January 3, 2023

ABC7

— Illinois cash bail questions raised by SAFE-T Act ruling will be settled by IL Supreme Court – Craig Wall

https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-no-cash-bail-law-safe-t-act-2023-supreme-court/12642407/

— 18-year-old high on marijuana, speeding at time of Kane County crash that killed 2 siblings (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.)

https://abc7chicago.com/grace-diewald-kane-county-crash-tyler-schmidt-plato-township/12640751/

FOX32

— Lightfoot under pressure to find funding for migrants (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote illegal immigration.)

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lightfoot-under-pressure-to-find-funding-for-migrants

— Kinzinger hammers Trump in last days as congressman (COMMENT: The more that you hammer Trump, the more that Democrats promote you.)

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/kinzinger-hammers-trump-in-last-days-as-congressman

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— COMMENT: Democrats say “Durbin pushing through historic diversity on federal bench.” What percent of Democrat judges are pro-criminal, anti-Republican, anti-conservative, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-homeownership, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/2/23536094/durbin-federal-judiciary-committee-judge-appointments-diversity-congress

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote illegal immigration.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/2/23531029/title-42-immigration-putin-ukraine-letters

— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: COMMENT: Ever-increasingly: Illinois Democrats push pot. 

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/1/3/23529388/michael-madigan-mike-noonan-illinois-southland-farms-marijuana-cannabis-grow-lobbyist-lisa-politics

— City seeking millions more from state to care for migrants. It should come as no surprise the state’s well is about to run dry. – Editorial (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote illegal immigration.)

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/2/23532570/chicago-illinois-immigration-migrants-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois Democrats say “Gov. J.B. Pritzker ran a cautious reelection campaign” and ask “Will he play it safe in second term?”

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-second-term-agenda-20230103-yfto2gw2ijfq5ljqjydldwkfva-story.html

— How the House of Representatives elects a speaker – AP

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/house-speaker-20230102-x5zznjcl2ngidjuzpkc3km75ru-story.html

— COMMENT: Democrats ask “Who are the Republicans opposing Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid?”

https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-kevin-mccarthy-speaker-bid-20230103-driixddmg5gsrbjq377iieq6zm-story.html

DAILY HERALD

— Two election reforms that seem to have hurt more than helped – Editorial

https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230103/daily-herald-opinion-two-election-reforms-that-seem-to-have-hurt-more-than-helped

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOUURNAL REGISTER

— Sheriff’s deputy from Athens will fill out Butler’s term in 87th ending Jan. 11 – Steven Spearie

https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/03/sheriffs-deputy-from-athens-will-fill-out-butlers-term-in-87th/69771931007/

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH

— COMMENT: The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms promote poverty and crime.

https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-data-shows-conservative-policies-on-health-guns-and-more-increase-mortality/article_ab72d594-1cd9-537f-a077-5db9ac8922d2.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH

— As legal pot grows, more kids sickened by edibles at home – JONEL ALECCIA  (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.)

https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/As-legal-pot-grows-more-kids-sickened-by-edibles-17690746.php

WGLT & NPR ILLINOIS

— More than 3,000 young children accidentally ate pot edibles in 2021 – Rhitu Chatterjee (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.)

https://www.wglt.org/2023-01-03/study-more-than-3-000-young-children-accidentally-ate-pot-edibles-in-2021

https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-01-03/study-more-than-3-000-young-children-accidentally-ate-pot-edibles-in-2021

WSIL TV

— As legal pot grows, more kids sickened by edibles at home. A new U.S. study finds that reports of young children accidentally eating marijuana-laced treats rose sharply as pot became legal in more places. – JONEL ALECCIA  (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.)

https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/as-legal-pot-grows-more-kids-sickened-by-edibles-at-home/article_0ab2a812-a9e7-5725-b333-56d814f025f7.html

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat teachers promote the Democrat Party platform.

https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2023/01/equitable-inclusive-teaching-seminars-available-for-faculty/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG

— Summer Monkeypox Hysteria Fizzled Out

— Republican Texas Governor and Democratic Party El Paso Mayor Making Point of Unchecked Illegal Immigrant Burden in Chicago

