FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— City council approves Mayor Johnson’s latest budget proposal, without property tax hike
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-city-council-set-take-mayor-brandon-johnson-latest-budget-proposal-property-tax-hike/15662525/
— Some residents want to shoot down reported drones. Here’s why that would create more problems. Shooting at drones is dangerous and illegal, and may bring unintended consequences.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/residents-want-shoot-down-reported-drones-heres-would-create-more-problems/15663437/
— Police looking into motivation of 15-year-old female Wisconsin school shooting suspect. 2 killed, suspect dead, 6 more injured in mass shooting in Wisconsin.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/police-looking-identity-motivation-female-juvenile-shooter-abundant-life-christian-school-madison-wisconsin/15665188/
FOX32
— Candidate running to replace Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard will remain on ballot
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-ballot
WGN RADIO
— McConnell urges Trump to reject isolationism
https://wgnradio.com/news/mcconnell-urges-trump-to-reject-isolationism/amp/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tinley Park challengers to appeal after being knocked off ballot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/tinley-park-challengers-to-appeal-after-being-knocked-off-ballot/
— Some see a silver lining to Chicago’s woes. Cheaper high-end condos downtown.(COMMENT: When I was 25 years old in 1974, so that I could walk to/from work at IRS in the Loop and graduate evening business and accounting classes and Loyola and DePaul, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building. I traded it in to the building’s owner for a one bedroom condo in 1976. I sold it for a $10,000 profit ($50,000 in today’s dollars) when I got married in 1978.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/editorial-chicago-downtown-condo-market/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: Could Glendale Heights village president be thrown off ballot?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241216/news/could-glendale-heights-village-president-be-thrown-off-ballot/
— ‘Luxury’ car condos could soon roll into Gilberts (COMMENT: I am looking for people who share my interest in cars. I own two Corvettes (1972 and 2005) and a Mustang GT Premium (2023), Charger R/T Max (2013), and Thunderbird LX (1996). If you share my interest in cars, please let me know. I would like to show you my Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241216/autos/luxury-car-condos-could-soon-roll-into-gilberts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Developers are getting closer to getting a green light from village board members to build a “luxury” car condominium complex with retail and clubhouse space in Gilberts. BeSpoke Motor Union describes the condos as a “country club for car enthusiasts” that provide a space for people to store luxury cars. The plan calls for 156 “highly customizable” units in 10 two-story buildings. Car condos are a relatively new fad popping up in the area, with other developers working on similar facilities in Crystal Lake, Barrington and South Barrington. Trailblazers Iron Gate Motor Condos have been operating in Naperville since 2015. The Crystal Lake development called Redline Motor Condos, owned by Mayor Haig Haleblian, was approved by the city council in August. Developers aim to construct 25 two-story garage condo units at 7225 Teckler Blvd.)
ST. LOUIS LIVE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.silive.com/reckon/2024/12/how-to-move-to-safer-states-when-your-rights-are-under-attack-a-trans-guide-to-getting-out.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-425/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-217/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I am looking for people who share my interest in cars. I own two Corvettes (1972 and 2005) and a Mustang GT Premium (2023), Charger R/T Max (2013), and Thunderbird LX (1996). If you share my interest in cars, please let me know. I would like to show you my Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville ( https://www.irongatemotorcondos.com/contact/ ). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, to advance in America today, you have to be Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The backlash against the aforesaid elected Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, all Whites are privileged. Therefore, in my defense, I can stress that because all my high school classmates were White, my graduating in the upper 20% of my class meant more. Further, because according to my critics/opponents, all Protestants and German Americans are privileged, I can stress that because virtually all my high school classmates were Protestant and/or German American, my graduating in the upper 20% of my class meant more. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at all the minorities and women around me that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and women. They hint/imply/argue/shout that all the jobs that I got should have been given to minorities and women. 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. Those jobs enabled me to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. Those jobs enabled me to buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. Those jobs enabled me to buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. Those jobs enabled me to get married in 1978. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If we could do it over again. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, because I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, I should have majored in accounting. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) and three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance). I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-1970) and three job-related master’s degrees (Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997). I earned 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). I earned a job-related professional license (CPA-1981). I majored in management at NIU. The mean starting salary for those who major in business is $66,578/year. In today’s dollars, my IRS starting salary in 1971 was $54,728/year and my ending salary in 1980 was $110,020. In today’s dollars, my GAO starting salary in 1980 was $87,024/year and my ending salary was $150,075/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When did you start earning $100,000/year in today’s dollars? I did not earn $100,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 27 in 1976. By then, I had worked for IRS for 5 years and I had earned an MBA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at all the minorities and women around me that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and women. They hint/imply/argue/shout that all the jobs that I got should have been given to minorities and women. 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. Those jobs enabled me to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. Those jobs enabled me to buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. Those jobs enabled me to buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. Those jobs enabled me to get married in 1978. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who has gotten rid of you? The leaders of the following got rid of me: Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee (2024); DuPage County Republican Central Committee (2021); Milton Township Republican Organization (2021, 2010, and 2004); TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois (2012); Illinois Center Right Coalition (2007); American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter (2004): and GAO (1997). I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DEI backlash: Half of elite professors reject mandatory campus pledges (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, to advance in America today, you have to be Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The backlash against the aforesaid elected Trump.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/16/survey-half-college-faculty-oppose-mandatory-pledg/
— Democrats push amendment to remove transgender care ban from defense bill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/16/democrats-push-amendment-remove-transgender-care-b/
— Democrats still don’t get it on transgenderism
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/16/democrats-still-get-transgenderism/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What really happens when illegal immigrants leave? (COMMENT: If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3261404/what-happens-when-illegal-immigrants-leave/
— Biden administration spent tens of millions helping people with HIV overcome ‘racism’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3262005/biden-administration-spent-millions-helping-people-hiv-racism/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump demands Biden ‘stop’ selling off portions of border wall: ‘It’s almost a criminal act’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/16/us-news/trump-warns-biden-to-stop-selling-off-portions-of-border-wall-its-almost-a-criminal-act/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Kinzinger says ‘drone’ sightings are ‘mass hysteria’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/adam-kinzinger-says-drone-sightings-are-mass-hysteria/ar-AA1vXEMV
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Border Patrol Chief Says 10,000 ‘Special Interest Aliens’ Arrested in the New Fiscal Year
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/16/border-patrol-chief-says-10000-special-interest-aliens-arrested-in-the-new-fiscal-year/
BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Johnson Goes on Attack Against the ‘Evilness’ of Donald Trump’s Immigration Plan
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/15/chicago-mayor-johnson-goes-attack-against-evilness-donald-trumps-immigration-plans/
— Central American Officials Complain They ‘Don’t Have Capacity’ to Take Back Illegals Deported by Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/16/central-american-officials-capacity-to-take-back-illegals-deported-by-trump/
— Oklahoma’s GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt wants more visas for migrants for low-paying jobs (COMMENT: If there had been as many migrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/16/oklahoma-gop-gov-kevin-stitt-wants-more-visas-migrants-local-jobs/
— Biden-Harris Parole Pipeline: DHS Released Illegal Alien Accused of Murder into U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/16/biden-harris-parole-pipeline-dhs-released-illegal-alien-accused-murder-into-u-s/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Immigration Is Still the Second ‘Most Important Issue’ to Americans
https://cis.org/Arthur/Immigration-Still-Second-Most-Important-Issue-Americans
DAILY WIRE
— House Moves To Block Taxpayer-Funded Trans Surgeries For Military Dependents. ‘House Republicans will not relent in taking action to protect America’s children,’ Speaker Mike Johnson told The Daily Wire.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-house-moves-to-block-taxpayer-funded-trans-surgeries-for-military-dependents
FOX BUSINESS
— Our goal is to defund the illegals, Chicago voter says (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrat and RINO leaders of your municipality defend illegals, that is, how strongly do they reject Trump’s election?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aElVK9E3Ov4
FOX NEWS
— 5 lies Biden used to break the border … and how Trump can fix it. Biden administration pretended legal and illegal immigration are the same as they lied about border.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/5-lies-biden-used-break-border-how-trump-can-fix
— Democratic lawmaker suggests ‘slave mentality’ behind Hispanic Trump voters. Rep. Jasmine Crockett said Harris ran a ‘flawless’ campaign and also complained that Democratic voters expect perfection from candidates.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-lawmaker-suggests-slave-mentality-behind-hispanic-trump-voters
DAILY WIRE
— The Insanity of Woke Psychologists
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/the-insanity-of-woke-psychologists-lee-jussim-free
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— More Bans on DEI Policies are Coming in 2025 (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote DEI.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/more-bans-on-dei-policies-are-coming-in-2025/
NEWSMAX
— Central America Braces for Influx of Returning Migrants
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/deportation-migrants-illegals/2024/12/16/id/1191745/
— A Conservative Christmas ‘Wish List’ for President Trump.
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/trump-administration-agenda/2024/12/16/id/1191766/
— Washington Post: ‘Reason to Worry’ About Puberty Blockers
https://www.newsmax.com/us/gender-treatment-transgender/2024/12/16/id/1191804/
PJ MEDIA
— Very Respectfully, ‘White Privilege’ Is a Steaming Load of Crap (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all Whites are privileged. Therefore, in my defense, I can stress that because all my high school classmates were White, my graduating in the upper 20% of my class meant more. Further, because according to my critics/opponents, all Protestants and German Americans are privileged, I can stress that because virtually all my high school classmates were Protestant and/or German American, my graduating in the upper 20% of my class meant more.)
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2024/12/16/very-respectfully-white-privilege-is-a-steaming-load-of-crap-n4935170
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Senate prepares for Kavanaugh 2.0 with Trump pick Hegseth
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5043133-senate-prepares-for-kavanaugh-2-0-with-trump-pick-hegseth/
CBS NEWS
— Trump threatens to sue Des Moines Register over poll, promises more lawsuits against news outlets after ABC News settlement
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-threatens-lawsuit-des-moines-register-poll-media/
— Mitch McConnell urges Trump to reject GOP calls for isolationism
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/mitch-mcconnell-urges-trump-reject-gop-calls-isolationism/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The US Census Bureau is adding refugees to its immigrant count (COMMENT: World Relief ( https://worldrelief.org/chicagoland/immigration-legal-services/ ) has brought many refugees to Wheaton. World Relief has housed refugees in apartments in my precinct.)
https://apnews.com/article/immigrants-migration-census-bureau-cb4dddebad209cf14fac63e264825e0b
REUTERS
— The Race Gap: How U.S. systemic racism plays out in Black lives (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at all the minorities and women around me that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and women. They hint/imply/argue/shout that all the jobs that I got should have been given to minorities and women. 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. Those jobs enabled me to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. Those jobs enabled me to buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. Those jobs enabled me to buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. Those jobs enabled me to get married in 1978.)
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-RACE/USA/nmopajawjva/
— German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote (COMMENT: The leaders of the following got rid of me: Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee (2024); DuPage County Republican Central Committee (2021); Milton Township Republican Organization (2021, 2010, and 2004); TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois (2012); Illinois Center Right Coalition (2007); American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter (2004): and GAO (1997). I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-chancellor-scholz-ask-parliament-clear-way-new-elections-2024-12-15/
MSN
— 24 Useless College Degrees Facing Dead-End Jobs and Loads of Debt (COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, because I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, I should have majored in accounting. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) and three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance). I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/24-useless-college-degrees-facing-dead-end-jobs-and-loads-of-debt/ss-AA1vYAj3
— 14 Blue-Collar Jobs That Pay at Least $100,000 a Year (COMMENT: I did not earn $100,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 27 in 1976. By then, I had worked for IRS for 5 years and I had earned an MBA.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/14-blue-collar-jobs-that-pay-at-least-100-000-a-year/ss-AA1pj6Tk
— The 50 fastest-growing jobs in the US that pay more than $100,000 (COMMENT: I did not earn $100,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 27 in 1976. By then, I had worked for IRS for 5 years and I had earned an MBA.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/the-50-fastest-growing-jobs-in-the-us-that-pay-more-than-100-000-according-to-data/ss-AA1svcqd
— New Bill Would Strip Federal Funding To Groups Supporting Illegal Immigrants
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-bill-would-strip-federal-funding-to-groups-supporting-illegal-immigrants/ss-AA1rZmdi
— ‘A Self-Feeding Circle’: How A Web Of NGOs Enabled By Biden-Harris Is Fueling The Migrant Crisis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-self-feeding-circle-how-a-web-of-ngos-enabled-by-biden-harris-is-fueling-the-migrant-crisis/ar-AA1rxHia
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and RINOs.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/what-is-the-great-replacement-theory/ss-AAXpvZn
— 5 lies Biden used to break the border … and how Trump can fix it
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/5-lies-biden-used-to-break-the-border-and-how-trump-can-fix-it/ar-AA1vWGUw
— 15 Defiant Reasons Baby Boomers Reject Woke Culture (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/15-defiant-reasons-baby-boomers-reject-woke-culture/ss-AA1ot8Iy
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: U.S. Employers Of Immigrants Fear an Exodus| (COMMENT: How many illegals are employed in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/immigration-undocumented-workers-jabil.html
NEW YORK POST
— Elizabeth Warren asks Trump to set conflict-of-interest rules for Musk (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. To keep me off audits of IRS, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors stressed the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors had taken against me including disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and not promoting me beyond GS-12. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/17/elizabeth-warren-trump-elon-musk-conflicts-interest/
NEW YORK SUN
— Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.nysun.com/article/new-york-efforts-to-pay-slavery-reparations-will-be-vigorously-challenged-says-man-behind-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-case
LOS ANGES TIMES
— No college degree? No worries. Newsom unveils plan for well-paying jobs without one (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-16/no-college-degree-no-worries-newsom-unveils-plan-for-well-paying-job-with-out-one
MIAMI TIMES
— College degrees least likely to land you a job (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) and three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance). I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). I earned a job-related professional license (CPA). In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, because I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, I should have majored in accounting.)
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/education/college-degrees-least-likely-to-land-you-a-job/article_ab054344-bbc0-11ef-9053-674c72bbaf49.html
TAMPA BAY TIMES
— Don’t erode what makes America great. Americans must believe in their ability to rise based on merit. How long will that last? (COMMENT: When I was young, I believed that I could advance based on merit. That motivated me to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. But if I was young today, I doubt that I could find that motivation a) because of my bad demographics and b) because of ever-increasing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, ever-increasing race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024/12/12/dont-erode-what-makes-america-great-column/
ARIZONA BIG MEDIA
— Here are the 15 college degrees most likely to make you rich (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-1970) and three job-related master’s degrees (Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997). I earned 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). I earned a job-related professional license (CPA-1981). I majored in management at NIU. According to this article, the mean starting salary for those who major in business is $66,578/year. In today’s dollars, my IRS starting salary in 1971 was $54,728/year and my ending salary in 1980 was $110,020. In today’s dollars, my GAO starting salary in 1980 was $87,024/year and my ending salary was $150,075/year.)
https://azbigmedia.com/business/education-news/here-are-the-15-college-degrees-most-likely-to-make-you-rich/
PBS
— Systemic racism continues to bring down Black people’s quality of life (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at all the minorities and women around me that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and women. They hint/imply/argue/shout that all the jobs that I got should have been given to minorities and women. 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. Those jobs enabled me to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. Those jobs enabled me to buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. Those jobs enabled me to buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. Those jobs enabled me to get married in 1978.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/annual-report-shows-systemic-racism-continues-to-bring-down-black-peoples-quality-of-life
ATLANTIC
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will forever promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/comprehensive-immigration-reform-democrats/680996/
Tag: minority
December 15, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Is it legal to shoot down a drone in Illinois?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/is-it-legal-to-shoot-down-a-drone-in-missouri-or-illinois/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County officials vow not to help any mass deportation efforts (COMMENT: Constructively, Lake County has declared war on America. The Democrat Party has declared a Second Civil War on the Republican Party. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/13/lake-county-officials-vow-not-to-help-any-mass-deportation-efforts-we-want-everyone-in-our-community-to-trust-in-that/
— In Downers Grove, whether to elect library board exposes old political rifts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/14/downers-grove-library-board/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Intentionally weak government oversight gives Illinois public officials cover for corruption
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/15/illinois-weak-government-oversight/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/12/14/national-immigrant-justice-center-prepares-defend-immigrants-mass-deportations-tom-homan-border-czar
DAILY HERALD
— Trump attends the Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241214/nation-and-world-politics/trump-attends-the-army-navy-game-alongside-key-allies-nominees-and-daniel-penny/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Why Illinois state agencies are sitting on millions in unspent funding
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-why-illinois-state-agencies-are-sitting-on-millions-in-unspent-funding/article_a609c768-b9a2-11ef-a81d-73b012977313.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/elections/adam-kinzinger-central-illinois-last-republican-president-2028/article_bd5feb52-b99f-11ef-9897-9744ae045665.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump gets warm welcome as he watches Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny (COMMENT: If Trump came to your county, township, or municipality, how warm of a welcome would he get?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-will-attend-the-army-navy-game-alongside-key-allies-nominees-and-daniel-penny/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville man found guilty of criminal damage to property for swastikas on campaign signs
https://www.nctv17.org/news/naperville-man-found-guilty-of-criminal-damage-to-property-for-swastikas-on-campaign-signs/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Unions pitch ‘fix’ to Illinois’ pensions without knowing taxpayer cost
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b481dc42-b9a0-11ef-9ca3-ef54943f8644.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders a) equate illegals with runaway slaves, b) equate the Democrat Party with Union in the Civil War, and c) equate the Republican Party with the Confederacy in the Civil War. The Democrat Party has declared a Second Civil War on the Republican Party. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In Illinois, you declare your party affiliation by casting a primary ballot. Of registered voters nationwide, 47% have declared a party affiliation. As of September 2024, 36 million voters are registered Republicans and 45.1 million are registered Democrats. SEE: https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-voters-have-a-party-affiliation/ What percent of the voters in your precinct are registered Republican, Democrat, and not affiliated? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, 361 (33%) are Republican, 272 (27%) are Democrat, and 458 (42%) are not affiliated. For the April 1, 2025 consolidate election, I will hand-deliver campaign literature for the Republican candidates and a copy of the sample ballot to the approximate 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or not affiliated voter. – Dave Diersen
http://www-gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Continued Concern about Data Centers Sucking Up Residential Electricity
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/14/continued-concern-about-data-centers-sucking-up-residential-electricity/
— Notes on Government Consolidation from Zoom Meeting of We the People with Illinois House Majority Leader
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/14/notes-on-government-consolidation-from-zoom-meeting-of-we-the-people-with-illinois-house-majority-leader/
— Lakewood Village Board Turns Thumbs Down on Police Request for Tesla
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/14/lakewood-village-board-turns-thumbs-down-on-police-request-for-tesla/
— LaHood Criticizes Biden for Voiding 19-Year Dixon Comptroller Prison Sentence
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/14/lahood-criticizes-biden-for-voiding-19-year-dixon-comptroller-prison-sentence/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Daniel Penny joins Trump and Vance at Army-Navy game
https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/us-news/daniel-penny-joins-trump-and-vance-at-army-navy-game/
— Trump eyeing privatizing US Postal Service (COMMENT: I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/us-news/trump-eyeing-privatizing-us-postal-service-report/
— Joe Biden & Co. are doing as much damage to the US as they can before they leave
https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/opinion/joe-biden-amp-co-are-doing-as-much-damage-to-the-us-as-they-can-before-they-leave/
— Google slammed for ‘woke’ new Christmas ad starring ‘nonbinary’ beauty influencer (COMMENT: The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly steer everyone to websites a) that promote Democrats and the Democrat Party and b) that demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7vbl7bMZGg
— A new investment fund is saying ‘no’ to DEI-focused companies — and ‘yes’ to others
https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/opinion/a-new-investment-fund-is-saying-no-to-dei-focused-companies/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Communist China Is Moving Toward War (COMMENT: Communist China sees that Affirmative Action and DEI are ever-increasingly weakening America.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/15/communist-china-is-moving-toward-war-separating-the-signal-from-the-noise/
BREITBART
— DOGE Says Department of Education Spent $1 Billion Promoting DEI in Schools (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/14/doge-claims-department-education-spent-1-billion-promoting-dei-schools/
— Majority Support Banning Minors from Accessing Transgender Procedures; Most Democrats Disagree
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/14/poll-majority-support-banning-minors-from-accessing-transgender-procedures-most-democrats-disagree/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Yale law Scholars program extends eligibility to non-citizens, including illegal immigrants (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/yale-law-scholars-program-extends-eligibility-non-citizens-including-illegal-immigrants/27088
CENTER SQUARE
— IRS data shows ‘Blue State Exodus’ over past 30 years (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly drive Republicans out of blue states. I should write a book about the success that Democrat and RINO leaders in Illinois have had driving Republicans out of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_161808d8-b982-11ef-bd4c-f35cdecb09db.html
— Challenging Trump, California to pay for migrant deportation defense (COMMENT: Constructively, California has declared war on America.)
https://www.aol.com/challenging-trump-california-pay-migrant-172900872.html
DAILY CALLER
— Massive Defense Bill Creates Sperm Freezing Program, Dumps Millions Into ‘Minority Serving’ Schools
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/14/house-passes-ndaa-program-funds-sperm-freezing/
DAILY SIGNAL
— More Corporations Following Walmart’s ‘Rollback’ of DEI Policies (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RNO employers will put their DEI “under the table” and that they will continue to use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/14/corporations-are-finally-giving-dei-pink-slip/
EPOCH TIMES
— ABC News, George Stephanopoulos Agree to Pay $15 Million to Settle Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit. ABC News and George Stephanopoulos have agreed to apologize to Trump and pay millions to settle a defamation lawsuit. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents tone down their defamation of me because I have filed lawsuits.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-agree-to-pay-15-million-to-settle-trumps-defamation-lawsuit-5776527
FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago resident slams mayor, calls out city’s illegal immigration ‘Ponzi scheme’: ‘Gotten out of hand’ The Windy City has spent $574.5 million on migrants.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/chicago-resident-slams-mayor-calls-out-citys-illegal-immigration-ponzi-scheme-gotten-out-hand
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Identity Politics Don’t Belong in Medicine (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in medicine will be libera/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/identity-politics-dont-belong-in-medicine-either/
JP MEDIA
— ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Can Impede Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, But They Can’t Stop It (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportation?)
