January 6, 2023

ABC7
— COMMENT: Democrats say “12th vote for House speaker set for Friday; McCarthy offers agreement to end standoff.”
https://abc7chicago.com/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-congress-voting/12662876/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois House passes assault weapons ban, advances to Senate.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-2023-2022-protect-communities-act-chicago-shootings/12662940/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “6 months after alleged Highland Park shooter opened fire, survivors backing assault weapons ban. Illinois assault weapons ban 2023: Proposed law would also increase age to own FOID card.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://abc7chicago.com/highland-park-shooting-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-2023-bill-springfield/12656916/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “President Joe Biden to migrants: Do not just show up at the border.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal immigration. When Democrats have flooded America with enough illegals to assure that no Republican will ever be elected again, will Democrats start to slow down illegal immigration?
https://abc7chicago.com/immigration-southern-border-migrants-joe-biden/12658518/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois Democrats Alter Bill to Ban Assault Weapons Statewide In Effort to Gain More Support.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-democrats-alter-bill-to-ban-assault-weapons-statewide-in-effort-to-gain-more-support/3038108/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “The Illinois House Just Passed an Assault Weapons Ban Bill. Here’s What HB5855 Says, and What’s Next.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/the-illinois-house-just-passed-a-sweeping-assault-weapons-ban-bill-heres-what-hb5855-says-and-what-happens-next/3038373/

CBS2
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Assault weapons bill passes out of Illinois House committee.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/assault-weapons-bill-passes-out-of-illinois-house-committee/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Gun violence survivors, safety advocates head to Springfield to rally for assault-style weapons ban in Illinois.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/rally-for-assault-style-weapons-ban/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “House speaker stalemate drags on as McCarthy loses historic 10th ballot.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/house-speaker-race-vote-kevin-mccarthy-watch-live-stream-today-2022-01-05/

FOX32
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “We’re tired, Ms. Lightfoot’: Chicago community outraged at decision to use former school to house migrants.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/were-tired-ms-lightfoot-chicago-community-outraged-at-citys-decision-to-use-school-to-house-migrants
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Hundreds rally in support of gun control bill 6 months after Highland Park parade mass shooting. Gun control advocates gathered in Springfield Thursday to support the Protect Illinois Communities Act which would ban assault weapons, crack down on gun trafficking, and would raise the legal age to buy a gun.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1162741
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/hundreds-gather-in-springfield-calling-for-gun-control-legislation
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats crow that “Kinzinger joins CNN as senior political commentator.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1162543
— DISGUSTING: COMMENT: Evanston Democrats ask “Could cannabis smoking lounges soon become a reality in Evanston?” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1162969

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago Democrats say “Plan to house migrants at former Chicago school delayed amid community pushback; mayor says city is at maximum capacity.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-migrants-chicago-woodlawn-school-housing-20230106-5kh4hbvwyzff3pf5tzodlxijsu-story.html
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Gun control supporters rally in Springfield as legislators revise proposal spurred by Highland Park shooting.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-guns-20230106-v62i62olsfenja5t36ic7actnm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “Woodlawn immigrant shelter sounds good, but give community the full story on city’s plan. Before the shelter opens, city officials ought to first schedule a meeting that fully alerts the neighborhood on what is happening — and what will happen — with the facility.” Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/5/23536942/woodlawn-immigrant-shelter-social-services-editorial
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Walgreens, CVS to seek certification to dispense abortion pills. Once certified, the two largest national pharmacy chains will be able to prescribe mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/1/5/23540721/walgreens-cvs-abortion-pills-prescription-mifepristone-mifeprex-misopristol-cytotec-pharmacies

DAILY HERALD
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois House passes new ban on high-powered weapons, large-capacity magazines.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230106/illinois-house-passes-new-ban-on-high-powered-weapons-large-capacity-magazines
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Supreme Court sets March timeline for oral arguments in cash bail appeal.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230105/supreme-court-sets-march-timeline-for-oral-arguments-in-cash-bail-appeal
— COMMENT: Kane County Democrats say “Kane County poised to ease campaign contribution limits.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230105/kane-county-poised-to-ease-campaign-contribution-limits

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Out-of-state providers could perform abortions in Illinois under proposed bill amendment.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote abortion.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/abortion-rights-illinois-could-expand-bill-amendment

