FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
ABC7
— Preparing for 2024 Illinois primary election – Kay Cesinger
https://abc7chicago.com/presidential-election-2024-primary-illinois/14345494/
— Ron DeSantis ends presidential bid ahead of New Hampshire primary, endorses Donald Trump – AP (COMMENT: Who will DeSantis supporters blame the most for his ending his presidential bid? Will it be those who share more demographics with Trump than with DeSantis? Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/ron-desantis-presidential-campaign-new-hampshire-primary-bid/14347211/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Can Donald Trump be stopped?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-aud-nw-election-2024-new-hampshire-20240121-spdxvek3yfgbvbnrexotnjrsey-story.html
— Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024 and ask “Will it be enough?” Anticipate/expect that Democrats will also push more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, further diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will push more hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-aud-nw-election-2024-abortion-20240121-asfxgtqb5zgzredbdgfjsfjevm-story.html
— Brandon Johnson’s upcoming CTU negotiation should scare taxpayers. Will he surprise us with tough love for his friends? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-chicago-teachers-union-stacy-davis-gates-brandon-johnson-20240121-uqmjkpdre5ge7cqobzbh7tec3u-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/roe-v-wade-20240122-cbaagvfurnghjn2yh4uodfk2eu-story.html
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly serves as arms of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-news-literacy-crisis-misinformation-democracy-20240122-dfkedrlzifdp3iv5gv3oehtmcy-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicagoans who use wheelchairs, mobility aids struggle to navigate city’s sidewalks during snowstorm. – Rebecca Johnson (COMMENT: Per doctor’s orders, I should not shovel snow this winter because I injured my right shoulder and arm. Therefore, I am paying $40/hour to high school students to shovel snow.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-wheelchair-users-sidewalks-snowstorm-20240122-3jis4farvrbtbltb2alx35essa-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What New York’s migrant shelter limits could mean for Chicago: ‘Expect utter chaos’ The Big Apple has enforced limited stays for solo adults for months and recently for families. Locals say the policy has wreaked havoc. – Michael Loria
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/1/22/24034979/chicago-migrant-crisis-what-new-york-shelter-limits-mean-texas-new-arrivals
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Trump for a) Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and b) crime in Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/1/21/24046304/donald-trump-2024-gop-presidential-race-election-joe-biden-republican-chicago-crime-ukraine-violence
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use “the night a plane filled with asylum seekers landed in Rockford” to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2024/01/22/migrants-from-texas-werent-ready-for-rockford-cold/72207378007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump celebrates DeSantis’ decision to drop out, ending a bitter feud that defined the 2024 campaign – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-celebrates-desantis-decision-to-drop-out-ending-a-bitter-feud-that-defined-the-2024-campaign/
— With Trump closing in on nomination, the effective audition to become his vice president is underway – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-with-trump-closing-in-on-nomination-the-effective-audition-to-become-his-vice-president-is-underway/
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-with-trump-closing-in-on-nomination-the-effective-audition-to-become-his-vice-president-is-underway/
WCIA
— Central IL towns wrestle with ‘double-edged sword’ of gambling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBEwr1PV8SU
WSIL
— Yes, employers can set a mandatory retirement age. What you need to know – Jeanne Sahadi (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, they force you to retire as soon as you become eligible unless you made Senior Executive Service, currently $191,900/year. I became eligible to take early retirement in 1993 when I was 45. They succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. I would have been eligible for regular retirement 6 years later, in 2003 when I was 55.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/yes-employers-can-set-a-mandatory-retirement-age-what-you-need-to-know/article_47a9e91a-e6f6-535a-90d0-9b38498518d3.html
LAGRANGE PARK PATCH
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Nicholas Fuentes to promote hatred against Trump.
