November 15, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— FBI seeks to combat hate crimes with anti-Islamic, anti-Jewish incidents on the rise in Chicago. – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Tom Jones, Maggie Green and Adriana Aguilar
https://abc7chicago.com/fbi-hate-crime-statistics-jewish-chicago-police-department/14059602/
— Chicago migrant arrivals slowing with winter, some migrants leaving for warmer cities – Sarah Schulte (COMMENT: Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. Anticipate/expect that because of bad weather in the northern states, illegals will ever-increasingly settle in the southern states. Anticipate/expect that because illegals vote for Democrats, more and more and more southern states will elect Democrats. Anticipate/expect that to defeat Trump, Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly ship their illegals to battleground/swing states to vote for Biden.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-migrants-leaving-venezuela/14059945/
— March for Israel draws nearly 300K to Washington DC to demonstrate in support, organizers say. Jewish Federations of North America estimate 290,000 people attended March for Israel. – Tal Axelrod
https://abc7chicago.com/march-for-israel-dc-jewish-federation/14056294/
— AI Dating Danger (COMMENT: How did you meet your spouse? I met my wife in late 1976 at social event hosted by the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She is Catholic and I am Missouri Synod Lutheran. We both worked in the Loop. I had worked for IRS for 6 years. She had worked for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions for 7 years and for the FBI for 2 years before that.)
https://abc7chicago.com/14060698/
— Suspect in custody after woman critically wounded in Magnificent Mile attack (COMMENT: Back when it was much safer, I walked the Magnificent Mile 1974-1976 a) early evenings from my IRS job in the Loop to graduate business classes at Loyola and then b) evenings after those classes to my Outer Drive East studio condo on east Randolph.)
https://abc7chicago.com/magnificent-mile-michigan-avenue-streeterville-chicago-woman-attacked/14060182/

NBC5
— Hundreds from Chicago area participate in March for Israel in D.C. – Natalie Martinez
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/hundreds-from-chicago-area-participate-in-march-for-israel-in-d-c/3278237/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/hundreds-from-chicago-area-head-to-d-c-as-part-of-march-for-israel/3277238/
— DePaul professor provides resources for lawyers and caseworkers representing (ILLEGALS) in Chicago. There are nearly 19,000 (ILLEGALS) who have arrived in Chicago since August of 2022. About 11,000 are living in city-run shelters and 3,000 continue to wait for housing in police stations and Chicago airports, according to city officials. – Alyssa N. Salcedo and Cary Robbins
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/depaul-professor-provides-resources-for-lawyers-and-caseworkers-representing-migrants-in-chicago/3278112/
— 2nd car stolen from family at center of frightening Chicago carjacking video: Alderman. Chicago Ald. Matt O’Shea said the Pettiford family was once again targeted by thieves, this time for the family’s second vehicle. – Sandra Torres and Alex Fisher
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2nd-car-stolen-from-home-of-family-at-center-of-frightening-carjacking-in-beverly-neighborhood/3278156/

CBS2
— March for Israel draws huge crowd today to Washington, D.C. – CAITLIN O’KANE
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/march-for-israel-today-tuesday-november-14-washington-dc/
— New policy will prohibit Chicago police officers from joining hate or extremist groups – TODD FEURER, CHRIS TYE (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents a) who hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate and/or extremist groups, b) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT and destroyed TAPROOT in 2012, and/or c) who ended my membership on the ICRC Steering Committee and destroyed ICRC in 2007. I would focus on my critics/opponents who also ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-police-department-policy-ban-officers-hate-extremist-groups/
— Woman critically injured in attack on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile – SABRINA FRANZA (COMMENT: Back when it was much safer, I walked the Magnificent Mile 1974-1976 a) early evenings from my IRS job in the Loop to graduate business classes at Loyola and then b) evenings after those classes to my Outer Drive East studio condo on east Randolph.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/magnificent-mile-attack-michigan-ontario/
— Chicago family, victims of carjacking last week, hit again for second car – CHARLIE DE MAR
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-family-carjacking-last-week-hit-again/
— Illegal sex work is more rampant than ever in Southwest Side Chicago community, neighbors say – MARYBEL GONZALEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illegal-sex-work-southwest-side-chicago/

