January 16, 2024

To let illegals illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally just because they seek asylum, refugee, or parole status not only opens the floodgates, not only abolishes America’s borders, but destroys America.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Funding for migrants, Chicago school board elections on agenda as lawmakers return to Springfield – Jeremy Gorner and Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-chicago-school-board-migrants-20240116-zk6lxcbkrzhfzazu7vn6wf4254-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott rebuffed his plea to pause migrant transports to Chicago area during freeze.. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/1/15/24039467/immigration-asylum-seekers-chicago-texas-pritzker-abbott-texas-crisis-migrant-border-nation-world
— Metropolitan Mayors Caucus meeting on asylum-seekers is postponed due to cold weather. A new date hasn’t been set. – Kade Heather
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/15/24039372/metropolitan-mayors-caucus-asylum-seekers-migrants-northern-illinois-health-weather-city-hall-border

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240115/submitted-content/aauw-naperville-area-branch-offers-5000-scholarship/

ABC7
— Trump wins Iowa Republican caucuses, DeSantis places 2nd. Ramaswamy will end Republican presidential bid after disappointing finish in Iowa. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/what-is-iowa-caucuses-2024-republican-caucus/14326091/
— ‘Dead robots’: Chicago’s extreme cold knocks out Tesla cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEI_7b_HT_A
— Crest Hill becomes latest Chicago suburb to crack down on unscheduled migrant buses
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-crest-hill-migrants-suburbs-buses/14328169/

NBC5
— Electric vehicle owners face huge challenges amid Chicago cold snap
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/electric-vehicle-owners-face-huge-challenges-amid-chicago-cold-snap/3328085/
— Subzero temperatures take toll on workers across Chicago area (COMMENT: What outdoor jobs in the winter did you have? Mine include delivering newspapers 1962-1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, and pumping gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/subzero-temperatures-takes-toll-on-workers-across-chicago-area/3328229/

CBS2
— Some migrants in Chicago brave extreme cold just to get a hot meal – Sabrina Franza (COMMENT: What outdoor jobs in the winter did you have? Mine include delivering newspapers 1962-1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, and pumping gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-migrants-extreme-cold-hot-meal/
— Suburban Chicago students focus on legislative action to celebrate MLK Day – Shardaa Gray (COMMENT: Federal employees get 11 paid federal holidays a year including MLK Day. While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents were always furious that I got paid federal holidays. They were especially furious 1966-1969 when I got overtime working holidays while I was a part-time postal employee. That overtime helped buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/suburban-chicago-legislative-action-mlk-day/
— Electric vehicle drivers stranded because of cold-weather charging problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzrUkgbVoro
— Tesla owners run into trouble amid bitter cold – Steffanie Dupree
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tesla-owners-run-into-trouble-amid-bitter-cold/

FOX32
— No buses from southern border expected to arrive in Chicago for second consecutive day
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/migrants-in-chicago-no-buses
— Tesla supercharging station packed in Oak Brook, dead cars line parking lot due to frigid temps – Dane Placko
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dead-teslas-oak-brook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFAtqWOaEgg

