ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 6-year-old girl among 36 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend violence, police say
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-shootings-in-this-weekend-taco-bell/12152409/
NBC5
— Illinois Republicans Say Issues of Safety, Economics Matter More to Voters Than Abortion
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/illinois-republicans-say-issues-of-safety-economics-matter-more-to-voters-than-abortion/2918639/
WTTW
— Donald Trump’s Long Shadow Keeps 2024 Hopefuls from Iowa State Fair – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2022/08/21/donald-trump-s-long-shadow-keeps-2024-hopefuls-iowa-state-fair
WGN RADIO
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use their raiding Trump’s home to destroy him once and for all.
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/trumps-turbulent-white-house-years-culminate-in-fla-search/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-tribune-lgbtq-chicago-history-20220821-gicflxkdtnfn5apew3pqqo5uyu-story.html
— New Chicago elections map cutting precincts significantly ahead of November general election – Kinsey Crowley
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. But now, Democrats paint themselves as being the Union and paint Republicans as being the Confederacy.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/real-talk-it-s-not-the-civil-war-it-s-the-overthrow-of-reconstruction/article_2d50fafd-9c92-567b-a74c-c01b1117a5b4.html
SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— “We Never Thought That Rauner Would Beat Quinn, But He Did!
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/we-never-thought-that-rauner-would-beat-quinn-but-he-did-because-of-these-guys-right-here/
WREX
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.wrex.com/news/politics/nbc-news-poll-57-of-voters-say-investigations-into-trump-should-continue/article_2e199bdc-2167-11ed-9128-770e4b4bfea0.html
KANKAKEE TIMES
— Illinois U.S. Rep Robin Kelly: “The richest Americans are dodging well over $100B in taxes. With the #InflationReductionAct, we’re…”
https://kankakeetimes.com/stories/630638278-illinois-u-s-rep-robin-kelly-the-richest-americans-are-dodging-well-over-100b-in-taxes-with-the-inflationreductionact-we-re
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Bailey: ‘I share the concerns of the Illinois Farm Bureau on the so-called Inflation Reduction Act’ – Bree Gonzales
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/630639582-bailey-i-share-the-concerns-of-the-illinois-farm-bureau-on-the-so-called-inflation-reduction-act
WIREPOINTS
— Comptroller Susana Mendoza Mailing Deceitful Political Message At Taxpayers’ Expense – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/comptroller-susana-mendoza-mailing-deceitful-political-message-at-taxpayers-expense-wirepoints/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— All Republicans are now terrorists. Democrats and the mainstream media have gone full Orwellian. – Everett Piper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/21/all-republicans-are-now-terrorists/
— Illegal immigrant girls used for sex, forced labor by sponsors: Feds – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/21/illegal-immigrant-girls-used-sex-forced-labor-spon/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DACA 2.0: Biden releases 250,000 unaccompanied migrant children into US – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/daca-redux-biden-releases-250000-migrant-children-into-usa
— Traditional public schools deserve all the blame for their own enrollment crisis – David Freddoso
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/traditional-public-schools-deserve-all-the-blame-for-their-own-enrollment-crisis
— Back to school: Berkeley’s ‘diversity vow’ a depressing token of woke academia – David Freddoso
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/back-to-school-berkeleys-diversity-vow-a-depressing-token-of-woke-academia
NEW YORK POST
— Collateral damage in war between parents and the left, and it’s kids caught in the middle. – Andrea Peyser (COMMENT: I was collateral damage in the war between a) Republicans and b) the Democrats who ran GAO, IRS, and the Post Office. I should write a book about that.)
https://nypost.com/2022/08/21/collateral-damage-in-war-on-parents-kids-caught-in-the-middle/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Enormous Amounts of Money Flow into the Bottomless Education Pit. How much will it really help student achievement? – Larry Sand
https://amgreatness.com/2022/08/20/enormous-amounts-of-money-flow-into-the-bottomless-education-pit/
— About Going to College. The system cannot be reformed. It must be reestablished on new foundations. – Vincent McCaffrey (COMMENT: While I earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, my Democrat instructors failed to turn me into a Democrat.)
