March 2, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hostile staff, bad food, filth — that’s life in city’s shelters, migrants say. The 248 grievances obtained through a public records act request include many complaints about hostile treatment by the staff of the Kansas-based company the city hired to run the shelters. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/02/29/chicago-migrants-grievances-focus-mostly-on-treatment-by-shelter-staff
— It shouldn’t be so hard to become an educated voter. What’s really needed is to shore up local news. Voters say they don’t have access to clear, unbiased information on candidates amid a well-documented decline of local newspapers and news media. – Editorial (COMMENT: My having served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, etc., have provided me with lots of information on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/03/01/election-2024-voting-polls-candidate-info-decline-news-media-democracy-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: State and federal agencies deny role in diaper shortage at Chicago’s migrant shelters – LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/02/state-and-federal-agencies-deny-role-in-diaper-shortage-at-chicagos-migrant-shelters/
— Walgreens and CVS plan to start dispensing abortion pill mifepristone soon – AP (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more abortion.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/01/cvs-and-walgreens-plan-to-start-dispensing-abortion-pill-mifepristone-soon/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/01/revitalizing-cannabis-retail-how-nuera-is-leading-the-charge-in-illinois/
— How would social media regulation affect Illinois?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/02/how-would-illinois-fare-if-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-gop-states-efforts-to-regulate-social-media-platforms/

NBC5
— Biden approves military airdrops of aid into Gaza after chaotic encounter left more than 100 dead. The president announced the move after at least 115 Palestinians were killed Thursday when witnesses said nearby Israeli troops opened fire as huge crowds raced to pull goods off an aid convoy. – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/biden-approve-air-drops-aid-into-gaza/3370974/
— For lesbian couples in Alabama, court’s embryo ruling is chilling. “You can prepare for all the money for IVF; you cannot prepare for ‘Oh, my gosh, I need to get my embryos out of Alabama immediately,’” one prospective parent told NBC News. – Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Alexandra Chaidez and Madison Hahamy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/alabama-lesbian-couples-ivf-embryo-ruling-chilling/3371143/

CBS2
— Alabama legislature approves bills to protect IVF after state Supreme Court ruling – Melissa Quinn
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/alabama-ivf-bill-house-to-protect-ivf/

WGN9
— State Rep. Margaret Croke is introducing a bill to expand the number of rounds of IVF protected under insurance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvfgJ90Le7k

WGN RADIO
— Pastor Brooks on how D.E.I. policies are hurting his community – Jeff Carlin
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-pastor-brooks-on-how-d-e-i-policies-are-hurting-his-community/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Walgreens to begin selling abortion pill this month – Katherine Davis (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more abortion.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/walgreens-cvs-will-begin-selling-abortion-pill
— A local medical association is the latest battleground in the fight over diversity programs – Kelsey Butler and Fiona Rutherford (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use diversity to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/american-academy-dermatology-rosemont-dei-battleground#/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker doesn’t call out critics, just calls them names – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzker-doesnt-call-out-critics-just-calls-them-names/article_7b1ab010-598d-5e3d-8ec3-c49ce2596c5e.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— More new studies show Illinois’ ‘equity’ obsession failing its own purpose – Mark Glennon
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/mark-glennon-more-new-studies-show-illinois-equity-obsession-failing-its-own-purpose/article_5d363302-d7ce-11ee-ab84-2fb8c788aa33.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Illinois GOP legislators react to judge ordering Trump’s removal from ballot – Catrina Petersen
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/illinois-gop-legislators-react-to-judge-ordering-trumps-removal-from-ballot/article_3ede3840-d7f7-11ee-86c3-0b5ceb7fd983.html

STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-redirecting-30m-of-marijuana-taxes-to-minority-communities/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republicans question affordability of Governor’s budget, call for tax reforms. – Marlena Lang
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-republicans-question-affordability-of-governors-budget-call-for-tax-reforms

