Tag: rich

Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to issue a press release that gives:

a) the names of the two other members of the IRP chairman search committee,
b) the selection process that the committee will use,
c) the qualifications that applicants must have,
d) the requirements that applicants must meet, and
e) the application filing deadline.

Illinois Republicans anxiously await the IRP to then issue press releases that give:

a) the names of all the applicants who met the filing deadline,
b) the names of all those applicants the committee deemed qualified,
c) lots of information on those applicants,
d) how Illinois Republicans can provide input on those applicants to IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members,
e) the date, time, and location of the meeting in which the applicants will give their presentations to the IRP SCC,
f) how Illinois Republicans can attend that meeting,
g) the Zoom link that Illinois Republicans can use to watch the applicant’s presentations at that meeting,
h) the weighted vote that each IRP SCC member has,
i) the weighted vote that each applicant got and from each of the IRP SCC members, and
j) the name of the winning applicant.

I am very interested in learning what each the applicants has done and has promised to do to defend and advance the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I am very interested in learning what position each of the applicants has on direct election of IRP SCC members. It seems to me that the committee will reject applicants who want direct election.

In 2005, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, I organized an applicant forum in Springfield the evening before the day that the IRP SCC elected Andy McKenna as IRP’s chairman. The participants in that forum were John Cox, Stephen McGlynn, McKenna, and Jim Nalepa. Jim Oberweis wanted to participate, but could not.

In 2013, I attended the IRP SCC meeting in Springfield at which IRP chairman applicants gave five minute presentations on why they should be the next IRP chairman. Jack Dorgan was selected. The other applicants were Angel Garcia, Jim Nalepa, Mark Shaw, Don Tracy, Joe Walsh, and Lori Yokoyama.

Richard Williamson was the IRP chairman 1999–2001, Lee Daniels 2001–2002, Dallas Ingemunson 2002 (interim), Gary MacDougal, 2002–2002, Judy Baar Topinka 2002–2005, Andrew McKenna 2005–2009, Pat Brady 2009–2013, Jack Dorgan 2013–2014, Tim Schneider 2014–2021; Mark Shaw, Co-Chairman 2018–2024, and Don Tracy 2021–present.

Why is the Illinois Democrat Party (IDP) as successful as the IRP is unsuccessful, that is, what distinguishes IDP leaders from IRP leaders? ANSWER: IDP leaders believe in and defend/advance all the planks in the Democrat Party platform while IRP leaders reject or fail/refuse to defend/advance many planks, if not most planks, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Far too many of them paint themselves as being Democrat Lite and are Democrat Lite. The aforesaid is a direct result of IDP SCC members being directly elected by Democrats while IRP SCC members are not directly elected by Republicans. I should write a book about IRP leaders since 2000 and the planks in the Republican Party platform that they have rejected or failed/refused to defend/advance.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 11 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for blocking roadway in the Loop
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-today-11-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested/14989519/
— Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain vandalized, closed until further notice. Fountain’s pool water dyed red; pro-Palestinian graffiti found.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicagos-buckingham-fountain-vandalized-closed-notice-300-columbus/14988571/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-guide-what-to-know-pride-parade-fest/14982265/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-fest-thousands-celebrate-lgbtq-community-northalsted/14989330/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2v7SFzQqow

CBS2
— At least 5 people killed, 8 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings – Adam Harrington
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/at-least-3-people-killed-6-wounded-chicago-weekend-shootings/
— Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain closed after being dyed red by protesters overnight – Sara Machi, Jeramie Bizzle, Adam Harrington
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicagos-buckingham-fountain-vandalism/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-pride-fest-begins-in-northalsted-district/

FOX32
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pride-fest-sizzles-despite-sweltering-heat
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1474950