https://amgreatness.com/2022/08/20/about-going-to-college/
— The Worst and the Stupidest? Our elites are now viewed with the disdain they have earned on their own merits. And they are none too happy about it. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2022/08/21/the-worst-and-the-stupidest/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Stupid bureaucrat tricks: New York tries to get rid of migrants seeking services through red tape – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: Why hasn’t Abbott bused any illegals to Chicago?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/stupid_bureaucrat_tricks_new_york_tries_to_get_rid_of_migrants_seeking_services_through_red_tape.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The great migrant wave continues under Joe Biden’s no-borders policy, with nearly five million foreigners now in the country without authorization, according to a new study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). A few thousand have arrived in New York (and Washington), the product of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s idea to bus some on a voluntary basis to the nation’s pre-eminent sanctuary cities, which is also the territory of the leftist pols who promote illegal immigration into U.S. hardest. For New York, a mere 4,000 of them has created massive problems, and there’s no sign this load will get any lighter. It turns out that America’s largest city can’t handle even a mere 4,000 of them, with all their needs for hotels, transport, legal representation, food, education, diapers, laundry service, cell phones, medical care, school supplies, and other free stuff of its advertised socialist Utopia. One can only imagine what it is like for the border states which are forced to take in hundreds of thousands migrants arriving daily into the U.S. border states with no consent whatsoever, but pay no attention to them. This is supposedly can-do New York.)
— If I were Trump’s advisor… – M.B. Mathews
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/if_i_were_trumps_advisor.html
— American ayatollahs and Democrat fatwas – Drew Allen
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/american_ayatollahs_and_democrat_fatwas.html
— The new epidemic of self-silencing plagues America – Rajan Laad (COMMENT: I do not self-silence. I should write a book about those who want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, who want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters, but failing that, who want me to stop me from promoting in those newsletters the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform. They want me to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination (Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, replacement theory, wokeness/wokeism), and age discrimination.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/the_new_epidemic_of_selfsilencing_plagues_america.html
— Student newsies seek to cancel University of Virginia founder Thomas Jefferson – Paul Dowling
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/student_newsies_seek_to_cancel_university_of_virginia_founder_thomas_jefferson.html
BLAZE
— Liz Cheney vows to support opponents of election-denying Republicans – even if it means helping to elect Democrats – PAUL SACCA (COMMENT: Sooner or later, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters do everything that they can to destroy those who do not hate Trump.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/liz-cheney-republicans-ron-desantis
BREITBART
— NYC to Enroll over 1K Young Border Crossers in Public Schools as City Deals with Classroom Overcrowding – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/21/nyc-to-enroll-1k-young-border-crossers-public-schools-city-deals-classroom-overcrowding/
— Border Crossers Awarded Healthcare, Free Cellphones Upon Arrival in NYC – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/21/border-crossers-awarded-healthcare-free-cellphones-upon-arrival-in-nyc/
— Selfies May Fuel Wave of Illegals Being Bused Deeper into U.S. – AMY FURR
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2022/08/21/selfies-may-fuel-wave-illegals-being-bused-deeper-u-s/
— Texas Border Sector Suspends Routine Patrols to Address Facility Overcrowding – RANDY CLARK (COMMENT: Why hasn’t Abbott bused any illegals to Chicago?)
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2022/08/21/exclusive-texas-border-sector-suspends-routine-patrols-to-address-facility-overcrowding/
— Students Told to Secretly Report ‘Microaggressions’ by Scanning QR Codes In Classrooms – PETER CADDLE
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/08/22/students-told-to-secretly-report-microaggressions-by-scanning-qr-codes-in-classrooms/
— Many more Americans are rejecting the “Nation of Immigrants” narrative amid the huge damage from President Joe Biden’s cheap-labor migration policy, according to Ipsos polling data. – NEIL MUNRO21
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/08/21/polling-support-migration-crashes-bidens-invasion/
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Chicago retracts no-whites allowed med school stipend program – JACK APPLEWHITE
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uchicago-retracts-no-whites-allowed-med-school-stipend-program/
DAILY WIRE
— Liz Cheney Says She’ll Support Dems In Races Against Some Republicans – Dillon Burroughs (COMMENT: Sooner or later, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters do everything they can to destroy those who do not hate Trump.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/liz-cheney-says-shell-support-dems-in-races-against-some-republicans
EPOCH TIMES
— Fence Surrounding Biden’s Delaware Beach House Costs About $500,000 – Bill Pan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fence-surrounding-bidens-delaware-beach-house-costs-about-500000-records-show_4678740.html
— COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who despise if not hate pensioners like me the most. They stress that I have been getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $58,101/year) for almost 25 years. They further stress that the federal government paid 72% a) of my health, dental, and vision insurance premiums 1966-1969 and since 1971 and b) of my wife’s health, dental, and vision insurance premiums since 1978. I would focus on my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who look down on, if not despise, if not hate wage earners like I was 1964-1997.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/let-pensioners-and-veterans-shore-up-our-worker-shortage_4679523.html
