FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 20 shot, 4 killed in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-violence-police/14162372/
— Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership launches tool to connect job seekers with employers – Ramona Meadors (COMMENT: I lived in Crete 1948-1972. But the jobs that I found while I lived in Crete starting in 1964 were in Chicago Heights (1964-1966 and 1970-1972), Flossmoor (1966), Park Forest (1966-1969), Belvidere (1970), Chicago (1971), and Harvey (1972).)
https://abc7chicago.com/jobs-hiring-near-me-chicago-cook-workforce-partnership-employment-american-job-centers/14152306/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals. – Alex Miller
https://www.wbez.org/stories/how-are-migrants-in-chicago-finding-work-venezuelan-artist-paints/10b5a2c1-4afb-47e3-bfa8-e35fe25c642b
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-andre-vasquez-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-20231210-tbdnswpekrd4fkk7rtsrjfq2xm-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-mendez-family-healthcare-tumor-20231210-lt6mluvkgbcgrh57mt4yzt3oty-story.html
— Democrats decry that “Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it’s willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-israel-gaza-us-support-20231210-bwulvaxip5fcbou45j754i6l6a-story.html
— Most colleges don’t require training that addresses antisemitism. That has to change. – Craig M. Klugman (COMMEMT: What about addressing anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-heterosexual, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owner, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-universities-antisemitism-diversity-training-20231211-4kr557xz65f4flt63shww5jtdq-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Affordable housing development set for North Lawndale groundbreaking. – Isabel Funk (COMMENT: I could afford to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. But if it had been built in just about any other municipality, it would have cost much more and I could not have afforded it.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/12/10/23992355/grace-manor-affordable-housing-cha-ogden-avenue-baptist-church-north-lawndale
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOL:D WITH BIG PICTURE: Is Illinois’ mandatory road test for seniors fair? The 49 other states don’t do it. – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231211/is-illinois-mandatory-road-test-for-seniors-fair-the-49-other-states-dont-do-it
WGN RADIO
— Making sure your retirement plan has longevity – Ben Anderson (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors destroyed my retirement plan when they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is a) only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and b) less than what my IRS salary was in 1972.)
https://wgnradio.com/this-week-in-wealth/making-sure-your-retirement-plan-has-longevity/
JOURNAL COURIER
— What to know about Illinois’ approaching assault weapons ban – Andrew Adams (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force law enforcement to go after unregistered owners who are Republican and who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, gun-owner, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-starting-weeks-18542327.php
25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois State investigating incident involving fan and Norfolk State player, claims of use of racial slurs
https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/12/11/illinois-state-investigating-incident-involving-fans-norfolk-state-player-claims-use-racial-slurs/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/12/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-199/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Legislators seek to utilize non-citizens for military and police despite pushback – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f32f79fa-961e-11ee-8b33-2f9724eb330e.html
WIREPOINTS
— Universities better get ahead of surging anti-woke backlash. The University of Illinois should go first. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/universities-better-get-ahead-of-surging-anti-woke-backlash-the-university-of-illinois-should-go-first-wirepoints/
— The failures beyond Evanston High School’s segregated AP classes – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-failures-beyond-evanston-high-schools-segregated-ap-classes-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Trans-Gendering of Children at School Exposed in “Art Club” Movie – Alex Newman
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/trans-gendering-of-children-at-school-exposed-in-art-club-movie/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— America must stand with Israel against the darkness – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/10/america-must-stand-with-israel-against-darkness/
— Sen. J.D. Vance blasts DEI initiatives at his alma mater Ohio State, calls it ‘racial hatred’ – Alex Miller (COMMENT: All my alma maters (NIU-1970, Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997) promote DEI big time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/9/sen-jd-vance-blasts-dei-initiatives-ohio-state/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Although improving, Illinois’ rainy day fund is one of worst in the country – Kevin Bessler
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/although-improving-illinois-rainy-day-fund-is-one-of-worst-in-the-country
