FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 10 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-6-shot-2-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15687569/
— Democratic Senator Fetterman: ‘I’m not rooting against’ Trump (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders want Trump to fail.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/
— Lara Trump withdraws herself as candidate to replace Marco Rubio
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lara-trump-withdraws-herself-candidate-replace-marco-rubio/15687899/
NBC5
— ‘It feels like Elon Musk is our prime minister’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/it-feels-like-elon-musk-is-our-prime-minister-the-fallout-from-the-funding-debacle/3630535/
— Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are an extremist? I should write about my critics/opponents who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am an extremist. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-says-hes-ready-to-face-extremist-darren-bailey-in-november/2869930/
CBS2
— Striking Starbucks workers walk picket line in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/striking-starbucks-workers-walk-picket-line-in-chicago-1/
FOX32
— Trump picks Catholic advocacy group head from Chicago suburb for Vatican ambassador
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-vatican-ambassador-chicago-area
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-officiant-host-inclusive-wedding-event-same-sex-couples-ahead-inauguration-day
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Corruption has burdened Illinois since its earliest days. But change is possible. Here’s how.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/illinois-corruption-solutions/
— Lake County Indiana Republican Party chairman tapped to serve on Trump transition team
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/lake-county-republican-party-chairman-tapped-to-serve-on-trump-transition-team/
— What Trump’s decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/trump-spending-fight/
— Musk takes on Washington, but can he take it over?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/column-elon-musk-donald-trump-federal-government-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— More Illinois universities are covering tuition for low-income households, but issues with cost remains. Roosevelt University announced it will start offering a free tuition program this month, the Roosevelt Pledge, and in September, the University of Illinois Chicago announced its plans to launch its own version, UIC Aspire, next fall. (COMMENT: What helped you afford college? For me, it was a) my living with my parents and brother in Crete during my first 2 years at UIC 1966-1968 and commuting to/from there and classes at UIC and b) working all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. In addition to enabling me to pay for my college expenses, that part-time job enabled me to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and graduate debt-free from NIU owning that Charger in 1970.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/12/23/illinois-universities-free-tuition-programs-roosevelt-university
DAILY HERALD
— Why Illinois lawmakers might change pension benefits for some employees (COMMENT: I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. Federal employees hired after 1987 get a Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) pension. CSRS is more generous than FERS and because of that, many FERS employees and retirees resent CSRS employees and retirees. By definition, CSRS employees and retirees are older than FERS employees and retirees.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241220/illinois-state-politics/why-illinois-lawmakers-might-change-pension-benefits-for-some-employees/
— To keep students in college, focus on their mental health (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I became and stayed a full-time student at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970 to get student draft deferments to avoid the Vietnam War draft.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241223/columns/to-keep-students-in-college-focus-on-their-mental-health/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Waiting for the Pritzker, Durbin dominoes to fall (COMMENT: Which Republicans do you want to run for U.S. Senate and for Illinois statewide offices in 2026?)
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/miller-waiting-for-the-pritzker-durbin-dominoes-to-fall/20241222063100/
SOUTHERN
— Democratic Senator Fetterman: ‘I’m not rooting against’ Trump (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders want Trump to fail.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/22/democratic-sen-fetterman-im-not-rooting-against-trump/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly use algorithms to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicagodefender.com/racism-by-design-how-algorithms-shaped-the-2024-election-and-endangered-democracy/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action. (COMMENT: What helped you afford college? For me, it was a) my living with my parents and brother in Crete during my first 2 years at UIC 1966-1968 and commuting to/from there and classes at UIC and b) working all the part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. In addition to enabling me to pay for my college expenses, that part-time job enabled me to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and graduate debt-free from NIU owning that Charger in 1970.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-abortion-opponents-shift-focus-to-pills-with-lawsuits-proposed-laws-and-possible-federal-action/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois efforts to make higher education more affordable
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-12-20/statewide-illinois-efforts-to-make-higher-education-more-affordable
— Review by Senate Democrats finds more unreported luxury trips by Clarence Thomas (COMMENT: While I worked for IRS 1978-1980 and for GAO 1980-1992, I went on many “luxury trips” with my wife in conjunction with her business travel. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were extremely envious about that if not furious about that. Further, while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1973-1977, I went on “luxury trips” and my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were extremely envious about that if not furious about that.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-22/review-by-senate-democrats-finds-more-unreported-luxury-trips-by-clarence-thomas
