December 26, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 19 shot, 3 fatally in holiday weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-gun-violence-police-department/14223855/
— Democrats promote Kwanzaa.
https://abc7chicago.com/what-is-kwanzaa-when-does-start-swahili-nguzo-saba/14141593/

CBS2
— 3 killed, 17 wounded in Chicago shootings during Christmas weekend – JERAMIE BIZZLE, ADAM HARRINGTON, TODD FEURER
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-christmas-weekend-shootings-dec-22-to-26/

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Taylor Swift.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/taylor-swift-celebrates-christmas-alongside-santa-claus-to-cheer-on-travis-kelce-for-chiefs-raiders-game/3311018/

FOX32
— Damages increase as Democrat and RINO leaders flood America with illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1386064
— 2 unscheduled migrant buses arrive at Elmhurst train station
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-unscheduled-migrant-buses-arrive-at-elmhurst-train-station

WGN9
— Pro-Palestinian rally held in Chicago Ridge on Christmas Day
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/pro-palestinian-rally-held-in-chicago-ridge-on-christmas-day/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbyfw8KLKxA

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Two busloads of migrants are dropped off at Elmhurst train station. A total of 91 people were on the coach buses that arrived Saturday from Texas, according to a post on the Elmhurst Police Department’s Facebook page.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/25/24014884/two-busloads-of-migrants-are-dropped-off-at-elmhurst-train-station
— Palestinian truckers gather in southwest suburbs for four-hour Christmas caravan. A parade of 150 vehicles on Monday sought to draw attention to the atrocities committed in the 11-week war between Israel and Hamas. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/25/24014978/palestinian-truckers-gather-in-southwest-suburbs-for-four-hour-christmas-caravan
— City Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza is deeply flawed. The Committee on Health and Human Relations voted on a one-sided resolution, Ald. Debra Silverstein writes. The council must also advocate for the release of hostages and condemn the violence against Israeli citizens. – Debra Silverstein
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/12/26/24012523/city-council-resolution-israel-hamas-cease-fire-gaza-alderman-debra-silverstein

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pope joins Democrats in blaming war on the availability of firearms.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/religion/pope-francis-christmas-20231225-drvqwu2cuvcc7oszt5yreiegfu-story.html
— 2023 was not a banner year for taking responsibility – Editorial (COMMENT: What do your critics/opponents hold you responsible for? My critics/opponents hold me responsible for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-acountability-brandon-johnson-pat-fitzgerald-20231226-6mrzlu4cqrcs3iyi2mspt63p5y-story.html
— Democrats promote LGBTQ in Wilson Creek School in Manhattan.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-manhattan-school-sign-st-1224-20231222-3k3jd2umxnhfdl3tmjogdgrx5i-story.html
— University Park enacts bus ordinance after unscheduled drop off of migrants – Mike Nolan (COMMENT: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, lived in it full-time 1972-1974, part-time 1974-1976, rented it out 1976-1984, and sold it in 1984.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-migrants-south-suburbs-st-1222-20231221-qkh7pf7mrnhrjlfkes24bydxa4-story.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County preps for more possible migrants arriving at train stations. Aim is to get migrants safely to Chicago, county official says. (COMMENT: What are the leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district doing with illegals?)
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2023/12/25/mchenry-county-preps-for-more-possible-migrants-arriving-at-train-stations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The only location in the state where asylum seekers can go through processing is in Chicago, so there is not much the county can do other than help people get to the city, Austin said.)

