January 7, 2023

ABC7
— Kevin McCarthy clinches votes for House speaker, breaking through GOP opposition on 15th ballot. The final vote comes after multiple days of negotiations and a stunning defeat in the 14th round of voting. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-congress-voting/12662876/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-dispensaries-recreational-marijuana-weed-dispensary-near-me/12666998/
–COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use January 6 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/jan-6-capitol-riot-january-insurrection-anniversary/12663868/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois lawmakers honor the late former Illinois AG Jim Ryan.” I will sue anyone who even hints that I did not fully support Ryan after he won the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. To this day, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Ryan’s defeat because I supported Pat O’Malley in the primary.
https://abc7chicago.com/jim-ryan-illinois-dupage-county-attorney-general/12666760/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-has-2-new-gun-laws-for-2023-with-an-assault-weapons-ban-now-in-the-hands-of-the-state-senate/3038698/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/senate-set-to-vote-on-statewide-assault-weapons-ban-sunday/3039146/

CBS2
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-house-passes-bill-to-ban-sale-of-assault-weapons/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push abortion.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-house-abortion-reproductive-rights-legislation/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use January 6 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jan-6-merrick-garland/

WGN9
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push abortion and LGBTQ
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-house-passes-abortion-gender-care-bill/

FOX32
— COMMENT: Anti-conservative Democrats say “Republican Kevin McCarthy elected US House speaker after 15 votes.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-15-votes-elected-house-speaker
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say, “City delays opening of migrant shelter at former school. The city is delaying converting a formal elementary school into a migrant shelter after pushback from the community.” Sooner or later, Democrats will get rid of all those who pushback against illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1163377
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-trouble-senate-president-not-committing-floor-vote

WTTW
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “Amid Uproar, Lightfoot Delays Opening of Temporary Shelter for Immigrants in Shuttered Woodlawn School.” In your municipality, which buildings will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs shelter illegals?
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/06/amid-uproar-lightfoot-delays-opening-temporary-shelter-immigrants-shuttered-woodlawn

WBEZ
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats ask “Is a longstanding Chicago political tradition on its way out?” and say “Objections to candidate nominating petitions reach a 40-year low in this year’s municipal election cycle.”
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-municipal-candidate-objections-hit-40-year-low/e6cb3b26-29a5-49a2-9b63-6b11f82a2dc8

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Christmas in January for legislators’: Illinois House approves pay hikes for lawmakers, statewide elected officials, agency heads – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-house-pay-raises-20230107-7zfz7ibjybf3zgyas7qsw2uyxq-story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-record-sales-2022-20230106-2ienrd6yifa6fj545n465dpxha-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-cannabis-lounges-tl-0112-20230106-la5g7pv4knbqrdpfeayaybpyxi-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights and push abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-abortion-20230107-djzfsdapzngajkaorbpqrtwfci-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-guns-20230106-v62i62olsfenja5t36ic7actnm-story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use the Speaker election to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-kevin-mccarthy-marjorie-taylor-greene-matt-gaetz-dan-rostenkowski-page-20230106-jf6cysj35vasrjhj3wy3ma5lbm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “City delays opening of South Side shelter for asylum seekers amid community concerns, according to alderperson.” In your municipality, which buildings will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs shelter illegals?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/5/23540987/chicago-wadsworth-elementary-school-woodlawn-south-side-immigration-asylum-texas-buses
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/6/23542550/abortion-expand-medical-professionals-protections-discipline
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/1/6/23541886/assault-weapons-ban-illinois-house-approves
— Football is dangerous. That won’t change unless fans insist on it. It’s our money, every dollar, that makes the owners rich. It is us that puts these men on the field, that asks them to make their bodies bigger, to hit each other harder. If the game does not change, we have to stop watching. – Seth Lavin
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/6/23542333/football-dangerous-damar-hamlin-injury-cincinnati-youth-seth-lavin-op-ed

