March 12, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Group pushing for all descendants of slaves in Chicago to have property taxes waived. Activists say slavery took away Blacks’ ability to build generational wealth, reparations are necessary. – Jasmine Minor (COMMENT: How wealthy were your parents? Because my parents were not wealthy, I a) did yard work 1962-1964, b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, and f) worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.)
https://abc7chicago.com/slavery-reparations-chicago-news-property-taxes-definition/14515191/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3tEerPKvAg
— Former Flossmoor police chief claims racial discrimination played role in firing by mayor: lawsuit – Sarah Schulte (COMMENT: If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my GAO superiors would not have forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://abc7chicago.com/village-of-flossmoor-police-chief-jerel-jones-mayor/14515073/
— Pope sparks anger after saying Ukraine should have the ‘courage of the white flag’ and negotiate. ‘Our flag is a yellow and blue one. This is the flag by which we live, die, and prevail,’ Ukraine’s Foreign Minister said. – Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko
https://abc7chicago.com/pope-francis-on-ukraine-russia-news/14513746/

NBC5
— Two more measles cases confirmed in Chicago, officials announce. Teams from CDPH and numerous health care agencies are screening residents for symptoms and are administering measles vaccines.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/health-wellness-science-news/two-more-measles-cases-confirmed-in-chicago-officials-announce/3379580/
— 10 races to watch in the 2024 Illinois primary election – James Neveau (COMMENT: How many votes will Trump and Haley get in your precinct? How many who are going to vote for Biden in November vote for Haley in March?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/10-races-to-watch-in-the-2024-illinois-primary-election/3379246/
— CDC sending team to assist with Chicago’s growing measles outbreak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cdc-sending-team-to-assist-with-chicagos-growing-measles-outbreak/3379946/
— Disturbing allegations made against Dolton mayor, elected village trustee. “The mayor said … if this information became public, she would be ruined. That all the work she’d done would be lost.” – Regina Waldroup
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/disturbing-allegations-made-against-dolton-mayor-elected-village-trustee/3379563/
— Illinois primary vote-by-mail application deadline approaches – James Neveau (COMMENT: For the November 5 election, anticipate/expect that overwhelmingly, mailed-in ballots will be counted as having votes for Democrat candidates.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/illinois-primary-vote-by-mail-application-deadline-approaches/3379503/
— NAACP urges student-athletes to reconsider Florida colleges after state eliminates DEI programs – AP (COMMENT: Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors’ replacing me with my Black CPA subordinate encourages Black CPAs to work for GAO.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/naacp-student-athletes-reconsider-florida-colleges-dei-cuts/3380084/

CBS2
— 4 cases of measles now confirmed at Chicago migrant shelter, including CPS student. – Tara Molina, Andrew Ramos
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/second-case-of-measles-at-pilsen-migrant-shelter/
— Fired suburban Chicago police chief files racial discrimination lawsuit – Megan Hickey, Todd Feurer, Marissa Perlman (COMMENT: If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my GAO superiors would not have forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/former-flossmoor-police-chief-jerel-jones-lawsuit-racial-discrimination/
— Some claim conflict of interest in Chicago Teachers Union student voting rally – Jermont Terry
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/some-claim-conflict-chicago-teachers-union-student-voting-rally/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-teachers-union-student-voting-rally-draws-controversy/
— Chicago organization gives out food boxes as Ramadan begins
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-organization-gives-out-food-boxes-as-ramadan-begins/

WGN9
— Ethics complaint filed by Illinois Policy Institute over Chicago Teacher’s Union Get Out the Vote event – Ben Bradley, Andrew Smith
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/ethics-complaint-filed-over-chicago-teachers-union-get-out-the-vote-event/

