarian-skin-decision-dei-dtale-campus-antisemitism/

DAILY WIRE
— Fox News Correspondent Shows Large Number Of Military-Aged Males Crossing ‘Illegally’ Into U.S.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-news-correspondent-shows-large-number-of-military-aged-males-crossing-illegally-into-u-s
— Democrats Plan To Push Abortion Issue As 2nd Anniversary Of Roe Overturning Nears – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-plan-to-push-abortion-issue-as-2nd-anniversary-of-roe-overturning-nears-report

FEDERALIST
— AP Admits Noncitizens Vote In U.S. Elections While Insisting It’s No Big Deal – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/22/ap-admits-noncitizens-vote-in-u-s-elections-while-insisting-its-no-big-deal/

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Biden Admin Mourns Loss of “Butcher of Tehran”
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/05/22/biden-admin-mourns-loss-of-butcher-of-tehran/

MRC TV & NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC’s host Joy Reid pounced on a since-deleted video posted to former President Trump’s Truth Social account. The video – made by a third party – briefly flashed the words “unified Reich” in a series of newspaper clippings. Reid characterized the post as a definitive representation of Trump’s fascist views, and ridiculously suggested that no one in the media was talking about it and that no one was calling him a Nazi. In addition, she repeatedly referenced several fascist leaders, especially Adolf Hitler, and accused other conservatives of relentlessly promoting fascist thought through their opinions and policies. After playing the now-deleted campaign ad, Reid ridiculously proclaimed: “As per usual, much of the media is downplaying the fact that the Republican nominee is once again using Nazi language.” She drew attention to some of Trump’s associations and past comments, claiming they indubitably prove he was just like Hitler. She even said, “Donald Trump was proud that someone once compared him to Adolf Hitler.” The someone Reid referred to was former German Chancellor Angela Merkel who once praised Trump’s ability to attract large crowds. – Michael Wnek (COMMENT: Because of the path that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are ever-increasingly taking, anticipate/expect that if you do not share their hatred against Trump, that the more demographics that you share with Trump, that the more that they will call you a Nazi.)
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/reid-whines-media-not-calling-trump-nazi-hitler-enough
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/michael-wnek/2024/05/22/reid-whines-media-not-calling-trump-nazi-hitler-enough

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Northwestern University Has Received Nearly $690 Million from Qatar – ZACH KESSEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/northwestern-university-has-received-nearly-690-million-from-qatar-report/

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Facilitate Illegal Entry Into US – Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/border-immigration-illegal/2024/05/22/id/1165784/
— Army’s woke agenda compromising American safety – Carl Higbie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r37o_ro-wGc

REAL CLEAR INVISTIGATIONS
— Investigative Issues: Media Refuse to Cover Illegal-Immigrant Crime – Dave Seminara
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/05/22/investigative_issues_media_refuse_to_cover_illegal-immigrant_crime_1033452.html

ZERO HEDGE
— Illegals Believe Trump Is Going To Win So They’re Surging The Border Now – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/illegals-believe-trump-going-win-so-theyre-surging-border-now-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/22/inside-democrats-political-strategy-border-security/

KTRH
— Nearly 30% of Illegal Aliens Are Registered to Vote – Ethan Buchanan (COMMENT: What percent of the illegals in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct are registered to vote?)
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-05-22-nearly-30-of-illegal-aliens-are-registered-to-vote/

WBUR
— Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/05/22/brown-affirmative-action

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Joe Biden’s 2024 Election Bribes. The president is using the U.S. Treasury like a 1920s party boss’s safe. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-bribes-2024-election-spending-young-voters-turnout-swing-state-uaw-ev-3ac8df6f
— I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have done the most to may me angry at them.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/anger-health-effects-risks-heart-brain-mental-f4105ed7
— Companies Want Fewer Grad Hires This Year. Companies are hiring fewer fresh graduates and rethinking their needs for entry-level talent. – Joseph Pisani
and Lindsay Ellis (COMMENT: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS was all on-the-job training in the Loop.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/jobs-ai-disruption-2024-college-graduates-f72247ab
— The Facebook Group Reuniting People With Their Stolen Cars – Talal Ansari (COMMENT: In 1971 when I was a 22-year-old new IRS employee in Chicago, the theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE in Chicago had a big impact on me. It resulted in my buying a new 1972 Corvette and my successfully requesting to be assigned to IRS’s Harvey Office.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/portland-stolen-cars-facebook-group-d8546d58

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-basic-income-helped-mother-rent-an-apartment-ubi-gbi2024-5

May 11, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 4, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 1, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Encampment opposing war in Gaza at DePaul launches, as university leaders meet with Foxx on response to student protests – SARAH MACARAEG and MEGAN CREPEAU
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/depaul-gaza-encampment-kim-foxx/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/01/us-marijuana-reclassification-what-to-know/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/us-dea-to-reclassify-marijuana/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/illinois-pot-businesses-could-gain-tax-benefits-easier-loan-access-under-dea-reclassification/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/johnson-to-shift-80m-in-arpa-spending-restart-guaranteed-income-program/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/lgbtq-community-members-call-on-mayor-brandon-johnson-to-rescind-plan-to-scale-back-pride-parade/
— Northwestern deserves credit for ending an encampment without resorting to force – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/30/editorial-northwestern-university-deering-meadow-gaza-protests/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Taking the fight South? Pritzker’s nonprofit spends $500K in Florida — battling DeSantis and GOP over abortion rights. Florida is the fourth ballot initiative Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s nonprofit Think Big America is supporting this year. Pritzker’s group is also supporting efforts in Nevada, Arizona and Montana. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/04/30/abortion-rights-ballot-initiatives-pritzker-non-profit-think-big-america-florida
— DePaul students pitch tents on campus, join pro-Palestinian protests. The campus joins hundreds nationwide in calling on their universities to divest from companies supporting Israel. – Sophie Sherry
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/04/30/depaul-university-protest-encampment-gaza-israel-hamas
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/04/29/migrant-crisis-chicago-finances-beale-taliaferro-black-community-disinvestment-editorial
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2024/04/30/ap-marijuana-reclassify-dea-cannabis
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/04/30/local-cannabis-industry-leaders-say-move-to-reclassify-weed-will-benefit-businesses-customers
— What happened before Mayor Brandon Johnson finally agreed to stay away from slain officer’s funeral? – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/04/30/huesca-funeral-governor-mayor-not-attending-chicago-police-union-fop-catanzara

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240430/marijuana/u-s-drug-control-agency-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift-ap-sources-say/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Proft and Bailey feud underlined illegal campaign coordination, lawyers argue – Leigh Giangreco
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/proft-super-pac-comes-under-fire-attorneys
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/cannabis-stocks-surge-report-dea-will-reschedule

ABC7
— DePaul University pro-Palestinian encampment spurs counter-protesters – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/depaul-university-pro-palestinian-encampment-brings-counter-protesters-to-lincoln-park-campus/14749744/
— Pro-Palestinian protesters take down U.S. flag replace it with Palestine flag on UNC quad
https://abc7chicago.com/unc-palestine-protest-after-arrests-pro-palestinian-us-flag/14745104/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/organizers-push-back-against-plan-to-downsize-the-chicago-pride-parade-2024-in-lakeview-on-june-30-agree-start-an-hour-earlier/14745889/

NBC5
— DePaul joins nationwide pro-Palestinian college protests as encampment continues at University of Chicago. A second day of protests continued at University of Chicago, even with threats of discipline from the administration. – Kate Chappell
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/depaul-joins-nationwide-pro-palestinian-college-protests-encampment-continues-university-chicago/3424943/
— Suburban carnival canceled due to ‘safety concerns’ after similar cancellation over weekend
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-carnival-canceled-due-to-safety-concerns-after-similar-cancellation-over-weekend/3424925/
— According to city ranking site Livability, Naperville, Evanston, Bloomington, Peoria and Champaign all were named among the best places to live in the country.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/5-illinois-cities-named-among-top-100-best-places-to-live-in-u-s/3424506/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/biden-administration-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift/3424612/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/with-us-poised-reclassify-cannabis-federal-level-heres-how-businesses-individuals-may-be-affected/3425221/
— Did you get a student loan? I did not. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my class and that my ACT score was only 24. Ever since I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979, my critics/opponents who also passed the 4-part examination on their first attempt have stressed that they got better scores than I did.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/student-loan-forgiveness-deadline-what-to-know-about-loan-consolidation-eligibility-and-more/3424214/

CBS2
— Pro-Palestinian tent encampments expand at University of Chicago, DePaul – Marybel Gonzalez, Adam Harrington, Katie Houlis
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-tent-encampments-university-of-chicago-depaul/
— DePaul University students set up pro-Palestinian tent encampment – Todd Feurer, Chris Tye
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/depaul-university-palestinian-tent-encampment-protest-israel-gaza/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/marijuana-reclassified-drug-enforcement-administration-shift/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-dispensary-operators-plan-reclassify-marijuana/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/advisory-council-reversal-scaling-down-chicago-pride-parade/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYPzxtDZbKM
— Rev. Jesse Jackson visits pro-Palestinian encampment at University of Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/rev-jesse-jackson-visits-pro-palestinian-encampment-at-university-of-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C8Q560jXHY

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-us-drug-control-agency-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift-ap-sources-say/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more dependency on government.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-covid-funds-universal-basic-income-ubi/

FOX32
— Chicago college students establish campus encampments in protest of Gaza conflict. DePaul University students are the latest to take a stand against the war in Gaza, joining protesters at universities nationwide.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1448875
— Chaos erupts as college campus protesters across US arrested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnbwhvr5Cdc
— DePaul students set up encampments on campus to protest war in Gaza – Maggie Duly
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-college-protests-encampments-war-gaza
— All Southland College Prep graduating seniors accepted to college, garnering $50M in scholarships – Dane Placko (COMMENT: Did you get a scholarship? I did not. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my class and that my ACT score was only 24. Ever since I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979, my critics/opponents who also passed the 4-part examination on their first attempt have stressed that they got better scores than I did.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/southland-college-prep-graduating-seniors-accepted-college

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/30/us-poised-ease-restrictions-marijuana-historic-shift-it-ll-remain-controlled-substance
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/04/30/asian-american-advocates-call-illinois-lawmakers-address-immigration-and-language

WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more dependency on government.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-relaunching-a-guaranteed-basic-income-program/3aea8543-52a6-4ab6-a684-dc2968b42536

WGN RADIO
— New poll shows Trump ahead of Biden in seven key swing states – Jeremy Tanner
https://wgnradio.com/news/new-poll-shows-trump-ahead-of-biden-in-seven-key-swing-states/
— Should students walk out of class to protest war in Gaza? – Pete Zimmerman
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-students-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-war-in-gaza/#/questions

SOUTHERN
— Trump begins to remove posts after being held in contempt (COMMENT: Should I write about those who demand that I remove my opinions from www.gopillinois.com ? For example, should I write about those who demand that I remove my opinion that “Because of what happened at the 2016 IRP State Convention, I am very concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not officially strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).” Those who made that demand succeeded in having me removed from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/30/trump-trial-live-updates-michael-cohens-banker-to-return-to-the-stand/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/our-turn-illinois-must-recruit-and-retain-teachers-to-support-english-learners/article_e94037d1-f938-5326-b6bf-a67818b04e0d.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Lawsuit filed against metro-east state rep for allegedly blocking Facebook comments – MIKE KOZIATEK
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article288134235.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A lawsuit filed by an attorney who unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general alleges state Rep. Charlie Meier violated the First Amendment rights of free speech of four citizens by blocking their critical comments on his Facebook page. The suit was filed in Madison County court by attorney Tom DeVore on behalf of Jared Poettker of New Baden, Donald Moore of Troy, Sharon Williams of Belleville and Roger Respondek of Clinton. Meier, a Republican from Okawville, could not be reached for comment Monday night.)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump wonders if Columbia protesters will get ‘same kind of treatment’ as Jan. 6 rioters – Brett Samuels
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-wonders-if-columbia-protesters-will-get-same-kind-of-treatment-as-jan-6-rioters/

WCIA
— Trump says he’ll use National Guard to deport migrants, doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric – AP
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trump-says-hell-use-national-guard-to-deport-migrants-doubling-down-on-anti-immigration-rhetoric/

WGLT
— Trump may get another chance to be president. He’s planning an aggressive second term – Stephen Fowler (COMMENT: What changes to the Republican Party platform do Trump want?)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-30/trump-may-get-another-chance-to-be-president-hes-planning-an-aggressive-second-term

WSIU
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more abortion.
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2024-04-30/6-out-of-10-catholics-support-abortion-rights-despite-churchs-stance-study-shows

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats use their illegals to reshape election maps.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-05-01/republicans-in-congress-are-trying-to-reshape-election-maps-by-excluding-noncitizens

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— In sprawling ‘Time’ magazine interview, Trump lays out plans for second term – Noah Caldwell, Patrick Jarenwattananon, Mary Louise Kelly (COMMENT: What changes to the Republican Party platform do Trump want?)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-04-30/in-sprawling-time-magazine-interview-trump-lays-out-plans-for-second-term

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & HERALD WHIG & STATELINE & NPR ILLINOIS & FOX ILLINOIS & WSIL TV & WJOL & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WGLT & WIFR & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2024/04/30/these-5-illinois-cities-among-worst-to-get-high-in-across-us-report-says/73470014007/
https://www.whig.com/ap/business/new-era-for-pot-regulation-leaves-old-problem-many-cannabis-companies-cant-find-a-bank/article_4ce025c1-7bf1-55e5-aa5f-d119708077f0.html
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/5-illinois-cities-ranked-as-the-worst-to-get-stoned-in-the-u-s/
https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/ap-us-drug-control-agency-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift-ap-sources-say/
https://www.nprillinois.org/education-desk/2024-04-30/classes-to-prepare-for-a-career-in-the-cannabis-industry
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/marijuana-reclassify-us-drug-control-agency-historic-shift-weed-cigarettes-edibles-gummies-dea-cannabis-thc-cbd-delta-8-delta-9
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/dea-plans-to-moves-to-reschedule-marijuana-as-a-lower-risk-drug/article_561e9790-9307-514a-a907-594a298b7e10.html
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/justice-dept-plans-to-reschedule-marijuana-as-a-lower-risk-drug/article_561e9790-9307-514a-a907-594a298b7e10.html
https://www.wjol.com/us-drug-control-agency-will-move-to-reclassify-marijuana-in-a-historic-shift/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/marijuana-could-be-rescheduled-would-that-make-it-legal-nationwide/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-new-era-for-pot-regulation-leaves-old-problem-many-cannabis-companies-cant-find-a-bank/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-bidens-historic-marijuana-shift-is-his-latest-election-year-move-for-young-voters/
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-30/the-biden-administration-is-moving-to-reclassify-marijuana-heres-what-that-means
https://www.wifr.com/video/2024/05/01/drug-reclassification-could-make-things-easier-rockford-cannabis-based-businesses/
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-04-30/the-doj-is-expected-to-recommend-marijuana-be-reclassified-as-less-dangerous
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/05/01/can-a-new-weed-rule-be-trump-proofed-00155400?nname=illinois-playbook&nid=00000150-1596-d4ac-a1d4-179e288b0000&nrid=00000150-705d-d7de-afdb-7d7f3ea90001&nlid=639163

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-280/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-80/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

Now that my critics/opponents have succeeded in removing me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee, what should I do promote the following in the new platform:


— Personal responsibility, that is, to oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity,
— Traditional marriage and family, that is, to oppose the promotion of LGBTQ,
— Right to life, that is, to oppose the promotion of abortion,
— E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, that is, to oppose the promotion of illegal immigration,
— Second Amendment rights, that is, to oppose diminishment of those rights,
— Discouragement of vices, that is, to oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices,
— Equal opportunity, that is, to oppose race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and
— Direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Trump has begun to remove his posts after being held in contempt. Should I write about those who demand that I remove my opinions from www.gopillinois.com ? For example, should I write about those who demand that I remove my opinion that “Because of what happened at the 2016 IRP State Convention, I am very concerned that efforts are underway under the table to water down if not officially strike the planks in the IRP platform that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, E-Verify and enforcement of immigration laws, Second Amendment rights, discouragement of vices, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).” Those who made that demand succeeded in having me removed from the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
If you were me, what would you do? I want to help elect the candidates who won the March 19, 2024 Republican primary in my precinct to win on November 5, 2024. But since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates who won primaries in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the more votes that they will lose. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I am much too conservative and even worse things, and that because of that, the more that I do to help elect a candidate the more evidence that candidate is “too conservative” and even worse things. Further, they stress the many big adverse actions that they got past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken against me. They will certainly stress to the candidates who won the March 19, 2024 Republican primary in my precinct including Booras, Grant, Berlin, Wang, Grogan, Jorgensen, Prater, Corrigan, Castle, Skarin, Hellad, and Costello that they succeeded in getting Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member Jeanne Ives to remove me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they succeeded in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Biden Administration has let far more undocumented migrants fly to Florida cities than Texas has bused to Chicago – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/biden-administration-has-let-far-more-undocumented-migrants-fly-to-florida-cities-than-texas-has-bused-to-chicago-wirepoints/
— The potential positive economic impact of the Bears stadium is grossly overstated
https://wirepoints.org/the-potential-positive-economic-impact-of-the-bears-stadium-is-grossly-overstated-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— OUTSTANDING: Kenneally Speaking on Dangers of Marijuana in Lake County Saturday, May 4th
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/05/01/enneally-speaking-on-dangers-of-marijuana-in-lake-county-saturday-may-4th/