WGN9
— Decreasing number of migrants arriving in Chicago, but shelters still remain in question – Dana Rebik, Peter Curi
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/decreasing-number-of-migrants-arriving-in-chicago-but-shelters-still-remain-in-question/
— Tens of thousands of supporters of Israel rally in Washington, crying ‘never again’ – AP
https://wgntv.com/israel-hamas-conflict/ap-supporters-of-israel-rally-in-washington-under-heavy-security-crying-never-again/
— CPD officers helps migrant kids read new stories with donated books – Sean Lewis (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-officer-collecting-books-for-migrant-children/
— Residents navigate changes as protected bike lanes expand in Chicago – Jenna Barnes (COMMENT: During 1977 and 1978, I rode my bike between my Outer Drive East condo on east Randolph and my future wife’s parents’ home many times. That required riding on Foster Avenue between the lake and Western Avenue.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/residents-navigate-changes-as-protected-bike-lanes-expand-in-chicago/

FOX32
— Chicagoans converge on D.C. National Mall for historic pro-Israel rally amidst antisemitism surge – Gabriella Premus
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicagoans-converge-on-dc-national-mall-pro-israel-rally-antisemitism-surge
— Michigan judge rules that Trump will be on 2024 ballot, rejecting cases based on insurrection claim
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/judge-rules-that-trump-will-be-on-2024-ballot-rejecting-lawsuits-based-on-insurrection-claims
— Workers at four Chicago businesses are standing against sexual harassment that they claim is being ignored at their workplaces. (COMMENT: All the employers that I worked for 1964-1997 gave lots of preference to their Democrat employees who were female, and especially to those who were minority, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-workers-allege-widespread-workplace-harassment-silence-inaction-employers
— Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-food-bank-launches-holiday-drive-aims-distribute-50k-meal-boxes-in-need
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1311571
— AS COLDER WEATHER SETS IN: Number of migrants arriving by bus, staying in Chicago police stations at lowest point in months.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/number-of-migrants-arriving-by-bus-staying-in-chicago-police-stations-at-lowest-point-in-months

WBEZ
— A new policy would ban Chicago police from participating in hate, extremist groups. The policy was approved by a civilian-led oversight panel after CPD investigated but took little action against cops with connections to extremist groups. – Dan Mihalopoulos, Tom Schuba (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents a) who hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate and/or extremist groups, b) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT and destroyed TAPROOT in 2012, and/or c) who ended my membership on the ICRC Steering Committee and destroyed ICRC in 2007. I would focus on my critics/opponents who also ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/a-new-policy-would-ban-chicago-police-from-participating-in-hate-groups/72f4a829-c752-43c3-8f8f-66b7004f1eb8

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Big Chicago contingent at March for Israel rally in Washington. Chicago native Rachel Goldberg, whose son Hersh Goldberg-Polin is held by Hamas, spoke at the rally. ‘We hostage families have lived the last 39 days in slow motion torment.’ – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/11/14/23961621/march-for-israel-rally-washington-chicago-contingent
— Catholic Charities of San Antonio does Chicago no favors by failing to give a heads-up when migrants are on the way. When migrants insist that Chicago is their preferred destination, at least give city officials or Catholic Charities in Chicago some notice. – Editorial (COMMENT: Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/14/23959597/catholic-charities-san-antonio-chicago-migrants-asylum-seekers-editorial
— Chicago area workers rally, file sexual harassment claims against employers. Workers in the manufacturing, warehousing, food service, janitorial and restaurant industries gathered to protest workplace harassment, including intimidation, degradation and identity-based targeting. – Isabel Funk (COMMENT: All the employers that I worked for 1964-1997 gave lots of preference to their Democrat employees who were female, and especially to those who were minority, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/14/23960996/chicago-workers-file-sexual-harassment-claims-illinois-department-human-rights-raise-the-roof
— City Council drafts rules of decorum to manage disruptive crowds, behavior at its meetings. New rules ban profane, vulgar, threatening, abusive or disruptive language. Also out: banners, signs, large bags and sharp objects. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/14/23960694/chicago-city-council-new-rules-public-conduct-gaza-israel-migrants-protests
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling, pot, booze, and other vices.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/11/14/23959005/casino-ballys-medinah-gambling-betting-river-north