FOX32
— Activist group calls for property tax reparations for Black Chicagoans
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/property-tax-reparations-black-chicagoans
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ray asserted that Reconstruction, initiated by Republicans after the Civil War, was prematurely halted by Democrats and remains incomplete. The group is advocating for an ordinance aimed at rectifying tax inequity.)
— This is how much income you need to ‘live comfortably,’ data shows – Stephanie Weaver (COMMENT: Do you have enough income to live comfortably? My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $65,165/year because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Social Security is only $2,612/year because it is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I used my income to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. I paid into Social Security for 10 years 1964-1973 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped more gasoline.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/money-income-need-to-live-comfortably-us-data
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The study found that a person needs an average of $96,500 for sustainable comfort in a major U.S. city. It’s even more expensive for families, who need to make an average combined income of about $235,000 to support two adults and two children without the pressure of living paycheck to paycheck. The research also revealed that it takes the most money to live comfortably as a single person in New York City, requiring $66.62 in hourly wages, or an annual salary of $138,570. In six cities, a family must make over $300k to raise two kids comfortably. Two working adults need to make a particularly high combined income in San Francisco ($339,123); San Jose ($334,547); Boston ($319,738); Arlington, VA ($318,573); New York City ($318,406); and Oakland, CA ($316,243) to raise two children with enough money for needs, wants and savings.)
— CPS student among 4 measles cases confirmed at Chicago migrant shelter in Pilsen – Nate Rodgers, Kasey Chronis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrant-child-pilsen-shelter-measles
— Former Flossmoor police chief files civil rights lawsuit against village – Maggie Duly (COMMENT: If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my GAO superiors would not have forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/flossmoor-police-chief-jerel-jones-civil-rights-lawsuit

WTTW
— As Homicides Drop Nationwide, Chicago Lags Behind Other Major Cities. Why? – Andrea Guthmann (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run Chicago.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/03/11/homicides-drop-nationwide-chicago-lags-behind-other-major-cities-why
— Chicago Spent $524M on Overtime in 2023, Including $293M for Police, Setting New Records – Heather Cherone, Jared Rutecki
https://news.wttw.com/2024/03/12/chicago-spent-524m-overtime-2023-including-293m-police-setting-new-records

WBEZ
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly call for extending shelter stay limits, that is, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-migrants-face-growing-pressure-as-march-16-shelter-stay-limit-approaches/886985a1-8234-4b48-8e19-cbcb5745558d

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: 2 more cases of measles at migrant shelter on Lower West Side, bringing location’s total to 4. – ALICE YIN, SARAH MACARAEG, NELL SALZMAN, and CAROLINE KUBZANSKY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/11/mayor-brandon-johnson-attributes-recent-measles-cases-at-migrant-shelter-to-vaccine-hesitancy/
— Chicago getting $75 million for DNC security from federal budget deal – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/11/chicago-getting-75-million-for-dnc-security-from-federal-budget-deal/
— Ever-increasingly, if you want to advance in politics, government, or everything else, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more difficult/impossible it is to advance. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/12/illinois-supreme-court/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly run elections and blame Republicans for problems recruiting election judges.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/03/11/election-judges-workers-democracy-squirrels-daylight-saving-time-letters

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Meta threatens end of news service in Illinois as lawmakers consider journalism bill – Patrick M. Keck (COMMENT: I am a not-for-profit news aggregator. I should write a book about my direct competing critics/opponents who want to “make money” doing what I do. They are furious that I have the necessary time, money, motivation, ability, and experience needed to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning that are free of charge and contain no advertising or donation requests. They do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending the newsletters out and b) to stop everyone from reading them.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/03/11/illinois-bill-would-require-meta-google-to-share-ad-revenue/72869180007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/columns/2024/03/11/kruse-academic-freedom-diversity-initiatives-under-attack/72851455007/

SOUTHERN
— Biden ‘did not apologize’ for using term ‘an illegal’ during State of the Union, White House says – Michelle Stoddart
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/03/11/biden-did-not-apologize-for-using-term-an-illegal-during-state-of-the-union-white-house-says/