WGN9
— Migrants moved to South Loop library to escape dangerously cold conditions – Julian Crews
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/migrants-moved-to-south-loop-library-to-escape-dangerously-cold-conditions/
— A pay cut for a better work-life balance? Many workers say yes – Micah Materre (COMMENT: Have you taken a pay cut? GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I took a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS to GAO. I did that because the Democrats who ran GAO would not let me transfer unless I took that pay cut. Because my Democrat IRS superiors made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. Because the GAO Staff Manager who arranged the transfer promised me I would be quickly promoted to GS-11 Step 10 and then back to GS-12 Step 5 and then to GS-13. Because that GAO Staff Manager promised me he would assign me to audits of IRS so that I could use my knowledge of IRS that I had gained working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. Because of GAO’s mission. Because GAO claimed to be nonpartisan. Because far too many people hate IRS employees. But the Democrats who ran GAO immediately replaced that Staff Manager with a Staff Manager who disapproved of my being a former IRS employee, my being a former union member, and my being conservative, Republican, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, and someone who transferred in with almost 12 years of federal seniority, lots of unused annual leave and sick leave. For the next 6 years, he gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals, he delayed my promotions, and he I kept me off audits of IRS. But then, he want on extended sick leave in late 1985 because of his heart problems caused by his excessive drinking. That enabled the Staff Manager who had arranged my transfer to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13, currently $115,439/year. But then, in 1987, the Staff Manager who disapproved of me came back from extended sick leave and promptly a) forced Staff Manager who had arranged my transfer to retire, b) threw off audits of IRS, c) gave me a very bad job assignment, d) gave me very unfair performance expectations and a very unfair performance appraisal, ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and made it clear that GAO would never reassign me to audits of IRS or promote me to GS-14. )
https://wgntv.com/business/a-pay-cut-for-a-better-work-life-balance-many-workers-say-yes/
— You need more than $1 million to retire in parts of the US: How does Chicago rank? – Addy Bink (COMMENT: The cost of living in Wheaton is very high. My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically less (it is only $65,165/year), because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Even though I paid into Social Security 1964-1974, my Social Security is dramatically less (it is only $2,945.20/year). because I get a CSRS pension. Because Medicare now costs me $3,255.60/year, all my Social Security goes to pay Medicare and I had to pay Medicare $320.40 more. I have only $259,336.63 in regular IRA accounts and only $69,091.58 in Roth IRA accounts a) because of my Democrat superiors in the federal government, b) because I paid lots of money for tuition and books to earn three job-related master’s degrees, and c) because I bought new cars and collector cars.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/you-need-more-than-1-million-to-retire-in-parts-of-the-us-how-does-chicago-rank/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois fell on the lower end of the scale, ranking as the 15th-cheapest state overall. Here, GOBankingRates determined you need at least $787,800 to retire, slightly more than Indiana at $777,600. Wisconsin retirees need even more at $840,000. That total would, of course, increase if you retired earlier. To fund a 30-year retirement, you’d need at least $1 million in 25 states, the study found. . .While Illinois ranked among the more affordable states, Chicago ranked among the most expensive metros to retire in. Here, you’ll need roughly $948,000 in order to afford a 25-year retirement. If you moved north to the Milwaukee-Waukesha area, you could save about $100,000, the analysis found. Across the state in the St. Louis area, a retiree needs even less at about $744,000.)

WTTW
— Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of Republicans. AA and DEI are political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/01/15/how-clashing-interpretations-martin-luther-king-s-legacy-fuels-fight-over-dei-and

WGN RADIO
— It’s the 50th Anniversary of TV’s Happy Days (COMMENT: When were your happiest days? Mine include a) 1972-1974 when IRS promoted me to GS-9, GS-11, and GS-12 and b) 1986-1988 when GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted me to GS-13. Mine include 1970 when I graduated from NIU, 1976 from Loyola, 1980 from DePaul, and 1997 from IIT. Mine include 1979 when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and 1981 when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA. Mine include 1978 when I got married and every day since.)
https://wgnradio.com/dave-plier/aaaaay-its-the-50th-anniversary-of-tvs-happy-days-with-marion-ross-anson-williams-donny-most-and-henry-winkler/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois voters assert Biden ‘ineligible’ to run for office, move to strike him from ballot – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/presidential/2024/01/15/stonington-man-among-challengers-to-bidens-illinois-candidacy/72231079007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A total of three objections were filed last week against Biden, the Democratic frontrunner. Among them, Shane Bouvet, Timothy Conrad, former U.S. Senate candidate Peggy Hubbard, and Terry Newsome maintain Biden is ineligible to hold public office for supporting foreign enemies.)