JOHN KASS
— Coming Soon to Your State: Californication – David Bittinger (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that your county, township, municipality, and school district will be ever-increasingly flooded with benefit-dependent people.)
https://johnkassnews.com/coming-soon-to-your-state-californication/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California has become a bad movie. It’s a big-budget turkey produced by the state’s Democrat rulers for the two audiences they care about: the prosperous and fabulous in elite enclaves, the benefit-dependent most everywhere else.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congress reveals Biden’s secret list of destination airports for illegal immigrants – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/1/congress-reveals-joe-bidens-secret-list-of-destina/
— Methodists move to undo LGBTQ restrictions, embrace liberalized views on sexual practices – Mark A. Kellner (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been getting your church to promote LGBTQ?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/30/methodists-move-undo-lgbtq-restrictions-embrace-li/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— It’s not MAGA Republicans or Christian nationalists causing violence nationwide – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2984713/its-not-maga-republicans-or-christian-nationalists-causing-violence-nationwide

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Police Sweep Columbia’s Campus, Arrest Students Who Seized University Building – Jessica Costescu
https://freebeacon.com/campus/police-sweep-columbias-campus-arrest-students-who-seized-university-building/
— Northwestern Professors Encourage Students To Skip Class To Join Anti-Israel Encampment – Alana Goodman
https://freebeacon.com/campus/northwestern-professors-encourage-students-to-skip-class-to-join-anti-israel-encampment/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump vows to address ‘definite anti-white feeling in this country’: ‘Can’t be allowed’ – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/donald-trump-bemoans-anti-white-feeling-in-the-country/
— Biden administration considers accepting Gazan refugees from Israel-Hamas war – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/biden-administration-mulls-accepting-gazan-refugees-report/
— Most migrants paroled under Biden administration are flying to Florida – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/most-migrants-paroled-under-biden-administration-are-flying-to-this-state-subpoenaed-docs-show/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The DEI Jihad. Anti-Semitism on campus and DEI evangelism are cut from the same cloth. – Larry Sand
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/01/the-dei-jihad/
— DEA to Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Serious Drug – Liz Sheld (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/01/morning-greatness-dea-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-serious-drug/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Kamala defends DEI because, of course she would – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/30/kamala-defends-dei-because-of-course-she-would-1456047/

BREITBART
— Biden’s Deputies Force Transgenderism into Workplaces – HANNAH KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/30/joe-bidens-deputies-force-transgenderism-into-workplaces/
— Judge Merchan Holds Donald Trump in Criminal Contempt for Gag Order Violations, Threatens Jail Time – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/30/justice-juan-merchan-fines-donald-trump-9k-for-alleged-gag-order-violations/
— Illegal Immigrants Cause $566 Million in Unpaid Healthcare Burden on Florida – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/04/30/illegal-immigrants-cause-566-million-in-unpaid-healthcare-burden-on-florida/
— Republicans Move Ahead with Outlawing Sanctuary Cities in North Carolina – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/30/republicans-move-ahead-with-outlawing-sanctuary-cities-in-north-carolina/
— Whoopi Goldberg to Donald Trump: There Is No Anti-White Feeling in the U.S. – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/04/30/whoopi-goldberg-to-donald-trump-there-is-no-anti-white-feeling-in-the-u-s/
— 1.6 Million Foreign Nationals Awaiting Entry to U.S. through Biden’s Parole Pipeline – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/30/feds-1-6-million-foreign-nationals-awaiting-entry-to-u-s-through-bidens-parole-pipeline/

CAMPUS REFORM
— $100 million Harvard reparations pledge is not enough for 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones – Patrick McDonald
https://www.campusreform.org/article/100-million-harvard-reparations-pledge-not-enough-1619-project-creator-nikole-hannah-jones/25331

COLLEGE FIX
— Congressional Republicans’ bill seeks to crack down on DEI in med schools – GIOVANNA JOHNSON
https://www.thecollegefix.com/congressional-republicans-bill-seeks-to-crack-down-on-dei-in-med-schools/

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Admin Hatching Plan To Bring Gaza Refugees To US
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/30/biden-admin-gaza-refugees-united-states/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Looking To Bring In Palestinians To The U.S. As Refugees – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-looking-to-bring-in-palestinians-to-the-u-s-as-refugees-report

DISPATCH
— How Competitive High Schools Get Away With Race-Based Admissions – Alison Somin
https://www.yahoo.com/news/competitive-high-schools-away-race-064500750.html

FOX NEWS
— White House considers accepting some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees amid Israel-Hamas war. People from Gaza who pass a series of eligibility, medical and security screenings would qualify to fly to the US with refugee status. – Landon Mion
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-considers-accepting-palestinians-gaza-refugees-amid-israel-hamas-war

HUMAN EVENTS
— Democrats are terrified that their own convention will help elect Trump – Monica Crowley
https://humanevents.com/2024/04/30/monica-crowley-democrats-are-terrified-that-their-own-convention-will-help-elect-trump

JUST THE NEWS
— Trump claims there is ‘a definite anti-white feeling’ in the US – Misty Severi
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-claims-there-definite-anti-white-feeling-us
— Homeland data on Biden parole program reveals illegal aliens flown to more than 45 cities. Florida received the bulk of the newcomers, with 80% of the migrants flown into airports in four Florida cities. New York, California, Georgia, Texas, and Nevada also received migrant flights. – Misty Severi
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/dhs-report-reveals-45-cities-paroled-migrants-were-flown

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NYPD Retakes Columbia University From Illegal Occupiers. The occupation of a key administrative building was more than even the weak Columbia administration was willing to tolerate. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/live-nypd-begins-to-retake-columbia-university-from-illegal-occupiers/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Northwestern Cuts Deal with Encampment Organizers, Establishes Full-Ride Scholarship for Palestinian Students – ZACH KESSEL
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/northwestern-cuts-deal-with-encampment-organizers-establishes-full-ride-scholarship-for-palestinian-students/

NEWS BUSTERS
— The Left Needs Therapy & After This, You Might Too – Tierin-Rose Mandelburg
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/tierin-rose-mandelburg/2024/04/30/left-needs-therapy-after-you-might-too

NEWSMAX
— Biden Admin. Mulling Asylum for Certain Gazans – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/asylum-refugees-palestinians/2024/04/30/id/1163012/

ONE AMERICAN NEWS
— Open Borders Part Of Democrats Plan To Import New Voters – Pearson Sharp
https://www.oann.com/video/pearsonsharpreports/open-borders-part-of-democrats-plan-to-import-new-voters//

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump to Time Magazine: ‘There is a definite anti-white feeling in the country, and that can’t be allowed either’ An advisor to Trump told the reporters at Time that he plans on rescinding Biden’s Executive Orders related to DEI, which many have called into question for being anti-white.
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-to-time-magazine-there-is-a-definite-anti-white-feeling-in-the-country-and-that-cant-be-allowed-either
— Biden’s DHS admits hundreds of thousands of immigrants flying into US under ‘parole’ program are ‘inadmissible’ – Thomas Stevenson
https://thepostmillennial.com/bidens-dhs-admits-hundreds-of-thousands-of-immigrants-flying-into-us-under-parole-program-are-inadmissible

TOWNHALL
— Biden White House Considers Bringing Palestinians to United States As ‘Refugees’ – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/04/30/palestinian-refugees-n2638483

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Anti-Israel protests could help elect Trump, warns prof involved in ’68 Columbia takeover
https://thehill.com/video/anti-israel-protests-could-help-elect-trump-warns-prof-involved-in-68-columbia-takeover/9652192/

YAHOO
— Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.8 billion after hitting price benchmarks
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-awarded-36-million-more-140100955.html

MSN
— Trump says he won’t stand for ‘definite anti-white feeling’ in US
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-he-won-t-stand-for-definite-anti-white-feeling-in-us/ss-AA1nYtbL
— Add physical fitness section to the SAT, Ramaswamy says – Julia Mueller (COMMENT: I have not been able to run since grade school because I have a bone disease. My vision has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always had partial red/green color blindness.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/add-physical-fitness-section-to-the-sat-ramaswamy-says/ar-AA1fWnyx

NEW YORK TIMES
— Police Clear Building at Columbia and Arrest Dozens of Protesters. Officers in riot gear removed demonstrators who had seized Hamilton Hall, a building with a history of student takeovers. Scores of other arrests were made on campuses across the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/30/nyregion/columbia-protests-college
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are overjoyed that “Biden is aiming increasingly personal and sarcastic jabs at Trump. From his rival’s hair to his maturity level, the president is no longer determined to stay above the fray.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/01/biden-personal-sarcastic-jabs-trump/

USA TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/04/30/marijuana-legalization-biden-trump-swing-states-election/73441091007/

NEWSWEEK
— UCLA Campus Protests Erupt Into Chaos
https://www.newsweek.com/ucla-campus-protests-erupt-chaos-lapd-palestinian-israel-1895913
— Videos Of Columbia University Raid Show NYPD Arrest Protesters
https://www.newsweek.com/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-nypd-police-raid-arrests-1895879
— US Gives 100,000 Migrants Citizenship (COMMENT: Democrats control immigration. Democrats shout at migrants and everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.newsweek.com/citizens-migrants-naturalizations-asylum-refugee-1895749
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Refugees and asylees accounted for about one-ninth of all new U.S. citizens in fiscal 2023. A total of just over 100,000 migrants—71,100 asylees and 29,000 refugees—were part of the approximate total of 878,500 individuals who were naturalized and became U.S. citizens, according to data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Naturalization ceremonies in fiscal 2022 and 2023 comprised 24 percent of all naturalizations over the past decade, according to the data.)
— Where Is Barron Trump Going to College? Everything We Know
https://www.newsweek.com/barron-trump-college-plans-1896027

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illegal Votes Are Stolen From Citizens. Liberals are intent on preventing states from verifying eligibility. – Brad Raffensperger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illegal-votes-are-stolen-from-citizens-id-verification-georgia-b9adafa9
— Biden, Democrats Under Growing Pressure as College Protests Intensify. Headed into 2024 elections, Republicans see opening to paint Democrats as party of chaos and dysfunction. – Sabrina Siddiqui and Lindsay Wise
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/biden-democrats-under-growing-pressure-as-college-protests-intensify-6561a2e9
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-administration-wants-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-less-dangerous-drug-d6735b23
— America’s New Mob Rule. As on today’s college campuses, the left increasingly resorts to fomenting disorder to get its way. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/campus-protests-mob-rule-columbia-palestine-israel-fe9be21d

NPR
— More Chinese asylum seekers are crossing the U.S. southern border
https://www.wypr.org/2024-04-30/more-chinese-asylum-seekers-are-crossing-the-u-s-southern-border

April 29, 2024

There is ever-increasing pressure to remove me from the 2024 Illinois Republican State Convention Party Platform and Resolutions Committee because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. They do not want me to be an “insider.” They want to impose big restrictions on me. Any “leak” of committee information would be blamed on me. How should I react to that? See my comments and article at the end of this newsletter.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— MAY 20, 2016 FLASHBACK: Illinois Republicans divided on same-sex marriage, abortion at party convention – RICK PEARSON (COMMENT: Needless-to-say, I will sue anyone who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I provided Pearson with any information let alone “inside” information for this article.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/05/20/illinois-republicans-divided-on-same-sex-marriage-abortion-at-party-convention/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tensions were on display between social moderates and conservatives Friday as the state GOP convention opened and Republicans sought to assemble a new platform. Along a hallway at the Peoria Civic Center, a vendor sold hats, shirts, buttons and signs featuring the phrase “Make America Great Again,” along with images of the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, real estate baron and former reality TV star Donald Trump. Inside a cramped meeting hall, however, tensions were on display between social moderates and conservatives over same-sex marriage and abortion as they sought to put together a new platform. The two issues, long contentious in an internally divided state GOP, were at the forefront Friday at the opening of the Illinois Republicans’ every-four-years state convention, a prelude to the Republican National Convention in July. For the Illinois GOP, the November election presents a chance to build on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 2014 victory, upend Democratic majorities in the legislature and re-elect U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk for a second term. Kirk, facing a difficult election fight against Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth, has supported same-sex marriage. But as the state GOP’s platform committee sought to remove previous language defining marriage as between one man and one woman, committee members were heavily lobbied by social conservatives and members of the state’s Republican congressional delegation, including U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton. Following nearly three hours of discussion, the committee voted 10-7 with one abstention on new language that also recognizes “non-traditional families are worthy of the same respect and legal protections as traditional families.” But the committee’s approval does not avoid the prospect of a floor fight when it is presented to the full state convention Saturday. Conservative family advocates already were promising major opposition. Pat Brady, former state GOP chairman and a member of the panel, said it was time for the party to move beyond the issue after state laws and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing same-sex marriage. “It’s a reflection of the committee of the reality of being too strident in not recognizing marriage beyond those with a man and a woman. And it’s an effort to appeal to younger people,” said Brady, whose support for same-sex marriage helped lead to an early end of his tenure as head of the state’s Republicans. Earlier in the day, conservatives on the platform committee pushed back against an effort to make the party’s plank against abortion more inclusive, rejecting language recognizing that some support the procedure in “limited circumstances.” “Why can’t we be more receptive to those who agree with most of our core principles?” asked Ryan Higgins, a platform committee member representing the northwest and west suburban 8th Congressional District. “It’s a beacon,” he said of the inclusive language. “C’mon over, we want you.” But Dave Carrabotta, a committee member from the north suburban 9th Congressional District, countered that language calling abortion allowable in certain, even unspecific circumstances (such as when rape, incest or the life or health of the mother is involved) would open the door to wider exceptions. “You give an eighth of an inch,” Carrabotta said, “the game is over.” Jan Klaas, a panel member from northwestern Illinois’ 16th District, argued against the language, saying the party’s duty wasn’t to attract votes but to do what was “right” by strongly opposing abortion. With the inclusive language deleted, the committee recommended restating a call for the Supreme Court’s landmark abortion-rights ruling Roe v. Wade be overturned, as well as provisions requiring hospital surgical standards at abortion clinics, which has been used in other states to limit availability of the procedure. Other parts of the proposed platform included provisions backing changes in workers’ compensation, civil liability damage award limits, term limits and making the drawing of legislative districts less political — all part of Rauner’s legislative agenda, which Democratic lawmakers have opposed during a stalemate that’s kept the state without a full budget for nearly 11 months. The proposed platform also presses the Democratic-led General Assembly to approve a “true balanced budget every year” and said its failure to do so jeopardizes the education of the state’s children. Beyond that, the platform includes calls for elected and appointed public officials to serve “honestly, ethically and with integrity,” urges passage of a voter identification law, and opposes Democratic efforts to enact a graduated-rate state income tax to replace Illinois’ current flat tax. Another committee, meanwhile, recommended a slate of 12 at-large delegates to join state Chairman Tim Schneider and the state’s two Republican National Committee members as delegates to the national nominating convention in Cleveland. Among the delegates selected was Todd Ricketts, of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs. If approved at the state convention on Saturday, Ricketts would be pledged to vote for Trump on a first ballot even though he was a major player in Our Principles PAC, an anti-Trump super political action committee. Ricketts was an early backer of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s unsuccessful White House bid.)
— FRONT PAGE: 6 months after Illinois ended cash bail, jail populations are down as courts settle into new patterns – MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/29/6-months-after-illinois-ended-cash-bail-jail-populations-are-down-as-courts-settle-into-new-patterns/
— Thornton Township residents gather to organize against Tiffany Henyard – JESSE WRIGHT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/28/thornton-township-residents-gather-to-organize-against-tiffany-henyard/
— COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push pot and LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/29/column-chicago-queer-owned-dispensary-sway-washington/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— MAY 21, 2016 FLASHBACK: Illinois Republican Party takes stance on marriage – Chris Kaergard (COMMENT: Needless-to-say, I will sue anyone who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I provided Kaergard with any information let alone “inside” information for this article.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2016/05/21/illinois-republican-party-takes-stance/29174372007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: PEORIA — Illinois Republicans will remain the party of “marriage between one man and one woman.” Meeting in Peoria, delegates to the state GOP convention voted overwhelmingly to retain a plank in their platform of guiding principles calling for that stance instead of a proposed change that touted the benefits of the traditional, nuclear family and First Amendment religious freedoms while declaring that diverse opinions were welcomed and “that non-traditional families are worthy of the same respect and legal protections as traditional families.” Though that proposed language change cleared the party’s platform committee 11-7 after a lengthy meeting Friday, opponents successfully sought a floor debate and vote on an issue by the full contingent of delegates at what was billed as the highest-attendance GOP convention in state history with 968 credentialed attendees. Supporters of the traditional-marriage status quo position argued their position represented a consensus of the party at its last convention in 2012, but also insisted that enshrining that position was critical to the party’s success at the ballot box. “Our platform distinguishes ourselves from the Democrats,” state Rep. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, said in arguing that downstate members of the GOP needed such language to compete against the conservative Democrats they often face in elections. “We have to hold those seats and we have to pick up seats.” State Rep. Peter Breen, R-Lombard, also told the audience that there was little support among rank-and-file Republicans for adjusting the language in the platform. “There’s no groundswell out there amongst Republicans to change the definition of marriage,” he said. “It’s a core Republican principle across the country.” Party chairman Tim Schneider had to twice call for calm and a respectful exchange of ideas as proponents of newer language were interrupted by jeers, boos and shouts of, “Go home!” however. But Ryan Higgins, the state’s central committeeman from the suburban 8th Congressional District, said that rejecting the proposed newer language also gutted the most requested addition to the platform, which would have emphasized the need for protections for religious liberty, and said that the recommended alterations were being misinterpreted. Elisha French of Galesburg agreed, noting that the issues in the debate over marriage have changed since 2012. He told the convention that, “The (battle) line has been moved while we have been talking.” Demetra DeMonte, the longtime Tazewell County GOP volunteer who was re-elected as one of two Illinois representatives to the Republican National Committee, applauded the final result. “I was very happy to vote for the amendment,” she said. “I thought it was necessary, and I’m pleased that it won overwhelming and is now part of our party platform.” The process the proposals for a marriage plank went through satisfied Mike Bigger, the Stark County resident who chaired the platform committee and serves as the state party’s secretary. “I thought (with) an issue that was that divisive, it was critical that it come to the floor and let the delegates actually vote,” he said. “I’ve never at a convention before seen that happen. The majority spoke and it was clear and resounding. We passed the right platform — the platform the party wanted — and I’m totally happy with it.” Schneider and a host of others throughout the afternoon in the Peoria Civic Center ballroom urged the crowd to unify behind GOP candidates in the fall — regardless of any intra-party disagreements — for the betterment of the party. “United, the possible is possible. Divided, the possible is impossible,” Schneider said. Other speakers during the convention’s general assembly portion for all delegates included Gov. Bruce Rauner, state Comptroller Leslie Munger and U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, and Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, though all stuck to familiar themes they’ve invoked at other public appearances, often word for word. Many early speakers avoided referencing GOP presidential nominee-in-waiting Donald Trump by name, until DeMonte predicted his victory in the fall and drew cheers, chants and waving signs from some members of the crowd.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/04/29/how-abortion-views-could-impact-elections-in-illinois-in-2024/73206862007/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— MAY 21, 2016 FLASHBACK: Republicans Hold State Party Convention in Peoria – Matt Witkos (COMMENT: Needless-to-say, I will sue anyone who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I provided Witkos with any information let alone “inside” information for this article.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/republicans-hold-state-party-convention-in-peoria-05-22-2016-013738105
(FROM THE ARTICLE: PEORIA, ILL (WICS)—Republican leaders and delegates have come together to discuss their strategy for this year’s general election. Governor Bruce Rauner getting nearly 1000 people on their feet when he addressed the Illinois Republican Convention. “Now is the time come together. Now is the time to unite up and down the ticket,” said Governor Rauner. “This election cycle is critical we’ve got to pick up seats against Mike Madigan’s Democrats and the Chicago political machine,” he added. The republican leader not endorsing presidential Republican candidate Donald Trump. Still urging the crowd to vote Republican. “This is the year we take back the White House. We control Congress and we are going to restore the prosperity and pride of America. This is our year for republicans to come back into power,” said Governor Rauner. After the governor Congressmen’s Mike Bost and Darin LaHood got on stage. Bost putting a Trump sticker on in front of the crowd. “Donald Trump. Donald trump is so much better than Hillary Clinton,” said Bost. “We have a nominee and that’s Donald Trump and we have to support that nominee,” said LaHood. Tyler Falconburg and Susan Petty were there supporting Trump. “He’s little bit rash and rough around the edges but he does speak his mind and people do love that about him. “I look forward to working with all of them to get the man elected and take it in Illinois. The 41st Republican National Convention is July 18-21st in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the first time the city has hosted since 1938.)