WAND TV
— Pritzker, Democratic lawmakers stress IVF treatment protected in Illinois – Mike Miletich (COMMENT: To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a disgusting rich selfish DINK (dual income, no kids) who did not want children, my Democrat GAO superiors stressed that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents. Further, they strongly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if we had married earlier and had children like they did, I would not have been able to earn a) three job related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, or c) a job-related professional license. Further, they strongly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have sued them.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/pritzker-democratic-lawmakers-stress-ivf-treatment-protected-in-illinois/article_9c8d8fee-d816-11ee-856f-8f3d74fac5a0.html
https://www.wandtv.com/pritzker-democratic-lawmakers-stress-ivf-treatment-protected-in-illinois/video_d169a15c-47c6-5146-93d6-e7b7e2a58818.html

WGEM
— Poor People’s Campaign to march in Springfield, other state capitals Saturday – Max Cotton (COMMENT: My parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and teachers promoted personal responsibility. What did you do to avoid being poor? I a) took college preparatory courses in high school, b) got an ACT score of 24, c) graduated in the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class, d) worked my way through college, and e) earned a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents are/were rich. Who bought them cars. Who paid for their college expenses. Who got them good jobs.)
https://www.wgem.com/2024/03/01/poor-peoples-campaign-march-springfield-other-state-capitals-saturday/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/bill-would-allow-lawsuits-over-unintended-pregnancies-create-public-abortion-fund

CBS MILWAUKEE
— Illinois among first states where women can pick up prescription abortion pill – Michele Fiore
https://www.cbs58.com/news/Illinois-among-first-states-where-women-can-pick-up-abortion-pill

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Blacks to be pot pushers.
https://chicagodefender.com/loan-applications-open-for-licensed-social-equity-cannabis-dispensaries/

AURORA PATCH
— Democrats push pot in Aurora.
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/new-cannabis-dispensary-opens-aurora
— Plan For 4th Of July Fireworks In Aurora Announced – Emily Rosca (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect since 2000.)
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/plan-4th-july-fireworks-aurora-announced

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/03/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-45/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— South Carolina senator Tim Scott would be ideal running mate for Donald Trump – Don Feder
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/south-carolina-senator-tim-scott-would-be-ideal-ru/
— Trump ponders 15 or 16 weeks as abortion limit – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/trump-ponders-15-or-16-weeks-abortion-limit/
— Congresswoman announces bill to declare border ‘invasion’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/congresswoman-announces-bill-to-declare-border-inv/
— Nikki Haley says she’s not ‘anti-Trump,’ she’s just pro-America – Mallory Wilson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/nikki-haley-says-shes-not-anti-trump-shes-just-pro/
— House Majority Whip Emmer calls border ‘Joe Biden’s crime scene’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/tom-emmer-calls-border-joe-bidens-crime-scene/
— Lisa Murkowski first senator to endorse Nikki Haley’s presidential bid – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/1/lisa-murkowski-is-first-senator-to-endorse-nikki-h/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 13 states move forward with legislation that would determine embryos are people – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/2899823/states-moving-forward-legislation-embryos-people/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 83)
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-joe-bidens-senior-moment-of-the-week-vol-83/

NEW YORK POST
— Greg Abbott downplays Trump running mate interest: ‘I’m staying in Texas’ – Victor Nava
https://nypost.com/2024/03/01/us-news/gov-greg-abbott-downplays-trump-vp-interest-im-staying-in-texas/
— Biden twice refers to Gaza as ‘Ukraine’ when announcing US aid as concerns over president’s mental acuity mount – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2024/03/01/us-news/biden-twice-refers-to-gaza-as-ukraine-when-announcing-us-aid-drops/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— Rise of illegals carries a hefty price tag in more ways than one – Parrish Alford
https://afn.net/education/2024/03/01/rise-of-illegals-carries-a-hefty-price-tag-in-more-ways-than-one/
— Volkswagen Promotes the LGBTQ Lifestyle
https://www.afa.net/the-stand/culture/2024/03/volkswagen-promotes-the-lgbtq-lifestyle/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Orwell spins in his grave as Biden regime redefines illegal aliens as ‘newcomers’ – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County continue to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being a newcomer. They stress that I have lived in Wheaton for only 46 years, that is, only since 1978 when I was 29 years old, and that unlike them, I never attended schools in DuPage County and I never was a member of a church in DuPage County.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/01/orwell-spins-in-his-grave-as-biden-regime-redefines-illegal-aliens-as-newcomers-1441544/

