January 2, 2024

What positions do the following have on Democrat and RINO leaders allowing/encouraging anyone and everyone in the world to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally if they claim asylum: a) your Republican Congressman, b) your Republican state senator and representative, c) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, d) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders, e) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, f) the leaders of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, and g) the Republican candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, virtually all the citizens of all the countries of the world will seek asylum in America.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Hinsdale, Buffalo Grove among suburbs considering regulations on migrant bus drop-offs – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-venezuelan-migrants-hinsdale-news/14258635/

NBC5
— Video captures downtown ‘street takeover’ following Chicago New Year’s Eve celebrations (COMMENT: What are your connections with downtown Chicago? I a) I lived there full-time 1976-1978 and weekdays 1974-1976, b) I worked there 1973-1997 and 1971, and c) I took classes there 1992-1997, 1971-1981, and 1966-1968.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/video-captures-downtown-street-takeover-following-chicago-new-years-eve-celebrations/3315262/
— Illinois’ ‘Paid Leave for All Workers Act’ is now in effect. Here’s what is says. (COMMENT: What leave policies are/were you under? I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always used against me my benefitting from the federal government’s more generous leave policies. As a part-time substitute carrier/clerk for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked many more hours because my coworkers took lots of sick leave and annual leave. My Civil Service Retirement System is higher because my more than a year of unused sick leave was credited as though I had worked that time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-paid-leave-for-all-workers-act-is-now-in-effect-heres-what-is-says/3315038/

CBS2
— 2 killed, 23 hurt in Chicago shootings during New Year’s weekend
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/weekend-shootings-dec-29-to-jan-1/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/volunteers-migrants-chicago-successes-challenges/
— Few migrants in Chicago able to work as shelter stay limit approaches
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/few-migrants-in-chicago-able-to-work-as-shelter-stay-limit-approaches/
— Only 1% of newly arrived migrants in Chicago have received work permits so far – SABRINA FRANZA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-migrants-work-permits-asylum-seekers/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij3bgJQF7go
https://news.yahoo.com/just-fraction-migrants-living-chicago-001300483.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With more than 14,000 migrants still living in one of more than two dozen city-operated shelters in Chicago, only a fraction of all the asylum seekers who have arrived in Chicago over the past 16 months have received the permits they need to start looking for jobs. As of Monday morning, city officials said 14,717 asylum seekers were staying in the city’s 27 shelters, and more than half of those are coming up on the city’s 60-day limit for staying in shelters. . .It’s not clear how many applications have been submitted, but as of Dec. 29, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services had processed work permits and temporary protected status applications for only 1,480 new arrivals, according to city data obtained by CBS 2. Once those applications are processed, they also need to be approved. Sources said only 284 asylum seekers in Chicago have gotten work permits, and 279 have received their Social Security card. That’s about 1%. Worse, city data suggests applications did not start processing until the week of Nov. 9.)
— Monday was deadline for Illinois owners of assault weapons prior to ban to register their guns – DARIUS JOHNSON
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-assault-weapons-deadline/
— Monday was deadline for Illinois owners of assault weapons prior to ban to register their guns – DARIUS JOHNSO
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As of last week, only 15,000 people completed the disclosures, according to Illinois State Police. There are nearly 2.5 million firearm owner’s IDs in the state. However, it’s unclear how many of those FOID holders own assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, or rapid-firing triggers. . .In November, state police said it is up to prosecutors in the state’s 102 counties to enforce the law, but it’s unclear what penalties would be in store for those who fail to register their weapons. Penalties can vary for illegal weapons. Carrying or possessing unauthorized assault weapons could result in a misdemeanor, with one year in jail or a fine of up to $2,500. Manufacturing, selling, or purchasing an unauthorized weapon could constitute a felony and result in up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-assault-weapons-deadline/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMNj-F9PlJE

WGN9
— Hundreds of migrants enter Chicago after being flown to Rockford from San Antonio – Michael Johnson, Judy Wang
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/hundreds-of-migrants-enter-chicago-after-being-flown-to-rockford-from-san-antonio/
— NJ mayor says buses of migrants bound for NY are being dropped off at NJ train stations – AP
https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-nj-mayor-says-buses-of-migrants-bound-for-ny-are-being-dropped-off-at-nj-train-stations/

FOX32
— Chicago’s new ‘Landing Zone’ for migrants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln_BLeEXggo