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville mayoral candidate survives court challenge; city council candidate booted from ballot – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230106/naperville-mayoral-candidate-survives-court-challenge-city-council-candidate-booted-from-ballot
— FRONT PAGE: COMMENT: 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
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230106/lake-county-top-prosecutor-lobbies-state-legislators-to-pass-assault-weapon-ban
— FRONT PAGE: COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230106/illinois-house-approves-increased-abortion-protection
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use January 6 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230106/2-years-after-jan-6-speaker-scrap-paralyzes-congress-again
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230106/daily-herald-opinion-two-years-later-its-important-to-remember-the-jan-6-capitol-attack
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use the Speaker election to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230106/a-really-beautiful-thing-mccarthy-foes-relish-the-fight-for-speaker
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Cubans crossing into U.S. stunned to hear of new asylum limits.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230106/cubans-crossing-into-us-stunned-to-hear-of-new-asylum-limits

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/cannabis-sales-illinois-top-15-billion-growth-slows

WBEZ
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights and promote abortion.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-house-votes-to-ban-assault-weapons/e6a50a19-6b7b-4375-8bb2-de60d1cf7777

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— IL Freedom Caucus: Tyranny Wins in the Legislature with Passage of Unconstitutional Gun Control Bill
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/il-freedom-caucus-tyranny-wins-in-the-legislature-with-passage-of-unconstitutional-gun-control-bill/

STATELINE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “McCarthy praises Trump, Gaetz for helping secure Speakership.”
https://www.mystateline.com/hill-politics/mccarthy-praises-trump-gaetz-for-helping-secure-speakership/

HERALD NEWS
— 14-year-old charged with murder of marijuana dealer in Crete Township – Felix Sarver
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/news/2023/01/06/14-year-old-charged-with-murder-of-marijuana-dealer-in-crete-township/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— COMMENT: Democrats crow that “Arizona’s shipping container wall on border is coming down.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-arizonas-shipping-container-wall-on-border-is-coming-down/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Gaetz says he ‘will resign’ if Democrats help elect a moderate Republican for Speaker.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/gaetz-says-he-will-resign-if-democrats-help-elect-a-moderate-republican-for-speaker/

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— IL Freedom Caucus Releases Statement On Passage Of Gun Control Bill
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2023/01/06/il-freedom-caucus-tyranny-wins-in-the-legislature-with-passage-of-unconstitutional-gun-control-bill/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Remembering “Red Dawn” – The Democrats’ Gun Control Bill with House Roll Call
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/06/remembering-red-dawn/
— UPDATE: FATE OF Eight School Board Petition Objections Targeting Incumbents, Three in Cary, Two in Prairie Grove and Three in Algonquin, TO BE DECIDED TODAY
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/01/06/eight-school-board-petition-objections-target-incumbentsthree-in-cary-two-in-prairie-grove-and-three-in-algonquin-copy/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Legislation advances mandating Illinois schools teach sex ed in all grades – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/legislation-advances-mandating-illinois-schools-teach-sex-ed-in-all-grades/article_53f4fe5c-8dfd-11ed-821e-5f65b2b75f30.html

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Cochran: HB5855 ‘does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to reduce crime’
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/638548318-cochran-hb5855-does-absolutely-nothing-to-reduce-crime

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Bailey: Durkin should declare himself a Democrat (COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs on ballots in my precinct who falsely got themselves elected as Republicans. I would focus on what they have done to destroy the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/638605361-bailey-durkin-should-declare-himself-a-democrat

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Tyrannical Sex-Education Mandate for K-12th Grade – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/tyrannical-sex-education-mandate-for-k-12th-grade/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ISRA Legislative Alert – Call your State Senator NOW! – Illinois State Rifle Association
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/isra-legislative-alert-call-your-state-senator-now.html
— IL House GOP Leader Jim Durkin Votes With Democrats to Ban Assault Weapons (COMMENT: I should write a book about Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs on ballots in my precinct who falsely got themselves elected as Republicans. I would focus on what they have done to destroy the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/01/breaking-il-house-gop-leader-jim-durkin-votes-with-democrats-to-ban-assault-weapons.html