— 5,000 illegal immigrants being released daily into the US – Asher Notheis (COMMENT: Where in your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district will Democrats and RINOs house, feed. cloth, provide medical care to, educate, etc. their illegals? Of course, they will force the remaining Republicans in your county, township, municipality, and school district to pay for that.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/5000-illegals-released-daily-into-us
— Don’t let politicians use ‘public health’ to justify more gun control – Katie Pointer Baney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/dont-let-politicians-use-public-health-to-justify-more-gun-control
— JD Vance says GOP needs to ‘accept’ voters don’t want blanket abortion bans – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jd-vance-accept-voters-dont-want-blanket-bans
— Liz Cheney predicts potential second term of Trump will be ‘worse’ – Jenny Goldsberry (COMMENT: While Trump was President 2017-2021, America improved tremendously.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/liz-cheney-second-term-trump-will-be-worse
NEW YORK POST
— In the name of ‘fake news,’ NewsGuard extorts sites to follow the government narrative – Lee Fang (COMMENT: RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always done everything they could to force me to follow their narrative. They reject the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://nypost.com/2023/12/10/opinion/newsguard-extorts-sites-to-follow-the-government-narrative/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
–Affirmative Action was imposed on businesses, through government mandates justified by the Civil Rights Act, but it has also been willingly embraced by them. – Matthew Schmitz (COMMENT: How has AA impacted you? Democrats a) benefit from Affirmative Action (AA) and b) make Republicans who are White, male, non-veteran, and/or older pay the price of AA. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. They made me pay the price of AA big time. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, GAO forced me to take its early retirement “offer” so that it could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Democrat Black subordinate which is exactly what it did. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) who had less job-related work experience, less job-related education, and/or no professional certifications or licenses. I earned a) job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-corporations-love-diversity/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats pushing for ever younger voters – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/democrats_pushing_for_ever_younger_voters.html
— Trump (again) accused of radical policies, but he achieved exactly what the Democrats always promise to do – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/trump_again_accused_of_radical_policies_but_he_achieved_exactly_what_the_democrats_always_promise_to_do.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Kevin McCarthy says he backs Trump while praising Dems, talks role in prospective Cabinet – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/10/kevin-mccarthy-says-he-backs-trump-while-praising-dems-talks-role-in-prospective-cabinet-1418793/
BREITBART
— Illinois Property Taxes Make Biggest Jump in 30 Years Thanks to New Backdoor Tax Hike
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/10/illinois-property-taxes-make-biggest-jump-30-years-thanks-new-backdoor-tax-hike/
COLLEGE FIX
— Med schools redo ‘diversity’ programs after federal complaints – ELAINE GUNTHORPE
https://www.thecollegefix.com/medical-schools-redo-diversity-programs-after-federal-complaints/
DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Immigration Surges Months After Biden, Trudeau Make Deal To Crack Down On Northern Border Influx – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/10/illegal-immigration-northern-border-biden/
— Stop The Marxist Makeover Of America’s Military – FRANK GAFFNEY
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/10/opinion-stop-the-marxist-makeover-of-americas-military-frank-gaffney/
DAILY WIRE
— Senator Lankford: Biden Admin Not Offering Enough To Secure Border – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-lankford-biden-admin-not-offering-enough-to-secure-border
EPOCH TIMES
— Evanston’s segregated classes ‘prevent students from reaching their full potential’ (COMMENT: How many of your classmates were Black? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a racist because none of my grade school (Trinity Lutheran in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran in Park Forest 1961-1962) or high school (Crete-Monee 1962-1966) classmates, teachers, or administrators were Black. In my defense, I stress that while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1989, and GAO 1980-1997), many Blacks were my coworkers and more than a few were my superiors, supervisors, and subordinates. I should write a book about my Black Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.)
https://wirepoints.org/segregated-classes-for-hispanic-students-prevent-them-from-reaching-their-full-potential-wirepoints-in-the-the-epoch-times/
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Propose Solving Their Military Recruitment Crisis With Illegal Aliens – NATHAN STONE (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the federal government is and should be the employer of “last resort.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want to deal with, let alone work for, work with, or supervise those who are minority, female, unmarried, veteran, disabled, have health and/or other problems, etc. Therefore, they want the federal government to hire, retain, and promote those who are the aforesaid. All my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid.)
