FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 8 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-6-shot-2-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15687569/
— Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/senate-passes-social-security-benefits-boost-many-public-service-retirees/15686425/
— CPS CEO Pedro Martinez plans to fight board’s decision to fire him. Lawyers for Martinez told ABC7 they plan to go to court to reverse the decision to fire him without cause. (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, my attorney Walter T. Charlton ( https://www.lawyer.com/walter-charlton.html ) filed Diersen v. GAO in Washington DC in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf The suit was transferred to Chicago in 2000.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cps-board-meeting-today-pedro-martinez-responds-mayor-johnsons-interim-boards-vote-fire-chicago-public-schools-ceo/15685626/
WTTW
— Government Shutdown is Averted Just After Deadline as Congress Rejects Trump’s Debt Limit Demands
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/21/government-shutdown-averted-just-after-deadline-congress-rejects-trumps-debt-limit
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame Trump for Amazon and Starbucks Strikes
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/21/amazon-and-starbucks-workers-are-strike-trump-might-have-something-do-it
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/21/senate-passes-social-security-benefits/
— Tax reform, deficit reduction and a functional IRS all go hand in hand (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/editorial-tax-reform-deficit-reduction-and-a-functional-irs-all-go-hand-in-hand/
— Corruption has burdened Illinois since its earliest days. But change is possible. Here’s how.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/illinois-corruption-solutions/?clearUserState=true
DAILY HERALD
— Trump taps West suburban Catholic school leader as next Vatican ambassador
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241220/nation-and-world/trump-taps-west-suburban-catholic-school-leader-as-next-vatican-ambassador/
— Illinois is ending its 1% tax on groceries. Will your town replace it?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241221/news/illinois-is-ending-its-1-tax-on-groceries-will-your-town-replace-it/
— Trump’s popularity is rising; what will the resistance do?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241222/syndicated-columnists/trumps-popularity-is-rising-what-will-the-resistance-do/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— As Trump looks to cut electric vehicle aid, Illinois is charging forward
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/as-trump-looks-to-cut-electric-vehicle-aid-illinois-is-charging-forward/article_134148ea-b8f1-11ef-bdfb-cfdbcc70af43.html
CITIES 92.9
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/21/state-immigration-advocates-plot-strategy-for-trumps-deportation-plans/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Now that Trump has won, how do you predict that the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct will react? Will their hatred against Trump grow and grow and grow? From what I see, Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are the easiest targets for their hatred. How strongly will the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county/township/ward organizations come to their defense? I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. 478 voted for Harris in my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who will Trump appoint to be the next U.S. Comptroller General, that is, who will Trump appoint to be the next head of GAO? The U.S. Comptroller General’s term of office is set statutorily at 15 years and they are not eligible for reappointment. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GAO’S WEBSITE at https://www.gao.gov/about/comptroller-general : How the Comptroller General is Selected The Congress established the current procedure for nominating a Comptroller General when it passed the GAO Act of 1980. Under the act, the Comptroller General is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. When a vacancy occurs in the office of the Comptroller General, the Congress establishes a commission to recommend individuals to the President. The commission consists of the following: The Speaker of the House of Representatives, The President Pro Tempore of the Senate,
The majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate, The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The commission must recommend at least three individuals to the President, and the President may request that the commission recommend additional individuals. The President then selects an individual from those recommended to nominate as the new Comptroller General. The President’s nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. Comptrollers general are appointed for one nonrenewable 15-year term. The commission process has thus been followed three times now, leading to the President’s nomination, and the Senate’s confirmation, of the sixth Comptroller General, Charles A. Bowsher in 1981; the seventh Comptroller General, David M. Walker, in 1998; and the eighth Comptroller General, Gene Dodaro, in 2010.)
— About GAO. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GAO’S WEBSITE AT https://www.gao.gov/about :GAO, often called the “congressional watchdog,” is an independent, non-partisan agency that works for Congress. GAO examines how taxpayer dollars are spent and provides Congress and federal agencies with objective, non-partisan, fact-based information to help the government save money and work more efficiently. For example, we identified about $67.5 billion in financial benefits for the federal government in fiscal year 2024—a return of approximately $76 for every dollar invested. GAO’s average return on investment for the past 6 years is $123 to $1. We also identified 1,232 other benefits that led to program and operational improvements across the government. To learn more, read our press release about our fiscal year 2024 performance. . .GAO provides Congress, the heads of executive agencies, and the public with timely, fact-based, non-partisan information that can be used to improve government and save taxpayers billions of dollars. Our work is done at the request of congressional committees or subcommittees or is statutorily required by public laws or committee reports, per our Congressional Protocols. . .GAO employees make a difference every day by providing Congress and federal agencies with objective, nonpartisan, fact-based information to help the government save money and work more efficiently on a wide range of issues and topics. Our work has national and international impact. We talk directly to the decision makers who can improve government and implement change.)
MARTIN LUTHER KING REPUBLICANS
— Why Birthright Citizenship Distorts the Spirit of 14A
martinlutherkingrepublicans.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— FOID Card Constitutionality Case at Appellate Court Level
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/21/foid-card-constitutionality-case-at-appellate-court-level/
— RTA Subsidies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/21/rta-capital-subsidies-by-county-chicago/
— Small Business Hurting in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/21/small-business-hurting-in-illinois/
— Looks as if Illegal Aliens Boosted Illinois Population
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/21/looks-as-if-illegal-aliens-boosted-illinois-population/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois holiday shoppers pay sales taxes as high as 11.5%
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-holiday-shoppers-pay-sales-taxes-as-high-as-11-5-2/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump sues to stop Biden’s sale of border wall gear
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/21/donald-trump-sues-stop-joe-biden-sale-border-wall-/
— Senate gives final approval to restore Social Security benefits to government workers (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/19/senate-gives-final-approval-restore-social-securit/
NEW YORK POST
— White House aides were hiding Biden’s mental decline, but we all saw it in plain sight
https://nypost.com/2024/12/21/opinion/michael-goodwin-white-house-aides-were-hiding-bidens-mental-decline-but-we-all-saw-it-in-plain-sight/
— Spending mess shows Dems will try to stop Trump every step of the way — which is why he must act fast
https://nypost.com/2024/12/20/opinion/dems-will-try-to-stop-trump-every-step-of-the-way-which-is-why-he-must-act-fast/
— Native-born US workforce totals dipped — as immigrant labor figures rose
https://nypost.com/2024/12/21/us-news/native-born-us-workforce-totals-dipped-as-immigrant-labor-figures-rose-report/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The unbounded arrogance of America’s illegal aliens and their allies
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/the_unbounded_arrogance_of_america_s_illegal_aliens_and_their_allies.html
BREITBART
— Biden’s Legacy: 390,000 Fewer Illegals Deported from U.S. than Under Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/21/biden-legacy-390000-fewer-illegals-deported-u-s-than-under-trump/
— Census Bureau: Biden’s Mass Immigration Drives U.S. Population to Over 340 Million
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/21/census-bureau-bidens-mass-immigration-drives-u-s-population-to-over-340-million/
FOX NEWS
— Report highlights prevalence of DEI at Ivy League institutions: ‘Dominant ideology’ A new report documented how the elite schools use DEI (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/report-highlights-prevalence-dei-ivy-league-institutions-dominant-ideology
NEW AMERICAN
— Deportation: Do We “Please Migrants” — or Muster Up the Guts to Save America?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/deportation-do-we-please-migrants-or-muster-up-the-guts-to-save-america/
REAL CLEAR POLLONG
— Demographics Are Never Destiny (COMMENT: From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-reminder-that-demographics-are-never-destiny/ar-AA1weCIw
TOWNHALL
— Doing Some Last Minute Christmas Shopping? Make Sure to Avoid Woke Companies.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/12/21/avoiding-woke-christmas-companies-n2649262
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats’ hard 2024 lesson: Demographic change and identity politics aren’t enough (COMMENT: To win future elections, anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly a) promote more hatred against Republicans and b) promise even more preference for voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, have health, financial, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5012659-democratic-party-alienating-minorities/
NBC NEWS
— The year of newly minted Indian American GOP stars. Indian Americans are the perhaps most well represented minority in the Trump administration this cycle. Some find that surprising, but experts say the group has long been poised to slip into the current Republican mold.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indian-americans-most-represented-minority-trump-2024-administration-rcna183503
CBS NEWS
— Lara Trump says she’s removing herself from consideration for Marco Rubio’s Florida Senate seat
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lara-trump-removing-herself-from-consideration-marco-rubio-florida-senate-seat/
CNN
— Liberal leaders say they have a plan for a new, more effective anti-Trump resistance in 2025
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/politics/resistance-trump-liberal-groups/index.html
REUTERS
— Trump says he might demand Panama hand over canal
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-he-might-demand-panama-hand-over-canal-2024-12-22/
NEWSWEEK
— Elon Musk’s Journey from Obama to Trump Aligns With Many Americans
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-journey-obama-trump-aligns-americans-2004490
AP & U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Isolated Chicago Communities Secure Money for a Coveted Transit Project Before Trump Takes Office (COMMENT: If Crete had commuter rail service like Wheaton has, I might still be a Crete resident. If Crete had commuter rail service, I would have used it to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and UIC classes 1966-1968. Because Crete did not have commuter rail service, I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and the summer in between 1964-1966 to earn enough money to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and UIC classes 1966-1968.)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-transit-infrastructure-grant-roseland-7ff01930f390300db86877428c37bf89
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2024-12-22/isolated-chicago-communities-secure-money-for-a-coveted-transit-project-before-trump-takes-office
NEW YORK TIMES
— Congress Approves Full Social Security Benefits for Public Sector Retirees. The popular measure gives full benefits to millions of people who currently receive them at a reduced level. Critics warn the $196 billion cost will speed up the program’s insolvency. (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/congress-social-security.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill eliminates two provisions set up decades ago to shore up Social Security’s solvency. Projections show the Social Security fund will run out of money in 2038 and, if no action is taken before then, beneficiaries would see a 27 percent cut in benefits. Passage of the measure speeds up that timeline by six months. Twenty-seven Republicans joined Democrats in support. The two provisions were designed to prevent what is known as “double dipping” on retirement benefits by certain public employees and their relatives. It primarily affects two groups. One is public employees who receive pensions that are exempt from Social Security payroll taxes, but who also worked at least 10 years in jobs that required them to pay into the system. Such workers appear in the Social Security system as though they earned far less over their lifetimes than they actually did, and since the program pays out a higher proportion of low earners’ incomes in benefits, they receive a larger retirement benefit than they otherwise would. Another is people who receive public pensions but also become eligible for Social Security survivor benefits upon the death of a spouse or family member. Under the current law, both groups face a reduction in their benefits. The legislation on its way to enactment would allow them to receive the full amount. “We have spent decades working to pass this legislation, and tonight is a victory for all the public servants who will finally get the Social Security they have earned,” said Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat who was a lead co-sponsor of the bill. The bill marked Mr. Brown’s final legislative achievement, after he lost a brutal and expensive re-election bid last month. “Tonight, Congress ensured that police officers, firefighters, teachers and public servants across Ohio will be able to retire with the Social Security they spent their lives paying into,” he said. Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine and a lead sponsor of the measure, framed the issue as a “long overdue” matter of fairness affecting teachers, firefighters and police officers as well as some federal employees who were hired before 1984, when the federal pension system was brought under the Social Security system. In a floor speech Wednesday, Ms. Collins cited one of her constituents, a retired female schoolteacher who had to return to work at age 72 after her husband’s death to make financial ends meet. The woman’s husband was a Navy veteran who paid into Social Security for 40 years, but since she received a public pension from the school system, her surviving spousal benefits through Social Security were reduced by two-thirds. “This is an unfair, inequitable penalty,” Ms. Collins said. Public sector workers who are currently being penalized, she said, “have earned these benefits.” Public sector retirees and their allies on Capitol Hill in both parties have pressed for the measure for decades. It has sailed through Congress over the last several weeks, bypassing the usual committee process after proponents in the House collected 218 signatures on a so-called “discharge petition” to force it to the floor. Senate leaders also skipped committee consideration. But it faced vocal pushback in the Senate from fiscal conservatives. Several senators, mostly Republicans, warned that the bill could set off a chain reaction of unintended consequences by eliminating the two provisions. “We all agree the status quo is unfair, and it penalizes millions of hardworking Americans,” said Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, an independent who railed against the federal debt. “But we also have an obligation to honor our promises to ensure that Social Security is going to be there for the people who have paid into it and have earned it, and also those generations who come after.” Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, argued that a bill affecting the financial integrity of Social Security was too important to rush through at the end of the year without debate. The nearly $200-billion setback for the trust fund, he argued, would only make it more difficult to fix the longer-term issue of Social Security’s solvency. “There’s so much riding on us getting this right and having the courage to fix Social Security over the next few years,” he said. Other Republicans said the legislation righted a wrong that should have been addressed a long time ago. “I’m just glad we’re finally getting it done,” said Senator Markwayne Mullin, Republican of Oklahoma and a close ally of Mr. Trump’s. “It should have been resolved years ago.” Senator John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, said he had pushed the issue for 30 years in Congress and has repeatedly heard lawmakers promise, “We’ll fix it next year.” “They never have,” Mr. Kennedy said in an interview Wednesday. “People are entitled to receive every penny that they earn, and the way the law works now, they’re not.”)
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/opinion/democrats-trump-opposition.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will exploit their illegal employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/immigration-undocumented-workers-jobs.html
— Justice Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Luxury Trips (COMMENT: While I worked for IRS 1978-1980 and for GAO 1980-1992, I went on many luxury trips with my wife in conjunction with her business travel. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were extremely envious of that if not furious about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/politics/clarence-thomas-trips-disclosure-investigation.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote mor illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/us/politics/biden-trump-deportation-protection.html
— Trump Moves to Replace Officials Whom New Presidents Traditionally Leave Alone. Congress devised some positions to stay on during changes in administrations. But Donald Trump has declared his intent to replace at least three; the director of the F.B.I., the commissioner of the I.R.S. and the director of Voice of America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/us/politics/trump-replace-officials.html
— Illegals Take Dangerous Jobs to Feed America (COMMENT: None of the jobs that I had were dangerous, but according to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid and all the jobs that I had were bad jobs a) that they would never stoop to take and b) that should have been given to young minorities and to young females. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/immigration-undocumented-workers-jobs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/23/nicholas-eberstadt-demographics-united-states-immigration/
— Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media. Press freedom advocates say they fear that the second Trump administration will ramp up pressure on journalists, in keeping with the president-elect’s combative rhetoric. (COMMENT: How does the Trump Administration view GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? Of course, my critics/opponents shout at the Trump Administration that my newsletters cause all the administration’s problems in Illinois including getting only 2.4 million votes in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/22/trump-abc-news-settlement-george-stephanopoulos/
— Elon Musk’s wish list for DOGE (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts to get rid of any remining Republican employees. Then they get rid of their employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/20/elon-musk-doge-priorities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ‘Delete’ the IRS As Trump supporters have pushed for a broad overhaul of the Internal Revenue Service — or to eliminate the tax collector entirely — Musk polled his followers on X about the future of the agency, asking whether the IRS’s budget should be increased, maintained, decreased or “deleted.” Among more than 200,000 respondents, “deleted” won handily, though the poll didn’t exactly use rigorous methodology. Eliminating the IRS would be a radical move. IRS tax collections are the primary source of federal funding. In fiscal 2023, when spending approached $6.2 trillion, the IRS collected nearly $4.7 trillion in gross taxes. So without the IRS, Washington would need a different source of cash. Like a lot of ideas Musk muses about, this change would need approval by Congress. . .shrink the federal payroll Musk and Ramaswamy have repeatedly emphasized their desire to bring federal workers back to the office full-time. Musk has long been an opponent of remote work, telling employees of his companies to report to the office or resign well before pandemic telework habits ended at many firms. “Those who farm or build or drive can’t work from home and will be very sympathetic to this requirement,” Musk posted recently. Musk and Ramaswamy have also pledged “mass headcount reductions” in the federal workforce, saying they would work to “identify the minimum number of employees” needed to carry out essential functions. The goal isn’t to save money, Ramaswamy recently told the Aspen Security Forum. It’s to align the size of government with its functions — which Musk and Ramaswamy hope to greatly reduce.)
TAMPA BAY
— America is not a meritocracy because it gives tremendous preference to those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or are citizens of foreign countries and those who have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less work experience, less education, and/or no or fewer professional certifications and licenses than others, etc.
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024/12/22/america-meritocracy-is-eye-beholder-letters/
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— If/when Hispanics start voting for Republicans, Democrats will dump them like a hot potato.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/latino-voters-trump-marijuana-texas-elon-musk-19900039.php
SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD
— More than 40,000 people in S.F. face deportation. Here’s how we can — and must — protect them. San Francisco must bolster its defenses to protect vulnerable immigrants. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.)
https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2024/12/21/how-sanctuary-cities-can-prepare/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Bad Jobs (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, was grossly overpaid and all the jobs that I had were bad jobs a) that they would never stoop to take and b) that should have been given to young minorities and to young females. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://muddyrivernews.com/opinion/daily-dirt-think-your-job-is-bad-maybe-you-should-try-being-an-odor-judge-or-pet-food-taster/20241219065000/
WIFN
— Report highlights prevalence of DEI at Ivy League institutions: ‘Dominant ideology’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://wfin.com/fox-national-news/report-highlights-prevalence-of-dei-at-ivy-league-institutions-dominant-ideology/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump’s Agenda Has New Enforcers: Charlie Kirk and a Legion of Influencers. On podcasts, posts and college campuses, conservatives push their worldview and the president-elect’s policies.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-trump-3f2dd898
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2024/12/21/the-dismantle-dei-act-of-2024-is-here-what-to-know–6-ways-to-win/
PATHEOS
— Listen to Your Employees to Achieve DE&I Goals (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors always listened to their Democrat employees. Those Democrat employees wanted their superiors to get rid of their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/intentionalinsights/2024/12/listen-to-your-employees-to-achieve-dei-goals/
Tag: pension
December 19, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Musk comes out against Speaker Johnson going forward with a stopgap government funding bill on Wednesday, saying, “This bill should not pass.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/will-2024-december-us-federal-government-shutdown-congress-unveils-funding-bill-musk-voices-opposition/15671840/
— Thornton Township building closed after Supervisor Tiffany Henyard warns of shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-township-supervisor-serves-dolton-mayor-warns-shutdown-could-start-wednesday/15671055/
NBC5
— Trump joins Elon Musk in opposing House GOP’s government funding bill
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-joins-elon-musk-in-opposing-house-gops-government-funding-bill/3627853/
— Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/government-funding-plan-collapses-as-trump-makes-new-demands/3627865/
— Democrats promote Democrat Oak Park.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburb-named-as-one-of-50-best-places-to-travel-to-in-2025-in-recent-list/3628121/
CBS2
— Elgin may move homeless encampment residents into hotel after 2 fires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g9JV55ztPc
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/buffalo-grove-familys-handwritten-card-campaign-delivers-connection-lgbtq-community
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRNT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/jan-6-house-gop-liz-cheney/
— Homer Glen Village Board race finalized with 9 candidates for 3 trustee positions
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/18/homer-glen-village-board-candidates/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2024/12/18/brandie-knazze-chicago-dfss-commissioner-stepping-down-migrant-issues
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters defame, slander, and libel Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/19/news-media-press-stand-against-donald-trumps-bullying-lawsuits-abc-disney-stephanopoulos-se-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: A big, bold undertaking’: Elgin plans to move ‘Tent City’ residents to hotel, tear down encampment. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241218/news/a-home-for-the-winter-elgin-approves-plan-to-move-tent-city-residents-to-a-hotel-tear-down-encam/
— Wheaton City Council approves 2025 budget. Wheaton is one of only 21 municipalities in the state with an “AAA” rating — the highest possible — from Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241217/news/wheaton-city-council-approves-2025-budget/
— 22 apply for DuPage judge position
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241218/news/22-apply-for-dupage-judge-position/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are haters.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241219/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-standing-against-hate-towns-organizations-individuals-who-join-the-fight-ad/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois sees most significant wage drop in the country since 1935
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2024/12/19/illinois-sees-the-most-significant-wage-drop-in-us-new-data-shows/77047171007/
SOUTHERN
— Trump backs House GOP accusation Liz Cheney tampered with Jan. 6 committee witness
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/19/trump-backs-house-gop-accusation-liz-cheney-tampered-with-jan-6-committee-witness/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/18/brandie-knazze-chicago-dfss-commissioner-stepping-down-migrant-issues
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump rejects plan to avert government shutdown, prompting Congress scramble
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/senate-and-house-gop-leaders-plan-to-push-presidentelect-donald-trumps-policies-via-reconciliation#
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump allies work to sink government spending bill
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-allies-work-to-sink-government-spending-bill/
— Trump brings chaos back to Washington by attempting to kill bipartisan budget deal with Musk’s help
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-brings-chaos-back-to-washington-by-attempting-to-kill-bipartisan-budget-deal/
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/19/how-has-rockford-changed-nearly-5-years-since-legalization-cannabis/
— Christmas decorations featuring Donald Trump spark controversy at community center
https://www.wifr.com/2024/12/19/christmas-decorations-featuring-donald-trump-spark-controversy-community-center/
WSIL TV
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois-colleges-team-up-to-help-feed-the-needy-during-the-holidays/article_181100c2-bdb5-11ef-9643-cb0ee299282e.html
KFVS
— Carbondale City Council member calls for Illinois to secede from United States
https://www.kfvs12.com/2024/12/18/carbondale-city-council-member-calls-illinois-secede-united-states/
WVIK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, citizens of foreign countries, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have health, financial, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the aforesaid are marginalized by Republicans.