WSIL TV
— Chicago scrambles to shelter migrants in dangerous cold as Texas’ governor refuses to stop drop-offs – Alisha Ebrahimji
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/chicago-scrambles-to-shelter-migrants-in-dangerous-cold-as-texas-governor-refuses-to-stop-drop/article_3a381a2c-c853-5912-ab58-13777dfad049.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois proposal calls for expanding vote-by-mail. – Peter Hancock (COMMENT: To promote vote by mail is to promote voter fraud.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2024-01-15/illinois-proposal-calls-for-expanding-vote-by-mail

VILLAGE FREE PRESS
— Proviso Suburbs Are Regulating Unscheduled Buses As Migrant Crisis Enters Harsh Winter – Michael Romain
https://www.vfpress.news/articles/government/proviso-suburbs-are-regulating-unscheduled-buses-as-migrant-crisis-enters-harsh-winter/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— In DuPage: The “I Have a Dream” breakfast drew 1,200, including: Comptroller Susana Mendoza, Treasurer Mike Frerichs, Congressman Bill Foster, former Congressman Bobby Rush, state Sen. Seth Lewis, DuPage Board Chair Deb Conroy, DuPage State’s Attorney Bob Berlin, Illinois Chamber CEO Lou Sandoval and former DuPage Commissioner Greg Hart. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/01/16/biden-faces-illinois-challenges-too-00135773

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning Briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-212/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Jan. 9 illegal immigrant drop-off update: One bus arrives in Elmhurst carrying 50 illegals
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653741342-jan-9-illegal-immigrant-drop-off-update-one-bus-arrives-in-elmhurst-carrying-50-illegals

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago Teachers Union: ‘CTU encourage its members to wear Black Lives Matter at School shirts to school’ (COMMENT: To encourage BLM is to encourage Blacks to hate Whites.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653741269-chicago-teachers-union-ctu-encourage-its-members-to-wear-black-lives-matter-at-school-shirts-to-school
— Chicago Schools chief: Texas governor Abbott is a ‘monster’ who is ‘trafficking’ illegal aliens to Illinois
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653741235-chicago-schools-chief-texas-governor-abbott-is-a-monster-who-is-trafficking-illegal-aliens-to-illinois
— Chicago Teachers Union: Schools need more tax dollars to counter ‘climate change’ driven snowstorms
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653741254-chicago-teachers-union-schools-need-more-tax-dollars-to-counter-climate-change-driven-snowstorms

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Bailey campaign to host ‘Shoot with Darren’ event at Accuracy Firearms in Effingham (COMMENT: When I was in high school, I became fairly good marksman with my .22 rifle.)
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/653741265-bailey-campaign-to-host-shoot-with-darren-event-at-accuracy-firearms-in-effingham

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Illinois Launches New Intake Center and Shelter Site for Migrants Arriving in Chicago
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/653733098-illinois-launches-new-intake-center-and-shelter-site-for-migrants-arriving-in-chicago