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— With the start of the new year, here is a sobering look at the state of Illinois – Paul Vallas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-state-of-illinois-2024-crime-education-taxes-20240102-moc5t357pfadvptvo3ymitqj5q-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Here’s what to know about the job market in 2024. – Talia Soglin (COMMENT: What was the Chicago-area job market like when you graduated from college? It was not good for me when I graduated in August of 1970 from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969. My mother had never worked outside the home and she had never attended high school. Further, employers were under ever-increasing pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Further, my GPA was not that high because instead of studying, I had worked as many hours as I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, it was from Firestone to be a Retail Store Sales Manager. I soon learned a) that my job did not really require a college degree, b) that I was not using what I had learned at NIU, c) that my duties frequently included pumping gasoline, mounting and balancing tires, changing oil and filters, installing batteries, delivering major appliances, etc., d) that advancement would be very slow, and e) my boss disapproved of my being a college graduate, draft avoider, Protestant, German American, and Crete resident. I was assigned to his store by the Firestone Store district office. He never would have hired me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-jobs-employment-vibes-2024-20240101-hyfuurg555e2bok6naobn752sa-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders oppose school choice. Democrat leaders oppose meritocracy.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/2/24011026/chicago-school-choice-inequity-segregation-whitney-young-jackson-potter-crystal-gardner

SOUTHERN
— Jefferson County Sheriff shares gun control concerns (FROM THE ARTICLE: “Anyone wishing to delay registering their firearms, waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court rule on this matter would be safe to do so.”)
https://thesouthern.com/news/jefferson-county-sheriff-shares-gun-control-concerns/article_0507950e-8162-5f0b-98fe-c17ae972838e.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard, however, took to social media ahead of the affidavit deadline to share that he believed the law was unconstitutional. In a question and answer style video posted on the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page Friday, Bullard said he had been receiving many concerned calls from gun owners who wanted to know if they should register their firearms as constitutional challenges to PICA carry on in state and federal courts. He directed people to the ISP website for registration and more information, before claiming, “Anyone wishing to delay registering their firearms, waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court rule on this matter would be safe to do so.” He continued, saying, “I would never advise anyone to knowingly violate the law, but the law has to be constitutionally valid on its face, and this gun ban is not,” citing previous Supreme Court cases he believed demonstrated his argument, included New York State Pistol and Rifle Association v. Bruen and D.C. v Heller. Bullard said he and other, unnamed Illinois sheriffs who oppose the law “won’t enforce it” and “won’t support it in any way, shape, or form.” Bullard stated that he believed the best way to combat violent crime was “aggressive policing, investigations, prosecution, that is supported by sound sentencing decisions by our judges.”)

HOMETOWN REGISTER
— IRS ready to test free-file program in 13 states (COMMENT: As long as Democrats run IRS, Republicans should use TurboTax. In 1978, the Democrats who ran IRS disallowed the graduate a) business courses that I had taken at Loyola 1972-1976 and b) accounting courses that I had taken at DePaul since 1976. I was 29, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years, and my salary was $106,785/year (GS-12 Step 4) in today’s dollars. They would not have disallowed those courses I had not been a union member or if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They disallowed those courses to punish me for my complaining about their use of “up-or-out” to get rid of me, that is, their use of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination to get rid of me. They had made it extremely clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 because I was too old. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid course work and that I was on track to pass the CPA examination which I did in 1979. They outrageously/disgustingly/unethically argued that the courses were not job-related, that they did not help me carry out my job duties, that they qualified me for a new trade or business, and that I took them to get a job in the private sector. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the requirements of my position descriptions and the fact that I stated in my Loyola and DePaul applications that I wanted to take the courses because the employee manual that IRS gave me in 1971 encouraged me to take graduate business, accounting, and law courses. They helped Money Magazine make my deducting the courses look improper in its 4-page February 1978 article on me. Again, as long as Democrats run IRS, Republicans should use TurboTax.)
https://www.hometownregister.com/news/national/irs-ready-to-test-free-file-program-in-13-states/video_ed7538ca-7956-5d89-8384-a338dd22e8a4.html

WGLT
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-01-01/colorado-legalized-recreational-pot-10-years-ago-heres-how-the-industry-has-grown

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more and mor and more illegal immigration.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-01-02/republicans-want-to-limit-migrants-entering-the-u-s-will-it-affect-asylum-seekers

