November 16, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, other Democrats evacuated from DNC headquarters during protest calling for cease fire in Gaza. Democratic members of Congress were attending a reception at party headquarters on Capitol Hill when demonstrators surrounded the building. – Mary Norkol
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/15/23963425/congress-rep-sean-casten-democrats-democratic-hq-protest-ceasefire-gaza
— Johnson implementing 60-day limit on shelter stays in next phase of plan to confront migrant crisis. The mayor discussed the plan only briefly Wednesday, offering few details, but promised to reveal more on Friday. The goal, he said, is to more quickly move asylum-seekers out of shelters and into work and self-sufficiency. – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/11/15/23963136/migrant-crisis-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-plan-shelters-60-day-limit
— Cook County pitches a $100 million fund for migrants and disaster aid. The county’s emergency management chief said the region faced “an exceptional year” for disasters – from thousands of migrants arriving to record storms. – Kristen Schorsch (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2023/11/15/23963106/cook-county-budget-disaster-fund-migrant-crisis
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Robert Crimo Jr. threatened with contempt for showing up for jail sentence wearing ‘I’m a political pawn’ T-shirt. By the time the father of the Highland Park parade massacre suspect appeared in the courtroom, the shirt was inside out. But the judge still lambasted him. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/15/23962208/highland-park-parade-shooting-robert-crimo-father-court-t-shirt-contempt-surrender-plea-deal
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/11/15/23962688/republicans-congress-fights-blame-donald-trump-hateful-rhetoric-far-right-cupp
— Mayor Johnson gets a green light on budget, but kicks the fiscal can down the road on migrant spending. With the city spending $40 million a month on the migrant emergency and no assurance of more state or federal aid, the long-term financial impact of Johnson’s budget is still very much up in the air. – Editorial (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/15/23962467/mayor-brandon-johnson-green-light-first-budget-kicks-fiscal-can-down-road-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson announces effort to get migrants out of shelters within 60 days – A.D. Quig, Laura Rodríguez Presa, Alice Yin and Dan Petrella (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-brandon-johnson-60-day-migrant-limit-20231116-as2kdr4jozd27g442l2n3mr55u-story.html
— Mayor Brandon Johnson deflects questions over proposal tying homeless tent removal to City Council votes – Gregory Royal Pratt and Alice Yin (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-homeless-negotiations-johnson-20231116-tamxhvrxondttkxt4qcoxdmlkm-story.html
— Fresh costs in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget: Police pay and benefits, more staffers for aldermen, resources for reparations and ex-prisoners – A.D. Quig (COMMENT: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-brandon-johnson-chicago-budget-additions-20231115-cc3v35xxgrdhninu7jejbnt2qu-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Chicago judge rules federal statute barring felons from possessing guns is unconstitutional but says it’s a ‘close question’ – Jason Meisner (COMMENT: Felons can own guns, but in Illinois, law abiding citizens cannot own semiautomatic rifles unless they register them.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-felon-with-firearm-statute-unconstitutional-federal-ruling-20231115-srygv57jpbcalpq2snzbsjibgq-story.html
— Increasing the real estate transfer tax is bad for businesses and Chicago residents – Willie Wilson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-real-estate-transfer-tax-chicago-business-20231116-2c6oezkvzrhpji7bkpeeb6zrhy-story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-migrants-crisis-housing-homelessness-20231116-hwjvw3pmq5cxtmkfsxdfbtvwnq-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-migrant-crisis-new-york-federal-assistance-joe-biden-20231116-gtw4rudmfzej7heoyc6k6nivcm-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson announces new 60-day limit for asylum seekers in city shelters – Justin Laurence (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-announces-60-day-limit-asylum-seekers-city-shelters

ABC7
— Chicago migrants will have 60-day limit to shelter stays, Mayor Johnson announces – Eric Horng (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrant-crisis-how-to-help-migrants-in-shelters-brandon-johnson/14066939/
— Chicago judge rules statute barring felons from having guns unconstitutional under Bruen decision – Rob Hughes
https://abc7chicago.com/gun-laws-second-amendment-supreme-court-bruen-decision/14066395/

NBC5
— Johnson says new plan to address migrant crisis includes 60-day limit on shelter stays. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Thursday is expected to announce new state investment services for asylum seekers – Bennett Haeberle, Lisa Capitanini and Katy Smyser (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/johnson-says-new-plan-to-address-migrant-crisis-includes-60-day-limit-on-shelter-stays/3279652/