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Public Schools: Sexual abuse, not stolen laptops, should get all the attention – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-public-schools-sexual-abuse-not-stolen-laptops-should-get-all-the-attention-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Iowa’s Message to America: Trump’s Overwhelming Win Redefines GOP Race
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/iowas-message-to-america-trumps-overwhelming-win-redefines-gop-race.html
— Illinois Voters Launch Unprecedented Attack on Biden’s Presidential Run
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/illinois-voters-launch-unprecedented-attack-on-bidens-presidential-run.html
— In His Own Words: Chicago GOP Chair Stephen Boulton Responds to IR Coverage in Unedited Opinion Piece
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/in-his-own-words-chicago-gop-chair-stephen-boulton-responds-to-ir-coverage-in-unedited-opinion-piece.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Toned-down Trump promises to unite country in Iowa victory speech – Susan Ferrechio and Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/15/donald-trump-promises-unite-country-iowa-victory-s/
— Trump wins the Iowa GOP presidential caucuses, DeSantis edges Haley for second
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/15/iowa-caucus-live-updates/
— Vivek Ramaswamy quits race after disappointing finish in Iowa caucuses – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/15/vivek-ramaswamy-dropping-out-race-gop-nomination-r/
— Republicans should trade in elephant symbol for one that reflects today’s party – Cal Thomas (COMMENT: In 2007, I arranged for an elephant to walk behind recently elected Congressman Peter Roskam in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/15/republicans-should-trade-in-elephant-symbol-for-on/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘This is insane’: United CEO criticized for pushing racial and gender quotas – Heather Hunter (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, they were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, that is, b) to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/2797940/this-is-insane-united-ceo-criticized-for-pushing-racial-and-gender-quotas/
— Biden immigration approval at historic low – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2797365/biden-immigration-approval-at-historic-low/
— ‘Utter bulls***’: Megyn Kelly slams Nikki Haley for answer regarding trans women. – Asher Notheis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2796944/megyn-kelly-slams-haley-answer-trans-women/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: ‘A bunch of dead robots out here’ – Louis Casiano
https://nypost.com/2024/01/16/news/chicago-area-tesla-charging-stations-lined-with-dead-cars-in-freezing-cold-a-bunch-of-dead-robots-out-here/
https://biz.crast.net/chicago-area-tesla-charging-stations-littered-with-dead-cars-in-freezing-cold-theres-a-bunch-of-dead-robots-here-2/
— GOP senator denies leaked border, immigration deal draft: Don’t ‘believe everything you read on the internet’ – Josh Christenson
https://nypost.com/2024/01/15/news/gop-senator-james-lankford-denies-accuracy-of-leaked-border-deal-draft/
— GOP slams ‘Sanctuary’ Tom Suozzi with six-figure ads in bid to keep expelled George Santos’ seat – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2024/01/15/metro/gop-slams-sanctuary-tom-suozzi-with-six-figure-ads-in-bid-to-keep-expelled-george-santos-seat/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Iowa Results Show That DeSantis Must Drop Out. Florida’s governor can’t win, but he can split the right’s vote against Nikki Haley. – Daniel McCarthy
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/iowa-results-show-that-desantis-must-drop-out/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Nikki Haley: The Republican candidate for Democrats – Andrea Widburg (COMMENT: For the March 19, 2024 Republican primary in your precinct, what percent of the voters are going to cast Republican primary ballots, but are going to vote for Biden in the November 5, 2024 general election?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/nikki_haley_the_republican_candidate_for_democrats.html
— Brooklyn principal defends decision to force kids into Zoom class in order to house illegals – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: Brooklyn principal today, your principal tomorrow.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/brooklyn_principal_defends_decision_to_force_kids_into_zoom_class_in_order_to_house_illegals.html
— ‘Race’: A Historical Perspective – Gary S. Branfman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/race_a_historical_perspective.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— Migrant center has New Yorkers ‘fuming’ over surge in crime, scams: ‘This sh*t is out of control’ – Kevin Haggerty
https://americanwirenews.com/migrant-center-has-new-yorkers-fuming-over-surge-in-crime-scams-this-sht-is-out-of-control/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump blasts ‘Globalist RINO’ Haley, says she’ll NEVER have MAGA support – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/16/trump-blasts-globalist-rino-haley-says-shell-never-have-maga-support-1427995/

BREITBART
— CNN Entrance Poll: Immigration Is Top Issue for Republican Iowa Caucus-Goers – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: RINOs reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform. Needless-to-say, RINOs should not be allowed to seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/15/cnn-entrance-poll-immigration-top-issue-republican-iowa-caucus-goers/
— MLK’s Wife Coretta Scott King: Illegal Immigration Drives Down Wages, Living Standards for America’s Working Class – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. 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 automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write a book about critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/15/mlks-wife-coretta-scott-king-illegal-immigration-drives-down-wages-living-standards-americas-working-class/
— Illegal Immigration Makes Black Americans Poorer – U.S. Civil Rights Commission
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/15/us-civil-rights-commission-illegal-immigration-makes-black-americans-poorer/
— Nikki Haley Fails to Say a Man Cannot Become a Woman – HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years (Post office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), they were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to promote Democrat women and minorities. If I had been a Democrat woman or minority, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service (currently $191,900/year) long before I was 40 year old in 1988. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had fewer no professional certifications, and/or d) had no professional license. Virtually all of them were women and/or minority. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/15/nikki-haley-fails-say-man-cannot-become-woman/
— Los Angeles Police Department Wants to Give Badges and Guns to Illegal Alien – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/15/l-a-police-department-wants-to-give-badges-and-guns-to-illegal-aliens/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Western Illinois’ National Day of Racial Healing observance features ‘Racism for White People’ lecture – Austin Browne
https://www.campusreform.org/article/western-illinois-national-day-of-racial-healing-observance-features-racism-for-white-people-lecture/24632