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/06/afternoon-roundup-10/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Bill advances to require schools to teach sex health class for grades 6-12, but kids and parents can opt out.” Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is to make your child a sexually active LGBTQer.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/06/bill-advances-to-require-schools-to-teach-sex-health-class-for-grades-6-12-but-kids-and-parents-can-opt-out/
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/01/06/morning-briefing-32/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chaos in the House: Kevin McCarthy’s plea, and begging for votes – Mary Clare Jalonick
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/7/chaos-in-house-kevin-mccarthys-plea-and-begging-fo/
— Midnight concession: Gaetz gives in, McCarthy elected speaker on 15th vote – Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/6/kevin-mccarthy-elected-house-speaker-15th-vote-mat/
— Donald Trump is not running for president. His recent comments suggest he’s not interested in returning to the White House. – Michael McKenna
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/6/donald-trump-is-not-running-for-president/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats slam Biden’s border crackdown and point fingers at Republican ‘obstruction’ – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/democrats-border-crackdown-republican-obstruction

NEW YORK POST
— George Santos appears to flash white power symbol in House Chambers – Katherine Donlevy
https://nypost.com/2023/01/06/george-santos-appears-to-flash-white-power-symbol-in-capitol/
— Boarder crisis: NYC emergency shelters for migrants have no rooms. – Bernadette Hogan, Valentina Jaramillo and Carl Campanile (COMMENT: Which buildings will be used as emergency shelters for illegals in your municipality, in your township, and in your county?)
https://nypost.com/2023/01/06/nyc-emergency-shelters-for-migrants-have-no-rooms/
— DeSantis activates state guard as migrants flow into Florida – AP
https://nypost.com/2023/01/07/desantis-activates-state-guard-as-migrants-flow-into-florida/
— Trump calls GOP McCarthy holdouts during 14th round of voting – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2023/01/07/trump-calls-gop-mccarthy-holdouts-during-14th-round-of-house-speaker-voting/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Ron DeSantis Gets Real Fighting Wokeness. Florida governor fights insanity by making bold moves against academy, woke capitalism. – Rod Dreher
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/ron-desantis-gets-real-fighting-wokeness/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— COMMENT: Biden gets Senate Democrats to criticize his border plan.
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/06/senate-democrats-criticize-new-biden-border-plan/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump vows drug cartels at the border will meet the full force of the US military – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/06/trump-vows-drug-cartels-at-the-border-will-meet-the-full-force-of-the-us-military-1322759/
— Biden unveils handy-dandy app for illegals gets blasted by both sides of the aisle – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/01/06/biden-unveils-handy-dandy-app-for-illegals-gets-blasted-by-both-sides-of-the-aisle-1322673/

BREITBART
— Joe Biden’s DHS Detains Fewer than 0.2% of All Illegal Aliens Living Across U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/06/joe-bidens-dhs-detains-fewer-than-0-2-of-all-illegal-aliens-living-across-u-s/
— John Fetterman Appears ‘Completely Lost’ at Swearing-In Ceremony – JOSHUA KLEIN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/06/watch-john-fetterman-appears-completely-lost-swearing-in-ceremony/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden’s Perversion of Parole Is a Constitutional Crisis in the Making – George Fishman
https://cis.org/Fishman/Bidens-Perversion-Parole-Constitutional-Crisis-Making

CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Gov. Abbott, Texas leaders blast Biden’s immigration plan – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/gov-abbott-texas-leaders-blast-biden-s-immigration-plan/article_f5aeccea-8dc2-11ed-9d87-83f9d2c42490.html