— Is Diversity Our Strength? Please – Philip Carl Salzman (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Diversity to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/is-diversity-our-strength-please_4678584.html
— Cheney’s Loss Reveals ‘Massive Disconnect’ Between Americans and Politicians – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/cheneys-loss-reveals-massive-disconnect-between-americans-and-politicians-lawmaker_4678646.html
FEDERALIST
— Mike Pence Is Wrong. DOJ And FBI Rot Spreads Way Deeper Than Garland – JONATHAN S. TOBIN
https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/22/mike-pence-is-wrong-doj-and-fbi-rot-spreads-way-deeper-than-garland/
FOX NEWS
— New York Times report blasts Republicans for ‘unfounded conspiracy theories’ about increased IRS enforcement. The Inflation Reduction Act will double the IRS workforce in the next decade. – Lindsay Kornick (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. 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 $88,229-$99,994/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $104,915-$111,909/year.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-report-blasts-republican-unfounded-conspiracy-theories-about-increased-irs-enforcement
— Steve Hilton: IRS performance audit exposes how the swamp rewards failure. Steve Hilton claimed the Biden regime is engaged in “insane centralization.” (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. 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 $88,229-$99,994/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $104,915-$111,909/year.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/steve-hilton-irs-performance-audit-exposes-swamp-rewards-failure
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— School advisory board tried to cancel the Founding Fathers from history curriculum…not anymore – Jim Patrick
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/virginia-board-tried-to-cancel-the-founding-fathers-from-history-curriculum/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— No Whites Allowed: Private Housing At UC-Berkeley Bans White People From Common Areas. “Many POC members moved here to be able to avoid white violence and presence, so respect their decision of avoidance if you bring white guests.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/08/no-whites-allowed-private-housing-at-uc-berkeley-bans-white-people-from-common-areas/
— Nicole Solas Tells Parents How to Protect Children From Wokeness in Schools. “Remember that public school is the government which cannot compel speech, invade privacy, violate your religion, or discriminate.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/08/nicole-solas-tells-parents-how-to-protect-children-from-wokeness-in-schools/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats’ Absurd Justifications for Doubling the IRS – JOHN FUND (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. 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 $88,229-$99,994/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $104,915-$111,909/year.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/08/democrats-absurd-justifications-for-doubling-the-irs/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Don’t Like 87,000 New IRS Agents? Chuck Todd Says Pay Your Taxes! – Kevin Tober (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. 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 $88,229-$99,994/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $104,915-$111,909/year.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kevin-tober/2022/08/21/dont-87000-new-irs-agents-chuck-todd-says-pay-your-taxes
NEWSMAX
— Nearly 5M Migrants Have Crossed Southern Border During Biden Tenure – Jay Clemons
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us-mexico-border/2022/08/21/id/1083970/
PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Task Force Recommends Permanent Removal of Christopher Columbus Statues – RICK MORAN (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats dump Italian Americans.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2022/08/21/chicago-task-force-recommends-permanent-removal-of-christopher-columbus-statues-n1622726
— The Democratic Party Is Full of Election Deniers – MATT MARGOLIS (COMMENT: Democrats deny that Trump won the election in 2016.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2022/08/21/the-democratic-party-is-full-of-election-deniers-n1622802
POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘People of Color’ themed student housing at Berkeley FAILS due to ‘white supremacy’
https://thepostmillennial.com/people-of-color-themed-student-housing-at-berkeley-fails-due-to-white-supremacy
TOWNHALL
— The Republican Party Needs Leadership And a Clear Agenda – Allen West
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2022/08/22/the-republican-party-needs-leadership-and-a-clear-agenda-n2612052
— With GOP Leaders Like McConnell, Who Needs Enemies? – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2022/08/22/with-gop-leaders-like-mcconnell-who-needs-enemies-n2612039
U.S. SENATOR RICK SCOTT
— Open Letter to Job Seekers: Don’t Work for Biden’s IRS Army (COMMENT: I should write a book about the almost 9 years that I worked for the Democrats who run IRS and the 3 years that worked for the Democrats who run GAO on audits of IRS. The book would include a) why I accepted IRS’s job offer in 1971 when I was 22 years old; b) why I became ever-increasingly critical of IRS’s discrimination against its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who IRS had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $104,915) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $123,978) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $145,831) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $176,300) by age 40; c) how IRS disallowed my travel vouchers to punish me in1974; d) how IRS forced the IRS manager to transfer to Texas in 1975 who had promoted me in 1974, 1973, and 1972 to punish me; f) how IRS disallowed my education deductions to punish me in 1978, and g) how IRS never promoted me beyond GS-12 to punish me.)