— Retired Public Employees Get 3% Bump in Pensions This Month

— Illinois AG Department Issue Year End Report

— Another “I Told You So” Story, This Time about Policing Bad Characters in the Department of Corrections

— More from the Pritzker Administration on Energy DeCarbonization

https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/12/30/more-from-the-pritzker-administration-on-energy-decarbonization/

WIREPOINTS

— Don’t buy the Tribune headline: Chicago crime worsened in 2022 – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner

ILLINOIS REVIEW

— IL GOP Violates Party Platform, Pays for and Endorses Pro-Choice Mailer During 2022 Midterm Election (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Constructively, the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, and therefore, the leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and the Milton Township Republican Organization, have a) dumped the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, b) dumped Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains like me who support the aforesaid planks, and c) dumped voters who support the aforesaid planks.) 

— IL GOP Weaponized Postage Discount to Attack Conservative Candidates During Primary

WASHINGTON TIMES

— The indoctrination of the young: Proselytizing gender-fluid ideology – Gerard Leval 

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/2/indoctrination-of-young-proselytizing-gender-fluid/

— The left’s never-ending campaign to banish those who question its narrative – David Keene  (COMMENT: I have always questioned the Democrat narrative. I especially questioned the Democrat narrative while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. I have especially questioned the RINO narrative ever since I became a DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman in 1999.) 

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/2/lefts-never-ending-campaign-to-banish-those-who-qu/

— House GOP faces historic leadership fight when Congress reconvenes Tuesday – Susan Ferrechio

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/2/house-gop-faces-historic-leadership-fight-when-con/

— Trump takes fire from right after blaming abortion issue for GOP midterm defeats – Valerie Richardson (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote abortion.)

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/2/donald-trump-takes-fire-right-after-blaming-aborti/

— Former Trump aides fumed about being branded ‘domestic terrorists’ as Jan. 6 riot unfolded – Joseph Clark

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/2/hope-hicks-trump-aides-fumed-about-being-branded-d/

— Newt Gingrich slams Kevin McCarthy’s detractors as ‘kamikazes’ attempting to sink GOP – Joseph Clark (COMMENT: Who are your detractors? I should write a book about my detractors. I would focus on those a) who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks bin 2021, b) who gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) who ended my service as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) who ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, e) who ended my service as a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) who ended my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, g) who almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) who ended my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004.)

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/2/newt-gingrich-slams-kevin-mccarthys-detractors-kam/

— Nine more House Republicans call McCarthy’s concessions insufficient – Haris Alic

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/1/kevin-mccarthys-concessions-insufficient-say-nine-/

— Scalise has a plan, outlining legislative priorities for House GOP majority – Jennifer Harper 

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/2/steve-scalise-outlines-republican-legislative-prio/

— Too big too fast? Skeptics see dangers in IRS rush to expand – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. What if after I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, GAO had always assigned me to audits of IRS instead of just for 3 years 1986-1988? I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981.)

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/2/fears-mount-irs-rushes-bulk/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

— These three immigration issues will be the top stories of 2023 – Anna Giaritelli

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/these-three-immigration-issues-will-be-the-top-stories-of-2023

— Florida Keys’ Dry Tortugas National Park to shut down after hundreds of migrants arrive – Brady Knox

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/florida-keys-dry-tortugas-national-park-shut-down-hundreds-migrants-arrive

— If we’re punishing politicians for lying about their past, start with Joe Biden – Christopher Tremoglie

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-were-punishing-politicians-for-lying-about-their-past-start-with-joe-biden

— Why socialism sickens and capitalism cures – Vance Ginn (COMMENT: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are the opposite of equal opportunity. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use AA and DEI to take opportunities away from those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, Italian America, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and give those opportunities to those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-Italian America, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/why-socialism-sickens-and-capitalism-cures

(FROM THE ARTICLE: A 2022 Pew Research Center survey found that an alarming number of people still believe that socialism “gives all people an equal opportunity to be successful,” with 52% agreeing this statement is at least somewhat true for socialism. Fortunately, 64% agreed that statement is at least somewhat true for capitalism. Still, it is evident that most people who favor socialism don’t understand it or its negative consequences. Apologists for socialism need to understand what the late economist Friedrich Hayek said: “There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. While the first is the condition of a free society, the second means, as de Tocqueville describes it, a new form of servitude.”)