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Trump backers submit signatures to force recall election of Wisconsin GOP Assembly leader – AP (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents a) who want to manipulate/dominate me, b) who want me to glorify and praise them, c) who want me to pander to them, d) who want me to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who want me to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who want me to give them money.)
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/iowa-illinois-wisconsin/article_ac95a322-747d-5e38-8a4e-764271e2d992.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s team is slashing Republican National Committee staff amid takeover. – AP (COMMENT: When new chairmen took over the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2004 and 2010, they rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster. They blamed me for defeats that Republican candidates had suffered in Milton Township.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-team-is-slashing-republican-national-committee-staff-amid-takeover-ap-sources-say-2/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Students sharing marijuana-infused candy in US schools prompts heightened look at safety – KRISTINA WATROBSKI (COMMENT: When you were in school, how much pressure were you under to drink booze, smoke cigarettes, gamble, smoke pot, have sex, be a LGBTQers, etc.? I was under virtually no such pressure. I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/students-sharing-marijuana-infused-candy-in-us-schools-prompts-heightened-look-at-safety-cannabis-recreational-medical-drug-education-thc-ftc-crisis-in-the-classroom-natalie-rine-poison-center-pediatric-david-herzberg

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says he considers Facebook ‘an enemy of the people’ – Brett Samuels (COMMENT: What do you do? Does Facebook encourage you or discourage you from doing what you do?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-he-considers-facebook-an-enemy-of-the-people/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Where Democrats will stay: not at the Trump hotel – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/03/12/where-dem-delegates-will-stay-not-trump-hotel-00146453

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-250/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-51/
— Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone will be handing out welfare and/or collecting welfare.
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/11/socialhealth-safety-net-showing-clear-signs-of-distress/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Former Rep. Bailey: ‘If my daughter were murdered and someone apologized to her killer, I would punch them right in the mouth’
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/656400948-former-rep-bailey-if-my-daughter-were-murdered-and-someone-apologized-to-her-killer-i-would-punch-them-right-in-the-mouth

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Duckworth, Durbin vote to allow illegal aliens to be counted toward congressional representation
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/656400964-duckworth-durbin-vote-to-allow-illegal-aliens-to-be-counted-toward-congressional-representation
— Who made the biggest political contributions in Illinois during week ending Jan. 20?
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/656364607-who-made-the-biggest-political-contributions-in-illinois-during-week-ending-jan-20

WIREPOINTS
— Statement by Chicago Teachers Union in response to complaint that it encouraged students to skip school to vote for real estate transfer hike
https://wirepoints.org/statement-by-chicago-teachers-union-in-response-to-complaint-that-it-encouraged-students-to-skip-school-to-vote-for-real-estate-transfer-hike-chicago-teachers-union/
— Mock TX, TN, AL education all you want, but Illinois spends 60-80% more per student and gets similar results – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/mock-tx-tn-al-education-all-you-want-but-illinois-spends-60-80-more-per-student-and-gets-similar-results-wirepoints/

JEFF BERKOWITZ
— Reviving Biden’s failed Presidency with not so slick marketing?
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/2024-sotu-reviving-bidens-failed

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION TAKING STUDENTS OUT OF CLASS TO VOTE FOR JOHNSON’S REAL ESTATE TAX HIKE – Hilary Gowins
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-taking-students-out-of-class-to-vote-for-johnsons-real-estate-tax-hike/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Hit Piece by Publication Plagued by Layoffs Targets IL Trump Delegates, IR, as Biden Trails Trump in National Polls
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/03/hit-piece-by-publication-plagued-by-layoffs-targets-il-trump-delegates-ir-as-biden-trails-trump-in-national-polls.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Call them by their name: Illegal aliens are illegal aliens. Biden again puts American citizens last. – Deroy Murdock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/11/call-them-by-their-name-illegal-aliens-are-illegal/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Protesters rail against Chicago’s 60-day immigrant eviction policy – Luke Gentile (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will continue to bring in more and more and more illegals and force you to provide them with housing, food, clothing, medical care, transportation, education, etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2913299/protesters-rail-against-chicagos-60-day-immigrant-eviction-policy/
— Immigrant crime is a policy choice, not a policy failure – Conn Carroll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2914477/immigrant-crime-is-a-policy-choice-not-a-policy-failure/