BREITBART
— American Psychological Association Policy Promotes K-12 Transgenderism – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/01/american-psychological-association-policy-promotes-k-12-transgenderism/
— Elon Musk ‘Ringing Alarm Bells’ over Biden Border Crisis ‘Crushing Country’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/03/01/elon-musk-ringing-alarm-bells-over-biden-border-crisis-crushing-country/

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— Catholic bishops object to Senate IVF bill, warn against deaths of preborn children – Tyler Arnold
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256977/catholic-bishops-object-to-senate-ivf-bill-warn-against-deaths-of-preborn-children

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Georgia Murder Case Highlights Problems with ‘Alternatives to Detention’ – Jon Feere
https://cis.org/Feere/Georgia-Murder-Case-Highlights-Problems-Alternatives-Detention

DAILY SIGNAL
— Fact-Checking 4 Big Claims Biden Made at the Border in Texas – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/29/fact-checking-4-biden-border-claims/
— Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Slams ADL Attack on CPAC Based on Contested ‘Neo-Nazi’ Claims – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/01/slanderous-orthodox-jewish-rabbi-slams-adl-attack-cpac-contested-neo-nazi-claims/
— American Paralysis and Decline – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/01/american-paralysis-and-decline/

DAILY WIRE
— Pope Francis Torches Leftist Gender Ideology: ‘The Ugliest Danger’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pope-francis-torches-leftist-gender-ideology-the-ugliest-danger
— More DEI/Medical School Garbage. This Time It’s UCLA. – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-dei-medical-school-garbage-this-time-its-ucla

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
— The Truth Behind the Alabama IVF Decision – Joel Vaughan (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/the-truth-behind-the-alabama-ivf-decision/

FOX BUSINESS
— Joe Biden is a hopeless open border man. Biden wants to call illegal aliens “newcomers.” – Larry Kudlow
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/larry-kudlow-joe-biden-hopeless-open-border-man
— Google’s ‘echo chamber’ workplace clouding its impartiality: former employee. The former Google employee said he was fired for being outspoken on politics and his conservative views. – James DeRosa Jr.(COMMENT: Notwithstanding my bad demographics, if I had promoted the Democrat Party platform, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/google-echo-chamber-workplace-clouding-impartiality-former-employee

FOX NEWS
— Chicago activist decries handouts to ‘newcomers’ illegal migrants. Chicago community organizer Jessica Jackson blasts the ‘millions of dollars’ directed to illegal migrants amid the worsening border crisis on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6348046274112
— Biden’s reversal of Trump policies created border crisis, expert says: ‘intentionally unsecured it’ Polls show voters give President Biden low marks on immigration policy. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/us/bidens-reversal-trump-policies-created-border-crisis-expert-says-intentionally-unsecured

GOPUSA
— Trump Calls Border Crisis ‘Biden Invasion’
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-calls-border-crisis-biden-invasion/
— Trump’s Fainthearted SCOTUS Picks Could Doom Him In DC Election Case
https://www.gopusa.com/trumps-fainthearted-scotus-picks-could-doom-him-in-dc-election-case/

HOT AIR
— NY Governor to Prioritize Illegal Migrants for State Jobs
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/03/01/ny-governor-to-prioritize-illegal-migrants-for-state-jobs-n3783858#google_vignette

