ABC7
— Illinois COVID cases: IL reports 21,098 new cases, 50 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-testing-cases-test/11402700/
— US sets new record for highest number of COVID-19 cases per day. New cases per day have more than doubled over the past two weeks, eclipsing the old mark of 250,000, set in mid-January. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-record-cases-cdc-us-coronavirus/11403323/
FOX32
— Big changes coming to gun owners in Illinois
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/big-changes-coming-to-gun-owners-in-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— CPS extends deadline for at-home COVID-19 tests after drop boxes overflow with kits; CTU criticizes screening ‘chaos’ – TRACY SWARTZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-covid-test-kits-20211229-vafnqsv3w5gnneg632bhwbx32q-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Heated words, then gunfire. Two men charged with shooting at each other as shoppers ran for cover at Oakbrook Center mall. A total of twelve shots were fired in the gun battle as 15,000 to 20,000 people were shopping at the mall two days before Christmas. – Emmanuel Camarillo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/12/29/22858352/2-charged-oakbrook-center-mall-gunfight
DAILY HERALD
— Authorities: Fight in line at pretzel store led to Oakbrook Center shooting – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211229/authorities-fight-in-line-at-pretzel-store-led-to-oakbrook-center-shooting
— Wheaton College to host Jan. 18 conversation with Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20211229/wheaton-college-to-host-jan-18-conversation-with-nebraska-sen-ben-sasse
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Japan should reject Rahm Emanuel appointment as US Ambassador – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/12/29/japan-should-reject-rahm-emanuel-appointment-as-us-ambassador/
ILLINOIS VALLEY TIMES
— State Sen. Win Stoller (R-Peoria): Pritzker has ‘turned his back on the rights of Illinois parents’ – Glenn Minnis
https://illinoisvalleytimes.com/stories/617578121-stoller-pritzker-has-turned-his-back-on-the-rights-of-illinois-parents
WSIL TV
— ‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election power – AP
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/slow-motion-insurrection-how-gop-seizes-election-power/article_d20f6ccb-16aa-57a3-bdcb-e322b265a86c.html
ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage County Board member Peter DiCianni from Elmhurst was rebuked Wednesday by DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin for telling reporters that he was speaking on behalf of Berlin. – David Giuliani
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dupage-prosecutor-chides-elmhurst-politician-203236023.html
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso has questioned the pandemic-related mandates issued by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. But he doesn’t suggest the governor is some sort of dictator. –
David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/pritzker-dictator-dont-expect-burr-ridge-mayor-say-so
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Why Rep. Rodney Davis chose Congress over governor’s race – Matt Sheehan
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/top-stories/on-the-record-why-rep-rodney-davis-chose-congress-over-governors-race/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO GOP DEMANDS LIGHTFOOT END VACCINE PROOF MANDATE BEFORE BEGINNING JAN 3
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/lightfoot-more-focused-on-covid-mandates-than-chicago-crime-chicago-gop-says.html
— GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES BEGIN RESPONDING TO ILLINOIS’ NEW VACCINE QC CODE PROGRAM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/gubernatorial-candidates-begin-responding-to-illinois-new-vaccine-qc-code-program.html
— ILLINOIS ANNOUNCES VACCINE STATUS APP WITH QR CODE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/illinois-announces-vaccine-status-app-with-qr-code.html
— SD GOVERNOR CALLS ON BIDEN TO RESCIND ALL MANDATES AFTER HE CLAIMS ‘THERE IS NO FEDERAL SOLUTION’ TO PANDEMIC
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/12/sd-governor-calls-on-biden-to-rescind-all-mandates-after-he-claims-there-is-no-federal-solution-to-p.html
FOX NEWS
— Three ways parents can keep fighting the good fight in 2022. Whether it was fighting CRT or intense COVID-19 rules, parents could look around and see others in the same fight in 2021. – Karol Markowicz
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/parents-good-fight-2022-karol-markowicz
— Critical race theory, left-wing ideas ruining medical field, critics argue. – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/us/critical-race-theory-medical-field
AMERICAN THINKER
— ‘I’m a Fauci groupie.’ MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace declares – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/im_a_fauci_groupie_msnbc_host_nichole_wallace_declares.html
BREITBART
— Eleven Shot on Monday Alone in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/29/eleven-shot-on-monday-alone-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago/
BLAZE