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois abortion protections up for vote.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/illinois-abortion-protections-up-for-vote/

WGLT
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois House votes to ban assault weapons and broaden abortion protections.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights and promote abortion.
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2023-01-06/illinois-house-votes-to-ban-assault-weapons-and-broaden-abortion-protections

WCIA
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats acknowledge “Champaign dispensary makes changes after child marijuana edible hospitalizations soar.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/experts-call-for-child-marijuana-edible-awareness-after-hospitalizations-soar/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote LGBTQ and abortion.
https://www.wcia.com/news/legislation-filed-to-shield-out-of-state-people-seeking-abortions/

WGEM
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Gun control advocates demand Illinois lawmakers pass assault weapon ban.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.wgem.com/2023/01/06/gun-control-advocates-demand-illinois-lawmakers-pass-assault-weapon-ban/

WIBQ
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats crow that “Planned Parenthood Illinois applauds expanded abortion medication access.” Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote abortion.
https://wibqam.com/2023/01/05/planned-parenthood-illinois-applauds-expanded-abortion-medication-access/

FOX ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Immigration activists up in arms over Biden’s enhanced border measures.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal immigration. When Democrats have flooded America with enough illegals to assure that no Republican will ever be elected again, will Democrats start to slow down illegal immigration?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gallery/another-trump-policy-immigration-activists-up-in-arms-over-bidens-enhanced-border-measures-title-42-aclu-american-civil-liberties-union-national-immigrant-justice-center-american-immigration-lawyers-association-aila

LAWNDALE NEWS
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois Updates CPA Exam Eligibility, Reduces Credit-Hour Requirement.” In 1978, to outrageously uphold IRS’s outrageous disallowance of the graduate DePaul accounting courses that I had deducted, a “Small Tax Case” IRS Tax Court judge created a new rule that accounting courses cannot be deducted until after you are eligible to take the CPA examination, that is, until after you have taken 150 eligible semester credit hours.)
http://www.lawndalenews.com/2023/01/illinois-updates-cpa-exam-eligibility-reduces-credit-hour-requirement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Effective Jan. 1, 2023, prospective certified public accountants in Illinois will only need to present proof of having 120 eligible semester credit hours, versus 150, and a baccalaureate degree to apply to sit for the Uniform CPA Exam, the universal exam all certified public accountant (CPA) candidates must pass to earn the distinguished CPA credential. Individuals passing the exam will still need 150 semester credit hours to become licensed.)

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. That led to January 6.
https://news.uchicago.edu/us-headed-toward-another-civil-war-william-howell

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois is zero for 18 in attracting EV battery manufacturing…we have bad policies in this state and its losing us both jobs and opportunities.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-zero-for-18-in-attracting-ev-battery-manufacturing-we-have-bad-policies-in-this-state-and-its-losing-us-both-jobs-and-opportunities-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatu/
— Illinois cannot become a Right to Work state because of Amendment 1, but almost all of the successful EV and “green” investments in general are happening in Right to Work states.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-cannot-become-a-right-to-work-state-because-of-amendment-1-but-almost-all-of-the-the-successful-ev-and-green-investments-in-general-are-happening-in-right-to-work-states-wirep/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Illinois taxpayers should not be paying for hotel rooms and travel expenses for out of state women seeking abortions in Illinois – Gracia Livie
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/638569006-livie-illinois-taxpayers-should-not-be-paying-for-hotel-rooms-and-travel-expenses-for-out-of-state-women-seeking-abortions-in-illinois

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill allowing criminals to change their name advances in Springfield – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/bill-allowing-criminals-to-change-their-name-advances-in-springfield/article_1e02cfc0-8d46-11ed-b79d-abf41d253dcf.html
— Illinois gun ban bill advances, poised to pass before end of lame-duck – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-gun-ban-bill-advances-poised-to-pass-before-end-of-lame-duck/article_0ca62864-8d5d-11ed-b6ce-83ab71240183.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Gun rights group fundraising for litigation over HB5855: ‘Lawsuits will follow almost immediately’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/638548295-gun-rights-group-fundraising-for-litigation-over-hb5855-lawsuits-will-follow-almost-immediately