https://www.wvik.org/2024-12-18/neighbors-protecting-neighbors-worried-marginalized-communities-prep-for-trump-term
ELMHURST PATCH
— Booze, Cigars On Elmhurst D205 Credit Card. An official who was arrested put $47,000 in personal items on his public credit card. The district said he paid it back.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/booze-cigars-elmhurst-d205-credit-card
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-427/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-219/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Blagojevich Urges Trump Legal Team to File Massive Defamation Suit Against Billionaire Pritzker After ABC News Agrees to $15M Settlement (COMMENT: My critics/opponents would defame, slander, and liable me much more than they do were it not for my history of filing lawsuits.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/12/blagojevich-urges-trump-legal-team-to-file-massive-defamation-suit-against-billionaire-pritzker-after-abc-news-agrees-to-15m-settlement.html
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois lawmakers shouldn’t burden taxpayers with Tier 2 pension “fixes” until they know what they’re doing
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-lawmakers-shouldnt-burden-taxpayers-with-tier-2-pension-fixes-until-they-know-what-theyre-doing-wirepoints/
— Chicago’s $300 million in ‘operational efficiencies’ isn’t a budget cut, it’s a budget coverup
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-300-million-in-operational-efficiencies-isnt-a-budget-cut-its-a-budget-coverup-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Winfield Township voters will have a chance to impact Illinois’ pension crisis in the April 1 election. They won’t directly change any laws, but voters can send a strong signal to state lawmakers about pensions causing Illinois’ property tax pain.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/suburban-chicago-voters-to-tell-state-leaders-about-pension-reform-need/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Maybe he’s not joking? Trump revives 51st state talk about Canada.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/18/donald-trump-revives-talk-making-canada-51st-u-sta/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Almost 8 Million Illegal Aliens Live in American ‘Sanctuary Cities’
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/18/report-almost-8-million-illegal-aliens-live-in-american-sanctuary-cities/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— How Many Illegal Aliens Reside in Sanctuary Jurisdictions? 530,000 (3.8%) reside in Illinois
https://cis.org/Richwine/How-Many-Illegal-Aliens-Reside-Sanctuary-Jurisdictions
CENTER SQUARE
— Pork-filled stopgap incites revolt from House Republicans
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f86669c0-bd72-11ef-8ec1-6b8ff665afb6.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Education Department spent at least $1 billion on DEI under Biden admin
https://www.thecollegefix.com/education-department-spent-at-least-1-billion-on-dei-under-biden-admin-report/
BREITBART
— Securing Southern Border Will Drive up Wages for Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/18/tom-homan-securing-southern-border-will-drive-up-wages-americans/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump, GOP-led Congress need to ‘cut off the spigot’ for illegal immigration funding
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6366203901112
FOX NEWS
— The continuing resolution is ‘woke garbage’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366208952112
— ‘Evil terrorists’: House GOP border hawks rally around Trump’s deportation plan targeting ‘cartel thugs’ Republican leaders said Congress needs to sanction sanctuary jurisdictions that are protecting criminal illegal immigrants from deportation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/evil-terrorists-house-gop-border-hawks-rally-around-trumps-deportation-plan-targeting-cartel-thugs
— Trump says Mike Johnson will ‘easily remain speaker’ if he acts ‘decisively and tough’ on spending bill. Trump told Fox News Digital anyone who supports a bill that doesn’t take care of debt ceiling should be ‘primaried and disposed of’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-mike-johnson-easily-remain-speaker-he-acts-decisively-tough-spending-bill
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— The Constitution Does Not Grant Birthright Citizenship to the Children of Illegal Immigrants
https://heartland.org/opinion/the-constitution-does-not-grant-birthright-citizenship-to-the-children-of-illegal-immigrants/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Over 500,000 migrant children are missing inside the U.S. (COMMENT: How many migrant children have Democrat and RINO leaders put in your school district?)
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/big-apple-mayor-adams-over-500000-migrant-children-are-missing-inside-the-u-s
NEWSMAX
— Blagojevich to Newsmax: Pritzker Should Stop Defaming Trump (COMMENT: My critics/opponents would defame, slander, and liable me much more than they do were it not for my history of filing lawsuits.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rod-blagojevich-j-b-pritzker-donald-trump/2024/12/18/id/1192198/
PJ MEDIA
— You’re Not Going to Believe How Many Illegal Aliens Reside in Sanctuary Cities
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/18/youre-not-going-to-believe-how-many-illegal-aliens-reside-in-sanctuary-cities-n4935234
POST MILLENNIAL
— Biden-Harris admin seeks to hire up to 1,200 DEI staffers prior to Trump’s second term
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-harris-admin-seeks-to-hire-up-to-1200-dei-staffers-prior-to-trumps-second-term-report
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump and Musk unleash a new kind of chaos on Washington
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/politics/trump-musk-capitol-chaos-analysis/index.html
MSNBC
— Democrats watch as ‘co-president’ Musk leads Trump in destroying Johnson on spending bill
https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/democrats-watch-as-co-president-musk-leads-trump-in-destroying-johnson-on-spending-bill-227447365846
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life-and-style/knit-the-rainbow-homeless-lgbtq-youth-winter-garments-rcna184566
NEW YORK TIMES & MIAMI TIMES & DESERET NEWS & BUSINESS INSIDER & PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the American Dream, that is, meritocracy, that is, advancement based on merit, is ever-increasingly fading for those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who been in America for a long time. To stop the aforesaid is why Trump got elected and reelected. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/learning/what-students-are-saying-about-the-american-dream-mindfulness-in-schools-and-how-to-define-family.html
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/opinion/my-identity-shouldnt-prevent-me-from-living-my-american-dream/article_4529576a-bd4e-11ef-92e1-d36fb7bfd623.html
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2024/12/18/housing-crisis-utah-govenor-cox-starter-homes-american-dream/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-dream-fading-gov-cox-024257726.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/american-dream-shrinking-smaller-homes-fewer-kids-vacation-time-commutes-2024-12
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-yesterday/201610/the-psychology-the-american-dream
WASHINGTON POST
— Mexico praises its own migrants with a hymn, while abuses continue against those from other nations. Mexico’s president has unveiled a bilingual “hymn” to Mexican migrants living in the United States, even as migrants from other countries continue to suffer abuses, delays and hostility in Mexico. (COMMENT: In WWIII, will Mexico side against America or with America?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/18/mexico-migrants-hymn-song-caravan/76294580-bd78-11ef-b94f-104ed944ce38_story.html
— Musk, Ramaswamy fuel online campaign that leads to Republicans rejecting spending bill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/18/trump-administration-transition/
— Federal employee groups prepare to fend off attacks by Trump and allies. The efforts are aimed at resisting what is expected to be a severe assault on public servants beyond the intimidation many federal employees felt during Donald Trump’s first term. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, GAO’s annual budget requests were always attacked by Republicans. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates ever-increasingly punished me for that.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/18/federal-employees-trump-schedule-f/
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailynews.com/2024/12/18/hundreds-rally-for-undocumented-immigrants-in-los-angeles/
USA TODAY
— Trump’s Cabinet picks are generating controversy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/17/trump-cabinet-picks-reaction/76741244007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Trump Can Do About ‘Sanctuary Cities’ The Supremacy Clause is clear. Local officials pledging to resist his policy will lose in court.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-trump-can-do-about-sanctuary-cities-supremacy-clause-border-security-709c805f
BARRON’S
— Trump Jokes Canada Becoming 51st US State ‘A Great Idea’
https://www.barrons.com/news/trump-jokes-canada-becoming-51st-us-state-a-great-idea-ed5c760f
FORBES
— Companies use AI for hiring. (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/11/04/how-companies-are-hiring-and-firing-with-ai/
HARVARD GAZETTE
— Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/12/are-reparations-the-answer/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— What to Do When Your Boss Is Blocking Your Career Growth (COMMENT: I should write about my career blockers at GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire when I was 49 years old, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS, forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, etc. I would focus on my Democrat IRS superiors who disallowed my education deductions and my travel vouchers and never promoted me beyond GS-12. I would focus on my Democrat Firestone Store boss who disapproved of my demographics and demotivated me. I would focus on my Democrat Post Office superiors who forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests.)
https://hbr.org/2022/08/what-to-do-when-your-boss-is-blocking-your-career-growth
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A career blocker is someone with positional authority, power, or influence at work, who is preventing you from achieving a goal that you’ve already earned. How can you confront them, and pursue your goals, despite their blocking behaviors?)
— The Pros and Cons of Competition Among Employees (COMMENT: I should write about my Democrat GAO coworkers and what they did to keep their jobs and to get promoted. I would focus on those who did the most to discredit me, to demotivate me, to demoralize me, to denigrate me, to condemn me, to destroy me, and to get rid of me. Of course, they always stressed my bad demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, my ancestor have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, etc.)
https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-pros-and-cons-of-competition-among-employees
BROOKINGS
— Which places would be most affected by the Trump administration’s immigrant deportation proposals?
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/which-places-would-be-most-affected-by-the-trump-administrations-immigrant-deportation-proposals/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: California and Texas each have more than 2 million unauthorized immigrants, while Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, and New York are home to between 400,000 and 600,000 each. . .The metro areas with the most DACA recipients—Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Houston, and Chicago—parallel recipients’ state locations. These five metro areas collectively account for 31% of all DACA recipients nationwide (versus 12% of the U.S. population). . .Unauthorized immigrants by state: Illinois: 420,000.)
BUSINESS INSIDER
— The American dream is shrinking (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, during 1960s and 1970s, I was able to a) buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, c) graduate from college debt-free owning a 1-year-old car, d) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, and 29, e) earn an MBA when I was 27, f) get married when I was 29, g) pass the CPA examination when I was 30, h) etc.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/american-dream-shrinking-smaller-homes-fewer-kids-vacation-time-commutes-2024-12
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The American dream — like a beloved pair of pants you left in the dryer too long — is shrinking. The idealized image of American life we know today was crystallized in the country’s collective imagination in the 1930s. Since then, the idea that anyone can obtain a life that has the house with the white picket fence, 2.5 children, a lucrative career at an office that’s a reasonable distance away, and the occasional trip to an enviable vacation spot has loomed large in nearly every facet of cultural and political life. There’s just one problem: The once expansive vision is getting smaller. Not only is it harder to grab a piece of it, like a bag of chips or a roll of toilet paper that has less substance every time you buy it, but even nominally achieving the dream is leaving people unsatisfied. Americans are having fewer kids, their houses are getting smaller, they’re schlepping further to work, and they’re spending less time on vacation. Americans are taking notice of the diminishing returns. Among the 8,709 US adults surveyed by the Pew Research Center from April 8 to 14, 41% said that achieving the American dream was once possible but no longer. That’s particularly true for younger Americans; 18- to 29-year-olds were the most likely to say that the American dream was never possible, and only 39% said that it’s still possible. Their millennial counterparts felt similarly, though they were slightly more bullish on the possibility of the American dream. . .he central element of the American dream is owning a house. Having a roof over your head is the cornerstone of security and stability; research has found homeowners are less stressed than their renter counterparts, and beyond having a place that they can call their own, they have growing equity. But nowadays, the homes that many Americans live in rarely have enough room for a big dog — much less a picket fence.)
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Republicans signal easier firing as priority in the next Congress. Lawmakers are looking ahead toward legislation that will bring changes to the federal workforce. (COMMENT: To force an employee to retire is to fire that employee. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire for political reasons in 1997 when I was 49 for political reasons, that is, they fired me for political reasons in 1997 when I was 49.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/12/republicans-signal-targeted-federal-hiring-surge-and-easier-firing-priorities-next-congress/401772/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Comer said Trump will “bring the bureaucracy to heel” by implementing Schedule F via executive order, a policy that would enable agencies to treat federal workers as at-will employees and quickly fire them for political reasons.”
POLITICO
— Trump allies suggest Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be sued for calling Trump a ‘rapist’ The call comes on the heels of a major settlement with ABC News for using similar language. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents would defame, slander, and liable me much more than they do were it not for my history of filing lawsuits.)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/18/congress/trump-v-pritzker-00195152
— DOGE Can’t Do It All. Here’s What It Can Do. The Elon Musk-led cost-cutting initiative will be constrained by congressional politics, Trump’s preferences and a lack of legal authority.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/19/doge-cant-do-it-all-heres-what-it-can-do-00195190
— Biden makes a last big push to keep Trump from killing the electric car. His agencies are leveraging California’s vast market power to prod the auto industry to ramp up production of battery-powered vehicles — regardless of what Trump wants.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/18/biden-california-electric-cars-trump-00195143
PHYS
— When I was young, I believed that I could advance based on merit. That motivated me to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. But if I was young today, I doubt that I could find that motivation a) because of my bad demographics and b) because of ever-increasing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, ever-increasing race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-western-meritocracy-people-emotions-envy.html
December 14, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tiffany Henyard sues Thornton Township Democrats after failing to gain nomination for supervisor (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/13/tiffany-henyard-sues-thornton-township-democrats-after-failing-to-gain-nomination-for-supervisor/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois election results show gerrymandering’s bad outcome
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/12/14/election-results-illinois-gerrymandering-party-control-republican-democrat-sheldon-jacobson
— Mona Charen blasts Tulsi Gabbard
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/13/tulsi-gabbard-cozies-up-american-enemies-russia-vladimir-putin-syria-bashar-al-assad-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241213/news/donations-pour-in-to-save-lives-fund-winter-shelter-for-dupage-countys-homeless/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241213/nation-and-world/texas-abortion-pill-lawsuit-against-new-york-doctor-marks-new-challenge-to-interstate-telemedicine/
ABC7
— ‘This is normal?’: 2 close-calls at Chicago’s O’Hare airport in 1 day. Topic of possible runway collisions being discussed in Washington at same time. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of this in the early 1980s.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2-close-calls-chicago-ohare-airport-involving-united-airlines-flights-1-day-is-normal/15653147/
NBC5
— Trump says he will seek to eliminate daylight saving time
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-says-he-will-seek-to-eliminate-daylight-saving-time/3624199/
— Democrats and RINOs say “US adults not confident Trump can assemble qualified cabinet.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-cabinet-confidence-poll-ap-norc/3623857/
FOX32
— Anonymous donor drops gold coin in Wheaton Salvation Army Red Kettle
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anonymous-donor-drops-gold-coin-wheaton-salvation-army-red-kettle
WBEZ
— What to know about an effort to make college in Illinois more affordable. Legislators are considering a funding formula that would make Illinois a model for other states to emulate, but would come at a hefty cost. (COMMENT: What helped you afford college? For me, it was a) my living with my parents and brother in Crete during my first 2 years at UIC 1966-1968 and commuting to/from classes there and b) working all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. That enabled me to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, pay for my college expenses, and graduate debt-free from NIU owning that Charger in 1970.)
https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/12/12/what-to-know-about-an-effort-to-make-college-in-illinois-more-affordable
DECATUR DAILY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/other_news/national/trump-migrant-deportations-could-threaten-states-agricultural-economies/article_79311d58-b96c-11ef-921c-2335e9aa1b59.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— What was the worst year of your life and what did you learn from it? We want to hear. (COMMENT: My worse years include 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old and 1980 when they forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They include 1978 when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions and 1974 when they disallowed my travel vouchers.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-12/what-was-the-worst-year-of-your-life-and-what-did-you-learn-from-it-we-want-to-hear
— Tech moguls Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg donate to Trump’s inauguration fund
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-13/tech-moguls-altman-bezos-and-zuckerberg-donate-to-trumps-inauguration-fund
— Trump’s picks would make his new administration the wealthiest in U.S. history
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-12-13/trumps-picks-would-make-his-new-administration-the-wealthiest-in-u-s-history
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for high health care costs.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-12/americans-are-furious-over-health-care-is-this-an-occupy-wall-street-moment
WGLT
— Trump’s picks would make his new administration the wealthiest in U.S. history (COMMENT: Should government employees be required to fully disclose where their wealth come from?)
https://www.wglt.org/2024-12-13/trumps-picks-would-make-his-new-administration-the-wealthiest-in-u-s-history
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Duckworth, Durbin Announce Funding To Help Prepare Young Illinoisans To Succeed In High-Demand Careers
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2024/12/14/duckworth-durbin-announce-funding-to-help-prepare-young-illinoisans-to-succeed-in-high-demand-careers/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-216/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that the Democrat and RINO leaders of America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district will put their efforts promote mass/illegal immigration “under the table.” Do not anticipate/expect that they will give you an opportunity to vote to stop it. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ worst-in-nation pension debts means more property and income tax hikes to pay that debt off
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-worst-in-nation-pension-debts-means-more-property-and-income-tax-hikes-to-pay-that-debt-off-wirepoints-in-the-center-square/
— With the taxes they pay and debts they face, everyday Illinoisans are basically now subservient to their public servants
https://wirepoints.org/with-the-taxes-they-pay-and-debts-they-face-everyday-illinoisans-are-basically-now-subservient-to-their-public-servants-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Decide to Skip Algonquin Township Elections Leaving Winners of February GOP Primary Victors
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/13/democrats-decide-to-skip-algonquin-township-elections-leaving-winners-of-february-gop-primary-victors/
— $9.5 Million in Federal Funds for Fox River Valley Wastewater Treatment & Storage
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/13/9-5-million-in-federal-funds-for-fox-river-valley-wastewater-treatment-storage/
— Biden Issues “Get Out of Jail Free” Card for $54 Million Dixon Embezzler Rita Cromwell
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/13/biden-issues-get-out-of-jail-free-card-for-54-million-dixon-embezzler-rita-cromwell/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Homer Township lets voters weigh in on pension reform, key issues
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/homer-township-lets-voters-weigh-in-on-pension-reform-key-issues/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago mayor spends $700K per ‘affordable’ apartment unit
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-mayor-spends-700k-per-affordable-apartment-unit/
— Nearly $50K property tax bills robs ‘Home Alone’ house
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-50k-property-tax-bills-robs-home-alone-house/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s supercharged IRS nets $1.3 billion more from wealthy taxpayers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/12/joe-biden-supercharged-irs-nets-1-3-billion-wealth/
— DOGE zeros in on report showing Biden’s DOE spent $1 billion on DEI grants. Elon Musk calls the massive spending ‘insane.’ (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Their top priority is giving federal tax dollars to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, in America illegally, etc.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/13/doge-zeros-report-showing-biden-doe-spent-1-billio/
— Syria’s new leader remains an al Qaeda operative
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/13/editorial-syria-new-leader-remains-al-qaeda-operat/
— Don’t be too sure DEI is DOA. Movement is far more than a political fad. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted DEI, they are promoting DEI, and they will forever promote DEI. To promote DEI is to blame all problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/13/sure-dei-doa/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialists keep trying to justify healthcare CEO’s murder
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3260205/democratic-socialists-justify-healthcare-ceo-murder/
NEW YORK POST
— Gianno Caldwell: My colleague Pete Hegseth is the right man to make our military sane again
https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/opinion/gianno-caldwell-my-colleague-pete-hegseth-will-fix-our-military/
— Kellyanne Conway clashes with Never Trump activist over election: ‘You have stage 5 Trump Derangement Syndrome’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/media/kellyanne-conway-clashes-with-never-trump-activist-sarah-longwell/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— A Word to the DOGE: ‘Reduction’ Is Not Synonymous With ‘Reform’ As we have painfully learned since the Grace Commission, a revanchist, ravenous administrative state can survive and metastasize despite periodic efforts to trim its size and scope. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts to get rid of any remaining Republican employees.)