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— RINO leaders are closer to Democrat leaders than they are to Republican leaders. I should write about the biggest RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who will Trump appoint to be the next U.S. Comptroller General, that is, who will Trump appoint to be the next head of GAO? The Comptroller General’s term of office is statutorily set at 15 years and they are not eligible for reappointment. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. Gerne Dodaro, GAO’s current head, was one of my superiors. He had no use for me. He was not impressed by my a) master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997), b) my professional certifications in accounting (1979), internal auditing (1981), fraud examination (1990), government financial management (1994), financial services auditing (1996), and forensic accounting (1997), c) my CPA license (1981), d) my almost 18 years working for GAO, or e) my almost 9 years working for IRS. He could have saved my GAO career, he could have stopped GAO from forcing me into early retirement, but he did not. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Politics and government are nasty/vicious. Have you considered running for a political office or a government office? If you do run, anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being failed. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress the adverse actions that the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County. and Illinois have taken against me, b) stress that GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and took other adverse actions against me, c) stress that IRS never promoted me beyond GS-12 and took adverse actions against me, d) stress that the Post Office forced me to resign and took other adverse actions against me, and e) ignore/dismiss/belittle that I earned three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Plight of Illinois’ Regional Public Universities Analyzed by Governmental Expert Jim Nowlan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/22/the-plight-of-illinois-regional-public-universities-analyzed-governmental-expert-jim-nowlan/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Limit of Trump’s influence on House Republicans revealed in government funding fight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/22/government-funding-fight-reveals-limits-donald-tru/
— Biden commutes sentences of 37 murderers on death row (COMMENT: Biden follows in George Ryan’s footsteps. George Ryan supporters have taken many adverse actions against me. I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/joe-biden-commutes-sentences-37-murderers-death-ro/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— No more welfare for illegal immigrants (COMMENT: What the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district do to promote more illegal immigration?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3266555/no-more-welfare-for-illegal-immigrants/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump vows ‘largest deportation operation in American history’ on Day One
https://nypost.com/2024/12/22/us-news/trump-vows-largest-deportation-operation-in-american-history-on-day-one/
— ‘Sanctuary’ cities, states including NY are like Confederate rebels and should lose all fed funding if they don’t change: ex-gov George Pataki
https://nypost.com/2024/12/22/us-news/sanctuary-cities-states-including-ny-are-like-confederate-rebels-and-should-lose-all-federal-if-they-dont-change-ex-gov/
— Trump wants to buy Greenland, again, after claiming US could take back ownership of Panama Canal: ‘Absolute necessity’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/trump-indicates-he-may-be-interested-in-buying-greenland-again/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Fixing the Biden Border. President Biden’s border policies created a humanitarian, economic, and legal crisis that dismantled immigration enforcement and overwhelmed American communities.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/23/fixing-the-biden-border/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Wokeness makes it so hard to catch criminals (COMMENT: What percent of criminals are members of protected groups?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/modern_requests_for_information_about_criminals_are_worse_than_meaningless.html
— Israel rebuts Pope Francis’s statements about Gaza
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/israel_rebuts_pope_francis_s_statements_about_gaza.html
BREITBART
— Trump Vows to ‘Stop the Transgender Lunacy’: ‘Only Two Genders, Male and Female’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/22/trump-vows-stop-transgender-lunacy-two-genders/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘SNL’ Audience Cheers For Man Charged With Murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO. “You’re wooing for justice right?” asked “Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost. (COMMENT: What does that say about SNL and its audience?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/snl-audience-cheers-for-man-charged-with-murdering-unitedhealthcare-ceo
FOX NEWS
— Trump: ‘We will keep men out of women’s sports’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366352635112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— College Offering Course on ‘White Supremacy in the Age of Trump’ (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/smith-college-offering-course-on-white-supremacy-in-the-age-of-trump/
— Poison Ivies: DEI and the Downfall of the Ivy League
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/poison-ivies-dei-and-the-downfall-of-the-ivy-league/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Please Retire Sooner, Politicians
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/please-retire-sooner-politicians/
NEWSMAX
— Trump: ‘Woke Is BS’; ‘There Are Only 2 Genders’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/woke-gender-ideology/2024/12/22/id/1192592/
— Representative Sessions Asks GAO to Probe Pentagon’s Audit Failures (COMMENT: During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO in Rock Island on an audit of the Department of Defense 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf My Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to this audit to throw me off audits of IRS and to punish me for becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in September of 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pete-sessions-house-oversight-pentagon/2024/12/11/id/1191351/
POST MILLENNIAL
— TPUSA crowd goes wild as Trump says woke is ‘bullsh*t,’ promises deportations on day one during first public speech since election win. He pledged “to stop woke,” calling it “bullsh*t,” saying that the US would bring in a new era of “peace, prosperity and national greatness” under his administration.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-tpusa-crowd-goes-wild-as-trump-says-woke-is-bullsh-t-promises-deportations-on-day-one-during-first-public-speech-since-election-win
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Border Czar Tom Homan to Tren de Aragua: “Your Days Are Numbered, My Gang’s Bigger Than Your Gang”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/12/22/border_czar_tom_homan_to_tren_de_aragua_your_days_are_numbered_my_gangs_bigger_than_your_gang.html
TOWNHALL
— What Happens When the Law No Longer Works?
