December 26 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD

— State’s Attorney Foxx, our non-prosecuting prosecutor – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20211225/editorial-states-attorney-foxx-our-non-prosecuting-prosecutor

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats promote Kwanzaa.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/26/22824837/kwanzaa-meaning-african-diaspora-black-americans-frank-dobson-op-ed-the-conversation

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Flooding in Cicero has become a blame game between town officials, BNSF Railway and residents. Proposed legislation aims to bring relief. – PAIGE FRY
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the many hundreds of hours and the many thousands of dollars that homeowners in my subdivision have had to spend since the 1980s to mitigate damages from storm water from land uphill to the east, southeast, and south of the subdivision.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cicero-flooding-legislation-lawsuit-20211224-cianvi7wnnb5djnxj54psspabu-story.html
— My basement is a hoarder. My garage is, too. I think they’re both in denial. – JERRY DAVICH
(COMMENT: This year, my wife and I have finally started to clear out our basement. Going through my documents stored there have reminded me of the many adverse actions that the following have been taken me a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) past leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) past and present conservative and religious leaders, e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, g) those who I have sued, h) my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office superiors, i) etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-saving-stuff-versus-hoarding-junk-st-1222-20211221-s7fm7ebw2zbzlkzzqlyyyv5pk4-story.html

JOHN KASS
— DECEMBER 10, 2021 FLASHBACK: What is citizenship?
https://johnkassnews.com/the-chicago-way-w-john-kass-what-is-citizenship/

FOX NEWS
— Rooftop Revelations: Pastor Brooks spends Christmas on a Chicago rooftop, reminds everyone you can bounce back. – Eli Steele
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I never bounced back up from my Democrat GAO superiors’ forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. They stress that I never got a job appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rooftop-revelationsrooftop-revelations-pastor-brooks-spends-christmas-on-a-chicago-rooftop-reminds-everyone-you-can-bounce-back

FOX BUSINESS
— MARCH 6, 2016 FLASHBACK: The High Cost of Keeping Up With the Joneses – Holly Johnson
(COMMENT: Who are “the Joneses.” Are the Joneses those who share your demographics: race, gender, age group, health, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, children, religion, national origin, education, professional certifications/licenses, liberal/moderate/conservative status, political affiliation, length of time your/their ancestors have been in America, how much education and money your/their parents had, etc.?)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/the-high-cost-of-keeping-up-with-the-joneses

AMERICAN THINKER
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Result in Anti-Semitism – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/12/diversity_equity_and_inclusion_result_in_antisemitism.html
— California taxpayers will cough up almost $8 million for Marin County schools – Andrea Widburg
(COMMENT: How much money is your school district getting to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/california_taxpayers_will_cough_up_almost_8_million_for_marin_county_schools.html

DAILY WIRE
— Harris Raises Eyebrows With Who She Turned To For Bad Ratings Fix; Hints She’s A Victim Of Racism, Sexism – Ryan Saavedra
(COMMENT: Of course, my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my coworkers and subordinates who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, etc. that I caused all their problems.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/harris-raises-eyebrows-with-who-she-turned-to-for-bad-ratings-fix-hints-shes-a-victim-of-racism-sexism-report

PJ MEDIA
— Chicago State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Ripped By DuPage County GOP Commissioner DiCianni After Mall Shooting – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/12/26/chicago-states-attorney-kim-foxx-ripped-by-dupage-county-gop-commissioner-after-mall-shooting-n1544533

NEWS BUSTERS
— Tensions In Silicon Valley Killed The Internet Association – Autumn Johnson
(COMMENT: I should write books about TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/12/25/tensions-silicon-valley-killed-internet-association

POST MILLENNIAL
— Teacher taunts parents with a Dr. Seuss parody, calls them ‘bigots’ for removing ‘pornographic’ books from Texas schools – Nick Monroe
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. I would focus on those who have their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes do their dirty work. I would focus on 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, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/teacher-parents-bigotry-pornographic-books-texas-schools

EPOCH TIMES
— ‘Take Race Off the Table’—Bob Woodson on the Power of Grassroots Leaders to Rescue America from Moral and Spiritual Freefall
https://www.theepochtimes.com/take-race-off-the-table-bob-woodson-on-the-power-of-grassroots-leaders-to-rescue-america-from-moral-and-spiritual-freefall_4177547.html

POLITICO
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/26/black-activists-charge-genocide-united-states-systemic-racism-526045

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Millennial Money: Now is the time to build your credit. – COLIN BERESFORD
(COMMENT: What was your first loan and what helped you get it? My first loan was for $3,000 in October of 1971 when I was 23 years old to buy a new 1972 Corvette. My 1969 Dodge Charger SE had been stolen in August of that year and I had gotten a $2,500 settlement. I had worked for IRS for the previous 4 months. I had worked part-time for Firestone Stores for the previous 7 months and full-time for the 6 months before that. I had graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in August of 1970. I had paid cash for a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, and a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966. I was living with my mother and brother in Crete. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969. I was no longer subject to the draft.)
https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-c858438ec038c625fd9091b033a26e92

CNN
— January 6 committee ramps up efforts to uncover funding behind Capitol riot – Katelyn Polantz and Mary Kay Mallonee
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the most disgusting operatives and the most disgusting dupes who work for my critics/opponents. I would focus on those disgusting operatives and disgusting dupes a) who stopped me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks, b) who gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) who ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, d) who ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, e) who ended my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) who ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) who almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) who ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, and i) who ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/24/politics/taylor-budowich-trump-spokesman-jan-6-committee/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Record number of migrant children taken into U.S. shelters in 2021. The Department of Health and Human Services’ shelter system received 122,000 migrant children who were taken into U.S. custody without their parents in fiscal year 2021, an all-time high, according to new government figures obtained by CBS News. – Camilo Montoya-Galvez
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/record-number-of-migrant-children-taken-into-us-shelters-in-2021/

ABC NEWS
— China studied the collapse of the Soviet Union and learned three lessons to avoid a similar fate – Rebecca Armitage (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Communist China dominates America.)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-26/ussr-collapsed-30-years-ago-china-tries-to-avoid-same-fate/100705112

NEW YORK TIMES
— New Books Update Our Thinking About Cruelty – Jennifer Szalai
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the biggest bullies in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes do their dirty work. I would focus on 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, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued. I would focus on those who stopped me this year from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. I would focus on those who got downtown Wheaton to promote LGBTQ big time last year.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/books/cruelty-is-point-adam-serwer.html

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
— Reforms to protect most vulnerable people sought – COLLEEN HEILD
(COMMENT: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, those who are the following are “most vulnerable” and most need protection from Republicans. minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, renters, non-patriotic people, non-married people, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, Trump-haters, moderates, liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, those who have less money than others, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, those who are in America illegally, etc.)
https://www.abqjournal.com/2456664/reforms-to-protect-most-vulnerable-people-sought-ex-panel-appointed.html

BLOOMBERG
— Roger Stone Seeks Dismissal of Riot Suit Filed by Capitol Cops – Erik Larson
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the most disgusting operatives and the most disgusting dupes who work for my critics/opponents. I would focus on those disgusting operatives and disgusting dupes a) who stopped me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks, b) who gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) who ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, d) who ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, e) who ended my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) who ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) who almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) who ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, and i) who ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-23/roger-stone-seeks-dismissal-of-riot-suit-filed-by-capitol-cops
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican political operative Roger Stone asked a judge to throw out a suit filed against him by eight Capitol Police officers who allege he is liable for helping trigger the Jan. 6 riot by a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters. . .“Roger Stone is a political advocate who is being grouped together with other defendants with whom he has no relationship, by the political forces supporting plaintiffs,” Stone’s lawyer, Robert Buschel, said in the filing. “He is the personification of the First Amendment running, not walking.”)

INC.
— Failure Isn’t Half as Bad as Not Learning From It – CAREY SMITH
(COMMENT: I should ask my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes what I should have learned from their success in a) stopping me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks, b) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, c) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, d) ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, e) ending my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, i) ending my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, j) ending my GAO employment in 1997, k) etc.)
https://www.inc.com/magazine/202112/carey-smith/failure-lessons-entrepreneurship-fundraising-venture-capital.html

FAST COMPANY
— 5 ways to respond when your performance review makes no sense. With year-end reviews underway, here’s what to do—and what not to do—if you think your boss is wrong. – DEBORAH GRAYSON RIEGEL
(COMMENT: I should write a book about how my Democrat superiors and supervisors used the subjectivity in performance reviews a) to promote those who shared their demographics and b) to get rid of those who did not share their demographics.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90703506/5-ways-to-respond-when-your-performance-review-makes-no-sense

GO BANKING RATES
— Lifestyle Inflation Can Make You Broke (Even With a High Income) — How To Not Fall Into the Trap – Jami Farkas
(COMMENT: My wife and I have always tried to live on just one of our incomes, granted, on whichever income was the highest. We have always kept close track of our income and expenses. We have always put the maximums into tax-deferred savings accounts. Living on just one of our incomes became much more difficult when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. That cut my income by 59%/year. Living on just one of our incomes became impossible when my wife retired. Ever-increasingly, we are spending more than my Civil Service Retirement System pension and our Social Security, and ever-increasingly, we have to spend down our retirement savings.)
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/financial-planning/lifestyle-inflation-can-make-you-broke-even-with-high-income-how-to-not-fall-into-trap/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Make a Budget. Now that you know exactly what you must spend each month, figure out how you’ll spend the leftover. That’s necessary to break the cycle of lifestyle inflation, said Jennifer Stein, a certified financial planner and director of client engagement at Priebe Wealth. “To escape this, look at the income you’re making, the bills you have, and what is left over,” Stein said. “Then determine how much you will save and make this your priority. Pay yourself first. After you’ve saved, you can use some of the extra disposable income for things you enjoy and can afford, whether it’s an extra vacation throughout the year or fancy date nights in the city.”)

December 20 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Chicago shootings: 23 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-violence-shootings-gun/11360658/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Get rid of Cook County Democratic Party’s loyalty pledge. It’s anachronistic, silly and undemocratic. – EDITORIAL
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who demand blind loyalty to them and to them only. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-cook-county-democrats-loyalty-pledge-20211220-u4lzit2bareaxl6hhfrxukduhm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— AS FEWER AND FEWER AND FEWER MEN EARN COLLEGE DEGREES: Benedictine University program aims to help create diverse women leaders – Madhu Krishnamurthy
(COMMENT: Democrats use minority female leaders to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about what my minority female GAO superiors and supervisors did to get rid of me. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Before that, they gave me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair appraisals. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. They did not promote me beyond GS-13. They got rid of my mentor in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. Those who hired them forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211220/benedictine-university-program-aims-to-help-create-diverse-women-leaders

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Meleika Gardner: ‘I am still hopeful that Evanston reparations will get better for my community’
(COMMENT: For now, Democrats focus on which Blacks should get reparations and how much. Sooner or later, Democrats will focus on who should pay reparations and how much. From what I see, Democrats want Republicans to pay reparations, and the more of the following that they are, the more reparations that they want you to pay: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2021/12/19/meleika-gardner-evanston-reparations-guest-essay/

WIREPOINTS
— A Waukegan history teacher takes on CRT
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-podcast-the-dialogue-episode-14-a-waukegan-history-teacher-takes-on-crt/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Foreign-born population soars to new record under Biden – Stephen Dinan
(COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see citizens of foreign countries as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Democrats also see those who are the following as being their soldiers: minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, Trump-haters, moderates, liberals, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non- German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/20/foreign-born-population-soars-to-new-record-under-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Don’t play AOC’s game — it’s a trap. A huge portion of the energy from the Left and from the news media is policing our speech, but the speech police don’t actually believe in their own rules. The rules are not guidelines for speech but rather ad hoc traps laid for ideological opponents so as to call them sexist and avoid substantive debate on issues. – TIMOTHY P. CARNEY
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/dont-play-aocs-game-its-a-trap

NEW YORK POST
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Satanic Temple’s holiday display coming back to Illinois Capitol rotunda – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2021/12/19/satanic-temples-holiday-display-coming-back-to-illinois-capitol-rotunda/

FOX NEWS
— Trey Gowdy torches ‘hypocrisy’ of the NFL funding anti-cop groups – Yael Halon
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trey-gowdy-nfl-defund-police
— Chicago police investigation into sergeant who supported TPUSA chapter has a ‘chilling effect,’ lawyer says. Free speech lawyer says that the internal investigation ‘creates a chilling effect’ – Adam Sabes
(COMMENT: Getting rid of those who are the following has a chilling effect on those who are following: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-investigation-into-sergeant-who-supported-tpusa-chapter-has-a-chilling-effect-lawyer-says

BREITBART
— Former Rep. Lou Barletta (R), now running for governor of Pennsylvania, says he too will consider plans to bus illegal aliens out of the state to President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/19/exclusive-lou-barletta-like-desantis-ill-bus-illegal-aliens-out-pennsylvania-bidens-delaware/
— Rep. Mary Miller: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ‘Radical’ Abortion Policy ‘Deeply Unpopular with the American People’ – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/19/exclusive-rep-mary-miller-illinois-gov-j-b-pritzkers-radical-abortion-policy-deeply-unpopular-american-people/
— Trump: China Must Pay for COVID Origins — ‘They Have to Pay Reparations’ – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/12/19/trump-china-must-pay-for-covid-origins-they-have-to-pay-reparations/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Is it possible to regain legal protection for the most innocent? – Dr. Eric M. Wallace
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2021/12/20/is-it-possible-to-regain-legal-protection-for-the-most-innocent