KHMO RADIO
— Chicago is the New ‘Murder Capital’
https://khmoradio.com/chicago-is-the-new-murder-capital-but-theres-some-good-news/

LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
— Migrants dropped off by bus at Waukegan Metra station for at least second occasion – Sam Borcia
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2024/01/01/migrants-dropped-off-by-bus-at-waukegan-metra-station-for-at-least-second-occasion/

JOLIET PATCH
— Girls Fight In Downtown Joliet Alley, Officer Attacked. Joliet police intervened in the fight and identified the aggressors as Vervynck and Trujillo. – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/girls-fight-downtown-joliet-alley-officer-attacked-cops
— Democrats stress the make and model (Cadillac STS) of the car used by a driver arrested for DUI. My critics/opponents despise if not hate American nameplate vehicles. They hate the fact that they are built by union members. I was a union member for almost 12 years. I worked on a Dodge assembly line in 1970. I have bought many cars since 1964, and they all have been American nameplate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/cadillac-drives-through-joliet-red-light-felony-dui-arrest-jpd

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Janice Anderson has organized Democratic Voters for Naperville. She’s a former Republican DuPage County Board member who left the GOP after Donald Trump took it over. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/01/02/2024-has-a-familiar-ring-00133419

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois illegal alien bus report for Dec 31, 2023; 780 illegals dropped in DuPage, Lake Counties, Elgin, Rockford
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/653460563-illinois-illegal-alien-bus-report-for-dec-31-2023-780-illegals-dropped-in-dupage-lake-counties-elgin-rockford

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Hinsdale will hold meeting Jan. 2 to address drop-offs of illegal immigrants
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/653451057-hinsdale-will-hold-meeting-jan-2-to-address-drop-offs-of-illegal-immigrants

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— 75 illegal immigrants dropped off in Lake County on Dec. 31
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/653460564-75-illegal-immigrants-dropped-off-in-lake-county-on-dec-31

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Bailey on gun ban registry deadline: ‘Waiting for Pritzker to knock on my door and take my guns. I will not comply’
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/653450150-bailey-on-gun-ban-registry-deadline-waiting-for-pritzker-to-knock-on-my-door-and-take-my-guns-i-will-not-comply

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Is A Moderate State. Its Progressive Leaders Are Out Of touch. – Mark Glennon (COMMENT: One could argue that Chicago is liberal, the rest of Cook County and the collar counties are moderate, and the rest of Illinois is conservative.)
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-a-moderate-state-its-progressive-leaders-are-out-of-touch-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Thinking about Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Strategy to Change Public Immigration Policy
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/thinking-about-texas-governor-greg-abbotts-strategy-to-change-public-immigration-policy/
— Illinois Rose Bowl Float
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/illinois-rose-bowl-float/
— Contrarian Thoughts on Global Warming
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/contrarian-thoughts-on-global-warming/
— Lou Bianchi Supports Rob Hanlon for Associate Judgeship
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/lou-bianchi-supports-rob-hanlon-for-associate-judgeship/
— Looking at Crime Statistics
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/212500/
— UPDATE: Texas Migrants Flown to Rockford Airport WITH WGN-TV STORY AND CHICAGO MAYOR’S MOANING
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/texas-migrants-flown-to-rockford-airport/
— McRide Price Increased
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/mcride-price-increased/
— County Board Plans Three Bus Grants
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/county-board-plans-three-bus-grants/
— Sheriff Tadelman Featured Speaker at Ives Mid-January Event in Geneva
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/tadelman-featured-speaker-at-ives-mid-january-event-in-geneva/
— Underwood Disappoints Jewish Leaders on Resolution Vote
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/01/01/underwood-disappoints-jewish-leaders-on-resolution-vote/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker’s Epic Failure to Intimidate Law-Abiding Gun Owners in Illinois – David A. Lombardo
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/01/opinion-pritzkers-epic-failure-to-intimidate-law-abiding-gun-owners-in-illinois.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s plan to save our cities – Newt Gingrich
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/1/trumps-plan-to-save-our-cities/
— Cities with noncitizen voting struggle to boost turnout – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/1/if-you-build-it-will-they-vote-cities-with-nonciti/
— Too many Americans live a life of debauchery – Tom Basile
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/30/prodigal-nation-too-many-americans-live-life-of-fa/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America’s rise in drug abuse, mental illness, financial stress, divorce, fatherless households, rudderless, lonely youth, welfare dependency, crime, depression and other societal conditions can be tied to our slow revolt against traditional American values in the name of more freedom.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt JFK Airport in New York – Jack Birle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-disrupt-jfk-airport-new-york

