FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “Group calls for Chicago alderwoman’s resignation over tweets on Italian American culture
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/alderwoman-tweets-italian-americans/
NBC5
— How many illegals are Democrats housing in Chicago hotels?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-hotel-revenue-slashes-all-time-records-pritzker-proclaims-states-tourism-industry-is-back-and-booming/3183370/
WTTW
— Democrats acknowledge that “Lincoln Square Motel Set to Become Shelter as Part of New City Strategy to Reduce Homelessness.”
https://news.wttw.com/2023/07/10/lincoln-square-motel-set-become-shelter-part-new-city-strategy-reduce-homelessness
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago Violence Prevention Program Targets Those Who Are Most At Risk: ‘I’m Doing the Healing’
https://news.wttw.com/2023/07/10/chicago-violence-prevention-program-targets-those-who-are-most-risk-i-m-doing-healing
— Democrats acknowledge that “Almost 2 Years Ago, Illinois Declared Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis” and ask “How Is That $250M Being Spent?”
https://news.wttw.com/2023/07/10/almost-2-years-ago-illinois-declared-gun-violence-public-health-crisis-how-250m-being
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling offers a less divisive way to deal with inequities – Paul Vallas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-supreme-court-affirmative-action-equity-20230711-s2m42l2gx5bzthh4jyro2rilii-story.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “These tour guides are fighting segregation in Chicago. Here’s how you can too.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/people/ct-dilla-segregation-bus-tours-20230709-qkjxlwtcgfhp5me6ggdldmjkcq-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How many illegals are Democrats housing in Chicago hotels?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/7/10/23789978/illinois-hotel-revenue-record-taylor-swift-nascar-tourism
— Democrats say “Underground climate change poses a silent hazard. Heat can cause the ground to swell and building foundations to slowly sink, but that hot air can be captured and turned into energy.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/11/23789583/underground-climate-change-poses-a-silent-hazard
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/illinois-cannabis-sales-rise-june-2023
ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— If You Have a Fear of Flying You Can Now Call a Real-Life Pilot to Calm You Before You Travel (COMMENT: I flew on vacations to Hawaii, Mexico, and Jamacia during the 1970s. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, I did lots of job-related flying across America. While my wife worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions 1978-1992, I flew with her to her many business trips at luxury resorts across America.)
https://www.stltoday.com/news/nation-world/if-you-have-a-fear-of-flying-you-can-now-call-a-real-life-pilot/video_c320670c-56b5-5dac-ad98-5d759d7cdacf.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— GOP confidence in 2024 vote count low – AP (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) run elections.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-gop-confidence-in-2024-vote-count-low-after-years-of-false-election-claims-ap-norc-poll-shows/
CHICAGO AGENT MAGAZINE
— Chicago’s share of luxury listings ranks in the top 15 – Emily Mack (COMMENT: I should write about the $1 million+ Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville. Sales prices for finished units average $300/square foot. My wife and I recently sold our 800/square foot unit that we bought 2 1/2 years ago for a $25,000 gain and bought a new 1,900/square foot unit with money that I recently inherited.)
https://chicagoagentmagazine.com/2023/07/10/chicago-share-of-luxury-listings/
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— DuPage Sheriff Clashes With Conservative Radio Host. The Republican sheriff labeled the host a “cop hater,” while the host called him “imperious.” – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/dupage-sheriff-clashes-conservative-radio-host
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/07/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-102/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/07/10/afternoon-roundup-116/
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-101/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— O’Connell: ‘Apparently, some public officials are having a hard time separating politics from government assets’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/645541057-o-connell-apparently-some-public-officials-are-having-a-hard-time-separating-politics-from-government-assets
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former state representative and gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives highlighted the scene on Twitter. “1000% Unethical!” Ives tweeted. “Taxpayer funds cannot be used for political purposes. Glowiak is just another corrupt Illinois Democrat.” Ives added that it is “No surprise that firefighters did this as their union is as bad as the teacher unions.” She suggested that “Hinsdale needs to fire their fire chief.”)