CHRISTIANITY DAILY
— Parental Watchdog Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Downers Grove South High School Over Racial Segregation – OLIVIA CAVALLARO
https://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/14332/20211220/parental-watchdog-files-civil-rights-complaint-against-illinois-high-school-over-racial-segregation.htm

CHRISTIAN POST
— The Salvation Army needs to be saved … from itself – Ryan Bomberger
https://www.christianpost.com/news/the-salvation-army-needs-to-be-saved-from-itself.html

TOWNHALL
— RINO Adam Kinzinger Throws GOP Under the Bus As He Offers ‘It’s Possible’ Colleagues Responsible for Jan. 6 – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/12/19/rino-adam-kinzinger-offers-its-possible-gop-colleagues-responsible-for-jan-6-n2600805
— Coddling Crime is Nuts – Will Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/willalexander/2021/12/20/coddling-crime-is-nuts-n2600819

PATRIOT POST
— Biden’s DOJ Changes Tactics to Pay Illegals. Those migrant families who were separated after illegally crossing the border can still expect a massive payout. – THOMAS GALLATIN
https://patriotpost.us/articles/85013-bidens-doj-changes-tactics-to-pay-illegals-2021-12-20

COLLEGE FIX
— Illinois State football coach fired for taking down Black Lives Matter poster, lawsuit alleges. University says it fired him for poor performance. – Matt Lamb
(COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and they do not promote you to GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40, it is because you have performance problems. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-state-football-coach-fired-for-taking-down-black-lives-matter-poster-lawsuit-alleges/

POST MILLENNIAL
— BLM wants to defund police and replace them with communist enforcers. Because we don’t immediately see this organization as being communist-run, we mistranslate their calls for police abolition. – Adam B. Coleman
https://thepostmillennial.com/blm-would-defund-police-and-replace-them-with-a-communist-state-police-force

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Fox News hosts begged Trump to stop Jan. 6 violence because they knew he started it.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/12/20/fox-news-hannity-ingraham-meadows-trump-texts-jan-6-insurrection/8927327002/

FORBES
— Why Junior Employees Should Demand The Eradication Of (Age Discrimination) – Sheila Callaham
(COMMENT: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age decimation. I should write a book about the biggest age discriminators in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.  I would focus on the aforesaid who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2021/12/19/why-junior-employees-should-demand-the-eradication-of-this-workplace-no-no/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump’s DC hotel was the ‘epicenter’ of corruption where anyone looking to ‘curry favor’ could just walk in and ‘flash cash,’ says watchdog group. – Joshua Zitser
(COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are White, male, older, heterosexual, and/or who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are the aforesaid to curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, Democrat, Libertarian, Green Independent, and/or RINO.)
https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-dc-hotel-epicenter-corruption-115026619.html

NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Reveals He Got Vaccine Booster Shot, Gets Booed by Tour Crowd – KHALEDA RAHMAN
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reveals-got-covid-booster-shot-1661078
— Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power If Trump Loses in 2024 – DAVID H. FREEDMAN
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters make it clear that they are going to get rid of once for all those who do not hate Trump. This year, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters stopped DuPage Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. Last year, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters got downtown Wheaton to promote LGBTQ big time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2021/12/31/millions-angry-armed-americans-stand-ready-seize-power-if-trump-loses-2024-1660953.html

LGBTQ NATION
— COMMENT: LGBTQ-promoters crow about their success in destroying religion, traditional marriage, the traditional family, etc.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/united-states-religious-non-believers-evangelicals-first-time/

DAILY MAIL
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Newly-ordained Lutheran pastor hosts DRAG Bible study class for children at woke Chicago church. Aaron Musser decided to host a children’s Bible study class while in drag. Musser could be seen in pictures wearing a blonde wig, lipstick and white dress. ‘I wasn’t sure how the outside world would handle me when they saw me this morning. Joy is difficult to feel,’ he wrote. – JAMES GORDON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10327339/Woke-Chicago-Lutheran-church-invites-newly-ordained-pastor-hold-drag-queen-story-hour-kids.html

KELLER WILLIAMS
— FOR SALE: 1040 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $1,575,000
https://sellingsuburbanchicagoland.com/listings/1040-Golf-Lane-Wheaton-IL-60189-79709742

December 18 Evening Edition

NBC

— Surging COVID Cases in Chicago Force Cancellations of Musical, Sporting Events
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/surging-covid-cases-in-chicago-force-cancellations-of-musical-sporting-events/2710929/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans resist saying 3 simple words: ‘Joe Biden won’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-republicans-biden-election-results-20211218-hpkgja7rnjgadl3yli7pevasiy-story.html
— Remote learning makes a comeback as schools enter another holiday break with COVID-19 surging – TRACY SWARTZ, JOE MAHR and TATYANA TURNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-schools-covid-increase-remote-learning-20211218-dvxfitor5bexvalyhdx33nofdi-story.html
— As COVID surges, experts say US booster effort is far behind – SHAWN HUBLER and AMY HARMON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-nyt-us-covid-vaccine-booster-20211218-nybkwbjpfzhxbigcfs4efd2a64-story.html
— San Francisco mayor declares state of emergency to fight city’s ‘nasty streets’ – THOMAS FULLER, SHAILA DEWAN and KELLEN BROWNING
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-san-francisco-mayor-emergency-20211218-e7brtl2uyvcevkef6loskgivmm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Latest affordable housing win in City Council strikes a blow to exclusionary policies. It’s just one, modest development in a city that houses millions of people. But it’s significant. – Laura Washington
(COMMENT: Democrats have set Chicago’s policies for many decades.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/12/18/22841962/city-council-development-ohare-affordable-housing-column-laura-washington

DAILY HERALD
— Police: Man used knife to rob Naperville Dollar Tree – Doug T. Graham
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211218/police-man-used-knife-to-rob-naperville-dollar-tree

FOX ILLINOIS
— House Republican Leader targeting organized retail theft – Sydney Dorner
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/house-republican-leader-targeting-organized-retail-theft

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s History of Womanizing
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/12/18/irvin121821/
— Aurora Mayor and Possible Gubernatorial Candidate Richard Irvin Record
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/12/17/irvin121721/
— Temptation to Explore What’s In the Democrats’ “Build Back Better” Bill
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/12/18/temptation-to-explore-whats-in-the-democrats-build-back-better-bill/
— Parental Notice Bye-Bye in 2024, Abortion Supporters Cheer, Rabine: Illinois “Most Pro-abortion State in the Country”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/12/18/parental-notice-bye-bye-in-2024-abortion-supporters-cheer/
— Lying Statistic from President Biden
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/12/17/lying-statistic-from-president-biden/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump blasts McConnell for caving on debt ceiling. ‘Good old Mitch gave away our primary negotiating weapon’ – Mica Soellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/18/trump-mcconnell-best-thing-ever-happened-democrats/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Texas starts building Trump-sized border wall – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/texas-starts-building-trump-sized-border-wall

FOX NEWS
— A new way to protect the integrity of our elections. Every citizen’s vote is sacred. – Dr. Kevin Roberts
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/protect-integrity-elections-kevin-roberts

AMERICAN THINKER
— In Biden’s America, Americans should go where they’re treated best – Andrew Henderson
(COMMENT: I should write a book about how conservatives are treated in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/in_bidens_america_americans_should_go_where_theyre_treated_best.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— There’s a line that’s been thrown around by Republicans ever since the Loudon County school-board saga that lost Terry McAuliffe the Virginia governorship. It’s that the Republican Party is the “party of parents,” since parents fought and won the first major battle against critical race theory in public education. – CARMEL RICHARDSON
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-party-of-parents/

BREITBART
— California Investigates Woke Google over Treatment of Black Women – LUCAS NOLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/12/18/california-investigates-woke-google-over-treatment-of-black-women/
— LGBTQ Nation Essay Implies ‘You Ain’t Gay if You Don’t Vote Democrat’ – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/18/williams-lgbtq-nation-essay-implies-you-aint-gay-if-you-dont-vote-democrat/

COLLEGE FIX
— Prof: Outdoor recreation a ‘white-dominated space,’ has ‘roots in systemic racism’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/prof-outdoor-recreation-a-white-dominated-space-has-roots-in-systemic-racism/
— Elite, private all-girls school moves away from calling girls ‘girls’ – DAVE HUBER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/elite-private-all-girls-school-moves-away-from-calling-girls-girls/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicago police investigate sergeant for supporting formation of conservative group at daughter’s high school. A police officer is facing an internal investigation after she supported her daughter and her friends’ right to form a political club at their Chicago public high school. – Libby Emmons
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-police-investigate-sergeant-for-conservative-group

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Democrats do everything that they can to make Jews hate Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/586387-trump-evokes-antisemetic-tropes-says-jewish-americans-dont-like

CNN
— The data that shows Boomers are to blame for the labor shortage – Allison Morrow
(COMMENT: During the 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO got rid of their boomer employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $172,500/year, by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make that promotion deadline.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/18/business/labor-shortage-boomers-millennials-nightcap/index.html

MSN
— Ponnuru: Why Trump is stronger than he looks for 2024 – Ramesh Ponnuru
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ponnuru-why-trump-is-stronger-than-he-looks-for-2024/ar-AARVXx7

NEWSWEEK
— AOC Suggests CRT Opponents ‘Accepting of Racism’ as GOP Bills Against It Pile Up – JASON LEMON
(COMMENT: To promote CRT is to promote hatred against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-suggests-crt-opponents-accepting-racism-gop-bills-against-it-pile-1660874

MOTORIOUS
— How The Government Canceled Classic Muscle Cars – Steven Symes
https://www.motorious.com/articles/features-3/government-canceled-muscle/

December 17 Morning Edition

WGN9

— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Lincoln Park residents walk in response to uptick in violent crime – Patrick Elwood
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/lincoln-park-residents-walk-in-response-to-uptick-in-violent-crime/

FOX32
— Evanston Township High School given ‘all-clear’ after 2 guns recovered, 8 students detained – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-guns-found-in-evanston-township-hs-school-placed-on-lockdown
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Marijuana dispensary training center opens in Wrigleyville – Natalie Bomke
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/marijuana-dispensary-training-center-opens-in-wrigleyville

WBEZ
— Chicago has exceeded 800 homicides in 2021 – Chip Mitchell
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-has-exceeded-800-homicides-in-2021/f5518836-b3a2-490f-8cf3-ca503b6640ba

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Evanston Township High School students spent hours on lockdown after 2 guns found: ‘It’s just overwhelming’ – BRIAN L. COX
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-evanston-eths-lockdown-tl-1224-20211216-pr4aofdmuvhoxifcmwxn7gpzf4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago ‘at a crossroads’ because of rising crime, skyrocketing commercial property taxes, business leader says. “There’s a sense of no plan,” Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce chief Jack Lavin said. “Our businesses …. They want to know how are we’re gonna solve the violence and the public safety problem this week. This weekend. Tomorrow.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2021/12/16/22840148/chicago-crime-commercial-property-taxes-jack-lavin-chicagoland-chamber
— Cook County assessor gave tax breaks to dead mobster — for 6 years. Other homeowners were given disabled veteran tax breaks — which could erase their property tax bills for life — even though they didn’t apply and weren’t vets, the Sun-Times found. – Tim Novak, Lauren FitzPatrick, and Caroline Hurley
(COMMENT: I should write a book about my efforts during the 1980s and 1990s to get the assessed valuation of my home reduced. It is all public record.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/17/22838399/fritz-kaegi-cook-county-assessor-property-tax-breaks-dead-mobster-joseph-lombardi

DAILY HERALD
— McHenry County sheriff prepares to roll out body cameras next year – Ben Szalinski
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211217/mchenry-county-sheriff-prepares-to-roll-out-body-cameras-next-year

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— The Burr Ridge Village Board this week took final action on paying off the debt for its police station, which was built more than a decade ago. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-enjoys-unusual-status-government

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Man Wields Knife, Robs Dollar Tree In Naperville: Cops Police say a man used a knife to rob the Dollar Tree at 1550 N. Rte. 59 Wednesday morning. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/man-wields-knife-robs-dollar-tree-naperville-cops