DAILY CALLER
— Kevin McCarthy Becomes Speaker Of The House On 15th Ballot – MICHAEL GINSBERG
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/07/kevin-mccarthy-becomes-speaker-house-15th-ballot/
— DeSantis Declares State Of Emergency, Activates National Guard Over Wave Of Migrant Arrivals – MICAELA BURROW
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/06/desantis-emergency-migrant-landings/

DAILY SIGNAL
— From Gender Gingerbread Persons to ‘Privilege Bingo,’ Feds Squander Millions on Cult of Diversity Training – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/06/from-gender-gingerbread-persons-to-privilege-bingo-feds-squander-millions-on-cult-of-diversity-training/

EPOCH TIMES
— Ron DeSantis Activates National Guard Amid Surge of Illegal Aliens Entering Florida Keys – Mimi Nguyen Ly
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ron-desantis-activates-national-guard-amid-surge-of-illegal-aliens-entering-florida-keys_4968344.html
— Trump Vows to Wage War on Mexican Drug Cartels With Full Force of US Military – Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-vows-to-wage-war-on-mexican-drug-cartels-with-full-force-of-us-military_4966425.html
— Federal Program Pushes Critical Race Theory Into Orange County Schools – Micaela Ricaforte (COMMENT: How strongly are Democrats pushing CRT into your school district?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/federal-program-pushes-critical-race-theory-into-orange-county-schools-trustee_4968139.html

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— FAIR: Speaker McCarthy, We’re Here to Help
https://www.fairus.org/press-releases/border-security/fair-speaker-mccarthy-were-here-help

FOX NEWS
— New York City, Chicago plead for federal aid as Democratic governor joins migrant bussing train. New York City Mayor Eric Adams says his city is housing 30,000 migrants. – Anders Hagstrom
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-city-chicago-plead-federal-aid-democratic-governor-joins-migrant-bussing-train
— Biden congratulates Kevin McCarthy on winning House speakership following dramatic process. McCarthy won the speakership in a 15th and final vote, receiving 216 of the 428 votes. – Lawrence Richard (COMMENT: Of course, Democrats want the least conservative person possible to be the Speaker. Of course, Democrats what the person who rejects the most planks in the Republican Party platform to be the Speaker.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-congratulates-kevin-mccarthy-winning-house-speakership-dramatic-process

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Columbia University Hires Hillary Clinton for Professor ‘of International and Public Affairs’ – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/01/columbia-university-hires-hillary-clinton-for-professor-of-international-and-public-affairs/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Texas AG Sues Biden Admin over New ‘Public Charge’ Rule for Immigrants – CAROLINE DOWNEY (COMMENT: Of course, all those who enter America illegally a) are public charges, b) are unable to take care of themselves, c) seek/accept public assistance, and/or d) depend on government for survival, that is, a) they all came because Democrats and RINOs invited them, b) they all will vote for Democrats, and c) they all burden American taxpayers.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-ag-sues-biden-admin-over-new-public-charge-rule-for-immigrants/

NEWSMAX
— Biden Needs Briefing on Border Chaos He Created – Deroy Murdock
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/elpaso-texas/2023/01/06/id/1103375/

PJ MEDIA
— Sorry, Ronna McDaniel, Republican Voters Just Aren’t That Into You – STACEY LENNOX
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2023/01/06/sorry-ronna-mcdaniel-republican-voters-just-arent-that-into-you-n1658744

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Army Will Be Needed At The Border To Fight Cartels, And The Fighting Will Spill Into The U.S. – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/01/06/macgregor_the_army_will_be_needed_at_the_border_to_fight_cartels_and_the_fighting_will_spill_into_the_us.html

TOWNHALL
— The End of Democracy in America? – Mark Lewis
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2023/01/07/the-end-of-democracy-in-america-n2617992

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “McCarthy concessions to win Speakership raise eyebrows.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3803315-mccarthy-concessions-to-win-speakership-raise-eyebrows/

