FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza – JOSH BOAK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/12/blinken-delivers-criticism-of-israel/
— The IRS gets back on its feet. Time to crack down on wealthy cheaters. – Editorial (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/13/editorial-irs-funding-audits-wealthy-cheaters/
ABC7
— Protesters deny DePaul University’s request to vacate encampment as negotiations ‘are at an impasse’ Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have remained on Lincoln Park campus quad since April 30. – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pro-palestinian-protesters-deny-depaul-universitys-request-to-vacate-encampment-ahead-of-2-week-mark-negotiations-at-impasse/14804610/
NBC5
— Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza – AP
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/blinken-criticism-israel-war-gaza/3434921/
CBS2
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transborder-students-us-mexico-graduate/
WGN9
— Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase in Chicago. Soon, everyone in Chicago will be handing out welfare and/or collecting welfare.
https://wgntv.com/news/features/share-our-spare-helping-chicago-families-as-need-grows/
FOX32
— Protesters gather to honor Palestinian mothers in Chicago on Mother’s Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDuSA-S6zlg
WGN RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/steve-dales-other-world/chicagos-gay-mens-chorus-is-celebrating-40-years/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hitting their pocketbooks: How Illinois backs Israel, hinders its opponents – Patrick M. Keck
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/05/13/illinois-ups-investment-in-israel-as-student-groups-continue-protests/71228972007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Trump may face $100M+ tax bill if he loses IRS audit fight over Chicago tower – AP (COMMENT: Democrat leaders use IRS to get rid of Republicans. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions in 1978 when I was a GS-12 Step 4 (currently $106,785/year) IRS Collection Division Special Procedures Staff Advisor. They stressed their disallowance to all my IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, subordinates and to everyone else. They disallowed the graduate evening business and accounting courses that I had taken at Loyola and DePaul 1972-1978. Even though my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take those courses and I had stated that in my Loyola and DePaul applications, they outrageously and unethically argued that the courses were not related to my job duties, that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that they qualified me for a new trade or business, and that I took them to get a job in the private sector. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They would not have done that if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/report-trump-may-face-100m-tax-bill-if-he-loses-irs-audit-fight-over-chicago/article_4701545e-0fe1-11ef-a043-270da722131e.html
ST. LOUIS TODAY
— In a new low, Missouri’s AG defends defamation on the taxpayers’ dime – Editorial (COMMENT: Those who defame me talk and/or act like they are operatives or dupes for my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they can defame me because I am a “public figure” because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. I should sue them.)
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-in-a-new-low-missouris-ag-defends-defamation-on-the-taxpayers-dime/article_5cd6900c-0efe-11ef-911c-ef426bb080b9.html
WAND TV
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise Chinese illegals.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-suggests-chinese-migrants-are-in-the-us-to-build-an-army-the-migrants-tell/article_956d1632-3ca0-5286-9aa0-c6bcbb03cfd0.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democratic ad campaign tries to chip away at Trump support among rural swing voters in 3 key states (Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin) – AP (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will flood Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin with their illegals who will use their false identifications to vote for Biden.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democratic-ad-campaign-tries-to-chip-away-at-trump-support-among-rural-swing-voters-in-3-key-states/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/05/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-288/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
ILLINOIS FREDOM CAUCUS
— Chicago Teachers Union needs to refund taxpayers – not demand more money
https://www.myradiolink.com/2024/05/10/il-freedom-caucus-chicago-teachers-union-needs-to-refund-taxpayers-not-demand-more-money/
WIREPOINTS
— Mayor Johnson deepens concerns about what side he will be on if DNC protesters become lawbreakers and challenge police – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-johnson-deepens-concerns-about-what-side-he-will-be-on-if-dnc-protesters-become-lawbreakers-and-challenge-police-wirepoints/
— Lawsuit Filed Against State of Illinois Over Democrats’ Retroactive Election Rule Change – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/scoop-lawsuit-filed-against-state-of-illinois-over-democrats-retroactive-election-rule-change-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Delays continue to plague Illinois agency responsible for issuing professional licenses – Kevin Bessler (COMMENT: I earned a CPA license when I was 32 years old in 1981. I had a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and f) worked for GAO for more than a year.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0568f268-0f14-11ef-b423-fbd861d076a6.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to help elect Republican candidates? I am in the process of hand-delivering permanent mail-in ballot applications to 64 registered Republican voters in my precinct in 55 homes and one apartment who did not vote recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were me, how would you react to high-profile people who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who take big public adverse actions against me? Those who take big public adverse actions against me a) reject direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members, b) reject planks in the Republican Party platform, and/or c) reject Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents stress about you to turn people against you?