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— SCOOP: Watch for former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti to announce she’s running for DuPage County clerk. – SHIA KAPOS
(COMMENT: January 13, 2022 is the first day to circulate nomination papers for established political party candidates who file in between March 7 – 14, 2022 for the June 28, 2022 primary.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/12/17/ken-griffin-and-the-dark-money-of-2022-495511
— Ken Griffin and the dark money of 2022: SCOOP: The head of a dark money group that helped defeat last year’s graduated income tax measure is behind a campaign to elect a Republican candidate to run against Gov. JB Pritzker in 2022. And the money behind the effort will come from billionaire Ken Griffin. Mike Zolnierowicz, who was former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s first chief of staff, is working the levers of this operation, according to two Playbook sources. The former governor, however, is not involved. Zolnierowicz, or Mike Z, did not return a request for comment. Interviews with potential candidates have been held in secrecy with Zolnierowicz. Word got out, however, that there’s interest in Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin to run for governor and state Rep. Avery Bourne to join the ticket as lieutenant governor. Neither returned requests for comment. It’s part of a plan for Griffin to bankroll a slate of GOP candidates, reports Lee Enterprises’ Brenden Moore. A source close to Griffin said the Citadel CEO has not met with any candidates and has not yet decided who he is going to support. Griffin is clear about his concerns for Illinois. “We have real problems in Illinois with violence, corruption and profligate spending and I look forward to supporting candidates — be it Republican or Democrat — who will address these issues that plague our state,” he said in a statement to Playbook. A source who spoke to Playbook about Mike Z, also said Griffin has committed $150 million to the campaign, which would match what Pritzker spent in his first run for governor. Other media reports have attributed “multiple sources” as saying Griffin is willing to spend as much as $300 million in next year’s election. Those numbers are all speculation, according to a source close to Griffin. “The field for next year’s election hasn’t fully formed yet and Ken hasn’t made a decision. …There is also no spending number as there is no candidate.” Still pining for Griffin’s support are the current field of candidates: state Sen. Darren Bailey of Xenia, former state Sen. Paul Schimpf of Waterloo, and businessmen Gary Rabine and Jesse Sullivan. ABOUT IRVIN: “In 2007, Irvin became the first Black male elected to the Aurora City Council as an at-large member, and held that post until his election as mayor. … In October, he laughed off a Tribune reporter’s question about a gubernatorial run or whether he had been in talks with Griffin. There are also questions about Irvin’s positions on social issues that run counter to those held by the GOP base.” He has said he supports abortion rights, immigrant rights, and implementing sanctuary city-style policies for immigrants who lack legal status, reports Tribune’s Rick Pearson. ABOUT TODD RICKETTS: The Cubs co-owner “had previously announced he would not run for governor. But asked about that possibility [Thursday], his spokesman discouraged, but did not rule out, such a possibility, saying, ‘Ricketts has no current plans to run for governor,’” reports Crain’s Greg Hinz. — SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/12/17/ken-griffin-and-the-dark-money-of-2022-495511

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s Mayor Lightfoot To Pump $412 More Into Anti-Crime Plan That Doesn’t Work. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/otters-plan-chicagos-mayor-lightfoot-to-pump-412-more-into-anti-crime-plan-that-doesnt-work-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Smidge of Hope on the Education Horizon – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/smidge-of-hope-on-the-education-horizon/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The high stakes of historical revisionism – Jonathan Tobin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/the-high-stakes-of-historical-revisionism
— Demographic autumn: Our working-age population is already shrinking – Timothy P. Carney
(COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs do everything that they can to drive older people out of the workforce, and especially older people who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/demographic-autumn-our-working-age-population-is-already-shrinking
— Encouraging women to have children is now a Title IX violation – CONN CARROLL
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/encouraging-women-to-have-children-is-now-a-title-ix-violation

FOX NEWS
— DeSantis’s ‘Stop W.O.K.E.’ legislation would make teaching CRT in Florida classrooms ‘illegal’: Rufo The legislation seeks to return the power of education back to Florida parents, Rufo said – Yael Halon
https://www.foxnews.com/media/desantis-stop-woke-legislation-crt-florida-illegal-rufo
— Nikole Hannah-Jones claims mainstream media were caught up in ‘propaganda campaign’ against 1619 Project. NY Times Magazine reporter: ‘We are a society that willfully does not want to deal with the anti-Blackness that is at the core of so many of our institutions’ – Cortney O’Brien
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nikole-hannah-jones-media-propaganda-campaign-1619-project

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Sue Them, Parents. Sue Them Into The Ground – ROD DREHER
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/transgender-school-spreckels-sue-them-parents/

CNS NEWS
— ‘Black’ Vs. ‘white’: The Significance of Elite-Imposed Language Norms – John Kline
https://cnsnews.com/commentary/john-kline/black-vs-white-significance-elite-imposed-language-norms

DAILY WIRE
— Wokeness Is America’s Dominant Religion – Matt Walsh
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being woke, that is, who paint themselves as being anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I would focus on the following: 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, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued. I would focus on those who a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-859-wokeness-is-america-s-dominant-religion

PJ MEDIA
— ‘White Privilege’ Isn’t Getting People Killed, Democrats Are – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/kevindowneyjr/2021/12/16/white-privilege-isnt-getting-people-killed-democrats-are-n1542079
— Santa’s List of Businesses That Are Naughty and Nice to Conservatives – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/12/15/santas-list-of-businesses-who-are-naughty-and-nice-to-conservatives-n1541824

FEDERALIST
— Biden’s Border Crisis Brings Record Number Of November Arrests – Jordan Boyd
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/16/bidens-border-crisis-brings-record-number-of-november-arrests/
— 14 Times Biden Straight-Up Lied About His Border Crisis. Here are the Biden administration’s top lies about the border. – Jordan Boyd
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/16/14-times-biden-straight-up-lied-about-his-border-crisis/

POWERLINE
— THE LIMITS OF CORPORATE WOKENESS – PAUL MIRENGOFF
(COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, etc. Democrat and RINO government employers have far more motivation and power a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. Just look at how GAO, IRS, and the Post Office treated me. Just look at how RINO politicians in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton treat me. Just look at now the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization treat me.)

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/12/the-limits-of-corporate-wokeness.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As noted above, the Post asserts the existence of the gap based on its finding that Blacks are 12 percent of the population and 8 percent of high level executives. But high level corporate executives are not drawn from the general population or from the non-incarcerated population, of which Blacks make up a slightly smaller percentage. No reasonable person would argue that they should be. Corporate executives are, and should be, drawn from the portion of the U.S. population that it is highly accomplished. Do Blacks make up 8 percent of that population? I doubt it. Consider the portion of graduating high school students who are highly accomplished. First, to a disproportionate extent, Blacks don’t graduate from high school. Second, Blacks don’t make up 8 percent of the highly accomplished students who do graduate. We know this because, if it were otherwise, elite colleges wouldn’t have to grant stark racial preferences to attain 8 percent black representation. But statistics show that they must grant such preferences if they are to admit that percentage. Absent preferences, elite colleges, and many others, would be hard pressed to get to half of 8 percent. Next, consider law school performance. Do Blacks make up 8 percent of highly accomplished law students? I don’t think so. They didn’t when I was on the hiring and recruiting committee of my former law firm. Top law firms had to reach far below the top 10 percent to extend more than a tiny number of offers to Blacks. Additional evidence came from professor Amy Wax of the University of Pennsylvania law school, before the school silenced her. Wax had the audacity to say “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a black student graduate in the top quarter of the class [I teach to first year law students] and rarely, rarely in the top half.” Her law school was outraged by this statement, but didn’t (and I assume couldn’t) dispute its accuracy. Something very similar happened at Georgetown law school. It fired an adjunct professor for saying, privately, that Blacks make up a disproportionate number of low-performing students in the class she taught. Thus, if Blacks really do make up 8 percent of top corporate executives, it’s likely that they are overrepresented in these jobs if the criterion is merit, as it should be, rather than skin color. And if George Floyd’s tragic encounter with Derek Chauvin hasn’t helped pushed the percentage above 8 percent, that’s evidence that, as woke as it is, corporate America hasn’t completely lost its mind.)

EPOCH TIMES
— Liz Wheeler on Salvation Army ‘suffering’: That’s what happens when you call white donors racists – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/16/liz-wheeler-on-salvation-army-suffering-thats-what-happens-when-you-call-white-donors-racists-1176522/

NEWS BUSTERS
— INSANE: MSNBC Host Thinks DeSantis Wants to Codify White Supremacy by Banning CRT – Kevin Tober
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kevin-tober/2021/12/16/insane-msnbc-host-thinks-desantis-wants-codify-white-supremacy

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— NFL Funding Groups Seeking To Kill ‘Malignant Tumor: White Supremacy’ – Jay Maxson
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nfl-funding-groups-seeking-kill-malignant-tumor-white-supremacy

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor of color denied funding for cutting-edge laser research due to ‘insufficient’ equity, diversity and inclusion enthusiasm – DANIEL NUCCIO
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-of-color-denied-funding-for-cutting-edge-laser-research-due-to-insufficient-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-enthusiasm/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chemistry Professor Patanjali Kambhampati said he has been denied two grants over the past two years for failing to properly pledge allegiance to equity, diversity and inclusion. Kambhampati was born in India. He grew up and was educated in the United States. Since 2003, Kambhampati has successfully conducted cutting-edge research at the intersection of chemistry and physics as a member of the Department of Chemistry at McGill University in Canada.)

THE HILL
— GOP candidates, conservative groups holding more events at Mar-a-Lago than previous years – LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/586116-gop-candidates-conservative-groups-holding-more-events-at-mar-a

YAHOO NEWS
— Ted Cruz’s new e-book on Critical Race Theory argues that seeking equity in the US is really calling for ‘discrimination’ against white people – Nicole Gaudiano
https://news.yahoo.com/read-ted-cruzs-e-book-221957760.html

MSN
— COMMENT: Democrats use “classmates’ racial slurs” to promote CRT.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-parents-protest-critical-race-theory-students-fight-racist-behavior-at-school/ar-AARRQxu

NEW YORK TIMES
— You Love That House, but Should You Write a Love Letter? A common practice in real estate is coming under new scrutiny because of concerns about discrimination. And one state has made it illegal. – Candace Jackson
(DIERSEN: From what I see watching home purchases in my precinct since 1984, it ever-increasing looks like Democrat realtors steer homebuyers to my precinct who are Democrat, moderate, liberal, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. Ever-increasingly, it looks like Democrat realtors stress to potential homebuyers a) that ever-increasingly, Democrats get more votes in the precinct, for example, Biden got 269 votes while Trump got only 157, b) that there are LGBTQ-promoting churches immediately north and south of the precinct, c) that the Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 Administration Headquarters is in the precinct, and d) that a grade school and middle school are in the precinct.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/realestate/you-love-that-house-but-should-you-write-a-love-letter.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But last year, the National Association of Realtors issued a warning about the practice, cautioning that it may make sellers and agents vulnerable to accusations of discrimination, as love letters often disclose personal details that can reveal buyers’ family status, religion, sexual orientation or race — all protected statuses under fair housing laws. (The Fair Housing Act prevents landlords, banks, real estate agents and anyone else involved in leasing or selling homes from discriminating on the basis of race, sex, disability status, religion, national origin or familial status; states like California recognize additional protected categories, including occupation and gender expression.) Realtors’ organizations in California and Ohio followed suit. And this year, the state of Oregon took it a step further, passing legislation banning such letters. Starting in January 2022, it will be illegal for a seller’s agent to pass a love letter along to a client in Oregon. Mark Meek, the Oregon State Representative who proposed the legislation, said the idea emerged from his own experience as a real estate agent, observing the disparity in homeownership among racial groups, something he formed a task force to address in 2018. In 2019, he said, the rate of white homeownership in Oregon was 65 percent, compared with 35 percent for Black residents and 40 percent for Hispanic residents. “Whoever is the successful bidder of a home should be based on the qualification of the offer,” Mr. Meek said. “Not the preference of that seller.”)
— Jobless for a Year? That Might Be Less of a Problem Now. – Sydney Ember
(COMMENT: Soon after my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 year old, I came to realize that because of the adverse actions that they had taken against me, I would never get a job appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/business/economy/employment-resume-gaps.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Wokeness Infiltrates the Salvation Army. It backs away from a call on members to ‘lament, repent and apologize’ for racism. – Kenny Xu
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wokeness-infiltrates-the-salvation-army-discussion-guide-racism-diversity-and-incusion-christian-11639690409
— Washington Post Grasps for New Direction as Trump-Era Boom Fades. News outlet’s audience is down sharply, amid sector-wide declines; subscription growth has stagnated as readers look beyond politics. – Benjamin Mullin and Alexandra Bruell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/washington-post-grasps-for-new-direction-as-trump-era-boom-fades-11639695007
— White House Revs Up Trucker Recruitment Drive. The plans aims to address longstanding industry issues but isn’t likely to have an immediate impact on supply-chain bottlenecks. – Jennifer Smith
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-revs-up-trucker-recruitment-drive-11639648803
— Biden’s Art of the Overreach. Don’t blame Manchin for the White House’s poorly managing expectations. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-art-of-the-overreach-progressive-agenda-build-black-better-pelosi-schumer-manchin-11639690786
— COLA Doesn’t Bring Much Refreshment. Automatic wage hikes can’t keep up with inflation. They can only fuel it further. – Bill Lane
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cola-doesnt-bring-refreshment-cost-of-living-inflation-raises-john-deere-auto-workers-caterpillar-11639690580

FORBES
— Firearm Industry Groups Sue New York For Permitting Lawsuits Over Gun Misuse – Lisa Kim
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2021/12/16/firearm-industry-groups-sue-new-york-for-permitting-lawsuits-over-gun-misuse/
— Here Are The Companies Creating Brands That Consumers Love – DIANE BRADY, LAUREN DEBTER, JARED COUNCIL, JENA MCGREGOR AND MARTY SWANT
(COMMENT: I am a minority because I only buy American-nameplate vehicles. The top vehicle loyalty brands are Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, and Mazda.)
https://www.forbes.com/halo-100/#792377f332da
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We all value the brands we use for different reasons. Some offer incredible value and quality. Others are aligned with our values or personal identity, with messages that feel tailored to who we are or who we want to be. Forbes’ inaugural Halo 100 list highlights excellence in delivering the experience that customers want to have. It measures how well – and how responsibly — brands are serving their US customers.)

