FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
ABC7
— 8 shot in Back of the Yards; 7-year-old girl killed; 2 boys, ages 1 and 7, critically injured
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-back-of-the-yards-52nd-street-damen-avenue/14659647/
— Chicago shootings: At least 23 shot, 4 killed in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-violence-police/14657705/
— Oberweis Dairy files for bankruptcy protection; North Aurora company owes at least $4M: documents
https://abc7chicago.com/oberweis-dairy-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection-north-aurora-company-owes-at-least-4-million/14658012/
NBC5
— 7-year-old girl killed, 7 others injured in Back of the Yards shooting. The youngest of the eight victims, a 1-year-old boy, was shot multiple times and rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/8-people-shot-including-3-children-in-back-of-the-yards-chicago-police/3409801/
— Measles case confirmed in DuPage County resident
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/measles-case-confirmed-in-dupage-county-resident/3409532/
CBS2
— Pro Palestinian activists demand to march outside Democratic National Convention in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pro-palestinian-activists-want-to-protest-outsdie-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pro-palestinian-activists-demand-to-march-outside-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago/
— DuPage County Health Department confirms first case of measles since 2009 – John Dodge
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dupage-county-health-department-confirms-first-case-of-measles-since-2009/
— To vote for Democrats is to promote more poverty and crime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYQNIhMkrJM
WGN9
— DCHD: First measles case confirmed in DuPage County – Eli Ong
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/dchd-first-measles-case-confirmed-in-dupage-county/
— Democratic tensions over Israel threaten to boil over at Chicago convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3-1Kxp6bW0
— To vote for Democrats is to promote more poverty and crime.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/we-want-violence-stop-dozens-local-residents-march-for-peace-on-chicagos-west-side/3409607/
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-community-groups-stand-against-gun-violence-during-peace-march-on-west-side/
FOX32
— Warm weekend draws crowds to downtown Chicago amidst teen gathering concerns – Nate Rodgers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/warm-weekend-draws-crowds-downtown-chicago-teen-gathering-concerns
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Activists to protest ‘with or without permits’ when DNC arrives in Chicago this summer – ALYSA GUFFEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/13/activists-to-protest-with-or-without-permits-when-dnc-arrives-in-chicago-this-summer/
— First case of measles detected in DuPage County since 2009
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/13/first-case-of-measles-detected-in-dupage-county-since-2009-health-officials-say/
— Liberal bias at NPR, old-school journalism and the reluctance to admit a mistake – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/14/editorial-npr-liberal-bias-uri-berliner/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Work permits for all undocumented immigrants? That’s asking too much. Advocates pushing President Biden to make this drastic, legally questionable move should stick with more reasonable measures to help a smaller number of undocumented immigrants, including DACA recipients. – Editorial (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/04/12/work-permits-all-undocumented-workers-immigration-president-joe-biden-say-no-editorial
— Republicans are now the party of Putin. It’s worth exploring how the Republican Party, the party of “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” became the party of Vladimir Putin, trafficking in Russian disinformation and flirting with betraying an important ally, Ukraine, along with all of its principles. – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/04/12/gop-republican-putin-biden-trump-zelenskyy-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County confirms first measles case in 15 years – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240413/news/dupage-county-confirms-first-measles-case-in-15-years/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240414/syndicated-columnists/this-time-its-arizona/
— Regulators weigh future of gas industry in Illinois, while clamping down on Chicago utility – Andrew Adams
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240414/business/regulators-weigh-future-of-gas-industry-in-illinois-while-clamping-down-on-chicago-utility/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Oberweis Dairy files for bankruptcy protection
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/oberweis-dairy-files-bankruptcy-protection
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City: IL taxpayers could be out ‘billions’ as bills enhancing pensions advance – Catrina Petersen
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bac826de-f8ed-11ee-be44-c3912b242bf4.html
JOHN KASS
— Joe the Faint Hearted – Steve Huntley
https://johnkassnews.com/joe-the-faint-hearted/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Virtually all the media assert that Israel is becoming ever more isolated in its war against Hamas. What goes unmentioned is a major reason for that: Israel’s closest ally is headed by a man who doesn’t have the courage to stand up forcefully and eloquently in defense of the Jewish state’s righteous battle to defend itself against an Islamist terrorist militia. The president of the United States often is called the most powerful man in the world. But has that exalted office ever been occupied by a weaker individual than Joe Biden? Inept, ineffectual, inconsistent, incoherent, anxious, fearful, vacillating, weak and wrong — the dictionary is packed with words for failure to characterize the record of this perhaps ever-more senile old man and his faint-hearted administration.)