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2024/12/22/what-happens-when-the-law-no-longer-works-n2649432
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump threatens to prosecute Google over search results (COMMENT: Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) toward websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.aol.com/trump-threatens-prosecute-google-over-214137348.html
— Voters rejected a ‘woke’ America — time for Democrats to listen and learn
https://www.aol.com/opinion-voters-rejected-woke-america-140000479.html
CNN
— Trump sets the stage for his presidency after US averts shutdown
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-transition-government-shutdown-12-22-24/index.html
— Trump rails against promoting transgenderism (COMMENT: How much success have Democrat leaders had promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/politics/video/donald-trump-transgender-denali-mt-mckinley-panama-canal-tpusa-digvid
MSN
— RINO leaders are closer to Democrat leaders than they are to Republican leaders. I should write about the biggest RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-sen-murkowski-says-she-s-not-attached-to-gop-label-but-is-still-a-republican/ar-AA1vOtEh?ocid=FW79805&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
— Musk Asks For Examples Of Government Waste: Twitter Exposes 28 Egregious Cases (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, c) earning three job-related master’s degrees, d) earning six job-related professional certifications, and e) earning a job-related professional license. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-asks-for-examples-of-government-waste-twitter-exposes-28-egregious-cases/ss-AA1w0Ux9
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reported that wasteful spending can cost the federal government billions of dollars annually. Factors such as poor management, inadequate oversight, and ineffective processes all contribute to these losses.)
— NASA staff call on Musk after agency blew millions on DEI program
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/nasa-staff-call-on-musk-after-agency-blew-millions-on-dei-program/ss-AA1uf3xW
MSNBC
— Trump’s new team marked by failed candidates (COMMENT: If you seek a political office or a government office, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being failed. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) stress the adverse actions that the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County. and Illinois have taken against me, b) stress that GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and took other adverse actions against me, b) stress that IRS never promoted me beyond GS-12 and took adverse actions against me, c) stress that the Post Office forced me to resign and took other adverse actions against me, and d) ignore/dismiss/belittle that I earned three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-new-team-marked-ex-cons-billionaires-failed-candidates-rcna183461
— Trump addresses Elon Musk’s growing political influence: ‘He’s not going to be president’
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump-addresses-elon-musk-s-growing-political-influence-he-s-not-going-to-be-president-227722821643
CBS NEWS
— Representative Tony Gonzales says “it feels as if Elon Musk is our prime minister” after funding chaos
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tony-gonzales-continuing-resolution-elon-musk-government-shutdown/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Previews Second Term in Sprawling Speech to Conservative Conference
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/us/politics/trump-speech-turning-point-arizona.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/us/resettlement-program-immigration-trump.html
— Retail Jobs Don’t Need to Be Bad. (COMMENT: My retail jobs were a) pumping gasoline in 1966 and 1970-1972 and b) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliance 1970-1971.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/business/economy/retail-work.html
— Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal Executions (COMMENT: Biden follows in George Ryan’s footsteps. George Ryan supporters have taken many adverse actions against me. I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/us/politics/biden-commutes-37-death-sentences.html
— Men Are in Trouble. What Is the Cause? The declining ability of many boys and men to compete at school and in the workplace has become both a social and a political issue. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, younger women are ever-increasingly given more preference over men. All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me and all my fellow Republican Precinct Committeemen who leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party promoted over me who were women were younger than me and a) had less experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and d) had no professional license like the one I have.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/opinion/men-women-boys-girls-politics.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly paint themselves as being GOD-LIKE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/opinion/christmas-jesus-power-humility.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump returns to rally stage before friendly crowd in Arizona. The president-elect addressed a youth-focused conference of Turning Point USA, jumping from Cabinet picks to Elon Musk to Panama Canal fees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/22/trump-rally-panama-canal/
— ‘Waiting list to nowhere’: Homelessness surveys trap Black men on the streets. Experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the unhoused.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/12/23/homeless-survey-racial-disparities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maurice Clark huddled in his tent along dusty railroad tracks as two homeless-outreach workers began asking questions to determine whether he would qualify for free or subsidized housing. Did he use drugs? Had he ever been in jail? How many times had he been to an emergency room? Had he been attacked on the streets? Tried to harm himself? Engaged in sex for money?)