WBEZ
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2024/06/22/venezuelan-migrant-experience-in-colombia-in-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/23/dobbs-2-years-later-out-of-state-medical-providers-flock-to-illinois-for-abortion-training-as-opportunities-dwindle/
— Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain closed after pool water dyed red in apparent pro-Palestine demonstration – DEANESE WILLIAMS-HARRIS, REBECCA JOHNSON, and CLAIRE MALON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/22/buckingham-fountain-vandalism/
— Historic mansion in Wheaton lists for $1.9M – BOB GOLDSBOROUGH  (COMMENT: This home is in my precinct.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/17/mansion-wheaton/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A six-bedroom, 5,208-square-foot Colonial Revival-style house in Wheaton that was designed by architect Jarvis Hunt and built as a summer cottage for those who were part of the nearby Chicago Golf Club has been listed for $1.875 million. Built in 1896 and 1897, the home was developed by the Rev. James Wheaton, who was part of his namesake city’s founding family, as a way to provide summer rental housing for members of Chicago Golf, which had relocated to Wheaton in 1895.)
— The high cost of parenting. The cost of childcare has been steadily rising over many years. – Jill Schlesinger (COMMENT: My wife and I got married in 1978. We both had jobs. My salary was $106,785/year in today’s dollars. In anticipation of having children, we lived on just my salary and saved as much as we could.)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/17/jill-on-money-the-high-cost-of-parenting/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pro-Palestinian protesters who blocked Loop roadway are arrested. Nearly a dozen protesters were taken into custody about 2:41 p.m. Saturday after they allegedly held a demonstration on Franklin Street, police say. Earlier, vandals dropped red dye into Buckingham Fountain and painted pro-Palestinian messages there.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/06/22/pro-palestinian-protesters-loop-buckingham-fountain-city-hall-crime-israel-hamas-war-world-cpd
— Buckingham Fountain closed after vandals dye water red, pro-Palestinian graffiti found. Colin Hinkle, a professional drone pilot, noticed the red dye mixing with the green water of the fountain early Saturday morning and saw spray paint on the ground that read, “Gaza is bleeding” and “Stop the genocide.” ‘That’s when I realized it was a protest,’ Hinkle said. – Kayleigh Padar and Dorothy Hernandez
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/06/22/buckingham-fountain-closed-vandalism
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nextvoices/2024/06/22/lgbtq-pride-inclusivity-christopher-bigelow-healthcare-housing-wages-chicago-next-voices
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/pride/2024/06/22/chicago-pride-fest-lgbtq-lake-view-jojo-siwa-natasha-bedingfield-drag-shows-dance-music-celebration
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/06/23/canada-introduction-democracy-solutions-chicago-illinois-immigration-asylum-seekers-refugee-claimaints-toronto

DAILY HERALD
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Democrats and RINOs blame following planks in the Republican Party platform for Republican loses: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving). But Republican failure/refusal to defend and advance the aforesaid planks is the real reason for the loses:
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240622/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-illinois-republicans-need-a-more-centrist-message-unity-to-regain-relevancy/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion in DeKalb.
https://www.shawlocal.com/gallery/2024/06/23/dekalb-rallies-for-abortion-access-ahead-of-november-election/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Batavia.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2024/06/21/batavia-adopts-new-flag-policy-amid-controversy-over-city-hall-flags/

SHAW LOCAL
— Biden and allied Republicans are trying to rally GOP women in swing state suburbs away from trump.  (COMMENT: RINOs would rather see Biden elected than Trump. I should write about the biggest RINOs who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2024/06/23/biden-and-allied-republicans-are-trying-to-rally-gop-women-in-swing-state-suburbs-away-from-trump/
— Trump endorses Ten Commandments in schools, implores evangelical Christians to vote in November.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2024/06/23/trump-endorses-ten-commandments-in-schools-implores-evangelical-christians-to-vote-in-november/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump urges evangelicals to vote in November, champions Ten Commandments in schools. – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who are the most anti-Evangelical.)
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-urges-evangelicals-to-vote-in-november-champions-ten-commandments-in-schools-faith-freedom-coalition-politics-gop-republican-party-president-joe-biden-abortion-debate-roe-v-wade-criminal-cases-guilty-conviction-falsifying-records

WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Taylor Swift against Trump.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/trump-cant-shake-off-taylor-swift-talk-in-courting-young-voters-2/

CHOOSE CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.choosechicago.com/event/chicago-tap-theatre-presents-can-you-hear-us-now-the-queer-tap-dance-revolution/2024-06-23/1/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump flashes his preferences for high-skilled workers in immigration debate – Seth McLaughlin  (COMMENT: Democrat employers want employees who vote for Democrat candidates. RINO employers want employees who will work for less money.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/21/donald-trump-flashes-his-preferences-for-high-skil/
— The left’s war on the American dream – Robert Knight (COMMENT: By the time I was 49 in 1997, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, a professional license, and $150,075/year in today’s dollars. But I would not have been able to do that if I was 49 today because of Democrat and RINO success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy the American Dream for those who share my demographics.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/22/lefts-war-on-american-dream/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s migrant crime wave heats up – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3055241/biden-migrant-crime-wave-heats-up/
— Sliding down the IVF slippery slope – Ben Rothove
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3054574/sliding-down-the-ivf-slippery-slope/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Republican Party at a crossroads: Which path it chooses will determine America’s fate. – Eric Utter (COMMENT: If the Republican Party goes Democrat Lite, that is, if it fails/refuses to defend/advance its platform, not only America is doomed, the world is doomed.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/republican_party_at_a_crossroads_which_path_it_chooses_will_determine_america_s_fate.html
— Antisemitism vs. anti-Israelism – Walter E. Block
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/antisemitism_vs_anti_israelism.html