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Johnson administration tied fate of homeless encampment to alderman’s votes – Gregory Royal Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-homeless-negotiations-encampments-20231115-qzhk7byd65hzhostymnxi76ug4-story.html
— Michigan judge says Trump stays on primary ballot, rejecting insurrection clause challenge – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-election-2024-trump-michigan-20231114-wmjewmosj5dgtjkmserqaxkzka-story.html
— Oak Park taking the lead on ‘coordinated western suburban response’ to migrant crisis, looking for others to partner, officials say – Ryan Hudgins (COMMENT: Oak Park Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-residents-village-leaders-on-migrants-tl-1116-20231114-uj6zujt2obevbdt5cuv5xrpkfy-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s labor market is driving migration to the city – Jack Grieve (COMMENT: Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINO leaders want cheap labor. RINO leaders hate unions and have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. They have always stressed that while I was a union member 1966-1980, my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $104,583/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/new-jobs-are-driving-immigration-chicago-bank-america-report

JOURNAL COURIER
— What Illinois voters want vs. what its government delivers – Mark Glennon
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/commentary-18481173.php

STATELINE
— Modeling finds Trump taking back four states, beating Biden in electoral college – Lauren Sforza (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders and RINO leaders will flood battleground/swing states with their illegals who will use their false identifications to vote for Biden.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/modeling-finds-trump-taking-back-four-states-beating-biden-in-electoral-college/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.mystateline.com/hill-politics/biden-campaign-hammers-trump-on-abortion-no-vagueness-in-his-position/

NEWS CHANNEL 20 & FOX ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Dan Caulkins files petition to U.S. Supreme to review Assault Weapons Ban decision – Geno Reynolds
https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/state-rep-dan-caulkins-files-petition-to-us-supreme-to-review-assault-weapons-ban-decision
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/state-rep-dan-caulkins-files-petition-to-us-supreme-to-review-assault-weapons-ban-decision

WAND TV & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders and RINO leaders do not want Texas to have the power to arrest and order illegals to leave the US.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/texas-wants-the-power-to-arrest-and-order-migrants-to-leave-the-us-can-it/article_ba91ea05-d66d-5d84-aad8-907d54fa7353.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-texas-wants-the-power-to-arrest-and-order-migrants-to-leave-the-us-can-it-do-that/

NPR ILLINOIS & WGLT & WSIU
— What would happen if Congress stripped $14 billion from the IRS’s budget? (COMMENT: If I was still working for IRS, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would kill me just like my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates killed me while Republicans cut GAO’s budget 1980-1997.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-11-14/what-would-happen-if-congress-stripped-14-billion-from-the-irss-budget
https://www.wglt.org/2023-11-14/what-would-happen-if-congress-stripped-14-billion-from-the-irss-budget
https://www.wsiu.org/2023-11-14/what-would-happen-if-congress-stripped-14-billion-from-the-irss-budget

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/11/14/every-chicago-weed-cannabis-dispensary-list-map-guide/

CITY OF CHAMPAIGN
— Democrat municipal leaders ever-increasingly get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who been in America for a long time.
https://champaignil.gov/2023/11/14/city-of-champaign-again-earns-perfect-score-on-municipal-equality-index-for-inclusive-lgbtq-laws-policies-and-services/

CAPITOL FAX

— Morning roundup

https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-186/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/14/afternoon-roundup-186/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Naysayers say Chicago crime is down despite a 60% increase, a post-COVID high
https://wirepoints.org/naysayers-say-chicago-crime-is-down-despite-a-60-increase-a-post-covid-high-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Proft: ‘IL owners of semi-auto sport rifles, take note on status of litigation’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/651995366-proft-il-owners-of-semi-auto-sport-rifles-take-note-on-status-of-litigation
— I should write a book about age discrimination. I would focus on RINO leaders who use age discrimination to get rid of Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who been in America for a long time.
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/651310709-city-of-wheaton-commission-on-aging-met-sept-14