WIREPOINTS
— Red states, blue cities: Who’s to blame for America’s homicide crisis
https://wirepoints.org/red-states-blue-cities-whos-to-blame-for-americas-homicide-crisis-wirepoints-special-report/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Only Time a Government Board Elicited Rolling Laughter
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/10/the-only-time-a-government-board-elicited-a-rolling-laugh/
— Questioning the Logic Behind Extending Metra to Rockford
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/10/questioning-the-logic-behind-extending-metra-to-rockford/
— Lakewood Police Seek Purchase of Drone
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/09/lakewood-police-seek-purchase-of-drones/
— Schakowsky Reports
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/09/schakowsky-reports/
— Does State Still Require MFT Spending Oversight Like This?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/09/does-state-still-require-oversight-like-this/
— Fraud Found in Kids’ Medicaid Program
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/11/fruad-found-in-kids-medicaid-program/
— Republicans Gathering on Sunday at Randall Oaks
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/10/republicans-gathering-on-sunday-at-randall-oaks/
— Schakowsky Joins Other Progressives in Criticizing Biden for Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/10/schakowsky-joins-other-progressives-in-criticizing-biden-for-sending-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ONLY SCHOOL CHOICE CAN REVIVE CHICAGO’S EDUCATION SYSTEM, SAVE OUR KIDS – Paul Vallas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-only-school-choice-can-revive-chicagos-education-system-save-our-kids/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Environmentally-Friendly Criminals Renting Divvy Bikes to go on a Crime Spree in Chicago, Stealing Victims’ Belongings, and in One Case, a Vehicle
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/07/environmentally-friendly-criminals-renting-divvy-bikes-to-go-on-a-crime-spree-in-chicago-stealing-victims-belongings-and-in-one-case-a-vehicle-according-to-chicago-police.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Wiping out womanhood, one LGBTQ step at a time – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/11/wiping-out-womanhood-one-lgbtq-step-at-time/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DeSantis blames Disney’s ‘woke’ agenda for low park attendance – Heather Hunter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/watch-desantis-blames-disneys-woke-agenda-for-low-park-attendance
NEW YORK POST
— Tucker Carlson to host GOP presidential primary forum with 5 candidates – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2023/07/10/tucker-carlson-to-host-2024-gop-presidential-primary-forum/
— ‘Adversity scores’ meant to boost medical school diversity would ‘ignore’ patients’ best interests
https://nypost.com/2023/07/10/adversity-scores-hurt-more-than-help-perspective-medical-students/
— Nearly 40% of students at Brown University identify as LGBTQ+ — doubling what it was in 2010 – Alex Oliveira (COMMENT: How successful have the schools in your county, in your township, and in your municipality been in making their students LGBTQers?)
https://nypost.com/2023/07/10/brown-university-students-identifying-as-lgbtq-doubled-in-10-years-to-nearly-40-percent/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illegal Immigration and Western Spiritual Sickness. Enforcing the Law Has Become Abnormal. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2023/07/10/illegal-immigration-and-western-spiritual-sickness/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Shocking 40 percent of students at Elite Ivy League school say they’re LGBTQ+ – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton (COMMENT: How successful have the schools in your county, in your township, and in your municipality been in making their students LGBTQers?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/07/10/shocking-40-percent-of-students-at-elite-ivy-league-school-say-theyre-lgbtq-1375598/
BLAZE
— Migrants say San Francisco’s sanctuary city policies make it so easy to sell drugs, it’s fueling a real estate boom in Honduras – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/honduras-drug-dealers-sanctuary-sf
BREITBART
— Illegal Aliens Suddenly Removed from Sheltering in Chicago Police Station After Sex Abuse Allegations Lodged Against Officers – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/07/10/illegal-aliens-suddenly-removed-from-sheltering-in-chicago-police-station-after-sex-abuse-allegations-lodged-against-officers/
— ‘Dangerous’ NYC Migrant Shelters Filled with Gang Members – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/10/nyc-migrant-shelters-dangerous-gang-members/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Time For Reparations’: Ben & Jerry’s Twitter Feed Regularly Pushes Far-Left Talking Points – WILL KESSLER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/07/10/time-for-reparations-ben-jerrys-twitter-feed-regularly-pushes-far-left-talking-points/
— Clinton-Appointed Judge Blocks School District From Keeping Boys Out Of Girl’s Bathrooms – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2023/07/10/clinton-appointed-judge-wisconsin-school-district-transgender-bathroom/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Liberals’ ‘Solutions’ for Illegal Immigration, Shoplifting Only Make Matters Worse – Simon Hankinson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/10/liberals-solutions-illegal-immigration-shoplifting-only-make-matters-worse/
— Reckoning With the Marxists of Black Lives Matter 10 Years Later – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/10/reckoning-black-lives-matter-10-years-later/
— UN Report Castigates Religion for Stymieing the Sexual Orientation-Gender Identity Agenda – Grace Melton and Jay Richards (COMMENT: How successful have the churches in your county, in your township, and in your municipality been in a) promoting LGBTQ, b) destroying traditional marriage, and c) destroying the traditional family?)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/10/uns-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-czar-attacks-religion-hindrance-lgbtq-agenda/
DAILY WIRE
— Wisconsin School District Must Let Trans-Identifying Student Use Girls’ Restroom, Federal Judge Orders. The mother of an 11-year-old boy who identifies as a girl filed the lawsuit. – Mairead Elordi
https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-school-district-must-let-trans-identifying-student-use-girls-restroom-federal-judge-orders
FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents outraged over molestation in public beach bathroom: ‘Worse than jail washrooms’ Chicago residents questioned why the city did not have cameras in the area. – Andrea Vacchiano
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-outraged-molestation-public-beach-bathroom-worse-jail-washrooms
— They Knew Affirmative Action Was Wrong – Andrew McCarthy
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/07/10/andrew-mccarthy-they-knew-affirmative-action-was-wrong/
— Teen girl accused of ‘hate speech’ after protesting transgenders in YMCA locker room – Kristine Parks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/teen-girl-accused-hate-speech-protesting-transgenders-ymca-locker-room-report
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Last April, sixteen-year-old Abbigail Wheeler, a swimmer on the Springfield YMCA SPY swim team, entered the girls’ locker room to change when she noticed a couple transgender individuals sitting there, her father told Illinois-based podcast host Jeanne Ives. The head swim coach Alex Totura was informed of the situation but told Wheeler there was nothing he could do about it. A few weeks later, parents voiced concerns at the monthly meeting but were told again by the local branch’s Chief Executive Officer Angie Sowle there was nothing they could do about the biological males in the girls’ changing areas.)