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/14/sanctuary-cities-can-impede-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-but-they-cant-stop-it-n4935128
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Google Goes Fully Woke in New Christmas Ad, Sparking Calls for Boycott (COMMENT: The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly steer everyone to websites a) that promote Democrats and the Democrat Party and b) that demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/google-goes-fully-woke-new-christmas-ad-sparking-calls-boycott/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats recalibrate their resistance to Trump (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportation?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5039827-democratic-party-trump-resistance/
CNN
— Chicago mayor blasts Trump after ‘border czar’ vows mass deportation (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district work against Trump?)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/politics/video/brandon-johnson-chicago-trump-border-czar-immigration-plan-reaction-blackwell-intv-foa-digvid
REUTERS
— US Naval Academy to defend race-conscious admissions policies at trial (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. Democrats run GAO. In Diersen v. GAO, GAO argued that it treated me exactly like Congress wanted it to treat me, that is, to make me pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI a) because I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America for a long time, b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with the aforesaid. My Democrat GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me including forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.)
https://www.aol.com/news/us-naval-academy-defend-race-100618581.html
CNBC
— Majority of Americans are ready to support Trump and large parts of his agenda
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/15/majorities-in-poll-give-trump-green-light-for-some-controversial-policies.html
MSN
— Sharp Drop In College Enrollment Raises Alarm (COMMENT: If you were in high school today, would have the necessary motivation to earn a college degree? What are your demographics? Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more or the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/sharp-drop-in-college-enrollment-raises-alarm/ar-AA1vu6gt
— Map Shows Nationalities of Immigrants Awaiting ICE Deportation from US
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/map-shows-nationalities-of-immigrants-awaiting-ice-deportation-from-us/ar-AA1vL2Ng
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/defense-trans-minors-care-ban-bill-military-families-rcna184156
— ‘I surely hope’ to work with Trump to raise the minimum wage, Sen. Bernie Sanders says (COMMENT: I worked part-time for the minimum wage ($12.41/hour in today’s dollars) during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time during the summer in between 1964-1966. That enabled me to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint (a poor man’s GAO) in May of 1966.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-i-surely-hope-to-work-with-trump-to-raise-the-minimum-wage-sen-bernie-sanders-says-227110469948
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump gets warm welcome as he watches Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny. Donald Trump huddled with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at the Army-Navy football game. (COMMENT: If Trump came to your county, township, or municipality, how warm of a welcome would he get?)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-gets-warm-welcome-as-he-watches-army-navy-game-alongside-key-allies-nominees-and/article_fc351f0c-ac8d-5051-85f8-5119828e7384.html
NEWSWEEK
— New Mexico Governor Refuses National Guard Deployment for Mass Deportations (COMMENT: Constructively, New Mexico has declared war on America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/new-mexico-michelle-lujan-grisham-trump-mass-deportations-2000244
— Democrats say “Musk Overseeing a Department for Transparency and Accountability Is the Ultimate Troll.” I worked for IRS 1971-1980. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors did not want me to audit IRS. They succeed in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They stressed the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors had taken against me including a) disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974 and education deductions in 1978, never promoting me beyond GS-12, and ignoring/dismissing/belittling my earning an MBA in 1976, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-overseeing-department-transparency-accountability-ultimate-troll-opinion-1988463
NEW YORK TIMES
— ABC to Pay $15 Million to Settle a Defamation Suit Brought by Trump. The outcome of the lawsuit marks an unusual victory for President-elect Donald J. Trump in his ongoing legal campaign against national news organizations. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents tone down their defamation of me because I have filed lawsuits.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/politics/trump-abc-settlement.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— As with Trump’s last term, California will lead the liberal resistance (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district fight Trump?)
https://www.aol.com/news/trumps-last-term-california-lead-194711042.html
— Former California Rep. Devin Nunes once sued media companies. Now he’s struggling to run one. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents tone down their defamation of me because I have filed lawsuits.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-10-23/devin-nunes-donald-trump-truth-social-california-congress-robin-abcarian
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I’ve followed Nunes’ career as an ultra-litigious Trump defender who is afflicted by a world-class intolerance for perceived slights. Before taking the helm of Trump Media in 2022, Nunes had a master’s degree in agriculture but little hands-on business experience. He was involved in his family’s San Joaquin Valley dairy farm decades ago; when he was 14, he has recounted, he bought seven head of young cattle to raise and sell. I guess this explains his tolerance for the, ah, stench of MAGA bull. Given his disdain for media in general and free speech in particular, as evidenced by a series of lawsuits against news organizations and other critics, putting Nunes in charge of a fledgling media empire was a bizarre move — unless the company is all about cozying up to the deep-pocketed sort of people who would benefit from a second Trump administration. According to documents obtained by ProPublica, an unnamed Trump Media whistleblower recently asked the company’s board of directors to fire Nunes. One person with knowledge of the situation told ProPublica that the complaint alleged “misuse of funds, hiring of foreign contractors and interfering with product development.” (A Trump Media spokesperson denied the charges and accused the nonprofit journalism organization of a campaign to damage the company.))
USA TODAY
— How President Biden is trying to Trump-proof his legacy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/14/biden-trump-laws-judges-regulations-legacy/76865964007/
WFAE
— Trump wants to use Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – the law has been used only during war (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.wfae.org/politics/2024-12-14/trump-wants-to-use-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-immigrants-the-law-has-been-used-only-during-war
WEEK
— Diversity training: a victim of the ‘war on woke’ More and more US companies have phased out corporate DEI initiatives, and the incoming Trump administration is likely to fuel the cultural shift. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use diversity training to promote more hatred against Republicans.)
https://theweek.com/business/diversity-training-a-victim-of-the-war-on-woke
NEW YORKER
— Democrats are the party of the elites. I should write about the elites who run Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/have-the-democrats-become-the-party-of-the-elites
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnepost/2024/12/14/lessons-from-naval-academy-ruling-on-race-for-defending-dei-programs/
TIME
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://time.com/7199981/how-gender-affirming-healthcare-providers-are-preparing-for-trumps-presidency/
POLITICO
— ABC and Stephanopoulos to pay Trump $15M, apologize in defamation suit settlement. The network and anchor will also cover $1M of Trump legal fees. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents tone down their defamation of me because I have filed lawsuits.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/14/trump-abc-stephanopoulos-settlement-00194391
SLATE
— Whose enemies lists are you on and why? I should write about those who have me on their enemies lists and why. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-enemies-list.html
RAW STORY
— ‘Trump owes them’: Disgruntled conservative urges activists to ‘start a fight’ inside GOP
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/trump-owes-them-disgruntled-conservative-urges-activists-to-start-a-fight-inside-gop/ar-AA1vBYmL
INDEPENDENT
— Trump may revoke policy shielding migrants from deportation arrests in churches and schools
https://www.aol.com/trump-may-revoke-policy-shielding-231402429.html
TIMES NOW
— 18,000 Indians To See US Exit Gate As Trump Vows Immigration Crackdown
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/18000-indians-at-risk-of-being-deported-as-trump-vows-immigration-crackdown-article-116323181
TIMES
— Google’s ‘Woke’ Christmas Ad sparks backlash: Nonbinary influencer Cyrus Veyssi takes center stage (COMMENT: The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly steer everyone to websites a) that promote Democrats and the Democrat Party and b) that demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/google-s-woke-christmas-ad-sparks-backlash-nonbinary-influencer-cyrus-veyssi-takes-center-stage/ar-AA1vJvPz
INVESTOPEDIA
— Here’s The Average Net Worth of Each Class: How Does Yours Compare? (COMMENT: Should all those involved in government, politics, and journalism be required to a) disclose their sources and amounts of income, b) disclose their assets, debts, and net worth, and c) disclose how they accumulated their assets? Beyond the aforesaid, should they be required to disclose how much education and money their parents have/had?)
https://www.investopedia.com/average-net-worth-lower-middle-upper-class-8760531
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The lower class has a median net worth of about $3,500, while the upper class has one of about $7.81 million. U.S. families with net worths in the top 10% have a median net worth of $3,794,600 and a mean net worth of $7,810,500. The middle class has a median net worth that ranges from $93,300 to $1.04 million.)
December 14, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tiffany Henyard sues Thornton Township Democrats after failing to gain nomination for supervisor (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/13/tiffany-henyard-sues-thornton-township-democrats-after-failing-to-gain-nomination-for-supervisor/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois election results show gerrymandering’s bad outcome
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/12/14/election-results-illinois-gerrymandering-party-control-republican-democrat-sheldon-jacobson
— Mona Charen blasts Tulsi Gabbard
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/13/tulsi-gabbard-cozies-up-american-enemies-russia-vladimir-putin-syria-bashar-al-assad-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241213/news/donations-pour-in-to-save-lives-fund-winter-shelter-for-dupage-countys-homeless/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241213/nation-and-world/texas-abortion-pill-lawsuit-against-new-york-doctor-marks-new-challenge-to-interstate-telemedicine/
ABC7
— ‘This is normal?’: 2 close-calls at Chicago’s O’Hare airport in 1 day. Topic of possible runway collisions being discussed in Washington at same time. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of this in the early 1980s.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2-close-calls-chicago-ohare-airport-involving-united-airlines-flights-1-day-is-normal/15653147/
NBC5
— Trump says he will seek to eliminate daylight saving time
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-says-he-will-seek-to-eliminate-daylight-saving-time/3624199/
— Democrats and RINOs say “US adults not confident Trump can assemble qualified cabinet.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-cabinet-confidence-poll-ap-norc/3623857/
FOX32
— Anonymous donor drops gold coin in Wheaton Salvation Army Red Kettle
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anonymous-donor-drops-gold-coin-wheaton-salvation-army-red-kettle
WBEZ
— What to know about an effort to make college in Illinois more affordable. Legislators are considering a funding formula that would make Illinois a model for other states to emulate, but would come at a hefty cost. (COMMENT: What helped you afford college? For me, it was a) my living with my parents and brother in Crete during my first 2 years at UIC 1966-1968 and commuting to/from classes there and b) working all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. That enabled me to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, pay for my college expenses, and graduate debt-free from NIU owning that Charger in 1970.)
https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/12/12/what-to-know-about-an-effort-to-make-college-in-illinois-more-affordable
DECATUR DAILY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/other_news/national/trump-migrant-deportations-could-threaten-states-agricultural-economies/article_79311d58-b96c-11ef-921c-2335e9aa1b59.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— What was the worst year of your life and what did you learn from it? We want to hear. (COMMENT: My worse years include 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old and 1980 when they forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They include 1978 when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions and 1974 when they disallowed my travel vouchers.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-12/what-was-the-worst-year-of-your-life-and-what-did-you-learn-from-it-we-want-to-hear
— Tech moguls Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg donate to Trump’s inauguration fund
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-13/tech-moguls-altman-bezos-and-zuckerberg-donate-to-trumps-inauguration-fund
— Trump’s picks would make his new administration the wealthiest in U.S. history
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-12-13/trumps-picks-would-make-his-new-administration-the-wealthiest-in-u-s-history
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for high health care costs.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-12/americans-are-furious-over-health-care-is-this-an-occupy-wall-street-moment
WGLT
— Trump’s picks would make his new administration the wealthiest in U.S. history (COMMENT: Should government employees be required to fully disclose where their wealth come from?)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-12-13/trumps-picks-would-make-his-new-administration-the-wealthiest-in-u-s-history
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Duckworth, Durbin Announce Funding To Help Prepare Young Illinoisans To Succeed In High-Demand Careers
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2024/12/14/duckworth-durbin-announce-funding-to-help-prepare-young-illinoisans-to-succeed-in-high-demand-careers/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-216/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that the Democrat and RINO leaders of America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district will put their efforts promote mass/illegal immigration “under the table.” Do not anticipate/expect that they will give you an opportunity to vote to stop it. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ worst-in-nation pension debts means more property and income tax hikes to pay that debt off
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-worst-in-nation-pension-debts-means-more-property-and-income-tax-hikes-to-pay-that-debt-off-wirepoints-in-the-center-square/
— With the taxes they pay and debts they face, everyday Illinoisans are basically now subservient to their public servants
https://wirepoints.org/with-the-taxes-they-pay-and-debts-they-face-everyday-illinoisans-are-basically-now-subservient-to-their-public-servants-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Decide to Skip Algonquin Township Elections Leaving Winners of February GOP Primary Victors
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/13/democrats-decide-to-skip-algonquin-township-elections-leaving-winners-of-february-gop-primary-victors/
— $9.5 Million in Federal Funds for Fox River Valley Wastewater Treatment & Storage
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/13/9-5-million-in-federal-funds-for-fox-river-valley-wastewater-treatment-storage/
— Biden Issues “Get Out of Jail Free” Card for $54 Million Dixon Embezzler Rita Cromwell
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/13/biden-issues-get-out-of-jail-free-card-for-54-million-dixon-embezzler-rita-cromwell/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Homer Township lets voters weigh in on pension reform, key issues
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/homer-township-lets-voters-weigh-in-on-pension-reform-key-issues/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago mayor spends $700K per ‘affordable’ apartment unit
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-mayor-spends-700k-per-affordable-apartment-unit/
— Nearly $50K property tax bills robs ‘Home Alone’ house
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-50k-property-tax-bills-robs-home-alone-house/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s supercharged IRS nets $1.3 billion more from wealthy taxpayers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/12/joe-biden-supercharged-irs-nets-1-3-billion-wealth/
— DOGE zeros in on report showing Biden’s DOE spent $1 billion on DEI grants. Elon Musk calls the massive spending ‘insane.’ (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Their top priority is giving federal tax dollars to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, in America illegally, etc.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/13/doge-zeros-report-showing-biden-doe-spent-1-billio/
— Syria’s new leader remains an al Qaeda operative
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/13/editorial-syria-new-leader-remains-al-qaeda-operat/
— Don’t be too sure DEI is DOA. Movement is far more than a political fad. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted DEI, they are promoting DEI, and they will forever promote DEI. To promote DEI is to blame all problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/13/sure-dei-doa/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialists keep trying to justify healthcare CEO’s murder
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3260205/democratic-socialists-justify-healthcare-ceo-murder/
NEW YORK POST
— Gianno Caldwell: My colleague Pete Hegseth is the right man to make our military sane again
https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/opinion/gianno-caldwell-my-colleague-pete-hegseth-will-fix-our-military/
— Kellyanne Conway clashes with Never Trump activist over election: ‘You have stage 5 Trump Derangement Syndrome’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/media/kellyanne-conway-clashes-with-never-trump-activist-sarah-longwell/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— A Word to the DOGE: ‘Reduction’ Is Not Synonymous With ‘Reform’ As we have painfully learned since the Grace Commission, a revanchist, ravenous administrative state can survive and metastasize despite periodic efforts to trim its size and scope. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts to get rid of any remaining Republican employees.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/14/a-word-to-the-doge-reduction-is-not-synonymous-with-reform/
AMERICAN THINKER
— It’s not enough to dismantle the Department of Education
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/it_s_not_enough_to_dismantle_the_department_of_education.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Cop who gunned down Ashli Babbitt was not supposed to be employed at the time of J6
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/13/cop-who-gunned-down-ashli-babbitt-was-not-supposed-to-be-employed-at-the-time-of-j6-report-says-1509372/
BLAZE
— Dems push Biden to extend deportation shields for illegal aliens in last-minute plea
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dems-push-biden-to-extend-deportation-shields-for-illegal-aliens-in-last-minute-plea
BREITBART
— Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana has reversed his support for a plan to designate a new facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house illegal migrants slated for deportation in the northern Illinois region.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/13/illinois-sheriff-reverses-support-for-ice-detention-center/
ENERGY GRID
— Commentary: To keep the lights on, the Midwest needs an ‘all of the above’ power grid. New transmission line development and construction can take many years. To address immediate needs, there are other solutions that can improve capacity in the near term. (COMMENT: My 13-year-old 20W Generac has failed. I am replacing it with a 24W.)
https://energynews.us/2024/12/12/commentary-to-keep-the-lights-on-the-midwest-needs-an-all-of-the-above-power-grid/
FEDERALIST
— DEI Rot At Schools Shows Republicans Have Failed To Eradicate The Ideology
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/13/dei-rot-at-sec-schools-shows-republicans-have-failed-to-eradicate-the-ideology/
FOX BUSINESS
— Nonbinary influencer in Google’s new ‘woke’ ad ridicules women opposed to sharing bathroom with biological men. In the Google ad, Veyssi appears in makeup and women’s clothing and complains about dry skin.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/nonbinary-influencer-googles-new-woke-ad-ridicules-women-opposed-sharing-bathroom-biological-men
FOX NEWS
— Senate Dems demand Biden extend protections for illegal immigrants ahead of Trump admin. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-authority-senate-dems-demand-biden-extend-protections-illegal-immigrants-ahead-trump-admin
— You will not stop Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365974090112
— Biden’s last act is ‘sabotaging’ incoming Trump admin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxNL3bXz1k
— Trump brings political drama to Army-Navy game sidelines. Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and Marine veteran Daniel Penny are attending the game with President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-brings-political-drama-army-navy-game-sidelines
— Democrats need new playbook to confront Trump, Kamala Harris pollster tells party. DNC chair Harrison says it would be ‘big error’ if Democrats focus all their attention on Trump and ignore Vance. (COMMENT: In Illinois, the Republican playbook has been anti-conservative.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-need-new-playbook-confront-trump-kamala-harris-pollster-tells-party
— RNC chair reveals what role Trump will play during the 2026 midterms: ‘All the way to the finish line’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rnc-chair-reveals-what-role-trump-will-play-2026-midterms-finish-line
FOX RADIO
— Google Goes Full Woke with New Ad
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/12/13/google-goes-full-woke-with-new-ad/
JONATHAN TURLEY
— University of Illinois Accounting Professor Li Zhang is under fire this week after warning students about their “unconscious and unintentional biases” against women and minorities before they completed their evaluations.