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/la-grange-park-racist-would-kill-trump
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Census data show 13.8% of homes in Illinois were owned by single women in 2021, compared to 10.1% by single men. – Brianna Crane, Sami Sparber (COMMENT: I bought a new town home in University Park ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/University-Park/774-Sunset-Ct-60484/unit-5/home/23344604 ) when I was 24 years old and single in 1972. The down payment came from what I had earned a) working for IRS in Harvey for the previous 9 months and in Chicago for 6 months before that and b) working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for the previous 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $54,728/year in June of 1971 and $66,942/year in September of 1972. I had bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. I was paying for tuition and books to take graduate evening business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/01/20/single-women-homeowners-chicago
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is changing its strategy on managing the migrant crisis. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Behind closed doors: The mayor met privately with small groups of aldermen Friday — keeping groups small avoids the pesky open meeting rules — to brief them on how the city will no longer set up new shelter space because the costs are too high. That means it won’t build industrial tents for migrants, either. Here’s a copy of the briefing report obtained by Playbook. New strategy: The city will work with churches and private individuals to find beds for asylum seekers. And as individuals leave any of the current shelters, beds will open for the next wave of migrants. And while the cold snap continues, the Harold Washington Library will serve as a warming center for some asylum seekers as well as for the already unhoused. The goal: Get asylum seekers into regular housing as soon as possible or send them back to the landing area, which is a shelter of sorts until beds open up in the current shelters. Getting folks out of shelters and into housing will be easier now that the state has staffed up case managers in nearly all of the city’s 28 shelters, the aldermen were told.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— How much dishonesty about illegal immigrants can Gov. Pritzker cram into a minute and a half? – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/how-much-dishonesty-about-illegal-immigrants-can-gov-pritzker-cram-into-a-minute-and-a-half-wirepoints/
— Pritzker cheers ‘record-setting growth for adult-use cannabis sales’
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-cheers-record-setting-growth-for-adult-use-cannabis-sales-wirepoints-quickpoint/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Health and mental effects of cannabis use are described here by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on first day of legal marijuana. Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton is likely proud as well. In 2020, instead of using Illinois’ first day of legalization to warn of marijuana’s undisputed dangers, she celebrated the event as if it were the end of prohibition of apple pie. Her picture appeared on countless national stories from CNN to FOX, all smiles. “Illinois lieutenant governor beats long lines to become one of the first to legally buy weed in the state,” said the CNN headline.)
— Chicago Public Schools’ twisted goal: End selective enrollment schools while keeping nearly empty, failing schools open – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-public-schools-twisted-goal-end-selective-enrollment-schools-while-keeping-nearly-empty-failing-schools-open-wirepoints/
TABLET
— America Works. DEI Doesn’t. My community may be on the bottom of society, but the power of American principles and America’s promise are equally ours. – COREY BROOKS
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/america-works-dei-doesnt
INLAND REAL ESTATE
— THE INLAND REAL ESTATE GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC. MOURNS THE LOSS OF FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO DANIEL L. GOODWIN – Nicole Spreck
https://inlandgroup.com/press-room/news-release/inland-real-estate-group-companies-inc-mourns-loss-founder-chairman-and-ceo
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— There were 1,092 white individuals arrested in Chicago during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the City of Chicago Data Portal.
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/653754470-white-arrests-in-chicago-during-q4
DUPAGE COUNTY GOP
— Candidates
https://www.dupagegop.com/candidates
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO HITS RECORD HIGH CAR THEFTS, RECORD LOW ARRESTS IN 2023 – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-hits-record-high-car-thefts-record-low-arrests-in-2023/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis drops out ahead of New Hampshire primary – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/21/ron-desantis-drops-out-ahead-new-hampshire-primary/
— Congressman accuses DOJ of hiding evidence of undercover agents involved in U.S. Capitol riot – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/19/rep-clay-higgins-accuses-doj-of-hiding-evidence-of/
— Democrats’ one-party tyranny is the real meaning of ‘saving democracy’ – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/21/democrats-one-party-tyranny-is-real-meaning-of-sav/
— ‘Never Back Down’ DeSantis backs down. The Kamala Harris of 2024 quits race for Republican nomination. – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/21/ron-desantis-never-back-down-kamala-harris-2024-qu/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Some migrant deaths are more important than others – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2804267/some-migrant-deaths-more-important-others/