CBS2
— Many migrants in Chicago are ineligible for federal protection status allowing them to get work permits – TARA MOLINA (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrants-ineligible-federal-protection-status-work-permits/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson says new funding coming from county and state to help with migrant crisis – TODD FEURER (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/brandon-johnson-migrant-funding-cook-county-illinois/

FOX32
— Chicago migrants to be limited to 60-day stays inside shelters – Scott Schneider (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrants-to-be-limited-to-60-day-stays-inside-shelters
— Groups say future Chicago budgets should drop ‘ShotSpotter’ Progressive groups are taking a bit of a victory lap concerning Chicago’s 2024 budget and outlining what they want in future budgets.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1312337

WTTW
— Chicago to Limit Migrants to 60 Days in City Shelters as Part of New Approach to Crisis – Heather Cherone (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://news.wttw.com/2023/11/15/chicago-limit-migrants-60-days-city-shelters-part-new-approach-crisis-johnson
— Chicago City Council Approves Johnson’s $16.6B Budget Amid Fractious Debate Over Costs to Care for Migrants – Heather Cherone (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://news.wttw.com/2023/11/15/chicago-city-council-approves-johnson-s-166b-budget-amid-fractious-debate-over-costs-care
— Suspended CPS Security Guard is 3rd Fired Chicago Cop Hired by District After Being on City’s Do-Not-Hire List – Jared Rutecki (COMMENT: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, constructively, by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” my Democrat GAO superiors put me on everyone’s do-not-hire list. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted to potential employers that they a) had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, b) had delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and c) had forced me to take a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. That is why I filed Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://news.wttw.com/2023/11/15/suspended-cps-security-guard-3rd-fired-chicago-cop-hired-district-after-being-city-s-do

WGN RADIO
— You can find a Narcan vending machine at the 95th Red Line station – Hayley Boyd (COMMENT: Drug pushers ever-increasingly push more drug use.)
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/extremely-local-news-you-can-find-a-narcan-vending-machine-at-the-95th-red-line-station/

WBEZ
— Mayor Johnson is imposing a “tiered” 60-day limit on migrant stays in city shelters. Though details were scarce, the mayor’s decision mirrors New York City’s plan to limit shelter stays. – Tessa Weinberg (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-imposing-a-60-day-limit-on-migrants-in-shelters/8c23efaf-9dc6-47f4-b425-5be3d2e5def0

SUBURBAN LIFE
— When Democrats are elected, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2023/11/15/backpacks-a-blessing-for-food-insecure-students-in-downers-grove-district-58-schools/

SOUTHERN
— 14th Amendment challenges to Trump’s campaign fail in 2 states with Colorado case pending – Isabella Murray (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/11/15/14th-amendment-challenges-to-trumps-campaign-fail-in-2-states-with-colorado-case-pending/

NPR ILLINOIS
— More Americans are concerned with the threat posed by China than at any time in the last 40 years. As a result, China is popping up in lots of campaign ads lately. – Domenico Montanaro
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-11-15/tens-of-millions-already-being-spent-on-campaign-ads-naming-china
— Once Florida’s favorite son, Floridians turn on DeSantis in his bid for president – Ashley Lopez
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-11-16/once-floridas-favorite-son-floridians-turn-on-desantis-in-his-bid-for-president

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trumps-violent-talk-shows-signs-of-taking-over-congress/

CITIES 92.9
— Chicago Mayor Johnson’s approval rating among lowest ever – Andrew Hensel
https://www.cities929.com/2023/11/15/poll-chicago-mayor-johnsons-approval-rating-among-lowest-ever/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/from-colleges-to-cannabis-17681832
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use diversity to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/diversity-training-for-law-enforcement-17681577

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-187/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/15/afternoon-roundup-187/
— State to lay out ‘next steps in managing the asylum seeker crisis’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/15/state-to-lay-out-next-steps-in-managing-the-asylum-seeker-crisis-tomorrow/
— Top mayoral aide offered to empty homeless encampment in exchange for floor votes (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://capitolfax.com/2023/11/15/top-mayoral-aide-offered-to-empty-homeless-encampment-in-exchange-for-floor-votes/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— U.S. Supreme Court dockets challenge against Illinois’ gun ban. Federal judge denies delaying response to motion for injunction against gun registry. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8f223d92-83d8-11ee-bdb6-434af8ff9473.html