— McCarthy scrambles for support on eve of speaker vote – Juliegrace Brufke

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/kevin-mccarthy-scrambles-support-eve-speaker-vote ;

NEW YORK POST

— Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasts busing 16K migrants to sanctuary cities – Evan Simko-Bednarski (COMMENT: What if instead of busing them to sanctuary cities in America, Abbott bused them back to the countries that they illegally came from?)

https://nypost.com/2023/01/02/texas-greg-abbott-boasts-bussing-16k-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities/

— Nearly 500 migrants come ashore in Florida Keys, forcing major park to close – David Propper

https://nypost.com/2023/01/02/dry-tortugas-national-park-closes-after-migrants-reach-florida/

— Unprecedented NY flood of fentanyl causing ‘heartbreaking’ loss – Craig McCarthy

https://nypost.com/2023/01/02/the-unprecedented-flood-of-fentanyl-into-ny-is-causing-heartbreaking-loss/

AMERICAN THINKER

— We Must Convince People That The Fascist Far Left Wants To Destroy The US – D. Parker

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/we_must_convince_people_that_the_fascist_far_left_wants_to_destroy_the_us.html

— The Church Must Speak Out – Jeff Lukens (COMMENT: Have the leaders of your church spoken out against the anti-religious Democrat promotion of a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, and i) age discrimination?)  

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/01/the_church_must_speak_out_.html

— Semi-retired Joe: Biden squandered 40% of his presidency on vacations at Camp David or at the Delaware mansion – Monica Showalter (COMMENT: I did not take any vacation days while I worked for IRS 1971-1973. I took extremely few sick days while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997.)

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/semiretired_joe_biden_squandered_40_of_his_presidency_on_vacay_at_camp_david_or_at_the_delaware_mansion.html

— The Democrats are desperate to make Biden appear younger – Robin M. Itzler

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/the_democrats_are_desperate_to_make_biden_appear_younger.html

— Supreme Court gives Americans a temporary reprieve from migrant surge – Michael Letts

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/supreme_court_gives_americans_a_temporary_reprieve_from_migrant_surge.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW

— Incoming  Illinois 3rd District Democratic congresswoman Delia Ramirez’s claim ‘dreamer’ husband could be deported if DREAM Act isn’t passed called ‘a stunt’ – Melissa Fine 

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/02/incoming-dem-lawmakers-claim-dreamer-husband-could-be-deported-if-dream-act-isnt-passed-called-a-stunt-1321560/

— Courts have eye-popping backlog of 2M immigration cases, total nearly doubles under Biden’s watch – Kevin Haggerty 

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/02/courts-have-eye-popping-backlog-of-2m-immigration-cases-total-nearly-doubles-under-bidens-watch-1321677/

— ‘It wasn’t my fault’: Trump says GOP’s ‘poorly handled’ abortion issue to blame for midterm losses. – Monroe-Hamilton

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/02/it-wasnt-my-fault-trump-says-gops-poorly-handled-abortion-issue-to-blame-for-midterm-losses-1321523/

— Ex-Capitol Police chief links Jan. 6 failures to Pelosi’s influence, questions security today – Kevin Haggerty 

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/02/ex-capitol-police-chief-links-jan-6-failures-to-pelosis-influence-questions-security-today-1321626/

BREITBART

— GOP Rep. Barry Moore: We Can Zero out Salary of Woke Defense Officials under New Proposed Rules Package – IAN HANCHETT (COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors a) zeroed out my $142,650/year salary in today’s dollars and b) forced the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me $63,133/year in today’s dollars for the rest of my life. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1,600,000. Of course, my critics/opponent, their operatives, and their dupes a) have never complained about what my Democrat GAO superiors did and b) blame me for what my Democrat GAO superiors did.)  

