ABC7
— Families protest as Oak Park River Forest High School cancels all activities amid uptick in COVID cases – Evelyn Holmes and Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-covid-19-oak-park-river-forest-high-school-cases/11300964/
WTTW
— Battle Over Chicago’s Ward Map: A Voices Crossover Conversation – Aida Mogos
https://news.wttw.com/2021/12/04/battle-over-chicago-s-ward-map-voices-crossover-conversation
— How the Wards Get Their Shapes and Why You Should Care: A Voices Crossover Conversation – Erica Gunderson
https://news.wttw.com/2021/12/04/how-wards-get-their-shapes-and-why-you-should-care-voices-crossover-conversation
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s Art Institute fired its volunteer docents and caused a furor heard nationwide. The fight is really about the future of museums. – CHRISTOPHER BORRELLI (COMMENT: During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, Republican-led budget cuts, up-or-out, early outs, etc. to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-docents-art-institute-diversity-20211202-imwkcqnd3bghbn2smhpc7252wy-story.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— GOP feigning outrage over ‘governor of Chicago’ – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-gop-feigning-outrage-over-governor-of-chicago/article_a243a255-534e-5de6-a006-b35aafd5f6fe.html
WLDS
— Miller Seeking Re-Election to Congress, But Undecided on Which District – Benjamin Cox
https://wlds.com/miller-seeking-re-election-to-congress-but-undecided-on-which-district/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/both-sides-planning-for-new-state-by-state-abortion-fight/
FOX NEWS
— Chris Cuomo should have been fired from CNN ‘long ago,’ never allowed to defend ‘scummy’ brother: media critic One media expert told Fox News that CNN should have never allowed Chris Cuomo to advocate for his brother, Andrew Cuomo – Adam Sabes
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chris-cuomo-fired-cnn-long-ago-never-allowed-to-defend-scummy-brother-media-critic
NEW YORK POST
— Incredible shrinking Democrats – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2021/12/04/incredible-shrinking-democrats-goodwin/
— North Dakota superintendent rails against critical race theory, ‘godless’ Dems – Jesse O’Neill
https://nypost.com/2021/12/04/north-dakota-superintendent-rants-against-critical-race-theory/
— New Twitter CEO raises free-speech worries – Conor Skelding and Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2021/12/04/new-twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal-raises-free-speech-concerns/
— Critics blast NYT article arguing adoption more traumatic than abortion – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2021/12/04/nyt-guest-essay-argues-adoption-more-traumatic-than-abortion/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— 2021 Was the Year of Vindication for Trump. One by one, the lies of the past five years are being exposed. – David Keltz
https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/04/2021-was-the-year-of-vindication-for-trump/
TOWNHALL
— Illinois State University Assistant Football Coach Allegedly Fired for Removing BLM Poster Sues Former Bosses – Landon Mion
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/landonmion/2021/12/04/college-football-coach-fired-for-allegedly-removing-blm-poster-sues-former-bosses-n2600103
— Liberal Media’s Latest Ron DeSantis Freakout Was So Embarrassing…Even Hollywood Actors Said Relax – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/12/04/why-the-left-absolutely-lost-it-over-ron-desantis-latest-proposal-in-florida-it-n2600086
— Latest Harvard Survey of Key Demographic Is a ‘Warning Sign’ for Democrats – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/12/04/support-for-biden-is-shrinking-even-among-young-americans-n2600042
PRAGER UNIVERSITY
— JANUARY 18, 2016 FLASHBACK: Is America Racist? – Larry Elder
https://www.prageru.com/video/is-america-racist?playlist=is-america-racist
NEWS BUSTERS
— FEBRUARY 3, 2021 FLASHBACK: Can ‘Systemic Racism’ Be Eliminated? – Cal Thomas
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/cal-thomas/2021/02/03/can-systemic-racism-be-eliminated
HOT AIR
— Merit versus wokeness: Universities must choose – MILLER, HAFER (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were furious when I earned job-related college degrees, job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license because my Democrat minority and/or female coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, fewer or no job-related professional certifications, and/or no job-related professional license.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/2021/12/04/merit-versus-wokeness-universities-must-choose-n433210
POWER LINE
— WHAT ARE THEY TEACHING OUR CHILDREN? – JOHN HINDERAKER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/12/what-are-they-teaching-our-children.php
EPOCH TIMES
— Massachusetts Teacher Sues District for Being Fired for Social Media Posts Opposing CRT and Gender Ideology – Isaac Teo
https://www.theepochtimes.com/massachusetts-teacher-sues-district-for-being-fired-for-social-media-posts-opposing-crt-and-gender-ideology_4139065.html
— Why the Right Needs a More ‘Muscular’ and ‘Masculine’ Conservatism – Josh Hammer
https://www.theepochtimes.com/why-the-right-needs-a-more-muscular-and-masculine-conservatism_4138704.html
CNN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage minority students to hate those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/us/racist-bullying-school-incidents/index.html
NBC NEWS
— A turbulent week of GOP infighting raises the stakes for the 2022 elections. The week revealed the limits of Democrats’ grip on power, despite the fact that they’re in charge of the White House and Congress. – Sahil Kapur (COMMENT: To destroy the Republican Party, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization to officially dump conservatives once and for all, that is, to officially dump those who support the Republican Party platform once and for all.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/turbulent-week-gop-infighting-raises-stakes-2022-elections-n1285315
MSNBC
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say “GOP racism and xenophobia go mainstream.”