NEW AMERICAN
— Arizona Advances Bill to Allow Property Owners to Use Deadly Force on Trespassing Illegal Immigrants – James Murphy
https://thenewamerican.com/us/arizona-advances-bill-to-allow-property-owners-to-use-deadly-force-on-trespassing-illegal-immigrants/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Open Borders Media Turn Riley’s Murder into ‘Republicans Pounce’ Story – Bill D’Agostino
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2024/03/01/open-borders-media-turn-rileys-murder-republicans-pounce-story

NEWSMAX
— Elon Musk ‘Ringing Alarm Bell’ on Illegal Immigrants – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/elon-musk-illegal-immigration-san-diego/2024/03/01/id/1155638/
— Va. Bill Would Allow Noncitizens to Serve in Law Enforcement – Nicole Wells
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/virginia-law-enforcement-daca/2024/03/01/id/1155582/

PJ MEDIA
— LGBTQ Group Promotes Event With 6-Year-Old Drag Queen – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/03/01/lgbtq-group-promotes-event-with-6-yr-old-drag-queen-n4926929

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Public Schools Will Be Even More Dangerous Without School Resource Officers – Chris Talgo
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2024/03/02/chicago-public-schools-will-be-even-more-dangerous-without-school-resource-officers-n2635982
— The White House Tries Out a New Term for Illegal Aliens – Spencer Brown (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County continue to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being a newcomer. They stress that I have lived in Wheaton for only 46 years, that is, only since 1978 when I was 29 years old, and that unlike them, I never attended any schools in DuPage County, I have never raised children in DuPage County, and I never was a member of a church in DuPage County.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/03/01/the-white-house-tries-out-a-new-term-for-illegal-aliens-and-hoo-boy-n2635922
— Schools in This Blue City Are Struggling to Accommodate Illegal Immigrants – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2024/03/01/denver-schools-immigrants-n2635934
— Biden’s Open Border Nightmare
https://townhall.com/podcasts/townhallreview/2024/03/01/biden%E2%80%99s-open-border-nightmare

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that all the problems that Blacks have are caused by Republicans, and especially by Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4501137-disparities-persist-60-years-after-passage-of-civil-rights-act-report-finds/
— House Oversight Democrats call for investigation into Tuberville’s military holds – REBECCA BEITSCH (COMMENT: An IRS manager promoted me to GS-12 in 1974 when I was 25, but my Democrat IRS superiors soon got rid of him and blocked my promotion to GS-13. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5. A GAO manager promoted me to GS-13 1986 but my Democrat GAO superiors soon got rid of him and blocked my promotion to GS-14.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4444473-tuberville-military-hold-house-oversight-democrats-investigation/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Michigan GOP expected to unite behind Trump despite internal strife at nominating convention – JOEY CAPPELLETTI (COMMENT: Will the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) unite behind Trump? Will the IRP invite Trump to speak at the IRP State Convention? Who are the candidates running to serve as IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman? Do they back Trump or Haley? Who do each of the IRP State Central Committee members back, Trump or Haley? What are their weighted votes?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michigan-gop-expected-to-unite-behind-trump-despite-internal-strife-at-nominating-convention/ar-BB1jcBjZ
— Jill Biden casts Donald Trump as a threat to women as she opens a tour of battleground states – BILL BARROW (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always cast me as being a threat to minorities, women, and younger people because I have always supported the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, because I oppose patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://apnews.com/article/biden-women-voters-2024-election-kamala-trump-f631c7ea6f14baaee8a30470f033a94b

REUTERS
— Amid infighting, Michigan Republicans set to deliver Trump another win – Nathan Layne
https://srnnews.com/amid-infighting-michigan-republicans-set-to-deliver-trump-another-win/

EMEA TRIBUNE
— Michigan Republicans prepare for fraught delegate convention
https://emeatribune.com/michigan-republicans-prepare-for-fraught-delegate-convention/

CNBC
— NYC Eric Adams on migrant crisis: Most important thing we can do right now is allow them to work. (COMMENT: If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got. 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, f) worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, g) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumped gasoline 1971-1972, i) collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lDFG1LhDYw