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— ‘Speech code’: Proposed new IL rule would rewrite why and how lawyers can be punished for ‘discrimination’
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/651903769-speech-code-proposed-new-il-rule-would-rewrite-why-and-how-lawyers-can-be-punished-for-discrimination

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Public transportation racism? Ex-suburbanite promises to make Chicago buses, trains less prejudiced against blacks. (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have unfairly benefitted from public transportation subsidies. I used public transportation extensively 1978-1997.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/652140353-public-transportation-racism-ex-suburbanite-promises-to-make-chicago-buses-trains-less-prejudiced-against-blacks

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Controversial Illinois firearms ban legal challenge unlikely to be resolved until after registry deadline.
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/652100406-controversial-illinois-firearms-ban-legal-challenge-unlikely-to-be-resolved-until-after-registry-deadline

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Who is Responsible? There are 1.85 million public school students in grades K to 12 in Illinois. Of those, 1.2 million of them, 65 percent, cannot read at grade level, and 1.4 million, 76 percent, do not have math skills at grade level. – Thomas Hampson (COMMENT: My outstanding teachers at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966 helped me graduate in the upper 20% of my class, get an ACT score of 24, and get accepted by UIC.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/who-is-responsible/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE


— VOTERS OPPOSE CHICAGO MAYOR’S TENT CITY PLAN OVER 2 TO 1 – Dylan Sharkey
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/voters-oppose-chicago-mayors-tent-city-plan-over-2-to-1/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Companies blasted for backing Black Lives Matter despite group’s anti-Israel activism – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/15/woke-alert-companies-blasted-for-backing-black-liv/
— Congress should fund real border security, not a worldwide welfare state – Simon Hankinson (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/15/congress-should-fund-real-border-security-not-worl/
— Anti-war demonstrators clash with police at DNC headquarters in Washington – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/15/anti-war-demonstrators-clash-police-dnc-headquarte/
— Ronna McDaniel’s staying power as RNC chair put to the test – Seth McLaughlin (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents a) who ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and destroyed TAPROOT in 2012 and/or b) who ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (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.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/15/ronna-mcdaniels-staying-power-as-rnc-chair-put-to-/

WASHINGTOPN EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson receives lowest approval rating of a Chicago mayor in early months of term. – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/brandon-johnson-receives-lowest-approval-rating-starting-term
— The social justice doctor will see you now – Aida Cerundolo (COMMENT: From what I see, ever-increasingly, everyone in healthcare has demographics that vote for Democrats: minority, female, younger, non-conservative, non-American, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/the-social-justice-doctor-will-see-you-now

NEW YORK POST
— Campus antisemitism shows it’s time to track the foreign cash flowing into US universities – Philip Levine
https://nypost.com/2023/11/15/opinion/campus-antisemitism-shows-its-time-to-track-the-foreign-cash-flowing-into-us-universities/

AMAC
— Blue City Decline: How To Save New York And Other Cities
https://amac.us/newsline/society/blue-city-decline-how-to-save-new-york-and-other-cities/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Border Residents Express Frustrations at Uncontrolled Mass Migration – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2023/11/15/border-residents-express-frustrations-at-uncontrolled-mass-migration/

AMERICAN THINKER
— LGBTQ and the Palestinians… spread the woke! – Nick Lopez
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/lgbtq_and_the_palestinians_spread_the_woke.html

BREITBART
— Miserable Chicagoans Drop Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Approval Rating to 28% – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/15/nolte-miserable-chicagoans-drop-mayor-brandon-johnsons-approval-rating-to-28/
— Dem Rep. Krishnamoorthi: Uptick in Antisemitism Is Due to Trump – IAN HANCHETT (COMMENT: Sooner or later, Democrats and RINOs blame Trump and those who share his demographics for everything that is bad.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/11/15/dem-rep-krishnamoorthi-uptick-in-antisemitism-is-due-to-trump/
— MTG Blasts DHS Chief Mayorkas over Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens: ‘We’re Going to Impeach You’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/15/watch-mtg-blasts-dhs-chief-mayorkas-over-americans-killed-by-illegal-aliens-were-going-to-impeach-you/
— Barry Manilow Waited 40 Years to Come out Because ‘Back in the ‘70s, It Would Have Killed a Career’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON (COMMENT: I should write a book about my LGBTQ coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. They all 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 professional certifications, and/or no job-related professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/11/15/barry-manilow-waited-40-years-to-come-out-because-back-in-the-70s-it-would-have-killed-a-career/