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— County School Superintendent Diana Hartmann Scores Grant to Make Driver’s Ed More Interesting
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/14/county-school-superintendent-diana-hartmann-scores-grant-to-make-drivers-ed-more-interesting/
— Why Should Municipalities Have to Play “Mother, May I?” with IDOT to Spend Motor Fuel Tax Money?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/14/why-should-municipalities-have-to-play-mother-may-i-with-idot-to-spent-motor-fuel-tax-money/
— Foster Schedules Climate Town Hall Meeting
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/14/foster-schedules-climate-town-hall-meeting/
— DeWitt Points Out Illinois Voucher Program Dying Because House Speaker Won’t Call the Bill
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/14/dewitt-points-out-illinois-voucher-program-dying-because-house-speaker-wont-call-the-bill/
— Stiff Gun Penalties Due to Expire Because House Speaker Wouldn’t Call Extension Bill
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/14/stiff-gun-penalites-due-to-expire-because-house-speaker-wont-call-extension-bill/
— Sosnowski Reports
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/13/sosnowski-reports/
— UPDATE: Coroner Reports Death of Judge Michael Coppedge AT COURTHOUSE, OBITUARY FROM CIRCUIT COURT
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/13/coroner-reports-death-of-judge-michael-coppedge/
— Real Clear Politics Points to Articles, One Asks a Question the Next One Answers: As Inflation Eases, Prices Won’t Go Down
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/13/real-clean-politics-points-to-articles-one-asks-a-question-the-next-one-answers/
— Algonquin Tax Levy Recommended to Increase 4.89%
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/14/algonquin-tax-levy-recommended-to-increase-4-89/
— Grafton Township GOP Seeks Mandate of Parental Consent to Huntley School District’s Student Non-Emergency Medical Intervention
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/13/grafton-township-gop-seeks-mandate-of-parental-consent-to-huntley-school-districts-student-non-emergency-medical-intervention/
— Dawn Milarski Running for County Board District 8 as a Democrat
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/13/milarskicbd8/
— Could Texas Governor Greg Abbott Have Envisioned the Democratic Party Turmoil Sending Chicago Migrants Would Cause?
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/13/could-texas-govenor-greg-abbott-have-envisioned-the-democratic-party-turmoil-sending-chicago-migrants/
— County Nursing Home Rates Going Up
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/13/county-nursing-home-rates-going-up/
— Spring Grove Seeks Over 8% More Real Estate Revenue
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/13/spring-grove-seeks-over-8-more-real-estate-revenue/
— Harvard School District Shoots for the Tax Levy Stars
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/11/13/harvard-school-district-shoots-for-the-tax-levy-stars/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Exporting Abortion and An Honest Evaluation – Mae Arthur
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/exporting-abortion-and-an-honest-evaluation/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ONLY 28% OF CHICAGO VOTERS APPROVE OF MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/only-28-of-chicago-voters-approve-of-mayor-brandon-johnson/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago in Chaos Over Migrant Crisis – Mark Weyermuller
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/11/weyermuller-chicago-in-chaos-over-migrant-crisis.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s pro-Israel stance angers young voters who could cost him the 2024 election – Jeff Mordock and Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/14/bidens-pro-israel-stance-angers-young-voters-who-c/
— DHS recorded 300,000 illegal entries in October; Border Patrol nabbed 13 terrorism suspects – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/14/dhs-recorded-300000-illegal-entries-october-border/
— Campus DEI programs come under fire as university antisemitism escalates – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/14/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-programs-under-scru/
— Massive pro-Israel rally assembles on National Mall, decries antisemitism in U.S. – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/14/massive-pro-israel-rally-assembles-on-national-mal/
— 1 in 3 U.S. Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year – AP (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors a) assigned me to supervise all the Asian Americans they hired and b) did everything that they could to turn them against me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/14/1-in-3-us-asians-and-pacific-islanders-faced-racia/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— MTG vows third attempt to impeach Mayorkas and dares GOP to block it – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/mtg-vows-third-attempt-impeach-mayorkas
— The bill for Biden’s border crisis is coming due — and we’re all on the hook – Rep. Mark Green
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/bill-for-bidens-border-crisis-coming-due-and-all-on-hook

NEW YORK POST
— Nearly 300K descend on DC’s National Mall for march: ‘Largest pro-Israel gathering in history’ – Jack Morphet
https://nypost.com/2023/11/14/news/nearly-300000-descend-on-dcs-national-mall-for-march-largest-pro-israel-gathering-in-history/
— Republican hopefuls push for border wall, split over how to pay for it – Diana Glebova
https://nypost.com/2023/11/14/news/gop-white-house-hopefuls-disagree-on-how-to-pay-for-us-mexico-border-wall/
— A sheriff’s lament against retail theft is right on Target – Editorial (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with criminals against Republicans. That ever-increasingly forces more and more and more Republicans to buy more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense. What are you doing to protect yourself from ever-increasing Democrat-caused crime?)
https://nypost.com/2023/11/14/opinion/sheriff-jim-coopers-right-on-target-but-leftist-pols-need-blame/
— Nearly as many college students back Hamas as Israel – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2023/11/14/news/nearly-as-many-college-students-back-hamas-as-israel-poll/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— In Chicago, a telling tale about asylum and illegal immigrants – Chad Groening, Billy Davis
https://afn.net/politics-govt/2023/11/14/in-chicago-a-telling-tale-about-asylum-and-illegal-immigrants/
— Thousands gather at Washington’s National Mall for pro-Israel rally – AP
https://afn.net/ap/israel-anti-semitism/thousands-gather-at-washington-s-national-mall-for-pro-israel-rally/
— Legal settlement shines light on Hindu meditation at failing Chicago high school – Bronson Woodruff
https://afn.net/education/2023/11/14/legal-settlement-shines-light-on-hindu-meditation-at-failing-chicago-high-school/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Proft: Poll on Growth in ‘Sexual Identities’ a Product of ‘Recruitment and the Media’ It’s happening fast.
https://amgreatness.com/2023/11/14/proft-poll-on-growth-in-sexual-identities-a-product-of-recruitment-and-the-media/
— Dan Proft Commentary: Mo Money, Mo Problems
https://amgreatness.com/2023/11/13/dan-proft-commentary-mo-money-mo-problems/