— Amid Chicago smash-and-grab crime surge, Mayor Lori Lightfoot blames stores. ‘She’s so ridiculous’
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-rubin-report/lori-lightfoot-chicago-crime
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Awful Year We Just Lived Through – Dennis Prager
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/12/29/the-awful-year-we-just-lived-through/
NEWSMAX
— Trump-Appointed Judges Rule Out Comparisons Between Jan. 6, Portland – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/us/federal-judges-january-6-portland-trump/2021/12/29/id/1050302/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Facebook and Instagram Censor Founding Father Thomas Paine – Brian Bradley
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/brian-bradley/2021/12/29/facebook-and-instagram-censor-founding-father-thomas
COLLEGE FIX
— Oberlin College paper refuses to apologize for article about local Republican leader – MATT LAMB (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who blacklist me because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders. I would focus on a) past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) past and present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) past leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) past and present conservative and religious leaders, e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, and g) those who I have sued. I would focus on those who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who hint/imply/argue/shout that they disapprove of those who share my demographics.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/oberlin-college-paper-refuses-to-apologize-for-article-about-local-republican-leader/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Kamala Harris Is a Diversity Hire – Adam B. Coleman
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/12/29/kamala_harris_is_a_diversity_hire_559650.html
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Senate Republicans Moving to Ban Federal Funds for Cities and States That Let Non-Citizens Vote. “if states and localities do let those who are not U.S. citizens to vote in elections, they shouldn’t get U.S. citizen taxpayer money” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/12/senate-republicans-moving-to-ban-federal-funds-for-cities-and-states-that-let-non-citizens-vote/
— U. North Carolina-Greensboro Lecturer Defends Critical Race Theory, Says ‘Whiteness is a Disease’ – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/12/university-lecturer-defends-critical-race-theory-says-whiteness-is-a-disease/
— Social Justice Agenda is Damaging Academic Freedom. “Western universities have gradually but decisively moved away from the Enlightenment ideal.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/12/social-justice-agenda-is-damaging-academic-freedom/
EPOCH TIMES
— Turning Point USA AmericaFest Part 2: Not All Blacks Are Democrat – BEAU DAVIDSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/turning-point-usa-americafest-part-2-black-not-all-democrat_4182092.html
— Biden Wants to ‘Woke’ Up Your Doctor – Wesley J. Smith
https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-wants-to-woke-up-your-doctor_4184467.html
THE HILL
— 29 percent of GOP support efforts to charge accused Jan. 6 rioters: poll – MONIQUE BEALS
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/587561-only-28-percent-of-gop-support-efforts-to-charge-jan-6-rioters-poll
POLITICO
— COMMENT: What percent of your school board members are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/29/republicans-education-wars-school-board-races-526053
WASHINGTON POST
— In the face of hostility at Chicago gay bars, two Black lesbians create their own. Nobody’s Darling quickly becomes a haven for outcasts and ‘a perfect cauldron of our differences’ – Richard Morgan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/29/nobodys-darling-lesbian-queer-bar/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook’s Pushback: Stem the Leaks, Spin the Politics, Don’t Say Sorry. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg drove response to disclosures about company’s influence; sending deputies to testify in Congress – Keach Hagey, Georgia Wells, Emily Glazer, Deepa Seetharaman, and Jeff Horwitz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-whistleblower-pushback-political-spin-zuckerberg-11640786831
FORBES
— Ways To Foster An Inclusive Mindset In Your Organization – Fardad Zabetian (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, organizations promote diversity, equity, and inclusion by getting rid of their members who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/12/29/ways-to-foster-an-inclusive-mindset-in-your-organization/
— Harvard Has Dropped Its SAT Requirement, But Don’t Expect More Diversity – Natalie Wexler
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2021/12/29/harvard-has-dropped-its-sat-requirement-but-dont-expect-more-diversity/?sh=2852fdc078c2
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Artificial Intelligence Hiring Bias Spurs Scrutiny and New Regs – Erin Mulvaney
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/artificial-intelligence-hiring-bias-spurs-scrutiny-and-new-regs