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— AG: DuPage County Election Commission Violated FOIA; Must Provide Voting Machine Serial Numbers – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2023/01/ag-dupage-county-election-commission-violated-foia-must-provide-voting-machine-serial-numbers/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Homosexual Lawmakers Abuse Legal System to Abuse Minors – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/homosexual-lawmakers-abuse-the-legal-system-to-abuse-minors/

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Assault weapons bill pops in House.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/05/assault-weapons-bill-pops-in-house/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Assault weapons ban news coverage roundup.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/05/assault-weapons-ban-news-coverage-roundup/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/05/morning-briefing-31/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote LGBTQ and abortion.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/05/dobbs-working-group-bill-explained/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— CNN viewers tuning out over ‘liberal/leftwing bias’ – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/5/cnn-viewers-watching-less-often-thanks-liberalleft/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The GOP Future Is Florida. And resides in either Tallahassee or West Palm Beach – Matthew Continetti
https://freebeacon.com/columns/the-gop-future-is-florida/
— ‘Flat Out Violation’: Democrats Broke Federal Law With Payments to Illegal Immigrant, Experts Say. The DSCC paid $500k to Antonio Valdovinos, a proud DACA recipient. – Chuck Ross
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/flat-out-violation-democrats-broke-federal-law-with-payments-to-illegal-immigrant-experts-say/
— With Affirmative Action Program Under Scrutiny, UNC Backs Racially Exclusionary Scholarships – Aaron Sibarium (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, scholarships will be given only to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, moderate, liberal, non-Republican, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, those who ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and/or citizens of foreign countries.)
https://freebeacon.com/campus/with-affirmative-action-program-under-scrutiny-unc-backs-racially-exclusionary-scholarships/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mike Pence can offer House GOP a way out of its speakership morass – Quin Hillyer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mike-pence-can-offer-house-gop-a-way-out-of-its-speakership-morass
— ‘Progress, progress, progress’: Republicans strike optimistic tone as McCarthy puts concessions on paper – Virginia Aabram
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/republicans-strike-optimistic-tone-mccarthy-concessions
— Democrats applaud as Gaetz calls McCarthy ‘squatter’ for occupying speaker’s office – Virginia Aabram
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/gaetz-mccarthy-squatter
— Biden to make long-awaited border visit after immigration strategy reboot – Katherine Doyle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-makes-long-awaited-border-visit
— US Big Three auto companies commit to making cars that people don’t want – Stephen Moore (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the US Big Three do whatever the Democrat Party wants them to do.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/auto-companies-cars-electric-vehicles-tesla-ford-gm-toyota
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The American auto companies, which are so often bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, have made a pronouncement that they intend, in the next few years, to stop making and assembling gas-engine cars. You know. The kind of cars that Henry Ford started rolling off the assembly line 100 years ago at the Ford Motor Company in Detroit. Henceforth, virtually all American-made cars will be electric vehicles. Perhaps the corporate brass in Michigan’s auto executive offices thinks this makes them good global citizens. They are all in on the fight against global warming. They may be making a political bet that the federal government and more states are going to go the way of California and eventually mandate that every car produced must be battery-operated. But there is also a good deal of virtue-signaling going on here by the folks at Ford and General Motors. It’s a free country, and if they want to start rolling millions of EVs off the assembly lines, so be it. But it’s one thing to make cars that appeal to members of the Sierra Club and quite another to produce automobiles that the typical buyer wants. And guess what? So far, most people have turned a decisive thumbs-down on EVs. (Incidentally, I’m personally agnostic on electric vehicles. I’ve driven Teslas, and they are wonderful smooth-driving vehicles. But they have problems too, such as getting stranded with no juice in the middle of nowhere.) So far, only about 6% of new cars sold are electric vehicles. And polls show that only about half of Americans prefer an EV over a traditional car. Much larger majorities oppose the government telling us what kind of car we can buy. Incidentally, the one state that far outpaces the rest of the country in EV sales (with about 1 in 3 new car sales being battery-operated) is California. But, hey, Detroit: Sorry, California isn’t the country. All of this is to say that there’s a decent chance the American auto companies’ shift to all EVs is going to fail. This could even be the most epic failure for American car companies since Ford introduced the Edsel. (For youngsters, that was the 1950s ugly car that nobody wanted to buy.) Meanwhile, and this is the especially sad part of the story, at least one company realizes the tomfoolery of making only electric cars. And that company is the Japanese automaker Toyota. Akio Toyoda, the president and grandson of the founder of the giant Japanese car company, is going to buck the trend. “People involved in the auto industry are largely a silent majority,” Toyoda recently told news reporters. “That silent majority is wondering whether EVs are really OK to have as a single option. But they think it’s the trend, so they can’t speak out loudly.”)
— House speaker holdup affecting constituent services – Jack Birle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-speaker-holdup-affecting-constituency-services
— Majority of McCarthy’s defectors received thousands in campaign funds during midterms – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/majority-of-mccarthy-defectors-received-thousands-campaign-funds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The majority of the Republicans opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) bid for House speaker received a total of $120,000 in campaign funds from the party leader’s political action committee during the midterm cycle, according to finance filings. At least 20 Republicans have voted against McCarthy’s nomination to become the next speaker, pitting the former minority leader against several members of his party. Of the 20 Republicans, 14 of them received a total of $120,000 from the Majority Committee alone, according to the Federal Election Committee. When taking into account all political groups affiliated with McCarthy, the group received a total of more than $1 million to boost campaigns.)
— Republican leaders warn of ‘national security concerns’ as speaker vote stalls House business – Cami Mondeaux
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/republican-leaders-warn-national-security-concerns-speaker-vote-stalls-business