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/14/a-word-to-the-doge-reduction-is-not-synonymous-with-reform/
AMERICAN THINKER
— It’s not enough to dismantle the Department of Education
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/it_s_not_enough_to_dismantle_the_department_of_education.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Cop who gunned down Ashli Babbitt was not supposed to be employed at the time of J6
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/13/cop-who-gunned-down-ashli-babbitt-was-not-supposed-to-be-employed-at-the-time-of-j6-report-says-1509372/
BLAZE
— Dems push Biden to extend deportation shields for illegal aliens in last-minute plea
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dems-push-biden-to-extend-deportation-shields-for-illegal-aliens-in-last-minute-plea
BREITBART
— Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana has reversed his support for a plan to designate a new facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house illegal migrants slated for deportation in the northern Illinois region.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/13/illinois-sheriff-reverses-support-for-ice-detention-center/
ENERGY GRID
— Commentary: To keep the lights on, the Midwest needs an ‘all of the above’ power grid. New transmission line development and construction can take many years. To address immediate needs, there are other solutions that can improve capacity in the near term. (COMMENT: My 13-year-old 20W Generac has failed. I am replacing it with a 24W.)
https://energynews.us/2024/12/12/commentary-to-keep-the-lights-on-the-midwest-needs-an-all-of-the-above-power-grid/
FEDERALIST
— DEI Rot At Schools Shows Republicans Have Failed To Eradicate The Ideology
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/13/dei-rot-at-sec-schools-shows-republicans-have-failed-to-eradicate-the-ideology/
FOX BUSINESS
— Nonbinary influencer in Google’s new ‘woke’ ad ridicules women opposed to sharing bathroom with biological men. In the Google ad, Veyssi appears in makeup and women’s clothing and complains about dry skin.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/nonbinary-influencer-googles-new-woke-ad-ridicules-women-opposed-sharing-bathroom-biological-men
FOX NEWS
— Senate Dems demand Biden extend protections for illegal immigrants ahead of Trump admin. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-authority-senate-dems-demand-biden-extend-protections-illegal-immigrants-ahead-trump-admin
— You will not stop Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365974090112
— Biden’s last act is ‘sabotaging’ incoming Trump admin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PxNL3bXz1k
— Trump brings political drama to Army-Navy game sidelines. Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and Marine veteran Daniel Penny are attending the game with President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-brings-political-drama-army-navy-game-sidelines
— Democrats need new playbook to confront Trump, Kamala Harris pollster tells party. DNC chair Harrison says it would be ‘big error’ if Democrats focus all their attention on Trump and ignore Vance. (COMMENT: In Illinois, the Republican playbook has been anti-conservative.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-need-new-playbook-confront-trump-kamala-harris-pollster-tells-party
— RNC chair reveals what role Trump will play during the 2026 midterms: ‘All the way to the finish line’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rnc-chair-reveals-what-role-trump-will-play-2026-midterms-finish-line
FOX RADIO
— Google Goes Full Woke with New Ad
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/12/13/google-goes-full-woke-with-new-ad/
JONATHAN TURLEY
— University of Illinois Accounting Professor Li Zhang is under fire this week after warning students about their “unconscious and unintentional biases” against women and minorities before they completed their evaluations.
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/14/unconscious-and-unintentional-biases-university-of-illinois-professors-issues-discrimination-warning-to-students-before-they-complete-her-evaluations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A student objected to the “passive-aggressive” nature of the email: [T]his announcement can be interpreted in two ways: 1) It implies that I am a bigot, incapable of providing honest feedback without my opinions being negatively influenced by the professor’s race or sex. It suggests that any negative feelings I have towards the professor or the course are more influenced by personal, subjective feelings regarding race and sex than by any objective facts. 2) It suggests that I should provide high evaluation scores, regardless of my actual feelings, in order to atone for past actions taken by others. Both interpretations are unacceptable and represent a passive-aggressive method to artificially inflate course evaluation scores. This approach is highly unprofessional and creates an “othering” effect, implying that white males are incapable of making objective decisions that are not influenced by race or sex.)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Smart Democrats See That Working With Trump Is The Only Sensible Thing To Do
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/13/laura_ingraham_smart_democrats_see_that_working_with_trump_is_the_only_sensible_thing_to_do.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— GOP aims for deportation bill by February (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders did not need or get bills passed to promote their mass/illegal immigration.)
https://thehill.com/video/gop-aims-for-deportation-bill-by-february/10296911/
CNN
— Big donors secure big roles in the incoming Trump administration
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/14/politics/trump-administration-big-donors/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Social Security Fairness Act to get a vote in the Senate, Chuck Schumer says (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years during the 1960s and 1970s while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-fairness-act-chuck-schumer-senate-vote/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Wants Mass Deportations. He Will Need Jails and Sanctuary Cities to Help. Immigration experts say the Trump administration would need cooperation from local law enforcement to deport millions of people. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/us/politics/trump-immigration-deportations.html
— Biden Administration Is Said to Allow California to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars. California and 11 other states want to halt the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to try to stop them. (COMMENT: I own seven gas-powered cars and a gas-powered SUV. My critics/opponents hate cars and SUVs and especially gas-powered ones and especially American nameplate ones and especially muscle cars. My seven cars include a 1972 Corvette that I have owned since 1971, a 1996 Thunderbird LX since 1995, a 2005 Corvette since 2005, a 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max since 2012, and a 2023 Mustang GT Premium since 2023.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/climate/california-ban-gas-cars-electric-biden-trump.html
— I’m on Kash Patel’s Enemies List. I Don’t Want a Pardon. (COMMENT: I should write about those who have me on their enemies lists. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most biggest adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/opinion/biden-pardon-trump-patel.html
— Democrat leaders use the Voice of America to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/us/politics/voice-of-america-journalists-trump.html
— Trump’s Transition Business Largely Happens After Night Falls. At his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, the president-elect has been hosting diplomatic dinners, announcing cabinet picks and firing off texts to his aides — all after the sun goes down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/politics/trump-diplomacy-night-mar-a-lago.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump allies, opponents prepare to battle over plans for at-will workforce. Trump will return to the White House with the backing of a Republican controlled Congress and a generally friendly Supreme Court majority as he seeks to reshape the federal workforce. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are hell-bent on a) not hiring Republicans and b) getting rid of Republican employees. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/13/trump-schedule-f-federal-unions-at-will/
— Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses. Trump feuded with the mail agency in his first term. Privatizing it could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/14/trump-usps-privatize-plan/
— Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s unprecedented alliance. Musk has joined Trump’s calls with world leaders, weighed in on Cabinet choices and been a regular part of the Trump family since the election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/14/musk-trump-relationship-explained/
USA TODAY
— Democrats are split on snubbing or showing up for Donald Trump’s inauguration
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/12/democrats-trump-inauguration/76915244007/
— How President Biden is trying to Trump-proof his legacy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/14/biden-trump-laws-judges-regulations-legacy/76865964007/
U.S. CENSUS
— About 33.9 million or 1 in 4 households nationwide reported they were completely without power at least once in the 12 months before they were interviewed for the 2023 American Housing Survey. Approximately 70% or 23.6 million of the households reporting an outage said at least one outage lasted 6 hours or more. (COMMENT: Generally, the more that the wires that bring electricity to your home are above ground, the more likely that you will suffer outages.)
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/10/power-outages.html
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-deportations-could-shake-up-restaurant-industry-wall-street-isnt-worried-2024-12-13/
NEWSWEEK
— She Stole Millions From Taxpayers to Buy Show Horses. Biden Set Her Free.
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-commute-sentence-rita-crundwell-dixon-illinois-2000541
— Sanctuary Cities Could be Banned Under Republican Proposal
https://www.newsweek.com/sanctuary-city-ban-republican-plan-2000351
DESERET NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/12/13/what-do-americans-really-think-of-trumps-deportation-plans/
EASTERN PROGRESS
— Generac Urges Homeowners to Make a Plan for Winter Power Outages (COMMENT: My 13-year-old 20W Generac has failed. I am replacing it with a 24W.)
https://www.easternprogress.com/generac-urges-homeowners-to-make-a-plan-for-winter-power-outages/article_6e7526be-c0ab-57dd-ba14-2e02fa30450c.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hold On, Elon and Vivek: Firing Federal Bureaucrats Isn’t the Solution. Complex rules and procedures keep civil servants from getting things done. We need to deregulate the bureaucracy, not gut it. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are hell-bent on a) not hiring Republicans and b) getting rid of Republican employees. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/hold-on-elon-and-vivek-firing-federal-bureaucrats-isnt-the-solution-2168910a
— Has World War III Already Begun? An axis of autocracies led by Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea is challenging the democratic world order. (COMMENT: In WW III, which countries will side with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea against America?)
https://www.wsj.com/world/has-world-war-iii-already-begun-16fb94c9
— A New Risk for Employers: Losing Millions of Migrants With Temporary Work Permits. Trump promised to eliminate programs that provide temporary work permits, including to Dreamers. (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-work-permit-policy-business-impact-0ecadef5
FORBES
— Using E-Verify discourages illegal immigration. Democrat and RINO leaders discourage using E-Verify.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alonzomartinez/2024/12/13/mastering-e-verify-in-2025-federal-and-state-compliance-essentials/
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-12-13/what-is-citizenship-how-states-determine-birthright-and-privilege
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their republican employees.
https://hbr.org/2024/12/continuing-the-work-of-dei-no-matter-what-your-company-calls-it
FEEDSPOT
— Top 60 Illinois News Websites in 2024
https://news.feedspot.com/illinois_news_websites/
FORD FOUNDATION
— For generations, the United States of America has been built on a pact: secure a job, commit to it, and ensure a stable life. Yet for millions of workers, this promise is dissolving. (COMMENT: I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents look down on wage earners, if not despise wage earners. They have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a Job-related professional license in 1981. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college degree, and who got them jobs.)
https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/stories/fighting-for-a-just-economy-workers-lead-the-way/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Across every sector, jobs are becoming increasingly precarious. Gig work, temporary positions, and subcontracted roles are replacing traditional employment, leaving workers with unpredictable incomes, erratic schedules, and a lack of benefits. This instability breeds anxiety, disrupts families, and creates a sense of expendability, ultimately destabilizing entire communities and creating a race to the bottom economy. This rise of precarious work is no accident. Decades of policies prioritizing corporate profits over worker protections have eroded job security and weakened worker power. By design, this uncertainty leaves workers vulnerable and less likely to demand their rights, individually and collectively.)
REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://reason.com/2024/12/13/mass-deportations-are-bad-for-everyones-liberty/
DAILY KOS
— These Democrats have plans to fight Trump’s mass deportations (COMMENT: How strongly are the Democrats and RINOs who represent you going to fight deportation?)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/13/2291756/-These-Democrats-have-plans-to-fight-Trump-s-mass-deportations
December 13, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Towering concerns arise regarding air traffic control staffing, effect on travel at Chicago airports (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of air traffic control staffing in the 1980s.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/towering-concerns-arise-aurora-air-traffic-control-center-staffing-effect-travel-chicago-airports-after-hearing/15648283/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new Government Accountability report says things are getting worse, not better. “This is completely unacceptable. Air traffic facilities and radars need improvements,” Texas Senator Ted Cruz said. “Based on FAA data, the reliability of the FAA’s radar fleet is declining. The United States should be a leader in aviation technology. Sadly, this is often not the case.” “The modernization of existing air traffic management infrastructure in the United States continues to fall behind peer countries and is straining from the continued operations and growth of conventional airspace users,” said Marc Scribner, Senior Transportation Policy Analyst for the Reason Foundation. “There is no easy answer or quick fix. A snap of Iron Man’s fingers cannot fix this,” said Kevin Walsh with the Government Accountability Office. “This will be the work of many years and billions of dollars.”)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lgbtq-pride-magazines-100-celebration-honors-trailblazers-advocates-including-gma-sam-champion/15645988/
WGN9
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/the-impact-of-an-illinois-law-barring-police-from-working-with-immigration-agents/
FOX32
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1561622
WTTW
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/cps-planning-all-hands-deck-approach-protecting-students-families-mass-deportations
— Chicago Alderpeople React to Claims City Will Be Ground Zero for Mass Deportations.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/12/chicago-alderpeople-react-claims-city-will-be-ground-zero-mass-deportations
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Biden commutes sentences for two of Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/biden-commutes-sentences-crundwell/
— Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/senate-social-security-expansion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, setting up potential passage in the final days of the lame-duck Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday he would begin the process for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate policies that currently limit Social Security payouts for roughly 2.8 million people. Schumer said the bill would “ensure Americans are not erroneously denied their well-earned Social Security benefits simply because they chose at some point to work in their careers in public service.” The legislation passed the House on a bipartisan vote, and a Senate version of the bill introduced last year gained 62 cosponsors. But the bill still needs support from at least 60 senators to pass Congress. It would then head to President Biden.)
— Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/fbi-intelligence-capitol-riot-watchdog-report/
— In Illinois, anticipate/expect that Pritzker will destroy individuals, companies, organizations, etc. that support Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/trump-veteran-senator/
DAILY HERALD
— Rarely formed panel to determine Elk Grove trustee candidate’s eligibility (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/rarely-formed-panel-to-determine-elk-grove-trustee-candidates-eligibility/
— Algonquin trustee candidate knocked off ballot for spring election (COMMENT: When will the Daily Herald start reporting on Castle v. Monino (2024 MTEB 01)? Monino has filed petitions to run for Milton Township Supervisor as an Independent and Caste is changeling those petitions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241211/news/algonquin-trustee-candidate-knocked-off-ballot-for-spring-election/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former Dixon comptroller who embezzled tens of millions, Northbrook financial exec granted clemency
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/biden-commutes-sentences-rita-crundwell-and-eric-bloom
STATELINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://stateline.org/2024/12/12/despite-trumps-claim-deportations-likely-wouldnt-ease-housing-crisis-most-experts-say/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— With Romney set to exit the U.S. Senate, Washington will be without one of its strongest conservative critics of Trump when he retakes the White House in the new year. (COMMENT: Romney supporters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have always worked harder against me than against any Democrat. I should write about those Romney supporters.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-mitt-romneys-senate-exit-may-create-a-vacuum-of-vocal-conservative-trump-critics/
— Trump says he won’t restrict abortion pill
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-he-wont-restrict-abortion-pill/
— IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-irs-recovers-4-7-billion-in-back-taxes-and-braces-for-cuts-with-trump-and-gop-in-power/
WGLT
— Dixon State Rep. Bradley Fritts expresses outrage after President Biden commutes the sentence of former City Comptroller Rita Crundwell
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2024-12-12/dixon-state-rep-expresses-outrage-after-biden-commutes-the-sentence-of-former-city-comptroller-rita-crundwell
WSIL TV
— Amazon plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/amazon-plans-to-donate-1-million-to-president-elect-donald-trump-s-inauguration/article_36facd10-ca89-57d1-9bae-8e4b9a6c0946.html
DEPAULIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://depauliaonline.com/73487/news/illinois-reproductive-health-care-clinics-double-down-on-reproductive-rights-in-response-to-2024-election-shifts/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-423/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-215/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ pension debt grows
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/12/illinois-pension-debt-grows/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who has shaped the attitudes that people have toward you the most? The following have shaped the attitudes that people have toward me the most: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative and religious leaders and activists, and e) those who I have sued and their attorneys. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 4 things wrong with how Illinois leaders want to change public schooling
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/4-things-wrong-with-how-illinois-leaders-want-to-change-public-schooling/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Luigi Mangione: Touch of Evil. The murder of CEO Brian Thompson is a test of moral clarity.
https://freebeacon.com/columns/luigi-mangione-touch-of-evil/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he won’t ‘do business’ with countries that refuse to take back migrants: ‘I want them out’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/donald-trump-says-he-wont-do-business-with-countries-that-refuse-to-take-back-migrants-i-want-them-out/
— NYC Mayor Adams eyeing executive order to ‘unravel’ sanctuary city policy following sitdown with Trump border czar pick Tom Homan
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/adams-sits-down-with-trumps-border-czar-pick-tom-homan-to-talk-migrant-crisis/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Attempts to Protect 1 Million Illegal Aliens from Deportation
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/12/biden-attempts-to-protect-1-million-illegal-aliens-from-deportation/
BLAZE
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker agrees to deport ‘violent’ criminal illegal aliens, meet with Trump admin
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-agrees-to-deport-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-meet-with-trump-admin
— Court slaps down Nasdaq proposal to impose DEI standards on company boards
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dei-court-sec-nasdaq-boards
BREITBART
— Nearly 38,000 Chinese Illegals Still in U.S. Despite Deportation Orders
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/report-nearly-38000-chinese-illegals-still-in-u-s-despite-deportation-orders/
— Incoming ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan Meets with NYC Mayor Eric Adams to Discuss Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-meets-with-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-to-discuss-deportations/
— Republican Governors Give Lukewarm Support for Trump’s Deportation Promises (COMMENT: What percent of Republican governors reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/12/rrepublican-governors-give-lukewarm-support-for-trumps-deportation-promises/
— Allowing Children to Spend Hours on Smartphones a ‘Deliberate Social Experiment’ (COMMENT: Search engines and websites ever-increasingly steer everyone to the left.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/12/12/allowing-children-to-spend-hours-on-smartphones-a-deliberate-social-experiment-warns-leading-trans-medicine-critic/
CENTER SQUARE
— Greatest number of foreign nationals on docket for deportation under Biden. More than 6.2 million in a single year.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_58fa04fa-b8b3-11ef-8844-8f92dfdf7e28.html
DAILY CALLER
— Emails, Phone Logs Reveal How Botched Pete Hegseth West Point Story Imploded
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/12/pete-hegseth-propublica-west-point-admission/
DAILY WIRE
— Eric Adams, Tom Homan Agree On Plan To Deport Criminal Illegal Immigrants. The mayor admits that NYC has “made terrible mistakes” by allowing violent illegal immigrants to remain on the street.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-tom-homan-agree-on-plan-to-deport-criminal-illegal-immigrants
— Republican Governors Pledge To Support Trump’s Deportation Agenda. The governors added that they stood ready to use police and the National Guard to assist in the deportation efforts.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-governors-pledge-to-support-trumps-deportation-agenda
— Tom Homan To Use 1,400-Acre Site For Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan. “Having this from the state of Texas is great.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-to-use-1400-acre-site-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan
— Trump On Deportations: ‘We’ll Send The Whole Family, Very Humanely, Back’, Won’t Be ‘Separated’ Trump’s remarks echoed remarks made several weeks ago by his incoming border czar, Tom Homan. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that those who are deported will immediately return.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-on-deportations-well-send-the-whole-family-very-humanely-back-wont-be-separated
FEDERALIST
— As Americans’ Tolerance For Wokeness Dies, The Left’s Appetite For Violence Only Grows
Please send me the details for the next SCC meeting
— U.S. Has No Excuse For Failing To Protect Kids From The Dangers Of Radical Gender Ideology (COMMENT: In your school district, how successful have Democrats been making students sexually active LGBTQers? Anticipate/expect that the percentage of students who report that they are LGBTQ will ever-increasingly increase. This is a big reason why parents should take their children and leave Illinois.)