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/11/democrats-propose-solving-their-military-recruitment-crisis-with-illegal-aliens/
FOX NEWS
— Trump holds massive lead in Iowa 5 weeks from caucuses that kick off GOP race. Former President Trump remains the commanding frontrunner in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-holds-massive-lead-iowa-five-weeks-caucuses-kick-off-gop-race-poll
— Majority of Yale students got A’s last year, frustrating some professors: ‘Dishonest to our students’ Seventy-nine percent of Yales grades during 2022-2023 academic year were in the A-range – Kristine Parks (COMMENT: I did not get all As on the 12 graduate evening accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1980, but nevertheless, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. Only about 20% of those who take those examinations pass them on their first attempt.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/majority-yale-students-last-year-frustrating-professors-dishonest-students
— Doctors network hiring initiative unfairly rewards only Black applicants, lawsuit alleges. Do No Harm is suing Vituity over its physician incentive program open only to Black doctors. – Brianna Herlihy
https://www.foxnews.com/us/doctors-network-hiring-initiative-unfairly-rewards-only-black-applicants-lawsuit-alleges
— Thousands of blue state residents flock to Idaho, bringing conservative politics with them. ‘Escape liberal hell,’ one Idaho real estate ad says. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/thousands-blue-state-residents-flock-idaho-bringing-conservative-politics-with-data
FOX RADIO
— Border Crisis Is “Ending Up In Everybody’s Backyard” (COMMENT: Where will Democrat and RINO leaders dump their illegals in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/12/11/border-crisis-is-ending-up-in-everybodys-backyard/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— When the United Nations Actually Stood for Something Good – JOSEPH LOCONTE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/when-the-united-nations-actually-stood-for-something-good/
NEWSMAX
— Trump Builds 32-Point Lead in Iowa – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-lead-iowa/2023/12/11/id/1145475/
POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘Diversity hire’ Harvard president Claudine Gay plagiarized PhD dissertation. These revelations come after Gay defended antisemitism on campus after having condemned so-called misgendering and failure to use preferred pronouns. – Libby Emmons (COMMENT: I was the opposite of a “diversity hire.” The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger person who would take the job.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/diversity-hire-harvard-president-claudine-gay-plagiarized-ph-d-thesis-report
— Trump warns Biden to ‘be very careful’ as his politicized indictments have ‘opened up a Pandora’s box’ “He’s opened up a Pandora’s box that will never let our country be the same.” – Sara Higdon (COMMENT: Because I was a conservative White male non-veteran Republican who complained about patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, never promoted me beyond GS-13 and delayed my promotions to GS-13, GS-12, and GS-11, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, etc. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, etc.. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969, disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968, etc. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-warns-biden-to-be-very-careful-as-his-politicized-indictments-have-opened-up-a-pandoras-box
TOWNHALL
— ‘Diversity Hires’ And Progressive Hatred Highlight Everything Wrong With Democrats – Derek Hunter (COMMENT: I was the opposite of a “diversity hire.” The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger person who would take the job.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2023/12/11/diversity-hires-and-progressive-hatred-highlight-everything-wrong-with-democrats-n2632231
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump’s power in Washington grows as allies pressure colleagues to admit the primary over – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4350862-trump-power-allies-primary/
— The case against SEC board diversity mandates – DAVID MCINTOSH AND SIRI TERJESEN
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4349538-the-case-against-sec-board-diversity-mandates/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats decry that “Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it’s willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas.”
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-12-10-2023-4414014e31015af32e99a5767b18927c
CNN
— Democrats decry that “Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Israel-Hamas war intensifies.”