ROLL CALL
— COMMENT: Democrats get Democrats to criticize Biden outreach on border policy change.
https://rollcall.com/2023/01/06/some-democrats-criticize-biden-outreach-on-border-policy-change/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— COMMENT: Lame-duck Democrat Illinois lawmakers vote themselves a 16% raise.
https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Lame-duck-Illinois-lawmakers-vote-themselves-a-17700962.php

REUTERS
— COMMENT: Biden gets Democrats to say “Biden’s new border plan undercuts campaign vow to restore asylum access.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-new-border-plan-undercuts-campaign-vow-restore-asylum-access-2023-01-06/

ABC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “DeSantis activates National Guard amid increase of migrant landings on Florida Keys. The governor’s office said the state is deploying airplanes and helicopters.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/desantis-activates-national-guard-amid-increase-migrant-landings/story?id=96275018

ABC TEXAS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Texas sues Biden administration over public assistance rule; AG says migrants burden taxpayers.” Of course, all those who enter America illegally a) are public charges, b) are unable to take care of themselves, c) seek/accept public assistance, and/or d) depend on government for survival, that is, a) they all came because Democrats and RINOs invited them, b) they all will vote for Democrats, and c) they all burden American taxpayers.
https://www.abc27.com/border-report-tour/texas-sues-biden-administration-over-public-assistance-rule-ag-says-migrants-burden-taxpayers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The state of Texas has sued the Biden administration over its reversal of a public charge law, alleging it is breaking federal laws by allowing migrants who accept public assistance to reside in the country and to apply for green cards and U.S. citizenship. The Biden administration last year changed the federal definition of who is considered a “public charge” and which noncitizens will be considered inadmissible to enter the United States because they would likely be dependent upon the government for survival. In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Victoria, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday filed the lawsuit against President Joe Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and other top officials. “Since 1882, federal immigration law has barred the admission of aliens who are unable to take care of themselves and will become public charges,” the 24-page lawsuit said.
“The Biden Administration seeks to further its open borders policy by enacting a new agency rule that effectively nullifies federal law excluding aliens likely to become public charges,” the lawsuit claims. “The Biden administration is committed to opening the borders to aliens who lack the ability to take care of themselves. Texans should not have to pay for these costly immigrants, nor should any other American,” Paxton said in a statement. “I will continue to defend the rule of law and fight to ensure that the massive costs of illegal immigration don’t further burden taxpayers.”)

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use White supremacists to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/from-battlefield-to-internet-sleuthing-exposing-u-s-white-supremacy-159446597772
— COMMENT: Democrats say “George Santos sworn into Congress as investigations mount. The freshman lawmaker, a Republican from New York, has admitted to lying about his education, work experience and Jewish background.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/george-santos-sworn-congress-multiple-campaign-probes-rcna64047

CBS COLORADO
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely seek asylum in America, and especially those who will illegally vote for Democrats, and especially those who lack education, lack job skills, and/or need/want massive government assistance and/or are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant.
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/federal-funding-assist-migrants-arriving-denver-metro-area/