SOUTHERN
— Illinois purchases hotel rooms for asylum seekers sent from Texas. (COMMENT: There would be no asylum seekers for Texas to send if Democrat and RINO leaders had not invited them.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/illinois-purchases-hotel-rooms-for-asylum-seekers-sent-from-texas/article_9cbf08f2-23ef-5453-ab22-54b621b9f3e6.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rashid Speaks against Aurora Ordinance Limiting Migrants (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote mass/illegal immigration.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/26/rashid-speaks-against-aurora-oridinance-limiting-migrants/
— UPDATE :Migrants Dropped at Various Outlying Locations Besides Fox River Grove, ELMHURST, TOO
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/25/migrants-dropped-at-various-outlying-locations-besides-fox-river-grove-copy/
— Political Predictions from Russ Stewart
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/23/political-predictions-from-russ-stewart/
— Less Than Ten Days to Sign Up on Democrats’ Red Dawn List Or “Be Criminals”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/22/less-than-ten-days-to-sign-up-on-democrats-red-dawn-list-or-be-criminals/
— Nepotism
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/22/message-of-the-day-nepotism/
— We’re Number Three
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/12/22/were-number-three/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Ron Johnson says ‘radical leftism has infiltrated’ U.S. institutions – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/25/ron-johnson-says-radical-leftism-has-infiltrated-u/
— Biden’s migrant surge deepens America’s greenhouse gas problem – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/25/joe-bidens-migrant-surge-deepens-americas-greenhou/
— Trump rips into rivals in Christmas rants: ‘May they rot in hell’ – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/25/donald-trump-rips-rivals-christmas-rants-may-they-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— AOC sparks backlash after comparing Palestinian refugees to Jesus in Christmas message – Cami Mondeaux,
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/aoc-sparks-backlash-comparing-palestinian-refugees-jesus
— Crenshaw bill against college DEI oaths is well aimed – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/crenshaw-bill-against-college-dei-oaths-is-well-aimed

NEW YORK POST
— Biden can stop the migrant caravan heading to the border — if he cared – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/opinion/biden-can-stop-the-migrant-caravan-heading-to-the-border-if-he-cared/
— Migrant caravan leader says 15,000 asylum-seekers could reach US border – Selim Algar
https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/news/media-savvy-radical-behind-the-latest-massive-migrant-caravan-from-mexico-to-the-us/
— Biden challenger Dean Phillips backs reparations for slavery, universal basic income – Diana Glebova
https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/news/biden-challenger-dean-phillips-on-reparations-the-border-and-israel/
— Caravan of up to 15,000 migrants set to crash US border as Blinken prepares to travel to Mexico – Selim Algar
https://nypost.com/2023/12/25/news/fresh-wave-of-7000-migrants-set-to-crash-into-us-border-ahead-of-blinkens-mexico-visit/

BREITBART
— 8 Times the Biden Administration Pushed the Transgender Agenda on Children – HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/25/8-times-biden-administration-pushed-transgender-agenda-children/
— At Least 18 Shot in Chicago During First Two Days of Christmas Weekend – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/12/25/at-least-18-shot-chicago-first-two-days-christmas-weekend/
— Buses Forced to Leave Illegals in Suburbs After ‘Sanctuary’ Chicago Passes Rules Restricting Dropoffs – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/12/25/buses-forced-leave-illegals-suburbs-after-sanctuary-chicago-passes-rules-restricting-dropoffs/
— ‘Christmas Is Canceled’: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Riot in New York, Block O’Hare in Chicago – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/25/christmas-is-canceled-pro-palestinian-protesters-riot-in-new-york-block-ohare-in-chicago/
— Universities Must Ban DEI Departments to Rout Out Raging Antisemitism on Campuses – Jewish Liberal Leader
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/12/25/exclusive-jewish-liberal-leader-universities-must-ban-dei-departments-to-rout-out-raging-antisemitism-on-campuses/

CENTER SQUARE
— U.S. national debt soars in 2023; per-taxpayer burden reaches $100,000 – Casey Harpe
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_59d5d5b8-a10b-11ee-86c9-1f290b61a050.html

CITY JOURNAL
— The New Racial Preferences – Renu Mukherjee, Brian C. Anderson (COMMENT: Far too many are involved in education, religion, politics, government, etc., to get more preference for themselves and for those who share their demographics.)
https://www.city-journal.org/multimedia/the-new-racial-preferences