— Rio Grande Valley now being avoided by migrants after being a hot spot for a decade – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2808144/rio-grande-valley-now-being-avoided-by-migrants-after-being-a-hot-spot-for-a-decade/
NEW YORK POST
— Biden admits the border crisis he created is real — but won’t accept any blame – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2024/01/21/opinion/biden-admits-the-border-crisis-he-created-is-real-but-wont-accept-any-blame/
— How Biden gave up on ridding us of criminal aliens — putting us in danger – Jon Feere
https://nypost.com/2024/01/21/opinion/how-biden-gave-up-on-ridding-us-of-criminal-aliens-putting-us-in-danger/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/how-biden-gave-up-on-ridding-us-of-criminal-aliens-putting-us-in-danger/ar-BB1h2CTn
— Man stabbed outside NYC migrant intake center in latest spat of violence. – Joe Marino, Larry Celona, and Chris Nesi
https://nypost.com/2024/01/21/news/man-stabbed-outside-nyc-migrant-intake-center/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Long Shadow of Southern Segregation by Race. DEI and its advocate, Claudine Gay, marginalize Brown and take us back to Plessy, where differences in skin color justify imposing unequal opportunity on all—some to benefit at the expense of others. – Stephen B. Young
https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/22/the-long-shadow-of-southern-segregation-by-race/
AMERICAN THINKER
— What We Don’t Know About the Danger of DEI in the Airline Industry is Scarier than What We Know – William Sullivan (COMMENT: Because DEI is so extremely harmful, Democrats and RINOs have been slower to use DEI where it does the most harm. Democrats and RINOs used DEI to destroy GAO. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/what_we_dont_know_about_the_danger_of_dei_in_the_airline_industry_is_scarier_than_what_we_know.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Republican senators denounce immigration deal in the works; Trump calls supporters ‘stupid’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/21/republican-senators-denounce-immigration-deal-in-the-works-trump-calls-supporters-stupid-1429735/
— Open borders are forcing taxpayers to open their wallets – Deroy Murdock
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/01/21/open-borders-are-forcing-taxpayers-to-open-their-wallets-1429668/
BREITBART
— Donald Trump: I Am ‘Very Honored’ to Have Ron DeSantis’s Endorsement – HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/21/donald-trump-i-am-very-honored-to-have-ron-desantiss-endorsement/
— Chicago Organized Retail Burglary Ring Allegedly Led by Newly Arrived Illegal Aliens – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/01/21/chicago-best-organized-retail-theft-burglary-ring-led-newly-arrived-illegal-aliens/
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Proposes $14 Trillion Reparations Plan – OLIVIA RONDEAU (COMMENT: According to Democrats and to RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations you should pay: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/01/21/rep-jamaal-bowman-proposes-14-trillion-reparations-plan/
— NYC Neighborhood Left Filthy with Migrants’ Poop, Cups of Urine – AMY FURR (COMMENT: NYC neighborhood today, your neighborhood tomorrow.)
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2024/01/21/nyc-neighborhood-left-filthy-migrants-poop-urine/
DAILY CALLER
— Biden And Abbott Have Set The Stage For One Of The Biggest State-Versus-Feds Immigration Fights In More Than A Decade – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/21/biden-abbott-have-set-stage-biggest-state-versus-feds-immigration-fights-decade/
BUSINESS WIRE
— The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. Mourns the Loss of Founder, Chairman and CEO Daniel L. Goodwin
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240120510927/en/The-Inland-Real-Estate-Group-of-Companies-Inc.-Mourns-the-Loss-of-Founder-Chairman-and-CEO-Daniel-L.-Goodwin
CENTER SQUARE
— DeSantis drops out, endorses Trump just before New Hampshire GOP primary – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b808d0cc-b899-11ee-bc35-ff5576920417.html
DAILY CALLER
— Open Borders Are Forcing Taxpayers To Open Their Wallets – DEROY MURDOCK
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/21/opinion-open-borders-are-forcing-taxpayers-to-open-their-wallets-deroy-murdock/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump, Conservatives Praise DeSantis After He Bows Out Of 2024 Race – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-most-conservatives-praise-desantis-after-he-bows-out-of-2024-race
FOX NEWS
— DeSantis suspends 2024 Presidential Campaign and endorses former President Donald Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345316875112
— Conservatives celebrate DeSantis dropping out and endorsing Trump: ‘Uniting the GOP’ DeSantis endorsed Trump in his video announcing the suspension of his presidential campaign. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservatives-celebrate-desantis-dropping-out-endorsing-trump-uniting-gop
— Trump ‘very honored’ by DeSantis endorsement after Florida governor suspends presidential run. – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-very-honored-desantis-endorsement-florida-governor-suspends-presidential-run
— Daniel Cameron leading fight against ‘woke’ companies: Americans want ‘quality products,’ not ‘agendas’ The former Kentucky Attorney General is the new CEO of the ‘1792 Exchange’ – Kristine Parks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/daniel-cameron-leading-fight-woke-companies-americans-quality-products-agendas
HOT AIR
— Fetterman: The American Dream is Threatened by Illegal Immigrants – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/01/21/fetterman-the-american-dream-is-threatened-by-illegal-immigrants-n606439