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Tales of Families and the Great Depression.” During the great depression, my grandparents on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. My grandparents on my mother’s side operated a farm on the Indiana border in Grant Park.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/opinion/readers-the-great-depression-letters.html
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in making younger voters pro-criminal, anti-Republican, anti-conservative, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-gun owners, 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://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/politics/republicans-young-voters.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: How many of Trump’s demographics do you share with Trump? Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters a) run Illinois, run DuPage County, run Milton Township, and run Wheaton and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. How should those like me who share lots of Trump’s demographics react to that? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who share lots of Trump’s demographics with him, and to save themselves from hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, curry favor with them by demonizing, denigrating, and condemning those who share lots of demographics with Trump. I would focus on those who share Trump’s political affiliation, race, gender, age, financial, and/or marital demographics. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. All politics are local. I would focus on those a) who have stopped me from raising funds from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks since 2021, b) who promoted BLM and LGBTQ big time in Wheaton in 2020, and/or b) who assured that I would not be selected to fill the Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/01/06/christian-nationalism-groups/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely seek asylum in America, and especially those who will illegally vote for Democrats, and especially those who lack education, lack job skills, and/or need/want massive government assistance and/or are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/the-us-needs-to-fixits-broken-asylum-system/2023/01/06/ee27635a-8df0-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/06/illinois-bans-assault-weapons-highland-park/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “A Black artist’s Thurgood Marshall replaces portrait of a likely enslaver.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially my Democrat superiors in the federal government, have always treated me like my ancestors were enslavers. But none of them were. While they all immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/06/thurgood-marshall-portrait-annapolis/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use the Speaker election to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/republicans-speaker-fiasco-marks-the-partys-decay/2023/01/06/5f508172-8de4-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) paint the Civil War’s Union Army as having been Democrat and b) paint the Civil War’s Confederate Army as having been Republican, that is, ever-increasingly, today’s Democrats a) paint today’s Republican Party as being pro-slavery and b) paint today’s Democrat Party as being anti-slavery.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/06/1859-house-speaker-vote-civil-war/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Kevin McCarthy wins his dream job, but at a humiliating and stifling cost.”
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-07/la-na-pol-mccarthy-house-speaker-fight

MIAMI TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate you.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/opinion/resolving-to-kill-haters-with-kindness-in-2023/article_ecf0a9ca-8c05-11ed-a389-df4d855aae23.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With the advent of Donald Trump, polite political discourse was no longer possible for me. If you liked Trump, then I found it hard for me to like you. I found white, male, Christian friends were the first to go, because they all drank the Kool-Aid and became Trumpites. Suddenly, I could not bear to be around men I had called friends for more than 20 years. I found it hard to believe that these and other friends – who seemed liberal and “woke” – were suddenly Neanderthals, following a white nationalist who lied, cheated and lied again. I tried to explain to a white friend that anyone who followed Trump was akin to Germans who followed Hitler. He did not understand me. Parallels between the white nationalist Trump movement and Hitler’s Nazism are too scarily similar. If I was Jewish, it would be impossible for me to be friends with a pro-Hitler German. Therefore, as a Black man in America, I found it difficult to maintain relationships with white men who loved Trump – a racist who borrowed let’s “Make America Great Again” from the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan used this phrase to describe an America where white people were on top and Black people knew their “place.” How could I be friends with white people who applauded a man who wanted to oppress Black people, build a wall to stop Mexicans from crossing our border, stop immigration from “sh-thole countries,” stop visitors from Muslim countries and otherwise create policies that would ensure white people don’t lose the demographic war? Black and brown people are having more babies and emigrating to this country in greater numbers. Black and brown people will be the majority in 2040 and Trump rose to power espousing ideas to stop this demographic trend. Trump stirred up white people who were tired of “diversity,” “affirmative action” and feeling that their white privilege was slipping away. He reached some of my closest friends who, whether they wanted to admit it to themselves or not, felt under siege as white males in America. So, we stopped talking. One friend asked if we could be friends again after the presidential election. I mumbled that I would try.)

DENVER GAZETTE
— COMMENT: Denver Democrats say “Number of immigrants in Denver triples since emergency declaration.”
https://denvergazette.com/news/local/number-of-immigrants-in-denver-triples-since-emergency-declaration/article_90ea6e96-8e07-11ed-a916-4b55f8aade66.html

WBUR
— COMMENT: Democrats get immigrant advocates to decry Biden’s “crackdown on illegal border crossings.”
https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/01/06/immigrant-advocates-decry-bidens-crackdown-on-illegal-border-crossings
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/01/06/politics-far-right-republicans-immigration