NEW YORK POST
— Biden tries to pull the old end run with his latest immigration plan – George Fishman
https://nypost.com/2023/01/05/biden-tries-to-pull-the-old-end-run-with-his-latest-immigration-plan/
— Biden ‘parole’ to let in 30K migrants a month from 4 countries – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2023/01/05/biden-orders-rapid-booting-of-cuban-nicaraguan-haitian-border-crossers/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Kristi Noem: A Republican Who Frags Culture Warriors. South Dakota governor talks Right, but keeps selling out to gender revolutionaries — and knifing conservatives who call her on it. – Rod Dreher (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being conservative, but who have done everything that they could to destroy conservatives and to destroy conservative organizations. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me, against TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and against Illinois Center Right Coalition.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/kristi-noem-a-republican-who-frags-culture-warriors/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Some Invasions Don’t Require Armies. There is a limit to how much burden America can carry, and we are approaching that limit. – Brian Lonergan (COMMENT: How soon will the majority of those in the southern states and in California be illegals?)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/05/some-invasions-dont-require-armies/

AMERICAN THINKER
— In California, college kids rake in $10,000 each to push climate hysteria, crickets as food, and leftism on minors – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/in_california_college_kids_rake_in_10000_each_to_push_climate_hysteria_crickets_as_food_and_leftism_on_minors.html
— Kinzinger cries his way into a CNN gig – Nick Lopez
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/01/kinzinger_cries_his_way_into_a_cnn_gig.html

BLAZE
— Former GOP lawmaker Kinzinger ‘excited’ to join CNN as a senior political commentator – ALEX NITZBERG
https://www.theblaze.com/news/kinzinger-cnn-senior-political-commentator

BREITBART
— Nearly 400K Anchor Babies Born Across U.S. Last Year, Exceeding Population of Cleveland – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/05/analysis-nearly-400k-anchor-babies-born-across-u-s-last-year-exceeding-population-of-cleveland/
— Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that his Republican colleagues refusing to support Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for Speaker of the House were like terrorists. – Pam Key (COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will call you a terrorist and even worse things if you do not promote hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, home owner, gun owner, non-poor, non-drinker, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/01/05/gop-rep-bacon-house-republicans-voting-against-mccarthy-speakership-like-terrorism/
— Newt Gingrich: ‘20 Deranged Disrupters’ Oppose Kevin McCarthy as Speaker – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/05/gingrich-20-deranged-disrupters-oppose-kevin-mccarthy-speaker/
— Kinzinger: Speaker Chaos Could Cause ‘Coalition Government’ with Dems – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/01/05/kinzinger-speaker-chaos-could-cause-coalition-government-with-dems/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Biden shifts blame for immigration crisis ahead of first border visit – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/politics/biden-blames-gop-for-immigration-crisis-ahead-of-border-visit.html