AMERICAN THINKER
— As unemployment in the black community climbs, Chicago Democrats hold a job fair for illegals – Olivia Murray (COMMENT: Employment is a zero-sum-game. To hire, promote, and/or retain one person is to not hire, promote, and/or retain another person. To hire, promote, and/or retain those who are citizens of foreign countries, Democrat, of one minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time is to not hire, promote, and/or retain those who are citizens of America, Republican, of another minority, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were most if not virtually all of the following: Black, Hispanic, Asian, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Further, all of them had less job-related work experience than I had, less job-related education than I had, fewer job-related professional certifications than I had or no certifications, and/or no job-related professional license like the one I had. The aforesaid is called patronage, up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/as_unemployment_in_the_black_community_climbs_chicago_democrats_hold_a_job_fair_for_illegals.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Gang of eight House Republicans break ranks, join Dems to protect Mayorkas – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/14/gang-of-eight-house-republicans-break-ranks-join-dems-to-protect-mayorkas-1412292/

BREITBART
— Biden’s Migrant Mobile App Frees 350K Foreign Nationals into U.S. — 3X the Population of Manchester, New Hampshire – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/14/bidens-migrant-mobile-app-frees-44k-foreign-nationals-into-us-last-month/
— DeSantis Plummets to Single Digits, Third Place in Texas GOP Primary – HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/14/poll-desantis-falls-to-single-digits-third-place-in-texas-gop-primary/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘All In’: Speaker Mike Johnson Endorses Donald Trump For President – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/14/house-speaker-mike-johnson-endorsement-donald-trump-president-2024/
— Chaos Reigns Under Joe Biden – Larry Elder
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/14/opinion-chaos-reigns-under-joe-biden-larry-elder/
— Vivek Ramaswamy Launches FireRonna.com After Viral Debate Callout Of RNC Chair – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/15/vivek-ramaswamy-ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-chair/

DAILY WIRE
— National Counseling Organizations Push Transgender Ideology On Mental Health Professionals, In Schools – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/national-counseling-organizations-push-transgender-ideology-on-mental-health-professionals-in-schools

FEDERALIST
— Does Anyone In Congress Care That A Quarter Of A Million Illegal Immigrants Were Arrested In October? – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/14/does-anyone-in-congress-care-that-a-quarter-of-a-million-illegal-immigrants-were-arrested-in-october/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Texas Takes Over Cartel-Infested Island on the Rio Grande
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/11/14/texas-takes-over-cartel-infested-island-rio-grande

FIREARMS NEWS
— Not Content to Eviscerate the Second Amendment, Gun-Grabbers Go After the First – David Codrea
https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/anti-gun-attacks-first-amendment/486036

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Teachers Union president used ‘unlawful deduction’ on home in Indiana for over a decade. CTU president Stacey Davis Gates previously defended sending her son to private school after being accused of hypocrisy. – Joshua Q. Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-teachers-union-president-used-unlawful-deduction-home-indiana

