ABC7
— Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? People sometimes mistakenly think the COVID-19 vaccines will completely block infection. – LAURA UNGAR – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/why-are-vaccinated-people-getting-covid-19-covid-vaccination-vaccine-omicron-variant/11423319/
NBC5
— Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Remote Learning Debate, Testing Warning, Hospitalizations
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-coronavirus-updates-remote-learning-debate-testing-warning-hospitalizations/2720663/
CBS2
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Illinois Marijuana Sales In 2021 Top Out At More Than Double Those Of 2020
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2022/01/03/illinois-marijuana-sales-2021/
FOX32
— Chicago cites 6 businesses for failing to enforce indoor mask mandate
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-cites-6-businesses-for-failing-to-enforce-indoor-mask-mandate
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sen. Dick Durbin endorses Anna Valencia for Illinois secretary of state. In endorsing Valencia, Durbin said, “She is part of the newest generation of Democrats who are critical to our future in this state.” – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/1/4/22866271/sen-dick-durbin-endorses-anna-valencia-illinois-secretary-of-state
— Compliance, frustration on first day of vaccination rule for bars, restaurants, gyms: ‘It’s not right to force this on people’ During a live interview Monday on CNBC, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said even though the Omicron variant usually has less severe outcomes, it is still driving a ‘massive community spread,” justifying the vaccination requirement. – Mitch Dudek and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2022/1/3/22865122/chicago-coronavirus-vaccination-proof-required-restaurants-cnbc-interview
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Sen. Dick Durbin endorses Anna Valencia for Illinois secretary of state – JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-durbin-valencia-secretary-of-state-20220104-umvqgakkwvc4dfmxxiuqwb6rlu-story.html
— Your biological age may be different from your real age. A new institute at Northwestern plans to explore the issue. – LISA SCHENCKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-northwestern-longevity-institute-aging-20220104-2sksqyisozeudgdzjmexdbkehu-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Even in COVID-shortened sessions, lawmakers face great opportunities – and risks – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20220104/editorial-even-in-covid-shortened-sessions-lawmakers-face-great-opportunities—and-risks
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ignoring reality: Inside the property tax appeals game – ALBY GALLUN (COMMENT: I should write a book about my appeals of the assessed valuation of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton during the 1980s and 1990s. Those who fought those appeals continue to do everything that they can to destroy me.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/ignoring-reality-inside-property-tax-appeals-game
WBEZ
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things if you do not promote hatred against Trump and against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/new-book-explains-how-to-have-difficult-conversations-about-racism/f001b0b7-2803-4cdf-839c-013bced4eefc
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 education – AP (COMMENT: What happened on January 6 harmed Trump tremendously. Nevertheless, according to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, that is exactly what Trump wanted.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Teachers-at-culture-war-front-lines-with-Jan-6-16747430.php
WREX
— State Senator Dave Syverson thinks a proof of a vaccine mandate is a bad idea for the Forest City – Cassandra Bretl
https://www.wrex.com/coronavirus/state-senator-dave-syverson-thinks-a-proof-of-a-vaccine-mandate-is-a-bad-idea/article_acec1798-6cf2-11ec-b1b0-2fa9e98c10cd.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— 2022 will be a tense year for Facebook and social apps. Here are 4 reasons why – Shannon Bond (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want the following to officially a) have the power to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, b) have the power to stop me from including links in those newsletters to articles that they do not like: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, religious leaders, conservative leaders, those who I have sued, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their pollsters, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-01-03/2022-will-be-a-tense-year-for-facebook-and-social-apps-here-are-4-reasons-why
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois governor’s race is still wait and see – Justin Kaufmann
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2022/01/04/illinois-governors-race-is-still-wait-and-see
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Are Progressives Allies of Women or Misogynists? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/are-progressives-allies-of-women-or-misogynists/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The spirit of Mayberry confounds the liberal media. They hear ‘dogwhistles’ in Andy Griffith’s hometown. – Robert Knight (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my hometown of Crete a) where I lived 1948-1972, b) where my brother continues to live, and c) where my ancestors on my father’s side have lived since 1854.)