https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2022/8/sen-rick-scott-pens-open-letter-to-job-seekers-don-t-work-for-biden-s-irs-army
(FROM THE POSTING: Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below open letter to America’s job seekers outlining several factors they should consider before applying for a job with Biden’s soon-to-be supersized Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This month, Congressional Democrats passed a massive, partisan and reckless tax-and-spend bill which gives the IRS an additional $80 billion in taxpayer dollars and the authority to hire 87,000 new – mostly armed – IRS agents. Senator Scott first released this open letter to job seekers on his new LinkedIn account.)
THE HILL
— California’s ‘privilege’-based curricula are at odds with American ideals – JACK BROWN AND ETHAN BLEVINS (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being privileged because I am White, male, heterosexual, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, non-poor, married since 1978, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 25 years, I have three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license, etc.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3608352-californias-privilege-based-curricula-are-at-odds-with-american-ideals/
CNN
— 140 migrants welcomed in NYC from Texas in largest single-day arrival Sunday, officials say – Isa Kaufman Geballe and Samantha Beech (COMMENT: Why hasn’t Abbott bused any illegals to Chicago?)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/21/us/texas-migrants-new-york-buses/index.html
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw defends bussing migrants to New York City (COMMENT: Why hasn’t Abbott bused any illegals to Chicago?)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/08/21/crenshaw-on-migrants.cnn
CBS NEWS
— Mayor Eric Adams’ office: Biggest single-day arrival of migrants from Texas on Sunday (COMMENT: Why hasn’t Abbott bused any illegals to Chicago?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mayor-eric-adams-office-biggest-single-day-arrival-of-migrants-from-texas-on-sunday/
— “Unions are cool again”: A new generation of workers advocates for unionization. (COMMENT: I was a union member for almost 12 years (1966-1969 and 1971-1980). I should write a book about those who have used that against me the most.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unions-are-cool-again-a-new-generation-of-workers-advocates-for-unionization/
NBC NEWS
— Americans are angry and worried about U.S. future, new NBC News poll shows (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for Americans, and especially for Americans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/democrats-are-waiting-biden-one-time-rcna44129
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Teacher contract meant to shield educators of color from seniority-based layoffs sets firestorm (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the more of the following that its employees were, the more that they were protected from Republican-led budget cuts: Democrat, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wisn.com/article/minneapolis-teacher-contract-race-language/40950188#
NEW YORK TIMES
— An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives – Kenneth P. Vogel and Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/us/politics/republican-dark-money.html
BLOOMBERG
— Democrats Pivot on Race-Based Loan Relief as White Farmers Sue – Maeve Sheehey
https://about.bgov.com/news/democrats-pivot-on-race-based-loan-relief-as-white-farmers-sue/
CFO DRIVE
— The accounting profession is making bold moves to increase diversity (COMMENT: Of course, to increase Diversity, the accounting profession is overjoyed that my Democrat GAO superiors in 1997 a) forced me, a 49-year-old White male draft-avoiding Protestant 100% German American whose ancestors had been in America since 1844 to take their early retirement “offer” and b) gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black CPA subordinate. Of course, the accounting profession is also overjoyed that previously, my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, b) did not promote me beyond GS-13, c) forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had promoted me in 1986, d) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) gave me unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals, and f) forced me to take a $20,901 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.cfodive.com/spons/the-accounting-profession-is-making-bold-moves-to-increase-diversity/629627/
AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN
— Fact check: Do viral Facebook photos show ‘an IRS agent training class’? – Ciara O’Rourke (DIERSEN: I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $104,915-$111,909/year. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/08/21/politifact-viral-photos-do-not-show-an-irs-training-class/65411587007/
BOSTON HERALD
— Democrats weaponize the IRS to silence critics – BETSY MCCAUGHEY (COMMENT: Democrats run IRS. I started working for them in 1971 when I was 22 years old and became ever-increasingly critical of how they discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $104,915) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $123,978) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $145,831) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $176,300) by age 40. In 1974, to silence me, they disallowed my travel vouchers. In 1978, to silence me, they disallowed my education deductions. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/22/mccaughey-dems-weaponize-the-irs-to-silence-critics/
DAILY CAMERA
— Bulked-up IRS can make everyone pay their fair share – Editorial (COMMENT: Ever since I became an IRS employee in 1971 when I was 22 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have not paid my fair share. In 1978, the Democrats who ran Money Magazine and my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/08/21/editorial-bulked-up-irs-can-make-everyone-pay-their-fair-share/
TAMPA BAY TIMES
— U.S. Senator Rick Scott discourages job seekers from applying to IRS positions. – Maria Ramirez Uribe and Sara Swann (COMMENT: I should write a book about the almost 9 years that I worked for the Democrats who run IRS and the 3 years that worked for the Democrats who run GAO on audits of IRS. The book would include a) why I accepted IRS’s job offer in 1971 when I was 22 years old; b) why I became ever-increasingly critical of IRS’s discrimination against its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who IRS had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $104,915) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $123,978) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $145,831) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $176,300) by age 40; c) how IRS disallowed my travel vouchers to punish me in1974; d) how IRS forced the IRS manager to transfer to Texas in 1975 who had promoted me in 1974, 1973, and 1972 to punish me; f) how IRS disallowed my education deductions to punish me in 1978, and g) how IRS never promoted me beyond GS-12 to punish me.)