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/12/the-u-s-has-no-excuse-for-failing-to-protect-kids-from-the-dangers-of-radical-gender-ideology/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— On the High Costs of Illegal Immigration, DOGE Gets It
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/12/high-costs-illegal-immigration-doge-gets-it
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/12/11/floridas-impressive-effort-stop-illegal-immigration-still-has-one-item-fix
FOX BUSINESS
— More Dem leaders get behind Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6365924306112
FOX NEWS
— Black lawmakers, activists blame racism for Daniel Penny’s acquittal: ‘This is the evil of White supremacy’
https://www.aol.com/black-lawmakers-activists-blame-racism-100018360.html
— Tide turns in favor of Trump DOD pick Pete Hegseth after Matt Gaetz failure. One GOP senator told Fox News Digital no Republicans seemed to be a ‘hard no’ on confirming Hegseth as defense secretary.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tide-turns-favor-trump-dod-pick-pete-hegseth-after-matt-gaetz-failure
— ‘Incompetence’: Rep Banks rips West Point as school apologizes for ‘error’ saying Hegseth wasn’t accepted. Rep Jim Banks accused West Point ‘bureaucrats’ of ‘sabotage.’ (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me and why they took those adverse actions against me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/incompetence-rep-banks-rips-west-point-school-apologizes-error-saying-hegseth-wasnt-accepted
— ‘Politically motivated’ FBI treated conservatives like domestic terrorists on Wray’s watch: whistleblower. ‘We want the government to be accountable to the freaking Bill of Rights,’ says FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/politically-motivated-fbi-treated-conservatives-like-domestic-terrorists-wrays-watch-whistleblower
— American Accountability Foundation (AAF) lists ‘woke radical leftists’ it wants fired from DOJ under Pam Bondi. AAF says those on the list have pushed transgenderism and worked for George Soros-linked organizations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-lists-woke-radical-leftists-wants-fired-from-doj-under-pam-bondi
HANNITY
— ProPublica’s Botched Hegseth Smear Proves the Need to Purge the Military of Partisanship. (COMMENT: All my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors were Democrat partisans. All of them focused on wasting the careers of and getting rid of their Republican employees. I should write a book about that.)
https://hannity.com/media-room/post-op-ed-propublicas-botched-pete-hegseth-smear-proves-the-need-to-purge-the-military-of-partisanship/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Education Department Has Spent More Than $1 Billion on DEI Grants Since 2021
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/biden-education-department-has-spent-more-than-1-billion-on-dei-grants-since-2021/
— West Point Lied Twice About Pete Hegseth Applying to the Academy. West Point falsely tells left-wing website that Pete Hegseth never applied to nor was accepted to West Point – twice. Was the error inadvertent or intentional?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/west-point-lied-twice-about-pete-hegseth-applying-to-the-academy/
MRC TV
— AOC Says Insurance Companies Denying Health Care Claims Is an ‘Act of Violence’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/aoc-says-insurance-companies-denying-health-care-claims-act-violence
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Whatever Happened at West Point, It’s Not Good (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Based on how my Democrat GAO superiors treated me, my Democrat IRS superiors demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me. Of course, they stressed that they had a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12 even though I had a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/whatever-happened-at-west-point-its-not-good/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As I see it, there are only two explanations for West Point’s having falsely informed a journalist that Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, not only didn’t get in to West Point but never “even applied there.” Those options are that West Point lied or that West Point is incompetent. Neither is good. I find it hard to believe that West Point would deliberately lie about such a thing. I also find it hard to believe that its staff would be so lazy or inept as to screw something like this up by mistake. This was not some random inquiry; it was connected to an extremely consequential political decision, and related to the reputation of a high-profile figure who, if he is accepted by the Senate, will soon occupy one of the most important jobs in the United States. That being so, how is it possible that West Point did not make one hundred percent sure that it was correct in its denial? Frankly, I’d be somewhat surprised if at least someone at West Point hadn’t preemptively looked into this after the nomination was made public. If I worked there, I think I would have. At the very least, a higher-up ought to have instructed all staff to make absolutely sure they were correct when dealing with inquiries of this sort. In all likelihood, we’ll never know what happened. What we can say, however, is that this incident has probably helped Hegseth’s chances of being confirmed.)
NEW AMERICAN
— Biden administration has failed to deport almost 1.5 million illegals with deportation orders, which is hardly shocking news given the mass invasion of penniless, Third Word illegals that Biden not only invited but unlawfully aided and abetted.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/1-4-illegals-with-deportation-orders-nyt-admits-biden-invited-invasion-of-migrants/
NEWSMAX
— Americans Increasingly Less Welcoming of Illegals (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/poll-illegals-deportation/2024/12/12/id/1191368/
— Speaker Johnson Hails Defense Bill, Targets Woke, NewsGuard
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-johnson-defense-bill-woke/2024/12/12/id/1191380/
TOWNHALL
— Support for Mass Deportations Is Quite Healthy In New York state
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/12/12/siena-poll-ny-voters-support-mass-deportations-n2648919
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://thehill.com/latino/5035619-trump-mass-deportation-immigrants-mixed-status-families-southern-border/
https://thehill.com/latino/5036835-mass-deportation-economic-impact/
CBS NEWS
— Trump reiterates plan to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-reiterates-plan-to-conduct-mass-deportations-of-undocumented-migrants/
CNN
— Rep. Crenshaw on why he’s supporting Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents stress those who could/should have come to my defense but did not. They stress Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who I did the most to help elect and to reelect.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/politics/video/the-lead-crenshaw-pete-hegseth-trump-cabinet-veteran-support-jake-tapper
NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows Nationalities of Immigrants Awaiting ICE Deportation from US
https://www.newsweek.com/map-immigrants-mass-deportation-ice-custody-nationalities-1999925
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-mass-deportation-tom-homan-roadblock-1999902
NEW YORK TIMES
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/business/dealbook/women-workplace-advancement.html
— Helping Students Find Their Way to College (COMMENT: What enabled you to earn a bachelor’s degree? For me it was my taking college preparatory courses in high school, getting an ACT score of 24, graduating in the upper 20% of my class, and working my way through college.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/opinion/communities-fund-one-goal.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Appeals court overturns Nasdaq requirement for diversity on boards. In a 51-page opinion, nine of 17 judges on the full 5th Circuit found that the rule violates the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/12/nasdaq-diversity-rule-overturned/
— Trump allies pressure GOP senators to back Cabinet picks — or else. The message: “Don’t get on Santa’s naughty list here, because we will primary you.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/13/trump-cabinet-picks-republican-senators/
MIAMI HERALD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article296993254.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/can-america-afford-trump-s-mass-deportation-plan-8-things-to-know/ss-AA1u2NHZ
ABC6
— Dozens of GOP governors pledge support for Trump’s mass deportations plan
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/dozens-of-gop-governors-pledge-support-for-trumps-mass-deportations-plan-trump-tom-homan-border-czar-illegal-immigration-ron-desantis-kristi-noem-glenn-youngkin
SCRIPPS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them. Deported illegals will immediately return.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/truth-be-told/experts-predict-mass-deportation-would-damage-us-economy
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators. Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of bank regulators for 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $126,984-$150,075/year. During that time, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant.)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-advisers-bank-regulations-fdic-efa761dc
FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/12/12/hegseth-cabinet-nomination-less-than-20-of-us-adults-approve-of-trumps-defense-secretary-pick-poll-finds/
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethpearson/2024/12/12/how-women-can-advocate-for-themselves-in-a-polarized-workplace/
— Until E-Verify requirements are dramatically increased and enforced, illegal immigration will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alonzomartinez/2024/12/13/mastering-e-verify-in-2025-federal-and-state-compliance-essentials/
BARRON’S
— Home Prices Aren’t the Only Thing Stopping Millennials From Buying Real Estate. What’s Really Worrying Them. This generation sees homeownership as a speculative asset with wild price swings. It’s not their parents’ housing market. (COMMENT: The real estate market crashed soon after I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/home-prices-real-estate-housing-market-crash-millennials-d2ae4529
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in using religious leaders as their operative and dupes. https://www.ncronline.org/news/migration/sisters-catholic-groups-support-immigrants-vulnerable-potential-mass-deportations
https://www.ncronline.org/news/no-sanctuary-trump-reportedly-plans-reverse-policy-permit-ice-arrests-churches
AXIOS INDIANAPOLIS
— Holcomb pledges support for Trump deportations
https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2024/12/12/holcomb-support-trump-mass-deportations
ATLANTIC
— My critics/opponents look down on, if not despise, members of the working class, that is, wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/political-parties-populist-policies/680951/
MEDIA MATTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Newsmax’s Greg Kelly says Pete Hegseth is “unqualified” to be secretary of defense.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents go far beyond calling me unqualified, they hint/imply/argue/shout that my judgement and my motives are extremely bad. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.mediamatters.org/greg-kelly/newsmaxs-greg-kelly-says-pete-hegseth-unqualified-be-secretary-defense
PEW RESEARCH
— Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used among U.S. teens; some say they’re on these sites almost constantly.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/12/12/teens-social-media-and-technology-2024/
December 4, 2024
It would be great if all township political parties would issue press releases on their caucuses.
EDGAR COUNTY WATCHDOGS
— Thornton Township Democrat Caucus Nominated Napoleon Harris’ Slate For Township Offices – Tiffany Henyard Shouted Down By Residents
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2024/12/thornton-township-democrat-caucus-nominated-napoleon-harris-slate-for-township-offices-tiffany-henyard-shouted-down-by-residents/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township supervisor
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-democratic-party-caucus-denies-dolton-mayor-place-ballot-stay-thornton-township-supervisor/15621781/
NBC5
— Tiffany Henyard loses nomination as Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/tiffany-henyard-loses-nomination-as-thornton-township-supervisor/3615125/
— Trump’s FBI pick has plans to reshape the bureau. This is what Kash Patel has said he wants to do. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. Under him, GAO shrank from over 6,000 employees to under 3,000. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. Its employees who conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time were gotten rid of and replaced with employees who were liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-fbi-kash-patel-reshape-bureau/3614377/
CBS2
— Tiffany Henyard denied place on ballot to stay on as Thornton Township, Illinois supervisor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tiffany-henyard-denied-ballot-thornton-township-illinois-supervisor/
WGN9
— “A raucous caucus” seeks to determine if Tiffany Henyard can seek re-election in Thornton Township
https://www.yahoo.com/news/raucous-caucus-seeks-determine-tiffany-232440595.html
— ‘They can’t beat me’: In rare caucus, Tiffany Henyard loses Thornton Township nomination
https://wgntv.com/news/south-suburbs/they-cant-beat-me-tiffany-henyard-loses-thornton-township-nomination-to-napoleon-harris/
— Chicago’s progressive mayor gets fiery in City Club visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGf-ol9kHlU
FOX32
— ‘You can’t do stuff like this’: Tiffany Henyard, her supporters claim they were cheated in caucus
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tiffany-henyard-exclusive-fox-32-interview
https://www.aol.com/t-stuff-tiffany-henyard-her-235252100.html
LANSING JOURNAL
— Many left waiting in cold for Democratic caucus
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/03/many-left-waiting-in-cold-for-democratic-caucus/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Sen. Napoleon Harris blocks Tiffany Henyard to claim Democratic nomination for Thornton Township supervisor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/03/napoleon-harris-blocks-tiffany-henyard-to-claim-democratic-thornton-township/
— Jim Dodge’s challenge to Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau heads to Cook County court
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/02/jim-dodges-challenge-to-orland-park-mayor-keith-pekau-heads-to-cook-county-court/
— Marginalized groups admit fear, uncertainty as Trump secures second term (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, marginalized groups include those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/09/marginalized-groups-admit-fear-uncertainty-as-trump-secures-second-term/
— Paul Vallas: The CTU, a de facto political party, is a bigger threat to public education in Chicago than Trump (COMMENT: Democrat leaders are a threat to everyone.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/04/opinion-public-education-chicago-risk-chicago-teachers-union/
DAILY HERALD
— 4 new McHenry County Board members sworn in as GOP majority grows
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241203/local-politics/4-new-mchenry-county-board-members-sworn-in-as-gop-majority-grows/
WBEZ
— Chicago is closing its biggest tent city but comes up short on promised apartments
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2024/12/04/chicago-is-closing-its-biggest-tent-city-but-comes-up-short-on-promised-apartments
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate (COMMENT: If you were picked for a position, what would your critics/opponents throw against you? If I was picked for a position, my critics/opponents would stress the success that they had having their operatives and their dupes a) throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) end my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) end my TAPROOT Republican of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) end my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, l) end my GAO employment in 1997, l) etc.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-faces-deepening-scrutiny-in-senate/article_e4be4b32-f1c0-57db-a1f6-c41bf6740dd1.html
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/03/black-republicans-feel-left-out-of-trumps-second-term-picks/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— New IRS funding boosted tax enforcement and improved taxpayer services during the Biden administration
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/new-irs-funding-boosted-tax-enforcement-and-19955276.php
FOX NEWS
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis for defense secretary (COMMENT: Early on, hate-filled Trump-hating Republicans backed DeSantis for President. What do they have to say about this?)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-for-defense-secretary-amid-allegations-florida-governor-secretary-of-defense-fox-friends-weekend-conservative-gop-primary
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump picks staunch Israel supporters for key roles (COMMENT: I demonstrated my support for Israel in 1990 when I volunteered to be assigned to GAO’s only work group in Chicago that was headed by a Jewish person. Many of my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic.)
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/03/nx-s1-5195102/trump-picks-staunch-israel-supporters-for-key-roles-worrying-arab-americans
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump team signs an agreement with the DOJ for security clearances (COMMENT: I had a security clearance when I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-12-03/trump-team-signs-an-agreement-with-the-doj-for-security-clearances
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump may replace Hegseth with DeSantis
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-may-replace-hegseth-with-desantis-wsj/
WSIL TV
— Donald Trump Jr. is joining the board of a ‘woke-free’ marketplace. Its stock is surging (COMMENT: Woke employers do not hire, retain, or promote conservatives like me. Woke employers get rid of their conservative employees like me. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/donald-trump-jr-is-set-to-join-the-board-of-a-woke-free-marketplace-its/article_5f2fc644-4567-5595-87e8-90a54957276c.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-416/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-208/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin Sworn In For Four More Years As DuPage County State’s Attorney
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/bob-berlin-sworn-in-for-four-more-years-as-dupage-county-states-attorney
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— WBEZ Reports on “The Last Republican”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/04/wbez-reports-on-the-last-republican/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— When Republican candidates on ballots in your precinct lose elections, who blames who for that? Since 2000, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses suffered my Republican candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township precinct in Wheaton. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I paint the candidates in my newsletters as being far more conservative than they are and that causes them to lose elections and b) that I include links to articles in my newsletters that they do not like. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What adverse actions do your critics/opponents take against you? Mine a) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading my newsletters. They hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get. If you were me, how would you respond to that? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Rhetoric is easy. Facts are hard.
https://wirepoints.org/rhetoric-is-easy-facts-are-hard-wirepoints/
— CPS staffing grew 25% even as enrollment fell during COVID. No wonder it’s running deficits.
https://wirepoints.org/cps-staffing-grew-25-even-as-enrollment-fell-during-covid-no-wonder-its-running-deficits/
— You’re asking ordinary people to pay higher taxes so a local bureaucrat can enjoy a $9 million pension
https://wirepoints.org/youre-asking-ordinary-people-to-pay-higher-taxes-so-a-local-bureaucrat-can-enjoy-a-9-million-pension-wirepoints-on-with-wvons-bridgette-washington/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON PUBLIC PENSIONS TO BE WORTH $3.8M-$5.5M. THANKS, LOOPHOLES!
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-public-pensions-to-be-worth-3-8m-5-5m-thanks-loopholes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mitch McConnell calls on anti-Trump judges to recuse themselves from some cases
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/3/mitch-mcconnell-senate-gop-leader-calls-antitrump-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The FBI needs reform, not retribution (COMMENT: Republicans should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3247517/fbi-needs-reform-not-retribution/
NEW YORK POST
— With 58K criminal migrants in New York, Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul must end sanctuary-city rules
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/opinion/hey-eric-adams-kathy-hochul-dont-let-58k-criminal-migrants-use-new-york-as-a-sanctuary/
— Jaguar’s pink, ‘woke’ electric car slammed by Gen Z: ‘What on Earth is Jaguar thinking?’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/lifestyle/jaguars-pink-woke-electric-car-slammed-by-gen-z-what-on-earth-is-jaguar-thinking/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Jill Biden unveils White House ‘clown show’ Christmas decor and the reviews are savage
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/03/jill-biden-unveils-white-house-clown-show-christmas-decor-and-the-reviews-are-savage-1506885/
BREITBART
— Homan Slams Chicago Democrat for ‘Threatening’ Violence Against ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/03/tom-homan-slams-chicago-democrat-threatening-violence-ice/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Blasts Joe Biden for Illegal Immigration, Vows to Work with Trump to Deport Criminal Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/eric-adams-blasts-joe-biden-illegal-immigration-vows-work-trump-deport-criminal-illegals/
— Chicago Residents Tell Trump to Arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson ff He Tries to Block Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/watch-chicago-residents-tell-trump-to-arrest-mayor-brandon-johnson-ff-he-tries-to-block-deportations/
— Biden’s Mass Migration Legacy: Foreign-Born Population on Track to Exceed 82 Million by 2040
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/03/bidens-mass-migration-legacy-foreign-born-population-on-track-to-exceed-82-million-by-2040/
COLLEGE FIX
— Yale event explores role of ‘merit’ in higher education and hiring (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders put the following ahead of merit: Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/yale-event-explores-role-of-merit-in-higher-education-and-hiring/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— End the Sanctuary-for-Migrants Madness
https://www.creators.com/read/betsy-mccaughey/12/24/end-the-sanctuary-for-migrants-madness
DAILY CALLER
— Biden-Harris Admin Opened Floodgates For Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes On Kids
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/02/biden-harris-admin-taxpayer-funded-sex-changes-kids-cost/
— ‘Cutting Waste Is Not A Partisan Idea’: Trump’s DOGE Secures Support From Dem Lawmakers (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/03/cutting-waste-not-partisan-idea-trump-doge-secures-support-dem-lawmakers/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘Shell Game’: The Feds Said Anti-White Activist’s DEI Unit Was Disbanded. She Was Actually Promoted.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shell-game-the-feds-said-anti-white-activists-dei-unit-was-disbanded-she-was-actually-promoted
FEDERALIST
— Trump’s Woke DEA Pick Arrested Christian Pastor, Released Criminals, Penalized Unvaccinated Employees
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/03/trumps-woke-dea-pick-arrested-christian-pastor-released-criminals-penalized-unvaccinated-employees/
— 9th Circuit: Local Authorities In Washington State Can’t Block Feds From Deporting Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/04/9th-circuit-local-authorities-in-washington-state-cant-block-feds-from-deporting-illegals/
FOX BUSINESS
— DOGE highlights how much illegal immigration costs US taxpayers. DOGE will be co-led by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/doge-highlights-how-much-illegal-immigration-costs-us-taxpayers
— Domino’s manager fired by franchisee for complaining owner hired illegal migrants
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/dominos-manager-fired-franchisee-complaining-owner-hired-illegal-migrants-lawsuit-claims
FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents explode at liberal mayor over city resources going to migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365481394112
— Chicago residents rip mayor over spending on migrants: ‘Worst mayor in America’. Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to close $1 billion budget shortfall, with $60M property tax hike floated.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-rip-mayor-over-spending-migrants-worst-mayor-america
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’ Musk says ‘scale of spending on illegal immigration boggles the mind’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-government-spending-illegal-immigrants-boggles-mind
JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— Newsom’s Publicly-Funded War Chest: “Trump-Proofing” California Could Prove a Costly Option for Californians
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/03/newsoms-publicly-funded-war-chest-trump-proofing-california-could-prove-a-costly-option-for-californians/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Battle to End Wokeness is Just Getting Started
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-battle-to-end-wokeness-is-just-getting-started/
MRC TV
— Nearly HALF Of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent, Yet Union Demands Pay RAISE (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates took far more sick days than I did.)
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/p-gardner-goldsmith/nearly-half-chicago-teachers-are-chronically-absent-yet-union-demands-pay
PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrah
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2024/12/04/sodom-and-gomorrica-vol-x-male-lactation-vs-transphobia-n4934820#google_vignette
POST MILLENNIAL
— US spent $151 BILLION on illegal immigration in 2023 alone
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-spent-151-billion-on-illegal-immigration-in-2023-alone-doge
TOWNHALL
— The Looming Resistance to Donald Trump’s Immigration Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/williamdavis/2024/12/04/the-looming-resistance-to-donald-trumps-immigration-agenda-n2648570
— The Fall of DEI: How President Trump Ushers in a Merit-Based Future (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/bob-rubin/2024/12/04/the-fall-of-dei-how-president-trump-ushers-in-a-merit-based-future-n2648601
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— A Democrats says “Patel picked to weaponize government against Trump enemies.” Democrat and RINO leaders have weaponized government against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5019000-new-york-daniel-goldman-donald-trump-kash-patel-cabinet-picks-weaponize-government/
ABC NEWS
— Shares in ‘anti-woke’ online marketplace jump after Donald Trump Jr. joins board. President-elect Trump’s eldest son was appointed to the board of PublicSquare.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/shares-anti-woke-online-marketplace-jump-after-donald/story?id=116424955
NBC NEWS
— The GOP’s post-election challenge: Turning Trump voters into full-fledged Republicans (COMMENT: I have always been a conservative, that is, a platform Republican, that is, a Republican. My Republican critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They are Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, if not Republican-haters. I should write about my Republican critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.).
