ABC7
— Chicago anti-abortion activists rally at Federal Plaza as Roe vs. Wade anniversary nears. Pro-choice counter protesters set up across street. – Evelyn Holmes
https://abc7chicago.com/march-for-life-chicago-loop-supreme-court-abortion-planned-parenthood/11440734/
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: New NYC law allows its 800,000 noncitizens and ‘Dreamers’ to vote. Mayor Eric Adams allowed legislation approved by the City Council to automatically become law. (COMMENT: Democrats shout at noncitizens, at Dreamers, and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://abc7chicago.com/nyc-non-citizen-voting-new-york-noncitizen-vote-city-eric-adams/11445310/
— Is there school Monday for CPS? Mayor, CPS CEO reject latest Chicago Teachers Union proposal. ‘This is a solution to what we are experiencing in this moment,’ Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates says. – Tre Ward and Maher Kawash
https://abc7chicago.com/cps-ctu-chicago-public-schools-teachers-union/11444523/
— Plainfield school district cancels class Monday due to ‘spiking number of bus drivers with COVID’
https://abc7chicago.com/plainfield-school-district-202-covid-closures-bus-drivers/11446124/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Public Schools are still without a deal to reopen Monday; talks with teachers union ongoing – GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-public-schools-teachers-union-monday-classes-20220109-ljal2v564jc2jmqfqy4oumvgbq-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The Illinois legislature needs a new watchdog now. Once again, the post of legislative inspector general is vacant. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/1/9/22872700/illinois-legislative-inspector-general-ethics-commission-legislature-watchdog-editorial
DAILY HERALD
— Top Kane County GOP official calls election precinct redraw ‘a farce’ – James Fuller (COMMENT: What have the following told your Republican Precinct Committeeman about the redraw: a) the chairman of your Republican township party organization, b) the chairman of your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) the IRP chairman?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220107/top-kane-county-gop-official-calls-election-precinct-redraw-a-farce
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A behind-the-scenes process of redrawing election precincts in Kane County sparked concerns Friday about election integrity and what will be one of the shortest primary election campaign seasons in recent history. Recent state legislation approved in the wake of the decennial redistricting effort requires counties to redraw election precinct boundary lines by Jan. 15. The changes will affect every race on the 2022 ballot. New rules require precincts to sit within a single congressional and state legislative district whenever possible as well as a single county board district and municipal ward. Many counties regularly split or merge precincts to avoid them becoming too large or small for Democrat and Republican Party committeemen to properly represent constituents on partisan matters. Party committeemen are the foot soldiers of local political parties. The influence of those roles carries particular intrigue for local Republicans who are loyal to former President Donald Trump and continue to support the debunked claims of fraud in the 2020 election. The 2022 elections bring an opportunity for Trump loyalists to take control of the local party. Which voters live in which precincts will be a factor in that GOP battle. Kane County hasn’t adjusted its 291 precincts in nearly 20 years. That’s created 28 precincts that contain far more registered voters than the 1,200-voter cap target suggested by state legislation. Multiple precincts contain fewer than the 500 registered voters state law suggests is too small for a stand-alone precinct. A self-appointed team of workers in the county clerk’s office, information technology department, graphics information system staff, lawyers in the state’s attorney’s office and the chairman of the county board’s public service committee have spent the past several weeks redrawing the precinct boundaries. Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog has also been involved. She serves as vice chair of the Kane County Democrats. Except for Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham, who is a Republican, all the elected officials involved so far are Democrats. The public will get a look at the redrawn precincts on Tuesday. There will be a final vote on the remap Friday, one day before the state deadline. That’s not enough review or involvement in the process for several GOP members of the county board. “It’s a farce to suggest this committee has had any role or involvement in this at all,” said Ken Shepro, a county board member and chairman of the Kane County Republican Party. “No member of this committee has been asked to participate in any of these meetings or give any guidance.” Fellow Republican Tom Koppie said the process and the tight deadlines mean the county board will be “forced to accept maps generated by the bureaucracy.” “I do not believe this is what the voting public anticipated or expects,” Koppie said. Anita Lewis, a Democrat on the board who tends to side with Republicans, questioned the process. “And I’m not going to be able to say beyond a shadow of a doubt that everything was done right,” Lewis said. “I just don’t have that comfort level.” Even if the county board approves the new precinct boundaries next Friday, the county staff said it may take up until the first week of February to have maps paired with voter rolls that will allow candidates to collect accurate petition signatures. Petition filing for candidates seeking the top ballot spots is March 7. Candidates normally have 90 days to circulate petitions. Both county board members and the clerk’s office staff said they expect more petition challenges to kick candidates off the ballot because of the tight window and an increased likelihood of signatures from people who find themselves in different precincts.)