NEW YORK SUN
— Homan Says ‘Worksite Enforcement’ of Immigration Laws ‘Is Coming Back’ — and for Good Reason. ‘Let’s remember,’ he says, ‘it’s illegal to hire an illegal alien.’
https://www.nysun.com/article/tom-homan-says-worksite-enforcement-of-immigration-laws-is-coming-back-and-for-good-reason
USA TODAY
— It’s the end of the road for these cars: Models that won’t make it to 2025 (COMMENT: I am keeping a like new loaded 2021 Malibu Premier in storage as a backup daily driver.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2024/12/18/discontinued-models-cars-2025-round-up/76920188007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After 2025: Chevrolet Malibu After more than 10 million global sales, Chevrolet’s parent company General Motors will wrap up production of the Malibu by the end of this year. Introduced in 2016, the ninth generation of the midsize sedan will retire after the 2025 model year. The decision comes as GM invests approximately $390 million in its Fairfax assembly plant to produce Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles.)
— The last new car you can buy for less than $20,000 — and it’s going away soon (COMMENT: I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 when I was in high school and 17 years old, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20. My critics/opponent could argue that if I had not worked so many hours to pay for the aforesaid, and instead, studied, my ACT score and my Crete-Monee High School, UIC, and NIU GPAs would have been higher.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2024/12/14/last-new-car-under-20000/76931048007/
— As clock ticks down, Biden abandons student loan relief proposals he lauded (COMMENT: I never tried to get a student loan. I worked my way through college.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/12/20/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-relief-plan-scrapped/77105533007/
ABC17
— 6 key lines from Trump’s Sunday speech to conservative activists in Phoenix
https://abc17news.com/politics/national-politics/cnn-us-politics/2024/12/22/6-key-lines-from-trumps-sunday-speech-to-conservative-activists-in-phoenix-2/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Chicago Machine Meltdown. Mayor Johnson sacks the school’s chief for his teachers union funders.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-chicago-machine-meltdowna-chicago-machine-meltdown-teachers-union-ac3d28ae
— The Complicated Mourning of Brian Thompson. Friends and colleagues struggle to cope with the UnitedHealth executive’s death, while others cheer for the man accused of killing him. (COMMENT: What do you say to those who cheer for the man who killed Thompson?)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-complicated-mourning-of-brian-thompson-d6af8d96
— Trump and the Fake Debt Limit. Rather than a restraint, it serves as an incentive for more spending. The time is ripe for lasting reforms.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-and-the-fake-debt-limit-policy-government-spending-7c8fd083
— They Helped Create DEI—and Even They Say It Needs a Makeover. The seeds of a backlash were sown when companies turned diversity into a corporate fad. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/dei-corporate-creators-program-changes-2db86ed8
— The Sanctuary State Migrant Boom. The latest Census report shows that foreign migration in the last year offset domestic flight in California, New York and other Democratic-run states.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-sanctuary-state-migrant-boom-population-census-ff2ac954
— Donald Trump’s Agenda Has New Enforcers: Charlie Kirk and a Legion of Influencers. On podcasts, posts and college campuses, conservatives push their worldview and the president-elect’s policies. (COMMENT: I am an influencer for conservative principles, that is, for the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-trump-3f2dd898
— Democrats Are Adrift as Donald Trump Prepares to Take Power. Party has yet to land on a clear message or a leading messenger. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I am a bad messenger.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-democrat-reaction-party-challenges-93989794
— The Week the GOP’s High Hopes Collided With Reality. Musk’s new influence and Trump’s impulsive style threw the party into a familiar form of chaos.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/the-week-the-gops-high-hopes-collided-with-reality-cc93c414
— More Teens Are Using Dangerously Potent Pot for Intense Highs. Dabbing involves inhaling fumes from highly concentrated cannabis that is heated at high temperatures. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.wsj.com/health/dabbing-marijuana-health-risks-1e3aef6d
— FRONT PAGE: When the Pink Slip Comes Via Text and Email. Some companies, including GM, cut out human contact altogether when eliminating jobs. (COMMENT: I should write about exactly what my GAO superiors and supervisors said to me to force me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/fired-layoffs-text-email-companies-977f6cf5