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood on Far East Foreign Trade
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/13/lahood-on-far-east-foreign-trade/
— UPDATE: LaHood’s Take on FISA Bill, PLUS TIED, THEREFORE, FAILED WARRANT REQUIREMENT AMENDMENT VOTE
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/04/13/lahoods-take-on-fisa-bill/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago GOP Chair Steve Boulton Calls IR Reporting a “Smear Campaign,” as IL GOP Leaders Don Tracy, Richard Porter Ignore his Comments Comparing Trump to Hitler
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/04/chicago-gop-chair-steve-boulton-calls-ir-reporting-a-smear-campaign-as-il-gop-leaders-don-tracy-richard-porter-ignore-his-comments-comparing-trump-to-hitler.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trial on merits of Illinois’ gun ban could begin July 8 – Peter Cordi and Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2965156/trial-on-merits-of-illinois-gun-ban-could-begin-july-8-attorney-says/
— Biden’s border sees nearly half a million immigrant children arrive without a parent – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2903688/bidens-border-half-million-unaccompanied-immigrant-children/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump blasts Iran’s attack on Israel, claims it ‘would never have happened if I were president’ – Katherine Donlevy
https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/us-news/trump-blasts-irans-attack-on-israel-claims-it-would-never-have-happened-if-i-were-president/
— Organized labor paid the price for embracing illegal migrants – Batya Ungar-Sargon
https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/opinion/organized-labor-paid-the-price-for-embracing-illegal-migrants/
AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— 20 states sue Biden admin for flying illegal immigrants into the US
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/04/20-states-sue-biden-admin-for-flying-illegal-immigrants-into-the-us/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The DEI Buzzsaw – Bruce Olav Solheim
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_dei_buzzsaw.html
— I guess we are all ‘racistas’ now – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/i_guess_we_are_all_racistas_now.html
— The Robin Hood Effect – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_robin_hood_effect.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Counting Illegals in Census ‘All About Power’ – Sen. Bill Hagerty
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2024/04/13/exclusive-sen-bill-hagerty-democrats-counting-illegals-census-all-about-power/
DAILY CALLER
— Total employment by native-born Americans is actually down by 300,000 compared to pre-pandemic levels. To be sure, some of those 3.3 million foreign-born individuals now working in America are naturalized citizens and some are in the country as lawful permanent residents, aka “green card” holders, but a significant number and probably the vast majority are in the country illegally. – J.D. FOSTER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/13/j-d-foster-migrants-are-getting-jobs-check-out-the-data/
DAILY WIRE
— Governor Vetoes Bill Protecting Children From Transgender Procedures In State With GOP Supermajority – Leif Le Mahieu (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I oppose the promotion of LGBTQ: 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, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-vetoes-bill-protecting-children-from-transgender-procedures-in-state-with-gop-supermajority-2
EPOCH TIMES
— Negative Views of Federal Government Soar Under Biden Compared to Trump (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and almost 9 of those years for IRS. I should write a book about those who have held that against me the most. In my defense, if Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint in 1971 when I was 22 years old, I would have been a federal employee for less than 3 years. In my book, I would focus on 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, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/negative-views-of-government-soar-under-biden-compared-to-trump-5628549
FOX NEWS
— Pompeo warns diversity chief who espoused anti-American ‘Marxist dogma’ will ‘destroy the State Department’ ‘Really kind of a dangerous place for a nation to find itself in,’ Fox News contributor Mike Pompeo said about DEI agendas at the State Department. – Hannah Grossman (COMMENT: All those who were promoted over me were DEI hires, that is, they all were Democrats who 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. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pompeo-diversity-chief-espoused-antiamerican-marxist-dogma-destroy-state-department
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Tax Exemption for Black Americans Proposed as “Reparations” by Texas Democratic Congresswoman – Leslie Eastman (COMMENT: Reparations for Blacks today, reparations for those who are the following tomorrow: liberal/moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, illegals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/tax-exemption-for-black-americans-proposed-as-reparations-by-texas-democratic-congresswoman/