My critics/opponents:
— stress to those who oppose direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members that I have always advocated strongly for direct election,
— stress to those who despise/hate Trump that I share many demographics with Trump; we are both conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft avoiders, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and we have ancestors who have been in America for a long time,
— stress to veterans that I avoided the draft,
— stress to non-Protestants that I am Protestant,
— stress to non-German Americans that I am 100% German American,
— stress to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time that my ancestors have been in America since 1844,
— stress to moderates and liberals that I am conservative,
— stress to those who reject the personal responsibility plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the illegal drugs plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the Second Amendment plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate for that plank,
— stress to those who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform that I advocate strongly for that plank,
— stress to those who despise/hate federal employees that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969 and that my ending salary was $150,075/year in today’s dollars,
— stress to those who do not have a pension that I have gotten a Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $65,165/year) since 1997 and that the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums,
— stress to renters that I have owned real estate since 1972,
— stress to those who are not married that I have been married since 1978,
— stress to those whose spouse has little or no income that my wife always had good-paying jobs,
— stress to those who have children that my wife and I do not,
— stress to those who have dependents to care for that I do not,
— stress to those who have no master’s degrees that I have three,
— stress to those who have no professional certifications that I have six,
— stress to those who have no professional licenses that I became a licensed CPA in 1981,
— stress to those who have/had major health problems that I do not,
— stress to those who have dogs that I do not,
— stress to those who despise/hate conservative principles that Crete used to advocate that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and
— stress to those who despise/hate conservative principles that Wheaton used to advocate that I have lived in Wheaton since 1978. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— DEI Hits the VA: Biden’s Veterans Affairs Department Offers Race-Based Training Programs That Exclude White Vets. ‘Equity’ means realizing ‘treating everybody the same might not be enough,’ VA official Shawn Liu says. – Peter Hasson
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/dei-hits-the-va-bidens-veterans-affairs-department-offers-race-based-training-programs-that-exclude-white-vets/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illegals Have More Rights Than Citizens. If you are an illegal alien, your chances of getting away with committing a crime are higher than those of an American citizen. – Ed Brodow
https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/13/illegals-have-more-rights-than-citizens/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats are proving the existence of the ‘Great Replacement’ theory – Eric Utter (COMMENT: How much success are Democrats having replacing voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/democrats_are_proving_the_existence_of_the_great_replacement_theory.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Trump tax cuts becoming important election year issue – Casey Harper (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their troubled operatives, and the troubled dupes have always wanted me to pay more taxes because I avoided the draft, because I worked for IRS, because my wife has always had a good job, because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did become foster parents, because I do not give money to a church, because etc.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_fb84b5a0-0ecf-11ef-9b26-836f4c63d800.html
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Rally Draws Tens of Thousands in Blue State New Jersey – Janice Hisle (COMMENT: Of course, this makes hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters furious.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-draws-tens-of-thousands-makes-history-in-blue-state-rally-5648508
— Republican Campaign Strategists See Jewish Voters Moving Right in 2024. Being perceived as weak on supporting Israel appears to be a growing problem for Democrats seeking re-election. – Mark Tapscott (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government had great success in turning Jewish superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/republican-campaign-strategists-see-jewish-voters-moving-right-in-2024-post-5644515
FOX NEWS
— South Side Chicago pastor says ‘faith in government is very low’ after seeing city resources go to migrants. Pastor Corey Brooks said the handling of migrant crisis in Chicago shows a ‘serious leadership flaw’ – Teny Sahakian
https://www.foxnews.com/media/south-side-chicago-pastor-says-faith-government-very-low-after-seeing-city-resources-migrants
— Jewish students across the US blame DEI, faculty for anti-Israel protests: ‘Wasting my tuition dollars’ USC, George Washington, UT-Austin, Rutgers and Cornell students said the campus environment is ‘dangerous’ and ‘antisemitic’ – Nikolas Lanum (COMMENT: Democrats run education in America.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jewish-students-across-us-blame-dei-faculty-anti-israel-protests-wasting-tuition-dollars