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Kevin McCarthy Drama Underscores Impotence of Republican Elite – Josh Hammer
https://www.creators.com/read/josh-hammer/01/23/kevin-mccarthy-drama-underscores-impotence-of-republican-elite
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kevin McCarthy, first elected to Congress in 2006, has been an establishment figure since the day he arrived in Washington, D.C. His political philosophy and guiding principles are to this day largely unknown, to the perhaps-dubious extent they exist at all. True, he is a well-known prolific fundraiser who knows how to work a room full of donors — but what exactly has that accomplished for either the GOP or the conservative cause, of late? McCarthy is best understood as an empty suit and a quintessential Swamp creature — someone who lives and breathes the D.C. game, who is cozy with K Street and whose main lodestar is cutting deals and expending political capital in order to boost his own political fortunes.)

DAILY CALLER
— House Rejects Kevin McCarthy For Seventh Straight Vote
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/05/house-rejects-kevin-mccarthy-seventh-vote/
— Pelosi Mocks GOP For Not Being Soviet Enough
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/05/editor-daily-rundown-nancy-pelosi-mocks-gop-speaker-election/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Blames ‘Extreme Republicans’ While Rolling Out New Immigration Measures – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-blames-extreme-republicans-while-rolling-out-new-immigration-measures

EPOCH TIMES
— Biden Administration Announces Effort to Secure Border, Expand Parole Program – Zachary Stieber
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/biden-administration-announces-effort-to-secure-border-expand-parole-program_4964503.html
— Victimhood has upended America’s pursuit of excellence. – Vivek Ramaswamy (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs shout at the following that they are victims of Republicans: minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, non-married people, moderates, liberals, those who have less money than others, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/vivek-ramaswamy-theres-no-winner-in-americas-oppression-olympics_4923661.html
— US Taxpayers Foot $324 Million Annual Health Care Bill for Illegal Aliens. But 44 percent of Americans struggling to afford health insurance. – Katabella Roberts
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-taxpayers-foot-324-million-annual-health-care-bill-for-illegal-aliens_4963808.html

FEDERALIST
— Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Sent Migrants To New York. He Should Have Sent Them To Aspen – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/05/colorado-gov-jared-polis-sent-migrants-to-new-york-he-should-have-sent-them-to-aspen/
— America’s Systemic Racism Problem Is Mostly In Woke, Anti-Asian Education Bureaucracies – HELEN RALEIGH
https://thefederalist.com/2023/01/06/americas-systemic-racism-problem-is-mostly-in-woke-anti-asian-education-bureaucracies/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden Unveils Plan to Launder the Unprecedented Flow of Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/press-releases/border-security/biden-unveils-plan-launder-unprecedented-flow-illegal-aliens-charges

FOX NEWS
— GOP deal emerges late Thursday that could give McCarthy a path to the speakership. The agreement as written concedes much to the conservative House Freedom Caucus – Peter Kasperowicz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-deal-emerges-thursday-mccarthy-path-speakership
— Racially charged attack on Byron Donalds continues left-wing pattern against minority conservatives. Figures at MSNBC, ‘The View,’ Los Angeles Times have made racially charged remarks about minority conservatives. – Scott Whitlock
https://www.foxnews.com/media/racially-charged-attack-byron-donalds-continues-left-wing-pattern-against-minority-conservatives
— Texas AG sues Biden admin over illegal immigration rule ‘increasing burden’ on taxpayers. Texas AG Ken Paxton said that the Biden administration is ‘committed to opening the borders.’ – Adam Sabes
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-ag-sues-biden-admin-over-illegal-immigration-rule-increasing-burden-taxpayers
— Jews are leaving the Democrat Party and are key to Republican success. Republicans owe their House majority to traditionalist Jewish voters in New York – Bruce Abramson, Jeff Ballabon
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jews-are-leaving-democrat-party-are-key-republican-success

GOPUSA
— GOP’s Dan Crenshaw Blasts Anti-McCarthy Conservatives
https://www.gopusa.com/gops-dan-crenshaw-blasts-anti-mccarthy-conservatives/