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: America’s Private Prison Complex Gears Up for Trump Deportation Bonanza. Some are exploring the controversial practice of detaining unaccompanied minors. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-deportation-private-prison-companies-49a18e3e
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/22/can-dei-survive-project-2025-strategies-to-consider/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2024/12/23/4-predictions-that-will-shape-the-future-of-dei-in-2025/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelletravis/2024/12/22/the-supreme-court-case-that-will-fuel-the-corporate-dei-debate-in-2025/
— GAO Chief Gene Dodaro Testifies Before The House Oversight Committee (COMMENT: Who will Trump appoint to be the next U.S. Comptroller General, that is, who will Trump appoint to be the next head of GAO? The U.S. Comptroller General’s term of office is statutorily set at 15 years and they are not eligible for reappointment. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. Dodaro was one of my superiors. He had no use for me. He was not impressed by my a) master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997), b) my professional certifications in accounting (1979), internal auditing (1981), fraud examination (1990), government financial management (1994), financial services auditing (1996), and forensic accounting (1997), c) my CPA license (1981), d) my almost 18 years working for GAO, or e) my almost 9 years working for IRS. He could have saved my GAO career, he could have stopped me from being forced into early retirement, but he did not.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAnIxQl5skE
PERSONNEL TODAY
— Businesses should evaluate their DEI policies – and not backslide (COMMENT: My undergraduate major (NIU-1970) was personnel management and my first graduate major (Loyola-1976) was personnel management.)
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/businesses-should-evaluate-their-dei-policies-and-not-backslide/
DETROIT FREE PRESS
— 2025 Dodge Charger EV is America’s best new muscle car (COMMENT: I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. I have owned a 2013 Charger R/T Max since 2012. I am interested in the 2025 Charger EV.)
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2024/12/12/2024-dodge-charger-daytona-electric-review/76837049007/
MOTOR TREND
— Dodge Charger EV Rollout Underway (COMMENT: I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. I have owned a 2013 Charger R/T Max since 2012. I am interested in the 2025 Charger EV.)
https://www.motortrend.com/features/dodge-charger-durango-matt-mcalear-interview/
INSIDE EVs
— Inside Dodge’s Plan To Convert EV Skeptics. To win over the Mopar faithful, Dodge is about to lean on them actually experiencing the electric Charger. (COMMENT: I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. I have owned a 2013 Charger R/T Max since 2012. I am interested in the 2025 Charger EV.)
https://insideevs.com/news/745071/dodge-charger-ev-skeptics-roadkill/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dodge, perhaps alone among contemporary automakers, has seen immense success in translating the archaic 20th-century Muscle Car formula into the 21st. It has done this by stuffing increasingly outrageous iterations of its modern Hemi V8 into nearly every vehicle in its product line. Its fervent Hellcat-ing has been enough, surprisingly, to maintain steadily vigorous sales of its Challenger coupe and Charger sedan, 20-year-old cars aping 55-year-old designs and riding on platforms developed more than 30 years ago. But those vehicles are finally going away. They will be replaced by flexible-powertrain two- and four-door models, both called Charger, that will be motivated, at launch in early 2025, solely by a 100.5 kWh battery pack and a pair of electric motors. (And if you’re a Mopar nut but are committed to internal combustion, your muscle-car future means an inline-six engine, as if you were one of those guys whose entire wardrobe consists of ///M apparel. Can you imagine?) So how does Mopar’s methylized muscle-maker plan to convince potential consumers to buy into such a blasphemous switcheroo?
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Unemployed Should ‘Find Something New,’ Urge Heirs to Fred Trump’s Fortune (COMMENT: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I accepted a job offer from IRS because I was unemployed. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother because my father had recently suddenly died.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/find-something-new-trump-donald-ivanka-unemployment.html
INDEPENDENT
— Trump Threatens To Retake Panama Canal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-threatens-retake-panama-180738934.html