GOPUSA
— Poll: Trump Performs Better Than Biden On Top Issues For Voters
https://www.gopusa.com/poll-trump-performs-better-than-biden-on-top-issues-for-voters/
— House Votes Against Progressing Mayorkas Impeachment Effort
https://www.gopusa.com/house-votes-against-progressing-mayorkas-impeachment-effort/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— “Racial doctrines such as ‘critical race theory’ and ‘intersectionality’ are the mother’s milk of antisemitism on campuses” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/11/racial-doctrines-such-as-critical-race-theory-and-intersectionality-are-the-mothers-milk-of-antisemitism-on-campuses/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Immigration Policy Is a Necessary Corrective
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/11/trumps-immigration-policy-is-a-necessary-corrective/
— DEI’s House of Cards Is Falling Down – JONATHAN BUTCHER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/11/deis-house-of-cards-is-falling-down/
— The Happy Confusion of Hearing Democrats Say Exactly What You Want to Hear – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-happy-confusion-of-hearing-democrats-say-exactly-what-you-want-to-hear/
— Muslim Law Groups Accuse Major Firms of Fanning ‘Islamophobia’ by Condemning Antisemitism – ARI BLAFF
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/muslim-law-groups-accuse-major-firms-of-fanning-islamophobia-by-condemning-antisemitism/

TOWNHALL
— The Freedom to Drive – Terry Jeffrey (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been anti-car if not car-haters. I have owned cars since I was 16 in 1964, and I own seven now and a SUV. Because I could not find a job in Crete in 1964, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in Monee in 1964 with money that I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers so that could take a job washing dishes for the minimum wage in Chicago Heights. After that, I used cars that I bought to get to/from jobs a) cleaning golf shoes in Flossmoor, chipping slag and pumping gasoline in South Chicago Heights, delivering mail in Park Forest, working on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumping gasoline again in Chicago Heights, collecting delinquent taxes in the south suburbs, and auditing federal agencies in the Chicago area and b) classes at UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, and IIT. While I own eight vehicles, I drive them very little because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA Illinois newsletters together and sending them out.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2023/11/15/the-freedom-to-drive-n2631208
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We should look at the vehicular miles program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they traveled,” LaHood told the Associated Press in a Feb. 19, 2009 interview. “What I see this administration doing is this — thinking outside the box on how we fund our infrastructure in America,” he said. Even the Obama administration, however, did not fully embrace what LaHood was suggesting. . .The Obama administration did not pursue a vehicle-miles-traveled tax, but Secretary LaHood did advance a plan to reduce American driving. On June 16, 2009, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on “Greener Communities, Greater Opportunities: New Ideas For Sustainable Development and Economic Growth.” LaHood testified at this hearing on his vision for “more livable communities” and “transit-oriented development.” . . . “Transit-oriented, mixed-use development has the potential to provide efficient and convenient options for employers, developers, young professionals and families in many large and small cities around the United States,” LaHood said. “Transit-oriented development,” he said, “also has the potential to contribute significantly to the revitalization of downtown districts, foster workable neighborhoods, and offer an alternative to urban and suburban sprawl and automobile focused commuting.” On April 14, 2009, the Heritage Foundation published a report by Ronald Utt, which this writer cited in his 2010 book “Control Freaks.” Utt’s report was entitled “President Obama’s New Plan to Decide Where Americans Live and How They Travel.” “To save Americans from these alleged higher living costs,” Utt wrote, “the Smart Growth and New Urbanist movements want Americans to move into higher-density developments — such as townhouses and high-rise apartment buildings — which, the anti-suburbanists contend, can be better served by public transportation (hence the commitment to ‘transportation choice,’ a process whereby commuters are bribed or coerced into an inconvenient mode of transportation that most would not choose on their own) — thereby freeing the hapless American people from relying on their automobiles.”)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— Durbin ever-increasingly takes the lead in promoting more mass/illegal immigration.
https://rollcall.com/2023/11/14/working-in-america-time-for-republicans-to-get-serious-on-immigration/

ASSOCITED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO lenders say “The 2024 Republican presidential field is rapidly shrinking” but ask “is it too late to stop Trump?”
https://apnews.com/article/scott-haley-desantis-trump-republican-president-iowa-c64fa9a5e8ffc0694331d7d148aac5c1

NEWSWEEK
— Illinois Assault Weapons Ban Faces New Challenge – Khaleda Rahman
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-faces-new-challenge-1843894
— Far too many “Republican” candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. are not Republicans, they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, or RINOs. I should write a book about the aforesaid.
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-dhs-alejandro-mayorkas-1843426

ABC NEWS
— Texas House passes bill that authorizes officers to arrest migrants, one of strictest immigration proposals in US. SB 4 passed in the fourth round of a special legislative session. – Armando Garcia
https://abcnews.go.com/International/texas-house-considers-bill-authorizes-officers-arrest-migrants/story?id=104857797