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-12-10-23/index.html
REUTERS
— Democrats decry that “Israeli tanks reach centre of Khan Younis in new storm of southern Gaza.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinians-report-israeli-battles-khan-younis-after-us-blocks-gaza-ceasefire-2023-12-10/
— Democrats decry that “Gaza’s ‘catastrophic’ health situation almost impossible to improve.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-health-situation-is-catastrophic-who-chief-2023-12-10/
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/major-us-immigration-policy-discussion-105530517
NBC NEWS
— Iowa poll: Trump surpasses 50% support ahead of first GOP contest. The former president leads Ron DeSantis among likely Iowa caucusgoers, 51% to 19%, with Nikki Haley at 16%. – Mark Murray and Alex Tabet
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/iowa-poll-trump-surpasses-50-support-ahead-first-gop-contest-rcna128217
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats decry that “Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it’s willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/10/israel-hamas-war-news-12-10-2023/b55b8802-972d-11ee-9d5c-d462c9032daa_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-12-11/immigration-policy-republican-presidential-candidates
USA TODAY
— ‘The Trump Party’: Here’s why Donald Trump’s supporters are calling the shots with Republicans ahead of 2024. – David Jackson (COMMENT: In your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district, who do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn the most as being Trump-supporters?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/11/donald-trump-republicans-base-2024/71850190007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote mote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2023/12/09/pinkmas-decor-rose-colored-trees-for-a-barbie-approved-christmas/71746549007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and RINO businesses ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ. How soon, if not already, will they officially stop employing those who do not promote LGBTQ? How soon, if not already, will they officially destroy their customers, suppliers, etc. who do not promote LGBTQ?
https://www.wsj.com/business/lgbtq-challenges-business-2024-868cc7d1
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats decry that “Israel Detains Hundreds of Palestinian Men in Search for Hamas.”
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-groups-of-hamas-militants-surrendered-amid-gaza-fighting-7891bc22
— Trump as Dictator Is a Classic Case of Projection. Biden and his supporters try to excuse and deflect attention from their own authoritarian actions. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-as-dictator-is-a-classic-case-of-projection-2024-election-biden-robert-kagan-a4bc86c7
— The Ivy League Mask Falls. Antisemitism is one example of a much deeper rot on campus. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ivy-league-mask-falls-antisemitism-higher-education-4592d0c0
— Why Go to College if the World Is About to End? It’s a rhetorical question that suggests climate-change catastrophists have become a religious sect. – James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-go-to-college-if-the-world-is-about-to-end-climate-change-14305b07
BLOOMBERG
— Apple Settles DOJ Case That It Discriminated Against US Workers – Mark Gurman
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-09/apple-aapl-settles-doj-case-that-it-discriminated-against-us-workers
ATLANTIC
— WHAT DOES THE WORKING CLASS REALLY WANT? Vying for its crucial support, neither Democrats nor Republicans are focusing on the essential question. – George Packer (COMMENT: My critics/opponents look down on, despise, if not hate the working class. They stress that 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 automotive 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.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/democratic-republican-parties-working-class-economy/676145/
PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE
— More People in Their 40s and 50s Are Pursuing Graduate Degrees (COMENT: I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned master’s degrees in business (Loyola 1976), accounting (DePaul 1980), and finance (IIT 1997). I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997. I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 when I was 43, and after I completing 14 courses, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear to me that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) because my GAO supervisor had made it clear to her employees that she wanted/demanded her employees to have such degrees. I succeed in getting her appointed to the program’s advisory committee. But in September of 1997, she flushed all that down her toilet. She played a very big role in forcing me to take GAO’s early retirement “offer” so that she could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had shunned the program. And that is exactly what she did.)
https://www.phillymag.com/sponsor-content/older-people-pursuing-graduate-degrees/
HR DRIVE
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who were disabled. Further, they assigned me to supervise all their employees who were minority, female, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, had performance problems, and/or who they wanted to get rid of. I should write a book about that.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/for-ada-reassignment-how-long-and-far-must-hr-look-for-a-vacancy/701943/