ABC7
— Israel supporters show up at pro-Palestinian encampment at Northwestern, resulting in standoff – Tre Ward
https://abc7chicago.com/northwestern-encampment-standoff-ensues-between-israel-supporters-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-calling-for-gaza-cease-fire/14740968/
— Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/white-house-correspondents-dinner-chants-of-shame-on-you-greet-guests-at-annual-event-shadowed-by-war-in-gaza/14739869/

CBS2
— Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, Israel supporters stand off on fourth day of protests at Northwestern University – Shardaa Gray
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-demonstrators-israel-supporters-stand-off-on-fourth-day-of-protests-at-northwestern-university/
— Carjackers hold woman unloading groceries at gunpoint, flee with vehicle (COMMENT: Chicago today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/carjacking-chicago-woman-unloading-groceries-north-albany/
— Chicago Police search for man who attempted to kidnap 15-year-old girl at bus stop – Beth Lawrence
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-police-search-attempted-kidnapping-bus-stop/

WGN9
— People in support of Israel counter-protest pro-Palestinian encampment at Northwestern University – Andrea Medina, Andrew Smith
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/people-in-support-of-israel-counter-protest-pro-palestinian-encampment-at-northwestern-university/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Utah GOP opts to challenge incumbent state leaders with convention votes – BRIAN MULLAHY
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/utah-gop-opts-to-challenge-incumbent-state-leaders-with-convention-votes-spencer-cox-donald-trump-mitt-romney-phil-lyman-republican-party-orrin-hatch-jason-walton-brad-wilson-jon-curtis-truth-social-maga-economy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A marathon Utah Republican Party convention finally ended close to midnight—six hours later than planned—and in the end, incumbents were left fighting more than sleep. State Rep. Phil Lyman soundly beat Gov. Spencer Cox in the GOP delegate vote, 68% to 32%, a margin that would have been enough to knock Cox out of the race altogether, had the governor’s campaign not collected more than 28,000 signatures to ensure his place on the primary ballot.)

SOUTHERN
— Trump and DeSantis meet to ‘bury the hatchet’ after 2024 primary fight – Rachel Scott, Will Steakin, and Hannah Demissie
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/04/29/trump-and-desantis-meet-to-bury-the-hatchet-after-2024-primary-fight-sources/

WSIL TV
— Trump and DeSantis meet in Miami for first conversation since Florida governor dropped out of GOP primary – CNN
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/trump-and-desantis-meet-in-miami-for-first-conversation-since-florida-governor-dropped-out-of/article_b8408d5c-faed-5578-9b39-2c4954fcf9d1.html

WAND TV
— Utah GOP picks Trump-backed mayor as nominee to replace Sen. Mitt Romney, but primary foes await – AP
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/utah-gop-nominates-lyman-for-governors-race-but-incumbent-cox-still-seen-as-primary-favorite/article_aee9e5a2-5fd9-5524-8f18-82db4b809562.html

LAKE & MCHENRY SCANNER
— Chicago man accused of shattering window, stealing high-end car from dealership in Crystal Lake. (COMMENT: Crystal Lake today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2024/04/28/chicago-man-accused-of-shattering-window-stealing-high-end-car-from-dealership-in-crystal-lake/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning Briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-278/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Traumatizing Chicago robberies, violent crimes at six-year high – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/traumatizing-chicago-robberies-violent-crimes-at-six-year-high-wirepoints/
— Floundering Illinois wind energy program blamed partly on (you guessed it) climate change – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/floundering-illinois-wind-energy-program-blamed-partly-on-you-guessed-it-climate-change-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— No end in sight to protests as Columbia lets deadline lapse, vows not to bring back police – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/28/no-end-sight-protests-columbia-lets-deadline-lapse/
— Some want to prevent a civil war, Democrats want to provoke it. All in the name of saving democracy. – Don Feder
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/28/some-want-to-prevent-civil-war-democrats-want-to-p/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s secret weapon for November: using federal agencies to ‘get out the vote’ FOR HIM – Tarren Bragdon (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/28/opinion/bidens-secret-weapon-for-november-using-federal-agencies-to-get-out-the-vote-for-hi/
— ‘Pro-Palestine’ protests really ARE seeking a ‘final solution’ – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/04/28/opinion/the-pro-palestine-protests-real-do-seek-a-final-solution/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Groupthink and its consequences in today’s academia – Tyler Asbell
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/groupthink_and_its_consequences_in_today_s_academia.html
— Women Forced to Compete Against Men? Just Say No! – Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/women_forced_to_compete_against_men_just_say_no.html

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— NYC hotel in trendy location quietly gets converted into migrant shelter – Chris Donaldson
https://americanwirenews.com/nyc-hotel-in-trendy-location-quietly-gets-converted-into-migrant-shelter/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Whites are having fewer and fewer and fewer children. Why is that?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/28/elon-musk-throws-wrench-into-great-replacement-theory-pointing-to-glaring-problem-1455648/

BREITBART
— Biden’s DHS Keeps Detention Space Unfilled as Criminal Illegal Aliens End Up in American Communities – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/28/joe-bidens-dhs-keeps-detention-space-unfilled-criminal-illegal-aliens-end-up-american-communities/

DAILY CALLER
— DeSantis, Donald Trump Discuss Détente In Miami
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/28/ron-desantis-donald-trump-detente-miami-florida-washington-post/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 6 Reasons Chinese Nationals Are Illegally Crossing California’s Southern Border – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/28/6-reasons-chinese-nationals-illegally-crossing-californias-southern-border/

DAILY WIRE
— AOC Praises Columbia Protest Encampment After ‘Student Leader’ Said ‘Zionists Don’t Deserve To Live’ – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-praises-columbia-protest-encampment-after-student-leader-said-zionists-dont-deserve-to-live

EPOCH TIMES
— Drag Queen Leads Children in ‘Free Palestine’ Chant at Queer Storytime for Palestine. The drag queen is a Jewish Humanities Professor at the University of Arizona who has appeared on Saturday Night Live. – Alice Giordano
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/drag-queen-leads-children-in-free-palestine-chant-at-queer-storytime-for-palestine-5638702

FOX NEWS
— Trump, DeSantis meet privately for several hours in Miami. Meeting marks first time they have spoken since DeSantis ended presidential bid in January. – Paul Steinhauser, Greg Wehner
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-desantis-meet-privately-several-hours-miami
— Illegal migrants aren’t seeking asylum yet they’re welcomed in – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif) Issa joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss the migrant crisis’ impact on San Diego, California.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6351941598112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— ‘American Privacy Rights Act of 2024’ Sneaks In Quotas. In the name of preventing bias, APRA imposes quotas. And it imposes them everywhere. – Stewart Baker
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/apra-is-a-quota-bill/

TOWNHALL
— Rules for Republicans – Alan Joseph Bauer
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2024/04/29/rules-for-republicans-n2638329
— It Was Only a Matter of Time Before We Saw Something Like This at These Pro-Hamas Rallies – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/04/28/it-was-only-a-matter-of-time-before-we-saw-signs-like-this-at-these-pro-hamas-rallies-n2638380
— NYT Complains About Biden’s Lack of Interviews – Sarah Arnold |
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/28/nyt-issues-scathing-rebuke-over-bidens-lack-of-interviews-n2638373

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/opinion/4627011-biden-should-choose-legal-pathways-over-new-restrictions/
— Campus protests expose differences in red and blue America
https://nxslink.thehill.com/view/6230d8bab246d104952d7f0bkyav1.jar/e3081893

CNN
— Ford just reported a massive loss on every electric vehicle it sold – Chris Isidore
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/business/ford-earnings-ev-losses/index.html

MSN
— New York state to study slavery reparations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-state-to-study-slavery-reparations/ar-AA1lLeDq
— PwC now allowing White interns to apply with them again after DEI fiasco, conservatives blaming Democrats (COMMENT: Public accounting firms were not interested in me after I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old not only because I was “too old,” but because I was a White male. Because of the aforesaid, they ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, that I had almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and that I had worked for IRS since 1971, the last 5 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year in today’s dollars.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pwc-now-allowing-white-interns-to-apply-with-them-again-after-dei-fiasco-conservatives-blaming-democrats/ar-AA1naFwF

NEW YORK TIMES
— College Protests Over Gaza Deepen Democratic Rifts. Scenes of chaos unfolding on campuses across the country are stoking internal divisions and carry political risk as a major election year unfolds. – Katie Glueck
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/us/politics/college-protests-israel-democrats.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/us/politics/trump-trial-words.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/us/politics/earl-blumenauer-congress-marijuana.html

LOS ANGLES TIMES
— College protesters want ‘amnesty.’ At stake: Tuition, legal charges, grades and graduation – Jocelyn Gecker
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-04-28/college-protesters-want-amnesty-at-stake-tuition-legal-charges-grades-and-graduation

USA TODAY
— Anti-Americans and America-haters ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/28/migrant-bus-operation-in-mexico/73438134007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Journalists Have Inside Information. – Jared Diamond (COMMENT: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents who since 2000 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have negligently/intentionally shared inside information in my GOPUSA newsletters? Better yet, should I sue them? I would focus on those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have negligently/intentionally shared inside information that I have gained as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, a delegate to the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Conventions, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, and a member of the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008 and 2024. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 including Jim Ryan and Peter Roskam. Again, should I sue them?)
https://www.wsj.com/sports/journalists-inside-information-gambling-4e560bc6

LINKED IN
— What are the best practices for handling conflicts of interest in journalism? (COMMEMT: Full disclosure. Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, I have always fully disclosed everything that might impact the decisions that I make to include and not include links to articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and any comments that I make on those articles. That includes that I am conservative, Republican, and a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. That includes that I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, a delegate to the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Conventions, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, and a member of the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008 in 2024. That includes my employment history, education, professional certifications, and professional license. That includes my demographics including that I am White, male, older (born in 1948), non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Further, no one manipulates me or dominates me. I am no one’s operative or dupe. I do not glorify and praise people. I do not pander to people. I do not cover up their wrongdoing. I do not give them money.)
https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/what-best-practices-handling-conflicts-interest-journalism
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. The first step is to identify any potential conflicts of interest that may affect your reporting. . .2. Disclose relevant conflicts The second step is to disclose any relevant conflicts of interest to your editors and audience. You should be honest and transparent about any factors that may affect your objectivity or integrity as a journalist. You should inform your editors of any potential conflicts before you start working on a story, and seek their guidance and approval on how to proceed. You should also inform your audience of any relevant conflicts in your story, either in a disclaimer, an acknowledgment, or a footnote. This way, you can show your respect and accountability to your readers and viewers.)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Comments for the next GOPUSA Illinois Editor – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

Politics is nasty/vicious. I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Based on my experience doing that, my comments for the next GOPUSA Illinois Editor include:

— You will be blamed for all the defeats that Republican candidates in Illinois suffer and especially defeats suffered by candidates on ballots in your precinct.
— All your decisions to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and all your comments on those articles will be criticized if not demonized, denigrated, and/or condemned.
— Ever-increasingly, distorted/misleading/false statements will be made about you and about your newsletters.
— Your motives and judgment will be ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and/or condemned.
— You will be expected to if not forced to be happily manipulated/dominated by, to glorify and praise, to pander to, to serve as an operative or dupe for, to cover up the wrongdoing of, and/or to give money to a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican party organization, your Republican township/ward party organization, and/or the candidates who they support in primary races and/or b) those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout where you live.
— Those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout where you live will ever-increasingly take more/bigger adverse actions against you.
— The more that you promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform, the faster that you will be destroyed: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).
— You will be insulted/threatened/slandered/labeled for negligently/intentionally “spreading inside information.”
— All your accomplishments in life will be ignored/dismissed/belittled if not demonized, denigrated, and/or condemned.
— If you do not have a degree in journalism, that will be stressed.
— If you are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, you will be ever-increasingly painted as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
— Ever-increasingly, you will be “kept out of the loop” and your phone calls will not be taken or returned.
— Ever-increasingly, your critics/opponents will ever-increasingly discourage everyone from reading your newsletters.
— Because you are a messenger that brings bad news, you will be shot.
— Those who come to your defense will be destroyed.
— You and your reputation will be destroyed.

There is ever-increasing pressure to remove me from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. They do not want me to be an “insider.” They want to impose big restrictions on me. Any “leak” of committee information would be blamed on me. How should I react to that?