DAILY CALLER
— Biden administration’s Minority Business Development Agency is currently facing a legal challenge for giving assistance to Americans based on race, and it may suffer the same fate at the Supreme Court as colleges and universities did earlier this year in the court’s affirmative action ruling. – WILL KESSLER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote diversity, that is, they want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/25/govt-program-courts-chopping-block-affirmative-action/
— Several Microsoft scholarship programs intended to help students pursue careers in technology are limited to applicants on the basis of race and sex, according to its website. The programs offer high school seniors who are black, Hispanic or identify as women different scholarships to go to college, according to the website. – BRANDON POULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/19/tech-giant-offers-high-school-students-race-based-scholarships/
— Here’s What They’re Teaching In The Naval Academy’s Gender And Sexuality Class – MICAELA BURROW
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/25/navy-gender-sexuality-class/
— AOC Cooked For ‘Jew Hate’ Christmas Message Likening Jesus Christ To Gazans – ILAN HULKOWER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/25/aoc-christmas-eve-message-jesus-christ-palestine-gaza-israel-jew-hate/

FOX NEWS
— Mayor Johnson criticizes Texas governor for Biden’s migrant chaos
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6343858820112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— California Medicaid Soon Open To All, “Papers or No Papers” Cost estimates have already doubled since last May: “the department estimated that the age 26-49 expansion would cost the state $1.2 billion in 2023-24, nearly double the previous cost estimate of $635 million.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/california-medicaid-soon-open-to-all-papers-or-no-papers/

NEWSMAX
— DEI Damaging CIA – Fred Fleitz (COMMENT: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. During the 1980s and 1990s, Democrats used Republican-led budget cuts to waste the careers of and to get of the agency’s employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/fredfleitz-newsmax-cia/2023/12/25/id/1147134/

PJ MEDIA
— Black Actress Worth Estimated $12 Million Cries About Low Pay, Cites Racism – BEN BARTEE
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2023/12/25/watch-black-actress-worth-estimated-12-million-cries-about-low-pay-cites-racism-n4925008

PATRIOT POST
— No Border, No Nation. Illegal immigrants and welfare spending programs are leading to chaos, bankruptcy, and societal breakdown. – Laurence F. Sanford
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/103121-no-border-no-nation-2023-12-26

TOWNHALL
— NY Gov: Let’s Get Those Slave Reparations Started – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/12/25/ny-gov-lets-get-those-slave-reparations-going-n2632827
— The Victimhood Mindset Makes People Helpless – Rainer Zitelmann (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, those who are the following are victims: minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, unmarried people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/rainerzitelmann/2023/12/23/the-victimhood-mindset-makes-people-helpless-n2632650

ZERO HEDGE
— A network of non-governmental organizations seems to be playing a powerful role in coordinating the large-scale invasion of illegals at the US southern border. – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/mass-migration-blueprints-reveal-ngos-carefully-planned-us-migrant-invasion-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Reparations gained historic momentum in 2023 because of California’s efforts.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/reparations-momentum-2023-california-rcna127949

YAHOO NEWS
— While he was in office, Trump did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.
https://news.yahoo.com/reagan-wouldnt-recognize-trump-style-123409497.html

CNN
— Thousands of migrants join caravan for U.S. – Rafael Romo
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/26/exp-migrants-caravan-romo-looklive-122612aseg1-world.cnn
— Democrats say “Trump augurs divisive year in angry Christmas rant.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/26/politics/trump-christmas-rant/index.html

REUTERS
— Migrant caravan spends Christmas on the road before heading to US border – Jose Torres
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/migrant-caravan-spends-christmas-road-before-heading-us-border-2023-12-24/