CENTER FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden Admin. Admits Its ‘Asylum Officer Rule’ Will Further Impoverish Struggling U.S. Workers. . . . In one paragraph buried deep in a 155,000-word document. – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Biden-Admin-Admits-Its-Asylum-Officer-Rule-Will-Further-Impoverish-Struggling-US-Workers

COLLEGE FIX
— George Washington University report links antisemitism to ‘extreme right’ conspiracy theories – MICAIAH BILGER (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who stressed the most to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors in the federal government that I am conservative, Republican, Protestant, 100% German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, and Wheaton resident since 1978. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government who succeeded in getting my Jewish superiors to take the most/biggest adverse actions against me including a) forcing me to resign in 1969, b) disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowing my education deductions in 1978, d) forcing me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and e) forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/george-washington-u-report-links-antisemitism-to-extreme-right-conspiracy-theories/

DAILY CALLER
— Hundreds Of Migrants Plunge Into Rio Grande The Same Day That Mayorkas Defended Border Policies To Congress – HAROLD HUTCHISON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/15/hundreds-of-migrants-plunge-into-rio-grande-the-same-day-that-mayorkas-defended-border-policies-to-congress/
— House Votes To Block Rule Mandating LGBTQ-Friendly Foster Care – LILLIAN TWETEN
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/15/house-passes-amendment-lgbtq-foster-care/
— Chinese Nationals Are Illegally Crossing The Border In Record Numbers – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/14/chinese-nationals-illegally-crossing-border-record-numbers-data-shows/
— No Matter How Hard They Try, Government Hall Monitors Can’t Take Our Freedom To Drive – TERENCE P. JEFFREY
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/16/opinion-no-matter-how-hard-they-try-government-hall-monitors-cant-take-our-freedom-to-drive-terence-p-jeffrey/

DAILY WIRE
— Target Mocked For Selling Disabled Black Santa Ornament, Pride Nutcrackers – Amanda Harding
https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-mocked-for-selling-disabled-black-santa-ornament-pride-nutcrackers

FEDERALIST
— Reject The Rainbow Mob’s Farcical Transgender ‘Awareness’ Celebrations – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT
https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/15/reject-the-rainbow-mobs-farcical-transgender-awareness-celebrations/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Windy City Migrants Get Blown Out of Town
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/11/15/windy-city-migrants-get-blown-out-town

FOX NEWS
— Chicago college professor justifies Hamas attack ‘after 75 years of Israeli White supremacy’ ‘I called my mom and I started crying,’ one NEIU student told Fox News Digital – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-college-professor-justifies-hamas-attack-after-75-years-israeli-white-supremacy
— Texas lawmakers pass bill allowing illegal migrants to be arrested. The bill would become one of the nation’s strictest immigration laws if signed. – AP
https://www.foxnews.com/us/tx-lawmakers-pass-bill-allowing-illegal-migrants-arrested
— NYC struggling with rise in illegal immigration. FOX News’ Gianno Caldwell on frustrations from sanctuary cities over the increase of migrants, citizens left feeling like they are not prioritized.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6341238601112

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Americans on the Hook for Half a TRILLION to Care for ILLEGALS? – Tomi Lahren
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/11/15/americans-on-the-hook-for-half-a-trillion-to-care-for-illegals/
— Washington’s Embarrassing Clown Show: Near-Fistfights, Alleged Elbowing, Name-Calling – Howie Kurtz
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/11/15/washingtons-embarrassing-clown-show-near-fistfights-alleged-elbowing-name-calling/

HOUSE GOP
— Joe Biden’s Border Crisis Continues To Rage On With No End In Sight (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.gop.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=659

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Anti-Israel Rioters Attempt to Breach the Democratic National Committee in D.C. Law enforcement made multiple arrests. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/11/anti-israel-rioters-attempt-to-breach-the-democratic-national-committee-in-d-c/