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/gop-post-election-challenge-trump-voters-politics-desk-rcna182707
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats still don’t agree on the seriousness of their political problem after election defeat
https://apnews.com/article/democrats-political-problem-2024-election-0674765f082ba6116107e1e7cad4e536
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote mote illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_6fybIx9s
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Constructively, Los Angeles is officially declaring war on America.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-council-to-finalize-and-adopt-sanctuary-city-ordinance/3573823/
NEWSWEEK
— As Hegseth Falters, Ron DeSantis May Get to Take ‘War on Woke’ to Military
https://www.newsweek.com/desantis-may-trumps-backup-plan-gop-senators-balk-pete-hegseth-1995231
— Musk Department Says Illegal Immigration Costs Taxpayer $150.7 billion
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-150-billion-immigration-cost-1994609
— Employers want immigrants because employers want cheap labor. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. According to all my Democrat employers, including GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, I was grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.newsweek.com/mass-deportation-court-ruling-favors-trump-wall-street-1995144
— Illegal Chinese Migrant Shipped Weapons to North Korea From US
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigrant-shipping-weapons-north-korea-chinese-national-1994903
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with illegals against America. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/illinois-rep-john-davis-federal-forces-in-us-cities-are-an-intrusion
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will We Ever Hear the End of Slavery Reparations? (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following should pay reparations: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-we-ever-hear-the-end-of-slavery-reparations-racism-africa-5634f18a
BLOOMBERG
— DOD Must Face Worker’s Retaliation Claims Over EEOC Complaints (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors’ retaliation against me for complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination escalated big time when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/dod-must-face-workers-retaliation-claims-over-eeoc-complaints
FORBES
— Set Your Middle School Student On The Path To College Success (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, at the start of my junior year in 1964, I set a goal for myself to get accepted by UIC. I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. To buy a new car to commute to/from UIC and my parents’ home in Crete, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights after school, Saturdays, and the summer of 1965.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivalegatt/2024/12/03/set-your-middle-school-student-on-the-path-to-college-success/
DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/3/2289941/-Republicans-are-going-to-wind-up-regretting-Trump-s-deportation-scheme
LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/king-trump
BROOKINGS
— Less than half of adults from disadvantaged backgrounds attain decent wages by age 30 (COMMENT: When I was 30 years old in 1978, my IRS salary was $110,020/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS since 1971. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had to work my way through college. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/pathways-to-upward-mobility-diverging-pathways/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To identify adults who experienced socioeconomic disadvantage in adolescence, we assess whether they met any of the following criteria in their teens: Lived in a low-income family, Neither parent had a postsecondary degree, Mother was aged 19 years old or younger when her first child was born, Family received public assistance. Anyone who met at least one of the above criteria is included in the analysis.)
October 28, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race (COMMENT: Democrats promote dependency on government and charity, Republicans promote personal responsibility. Democrats promote LGBTQ, Republicans promote traditional marriage and family. Democrats promote abortion, Republicans promote right to life. Democrats promote mass/illegal immigration, Republicans promote compliance with immigration laws. Democrats promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, Republicans promote conservative principles. Democrats promote diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Republicans promote Second Amendment rights. Democrats promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, Republicans promote equal opportunity.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/27/harris-and-trump-offer-worlds-apart-contrasts-on-top-issues-in-presidential-race-2/
— Democrats “Trump’s Madison Square Garden event begins with crude jokes and denunciations of critics.” To make crude jokes about Harris is to help elect her. But some political consultants advise fighting fire with fire.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/27/trump-veers-away-from-swing-states-for-his-madison-square-garden-moment/
— The more hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that the mainstream news media promotes you.
https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2024/10/27/clarence-page-is-donald-trump-a-fascist-at-heart-close-enough/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Young Chicago cops are being arrested or killed at alarming rates amid department’s staffing crisis. Seventeen cops hired since 2016 have been arrested and washed out of the police department, the Chicago Sun-Times found. Twenty-one more young officers have died, including seven killed in the line of duty and two others who were fatally shot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2024/10/25/chicago-crime-police-department-arrest-officer-cop-death-killing-homicide-shooting
ABC7
— At least 19 shot, 3 killed, in citywide weekend violence
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/15474734/
— Pritzker, first lady dress up as Shrek, Fiona for Halloween (COMMENT: Saturday, Iron Gate Motor Condos Association ( https://www.igmca.com/home/ ) in Naperville held an outstanding Halloween event for children.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-lady-dress-shrek-halloween-illinois-governors-mansion-springfield/15476116/
NBC5
— Democrats say “Trump’s Madison Square Garden event turns into a rally with crude and racist insults.” To insult Harris is to help elect her. But some political consultants advise fighting fire with fire.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/decision-2024/donald-trump-madison-square-garden-rally/3585265/?os=vbkn42tqhopmkbextc&ref=app
DAILY HERALD
— GOP hopeful Evans gets cash boost from U.S. House Speaker Johnson — but total lags behind Foster’s
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241027/us-congress-politics/gop-hopeful-evans-gets-cash-boost-from-u-s-house-speaker-johnson-but-total-lags-behind-fosters/
WCIA
— To get more votes from women, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-harris-will-rally-with-michelle-obama-in-michigan-as-early-in-person-voting-is-available-statewide/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-us-voters-concerned-about-post-election-violence-and-efforts-to-overturn-the-results-ap-norc-poll/
UNIVERSUITY OF ILLINOIS
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/786192273
CWB CHICAGO
— Donut-spinning ‘takeovers’ jam Lake Shore Drive, intersections citywide
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/10/donut-spinning-takeovers-jam-lake-shore-drive-intersections-citywide.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-395/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— ‘Abject failure:’ Suburban prosecutor says SAFE-T Act fueling crime, letting people skip court
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/665492025-abject-failure-suburban-prosecutor-says-safe-t-act-fueling-crime-letting-people-skip-court
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrats want unpaid student loans to be viewed as being financial hardship scholarships. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did your grade school and high school teachers promote personal responsibility? Mine did. Because of that, even though I was not viewed as being college material, I took college preparatory courses, I took the ACT, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC. I went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and job-related professional license in 1981. What if instead of promoting personal responsibility my teachers had encouraged me to blame my problems on those who had lots of money and/or to blame those who did not share my demographics? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vance says Putin is an adversary, and America needs to be smart
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/27/jd-vance-says-vladimir-putin-adversary-america-nee/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Barred From Endorsing Kamala Harris, Journalists Freak Out and Quit Their Jobs. Chaos at the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post.
https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/media/barred-from-endorsing-kamala-harris-journalists-freak-out-and-quit-their-jobs/
— Harris Gives Up on Men, Courts Angsty Resistance Women Who Scream at Children. Michelle Obama scolds men for supporting Trump: ‘women will become collateral damage to your rage’
https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/biden-harris-administration/harris-gives-up-on-men-courts-angsty-resistance-women-who-scream-at-children/
NEW YORK POST
— As Vice President Kamala Harris slips in the polls, the Democratic National Committee/Harris campaign/mainstream media fusion talking points become even more absurd.
https://nypost.com/2024/10/27/opinion/harris-desperate-talking-point-flops-are-convincing-no-one/
— Harris made intel chiefs hunt for anti-woke language in intelligence briefings
https://nypost.com/2024/10/27/us-news/harris-spent-her-time-in-office-injecting-equity-into-every-aspect-of-government-she-could-nyt-report/
— The White House has come out against a provision in the annual defense spending bill that would require the military to base promotion decisions on who is the best candidate for the job, regardless of their race.
https://nypost.com/2023/07/11/biden-admin-objects-to-merit-based-military-promotions-no-race-quotas/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Packs Madison Square Garden
https://amgreatness.com/2024/10/28/morning-greatness-trump-packs-madison-square-garden/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Modern-day traitors betraying the American republic
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/modern_day_traitors_betraying_the_american_republic.html
— Who Is The ‘Real’ Kamala Harris? Who Is The ‘Real’ Tim Walz?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/10/who_is_the_real_kamala_harris_who_is_the_real_tim_walz.html
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden And Harris Fly Migrants In From the Bougiest Places On Earth Under Guise Of ‘Humanitarianism’
https://cis.org/Oped/Biden-And-Harris-Fly-Migrants-Bougiest-Places-Earth-Under-Guise-Humanitarianism
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Court: Aliens on the Mexican Side of the Border Must Be Let in If They Say They Want Asylum. 9th Circuit declares lawfare against our border, writes insurance policy against a Trump presidency.
https://cis.org/Fishman/Court-Aliens-Mexican-Side-Border-Must-Be-Let-If-They-Say-They-Want-Asylum
CENTER SQUARE
— More than 3 million border crossers from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela. Total more than individual populations of 20 states.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0517d1f8-947f-11ef-988c-234250ad3908.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Kicks Off Final Full Week of Campaign in Madison Square Garden
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/27/trump-kicks-off-final-full-week-of-campaign-in-madison-square-garden/
EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Highlights From Trump’s Madison Square Garden Speech
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/5-highlights-from-trumps-madison-square-garden-speech-5748894
— Americans Are More Dependent Than Ever on Government Handouts (COMMENT: Of course, my critics/opponents paint as being government handouts my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my and my wife’s federal health insurance premium subsidies. But I would not have become a federal employee in 1971 when I was 22 years old if Oldsmobile had not withdrew a job offer that I had accepted because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/americans-are-more-dependent-than-ever-on-government-handouts-new-report-states-5748148
FOX NEWS
— Walz education appointee called for the US government to be overthrown. He has clearly explained publicly and on video that he supports the deconstruction and overthrow of the United States,’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/walz-education-appointee-who-called-us-government-overthrown-under-gop-fire-insurrectionist
HOT AIR
— Toxic Femininity and Wokeism Are Driving Voters From Harris
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/10/27/toxic-femininity-and-wokeism-are-driving-voters-from-harris-n3796338
NEWSMAX
— Trump at MSG: Harris Is ‘Vessel’ for ‘Radical Left Machine’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/trump-madison-square-garden-harris/2024/10/27/id/1185620/
PJ MEDIA
— Dems Target Gen Z with Deceptive Last-Minute Billboard Attack on Trump. Will It Work?
https://pjmedia.com/gwendolynsims/2024/10/27/here-we-go-again-desperate-dems-launch-deceptive-last-minute-billboard-attack-on-trump-n4933687
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— In pictures: Trump headlines rally at Madison Square Garden
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/pictures-trump-headlines-rally-madison-square-garden-2024-10-28/
CNN
— Ever-increasingly, according to the mainstream news media, everything that Harris says is true and everything that Trump says is false.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/27/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-podcast/index.html
NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Musk’s X is boosting election conspiracy theories with AI-powered trending topics. The misinformation boosted by X’s AI model Grok has included conspiracy theories about voter fraud and unsubstantiated smears about Vice President Kamala Harris.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/elon-musk-x-boosts-election-conspiracy-theories-ai-trends-twitter-rcna176941
CBS NEWS
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from women, Democrats promote more hatred against men.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/liz-cheney-vote-your-conscience-secret-vote-face-the-nation/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have won, that is, that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it futile to try to deport any of them. The more illegals that there are in America, the sooner that America will be destroyed.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mass-deportation-plan-cost-consequences-60-minutes-transcript/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blueprint-of-trump-deportation-plan-a-questionable-approach-by-eisenhower-60-minutes/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Four Lessons From Nine Years of Being ‘Never Trump’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents despise/hate Trump. I should write about them and the big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/opinion/never-trump-maga-evangelicals.html
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/business/dealbook/dei-backlash-advisers.html
— Quiz: If America Had Six Parties, Which Would You Belong To? (COMMENT: RINO party leaders reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. RINOs drive out of the Republican Party those like me who support those planks. I should write a book about the biggest RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/08/opinion/republicans-democrats-parties.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/opinion/gender-trans-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/us/trump-msg-rally.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/28/us/politics/inside-the-movement-behind-trumps-election-lies.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Elon Musk claims student visa permitted him to work in U.S. After a Washington Post report and remarks from President Joe Biden, Musk denied working in the U.S. illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/27/elon-musk-immigration/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/27/trump-msg-rally-puerto-ricans/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-27/2024-election-trump-rally-madison-square-garden
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/23/harris-trump-poll-results-violence-trust/75682682007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/28/election-workers-2024-hostility/75586254007/
— The more hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that the mainstream news media promotes you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/25/harris-republican-endorsement-trump-gop-lawmakers/75825107007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/10/28/trump-healthcare-public-health-crisis-covid-denial/75803322007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/28/republican-write-in-candidate-conservative-vote-trump/75781358007/
— Where’d the joy go? Harris ditches happy vibes for fearmongering about Trump. She is having to ditch the joy and turn to stoking fear of Donald Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/27/harris-trump-polls-voters-fear-fascist/75821182007/
— Trump’s plan for Election Day? Campaign readies for a party in Florida.
https://www.aol.com/donald-trumps-plan-election-day-162524704.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How a Splintered Left Is Preparing for a Possible Trump Victory. After the former president’s 2016 victory, they marched. Now, Democrats wrestle with how to mount an uprising—and whether to even do so.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/left-wrestles-with-a-possible-trump-win-40857a95
— Democrats Ready Thousands of Lawyers for Final Days of Race. Harris campaign’s legal teams meld law-firm partners with local specialists steeped in their states’ terrains.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/kamala-harris-campaign-election-lawsuits-a6a26850
— Press Bias Bolsters Trump, Again. Unhinged attacks on the candidate and his voters helped him win in 2016. They may do so again.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/press-bias-bolsters-trump-again-unhinged-attacks-helped-him-2016-they-might-again-ecfb3f37
— America’s Immigration Conundrum. The U.S. economy needs to import humans. We don’t make them anymore. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-immigration-conundrum-the-us-needs-more-people-job-market-border-crisis-577929e2?mod=opinion_lead_pos11
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/10/27/how-to-balance-dei-backlash-with-employee-support-for-dei/
POLITIFACT
— Ever-increasingly, according to the mainstream news media, everything that Harris says is true and everything that Trump says is false.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/oct/27/live-trump-fact-check-madison-square-garden/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/10/28/trump-healthcare-public-health-crisis-covid-denial/75803322007/
HUFFINGTON POST & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE & NFFE & WASHINGTON POST
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/merit-vs-seniority-picking-the-right-employees-to-promote_b_10254756
https://www.fm-magazine.com/issues/2020/oct/skills-based-promotions.html
https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/09/we-must-address-crisis-merit-system/168814/
https://www.govexec.com/management/2023/02/federal-workplace-changing-rapidly-merit-principles-must-remain-untouched/383339/
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/12/favoritism-still-prevalent-federal-offices-some-employees-say/75788/
https://nffe.org/press-release/nffe-testifies-in-senate-to-promote-merit-systems-principles-and-warn-against-dark-money-political-appointees/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/02/17/survey-tries-to-show-the-score-in-the-game-of-federal-promotions/868c8fc8-3c92-4b29-9a84-bbc9a2212d15/
GUARDIAN
— Republican campaign says Tony Hinchcliffe’s Puerto Rico joke ‘does not reflect Trump’s views.’ Hinchcliffe defends his racist Puerto Rico joke at Trump rally as backlash grows. He says ‘I make fun of everyone’ after referring to Puerto Rico as ‘a floating island of garbage’ at Trump’s New York rally.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/oct/28/us-election-live-donald-trump-tony-hinchcliffe-puerto-rico-kamala-harris-obama-springsteen
October 25, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— What stops people from using false identifications to register to vote?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-secretary-state-alexi-giannoulias-clarifying-misinformation-voter-registration-dmv-election-safeguards/15465986/
NBC5
— Biden ever-increasingly buys votes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/bidens-latest-student-debt-plan-would-create-forgiveness-path-for-borrowers-facing-financial-ruin/3583965/
WGN9
— 300K people left Illinois last year: These were their top destinations (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that the Democrats and RINOs who run Illinois do to drive you out of Illinois: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/census-300k-people-left-illinois-last-year-top-destinations/
WGN RADIO
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters including outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) ever-increasing promote more hatred against Trump. Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against Trump in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/mcconnell-maga-movement-is-completely-wrong/
WBEZ
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Myles Nelson, the 26-year-old campaign manager for downstate Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, says the GOP is “chipping away” at the Democratic edge among younger voters, especially outside urban areas. “I see more young people wearing red MAGA hats and supporting Donald Trump than I see supporting Kamala Harris,” Nelson said. “Whether people like it or not, we have to shift focus to Gen Z and millennial voters. We reach out to them like we do to all voters and show them the common-sense solutions Republicans bring.” Carris advised against “putting Gen Z in one box… This is the generation with the most access to information and media. We can learn things much faster than generations before us.”