NPR
— Rep. Kinzinger discusses the events of Jan. 6 as congressional inquiries heat up
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/16/1064951583/rep-kinzinger-discusses-the-events-of-jan-6-as-congressional-inquiries-heat-up

PEW RESEARCH
— White evangelicals more likely than other Christians to say people should prioritize marriage, procreation – STEPHANIE KRAMER
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/12/16/white-evangelicals-more-likely-than-other-christians-to-say-people-should-prioritize-marriage-procreation/

ACCOUNTANCY AGE
— “Still work to be done” on diversity in accountancy, industry leaders say. Research shows that more work is needed from firms. – Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe
(COMMENT: When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, a very high percentage of my superiors, supervisors, and coworkers a) were Democrats, b) were Whites, c) were males, d) were older, e) were veterans, f) had accounting degrees from non-Ivy League universities, g) were non-Protestant, and h) were non-German American. When Charles Bowsher took over GAO in 1981 and ran it for the next 15 years, he focused on getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, and/or who had accounting degrees from non-Ivy League Universities and who had not made GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. My Democrat GAO superiors did everything that they could to get rid of me because I was Republican, White, male, old, non-veteran, my 1980 master’s degree in accounting was from DePaul, Protestant, German American, I had taken a $20,361/year in today’s dollars pay cut (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10) to transfer from IRS to GAO, I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 years old in 1986, I never made GS-14, and in 1987, they had gotten rid of the GS-15 GAO manager who had hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.. My Democrat GAO superiors would have gotten rid of me sooner if I had not earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
https://www.accountancyage.com/2021/12/16/still-work-to-be-done-on-diversity-in-accountancy-industry-leaders-say/

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
— THE CURRENT COMMITTEE SYSTEM
(COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, they periodically asked GAO employees for suggestions on how to improve GAO’s credibility with Republican Senators and Representatives. I suggested having at least two Republicans on GAO audit teams for every three Democrats. I also suggested not doing audits unless at least one of the requesters was Republican.)
https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/Archives/jcoc2d.htm

(FROM THE RULES: Party leaders also determine the ratio of majority to minority party members on each committee. Under current Democratic Caucus Rules, each standing committee (except Standards) must have at least three Democrats for every two Republicans. While this ratio roughly approximates the ratio of Democrats to Republicans in the overall Chamber, the majority party usually accords itself a super-majority on important panels including Appropriations, Budget, Rules, and Ways and Means.)

December 16 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Ken Griffin wants Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin to run against JB Pritzker for governor – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/ken-griffin-illinois-richard-irvin-aurora-mayor-jb-pritzker/11349687/
— Illinois COVID cases: IL reports 11,858 new cases, 52 deaths. Suburban Cook County reports 1st omicron case.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-vaccine-booster/11348591/
— 16-year-old girl charged in Magnificent Mile armed robberies, Taser attack, police say
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-armed-robbery-streeterville-michigan-avenue/11347977/
— School shooting, bombing threats promising nationwide attacks circulate on TikTok, social media. Some Chicago area schools increasing police presence on Dec. 17.
https://abc7chicago.com/tiktok-school-threat-december-17-shooting-bomb-social-media-to-schools/11348760/

NBC5
— Aurora Mayor Could Run for Illinois Governor with New Backing
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/aurora-mayor-could-run-for-illinois-governor-with-new-backing/2709629/
— FDA Permanently Allows Abortion Pills by Mail
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/fda-permanently-allows-abortion-pills-by-mail/2709605/

CBS2
— COMMENT: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/12/16/cresco-labs-center-cannabis-industry/

WGN9
— Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin considering run for Illinois governor: sources – Tahman Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/aurora-mayor-richard-irvin-considering-run-for-illinois-governor-sources/
— Illinois Covid cases reach 2021 high, 90% hospitalizations among those not fully vaccinated – Ben Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-covid-cases-reach-2021-high-90-hospitalizations-among-those-not-fully-vaccinated/

FOX32
— Aurora mayor considering run for Illinois governor against Pritzker
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/aurora-mayor-considering-run-for-illinois-governor-against-pritzker
— Illinois records highest single day of new COVID cases in 2021
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-records-highest-single-day-of-new-covid-cases-in-2021

WGN RADIO
— Awash in illegal pot farms, Oregon plans millions for relief – AP (COMMENT: Promoting legal pot promotes illegal pot too.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/business-news/awash-in-illegal-pot-farms-oregon-plans-millions-for-relief/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Billionaire Ken Griffin pushes Illinois GOP to back his slate of candidates for 2022, with Aurora mayor potentially filling the slot for governor, sources say – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republican-ken-griffin-20211216-w32sdsgucnfzhbjb6yfs72qynq-story.html
— US regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill – MATTHEW PERRONE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-fda-abortion-pill-20211216-xrqbp3qn4zhp3d4l6odx6ryaii-story.html
— Sheriff: 2 Rottweilers used jogger ‘like a chew toy’ before concealed carry holder stepped in, fatally shot 1 dog. 2nd was euthanized after St. Charles attack – KATHERINE ROSENBERG-DOUGLAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-concealed-carry-license-shooting-rottweiler-dog-attack-st-charles-20211216-m7x4pafxkbcx5nxwynn5yqk5ke-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Aurora mayor considering gubernatorial bid, backing from Ken Griffin in question. Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin is considering entering the 2022 governor’s race. Sources say Irvin will have billionaire Ken Griffin’s support — a notion Griffin and a source close to him tried to shut down. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/12/16/22839731/aurora-mayor-governor-gubernatorial-bid-ken-griffin
— Chicago Police Department to expand SWAT team, citing growing need. They’ll give officers who fall short of meeting all of the team’s requirements a chance to support full ‘operators’ while working to meet the standards within one year. – Frank Main
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/12/16/22838300/swat-chicago-police-department-special-weapons-tactics-expansion

DAILY HERALD
— Aurora mayor’s name pops up as potential GOP governor candidate – Chicago Sun-Times
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211216/aurora-mayors-name-pops-up-as-potential-gop-governor-candidate
— Illinois averaging 8,011 new COVID-19 cases a day, the highest level in a year – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211216/illinois-averaging-8011-new-covid-19-cases-a-day-the-highest-level-in-a-year

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP ruckus in race to replace Pritzker. Billionaire hedge fund founder Ken Griffin, who pledged to back someone to beat Gov. Pritzker, denies he’s found his candidate. Meanwhile, Todd Ricketts’ name resurfaces in campaign chatter. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/citadel-founder-ken-griffin-denies-he-has-candidate-challenge-gov-pritzker

HERALD & REVIEW
— 3 Central Illinois school districts named in suit against mask, vaccine mandates – CONNOR WOOD
https://herald-review.com/news/local/education/3-central-illinois-school-districts-named-in-suit-against-mask-vaccine-mandates/article_f068e0ee-cc1f-5360-b36a-474eeb9c2637.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Davidsmeyer will seek re-election – David C L Bauer
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Davidsmeyer-will-seek-reelection-16704865.php
— Four pass CPA exam
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Four-pass-CPA-exam-16707634.php

RIVER BENDER
— Illinois Ranks Last For Tax Friendliness With ‘No End In Sight’ – Elyse Kelly
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/illinois-ranks-last-for-tax-friendliness-with-no-end-in-sight-55484.cfm

SOUTHERN
— Rural homelessness increases exponentially in 2021 – Kallie Cox
https://thesouthern.com/news/healthcare/rural-homelessness-increases-exponentially-in-2021/article_a2ca0a87-a023-5dab-a9d3-c8ba2d96bc44.html

WROK
— Illinoisans Watch As Indiana Refunds Every Taxpayer From Surplus – Riley O’Neill
https://1440wrok.com/illinoisans-watch-as-indiana-refunds-every-taxpayer-from-surplus/

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— 30-Year Sentence Handed Down To Naperville Pimp. Benjamin Biancofiori, 41, was convicted on 14 counts of sex trafficking in 2018. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/30-year-sentence-handed-down-naperville-pimp-report

COOK COUNTY RECORDER
— Federal judge tosses suit from Oak Lawn school board member, congressional candidate vs Pritzker school mask mandate – Scott Holland
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/614919324-federal-judge-tosses-suit-from-oak-lawn-school-board-member-congressional-candidate-vs-pritzker-school-mask-mandate

CAPITOL FAX
— COVID-19 roundup: Peoria-area hospitals filling up fast, McLean County hospitals at capacity
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/16/covid-19-roundup-peoria-area-hospitals-filling-up-fast/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ACLU launches ad campaign to pressure Biden over illegal immigrant families. Legal group negotiating $450,000 payments to separated families. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/15/aclu-launches-ad-campaign-pressure-biden-over-ille/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Cammack rips Biden over illegal immigration: ‘We have a trafficker in chief’ – Luke Gentile
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/watch-cammack-rips-biden-over-illegal-immigration-we-have-a-trafficker-in-chief
— Seventeen gun firms flee to friendlier states – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/17-gun-firms-flee-to-friendlier-states

FOX NEWS
— The Chicago Police Department is conducting an internal investigation into a sergeant who voiced her support for the formation of a Turning Point USA chapter at an area high school. – Adam Sabes
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-department-sergeant-investigation-allegedly-supporting-proposed-tpusa-chapter

GOPUSA
— Heist Begs Question: Should Chicago Hire Own Rittenhouse To Protect Retailers?
https://www.gopusa.com/heist-begs-question-should-chicago-hire-own-rittenhouse-to-protect-retailers/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Teen Vogue pretends to be anti-consumerism, blames stores for shoplifting – Tim Worstall
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/teen-vogue-pretends-to-be-anti-consumerism-blames-stores-for-shoplifting/

BREITBART
— Democrat Falsely Claims ‘There’s No Amnesty’ in Biden’s ‘Build Back Better Act’ – JACOB BLISS and JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/16/fact-check-democrat-falsely-claims-theres-no-amnesty-in-bidens-build-back-better-act/

DAILY CALLER
— Rutgers Study Falsely Claims New Gun Owners Are ‘Impulsive’
https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/16/rutgers-study-falsely-claims-new-gun-owners-are-impulsive/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Mob’s Attack on J.K. Rowling Shows Why Conservatives Need to Stand Strong – Nicole Russell
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/12/16/the-mobs-attack-on-j-k-rowling-shows-why-conservatives-need-to-stand-strong/

SEAN HANNITY
— Florida Gov Unveils Bill That Lets Parents Sue School Districts Over CRT
https://hannity.com/media-room/desantis-says-enough-florida-gov-unveils-bill-that-lets-parents-sue-school-districts-over-crt/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Kat Cammack to Newsmax: Biden ‘Trafficker in Chief’ With Illegals Coming Into US – Charles Kim
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/cammack-biden-florida-immigration/2021/12/16/id/1048897/

NEWS BUSTERS
— 12 Worst Cases of Big Tech Censorship in 2021 – Brian Bradley
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/brian-bradley/2021/12/16/12-worst-cases-big-tech-censorship-2021

FEDERALIST
— United Nations Grantee Uses U.S. Tax Dollars To Fund Illegal Immigration. Monthly cash for food, lodging, and ‘movement’ assistance amounts to material support for illegal immigration. It influences decisions to cross. – Todd Bensman
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/16/united-nations-grantee-uses-u-s-tax-dollars-to-fund-illegal-immigration/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. LaHood to Newsmax: Boycott Olympics in China If COVID Details Grow – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/darin-lahood-china-beijing-olympics/2021/12/16/id/1048937/

TOWNHALL
— President Biden Signs Legislation Letting Debt Ceiling Increase By Another $2.5 Trillion – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/12/16/president-biden-signs-legislation-letting-debt-ceiling-increase-by-another-25-trillion-n2600700

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Why hasn’t Jussie Smollett been charged with perjury? – Larry Elder
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/16/larry-elder-why-hasnt-jussie-smollett-been-charged-with-perjury-1176317/

EPOCH TIMES
— Yes, Virginia, Google News Is Biased – Rob Natelson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/yes-virginia-google-news-is-biased_4160045.html

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Those who promote hatred against Whites complain about “intensive backlash.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/586193-nikole-hannah-jones-2021-showed-steps-toward-racial-progress-always-met-with

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Concedes Social Policy Bill Is Stalled as Immigration Plan Falters – Emily Cochrane and Luke Broadwater
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/politics/biden-immigration-build-back-better.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Hiring Algorithms Can’t Be Fixed by Employers Alone – Cathy O’Neil
(COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, expect that ever-increasingly, hiring algorithms will discriminate against those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/hiring-algorithms-cant-be-fixed-by-employers-alone/2021/12/16/75723848-5e7d-11ec-b1ef-cb78be717f0e_story.html
— Family separations: Settlement talks with Biden administration have broken down, attorneys say – Kevin Sieff, Sean Sullivan and Maria Sacchetti
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/family-separations-settlement-talks-with-biden-administration-have-broken-down-attorneys-say/2021/12/16/a09a305a-5e9d-11ec-8665-aed48580f911_story.html
— Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-optional push grows – Nick Anderson
(COMMENT: In 1966, even though I was not a minority, not a female, and not a veteran, UIC accepted me a) because I took college preparatory courses in high school, b) because I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and c) because my ACT score was 24.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/16/harvard-test-optional-college-admissions/

BLOOMBERG
— Ken Griffin to Bankroll Illinois GOP Election Slate – Patrick McHale
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-16/ken-griffin-to-bankroll-illinois-gop-election-slate-lee-news

