CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— MOST OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods were more dangerous than ever in 2021. Although the increase in murders slowed from 2020, last year was the deadliest since the mid-1990s. Mayor Lightfoot and her City Council critics are at odds about how to reduce the bloodshed going forward. – Andy Grimm and Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/1/3/22858995/chicago-violence-dangerous-murders-per-capita-2021-2020-surge-garfield-park-police-lori-lightfoot
— FOP prez says he tested positive for COVID-19; claims he’s inoculated while slamming vaccines. John Catanzara has for months pushed back against Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate for city employees. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/covid-vaccine/2022/1/2/22864008/fop-prez-says-he-tested-positive-for-covid-19-claims-hes-inoculated-while-slamming-vaccines
— Mayor Lightfoot introduced an ordinance to the City Council that would ban Chicago restaurants from automatically offering pop or other sugared drinks to kids. – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/1/2/22860447/fat-nag-health-weight-obesity-african-americans-laura-washington-column
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-liz-cheney-gop-democracy-defender-20220103-7z3h2lhlcfa3hj5nzddq7oumce-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Suburban Mosaic: How we covered our diverse suburban communities in 2021, and what we have in store for 2022 – Madhu Krishnamurthy (COMMENT: The biggest story in Wheaton in 2021 was the success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters had in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220103/suburban-mosaic-how-we-covered-our-diverse-suburban-communities-in-2021-and-what-we-have-in-store-for-2022
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Riding the omicron wave: The week ahead in politics. With collective crossed fingers, Chicago returns to work and school on the first weekday of the new year, and no one quite knows what to expect. – Greg Hinz and A.D. Quig
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/juice/omicron-covid-wave-hangs-over-illinois-politics-crains-juice
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— School defends canning of ‘Jingle Bells’ over song’s history – AP
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/School-defends-canning-of-Jingle-Bells-over-16743478.php
WIREPOINTS
— Comptroller Mendoza claims Illinois paying its bills but needs more federal bailout to avoid a big one – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/comptroller-mendoza-claims-illinois-paying-its-bills-but-needs-more-federal-bailout-to-avoid-a-big-one-wirepoints-quickpoint/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NATION OF ISLAM GETS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/01/nation-of-islam-gets-preferential-treatment.html
— CHICAGO CHURCH HOSTING DRAG QUEEN PRAYER TIME FOR CHILDREN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/01/chicago-church-hosting-drag-queen-prayer-time-for-children.html
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Deeper shades of purple: These counties show how American politics is changing – Kaelan Deese (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats move into DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct. When Democrats move in, crime and poverty increase.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/deeper-shades-of-purple-these-counties-show-how-american-politics-is-changing
NEW YORK POST
— With more COVID deaths in 2021 than 2020, when does Trump get his apology? – Rich Lowry
https://nypost.com/2022/01/02/with-more-covid-deaths-in-2021-when-does-trump-get-his-apology/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Jan. 6 Is the USA’s Own Tiananmen Square – J.B. Shurk
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/01/jan_6_is_the_usas_own_tiananmen_square.html
— I wasn’t the only one tuning them out – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/i_wasnt_the_only_one_tuning_them_out.html
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Truths We Dared Not Speak in 2021. At the end of this terrible year, we are left only with ironies. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/02/the-truths-we-dared-not-speak-in-2021/
BLAZE
— Nearly two-thirds of Antarctica station researchers get COVID despite being fully vaccinated, passing multiple tests, quarantining, and living miles from civilization – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/covid-antarctica-station-vaccinated
— ‘She’s 13. Stop this’: Top Dallas newspaper ripped for ‘utterly classless’ story on Ted Cruz’s teenage daughter – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dallas-morning-news-ted-cruz-daughter
DAILY SIGNAL
— How to Transform a Massive Government Agency: Lessons From a Trump Appointee – Rob Bluey (COMMENT: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used Republican-led budget cuts got rid of virtually all of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $104,915) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $123,978) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $145,831) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $176,300) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/01/03/how-to-transform-a-massive-government-agency-lessons-from-a-trump-appointee/
PJ MEDIA
— Get Ready for Even Higher Food Prices as Minimum Wage Increases in 26 States – A.J. KAUFMAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/ari-j-kaufman/2022/01/02/minimum-wage-hikes-occur-in-more-than-half-of-states-n1546248
TOWNHALL
— 2022 the Year to Take Back Ground – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2022/01/03/2022-the-year-to-take-back-ground-n2601320
— Time Is On OUR Side, Not Theirs – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2022/01/03/time-is-on-our-side-not-theirs-n2601315
— The Tide Is Turning in Freedom’s Favor – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2022/01/03/the-tide-is-turning-in-freedoms-favor-n2601282
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats Face a Brutal Reckoning With Hispanic Voters – A.B. Stoddard
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/01/03/democrats_face_a_brutal_reckoning_with_hispanic_voters_146975.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Taliban Is Finding a New Use for Abandoned American Equipment, Watchdog Warns – Andrew Jose
https://www.westernjournal.com/gift-keeps-giving-taliban-finding-new-use-abandoned-american-equipment-watchdog-warns/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Greene joins ranks with Trump after Twitter account ‘permanently’ suspended over ‘Covid misinformation’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/01/02/greene-joins-ranks-with-trump-after-twitter-account-permanently-suspended-over-covid-misinformation-1183475/