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Women’s Studies Center at Northwestern Teaches ‘Organizing’ for ‘Abortion Rights’ “anyone in the NU community who is new to or wants to level up in organizing for reproductive justice, abortion rights, or bodily autonomy” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/01/womens-studies-center-at-northwestern-teaches-organizing-for-abortion-rights/
MRC TV
— ACCIDENTAL JOURNALISM: Univision Notices Influx Of Chinese Migrants – Jorge Bonilla
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/jorge-bonilla/2024/01/21/accidental-journalism-univision-notices-influx-chinese
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Biden Administration’s False Texas Claim Was Good Enough for the Press – BECKET ADAMS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/01/the-biden-administrations-false-texas-claim-was-good-enough-for-the-press/
NEWSMAX
— Mexico Border Towns Are War Zones Due to Drug Cartels – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-mexico-drugcartels/2024/01/21/id/1150394/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Americans furious as Biden admin lets illegal immigrants fly without valid ID. “…and it’s their choice whether they want their picture taken.” – Sara Higdon
https://thepostmillennial.com/americans-furious-as-biden-admin-lets-illegal-immigrants-fly-without-valid-id
TOWNHALL
— Biden Threatens to Use Military Jets On Law-Abiding American Citizens – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/21/biden-threatens-to-use-military-jets-on-law-abiding-american-citizens-n2633933
— This Is the Border Crisis Biden Doesn’t Want Americans to See – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/01/21/the-border-crisis-biden-doesnt-want-you-to-see-n2633926
— How This 2024 GOP Primary Rehashes Some 2016 Drama – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/01/21/it-might-all-be-over-for-ron-desantis-n2633960
— DeSantis Didn’t Get It, But Will Trump? – Arthur Schaper (COMMENT: Who will DeSantis supporters blame the most for his withdrawal? Will it me those who share the most demographics with Trump? Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2024/01/22/desantis-didnt-get-it-but-will-trump-n2633969
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Four years later, it seems as though GOP voters did not remember, or rather do not want to remember all the failures, fallouts, and just plain folly of Year 2020. I don’t blame them, but I do have to reproach them for ignoring the incredible work that Governor DeSantis accomplished during that very difficult time.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
THE HILL
— Biden-Harris campaign says it has largest war chest of any Democratic candidate in history – SARAH FORTINSKY (COMMENT: I do not donate money to candidates or organizations, but I do offer them GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions free of charge. Those subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year. I should write a book about candidates and organizations that read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but treat them as being worthless and therefore treat me as being worthless because I provide the newsletters free of charge.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/4409211-biden-harris-campaign-record-warchest/
CENTER SQUARE
— DeSantis drops out, endorses Trump just before New Hampshire GOP primary – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b808d0cc-b899-11ee-bc35-ff5576920417.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ron DeSantis ends his struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire and endorses Donald Trump – STEVE PEOPLES
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-ron-desantis-ends-his-presidential-bid-before-new-hampshire-after-falling-far-short-of-trump/
MSN
— Dead-End Jobs: The Grim Reality of Working in These 10 Professions – Tamila McDonald (COMMENT: (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. But the Democrats who ran the three federal agencies that I worked for a) wasted by career, b) never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10, currently $150,078/year, and c) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/dead-end-jobs-the-grim-reality-of-working-in-these-10-professions/ss-BB1gZO9A
NEW YORK TIMES
— Haley Hits Trump on Age, Suggesting ‘There Is a Decline’ in Mental Fitness – Lisa Lerer (COMMENT: How old are you? I am 75. How much has your mental fitness declined? What do you stress in defense of your mental fitness? I stress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I put one together and send it out each and every morning. They contain links to around 90 articles. I ask my critics/opponents which of their operatives or dupes could/would do what I do? How much would they have to pay them to do what I do – $250,000/year, $500,000/year, $750,000/year, $1,000,000/year, or more? GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/20/us/election-news-new-hampshire-trump
— Are Straight A’s the Road to Success? (COMMENT: Did you get straight A’s? I did not. The following harmed my ability to get straight A’s: a) my working part-time while I took classes at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970, b) my working part-time and full-time while I took classes at Loyola in 1972, and c) my working full-time while I took classes at Loyola 1973-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997. The following harmed my ability to get better scores on the CPA examination in 1979: my working full-time for IRS. The following harmed my ability to get better scores on the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981: my working full-time for GAO.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/opinion/letters/top-grades-education.html
— Reflections on Summer Jobs (COMMENT: What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/us/reflections-on-summer-jobs.html