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/08/21/rick-scott-overstates-potential-hiring-surge-at-the-irs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., discouraged job seekers from applying to IRS positions in an “open letter” posted on his LinkedIn account. (SEE: https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2022/8/sen-rick-scott-pens-open-letter-to-job-seekers-don-t-work-for-biden-s-irs-army ) Scott, who called himself the “jobs governor” over two terms in Florida, said those IRS jobs would not survive a Republican takeover of Congress. Scott claimed funding from Congress would make the IRS larger than several other prominent government agencies.)
AFGE
— AFGE at 90: To Fight or Not to Fight, That Is Not the Question (COMMENT: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee and the Democrats who ran GAO might not have been able to a) force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) not promote me beyond GS-13, d) force the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had promoted me in 1986, e) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, f) give me unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals, and g) force me to take a $20,901/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.afge.org/article/afge-at-90-to-fight-or-not-to-fight-that-is-not-the-question/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CSRA created three new agencies: the Office of Personnel Management, which manages and oversees personnel issues; the Merit Systems Protection Board, which protects the merit system by giving federal workers a means to appeal adverse actions such as demotion and removal; and the Federal Labor Relations Authority, which oversees federal labor-management relations including resolving labor-management disputes.)
NEWSWEEK
— Cancel Culture Is Coming for Google – AYDEN FÉRDELINE (COMMENT: Google continues to cancel me and to cancel my www.gopillinois.com website. Google continues to treat my www.gopillinois.com website as being a news website.
https://www.newsweek.com/cancel-culture-coming-google-opinion-1735311
NPR
— Texas sends migrants to New York. They get a warm welcome, but life there is tough (COMMENT: Why hasn’t Abbott bused any illegals to Chicago?)
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/21/1118460747/texas-migrants-new-york-welcome-life-tough
GOVERNING
— Is America Headed for a NATO-Style Faceoff Between Red and Blue? The fierce rhetoric flying between state capitols is a reflection of “the big sort,” as we increasingly seek out those with whom we share values. The common ground essential to governing is getting harder and harder to find. – Donald F. Kettl (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, a) Democrats run the federal government and b) Democrats use the federal government to promote blue states and to destroy red states.).
https://www.governing.com/now/is-america-headed-for-a-nato-style-faceoff-between-red-and-blue
INSIDE HIGHER ED
— Affirmative Action Is Probably Dead: Now What? – Antar Tichavakunda1 and Suneal Kolluri (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get of Republicans.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2022/08/22/affirmative-action-probably-dead-whats-next-opinion
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run the federal government. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/08/22/higher-ed-must-confront-threats-democracy-opinion
DAILY BEAST
— Americans Are Dangerously Divided – Matt Lewis (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs a) divide minorities against Republican Whites, b) divide females against Republican males, c) divide younger people against Republican older people, d) divide LGBTQers against Republican heterosexuals, e) divide liberals and moderates against Republican conservatives, f) divide non-Christians against Republican Christians, g) divide non-Protestants against Republican Protestants, h) divide non–Italian Americans against Republican Italian Americans, i) divide non-German Americans against Republican German Americans, j) divide those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those Republicans whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, k) divide Trump-haters against Republicans who do not hate Trump, l) divide those who have less money against Republicans who have more money, m) divide non-married people against Republican married people, n) divide those who have dependents against Republicans who do not have dependents, o) divide citizens of foreign countries against Republicans, p) divide those who have health problems against Republicans who do not have health problems, q) divide all non-Republicans against all Republicans, and r) divide etc. against etc.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/americans-are-dangerously-divided-and-not-just-over-trump