April 26, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Northwestern students set up pro-Palestinian encampment as university changes protest policy. – ALYSA GUFFEY, NELL SALZMAN, STACY ST. CLAIR, CAROLINE KUBZANSKY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/25/northwestern-students-set-up-pro-palestinian-encampment-as-university-changes-protest-policy/
— Wilmette enacts busing ordinance despite concerns from migrant volunteers – ALEX HULVALCHICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/25/wilmette-enacts-busing-ordinance-despite-concerns-from-migrant-volunteers/
— Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testifies he suppressed a story about alleged Rahm Emanuel affair
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/25/enquirer-publisher-emanuel-affair-allegation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/25/opinion-single-mothers-children-multigenerational-households-grandparents/
— CTU’s Sustainable Community Schools model is a Trojan horse – Paul Vallas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/26/opinion-ctu-contract-demands-sustainable-community-schools-model/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Anti-Republicans promote ranked choice voting.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/25/naperville-ranked-choice-voting-election-referendum/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Republicans grapple with mail voting amid mixed signals from Trump. ‘We have to adapt’ A greater share of Chicago area Republicans cast their ballots by mail in March compared to the 2022 primary, but they were still vastly outpaced by Democrats in utilizing a voting system that has become increasingly popular. – Mitchell Armentrout (COMMENT: I contacted 14 registered Republican voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton who had requested mail-in ballots, but the election commission had no record of their receipt as the March 19, 2024 election approached.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/04/26/vote-by-mail-republicans-illinois-donald-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While rallying his political troops last summer in Springfield heading into the primary campaign season, Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy highlighted some of his top priorities to help the party regain a foothold in the Democratic-dominated state. “We’ve got to embrace early voting and voting by mail,” Tracy said at the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee & County Chairmen’s Association breakfast in August. “Democrats have won too many close elections on the strength of their vote-by-mail programs.” Tracy said such vote-banking “needs to be the focus of every campaign in every county and township throughout the state” — no small order for a party led by former President Donald Trump, who has routinely sown mistrust for mail-in voting since he lost his 2020 reelection bid. . .The state GOP chairman has downplayed the possibility of Trump’s unfounded fraud claims discouraging Illinois voters from signing up for mail ballots, noting that Trump has embraced it as he tries to retake the Oval Office from President Joe Biden. “ABSENTEE VOTING, EARLY VOTING, AND ELECTION DAY VOTING ARE ALL GOOD OPTIONS,” Trump wrote in a social media post last week. “REPUBLICANS MUST MAKE A PLAN, REGISTER, AND VOTE!” On the biggest stages, though, Trump has regularly fallen back on the myths of rampant voter fraud that he’s claimed denied him a second term. “Mail-in voting has to be totally corrupt. Get that through your head,” Trump said at a Michigan rally in February. “I mean, it has to be.” The FBI and other authorities have confirmed there was no widespread mail voter fraud or any other interference in the 2020 election. While Tracy and other establishment Illinois Republicans have kept Trump’s lies about election fraud at arm’s length, they have suggested Democrats who hold all statewide offices and supermajorities in the General Assembly aren’t committed to preventing ballot-box shenanigans. “We want to make it easy to vote but hard to cheat. Democrats want it to be easy no matter what. They loosen voter integrity rules every chance they get,” Tracy said, pointing to Democratic rejection of voter ID requirements. Republican leaders have also argued state laws that have expanded mail voting eligibility since 2020 “remove important election safeguards” — but they agree their opponents across the aisle have left them in the dust when it comes to voter registration and mail ballot sign-up efforts. “Look at the model of what Democrats have done over the years,” said former Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, a Republican from Western Springs who stepped down last year. “They have been incredibly successful at registering and mobilizing voters. “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen Republicans up 3 to 4 points on Election Day, and everyone is thrilled until — ‘whoa, whoa, there are still mail ballots out.’ Then there’s a flip, and we continue to be on the losing side,” said Durkin, a vocal opponent of Trump. “It took Republicans a while to see this is where elections are won and lost,” he said. “It’s here to stay. It’s in every state, whether you like it or not, and you have to deal with it.”)
— Northwestern students set up protest encampment, call out university censorship of pro-Palestinian speech. Students linked arms and formed a line against police after Northwestern leaders said the tent encampment violated university policy. – Isabel Funk
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/04/25/northwestern-students-set-up-palestine-solidarity-camp-on-campus
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2024/04/25/pritzker-action-plan-combat-homelessness-unhoused-racial-disparity
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/04/25/hate-crimes-acts-antisemitism-racism-rising-what-chicago-is-doing-311-debra-silverstein
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/04/25/asylum-seekers-venezuela-wedding-chicago-migrants-immigration-city-hall-news

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats promote cashless-bail.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240425/news/hows-cashless-bail-going-heres-what-the-data-says/
— DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek appears to be pitching her defiance of county policy requiring a bidding process for major business contracts on the technicality that a state attorney general’s opinion gives her unfettered autonomy in how she runs her office. And she’s willing to go to court, she says, “to carry out my office’s duties.” She misses some key points. – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240426/editorials/the-basic-tenets-of-public-administration/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Students on Northwestern’s campus set up encampment – Brandon Dupré
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/northwestern-university-students-set-anti-gaza-war-encampment-campus

ABC7
— Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse on Thursday gave their final approval to legislation criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, clearing the way for the first-in-the-nation proposal to be sent to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for his signature. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/tennessee-law-lawmakers-ok-bill-criminalizing-adults-who-help-minors-receive-gender-affirming-care/14735418/
— 93 arrested at USC following pro-Palestinian protest
https://abc7chicago.com/usc-protest-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-police-clash-during-rally-at-alumni-park-university-of-southern-california-campus/14728289/

NBC5
— Effort to recall Mayor Johnson picks up police union endorsement. FOP upset by what it calls violations of its recently signed contract. – Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/effort-to-recall-mayor-johnson-picks-up-police-union-endorsement/3421005/
— Protesters set up tent encampment on Northwestern University campus. The protests mirror several demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war happening at college campuses in the U.S.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-set-up-tent-encampment-on-northwestern-university-campus/3420482/
— With pro-Palestine encampment set up at Northwestern, some Jewish students worry about safety – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestine-encampment-northwestern-jewish-students/

CBS2
— With pro-Palestine encampment set up at Northwestern, some Jewish students worry about safety – Sara Machi
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestine-encampment-northwestern-jewish-students/
— Northwestern University students set up pro-Palestine tent encampment on campus – Todd Feurer, Sabrina Franza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northwestern-university-palestinian-protests-tent-encampment-israel/
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at Blacks and at women that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/call-to-action-conversation-justice-black-women/
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/gov-jb-pritzker-seeking-an-extra-50-million-next-year-to-fight-homelessness-in-illinois/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/gov-jb-pritzker-proposes-50-million-more-next-year-to-fight-homelessness-in-illinois/
— Wilmette village board approves ordinance on timeframe for buses carrying migrants – Jeramie Bizzle
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/wilmette-village-board-approves-ordinance-for-migrant-drop-offs/

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/pritzker-uic-discuss-report-focused-on-black-homelessness-in-illinois/

FOX32
— Northwestern students set up encampment on Evanston campus in support of Palestine – Joanie Lum and Will Hager
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwestern-palestine-israel-campus-protest

WBEZ
— Northwestern students set up protest encampment, call out university censorship of pro-Palestinian speech. Students linked arms and formed a line against police after Northwestern leaders said the tent encampment violated university policy. – Isabel Funk
https://www.wbez.org/stories/northwestern-students-set-up-palestine-protest-camp-on-campus/214265c1-c53a-4a4f-b89e-705962fcb256

STATELINE
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run everything and b) blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/the-university-of-illinois-reports-black-residents-are-8-times-more-likely-to-be-homeless/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Pro-Palestine encampment continues into morning despite warnings from NU administration
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/04/25/campus/live-pro-palestinian-student-activists-set-up-encampment-on-deering-meadow/
— Northwestern Hillel released a statement Thursday on the ongoing encampment set up by pro-Palestinian student activists on Deering Meadow and a Wednesday evening vote by the Associated Student Government Senate to sign onto a People’s Resolution calling for NU divestment from Israeli institutions. – Shannon Tyler
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/04/25/campus/nu-hillel-releases-statement-on-nu-liberated-zone/
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run everything and b) blame Republicans for all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/04/25/city/ywca-evanston-north-shore-talks-solidarity-white-supremacy-at-annual-unite-against-racism-campaign/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— 17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors who BOTH promoted abortion AND demonized, denigrated, and condemned me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-17-states-challenge-federal-rules-entitling-workers-to-accommodations-for-abortion/

WRKR
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot. Pot is poison.
https://wrkr.com/illinois-worst-state-to-get-stoned/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-277/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-78/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

IBENDAHL ON POLITICS
— See Who Supports and Who Opposes Restoring Direct Elections
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/04/25/who-supports-and-opposes-restoring-direct-elections/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives on DEI funding for universities: ‘The funding program these elitists conceived is so obviously racist that only someone in the bubble of higher ed would propose it’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/657998560-ives-on-dei-funding-for-universities-the-funding-program-these-elitists-conceived-is-so-obviously-racist-that-only-someone-in-the-bubble-of-higher-ed-would-propose-it

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Students, Faculty Set up Pro-Gaza Camp at Northwestern University, Accuse Israel of War Crimes, Just Miles from Illinois Holocaust Museum
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/students-faculty-set-up-pro-gaza-camp-at-northwestern-university-accuse-israel-of-war-crimes-just-miles-from-illinois-holocaust-museum.html
— Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, TPUSA COO Tyler Bowyer Among 18 Indicted by AZ Grand Jury for Election Interference, Trump Listed as “Unindicted Co-Conspirator”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/breaking-rudy-giuliani-mark-meadows-tpusa-coo-tyler-bowyer-among-18-indicted-by-az-grand-jury-for-election-interference-trump-listed-as-unindicted-co-conspirator.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Activists use Black Americans to push through radical DEI agenda. The ultimate blackface. – John K. Amanchukwu Sr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/25/activists-use-black-americans-to-push-through-radi/
— GOP tightens rules on pork-barrel spending after LGBT blowup – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/25/gop-tightens-rules-on-pork-barrel-spending-after-l/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Marxist takeover of higher education reaches a fever pitch – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/2979708/the-marxist-takeover-of-higher-education-reaches-a-fever-pitch/
— California’s new affirmative action plan – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2974536/californias-new-affirmative-action-plan/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The more of the following that you are and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that Democrats and RINOs will force you to pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. I am all of the aforesaid. In my defense, while my ancestors have been in America since 1844, they have always lived in northeast Illinois. Further, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone and they never did. Further, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://freebeacon.com/california/as-california-voters-sour-on-cash-reparations-state-dems-push-subsidized-property-taxes-and-expedited-business-licenses-instead/

NEW YORK POST
— Don’t buy the left’s gaslighting — ‘outside agitators’ aren’t behind campus antisemitism. – Andy Ngo (COMMEMT: I should write about antisemitism in GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997.)
https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/opinion/dont-buy-the-lefts-gaslighting-outside-agitators-arent-behind-campus-antisemitism/

AMERICAN THINKER
— We Won’t Live By Your Wokeness – Patty Knap
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/we_won_t_live_by_your_wokeness.html

BLAZE
— Durbin pushes voting rights for illegal aliens without public consent – CATHERINE ENGELBRECHT
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/durbin-pushes-voting-rights-for-illegal-aliens-without-public-consent

BREITBART
— Biden’s deputies are using science agencies to promote transgenderism, including among K-12 children. – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/04/25/transgender-rachel-levine-attacks-heterosexuality-homosexuality/

DAILY WIRE
— Andrew Klavan Urges Americans To Push Back On Transgenderism Because It’s Teaching People To ‘Live A Lie’ – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/andrew-klavan-urges-americans-to-push-back-on-transgenderism-because-its-teaching-people-to-live-a-lie

CATHOLIC VOTE
— DEI schemes do not lead to increased productivity. DEI schemes promote hatred against employees who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://catholicvote.org/dei-schemes-not-leading-to-improved-performance/

FOX NEWS
— Our campuses are occupied and our streets are being overrun with ‘wild-eyed Jew haters’ Democrats are trying to manage a ‘horde of child monsters’ – Greg Gutfeld
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-campuses-occupied-streets-being-overrun-wild-eyed-jew-haters
— The progressive little chickens have come home to roost. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld gives his take on anti-Israel protests on college campuses and the White supremacy ‘threat’ the left allegedly has been pushing on ‘Gutfeld!’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6351775578112
— Democrats have created a ‘horde of child monsters’ – Greg Gutfeld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRaW6GLOgTc
— Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe illegal immigration is real crisis, not a media narrative. 32% of respondents believe Biden administration ‘most responsible’ for border crisis. – Hanna Panreck
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nearly-two-thirds-americans-believe-illegal-immigration-real-crisis-not-media-narrative-poll
— The more of the following that you are and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that Democrats and RINOs will force you to pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. I am all of the aforesaid. In my defense, while my ancestors have been in America since 1844, they have always lived in northeast Illinois. Further, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone and they never did. Further, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tennessee-house-tables-bill-banned-consideration-reparations

HOT AIR
— Sanctuary Cities Keep Releasing Sex Offenders to Avoid ICE Detainers – DAVID STROM
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/04/25/sanctuary-cities-keep-releasing-sex-offenders-to-avoid-ice-detainers-n3787157

MRC TV
— Nearly Half of Latinos Support Mass Deportations of Illegal Aliens – More than Blacks – CRAIG BANNISTER
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/nearly-half-latinos-support-mass-deportations-illegal-aliens-more-blacks
— Illegal Aliens Sent to Martha’s Vineyard Get Special ‘Crime Victim’ Visas – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/illegal-aliens-sent-marthas-vineyard-get-special-crime-victim-visas

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Majority Are for Mass Deportations – MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-majority-are-for-mass-deportations/

NEWSMAX
— Democrats from the Senate and House are urging the Drug Enforcement Administration to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, saying it’s “time to act.” – Fran Beyer (COMMENT: If I had been a pot user, I would not have been able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/marijuana-schedule-three-drugs/2024/04/25/id/1162459/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Poll: Over Half Of Americans Support Large Deportations Of Illegal Migrants – James Meyers
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/poll-over-half-of-americans-support-large-deportations-of-illegal-migrants/
— Biden To Bring In Gaza ‘Refugees’ – Mark Lamb
https://www.oann.com/video/real-america-video/biden-to-bring-in-gaza-refugees/

REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— Meritocracy and the Great Power Competition – Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, my being able to do the following was not because of meritocracy, but because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics: a) earn three master’s degrees, b) earn six professional certifications, and c) earn a professional license. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents have/had lots of money.)
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2024/04/25/meritocracy_and_the_great_power_competition_1027368.html

TOWNHALL
— Sanctuary Cities Defund the Police to Pay for Illegal Immigration – William Davis
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2024/04/26/sanctuary-cities-defund-the-police-to-pay-for-illegal-immigration-n2638234
— US, 17 Other Nations Issue Joint Statement Calling on Hamas to Release Hostages – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/04/25/white-house-joint-statement-on-release-of-hostages-n2638277

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— United Methodist Church grapples with deep divides over LGBTQ issues – Maura Barrett and Parnia Mazhar and Deon J. Hampton (COMMENT:I should write about my religious critics/opponents. They stress that unlike them, I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. They stress that unlike them, I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/united-methodist-church-grapples-deep-001437777.html

THE HILL
— Monica Lewinsky joins in on Taylor Swift viral ‘asylum’ meme with White House image – MIRANDA NAZZARO
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4620717-monica-lewinsky-joins-in-on-taylor-swift-viral-asylum-meme-with-white-house-image/
— Immigration advocates see work permits as Biden’s best option – RAFAEL BERNAL (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers will use work permits to replace their employees who vote for Republicans with illegals who vote for Democrats and RINOs.)
https://thehill.com/latino/4618409-immigration-advocates-asylum-work-permits-bidens-border/

NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S.C. Cancels Its Main Graduation Ceremony, Citing Security Concerns. There have been student protests and arrests, as well as controversy over the school’s decision to cancel the speech of its valedictorian. – Stephanie Saul
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/usc-cancels-graduation-campus-protests.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Colleges change graduation plans as protests spread to more campuses. – Kim Bellware, Jonathan Edwards and Daniel Wu
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/24/commencement-graduation-protests/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/21/trump-promises-oil-drilling-deportations-at-odds/73404663007/

NBC MOBILE
— Hundreds of migrants on trains arrive at El Paso-Juarez border – Julian Resendiz
https://www.wkrg.com/news/hundreds-of-migrants-arrive-on-trains-at-el-paso-juarez-border/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Retire at 65? It’s More Like 62. People are overly optimistic about how much they can work later in life. – Anne Tergesen (COMMENT: I should write a book about being forced to retire early. My Civil Service Retirement System pension and retirement savings are dramatically less because I was forced to retire early.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retire-at-65-its-more-like-62-d5f943c4

VANGUARD
— Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers will hire, retain, and promote only Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/equity-in-business-how-to-ensure-equitable-wealth-distribution/amp/

ATLANTIC
— The Myth of Working Your Way Through College – Svati Kirsten Narula (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents whose parents are/were wealthy. I would focus on those who ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact a) that I worked my way through college, b) that I earned three master’s degrees, c) that I earned six professional certifications, and d) that I earned a professional license.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/the-myth-of-working-your-way-through-college/359735/

MEDIUM
— Unfair Advantages in Life – Sean Kernan (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I have had the following unfair advantages in life: a) my ancestors have been in America since 1844, b) I was born a healthy White male, c) I was first born, d) my mother stayed home and raised me, e) my parents sent me to parochial grade schools, f) I avoided the Vietnam War draft, g) I got married when I was 29 years old, and h) my wife and I did not have children.. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, I have not been able to run since grade school because of a hereditary bone disease, my vision has never been correctable to 20/20, I have partial red/green color blindness, I had to work my way through college, and my father died suddenly when I was 21.)
https://medium.com/mind-cafe/4-unfair-advantages-in-life-that-people-take-for-granted-b214de3c0d3a

CHRISTION SCIENCE MONITOR
— The more of the following that you are and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that Democrats and RINOs will force you to pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. I am all of the aforesaid. In my defense, while my ancestors have been in America since 1844, they have always lived in northeast Illinois. Further, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone and they never did. Further, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2024/0425/stolen-wealth-of-slavery-David-Montero-reparations

