ABC7
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Satanic Temple of Illinois sets up holiday display in Capitol rotunda for 3rd year in a row. Satanic statue Illinois: ‘Baphomet’ represents plurality, unity, compassion and empathy, temple members say. – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/satanic-temple-of-illinois-display-baphomet-statue/11370430/
— Amazon workers walk out of Cicero facility
https://abc7chicago.com/amazon-workers-walk-out-walkout-chicago-jobs/11370689/
WGN9
— Outside Chicago, suburbs are also struggling with surge in violent crime – Ben Bradley, Andrew Schroedter
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/outside-chicago-suburbs-are-also-struggling-with-surge-in-violent-crime/
FOX32
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Illinois Satanic Temple displays deity at Illinois Capitol
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-satanic-temple-displays-deity-at-illinois-capitol-rotunda
— Dozens of felons out on bond in Chicago are getting re-arrested, report finds – Stephen Sorace
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dozens-of-felons-out-on-bond-in-chicago-are-getting-re-arrested-report-finds
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot pushed for transparency, but has yet to release full IG reports on several major investigations – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-mayor-lightfoot-inspector-general-reports-transparency-20211222-h776nyhnqfemtoowdat626shei-story.html
— Calumet City mayor scores political points with sloppy audit accusing clerk of misdeeds – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-calumet-city-audit-st-1222-20211221-uksrjqog3vcupn5b2cazgxyrhq-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Aurora man admits tossing explosive device at police during 2020 protests in Naperville. The explosion temporarily stunned officers and left several with injuries including “momentary blindness and hearing loss for several minutes,” authorities wrote. – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/12/21/22849099/aurora-man-admits-tossing-explosive-device-police-during-2020-protests-in-naperville
DAILY HERALD
— Against the religion of ‘woke anti-racism’ – Michael Barone
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20211222/against-the-religion-of-woke-anti-racism
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Adam Kinzinger and the Trump ‘circus environment’ The Channahon Republican says “almost more important” than the actual Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is the investigation into the planning leading up to it in the days and weeks before.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/juice/adam-kinzinger-trump-and-jan-6-investigation-dc-memo-ted-cox
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: I expected the America I had seen on TV. But life on the South Side is a struggle. The realities of racism, poverty, food insecurity and gun violence surprised me. – AJIBOLA ELIZABETH JUNAID
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-gun-violence-racism-poverty-make-life-struggle-south-side
WSIU
— Why Evanston, Illinois is offering reparations – Daniel Biss
https://news.wsiu.org/podcast/simoncast/2021-12-22/daniel-biss-why-evanston-illinois-is-offering-reparations-episode-16
NPR ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs do everything that they can to make America a) dependent on foreign countries and b) dependent on citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2021-12-21/the-u-s-economy-is-slowing-as-fewer-immigrant-workers-come-to-fill-jobs
ELMHURST PATCH
— Behind Closed Doors: How Often For Elmhurst City Council. Compared with the council, the park board spent more of its time in closed session. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/behind-closed-doors-how-often-elmhurst-city-council
WIREPOINTS
— 2021 Census numbers are horrible for Illinois: Population decline second worst in country, behind only New York – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/2021-census-numbers-are-horrible-for-illinois-population-decline-second-worst-in-country-behind-only-new-york-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS RANKS LAST FOR TAX FRIENDLINESS WITH ‘NO END IN SIGHT’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/illinois-ranks-last-for-tax-friendliness-with-no-end-in-sight.html
— SWEARER: FACTS ABOUT SPIKES IN CRIME THAT SEN. DURBIN DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/swearer-facts-about-spikes-in-crime-that-sen-durbin-doesnt-want-you-to-know.html
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago mayor who pushed $80M defund of cops now pleads for feds to save city – Joshua Rhett Miller and Bruce Golding
https://nypost.com/2021/12/21/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-wants-federal-help-to-stem-gun-violence/
FOX NEWS
— Rooftop Revelations: Cruelest part of South Side Chicago violence is its senselessness, pastor says. Pastor laments nihilism behind slayings of 57 school-age Chicago children. – Eli Steele
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rooftop-revelations-south-side-chicago-violence-pastor
— Liberal California DAs living in ‘woke palace,’ insulated from crime spikes
https://www.foxnews.com/media/liberal-california-boudin-gascon-woke-crime-los-angeles-county-sheriff-villanueva-fox-news-night
— American Warriors concerned with woke military leadership: ‘Destroying the fabric’ of why soldiers fight. Pete Hegseth rails against the ‘upside-down priorities’ coming from the Pentagon. – Jeff Field (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, its top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/american-warriors-concerned-woke-military-leadership
FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago small businesses suffer from crime plague with no ‘effort’ from city to stop it. Local Chicago businesses are being targeted by thieves this holiday season. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/chicago-small-businesses-crime-theft-lori-lightfoot-leadership-help
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Salvation Army takes an even deeper dive into wokedom – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/the_salvation_army_takes_an_even_deeper_dive_into_wokedom.html
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Can Politics Save Christianity? – Rod Dreher
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/can-politics-save-christianity-douthat/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Zuckerberg-Funded Pro-Amnesty Groups Sue Border Patrol Over ‘Whipping’ Hoax – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/22/zuckerberg-funded-pro-amnesty-groups-sue-border-patrol-over-whipping-hoax/
COLLEGE FIX
— Gov. DeSantis announces Stop WOKE Act to combat critical race theory – MARGARET PEPPIATT
https://www.thecollegefix.com/gov-desantis-announces-stop-woke-act-to-combat-critical-race-theory/
DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Heavy Hand: ‘Vaccine-Free, Your Time Is Up.’ – Tim Meads
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoots-heavy-hand-vaccine-free-your-time-is-up
REASON
— Florida Supreme Court Reaffirms Rejection of Identity-Based Quotas for Continuing Legal Education Programs – EUGENE VOLOKH (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, people are promoted or gotten rid of because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, how long their ancestors have been in America, liberal/moderate/conservative status, Trump hater/neutral/supporter status, etc.)