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DeSantis Enlists Litigious Parents for Anti-Woke Crusade – Ed Kilgore
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the lawsuits that I have filed. I would focus on the adverse actions that the defendants, their operatives, and their dupes have taken against me. Better yet, I should sue them again.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/desantis-stop-woke-act-lets-parents-sue-schools-for-crt.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans Lead 48%-39% on Congressional Ballot
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/generic_congressional_ballot_dec16

December 16 Morning Edition

ABC7

— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago police cancel officers’ days off again in effort to protect downtown from recent mayhem. – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Ross Weidner (COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs erroneously hint/imply/argue/shout that if government goes soft on crime, there will be less crime.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-cpd-days-off-canceled-department-headquarters/11345606/
— Gold Coast business owner calls on city to do more after thieves target dealership in smash and grab – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-dealership-robbed/11345385/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in turning children against their parents.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/as-parents-protest-critical-race-theory-students-fight-racist-behavior-at-school/2708870/

WGN9
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in getting Chicago students to illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/we-all-belong-here-chicago-students-stage-walkout-in-support-of-undocumented-immigrants/

FOX32
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago Criminals Now In Control with ‘Soft on Crime’ Approach – Dennis Welsh
(COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs erroneously hint/imply/argue/shout that if government goes soft on crime, there will be less crime.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1012887

WTTW
— As Lightfoot Decries Segregation, City Council Defies Aldermanic Prerogative to Approve Apartments – Heather Cherone
(COMMENT: What do you say to NIMBYers who want to put marginalized, disadvantaged, oppressed, discriminated against, victimized, and therefore protected groups in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality,  in your township, in your county district, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? Members of the aforesaid groups include Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, females, LGBTQers, younger people, Trump-haters, moderates, liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, non-patriotic people, non-rich people, non-gun owners, non-married people, parents, citizens of foreign countries, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/12/15/lightfoot-decries-segregation-city-council-defies-aldermanic-prerogative-approve
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 33-13 vote by the Chicago City Council represents a nearly unprecedented rebuke of the decades-old tradition of giving alderpeople the final say over housing developments in their wards. Critics of that practice, which is the subject of a federal probe, contend it has created a hyper-segregated city rife with racism and gentrification. Mayor Lori Lightfoot echoed that judgment moments before the vote, which capped a more than three-year odyssey that became a major flashpoint in the high-stakes effort to combat systemic racism in Chicago.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Decision looming for Rep. Mary Miller in the Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wing of the Republican Party. Trump loyalist Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., faces a June primary against another Republican, either Rep. Rodney Davis or Rep. Mike Bost. She may be leaning toward Davis. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/12/15/22838827/rep-mary-miller-in-the-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-wing-of-the-republican-party

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texts presented at hearing reveal what Trump loyalists privately felt: Jan. 6 was a shocking disaster – STEVE CHAPMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-jan-6-texts-trump-jr-ingraham-chapman-20211215-fzrn2l6axrdidbngywirt6edd4-story.html

JOURNAL COURIER
— Davidsmeyer seeking re-election in redrawn 100th District – David C.L. Bauer
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Davidsmeyer-seeking-re-election-in-redrawn-100th-16704653.php

ST. LOUIS TODAY
— Medicaid now certifies kids for free lunch in eight more states, including Illinois – AP
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/medicaid-now-certifies-kids-for-free-lunch-in-eight-more-states-including-illinois/article_ee933e85-3fe5-58b5-8533-640879d1b639.html

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Cook County Democrats snub Black candidates for June Primary – Erick Johnson
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. are under pressure from Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs to give preference to candidates who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, Trump-haters, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Republican candidates to lose elections.)
https://chicagocrusader.com/breaking-news/cook-county-snub-black-candidates-for-primary/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Playbook will be on a two-week hiatus starting Monday. After finishing out this week, I won’t be back in your inbox until Jan. 3. I’ll still be reporting, so keep up with those tips and comments (I’ll need it because my family is banning me from talking politics!). – Shia Kapos
(COMMENT: I have put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. Since 2004, those newsletters have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004, those newsletters have included links to more than 416,500 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/12/16/the-humanity-of-the-chicago-city-council-495492

WIREPOINTS
— Some ‘plan.’ Illinois wants more federal bailout money for unemployment trust fund. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/some-plan-illinois-wants-more-federal-bailout-for-unemployment-trust-fund-wirepoints/

JOHN BIVER
— A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX (Part 1)
https://johnbiver.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-psychology-of-the-republican-conservative-industrial-complex-part-1/
— A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX (PART 2)
https://johnbiver.com/a-deep-dive-into-the-psychology-of-the-republican-conservative-industrial-complex-part-2/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BUZZ CONCERNING AURORA MAYOR AS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE RATCHETS UP
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/buzz-concerning-aurora-mayor-as-gubernatorial-candidate-ratchets-up.html
— ILLINOIS ONLY MIDWESTERN STATE STILL WITH COVID MASK MANDATE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/illinois-only-midwestern-state-still-with-covid-mask-mandate.html
— SHAPIRO: THE LEFT’S WAR WITH BIOLOGICAL REALITY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/shapiro-the-lefts-war-with-biological-reality.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Irvin has apparent change of heart about running statewide
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/16/irvin-has-apparent-change-of-heart-about-running-statewide/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Federal report shows open borders bring increased crimes and costs for taxpayers. Almost half of all of the criminals prosecuted in federal courts in 2018 were aliens. – Hans von Spakovsky
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/15/federal-report-shows-open-borders-bring-increased-/
— DHS ‘protected areas’ policy makes D.C. a city of sanctuaries – Stephen Dinan
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who run your municipality officially establish “protected areas” in your municipality for the following marginalized, disadvantaged, oppressed, discriminated against, victimized, and therefore protected groups: Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, females, LGBTQers, younger people, Trump-haters, moderates, liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, non-patriotic people, non-rich people, non-gun owners, non-married people, parents, citizens of foreign countries, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/16/dhs-protected-areas-policy-makes-dc-a-city-of-sanc/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New York Times: Republicans engage in more misinformation than Democrats. Trust us – Becket Adams
(COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they want the following to take adverse actions against me: 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, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-york-times-republicans-engage-in-more-misinformation-than-democrats-trust-us

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— SATIRE: Festival of Whites: CNN Sweater Contest Reveals Stunning Lack of Racial Diversity. ALSO, WHERE ARE THE MASKS??? WE ARE LITERALLY SHAKING RIGHT NOW!!! – Andrew Stiles
https://freebeacon.com/satire/cnn-so-white/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago rooftop revelations: Broken education system is perpetuating Chicago violence, pastor says. High illiteracy among families on the South Side is one of the reasons the pastor took to the roof. – Eli Steele
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/chicago-rooftop-revelations-day-26-with-pastor-brooks
— NFL torched by sheriffs group for funding ‘defund the police’ groups. NFL under fire after Fox News Digital investigation reveals league funding ‘defund the police’ advocates. – Houston Keene
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nfl-torched-sheriffs-group-funding-defund-police
— Biden’s America faces devastating defeat by communist China. We need a full-blown investigation into the requirements for victory over China. – Newt Gingrich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-america-communist-china-military-newt-gingrich

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Salvation Army pays a big price for its foray into wokedom – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/the_salvation_army_pays_a_big_price_for_its_foray_into_wokedom.html

DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin Interrupts Testimony On Democrat Failures In Chicago – SAMANTHA RENCK
https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/15/illinois-senator-dick-durban-interrupts-testimony-on-democrat-failures-in-chicago/

NEWSMAX
— McCarthy Prodded to Boot Jan. 6 Reps. Cheney, Kinzinger From GOP – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-select-committee-liz-cheney/2021/12/15/id/1048875/

FEDERALIST
— Facebook Censors Article About Dangers Of COVID Censorship – Jordan Boyd
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/15/facebook-censors-article-about-dangers-of-covid-censorship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-censors-article-about-dangers-of-covid-censorship

CENTER SQUARE FLORIDA
— DeSantis pitches elevating fight against ‘Biden’s Border Crisis’ – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/desantis-pitches-elevating-fight-against-biden-s-border-crisis/article_b593f6bc-5dd5-11ec-b64d-cfcc13d273f9.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Senate Moves Jan. 6 Reforms as House Democrats Obsess on Trump Role – Mark Tapscott
https://www.theepochtimes.com/senate-moves-january-6-reforms-as-house-dems-obsess-on-trump-role_4159169.html

THE HILL
— Trump allies urge McCarthy to remove Kinzinger, Cheney from House GOP conference – CAROLINE VAKIL
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/586059-trump-allies-conservatives-urge-mccarthy-to-remove-kinzinger-cheney-from-house

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in turning children against their parents.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/critical-race-theory-student-protests-rcna8926

NEW YORK TIMES
— Did Trump Start a Political Earthquake With These (Hispanic) Voters? – Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/opinion/hispanics-republicans-democrats.html
— Four Resolutions for a Healthier Tech Life in 2022. The tech world delivered many unpleasant surprises to us in the pandemic. We can learn from them. – Brian X. Chen
(COMMENT: The top-of-the-line Dell desktop computer that I use to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening is almost 10 years old and my backup top-of-the-line Dell desktop computer is even older. I have ordered a new top-of-the-line Dell desktop computer.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/technology/personaltech/relationship-with-technology.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Resolution #1: Invest in infrastructure first.)
— Could the Great Resignation Help Workers? Take a Look at History. – Abigail Susik (COMMENT: I can always ask myself what if I had not accepted Oldsmobile’s job offer in 1971 when I was 22 years old. Firestone fired me because I accepted that job offer. Then Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/opinion/great-resignation-labor-shortage.html
— A Refugee Crisis Runs Into a Housing Crisis. Thousands of Afghan refugees are being released from military bases to U.S. cities to rebuild their lives. Settling them into homes amid a rental shortage is proving to be a challenge. – Miriam Jordan
(COMMENT: My NIMBY critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want all the buildings on the south side of Roosevelt Road between the Illinois Prairie Path and Main Street in my precinct to be torn down and replaced with affordable/public housing for marginalized, disadvantaged, oppressed, discriminated against, victimized, and therefore protected groups. Members of those protected groups include Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, females, LGBTQers, younger people, Trump-haters, moderates, liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, non-patriotic people, non-rich people, non-gun owners, non-married people, parents, citizens of foreign countries, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/us/afghan-refugees-housing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— More Americans than usual have been changing parties. Why? – Sean Bock and Landon Schnabel
(COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who have painted themselves the most since 2000 as being anti-conservative, that is, being anti-platform Republican, that is, being anti-Republican: a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most adverse actions against conservatives, that is, against platform Republicans, that is, against Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/16/republicans-democrats-changing-parties/
— Google calls itself green. But it’s still making ad money from climate-change denial. Researchers found Google’s ads on at least 50 posts undermining climate science, despite its pledge to ban misinformation. – Cat Zakrzewski
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/16/google-climate-change-denial-ads/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Blame Voters for the Rising Crime Rate. Just maybe, voters are starting to regret the consequences of electing progressives. – Daniel Henninger
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs are soft on crime.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/blame-voters-for-crime-wave-shoplifting-smash-grab-prosecutors-shooting-murder-stabbing-11639604421
— Smash and Grab? Don’t Come to Arizona. Unlike soft-on-crime California, we take retail theft seriously. – Mark Brnovich
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs are soft on crime.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/smash-and-grab-arizona-shoplifting-crime-prosecution-retail-stores-looting-california-san-fran-11639586818
— Inflation Surge Pushes U.S. Real Interest Rates Into More Deeply Negative Territory. By standing still, the Fed’s policy has provided more stimulus to the economy this year. – Nick Timiraos
(COMMENT: If your savings are not earning more than inflation, your savings are losing purchasing power.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-surge-pushes-u-s-real-interest-rates-into-more-deeply-negative-territory-11639321204

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Says ‘America Deserves Better Politicians’ as Ted Cruz Blocks Biden Nominees – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-says-america-deserves-better-politicians-ted-cruz-blocks-biden-nominees-1660083

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER & SEATTLE TIMES
— Corporate America’s striking race gap at the top. Black employees represent a strikingly small fraction — 8% – of top executives, according to a Washington Post review of the 50 most valuable public companies. – Tracy Jan
(COMMENT: What are your demographics? What percent of top executives share your demographics in terms of your race, gender, age group, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gun owner status, renter/homeowner, liberal/moderate/conservative, Trump hater/neutral/supporter, political affiliation, patriotic/not patriotic, education level, professional certifications/licenses, health, religion, national origin, income level, net worth level, criminal record, length of time your ancestors have been in America, etc.?)
https://www.inquirer.com/business/corporate-racism-floyd-boards-blacks-20211216.html
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/the-striking-race-gap-in-corporate-america/

DALLAS NEWS
— In Donald Trump’s GOP, no one is too extreme
(COMMENT: In Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, the more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being an extremist: traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Because I support all of the aforesaid planks, the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican (MTRO) have always done everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. This year, they stopped me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. In 2015, the gerrymandered my precinct. In 2012, they ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship. In 2011, they ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership. In 2010 and 2004, they ended my MTRO webmaster service. In 2007, they ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership. In 2004, they viciously ended my bid for MTRO Treasurer and ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/12/16/in-donald-trumps-gop-no-one-is-too-extreme/

TENNESSEAN
— Educators who teach one-sided narratives on racism are practicing indoctrination – Joseph Murray II
https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2021/12/15/critical-race-theory-educators-should-not-practice-indoctrination/8911194002/

HERALD TIMES
— Monroe County Indiana GOP chair resigning; young vice chair to run for post in Saturday’s caucus – Rachel Smith
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. are under pressure from Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs to recruit, to retain, and to promote precinct committeemen who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, Trump-haters, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, that is, to not recruit, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of precinct committeemen who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-Trump haters, conservative, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want Republican candidates to lose elections.)
https://sports.yahoo.com/monroe-county-gop-chair-resigning-112256786.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to Ellis, a party chairperson can be a highly influential position as they will have the responsibility of promoting local turnout during elections and recruiting potential candidates. Elaine Thomsen, the county GOP’s secretary, will preside over the caucus, and the party’s precinct committeemen and vice precinct committeemen will be its voting members.)