TOWNHALL
— Electoral College Mischief Not Unprecedented—You Don’t Have to Look That Far Back – Fred Lucas (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will flood battleground/swing states with their illegals who will use their false identifications to vote for Biden.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/fredlucas/2024/05/12/electoral-college-mischief-not-unprecedentedyou-dont-have-to-look-that-far-back-n2638950
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
REUTERS
— Billionaire investor Ken Griffin calls on Harvard to embrace ‘Western values’
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/billionaire-investor-ken-griffin-calls-harvard-embrace-western-values-2024-05-11/
NEW YORK TIMES
— A German Initiative to Keep Workers Employed by Retraining Them – Melissa Eddy (COMMENT: In 1992, when I was 43 years old, after had been assigned to GAO’s group that audited federal financial regulators since 1990, I started using my own money to pay for graduate evening finance courses at IIT, and in 1997, after I completed 14 courses, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. I did that because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it very clear that to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” they would never again assign me to audits of IRS. But in 1997, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” They should have always assigned me to audits of IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. But my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/business/germany-workers-retraining.html
— To Protect Kids, We Need More Foster Care, Not Less – Naomi Schaefer Riley (COMMENT: I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/opinion/child-abuse-foster-care.html
WASHINGTON POST
— GOP escalates fight with Secret Service over convention protesters. Senior GOP representatives have been arguing for weeks with Secret Service officials, but the agency has not budged. – Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/republican-convention-milwaukee-protesters/
— Those who defame me talk and/or act like they are operatives or dupes for my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they can defame me because I am a “public figure” because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. I should sue them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/11/trump-carroll-comments-defamation/
MSN
— U.S. to welcome illegal migrants this summer by handing out free IDs – Jon Michael Raasch
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/u-s-to-welcome-illegal-migrants-this-summer-by-handing-out-free-ids/ar-BB1mbeqj
— Biden lets in immigrants and taxpayers get stuck with the bill – Simon Hankinson
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-lets-in-immigrants-and-taxpayers-get-stuck-with-the-bill/ar-AA1etnz9
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat candidates and elected officials, their operatives, and their dupes ever-increasingly not only promise to give non-Whites even more preference, they promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/white-people-never-have-to-think-about-these-things/ar-BB1me6BO
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Kicked out in ’68 for protesting at Arizona State University, 78-year-old finally graduates. Alfredo Gutierrez, one of Arizona’s most influential Latino leaders, earned a degree nearly 60 years after he was kicked out of ASU for protesting. – Daniel Gonzalez (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always equated getting draft deferments and not enlisting with protesting. They have always a) stressed that was 1-A for the draft, b) stressed that I got draft deferments 1966-1971, and c) stressed that I never enlisted.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/11/alfredo-gutierrez-graduates-after-1968-college-protests/73613424007/
— The Democrat Party promote homelessness, that is, it promotes LGBQ, that is, it destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/05/08/supreme-court-homelessness-grants-pass-oregon/73530096007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— California Beaches Are a New Gateway for Illegal Immigration. Migrants who want to avoid the Mexican border are arriving on boats, then rushing into waiting vehicles. – Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/illegal-migrant-california-beach-boat-crossing-7f135d8e
— Trump’s Vice Presidential Opportunity. He needs to attract Nikki Haley’s voters, and a MAGA echo won’t do it. – Editorial (COMMENT: How many Haley voters are going to vote for Biden? If you vote for Biden, you never were a Republican.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-vice-presidential-opportunity-candidate-election-05e7aa64
— Evangelist Franklin Graham Says Democratic Politics Have Turned Against Religion. Whereas the late Billy Graham warned against crossing the line with politicians, his son owns a Trump-endorsed Bible. – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/evangelical-franklin-graham-donald-trump-support-0af2b035
— There’s Not Enough Power for America’s High-Tech Ambitions – David Uberti
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/data-centers-energy-georgia-development-7a5352e9
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use same-sex marriage to ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-20-years-of-same-sex-marriage-changed-america-670758bd