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/14/unconscious-and-unintentional-biases-university-of-illinois-professors-issues-discrimination-warning-to-students-before-they-complete-her-evaluations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A student objected to the “passive-aggressive” nature of the email: [T]his announcement can be interpreted in two ways: 1) It implies that I am a bigot, incapable of providing honest feedback without my opinions being negatively influenced by the professor’s race or sex. It suggests that any negative feelings I have towards the professor or the course are more influenced by personal, subjective feelings regarding race and sex than by any objective facts. 2) It suggests that I should provide high evaluation scores, regardless of my actual feelings, in order to atone for past actions taken by others. Both interpretations are unacceptable and represent a passive-aggressive method to artificially inflate course evaluation scores. This approach is highly unprofessional and creates an “othering” effect, implying that white males are incapable of making objective decisions that are not influenced by race or sex.)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Smart Democrats See That Working With Trump Is The Only Sensible Thing To Do
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/13/laura_ingraham_smart_democrats_see_that_working_with_trump_is_the_only_sensible_thing_to_do.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— GOP aims for deportation bill by February (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders did not need or get bills passed to promote their mass/illegal immigration.)
https://thehill.com/video/gop-aims-for-deportation-bill-by-february/10296911/
CNN
— Big donors secure big roles in the incoming Trump administration
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/politics/trump-administration-big-donors/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Social Security Fairness Act to get a vote in the Senate, Chuck Schumer says (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years during the 1960s and 1970s while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-fairness-act-chuck-schumer-senate-vote/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Wants Mass Deportations. He Will Need Jails and Sanctuary Cities to Help. Immigration experts say the Trump administration would need cooperation from local law enforcement to deport millions of people. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/us/politics/trump-immigration-deportations.html
— Biden Administration Is Said to Allow California to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars. California and 11 other states want to halt the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to try to stop them. (COMMENT: I own seven gas-powered cars and a gas-powered SUV. My critics/opponents hate cars and SUVs and especially gas-powered ones and especially American nameplate ones and especially muscle cars. My seven cars include a 1972 Corvette that I have owned since 1971, a 1996 Thunderbird LX since 1995, a 2005 Corvette since 2005, a 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max since 2012, and a 2023 Mustang GT Premium since 2023.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/climate/california-ban-gas-cars-electric-biden-trump.html
— I’m on Kash Patel’s Enemies List. I Don’t Want a Pardon. (COMMENT: I should write about those who have me on their enemies lists. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) 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 coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most biggest adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/opinion/biden-pardon-trump-patel.html
— Democrat leaders use the Voice of America to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/us/politics/voice-of-america-journalists-trump.html
— Trump’s Transition Business Largely Happens After Night Falls. At his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, the president-elect has been hosting diplomatic dinners, announcing cabinet picks and firing off texts to his aides — all after the sun goes down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/politics/trump-diplomacy-night-mar-a-lago.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump allies, opponents prepare to battle over plans for at-will workforce. Trump will return to the White House with the backing of a Republican controlled Congress and a generally friendly Supreme Court majority as he seeks to reshape the federal workforce. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are hell-bent on a) not hiring Republicans and b) getting rid of Republican employees. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/13/trump-schedule-f-federal-unions-at-will/
— Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses. Trump feuded with the mail agency in his first term. Privatizing it could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/14/trump-usps-privatize-plan/
— Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s unprecedented alliance. Musk has joined Trump’s calls with world leaders, weighed in on Cabinet choices and been a regular part of the Trump family since the election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/14/musk-trump-relationship-explained/
USA TODAY
— Democrats are split on snubbing or showing up for Donald Trump’s inauguration
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/12/democrats-trump-inauguration/76915244007/
— How President Biden is trying to Trump-proof his legacy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/14/biden-trump-laws-judges-regulations-legacy/76865964007/
U.S. CENSUS
— About 33.9 million or 1 in 4 households nationwide reported they were completely without power at least once in the 12 months before they were interviewed for the 2023 American Housing Survey. Approximately 70% or 23.6 million of the households reporting an outage said at least one outage lasted 6 hours or more. (COMMENT: Generally, the more that the wires that bring electricity to your home are above ground, the more likely that you will suffer outages.)
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/10/power-outages.html
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-deportations-could-shake-up-restaurant-industry-wall-street-isnt-worried-2024-12-13/
NEWSWEEK
— She Stole Millions From Taxpayers to Buy Show Horses. Biden Set Her Free.
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-commute-sentence-rita-crundwell-dixon-illinois-2000541
— Sanctuary Cities Could be Banned Under Republican Proposal
https://www.newsweek.com/sanctuary-city-ban-republican-plan-2000351
DESERET NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/12/13/what-do-americans-really-think-of-trumps-deportation-plans/
EASTERN PROGRESS
— Generac Urges Homeowners to Make a Plan for Winter Power Outages (COMMENT: My 13-year-old 20W Generac has failed. I am replacing it with a 24W.)
https://www.easternprogress.com/generac-urges-homeowners-to-make-a-plan-for-winter-power-outages/article_6e7526be-c0ab-57dd-ba14-2e02fa30450c.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hold On, Elon and Vivek: Firing Federal Bureaucrats Isn’t the Solution. Complex rules and procedures keep civil servants from getting things done. We need to deregulate the bureaucracy, not gut it. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are hell-bent on a) not hiring Republicans and b) getting rid of Republican employees. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/hold-on-elon-and-vivek-firing-federal-bureaucrats-isnt-the-solution-2168910a
— Has World War III Already Begun? An axis of autocracies led by Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea is challenging the democratic world order. (COMMENT: In WW III, which countries will side with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea against America?)
https://www.wsj.com/world/has-world-war-iii-already-begun-16fb94c9
— A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits. Trump promised to eliminate programs that provide temporary work permits, including to Dreamers. (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-work-permit-policy-business-impact-0ecadef5
FORBES
— Using E-Verify discourages illegal immigration. Democrat and RINO leaders discourage using E-Verify.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alonzomartinez/2024/12/13/mastering-e-verify-in-2025-federal-and-state-compliance-essentials/
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-12-13/what-is-citizenship-how-states-determine-birthright-and-privilege
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their republican employees.
https://hbr.org/2024/12/continuing-the-work-of-dei-no-matter-what-your-company-calls-it
FEEDSPOT
— Top 60 Illinois News Websites in 2024
https://news.feedspot.com/illinois_news_websites/
FORD FOUNDATION
— For generations, the United States of America has been built on a pact: secure a job, commit to it, and ensure a stable life. Yet for millions of workers, this promise is dissolving. (COMMENT: I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents look down on wage earners, if not despise wage earners. They have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a Job-related professional license in 1981. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college degree, and who got them jobs.)
https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/stories/fighting-for-a-just-economy-workers-lead-the-way/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Across every sector, jobs are becoming increasingly precarious. Gig work, temporary positions, and subcontracted roles are replacing traditional employment, leaving workers with unpredictable incomes, erratic schedules, and a lack of benefits. This instability breeds anxiety, disrupts families, and creates a sense of expendability, ultimately destabilizing entire communities and creating a race to the bottom economy. This rise of precarious work is no accident. Decades of policies prioritizing corporate profits over worker protections have eroded job security and weakened worker power. By design, this uncertainty leaves workers vulnerable and less likely to demand their rights, individually and collectively.)
REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://reason.com/2024/12/13/mass-deportations-are-bad-for-everyones-liberty/
DAILY KOS
— These Democrats have plans to fight Trump’s mass deportations (COMMENT: How strongly are the Democrats and RINOs who represent you going to fight deportation?)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/13/2291756/-These-Democrats-have-plans-to-fight-Trump-s-mass-deportations
December 13, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Towering concerns arise regarding air traffic control staffing, effect on travel at Chicago airports (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of air traffic control staffing in the 1980s.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/towering-concerns-arise-aurora-air-traffic-control-center-staffing-effect-travel-chicago-airports-after-hearing/15648283/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new Government Accountability report says things are getting worse, not better. “This is completely unacceptable. Air traffic facilities and radars need improvements,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz said. “Based on FAA data, the reliability of the FAA’s radar fleet is declining. The United States should be a leader in aviation technology. Sadly, this is often not the case.” “The modernization of existing air traffic management infrastructure in the United States continues to fall behind peer countries and is straining from the continued operations and growth of conventional airspace users,” said Marc Scribner, Senior Transportation Policy Analyst for the Reason Foundation. “There is no easy answer or quick fix. A snap of Iron Man’s fingers cannot fix this,” said Kevin Walsh with the Government Accountability Office. “This will be the work of many years and billions of dollars.”)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-pride-magazines-100-celebration-honors-trailblazers-advocates-including-gma-sam-champion/15645988/
WGN9
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/the-impact-of-an-illinois-law-barring-police-from-working-with-immigration-agents/
FOX32
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1561622
WTTW
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/cps-planning-all-hands-deck-approach-protecting-students-families-mass-deportations
— Chicago Alderpeople React to Claims City Will Be Ground Zero for Mass Deportations.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/chicago-alderpeople-react-claims-city-will-be-ground-zero-mass-deportations
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Biden commutes sentences for two of Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/biden-commutes-sentences-crundwell/
— Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/senate-social-security-expansion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, setting up potential passage in the final days of the lame-duck Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday he would begin the process for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate policies that currently limit Social Security payouts for roughly 2.8 million people. Schumer said the bill would “ensure Americans are not erroneously denied their well-earned Social Security benefits simply because they chose at some point to work in their careers in public service.” The legislation passed the House on a bipartisan vote, and a Senate version of the bill introduced last year gained 62 cosponsors. But the bill still needs support from at least 60 senators to pass Congress. It would then head to President Biden.)
— Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/fbi-intelligence-capitol-riot-watchdog-report/
— In Illinois, anticipate/expect that Pritzker will destroy individuals, companies, organizations, etc. that support Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/trump-veteran-senator/
DAILY HERALD
— Rarely formed panel to determine Elk Grove trustee candidate’s eligibility (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/rarely-formed-panel-to-determine-elk-grove-trustee-candidates-eligibility/
— Algonquin trustee candidate knocked off ballot for spring election (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/algonquin-trustee-candidate-knocked-off-ballot-for-spring-election/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Dixon comptroller who embezzled tens of millions, Northbrook financial exec granted clemency
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/biden-commutes-sentences-rita-crundwell-and-eric-bloom
STATELINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://stateline.org/2024/12/12/despite-trumps-claim-deportations-likely-wouldnt-ease-housing-crisis-most-experts-say/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— With Romney set to exit the U.S. Senate, Washington will be without one of its strongest conservative critics of Trump when he retakes the White House in the new year. (COMMENT: Romney supporters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have always worked harder against me than against any Democrat. I should write about those Romney supporters.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-mitt-romneys-senate-exit-may-create-a-vacuum-of-vocal-conservative-trump-critics/
— Trump says he won’t restrict abortion pill
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-he-wont-restrict-abortion-pill/
— IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-irs-recovers-4-7-billion-in-back-taxes-and-braces-for-cuts-with-trump-and-gop-in-power/
WGLT
— Dixon State Rep. Bradley Fritts expresses outrage after President Biden commutes the sentence of former City Comptroller Rita Crundwell
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-12-12/dixon-state-rep-expresses-outrage-after-biden-commutes-the-sentence-of-former-city-comptroller-rita-crundwell
WSIL TV
— Amazon plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/amazon-plans-to-donate-1-million-to-president-elect-donald-trump-s-inauguration/article_36facd10-ca89-57d1-9bae-8e4b9a6c0946.html
DEPAULIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://depauliaonline.com/73487/news/illinois-reproductive-health-care-clinics-double-down-on-reproductive-rights-in-response-to-2024-election-shifts/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-423/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-215/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ pension debt grows
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/12/illinois-pension-debt-grows/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who has shaped the attitudes that people have toward you the most? The following have shaped the attitudes that people have toward me the most: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) 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 and religious leaders and activists, and e) those who I have sued and their attorneys. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 4 things wrong with how Illinois leaders want to change public schooling
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/4-things-wrong-with-how-illinois-leaders-want-to-change-public-schooling/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Luigi Mangione: Touch of Evil. The murder of CEO Brian Thompson is a test of moral clarity.
https://freebeacon.com/columns/luigi-mangione-touch-of-evil/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he won’t ‘do business’ with countries that refuse to take back migrants: ‘I want them out’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/donald-trump-says-he-wont-do-business-with-countries-that-refuse-to-take-back-migrants-i-want-them-out/
— NYC Mayor Adams eyeing executive order to ‘unravel’ sanctuary city policy following sitdown with Trump border czar pick Tom Homan
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/adams-sits-down-with-trumps-border-czar-pick-tom-homan-to-talk-migrant-crisis/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Attempts to Protect 1 Million Illegal Aliens from Deportation
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/12/biden-attempts-to-protect-1-million-illegal-aliens-from-deportation/
BLAZE
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker agrees to deport ‘violent’ criminal illegal aliens, meet with Trump admin
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-agrees-to-deport-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-meet-with-trump-admin
— Court slaps down Nasdaq proposal to impose DEI standards on company boards
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dei-court-sec-nasdaq-boards
BREITBART
— Nearly 38,000 Chinese Illegals Still in U.S. Despite Deportation Orders
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/report-nearly-38000-chinese-illegals-still-in-u-s-despite-deportation-orders/
— Incoming ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan Meets with NYC Mayor Eric Adams to Discuss Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-meets-with-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-to-discuss-deportations/
— Republican Governors Give Lukewarm Support for Trump’s Deportation Promises (COMMENT: What percent of Republican governors reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/rrepublican-governors-give-lukewarm-support-for-trumps-deportation-promises/
— Allowing Children to Spend Hours on Smartphones a ‘Deliberate Social Experiment’ (COMMENT: Search engines and websites ever-increasingly steer everyone to the left.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/12/12/allowing-children-to-spend-hours-on-smartphones-a-deliberate-social-experiment-warns-leading-trans-medicine-critic/
CENTER SQUARE
— Greatest number of foreign nationals on docket for deportation under Biden. More than 6.2 million in a single year.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_58fa04fa-b8b3-11ef-8844-8f92dfdf7e28.html
DAILY CALLER
— Emails, Phone Logs Reveal How Botched Pete Hegseth West Point Story Imploded
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/12/pete-hegseth-propublica-west-point-admission/
DAILY WIRE
— Eric Adams, Tom Homan Agree On Plan To Deport Criminal Illegal Immigrants. The mayor admits that NYC has “made terrible mistakes” by allowing violent illegal immigrants to remain on the street.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-tom-homan-agree-on-plan-to-deport-criminal-illegal-immigrants
— Republican Governors Pledge To Support Trump’s Deportation Agenda. The governors added that they stood ready to use police and the National Guard to assist in the deportation efforts.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-governors-pledge-to-support-trumps-deportation-agenda
— Tom Homan To Use 1,400-Acre Site For Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan. “Having this from the state of Texas is great.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-to-use-1400-acre-site-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan
— Trump On Deportations: ‘We’ll Send The Whole Family, Very Humanely, Back’, Won’t Be ‘Separated’ Trump’s remarks echoed remarks made several weeks ago by his incoming border czar, Tom Homan. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that those who are deported will immediately return.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-on-deportations-well-send-the-whole-family-very-humanely-back-wont-be-separated
FEDERALIST
— As Americans’ Tolerance For Wokeness Dies, The Left’s Appetite For Violence Only Grows
Please send me the details for the next SCC meeting
— U.S. Has No Excuse For Failing To Protect Kids From The Dangers Of Radical Gender Ideology (COMMENT: In your school district, how successful have Democrats been making students sexually active LGBTQers? Anticipate/expect that the percentage of students who report that they are LGBTQ will ever-increasingly increase. This is a big reason why parents should take their children and leave Illinois.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/12/the-u-s-has-no-excuse-for-failing-to-protect-kids-from-the-dangers-of-radical-gender-ideology/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— On the High Costs of Illegal Immigration, DOGE Gets It
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/12/high-costs-illegal-immigration-doge-gets-it
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/11/floridas-impressive-effort-stop-illegal-immigration-still-has-one-item-fix
FOX BUSINESS
— More Dem leaders get behind Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365924306112
FOX NEWS
— Black lawmakers, activists blame racism for Daniel Penny’s acquittal: ‘This is the evil of White supremacy’
https://www.aol.com/black-lawmakers-activists-blame-racism-100018360.html
— Tide turns in favor of Trump DOD pick Pete Hegseth after Matt Gaetz failure. One GOP senator told Fox News Digital no Republicans seemed to be a ‘hard no’ on confirming Hegseth as defense secretary.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tide-turns-favor-trump-dod-pick-pete-hegseth-after-matt-gaetz-failure
— ‘Incompetence’: Rep Banks rips West Point as school apologizes for ‘error’ saying Hegseth wasn’t accepted. Rep Jim Banks accused West Point ‘bureaucrats’ of ‘sabotage.’ (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me and why they took those adverse actions against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incompetence-rep-banks-rips-west-point-school-apologizes-error-saying-hegseth-wasnt-accepted
— ‘Politically motivated’ FBI treated conservatives like domestic terrorists on Wray’s watch: whistleblower. ‘We want the government to be accountable to the freaking Bill of Rights,’ says FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/politically-motivated-fbi-treated-conservatives-like-domestic-terrorists-wrays-watch-whistleblower
— American Accountability Foundation (AAF) lists ‘woke radical leftists’ it wants fired from DOJ under Pam Bondi. AAF says those on the list have pushed transgenderism and worked for George Soros-linked organizations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-lists-woke-radical-leftists-wants-fired-from-doj-under-pam-bondi
HANNITY
— ProPublica’s Botched Hegseth Smear Proves the Need to Purge the Military of Partisanship. (COMMENT: All my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors were Democrat partisans. All of them focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of their Republican employees. I should write a book about that.)
https://hannity.com/media-room/post-op-ed-propublicas-botched-pete-hegseth-smear-proves-the-need-to-purge-the-military-of-partisanship/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Education Department Has Spent More Than $1 Billion on DEI Grants Since 2021
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/biden-education-department-has-spent-more-than-1-billion-on-dei-grants-since-2021/
— West Point Lied Twice About Pete Hegseth Applying to the Academy. West Point falsely tells left-wing website that Pete Hegseth never applied to nor was accepted to West Point – twice. Was the error inadvertent or intentional?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/west-point-lied-twice-about-pete-hegseth-applying-to-the-academy/
MRC TV
— AOC Says Insurance Companies Denying Health Care Claims Is an ‘Act of Violence’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/aoc-says-insurance-companies-denying-health-care-claims-act-violence
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Whatever Happened at West Point, It’s Not Good (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Based on how my Democrat GAO superiors treated me, my Democrat IRS superiors demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me. Of course, they stressed that they had a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12 even though I had a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/whatever-happened-at-west-point-its-not-good/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As I see it, there are only two explanations for West Point’s having falsely informed a journalist that Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, not only didn’t get in to West Point but never “even applied there.” Those options are that West Point lied or that West Point is incompetent. Neither is good. I find it hard to believe that West Point would deliberately lie about such a thing. I also find it hard to believe that its staff would be so lazy or inept as to screw something like this up by mistake. This was not some random inquiry; it was connected to an extremely consequential political decision, and related to the reputation of a high-profile figure who, if he is accepted by the Senate, will soon occupy one of the most important jobs in the United States. That being so, how is it possible that West Point did not make one hundred percent sure that it was correct in its denial? Frankly, I’d be somewhat surprised if at least someone at West Point hadn’t preemptively looked into this after the nomination was made public. If I worked there, I think I would have. At the very least, a higher-up ought to have instructed all staff to make absolutely sure they were correct when dealing with inquiries of this sort. In all likelihood, we’ll never know what happened. What we can say, however, is that this incident has probably helped Hegseth’s chances of being confirmed.)