CONVERSATION
— How the Native American population in the US increased 87% says more about whiteness than about demographics
(COMMENT: I should write a book that compares and contrasts how the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997 treated their Native American employees verses their White employees. I would focus on the preferential treatment, including not being forced to take early retirement, that the office’s Native American employees got.)
https://theconversation.com/how-the-native-american-population-in-the-us-increased-87-says-more-about-whiteness-than-about-demographics-170920
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Birth rates among Native Americans don’t explain the massive rise in numbers. And there certainly is no evidence of an influx of Native American expatriates returning to the U.S. Instead, individuals who previously identified as white are now claiming to be Native American. This growing movement has been captured by terms like “pretendian” and “wannabe.” Another way to describe this recent adoption of Native American identity is what I call “racial shifting.” These people are fleeing not from political and social persecution, but from whiteness.)

EDUCATION WEEK
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters encourage teachers to promote LGBTQ. In your school district, at each grade level, what percent of the students are LGBTQ?
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/educators-divided-on-whether-schools-should-teach-about-lgbtq-topics-survey-finds/2021/12

December 15 Morning Edition

FOX32

— Taft High School refuses students’ request to start conservative group
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/taft-high-school-refuses-students-request-to-start-conservative-group

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Right-wing group’s attempt to open at Chicago high school rejected. After talk of starting a Turning Point USA chapter at Taft High School emerged, the school’s principal said they will “never tolerate” student groups that go against the school’s values. – Clare Spaulding
(COMMENT: I should write a book about a) those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) as being right wing and even worse things and b) those who have done the most to destroy those organizations. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/12/14/22834819/conservative-student-group-taft-high-school-turning-point-usa

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County approves 19-member board for next decade over objections of GOP lawmakers; ‘We should be better than this’ – JAMES T. NORMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-county-approves-redistricting-st-1215-20211214-e4n7bcgu2rgl7epw2qphyt32ai-story.html
— Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, Associated Press finds
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw–20211214-jff527bdpvdcjfwiv5lad6khsu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage sheriff’s office buying a new armored vehicle, but hold the battering ram – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211215/dupage-sheriffs-office-buying-a-new-armored-vehicle-but-hold-the-battering-ram

WBEZ
— From Englewood to Chinatown, residents fight to keep their communities together in Chicago’s remapping – Mariah Woelfel, Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
https://www.wbez.org/stories/black-and-asian-american-chicagoans-push-for-wards/084f9289-771b-4fc9-801a-ad7bd1c58762
— In Chicago Public Schools, wealthier students get far more As and Bs than low-income students. Students in schools with middle class students also received fewer Ds and Fs, a disparity that widened during the pandemic, WBEZ found. – Sarah Karp
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted my parents as being filthy rich because a) I took college preparatory courses in high school, b) I graduated in the top 20% of my high school class, and c) my ACT was 24. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/low-income-students-get-worse-grades-in-chicago-public-schools/324bfaee-e54c-4bdc-88bd-0e7b950d93c7

MADISON RECORD
— New judicial map takes effect Jan. 1; Fifth District will include just about half the state – Steve Korris
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/614428326-new-judicial-map-takes-effect-jan-1-fifth-district-will-include-just-about-half-the-state

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— New bill proposes free college for cops – Jordan Elder
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/new-bill-proposes-free-college-for-cops

CHICAGO CHALKBEAT
— Chicago students walk out of South Side school over racial slurs: ‘We will not be silenced’ – Mauricio Pena
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/12/14/22834734/chicago-public-schools-racism-student-walkout-goode-stem-academy

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Fools and Hypocrites Defend Abortion – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/fools-and-hypocrites-defend-abortion/

NEW YORK POST
— Facebook admits the truth: ‘Fact checks’ are really just (lefty) opinion – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/12/14/facebook-admits-the-truth-fact-checks-are-really-just-lefty-opinion/
— Latinos reject ‘Latinx’ — and progressives’ paternal politics – Rich Lowry
https://nypost.com/2021/12/14/latinos-reject-latinx-and-progressives-paternal-politics/

FOX NEWS
— BLM will call you a racist for shopping at stores they have no problem taking money from. Fox News Primetime host examines the ‘Black Xmas’ campaign. Will Cain
https://www.foxnews.com/media/will-cain-black-lives-matter-black-xmas

AMERICAN THINKER
— In Praise of Thomas Jefferson – Paul Krause
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/12/in_praise_of_thomas_jefferson.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— How Amazon Crushes Small Business – ALEXANDER ZUBATOV
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-amazon-crushes-small-business/

BREITBART
— ViacomCBS Executives Sued for Racial Discrimination, Allegedly Stereotyped Employee as ‘Dumb Latina’ – DAVID NG
(COMMENT: It was more difficult for my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government to negatively stereotype me because I had earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because of that, they did more to negatively stereotype my demographics: White, male, old (born in 1948), draft avoider, conservative, Republican, heterosexual, married since 1978, non-poor, gun owner, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German American, Crete resident 1972-1948, Wheaton resident since 1978, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844.)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/12/14/viacomcbs-executives-sued-for-racial-discrimination-allegedly-stereotyped-employee-as-dumb-latina/

BLAZE
— Thugs violently attack dad as he hangs Christmas lights with his daughter outside family’s Chicago home – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/thugs-violently-attack-murder-dad-as-he-hangs-christmas-lights-with-his-daughter-outside-familys-chicago-home

DAILY WIRE
— Noem: ‘Every Young Woman Deserves An Even Playing Field’ – Dillon Burroughs
https://www.dailywire.com/news/noem-every-young-woman-deserves-an-even-playing-field

PJ MEDIA
— France Rejects U.S.-Inspired ‘Wokeism’ on Race and Gender Issues – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/12/14/france-rejects-u-s-inspired-wokeism-on-race-and-gender-issues-n1541533
— The Morning Briefing: Please Democrats, Keep Up Your Lunatic Jan. 6 Obsession – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2021/12/15/the-morning-briefing-please-democrats-keep-up-your-lunatic-jan-6-obsession-n1541508

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— As Homicide Rates Break Records, Black Lives Clearly Don’t Matter to BLM or to Soros-Backed Rogue Prosecutors – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/homicide-rates-break-records-black-lives-clearly-dont-matter-blm-or

FEDERALIST
— Stop Trying To Rehab Affirmative Action Hire Kamala Harris
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/14/stop-trying-to-rehab-affirmative-action-hire-kamala-harris/

RIPON FORUM
— Further Proof That Demography is not Destiny – Mike Gonzalez
https://riponsociety.org/article/further-proof-that-demography-is-not-destiny/

EPOCH TIMES
— Illinois Parents Fight to Ban Sexually Explicit Book From Schools – Cara Ding
https://www.theepochtimes.com/illinois-parents-fight-to-ban-sexually-explicit-book-from-schools_4156953.html
— Cancel Culture, Socialism, and America’s Clear and Present Danger. Many Americans don’t understand the nature of socialism nor its dangers, according to David Jeremiah.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/cancel-culture-socialism-and-americas-clear-and-present-danger_4119808.html

THE HILL
— Trump media company inks deal with video platform Rumble – MYCHAEL SCHNELL
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/585838-trump-media-company-inks-deal-with-video-platform-rumble

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— OUTSTANDING: Bud blockers: Over 400 New York localities reject pot sales – Michael Hill
https://www.news10.com/news/ny-news/bud-blockers-over-400-ny-localities-say-no-to-pot-sales/

NBC NEWS
— Latinos with high college loan debt hope for changes, loan forgiveness. Approximately 72% of Latino students take out loans to attend college, according to a recent report. “I’m constantly going to be living in the shadow of my debt,” one grad student said. – Denisse Quintanilla
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latinos-high-college-loan-debt-hope-changes-loan-forgiveness-rcna8702
— GOP focus on economy, ‘socialism,’ hurt Democrats among Latinos in 2020, study says – Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Ben Kamisar
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/gop-focus-economy-socialism-hurt-democrats-among-latinos-2020-study-n1285992

NEW YORK TIMES
— Proud Boys Regroup, Focusing on School Boards and Town Councils. The far-right nationalist group has become increasingly active at school board meetings and town council gatherings across the country. – Sheera Frenkel
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/us/proud-boys-local-issues.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The striking race gap in corporate America. A small fraction of top executives are Black — and the people tapped to fix it often struggle to boost inclusion. – Tracy Jan
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and RINO corporate leaders paint themselves as being anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/black-executives-american-companies/

USA TODAY
— US leaders have pledged to eradicate racism time and again. They keep falling short. – Deborah Barfield Berry
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, US leaders crow about their success in getting rid of those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/12/14/us-history-shows-civil-rights-debates-not-going-away/5546462001/

PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
— Immigration is hurting job prospects for Black Americans – TOM BROADWATER
(COMMENT: Since 1962, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that all the jobs that I had were bad jobs and b) that instead of me, those jobs should have been given to Blacks. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2021/12/15/Tom-Broadwater-Immigration-is-hurting-job-prospects-for-Black-Americans/stories/202112130001

BOSTON HERALD
— Truck drivers work ‘thankless’ job, face worker shortage – AMY SOKOLOW
(COMMENT: I should write a book about thankless jobs including the following: Republican Precinct Committeeman, GOPUSA Illinois Editor, fundraiser for DuPage Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks, Wheaton Park District volunteer, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/12/11/truck-drivers-work-thankless-job-face-worker-shortage/

CBS DALLAS FORT WORTH
— Parents Clash Over Critical Race Theory At Fort Worth School Board Meeting – J.D. Miles
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/12/14/parents-clash-critical-race-theory-fort-worth-school-board-meeting/

FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
— Critical race theory protesters target Fort Worth school district’s racial equity work – DAVID SILVA RAMIREZ
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article256552156.html

ABC DENVER
— Elementary school sparks outrage with ‘families of color playground night’ – ALEC SCHEMMEL
https://wcti12.com/news/nation-world/elementary-school-sparks-outrage-with-families-of-color-playground-night

FORTUNE
— Racism and inequity in the aftermath of natural disaster? You can count on it. – ELLEN MCGIRT
https://fortune.com/2021/12/14/racism-inequity-aftermath-natural-disaster-tornado-kentucky-candle-company/

FORBES
— Improving Access Or Lowering Standards? Abolishing The SAT – Richard Vedder
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardvedder/2021/12/14/improving-access-or-lowering-standards-abolishing-the-sat/
— Prioritize Diversity In Your Cybersecurity Teams For Better Business Results – John Griffin Jr.
(COMMENT: Democrats run GAO. I worked for those Democrats 1980-1997. They were beyond furious when I suggested that audit teams should be 50/50, half Democrat and half Republican.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2021/12/14/prioritize-diversity-in-your-cybersecurity-teams-for-better-business-results/

ABA JOURNAL
— Lawyers in Illinois experienced this type of incivility (sarcasm, misrepresentations, inflammatory writings and hardball tactics) most often, new survey says – DEBRA CASSENS WEISS
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those lawyers, their operatives, and their dupes who have taken the biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/illinois-lawyers-experienced-this-type-of-incivility-most-often-survey-says

JD SUPRA
— Stopping Harassment Before it Starts Includes Dealing with Bullying
(COMMENT: I should write a book about the biggest harassers and the biggest bullies in the following since 2000: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/stopping-harassment-before-it-starts-1592922/

DAILY MAIL
— The end of the celeb injunction? Stars could face ‘higher threshold’ to block news reports about their activities under new freedom of expression laws. – DAVID BARRETT
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have taken the most severe adverse actions against me because I included links in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they do not like.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10310661/Stars-face-higher-threshold-block-news-reports-activities.html

December 14 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Oak Brook mall retail theft: Grab-and-run thieves target Nordstrom twice in one day, police say
https://abc7chicago.com/oak-brook-mall-robbery-nordstrom-grab-and-run-thieves-oakbrook/11339619/
— Illinois COVID cases: IL reports 7,390 new cases, 28 deaths. Chicago area doctors fear increase in COVID hospitalizations. – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-vaccine-booster/11338839/

NBC5
— President Pritzker? Gov. Pritzker Responds to a Report Weighing Potential 2024 Presidential Candidates – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/president-pritzker-gov-pritzker-responds-to-a-report-weighing-potential-2024-presidential-candidates/2707582/

FOX32
— President Pritzker? Illinois governor denies reports he’s aiming for White House – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/president-pritzker-illinois-governor-denies-reports-hes-aiming-for-white-house