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/elections/2024/10/24/gen-z-voters-chicago-kamala-harris-donald-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Big money floods Illinois campaigns with few rules and little enforcement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/01/illinois-corruption-campaign-finance/
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly acts as an arm of the Democrat Party,
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/25/opinion-media-bias-fairness-doctrine/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been getting the following to hate Trump: a) leaders of your Republican township/ward and county party organizations, b) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, c) Republican candidates on your ballot, d) Republican elected officials in you congressional district, county, township, and municipality, e) conservative leaders and activists in your area, and f) religious leaders and activists in your area?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/10/24/republicans-spurn-donald-trump-support-kamala-harris-coalitions-liz-dick-cheney-marc-morial
DAILY HERALD
— Condominium associations should ban pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241024/real-estate/can-a-board-curtail-cannabis-consumption-in-a-condo/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— George Ryan supporters have taken many big adverse actions against me.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/25-years-ago-george-ryan-becomes-first-illinois-governor-to-visit-cuba-since-1959/article_9623fdc4-9179-11ef-8337-c73b33ecb2c0.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly a) glorifies and praises Harris and b) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-10-24/harris-campaign-is-including-dire-warnings-about-a-trump-presidency
FOX ILLINOIS
— Polls tighten, shift towards Trump as Election Day nears
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/polls-tighten-shift-towards-trump-as-election-day-nears-kamala-harris-2024-swing-states-democrats-republicans-early-voting-mail-in-economy-immigration-politics
NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blast Charlie Kirk.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-10-24/beyond-campuses-and-churches-can-charlie-kirk-turn-out-votes-for-trump
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-394/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-187/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-393/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How much success have Democrats and RINOs had promoting hatred against Trump in your precinct? I should write about their success in my new DuPage County Milton Township Wheaton Precinct 59 this year and in my old Precinct 9 2015-2024. I would focus on their success in getting registered Republican voters to hate Trump. I would focus on the many conversations that I had while I hand-delivered a) a copy of the November 5, 2024 sample ballot and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican and/or Independent registered voter and b) a note from the Milton Township Republican Organization to 24 homes in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican voter who had not yet returned their mail-in ballot. I would focus on those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they were not going to vote for Trump, that they were going to vote for Harris, and/or that they were going to vote for all the Democrats on the ballot to punish Trump. I would focus on those who referred to me as “you Republicans.” In my precinct, Trump got 91 votes in the primary and Haley only got 33 votes. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you think of those who serve as operatives and dupes and do the dirty work for those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout? I should write a book about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. I would focus on those who a) removed me from the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee this year, b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ended my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, d) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, e) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, f) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) ended my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, i) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, j) ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and k) ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to dominate MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and IRP. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Ballot referendums seen as retaliation against Illinois county auditors (COMMENT: While I was the membership director for the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1986-1996, I focused on recruiting country auditors.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ef7ba70c-914f-11ef-8a95-77eed3b58e9e.html
KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— IRS reports net loss of 1.6 million residents in Illinois since 2000 (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that the Democrats and RINOs who run Illinois do to drive you out of Illinois: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/665416588-irs-reports-net-loss-of-1-6-million-residents-in-illinois-since-2000
DOUG IBENDAHL
— President Trump and our Battle of Agincourt for America
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2024/10/25/president-trump-and-our-battle-of-agincourt-for-america/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Early Voting Demographics
https://www.l2-data.com/earlyreturn/
— The SAFE-T Act by the Numbers in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/22/the-safe-t-act-by-the-numbers/
— Dem County Board Chairman Candidate Wegener, Despite Touting Her Financial Prowess, Files Campaign Finance Disclosure over a Month Late
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/24/wegener-despite-touting-her-financial-prowess-files-campaign-finance-disclosure-over-a-month-late/
— Vote “No” to Stop McHenry County Conservation District from Gutting Tax Cap
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/24/vote-no-to-stop-mchenry-county-conservation-district-from-gutting-tax-cap/
— Stop the Conservation District’s Attempt to Gut the Tax Cap
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/24/stop-the-conservation-districts-attempt-to-gut-the-tax-cap/
— It’s Not a Grotion Bribe, It’s a Gratuity
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/23/its-not-a-bribe-its-a-gratuity/
— DuPage County Board Dems Seek $100,000 Apiece in Pork
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/23/dupage-county-board-dems-seek-100000-apiece-in-pork/
— Kamala Harris Plagiarizes Winnebago County State’s Attorney Paul Logli in Congressional Testimony
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/23/kamala-harris-plagerizes-winnebago-county-states-attorney-paul-logli-in-congressional-testimoney/
— It’s Not a Grotion Bribe, It’s a Gratuity
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/23/its-not-a-bribe-its-a-gratuity/
— Pritzker Administration Awards Back Pay for 4 1/3 Years to AJ Freund’s DCFS Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/22/pritzker-administration-awards-back-pay-for-4-1-3-years-to-aj-freunds-dcfs-supervisor/
— Dem County Board Chairman Candidate Wegener Favors Giving Minors Birth Control Drugs/Devices without Parental Knowledge
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/22/wegener-giving-minor-birth-control-drugs-devices-without-parental-knowledge/
— GOP Requests “No” Vote on Conservation District Referendum to Gut the Tax Cap and Preserve a MCCD Tax Rate Cut of 60%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/22/gop-requests-no-vote-on-conservation-district-referendum-to-gut-the-tax-cap-and-prevent-a-mccd-tax-rate-cut-of-60-2/
— Jack Franks Zeros Out Campaign Fund to Pay Criminal Defense Attorney
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/21/jack-franks-zeros-out-campaign-fund-to-pay-criminal-defense-attorney/
— Northwest and Daily Herald Newspapers Skip McHenry County Endorsements
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/20/northwest-and-daily-herald-newspapers-skip-mchenry-county-endorsements/
— Targeted Theft and Vandalism of Kane County Republican Campaign Signs
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/10/19/targeted-theft-and-vandalism-of-kane-county-republican-campaign-signs/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Noncitizens caught voting in U.S. elections — here’s how they did it (COMMENT: What stops people from using false identifications to register to vote?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/3/noncitizens-do-vote-in-us-elections-heres-how-they/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago ‘welcomes’ illegal immigrants to winter weather
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/3197648/chicago-welcomes-illegal-immigrants-winter-weather/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump campaign slams Hillary Clinton for claiming the ex-prez will be ‘reenacting’ 1939 Nazi rally at MSG: ‘Disgusting’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly call Trump a Nazi. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly stress that Trump is Protestant and German American.)
https://nypost.com/2024/10/25/us-news/trump-campaign-slams-hillary-clinton-madison-square-garden-event-will-reenact-1939-nazi-rally/
— Trump woos young voters in Arizona as early ballot returns favor Republicans
https://nypost.com/2024/10/25/us-news/trump-woos-young-voters-in-arizona-as-early-ballot-returns-favor-republicans/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The World Watches as Donald Trump’s Enemies Resort to Murder as a Campaign Strategy. Progressive Democrats always had it in them. Now they’re letting their murder flag fly proudly.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/10/25/the-world-watches-as-donald-trumps-enemies-resort-to-murder-as-a-campaign-strategy/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Caravan waiting
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/caravana_esperando_caravan_waiting.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal aliens and non-citizens could deliver Harris a win in key swing states
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/10/24/insider-illegal-aliens-and-non-citizens-could-deliver-harris-a-win-in-key-swing-states-report-1497459/
BREITBART
— Americans spend $110,000 per illegal migrant per year
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/24/exclusive-bernie-moreno-we-spend-110000-illegal-migrant-year-more-than-twice-what-average-american-makes/
— Harris Sponsored Bill to Dismantle DHS Detention, Seeking Release of 20K Illegals into U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/24/kamala-harris-sponsored-bill-to-dismantle-dhs-detention-seeking-release-of-20k-illegals-into-u-s/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Nearly 1 Million Illegal Aliens Get ‘Quiet Amnesty’ Under Biden-Harris Admin
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/24/biden-administrations-immigration-court-cases-rise/
— Biden-Harris Admin Tried to Dump Illegal Aliens in Tennessee (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO leaders dump their illegals in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/24/tennessee-ag-says-biden-harris-tried-flood-state-with-illegals
— My Job Was Getting Countries to Take Back Their Criminal Illegal Aliens. Under Biden-Harris, I’d Be Unemployed (COMMENT: My job at GAO was fighting government fraud, waste, and abuse. My Democrat superiors got rid of me.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/24/deportation-where-theres-will-theres-way-borderline/
DAILY WIRE
— Biden, Kamala Granting ‘Quiet Amnesty’ To Huge Number Of Illegals. Nearly 1 million illegals have been given effective amnesty.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-kamala-granting-quiet-amnesty-to-huge-number-of-illegals-report
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Trump opens the door to reparations fund for victims of illegal immigration
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/trump-opens-the-door-to-reparations-fund-for-victims-of-illegal-immigration-in-new-interview
NATIONAL REVIEW
— ‘Deportation’ Is Not a Dirty Word
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/12/deportation-is-not-a-dirty-word/?amp
NEWSMAX
— 1M Illegals Benefited From Biden-Harris ‘Quiet Amnesty’
https://www.newsmax.com/us/migrants-amnesty-house/2024/10/24/id/1185311/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Democrats say that JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has dumped Trump.
https://www.aol.com/trump-falsely-claims-endorsed-jpmorgan-200803558.html
NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.aol.com/trump-calls-democrats-more-dangerous-170058582.html
— Those who promote LGBTQ have taken many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/gay-republicans-rally-for-trump-no-victims-no-rainbow-flags-rcna176940
CBS NEWS
— According to the mainstream news media, everything that Republicans say is false and everything that Democrats and RINOs say is true.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/false-claims-machines-switching-votes-what-to-know/
CNN
— Ever-increasingly, countries that hate America illegally send their citizens to America illegally.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/24/politics/trump-us-garbage-can-immigration/index.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use the hate-filled Trump-hating Hillary Clinton to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/politics/hillary-clinton-trump-harris-election/index.html
REUTERS
— Musk sends more money to back Trump, giving $44 million to super PAC
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-sends-more-money-back-trump-giving-44-mln-super-pac-2024-10-25/
— Biden apologizes for abusive Native American boarding schools and their legacy (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous preference that my Democrat GAO superiors gave to my Native American coworker.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-apologizes-abusive-native-american-boarding-schools-their-legacy-2024-10-24/
MSN
— Hillary Clinton compares Trump’s MSG rally to 1939 Nazi event (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly call Trump a Nazi. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly stress that Trump is Protestant and German American.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/open-your-eyes-to-the-danger-hillary-clinton-compares-trump-s-msg-rally-to-1939-nazi-event/ar-AA1sT8X1
WASHINGTON POST
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly a) runs America, b) glorifies and praises Harris, and c) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/24/harris-trump-cnn-town-hall/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly a) run America and b) glorify and praise illegals. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/24/trump-arizona-immigrants-garbage-can-trash-rally/
— Trump dismisses Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize (COMMENT: Which of your accomplishments do your critics/opponents dismiss the most? My critics/opponents dismiss the most my a) becoming a licensed CPA, b) earning six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), c) earning three master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), d) working for GAO for almost 18 years (the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year), and e) working for IRS for almost 9 years (the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year).)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-dismisses-obamas-nobel-peace-prize/2024/10/25/0e51ce9e-7571-4c8e-86a8-e8c48e0c915d_video.html
— A veteran gave his Purple Heart medal to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who avoided the Vietnam War due to a medical exemption for bone spurs. (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have stressed that I was 1-A and have used against me the most my avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/24/trump-vietnam-purple-heart-military/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America. At the request of hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat and RINO leaders, America’s enemies ever-increasingly flood America with their citizens.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/10/24/trump-military-president-election/
— American views of China hit record low, poll finds, as animosity grows. A majority of Americans — 55 percent — say the United States should actively work to limit the growth of China’s power, according to a Chicago Council poll.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/24/china-trade-war-american-views/
NEW YORK SUN
— Harris Resorts to Hitler Hysteria, Even as Democratic Senators in Swing States Vow To Work With Trump. Comparing the 45th president to the German dictator marginalizes the vice president and makes her look desperate and dishonest. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly call Trump a Nazi. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly stress that Trump is Protestant and German American.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/harris-resorts-to-hitler-hysteria-even-as-democratic-senators-in-swing-states-vow-to-work-with-trump
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make election workers hate Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/18/2024-election-disruption-integrity-activists/75211425007/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/23/harris-trump-poll-results-violence-trust/75682682007/
— Offshore betting markets think Trump has a significantly higher probability of winning the election than Harris
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/10/23/2024-election-odds-betting-polls/75783283007/
— Harris woos women but has lost men. It may cost her the election. (COMMENT: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly shout at women that men cause all the problems that women have, and especially men who are conservative, Republican, White, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/23/harris-trump-men-women-voters-election/75776154007/
— How do you deal with your critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who have their operatives and dupes take big adverse actions against you? Should I start writing about my critics/opponents?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/24/donald-trump-presidential-revenge-enemies-enforcers/75716067007/
— Is Generation X in denial about its own impending retirement? (COMMENT: I began earning full-time credit toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 years old in 1966 working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/10/19/generation-x-retirement-denial/75731069007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Playing the Führer Card
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-adolf-hitler-democrats-bob-casey-tammy-baldwin-ea1ea873
— Kamala’s Basket of Deplorables
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kamalas-basket-of-deplorables-campaign-strategy-voters-2024-presidential-election-6752d2df
— DEI Is Crushing Military Recruitment. Veterans worried about the quality of leadership are counseling young family members not to join up.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dei-is-crushing-military-recruitment-family-recommendations-diversity-equity-inclusion-7be6240c
FORBES
— Musk’s Pro-Trump PAC Continues $1 Million Voter Giveaways Despite Reported DOJ Warning
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/10/25/musks-pro-trump-pac-continues-1-million-voter-giveaways-despite-reported-doj-warning/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paologaudiano/2024/10/24/why-the-debate-between-merit-and-diversity-is-counterproductive/
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/10/24/the-power-of-diversity-in-innovation-teams/
BARRON’S
— My critics/opponents have always blasted my intelligence. In my defense, I stress that I became a licensed CPA, I earned six professional certifications, and I earned three master’s degrees.
https://www.barrons.com/news/trump-calls-harris-a-low-iq-person-at-atlanta-campaign-event-da6419bd
PROPERTY UPDATE
— Advantages and Disadvantages of Growing up Rich (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents had/have rich parents. I should write about them)
https://propertyupdate.com.au/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-growing-up-rich/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Better Education – Those raised in wealthy households generally live in wealthier neighborhoods. These neighborhoods typically have better school systems with better teachers and more educational resources. More Resources – The rich obviously have more resources. They can afford to hire tutors for their children. They can afford to fund ancillary costs associated with the clubs or organizations their children are able to participate in. They can afford to enroll their children in SAT preparation courses. They can afford to fund college education for their children. More Time – Many of the children raised in poor households are, at some point, called upon to help pull the cart – they must find work to help support the family. This limits how much time they have to do anything else. Those raised in wealthier households do not have this need. Thus, wealthy kids have more time to study, more time to participate in school clubs and more time to spend building long-lasting relationships with their wealthy friends. These long-lasting relationships pay dividends down the road. Finding a job is easier – just reach out to one of your childhood friends, and ask them to open a door for you. Formal Education – Wealthy kids often attend expensive private schools. These schools are more focused on preparing their students for college. As a result, almost 100% of graduates from private high schools attend college. Conversely, only about 16 per cent of low-income students graduate college. Success Peer Pressure – Children raised in wealthy households are expected to go to college and sometimes graduate school. In the minds of their wealthy parents, this tees their kids up to find better, higher-paying jobs, upon graduation. In these wealthy enclaves, this becomes a shared expectation wherein everyone within these rich neighborhoods is on a similar path – the pursuit of a college and/or a graduate school education. This “Herd Doctrine” has a very powerful gravitational pull that directs the behavior of those inside the “rich neighborhood herd”.)
REASON
— Illinois Scholarship Program Explicitly Excludes White Applicants
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/illinois-scholarship-program-explicitly-excludes-white-applicants/ar-AA1sRaQW
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly call Trump a Nazi. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly stress that Trump is Protestant and German American.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-trump-msg-nazi_n_671b1e79e4b00589e7dc8191
DAILY KOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout that America needs illegals because illegals take the bad jobs that Americans refuse to take. According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and b) I was grossly overpaid. My critics/opponents had wealthy parents who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and/or who got them jobs. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/10/24/2279228/-Robert-Reich-reminds-us-of-the-importance-of-undocumented-immigrants
HR MAGAZINE
— Anti-conservatives and conservative-haters use DEI to get rid of conservatives.
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/comment/what-s-driving-dei-pushback-and-how-can-we-get-it-right
October 13, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Harris’ doctor reports VP in ‘excellent health.’ Her campaign wants to draw contrast with Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/harris-doctor-reports-vice-president-excellent-health-campaign-wants-draw-contrast-trump/15420645/
NBC5
— Illegals are taking jobs held by minorities. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are today, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents have always accused me of taking jobs and getting promotions that should have been given to minorities. They were especially furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate in 1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-black-jobs-hispanic-jobs-data/3572014/
WGN9
— Democrats run America. According to them, everything that they say is true and everything that Republicans say is false.
https://wgntv.com/news/national/how-schools-are-tackling-misinformation-as-false-claims-about-hurricanes-election-run-wild/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/12/letters-101224-climate-change/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/13/column-donald-trump-conspiracy-theories-hurricane-helene-milton-page/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/13/amid-false-claims-illinois-elections-officials-push-integrity-transparency-and-maybe-body-armor/
— Bossing the ballot. Illinois’ arcane election rules turn politics into a blood sport where only the most powerful and savvy survive.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/13/illinois-ballot-challenges/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— According to hate-filled Trump and Vance haters, everything that they say is a lie.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/10/11/trump-vances-lies-dividing-americans-walz-fibs-media-presidents-race-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Reboletti for Illinois House District 45
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241013/endorsements/endorsement-reboletti-for-illinois-house-district-45/
— Voters consider Democrat ballot questions on reproductive health, tax reform, election interference
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241012/news/voters-consider-ballot-questions-on-reproductive-health-tax-reform-election-interference/
— Healthcare is the big issue neither candidate talks much about (COMMENT: Since I was 18 years old in 1966 and became a federal employee, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government a) paid 72% of my healthcare insurance while I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and b) continues to pay 72% of my healthcare insurance while I have been a federal retiree for 27 years. Further, since my wife and I got married in 1978, my critics/opponents have been even more furious that the federal government has paid 72% of her healthcare insurance.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241012/syndicated-columnists/the-big-issue-neither-candidate-talks-much-about-health-care/
— Metra budget forecast shows $221 million fiscal cliff coming in 2026
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241011/transportation/metra-budget-forecast-shows-221-million-fiscal-cliff-coming-in-2026/
SOUTHERN
— My critics/opponents promote age discrimination. I fight age discrimination.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/10/12/harris-releases-her-medical-report-to-give-trumps-health-and-advanced-age-new-scrutiny/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Because Democrats use government to give Black men tremendous preference, Democrats expect/demand Black men to vote for Democrat candidates.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/obama-s-callout-to-black-men-touches-a-nerve-among-democrats-is-election-year-misogyny/article_81d6434a-3860-5bea-ad50-40c76048066b.html
SUBURBAN LIFE
— The League of Women Voters of Glen Ellyn and Wheaton will hold a community meeting on Mis/Disinformation Awareness from 7 to 8 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Glen Ellyn Civic Center’s Clayton Room, 535 Duane St., Glen Ellyn. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all information is mis/disinformation except for the information that they put out or bless.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2024/10/13/league-of-women-voters-to-hold-meeting-on-misdisinformation-awareness/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Unlike Democrats, Trump opposes illegal immigration.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-10-11/trump-rallies-in-aurora-a-city-he-has-demonized-as-overrun-by-migrant-crime
— Because Democrat elected officials use government to give illegals free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, and free everything else, anticipate/expect that illegals use their false identifications to vote for Democrat candidates.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-10-12/6-facts-about-false-noncitizen-voting-claims-and-the-election
— Democrats ever-increasingly oppose efforts to reduce/stop voter fraud. Enough said.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-10-13/the-stark-divide-between-harris-and-trump-on-voting-rights
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-hears-at-a-latino-campaign-event-from-someone-who-lived-in-the-us-illegally/
WGLT
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promise to use government to give Blacks more preference.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-10-12/what-the-harris-campaign-is-doing-to-try-to-win-over-more-black-men
CITIES 92.9
— My critics/opponents promote age discrimination. I fight age discrimination.
https://www.cities929.com/2024/10/11/discussions-underway-to-help-shape-policymaking-for-illinois-senior-citizens/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The real reason why those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican blame Trump for their problems and are going to vote for Harris/Walz is that they reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that they use DEI to get rid of you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about RINO leaders of the following who ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of those who are the aforesaid: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What distinguishes Democrat elected officials and party leaders from Republican elected officials and party leaders? Democrat elected officials and party leaders aggressively defend/advance the Democrat Party platform. Republican elected officials and party leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance the Republican Party platform. Republican elected officials and party leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What harmed your relationships with your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates? My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran cut deals under the table with my Democrat GAO superiors to survive Affirmative Action, DEI, and Republican-led budget cuts. They agreed to not only waste my career, but to take many big adverse actions against me. They forced me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. They assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees. They delayed my promotions, did not promote me to GS-13 until 1986, and never promoted me to GS-14. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 years 1986-1988. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Is 2024 the Year of the Deep State? (COMMENT: Virtually all government employees are Democrats. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans IRS hired. In 1966, I was one of the last Republicans the Post Office hired.)
https://johnkassnews.com/2024-is-1984-for-media-and-kamala-harris/
WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— 2023: Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U administrators rank fourth lowest in state for average salary
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/664418625-2023-crete-monee-community-unit-school-district-201-u-administrators-rank-fourth-lowest-in-state-for-average-salary
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Millions of church-going Christians expected to skip voting in November (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious. To not vote for Republican candidates is to promote the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/11/millions-of-church-going-christians-expected-to-sk/
— Helene and Milton bring out climate change charlatans
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/11/editorial-helene-and-milton-bring-out-climate-chan/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are hinting they’ll object to a Trump victory
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3186073/democrats-hinting-object-trump-victory/
— Obama shames black men over Harris’s polling panic
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3186329/obama-shames-black-men-over-harris-polling-panic/
— Questioning election results is the new normal
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3184810/questioning-election-results-is-the-new-normal/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump keeps winning over Hispanic voters — and it could be decisive for November
https://nypost.com/2024/10/13/us-news/trump-keeps-winning-over-hispanic-voters-and-it-could-be-decisive-for-november/
— Why quotas are bad for the Secret Service (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was because those Democrats used Affirmative Action, DEI, and Republican-led budget cuts to destroy GAO.)
https://nypost.com/2024/10/12/opinion/quotas-are-bad-for-the-secret-service/
— Trump’s secret fanbase: NY Democrats crave his win to take heat off their failures (COMMENT: What do you say to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who blame Trump for their failures?)