NEW AMERICAN
— Biden administration has failed to deport almost 1.5 million illegals with deportation orders, which is hardly shocking news given the mass invasion of penniless, Third Word illegals that Biden not only invited but unlawfully aided and abetted.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/1-4-illegals-with-deportation-orders-nyt-admits-biden-invited-invasion-of-migrants/
NEWSMAX
— Americans Increasingly Less Welcoming of Illegals (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/poll-illegals-deportation/2024/12/12/id/1191368/
— Speaker Johnson Hails Defense Bill, Targets Woke, NewsGuard
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-johnson-defense-bill-woke/2024/12/12/id/1191380/
TOWNHALL
— Support for Mass Deportations Is Quite Healthy In New York state
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/12/12/siena-poll-ny-voters-support-mass-deportations-n2648919
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://thehill.com/latino/5035619-trump-mass-deportation-immigrants-mixed-status-families-southern-border/
https://thehill.com/latino/5036835-mass-deportation-economic-impact/
CBS NEWS
— Trump reiterates plan to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-reiterates-plan-to-conduct-mass-deportations-of-undocumented-migrants/
CNN
— Rep. Crenshaw on why he’s supporting Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents stress those who could/should have come to my defense but did not. They stress Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I did the most to help elect and to reelect.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/video/the-lead-crenshaw-pete-hegseth-trump-cabinet-veteran-support-jake-tapper
NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows Nationalities of Immigrants Awaiting ICE Deportation from US
https://www.newsweek.com/map-immigrants-mass-deportation-ice-custody-nationalities-1999925
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-mass-deportation-tom-homan-roadblock-1999902
NEW YORK TIMES
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/business/dealbook/women-workplace-advancement.html
— Helping Students Find Their Way to College (COMMENT: What enabled you to earn a bachelor’s degree? For me it was my taking college preparatory courses in high school, getting an ACT score of 24, graduating in the upper 20% of my class, and working my way through college.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/communities-fund-one-goal.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Appeals court overturns Nasdaq requirement for diversity on boards. In a 51-page opinion, nine of 17 judges on the full 5th Circuit found that the rule violates the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/12/nasdaq-diversity-rule-overturned/
— Trump allies pressure GOP senators to back Cabinet picks — or else. The message: “Don’t get on Santa’s naughty list here, because we will primary you.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/13/trump-cabinet-picks-republican-senators/
MIAMI HERALD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article296993254.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/can-america-afford-trump-s-mass-deportation-plan-8-things-to-know/ss-AA1u2NHZ
ABC6
— Dozens of GOP governors pledge support for Trump’s mass deportations plan
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/dozens-of-gop-governors-pledge-support-for-trumps-mass-deportations-plan-trump-tom-homan-border-czar-illegal-immigration-ron-desantis-kristi-noem-glenn-youngkin
SCRIPPS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/truth-be-told/experts-predict-mass-deportation-would-damage-us-economy
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators. Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of bank regulators for 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $126,984-$150,075/year. During that time, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant.)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-advisers-bank-regulations-fdic-efa761dc
FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/12/12/hegseth-cabinet-nomination-less-than-20-of-us-adults-approve-of-trumps-defense-secretary-pick-poll-finds/
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethpearson/2024/12/12/how-women-can-advocate-for-themselves-in-a-polarized-workplace/
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alonzomartinez/2024/12/13/mastering-e-verify-in-2025-federal-and-state-compliance-essentials/
BARRON’S
— Home Prices Aren’t the Only Thing Stopping Millennials From Buying Real Estate. What’s Really Worrying Them. This generation sees homeownership as a speculative asset with wild price swings. It’s not their parents’ housing market. (COMMENT: The real estate market crashed soon after I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/home-prices-real-estate-housing-market-crash-millennials-d2ae4529
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in using religious leaders as their operative and dupes. https://www.ncronline.org/news/migration/sisters-catholic-groups-support-immigrants-vulnerable-potential-mass-deportations
https://www.ncronline.org/news/no-sanctuary-trump-reportedly-plans-reverse-policy-permit-ice-arrests-churches
AXIOS INDIANAPOLIS
— Holcomb pledges support for Trump deportations
https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2024/12/12/holcomb-support-trump-mass-deportations
ATLANTIC
— My critics/opponents look down on, if not despise, members of the working class, that is, wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/political-parties-populist-policies/680951/
MEDIA MATTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Newsmax’s Greg Kelly says Pete Hegseth is “unqualified” to be secretary of defense.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents go far beyond calling me unqualified, they hint/imply/argue/shout that my judgement and my motives are extremely bad. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.mediamatters.org/greg-kelly/newsmaxs-greg-kelly-says-pete-hegseth-unqualified-be-secretary-defense
PEW RESEARCH
— Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used among U.S. teens; some say they’re on these sites almost constantly.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/
December 11, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Pritzker brushes off Trump ‘border czar’ promise to start deportations in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/pritzker-johnson-tom-homan-mass-deportations-chicago-12102024/
FOX32
— Duckworth calls Hegseth dangerously unqualified (COMMENT: Who has worked the hardest against you and why? I should write about those who have worked the hardest against me and why.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/duckworth-hegseth-meeting
WGN RADIO
— The more that you promote LGBTQ, the more that Democrats leaders promote you.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/gop-armed-services-chair-criticizes-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-in-ndaa/amp/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/10/elon-musk-3/
— Chicago homicides in 2024: 544 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years. (COMMENT: How many have been killed so far this year in your municipality and why?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/09/chicago-homicides-in-2024-5-people-slain-heres-how-that-compares-with-previous-years/
— Evanston celebrates five years of reparations as 212 people helped with $25,000 payments, home repairs. Leaders of reparations efforts around the nation gave updates. (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/10/evanston-celebrates-five-years-of-reparations-as-212-people-helped-with-25000-payments-home-repairs/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The harder that you fight illegal immigration, the harder that Democrat and RINO leaders fight you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/10/tom-homan-donald-trump-border-czar-chicago-undocumented-immigrants-mass-deportation-editorials
DAILY HEARLD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks had, have, and will have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241210/news/so-much-to-be-done-arlington-heights-pastor-90-reflects-on-decades-of-fighting-for-civil-rights/
WBEZ
— Chicago will be ground zero for mass deportations. Homan tells Pritzker that if he does not want to help, he should “get the hell out of the way.” What positions on deportation do the following have: those who run your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/10/border-czar-tom-homan-donald-trump-chicago-pritzker-brandon-johnson-immigration
— Chicago and Illinois have sanctuary laws. What does that actually mean? Advocates hope local sanctuary laws can help protect undocumented immigrants from deportation in coming years. But will they?
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/11/chicago-and-illinois-have-sanctuary-laws-what-does-that-actually-mean
WIRF
— American Civil Liberties Union sets up plan to fight Trump.
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/11/illinois-civil-rights-group-sets-plan-ahead-trump-presidency/
— Illinois civil rights group sets plan ahead of Trump presidency
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/11/illinois-civil-rights-group-sets-plan-ahead-trump-presidency/
KSDK
— An Illinois mayoral candidate didn’t staple her documents together; now she can’t run. Paperwork snags and water bill battles fuel grassroots political rebellion.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/granite-city-mayoral-hopefuls-booted-from-ballot-over-technicalities/63-34d984a7-6663-41f9-aafa-f2589f4d77c7
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-421/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-213/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What motivates your critics/opponents to work against you the most? For me, it is my promoting the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, my fighting against race and gender based preference giving, that is, my fighting against reverse discrimination and age discrimination. My critics/opponents benefit from that discrimination, want to benefit from that discrimination, and/or want to curry favor with those who benefit from that discrimination or want to benefit from it. They blame me for the problems that minorities and females have and have had. My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed me for the problems that my many subordinates had who were minority and/or female. RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois blame me for the problems that minority and female Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have and have had since 2000. They attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females. 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, and I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, an/or who got them jobs. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Cutting Off the Head of the Syrian Snake Is Bringing People Home; Could Trump Attack Venezuelan Illegal Alien Problem by Getting Rid of Nicolás Maduro?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/11/cutting-off-the-head-of-the-syrian-snake-is-bringing-people-home-could-trump-attack-venezuelan-illegal-alien-problem-by-getting-rid-of-nicolas-maduro/
— Lakewood Spends $30,000 on Grant Writers and Receives $29,002
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/10/lakewood-spends-30000-on-grant-writers-and-receives-29002/
— Road Commissioner Contest in Nunda Township
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/10/road-commissioner-contest-in-nunda-township/
— Illinois Employment Looks Dismal Compared to the Rest of America
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/10/illinois-employment-looks-dismal-compared-to-the-rest-of-america/
WIREPOINTS
— Politicians are making immoral promises on government pensions…and they hike property taxes to continue to pay for them
https://wirepoints.org/politicians-are-making-immoral-promises-on-government-pensions-and-they-hike-property-taxes-to-continue-to-pay-for-them-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bold & Blunt: Joe Biden’s legacy of crimes of illegals
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/bold-blunt-joe-biden-legacy-crimes-illegals/
— Maybe it’s not the economy, stupid. Cultural issues may have won the day.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/26/maybe-economy-stupid/
— Lawmakers must continue to fight anonymous litigation funding. ‘Tort tax’ equals $3,621 per household. (COMMENT: I have been in lots of civil litigation as a plaintiff. My critics/opponents despise/hate plaintiffs in civil litigation. I should write about the civil litigation I have been in. I would focus on those defendants and their attorneys who continue to punish me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/lawmakers-must-continue-fight-anonymous-litigation/
— Law enforcement bulletin provides insight into possible motive in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate me the most because the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums. In my defense, I worked for the Democrats who run the federal government for almost 30 years to get that benefit.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/luigi-mangione-law-enforcement-bulletin-provides-i/
(COMMENT: The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO likely was motivated by his anger with what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press said. Luigi Nicholas Mangione wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world and that profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of his hand-written notes and social media posts. Prosecutors were beginning to take steps to bring the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family back to New York to face a murder charge while new details emerged about his life and how he was captured.)
— Journalist releases full text of Luigi Mangione’s manifesto
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/luigi-mangione-manifesto-full-text-released-ken-kl/
— DHS has power to revoke visas for sham marriages, Supreme Court rules
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/dhs-power-revoke-visas-sham-marriages-supreme-cour/
— Democrats beg Biden to expand amnesty for illegal immigrants before Trump takes office
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/10/democrats-beg-joe-biden-expand-amnesty-illegal-imm/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How to fix the government-created health insurance disaster (COMMENT: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that because of my federal employment, the federal government pays 72% of my health insurance.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/opinion-restoring-america/3255722/how-to-fix-the-government-created-health-insurance-disaster/
— New foundation launched to end ‘Marxist’ takeover of ethnic studies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3254113/thinc-foundation-launched-end-marxist-takeover-ethnic-studies/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Colorado Democrats Pass Law to Give Free Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/10/colorado-democrats-pass-law-to-give-free-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— AOC suggests people like Daniel Penny should be locked up to prevent more ‘violence’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/10/aoc-suggests-people-like-daniel-penny-should-be-locked-up-to-prevent-more-violence-1508691/
BLAZE
— ‘Help or get out of the way’: Border czar nominee Tom Homan tells Chicago crowd deportations will ‘start right here’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/tom-homan-chicago-illegal-immigrants
CAMPUS REFORM
— Florida senator files bill to prevent illegal aliens from receiving in-state tuition
https://www.campusreform.org/article/florida-senator-files-bill-prevent-illegal-aliens-receiving-in-state-tuition/27029
— Texas report shows lower academic success for black students despite prevalence of DEI programs
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/trump-spurs-anti-dei-investments
CENTER SQUARE
— ‘Lawless:’ Border crisis leading to rise in gang violence, endangering police
https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/border/article_d8a44f8a-b728-11ef-95a3-131d28bfbe42.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— A Major Constitutional Problem for Reparations (COMMENT: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/10/a-major-constitutional-problem-for-reparations/
DAILY WIRE
— How A Major Academic Association Is ‘Destroying’ Medicine
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mount-rushmore-of-dei-how-a-major-academic-association-is-destroying-medicine
FOX NEWS
— Chicago locals frustrated with Democratic mayor as funds go to migrants instead of homeless crisis
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365831729112
— Democrats in this blue state double down on protecting criminal migrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-blue-state-double-down-protecting-criminal-migrants-silly-reason
— ‘Dear White People:’ Squad member posts screed about ‘evil of White supremacy’ after Penny acquittal. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., said he wanted to ‘call out the hypocrisy and evil of it all’ after the death of Jordan Neely.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dear-white-people-squad-member-posts-screed-about-evil-white-supremacy-after-penny-acquittal
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Supreme Court Refuses to Review Anti-Asian Boston School Case – Justices Alito and Thomas Blast Decision
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/supreme-court-refuses-to-review-anti-asian-boston-school-case-justices-alito-and-thomas-blast-decision/
NATIONAL REVIEWS
— The Affirmative Action Fight Comes to High Schools ICOMMENT: I was not viewed as being college material. In my defense, I have always had to stress that I graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class in 1966 ( https://cretemoneehighschool.org/class-of-1966.html ).)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/the-affirmative-action-fight-comes-to-high-schools/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yesterday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case against Boston’s School Committee. But the underlying issue will not be going away. Like many major cities, Boston runs special high schools for high-ability students, known there as “exam schools.” And like their counterparts elsewhere, Boston’s education officials have grown increasingly uncomfortable with the fact that Asian and white kids disproportionately test into these schools while black and Hispanic children are underrepresented.)
REASON
— Nuclear Energy Prevents Air Pollution and Saves Lives
https://reason.com/2024/11/29/nuclear-power-saves-lives/
TOWNHALL
— Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar, said the nation’s largest mass deportation operation will begin in Chicago.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/12/11/tom-homan-chicago-n2648843
— We Are Running Out the Clock on the Tyranny of Wokeness
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/12/11/we-are-running-out-the-clock-on-the-tyranny-of-wokeness-n2648804
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Good luck reforming the Department of Defense (COMMENT: From the beginning, virtually all GAO employees have been Democrats. It would have been great if Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s rather than destroying it with budget cuts. What if he had forced GAO a) to have equal number of Democrat and Republican employees and b) to assign an equal number of Democrat and Republican employees to audit teams?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5030148-pentagon-defense-reform-history/
CBS NEWS
— As anger at UnitedHealthcare boils over, Americans pay more than ever for health insurance (COMMENT: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that because of my federal employment, the federal government pays 72% of my health insurance.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-insurance-costs-inflation-denials-luigi-mangione-united-healthcare/
NBC NEWS
— Top Republicans split over strategy to move Trump’s 2025 agenda
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/top-republicans-split-strategy-move-trumps-2025-agenda-rcna183692
— Trump goes to bat for Tulsi Gabbard amid scrutiny for top intelligence post (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have destroyed those who have gone to bat for me.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tulsi-gabbard-scrutiny-top-intelligence-post-rcna183530
NEW YORK TIMES
— Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History. Under President Biden, more than two million immigrants per year have entered, government data shows. (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. Those jobs enabled me to a) buy used cars in 1964 and 1971, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. c) pay for my college expenses, d) buy real state in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978 and have a home built in 1984, e) get married in 1978, f) etc. Employers want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have never had to compete against cheap immigrant labor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/briefing/recent-immigration-surge-has-been-largest-in-us-history.html
— How Old Is Too Old to Be President? Democrats Still Don’t Want to Say. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government use up-or-out, that is, age discrimination, to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They have make GS-13 ($115,439/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($136,414/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($160,458/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($191,900/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/us/politics/president-age-democrats.html
— Amid Rumors of a Breakup, Kimberly Guilfoyle Is Appointed Ambassador to Greece. The announcement came as Donald Trump Jr. has been seen with the socialite Bettina Anderson in Florida.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/style/kimberly-guilfoyle-trump-greece-ambassador.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Head down, burrow in: How federal workers beat Trump’s cuts. A lesson from the civil servants pushed out of D.C. (sort of) by the first Trump administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/11/federal-workers-survive-trump/
CITY NEWS
— DEI training increases prejudice (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years, they ever-increasingly required all their employees to take more DEI training. That ever-increasingly made my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate ever-increasing despise/hate the few remaining Republican employees.)