NEW YORK POST
— Biden rings in New Year with black, Hispanic, young voters abandoning him – Diana Glebova (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that to get reelected, Biden will ever-increasingly have the federal government give even more preference to voters who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, parents, veterans, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, citizens of foreign countries, etc.)
https://nypost.com/2024/01/01/news/biden-rings-in-new-year-with-black-hispanic-young-voters-abandoning-him/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Utter Insanity of Joe Biden’s Open Border. If the amorality of illegal immigration were not so deleterious to Americans, its absurdity would be laughable. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/02/the-utter-insanity-of-joe-bidens-open-border/

AMERICAN THINKER
— How to Understand the Woke Colonization Project – Christopher Chantrill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/how_to_understand_the_woke_colonization_project.html

AMERICAN WIRE
— NBC News slammed for ringing in 2024 by touting racist anti-white study: ‘I’m so sick of this trash’ – Chris Donaldson
https://americanwirenews.com/nbc-news-slammed-for-ringing-in-2024-by-touting-racist-anti-white-study-im-so-sick-of-this-trash/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Migrants show up in Chicago burbs and beyond as Gov. Abbott skirts Mayor Johnson’s new bus ordinance – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/01/migrants-show-up-in-chicago-burbs-and-beyond-as-gov-abbott-skirts-mayor-johnsons-new-bus-ordinance-1424112/

BREITBART
— Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez: ‘Community’s at the Brink of Collapse’ Due to Migrant Surge, We Need to Remain a Sanctuary City – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/01/01/chicago-alderman-communitys-at-the-brink-of-collapse-due-to-migrant-surge-we-need-to-remain-a-sanctuary-city/
— Buses Are Dropping Off Illegal Aliens at NJ Train Stations due to Big Apple Bus Restrictions – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/01/buses-droppingoff-illegal-aliens-nj-train-stations-travel-big-apple-bus-restrictions/

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Admin Watered Down Vetting Process For Chinese Illegal Immigrants – PHILIP LENCZYCKI
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/02/biden-admin-cbp-chinese-illegal-migrants/

DAILY WIRE
— Illegal Immigrants Take Trains Into NYC After Eric Adams Restricts Bus Arrivals – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrants-take-trains-into-nyc-after-eric-adams-restricts-bus-arrivals

FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor ripped for objecting to illegal immigrants flown into city: ‘Take it up with your pal Joe’ – Gabriel Hays
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-mayor-ripped-objecting-illegal-immigrants-flown-city-take-it-up-your-pal-joe
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-mayor-ripped-for-objecting-to-illegal-immigrants-flown-into-city-take-it-up-with-your-pal-joe/ar-AA1mk4gY
— Maryland county claims school board can create seat only illegal immigrants can vote on – Greg Wehner
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maryland-county-claims-school-board-create-seat-only-illegal-immigrants-vote-reports

NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
— RACIAL PREFERENCES ARE AGAINST THE LAW – HORACE COOPER
https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2024/01/01/horace-cooper-racial-preferences-are-against-the-law/

NEWSMAX
— 10M Illegals Since Biden’s Oath – Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/newsmax-tv-rep-mccormick-border/2024/01/01/id/1147846/

TOWNHALL
— Biden Never Bothers to Justify His Open Border Policy—and He Gets Away With It – Ed Brodow
https://townhall.com/columnists/edbrodow/2024/01/02/biden-never-bothers-to-justify-his-open-border-policyand-he-gets-away-with-it-n2633052
— Joe Biden- America’s Agent of Chaos – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2024/01/01/joe-biden-americas-agent-of-chaos-n2633030
— ‘Figured Out a Loophole’: Mayor of NJ City Details How Adams’ Rules for Migrant Buses Are Being Ignored. – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/01/01/nyc-migrant-buses-nj-n2633038

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Sanctuary City Denver Mayor Cries Foul Over Too Many Illegals, Threatens Residents with ‘Historic’ City Service Cuts – Jack Davis
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-sanctuary-city-mayor-cries-foul-many-illegals-threatens-residents-historic-city-service-cuts/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