February 12, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— Both parties agree immigration policy failing – Tonia Khouri, Naperville Township Republican Organization Chairman
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240211/letters-to-the-editor/both-parties-agree-immigration-policy-failing/
(FROM THE LETTER: The crisis at our southern border is being politicized by the media to further the partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats. Both parties agree the anonymous uncontrolled mass entry of millions of migrants is adversely affecting states, counties, cities and local communities, posing a growing risk of enduring consequences. As a nation proud of its immigrant heritage, Naperville Township values diversity and espouses generosity towards charity and helping those in need. For 3 years the Biden Administration’s border policy has negligently overlooked the surge of migrants. Bipartisan concerns have fallen on deaf ears of state and federal leadership. In these challenging economic conditions, taxpayers can’t afford the unsustainable financial burden and unintended consequences we will face due to the influx of migrants. The challenges posed by the influx of migrants remain unaddressed, with no viable solutions or responses in sight: How do you expect educators to run their classrooms when overwhelmed with an influx of migrant children with different languages and backgrounds who are required to be educated without any additional resources? How do you expect medical providers to continue the quality, cost and availability of care that our community relies upon when healthcare must account for an enormous influx of migrants into our local healthcare system? How can our elected officials guarantee our safety when additional strain is placed on law enforcement and judicial system by this influx of migrants without support? Our responsibility to stand up for the well-being and future of our children, as well as the community, transcends political boundaries. Republicans and Democrats unite in acknowledging the failure of the Biden border policy. We endorse Republican candidates who offer practical solutions and seek lasting resolutions that protect our communities instead of jeopardizing them further.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— You can thank a German immigrant for the start of the Naperville Public Library – STEVE METSCH and ANDREA FIELD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/08/the-way-we-were-you-can-thank-a-german-immigrant-for-the-start-of-the-naperville-public-library/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Naperville Public Library has a rich history helped in large part by the generosity of James L. Nichols. Nichols, born in Germany in 1851, spoke his native tongue until age 12. He learned to speak English after he and his parents moved to America, living first in Albany, New York, and then moving to Illinois. Nichols earned a certificate to teach at a country district school by age 18, and later moved to Naperville in 1876 when he was 25. He graduated from North-Western College — now known as North Central College — in 1880. In 1882, Nichols was appointed chair of the college’s commerce department and four years later he published a textbook called “The Business Guide.” A huge success, his book had sold 3 million copies by 1917. In 1891, he left higher education to focus on running his publishing company, J.L. Nichols & Co. Nichols was just 44 when he died Aug. 18, 1895, but what he left in his last will and testament had a lasting impact on his adopted hometown. Nichols bequeathed $10,000 to the city of Naperville for the establishment of a library with the requirements that the city maintain it, supply its materials and provide employees for its continual use.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker’s political future may hinge on 2024 DNC
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-daily-gist/pritzkers-political-future-may-hinge-2024-dnc

SAINT LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Missouri legalized recreational marijuana a year ago. What’s that mean for the Metro East? – Will Bauer
https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/2024-02-07/missouri-legalized-recreational-marijuana-a-year-ago-whats-that-mean-for-the-metro-east

DEPAULIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://depauliaonline.com/68225/news/biden-rolls-out-new-reproductive-guidelines-on-the-51st-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— When moving, most people say ‘I want a good job, I want my kids to do well’ and that’s just not what Illinois offers anymore
https://wirepoints.org/when-moving-most-people-say-i-want-a-good-job-i-want-my-kids-to-do-well-and-thats-just-not-what-illinois-offers-anymore-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Local Black Business Organization Stands Against ‘Bring Chicago Home” Referendum
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/local-black-business-organization-stands-against-bring-chicago-home-referendum/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Developer says banning single-family zoning in Illinois would end ‘American Dream’ – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3485140e-c799-11ee-9495-df03544a0663.html
— State Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, urges Illinois’ school choice program be reinstated – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ff8845d4-c782-11ee-bc70-77c8f85f375b.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Poll: 86% of voters say Biden ‘too old’ to serve second term – Ramsey Touchberry (COMMENT: Health should be the issue, not age.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/11/abc-newsipsos-poll-86-of-voters-say-joe-biden-too-/
— DHS Secretary Mayorkas on border crisis: ‘We don’t bear responsibility for a broken system’ – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/11/alejandro-mayorkas-we-dont-bear-responsibility-for/
— Marriage is the glue that holds society together – Don Feder
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/11/valentine-to-future-marriage-is-glue-that-holds-so/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mayorkas denies ‘responsibility for broken system’ at border – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2849563/mayorkas-denies-responsibility-for-broken-system-at-border/

NEW YORK POST
— Now it’s free cash: Hochul and Adams’ never-ending migrant-money spigot – Nicole Gelinas
https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/opinion/hochul-and-adams-never-ending-migrant-money-spigot/
— Biden defends Nikki Haley from Trump jab on her deployed husband’s whereabouts – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/biden-defends-nikki-haley-from-trump-jab-on-her-deployed-husbands-whereabouts/
— How Joe Biden can save his old-man image – James Bovard
https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/opinion/how-joe-biden-can-save-his-old-man-image/
— Whopping 86% of voters feel Biden is too old to finish another term – Ryan King (COMMENT: The issue should be Biden’s health, not his age.)
https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/whopping-86-of-voters-feel-biden-is-too-old-to-finish-another-term-poll/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Base it on merit – that’s the point at West Point – Chad Groening (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote race and gender based preference giving, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://afn.net/national-security/2024/02/12/maginnis-base-it-on-merit-that-s-the-point-at-west-point/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Respect for Authorities ‘Died Suddenly’ – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/respect_for_authorities_died_suddenly.html
— I never thought I’d see – Blaine L. Pardoe
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/i_never_thought_id_see.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I never thought I’d see….America in another Cold War with Russia. Cities ignore the law under the label of “Sanctuary Cities,” then complain when illegal immigrants are sent there. Government officials conspiring with Big Tech to censor millions of Americans online. The Federal government human trafficking over a million illegal and undocumented people a year. A President who took deliberate actions to make the southern border weaker.
Congress and the media labeling a protest as an “insurrection” while calling actual riots, “peaceful protests.” The American people turning a blind eye to a President who clearly is suffering from dementia and pretending that everything is all right.)

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Chaos, uncertainty loom as Chicago set to evict 13K illegal immigrants from shelters – Kevin Haggerty|
https://americanwirenews.com/chaos-uncertainty-loom-as-chicago-set-to-evict-13k-illegal-immigrants-from-shelters/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chaos, uncertainty loom as Chicago set to evict 13K illegal immigrants from shelters – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/11/chaos-uncertainty-loom-as-chicago-set-to-evict-13k-illegal-immigrants-from-shelters-1436165/
— ‘Hey NFL, the United States only has one National Anthem’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/11/hey-nfl-the-united-states-only-has-one-national-anthem-1436188/
— Denver mayor cuts $5M from public services to pay for illegal immigrants, faults GOP, Donald Trump – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/11/denver-mayor-cuts-5m-from-public-services-to-pay-for-illegal-immigrants-faults-gop-donald-trump-1436120/
— Democrat cries foul over Hochul’s ‘endless handouts’ to illegal aliens: ‘It’s time to end this madness’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/11/democrat-cries-foul-over-hochuls-endless-handouts-to-illegal-aliens-its-time-to-end-this-madness-1436139/
— ‘Political retaliation’: San Fran teacher who exposed ‘Woke Kindergarten’ program put on leave. – Melissa Fine (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many/big adverse actions that have been taken against me because I promote conservative principles.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/11/political-retaliation-san-fran-teacher-who-exposed-woke-kindergarten-program-put-on-leave-1436024/
— Obama’s WH physician says special counsel report shows Biden has ‘serious issues’ – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/11/obamas-wh-physician-says-special-counsel-report-shows-biden-has-serious-issues-1436114/
— UCSF Black History Month ‘Diagnosing Whiteness’ lecture claims ‘whites are psychopaths’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/02/11/ucsf-black-history-month-diagnosing-whiteness-lecture-claims-whites-are-psychopaths-1436066/

BREITBART
— Democrat Mayor of Sanctuary City Denver Cuts Services for Americans, Blames Trump – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/02/11/colorados-sanctuary-city-mayor-cuts-services-americans-blames-trump/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Kansas considers bill to end mandatory DEI statements in higher ed – Patrick McDonald (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote DEI, that is, if you do not help them destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/kansas-considers-bill-to-end-mandatory-dei-statements-in-higher-ed-/24820

COLLEGE FIX
— Johns Hopkins University swaps ‘citizenship’ study with focus on ‘colonialism’ – JENNIFER KABBANY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/johns-hopkins-university-swaps-citizenship-study-with-focus-on-colonialism/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Teacher Who Criticized ‘Woke Kindergarten’ Put on Leave by School District – Brandon Poulter (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many/big adverse actions that have been taken against me because I promote conservative principles.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/11/teacher-who-criticized-woke-kindergarten-put-on-leave-by-school-district/

DAILY WIRE
— Mayorkas Claims He And Biden ‘Don’t Bear Responsibility’ For Border Crisis
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayorkas-claims-he-and-biden-dont-bear-responsibility-for-border-crisis-wont-say-he-deserves-to-keep-job
— Nikki Haley Commits To Taking Mental Competency Test, Calls On Trump, Biden To Take One
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-commits-to-taking-mental-competency-test-calls-on-trump-biden-to-take-one

FOX NEWS
— Biden’s age, mental acuity impacting election chances becomes media focus after tough special counsel report. Left-leaning news organization and liberal pundits have put a spotlight on Biden’s advanced age. – Brian Flood, David Rutz (COMMENT: The issue should be Biden’s health, not his age.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bidens-age-mental-acuity-impacting-election-chances-becomes-media-focus-after-tough-special-counsel-report
— Why Biden’s anger and defensiveness inflamed anxiety about his memory issues. A majority of Democrats are questioning Biden’s fitness for the job. – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-bidens-anger-defensiveness-inflamed-anxiety-his-memory-issues
— Haley calls for ‘diminished’ Biden, Trump to take mental acuity tests. Haley says she’d have ‘no problem’ taking cognitive test herself. – Stephen Sorace
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/haley-calls-diminished-biden-trump-take-mental-acuity-tests
— Legal experts question if Biden is ‘using all of the resources at his disposal’ in light of failed border bill. Legal experts weigh in on whether the Biden administration is ‘flouting’ US immigration law. – Brianna Herlihy
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-experts-question-biden-using-all-resources-his-disposal-light-failed-border-bill
— University of California campuses see dramatic rise in students identifying as transgender or non-binary. Gender non-conforming, non-binary and transgender students have tripled over the last four years. – Nikolas Lanum
https://www.foxnews.com/media/university-california-campuses-dramatic-rise-students-identifying-transgender-non-binary
— Chinese migrant says TikTok helped her to know where to cross the US southern border. TikTok is purportedly circulating content of instructions on how to get into the U.S. illegally. – Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chinese-migrant-says-tiktok-helped-know-where-cross-us-southern-border
— Chinese migrants are fastest growing group to illegally enter U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXr38ZpzomM

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Sunny Hostin, Race-Obsessed Host of ‘The View,’ Learns She is Descended From Slave Owners – Mike LaChance (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois, that they were never in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/02/sunny-hostin-race-obsessed-host-of-the-view-learns-she-is-descended-from-slave-owners/

PARADISE
— Elon Musk says Biden opened border to keep Democrats in power
https://theparadise.ng/24336/elon-musk-says-biden-opened-border-to-keep-democrats-in-power/

PJ MEDIA
— Eviction Clock Is Ticking for Migrants in Chicago – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/02/11/eviction-clock-is-ticking-for-migrants-in-chicago-as-mayor-johnson-panics-n4926343

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DHS Secretary Mayorkas On Border Crisis: “We Don’t Bear Responsibility For A Broken System” – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/02/11/dhs_secretary_mayorkas_on_border_crisis_we_dont_bear_responsibility_for_a_broken_system.html

TOWNHALL
— Crime Caused by Illegal Migrants Skyrocket Thanks to Joe Biden – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/11/illegal-migrant-arrested-after-allegedly-shooting-tourist-in-nyc-n2635078
— Border Czar Mayorkas Blames Congress for Immigration Crisis. – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/11/border-czar-mayorkas-blames-congress-for-immigration-crisis-n2635102

ZERO HEDGE
— Gaslight Supreme: Mayorkas Says “We Don’t Bear Responsibility” For Border Crisis – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/gaslight-supreme-mayorkas-says-we-dont-bear-responsibility-border-crisis

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— To get votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrat candidates, RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, and RINO party leaders ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrat candidates. I should write a book about those RINOs and their preference giving in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. Demographics that vote for Democrat candidates include: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.ourmidland.com/news/politics/article/republicans-work-to-recruit-female-minority-18662293.php

CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Haley.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/11/politics/nikki-haley-immigration-policy/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use illegals to destroy Denver’s schools. How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO leaders use illegals to destroy the schools in your school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/video/migrant-crisis-in-colorado-is-now-affecting-enrollment-in-denver-schools-go-behind-the-story/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/politics/trump-taylor-swift-travis-kelce.html
— A Biden promoter says “Biden Seems Forgetful, but That Doesn’t Mean He Is Forgetting.” Putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together reminds me of the many big adverse actions that my critics/opponents have taken against me. I should write a book about my biggest critics/opponents the biggest adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/opinion/neuroscientist-on-biden-age-memory.html

USA TODAY
— Older workers find a less tolerant workplace: Why many say age discrimination abounds. – Daniel de Visé (COMMENT: I have fought age discrimination since 1974 when I was 25 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/02/11/older-workers-see-rampant-age-discrimination/72526697007/
— Using the SAT, ACT in college admissions isn’t ‘racist.’ What else has the left got wrong? – Ingrid Jacques (COMMENT: Since I was 17 years old in1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I unfairly got an ACT score of 24 because my parents were filthy rich and because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those whose parents were filthy rich.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/02/11/dartmouth-standardized-testing-sat-racism-progressives/72498000007/
— Why do women look for freelance, gig jobs? Avoiding the ‘old boys network’ at the office. – Paul Davidson (COMMENT: I should write a book about my GAO Chicago office superiors 1980-1997. I would focus on those who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I would focus on those a) who had less education than I had, b) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or c) who had no professional license like the CPA license that I had. I would focus on those who took the most big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/02/09/gig-work-economy-women-avoid-coworkers/72496492007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Is Strongest GOP Leader Standing as Johnson, McConnell Take Flak. House and Senate Republicans grumble and feud as nomination front-runner gains power. – Lindsay Wise and Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/republican-party-leader-donald-trump-299af353
— Maduro Plays the Migrant Blackmail Card. Venezuela dares the U.S. to reimpose oil and gas sanctions. Will Biden give in? – Mary Anastasia O’Grady (COMMENT: Constructively, Venezuela has declared war on America. When will Maduro have his citizens in America rise up and destroy America?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/maduro-plays-the-migrant-blackmail-card-venezuela-us-oil-gas-sanctions-biden-d1278704
— Can Nikki Haley Harness ‘Freedom’ in the MAGA Fight?
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/potomac-watch-strassel/wsj-opinion-can-nikki-haley-harness-freedom-in-the-maga-fight/FDA3CBEC-25C6-4C0D-B1FE-FD16CE187C6B
— A Concrete Jungle Where Bad Dreams Are Made Of. Migrants have learned that there’s nothing they can’t do in New York, from shoplifting to assault. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-concrete-jungle-where-bad-dreams-are-made-of-crime-shooting-migrants-365864a5
— This Father and Son Are the Brains. Their 1967 GTO Is the Brawn. Bob Williford’s classic Pontiac has no air conditioning but plenty of muscle, and has been in the family for nearly six decades. Samuel and Bob Williford’s 1967 Pontiac GTO is a model widely regarded as the first muscle car. – A.J. Baime (COMMENT: In 1966, when I was in high school, I wanted to buy a new loaded 1966 Pontiac GTO. But all I could afford to buy was a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint which was widely regarded as being a poor man’s GTO. I never even considered asking my father for money. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant on the east side of Chicago Heights. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/he-could-have-bought-a-practical-car-he-got-an-american-icon-instead-21e44b62
— Denver Is Furious That Washington Can’t Fix the Border. Blocking of Senate bill to overhaul U.S. asylum law leaves big cities strained by migrant arrivals. – Alicia A. Caldwell and Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/denver-colorado-immigration-bill-border-62766163

BLOOMBERG
— Biden’s Reelection Campaign Joins TikTok to Reach Young Voters. Move comes amid concerns about security of Chinese-owned app. – Akayla Gardner
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-12/biden-s-reelection-campaign-joins-tiktok-to-reach-young-voters

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats flood the Sunday shows to insist Biden’s mind is just fine – Katie Balevic
https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-biden-mind-fine-special-counsel-report-sunday-shows-2024-2

TULSA WORLD
— Tulsa Race Massacre reparations discussion makes its way to City Hall (COMMENT: In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois, that they were never in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/racemassacre/tulsa-race-massacre-reparations-discussion-makes-its-way-to-city-hall/article_545999be-c788-11ee-a14c-175713bd0955.html

PUBLISHED REPORTER
— Biden Campaign Co-Chair Defends President’s Mental Fitness Amid Speculation – Harrington Maury (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that when they take big adverse actions against me, virtually no one comes to my defense. Most recently, they stress their success in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, a role that I had since 2005. I should write a book about those who could/should have come to my defense, but did not. I would focus on those unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I did the most to help elect/reelect. I would focus on those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.publishedreporter.com/2024/02/12/biden-campaign-co-chair-defends-presidents-mental-fitness-amid-speculation/