NEW YORK POST
— Laken Riley’s life was worth no less than George Floyd’s – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/opinion/laken-rileys-life-was-worth-no-less-than-george-floyds/
— Private K-12 programs ditch classics for race-obsessed classes, woke activism – Andrew Gutmann
https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/opinion/private-k-12-programs-ditch-classics-for-race-obsessed-classes-woke-activism/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illegal Aliens Buying Fake Green Cards and Social Security Cards from New York Gangs – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/03/11/illegal-aliens-buying-fake-green-cards-and-social-security-cards-from-new-york-gangs/

AMERICAN THINKER
— California lawmaker introduces bill offering free legal aid to fight deportation for illegals convicted of violent felonies – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/california_lawmaker_introduces_bill_offering_free_legal_aid_to_fight_deportation_to_illegals_convicted_of_violent_felonies.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Black New Yorkers squabble over who should get a piece of the reparations pie – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/11/black-new-yorkers-squabble-over-who-should-get-a-piece-of-the-reparations-pie-1444228/
— California Democrat seeks to provide ‘free’ legal assistance to violent felons in US illegally – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/11/californias-most-insane-bill-dem-seeks-to-provide-free-legal-assistance-to-violent-felons-in-us-illegally-1444318/

BLAZE
— Jobs programs for illegal aliens create more problems, not a solution – DALE L. WILCOX (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Anticipate/expect that employers will ever-increasingly replace their employees who are citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/jobs-programs-for-illegal-aliens-create-more-problems-not-a-solution
— California bill would use taxpayer funds to protect violent illegal aliens from deportation – JOSEPH MACKINNON
https://www.theblaze.com/news/california-bill-would-use-taxpayer-funds-to-protect-violent-illegal-aliens-from-deportation

BREITBART
— Pritzker to Abortionists: ‘Your Sacrifices and Your Work Make Me Proud’ – KATHERINE HAMILTON (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to be Democrat or a RINO is to be an abortion promoter.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/11/j-b-pritzker-abortionists-your-sacrifices-your-work-make-me-proud/
— Biden Wants $13 Billion from Congress for Migrants and Sanctuary Cities – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/03/12/biden-wants-13-billion-from-congress-for-migrants-and-sanctuary-cities/

DAILY WIRE
— The Latest Attack On Christians: Christian Nationalism. Suddenly, Christianity is being smeared, libeled, and attacked. It is being presented in the same vein as white supremacy. – Candace Owens (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will employers officially stop hiring those who are the following and get rid of their employees who are the following: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Christian, Italian American, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, citizens of America, etc.?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-latest-attack-on-christians-christian-nationalism
— Democrats showed their true intentions late last week by voting against his amendment that would ban illegal aliens from being included in the U.S. Census for the purposes of being counted toward the apportionment of U.S. House seats and Electoral College votes. – Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-says-democrats-use-illegals-to-give-their-voters-disproportionately-more-power-than-gop-voters

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Cowering to His Base’: GOP Slams Biden for Saying He Shouldn’t Have Called Laken Riley Murder Suspect ‘Illegal’ – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/11/cowering-his-base-gop-blasts-biden-after-president-says-he-should-not-called-laken-riley-murder-suspect-illegal/

DAILY WIRE
— CVS Leadership Training Requires Participants To Confess Privilege, Make Allyship Pledges. Participants were asked to audit their own biases and pledge to become allies in service of the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda. – Spencer Lindquist (COMMENT: Constructively, my Democrat superiors in the federal government required such pledges from all of their employees. Constructively, my RINO leaders have required such pledges from all their underlings. I have always refused to make such pledges. Because of that, my Democrat superiors and my RINO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-cvs-leadership-training-requires-participants-to-confess-privilege-make-allyship-pledges
— Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) Says Democrats Use Illegals To Give Their Voters ‘Disproportionately More Power’ Than GOP Voters
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-says-democrats-use-illegals-to-give-their-voters-disproportionately-more-power-than-gop-voters