— Almost half of patients at McHenry County’s Northwestern Medicine hospitals have COVID-19 – Ben Szalinski
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220109/almost-half-of-patients-at-mchenry-countys-northwestern-medicine-hospitals-have-covid-19
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lightfoot on CTU: ‘They abandoned kids and their families’ Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the mayor called out the Chicago Teachers Union over the ongoing standoff while also signaling some compromise is possible on the issue of expanded COVID testing.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/lightfoot-chicago-schools-teachers-union-standoff-ctu-abandoned-kids
NPR ILLINOIS
— Toyota is the first non-U.S. company to be the country’s top seller – Ayesha Rascoe
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-01-09/toyota-is-the-first-non-u-s-company-to-be-the-countrys-top-seller
WIREPOINTS
— Six sources of Chicago Teachers Union power – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/six-sources-of-chicago-teachers-union-power/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Jan. 6 committee member floats proposal to block Trump from a potential return to White House. Rep. Jamie Raskin cites Reconstruction-era law intended to bar Confederates from office. – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/9/jan-6-committee-member-floats-proposal-block-trump/
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: NYC mayor says Dems need to become ‘radically practical’ as he clears way for noncitizens to vote – Ryan Lovelace (COMMENT: Democrats shout at noncitizens and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/9/nyc-mayor-says-dems-need-become-radically-practica/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Joe Biden, the Divider in Chief, (unknowingly) kicks off the campaigns of the GOP and President Trump – Rajan Laad
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/joe_biden_the_divider_in_chief_unknowingly_kicks_off_the_campaigns_to_the_gop_and_president_trump.html
BLAZE
— Democrats quietly plot to use provision in Constitution to bar Trump from holding political office – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrats-constitution-14th-amendment-trump
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Indiana Moves to Bar Critical Race Theory From Being Taught in Public Universities. Senate Bill 167, which is sponsored by seven Republican lawmakers, states that no “state educational institution” can “engage in training, orientation, or therapy” that includes stereotypes on the basis of “sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, [and] political affiliation.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/01/indiana-moves-to-bar-critical-race-theory-from-being-taught-in-public-universities/
THE HILL
— Kinzinger says Jan. 6 panel already has ‘powerful and substantive narrative’ – MYCHAEL SCHNELL
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/588914-kinzinger-says-jan-6-panel-already-has-powerful-and-substantive
NBC NEWS
— Full Kinzinger: ‘There are people that live in a totally different reality’
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/full-kinzinger-there-are-people-that-live-in-a-totally-different-reality-130457157993
— Kinzinger: Jan. 6 select committee ready to put out a ‘substantive narrative’
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/kinzinger-jan-6-select-committee-ready-to-put-out-a-substantive-narrative-130458181941
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs illegally encourage illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/slowing-immigration-worsens-job-shortages-n1287219
NEW YORK TIMES
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Noncitizens’ Right to Vote Becomes Law in New York City. Starting next year, 800,000 legal permanent residents will be eligible to vote in municipal elections. – Grace Ashford (COMMENT: Democrats shout at noncitizens and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/nyregion/noncitizens-voting-rights.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DECEMBER 14, 2021 FLASHBACK: What to know about midterm elections (COMMENT: Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and RINO major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, and pollsters a) want Republican candidates to lose elections, b) tell Republican leaders to recruit candidates who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, c) tell Republican leaders to recruit candidates who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, d) tell Republican leaders to recruit candidates who reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, and e) tell Republican leaders to recruit candidates who promote dependence on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/14/midterm-elections-what-to-know/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans are putting a big effort into recruiting more women and minority candidates up and down the ballot to compete with Democrats, who generally have a bigger slate of minority candidates.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. to Spend $10 Billion to Boost Small Businesses. Part of the Treasury Department funding will target disadvantaged communities, but some Republicans say spending overlaps with money available in existing programs. – Amara Omeokwe
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-spend-10-billion-to-boost-small-businesses-11641637801
— Facebook’s Former Elections Boss Now Questions Social Media’s Impact on Politics. Katie Harbath says she left Facebook disillusioned; now she pushes for more online guardrails. – Jeff Horwitz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-former-elections-boss-now-questions-social-medias-impact-on-politics-11641648561
NEWSWEEK
— Congress Should Refer Trump for Prosecution Over Jan. 6, Say 41% of Americans in New Poll – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/congress-should-refer-trump-prosecution-over-jan-6-say-41-americans-new-poll-1667228
INDEPENDENT
— Capitol riot committee could present damning case against Trump even if it concluded today, says Kinzinger. Available evidence shows Trump delayed call for supporter to leave. – John Bowden
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kinzinger-capitol-riot-tomorrow-trump-b1989640.html
DAILY MAIL
— Kinzinger blames ‘profit-driven radio’ for turning Trump fans into ‘angry, fearful victimized group’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10384269/Kinzinger-blames-profit-driven-radio-turning-Trump-fans-angry-fearful-victimized-group.html
https://www.nation.lk/online/kinzinger-blames-profit-driven-radio-for-turning-trump-fans-into-angry-fearful-victimized-group-163441.html
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