https://nypost.com/2024/10/13/opinion/trumps-secret-fanbase-ny-dems-distracting-from-failure/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why are Democrats so determined to keep non-citizens on the voter rolls? (COMMENT: Because Democrat elected officials use government to give illegals free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, and free everything else, anticipate/expect that illegals use their false identifications to vote for Democrat candidates.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/why_are_democrats_so_determined_to_keep_non_citizens_on_the_voter_rolls.html
— DOJ sues Virginia to force the state to maintain non-citizens on the voting rolls
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/the_doj_sues_virginia_to_force_the_state_to_maintain_non_citizens_on_the_voting_rolls.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump pledges crackdown on illegal alien gangs at Aurora, CO rally
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/10/12/trump-pledges-crackdown-on-illegal-alien-gangs-at-aurora-co-rally-1494271/
— DOJ sues battleground state over removal of non-citizens from voter rolls
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/10/12/in-mind-boggling-move-doj-sues-battleground-state-over-removal-of-non-citizens-from-voter-rolls-1494278/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Rice University recently held a half-day anti-Semitism training for faculty and staff members, prompting the school’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) to publish an Instagram post criticizing the training. (COMMENT: I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were the most antisemitic.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/rice-sjp-condemns-anti-semitism-training-propaganda/26516
— UC Santa Cruz is giving out thousands in DEI grants
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uc-santa-cruz-giving-thousands-dei-grants/26517
CHRISTIAN POST
— Obama blasts Trump Bible (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use religion to destroy America.)
https://www.christianpost.com/news/obama-blasts-trump-bible-got-his-name-next-to-matthew-luke.html
EPOCH TIMES
— Harris’s Medical Report Released
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/harris-in-excellent-health-has-allergies-doctor-5740330
FOX NEWS
— Mob of up to 30 looters, some armed, ransack freight train in Chicago. Six people were arrested after suspects loaded vehicles with the stolen goods as the train awaited an interchange.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mob-up-30-looters-some-armed-ransack-freight-train-chicago
— Anticipate/expect that all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes will vote for Harris/Walz. What does that say about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/traitor-liz-cheney-walloped-wyoming-voters-harris-endorsement-break-gop
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Home Grown Terrorism on Campus Week in Education
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/10/home-grown-terrorism-on-campus-week-in-education/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Hurricane Misinformation the Media Love
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/10/the-hurricane-misinformation-the-media-love/
PJ MEDIA
— NYC Wants 14,000 Hotel Rooms for Illegals as Taxpayers Pay the Price
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/10/12/nyc-wants-14k-hotel-rooms-for-illegals-as-taxpayers-pay-the-price-n4933276
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats Are Importing New Democrat Voters, We Should Deport All Of Them Just For The Sake Of Self-Preservation
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/10/12/ned_ryun_democrats_are_importing_new_voters_we_should_deport_all_of_them_just_for_the_sake_of_self-preservation.html
— Democrats Are The Ones Who Denied Election Results In 2000, 2004 & 2016
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/10/12/1776_projects_girdusky_to_cnn_panel_democrats_are_the_ones_who_denied_election_results_in_2000_2004_and_2016.html
TOWNHALL
— Walz Reveals the Harris Campaign’s Solution for the Illegal Immigration Crisis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/10/12/walz-amnesty-n2645999
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9LnKoOd9Co
— It is much easier to commit voter fraud using mail-in ballots.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/13/politics/trump-mail-in-voting/index.html
THE HILL
— Trump hits Harris on immigration in her home state of California
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4930652-trump-harri-immigration-blue-state-california/
NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy non-Democrats.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/totally-illegal-trump-escalates-rhetoric-outlawing-political-dissent-c-rcna174280
NEWSWEEK
— According to Democrats and to RINOs, if you support Trump, it is for bad reasons.
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-joe-biden-tesla-spacex-1967931
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats run elections. Enough said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/opinion/election-2024-voter-suppression.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/opinion/trump-immigration-rhetoric-poisoning.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn minorities who support Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/upshot/trump-black-hispanic-voters-harris.html
— Harris Struggles to Win Over Latinos, While Trump Holds His Grip
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/us/politics/latinos-trump-harris-poll.html
— Anticipate/expect that all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes will vote for Harris/Walz. What does that say about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/politics/liz-cheney-kamala-harris.html
— These Americans Are Going Back to Mexico as Its Citizens. More than 25 years after Mexico began recognizing dual nationals, some U.S.-born children of Mexican immigrants are claiming citizenship in the country that their parents once left. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated legally during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They never looked back. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII. My father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/us/us-mexico-dual-citizenship.html
— To get more votes from Black men, Democrat candidates promise to use government to give them even more preference. Democrat candidates can stress to Black men that when I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to Black male subordinate. He was younger than I was. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had seven fewer professional certifications than I had. He had no professional license like the CPA license I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/opinion/democrats-black-male-voters.html
— Social Security: Why It Matters for Young People, Not Just Retirees (COMMENT: Even though I paid into Social Security for 10 years during the 1960s and 1970s, my Social Security is less than the Medicare premiums that I have to pay now. My Social Security is dramatically less because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/business/social-security-millennials-gen-z.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The more that Musk promotes Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Musk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-pennsylvania.html
— Democrat leaders manipulate polls
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/opinion/polls-harris-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Countries that want to exploit, invade, infest, overrun, conquer, if not destroy America want Harris/Walz to win.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/13/europe-trump-harris-election-anxiety/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy California.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-12/2024-election-trump-rally-coachella
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/10/12/american-teenager-transgender-book-nico-lang-interview/
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders have slowed down their illegal immigration to elect Harris/Walz.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/13/mexico-blocks-migrants-us-election-nearing/74907663007/
— Anticipate/expect that many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz, and especially in battleground/swing states.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/13/how-trump-may-fight-2024-election-result/75252952007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing use White supremacists to destroy Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/10/12/white-supremacist-slogan-waved-trump-campaign-event/75627814007/
— Harris riffs with Stern and cracks a beer with Colbert while Americans suffer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/11/trump-polls-michigan-pennsylvania-harris-talk-shows/75584865007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In Arizona, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris Battle for McCain Wing of GOP (COMMENT: How strong is the McCain Wing in your Republican county and township/ward party organizations? How strongly do the leaders of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations blame Trump for their problems, for your problems, and/or for everyone’s problems?)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/in-arizona-donald-trump-and-kamala-harris-battle-for-mccain-wing-of-gop-c7824840
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that they use DEI to get rid of you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethgasman/2024/10/12/the-new-college-president-what-can-diverse-leadership-teach-us/
— Trump Accuses ’60 Minutes’ Of Being ‘Crooked As Hell’ After Kamala Harris Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apk3FSJElTM
REASON
— Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://reason.com/2024/10/12/how-did-border-politics-get-so-toxic/
POLITICO
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/12/trump-racist-rhetoric-immigrants-00183537
GOVERNING
— My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran cut deals under the table with my Democrat GAO superiors to survive Affirmative Action, DEI, and Republican-led budget cuts. They agreed to not only waste my career, but to take many big adverse actions against me. They forced me to take a $22,996 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. They assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees. They delayed my promotions, did not promote me to GS-13 until 1986, and never promoted me to GS-14. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 years 1986-1988. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.governing.com/archive/will-sec-ban-pension.html
DAILY MAIL
— For those seen as a soft touch, the demands for money will never stop
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-13953739/MAIL-SUNDAY-COMMENT-soft-touch-demands-money-never-stop.html
September 25, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— DuPage County group aims to help first-time voters as election nears. The LWV DuPage County created a step-by-step video to show what to expect at the ballot box while voting. (COMMENT: What if there is/was a “League of Male Voters?”)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/dupage-county-group-aims-to-help-first-time-voters-as-election-nears/3556332/
— Trump mixes up the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, during his speech in Georgia. Trump was trying to refer to the deadly 2017 violence in Charlottesville between white supremacists and anti-racist protesters. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacist and racists.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/decision-2024/trump-mixes-up-name-charlottesville-virginia/3556347/
— What is a Blue Ribbon School? How 18 Illinois schools were chosen for the award. The annual honor for 2024 recognized 18 schools in Illinois, including a number of schools in the Chicago suburbs. (COMMENT: How high are the schools in your school district ranked? Are the rankings moving up or down and why? I graduated from Crete-Monee High School (CMHS) in 1966. As more and more and more Democrats moved into the school district, CMHS’s ranking has moved down and down and down.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-is-an-blue-ribbon-school-how-18-illinois-schools-were-chosen-for-the-award/3556106/
FOX32
— My direct competitors want you to get your news from them and from them only.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tiktok-news-ban-gen-z-pew-research
— Illinois in top 5 states with fastest increasing car insurance rates (COMMENT: More pot, more car accidents.)
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-cracks-top-5-states-in-fastest-increasing-car-insurance-rates-here-are-the-factors-and-how-to-combat-the-trend/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madison, Wisconsin sends up to 2,000 duplicate absentee ballots, leading to GOP concerns
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/24/madison-wisconsin-sends-up-to-2000-duplicate-absentee-ballots-leading-to-gop-concerns/
— Democrats push pot in Elgin and in Park Ridge.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/24/elgins-first-recreational-pot-store-high-havens-the-record-store-opens-its-doors/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/24/weed-shops-can-set-up-in-bustling-uptown-area-of-park-ridge-after-mayor-misses-chance-to-veto/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE & CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pedro Martinez refuses to resign as Chicago Public Schools CEO (COMMENT: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should not have succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. Assuming that their efforts to downgrade me, if not fire me, had failed, I would have worked at least until 2003 when I would have been eligible for regular retirement. My Civil Service Retirement System pension and retirement savings would be much greater. I would not have had to suffer the tremendous sigma of being forced to retire early; that stigma is dramatically greater because I have three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I would not gotten involved in Republican politics, and therefore, my critics/opponents a) could not have blamed me for Jim Ryan’s defeat and for all the other defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000, b) could not have rudely ended my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, c) could not have rudely ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster not only once, but twice, d) could not have rudely ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer, e) could not have rudely tried to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, f) could not have rudely ended my service as an ICRC Steering Committee member, g) could not have rudely ended my service on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, h) could not have rudely ended my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, i) etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/24/opinion-cps-pedro-martinez-leadership/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/09/24/cps-proposes-self-imposed-ban-on-school-closings
DAILY HERALD
— Early voting kicks off Thursday for most suburban counties, but not Cook (COMMENT: Have the leaders of your Republican township/county Republican party organization provided your Republican Precinct Committeeman with campaign literature to distribute in their precinct? So far, the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization have not provided me with any campaign literature from the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct: Trump/Vance, John Booras, Amy Grant, Bob Berlin, Jaye Wang, Bob Grogan, Richard Jorgensen, Nicole Prater, Annette Corrigan, Jeff Castle, Kenton Skarin, Jason Helland, and John Costello.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240924/news/early-voting-kicks-off-thursday-for-most-suburban-counties-but-not-cook/
— DuPage Forest preserve candidates to square off in Glen Ellyn forum
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240924/local-politics/forest-preserve-candidates-to-square-off-in-glen-ellyn-forum/
— A divisive moment averted: Plans to bring inflammatory speaker to suburbs would only have hurt Illinois GOP (COMMENT: Political parties need to vet candidates. At least since 2000, everything would have been different politically if the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization had vetted candidates, and especially if they had put me on their candidate vetting committees. I would have called for full background investigations of candidates. I would have used the investigative skills that I acquired a) working for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, b) working for IRS for as a Revenue Officer almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, and c) becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner, Forensic Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, and Licensed CPA. I should write a book about candidates a) who never should have run because of the big skeletons that they had in their closets and b) candidates who lost general elections because the big skeletons that they had in their closets came out after they won primary elections. In 2004, in Illinois, Jack Ryan ran in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois ) His primary campaign team, which did not include me, knew that he had an extremely big scandal that would come out if he won the primary and would force him to withdraw. Nevertheless, they went forward anyway and defeated his primary opponents including Jim Oberweis, Steve Rauschenberger, and Andrew McKenna. Ryan withdrew after that extremely big scandal came out and the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee replaced Ryan with Alan Keyes. If Ryan’s extremely big scandal had come out before the primary election, Oberweis, Rauschenberger, or McKenna would have won and everything would have been different. Oberweis, Rauschenberger, or McKenna might have defeated Obama in the general election. By way of contrast, Blair Hull might very well have won the Democrat primary if Obama’s campaign had not disclosed a far less serious marital issue that Hull had. I was involved in the aforesaid because of my roles as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Vice Chairman, the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster and a fundraising committee member, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. In 2003, Ryan, Oberweis, McKenna, and other candidates a) attended a picnic that I organized in my precinct and b) Ryan Oberweis, Rauschenberger, McKenna, and other candidates participated in a major MTRO straw poll fundraiser that helped organize. Ryan won that straw poll. Most of my critics/opponents wanted McKenna to win that straw poll and the primary.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240925/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-divisive-moment-averted-plans-to-bring-inflammatory-speaker-to-suburbs-woul/
OUR QUAD CITIES
— The Supreme Court of Illinois ruled people can be stripped of their FOID card if they’re charged with a felony and haven’t been convicted. (COMMENT: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/state-news/illinois-news/illinois-supreme-court-addresses-foid-seizures/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— ‘Trump Train’ rally and caravan of vehicles planned for Peoria area (COMMENT: Who heads the Trump campaign in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/24/trump-train-rally-and-caravan-of-vehicles-planned-for-peoria-il/75352007007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— A tale of crushing security lapses and missed chances to stop the man who shot Trump
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-a-tale-of-crushing-security-lapses-and-missed-chances-to-stop-the-man-who-shot-trump/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Haitians to promote more hatred against Trump/Vance.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-09-25/haitian-group-seeks-charges-against-trump-and-vance-over-false-springfield-claims
WGLT
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in getting young people to hate Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-09-24/a-new-poll-of-young-voters-shows-harris-with-a-commanding-31-point-lead-over-trump
WSIL TV
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Americans ever-increasingly take on more debt.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/americans-are-drowning-in-credit-card-debt-trump-s-proposed-cap-on-interest-rates-probably/article_22ea6cb7-0097-56df-96c5-28239b29f7da.html
WCIA
— State Board of Elections warns of sample ballots through mail
https://www.wcia.com/news/your-local-election-hq/state-board-of-elections-warns-of-sample-ballots-through-mail/amp/
WGEM
— Illinois lawmakers discuss potential changes to how higher education is funded (COMMENT: The more demographics that a college’s students have that vote for Democrats, the more funding that Democrats want for that college. Demographics that vote for Democrats include minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.wgem.com/2024/09/24/illinois-lawmakers-discuss-potential-changes-how-higher-education-is-funded/
WSIL TV
— SIU ever-increasingly pushes more pot.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/southern-illinois-university-kicks-off-its-5th-annual-hemp-cannabis-symposium/article_dd64e8ce-7ad1-11ef-aebf-13c9687002b8.html
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Anti-Islamic Survey Alleged In Burr Ridge Area Race. The survey is said to suggest a state representative candidate belongs to Islamic terrorist groups.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/amp/31890129/anti-islamic-survey-alleged-in-burr-ridge-area-race
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-376/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-169/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to my critics/opponents, I cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose elections because I paint them in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters as being more conservative than they are. Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents discourage Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct from asking me to help elect them. I should write a book about that. I would focus on those candidates who want/wanted to be painted as being Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents do not want anyone to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I am a nonprofit conservative political and government news and commentary aggregator. I promote the Republican Party platform. I am no one’s operative or dupe. No one tells me what to do. Newspaper (print & digital) subscriptions are expensive. To put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, I pay the following yearly: Chicago Tribune – $363.48, Chicago Sun-Times – $286.00, Daily Herald – $481.00, Naperville Sun – $103.48, Crain’s Chicago Business – $225.00, New York Times – $1,040.00, Wall Street Journal – $845.00, and USA Today – $119.88 for a total of $3,463.84/year plus more for many more print and/or digital subscriptions. Many websites benefit from the traffic that I drive to them. I pay Constant Contact $680.40/year to send the newsletters out. My critics/opponents are beyond furious that I have the money, time, experience, ability, health, and motivation needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. They continue to do everything that they can to stop me from sending out the newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them. They do not take or return my phone calls. They read my newsletters or have their operatives and dupes read them for “opposition research.” They have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work and destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Kamala, Caligula’s Horse and the Deep State
https://johnkassnews.com/kamala-harris-caligulas-horse-and-the-deep-state/
WIREPOINTS
— Ending ShotSpotter is such a bad idea considering black and brown Chicagoans make up the vast majority of shooting victims (COMMENT: What are the demographics of the shooters in Chicago?)
https://wirepoints.org/ending-shotspotter-is-such-a-bad-idea-considering-black-and-brown-chicagoans-make-up-the-vast-majority-of-shooting-victims-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
WILLIAM J KELLY
— Pelosi-Pat Brady love fest, Devore trolls new RNC Committeewoman
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Reporter-s-Playbook—-Pelosi-Pat-Brady-love-fest–Devore-trolls-new-RNC-Committeewoman.html?soid=1104658966806&aid=2mjbuwmbwTc
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— House Republicans push for property tax relief in Illinois
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/664545755-house-republicans-push-for-property-tax-relief-in-illinois
WEST COOK NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers.
https://westcooknews.com/stories/664513979-cook-county-awards-3-6m-grants-to-social-equity-cannabis-entrepreneurs
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘There’s IDs everywhere’: How illegal immigrants erase their identities at the border (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/24/theres-ids-everywhere-how-illegal-immigrants-erase/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— So many don’t want to know so much about Kamala Harris (COMMENT: My critics/opponents do not want anyone to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3162990/many-do-not-want-to-know-kamala-harris-positions/
— Matt Walsh is fighting the hypocrisy of DEI in Am I Racist?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3165618/matt-walsh-fighting-hypocrisy-dei-am-i-racist/
NEW YORK POST
— Biden-Harris irresponsible legacy: Debt is 100% of GDP, highest since WWII
https://nypost.com/2024/09/24/opinion/biden-harris-irresponsible-legacy-debt-is-100-of-gdp-highest-since-wwii/
— Sanctuary city disaster could end under Trump — but will worsen if Harris wins
https://nypost.com/2024/09/24/opinion/sanctuary-city-disaster-could-end-under-trump-but-will-worsen-if-harris-wins/
AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— No grade, no problem — Illegal immigrant children get free pass in Chicago
https://afn.net/education/2024/09/24/no-grade-no-problem-illegal-immigrant-children-get-free-pass-in-chicago/
AMERICAN THINKER
— 10 Million Illegal Aliens: What Is to Be Done?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/09/10_million_illegal_aliens_what_is_to_be_done.html
— Educating about Jihadists
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/09/educating_about_jihadists.html
BREITBART
— Trump Campaign: Kamala Harris Has ‘Blood on Her Hands’ from Migrant Crime
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/09/24/trump-campaign-kamala-harris-blood-hands-migrant-crime/
DAILY CALLER
— Zelenskyy Hits Campaign Trail For Kamala. Zelenskyy Flown Into Key Swing State At Taxpayer Expense After Attacking Trump, Vance (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/09/23/zelenskyy-pennsylvani-swing-state-taxpayer-expense-trump-vance/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrat rule is to blame for New York City’s problems
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/stuart-varney-democrat-rule-is-to-blame-for-new-york-city-s-problems/vi-AA1r84pn
LIBERTY NATION
— White Males Need Not Apply, USAF Ditched Merit for Diversity. The Air Force DEI bureaucracy not focused on ability.
https://www.libertynation.com/white-males-need-not-apply-usaf-ditched-merit-for-diversity/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Walz Education Appointee Calls for the Overthrow of the U.S.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/walz-education-appointee-calls-for-the-overthrow-of-the-u-s/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats frustrated with poll showing voters see Trump as more moderate (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose elections because I paint them in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters as being more conservative than they are. Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents discourage Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct from asking me to help elect them. I should write a book about that. I would focus on those candidates who want/wanted to be painted as being Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4872379-democrats-frustrated-polling-trump/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Another Trump Acolyte Finds Himself in Big Trouble (COMMENT: What do you say to my critics/opponents who paint me as being a Trump acolyte?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/opinion/donald-trump-mark-robinson-maga.html
— How Biden Uses His ‘Car Guy’ Persona to Burnish His Everyman Image (COMMENT. One could compare and contrast Biden and his father with me and my father. Biden got his 1967 Corvette as a wedding present from his father. I got my 1972 Corvette in 1971 with money that I earned collecting delinquent taxes for IRS and pumping gasoline for Firestone Stores and previously selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances for Firestone Stores, working on an automotive assembly line, delivering mail, pumping gasoline for John’s Sinclair, chipping slag, cleaning golf shoes, washing dishes, delivering newspapers, and doing yard work. My father fought brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood, he was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, he never attended college, he worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant, he almost always worked second jobs to help pay the family’s bills, and he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/us/politics/biden-cars.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Many millions of illegals will use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz and for the rest of the Democrat candidates.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/24/illegal-immigrants-voting/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/24/trump-hitler-rhetoric-comparison/
USA TODAY
— All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/09/17/dei-backlash-hits-women-
September 3, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Downstate group behind movement to break free from Cook County (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes oppose this.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_82a0406e-66f9-11ef-841c-7bc1592e9f99.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Growing unrest over the policies coming out of Cook County is spurring talk among downstate counties of breaking free and forming a new state. Illinois Separation revealed that seven counties will vote on separating from Cook County and forming a new state. Spokesman Eric Ivers, a member of the Jersey County Board, said he is confident that a vast majority of residents will vote to form a new state. “There are three or four counties downstate that voted blue, but the rest of us are tired of being pushed through the ringer by the folks up in Cook County,” said Ivers. The ballot question will read “Shall the Board of ____ County correspond with the boards of other counties of Illinois outside of Cook about the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state, and to seek admission to the Union as such, subject to the approval of the people?” The question is non-binding. Iroquois County will be the first county to vote on the issue that is not more southerly than Peoria, as the movement has been predominantly in the southern half of the state. The other counties putting the question on the ballot include Madison, Jersey, Clinton, Calhoun, Greene and Perry counties. Ivers said the possibility that downstate Illinois could become a new state increased recently when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed openness to next year ending the ability of minorities to block Senate legislation using a filibuster. It’s conceivable that Democrats could trade statehood for Washington D.C. or Puerto Rico in return for statehood for downstate Illinois. In 2020-2022, 26 and a half counties voted in favor of such questions, and none voted in opposition. The counties averaged 74% in favor. Constitutionally, any deal to make downstate Illinois into a state would require approval from the Illinois General Assembly.)