MSN
— Thousands of southern Mexican migrants march toward U.S. border
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/thousands-of-southern-mexican-migrants-march-toward-u-s-border/ar-AA1m1h7Q
— Texas border city El Paso opens shelter for migrants as massive migrant caravan anticipated to cross US-Mexico border in coming weeks. – Maryann Martinez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-border-city-el-paso-opens-shelter-for-migrants-as-massive-migrant-caravan-anticipated-to-cross-us-mexico-border-in-coming-weeks/ar-AA1m1tv4

THE HILL
— Happy Plessivus: Democrats celebrate the holidays with separate-but-equal policies – JONATHAN TURLEY
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/4374248-happy-plessivus-democrats-celebrate-the-holidays-with-separate-but-equal-policies/

NEWSWEEK
— Ronna McDaniel Hit With Wave of Resignation Calls Under Christmas Post – Aila Slisco (COMMENT: Who do McDaniel’s critics/opponents want to replace her? One could ask my critics/opponents who they wanted to replace me with a) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, and c) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member.)
https://www.newsweek.com/ronna-mcdaniel-hit-wave-resignation-calls-under-christmas-post-1855410

NEW YORK TIMES
— Nikki Haley Wants to Run on Her Record, Not Her Gender. The Republican presidential candidate would be the first woman to enter the White House, but she has so far tried to avoid the identity politics that could repel some voters. – Jazmine Ulloa (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote identity politics, that is, they want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/us/politics/nikki-haley-woman-president-gender.html
— For Donald Trump’s Family, an Immigrant’s Tale With 2 Beginnings – Jason Horowitz (COMMENT: What do you say to those who have asked me why I never pretended to be Swedish?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/22/us/politics/for-donald-trumps-family-an-immigrants-tale-with-2-beginnings.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the middle of the night, Friedrich Trump left his house in Kallstadt, a small town spotted with vineyards and a Lutheran church, for a northern port city that served as Germany’s gateway to America. A few days later, on Oct. 7, 1885, Friedrich, then 16 years old, bought a steerage-class ticket on the S.S. Eider, the start of an adventurous life as a barber, restaurateur, saloonkeeper, hotelier, entrepreneur, gold rush prospector, shipwreck survivor and New York real estate investor. It was an immigrant tale that would make any family proud. But for decades, the Trumps almost never talked about it. Friedrich Trump’s son, Fred, came of age between the World Wars, a period marked by resentment of and even discrimination toward Germans in the United States. More important, he was marketing his properties to the growing Jewish middle class filling up the old farmsteads of central Brooklyn and Queens. During his presidential campaign, Fred’s son Donald has occasionally run roughshod over Jewish sensibilities, notably with a post on Twitter that featured a six-pointed star and a pile of cash. But for many years, the Trumps went out of their way to avoid disquieting their Jewish friends and customers by burying their German identity. They told anyone who asked that they were Swedish. “He had thought, ‘Gee whiz, I’m not going to be able to sell these homes if there are all these Jewish people,’” said Donald J. Trump’s cousin John Walter, the Trump family historian, who has worked closely with Fred and Donald. And once they started portraying themselves as Swedish, they could not stop. “After the war, he’s still Swedish,” Mr. Walter said. “It was just going, going, going.” Even Mr. Trump, not known to be shy about embellishing facts, questioned the need. According to Mr. Walter, when Mr. Trump was working on his best seller “The Art of the Deal” in the mid-1980s, he asked his father, “Do I have to do this Swedish thing?”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In Campus Protests Over Gaza, Echoes of Outcry Over Vietnam. The war in Vietnam ignited a protest movement that helped define a generation. Is the war between Israel and Hamas doing the same thing? – Michael Wines (COMMENT: The Vietnam War continues to have a tremendous negative impact on me My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to punish me for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They punished me the most while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. They stress that I should have enlisted because I am conservative, Republican, and deemed 1-A for the draft. They stress that I am unmitigated coward because with my health problems (could not run because of a bone disease, eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and partially red/green color blind), I would not been sent into combat. They stress that if I had not avoided the Viet Nam War draft, I would not have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, f) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, g) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, h) buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, i) etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/24/us/gaza-vietnam-student-protest.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Demand for senior dating services, from local mixers to age-specific apps, is higher than ever in a rapidly aging America. – Charley Locke (COMMENT: I met my wife at a Presbyterian singles event. She is Catholic and I am Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/senior-dating-single-events-golden-bachelor-21187ced