— What 1960s Antiwar Protesters Think About Today’s Unrest on College Campuses. – Alyssa Lukpat, Joseph Pisani, and Suryatapa Bhattacharya (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have used against me the most my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. I would focus on my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. I would focus on those who hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that America lost the war because of hypocrites and cowards like me. They stressed that I should have enlisted straight out of high school because of my being 1-A for the draft and because of my demographics (White, male, conservative, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844). But that instead, while and after my peers died in Vietnam, I got draft deferments and a) earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976 and in 1980, b) bought a new cars in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) went on vacations every year since 1969 except 1972, d) bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984, and e) earned professional certifications in 1979 and1981 and a professional license in 1981. They stressed that because of my health problems, I would not have been sent into combat anyway. I could not run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. They used the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that I was a super hypocrite and a super coward.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/1968-anti-war-protesters-pro-palestinian-campus-protests-0264a9cb
— Biden Breaks a 2004 Promise to Israel. To facilitate withdrawal from Gaza, Bush pledged the U.S. would ‘lead efforts’ against terrorism. – Amit Segal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-breaks-a-2004-promise-to-israel-sharon-hamas-gaza-terrorism-a081d7e4
— Campus Protesters, Unmasked. Anti-KKK laws are relevant against today’s antisemites. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/campus-protesters-unmasked-ohio-a0197b89
— Relationships get complicated when one spouse retires and the other keeps working – Clare Ansberry (COMMENT: My wife and I have been married since 1978. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/retirement-couples-relationships-942a76a9
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/big-law-recruiting-rush-puts-more-pressure-on-diverse-students
HUFFINGTON POST
— ‘What The Hell’s She Talking About?’: Ex-RNC Chair Exposes Lara Trump’s Blatant Lie. Michael Steele tells Trump to “stop it” when it comes to this big falsehood. – Ed Mazza
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-steele-lara-trump-lie_n_6641832ce4b0c43c96b0cc65
— Blinken Criticizes Israel For Conduct In Gaza Conflict. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza. – AP
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/united-states-israel-palestinians_n_66410d47e4b0866a5b2c3033?se
— ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Reportedly Threatens To Sue Twitter Workers Who Leak To Press – Mary Papenfuss (COMMENT: My critics/opponents blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all of their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems. They have falsely charged me with “leaking” confidential/private information. I should sue them for that. All the “information” that they charge me with “leaking” was already in the public realm, was already know by the Democrats and/or their news media, and/or was my opinion. They have never wanted me to report that Republican events that were open to the public took place, who organized those events, where or when those events took place, who spoke at those events, who the high-profile attendees were at those events, or home many attended those events.)
https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/free-speech-absolutist-elon-musk-032732704.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” is now threatening to sue his own employees who leak information to the press, according to an email he sent to workers reportedly leaked Saturday to a media organization. Musk issued a message warning the company’s workers against leaking “confidential” information, and threatening to sue “for damages” those who violated non-disclosure agreements, according to the email obtained by tech outlet Platformer. Managing Editor Zoe Schiffer then distributed Musk’s message — on Twitter. Musk asked staffers to sign a pledge indicating they understood his email, and said he expected a response by 5 p.m. Saturday, Schiffer said. She did not post the actual email in an effort to do everything possible to protect the source, she said. It was a dramatic turnaround from Musk’s catch phrase “transparency is the key to trust,” and “sunlight is the best disinfectant.” Musk could not immediately be reached for comment.)
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
— SPJ Code of Conduct (COMMENT: I am a SPJ member. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should sue my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have violated the SPJ Code of Conduct. I have always fully disclosed that I have always been a conservative Republican. I have always fully disclosed that I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I have always fully disclosed my sources of income and my demographics including that I am White, male, older (born in 1948), draft avoider, heterosexual, married, childless, non-poor, Protestant, 100% German American, and my having ancestors who have been in America since 1844. I have always fully disclosed that I advocate the Republican Party platform and direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members.)
https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