GO BANK RATE
— Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: The Average Income of Dual-Income, No Kids Duos – Karen Doyle (COMMENT: All my superiors and supervisors had children and almost all of them a) had spouses who had little or no income, b) painted themselves as having far far far less money because they had children, c) blamed their not having master’s degrees, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses on their having children, and d) despised/hated DINKs (dual income, no kids) like my wife and I. I should write a book about my superiors and supervisors. I would focus on my GAO superiors who strongly hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that I lied about my and my wife’s unsuccessful efforts to have children, b) that we could have and we should have adopted or became foster parents, and c) that if we had children, I would never had been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, become a licensed CPA in 1981,earn job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, etc. I would focus on my superiors who were the most furious a) when my wife and I went on frequent vacations after her frequent business trips to luxury resorts across America 1978-1992, b) when my wife and I had a home built in Wheaton in 1984, c) when I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994, d) when they saw how much money we were saving for our retirement, e) etc.)
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/finance/average-income-dual-income-no-kids-duos/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every parent knows that kids are expensive. But in addition to shelling out more when you have offspring, parents also often earn less. This makes the little darlings doubly expensive. Here’s what you need to know about the income disparity between parents and those who are child-free. Couples Without Kids Earn More. Couples known as dual income, no kids — or DINKs as they’re sometimes called — earn more than couples with kids, even if both spouses work. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey Data, as analyzed by Rocket Mortgage, the average dual-income couple who has children has income of $129,000 per year. Two-income couples without kids averaged $9,000 more per year, for a total of $138,000 in annual income. Couples Without Kids Also Spend Less. In addition to having more time to spend on their careers and the increase in salary that comes along with that, couples without kids spend less simply because they aren’t feeding, housing, clothing and educating little people who aren’t contributing to the household income. According to the Institute for Family Studies, the cost to raise a child to adulthood ranges from $202,248 to $430,928. These added expenses coupled with reduced income result in a double whammy for parents. What Are DINKs Doing With All That Extra Money? The dual income, no kids crowd earns more and spends less, so where is that extra money going? Some of it is going to savings, with DINKs putting more aside for retirements than their colleagues who are parents.)
— Mark Cuban: Here’s Why I Don’t Spend Money on a Chauffeur or Cleaning Services – Josephine Nesbit (COMMENT: I am one of the fewer and fewer and fewer homeowners in Wheaton who fertilize, mow, and edge their lawns, trim their bushes, mulch/rake their leaves, shovel their driveway and sidewalk, etc.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-cuban-why-don-t-130059290.html
(FROM THGE ARTICLE: World-famous entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist Mark Cuban has a net worth of $4.7 billion, but even he doesn’t spend money on a chauffeur or cleaning services. On “The Really Good Podcast,” the billionaire told host Bobbi Althoff that he doesn’t have a butler, prefers to drive himself everywhere, and does his own laundry. While Cuban does have a personal chef in Dallas, he and his wife cook most of their meals. The video currently has over 2.5 million views on YouTube. Cuban said he drives himself because he enjoys the privacy when asked if he has a chauffeur. “I like the privacy. I’ve been around people who have hired somebody to do everything for them, and that’s just like no privacy,” he explained. “It’s hard enough to have privacy.” Cuban does own several houses and enjoys his private jets, which he says helps him save time. Cuban also said he tries to be the same person as when he was poor and rich and has kept most of the same friends. “When I was poor, I had a blast. I loved my life,” he explained. “I could wake up smiling and back then, you just had not to answer the phone because it could be a bill collector.” Earlier this year, Cuban told CBS’s Sunday Morning that he worked hard to keep his wealth from changing his personality and would be happy with 1% of his net worth. Born to working-class parents in Pittsburgh, Cuban didn’t grow up with the wealth he has today. When Althoff asked when he stopped being poor, Cuban said it was when he was 28 or 29 years old. “But when I was 27, I won’t forget it,” Cuban said. “I went to the ATM, and it showed me a big old zero. So that’s when I was 27. And then got past that, and then bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.”)

ECONOMIC TIMES
— People are so confident about their earning power today that they do not keep tabs on saving, spending. – Uma Shashikant (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who are the following should be less and less and less confident: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/save/people-are-so-confident-about-their-earning-power-today-that-they-do-not-keep-tabs-on-saving-spending/articleshow/107574095.cms

February 8, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Orland Park mayor suggests those opposing US interests ‘go to another country.’ Mayor Keith Pekau’s comments came amid discussion on an Israel-Hamas cease-fire resolution. – Emmanuel Camarillo
https://abc7chicago.com/village-of-orland-park-il-mayor-keith-pekau/14394841/
— 33 arrested in Niles protest at Woodward Manufacturing, accuse company of complicity in Gaza war – Maher Kawash
https://abc7chicago.com/niles-protest-woodward-manufacturing-israel-hamas-war/14396475/

NBC5
— Northern Illinois University dramatically expands no-tuition program for incoming students (COMMENT: My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. In today’s dollars, he never earned more than $60,000 a year.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/northern-illinois-university-dramatically-expands-no-tuition-program-for-incoming-students/3348559/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a press release, students who have an overall GPA of 3.0 or above, and whose families have an adjusted gross income of $100,000 or less qualify for the program. Previously, the income cutoff was $75,000, according to the press release.)

CBS2
— Protests to be allowed just outside of DNC in Chicago this summer
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dnc-protests-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMhFSG_oZsQ
— Effort to remove former President Trump from Illinois ballot is allowed to go ahead – Chris Tye
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/effort-remove-trump-from-illinois-ballot/

WGN9
— Orland Park mayor unapologetic, despite criticism over rejecting cease-fire in Gaza – Angelica Sanchez
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/orland-park-mayor-unapologetic-despite-criticism-over-rejecting-cease-fire-in-gaza/

FOX32
— People camping out for Trump Supreme Court case
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1407712
— Chicago crime: 457 cars stolen in a single week, alderwoman weighs in (COMMENT: While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-457-cars-stolen-single-week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVL8OFzImsc

WTTW
— Donald Trump’s Allies in Nevada GOP Ensured Victory for ‘None of These Candidates’ Over Nikki Haley – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2024/02/07/donald-trump-s-allies-nevada-gop-ensured-victory-none-these-candidates-over-nikki-haley

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau’s remarks on cease-fire draw protest from Islamic advocacy group – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/07/orland-park-mayor-keith-pekaus-remarks-on-cease-fire-draw-protest-from-islamic-advocacy-group/
— Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that’s broken new legal ground – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/07/trumps-presidential-bid-hangs-in-the-balance-in-a-supreme-court-case-thats-broken-new-legal-ground/
— Judge rejects request for hold on challenge to Donald Trump’s place on Illinois primary ballot – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/07/judge-rejects-request-for-hold-on-challenge-to-donald-trumps-place-on-illinois-primary-ballot/
— Nikki Haley pushes forward after Trump’s allies in Nevada ensured her loss to ‘none of these candidates’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/07/haley-pushes-forward-after-trumps-allies-in-nevada-ensured-her-loss-to-none-of-these-candidates/
— Will the mayor’s pension working group seriously tackle the problem? 3 city pension plans have only enough money to pay out less than four years of benefits. – TED DABROWSKI, JOSH BANDOCH, DENNIS LACOMB and ED BACHRACH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/08/opinion-chicago-pension-working-group/
— With tax credit scholarships expiring soon, schools and parents scramble to fund students’ tuition – Alysa Guffey
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/08/with-tax-credit-scholarships-expiring-soon-schools-and-parents-scramble-to-fund-students-tuition/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/with-tax-credit-scholarships-expiring-soon-schools-and-parents-scramble-to-fund-students-tuition/ar-BB1hY7Az

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 33 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested outside military contractor’s factory in Niles. More than 100 protesters gathered Wednesday outside Woodward Inc., alleging the firm is complicit in Gaza deaths. – Cindy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/7/24065418/33-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-niles-boeing-woodward-defense-contractor-israel-hamas-gaza
— Illinois challenge to Trump’s candidacy won’t be delayed, Cook County judge rules. Judge Tracie Porter denied Trump’s request to delay the challenge until after the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on similar challenges in other states, setting a Feb. 16 next court date. – Dave McKinney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2024/2/7/24065356/donald-trump-objection-placement-illinois-march-primary-ballot-no-delay

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE OF ANDERSON: A handful of politicians (Janice Anderson, Mark Curran, Paul Froehlich, Pete DiCianni) switch parties, citing extremism. Others question their motives.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240207/local-politics/a-handful-of-politicians-switch-parties-citing-extremism-others-question-their-motives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jim Zay, the DuPage Republican Party chairman and the longest-serving county board member, suggests switching parties is an opportunistic move. Zay remembers when Democratic candidates would lose and then run under the GOP banner. Roger Kotecki, for instance, ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat in 1988 before winning a county board seat as a Republican in 1990. Now Democrats hold the county board majority in DuPage, a traditional GOP bastion. “They’re taking advantage of this situation where they think, ‘The Republican Party’s done in DuPage, and so I’m going to jump on board the Democratic side here and run for office and nobody will know,’” Zay said. “And I think the voters in DuPage County are a lot smarter than that.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Naperville residents denounce McBroom’s ‘polite challenge’ to house migrants – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240207/news/naperville-residents-denounce-mcbrooms-polite-challenge-to-house-migrants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville residents Tuesday blasted City Councilman Josh McBroom, describing his idea of a volunteer signup sheet to house migrants as disingenuous and nothing more than a political stunt. McBroom drew national media attention following a Jan. 16 council meeting during which he suggested the city should look into creating a signup sheet for residents interested in housing new arrivals. In the days after the meeting, McBroom, a Republican, said his proposal was a “polite challenge” to those who support open borders. A week later, McBroom and three other council members who supported the notion withdrew the request and the city manager issued a memo stating city staff would not look into the proposal and it would not come before council for further discussion. “It has been astonishing to hear a council member declare with baseless conviction that Naperville residents are hypocrites about supporting people in need because they didn’t sign a nonexistent form,” resident Meena Banasiak said. “Instead of making an earnest effort to find common ground among different perspectives you provide a disingenuous proposal that needlessly insulted our residents and diverted attention from solving the actual problem to ridiculing people who want a real solution.” Banasiak was among the more than 150 people who attended Tuesday’s meeting, which included public comment from more than 30 residents. Though several focused on McBroom, others requested a resolution from the city council supporting a cease-fire in Gaza and addressed issues such as controversy surrounding this year’s social service agency grant awards and the resignation of a human rights and fair housing commission member. Banasiak and others called on council members to censure McBroom. Though some council members expressed disappointment in the events since Jan. 16, they did not discuss or indicate support for censure. After Tuesday’s meeting, McBroom said that while many who spoke offered to help — either through donations or programs — he did not hear anyone offer to house any migrants in their homes. Earlier this month, McBroom sent a letter to Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott thanking him for his leadership with the migrant crisis and shared his volunteer signup sheet proposal. “Democrat legislators helped to create this mess and now the rest of us are left paying the bill,” McBroom wrote. “Many of my colleagues and fellow residents are quick to support the idea of welcoming and supporting new migrants, but no one is willing to invite them into their home. And my statement proved that.” McBroom repeated similar sentiments Tuesday and remained steadfast in his belief that taxpayers should not foot the bill for new arrivals. In January, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced another $11 million in state grants would be made available to municipalities to assist new arrivals. McBroom repeated similar sentiments Tuesday and remained steadfast in his belief that taxpayers should not foot the bill for new arrivals. In January, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced another $11 million in state grants would be made available to municipalities to assist new arrivals. “I don’t want to use tax dollars, I don’t want to take state aid,” McBroom said after Tuesday’s meeting. Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli said the city has not applied for state grant funding to assist migrants. He added that any grant application would have to come before the council. Though the city has not received buses carrying migrants from Texas in recent weeks, Wehrli said the city intends to follow its plan and provide safe passage to new arrivals to the landing zone in Chicago. “I don’t want to use tax dollars, I don’t want to take state aid,” McBroom said after Tuesday’s meeting. Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli said the city has not applied for state grant funding to assist migrants. He added that any grant application would have to come before the council. Though the city has not received buses carrying migrants from Texas in recent weeks, Wehrli said the city intends to follow its plan and provide safe passage to new arrivals to the landing zone in Chicago.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-pulse/illinois-abortion-providers-discuss-threats-violence
— Kam Buckner introduces bill that would ban single-family zoning in most Illinois cities – Leigh Giangreco (COMMENT: Does your precinct have apartment buildings? My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton has four apartment buildings. Renters are far less likely to vote for Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/bill-banning-single-family-zoning-illinois-introduced#/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— RNC convention planning ‘full speed ahead’ in Milwaukee despite looming leadership shakeup. – Lawrence Andrea
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/02/07/rnc-convention-planning-full-speed-ahead-despite-leadership-shakeup/72510636007/

MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— State representative, other GOP candidates make pitches at Quincy Tea Party meeting – J. ROBERT GOUGH
https://muddyrivernews.com/top-stories/state-representative-other-gop-candidates-make-pitches-at-quincy-tea-party-meeting/20240207075945/

NORTHERN STAR
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly push more pot on students. My having never used pot helped me a) work my way through college and graduate from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 in 1970, b) pass the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, c) get hired by Firestone Stores in 1970, d) get hired by IRS in 1971 and promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, g) get hired by GAO in 1980, h) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, i) pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981, j) become a licensed CPA in 1981, k) etc.
https://northernstar.info/112642/opinion/marijuana-should-be-federally-legalized/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-229/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-31/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County municipalities refuse to discuss illegal immigrant crisis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/654202054-dupage-county-municipalities-refuse-to-discuss-illegal-immigrant-crisis
— McHenry County municipalities refuse to discuss illegal immigrant crisis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/654194659-mchenry-county-municipalities-refuse-to-discuss-illegal-immigrant-crisis
— Lake County municipalities refuse to discuss illegal immigrant crisis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/654213650-lake-county-municipalities-refuse-to-discuss-illegal-immigrant-crisis
— Sean Casten shows once again that he cares more about people who entered the country illegally than American citizens’ – Jeanne Ives
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/654174123-jeanne-ives-sean-casten-shows-once-again-that-he-cares-more-about-people-who-entered-the-country-illegally-than-american-citizens

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Cleta’s Memo- The Threat of Non-Citizens Voting in 2024
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/post/cleta-s-memo-the-threat-of-non-citizens-voting-in-2024

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Top campaign contribution recipients in Illinois for the week of Dec. 17
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/654203180-top-campaign-contribution-recipients-in-illinois-for-the-week-of-dec-17

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— UPWARD MOBILITY TOUGHER IN ILLINOIS THAN IN REST OF MIDWEST, MOST OF U.S. – Joe Tabor
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/upward-mobility-tougher-in-illinois-than-in-rest-of-midwest-most-of-u-s/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Ally Ronna Romney-McDaniel to Resign as RNC Chair, Leaves Legacy of Election Losses, Poor Fundraising
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/02/breaking-il-gop-ally-ronna-romney-mcdaniel-to-resign-as-rnc-chair-leaves-legacy-of-election-losses-poor-fundraising.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Unstoppable Trump cements hold over Republican Party – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/8/unstoppable-donald-trump-cements-hold-over-republi/
— Last-minute 2020 election changes encouraged voter fraud – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/7/inside-beltway-last-minute-2020-election-changes-e/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Senate GOP is functionally leaderless – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/2843297/the-senate-gop-is-functionally-leaderless/
— Mitch McConnell played bigger part in failed border plan than anyone knew: ‘He wrote the deal’ – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/2844183/chris-murphy-mitch-mcconnell-role-border-legislation/
— Trump suggests North Carolina GOP Chairman Whatley as Ronna McDaniel successor at RNC – Julia Johnson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2843976/trump-north-carolina-gop-chairman-whatley-ronna-mcdaniel-republican-national-committee/
— Whom Trump could pick to lead the RNC – Misty Severi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2843358/who-trump-could-pick-new-leader-rnc/
— Leaked Border Patrol numbers show illegal immigrant arrests dropped 50% from December to January – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2843511/border-patrol-numbers-illegal-immigrant-arrests-january/
— The border bill is a setup for the GOP – Elizabeth Stauffer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/2842732/the-border-bill-is-a-setup-for-the-gop/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s mental decline cannot be ignored – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/02/07/opinion/joe-bidens-mental-decline-cannot-be-ignored/
— Biden admin aware many migrants shouldn’t qualify as asylum seekers – Alex Oliveira
https://nypost.com/2024/02/07/news/internal-documents-show-dhs-knows-many-migrants-shouldnt-qualify-for-asylum/
— Hamas’ ‘cease-fire offer’ was only a call for Israel to give up – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2024/02/07/opinion/hamas-cease-fire-offer-was-only-a-call-for-israel-to-give-up/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— How ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ May Be Imperiling Airline Safety. “Equity” and mendacity could go hand in hand when there are political points to be scored. – Mark Bradford (COMMENT: To promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI is to reject meritocracy. I should write books about how AA and DEI have harmed the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, conservative organizations, religious organizations, education, healthcare, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-faas-disability-bait-and-switch/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Absurd Democrat Border Con. It remains unclear why Biden and Homeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas destroyed what Trump had achieved. Why would they ensure such misery for both Americans and millions of illegal migrants? – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2024/02/08/the-absurd-democrat-border-con/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Calls grow to get Mitch McConnell out of there – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/calls_grow_to_get_mitch_mcconnell_out_of_there.html
— Are We on The Doorstep of Another Civil War? – John Kudla
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/are_we_on_the_doorstep_of_another_civil_war.html
— Mail-in voter fraud and the 2020 election – Chris Talgo
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/mailin_voter_fraud_and_the_2020_election.html

BREITBART
— Mayorkas: Americans Killed by Illegals ‘Should Not Be Politicized’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/07/dhs-chief-mayorkas-americans-killed-by-illegals-should-not-be-politicized/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Biden admin wants to reward illegal immigrants with college prep programs
https://www.campusreform.org/article/biden-admin-wants-to-reward-illegal-immigrants-with-college-prep-programs/24815