https://www.citynewsokc.com/business/study-finds-dei-training-increases-prejudice/article_bdef6c3c-b634-11ef-b954-03761db3b860.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s past time to fix the onerous CPA licensing process. (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, worked for IRS 1971-1980, and worked for GAO since 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-dying-language-of-accounting-cpa-licensing-fede2e74?mod=commentary_article_pos2
FORBES
— Duckworth Says Hegseth Chosen For Defense Secretary Only Because Trump Thinks He Looks Good On TV. (COMMENT: Who has worked the hardest against you and why? I should write about those who have worked the hardest against me and why.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2024/12/10/tammy-duckworth-pete-hegseth-only-chosen-for-defense-secretary-because-trump-thinks-he-looks-good-on-tv/
MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly use the Daniel Penny verdict to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://manhattan.institute/article/americas-verdict
AXIOS
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters invest in hate-filled Republican-hating companies.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/trump-spurs-anti-dei-investments
DAILY MAIL
— Trans activist arrested after assaulting GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace at U.S. Capitol building
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14180865/Trans-activist-arrested-assaulting-Congresswoman-Nancy-Mace.html
— Don Jr. breaks silence on Kimberly Guilfoyle split and her move to Greece
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14181647/donald-trump-jr-breaks-silence-kimberly-guilfoyle-split.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Hours after pics emerged of Donald Trump Jr. holding hands with Betty Anderson, his father picks fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador of Greece
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/hours-after-pics-emerged-of-donald-trump-jr-holding-hands-with-betty-anderson-his-father-picks-fiance-kimberly-guilfoyle-as-ambassador-of-greece/articleshow/116218064.cms
December 10, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Tom Homan swings hard at Illinois Dems
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/12/10/homan-jabs-illinois-democrats-at-gop-event-in-chicago-00193434
(FROM THE ARTICLE: MAKING A SPLASH: Tom Homan took the stage in Chicago on Monday to George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone.” The incoming “border czar” then crassly attacked Illinois Democratic leaders on immigration. And as he made his exit, Homan posed for selfies and took a slug from a bottle of beer. Stirring the pot: “Chicago is in trouble because your mayor sucks and your governor sucks,” Homan said on stage for a Chicago GOP event. He was referring to Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson — both of whom have spoken out against President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans. On immigration, Homan said he would “welcome” Illinois Democratic leaders to “come to the table. … Help us protect you,” he said. “Please. But if you don’t, get the hell out of the way.” The crowd ate it up: The holiday event was organized by Chicago’s Northside Republicans and the Law & Order PAC and held at Biagio Events space in the city. Pritzker gives an eye-roll: “It’s no secret that Illinois will face countless, baseless attacks over the next four years from the Trump Administration,” Matt Hill, the governor’s spokesman, said in a statement. “Rather than responding to every ridiculous boast from Trump lackeys, Gov. Pritzker is focused on what he was focused on during the first Trump term: leading our state with competence instead of chaos.” More from POLITICO’s home page: ( https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/09/congress/border-czars-tough-talk-00193416 ) Homan says children born in the U.S. to non-citizens would be part of the deportation effort. Giving the brushoff: Though Homan took time earlier in the day to visit Chicago pastors, he didn’t make the first move to call the governor or mayor. “They need to reach out to me,” Homan told your Playbook host. The Illinois Democratic leaders need to “come to the table” the way New York Mayor Eric Adams did to talk about how to work with ICE, Homan said. Some background: Pritzker and Johnson have condemned plans for mass deportations. The Illinois Trust Act and the Chicago welcoming city ordinance prevent local law enforcement from taking part in immigration and customs enforcement, and state lawmakers are looking at other ways to make sure state law can’t be circumvented. On Illinois’ rules about working with ICE: “Change the law,” Homan told your Playbook host. The mayor’s hopes Trump takes advantage of the power he has to “actually pass substantive immigration reform policy,” Johnson said at an unrelated event earlier in the day. Chicago Alderman Nicholas Sposato, one of the very few Trump supporters on the 50-member City Council, said he liked what he heard from Homan and doesn’t believe Illinois or Chicago sanctuary city status should prevent ICE from coming to town. “It means law enforcement just has to stay out of the way,” Sposato said. Also in the room: Dr. Dave Nayak, a Democrat-turned-Republican who introduced Homan, Ald. Raymond Lopez, Commissioner Sean Morrison, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, pollster Matt Podgorski, former state’s attorney candidate Bob Fioretti, political consultant Shando Valdez and retired Chicago Police Sergeant and former political candidate John Garrido.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar Tom Homan tells Illinois Republicans. President-elect Donald Trump’s designated “border czar.” Homan started his remarks at a Northwest Side GOP “holiday party” with some light ribbing: “Chicago’s in trouble because your mayor sucks and your governor sucks.” But he also warned Johnson about his deportation plan, saying, “If he doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2024/12/09/border-czar-tom-homan-donald-trump-chicago-pritzker-brandon-johnson-immigration
ABC7
— Incoming border czar Tom Homan promises mass deportation: ‘Going to start right here in Chicago’ (COMMENT: Homan spoke at a holiday party hosted by the Law and Order PAC and the Northwest Side GOP Club. As the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, I recruited speakers for TAPROOT’s monthly breakfast meetings and its annual picnic and Christmas party. My critics/opponents always demonized, denigrated, and condemned the speakers who I recruited as being “too conservative.” I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-immigration-incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-promises-mass-deportation-says-hell-start-chicago-migrants/15633535/
— Chicago police investigating after ‘Kill your CEO’ graffiti spray-painted on North Side businesses
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kill-ceo-graffiti-emerges-andersonville-uptown-ravenswood-businesses-after-nyc-shooting-chicago-police-say/15632606/
— Community leaders urge IL lawmakers to pass bill requiring officer training on hate crime incidents
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-laws-community-leaders-urge-state-house-senate-members-pass-bill-requiring-hate-crime-training-police-officers/15632314/
CBS2
— Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s border czar, says deportation plan will start in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tom-homan-trump-border-czar-chicago/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tom-homan-president-elect-trump-s-border-czar-says-deportation-plan-will-start-in-chicago/ar-AA1vzy9r
— Incoming border czar Tom Homan has tough words for Chicago. Homan was a guest at a holiday party hosted by the Law and Order PAC and the Northwest Side GOP Club.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-has-tough-words-for-chicago/
WGN RADIO
— Can Trump’s DOGE-machine permanently remake govt? (COMMENT: If GAO had been remade and expanded during the 1980s and 1990s instead of being destroyed, there would be no need for DODGE. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They used Republican-led budget cuts to waste my career and force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) working 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, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, f) earning a job-related professional license, and g) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-can-trumps-doge-machine-permanently-remake-govt/
NBC5
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates who promote the Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly charge Trump with promoting hate crimes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/civil-rights-groups-demand-hate-crime-training-for-illinois-law-enforcement/3620199/
— Questions surround aide of Mayor Brandon Johnson. Residency rules require city of Chicago employees to live in the city. So, why did a senior advisor to Mayor Brandon Johnson vote last month in Texas?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/questions-surround-aide-of-mayor-brandon-johnson/3620289/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/09/supreme-court-skrmetti-transgender-gender-affirming-care
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Arlington Heights board inks deal to lower Bears’ tax bill until stadium construction begins (COMMENT: I should write my successfully fighting during the 1980s and 1990s to get the assessed valuation of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/915-Cove-Ct-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447887_zpid/ ) reduced. Those who opposed that continue to take adverse actions against me to this day.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241209/news/arlington-heights-board-inks-deal-to-lower-bears-tax-bill-until-stadium-construction-begins/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker’s property tax bill will be nearly $1.29 million (COMMENT: I should write my successfully fighting during the 1980s and 1990s to get the assessed valuation of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/915-Cove-Ct-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447887_zpid/ ) reduced. Those who opposed that continue to take adverse actions against me to this day.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/pritzkers-top-list-biggest-residential-property-tax-payers
(COMMENT: In the wake of their recent purchase of $19 million worth of Gold Coast condos, Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker can expect to receive property tax bills totaling almost $1.29 million in early 2025. This makes the Pritzkers the biggest residential property taxpayers in Cook County by far. The next-highest bill, according to Crain’s research, is the $635,620 total for Citadel chief Ken Griffin’s three yet-unsold downtown penthouses.)
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his. Trump’s second term comes with the specter of the world’s richest man serving as his political enforcer. (COPMMENT: What if Pritzker decided to get rid of you? Who would come to your defense?)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/elon-musk-warns-republicans-against-standing-in-trumps-way-or-his/article_45a72206-989c-5be7-8029-c61531d79819.html
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Panic overdone about fate of social issues
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/panic-overdone-fate-social-issues-19962332.php
PEORIA JOUNAL STAR
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who run Chicago.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/state/2024/12/09/new-report-names-chicago-illinois-among-best-cities-in-the-world/76863099007/
SOUTHERN
— How Trump has infused parts of Project 2025 into his administration
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/09/how-trump-has-infused-parts-of-project-2025-into-his-administration-2/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against police.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-12-09/illinois-law-requires-transparency-when-police-kill-people-many-cases-stay-in-the-dark
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-both-sides-in-abortion-debate-seek-clues-in-trumps-nominees-to-key-positions/
WSIL TV
— Republicans are feeling great about the economy again. Democrats are really worried
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/republicans-are-feeling-great-about-the-economy-again-democrats-are-really-worried/article_bcdac9b1-b7a6-5cbd-80ad-e443b2eeb60a.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— In promising to shake up Washington, Trump is in a class of his own
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-in-promising-to-shake-up-washington-trump-is-in-a-class-of-his-own/
— Adam Schiff to be sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a Trump antagonist (COMMENT: I should write about my past and present antagonists in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois Center Right Coalition, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, etc. The aforesaid antagonists are operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-adam-schiff-to-be-sworn-into-the-senate-where-he-wants-to-be-more-than-a-trump-antagonist/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-420/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-212/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What positions do the following have on Trump, Homan, and illegal immigration: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) and the leaders your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, c) the Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) the conservative leaders and activists in your area, and e) the religious leaders and activists in your area? I should write about the positions the following have: a) my representative on the IRP SCC and the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) the Republican leaders of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200, c) the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) the conservative leaders and activists in my area, and e) the religious leaders and activists in my area. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How much success have Democrat and RINO leaders had promoting Affirmative Action and DEI where you live, that is, how much success have they had promoting race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination where you live? They have had tremendous success where I live. According to them, the more of the following that you are, the more that you owe your successes in life to your benefitting from discrimination against those who are moderate/liberal, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me and the pretexts that they have used to justify their actions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What do racists, sexists, and bigots do? ANSWER: They ascribe/foist negatives on others because of their demographics. That is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about those who ascribe/foist negatives on those who are the following because they have the following demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft avoider, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about the major conservative and Republican events in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that I was not invited to attend since 2000. I would focus on those events organized by my critics/opponents a) who reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) who reject candidates in Republican primaries who I supported, and c) 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 coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Report shows licensing burden on Illinois workers (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, worked for IRS 1971-1980, and worked for GAO since 1980.)
https://www.aol.com/news/op-ed-report-shows-licensing-161500364.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s weak luxury real estate market goes beyond Ken Griffin
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-weak-real-estate-market-hurts-everyone-not-just-ken-griffin-wirepoints/
— Awful and worse: Illinois jobs and employment numbers badly lag the nation
https://wirepoints.org/awful-and-worse-illinois-jobs-and-employment-numbers-badly-lag-the-nation-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Alito scolds colleagues as Supreme Court ducks new affirmative action case (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/alito-scolds-colleagues-supreme-court-ducks-new-af/
— Party poopers: Palm Beach seeks to limit Trump’s Mar-a-Lago galas as residents seethe over traffic
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/palm-beach-seeks-limit-donald-trump-mar-lago-galas/
— White House tells staff to spend as much money as possible ahead of Trump presidency
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/white-house-tells-staff-spend-much-money-possible-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Supreme Court rejects cases on admissions diversity, guns, and transgender policies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3254098/supreme-court-rejects-cases-admissions-diversity-guns-transgender-policies/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— DEI Is Unconstitutional
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/dei-is-unconstitutional/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to appear in pro-transgender Broadway musical
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/justice_ketanji_brown_jackson_to_appear_in_pro_transgender_broadway_musical.html
BREITBART
— Trump Will Push Earlier DREAMers Plan, I Wouldn’t Do It Until Dems Agree on Border, Deporting Safety Threats
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/10/homan-trump-will-push-earlier-dreamers-plan-i-wouldnt-do-it-until-dems-agree-on-border-deporting-safety-threats/
— Colorado Democrats Launch Program to Give Free Healthcare to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/09/colorado-democrats-launch-program-to-give-free-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens/
DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Challenge To Racial Discrimination In Public School Admissions (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/09/supreme-court-refuses-hear-challenge-racial-discrimination-public-school-admissions/
DAILY SIGNAL
— What’s Next for the Woke Bureaucrats in the Administrative State? (COMMENT: All my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used wokeness/wokeism to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/09/whats-next-woke-bureaucrats-administrative-state/
DAILY WIRE
— Why Are We Celebrating Terrorists Taking Over Syria?
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1632
— Tom Homan Explains How Democrats Protecting Illegal Aliens In Sanctuary Cities, States Will Backfire. Homan said ICE agents will uphold their oath and follow the law.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-explains-how-democrats-protecting-illegal-aliens-in-sanctuary-cities-states-will-backfire
— College Tells International Students To Return Before Trump Takes Office, Offers To Shelter Illegals. Claremont McKenna College told students in the country illegally they could meet with ‘an immigration lawyer for a free initial consultation.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-college-to-connect-illegals-with-lawyers-urges-foreigners-to-return-before-inauguration
FEDERALIST
— Prosecuting Daniel Penny Was An Irreparable Miscarriage Of Justice. New York Owes Him A Massive Payout.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/09/prosecuting-daniel-penny-was-an-irreparable-miscarriage-of-justice-new-york-owes-him-a-massive-payout/
— Trump, Not Biden, Is The True Unifier-In-Chief
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/09/trump-not-biden-is-the-true-unifier-in-chief/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Open-Borders Advocates Demand Governor Newsom Pardon Convicted Criminals so they Won’t Be Deported
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/open-borders-advocates-demand-governor-newsom-pardon-convicted-criminals-so
FOX NEWS
— The Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday to take up a case of Boston parents claiming an admissions policy had discriminated against White and Asian students. (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/supreme-court-rejects-boston-parents-appeal-claiming-racial-bias-admissions-policy
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Illinois-Chicago Department of Art History: Too Many White Scholars is “Ethically Problematic” (COMMENT: This is racism. According to racists, Whites owe all their accomplishments to benefitting from discrimination against non-Whites.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/u-illinois-chicago-dept-of-art-history-too-many-white-scholars-is-ethically-problematic/amp/
NEWSMAX
— Federal Judge Blocks Obamacare for Dreamers
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/judge-obamacare-illegals/2024/12/09/id/1191024/
— High Court Can Declare Transgenderism a Lie
https://www.newsmax.com/joshhammer/transgender-scotus/2024/12/09/id/1190925/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump’s border czar signals solution for Dreamers will be tied to border security
https://thehill.com/latino/5029991-trump-border-czar-dreamers/
NBC NEWS
— Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ironic-suspect-unitedhealthcare-slaying-played-video-game-killer-rcna183550
NEW YORK TIMES
— Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/opinion/elites-euro-social-media.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly ascribe/foist bad judgement if not evil motive to past leaders of America who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/09/biden-designate-national-monument-former-indian-boarding-school/
— I should write about the major conservative and Republican events in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that I was not invited to attend since 2000. I would focus on those events organized by my critics/opponents a) who reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, b) who reject candidates in Republican primaries who I supported, and c) 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 coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/16/teenager-new-hampshire-republican-event-ejected/
— Colleges ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/12/09/college-programs-trump-republicans-tensions/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/12/08/trump-immigration-college-students-fafsa/76737394007/
— Supreme Court won’t review admissions policy challenged as unfair to whites, Asian Americans (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/09/supreme-court-diversity-school-admissions/75086029007/
— DEI promotes false perceptions of prejudice. ()COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/12/08/walmart-dei-university-michigan-diversity-statements-end/76708201007/
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates ever-increasingly became more hostile against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2024/12/03/political-civility-in-the-workplace/76640409007/
— Minimum wage set to rise in 23 states next year as $15 an hour, and beyond, picks up steam. (COMMENT: I worked part-time for the minimum wage 1964-1966 washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School. In today’s dollars, that minimum wage was $12.41/hour. With the money that I earned and saved, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/09/minimum-wage-hikes-2025/76710608007/
— The housing crisis threatens the American dream. What’s next? (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, I was able to buy a new town home when I was 24 years old.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2024/12/06/is-homeownership-still-american-dream-trump/76483339007/
NEWSWEEK
— BLM Calls for ‘Black Vigilantes’ to Target Oppressors After Daniel Penny Verdict
https://www.newsweek.com/blm-leader-reaction-daniel-penny-verdict-jordan-neely-1997953
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Trump Can Target Transgenderism in Schools. A federal court ruling in Pennsylvania vindicated the rights of parents.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-trump-can-target-transgenderism-in-schools-law-policy-education-369537a7
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against men to curry favor with women.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sophianelson/2024/12/09/women-in-business-can-survive-the-new-anti-dei-climate-in-washington/
POLITICO
— Homan tells Democrats to ‘get the hell out of the way’ on immigration. Incoming ‘border czar’ draws hard line on who should be able to stay in the country.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/09/congress/border-czars-tough-talk-00193416
INSIDE STORY
— My critics/opponents attribute all their successes in life to meritocracy, but attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc.
https://insidestory.org.au/the-fall-of-the-meritocracy/
MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE
— The Biden Legacy on Immigration (COMMENT: Under Biden, anyone and everyone could come into America “legally” and/or stay in America “legally.”)
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/biden-legacy-immigration
GOOGLE
— Discrimination (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), constructively, GAO argued that its political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination against me was justified because that was what Congress wanted it to do.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=discrimination+justified
MONDAQ
— Handbook Season Arrives with a Flurry of Potential Policy Updates. 2024 produced a number of new laws and legal developments requiring changes to employer policies, including changes related to discrimination and harassment. (COMMENT: What did you do because your employee handbooks encouraged you to do that? I took graduate evening courses a) in business at Loyola 1972-1976 and b) in accounting at DePaul 1976-1980 because my IRS employee handbook encouraged me to do that. Nevertheless, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed those courses in 1978. They outrageously/disgustingly/unethically argued that the courses were not related to my job duties, that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and that they qualified me for a new trade or business. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-rights-labour-relations/1555116/handbook-season-arrives-with-a-flurry-of-potential-policy-updates
ECONOMIC TIMES
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that county. But illegals hint/imply/argue/shout that Democrat and RINO leaders invited them to come into America and to stay in America..
https://m.economictimes.com/nri/migrate/trump-only-wants-perfect-immigrants-thats-almost-impossible/amp_articleshow/116159545.cms
December 7, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Tiffany Henyard attends Thornton Twp. electoral board meeting after losing caucus
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-attend-thornton-township-meeting-hear-objections-election-nominations/15625065/
— Controversial pundit Nick Fuentes charged with battery in Berwyn
https://abc7chicago.com/post/controversial-political-pundit-nick-fuentes-charged-battery-berwyn-cook-county-court-documents-show/15625971/
CBS2
— Tiffany Henyard says she’s confident she’ll be on the ballot for Thornton Township Supervisor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tiffany-henyard-ballot-thornton-township-supervisor/
WBEZ
— Chicago closes its largest tent city and moves most residents into apartments and shelters. Officials say they’ve placed 39 households into apartments and are working to place 24 others. Others sleeping in Humboldt Park were offered shelter beds.
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2024/12/06/chicago-closes-its-largest-tent-city-and-moves-most-residents-into-apartments-and-shelters
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-news/2024/12/06/chicago-and-illinois-have-sanctuary-laws-to-protect-undocumented-migrants
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5184156/trans-rights-trump-administration
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Far-right streamer Nick Fuentes charged with battery in alleged attack of Berwyn woman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/06/far-right-streamer-nick-fuentes-charged-with-battery-in-alleged-attack-of-berwyn-woman/
— City clears Humboldt Park homeless encampment as some residents still wait for housing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/06/city-clears-humboldt-park-homeless-encampment/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Far-right influencer Nick Fuentes charged with battery of Berwyn woman. Marla Rose previously said that Fuentes pepper sprayed her and pushed her down the front steps of his west suburban home. Now he’s facing a misdemeanor charge.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/12/06/nick-fuentes-charged-battery
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/12/07/donald-trump-presidency-stress-worries-black-latino-lgbtq-middle-east-radical-healing-helen-neville
JOURNAL TOPICS
— Del Mar To Step Down Next Year As State GOP Co-Chair To Seek Statewide Office
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-to-step-down-next-year-as-state-gop-co-chair-to-seek-statewide-office/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/12/06/reparations-town-hall-panelists-reflect-on-their-work-path-forward/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Election confidence among Republicans surges after Trump’s win (COMMENT: Do you anticipate/expect that more Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct will win?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-06/election-confidence-among-republicans-surges-after-trumps-win-a-new-poll-finds
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-211/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DOUG IBENDAHL
— Some straight talk for Illinois Republicans. Trump and his team are going to put America back on track. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do the same with our Illinois Republican Party?