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Cost of Illegal Immigration Greater Than Annual Gross Domestic Product of 15 States
https://www.judicialwatch.org/cost-of-illegal-immigration/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Texas Passes Bill Allowing State Police to Arrest, Deport Illegal Immigrants – DAVID ZIMMERMANN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-passes-bill-allowing-state-police-to-arrest-deport-illegal-immigrants/
— Majority of Democrats Believe Israel Has Done ‘Too Much’ in Response to Hamas Attacks – KAYLA BARTSCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/majority-of-democrats-believe-israel-has-done-too-much-in-response-to-hamas-attacks/

PJ MEDIA
— NSA Goes Full Woke, Pushes CRT and Transgender Ideology on Employees – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2023/11/15/nsa-goes-full-woke-pushes-crt-and-transgender-ideology-on-employees-n4923933

TOWNHALL
— How Do You Know Things Are Bad in America? The Migrants Are Now Self-Deporting. – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/11/15/migrants-are-now-self-deporting-n2631171
— Joe Biden’s NSA Goes Full-Blown Woke – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/11/15/the-nsa-goes-full-blown-woke-n2631245

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Biden announces 5 federal judicial nominees and stresses their varied backgrounds – AP (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, c) who had fewer job-related professional certifications than I had or no professional certifications, and/or d) who had no job-related professional license like the one I had.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/biden-announces-5-federal-judicial-nominees-stresses-varied-104905851

NEWSWEEK
— Target Sparks Conservative Outrage Over ‘Woke’ Christmas Ornaments – Shannon Power
https://www.newsweek.com/target-christmas-ornaments-backlash-woke-lgbtq-black-santa-1843896

NEW YORK TIMES
— Antisemitic and Anti-Muslim Hate Speech Surges Across the Internet. Fueled by the conflict between Israel and Gaza and stoked by extremists, hate speech has spiked on social media platforms such as X, Facebook and Instagram, researchers said. – Sheera Frenkel and Steven Lee Myers (COMMENT: Of course, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly blame Trump and his supporters for this.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/technology/hate-speech-israel-gaza-internet.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/opinion/trump-rhetoric.html

FOX NEW YORK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly deny that they promote illegal immigration.
https://news.yahoo.com/nyc-migrants-facing-challenges-arriving-130752334.html

USA TODAY
— Protesters in San Francisco attempted to shut down APEC summit: ‘We can have a better society’ – Terry Collins
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/15/apec-summit-san-francisco-protests/71585250007/
— Here’s why people aren’t buying EVs in spite of price cuts and tax breaks. – Medora Lee (COMMENT: What is the estimated useful life of an EV battery? Yesterday the engines in my 1972 Chevrolet Corvette and my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX started up and ran just fine.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2023/11/14/ev-sales-2023-slow-inventory-pile-up/71572499007/
— Choosing a college is hard. The Israel-Hamas war is making it harder. Many Jewish and Muslim families are drawing up a new set of criteria for the colleges they hope their kids will attend next year. – Zachary Schermele
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/11/12/israel-hamas-war-makes-college-decision-harder/71509384007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘What the Hell Is Going On at the FDIC?’ Lawmakers Grill Agency Chairman. Martin Gruenberg tells Senate panel he is ‘deeply troubled’ by accounts of alleged harassment, toxic culture within bank regulator raised by Wall Street Journal investigation. – Rebecca Ballhaus (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, the more of the following that its employees were, the more toxic the workplace was for them: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, if their ancestors had been in America for a long time, and/or if they had not become a GAO employee straight out of college. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/lawmakers-grill-fdic-chairman-over-allegations-of-misconduct-at-agency-5827d196
— Don’t Believe the Hype About Abortion. Its importance in last week’s elections for state office has been vastly overstated. – Karl Rove (COMMRENT: I should write a book about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me a) because I support the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform and b) because they believe that I do not support that plank strong enough.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-believe-the-hype-about-abortion-polling-voters-campaign-elections-1a749b63
— The Shock of Facing American Anti-Semitism. Jews thought America was a safe haven, but Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities revealed hatred here at home. – Joel Engel (COMMENT: Many of my Democrat GAO Chicago Office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemites. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shock-of-facing-american-anti-semitism-00acc234
— He Has Been Crazy About Cars His Whole Life. In Retirement, That Hasn’t Changed. Peter Volny found retirement boring. Until, that is, he hosted a car show. – Julie Halpert
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-hobby-car-show-393f0304

POLITICO
— My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used against me my having served a) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and b) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/15/mike-johnson-living-waters-publishing-00127264

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.