— NC community will have residents pledge to uphold Constitution, fly American flag year-round. North Carolina development combining patriotism with the American dream of homeownership. – Elizabeth Heckman (COMMENT: Yesterday, I paid Mr. Handyman $300 to display my 18X12-foot American flag vertically on the east wall of my new Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville. The unit’s 800/square foot mezzanine is decorated with furniture that I bought in the 1970s and rugs inherited from my wife’s sister.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nc-community-residents-pledge-uphold-constitution-fly-american-flag-year-round
— White House slams GOP’s anti-woke defense bill, says diversity gives US a ‘strategic advantage’ The House GOP bill would end funding for critical race theory programs, among others. – Patrick Hauf |
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-slams-gops-anti-woke-defense-bill-diversity-strategic-advantage
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Striking Down Affirmative Action Is a Historic Victory for Asian Americans — and All Americans – YUKONG ZHAO
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/striking-down-affirmative-action-is-a-historic-victory-for-asian-americans-and-all-americans/
— Americans Back Supreme Court on Affirmative Action by Two-to-One Margin – JOHN MCCORMACK
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/poll-americans-back-supreme-court-on-affirmative-action-by-two-to-one-margin/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Almost 40% of students at Brown University identify as LGBTQ+ The number of Brown U students identifying as LGBTQ has more than doubled over the past 13 years. – Jarryd Jaeger (COMMENT: How successful have the schools in your county, in your township, and in your municipality been in making their students LGBTQers?)
https://thepostmillennial.com/almost-40-of-students-at-brown-university-identify-as-lgbtq
TOWNHALL
— Mayorkas’ Lack of Operational Control Requires His Removal – Matt O’Brien
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattobrien/2023/07/11/mayorkas-lack-of-operational-control-requires-his-removal-n2625534
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES & & WASHINGTON POST & COLUMBIA MAGAZINE & COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW & CONCORDIAN & NIEMAN LAB & ECONOMIST & TIME & NATIONAL PRESS FOUNDATION & NPR & EDITOR & PUBLISHER & WASHINGTON EXAMINER & AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE & REASON & FOX NEWS RADIO & GUARDIAN & ABC
— Overwhelmingly, journalists are not only liberal Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, or RINOs, but they are anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am one of the extremely few journalists in Illinois who is not any of the foresaid. I have always fully disclosed that I am conservative and Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/04/opinion/letters/journalists-objectivity.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/opinion/mainstream-media-credibility-objectivity-journalism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/08/06/did-jon-stewart-have-a-serious-lesson-for-journalists/objective-journalism-is-an-illusion
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/business/media/journalism-is-still-at-work-even-when-its-practitioner-has-a-slant.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/opinion/lies-journalism-and-objectivity.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/24/journalism-objectivity-trump-misinformation-marty-baron/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/30/newsrooms-news-reporting-objectivity-diversity/
https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/objectivity-journalism-even-possible
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/objectivity-wars-event-media-trust.php
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/objectivity-isnt-a-magic-wand.php
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/what-comes-after-we-get-rid-of-objectivity-in-journalism.php
https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/view-from-somewhere-lewis-wallace.php
https://theconcordian.com/2022/01/subjectivity-in-journalism/
https://theconcordian.com/2019/12/all-news-is-subjective-and-heres-why/
https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/05/u-s-journalism-really-has-become-more-subjective-and-personal-at-least-some-of-it/
https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/07/16/how-objectivity-in-journalism-became-a-matter-of-opinion
https://time.com/5443351/journalism-objectivity-history/
https://nationalpress.org/topic/objectivity-journalism-new-norms-debate/
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/09/873172499/the-debate-over-objectivity-in-journalism
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/the-objectivity-wars-wage-on,240841
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/journalist-pushes-activism-over-objectivity
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-end-of-journalism-and-democracy/
https://reason.com/2020/06/24/journalists-abandoning-objectivity-for-moral-clarity-really-just-want-to-call-people-immoral/
https://radio.foxnews.com/2022/07/12/ari-fleischer-the-problem-with-journalism-today-is-reporters-believe-in-subjectivity-more-than-objectivity/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2014/jun/12/objectivity-and-impartiality-in-digital-news-coverage
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-27/dunlop-is-media-objectivity-an-outdated-model/6267676
THE HILL
— Democrats crow that “House GOP impeachment mania sparks internal rivalries and dissent.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4089766-house-gop-impeachment-mania-sparks-internal-rivalries-and-dissent/
YAHOO NEWS
— Democrats crow that “Trump’s LGBTQ+ Record Touted on Bizarre Ads in Iowa.”