MSN
— Maine residents in uproar over $13million ‘Taj Mahal’ migrant housing complex where asylum seekers can stay RENT FREE in luxury apartments for two years – Bethany Saxton
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/maine-residents-in-uproar-over-13million-taj-mahal-migrant-housing-complex-where-asylum-seekers-can-stay-rent-free-in-luxury-apartments-for-two-years/ar-BB1jbnCr

YAHOO
— Duckworth’s doctor told her she was too old to have a baby. Now the mom of 2 is fighting to protect IVF access for others. – Maressa Brown (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat GAO superiors used my wife and I not trying IVF to have children to promote more hatred against me.)
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sen-tammy-duckworths-doctor-told-her-she-was-too-old-to-have-a-baby-now-the-mom-of-2-is-fighting-to-protect-ivf-access-for-others-193920712.html

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that all the problems that Blacks have are caused by Republicans, and especially by Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/black-americans-significant-economic-civil-rights-progress-threatened-107717198

CBS NEWS
— New law could end shelter stay limits for migrants in New York City – Jennifer Bisram
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-migrant-shelters-stay-limits-could-end-under-new-law/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Big Change Between the 2020 and 2024 Races: Biden Is Unpopular. Donald Trump has the largest national lead in an NYT poll since first running for president in 2015. – Nate Cohn
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/upshot/poll-biden-trump-2024.html
— Voters Doubt Biden’s Leadership and Favor Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/us/politics/biden-trump-times-siena-poll.html
— Haley appears to want to have it both ways in the Republican primary: She’s running as the voice of Republicans looking for an alternative to Trump — but she doesn’t want to be labeled an anti-Trump Republican. – Jazmine Ulloa
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/01/us/trump-haley-biden-election
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/upshot/pregnancy-birth-timing-preference.html
— Biden Says U.S. Will Airdrop Aid Into Gaza
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/01/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news
— Report Helps Answer the Question: Is a College Degree Worth the Cost? The analysis found that former students at most colleges had an annual income higher than high school graduates a decade after enrollment. – Ann Carrns (COMMENT: How much were you earning 10 years after you graduated from high school? I graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. 10 years later, in 1976, I was earning $103,549/year in today’s dollars. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I owned a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago, a town home in University Park, a 1972 Corvette, and a 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air. That put me ahead of my high school classmates who had not earned any college degrees. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I never would have been able to do the aforesaid if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/your-money/college-degree-graduate-income.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Law Gives Presidents Vast Powers To Protect the Border, and Trump Would Use Them. From Eagle Pass, Texas, Trump makes clear that he would use the powers that Congress and the Constitution give our president. – LAWRENCE KUDLOW
https://www.nysun.com/article/beyond-the-hoopla-the-law-gives-presidents-vast-powers-to-protect-the-border-and-trump-would-use-them

USA TODAY
— ‘No minimum age to start’: Illinois teen says investing young allowed her to buy Tesla. – Emilee Coblentz (COMMENT: Sophia Castiblanco certainly puts me to shame. I worked 18 months part-time washing dishes for the minimum wage during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time during the summer of 1965 to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/03/01/young-investor-sophia-castiblanco/72760552007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Almost Everything Is Going Trump’s Way—Except Financially. Presidential candidate scores political and legal wins but faces cash crunch. – Alex Leary (COMMENT: What cash crunches have you faced? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my income dropped by $84,910/year (57%) in today’s dollars because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their retirement “offer.” In 1980, when I was 31 years old, my income dropped by $22,996/year (21%) in today’s dollars because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/almost-everything-is-going-trumps-wayexcept-financially-3dcba082
— FRONT PAGE: Mitch McConnell Couldn’t Fend Off Trump’s Populist Takeover. Senate leader who stymied Democrats was ultimately a casualty of GOP’s antiestablishment turn. – Molly Ball
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/mitch-mcconnell-couldnt-fend-off-trumps-populist-takeover-4b8d2ecb