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Trump Called ‘Racist’ for Saying ‘Invasion’ — Is it Still Racist When Sharpton Says It? – Larry Elder
https://www.creators.com/read/larry-elder/02/24/trump-called-racist-for-saying-invasion-is-it-still-racist-when-sharpton-says-it

DAILY CALLER
— DEI Activists Pressure Corporations To Keep Pushing Race-Based Programs Despite Mounting Lawsuits – JAMES LYNCH
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/07/dei-activists-pressure-corporations-pushing-programs-lawsuits/
— Dems Want To Make Everything Electric — Except The Border Fence – Ron Hart
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/07/hart-democrat-border-bill-illegal-immigration-trump/
— Senate Republicans Block Border Bill – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/07/senate-republicans-block-border-bill/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Stop Allowing Noncitizens to Determine Congressional and Presidential Representation – Lora Ries
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/07/stop-allowing-noncitizens-to-determine-congressional-and-presidential-representation/
— Transgender Series: Why Parents Can’t Trust Mental Health Professionals – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/08/transgender-series-part-2-truthful-therapist-explains-parents-cant-trust-mental-health-professionals/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Availability of Work Authorization Is a Known ‘Pull Factor’ for Illegal Immigration and the Submission of Fraudulent Asylum Claims. The Senate’s border bill would make it worse. Elizabeth Jacobs
https://cis.org/Jacobs/Availability-Work-Authorization-Known-Pull-Factor-Illegal-Immigration-and-Submission

DAILY WIRE
— Illinois Math And Science Academy Hosts Race-Based Retreats Exclusively For ‘Black And Latinx’ Students. Staff at the school requested that photographers at the school be “Black/Latinx” – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-math-and-science-academy-hosts-race-based-retreats-exclusively-for-black-and-latinx-students

FEDERALIST
— Parental Rights Group Files Complaint Against Illinois School (Illinois Math and Science Academy in Aurora) For Racist Black- And Hispanic-Only Programs – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/07/exclusive-parental-rights-group-files-complaint-against-illinois-school-for-racist-black-and-hispanic-only-programs/
— Trump’s Defense Of Anheuser-Busch Undermines Conservatives’ Most Effective Boycott Yet – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/07/trumps-defense-of-anheuser-busch-undermines-conservatives-most-effective-boycott-yet/
— Democrats’ Election Interference Undermines Voters’ Confidence In The Electoral Process – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/07/democrats-election-interference-undermines-voters-confidence-in-the-electoral-process/

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
— Gender Pronouns are the Catechism of a New Secular Faith Being Pushed on All of Us
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/gender-pronouns-are-the-catechism-of-a-new-secular-faith-being-pushed-on-all-of-us/

FOX BUSINESS
— ‘Woke-ism’ requires discrimination – Katie Pavlich (COMMENT: To be woke is to discriminate against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6346432767112

FOX NEWS
— The entire structure of the government is pay to play. Watters calls out greed among officials. – JESSE WATTERS
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-entire-structure-government-pay-to-play
— Eric Adams is giving ‘illegal aliens everything’ – Curtis Sliwa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7l8FWeBT5c
— Gaetz says George Santos ‘never missed more’ following failed Mayorkas ouster. Rep Matt Gaetz also mentioned missing former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, joking, ‘Never thought you’d hear me say that’ – Timothy H.J. Nerozzi
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gaetz-says-george-santos-never-missed-more-following-failed-mayorkas-ouster

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Federal Judicial Bureaucracy Pushes DEI Agenda – ED WHELAN (COMMENT: Democrats push DEI because those who are the following vote for Democrats: liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or nave ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/federal-judicial-bureaucracy-pushes-dei-agenda/
— Princeton University Boasts of Thriving DEI Programs in Annual Report – ABIGAIL ANTHONY (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they frequently crowed about their success in replacing their employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran with employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/princeton-university-boasts-of-thriving-dei-programs-in-annual-report/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Elon Musk RIPS Biden Admin ‘Rolling Out the Red Carpet’ for Illegal Immigrants – Tom Olohan
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/tom-olohan/2024/02/07/elon-musk-rips-biden-admin-rolling-out-red-carpet-illegal

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— NYC Prioritizing Illegals Over Citizens – Andrew Giuliani
https://www.oann.com/video/real-america-video/nyc-prioritizing-illegals-over-citizens/

PATRIOT POST
— Impeach Him Again. A vote on Mayorkas’ impeachment can be brought up again, and, if Republicans aren’t trying to lose, it should be. Over and over and over again. – ANN COULTER
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/104266-impeach-him-again-2024-02-08

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Despite Denials, Critical Race Theory Is Used to Teach Your Children – Rhyen Staley
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2024/02/07/despite_denials_critical_race_theory_is_used_to_teach_your_children_1010258.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Cruz: Senate Border Bill Codifies Biden’s Open Border, Pays Off Sanctuary Cities – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/02/07/cruz_senate_border_bill_codifies_bidens_open_border_pays_off_sanctuary_cities.html

TOWNHALL
— Biden Admits Senate ‘Border Security’ Bill Is a Precursor to Amnesty for Millions of Illegals – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: If you come to a country illegally, you should never be allowed to vote in that country.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/07/biden-admits-senate-bill-precursor-to-amnesty-for-illegals-n2634879
— First Illegal Migrants In NY Get Prepaid Credit Cards, Now They Get American Jobs – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: If they could have, all the employers who hired me would have hired illegals instead of me.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/02/07/dem-gov-hochul-relaxes-requirements-for-illegals-to-get-government-jobs-n2634877

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats are rushing to fix their failed sanctuary city and open border schemes – J.T. YOUNG
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4451085-democrats-are-rushing-to-fix-their-failed-sanctuary-city-and-open-border-schemes/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4453130-after-fumbling-border-security-the-immigration-crisis-is-on-republicans/
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4452675-for-gop-on-border-crisis-sells-better-than-compromise/

CBS NEWS
— NYC giving pre-paid debit cards to asylum seeker families for food, baby supplies
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/nyc-distributing-pre-paid-debit-cards-to-asylum-seeker-families/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-giving-pre-paid-debit-cards-to-asylum-seeker-families-for-food-baby-supplies/

NBC NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs falsely argue that the “bipartisan immigration agreement” would have decreased illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-weighs-executive-action-border-migrants-rcna137804

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— IRS expects to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding – FATIMA HUSSEIN (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years and for the Democrats who ran GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years. Based on how those Democrats treated me, anticipate/expect that IRS will use its new funding to go after Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wifr.com/2024/02/07/irs-expects-collect-hundreds-billions-more-overdue-unpaid-taxes-thanks-new-funding/

YAHOO
— According to Democrats and RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more privileged that you are: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being privileged. I would focus on how much money their parents have/had.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/6-things-white-people-highlight-151602356.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs falsely argue that the “bipartisan immigration agreement” would have decreased illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/us/politics/trump-border-biden.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Trump’s mistakes and shortcomings, but ignore, downplay, dismiss, belittle, demonize, denigrate, and condemn all that he has done right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/opinion/politics-friends-trump-pandemic.html

ABC SAN DIEGO
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.10news.com/residents-in-chicago-suburbs-mobilize-to-aid-dropped-off-migrants

FOX ATLANTA
— 33 arrested after pro-Palestinian protest in Chicago suburb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-KIsoyGKiA

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Jesus to promote more illegal immigration. Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2024/02/07/jrs-joan-rosenhauer-migrants-asylum-seekers-247180

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say Iran, Russia and China do not fear Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/our-enemies-dont-fear-biden-or-trump-neither-man-can-deter-iran-russia-or-china-8815287b
— Minority business groups press companies to support diversity initiatives under legal attack – Tali Arbel
https://www.wsj.com/business/dei-diversity-initiatives-advocacy-elon-musk-bill-ackman-b64caeea
— Just because Mayorkas is an operative for Biden, that is not reason to not impeach Mayorkas.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeaching-mayorkas-was-a-mistake-this-precedent-will-be-used-against-gop-d0bf4956
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/border-deal-senate-gop-james-lankford-mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-ukraine-israel-aid-f4e8ceb2

FORBES
— What Is A Forensic Accountant? Role And Responsibilities. – Kayla Missman (COMMENT: I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997 when I was 48 years old.)
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/healthcare/become-a-forensic-accountant/
— Earning A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting: Everything You Need To Know – Ilana Hamilton and Brenna Swanston (COMMENT: Majoring in management instead of accounting at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976 was one of my biggest mistakes. By the time I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, because I am a White male, I was viewed as being much too old to have a successful career in accounting. Accounting firms were never interested in me because they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire Democrats who were minority, female, and/or young. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. If had been a minority or a female, I would have gotten many job offers from accounting firms.)
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/business-and-marketing/bachelors-in-accounting/
— Democrats and RINOs reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aparnarae/2024/02/08/3-misconceptions-derailing-equity-efforts/

HR BREW
— PwC removes diversity requirement for its interns – Kristen Parisi (COMMENT: Accounting firms were never interested in me because they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire Democrats who were minority, female, and/or young. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. If had been a minority or a female, I would have gotten many job offers from accounting firms.)
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2024/02/07/pwc-removes-diversity-requirement-for-start-interns
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since SCOTUS issued its decision banning race-based affirmative action in education, multiple lawsuits have been filed against companies because of their DEI programs. PwC, an accounting firm with 46,000 US employees, was one of the companies targeted by anti-DEI activist group America First Legal in 2023 following the affirmative action decision. The group, led by Stephen Miller, said that PwC’s Start internship and scholarship programs, which only accepted applicants from underrepresented groups, could be illegal, the Financial Times reported.

CPA JOURNAL
— My critics/opponents applaud my Democrat GAO superiors for their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old so that they could my job and my preferred corner office to my Democrat Black CPA subordinate, which is exactly what they did. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2024/02/07/keeping-our-promise/

POLITICO                                                                                                  
— Loyalty is a one-way street in Donald Trump’s GOP. Just ask Ronna McDaniel. The Republican National Committee chair is expected to step down this spring. — NATALIE ALLISON and MERIDITH MCGRAW (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders a) who I have done the most to help elect and to reelect, b) who have blamed me the most for their defeats, and c) who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to punish me for their defeats.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/08/ronna-mcdaniel-trump-step-down-00140291
— Could Taylor Swift tilt Florida blue? It’s Democrats’ wildest dream. “People care about her. People understand the importance of her. She is a youth icon,” said one Florida Democrat. – KIMBERLY LEONARD
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/taylor-swift-biden-florida-democrats-00140243

PARADISE
— TikTok Giving Chinese Illegals Step-By-Step Instructions On How To Invade U.S.
https://theparadise.ng/23728/watch-tiktok-giving-chinese-illegals-step-by-step-instructions-on-how-to-invade-u-s/

NATION BUILDER
— TRAINING & RESOURCE MANUAL for REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN – Illinois Republican State Central Committee – GOP Training Subcommittee – August, 2015 (COMMENT: I am in the process of hand-delivering a copy of the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot for my precinct to each of the 228 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican voter.)
https://assets.nationbuilder.com/mcleancountygop/pages/981/attachments/original/1650681545/PrecinctCommitteemanManual-1.pdf?1650681545/1000

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— To get more and more and more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly shout at them that they are victims: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/positive-prescription/202402/an-antidote-for-wound-collecting

ACLU
— Democrats and RINOs reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.aclu.org/podcast/how-to-dismantle-the-anti-dei-machine

NPR
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbur.org/npr/1220480721/immigration-lgbtq-violence-asylum
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1220480721/immigration-lgbtq-violence-asylum

TIME
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://time.com/6692645/immigration-economy-us-gdp-growth-cbo-report/

December 6, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say “Biden says Trump is existential threat to US; Trump tries to point finger at Biden.”
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-says-trump-is-existential-threat-to-us;-trump-tries-to-point-/14145710/
— Democrats say “What to know about the 4th Republican presidential debate.”
https://abc7chicago.com/republican-presidential-debate-primary-alabama/14145775/
— State will not proceed with Brighton Park camp for Chicago migrants after environmental review. Mayor Brandon Johnson has said migrants in Chicago would be housed in winterized tents as temps drop. – Michelle Gallardo, Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-chicago-news-brighton-park-migrant-crisis/14144905/
— Presidents of universities grilled on efforts to counter antisemitism on campus: ‘Difficult work’ Each university president has denounced antisemitism. – Cheyenne Haslett and Sarah Beth Hensley
https://abc7chicago.com/university-presidents-harvard-u-penn-mit/14145430/
— What’s next after Chicago migrant camp plans scrapped?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QsRBtpCzYM
— No clear answer on alternative site after Chicago migrant camp plans derailed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kls18tWFpZk
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/hulu-movies-we-live-here-the-midwest-lbgtq/14145935/

NBC5
— Wall Street opens wallets wide for ‘Trump alternative’ Nikki Haley at $500K fundraiser
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/wall-street-opens-wallets-wide-for-trump-alternative-nikki-haley-at-500k-fundraiser/3295677/
— Chicago mayor reacts after state halts Brighton Park migrant site. The decision comes just after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration temporarily halted construction at the site, located at 38th and California, to further review an 800-page environmental assessment. – Bennett Haeberle
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-reacts-after-state-halts-brighton-park-migrant-site/3295590/
— City releases statement after state halts plans for migrant site in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/city-releases-statement-after-state-halts-plans-for-migrant-site-in-chicagos-brighton-park-neighborhood/3295843/
— Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after Republican senator ends blockade – AP (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, thousands of promotions were delayed and cancelled, including mine, because of Republican–led budget cuts.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/sen-tommy-tuberville-says-hes-ending-blockade-of-most-military-nominees/3295496/

CBS2
— Concern rises among Chicago universities, students about antisemitism, Islamophobia – CHARLIE DE MAR, CAITLIN YILEK, KATHRYN WATSON (COMMENT: Democrats run Chicago universities and their students are overwhelmingly Democrats.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/concern-rises-chicago-universities-students-antisemitism-islamophobia/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvcBXUv_rS4
— Biden says he’s “not sure” he’d be running for reelection if Trump weren’t – KATHRYN WATSO
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/biden-not-sure-he-would-run-reelection-if-trump-werent/
— What will happen to land in Chicago’s Brighton Park with migrant tent camp called off?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95kG2wiWNSc
— Pritzker scraps Chicago’s plan for first migrant tent camp in Brighton Park over contaminated soil – TODD FEURER, MARYBEL GONZALEZ, TARA MOLINA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/brighton-park-tent-camp-canceled-contaminated-soil/
— Tensions arise between Gov. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Johnson as city deals with migrant crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1_LPYDg4nQ
— Johnson, Pritzker “not on same page” as Chicago tackles migrant crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRa5E00p-lw

FOX32
— Community sounds off after Chicago migrant camp shut down
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1377166
— Excitement builds as dates, details for 2024 Chicago Auto Show unveiled (COMMENT: Tuesday, February 13 is “Automotive Career Day.” My plans for a career in the automotive industry ended abruptly in 1971 when I was 22 years old when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. I needed a job to help support my mother and brother because my father had died suddenly in 1969 and my application for a financial hardship draft deferment was pending. Further, I got a) almost 3 years of full-time federal seniority that I had earned working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while I was a student at UIC and NIU 1966-1969 and b) all the sick leave reinstated that I had earned but not used.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-auto-show-2024-dates-details

WBEZ
— Chicago blames state for not raising concerns about Brighton Park migrant site sooner
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-blames-state-for-not-raising-concerns-about-brighton-park-migrant-site-sooner/1709d0dc-a700-4f57-8020-24d5a6b073f9

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Very few contested primary races in Will and DuPage counties in the March 2024 election – Michelle Mullins
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-will-dupage-election-filings-candidates-st-1206-20231205-hhcrflsdabfkxioobtd5k62yhm-story.html
— No contest: listings for March primary elections shows majority of DuPage County candidates running unopposed. – George Wiebe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dupage-county-march-2024-primary-elections-tl-1207-20231205-w67yruozp5c3pf3uvxrebnllpa-story.html
— Biden tells donors: ‘If Trump wasn’t running I’m not sure I’d be running. We cannot let him win’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/biden-james-taylor-steven-spielberg-20231205-7nedi5smgfehzl4htkrwtseswa-story.html
— Legislative races shape up with filings, John Egofske to quit 82nd House post on Friday – Mike Nolan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-south-southwest-legislative-races-st-1206-20231205-u5mlicboyfhidezmwjdqegm3ni-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker won’t proceed with Brighton Park migrant camp, citing ‘serious’ environmental concerns – Alice Yin, Dan Petrella, A.D. Quig and Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-pritzker-halts-migrant-camp-environmental-concerns-20231205-vbp2iebzl5dynaop3pgeljabcm-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more drug abuse.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-narcan-fentanyl-opioid-overdose-20231206-tv2wygkr6rbu7ahc6ouxbb76ya-story.html
— Lake Forest joining other home-rule communities in opting out of upcoming employee-leave state law – Daniel I. Dorfman (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my hiving benefited from the federal governments’ generous leave policies.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-forest/ct-lfr-paid-leave-tl-1207-20231205-5cqw6fcssfdcnd5ekqhadcwamm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker rejects toxic migrant shelter site in Brighton Park. The decision follows the city of Chicago’s release of an environmental report Friday that showed the location at 38th and California required metals and chemicals cleanup. – Tina Sfondeles, Brett Chase and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/5/23989385/pritzker-rejects-toxic-migrant-shelter-site-brighton-park
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/5/23989158/chicago-migrant-crisis-refugees-asylum-seekers-thanksgiving-sullivan-high-school-venezuela