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Vows Not ‘To Give One Penny’ to Schools with Vaccine, Mask Mandates, ‘Keep Men Out of Women’s Sports’ – ELIZABETH WEIBEL
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/22/donald-trump-vows-not-to-give-one-penny-to-schools-with-vaccine-mask-mandates-keep-men-out-of-womens-sports/
— ‘Shameful’: White House Statements on Killings of Rachel Morin, Jocelyn Nungaray Fail to Mention Suspects Are Illegals. – AMY FURR
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/06/22/shameful-white-house-statements-killings-rachel-morin-jocelyn-nungaray-fail-mention-suspects-are-illegals/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Vows to Combat Agencies Weaponized Against Christians. – Fred Lucas (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government and my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have used against me the most my having been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/22/trump-vows-task-force-investigate-anti-christian-bias/

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Biden’s Illegal Immigrants Targeting Americans. – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/trump-biden-immigration/2024/06/22/id/1169771/
— Illegals Better off Under Biden – Hung Cao
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/hung-cao-virginia-senate/2024/06/22/id/1169753/

TOWNHALL
— New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams insisted that the United States “needs” illegal immigrants. – Sarah Arnold  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders of your municipality will insist the same thing.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2640818
— This FY Alone, More Than 13K Criminal Illegal Aliens Arrested In the U.S. – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/06/21/this-fy-alone-more-than-13k-criminal-illegal-aliens-arrested-in-the-us-n2640802

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Illinois may soon return land the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago – AP (COMMENT: How long have your ancestors been in Illinois? Mine have been in Illinois since 1844. If I had run for a government office, my critics/opponents would have stressed that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854 and that resulted in my living in 1286 Wood Street in Crete 1948-1972 and my inheriting that home in 2022.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-illinois-may-soon-return-land-the-us-stole-from-a-prairie-band-potawatomi-chief-175-years-ago/
— How much money do you need to make to be in the top 5% in your state? – NICK JACHIM (COMMENT: In Illinois, it is $504,800/year. The median annual income in Illinois is $78,304.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/4733245-how-much-money-do-you-need-to-make-to-be-in-the-top-5-in-your-state/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Boys Are Struggling. Male Kindergarten Teachers Are Here to Help. – Claire Cain Miller (COMMENT: My parents sent me to kindergarten at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1953. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. They have always hinted/implied/agued/shouted that proved that my parents were filthy rich. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 in 1967 and it was a bottom of the line 6-cylinder 2-door Chevrolet. My mother never attended high school. She stayed home and raised my brother and I.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/23/upshot/male-kindergarten-teachers.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Boys are falling behind in school. They are less likely than girls to be ready for kindergarten. They read at lower levels. They graduate from high school at lower rates. This gender gap in education has significantly widened just in the last generation. One group is uniquely positioned to help put boys on the right track in their first year of formal schooling: men who teach kindergarten. Yet only around 3 percent of kindergarten teachers are men. Many studies show that older boys benefit from having male teachers. There hasn’t been as much research on the youngest students and their teachers — in large part because there are so few male teachers in early education to begin with. Still, it stands to reason that men who teach kindergarten can make a difference for boys, said Thomas S. Dee, a Stanford professor who has for decades researched the effect of teacher demographics on students.)

USA TODAY
— To be VP for Trump, loyalty and TV presence count. Sarah Huckabee Sanders fits the bill. – Sarah D. Wire
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/22/sarah-huckabee-sanders-trump-vp-pick/73958511007/

YELLOWHAMMER NEWS
— Biden is making it easier for non-citizens to register to vote, Alabama Secretary of State charges. (COMMENT: Do not anticipate/expect that Democrat election officials will stop illegals from using their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Democrats.)
https://yellowhammernews.com/biden-is-making-it-easier-for-non-citizens-to-register-to-vote-alabama-secretary-of-state-charges/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Plan for Democratic Convention: Bash Chicago as a Mess. Republicans are expected to highlight problems with migrants and crime in host city; security officials brace for Gaza protests. – John McCormick and Douglas Belkin
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-convention-chicago-protests-republicans-election-2516fe80