FORBES
— All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government (GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969), they gave preference big time to their employees who were Democrat, and especially to those who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomaspremuzic/2024/03/01/would-gender-diversity-improve-if-we-selected-leaders-on-skills/
— Does Donald Trump Really Have $400 Million in Cash?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2024/03/02/heres-how-much-cash-donald-trump-has/

NPR
— Some politicians who supported legalizing marijuana now want to curb ‘potent pot’ – Martin Kaste
https://www.tspr.org/2024-03-01/some-politicians-who-supported-legalizing-marijuana-now-want-to-curb-potent-pot

PEW RESEARCH
— Who Are You? The Art and Science of Measuring Identity – SCOTT KEETER, ANNA BROWN AND DANA POPKY (COMMEMT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who use their targets’ demographics against their targets the most. I would focus on those who target those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who target those who share their own demographics to curry favor with those who do not share their demographics.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/2024/02/12/who-are-you-the-art-and-science-of-measuring-identity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our main religion question asks respondents to choose from 11 groups that encompass 97% of the U.S. public: eight religious groups and three categories of people who don’t affiliate with a religion. Other, less common faiths are measured by respondents writing in their answer. Our questions have evolved in response to a rise in the share of Americans who do not identify with any religion and to the growing diversity in the country’s population. (Chapter 1) Measuring income is challenging because it is both sensitive and sometimes difficult for respondents to estimate. We ask for a person’s “total family income” the previous calendar year from all sources before taxes, in part because that may correspond roughly to what a family computed for filing income taxes. To reduce the burden, we present ranges (e.g., “$30,000 to less than $40,000”) rather than asking for a specific number. (Chapter 2) We ask about political party affiliation using a two-part question. People who initially identify as an independent or “something else” (instead of as a Republican or Democrat) and those who refuse to answer receive a follow-up question asking whether they lean more to the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. In many of their attitudes and behaviors, those who only lean to a party greatly resemble those who identify with it. (Chapter 3) Our gender question tries to use terminology that is easily understood. It asks, “Do you describe yourself as a man, a woman or in some other way?” Amid national conversation on the subjects, gender and sexual orientation are topics on the cutting edge of survey measurement. (Chapter 4) In part because we use U.S. Census Bureau estimates to statistically adjust our data, we ask about race and Hispanic ethnicity separately, just as the census does. People can select all races that apply to them. In the future, the census may combine race and ethnicity into one question. (Chapter 5) A person’s age tells us both where they fall in the life span, indicating what social roles and responsibilities they may have, and what era or generation they belong to, which may tell us what events in history had an effect on their political or social thinking. We typically ask people to report just the year of their birth, which is less intrusive than their exact date of birth. (Chapter 6)

MS. MAGAZINE & NPR & WASHINGTON POST & VOA & NBC NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES & NEW YORKER
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://msmagazine.com/2022/10/21/men-responsible-unwanted-pregnancies-gabrielle-blair/
https://msmagazine.com/2022/05/26/impregnators-pa-bill-hold-fathers-liable-unwanted-pregnancies-wrongful-conception-abortion/
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130113865/book-by-mom-of-six-puts-onus-on-men-to-stop-unwanted-pregnancies
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1111344810/abortion-ban-states-social-safety-net-health-outcomes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/10/19/ejaculate-responsibly-book/
https://www.voanews.com/a/male-birth-control-shots-could-lower-unwanted-pregnancies-worldwide/3568828.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12636318
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/opinion/abortion-laws-men.html
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/planned-parenthood-means-fewer-abortions

MEDIAITE
— Haley Bashes Trump and Other Male Politicians for ‘Demonizing’ Issue of Abortion: ‘The Fellas Just Don’t Know How to Talk About This – Sarah Rumpf (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.mediaite.com/election-2024/haley-bashes-trump-and-other-male-politicians-for-demonizing-issue-of-abortion-the-fellas-just-dont-know-how-to-talk-about-this/

GUARDIAN
— Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/sep/28/why-do-politicians-still-force-women-through-unwanted-pregnancies-dame-billie-miller-barbados

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.