HOT AIR
— When will “sanctuary city” leaders place the blame for migrant “onslaught” where it belongs? (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who run your municipality, your township, and your county officially declare the aforesaid political jurisdictions to be sanctuaries for minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, unmarried people, moderates, liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, illegals, those who create unwanted pregnancies, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less money than others, those who lack education, those who lack job skills, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.? I should write a book about the success that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs have had in bringing the aforesaid people to DuPage County, to Milton Township, and to Wheaton since 1978.)
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/01/05/when-will-sanctuary-city-leaders-place-the-blame-for-migrant-onslaught-where-it-belongs-n521812

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS & NBC Continue ‘Hard-Right’ Smear of Anti-McCarthy Conservatives – Kevin Tober

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kevin-tober/2023/01/05/cbs-nbc-continue-hard-right-smear-anti-mccarthy-conservatives

NEWSMAX
— Illegals Don’t Fear Southern Border, or Biden – Debra J. Saunders
https://www.newsmax.com/debrajsaunders/immigration-border-joe-biden/2023/01/05/id/1103136/
— Texas AG Sues Biden Admin Over Welfare Rule for Immigrants – Jay Clemons
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us-mexico-border/2023/01/05/id/1103270/
— Deal ‘in Writing’ for Some GOP Holdouts to Back McCarthy – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker/2023/01/06/id/1103305/

PJ MEDIA
— Deep State Hero Adam Kinzinger Joins CNN as ‘Senior Political Commentator’ – BEN BARTEE
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/01/05/deep-state-boy-toy-adam-kinzinger-joins-cnn-as-senior-political-commentator-n1659075

WCBM
— Biden’s new plan to stop the surge of illegals: An “app” that migrants can use to seek asylum in America. – Greg Price
https://www.wcbm.com/2023/01/05/bidens-new-plan-to-stop-the-surge-of-illegals-an-app-that-migrants-can-use-to-seek-asylum-in-america-video/

FOX NEW ORLEANS
— Though not nominated, some Republicans open to considering Scalise for House’s top job – Sabrina Wilson (COMMENT: Scalise fundraised for Roskam in 2018. (SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-roskam-scalise-event-20181017-story.html ) I should write about the press conference immediately before that fundraiser. I would focus on those who did not want me to attend it. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Roskam’s defeat.)
https://www.fox8live.com/2023/01/06/though-not-nominated-some-republicans-open-considering-scalise-houses-top-job/

ROLL CALL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Speaker fight overshadows second anniversary of January 6. Some Democrats see a link between the two.”
https://rollcall.com/2023/01/05/speaker-fight-overshadows-second-anniversary-of-january-6/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “McCarthy offers deal to end standoff in House speaker fight.”
https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-kevin-mccarthy-us-republican-party-0938c7358f41c83759246f8949ac7c15
— COMMENT: Democrats say “As speaker bid falters, mixed views of McCarthy in hometown.” What do those in your hometown think of you? Virtually no one in my hometown of Crete knows of me anymore. I lived in Crete 1948-1972. My brother lived in Crete 1953-2022. My father lived in Crete 1922-1969. My mother lived in Crete 1945-2016. My ancestors on my father’s side lived in Crete since 1854. The demographics of Crete have changed dramatically since I lived there. Then again, the demographics of Wheaton have changed dramatically since my wife and I have lived here since 1978.
https://napavalleyregister.com/news/state-and-regional/as-speaker-bid-falters-mixed-views-of-mccarthy-in-hometown/article_55204e9a-b1b3-584f-bed6-f3084c32193a.html
https://wtop.com/government/2023/01/as-speaker-bid-falters-mixed-views-of-mccarthy-in-hometown/

CNN
— COMMENT: Democrats say “House adjourns for third day without picking a speaker in longest contest in 164 years.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-bid/index.html
— COMMENT: A hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hater says “The terrible outcome that looks likely if the fringe runs Congress.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/opinions/january-6-anniversary-republican-house-fanone/index.html
— COMMENT: Democrats want McCarthy to win. What does that say about McCarthy?
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/mccarthy-speaker-vote-stalemate-what-matters/index.html

YAHOO
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote LGBTQ and abortion.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/illinois-groups-advocating-trans-gender-222634031.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Anti-McCarthy Republicans, Dem leader Jeffries fundraise off of stalled House speaker vote.”
https://news.yahoo.com/anti-mccarthy-republicans-dem-leader-012938271.html