NBC NEWS
— Undocumented immigrants ask Biden for the unlikely: Work permits like those given to Venezuelans. Waiting for years for legalization, undocumented immigrants in the U.S. for decades want Biden to give them work permits. The question is how it would be legally doable. – Suzanne Gamboa (COMMENT: Democrat leaders and RINO leaders know full well that many millions of illegals in America use their false identifications to get jobs, to vote for Democrat candidates and RINO candidates, to etc.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/undocumented-immigrants-us-decades-ask-biden-work-permits-rcna125157
— What’s behind the rise in undocumented Indian immigrants crossing U.S. borders on foot. There were almost 97,000 encounters with Indian migrants in the U.S. over the past year, nearly a fivefold increase from the same period from 2019 to 2020, when there were almost 20,000. – Sakshi Venkatraman (COMMENT: What positions do Haley and Ramaswamy have on this illegal Indian immigration?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/rise-undocumented-indian-immigrants-crossing-us-borders-foot-rcna123874

CBS NEW YORK
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams previews “extremely painful” budget cuts due to asylum seeker crisis – MARCIA KRAMER
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-previews-extremely-painful-budget-cuts-due-to-asylum-seeker-crisis/

FOX NEW YORK
— Democrat leaders, RINO leaders, their operatives, and their dupes ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/migrants-in-america-challenges-nyc-crisis

NEW YORK TIMES
— More Than 500 U.S. Officials Sign Letter Protesting Biden’s Israel Policy. The signers, representing some 40 government agencies, reflect growing internal dissent over the administration’s support of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. – Maria Abi-Habib, Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/us/politics/israel-biden-letter-gaza-cease-fire.html
— Democrat leaders and RINO leaders reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/opinion/abortion-dobbs-affirmation-action.html
— Johnson Said in 2015 Trump Was Unfit and Could Be ‘Dangerous’ as President. Speaker Mike Johnson, then a Republican state lawmaker, posted on social media that Donald J. Trump lacked the character and morality to be president and could be vindictive. – Annie Karni and Steve Eder
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/us/politics/mike-johnson-donald-trump.html
— How an Abortion Case Shaped Mike Johnson’s Path to the Speakership. Battling a Louisiana abortion clinic was a career-making move for a young lawyer with conservative bona fides. And it was only the beginning. – Nicholas Confessore, Steve Eder and Julie Tate (COMMENT: I gained support from conservatives when I led a group that succeeded in forcing Comcast to start carrying Fox News Channel in Wheaton in 2002.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/us/mike-johnson-abortion-louisiana.html
— Democrat leaders, RINO leaders, their operatives, and their dupes ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/us/border-wall-migrant-injuries.html

KXAN
— Texas House gives initial OK for sending $1.5B for border wall construction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRYnP3ZsmpY

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republican FDIC Board Members Call for Broader Oversight of Allegations of Harassment and Discrimination at Agency – Rebecca Ballhaus (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Democrats run GAO. Democrats run FDIC. The Democrats who run GAO audit the Democrats who run FDIC. During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators including FDIC. The Democrats who ran GAO did not want me to work on audits of federal agencies. They wasted my career and they forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/republican-fdic-board-members-call-for-broader-oversight-of-investigation-into-misconduct-at-agency-220eb026

FORBES
— How To Use Employee Recognition Through Each Stage Of The Employee Journey – Steve Sonnenberg
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/11/14/how-to-use-employee-recognition-through-each-stage-of-the-employee-journey/
— Diversity And The Tax Bar – Sanessa Griffiths (COMMENT: In 1978, in Diersen v. IRS, the Small Claims Tax Court Judge allowed my graduate Loyola business courses, but disallowed my graduate DePaul accounting courses by creating a new rule that accounting courses cannot be deducted until you have met the requirements to take the CPA examination.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2023/11/14/diversity-and-the-tax-bar/

GM AUTHORITY
— Biden Supports UAW’s Push To Unionize All U.S. Auto Workers – RHIAN HUNT (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions. They have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. They have always stressed that while I was a union member 1966-1980, my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $104,583/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/11/president-biden-supports-uaw-push-to-unionize-all-u-s-auto-workers/

SPLC
— SPLC is an arm of the Democrat Party. It promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/our-commitment-challenge-racism
https://www.splcenter.org/hopewatch/2023/11/14/remember-protect-trans-community-2023-transgender-awareness-week

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.