FORBES
— Trump Rails Against Biden—And Obama—In Christmas Message – Molly Bohannon
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/12/25/trump-rails-against-biden-and-obama-in-christmas-message/?sh=2721176e3358
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame Republicans for mass shootings. Then again, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/12/25/us-mass-shootings-near-650-this-year-second-worst-total-on-record/
— What Counts As An Averse Action? – Eric Bachman (COMMENT: What adverse actions do you fear that your critics/opponents might take against you next year? There are fewer adverse actions that my critics/opponents can take against me next year because they succeeded in a) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) ending my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, c) ending my service on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, d) etc.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2021/11/15/what-counts-as-an-adverse-employment-action-in-discrimination-and-retaliation-cases/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Donald Trump wishes electric car supporters rot in hell for Christmas (COMMENT: The cars that you own/owned say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. What cars do the presidential candidates own and what cars did they own?)
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-electric-car-supporters-rot-hell-christmas-truth-social-2023-12

BUSINESS NEWS
— The 15 Richest Republicans on Capitol Hill – Harold Vazquez (COMMENT: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. My Republican critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois are wealthy. They have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) end my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, c) end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, d) etc.)
https://biz.crast.net/dollars-and-decisions-the-15-richest-republicans-on-capitol-hill-wealth-of-geeks/

USA TODAY
— Ever-increasingly, everyone in healthcare in America is more and more and more of the following: citizen of a foreign country, minority, female, younger, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, has parents/ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, non-conservative, non-Republican, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/12/20/people-of-color-health-care-appearance-bias/71825185007/

WUSA9
— What are you thankful for? (COMMENT: I was born in 1948. The many things that I am thankful for include my not having been born in later years because of Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Because of the aforesaid, discrimination has ever-increasingly increased against those who share my demographics: White, male, Protestant, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, conservative, Republican, draft avoider, gun-owner, etc. Because of my terrible demographics, if I had been born in later years, I doubt that UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, or IIT would have accepted me and I doubt that the Post Office, Firestone Stores, IRS, or GAO would have hired me.)
https://www.wusa9.com/video/life/holidays/what-are-you-thankful-of-this-holiday-season/65-070598d3-1fe2-4876-850d-c744f9b96bd3

SPIKED
— ‘Diversity’ just means discrimination. Aviva’s CEO has unwittingly revealed the backwardness of the ‘DEI’ agenda. – ALKA SEHGAL CUTHBERT (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote diversity, that is, they want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/12/21/diversity-just-means-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Amanda Blanc, the chief executive of insurance company Aviva, has revealed that no white males can be recruited to senior posts without her say-so. Speaking last week at a Treasury Select Committee hearing on sexism in the finance industry, Blanc said that there can be ‘no non-diverse hire at Aviva without it being signed off by me and the chief people officer’. It was an admission that revealed a lot about the impact of the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agenda on employment and public life more broadly. Thanks to DEI, it is now acceptable for a CEO to state that she will subject ‘non-diverse’ candidates – a coded reference to white males – to extra scrutiny. Which sounds very much like discrimination to me. This captures the through-the-looking-glass logic of DEI, a logic that menaces every principle of fairness and equality. After all, a fair approach to recruitment would ensure that vacancies are widely advertised so as to broaden the pool of applicants. That way, an organization can maximize its chances of finding the best applicant with the best set of skills and talents for the role advertised.)