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/some-straight-talk-for-illinois-republicans
JOHN KASS
— Yes, They All Knew About Biden’s Corruption
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/12/06/yes_they_all_knew_about_bidens_corruption_636942.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct? 77 million voted for Trump nationwide, 2.4 million in Illinois, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What have you done that your critics/opponents use to justify their taking adverse actions against you? My critics/opponents 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 coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. Since 2000, they have used against me a) my supporting candidates in primaries who they reject and b) my promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Since the 1980s, they have used against me a) my opposition to things that Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois officials have wanted and b) my suing them. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— New York and Chicago: A tale of two cities on immigration. NYC is home to 750,000 illegal aliens, 60,000 of whom have criminal convictions or pending charges.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/6/new-york-chicago-tale-two-cities-immigration/
— Transgender delusion needs to end
https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/dec/6/transgender-delusion-needs-end/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Matt Walsh credits Elon Musk and X in spotlighting harm of transgender procedures
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3251430/matt-walsh-elon-musk-x-harm-transgender-procedures/
— Transgender illogic does harm to children
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3252117/transgender-illogic-does-harm-to-children/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Our congressional Republicans already fall down dead at the Dems’ bluster
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/our_congressional_republicans_already_fall_down_dead_at_the_dems_bluster.html
BLAZE
— Trump devises workaround to deport illegal aliens when home countries refuse to repatriate
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-devises-workaround-to-deport-illegal-aliens-when-home-countries-refuse-to-repatriate-report
CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— $5 Trillion in Prime Waste-Cutting Recommendations (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) working 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, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, f) earning a job-related professional license, and g) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.cagw.org/media/press-releases/citizens-against-government-waste-releases-5-trillion-prime-waste-cutting
— The Proposed Musk Efficiency Commission Could Save Trillions
https://www.cagw.org/thewastewatcher/proposed-musk-efficiency-commission-could-save-trillions
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden’s Illegal Immigration Phone App Could Allow Millions of Gazans Into US
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/06/bidens-illegal-immigration-phone-app-could-allow-millions-gazans-borderline/
DAILY WIRE
— Wokeness Was Dealt A Huge Blow In 2024, But These Companies Still Tried To Push It. While conservatives rightly celebrate these massive victories, the fight isn’t over.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/wokeness-was-dealt-a-huge-blow-in-2024-but-these-companies-still-tried-to-push-it
FEDERALIST
— Venezuelan Busted For Extorting Illegals In PA Exposes Evil Side Effect Of Biden’s Open Borders
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/venezuelan-busted-for-extorting-illegals-in-pa-exposes-evil-side-effect-of-bidens-open-borders/
— People Who Fought In Afghanistan Know Why Nation-Building Was Never Going To Work
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/people-who-fought-in-afghanistan-know-why-nation-building-was-never-going-to-work/
— Boston And New York Are A Tale Of Two Cities On Illegal Immigration
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-boston-and-new-york-are-a-tale-of-two-cities-on-illegal-immigration/
— Pete Hegseth Will Make The Pentagon Great Again
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/pete-hegseth-will-make-the-pentagon-great-again/
— Reining In Federal Spending Must Start With The Executive Branch
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/reining-in-federal-spending-must-start-with-the-executive-branch/
— Congress Is DOGE’s Biggest Obstacle To Success
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-congress-is-doges-biggest-obstacle-to-success/
— Preemptive Pardons Prove ‘Nobody Is Above The Law’ Is A Lie
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-preemptive-pardons-prove-nobody-is-above-the-law-is-a-lie/
— Trump Reaffirms ‘Strong’ Support For Pete Hegseth’s Defense Secretary Nomination
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/06/trump-reaffirms-strong-support-for-pete-hegseths-defense-secretary-nomination/
FOX BUSINESS
— Biden admin ‘cheapening’ what it means to be an American citizen
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365637671112
NEWSMAX
— What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?
https://www.newsmax.com/paulfdelespinasse/trump-mandate-election/2024/12/06/id/1190681/
— Military Leaders Rattled by List of ‘Woke’ Officers a Group Urges Hegseth to Fire
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/hegseth-trump-diversity-pentagon-list/2024/12/06/id/1190693/
— DEI Was Always Racist
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/matteo-dei-diversity/2024/12/06/id/1190688/
TOWNHALL
— Why Are Politicians So Weak? (COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 a) who I have done the most to help elect and b) who have nevertheless taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/12/07/why-are-politicians-so-weak-n2648737
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But, by and large, politicians are weak creatures because they are afraid of offending too many people. And it is all because their first concern—every politician’s—is power. They love it. They worship it. They lust for it. They live for it. They’ll do anything they can to get it and hold onto it. And if that means compromising justice, the law, and the well-being of the people, they’ll do it. They are weak; they will sacrifice virtue and character for any disgusting cause, and they are rarely strong enough to stand up and defend what is truly noble, righteous, and virtuous.)
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump’s Plan for Illegals Whose Own Countries Won’t Take Them Back
https://www.westernjournal.com/pure-gold-trumps-plan-illegals-whose-countries-wont-take-back/
ZERO HEDGE
— Feds Accuse HelloFresh Of Employing Migrant Kids At Factory In Sanctuary State Illinois
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/feds-accuse-hellofresh-employing-migrant-kids-factory-sanctuary-state-illinois
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— 5 reasons Trump 47 will govern like no president in history (COMMENT: What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5024611-trump-mandate-domestic-problems/
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
— How the Trump Administration Plans to Steal Congress’s Power of the Purse (COMMENT: Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives used the power of the purse, that is, budget cuts, to destroy GAO while I worked for GAO 1980-1997. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO Chicago Office superiors were beyond furious and they took their anger against Republicans out on me, one of their very few remaining Republican employees. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-how-trump-administration-plans-steal-congresss-power-purse
MSN
— Venezuelan Gang Tren De Aragua Active In Chicago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-active-in-chicago-police-records-show/ar-AA1vmqzo
— 19 Reasons Young People Are Choosing to Avoid Work (COMMENT: From what I see, today’s youth view the jobs that I took as being bad jobs that they should not have to stoop 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/money/careers/no-thanks-19-real-reasons-young-people-are-choosing-to-avoid-work/ss-AA1uqvHX
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn baby boomers like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/15-defiant-reasons-baby-boomers-reject-woke-culture/ss-AA1ot8Iy
— Elite rich Americans often overlook these factors that are key to their success. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against whose who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/moneyball-and-big-short-author-michael-lewis-says-elite-rich-americans-often-overlook-these-factors-that-are-key-to-their-success/ar-AA1v8F5R
CNN
— Trump has vowed to give green cards to college grads. (COMMENT: What do you say to employers that prefer employees who are not citizens of America?)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/politics/green-cards-college-graduates-trump-cec/index.html
NBC NEWS
— Democrats and Republicans in Congress worried that Gabbard might leak information to Syria (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. To keep me off of audits of IRS, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors stressed the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors had taken against me. They had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, they had disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and they had never promoted me beyond GS-12. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, etc. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because of the aforesaid adverse actions, I could not be objective concerning IRS and that I would want to punish IRS. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the codes of professional conduct that I was under because of my six professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accounting-1997) and my professional license (CPA-1981). I always agreed that I should not be assigned to audits that directly involved my IRS superiors who took the aforesaid adverse actions against me. My Democrat and GAO superiors succeed in keeping me off audits of IRS until 1986. But then they again succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS after 1988. They wasted what I had learned about IRS by working for it for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/democrats-republicans-congress-worried-gabbard-might-leak-information-rcna181316
NEW YORK TIMES
— What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/elections/trump-tariffs-deportations-polls.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/special-series/refugees-migrants-crisis.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Naval Academy can consider race in admissions (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors always considered political affiliation, race, gender, age, and veteran status, that is, they always gave preference to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/12/06/naval-academy-race-conscious-admissions-affirmative-action/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Not Just Ken Griffin. Rich Chicago Residents Are Losing Their Shirts on Real Estate. Wealthy homeowners in the Windy City are selling at a loss—and looking for someone to blame. (COMMENT: In 1978, when I was 29 years old, I had a $10,000 gain when I sold my Outer Drive East one bedroom condo.)
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/its-not-just-ken-griffin-rich-chicago-residents-are-losing-their-shirts-on-real-estate-71fc4fe0
— Americans’ Cars Keep Getting Older—and Creakier. Drivers are skimping to save a few bucks. That could mean bigger bills down the road and a rebound for parts and service companies. (COMMENT: My oldest car is 53 years old, a 1972 Corvette. My second oldest car is 29 years old, a 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX. My third oldest car is 19 years old, a 2005 Corvette. They continue to run just fine.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/americans-used-cars-age-repairs-c3fe7dca
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This should be the best of times for the people who help keep America’s cars running. There have never been as many on the road—around 290 million light vehicles—and they have never been so old. One reason for that is good news: They are better made. Getting the odometer past 100,000 miles has gone from being noteworthy to normal. Thirty years ago the average passenger car was about 8.4 years old and today that is 13.6 years. Less good: Pinched by inflation, higher interest rates and supply-chain woes, Americans just haven’t been buying as many new vehicles lately. The four-year rolling average of annualized sales is about 15.5 million, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. On the eve of the Covid-19 pandemic it was 17.7 million.)
FORBES
— Past H-1B Visa Policies Predict Donald Trump’s Immigration Policy (COMMENT: What do you say to employers that prefer employees who are not citizens of America?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/11/10/past-h-1b-visa-policies-predict-donald-trumps-immigration-policy/
JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE
— Naperville man who put swastikas on campaign signs appears for trial. The defendant is charged with two counts of hate crime and one count of property damage for the 2022 vandalism.
https://www.jns.org/illinois-man-who-put-swastikas-on-campaign-signs-appears-for-trial/
TALKING POINTS MEMO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dems-sound-the-alarm-on-gop-talk-of-cuts-to-federal-safety-net-programs
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/election-results-show-trump-has-lost-popular-vote-majority.html
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— I’m a Biased Journalist and I’m Okay With That (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, you cannot be a reporter or a journalist if you are conservative and/or Republican, but you can be a reporter or a journalist if you claim to be unbiased. I should write about reporters and journalists who falsely claim to be unbiased. I would provide many examples.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/07/09/im-a-biased-journalist-and-im-okay-with-that/
POLITICO
— What the end of DEI means for women (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2024/12/06/what-the-end-of-dei-means-for-women-00192991
STANFORD SOCIAL INNOVATION REVIEW
— The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards. Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not privilege the values of white and Western employees and leave behind people of color. (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my six professional certifications (accounting-1979, internal auditing-1981, fraud examination-1990, government financial management-1994, financial services auditing-1996, and forensic accounting-1997) and my professional license (CPA-1981) against me the most.)
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_bias_of_professionalism_standards
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Yes, Trump Has a Mandate, Most Voters Believe (COMMENT: What attitude do the following have toward Trump: a) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee and the leaders of your county and township/ward party organizations, b) the Republicans who lead your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and school district, and c) the Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/yes_trump_has_a_mandate_most_voters_believe
December 4, 2024
It would be great if all township political parties would issue press releases on their caucuses.
EDGAR COUNTY WATCHDOGS
— Thornton Township Democrat Caucus Nominated Napoleon Harris’ Slate For Township Offices – Tiffany Henyard Shouted Down By Residents
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2024/12/thornton-township-democrat-caucus-nominated-napoleon-harris-slate-for-township-offices-tiffany-henyard-shouted-down-by-residents/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township supervisor
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-democratic-party-caucus-denies-dolton-mayor-place-ballot-stay-thornton-township-supervisor/15621781/
NBC5
— Tiffany Henyard loses nomination as Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/tiffany-henyard-loses-nomination-as-thornton-township-supervisor/3615125/
— Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to do. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. Under him, GAO shrank from over 6,000 employees to under 3,000. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Its employees who conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time were gotten rid of and replaced with employees who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-fbi-kash-patel-reshape-bureau/3614377/
CBS2
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township, Illinois supervisor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tiffany-henyard-denied-ballot-thornton-township-illinois-supervisor/
WGN9
— “A raucous caucus” seeks to determine if Tiffany Henyard can seek re-election in Thornton Township
https://www.yahoo.com/news/raucous-caucus-seeks-determine-tiffany-232440595.html
— ‘They can’t beat me’: In rare caucus, Tiffany Henyard loses Thornton Township nomination
https://wgntv.com/news/south-suburbs/they-cant-beat-me-tiffany-henyard-loses-thornton-township-nomination-to-napoleon-harris/
— Chicago’s progressive mayor gets fiery in City Club visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGf-ol9kHlU
FOX32
— ‘You can’t do stuff like this’: Tiffany Henyard, her supporters claim they were cheated in caucus
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tiffany-henyard-exclusive-fox-32-interview
https://www.aol.com/t-stuff-tiffany-henyard-her-235252100.html
LANSING JOURNAL
— Many left waiting in cold for Democratic caucus
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/03/many-left-waiting-in-cold-for-democratic-caucus/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Sen. Napoleon Harris blocks Tiffany Henyard to claim Democratic nomination for Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/03/napoleon-harris-blocks-tiffany-henyard-to-claim-democratic-thornton-township/
— Jim Dodge’s challenge to Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau heads to Cook County court
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/02/jim-dodges-challenge-to-orland-park-mayor-keith-pekau-heads-to-cook-county-court/
— Marginalized groups admit fear, uncertainty as Trump secures second term (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, marginalized groups include those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/09/marginalized-groups-admit-fear-uncertainty-as-trump-secures-second-term/
— Paul Vallas: The CTU, a de facto political party, is a bigger threat to public education in Chicago than Trump (COMMENT: Democrat leaders are a threat to everyone.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/opinion-public-education-chicago-risk-chicago-teachers-union/
DAILY HERALD
— 4 new McHenry County Board members sworn in as GOP majority grows
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241203/local-politics/4-new-mchenry-county-board-members-sworn-in-as-gop-majority-grows/
WBEZ
— Chicago is closing its biggest tent city but comes up short on promised apartments
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2024/12/04/chicago-is-closing-its-biggest-tent-city-but-comes-up-short-on-promised-apartments
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate (COMMENT: If you were picked for a position, what would your critics/opponents throw against you? If I was picked for a position, my critics/opponents would stress the success that they had having their operatives and their dupes a) throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) end my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) end my TAPROOT Republican of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) end my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) end my GAO employment in 1997, l) etc.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-faces-deepening-scrutiny-in-senate/article_e4be4b32-f1c0-57db-a1f6-c41bf6740dd1.html
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/03/black-republicans-feel-left-out-of-trumps-second-term-picks/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— New IRS funding boosted tax enforcement and improved taxpayer services during the Biden administration
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/new-irs-funding-boosted-tax-enforcement-and-19955276.php
FOX NEWS
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis for defense secretary (COMMENT: Early on, hate-filled Trump-hating Republicans backed DeSantis for President. What do they have to say about this?)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-for-defense-secretary-amid-allegations-florida-governor-secretary-of-defense-fox-friends-weekend-conservative-gop-primary
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump picks staunch Israel supporters for key roles (COMMENT: I demonstrated my support for Israel in 1990 when I volunteered to be assigned to GAO’s only work group in Chicago that was headed by a Jewish person. Many of my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic.)
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/03/nx-s1-5195102/trump-picks-staunch-israel-supporters-for-key-roles-worrying-arab-americans
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump team signs an agreement with the DOJ for security clearances (COMMENT: I had a security clearance when 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.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-12-03/trump-team-signs-an-agreement-with-the-doj-for-security-clearances
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-wsj/
WSIL TV
— Donald Trump Jr. is joining the board of a ‘woke-free’ marketplace. Its stock is surging (COMMENT: Woke employers do not hire, retain, or promote conservatives like me. Woke employers get rid of their conservative employees like me. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/donald-trump-jr-is-set-to-join-the-board-of-a-woke-free-marketplace-its/article_5f2fc644-4567-5595-87e8-90a54957276c.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-416/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-208/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin Sworn In For Four More Years As DuPage County State’s Attorney
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/bob-berlin-sworn-in-for-four-more-years-as-dupage-county-states-attorney
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— WBEZ Reports on “The Last Republican”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/04/wbez-reports-on-the-last-republican/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— When Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct lose elections, who blames who for that? Since 2000, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses suffered my Republican candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township precinct in Wheaton. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I paint the candidates in my newsletters as being far more conservative than they are and that causes them to lose elections and b) that I include links to articles in my newsletters that they do not like. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What adverse actions do your critics/opponents take against you? Mine a) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading my newsletters. They hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get. If you were me, how would you respond to that? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Rhetoric is easy. Facts are hard.
https://wirepoints.org/rhetoric-is-easy-facts-are-hard-wirepoints/
— CPS staffing grew 25% even as enrollment fell during COVID. No wonder it’s running deficits.
https://wirepoints.org/cps-staffing-grew-25-even-as-enrollment-fell-during-covid-no-wonder-its-running-deficits/
— You’re asking ordinary people to pay higher taxes so a local bureaucrat can enjoy a $9 million pension
https://wirepoints.org/youre-asking-ordinary-people-to-pay-higher-taxes-so-a-local-bureaucrat-can-enjoy-a-9-million-pension-wirepoints-on-with-wvons-bridgette-washington/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON PUBLIC PENSIONS TO BE WORTH $3.8M-$5.5M. THANKS, LOOPHOLES!
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-public-pensions-to-be-worth-3-8m-5-5m-thanks-loopholes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mitch McConnell calls on anti-Trump judges to recuse themselves from some cases
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/3/mitch-mcconnell-senate-gop-leader-calls-antitrump-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The FBI needs reform, not retribution (COMMENT: Republicans should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3247517/fbi-needs-reform-not-retribution/
NEW YORK POST
— With 58K criminal migrants in New York, Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul must end sanctuary-city rules
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/opinion/hey-eric-adams-kathy-hochul-dont-let-58k-criminal-migrants-use-new-york-as-a-sanctuary/
— Jaguar’s pink, ‘woke’ electric car slammed by Gen Z: ‘What on Earth is Jaguar thinking?’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/lifestyle/jaguars-pink-woke-electric-car-slammed-by-gen-z-what-on-earth-is-jaguar-thinking/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Jill Biden unveils White House ‘clown show’ Christmas decor and the reviews are savage
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/03/jill-biden-unveils-white-house-clown-show-christmas-decor-and-the-reviews-are-savage-1506885/
BREITBART
— Homan Slams Chicago Democrat for ‘Threatening’ Violence Against ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/03/tom-homan-slams-chicago-democrat-threatening-violence-ice/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Blasts Joe Biden for Illegal Immigration, Vows to Work with Trump to Deport Criminal Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/eric-adams-blasts-joe-biden-illegal-immigration-vows-work-trump-deport-criminal-illegals/
— Chicago Residents Tell Trump to Arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson ff He Tries to Block Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/watch-chicago-residents-tell-trump-to-arrest-mayor-brandon-johnson-ff-he-tries-to-block-deportations/
— Biden’s Mass Migration Legacy: Foreign-Born Population on Track to Exceed 82 Million by 2040
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/bidens-mass-migration-legacy-foreign-born-population-on-track-to-exceed-82-million-by-2040/
COLLEGE FIX
— Yale event explores role of ‘merit’ in higher education and hiring (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders put the following ahead of merit: Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/yale-event-explores-role-of-merit-in-higher-education-and-hiring/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— End the Sanctuary-for-Migrants Madness
https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey/12/24/end-the-sanctuary-for-migrants-madness
DAILY CALLER
— Biden-Harris Admin Opened Floodgates For Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes On Kids
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/02/biden-harris-admin-taxpayer-funded-sex-changes-kids-cost/
— ‘Cutting Waste Is Not A Partisan Idea’: Trump’s DOGE Secures Support From Dem Lawmakers (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/03/cutting-waste-not-partisan-idea-trump-doge-secures-support-dem-lawmakers/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘Shell Game’: The Feds Said Anti-White Activist’s DEI Unit Was Disbanded. She Was Actually Promoted.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shell-game-the-feds-said-anti-white-activists-dei-unit-was-disbanded-she-was-actually-promoted
FEDERALIST
— Trump’s Woke DEA Pick Arrested Christian Pastor, Released Criminals, Penalized Unvaccinated Employees
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/03/trumps-woke-dea-pick-arrested-christian-pastor-released-criminals-penalized-unvaccinated-employees/
— 9th Circuit: Local Authorities In Washington State Can’t Block Feds From Deporting Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/04/9th-circuit-local-authorities-in-washington-state-cant-block-feds-from-deporting-illegals/
FOX BUSINESS
— DOGE highlights how much illegal immigration costs US taxpayers. DOGE will be co-led by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/doge-highlights-how-much-illegal-immigration-costs-us-taxpayers
— Domino’s manager fired by franchisee for complaining owner hired illegal migrants
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/dominos-manager-fired-franchisee-complaining-owner-hired-illegal-migrants-lawsuit-claims
FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents explode at liberal mayor over city resources going to migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365481394112
— Chicago residents rip mayor over spending on migrants: ‘Worst mayor in America’. Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to close $1 billion budget shortfall, with $60M property tax hike floated.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-rip-mayor-over-spending-migrants-worst-mayor-america
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’ Musk says ‘scale of spending on illegal immigration boggles the mind’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-government-spending-illegal-immigrants-boggles-mind
JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— Newsom’s Publicly-Funded War Chest: “Trump-Proofing” California Could Prove a Costly Option for Californians
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/03/newsoms-publicly-funded-war-chest-trump-proofing-california-could-prove-a-costly-option-for-californians/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Battle to End Wokeness is Just Getting Started
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-battle-to-end-wokeness-is-just-getting-started/
MRC TV
— Nearly HALF Of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent, Yet Union Demands Pay RAISE (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates took far more sick days than I did.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/p-gardner-goldsmith/nearly-half-chicago-teachers-are-chronically-absent-yet-union-demands-pay
PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrah
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/12/04/sodom-and-gomorrica-vol-x-male-lactation-vs-transphobia-n4934820#google_vignette
POST MILLENNIAL
— US spent $151 BILLION on illegal immigration in 2023 alone
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-spent-151-billion-on-illegal-immigration-in-2023-alone-doge
TOWNHALL
— The Looming Resistance to Donald Trump’s Immigration Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2024/12/04/the-looming-resistance-to-donald-trumps-immigration-agenda-n2648570
— The Fall of DEI: How President Trump Ushers in a Merit-Based Future (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/bob-rubin/2024/12/04/the-fall-of-dei-how-president-trump-ushers-in-a-merit-based-future-n2648601
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— A Democrats says “Patel picked to weaponize government against Trump enemies.” Democrat and RINO leaders have weaponized government against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5019000-new-york-daniel-goldman-donald-trump-kash-patel-cabinet-picks-weaponize-government/
ABC NEWS
— Shares in ‘anti-woke’ online marketplace jump after Donald Trump Jr. joins board. President-elect Trump’s eldest son was appointed to the board of PublicSquare.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/shares-anti-woke-online-marketplace-jump-after-donald/story?id=116424955
NBC NEWS
— The GOP’s post-election challenge: Turning Trump voters into full-fledged Republicans (COMMENT: I have always been a conservative, that is, a platform Republican, that is, a Republican. My Republican critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They are Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, if not Republican-haters. I should write about my Republican critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.).