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/3/the-spirit-of-mayberry-confounds-the-liberal-media/
NEW YORK POST
— Facebook shut down our hopes for an anti-woke book world for children – Bethany Mandel
https://nypost.com/2022/01/03/facebook-shut-down-our-hopes-for-an-anti-woke-book-world/
FOX BUSINESS
— The America we love will not accept big government socialism. ‘Americans don’t want to be strangled by red tape and taxes from radical left bureaucrats in the Washington D.C. swamp’ says FOX Business host. – Larry Kudlow
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/kudlow-america-we-love-will-not-accept-big-government-socialism
BREITBART
— House Republicans Demand Nancy Pelosi Answer for ‘Failures’ to Secure Capitol on January 6 – ASHLEY OLIVER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/04/cover-up-house-republicans-demand-nancy-pelosi-answer-for-failures-to-secure-capitol-on-january-6/
— Annual Moving Survey: Top 5 Outbound States Run by Democrats – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/01/03/annual-moving-survey-top-5-outbound-states-run-democrats/
DAILY SIGNAL
— 8 College Professors Canceled by Left – Douglas Blair (COMMENT: Who cancels your supporters? I should write a book about my critics/opponents who canceled those a) who helped me get appointed as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, b) who helped me get elected as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020, c) who helped me serve as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, d) who helped me serve as a American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, e) who helped me serve as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, f) who helped me serve as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, g) who helped me serve as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and h) who helped me raise funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors a) who canceled my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) who canceled my GAO mentor who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/01/03/8-college-professors-canceled-by-left/
PJ MEDIA
— Dems’ Love Affair With Backstabber Liz Cheney Will Sink Them – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2022/01/04/the-morning-briefing-dems-love-affair-with-backstabber-liz-cheney-will-sink-them-n1546572
FEDERALIST
— Pelosi Is Blocking Access To House January 6 Records. What Is She Hiding? – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/04/pelosi-is-blocking-access-to-house-january-6-records-what-is-she-hiding/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NY State Advantaging Non-Whites For Covid Therapeutics Reflects Growing Racial Radicalization Of Medicine – WILLIAM A. JACOBSON
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/ny-state-advantaging-non-whites-for-covid-therapeutics-reflects-growing-racial-radicalization-of-medicine/amp/
MSNBC
— House Republicans eye their own ‘report’ on Jan. 6 attack. House Republican leaders boycotted the official investigation into the Jan. 6, but they’re nevertheless planning to release their own “report.” – Steve Benen (COMMENT: I should write my own reports on why Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have lost elections since 2000. I should write my own reports on the problems that the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc. have. I should write my own reports about the lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-republicans-eye-their-own-report-jan-6-attack-n1286926
THE HILL
— Trump blasts ‘low-life Twitter’ after Greene’s account suspended – SARAKSHI RAI
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/588100-trump-blasts-low-life-twitter-after-greene-suspended
— COMMENT: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Nearly a year after Jan. 6, US democracy remains perilously fragile.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/587985-nearly-a-year-after-jan-6-democracy-remains-perilously-fragile
NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats are doing everything that they can to change the electoral system so that candidates who are the following will never be elected again: Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/opinion/capitol-riot.html
— Resolve to Think Bigger in 2022 – Anne-Marie Slaughter (COMMENT: What more will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/opinion/new-years-resolutions.html
USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things if you do not promote hatred against Trump and against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2022/01/04/americans-crime-racism-dialogue/9045428002/
— Lower the US flag to half-staff to commemorate Jan. 6 attacks – Steny Hoyer
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/01/01/jan-6-threatened-american-democracy-but-insurrection-failed/9038889002/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Zuckerbucks Shouldn’t Pay for Elections. It fans mistrust to let private donors fund official voting duties. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/zuckerbucks-shouldnt-pay-for-elections-mark-zuckerberg-center-for-technology-and-civic-life-trump-biden-2020-11640912907
— Entitlements Always Grow and Grow. The ‘equally worthy claim’ inexorably prompts further expansion, regardless of lawmakers’ initial limits. – John F. Cogan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/entitlements-only-grow-build-back-better-bill-eligibility-aid-expansion-manchin-schumer-11641243361
NEWSWEEK
— COMMENT: Those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican say that those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican are members of the “ruling class.”
https://www.newsweek.com/2021-year-ruling-class-crackdown-dissent-opinion-1664757
NPR
— Millions sympathize with the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, survey finds – ODETTE YOUSEF (COMMENT: I do not sympathize with those who attacked the Capitol on January 6. Nevertheless, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County a) paint me as being the biggest Trump promoter in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County and b) do everything that they can to punish me for that. Last year, they stopped me from raising funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/1069983200/millions-sympathize-with-the-rioters-who-attacked-the-capitol-on-jan-6-survey-fi
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
— How Racism in Early Life Can Affect Long-Term Health – Jack P. Shonkoff (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned the following the most: Crete when I lived there 1948-1972, my parents for having me baptized, raising me, and having me confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962, my parents for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, my parents for sending me to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, my grandparents, my great grandparents, the rest of my ancestors, etc.)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-racism-in-early-life-can-affect-long-term-health1/
DAILY MAIL
— Woke Arizona State University students accuse college of ‘persecuting’ THEM after they were reprimanded for making two white students leave campus multicultural space because of their anti-Biden shirt and pro-cop sticker – JAMES GORDON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10366483/Arizona-State-University-students-persecuted-guilty-harassing-two-white-students.html