CHRISTIAN POST
— Christian group blasts eHarmony for ‘glorifying sin’ – Anugrah Kumar
https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-group-blasts-eharmony-for-glorifying-sin.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Taxpayers foot $700,000 bill to train cops in DEI at University of Illinois Springfield – DAVID GLASSER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/taxpayers-foot-700000-bill-to-train-cops-in-dei-at-u-illinois-springfield/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Demands Texas Relinquish Border Park Targeted By Illegal Immigrants – Leif Le Mahieu
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-demands-texas-to-relinquish-border-park-targeted-by-illegal-immigrants

EPOCH TIMES
— Voter Fraud Convictions Challenge Narrative of Secure Elections. Criminal convictions of election fraud across America have called into question the narrative that cheating is rare and of little impact. – Steven Kovac
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/voter-fraud-convictions-challenge-narrative-of-secure-elections-5556968

FEDERALIST
— Today’s Race Extremists Are Destroying Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy – SCOTT POWELL
https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/15/todays-race-extremists-are-destroying-martin-luther-king-jr-s-legacy/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Migrants Displace American Students at Brooklyn’s James Madison High School – Hannah Davis
https://www.fairus.org/state-immigration-legislation-policies/migrants-displace-american-students-brooklyns-james-madison

FOX NEWS
— Illinois governor complains blue cities are ‘suffering’ from Abbott bussing migrants. ‘Cities out here that are the target of this political game that Gov. Abbott is playing are suffering,’ Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. – Alexander Hall
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-governor-complains-blue-cities-suffering-abbott-bussing-migrants
— Trump’s win in Iowa caucuses is ‘historic’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6344983721112
— NYC mandates curfew for migrants amid panhandling complaints. NYC migrants will be subject to curfew similar to homeless shelter occupants. – Pilar Arias
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mandates-curfew-migrants-panhandling-complaints
— Sen. Paul says Fauci deserves prison for COVID-19 mishandling: ‘There was no science’ Paul takes jabs at Fauci once more: ‘history will judge him harshly’. – Jamie Joseph
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-paul-says-fauci-deserves-prison-covid-19-mishandling-there-was-no-science
— FAA ‘diversity’ push to hire workers with ‘severe intellectual’ disabilities sparks concern, mockery. ‘Compassion is one thing, common sense another,’ actor James Woods says of hiring initiative. – Emma Colton (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their newly-hired Democrat employees who were disabled, liberal, minority, female, veteran, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, had parent who were recent immigrants, had job performance problems, and/or were employees who they wanted to get rid of.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/faa-diversity-push-hire-workers-severe-intellectual-disabilities-sparks-concern-mockery

HOT AIR
— McConnell Sells Out America With Border Deal
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/01/15/mcconnell-sells-out-america-with-border-deal-n605074

NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘Unsettling’; CBS Smears Pro-Border Voters as Racists, Unwilling to Let Illegals Pour in – Curtis Houck
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2024/01/15/unsettling-cbs-smears-pro-border-voters-racists-unwilling-let

NEWSMAX
— What Will Race Baiters Do Without ‘Systemic Racism’? – Michael Reagan with Michael R. Shannon
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/minneapolis-reform-smollett/2024/01/16/id/1149711/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Schlapp Prepares For CPAC 2024 With Focus On Election, Wokeism – Nathaniel Mannor (COMMENT: What about focusing on individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, abortion, illegal immigration, Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving)?)
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/schlapp-prepares-for-cpac-2024-with-focus-on-election-wokeism/

PJ MEDIA
— The Fight Over Martin Luther King’s Legacy – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/01/14/the-fight-over-martin-luther-kings-legacy-n4925475
— Kamala Harris Bastardizes the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/01/15/kamala-harris-bastardizes-the-dream-of-martin-luther-king-jr-n4925489

PATRIOT POST
— America’s Marxist Insurgency. Unsuccessful during the Vietnam War, “community organizers” turned to a more subtle strategy than an armed takeover. – ROGER HELLE
https://patriotpost.us/articles/103544-americas-marxist-insurgency-2024-01-15

POWER LINE
— DIVERSITY IS GOING TO GET US KILLED – JOHN HINDERAKER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/01/diversity-is-going-to-get-us-killed.php