— Chicago Bucktown neighborhood hires private security firm to tackle crime – Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/private-security-firm-hired-to-patrol-chicagos-bucktown-neighborhood

WGN RADIO
— Over 10 years, Chicago has paid out half a billion dollars in police misconduct settlements – Illinois Policy Institute
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/illinois-policy-institute-over-10-years-chicago-has-paid-out-half-a-million-dollars-in-police-misconduct-settlements/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— President Pritzker? Gov not eyeing White House bid — yet. Democratic consultants offered mixed reactions to Pritzker’s name being floated as a potential presidential contender, noting he has his own potentially tough reelection battle to worry about first. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/13/22833101/j-b-pritzker-president-election-governor-reelection-joe-biden-campaign-2022-2034

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— CPS introduces ‘boys+’ and ‘girls+’ bathrooms to be gender inclusive; petition calls for end to policy – TRACY SWARTZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-bathroom-policy-gender-20211214-shb3sqqgt5gxdbukqyxnypulem-story.html
— Illinois and 7 other states ask feds to freeze interest on loans used to pay unemployment benefits during pandemic – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-federal-unemployment-insurance-loans-interest-20211214-4dcfv6mk4rgu5jwkfzsfssmcai-story.html
— Black educators who lost jobs in CPS ‘turnaround’ schools a decade ago to split $9.25 million settlement – TRACY SWARTZ
(COMMENT: During the 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals, subjectivity in pay-for-performance, budget cuts, and early retirement “offers” to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-settlement-turnaround-schools-20211214-mkdjzy4a2zd6nnl3kt2enompsi-story.html
— Column: Hi, I’m Donald Trump’s failed coup. Thanks to Democrats and the media, nobody’s afraid of me! – REX HUPPKE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-mark-meadows-contempt-congress-trump-coup-committee-powerpoint-huppke-20211214-ght3tjz5hbh6no4fw4saelbr5i-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois COVID hospitalizations up 20% from week ago – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211214/illinois-covid-hospitalizations-up-20-from-week-ago
— Kane County Board wants mass vaccination site to stay open, Dems trade blame – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211214/kane-county-board-wants-mass-vaccination-site-to-stay-open-dems-trade-blame
— Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20211214/news/312149888

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s who Cook County Democrats endorsed. Alexi Giannoulias and Fritz Kaegi both got the nod, but Giannoulias’ was reportedly by a narrow margin. – A.D. QUIG
(COMMENT: Which candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in your precinct have been endorsed by which organizations?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/heres-who-cook-county-democrats-endorsed

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— The left’s war with biological reality – Ben Shapiro
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/shapiro-the-lefts-war-with-biological-reality/article_194c5104-5c19-11ec-ac25-376fb6823677.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— The federal agency that measures racial diversity is led mostly by white people – Hansi Lo Wang
https://www.nprillinois.org/2021-12-14/the-federal-agency-that-measures-racial-diversity-is-led-mostly-by-white-people
— Fox News stays silent on revelations that its hosts urged Trump to stand against Jan. 6 attack
https://www.nprillinois.org/2021-12-14/fox-news-stays-silent-on-revelations-that-its-hosts-urged-trump-to-stand-against-jan-6-attack

FOX ILLINOIS
— University professor fired after mixing up names of two Black students – ALEC SCHEMMEL
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/university-professor-fired-after-mixing-up-names-of-two-black-students-fordham-confusing-wrong-name-christopher-trogan-observer-equality-justice-inclusion-racial-termination-lose-lost-job

CHICAGO NOW
— Did you hear? Obama and Eric Holder condemn Illinois gerrymandering. – Dennis Byrne
https://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2021/12/did-you-hear-obama-and-eric-holder-condemn-illinois-gerrymandering/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Taft High School Nixes Attempted Chapter Of Conservative Youth Group Turning Point USA. Taft’s decision sparked support from teachers, parents and some members of its local school council, while the Chicago GOP and others said the decision is censorship. – Ariel Parrella-Aureli
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/12/14/taft-high-school-nixes-attempted-chapter-of-conservative-youth-group-turning-point-usa/

DAILY ILLINI
— New Illinois congressional map changes Champaign County’s congressional district – GEORGE PHELAN
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/2021/12/14/new-illinois-congressional-map-changes-champaign-countys-congressional-district/

DUPAGE COUNTY
— NEW VOTING EQUIPMENT ARRIVES TO DUPAGE – CHRISTMAS EARLY IN COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE
https://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2021/65633/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pro-Christmas, Pro-Family and Unashamed – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/12/pro-christmas-pro-family-and-unashamed/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Family Estrangement on the Rise in America – Patience Griswold
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/family-estrangement-on-the-rise-in-america/

CAPITOL FAX
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/14/covid-19-roundup-132/
— Durkin introduces organized theft bill while blasting Pritzker, but IRMA says it’s working on a more comprehensive approach
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/14/durkin-introduces-organized-theft-bill-while-blasting-pritzker-but-irma-says-its-working-on-a-more-comprehensive-approach/
— Pritzker flatly disputes NY Times story, saying he has “never” spoken publicly or privately about running for president
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/14/pritzker-flatly-disputes-ny-times-story-saying-he-has-never-spoken-publicly-or-privately-about-running-for-president/
— Saying pandemic “clearly” isn’t over, Illinois among 8 states seeking interest waiver on Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund debt
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/14/saying-pandemic-clearly-isnt-over-illinois-among-8-states-seeking-interest-waiver-on-unemployment-insurance-trust-fund-debt/
— House Black Caucus chair on LG candidate Trussell: “Exactly the kind of pick we’d expect from this field of far-right extremists”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/14/house-black-caucus-chair-on-lg-candidate-trussell-exactly-the-kind-of-pick-wed-expect-from-this-field-of-far-right-extremists/

FOX NEWS
— Leo Terrell rips ‘woke’ CA school districts banning failing grades: More ‘critical race nonsense’ Terrell called the ban ‘insulting’ for targeting students based on their skin color. – Amy Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/media/leo-terrell-woke-california-schools-banning-failing-grades

BREITBART
— DeSantis Spox: Washington Post Should Convert D.C. Offices into Shelter for Border Crossers – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/14/desantis-spox-washington-post/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Woke culture — The American Twilight Zone – Michael Matteo
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/14/michael-matteo-woke-culture-the-american-twilight-zone-1175702/

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden Border Plan to Crush Nation Continues. Three Sectors Under Siege. “In Charge” Harris Redecorates Office – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/biden-border-plan-to-crush-nation-continues-three-sectors-under-siege-in-charge-harris-redecorates-office/

CNN
— Liz Cheney’s latest move against Trump highlights her distinct path among Republicans – Michael Warren
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/politics/liz-cheney-trump-republicans/index.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— More Americans Left Religion During the Pandemic. Survey shows the percentage of Americans with no religious affiliation rose to 29%, while Christians declined to 63%. – Ian Lovett
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-americans-left-religion-during-the-pandemic-11639494003
— Trump Loses Bid to Shield Tax Returns From Congress. Federal judge in D.C. dismissed the former president’s lawsuit. – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-loses-bid-to-shield-tax-returns-from-congress-11639521857

JD SUPRA
— Some Illinois Employers Face New Equal Pay Act Reporting, Certification Obligations Beginning in 2022
(DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors promoted over me their Democrat employees who were female, minority, and/or younger and who had less job-related work experience, less education, and/or fewer professional certifications and licenses than I had. If I had been a Democrat, a female, and/or a minority, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/some-illinois-employers-face-new-equal-1115521/

EDUCATION WEEK
— Critical Race Theory Fights Have Made Life Miserable for School Board Candidates – Andrew Ujifusa
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/critical-race-theory-fights-have-made-life-miserable-for-school-board-candidates/2021/12

December 13 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Chicago shootings: 27 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend violence across city. 16-year-old boy among those shot Saturday night.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-violence-shootings-gun/11333571/
— Illinois COVID cases: IL reports 4,561 new cases, 23 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-vaccine-booster/11334487/
— Poll: Biden’s job approval sinks; 69% of Americans disapprove of president’s handling of inflation. These low job assessments have led to a new low in Biden’s overall approval rating, measured by FiveThirtyEight at 43%. – Brittany Shepherd
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-approval-rating-us-inflation-president-economy/11330559/

NBC5
— Illinois COVID Metrics: Hospitalizations Up by Nearly 40% Since Start of December
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-covid-metrics-hospitalizations-up-by-nearly-40-since-start-of-december/2706628/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey taps suburban former right-wing talk show host as running mate – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-darren-bailey-running-mate-20211213-4tfolg46inhuner5rmxqlqlplm-story.html
— Preckwinkle defends party loyalty pledge as Cook County Democrats hear from challengers to Assessor Fritz Kaegi and Sheriff Tom Dart – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-cook-county-democratic-slating-20211213-5bmfuwzipngdtniwfv7wt2u5eu-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot dismisses questions about her text messages with aldermen: ‘We get things done’ – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-texts-chicago-mayor-response-20211213-akpdntemrba4la36jky6mnvlxi-story.html
— Before the Loop can rise from the pandemic, City Hall must make it safer – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-loop-smash-and-grab-theft-christmas-shopping-20211213-elnzkefxx5devjar6tf6n6o62u-story.html
— Fox Valley Park Board approves $43 million budget – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-parks-st-1214-20211213-3zvamgi3pzh6nkui5mzfz2yb74-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP gov candidate Bailey names former talk radio host as running mate. State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, picked Stephanie Trussell, a “hardworking conservative” and former WLS-AM 890 talk show host, to join the 2022 ticket. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/12/13/22832463/gop-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-running-mate-stephanie-trussell-former-talk-radio-host

DAILY HERALD
— McHenry County hopes to move past regional education office’s troubled past – Ben Szalinski
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211212/mchenry-county-hopes-to-move-past-regional-education-offices-troubled-past

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Does the Republican Party still want Trump?”
https://pantagraph.com/news/does-the-republican-party-still-want-trump/video_1995147f-b0bf-5df3-bd46-394343e09fa6.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Five District 186 teachers, employees among plaintiffs in class action lawsuit filed Monday – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/12/13/illinois-teachers-file-lawsuit-against-pritzker-covid-mandates/6502094001/

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Called ‘Legal Bully’ Mayor Gary Grasso is fighting a resident who tried to get him knocked off the ballot. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-called-legal-bully

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly for IL Sec of State: My GOP opponent voted for driver’s licenses for non-citizens
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-for-il-sec-of-state-my-gop-opponent-voted-for-drivers-licenses-for-non-citi

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Cronin, DuPage Board packed into maskless event
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/614428200-cronin-dupage-board-packed-into-maskless-event

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Border Crisis Leading to Human Trafficking and Other Disasters – Kristi Shaffer
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/border-crisis-leading-to-human-trafficking-and-other-disasters/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BAILEY TAPS TRUSSELL AS RUNNING MATE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/bailey-taps-trussell-as-running-mate.html
— LIBERALS THINK THEY’VE GOT SOMETHING ON BAILEY’S LG PICK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/liberals-think-theyve-got-something-on-baileys-lg-pick.html
— RALC RECOGNIZES ILLINOIS REVIEW CONTRIBUTOR NANCY THORNER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/ralc-recognizes-illinois-review-contributor-nancy-thorner-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Stephanie Trussell picked as Darren Bailey running mate
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/13/stephanie-trussell-picked-as-darren-bailey-running-mate/
— Pritzker pushes back when Durkin says new law will “further weaken the criminal justice system”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/13/pritzker-pushes-back-when-durkin-says-new-law-will-further-weaken-the-criminal-justice-system/
— The “Trump primary” begins for Miller, Davis and Bost
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/13/the-trump-primary-begins-for-miller-davis-and-bost/
— Hospitalizations have risen 38 percent since the beginning of December
https://capitolfax.com/2021/12/13/hospitalizations-have-risen-38-percent-since-the-beginning-of-december/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Oklahoma’s politicians conservative in name only – Everett Piper
(COMMENT: What do you say to those who claim to be conservative but who focus a) on stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) on stopping everyone from reading those newsletters?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/13/conservative-name-only/
— Biden administration challenged on climate claims over tornado disaster. Kentucky reports 74 dead, 109 missing after Friday night devastation. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/13/biden-administration-challenged-climate-claims-ove/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Don’t Ban Woke School-Library Books, Balance Them – STANLEY KURTZ
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dont-ban-woke-school-library-books-balance-them/
— There Is No ‘Conservative Case for CRT’ – NATE HOCHMAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/there-is-no-conservative-case-for-crt/

FEDERALIST
— DeSantis’s Budget Plan Includes Millions To Deport Illegal Immigrants From Florida – Shawn Fleetwood
https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/13/desantiss-budget-plan-includes-millions-to-deport-illegal-immigrants-from-florida/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Iowa GOP Candidate Says CRT ‘Wants To Divide Us’
https://www.oann.com/iowa-gop-candidate-says-crt-wants-to-divide-us/

THE HILL
— Chicago schools see highest number of student COVID-19 cases – MONIQUE BEALS
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/585531-chicago-schools-see-highest-number-of-student-covid-19-cases
— Supreme Court denies appeal by Wisconsin conservative think tank over press access – JOHN KRUZEL
(COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, Capitol Fax is a bona fide news organization, but GOPUSA ILLINOIS is not. They stress that Capitol Fax claims to be non-partisan, but GOUSA ILLINOIS does not. They stress that leaders in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican treat Capitol Fax as being a bona filed news organization, but that they do not treat GOPUSA ILLINOIS as being a bona fide news organization. I should write a book about the aforesaid leaders. I would focus on those who a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Since 2004, those newsletters have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, they have gone out each and every evening too.  Since 2004, they have included links to more than 416,300 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/585593-supreme-court-denies-appeal-by-wisconsin-conservative-think-tank
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The case arose in 2019 after Evers did not invite members of the MacIver Institute to a background briefing on budgetary matters that was attended by some two dozen members of the press who cover the governor. The MacIver Institute filed a federal lawsuit alleging the group had been denied press access due to their conservative viewpoint, in violation of the First Amendment. Evers countered that the law permits reasonable restrictions on access to official events, and that his office’s denial of press credentials to the think tank was not done because of the group’s viewpoint. In March 2020, a federal judge in Wisconsin sided with Evers, finding that the governor had “reasonably concluded that MacIver is not a bona fide news organization.”)