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/gop-post-election-challenge-trump-voters-politics-desk-rcna182707
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats still don’t agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat
https://apnews.com/article/democrats-political-problem-2024-election-0674765f082ba6116107e1e7cad4e536
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote mote illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_6fybIx9s
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Constructively, Los Angeles is officially declaring war on America.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-council-to-finalize-and-adopt-sanctuary-city-ordinance/3573823/
NEWSWEEK
— As Hegseth Falters, Ron DeSantis May Get to Take ‘War on Woke’ to Military
https://www.newsweek.com/desantis-may-trumps-backup-plan-gop-senators-balk-pete-hegseth-1995231
— Musk Department Says Illegal Immigration Costs Taxpayer $150.7 billion
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-150-billion-immigration-cost-1994609
— Employers want immigrants because employers want cheap labor. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. According to all my Democrat employers, including GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, I was grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.newsweek.com/mass-deportation-court-ruling-favors-trump-wall-street-1995144
— Illegal Chinese Migrant Shipped Weapons to North Korea From US
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigrant-shipping-weapons-north-korea-chinese-national-1994903
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with illegals against America. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/illinois-rep-john-davis-federal-forces-in-us-cities-are-an-intrusion
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will We Ever Hear the End of Slavery Reparations? (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following should pay reparations: conservative, Republican, American, 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.wsj.com/opinion/will-we-ever-hear-the-end-of-slavery-reparations-racism-africa-5634f18a
BLOOMBERG
— DOD Must Face Worker’s Retaliation Claims Over EEOC Complaints (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors’ retaliation against me for complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination escalated big time when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/dod-must-face-workers-retaliation-claims-over-eeoc-complaints
FORBES
— Set Your Middle School Student On The Path To College Success (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, at the start of my junior year in 1964, I set a goal for myself to get accepted by UIC. I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. To buy a new car to commute to/from UIC and my parents’ home in Crete, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights after school, Saturdays, and the summer of 1965.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivalegatt/2024/12/03/set-your-middle-school-student-on-the-path-to-college-success/
DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/3/2289941/-Republicans-are-going-to-wind-up-regretting-Trump-s-deportation-scheme
LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/king-trump
BROOKINGS
— Less than half of adults from disadvantaged backgrounds attain decent wages by age 30 (COMMENT: When I was 30 years old in 1978, my IRS salary was $110,020/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS since 1971. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had to work my way through college. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/pathways-to-upward-mobility-diverging-pathways/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To identify adults who experienced socioeconomic disadvantage in adolescence, we assess whether they met any of the following criteria in their teens: Lived in a low-income family, Neither parent had a postsecondary degree, Mother was aged 19 years old or younger when her first child was born, Family received public assistance. Anyone who met at least one of the above criteria is included in the analysis.)
November 29, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly use AI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/28/ai-regulations-us-outlook/
— Why aren’t more people talking about America’s alcoholism? (COMMENT: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents are big drinkers if not alcoholics. I should write about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/29/opinion-america-alcoholism-problem/
— Stacy Davis Gates, President, Chicago Teachers Union: Despite what editorial board indicates, teacher attendance at CPS tracks with statewide trends
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/29/opinion-chicago-teachers-absenteeism-stacey-davis-gates/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A year into bail reform, more domestic violence defendants ordered held pending trial in Cook County. Judges are spending more time on initial court hearings as they weigh whether to detain or release defendants. However, issues remain with interpretation and implementation of the state’s watershed criminal justice reform law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bail-reform/2024/11/29/bail-reform-domestic-violence-defendants-ordered-held-pending-trial-cook-county
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/11/29/women-asylum-border-abuse-donald-trump-project-25-carol-cleaveland-michele-waslin
FOX32
— Mexico’s president tells Trump she will take measures to stop illegal immigration
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1554710
WGN9
— LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, LGBTQ promotes homelessness.
https://wgntv.com/news/cover-story/chicago-cover-story-youth-homelessness-lgbtq/
WCBM
— FOIA Finds Chicago Uses FEMA Funding for Democrat Donor Business to Feed Illegals
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/foia-finds-chicago-uses-fema-funding-for-democrat-donor-business-to-feed-illegals/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Employers want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned a) $12.41/hour 1964-1966, b) $18.99-$20.25/hour 1966-1969, c) $54,728-$110,020/year 1971-1980, and d) $87,024-$150,075/year 1980-1997. In my defense, I earned a) a high school diploma in 1966, b) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, c) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) a job-related professional license in 1981. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on what they did to qualify themselves for better paying jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you taken bad jobs? According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and who got them jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Recording of Madigan Making Insurance Business Pitch for His Son
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/28/recording-of-madigan-making-pitch-for-insurance-business-for-his-son/
— Thanksgiving Belt Tightening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/28/thanksgiving-belt-tightening/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Support Proves Again to be the ‘Kiss of Death’ Even During a Trump-Dominated, Historic Election Cycle
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/11/il-gop-support-proves-again-to-be-the-kiss-of-death-even-during-a-trump-dominated-historic-election-cycle.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It wasn’t that long ago when IL GOP leaders were endorsing Fl. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ failed presidential bid, hosting ‘Never Trumpers’ at fundraisers in Naples, Florida; naming anti-MAGA officials as gala co-chairs and blaming President Donald Trump for Illinois election losses in 2020 and 2022. When Trump secured the Republican nomination for president last Spring, those same officials were silent. But that’s not all. When this publication revealed that a party leader in 2016 compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler – IL GOP officials were once again silent. This pattern, however, should come as no surprise. In 2022, IL GOP officials backed Richard Irvin’s failed campaign for Illinois governor. During the primary campaign, it was reported by WTTW’s Paris Schutz that in 2018, Irvin sent text messages calling Trump an “idiot” and a “bigoted racist.” Irvin also texted the friend, “I hate Trump too!” Irvin would lose the primary to the Trump-endorsed candidate by 43 points. During Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair last year, then Illinois Republican national committeeman Richard Porter gave an interview to the Chicago Tribune and said that Trump couldn’t win independent voters in swing states in 2024 and that he was running for president to avoid going to jail. “I think the most ardent Trumpers recognize that they might love him in their heart, but they know in their head he is not going to win independents in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, New Hampshire, Arizona and Nevada. And that’s what you need to do to become president. And if you don’t become president of the United States, Trump goes to jail.” After this publication ran a story on his reported comments, Porter was in damage control, offering a long explanation to try and repair the damage – but it was too little, too late. And during the 2024 election, Trump would win every swing state proving Porter to be wrong once again. And former Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin – who is revered and respected by IL GOP leaders – likes to blame Trump for every Republican loss in Illinois. In November 2023, Durkin announced that he was not going to run for Cook County State’s Attorney and he blamed President Trump for his decision not to throw his hat in the race. “I know that if you’re going to run in a race, you have to run knowing that you have a good chance of winning, and I see no path winning with Trump at the top of the ticket [in 2024],” Durkin told CBS Chicago anchor Brad Edwards. In the Spring of 2022, IL GOP leaders traveled down to Naples, Florida to host a private reception featuring former US Attorney General Bill Baar, who served as AG under the George HW Bush and Donald Trump presidential administrations. Baar remains critical of Trump, and in November of 2022, he published a scathing opinion piece in the New York Post, writing, “Unless the rest of the party goes along with him, he will burn the whole house down by leading ‘his people’ out of the GOP. Trump’s willingness to destroy the party if he does not get his way is not based on principle, but on his own supreme narcissism. His egoism makes him unable to think of a political party as anything but an extension of himself – a cult of personality.” During this past election cycle where Trump dominated and made history winning both the popular and electoral votes by historic margins – and Republicans took control of the U.S. Senate and maintained control of the U.S. House – IL GOP leaders once again proved why their support is the ‘kiss of death.’ In District 10, Democrat U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider smoked Republican Jim Carris – who was the darling of the IL GOP, by 20 points – the largest margin of defeat of any congressional candidate. Illinois Republican leaders came out strong for Carris in ways not seen with other pro-MAGA candidates – as Carris had the support of the IL GOP establishment and leaders like IL GOP co-chair Kathy Salvi and national committeeman Dean White. Carris even appeared alongside Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at a private event where the two shared the stage. Carris is pro-choice and refused to vocalize any support of Trump during his failed congressional campaign. “I’ve done a lot of research on this and studied and really given it a lot of thought and I am a pro-choice candidate,” Carris told a group in Winnetka, Illinois on June 6, 2024. During that same event, Carris refused to offer support for Trump when asked – who at the time was the presumptive Republican nominee for President, saying, “I am an independent person. I will decide when the time comes, but I’m concerned about my own campaign at this point…rather than be worried about the national election.” Carris was also endorsed by former U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (IL), who is a Never Trumper – and called him “one of my political heroes…I can’t tell you how meaningful this is to me.” During the 2016 national GOP convention, many IL GOP leaders, including then Gov. Rauner, former Gov. Jim Edgar, US Sen. Mark Kirk and Rauner-appointed Comptroller Leslie Munger, skipped the convention because they did not support Trump. Kirk even ran an ad that said that Trump was not “fit to be Commander in Chief.” Across Illinois, state Democratic leaders maintained their super majority control as Republicans failed to flip any seats despite this being a historic Republican year with Trump at the top of the ticket. Democrats in the state House maintain the largest majority over Republicans in Illinois history. So what’s the key takeaway? IL GOP leaders and their cadre of failed political consultants have proven that like the Chicago Bears – they can find creative ways to lose and snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. But what can you expect? It’s in their DNA.)
— Another $6.6 Billion in Tax Dollars for Green Energy, Before the Spigot is Shut Off
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/11/opinion-another-6-6-billion-in-tax-dollars-for-green-energy-before-the-spigot-is-shut-off.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The California GOP has a path back to relevance (COMMENT: What is the Illinois GOP path back to relevance? 77 million voted for Trump nationwide, 2.4 million in Illinois, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct. Trump won all but 14 of Illinois’ 102 counties.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3243072/california-gop-has-path-back-to-relevance/
NEW YORK POST
— Mass arrests at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as anti-Israel protesters block procession
https://nypost.com/2024/11/28/us-news/mass-arrests-at-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-as-anti-israel-protesters-block-path/
— We should be thankful that the future is in Trump’s hands — and not Harris’
https://nypost.com/2024/11/28/opinion/we-should-be-thankful-that-the-future-is-in-trumps-hands-and-not-harris/
— Thanksgiving is a great time to forgive those who dumped you for your political views (COMMENT: Many have dumped me because I support planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://nypost.com/2024/11/27/opinion/on-thanksgiving-forgive-those-who-dumped-you-for-your-political-views/
AMERICAN THINKER
— We don’t want revenge, we want justice
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/we_don_t_want_revenge_we_want_justice.html
BLAZE
— I’m thankful for American voters who rejected leftism, lawlessness, and lunacy this election
https://www.theblaze.com/news/im-thankful-for-american-voters-who-rejected-leftism-lawlessness-and-lunacy-this-election
BREITBART
— Democrats Scold Americans on Thanksgiving: Thank Illegal Aliens for Picking Your Food.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/28/democrats-scold-americans-thankgiving-thank-illegal-aliens-picking-your-food/
— Top Migration Lobbyist: Public Rejected Biden’s Border Policies Only Because of Bad Messaging
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/11/28/scoop-investor-lobbyist-says-voters-reject-migration-because-of-joe-biden-democrats/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— A Case Study in Cheap H-1B Labor
https://cis.org/Miano/Case-Study-Cheap-H1B-Labor
DAILY CALLER
— Women Gather For ‘Primal Scream’ Session To Cope With Trump Victory
https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/28/women-gather-primal-scream-session-cope-trump-victory/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s How to Deport More Than 10 Million People
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/11/28/how-deport-over-10-million-people/
FEDERALIST
— 40 Things To Be Grateful For After Trump’s Historic Win
https://thefederalist.com/2024/11/28/40-things-to-be-grateful-for-after-trumps-historic-win/
FOX BUSINESS
— Majority of Americans support Trump’s agenda (COMMENT: Trump’s agenda is the Republican Party platform. To what extent do the following support Trump’s agenda: the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and the leaders of your county, township, and ward party organizations?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzcz-WAtdLE
FOX NEWS
— Texas could bus migrants directly to ICE for deportation instead of to sanctuary cities
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-could-bus-migrants-directly-ice-deportation-instead-sanctuary-cities-under-proposed-plan
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Why Latinos Deported Harris From the White House
https://www.heritage.org/border-security/commentary/why-latinos-deported-harris-the-white-house
— Japan Follows America’s Lead in Importing Millions To Do Low-Paying, Unskilled Jobs
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/commentary/japan-follows-americas-lead-importing-millions-do-low-paying-unskilled
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Indian illegal immigrants are increasingly crossing into the U.S. from Canada – so what’s being done about it?
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/indian-illegal-immigrants-are-increasingly-crossing-into-the-u-s-from-canada-leading-to-more-deportation-flights
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Pro-Hamas Mob Tries to Block Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/11/pro-hamas-mob-tries-to-block-macys-thanksgiving-parade/
LIFEZETTE
— Musk Leads The Charge To Audit The IRS (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.lifezette.com/2024/11/musk-leads-the-charge-to-audit-the-irs-public-says-eliminate-it-watch/
NEWS BUSTERS
— PBS Promotes ‘Spike in Racist Incidents’ After Trump Win
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2024/11/29/rising-hate-pbs-promotes-spike-racist-incidents-after-trump-win-splc
NEWSMAX
— Blue Cities Finalizing Efforts to Thwart Trump’s Deportations (COMMENT: What are the Democrats and RINOs who run your county, township, municipality, and school district doing to thwart deportation?)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/blue-cities-states/2024/11/28/id/1189700/
— Musk, Stallone Join Trump for Thanksgiving
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-musk-stallone/2024/11/29/id/1189765/
PJ MEDIA
— Federal Appeals Court Stops Biden Administration From Removing Border Wall In Texas
https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2024/11/28/federal-appeals-court-stops-biden-administration-from-removing-razor-wire-on-border-in-texas-n4934709
TOWNHALL
— Five Things To Be Thankful For In 2024
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/11/28/five-things-to-be-thankful-for-in-2024-n2648346
— Democrat Urges Americans to ‘Give Thanks’ to Illegal Immigrants on Thanksgiving (COMMENT: Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/11/28/democrat-tells-americans-to-give-thanks-to-illegal-immigrants-on-thanksgiving-n2648380
— Jaguar Doubles Down on Woke New Rebranding Ad
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/11/28/jaguars-woke-new-ad-n2648320#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump posts parody video crashing Democrats’ Thanksgiving meal
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5014762-trump-biden-parody-video-democrats-thanksgiving/
NEWSWEEK
— Mexico Quashes Donald Trump’s Claim It Agreed To ‘Effectively’ Close Border
https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-quashes-donald-trump-claim-agreed-effectively-close-border-1992892
MSNBC
— RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/thanksgiving-shopping-food-prices-trump-rcna181951
NEW YORK TIMES
— What do you influence? I influence conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/us/politics/democratic-influencers.html
— Transgender Activists Question the Movement’s Confrontational Approach (COMMENT: My critics/opponent promote LGBTQ. I should write about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/politics/transgender-activists-rights.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Texas is gearing up in a big way for Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The state’s Republican leaders say they’re primed for Texas to be both the model and epicenter as the incoming administration cracks down on immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/11/29/migrant-deportations-texas-border-homan-abbott/
USA TODAY
— RIP DEI? The war on ‘woke’ America has a new commander-in-chief (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always been woke, that is, they have always blamed their problems on those who do not share their demographics.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/22/rip-dei-donald-trump-president/76116276007/
INDY STAR
— RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/2024/11/06/logansport-immigration-jobs-labor/76072394007/
WTOC
— Local Republican leaders react to President-elect Trump’s victory (COMMENT: How are the following reacting to Trump’s victory: the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and the leaders of your Republican county, township, and ward party organizations?)
https://www.wtoc.com/2024/11/06/local-republican-leaders-react-president-elect-trumps-victory/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rich Countries Are Becoming Addicted to Cheap Labor. Businesses are relying more on migrant workers as labor shortages persist, but economists warn of long-term dangers.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/business-immigrant-low-skilled-labor-addiction-bf009a83
— America Has Much to Be Thankful For (COMMENT: The many things that I am thankful for include my being able to earn four college degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class, my ACT score was only 24, and I had to work my way through college. Further, I was able to earn enough money to buy a new car when I was 17 and a new town home when I was 24.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-has-much-to-be-thankful-for-452806fb
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Are “bad jobs” dead ends or steppingstones to better things? (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and who got them jobs.)