MSN
— COMMENT: Democrats say “MAGA Rebels Hint at Speaker Deal as Kevin McCarthy’s Future in Peril.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-rebels-hint-at-speaker-deal-as-kevin-mccarthys-future-in-peril/ar-AA1631gU
— Fox News host calls GOP mutineers against McCarthy ‘insurrectionists’ (COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will call you an insurrectionist and even worse things if you do not promote hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, home owner, gun owner, non-poor, non-drinker, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fox-news-host-calls-gop-mutineers-against-mccarthy-insurrectionists-and-then-hurriedly-walks-back-the-barb/ar-AA1628xe
— COMMENT: Democrats say “McCarthy says concessions to hard-line Republicans won’t make him weaker speaker.” What concessions have you been asked to make? My anti-conservative RINO critics/opponents who ended the following never asked me to make any concessions because they knew that I would not make any: my roles as the a) Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, c) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, d) Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, e) Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and f) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. In 1997, my anti-conservative anti-Republican Jewish Democrat GAO superiors hinted that they might let me work for another 6 years until I was eligible for regular retirement if I a) agreed to be constructively demoted and to work for my Black subordinate who they had turned against me or b) agreed to be transferred to another audit group. I had worked for their group that audits federal financial industries regulators for almost 8 years. I had just earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, and Certified Fraud Examiner.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccarthy-says-concessions-to-hard-line-republicans-wont-make-him-weaker-speaker/ar-AA161xEW

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “House adjourns after McCarthy loses 11th vote for speaker. GOP leader Kevin McCarthy gave in to key demands from conservative rebels, including making it easier to oust a sitting speaker. But his opponents have stuck together.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mccarthy-makes-concessions-heading-third-day-house-voting-speaker-rcna64097
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Most of the incoming House members backing Trump in ’24 are backing McCarthy too. Florida Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz voted for Trump to be speaker.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/incoming-house-members-backing-trump-24-are-backing-mccarthy-rcna64473
— COMMENT: Democrats say “George Santos arrived in Washington this week. No one is more riled than N.Y.’s other gay congressman. Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat, has quickly become an outspoken front man in the chorus of criticism against GOP Rep.-elect George Santos.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs pressure Republicans to elect candidates who do NOT share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/george-santos-arrived-dc-week-no-one-riled-nys-gay-congressman-rcna64294

CBS NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “House adjourns as speaker stalemate drags on with 11 ballots cast over 3 days.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-race-vote-kevin-mccarthy-watch-live-stream-today-2022-01-05/

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Scalise Seen as Possible Alternative to McCarthy for Speaker. It’s not clear that Steve Scalise, the No. 2 Republican, would be able to win votes for speaker any more readily than Kevin McCarthy. But he is seen by many members of his party as the most obvious backup.” Scalise fundraised for Roskam in 2018. (SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-roskam-scalise-event-20181017-story.html ) I should write about the press conference immediately before that fundraiser. I would focus on those who did not want me to attend it. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Roskam’s defeat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/us/politics/steve-scalise-mccarthy-alternative.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “House Adjourns Without a Speaker as McCarthy Offers Concessions. The California Republican signaled he would give in to more demands from hard-right rebels in a frenzied effort to win enough support for the speakership but continued to lose ground on vote after vote.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/us/politics/house-speaker-vote-kevin-mccarthy.html?
— COMMEMT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame conservatives for the problems that the Republican Party has had, is having, and will have. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/business/media/republicans-conservative-media.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/us/politics/republican-party-leadership.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote LGBTQ. I should write a book about the success that they are having promoting LGBTQ in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/opinion/lgbtq-rights-activism-alabama.html
— The Importance of Work Friends – Jancee Dunn (COMMENT: Very few of my GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates shared my demographics: conservative, Republican, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time, gun owner, and American nameplate car owner. Virtually none of my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had been union members while I had been a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/well/work-friends-happiness-challenge.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Signs of a possible deal emerge in House speaker fight. Kevin McCarthy has lost 11 votes on the House floor, but there was renewed optimism Thursday night.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/house-speaker-vote-deal-mccarthy/
— COMMEMT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame conservatives for the problems that the Republican Party has had, is having, and will have. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/05/house-gop-dysfunction-infighting-overreach-history/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “The right’s messy fight for power, mapped.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/mccarthy-speaker-republicans-fox-news/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “As 11th ballot ends without a House speaker, a possible deal is floated that could move McCarthy closer to role.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/05/house-speaker-vote-live-updates-kevin-mccarthy/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use January 6 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/01/06/anti-fascists-1980s-jan-6/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Only a minority in the GOP sees Jan. 6 as a sad day.”
https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2023-01-06/jan-6-republicans-mccarthy-speaker-essential-politics