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Religious Liberty Is Fundamental to Diversity – Mark Rienzi (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, extremely few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestants.)
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2024/01/16/religious_liberty_is_fundamental_to_diversity_1005168.html

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Are Making It Possible for Scores of Donald Trump-like Candidates to Emerge – Matt Vespa (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/01/15/so-it-seems-like-illegal-aliens-are-taking-our-jobs-n2633652
— The FAA Wants a Certain Group in Charge of Your Flights…There’s Just One Problem – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/01/15/the-faa-wants-people-with-severe-intellectual-disabilities-to-work-for-them-n2633625

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Warming buses offer emergency shelter for migrants in Chicago as temperatures drop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4gTGgy7SXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig0WEzcwN8o

CNN
— Chicago scrambles to shelter migrants in dangerous cold as Texas’ governor refuses to stop drop-offs
https://cbs58.com/news/chicago-scrambles-to-shelter-migrants-in-dangerous-cold-as-texas-governor-refuses-to-stop-drop-offs

MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/illinois-quickly-becoming-america-s-heartland-for-legal-cannabis/ar-AA1mZkzS

ABC NEWS
— After unprecedented border crossings, a record 3M cases clog US immigration courts. Immigration courts are buckling under an unprecedented 3 million pending cases, most of them newly arrived asylum-seekers. – AP (COMMENT: To let illegals illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally just because they seek asylum, refugee, or parole status is to not only abolish America’s borders but to destroy America.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fueled-unprecedented-border-crossings-record-3-million-cases-106378442

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats acknowledge that “Half of Americans agree with Trump’s ‘poisoning the blood’ immigration rhetoric.” To illegally come illegally to America illegally and/or to illegally stay illegally in America illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and gross disrespect for America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/15/trump-poisoning-blood-immigration-polling/

WASHINGTON POST
— Fast-food giants overwork teenagers, driving America’s child labor crisis. More than three-quarters of child labor violations in the first nine months of 2023 were in food service, with most of those at franchised brands. – Lauren Kaori Gurley and Emmanuel Martinez (COMMENT: During my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights for the minimum wage a) after school and Saturdays during the school year and b) full-time during the summer of 1965.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/14/child-labor-fast-food-franchises/

NEW YORK SUN
— ‘Absolutely Not’: House GOP Balks at Senate Immigration Plan. Speaker Johnson reportedly told his fellow House Republicans that he would not take up the Senate’s immigration and border security deal but would instead wait for President Trump to return to the White House. – MATTHEW RICE
https://www.nysun.com/article/absolutely-not-house-gop-balks-at-senate-immigration-plan

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— James Lankford Urges GOP Patience as He Tries to Solve Border ‘Rubik’s Cube’ Senator takes on politically risky job as illegal crossings surge. – Lindsay Wise and Michelle Hackman (COMMENT: What has Lankford done that shows he supports the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/gop-negotiator-james-lankford-tries-to-solve-border-rubiks-cube-ac82cd00
— Iowa Caucus Turnout Was Lowest in Years – Aaron Zitner
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iowa-caucus-republican-primary-2024/card/iowa-caucus-turnout-was-lowest-in-years-OHUue4uBysMwml4DuEmP
— The Politicized EV Charger ‘Revolution’ A federal agency dumps money on projects tied up by its own rules. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-politicized-ev-charger-revolution-b72b2930
— Chevy Blazer Troubles Add to GM’s EV Growing Pains. General Motors halted sales of the new SUV, citing software problems. Automaker also has had issues with its other new EVs. – Mike Colias
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/chevy-blazer-troubles-add-to-gms-ev-growing-pains-8f7e5c64

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholaspearce/2024/01/15/3-essential-strategies-for-business-leaders-to-combat-the-war-on-dei/

FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of Republicans. AA and DEI are political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://fortune.com/2024/01/15/bad-faith-reverse-discrimination-claims-hurt-americas-economic-future-and-global-standing-investing-dei-politics/

FED SMITH
— 2024 Pay Raise Highest in 40+ Years—54 Years of Federal Pay Raises (COMMENT: I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/01/12/54-years-federal-pay-raises-democrats-vs-republicans/

WEEK
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/international/2024/01/15/fgn50-pope-lgbtq.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.