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/01/03/gop-rep-barry-moore-we-can-zero-out-salary-of-woke-defense-officials-under-new-proposed-rules-package/

— Texas and Florida ‘Largest-Gaining’ States in Terms of Population – HANNAH BLEAU

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/02/texas-florida-largest-gaining-states-terms-population-california-sees-six-figure-decrease/

— Republicans Step Towards the Center as Democrats Open Borders – NEIL MUNRO

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/02/migration-2022-republicans-step-towards-center-democrats-open-borders/

— Biden’s Sanctuary Country: Fewer than 30K Illegal Aliens Deported from American Communities in 2022 – JOHN BINDER

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/02/bidens-sanctuary-country-fewer-30k-illegal-aliens-deported-american-communities-2022/

— OUTSTANDING: California School Board Bans Critical Race Theory Right After Being Sworn In – SPENCER LINDQUIST

https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/01/02/california-school-board-bans-critical-race-theory-right-after-being-sworn-in/

EPOCH TIMES

— Illegal Aliens Overwhelm Officials in the Florida Keys, Prompt Closure of National Park – Caden Pearson

https://www.theepochtimes.com/illegal-aliens-overwhelm-officials-in-the-florida-keys-prompt-closure-of-national-park_4957908.html

— McCarthy Agrees to Back New House Rule Making It Easier to Remove Unpopular Speaker – Mark Tapscott (COMMENT: Who has worked the hardest to make you unpopular and why? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to make me unpopular and why. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/mccarthy-agrees-to-back-new-house-rule-making-it-easier-to-remove-unpopular-speaker_4956142.html

— California Turns Into Transgender Sanctuary State for Kids Trying to Modify Their Gender – Naveen Athrappully

https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-turns-into-transgender-sanctuary-state-for-kids-trying-to-modify-their-gender_4957515.html

FEDERALIST

— As States Ban Parents From Resisting Their Kids Going Transgender, Will Congress Step Up? – VIRGINIA FOXX (COMMENT: Will the Republican elected officials who represent you stand up?)

https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/02/as-states-ban-parents-from-resisting-their-kids-going-transgender-will-congress-step-up/

FOX NEWS

— David Webb warns against Illinois ending cash bail: ‘Victim pays the price’

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6318101073112?utm_source=Wirepoints%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=0a3cb0a4b1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_895ee9abf9-0a3cb0a4b1-188806217#new_tab

— Biden’s border crisis: Our immigration courts have a 2,023,441 case backlog and it’s more than we can handle. Almost 800,000 people are waiting on asylum hearings, which typically take 1,572 days or 4.3 years. – Nolan Rappaport

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/bidens-border-crisis-immigration-courts-have-2023441-case-backlog-more-handle

— Filipina immigrant who became hotshot Chicago judge sentenced to jail for $1.4m mortgage fraud – Lukas Mikelionis

https://www.foxnews.com/us/filipina-immigrant-who-became-hotshot-chicago-judge-sentenced-to-jail-for-mortgage-fraud

— 5 things House Republicans must do in 2023 with new majority. – David N. Bossie

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/5-things-house-republicans-must-do-2023-new-majority

FOX NEWS

— Texas installs additional layers of razor wire to stop illegal crossings. Gov. Abbott says crews working around the clock to secure border in federal government’s absence. – Greg Wehner |

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-installs-additional-layers-razor-wire-stop-illegal-crossings

GOPUSA

— Border Crisis: Shootouts, Pursuits, Break-Ins Surge In Rural Texas Counties

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY

— After Biden pulls air marshals from airliners to do menial work at southern border, al Qaeda reportedly tooling for another 9/11-type attack – Patrick Droney

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/al-qaeda-planning-9-11-type-attack-while-air-marshals-sent-to-border/

NATIONAL REVIEW

— Civil-Rights-Discrimination Complaints More Than Doubled for the Education Department in 2022 – ARI BLAFF

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/civil-rights-discrimination-complaints-more-than-doubled-for-the-education-department-in-2022/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the 1619 Project’s growing popularity, and the seeping of identity politics into elementary education, conservatives have begun to turn to the Education Department’s complaint mechanism as a means of challenging the cultural zeitgeist. Parents Defending Education filed numerous suits citing Title VI violations on the basis of “race, color, or national origin” for the 2022 fiscal year. The introduction of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, such as school trips or programming advertised exclusively to members of minority groups, has been a particularly polarizing issue. “The shift toward race-conscious policies means that schools are consciously injecting race into things, when we believe they should not be,” Nicole Neily, the founder of Parents Defending Education told the Times. “I worry that in this continued obsession of trying to inject identity into everything, it almost undermines where there is real injustice.”)