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things
BLOOMBERG
— RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-06-28/immigration-benefits-go-far-beyond-providing-cheap-labor
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Musk is hiring for DOGE (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors wasted what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA and a master’s degree in accounting, and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I had learned working for IRS and working for GAO for almost 18 years, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and earning a master’s degree in finance. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.aol.com/elon-musk-hiring-doge-heres-181742212.html
FORBES
— RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ethankarp/2024/11/25/40-essential-truths-to-succeed-in-manufacturing-right-now/
FAST COMPANY
— 5 times it makes sense to include your high-school job on your résumé (COMMENT: My having washed dishes during my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between set me back in many ways. My having delivered mail while I was a student at UIC and NIU 1966-1969 set me back in many ways.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90459897/5-times-it-makes-sense-to-include-your-high-school-job-on-your-resume
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If the experience is relevant. . . If the job was in the same industry. . .If you were promoted)
MCKINSEY & COMPANY
— The value of experience (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors wasted what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA and a master’s degree in accounting, and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I had learned working for IRS and working for GAO for almost 18 years, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and earning a master’s degree in finance. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/human-capital-at-work-the-value-of-experience
ECONOMIST
— The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-rural. What is your connection farming? My mother was born and raised on a farm. I spent lots of time at that farm during the 1950s and early 1960s.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/11/28/americas-rural-urban-divide-nurtures-wannabe-state-splitters
WORD & WAY
— What Congress Reveals About Lutheran Denominations (COMMENT: In 1961, when I was in 8th grade, Trinity Lutheran Church and Grade School in Crete left the Missouri Synod for the Wisconsin Synod. To stay with the Missouri Synod, my parents joined Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest and transferred me to a newly formed 8th grade there. That ended my parents’ annual family reunions that had been held for many decades. That had a major impact on me.)
https://wordandway.org/2024/08/15/what-congress-reveals-about-lutheran-denominations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among the current 532 members of Congress (there are three open House seats at the moment), Republicans have a narrow majority with 51% of the seats. The partisan divide among Lutheran members in Congress depends on which denomination. Of the 20 Lutheran members identified, 12 belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America that Walz is part of, while 7 are in the more conservative Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. One other member, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, is part of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, which is smaller and more conservative than the other two bodies. . .The members of the 118th Congress show which Lutheran denominations in public life have the most partisan leaning. Only the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has a bipartisan delegation, while the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod currently only send Republicans to Congress.)
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 20 Certification Programs for Careers That Pay Well (COMMENT: Who do you know who has passed the CPA and/or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination? Who do you know who passed one or both of those examinations on their first attempt? I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the CIA examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
https://money.usnews.com/careers/articles/certificate-programs-that-pay-well
NPR
— RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/11/26/g-s1-35805/chinese-expulsion-act-railroads-immigration-crackdown
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2024/04/02/1228739124/how-we-got-to-made-in-china
GUARDIAN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/29/trump-mass-deportation-plan-cities
November 28, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Walmart’s DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump’s election victory (COMMENT: If American Presidents had been like Trump when I was young, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old years old notwithstanding a) my not earning an MBA until I was 27, b) my not passing the CPA examination until I was 30, c) my not earning a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) my not passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination and becoming a licensed CPA util I was 32.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/27/walmarts-dei/
— Newly improved FAFSA student aid application released following last year’s technical woes (COMMENT: Did you apply for financial aid? I did not because my father earned too much money – $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Did you apply for an academic scholarship? I did not because my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Instead, I washed dishes part-time for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights at $12.41/hour in today’s dollars and saved all the money that I could to pay for my college expenses at UIC and for a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to commute to/from classes and parents’ home in Crete. Things got better financially when I started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office in November of 1966 at $18.99/hour in today’s dollars. But my GPA suffered because instead of studying, I worked all the hours that I could delivering mail.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/26/newly-improved-student-aid-application-released-following-last-years-technical-issues/
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board approves $636 million budget
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241126/news/dupage-county-board-approves-257-million-budget/
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists a) to promote the Democrat Party platform and to elect Democrat candidates and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform and to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241128/columns/taking-time-to-give-thanks-for-the-high-ideals-that-make-the-news/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/out-magazine-names-top-lgbtq-leaders-2024-out100-list/15564141/
NBC5
— Soon, if not already, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thanksgiving-meals-delivered-to-migrants-families-in-need-in-chicago-area/3611521/
— Musk, Ramaswamy to discuss DOGE with GOP leaders on Capitol Hill Dec. 5 (COMMENT: Will GAO be used as an example? I 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.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/musk-ramaswamy-to-discuss-doge-with-gop-leaders-on-capitol-hill-dec-5/3611458/
FOX32
— Illinois faces growing caregiver shortage (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that illegals are more than happy to be caregivers.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1554726
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Del Mar Running For Reelection As Highway Commissioner On ‘Blended’ Slate. Ives Calls On Palatine Resident To Resign From GOP Leadership: ‘Republican Leaders Do Not Recruit, Run With Democrats’
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-running-for-reelection-as-highway-commissioner-on-blended-slate/
SOUTHERN
— Democrats say “Off-year gubernatorial races offer first chance for Democrats to bounce back.” Which Republicans do you want to run for Illinois statewide offices in 2026? Anticipate/expect that voters will give tremendous weight to their positions on Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/11/26/off-year-gubernatorial-races-offer-first-chance-for-democrats-to-bounce-back/
STATELINE
— Members of Illinois’ Legislative Freedom Caucus have issued a demand to Pritzker that he comply with federal mandates implemented by the incoming Trump administration.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-legislators-demand-pritzker-comply-with-trump-policies/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump speaks with Mexico’s president, says she agreed to stop illegal migration into US
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-speaks-with-mexicos-president-says-she-agreed-to-stop-illegal-migration-into-us-claudio-sheinbaum-truth-social-tariffs-politics
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/lawmakers-call-for-progress-on-marijuana-law-before-end-of-biden-administration/
STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Trump’s gain in Illinois is a rejection of Democrat status quo
https://www.starvedrock.media/news/state/trump-s-gain-in-illinois-a-rejection-of-democrat-status-quo-republican-says/video_004d56fd-1b86-51f1-a31b-f58fe1fe1585.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers weigh in on defense secretary pick’s women in combat position
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_be61e97c-ac36-11ef-954f-3f979026f219.html
— The Biden administration announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy will make a $6.6 billion loan to Rivian Automotive to build a factory in Georgia. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that eventually, this loan will be written off as uncollectable.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b210eff8-ac43-11ef-9adc-5bccf964091e.html
WIREPOINTS
— Many other groups are fighting back in Illinois, and for that we’re thankful. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose elections. I should write about my critics/opponents and the arguments that they make.)
https://wirepoints.org/a-big-thanks-to-everyone-fighting-with-us-to-turn-illinois-around-wirepoints/
— We’re the only state to have killed school choice and our children are paying for it
https://wirepoints.org/were-the-only-state-to-have-killed-school-choice-and-our-children-are-paying-for-it-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump wants to cut federal employees. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, IRS almost 9 years, and the Post Office almost 3 years. I was always on my Democrat superiors’ lists of employees who they wanted cut. I was able to survive that long because I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 29, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How thankful are you? According to my critics/opponents, I have never been thankful enough. They have always attributed all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, I stress that 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, and I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have their operative and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money and bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— No Illinois Town Makes U.S. News & World Report’s Ranking of Top 100 Places to Live
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/28/no-illinois-town-makes-u-s-news-world-reports-ranking-of-top-100-places-to-live/
— NIU Sued for Race & Sex Discrimination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/27/1467/
— Thanksgiving Political Threat
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/27/thanksgiving-political-threat/
— Thanksgiving Dinner Screening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/26/thanksgiving-dinner-screening/
— Trump Tariff Threats Bear Fruit
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/27/trump-threats-bear-fruit/
— Our Woke Illinois Supreme Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/27/our-woke-illinois-supreme-court/
— Zero Job Growth in Anemic Illinois Economy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/26/zero-job-growth-in-anemic-illinois-economy/
— The Threat of Energy Sucking Data Centers to Cost of Electricity
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/25/the-threat-of-energy-sucking-data-centers-to-cost-of-electricity/
— Illinois Has Third Highest Unemployment Rate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/11/24/illinois-has-third-highest-unemployment-rate/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Late-term abortions rise in some blue states
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/26/prolife-advocates-sound-alarm-lateterm-abortions-r/
— Alec Baldwin says that ignorant voters fueled Trump’s win: “Americans are very uninformed about reality.” My critics/opponents a) do not want anyone to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/26/alec-baldwin-says-ignorant-voters-fueled-trumps-wi/
— Immigrants rush to burrow into the U.S. before Trump’s inauguration
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/27/immigrants-rush-burrow-u-donald-trump-inauguration/
— Mexico’s president agrees to stop migration into U.S. after tariff threats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/27/claudia-sheinbaum-pardo-mexicos-president-agrees-s/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI has made America meaner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3243218/dei-made-america-meaner/
— Illinois lawmakers weigh in on defense secretary pick’s women in combat position
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3243791/illinois-lawmakers-weigh-in-on-defense-secretary-picks-women-in-combat-position/
— Mexico is no friend of the United States
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3244469/mexico-is-no-friend-of-the-united-states/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Prepares for Deportation War—With Blue City Mayors. Trump 2.0 eyes felony charges against anyone who obstructs ICE operations. (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district fight Trump, that is, fight the federal government?)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/hes-not-kidding-trump-border-czar-tom-homan-prepares-for-deportation-war-with-blue-city-mayors/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Mexico’s president has ‘agreed to stop’ migrants crossing into US through her country
https://nypost.com/2024/11/27/us-news/trump-says-mexicos-president-has-agreed-to-stop-migrants-from-crossing-the-us-border-illegally/
— Elon Musk asks if the IRS should be ‘deleted’ after agency begs for $20 billion – here’s how X users responded (COMMENT: Without IRS, how would the money that the federal government needs be collected? Who do you know who is working for IRS or did work for IRS? I worked for IRS’s Collection Division as a Revenue Officer ( https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/how-to-know-it-is-an-irs-revenue-officer ) 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020year. During my last 4 years, I worked as a Special Procedures Staff Advisor ( https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-137762.pdf SEE: Page 13) Ever since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used the aforesaid against me big time. I should write about that.)
https://nypost.com/2024/11/27/us-news/elon-musk-asks-if-the-irs-should-be- deleted-after-agency-begs-for-20-billion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 60% of X users preferred having the IRS’s budget “deleted.” Only 3.9% said the federal agency’s budget should remain the same, 5.6% felt it deserved more money and 29.9% said the IRS budget should be decreased.)
AMERICAN THINKER
— Denver bluffs; Trump will call it
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/11/denver_bluffs_trump_will_call_it.html
BREITBART
— Trump Cabinet Picks Targeted with Death Threats Including ‘Bomb Threats,’ ‘Swatting’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/27/trump-cabinet-picks-targeted-with-death-threats-including-bomb-threats-swatting/
— Plurality of Americans Support Trump Plan to End Anchor Baby Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/27/poll-plurality-of-americans-support-trump-plan-to-end-anchor-baby-policy/
— Trump’s Deportations Will Boost U.S. Wages as Employers Cannot Rely on Cheap Foreign Workers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/11/27/report-trumps-deportations-will-boost-u-s-wages-as-employers-cannot-rely-on-cheap-foreign-workers/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Sanctuary Cities—A Dangerous Game We All Lose
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/11/27/sanctuary-cities-dangerous-game-all-lose-borderline/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Cabinet Nominees Targeted by Bomb Threats and Swatting
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-cabinet-nominees-targeted-by-violent-un-american-threats-spokeswoman-says-5767246
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden’s Open-Borders Policies Turned the Pristine Jungle of the Darién Gap into a Migrant Superhighway
https://www.fairus.org/news/misc/new-research-fair-details-how-bidens-open-borders-policies-turned-pristine-jungle-darien
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary cities are destructive.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365260146112
— Sanctuary cities are standing in the way of Trump’s mass deportation plan
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365268904112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Mainstream Media Suppresses Study Finding DEI Increases Hostility and Causes Psychological Harm
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/11/mainstream-media-suppresses-study-finding-dei-increases-hostility-and-causes-psychological-harm/
NEWSMAX
— Hotline Targets ‘Woke’ Corporate Policies Nationwide
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/hotline-woke-dei/2024/11/27/id/1189642/
— Get Rid of Woke by Understanding Its Root Causes
https://www.newsmax.com/starparker/woke-liberalism-dei/2024/11/27/id/1189584/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Race-Based Hiring Programs Persist at Public Universities
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/11/27/race-based_hiring_programs_persist_at_public_universities_1075057.html
TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Incoming Border Czar: Dems Who Oppose Mass Deportations Better Get the Hell Out of Our Way
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/11/27/trumps-incoming-border-czar-dems-who-oppose-mass-deportations-better-get-the-hell-out-of-our-way-n2648311
— Trump: Mexico Has Agreed to Stop the Flow of Illegal Immigrants
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/11/27/trump-mexico-has-agreed-to-stop-the-flow-of-illegal-immigrants-n2648357
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, IRS almost 9 years, and the Post Office almost 3 years. I was always on my Democrat superiors’ lists of employees who they wanted cut. I was able to survive that long because I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 29, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/business/elon-musk-government-employees-targets/index.html
— Federal employees fear being targeted online by Musk (COMMENT: What does Musk think of those who share your demographics? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. When I was in grade school, high school, and college, I never intended to be a federal employee. I should write about how I ended up being one.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/politics/video/elon-musk-federal-employees-target-hadas-gold-nr-digvid
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-employees-fear-being-targeted-online-by-musk/vi-AA1uRHxi
https://www.local3news.com/regional-national/federal-employees-fear-being-targeted-online-by-musk/video_c15e1e5c-bf4c-5bea-b23e-78648b67ad8a.html
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders do not want their illegal alien criminals to be prosecuted.
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigrant-trial-cost-taxpayers-millions-texas-1992802
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigrant-charged-rape-virginia-white-house-1992809
MSN
— ‘Disgusting’: Joe Walsh shreds Musk’s ‘dangerous’ attack on civil service
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/disgusting-ex-gop-rep-shreds-elon-musk-s-dangerous-attack-on-civil-service/ar-AA1uSZTX
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) slammed tech billionaire and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk for publicly naming examples of government employees he will target for elimination. “Shame on anyone who doesn’t have a problem with the wealthiest man on the planet publicly sharing the individual names of government employees he wants fired,” wrote Walsh, who went from being a Tea Party activist to one of the most outspoken conservative opponents of Trump. “Calling them out by name. Disgusting. Dangerous.” Musk, who helped Trump run critical sections of his campaign in the election and now heads up a MAGA task force on how to cut government spending, made the threats against specific employees earlier this week, according to CNN.)
— Is this the list of federal employees whom Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy may fire? Here’s the truth. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I was always on their fire lists. In today’s dollars I earned $150,075/year when I was 49, $110,020/year when I was 31, $97,079/year when I was 25, $54,728/year when I was 22, and $18.09/hour when I was 16.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/is-this-the-list-of-federal-employees-whom-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-may-fire-here-s-the-truth/ar-AA1uS7tU
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/is-this-the-list-of-federal-employees-whom-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-may-fire-heres-the-truth/articleshow/115743440.cms
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The viral list stemmed from X and DOGE has not issued any such list. The information shared on the screenshot are also from government records. For example, an X post said, “Nancy Pelosi’s niece should not be paid $181,648.00 by the US Taxpayer to be the ‘Climate Advisor’ at HUD.”)
NEW YORK TIMES
— Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/opinion/google-chrome-antitrust.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/opinion/democrats-trans-issues-sarah-mcbride.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Don’t doomscroll about Trump. Do these five things instead.” What adverse actions do you anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will take against you?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/27/trump-resistance-second-term-five-actions/
— Republicans, not Democrats, hold fate of Trump nominees in their hands (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasing blame everything that is bad on Republicans and especially on Republicans who share Trump’s demographics.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/28/senate-confirmation-trump-nominess-hegseth/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Why Donald Trump still could not conquer Orange County (COMMENT: Why couldn’t Trump conquer DuPage County? What do the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee think of Trump? They boycotted the Illinois Republican Party State Convention this year.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-28/trump-lost-orange-county-for-a-third-straight-time-but-the-gop-still-sees-good-signs
WTOP
— What does President Trump’s 1st term suggest for federal workers in his 2nd term? (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, IRS almost 9 years, and the Post Office almost 3 years. I was always on my Democrat superiors’ lists of employees who they wanted cut. I was able to survive that long because I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 29, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://wtop.com/white-house/2024/11/what-does-president-trumps-first-term-suggest-for-federal-workers-in-his-second-term/
ND TV
— Musk Mocks Federal Workers On X, They Get Hate Posts, Death Threats. Cyber harassment experts have said that Musk’s actions are “incredible” and have a “horrific chilling effect”. (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-mocks-federal-workers-on-x-they-get-hate-posts-death-threats-7121231
FORBES
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO companies will continue DEI, if not increase DEI, but hide it.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2024/11/27/retailers-must-rethink-dei-after-walmart-rolls-back-its-program/
— Musk’s DOGE May Cut These Federal Agencies (COMMENT: Republicans ever-increasingly cut GAO while I worked for the Democrats who ran the agency 1980-1997. They ever-increasingly took their anger at Republicans out on me, one of the few Republicans in the agency. I should write a book about that. They forced me to suffer a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13 even though I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination and became a licensed CPA in 1981. They keep me off audits of IRS until 1986 when the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13. But in 1987, they forced him to retire, and in 1989, they threw me off audits of IRS forever, gave me an very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP) purposes. They never again assigned me to audits of IRS, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP purposes, and they forced me to retire in 1997 even though I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and a job-related master’s degree in 1997.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseychoo/2024/11/27/elon-musk-doge-takes-aim-federal-agencies-where-cuts-can-be-made/
— Google has blocked hundreds of fake news services and websites from its search results on the grounds that they were serving up Chinese propaganda. (COMMENT: Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2024/11/25/hundreds-of-fake-news-sites-pulled-from-google-search/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Federal employees on the prospect of DOGE-fueled layoffs: ‘It kind of feels like we’re being villainized’ (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, IRS almost 9 years, and the Post Office almost 3 years. I was always on my Democrat superiors’ lists of employees who they wanted cut. I was able to survive that long because I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 29, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/government-workers-prospect-doge-fueled-090101714.html
GOVERNING
— Blue States Will Find Fighting Trump Is No Simple Proposition
https://www.governing.com/politics/blue-states-will-find-fighting-trump-is-no-simple-proposition
NEW REPUBLIC
— Elon Musk Keeps Unleashing His Crazed Followers on Government Workers. Musk is singling out federal employees by name on social media. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, IRS almost 9 years, and the Post Office almost 3 years. I was always on my Democrat superiors’ lists of employees who they wanted cut. I was able to survive that long because I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 29, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://newrepublic.com/post/188891/elon-musk-crazed-followers-government-workers
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— Sharon Stone Says “Ignorant” and “Uneducated” Americans to Blame for Trump Re-Election (COMMENT: 77 million voted for Trump nationwide, 2.4 million in Illinois, 191,000 in DuPage County, and 373 in my precinct, including me. What will Democrat and RINO leaders do during the next 4 years to get rid of those who voted for Trump?)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/sharon-stone-blames-ignorant-uneducated-americans-trump-win-1236072673/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— How to Be More Thankful (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I have never been thankful enough. They have always attributed all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, I stress that 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, and I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money and bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-for-happiness/202210/how-to-be-more-thankful
SALON
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “Trump prepares to block funding for sanctuary cities in pursuit of mass deportation.”
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/27/prepares-to-block-funding-for-sanctuary-cities-in-pursuit-of-mass-deportation/
ROLLING STONE
— Federal Employees Targeted By Elon Musk Face Barrage of Harassment. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, IRS almost 9 years, and the Post Office almost 3 years. I was always on my Democrat superiors’ lists of employees who they wanted cut. I was able to survive that long because I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 29, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-targets-federal-employees-harassment-doge-1235183987/
BBC
— What could Google monopoly ruling mean for you? (COMMENT: Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9eegg0rdvo
— Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87x98q8y08o