YAHOO NEWS
— Democrats crow that “Number of refugees resettling in Minnesota rising, and more on way.”
https://news.yahoo.com/number-refugees-resettling-minnesota-rising-213500664.html

CBS NEW YORK
— Secaucus, NJ mayor responds to buses dropping off asylum seekers (COMMENT: What positions do the following have on Democrat and RINO leaders allowing/encouraging anyone and everyone to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally if they claim asylum: a) your Republican Congressman, b) your Republican state senator and representative, c) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, d) the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders, e) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, f) the leaders of your Republican county and township/ward party organizations, and g) the Republican candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, virtually all the citizens of all the countries of the world will seek asylum in America.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/secaucus-nj-mayor-responds-to-buses-dropping-off-asylum-seekers/

CBS MIDLAND TEXAS
— Midland-Odessa welcomes Chinese refugees after years of seeking asylum – Noe Ortega (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, virtually all the citizens of all the countries of the world will seek asylum in America.)
https://www.cbs7.com/2024/01/02/midland-odessa-welcomes-chinese-refugees-after-years-seeking-asylum/

MSN
— Sanctuary City Mayor Mike Johnston Cries Foul Over Too Many Illegals, Threatens ‘Historic’ City Service Cuts – Jack Davis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/watch-sanctuary-city-mayor-mike-johnston-cries-foul-over-too-many-illegals-threatens-historic-city-service-cuts/ar-AA1mjjw0
— Migrants Arrive by Busloads in New Jersey to Work Around NYC Executive Order – Kayla Gallagher
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/migrants-arrive-by-busloads-in-new-jersey-to-work-around-nyc-executive-order/ar-AA1mjNOH
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/border-patrol-agent-illegally-turns-away-asylum-seeking-migrants-who-had-already-made-it-into-texas/ar-AA1mkkFn

NEW YORK POST
— LaPierre, Longtime N.R.A. Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign. A lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general against Wayne LaPierre and three other N.R.A. insiders accuses the gun-rights group of decades of corruption. – Danny Hakim
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/nyregion/nra-lapierre-trial.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Colleges ever-increasingly promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/02/war-on-college-politics-not-education/
— Republican loyalty to Trump, rioters climbs in 3 years after Jan. 6 attack – Rachel Weiner, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/02/jan-6-poll-post-trump/

USA TODAY
— Migrants dropped at New Jersey train stations to avoid New York bus restrictions. – Trevor Hughes and Katie Sobko
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/01/migrants-dropped-new-jersey-train-stations-avoid-nyc-bus-limits/72080200007/
— What to know about America’s rural-urban divide – Brian Reisinger (COMMENT: During the 1950s and early 1960s, I spent lots of time at my mother’s parents’ farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/12/23/economy-election-growing-us-urban-rural-divide/71960783007/

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— Blame the woke authoritarians for student learning loss – Ron Paul
https://www.ocregister.com/2024/01/01/ron-paul-blame-the-woke-authoritarians-for-student-learning-loss/

CHICO ENTERPRISE RECORD
— Blame illegal immigration on a) employers that hire illegals and b) elected officials that let them do it.
https://www.chicoer.com/2024/01/02/by-hiring-migrants-americans-made-a-mess-at-the-border-mexico-shouldnt-have-to-clean-it-up-other-views/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Making Discrimination OK Again. The losers in a 2020 California referendum are back again with a sneakier version. – William McGurn (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans. Congress is run by Democrats and RINOs. GAO works for Congress. In Diersen vs. GAO, constructively, GAO successfully argued that it treated me exactly like Congress wanted it to treat its employees who shared my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, old, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. GAO wasted my career, took many adverse actions against me, and forced me to take its early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/making-discrimination-ok-again-racial-preference-california-government-asian-american-9f190a1c
— The Military’s Phantom ‘Extremists’ An independent study puts to rest another false media narrative. – Editorial (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being an extremist. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/military-extremists-report-institute-for-defense-analyses-pentagon-lloyd-austin-97619f4d

SHANNONSIDE
— 11 professions added to Critical Skill list for international work permits (COMMENT: From what I see, illegals not only lack job skills and lack education, they have serious financial, health, and/or other problems. From what I see, they want/need/demand massive assistance from governments and charities.)
https://www.shannonside.ie/news/11-professions-added-to-critical-skill-list-for-international-work-permits-234555

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.