— Trump Blames Extreme Pro-Lifers for Republican Midterm Defeats – RAMESH PONNURU (COMMENT: According to extreme pro-lifers in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, I have not done enough to promote right to life. They stress a) that I am not a member of a church, b) that I do not attend church services, c) that I do not give money to a church, and d) that I do not give money to them. In my defense, virtually every GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter since 2000 has contained links to articles a) that promote right to life and b) that discourage abortion. Further, while I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, virtually every speaker that I recruited was pro-life. Extreme pro-lifers not only want me to blacklist those who do not promote right to life, they destroy me for not blacklisting those who do not promote right to life.)    

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-blames-extreme-pro-lifers-for-republican-midterm-defeats/

— Immigration, Parental Rights, and Public Safety among House GOP Priorities in New Congress – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/immigration-parental-rights-and-public-safety-among-house-gop-priorities-in-new-congress/

— Wokeness Undermines the U.S. Military – MADELEINE KEARNS

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/wokeness-undermines-the-u-s-military/

NEWS BUSTERS

— PBS Offers Softballs to Democrat Patrick Leahy, But Hardballs to Republican Rodney Davis – Brad Wilmouth  (COMMENT: I should write a book about the softball questions that I have asked Republican candidates in my role as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.)

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2023/01/02/pbs-offers-softballs-democrat-patrick-leahy-hardballs-republican

NEWSMAX

— California School District Pays Nearly $10K for ‘LGBTQ Presentations’ – Nick Koutsobinas 

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/california-school-lgbtq/2023/01/02/id/1102763/

PJ MEDIA

— Trump Moves Left, Attacks Pro-Lifers – ROBERT SPENCER (COMMENT: According to extreme pro-lifers in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, I have not done enough to promote right to life. They stress a) that I am not a member of a church, b) that I do not attend church services, c) that I do not give money to a church, and d) that I do not give money to them. In my defense, virtually every GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter since 2000 has contained links to articles a) that promote right to life and b) that discourage abortion. Further, while I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, virtually every speaker that I recruited was pro-life. Extreme pro-lifers not only want me to blacklist those who do not promote right to life, they destroy me for not blacklisting those who do not promote right to life.)    

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2023/01/02/what-the-trump-moves-left-attacks-pro-lifers-n1657835

PATRIOT WISE

— Defrocked Priest Claims Powerful Democrats Are Cowing Catholic Church

REAL CLEAR POLITICS

— The Baleful Cargo of Woke Diversity Worship – Victor Davis Hanson

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2023/01/02/the_baleful_cargo_of_woke_diversity_worship_588120.html

— Biden’s Border Crisis Has a 2,023,441 Case Backlog – Nolan Rappaport

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2023/01/02/bidens_border_crisis_has_a_2023441_case_backlog_588142.html

— Woke Wall St. Firms Find They Have No Allies on the Hill – Zachary Faria

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2023/01/02/woke_wall_st_firms_find_they_have_no_allies_on_the_hill_588170.html

THE HILL

— National park closed following arrival of 300 migrants – BRAD DRESS  (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal immigration.)

ABC NEWS

— As legal pot grows, more kids sickened by edibles at home (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.)

https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/legal-pot-grows-kids-sickened-edibles-home-96101367

— Wave of migrants in Florida Keys is a crisis, sheriff says. At least 500 migrants have arrived in the Florida Keys over the last several days in what the local sheriff’s office describes as a “crisis.” (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal immigration.)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/300-migrants-make-landings-national-park-florida-keys-96079172

ABC DENVER

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Denver Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote illegal immigration.

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/denver-mayor-appeals-to-catholic-archdiocese-to-shelter-migrants-calls-issue-urgent-humanitarian-need

CBS DENVER

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Denver Democrats promote illegal immigration.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/organizations-help-migrants-arriving-denver-metro-area/

FOX ATLANTA

— Shelters in U.S. border cities overwhelmed with influx of migrants (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal immigration.)