RUMBLE
— Precinct Strategy – Dan Schultz
https://rumble.com/v4onpuq-precinct-strategy-the-best-recruiters.-dan-schultz-april-10-2024.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservatives can elect conservatives IF we act locally. Then we’ll win locally and nationally. No precinct committeemen, no Party. PCs ARE the Party. Become one. Fill a seat where you live. To advocate more powerfully politically. When conservatives do this everywhere, we’ll start winning everywhere. . .The most effective phone calls to public servants are made by precinct committeemen or those truthfully saying they will become precinct committeemen. . .The GOP.com website contains zero information regarding why and how to become a voting member of your local Republican committee, how to find your local Republican committee and, whether, when you become a voting member of your local committee, there’s a communications and collaboration platform in existence on which precinct committeemen can easily communicate and collaborate regarding reaching their Republican Party goals.)
TOWNHALL
— AP Really Wants You to Believe Illegal Aliens Are the Key to a Healthy U.S. Economy – Sarah Arnold (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with illegals.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/13/ap-really-wants-you-to-believe-illegal-aliens-are-the-key-to-a-healthy-us-economy-n2637718
— CBP Releases Shocking New Data On the Amount of Illegals Flown Into the U.S. Under Biden – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/13/cbp-releases-shocking-new-data-n2637735
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Four Years Out, Some Voters Look Back at Trump’s Presidency More Positively – Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik (COMMENT: RINOs ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn the many things that Trump did that defended and advanced the Republican Party platform. RINOs reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about the biggest RINOs in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/us/politics/poll-trump-views.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opinion/immigration-detention-prison.html
— You Don’t Have to Take Every Tax Deduction – Matthew Desmond (COMMENT: As I stated in my Loyola Graduate School of Business application in 1971 when I was a 22 years old new IRS employee, I wanted to take graduate business evening courses because that was what my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do. But outrageously, disgustingly, unethically, if not criminally, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1978 arguing that the courses a) were not related to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) qualified me for a “new trade or business.” They ignored/dismissed/belittled the requirements of my positions descriptions. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/opinion/taxes-deductions-rich-inequality.html
— Abortion Is Dividing the ‘Religious’ From the ‘Right’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/opinion/abortion-trump-religion.html
WASHINGTON POST
— News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/14/trump-biden-presidential-debates-election-news-organizations/bdd82af6-fa4e-11ee-87ac-20f7e67cbe29_story.html
CNN
— 7-year-old girl killed and 7 other people wounded in Chicago shooting, including other children – Dalia Faheid and Paradise Afshar
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/14/us/chicago-shooting-child-killed/index.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats make it ever-increasingly clear that they will get rid of you once and for all if you do not promote LGBTQ. I should write a book about the following who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I oppose the promotion of LGBTQ: 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, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jill-biden-calls-trump-a-bully-who-is-dangerous-to-lgbtq-people/ar-BB1lx5Mo
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. What are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.aol.com/news/medical-perils-abortion-bans-grow-141811453.html
MSN
— Denver to cut police budget by $8.4M to pay for the migrant crisis
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/denver-to-cut-police-budget-by-8-4m-to-pay-for-the-migrant-crisis/ss-BB1lyZVU
CNBC
— 88% of women say they’re ambitious, but only 20% say their career advanced in the past year – Julia Boorstin (COMMENT: All the women who were promoted over me were DEI hires, that is, they all were Democrats who were minority, younger than me, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/12/cnbc-women-at-work-survey-2024.html
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 5 Hot Jobs for MBA Graduates – Sarah Wood (COMMENT: As I stated in my Loyola Graduate School of Business application in 1971 when I was a 22 years old new IRS employee, I wanted to take graduate business evening courses because that was what my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do. But outrageously, disgustingly, unethically, if not criminally, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1978 arguing that the courses a) were not related to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) qualified me for a “new trade or business.” They ignored/dismissed/belittled the requirements of my positions descriptions. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/articles/hot-jobs-for-mba-graduates