CBS NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-role-did-climate-change-play-in-the-deadly-tornadoes-across-the-central-us/

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: A hate-filled DeSantis-hating DeSantis-hater says “Ron DeSantis is paving his path to the White House on the backs of vulnerable immigrant children.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/ron-desantis-is-paving-his-path-white-house-backs-vulnerable-immigrant-children/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Fleeing Young of Illinois. Fiscal trouble looms for the state as its young adults flee. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/puerto-rico-on-lake-michigan-illinois-population-university-of-illinois-extension-zach-kennedy-11639077227
— New Political Maps Will Kill Swing Districts
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/new-political-maps-will-kill-swing-districts/cf7b2773-8821-4683-9d74-6141d1a9b93a

NEWSWEEK
— Black Lives Matter’s Betrayal of Black Life – ROBERT CHERRY
https://www.newsweek.com/black-lives-matters-betrayal-black-life-opinion-1658765

WIKIPEDIA
— Journalist: A journalist is an individual trained to collect/gather information in form of text, audio or pictures, processes them to a news-worthy form and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism.
(COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, Rich Miller is a journalist, but I am not. They stress that Miller claims to be non-partisan, but that I do not. They stress that leaders in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican treat Miller as being a journalist, but that they do not treat me as being a journalist. I should write a book about the aforesaid leaders. I would focus on those who a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. In my defense, I worked for GAO for almost 18 years as an Analyst, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $102,188-$132,645/year. What GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do. As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Since 2004, those newsletters have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, they have gone out each and every evening too.  Since 2004, they have included links to more than 416,300 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist

December 12 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Chicago shootings: 18 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend violence across city. 16-year-old boy among those shot Saturday night.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-violence-shootings-gun/11329311/

WGN RADIO
— Used car prices have risen 26.2% year-over-year in Illinois
https://wgnradio.com/news/used-car-prices-have-risen-26-2-year-over-year-in-illinois/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. Here’s why. – LISA DONOVAN
(COMMENT: What percent of employers in Illinois refuse to hire, retain. and/or promote those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-unemployment-rate-among-highest-in-country-20211209-enyamhvclnadnbsta4rrriccj4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Expect that forever, Democrats will use Emmett Till to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/11/22828275/emmett-till-case-justice-department-cold-case-unit-racial-violence-christopher-benson-op-ed

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Great American Con. What the political class is stealing from us is our right to self-governance, which is essential to American citizenship. – Tony Woodlief
https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/11/the-great-american-con/

BREITBART
— Sebastian Gorka on Trump in 2024: ‘You Know He’s Running, I Know He’s Running’ – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/11/exclusive-sebastian-gorka-on-trump-in-2024-you-know-hes-running-i-know-hes-running/

BLAZE
— New York City BLM leader clashes with Martha MacCallum in heated interview, says Fox anchor comes from a ‘place of white privilege’ – PAUL SACCA
(COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have always unfairly and tremendously benefitted because I am White, male, draft avoider, heterosexual, healthy, married since 1978, no children, conservative, Republican, Missouri Synod Lutheran, German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that those who have the aforesaid demographics discriminate against those who are minority, female, veteran, LGBTQ, disabled, not married, parents, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/blm-leader-fox-news-interview
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Black Lives Matter leader suggested that a Fox News host enjoys “white privilege,” so her opinion on New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ remedies for spiking violent crime in the city is irrelevant. . .Newsome then attempted to dismiss MacCallum’s point of view because of her alleged “white privilege.” “But see, you don’t know what it’s like, you don’t know what it’s like to be pulled over and thrown up against walls,” Newsome said, then telling MacCallum, “You live from a place of white privilege.”)

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Take Migrants At Their Word’: Republicans Criticize Process Allowing Illegal Immigrants To Get Through Airport Security Without ID – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2021/12/11/exclusive-rep-gooden-border-tsa-immigrant-airport-id/

PJ MEDIA
— Liberal Pundit: Hispanic Voters are Fleeing Democrats – A.J. KAUFMAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/ari-j-kaufman/2021/12/11/liberal-pundit-hispanic-voters-are-fleeing-democrats-n1540851
— Did You Know? Inflation is Racist – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/12/11/did-you-know-inflation-is-racist-n1540874

CENTER SQUARE
— Americans overwhelmingly oppose plan to hire IRS agents to audit Americans – Bethany Blankley
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and b) that I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/analysis-americans-overwhelmingly-oppose-plan-to-hire-irs-agents-to-audit-americans/article_c36bf0e4-58f5-11ec-a195-a716ed46195c.html

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Fiery Matt Gaetz Reveals When the Era of RINOs and Weak Republicans Will Finally End – Isa Cox
https://ijr.com/watch-fiery-matt-gaetz-reveals-when-the-era-of-rinos-and-weak-republicans-will-finally-end/

NBC NEWS
— Thousands of Afghan refugees on U.S. bases wait for Americans to welcome them home – Khaled Hosseini
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/thousands-afghan-refugees-u-s-bases-wait-americans-welcome-them-ncna1285785

THE HILL
— Trump struggles to clear GOP field in North Carolina Senate race – MAX GREENWOOD
(COMMENT: Most commonly, in Illinois Republican primaries, moderate candidates defeat conservative candidates because only one moderate runs, but the conservative vote is split between two, three+ conservative candidates.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/585352-trump-struggles-to-clear-gop-field-in-north-carolina-senate-race

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists – MARK SHERMAN
https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/watchdog-federal-anti-terror-unit-investigated-journalists/article_960969d8-44a4-5909-8dd1-6a684beca107.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Helicopters and High-Speed Chases: Inside Texas’ Push to Arrest Migrants – J. David Goodman
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/us/texas-migrant-arrests-police.html
— Elon Musk’s Latest Innovation: Troll Philanthropy – Nicholas Kulish
(COMMENT: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have lots of money. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have their disgusting operatives and disgusting dupes take adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/business/elon-musk-philanthropy.html
— Independent Journalism Is at Risk. Here’s How to Save It. – Maria Ressa and Mark Thompson
(COMMENT: I am independent. My critics/opponents a) demand blind loyalty to them and to them only and b) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Everyone sees how they treat me and how they treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/opinion/independent-journalism-at-risk-nobel-prize.html

WASHINGTON POST
— To eliminate bias, some seek out doctors of their own race or ethnicity – Eve Glicksman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/racial-disparity-health-care-doctors/2021/12/10/f154dbf4-433a-11ec-a88e-2aa4632af69b_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— One more thing to lose sleep over: Who’s running your state’s elections? – DOYLE MCMANUS
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-12-12/one-more-thing-to-lose-sleep-over-whos-running-your-states-elections

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Political Maps Will Kill Swing Districts From Coast to Coast. More races for the U.S. House will start with one party holding a significant advantage. – Aaron Zitner and Chad Day
(COMMENT: After redistricting, which offices on the November 8, 2022 ballot in your precinct do Democrat candidates have a significant advantage?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-political-maps-will-kill-swing-districts-from-coast-to-coast-11639305003

FORBES
— This New Year’s Set Goals, Not Resolutions – Ashley Stahl
(COMMENT: What more will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading those newsletters? This year, they stopped me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2021/12/09/this-new-years-set-goals-not-resolutions/

BALTIMORE SUN
— Don’t blame media neutrality for a Trump resurgence – ROSS DOUTHAT
(COMMENT: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters cause Republican candidates in Illinois to lose general elections a) because conservatives cannot win general elections in Illinois and b) because I paint Republican candidates as being far more conservative than they are? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses that Republican candidates on general election ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-1210-douthat-trump-2024-media-role-20211209-vfgwecdmcvacvkd5bgc625zpfm-story.html

DENVER POST
— Election denialism and far-right activism sit firmly within the Colorado GOP – ALEX BURNESS
(COMMENT: One could compare and contrast the Colorado GOP with the Illinois GOP. One could compare and contrast how the Colorado GOP treats conservatives with how the Illinois GOP treats conservatives. I should write a book about those Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers who have blamed Republican losses in Illinois since 2000 a) on me, b) on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000, and c) on what I did serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019.)
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/11/colorad-gop-burton-brown-elections/

MORNING CALL
— Overcoming bias starts with appraisers – Zach Wichter (COMMENT: Will appraisers sue Wichter?)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-morning-call-sunday/20211212/page/25/textview

TAMPA BAY TIMES
— St. Petersburg City Council approves ‘reparations’ to address structural racism – Colleen Wright
(COMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs use AA, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to make Republicans pay reparations. The more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrats and RINOs will make you pay: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.tampabay.com/news/st-petersburg/2021/12/10/st-petersburg-city-council-accepts-structural-racism-study-to-right-wrongs/

TRIBUNE CHRONICLE
— Mass media bias will divide the country – TIM SANTELL, Kinsman
https://www.tribtoday.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2021/12/mass-media-bias-will-divide-the-country/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Texas Republican Operative Matthews Joins McGuireWoods in Austin
(COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican operatives. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being operatives for the following: a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) conservative and religious leaders, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and e) those who I have sued.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/texas-republican-operative-matthews-joins-mcguirewoods-in-austin

LOYOLA MAROON
— Cancel culture isn’t real – Daniel Schwalm
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents cancel those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, c) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://loyolamaroon.com/10033468/oped/opinion-cancel-culture-isnt-real/

NPR
— Black communities are shrinking in once predominantly-Black US cities – SCOTT SIMON
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/11/1063337613/black-communities-are-shrinking-in-once-predominantly-black-us-cities

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK
— SEVEN EX-PRESIDENTS HAVE TRIED TO RECLAIM THE OFFICE. WILL THERE BE AN EIGHTH? – Ronald L. Feinman
https://historynewsnetwork.org/blog/154567
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If he ends up running, Trump would be the 8th former president to attempt to return to the office. Only one, Grover Cleveland, was successful. Three others—Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, and Theodore Roosevelt—-ran as third party candidates. Three others—Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, and Gerald Ford— attempted to run after leaving the Presidency, but failed to accomplish that goal. . .Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) (1893-1897) is the only president to win, then lose, and then regain the presidency. In an era of Republican dominance, the conservative Cleveland was the only Democratic president between James Buchanan before the Civil War and Woodrow Wilson in 1913. He is best remembered for supporting the Interstate Commerce Act (1887), supporting a lower protective tariff that only came about in his second term, demonstrating white supremacist views toward African Americans, native Americans, and Asian Americans, intervening in the suppression of the Pullman Strike of 1894 in his second term, and opposing the western free silver crusade headed by William Jennings Bryan in 1896. Cleveland also appointed four Supreme Court Justices in his two terms, and utilized the veto power more times than any president, except for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cleveland was also an anti imperialist, refusing to annex Hawaii when Benjamin Harrison tried to arrange a treaty as he left office in 1893, refusing to intervene directly in the Cuban war against their Spanish masters in 1895, and opposing the Spanish American War and American intervention in the Filipino Insurrection under his successor, William McKinley.)

PSY POST
— Exposure to partisan news is not associated with polarization, study finds – Mane Kara-Yakoubian
(COMMENT: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters cause Republican candidates in Illinois to lose general elections a) because conservatives cannot win general elections in Illinois and b) because I paint Republican candidates as being far more conservative than they are? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses that Republican candidates on general election ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://www.psypost.org/2021/12/exposure-to-partisan-news-is-not-associated-with-polarization-study-finds-62238

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
— At-will employment: Everything you need to know – Coann Labitoria
(COMMENT: Far too many Republican county, township, and ward party chairmen in Illinois prefer having precincts to be vacant than having a precinct committeeman/captain who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/employment-law/at-will-employment-everything-you-need-to-know/318985

AXIOS
— Republicans are betting that Democrats have gone too far in addressing systemic racism — so they’re leaning into culture wars over school curriculum, college admissions, voting rights, hiring practices and policing. – Margaret Talev
https://www.axios.com/republicans-systemic-racism-backlash-bb9d83aa-27e5-416b-8c51-d4ef9699437b.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Joe Biden appoints out gay man to lead the White House’s personnel office. LGBTQ leaders and advocates are cheering the news of Gautam Raghavan’s new appointment as the head of hiring within the White House. – Juwan J. Holmes
(COMMENT: I do not promote LGBTQ. I should write a book about the many adverse actions that LGBTQ-promoters, their operatives, and their dupes have taken against me. This year, they stopped me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/joe-biden-appoints-gay-man-lead-white-houses-personnel-office/