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/video/1161294

CNN

— Number of young children who accidentally ate cannabis edibles jumped 1,375% in five years – Jen Christensen and Sandee LaMotte (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.)

https://www.wevv.com/news/health/number-of-young-children-who-accidentally-ate-cannabis-edibles-jumped-1-375-in-five-years/article_44dfca6b-d8d1-5bb7-8c10-e5f1f7c94b13.html

— ‘This made us all unemployable’: Trump White House aides respond to January 6 in angry text exchange – Katelyn Polantz Annie Grayer Whitney Wild (COMMENT: My Democrats GAO superiors made me permanently unemployable when they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, they a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, b) never promoted me beyond GS-13, and c) forced me to take a $21,863 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.) 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/02/politics/january-6-text-messages/index.html

NEWSWEEK

— George Santos Faces up to Five Years in Prison if Convicted of Fraud – GIULIA CARBONARO 

https://www.newsweek.com/george-santos-faces-five-years-prison-if-convicted-fraud-1770809

NEW YORK TIMES

–COMMENT: Democrats ask “Who Are the Republicans Opposing McCarthy’s Speaker Bid?” and say “The rebellion has been led by a small but vocal group of ultraconservative Republicans. But there are other, less-known defectors who could help scuttle the G.O.P. leader’s candidacy.”

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in flooding America with Democrats, that is, with citizens of foreign countries a) who need/want massive government assistance, b) who lack education, and/or c) who lack job skills. Overwhelmingly, the aforesaid are minority, female, younger, and/or non-Protestant. 

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote illegal immigration.

— Wave of Job-Switching Has Employers on a Training Treadmill – Sydney Ember and Ben Casselman (COMMENT: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 was all classroom and on-the-job training in IRS’s Loop office.) 

— China’s Young Elite Clamber for Government Jobs. With youth unemployment high, millions will take this month’s Civil Service exam. – Claire Fu (COMMENT: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, IRS offered me a job because I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination (SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/04/03/would-the-government-have-hired-you-in-1956/ ) in 1970 while I attended NIU.)

WASHINGTON POST

— As legal pot grows, more kids sickened by edibles at home – Jonel Aleccia (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/as-legal-pot-grows-more-kids-sickened-by-edibles-at-home/2023/01/03/b483b39e-8b23-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote illegal immigration.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-01-02/title-42-asylum-border-covid-supreme-court-biden-order

MIMI HERALD

— Cuban migrant arrivals overwhelm federal immigration officials in the Florida Keys – DAVID GOODHUE AND PEDRO PORTAL (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal immigration.)

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article270674522.html#storylink=cpy

BOSTON GLOBE

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Afghan refugees to promote illegal immigration.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/02/metro/how-one-afghan-family-is-forging-new-community-lowell/

DES MOINES REGISTER

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Venezuelans to promote illegal immigration.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/2023/01/02/iowans-become-moms-to-venezuelan-seeking-political-asylum-storytellers-project-yenny-soley/69744498007/

JOPLIN GLOBE

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote illegal immigration.

https://www.joplinglobe.com/opinion/mona-charen-stop-treating-immigrants-as-enemies/article_4b0efc8a-879e-11ed-8e23-7b0d7d6c76ce.html

TEXAN

— Dozens of Texas Counties Declare Illegal Immigration ‘Invasion’ as Debate Over Texas’ Role Simmers. – HAYDEN SPARKS (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal immigration, that is, they promote invasion.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL

— Chicago’s Big Pension Gamble. Retirement under-funded? How about betting on a casino? – Editorial

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicagos-big-pension-gamble-casino-funding-city-council-lori-lightfoot-j-b-pritzker-11672182280

24/7

— An estimated 46% of Americans have a gun in their home or elsewhere on their property, according to an October 2022 poll. – Michael B. Sauter

BARRON’S

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote illegal immigration.

https://www.barrons.com/news/migrant-influx-from-cuba-forces-florida-national-park-to-close-01672707008

NATION

— COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization recruited. I would focus on their demographics: race, gender, age, religion, national origin, length of time they lived in their relevant political jurisdiction, and length of time their ancestors have been in America, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on their relevant education, relevant work experience, and relevant professional certifications and licenses. I would focus on their income and net worth. I would focus on their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, and campaign managers. I would focus on what they painted themselves to be versus who they really were. I would focus on the planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. I would focus on the blackmailable skeletons in their closets that were known by the Democrats. 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/george-santos-congressional-con-man/

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.