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Confirms He Met With Elon Musk: ‘I’ve Liked Him’ Former President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he met with Elon Musk in recent days. – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-confirms-he-met-with-elon-musk-ive-liked-him-5605041

FOX BUSINESS
— Elon Musk says Democrats allow illegal immigration to build political power. Elon Musk said that the counting illegal immigrants in the Census expands Democrats’ power in the apportionment process. – Eric Revell
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/elon-musk-says-democrats-allow-illegal-immigration-build-political-power

FOX NEWS
— Biden knows that the term ‘illegal’ was accurate. Ingraham says Democrats don’t like ‘clear language’ because it ‘mucks up their plans.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-biden-knows-term-illegal-accurate

LIFE NEWS
— Even Liberal Lawyers Slam New Alabama IVF Law Allowing Destruction of Human Beings – Joshua Mercer
https://www.lifenews.com/2024/03/12/even-liberal-lawyers-slam-new-alabama-ivf-law-allowing-destruction-of-human-beings/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— RNC Fires Dozens of Staffers After Leadership Shakeup – AUDREY FAHLBERG (COMMENT: When new chairmen took over the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2004 and 2010, they rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster. They blamed me for defeats that Republican candidates had suffered in Milton Township.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/rnc-fires-dozens-of-staffers-after-leadership-shakeup/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Victor Davis Hanson: Of The 9% Of White Males At Stanford, Most Are All Children Of Donors Or Academics – Ian Schwartz (COMMENT: Of the students in the schools that you graduated from, how few of them are White males? Are any of them conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time? I graduated from IIT in 1997, DePaul in 1980, Loyola in 1976, and NIU in 1970.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/03/11/victor_davis_hanson_of_the_9_of_white_males_at_stanford_most_are_all_children_of_donors_or_academics.html

ZERO HEDGE
— California Democrat Wants Taxpayer-Funded Lawyers For Illegals Convicted Of ‘Serious And Violent Crimes’ – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/california-democrat-wants-taxpayer-funded-lawyers-illegals-convicted-serious-and-violent

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— RNC Has Become ‘Trump’s Toilet,’ Kinzinger Complains
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-republican-national-committee-toilet-adam-kinzinger-lara-trump-1878238

CNN & NPR & NEW YORK TIMES & NBC NEWS & MSN & NEWSWEEK
— When you were in school, how strongly did your teachers promote sexual activity and LGBTQ?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/us/florida-lgbtq-bill-schools-lawsuit-settlement/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/11/1237730819/florida-dont-say-gay-law-settlement-lgbtq
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/florida-dont-say-gay-law-settlement.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/support-sex-marriage-lgbtq-protections-dipped-2023-survey-shows-rcna142751
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/settlement-allows-florida-teachers-to-say-gay-in-classroom/ar-BB1jJ6km
https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-celebrates-dont-say-gay-law-settlement-1878145

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making women abortion promoters.
https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/4518721-abortion-has-democrats-fired-up-for-2024/

MSN
— Immigration the key issue as Trump trounces Nikki Haley but critics claim former South Carolina governor did well by getting 40 percent in her home state. – Dominic Yeatman
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/trump-s-south-carolina-numbers-are-disastrous-as-40-of-republicans-vote-against-the-ex-president-women-minorities-and-graduates-remain-opposed/ar-BB1iSj2W

CBS NEWS & NBC NEWS & USA TODAY & WASHINGTON POST
— NAACP urges Black student-athletes to reconsider Florida colleges after state slashed DEI programs (COMMENT: Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors’ replacing me with my Black CPA subordinate encourages Black CPAs to work for GAO.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/naacp-urges-student-athletes-to-reconsider-florida-colleges-after-state-eliminates-dei-programs-2/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/naacp-boycott-florida-colleges-black-athletes-dei-policy-rcna142549
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/03/11/naacp-black-student-athletes-florida-diversity-equity-inclusion-programs/72938921007/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03/11/florida-gators-dei-ron-desantis/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making women abortion promoters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/politics/abortion-trump-tiktok.html
— America would never have become the leader of the free world if America had been multilingual.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/opinion/language-diversity-america.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Virginia bans legacy admissions. Maryland and Congress should follow. – Editorial (COMMENT: Neither of my parents attended college. What if Affirmative Action had only been for those whose parents did not have college degrees?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/12/virginia-college-legacy-admissions-youngkin/

USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Haley voters. In your precinct, municipality, township, and county, what percent of those who vote for Haley in March will vote for Biden in November?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/10/donald-trump-nikki-haley-voters-protest-2024-election/72868201007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All are longtime Republicans who backed Nikki Haley in her presidential bid. All held leadership positions in her campaign. And all three are deeply skeptical of Donald Trump, or outright opposed to him. MacGovern won’t vote for Trump. Giles doesn’t see herself supporting Trump this time after casting ballots for him twice. While Moore – also a two-time Trump voter – said she is leaning against backing him again, calling him a “self-serving narcissistic and a bully and he is not the role model I want for my children and grandchildren.” Now that Haley has exited the GOP presidential primary on the heels of big losses on Super Tuesday, attention is turning to Trump’s general election campaign and whether he can unite the GOP behind him to take on President Joe Biden. Haley demonstrated in state after state that a significant minority of primary voters wanted a candidate other than Trump, and the question is whether they will accept the polarizing former president as their nominee. The answer for some is an emphatic no. “I could never vote for Donald Trump,” MacGovern said.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Most Confusing, Chaotic College Admissions Season in Years. Changes in the federal financial-aid application, testing requirements and affirmative action plunge applicants and schools into uncertainty; ‘a hot mess’ – Oyin Adedoyin and Melissa Korn (COMMENT: UIC admitted me in 1966 because I graduated in the upper 20% of my class and had an ACT score of 24.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-admissions-chaos-federal-financial-aid-fd72fe36

MEDIFAST
— Health is Top Priority for Majority of U.S. Adults (COMMENT: What are your top priorities in life? My top priorities in life include promoting conservative principles. What do you do to achieve your top priorities in life? I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning. I serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, I served as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks until my critic/opponents ended that in 2021, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman until they ended that in 2012, c) a Wheaton Chamber Of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member until they ended that in 2011, d) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster until they ended that in 2010 and 2004, e) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer until they ended that in 2007, and f) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member until they ended that in 2004.)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-is-top-priority-for-majority-of-us-adults-despite-continuous-cycle-of-failed-diets-301571459.html

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Republican lawmakers in Arizona have proposed creating a “grade challenge department,” to which public university students could complain that their professors gave them low grades because of political bias. – Ryan Quinn (COMMENT: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take graduate evening courses in business, accounting, and/or law. One reason why I chose business and accounting was that I am a conservative Republican and law professors in Chicago are overwhelmingly liberal Democrats.).
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/03/12/low-grade-az-bill-would-let-students-allege

THE LIST
— Lara Trump Has Made Her Feelings About Nikki Haley Crystal Clear – EMILY HUTCHINSON (COMMENT: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes treat me like I ran against them in primary elections and that caused them to lose in general elections.)
https://www.thelist.com/1536892/lara-trump-made-feelings-about-nikki-haley-clear/

DAILY BEAST
— Trump’s Doing Nothing to Win Over Anti-Trump GOP Voters – Matt Lewis (COMMENT: What do “anti-Trump GOP voters” want Trump to say/do to win them over? How could/would Trump respond to their demands?)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-doing-nothing-to-win-over-anti-trump-gop-voters

DAILY MAIL
— FBI Director Wray says he IS concerned border crossers could launch another 9/11 terror attack in the U.S. and warns human trafficking cells have ties to ISIS. The intelligence chief’s disclosure came during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the greatest worldwide threats facing the U.S. today. Wray replied ‘I do’ when asked by Sen. Cornyn about whether he is concerned if potential terrorists coming across the southern border could do harm. According to the latest annual report put out Monday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the U.S. is ‘facing a fragile world order’ – KELLY LACO
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13184623/fbi-director-wray-border-crossers-terror-attack-isis.html

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.