JACOBIN
— Identity Politics Is a Poor Substitute for Socialism – PAUL PRESCOD (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote identity politics, that is, they want more and more and more preference for those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, parents, veterans, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://jacobin.com/2023/12/no-politics-but-class-politics-review-identity-race-working-class-adolph-reed-walter-benn-michaels

CBT NEWS
— The value of an inclusive workforce in the automotive industry – Jody DeVere (COMMENT: My plan for a career in the automotive industry ended in 1971 when I was 22 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.cbtnews.com/the-value-of-an-inclusive-workforce-in-the-automotive-industry/

NATION
— Systematic Struggle – Khairpur Nathan Shah (COMMENT: My critics/opponents attribute their successes in life to meritocracy but attribute my successes in life to my benefitting tremendously from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my biggest critics/opponents. I would focus on their parents’ wealth.)
https://www.nation.com.pk/26-Dec-2023/systematic-struggle

NEW REPUBLIC
— The End of Opposition Research? (COMMENT: Far too many who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for opposition research. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/170556/george-santos-end-opposition-research

GOVERNING
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more illegal immigration and b) blame bad weather for illegal immigration.
https://www.governing.com/climate/already-3-2-million-americans-are-climate-migrants

TIMES OF INDIA
— Thousands of Chinese migrants cross border as US Marks 80th anniversary of repeal of exclusion act
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/thousands-of-chinese-migrants-cross-border-as-us-marks-80th-anniversary-of-repeal-of-exclusion-act/articleshow/106288763.cms

GUARDIAN
— Houston Chronicle compares people crossing border to Mary and Joseph
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/25/houston-chronicle-texas-governor-migration-mary-joseph

INDEPENDENT
— Trump hopes opponents ‘rot in hell’ in Christmas Truth Social rant – Oliver O’Connell, Graig Graziosi, Ariana Baio
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-christmas-greeting-message-truth-social-latest-b2469453.html

DAILY MAIL
— Red states like Texas and Florida see population boom – while migrant crisis offsets loss in ‘sanctuary city’ states, like New York, California and Illinois as residents flee due to crime and high tax rates. The country’s population grew by 1.6million over the last year. Eight states including New York, California and Illinois saw populations decline. States in the south saw the biggest gains in population, with Texas adding nearly 500,000 new residents. – GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12899729/population-declines-increases-census.html
— Thousands join Christmas Eve migrant caravan – the biggest in more than a year – as it treks through Mexico and towards the U.S. border just days before Blinken arrives in the capital to hammer out new agreement to stem surge. Up to 10,000 people set out from the Guatemalan border on the long journey north in record migrant caravan as Mexican security forces look on. Comes as Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is hauled off Middle East duties for a crisis migrant summit with Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. An all-time record of 12,600 crossings were detected on Monday with the total figure for 2023 expected to top 2 million. – DOMINIC YEATMAN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12898865/migrants-border-caravan-blinken-mexico-crossings-tapachula.html
— Texas border city El Paso opens shelter for migrants as massive migrant caravan anticipated to cross US-Mexico border in coming weeks. Migrant caravan estimated between 6,000-8,000 people from Central and South America, Caribbean. Unknown when caravan will arrive at US-Mexico border. Caravan could stay together or break apart into smaller groups as it arrives at US’ southern border. – MARYANN MARTINEZ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12899813/Migrants-El-Paso-shelter-brder-crossing-caravan.html
— Christmas chaos in Eagle Pass as THOUSANDS more migrants cross US border into Texas after wading across the Rio Grande and wait to be processed.
Eagle Pass is been flooded with at least 10,000 asylum-seekers on Christmas Eve into Christmas morning. Families including young children waded across the Rio Grande from Mexico and scaled barbed-wire fences. Surrendered to border agents to claim asylum and were put in huge pens to await processing by few officers. – NIC WHITE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12899949/Christmas-crisis-Eagle-Pass-Texas-border-migrants.html

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.