WRAL
— COMMENT: Because asylum seekers vote for Democrats, Democrats want all asylum seekers to be granted asylum. But expect that asylum seekers who are Hispanic will only vote for Democrats a) who give preference to Hispanics, that is, b) who discriminate against non-Hispanics.
https://www.wral.com/how-many-immigrants-are-granted-asylum/20660149/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Kevin McCarthy Wins Election as House Speaker After Days of Grueling Negotiations. California Republican wins over GOP rebels by agreeing to give more power to rank-and-file lawmakers.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kevin-mccarthys-house-speaker-bid-heads-to-fourth-day-as-talks-continue-11673002595
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Biden Congratulates McCarthy.” Of course, Democrats want the least conservative person possible to be the Speaker. Of course, Democrats what the person who rejects the most planks in the Republican Party platform to be the Speaker.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/house-speaker-vote-kevin-mccarthy-gop/card/biden-congratulates-mccarthy-3hdBPEMhHtQnyaXaicAz
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, that is, the base of the Republican Party.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/normal-republicans-stand-up-to-the-fringe-mccarthy-house-speaker-vote-lost-johnny-carson-letterman-lear-11672959501
— Upward Mobility Is Alive and Well in America. Studies show the vast majority of adults have higher income than their parents did. – Phil Gramm and John Early
https://www.wsj.com/articles/upward-mobility-income-quintiles-growth-chetty-strain-parents-work-income-inequality-equity-equitable-11673014583

BLOOMBERG LAW
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, employers prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. Citizens of foreign countries work for less money and are much easier to exploit. When I was young, if there had been as many citizens of foreign countries as there are now, they would have been hired instead of me.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/employers-seeking-foreign-workers-to-feel-squeeze-of-fee-hikes

PROJECT SYNDICATE
— COMMENT: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/republicans-house-speaker-debacle-and-the-future-of-the-party-by-john-mark-hansen-2023-01

RELIGIOUS DISPATCHES
— COMMENT: I should write a book about those who are a member of a church, who attend church services, and/or who give money to a church, but who do lots of anti-religious things. I would focus on those who promote dependency on government and/or on charity, who promote LGBTQ, who promote abortion, who promote mass/illegal immigration, who promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, who promote abolition of the First and Second Amendments, who promote patronage, who promote political affiliation discrimination, who promote reverse discrimination, and/or who promote age discrimination. 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://religiondispatches.org/new-report-shows-dems-are-far-more-religiously-diverse-than-gop-but-even-among-dems-one-areligious-group-remains-woefully-underrepresented/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Specifically, the new Congress’s membership is over 87% Christian, while Christians currently make up only 63% of the population. Not only are Protestants overrepresented at 56.7% of the Congress and 40% of the population, but so are Catholics at 27.7% of the Congress and 21% of the U.S. population.)

PBS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely seek asylum in America, and especially those who will illegally vote for Democrats, and especially those who lack education, lack job skills, and/or need/want massive government assistance and/or are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-new-border-restrictions-in-place-for-asylum-seekers

NPR
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely seek asylum in America, and especially those who will illegally vote for Democrats, and especially those who lack education, lack job skills, and/or need/want massive government assistance and/or are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant.
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/06/1147345865/how-biden-plans-to-persuade-migrants-not-to-risk-coming-to-the-u-s-mexico-border

VANITY FAIR
— COMMENT: Democrats say “JOE BIDEN IS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF A BIG WEAKNESS: THE BORDER.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/joe-biden-trying-to-get-ahead-of-big-weakness-the-border

SPLC
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use January 6 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2023/01/06/jan-6-anniversary-two-years-later
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Rosewood to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2023/01/06/rosewood-centennial-racist-massacre-destroyed-black-florida-town

WHITE HOUSE
— COMMENT: Of course, Democrats want the least conservative person possible to be the Speaker. Of course, Democrats what the person who rejects the most planks in the Republican Party platform to be the Speaker.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/07/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-election-of-kevin-mccarthy-as-speaker-of-the-house/

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.