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-lgbtq-record-touted-165241656.html
CBS BAY AREA
— How strongly do the churches in your county, in your township, and in your municipality promote LGBTQ? The churches immediately north and south of my precinct promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/activists-outraged-as-anti-lgbtq-santa-rosa-church-receives-state-grant-funds/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Heat Down Below Is Making the Ground Shift Under Chicago. Basements and train tunnels constantly leak heat, causing the land to sink and straining building foundations. Scientists call it “underground climate change.” – Raymond Zhong and Jamie Kelter Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/climate/chicago-underground-heat.html
USA TODAY
— Democrats acknowledge that “Woman found covered in blood after newborns discovered in Chicago daycare garbage bag.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/10/chicago-mother-investigation-newborns-garbage-bag/70397615007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Evanston Pays Reparations to Black Residents in a ‘Test Run for the Whole Country’ Evanston has committed to spending $10 million over 10 years for housing discrimination. – Joe Barrett
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-small-city-pays-reparations-in-a-test-run-for-the-whole-country-c1cb07fc
— Affirmative Action on Campus Goes Beyond Admissions. Racial preferences in faculty hiring is common. Schools that do it are likely to find themselves in the constitutional crosshairs. – Anthony LoCoco
https://www.wsj.com/articles/affirmative-action-on-campus-goes-beyond-admissions-race-college-students-diversity-cdc99db6
— Affirmative Action Bred 50 Years of ‘Mismatch’ Thinking elite schools are the only path to success for students is a form of intellectual snobbery. – Heather Mac Donald
https://www.wsj.com/articles/racial-preferences-bred-50-years-of-mismatch-harvard-sat-scores-equality-7942bd8e
FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly replace objectivity with subjectivity to advance Democrats and especially to advance Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly made the following worthless: a) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, f) my becoming a Certified Fraud examiner in 1990, g) my becoming a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, h) my becoming a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, i) my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and j) my earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2023/07/10/the-myths-of-merit-scholarships/
PBS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago CRED Works to Reduce Violence with Targeted Approach.”
https://www.pbs.org/video/chicago-cred-works-to-reduce-violence-with-targeted-approach/
PSYCOLOGY TODAY
— Democrats eve-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-baby-scientist/202306/why-so-many-lgbtq-families-are-thriving
DAILY KOS
— Democrats crow that “Americans identifying as LGBTQ has doubled since 2010 – at Brown the number is 38%.” (COMMENT: How successful have the schools in your county, in your township, and in your municipality been in making their students LGBTQers?)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/10/2180164/-americans-identifying-as-lgbtq-has-doubled-since-2010-at-brown-the-number-is-38
JUSTIA
— Matthew Skole, Marc Chambers, David Diersen, Peter Adduci, Chris Meredith and Terry Abbate v. Ford Motor Company (COMMENT: This class action lawsuit involves Ford’s 10R80 10-speed transmission. I recently traded in my base 2016 Mustang for a new loaded 2023 Mustang GT Premium that has that problematic transmission.)
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/illinois/ilndce/1:2023cv04130/435016
DAILY MAIL
— Forty percent of Brown University students say they are not straight as LGBTQ+ population triples in 13 years – and is now five times the national average – SOPHIE MANN (COMMENT: How successful have the schools in your county, in your township, and in your municipality been in making their students LGBTQers?)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12282843/Forty-percent-Brown-University-students-say-not-straight-LGBTQ-population-triples-13-years-five-times-national-average.html