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: A hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hater says “Two years after Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Republicans are divided as ever. In the shadow of the deadly January 6 attack, the House speaker vote circus on Capitol Hill only makes America look more vulnerable to the rest of the world.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/01/06/january-6-capitol-riot-house-speaker-vote-republican-split/10988458002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Kevin McCarthy Fails to Win in Ninth Round of Speaker Vote. No GOP holdouts shift stance despite concessions from California Republican.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-pursue-speaker-talks-after-no-winner-in-six-votes-11672921961
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Biden Administration Leans on Trump-Era Policies to Combat Migrant Wave. U.S. to rely on Title 42 to remove migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who cross illegally, while opening a new legal path to entry.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-expands-title-42-migrant-expulsions-to-more-countries-11672934432
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Public Schools Lost More Than One Million Students During Pandemic. Cities develop plans to shut down underused schools.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/public-schools-lost-more-than-one-million-students-during-pandemic-11672881798
— COMMENT: Democrats ask “Can Republicans Find a Way to Break the Stalemate?”
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/opinion-free-expression/can-republicans-find-a-way-to-break-the-stalemate/c3367cb5-b349-42cb-a9fe-4c8343122885
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Byron Donalds Nominated by McCarthy Detractors.”
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/house-speaker-vote-kevin-mccarthy-gop/card/byron-donalds-nominated-by-mccarthy-detractors-px5J8cEZ6XUAK5a3hxo0
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Republicans Blocking Kevin McCarthy Unlikely to Face Blowback at Home. Most holdouts won election to Congress in November with ease.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-blocking-kevin-mccarthy-unlikely-to-face-blowback-at-home-11672922674

SUN
— Is Adam Kinzinger a Republican or a Democrat?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15689253/adam-kinzinger-republican-democrat/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— COMMEMT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame conservatives for the problems that the Republican Party has had, is having, and will have. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/01/the-gop-is-more-ungovernable-than-ever-before.html

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use January 6 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2023/01/06/college-presidents-must-denounce-white-nationalist-attacks-opinion

VOICE OF AMERICA
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Conservatives Deny McCarthy Speakership for Third Day.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/conservatives-deny-mccarthy-speakership-for-third-day-/6906752.html

AXIOS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use citizens of foreign countries to promote hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, home owners, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/06/immigrants-american-flags-factory-refugees-flagmakers

CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY
— Take your mind off: to stop you thinking about something unpleasant (COMMENT: What have you done to take your mind off unpleasant things? To take my mine off the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me 1980-1997, I bought a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS collector car in 1989 and a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car in 1994, further restored them, and entered them in car shows. To fight the many adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me 1980-1997, I a) completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting at DePaul in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, e) worked for a GS-15 (currently $152,527-$183,030 /years) younger, demanding, liberal, Democrat, wealthy, female, Jewish, CPA, and University of Chicago MBA supervisor who my GAO Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not want to supervise, work with, or work for the last 8 years that I worked for GAO, f) became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, g) became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, h) became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, i) became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and j) completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading at IIT in 1997. To fight the many adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors took against me starting in 1974, I a) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) took graduate accounting courses at DePaul starting in 1976, and c) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. To fight the many adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office superiors took against me 1966-1969, I completed a) business courses at UIC 1966-1968 and b) management courses at NIU in 1969.)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/learner-english/take-your-mind-off-sth

WIKTIONARY
— Ringer (slang) Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor. (COMMENT: The less that Republican party leaders and elected officials do to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the more evidence that they are not just RINOs, but that they are ringers, that is, that they are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, or Independent frauds, fakes, and imposters.)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ringer

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.