DAILY HERALD
— Two more contested Illinois House primaries appear as filing period closes – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231205/two-more-contested-illinois-house-primaries-appear-as-filing-period-closes

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Citing environmental concerns, Pritzker nixes Brighton Park migrant tent camp plan – Justin Laurence
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-migrant-crisis-pritzker-nixes-brighton-park-tent-camp-site
— Time to size up Pritzker’s presidential ambitions – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzkers-presidential-ambitions-electability-now-debate-greg-hinz
— If building lots of homes would ease U.S. housing crisis, Illinois isn’t helping – Dennis Rodkin
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-ties-last-building-new-homesNORTHWEST HERALD
— Primary filing math points toward continued Democratic majorities – Scott T. Holland
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2023/12/06/eye-on-illinois-primary-filing-math-points-toward-continued-democratic-majorities/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Migrant issues dividing state’s Democratic power brokers – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-migrant-issues-dividing-states-democratic-power-brokers/article_8645836b-4eca-5155-98fb-2d477d697528.html

JOURNAL COURIER
— Not only can Trump win, right now he’s the favorite to win – Sean Trende (COMMENT: Voters often vote for those who share their demographics. Many Catholics and Irish Americans voted for Biden. The more that it looks like Trump might defeat Biden, the more hatred that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will promote against Trump and against those who share his demographics and especially against those who are Protestant and/or German American.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/not-trump-win-right-now-favorite-sean-trende-18520383.php

25 NEWS NOW
— ‘The rules are really unclear’: Why FOID card holders are hesitating to register assault weapons. – Madison Porter
https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/12/06/rules-are-really-unclear-why-foid-card-holders-are-hesitating-register-assault-weapons/
— Pritzker expects patience will be rewarded in luring EV-related industries to Illinois – Howard Packowitz
https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/12/06/pritzker-expects-patience-will-be-rewarded-luring-ev-related-industries-illinois/

WCIA
— EIU granted $200K to help students in need finish degrees – Simmy Wood (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owing a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970 because my parents were filthy rich. In fact, it was because I worked all the hours that I could part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and because my parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/eiu-granted-200k-to-help-students-in-need-finish-degrees/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Trump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-declines-to-rule-out-abusing-power-or-seeking-retribution-if-he-returns-to-the-white-house/

FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS whistleblowers to testify behind closed doors as GOP lawmakers continue impeachment inquiry (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/gallery/irs-whistleblowers-to-testify-behind-closed-doors-as-gop-lawmakers-continue-impeachment-inquiry-into-the-president-gary-shapley-joseph-ziegler-hunter-biden-ways-and-means-oversight-judiciary-president-joe-biden-impeachment-inquiry-house-republicans

ELMHURST PATCH
— 2 Run For Elmhurst State House Seat. The Democratic and Republican candidates serve in local elected offices. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/2-hopefuls-run-elmhurst-state-rep-seat

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Area Lawmaker Resigns After 10 Months. Two candidates are vying for his seat in next year’s elections. Now, the GOP gets to appoint someone to fill the job in the interim. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-area-lawmaker-resigns-after-10-months

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Where Will Migrants Go When Their 60-Day Shelter Stays Expire? Volunteers Blast City’s ‘Reckless’ Process. Advocates question if the city’s policies will transition people into stable living — and they warn some people may try to return to police districts for help. – Madison Savedra, Ariel Parrella-Aureli, Colin Boyle and Alex V. Hernandez
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/05/where-will-migrants-go-when-their-60-day-shelter-stays-expire-volunteers-blast-citys-reckless-process/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-196/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/05/isabels-afternoon-roundup-19/
— Pritzker says ‘literally a dozen more’ EV plants are in the pipeline, plus an additional dozen plants in ‘other categories’
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/05/pritzker-says-literally-a-dozen-more-ev-plants-are-in-the-pipeline-plus-a-dozen-more-plants-in-other-categories/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— With Polluted Tent Site Out, Pritzker Asks for Catholic Schools, Totally Ignoring Vacant and Hardly Used Public School Buildings
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/06/with-polluted-tent-site-out-pritzker-asks-for-catholic-schools-totally-ignoring-vacant-and-hardly-used-public-school-buildings/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Durbin proposes U.S. citizenship for illegal immigrants through military service
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/652855605-durbin-proposes-u-s-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-through-military-service

WIREPOINTS
— Court battle now expected with opposition determined to stop Chinese company’s Illinois EV battery plant – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/court-battle-now-expected-with-opposition-determined-to-stop-chinese-companys-illinois-ev-battery-plant-wirepoints/
— The government union class runs Illinois and get massive benefits, all paid for by taxpayers. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that while I was a government union member 1966-1980, my salary in today’s dollars increased from $18.05/hour to $104,583/year. In my defense, I stress that during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, I earned an MBA from Loyola, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://wirepoints.org/the-government-union-class-runs-illinois-and-get-massive-benefits-all-paid-for-by-taxpayers-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans needs to be unapologetically pro-life – Kristan Hawkins
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/5/republicans-keep-gambling-on-little-abortion-and-l/
— House condemns surge of antisemitism, but large bloc of Democrats abstain – Alex Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/5/house-condemns-surge-of-antisemitism-but-large-blo/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Manteno clears path for $2 billion Chinese-owned EV battery plant – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/illinois-town-clears-path-chinese-owned-ev-battery-plant
— Haley leads the talk about who should be GOP’s vice-presidential candidate – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/5/inside-beltway-nikki-haley-lads-talk-about-who-sho/
— How long will Republican unity on border security last? – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-long-will-republican-unity-on-border-security-last
— Muslim activists want to #AbandonBiden – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/muslim-activists-want-to-abandonbiden

NEW YORK POST
— Biden tells Democratic donors ‘I’m not sure I’d be running’ in 2024 if Trump was out: ‘We cannot let him win’ – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2023/12/05/news/biden-says-im-not-sure-id-be-running-if-trump-was-out/
— Chinese migrants look like tourists on US border — lawyer calls clients ‘at least middle class’ – Marjorie Hernandez
https://nypost.com/2023/12/05/news/chinese-asylum-seekers-look-like-tourists-on-california-border/
— NYC’s migrant ‘crisis’ is one of its own making — we cannot house the world – Seth Barron
https://nypost.com/2023/12/05/opinion/nycs-migrant-crisis-is-one-of-its-own-making-we-cannot-house-the-world/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Manteno votes to rezone property for CCP-connected EV battery company
https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/05/rural-illinois-town-votes-to-rezone-property-for-ccp-connected-ev-battery-company/

AMERICAN NEWS WIRE
— Durbin raises eyebrows with proposal to enlist illegals into military, and give them citizenship – Kevin Haggerty
https://americanwirenews.com/durbin-raises-eyebrows-with-proposal-to-enlist-illegals-into-military-and-give-them-citizenship/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Durbin raises eyebrows with proposal to enlist illegals into military, and give them citizenship – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/05/durbin-raises-eyebrows-with-proposal-to-enlist-illegals-into-military-and-give-them-citizenship-1417445/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Our Ticking Ethnic Time Bomb – Star Parker (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly flood America with citizens of foreign countries who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who lack education and/or job skills and who want/need/demand massive government assistance and are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant.)
https://www.creators.com/read/star-parker/12/23/our-ticking-ethnic-time-bomb
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican vote is disproportionately white. The Democratic vote is disproportionately not white. An ongoing shift of the population toward non-white demographics means that, assuming no change in voting behavior of these various groups, electing Republicans will become harder and harder.

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez stated Monday on Fox News that the Democratic voting base is turning to Republicans for help because they “no longer” feel represented by President Joe Biden or the party. – HAILEY GOMEZ (COMMENT: Illegal immigration harms poor people the most.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/04/blue-city-official-warns-biden-campaign-lose-thousands-democrat-voters/
— Federal Agents Say They’re Stuck ‘Babysitting’ Illegal Immigrants Instead Of Stopping Criminals – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/05/federal-agents-stuck-babysitting-illegal-immigrants-stopping-criminals/

DAILY CALLER
— Rodney Davis Lays Out Case For Why Liz Cheney Presidential Run Would Help Trump – BRIANNA LYMAN
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/05/rodney-davis-liz-cheney-trump/
— ‘Where Do You Want Them?’: GOP Rep Grills Witness Calling For More Immigration – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/05/gop-rep-grills-witness-calling-more-immigration/
— Over 100 House Dems Refuse To Vote For Resolution Condemning Antisemitism – HAROLD HUTCHISON (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being an antisemite, they stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, 100% German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/05/over-100-house-dems-refuse-to-vote-for-resolution-condemning-antisemitism/

DAILY WIRE
— Durbin Favors Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants Through Military Service – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-senate-dem-favors-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-through-military-service
— Republicans Unveil Legislation To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban, Strip Funding From Universities That Discriminate – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-unveil-legislation-to-enforce-affirmative-action-ban-strip-funding-from-universities-that-discriminate
— Border Authorities Dropped Off 42,000 Illegal Immigrants On San Diego Streets Since September – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-authorities-dropped-off-42000-illegal-immigrants-on-san-diego-streets-since-september

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden’s Legal ‘Victories’ at the Border Are Losers for America
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/12/05/bidens-legal-victories-border-are-losers-america

GOPUSA
— Ronna McDaniel Taps Leftwing Network To Host GOP Presidential Debate
https://www.gopusa.com/ronna-mcdaniel-taps-leftwing-network-to-host-gop-presidential-debate/
— U.S. National Debt Surpasses $100K Per Person
https://www.gopusa.com/u-s-national-debt-surpasses-100k-per-person/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Democrats Shouldn’t Be Surprised by Their Left Flank’s Radicalism – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/democrats-shouldnt-be-surprised-their-left-flanks-radicalism

MRC TV
— Border Jumper Gushes, ‘I Love You Joe Biden – Thank You For Everything!’ – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/border-jumper-gushes-i-love-you-joe-biden-thank-you-everything
— The Left’s Viral Narcissism: Tantrums Over ‘Misgendering’ – TIERIN-ROSE MANDELBURG
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/tierin-rose-mandelburg/lefts-viral-narcissism-tantrums-over-misgendering
— Durbin Wants Illegals to Join the Military, Cites Low Recruitment Numbers – NICK KANGADIS
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/sen-durbin-wants-illegals-join-military-cites-low-recruitment-numbers

NEW AMERICAN
— The Multicultural Time Bomb Is Exploding — and the Victims Are Blamed – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/the-multicultural-time-bomb-is-exploding-and-the-victims-are-blamed/

PJ MEDIA
— ‘Woke’ Was Invented to Kill the West, and It’s Working – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2023/12/05/woke-was-invented-to-kill-the-west-and-its-working-n4924483

POST MILLENNIAL
— 168 Chinese illegal immigrants cross into US in California carrying suitcases. “This is not normal. Our country is being invaded.” – Darian Douraghy
https://thepostmillennial.com/must-watch-chinese-illegal-immigrants-cross-into-us-in-california-carrying-suitcases

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Durbin: We Should Allow Illegal Immigrants To Earn Citizenship By Joining Armed Forces – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/12/04/sen_durbin_we_should_allow_illegal_immigrants_to_earn_citizenship_by_joining_armed_forces.html

TOWNHALL
— Durbin believes there’s an easy solution to the military’s poor recruitment figures—sign up the massive number of illegal border crossers and give them citizenship in return. – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/12/05/dick-durbin-wants-illegals-to-become-soldiers-n2632028
— Proposed Rule From Biden Administration Takes Aim at Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/12/05/sba-biden-crisis-pregnancy-centers-n2631974

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illegal Aliens Rush Through Hole in Wall as Border Patrol, Federal Contractors Try to Fix It – Joe Saunders
https://www.westernjournal.com/video-illegal-aliens-rush-hole-wall-border-patrol-federal-contractors-try-fix/
— Durbin Proposes Arming Illegal Immigrants, Providing Them with Military Training – Samantha Chang
https://www.westernjournal.com/senator-proposes-arming-illegal-immigrants-providing-military-training/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making high school students LGBTQers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4343114-mike-johnson-fundraising-email-lgbtq-youths/
— 60 percent of GOP voters would pick Trump in primary – LAUREN SFORZA
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4340058-60-percent-of-gop-voters-would-pick-trump-in-primary-poll/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making high school students LGBTQers.
https://www.newsweek.com/mike-johnson-lgbtq-high-school-students-campaign-email-1849736

CNN
— US job openings hit a two-year low – Alicia Wallace
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/05/economy/jolts-job-openings-layoffs-october/index.html

REUTERS
— Attorneys with disabilities are rare at law firms. It doesn’t have to be that way, group says. – Karen Sloan (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all the disabled employees they hired.)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/attorneys-with-disabilities-are-rare-law-firms-it-doesnt-have-be-that-way-group-2023-12-05/

CBS NEWS
— More U.S. companies no longer requiring job seekers to have a college degree – MEGAN CERULLO (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997 ever-increasingly lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU management 1970), b) my three job-related master’s degrees (Loyola business 1976, DePaul accounting 1980, and IIT finance 1997), c) my six job-related professional certifications (accounting 1979, internal auditing 1981, fraud examination 1990, government financial management 1994, financial services auditing 1996, and forensic accounting 1997), and d) my job-related professional license (accounting 1981). All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, c) who had no job-related professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Republican-led budget cuts to force the agency to get rid of more than half of its employees. Those Democrats could have, but did not, make having a job-related master’s degree, professional certification, and/or professional license a retention requirement.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-degree-job-requirement/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Tuberville Drops Blockade of Most Military Promotions – Catie Edmondson (COMMENT: I should write a book about the harm done to GAO by Republican-led budget cuts 1980-1997. I would use as an example the harm done to my GAO career because of those budget cuts. GAO delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoted me to GS-14. I would use as examples the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me because of those budget cuts. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used those budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/politics/tommy-tuberville-military-promotions.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Chicago Black Voters to Republican Candidates: ‘Now Is Your Time’ ‘We are done with the Democratic party,’ Black voters are saying at Chicago in the latest racial tensions that have been brewing in the sanctuary city for months. – MAGGIE HRONCICH (COMMENT: RINO leaders in Illinois want cheap labor, that is, they want mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/chicago-black-voters-to-republican-candidates-now-is-your-time

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders and RINO leaders work together to promote mass/illegal immigration, Democrats because migrants vote for Democrats and RINOs because they want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-border-crisis-stymies-needed-immigration-reform-policy-economy-jobs-9c950926
— Are Americans in the Mood for More Trump? Voters think things are out of control. He will reassure some and terrify others. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-americans-in-the-mood-for-more-trump-voter-sentiment-2024-primary-campaign-2b583dbe
— Tuberville Backs Down in Fight Over Military Promotions. Alabama senator had blocked officers from advancing in protest of Pentagon’s abortion policy. – Lindsay Wise and Nancy A. Youssef (COMMENT: I should write a book about the harm done to GAO by Republican-led budget cuts 1980-1997. I would use as an example the harm done to my GAO career because of those budget cuts. GAO delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoted me to GS-14. I would use as examples the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me because of those budget cuts. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used those budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/tommy-tuberville-backs-down-in-fight-over-military-promotions-494cdbbc

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2023/12/06/governors-urge-biden-to-reschedule-marijuana-by-the-end-of-this-year/

FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
— Employer of Last Resort – Hans F. Sennholz (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. According to Democrats and to RINOs, the federal government should be the employer of last resort and is the employer of last resort. According to them, federal jobs should be given to those who Republicans discriminate against, that is, to Democrats, RINOs, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. According to them, federal jobs should be given to those who the private sector does not want because they are not the “best and the brightest.” According to them, federal jobs should be given to those who have financial, health, and/or other problems. According to my critics/opponents, instead of me, all the federal jobs that I got and all the promotions that I got should have been given a) to Democrats, RINOs, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, b) to those who the private sector did not want, and c) to those who had financial, health, and/or other problems. Further, according to my critics/opponents, because I got those jobs and promotions even though I was not a Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, my ancestors have been in America for a long time and I do not have financial, health, or other problems, it was because I was someone who the private sector did not want because I was not one of the “best and the brightest.” In my defense, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. By the time the Post Office hired me in 1966, I had passed the postal employment test, earned an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and had started taking classes at UIC. By the time IRS hired me in 1971, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, and worked for Firestone Stores for a year. By the time GAO hired me in 1980, I had gotten promoted by IRS three times, earned an MBA from Loyola, and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://fee.org/articles/employer-of-last-resort/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Resolved: That the federal government should provide employment for all employable United States citizens living in poverty. On the affirmative side students are expected to argue that the federal government shall strive to abolish poverty and, if necessary, act as employer of last resort. . .High school students at last are catching up with the political debate that has animated their elders since the first New Deal. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed to make the federal government the employer of last resort, proclaiming that “one third” of the American people were “underfed, under-clothed, and underhoused.” Thirty years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared his “war on poverty,” which was to liberate some twenty percent of the population. President Jimmy Carter, during his term of office, waged his special war on poverty. All three made the poverty of some 40 million Americans the central issue of their public policies. Indeed, all presidents have echoed a deep concern for the poor. And yet, the poor are still with us. Their faces have changed, but their numbers hardly ever vary. Armed with poverty statistics, their spokesmen suggest that past government efforts were half-hearted and indecisive. The war, they argue, must be carried on with unrelenting vigor and dedication until victory is won. They would make government the employer of last resort.)