— ‘Stop listening to the pillow guy’: Retired general says ‘ignorant’ pro-Trump troops pose ‘threat within,’ must be removed – Vivek Saxena (COMMENT: Do you hate Trump? Expect that ever-increasingly, the hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who dominate your township/ward Republican organization, your county Republican organization, and the Illinois Republican Party will remove Republican Precinct Committeemen who do not share their hatred of Trump. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Last year they succeed in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/01/02/stop-listening-to-the-pillow-guy-retired-general-says-ignorant-pro-trump-troops-pose-threat-within-must-be-removed-1183291/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Big Tech Accelerates Politicized Purge. As the purge accelerates, be sure to sign up for the LI newsletter and to join us on alternative social media sites.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/big-tech-accelerates-politicized-purge/
EPOCH TIMES
— Statistics Show America’s Education System Is Failing: CRT and Lower Expectation Equals Fewer Literate Graduates, Expert Says. ‘Learning has been replaced by an aggressive political agenda designed to instill doubt, mental pain, and low expectations in students’ – Patricia Tolson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/statistics-show-americas-education-system-is-failing-crt-and-lower-expectation-equals-fewer-literate-graduates-expert-says_4179014.html
— CCP Leader Xi Jinping’s New Year Speech Signals Backtracking to Mao’s Dictatorship – Yue Shan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ccp-leader-xi-jinpings-new-year-speech-signals-backtracking-to-maos-dictatorship_4189402.html
THE HILL
— Majority condemns Jan. 6 attack, says Trump at least partially to blame – CAROLINE VAKIL
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/587901-majority-in-new-poll-condemns-jan-6-attack-says-trump-at-least
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against those who do not hate Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/587943-juan-williams-american-democracy-is-in-peril
WASHINGTON POST
— It’s 2022: An early look at the GOP hopefuls – Hugh Hewitt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/02/2024-trump-gop-hopefuls/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/03/maga-faction-jan-6-race-democracy/
— Happy new year — of lowered expectations. Why 2021 disappointed — and why 2022 might surprise. – Daniel W. Drezner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/03/happy-new-year-lowered-expectations/
— Too many Republicans condone violence, and even more exonerate Trump – Jennifer Rubin (COMMENT: My hate-filled Trump-hating critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. But failing that, they want me to include links in those newsletters only to articles that promote hatred against Trump. I should write a book about my hate-filled Trump-hating critics/opponents.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/03/republicans-under-authoritarian-grip/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tesla Opens Showroom in China’s Xinjiang, Region at Center of U.S. Genocide Allegations – Liza Lin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-opens-showroom-in-chinas-xinjiang-region-at-center-of-u-s-genocide-allegations-11641214630
— Millennials Are the Silencing Generation. Baby boomers were carefree and exuberant; our children are dour and anxious. – F.H. Buckley (COMMENT: I am a baby boomer. I was never carefree or exuberant. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millennials-are-the-silencing-generation-youth-movement-baby-boomers-jobs-generation-gen-zer-cancel-culture-woke-progressive-11641153923
— COMMENT: Diversity training is anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-corporate-boards-pursue-diversity-director-training-programs-spring-up-11640946604
— The End of the GOP Gerrymander Panic – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who gerrymandered my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton in 2015.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-end-of-the-gop-gerrymander-panic-marc-elias-redistricting-texas-california-new-york-new-jersey-florida-north-carolina-11641163075
— Decision Fatigue Is Real. Here’s How to Beat It This Year. – Rachel Feintzeig (COMMENT: What big decisions have you made? Mine include earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/decision-fatigue-is-real-heres-how-to-beat-it-this-year-11641186063
USA TODAY
— Happy ‘woke’ 2022, Democrats. With democracy in the balance, time to reclaim your brand. – Jill Lawrence (COMMENT: To be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/01/03/2022-maga-republicans-attack-woke-democrats/8796540002/
PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER
— Hate crimes are soaring. White supremacists have a new recruitment tool: Video games. – David Gambacorta
https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania-researchers-combat-white-supremacists-extremism-philadelphia-20220103.html
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— Donald Trump Is Clear Winner Of 2024 GOP Presidential Race, Recent Poll Shows – Danielle Ong
https://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-clear-winner-2024-gop-presidential-race-recent-poll-shows-3367364
INSIDE HIGHER ED
— A tool toward equity in graduate student career development – Jaye Sablan and Bill Mahoney (COMMENT: I earned three job-related master’s degrees – an MBA from Loyola while I worked for IRS 1972-1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul while I worked for IRS 1976-1980 and for GAO in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT while I worked for GAO 1992-1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates demonized, denigrated, and condemned the aforesaid. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the courses a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, d) were taken by me to qualify me for a “new trade or business,” and e) were a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2022/01/03/tool-toward-equity-graduate-student-career-development-opinion
DAILY KOS
— The Purge Of Domestic Terrorists Needs to Happen. The Republican Party is nothing but a domestic terrorist criminal organization. (COMMENT: Do you hate Trump? Expect that ever-increasingly, the hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who dominate your township/ward Republican organization, your county Republican organization, and the Illinois Republican Party will purge Republican Precinct Committeemen who do not share their hatred of Trump. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Last year they succeed in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/1/2/2068114/-The-Purge-Of-Domestic-Terrorists-Needs-to-Happen
SALON
— It’s a new year — but time is broken in America. Can we recover from this? – CHAUNCEY DEVEGA (COMMENT: Do you hate Trump? Expect that ever-increasingly, the hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who dominate your township/ward Republican organization, your county Republican organization, and the Illinois Republican Party will purge Republican Precinct Committeemen who do not share their hatred of Trump. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Last year they succeed in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.salon.com/2022/01/03/its-a-new-year–but-time-is-broken-in-america-can-we-recover-from-this/