https://www.msnbc.com/american-voices/watch/gop-racism-and-xenophobia-go-mainstream-127917637706
CNBC
— How to keep stress during college from sabotaging your future – Victoria Bell (COMMENT: What caused you the most stress while you were earning your bachelor’s degree? For me, it was fearing that I would not be able to get a good job when I graduated. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Further, they were under big pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. But that job did not really require a bachelor’s degree, it did not provide me with valuable work experience, advancement opportunities were limited, and my boss, who did not hire me, disapproved of my avoiding the draft, having a college degree, being a Republican, being Protestant, and being German American.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/how-to-keep-stress-during-college-from-sabotaging-your-future.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Josh Hawley and the Republican Obsession With Manliness – Liza Featherstone (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, White Republican men are demonized, denigrated, and condemned.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/opinion/josh-hawley-republican-manliness.html
— United Auto Workers reformers prevail in vote to choose president by direct election. – Noam Scheiber (COMMENT: The members of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) are not directly elected by Republican primary voters. I should write a book about those who want to keep it that way. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, and d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. At the IRP State Convention in 2008, I fought hard for direct election of IRP SCC members. In my book, I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the strongest adverse actions against me because of that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/business/economy/united-auto-workers-vote.html
— Public Displays of Resignation: Saying ‘I Quit’ Loud and Proud. People aren’t just leaving their jobs. They are broadcasting it. – Emma Goldberg (COMMENT: When I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. But that job did not really require a bachelor’s degree, it did not provide me with valuable work experience, advancement opportunities were limited, and my boss, who did not hire me, disapproved of my avoiding the draft, having a college degree, being a Republican, being Protestant, and being German American. When I accepted a job offer and gave my boss my 2-week notice, he abruptly and rudely fired me. He would not have done that if I had been a veteran, Democrat, Catholic, or Irish American.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/business/public-resignation-quitting.html
USA TODAY
— City polls show Black, white Americans divide in views on being treated differently due to race – David Paleologos (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO politicians use government to give preference to those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/analysis/2021/12/04/city-polls-find-views-treatment-over-race-vary-black-white/8837772002/
PRO PUBLICA
— COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs will discourage conservatives from being Republican Precinct Committeemen. They can stress how the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party treat conservatives like me.
https://www.propublica.org/article/heeding-steve-bannons-call-election-deniers-organize-to-seize-control-of-the-gop-and-reshape-americas-elections
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Stores Like Home Depot and Best Buy Bolster Security After ‘Flash Mob’ Robberies. Retailers lock up more products and California police increase patrols to combat thefts by criminal groups. – Sarah Nassauer and Dan Frosch
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stores-like-home-depot-and-best-buy-bolster-security-after-flash-mob-robberies-11638542590
BARRON’S
— The Best Reason of All to Postpone Retirement: Those who work longer experience less cognitive decline. – Mark Hulbert (COMMENT: What postpones your cognitive decline? For me, it is spending 10+ hours each and every day putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/postpone-retirement-health-benefits-51638630476
MOTLEY FOOL
— Are You Eligible for the $4,194 ($46,740 a year) Max Social Security Benefit in 2022? Think you’re on track to collect the maximum monthly Social Security benefit? Don’t count on it. – Robin Hartill (COMMENT: My Social Security should be $6,570/year. But because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension, it is only $2,190/year.)
https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/11/28/are-you-eligible-for-the-4194-max-social-security/
FAST COMPANY
— Too many DEI plans are ineffective. Here are 3 ways companies can ensure progress. After so much change, firms must do more than make empty promises. – MICHAEL V. NGUYEN (COMMENT: What would your superiors say that they did to promote DEI? If they were honest, my Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90702054/too-many-dei-plans-are-ineffective-here-are-3-ways-companies-can-ensure-progress
CAMPAIGN SCHOOL
— 10 Main Reasons Candidates Lose Elections – Brian Floyd (COMMENT: I should write a book about all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have lost elections and why they lost those elections. I would focus on those who blame me for their losses. I would focus on those who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their losses. I would focus on those who blame what I have done as a Republican Precinct Committeeman for their losses. I would focus on those who blamed what I did raising money from DuPage Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019 and as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004 for their losses. I would focus on those who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on their political consultants, their major donors, their pollsters, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://thecampaignschool.com/10-reasons-candidates-lose-elections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. They Don’t Raise Enough Money. . .2. They Don’t Have a Good Message. . .3. They Spend Their Time & Money on the Wrong Things. . .4. They Don’t Fit the District. . .5. They Challenge a Very Popular Incumbent. . .6. They’re Out of Touch. . .7. Their Heart Isn’t Into It. . .8. They’re the Center of a Scandal. . .9. They Don’t Knock on Doors. . .10. They Stop Campaigning Before the Polls Close)
GLOBE AND MAIL
— APRIL 1, 2021 FLASHBACK: Slowly but surely the government is gathering the media into its ghastly embrace – ANDREW COYNE (COMMENT: I am an independent political/government reporter/journalist/editor. All the time and money needed to put together GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to send them out comes from me. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes could hint/imply/argue/shout that because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party manipulate/dominate me. But the facts show otherwise. I am elected, not appointed. Every 2 years, I continue to run for Republican Precinct Committeeman notwithstanding the many adverse actions that the aforesaid, their operatives, and their dupes have taken against me. Of course, those adverse actions have harmed my ability to get out the vote for Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. Ever-increasingly, MTRO leaders make it clear a) that they would never appoint me as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and that they blame me for all the problems that they and MTRO have had, are having, and will have.)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-slowly-but-surely-the-government-is-gathering-the-media-into-its/