WIREPOINTS
— Mayor Johnson’s spending decisions, falling revenues mean Chicagoans likely to get hit with 2025 property tax hike
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-johnsons-spending-decisions-falling-revenues-mean-chicagoans-likely-to-get-hit-with-2025-property-tax-hike-wirepoints/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 30 shot, 4 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-say-live-news-updates/15252205/
— 4 people shot to death while sleeping on CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park, mayor says
https://abc7chicago.com/post/4-killed-shooting-cta-blue-line-train-forest-park-police-say/15259114/
— At least 7 North Side businesses targeted in hours-long smash-and-grab burglary spree
https://abc7chicago.com/post/platform-47-ravenswood-6-other-businesses-targeted-hours-long-smash-grab-burglary-spree-chicago-police-say-video/15260541/
— Parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin speak at funeral: ‘We failed you’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/israel-hamas-war-funeral-underway-israeli-american-hostage-hersh-goldberg-polin/15259001/
NBC5
— Horrific details emerge in CTA train shooting that left 4 victims dead
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/horrific-details-emerge-in-cta-train-shooting-that-left-4-victims-dead/3537544/
— 4 killed on train in Chicago-area appeared asleep before shootings, police say
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4-killed-shooting-chicago-public-transit-train-rcna169240
— Police believe deadly shooting on CTA Blue Line train was random attack, spanned 2 cars
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-believe-deadly-shooting-on-cta-blue-line-train-was-random-attack-spanned-2-cars/3537412/
— Why do we celebrate Labor Day? (COMMENT: What is your position on unions? I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union and who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as having been grossly overpaid because I was a union member. They stress that while I was a union member for almost 12 years, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I stress that during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, a master’s degree in business from Loyola, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/why-do-we-celebrate-labor-day-heres-an-explainer-on-the-holiday/3537341/
CBS2
— Chicago cafe’s Palestinian flag display vandalized on North Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-palestinian-cafe-vandalized/
— 4 people shot and killed on Chicago-area Blue Line train, suspect in custody
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shots-fired-at-chicago-areas-forest-park-blue-line/
— Suburban Chicago officials want more security at train station after 4 people fatally shot
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/suburban-chicago-officials-want-more-security-at-train-station-after-4-people-fatally-shot/
WGN9
— Chicago protests demand end to U.S. aid to Israel as Prime Minister resists ceasefire calls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY7YOfEMIDg
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A federal judge in Rockford ruled it unconstitutional for Illinoisans with concealed carry permits to be prohibited from carrying guns on public transportation, a decision with uncertain implications for a decade-old state law.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-rules-section-illinois-100000415.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, everyone around you will use pot and crash and burn because of it.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/with-marijuana-at-a-new-level-of-scrutiny-heres-what-the-research-says/
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders destroy you if you if you oppose race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/opinion-teaching-female-leaders-influence-support/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/marijuana-2/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Palestinian-owned cafe vandalized in Uptown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/09/02/cafe-vandalized-uptown-palestinian-flag-israel-hamas-war-crime-violence-city-hall-cpd
— 4 sleeping passengers shot, killed on CTA Blue Line in Forest Park, suspect in custody
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/09/02/cta-shooting-blue-line-train-forest-park-public-transit-crime-violence
— The Illinois Worker Freedom of Speech Act, recently signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker, will protect employees from retaliation if they opt out of employer-sponsored political or religious meetings. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly got rid of their employees who were Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/09/02/illinois-labor-day-union-milestones-celebrate-chicago-federation-labor-robert-bob-reiter-op-ed
— Illinois union participation declining despite growth in new petitions. ‘State of the Unions’ study shows public sector unions shrink after 2018 Janus decision.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2024/09/02/illinois-union-participation-janus-court-decision-labor-state-economy-jobs-wages-pay-fairness-equity
DAILY HERALD
— Free speech and election politics: Chilling-sounding ‘First Amendment Zones’ pose a legitimate, not insurmountable, challenge for Kane County board
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240902/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-free-speech-and-election-politics-chilling-sounding-first-amendment-zones-p/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240902/business/as-illinois-receives-praise-for-its-cannabis-equity-efforts-stakeholders-still-working-on-systems/
WBEZ
— GOP-tilted websites showed where Illinois judges live despite a law that protects their privacy
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2024/09/03/gop-tilted-websites-showed-where-illinois-judges-live-despite-a-law-that-protects-their-privacy
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/gallery/recreational-pot-sales-in-illinois-reach-112-billion-financial-impacts-to-springfield
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Why Do We Get Labor Day Off? You Can Thank Chicago Workers
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/09/02/why-do-we-get-labor-day-off-you-can-thank-chicago-workers/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Lisa Madigan says “I’m very satisfied as a successful lawyer in private practice at Kirkland.” Do you paint yourself as being successful? I do not because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/09/03/lisa-madigan-in-the-spotlight-00177084
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-360/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Take to the streets’: Anger toward Netanyahu hits fever pitch after 6 hostages found dead
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/1/take-to-streets-anger-toward-benjamin-netanyahu-hi/
— Use of dangerous drugs has exceeded our historical high watermark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/2/use-of-dangerous-drugs-has-exceeded-our-historical/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump drifts further from GOP orthodoxy in bid to beat Harris
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3137655/trump-drifts-gop-orthodoxy-bid-defeat-harris/
— Pelosi wants ‘American dream’ for illegal immigrants: ‘Move them to documented’ with funding for homes (COMMENT: Democrats promote illegal immigration because illegals vote for Democrats.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3140957/pelosi-american-dream-illegal-immigrants-documented-funding-homes/
— Harris boosted in swing states by support from independent voters
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3137475/harris-boosted-swing-states-support-key-demographic/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Barack Obama’s Monument to Himself Is a Hideous Eyesore. Look on his works, ye Mighty, and despair!
https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/democrats/barack-obamas-monument-to-himself-is-a-hideous-eyesore/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump delivered on Reagan’s promises — he’s the true heir conservatives seek
https://nypost.com/2024/08/28/opinion/trump-is-reagans-true-heir-conservatives-must-back-him/
— These 15 ‘rules for radicals’ will get far-left Kamala Harris elected
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/opinion/these-rules-for-radicals-will-get-far-left-kamala-harris-elected/
— Up to 7,000 rabid anti-Israel protesters storm NYC on Labor Day, light flares and set off smoke bombs
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/us-news/hundreds-of-rabid-anti-israel-protesters-storm-nyc-on-labor-day-light-flares-and-set-off-smoke-bombs/
— Harris’ plan to destroy suburbia
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/opinion/harris-plan-to-destroy-suburbia-ny-job-recovery-still-lags-and-other-commentary/
— Migrants flooding NYC’s justice system — making up ‘75% of arrests in Midtown’ — as ‘pathetic’ sanctuary city laws handcuff cops
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/us-news/migrants-flooding-nycs-justice-system-making-up-75-of-arrests-in-midtown-as-pathetic-sanctuary-city-laws-handcuff-cops/
— Stats show the Biden-Harris administration just stopped caring if criminals crossed the border
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/opinion/harris-biden-administration-stopped-caring-if-criminals-crossed-the-border-stats/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Obscure State Department Bureau That Fosters Global Illegal Migration. The second Trump administration must bring to heel State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prm-the-obscure-state-department-bureau-that-fosters-global-illegal-migration/
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Cops handcuffed as NYC justice system is flooded by migrants making up 75% of arrests in midtown
https://americanwirenews.com/cops-handcuffed-as-nyc-justice-system-is-flooded-by-migrants-making-up-75-of-arrests-in-midtown/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Washington state rolls out ‘racist home loan program’ of up to $150,000
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/02/washington-state-rolls-out-racist-home-loan-program-of-up-to-150000-1484233/
— Reparations queen Kamala Harris vowed to sign coveted bill if elected president
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/02/reminder-reparations-queen-kamala-harris-vowed-to-sign-coveted-bill-if-elected-president-1484369/
— Black Dems fume at Newsom, threaten Kamala after Calif. reparations bill takes last-minute turn
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/02/black-dems-fume-at-newsom-threaten-kamala-after-calif-reparations-bill-takes-last-minute-turn-1484229/
BREITBART
— Oklahoma’s GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt Wants to Help Employers Hire Migrants Instead of Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/09/02/oklahomas-gop-gov-kevin-stitt-wants-help-employers-hire-migrants-instead-americans/
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— Cardinal Cupich invocation at DNC stirs disappointment among pro-life activists
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/258805/cardinal-cupich-decries-fear-of-the-other-calls-for-unity-at-democratic-convention
DAILY CALLER
— This ‘Non-Partisan’ Voter Registration Group Will Help You Vote, Unless You’re Conservative
https://dailycaller.com/2024/09/02/this-non-partisan-voter-registration-group-will-help-you-vote-unless-youre-conservative/
DAILY WIRE
— Cruz: Harris And Mexico’s President In Cahoots To Flood U.S. With Millions Of Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cruz-harris-and-mexicos-president-in-cahoots-to-flood-u-s-with-millions-of-illegal-aliens
— Around 75% Of Violent Crime Arrests In Midtown Manhattan Are Suspected Illegal Immigrants
https://www.dailywire.com/news/around-75-of-violent-crime-arrests-in-midtown-manhattan-are-suspected-illegal-immigrants-report
FOX NEWS
— Rooftop Revelations: Chicago Pastor exposes $75 million DNC security hypocrisy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF9aY1fMYn4
— Protests erupt in California over shelved reparations bills
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6361391891112
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/protests-erupt-in-california-over-shelved-reparations-bills/vi-AA1pQCSK
— Democrats try to defend Kamala Harris’ ‘flip-flops’: ‘Sign of a good leader’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Kim6AanFo
— Biden-Harris admin working to ‘Trump-proof’ hundreds of DOJ jobs (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-harris-admin-working-trump-proof-hundreds-doj-jobs-watchdog-says
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Administration is using an “obscure hiring authority” that bypasses normal hiring processes based on merit to secure DOJ positions that could thwart former President Trump’s agenda if he takes office in 2025. . .The administration is also using Schedule A to install immigration judges – again, outside of the normal merit-based system – who will rule on cases of those in a position to benefit from the administration’s immigration policies.)
GOPUSA
— Elon Musk’s X Officially Down In Brazil After Judge’s Shutdown Order (COMMENT: Who will come to my defense if/when my critics/opponents succeed in shutting down my newsletters and/or website? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes 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. My critics/opponents blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.gopusa.com/elon-musks-x-officially-down-in-brazil-after-judges-shutdown-order/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— School Can Keep Student’s Transgender Status Secret From Parents, NH Supreme Court Rules
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/09/school-can-keep-students-transgender-status-secret-from-parents-nh-supreme-court-rules/
PJ MEDIA
— Do Most Women Favor Gender-Based Hiring Over Merit-Based Hiring? (COMMENT: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://pjmedia.com/gregbyrnes/2024/08/30/do-most-women-prefer-gender-quotas-n4932084
— The Biden-Harris Administration Is Acting Like Trump Is Going to Win
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/28/the-biden-harris-administration-sure-is-acting-like-trump-is-going-to-win-n4932054
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Biden-Harris administration “has deployed a little-known hiring mechanism to staff key divisions of the Department of Justice ahead of the 2024 election,” in order to “Trump-proof” the department. . .“The Biden-Harris administration and its allies have already signaled their intent to hamstring their successor and prevent a future president from reversing their agenda,” Protect the Public’s Trust Director Michael Chamberlain said in a press release. “Exploiting non-competitive hiring authorities to fill career civil service positions could be just another component of this scheme. It’s no wonder that the public’s trust in its government has all but disappeared.”)
PATRIOT POST
— The First American ‘No-Go Zone’ A Denver suburb gives us a chilling glimpse of the future in the Biden/Harris regime’s open-borders America.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/109812-the-first-american-no-go-zone-2024-09-03
POST MILLENNIAL
— California shelves reparations bills for black Americans after legislature approves plans to give non-citizens $150,000 to buy new homes
https://thepostmillennial.com/california-shelves-reparations-bills-for-black-americans-after-legislature-approves-plans-to-give-non-citizens-150000-to-buy-new-homes
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Have Made It Clear: They Will Be Tyrants If Given the Chance
https://townhall.com/columnists/jennybethmartin/2024/09/03/democrats-have-made-it-clear-they-will-be-tyrants-if-given-the-chance-n2644103
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have many millions of their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz and especially in battleground/swing states.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illegal-voting-noncitizens-rare-republicans-making-major-issue-113307354
CBS NEWS
— Gun violence plagues Labor Day in Chicago and NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErGpVBLeIpU
MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on their illegals.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-mass-deportation-operation-in-the-u-s-could-trigger-a-recession-professor-warns/ar-AA1pSJWC
MSNBC
— You have no right to complain (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have no right to complain about anything because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, reasonably healthy, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Further, according to them, I have no right to complain about anything a) because I avoided the draft, b) because I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, 1997, c) because I earned professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, d) because I earned a professional license in 1981, e) because I the Post Office hired me in 1966, because IRS hired me in 1971 and promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, because GAO hired me in 1980 and promoted me in 1986, f) because I am married, have no children, have no debts, and my wife and own a home in Wheaton, a car condo in Naperville, and eight vehicles, g) because I have a $65,165/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, because the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance, and wife has substantial retirement savings, h) etc. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes I have no right to complain about anything because I did not really “earn” any of the aforesaid.)
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/-you-have-no-right-to-complain-ny-gov-hochul-rips-republican-over-border-crisis-212249669689
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What Usha Vance’s Hindu identity means to Trump-Vance campaign
https://advertiser-tribune.com/news/538814/what-usha-vances-hindu-identity-means-to-trump-vance-campaign/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly argue against/reject everything that Vance says. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly argue against/reject everything that I say, write, and do.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/us/politics/jd-vance-middle-class-fact-check.html
— According to my critics/opponents, everything in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is misinformation. My critics/opponents want you to know only what they tell you and nothing else. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/technology/left-wing-misinformation-conspiracy-theories.html
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat college leaders make their students good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/opinion/college-president-campus-political.html
— To vote for Harris/Walz is to shout not only that you are not a Republican, but that you never were a Republican. I anticipate/expect that many, most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents will vote for Harris/Walz. Of course, all those who have taken adverse actions against me will vote for Harris/Walz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/us/politics/harris-trump-nikki-haley-voters.html
USA TODAY
— Both Trump and Harris claim to support the working class: Where do they stand on labor? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents look down on/despise/hate wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/01/kamala-harris-donald-trump-unions-labor-working-class/74983998007/
— American farmers cry out for our help (COMMENT: Extremely few of my critics/opponents have any connection with farming. My mother was born and raised on a farm. I spend days at that farm during the 1950s and early 1960s.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/09/02/america-farms-mental-health-agriculture/74981037007/
COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul leads coalition supporting law prohibiting those under 21 from purchasing fire arms
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/attorney-general-leads-coalition-supporting-law-prohibiting-those-under-21-from-purchasing-fire-arms/article_9eab4826-66e5-11ef-819b-6b6de3085c5d.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hamas Murders Six Hostages, Israel Is Blamed. They were killed in Rafah, where Biden and Harris delayed Israel’s entry with threats and by withholding weapons.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hamas-executes-six-hostages-including-an-american-gaza-war-rafah-4907e7c6
— Kamala Harris’s McJob. Is there a place for McDonald’s in the vice president’s opportunity economy?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kamala-harris-mcjob-is-there-a-place-for-mcdonalds-in-her-opportunity-economy-7b6344a5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kamala Harris and this columnist have little in common. But we do share one thing: We both had summer jobs at McDonald’s in college. It’s not that surprising, considering how many other people can say the same. According to McDonald’s, 1 in 8 Americans have worked at one of its restaurants. At the Democratic convention in Chicago, we further learned that Ms. Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, also worked under the Golden Arches, where he was once Employee of the Month. Ms. Harris features her stint at McDonald’s in a new campaign ad. It’s meant, CNN says, “to solidify her image as the middle-class candidate” and “make former President Donald Trump and the Republican ticket appear elitist and out of touch.” But some question the vice president’s claim. The Washington Free Beacon reports that she never publicly mentioned her stint at McDonald’s until she ran for president in 2019, that the job also went unmentioned in her two books and various job applications, that there’s been no confirmation from McDonald’s itself. Even the online fact-checker Snopes says it’s waiting for further evidence before it can confirm or debunk. Mr. Trump isn’t waiting. On Friday he accused his Democratic rival of making the whole thing up.)
— Big Brother Is Teaching You. ‘Mind your own damn business,’ Tim Walz says, belying the Democrats’ didactic attitude.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/big-brother-is-teaching-you-mind-your-own-business-tim-walz-2024-election-af9a8772
— FRONT PAGE: Young People Are Taking Over the Workplace, and That’s a Problem for Bosses. Chiefs cater to younger workers’ needs and give them advice; ‘nobody told them how to be’ Gen Z workers are expected to outnumber baby boomers in the U.S. workforce this year. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. And that is exactly what my Democrat GAO superiors did.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/gen-z-workforce-expectation-differences-a07c5915
BEST PLACES
— Naples, Florida Collier County, FL is strongly conservative. Naples’ politics are generally conservative. (COMMENT: Wheaton’s conservatism, that is, its prosperity and safety, is a major reason why my wife and I bought a home there in 1978 and had one built there in 1984.)
https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/florida/naples
NAPLES DAILY NEWS
— Collier GOP-backed candidates didn’t win as many races in local election
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/25/collier-republican-backed-candidates-lost-more-2024-local-elections/74887841007/
WISCONSIN EXAMINER
— Labor Day: It’s better in a union (COMMENT: What is your position on unions? I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union and who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as having been grossly overpaid because I was a union member. They stress that while I was a union member for almost 12 years, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I stress that during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, an MBA from Loyola, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/09/02/labor-day-its-better-in-a-union/
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— The public-sector pay gap is widening. Public-sector employees earn less than their private-sector counterparts, and that pay gap has widened in recent years. (COMMENT: When I was 49 years old in 1997, my GAO salary was $150,075/year in today’s dollars. What would my salary have been if I had been employed in the private sector? I had three masters degrees (business-Loyola, accounting-DePaul, and finance-IIT). I had six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). I had a professional license (CPA).)
https://www.epi.org/publication/widening-public-sector-pay-gap/