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Biden puts ‘Death to America’ crowd over Israel – VICTOR JOECKS
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-biden-puts-death-to-america-crowd-over-israel-3033640/
DALLAS EXPRESS
— Two-Thirds of Murder Victims in Dallas This Year Were Black
https://dallasexpress.com/crime/two-thirds-of-murder-victims-in-dallas-this-year-were-black/
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2024/04/13/7-key-immigration-issues-separating-trump-and-biden/
— A Definition Of Career Success And Why So Few People Ever Experience It. – Terina Allen (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, if you are a federal employee in a job that requires a college degree, you are failure if you do not make GS-13 ($115,439) by age 25, GS-14 ($136,414) by age 30, GS-15 ($160,458) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($191,900) by age 40. But extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. My critics/opponents stress that I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 and never made GS-14. They use against me the fact a) that I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I earned a job-related professional license when I was 31. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and that I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2020/08/31/a-definition-of-career-success-and-why-so-few-people-ever-experience-it/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Setbacks Can Actually Boost Your Career – Gloria Kutscher and Wolfgang Mayrhofer (COMMMENT: The following motivated me to a) earn three job-related master’s degrees, b) earn six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license: Seeing the following get promoted over me: DEI hires, that is, Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://hbr.org/2023/12/research-setbacks-can-actually-boost-your-career
BLOOMBERG
— Wealthy Parents Are Spending $750,000 to Get Kids Into Harvard, Yale – Francesca Maglione and Paulina Cachero (COMMENT: How wealthy are/were your parents? Because my parents lacked money, I had to do the following to have money to buy cars and to pay for college: I a) did yard work 1962-1964, b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, and f) worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. Because I spent all that time working instead of studying, a) my GPA suffered, b) I majored in management instead of accounting, c) I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30, and c) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, because of my bad demographics, it was too late for me to have a successful career in accounting.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-15/wealthy-parents-are-spending-750-000-to-get-kids-into-harvard-yale
BUSINESS NEW DAILY
— Dealing With Work Stress: The Top 10 Most and Least Stressful Jobs – Simone Johnson (COMMENT: How stressful is what you do? Being a reporter is ranked as the 6th most stressful job. I have been the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA since 2000.)
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/1875-stressful-careers.html
BANKRATE
— Car theft statistics 2024 (COMMENT: My 1969 Dodge Charger SE being stolen in Chicago in 1971 when I was 22 years old had a big impact on me.)
https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/car/car-theft-statistics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2023, 1,020,729 vehicles were reported stolen, up from 1,008,756 in 2022. . .Theft claim frequency for 2003–2023 Hyundai and Kia models was almost 7 times higher than for all other makes in the first six months of 2023. . .The average claim severity for stolen cars other than Hyundai and Kia models was $21,681 in the first half of 2023. . .Motor vehicle theft is the third most common property crime in the United States. In 2022, over 85 percent of stolen vehicles were recovered, with 34 percent recovered the same day.)
REASON
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have their illegals go to battleground/swing states and use their false identifications to register to vote and to vote for Biden.
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/04/13/walter-olson-on-the-rights-bogus-claims-about-noncitizen-voting-fraud/
AMERICAN PROGRESS
— Disparities in Housing, Health Care, Child Care, and Economic Security Affect Babies for Life – Mishka Espey (COMMENT: How good has your health been? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always unfairly benefitted from having good health. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that I have never been able to run because of a bone disease, that my eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20, and that I have always had partial red-green color blindness.)
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/disparities-in-housing-health-care-child-care-and-economic-security-affect-babies-for-life/