— 6 Reasons You May Not Graduate on Time; only 41 percent of students manage to do it. – Meredith Kolodner (COMMENT: Because I took only one course at a time, it took me a) 4 years to complete 16 courses and earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) 4 years to complete 12 courses and earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and c) 5 years to complete 14 courses and earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/education/edlife/6-reasons-you-may-not-graduate-on-time.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Nikki Haley’s Lean Years Led Her Into an Ethical Thicket – Sharon LaFraniere and Alexandra Berzon (COMMENT: If you sought a government office, what would your critics/opponents throw at you concerning your income? Mine would hint/imply/argue/shout: a) that the federal government grossly overpaid me, b) that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, c) that GAO should have forced me to take a much bigger pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and d) that GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. In my defense, I stress a) that I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) that I became a licensed CPA in 1981, and that I earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994 1996, and 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/us/politics/nikki-haley-republican-primary-ethics-south-carolina.html
USA TODAY
— Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 race, says voters ‘want to give Trump another chance’ – Sudiksha Kochi, Karissa Waddick, Francesca Chambers, Rachel Looker (COMMENT: Who does/does not want you to have a chance? I should write about a) my fellow TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois members who did not want me to serve another term as its chairman in 2012, b) my fellow Illinois Center Right Coalition members who did not want me to serve another term on its Steering Committee in 2007, c) my fellow 69 Milton Township Republican Organization members who did not me to serve as its Treasurer in 2004, and d) my fellow American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter members who did not want me to serve another term on its board of directors in 2004.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/21/ron-desantis-drops-out-of-2024-presidential-race/71751287007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Marijuana Is More Dangerous Than Biden’s HHS Lets On. In easing restrictions, it brushes past the long-term effects, from anxiety and depression to psychosis. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/marijuana-is-more-dangerous-than-bidens-hhs-lets-on-psychosis-heart-pregnancy-fe409dba
— Pop Goes the DEI Bubble. Claudine Gay’s resignation proved we are moving away from this harmful ideology. – Andy Kessler (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had fewer or no professional certifications, and/or d) who had no professional license. Virtually all of them were female and/or minority. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pop-goes-the-dei-bubble-affirmative-action-claudine-gay-harvard-esg-blackrock-39c77d13
— Success in the workplace, at the highest levels and otherwise, requires mastering one’s emotions, showing empathy, uplifting others. – Laura Vanderkam (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were nasty/vicious. They did everything that they could to demotivate me, to get rid of me. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat and they especially would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had not been in America for a long time. What they did was political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/optimal-review-the-lessons-of-a-cheerful-bus-718257c9
BLOOMBERG
— Wealthy Parents Are Spending $750,000 to Get Kids Into Harvard, Yale – Francesca Maglione and Paulina Cachero (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents. I should write a book about my critics/opponents whose parents are/were the wealthiest. I would focus on those who had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-15/wealthy-parents-are-spending-750-000-to-get-kids-into-harvard-yale
FORBES
— How First Generation College Students View Success – Heather Wathington (COMMENT: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. But most significantly, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights after school and Saturdays during my junior and senior years 1964-1966 and full-time during the summer in between.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2022/02/24/how-first-gen-college-students-view-success/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2024/01/21/5-ways-dei-has-been-ineffective-and-how-we-make-it-better/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/01/21/diversity-in-leadership-increases-chances-of-success-by-39/
— Is Allowing Migrants To ‘Use Housing Vouchers…Going To Fix The Housing Crisis For Americans?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMUAfda7JD0
INC.
— How Did Jeff Bezos Make $7.9 Million Per Hour Last Year? – JEFF HADEN (COMMENT: How much should you be paid per hour? Because I injured my right shoulder and arm, I am paying $40 per hour to high school students to shovel snow. Based on that, because I earned three master’s degrees, because I earned six professional certifications, because I earned a professional license, because I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year, because I worked 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, I should be paid at least $100/hour.)
https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/how-did-jeff-bezos-make-79-million-per-hour-last-year-by-embracing-an-owners-mentality.html
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/01/22/conservatives-organized-undermine-dei-efforts-higher-ed