https://reason.com/volokh/2021/12/21/florida-supreme-court-reaffirms-rejection-of-identity-based-quotas-for-continuing-legal-education-programs/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Greg Gutfeld: ‘Joe Biden is a racist with blood on his hands’ – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/21/greg-gutfeld-joe-biden-is-a-racist-with-blood-on-his-hands-1178732/
— School district encourages students to join BLM in ’21 Day Equity Challenge’: Says calling America ‘land of opportunity’ is a microaggression – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/12/22/school-district-encourages-students-to-join-blm-in-21-day-equity-challenge-says-calling-america-land-of-opportunity-is-a-microaggression-1178836/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Prof Claims White Dominance of Outdoor Recreation Has ‘Roots in Systemic Racism’ “The issue becomes excruciatingly clear that historical institutional racism has banished people of color from the great outdoors.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/12/prof-claims-white-dominance-of-outdoor-recreation-has-roots-in-systemic-racism/
CBS NEWS
— Pentagon updates extremism policy and says nearly 100 service members engaged in extremist activity in 2021 – ELEANOR WATSON (COMMENT: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, the more of the following planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more of an extremist that you are: traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-extremism-military-policy-updates/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Who Gets Abortions in America? THE TYPICAL PATIENT…Is Already a Mother…Is in Her Late 20s…Attended Some College…Has a Low Income…Is Unmarried…Is in Her First 6 Weeks of Pregnancy…Is Having Her First Abortion…Lives in a Blue State. – Margot Sanger-Katz, Claire Cain Miller and Quoctrung Bui
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/14/upshot/who-gets-abortions-in-america.html
— FRONT PAGE: Why a Chinese Company Dominates Electric Car Batteries Beijing gave CATL lavish subsidies, a captive market of buyers and soft regulatory treatment, helping it to control a crucial technology of the future. – Keith Bradsher and Michael Forsythe
By Keith Bradsher and Michael Forsythe
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/business/china-catl-electric-car-batteries.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Firefighters quit after convicted arsonist is named acting chief of Illinois (Prairie Du Pont Volunteer Fire Department) fire department
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/firefighters-quit-after-convicted-arsonist-is-named-acting-chief-of-illinois-fire-department/2021/12/22/cd2da2af-adf2-468a-b31c-fb682ef29d3b_video.html-2
USA TODAY
— Journalists need to maintain independence from their sources and not become the news story – Ken Paulson (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would also write about their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/12/21/fox-news-cnn-ethical-setbacks-journalism/8931870002/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— By Ditching the SAT, Harvard Hurts Minority Students. How do you help young people move forward without honestly assessing where they stand? – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvard-ditches-sat-hurts-minority-meritocracy-education-diversity-affirmative-action-asian-black-11640123407
— Life Expectancy in U.S. Declined 1.8 Years in 2020, CDC Says – Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-expectancy-in-u-s-declined-1-8-years-in-2020-cdc-says-11640149261
BLOOMBERG
— The National Association of Realtors Is Sorry About All the Discrimination
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-12-21/real-estate-agents-want-to-fix-housing-discrimination-but-keep-their-commission
— U.S. Population Grows at Lowest Rate on Record During Pandemic – Katia Dmitrieva
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-21/u-s-population-grows-at-lowest-rate-on-record-amid-covid-19
BLOOMBERG LAW
— A Black deputy sheriff for DuPage County, Illinois isn’t entitled to a trial on his claims that he was denied a promotion to sergeant because of his race and that the county conspired to withhold promotions from Black deputies through artificially low performance evaluation scores, a federal court in Illinois ruled. Although the deputy suffered an adverse employment action by receiving a score of 67 on his performance evaluation instead of the minimum 70 necessary to sit for the promotional exam, he could not produce any evidence leading a reasonable jury to believe that the adverse employment action was due … (COMMENT: The low performance evaluations that my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors gave me conflicted with the fact a) that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, b) that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, and c) that I became a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/case-discrimination-promotion-n-d-ill-9
