November 18, 2022

ABC7
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/marijuana-illinois-chicago-weed-rainforest-cafe-dispensary/12467511/
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Twitter employees locked out of company offices until Monday as more staff resign.”
https://abc7chicago.com/elon-musk-hardcore-twitter-resignations-ultimatum/12465940/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/11/17/23465429/abortion-pro-life-pro-choice-dobbs-contraception-mona-charen
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Madigan: Indicted but still pitching for (and getting) money. Illinois law allows the former House speaker to keep asking for campaign contributions even though he’s facing charges that he used his office to enrich himself and his allies.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/11/18/23462606/michael-madigan-13th-ward-democratic-organization-political-contributions-corruption-defense
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/11/17/23465177/david-goliath-battle-clouted-company-bid-weed-shop-inside-old-rainforest-cafe

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Republicans need to reevaluate candidate choices.” What encourages you to help elect a candidate in a Republican primary? For me, it is includes their relevant education, their relevant work experience, their career success, and their demonstrated support for the Republican Party platform, including its individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-republicans-midterm-candidates-abortion-message-20221111-a42clbe33zeu5iaaq7uipuy2pi-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “City offers 2,000 lots in first wave of ‘Come Home’ plan to repopulate empty parcels.” The northeast corner of Main and Exchange in Crete where I lived with my parents in an apartment above my grandfather’s hardware store 1948-1954 has been a church parking lot for many years.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/chicagos-come-home-plan-offers-2000-vacant-lots-residential-development

WBEZ
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats use reports of death threats to promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/uchicago-class-on-whiteness-prompts-death-threats-after-student-accuses-professor-of-anti-white-hatred/1fa3ec18-0522-4416-8122-babe25e18282

FOX ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump’s announcement kickstarts debate over party’s future, potential challengers
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/donald-trumps-announcement-kickstarts-debate-over-partys-future-potential-challengers-republican-presidential-nomination-ron-desantis-mike-pence-larry-hogan-liz-cheney-2024-election

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in gerrymandering the 3rd Congressional District to elect a leftist Latina.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2022/11/18/illinois-first-latina-rep-on-aoc-and-the-burbs-00069380

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— DuPage Clerk asks IL Supreme Court to toss DuPage judge’s order to follow law when verifying mail-in ballots – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/635271584-dupage-clerk-asks-il-supreme-court-to-toss-dupage-judge-s-order-to-follow-law-when-verifying-mail-in-ballots

JOHN KASS
— Can a Nation Survive without a Center? – Ray Hanania
https://johnkassnews.com/can-a-nation-survive-without-a-center/

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s progressive agenda has been destructive for black communities – Matt Rosenberg
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-progressive-agenda-has-been-destructive-for-black-communities-wirepoints/
— Just because there was a sweep on Nov. 8 doesn’t mean that what our politicians are doing is right. There is still a reckoning coming when the math no longer works.
https://wirepoints.org/just-because-there-was-a-sweep-on-nov-8-doesnt-mean-that-what-our-politicians-are-doing-is-right-there-is-still-a-reckoning-coming-when-the-math-no-longer-works-wirepoints-on-with-jeff/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Attention School Board Candidates & Potential Candidates (COMMENT: What are the conservative leaders of your Republican township/ward and county party organizations doing to encourage conservative candidates to run for school board?)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/11/17/attention-school-board-candidates-potential-candidates/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS FOOD ASSISTANCE RATE 6TH-HIGHEST IN NATION – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-food-assistance-rate-6th-highest-in-nation/

CAPITOL FAX
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Post-campaign notebook.”
https://capitolfax.com/2022/11/17/post-campaign-notebook-5/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats and Republicans say DHS isn’t prepared for the looming migrant surge – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/nov/17/democrats-and-republicans-say-dhs-isnt-prepared-lo/
— Trump keeps it elegant in 2024 presidential campaign announcement. But he is still the marauder at the gates of Washington. – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/nov/17/trump-keeps-it-elegant-in-2024-presidential-campai/
— Let the Republicans’ election blame game begin? – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/nov/17/let-republicans-election-blame-game-begin/
— GOP lawmakers escalate war on ‘woke’ military in targeting Pentagon diversity chief’s position – Mike Glenn
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/nov/17/gop-lawmakers-escalate-war-woke-military-targeting/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Don’t be fooled: The Senate’s gay marriage bill does not protect religious objectors – Kaylee McGhee White
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/dont-be-fooled-senates-gay-marriage-bill-does-not-protect-religious-objectors
— Can Republicans make Congress great again? – Stephen Moore
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/can-republicans-make-congress-great-again
— Boeing donates to youth social justice conference with courses on ‘oppression’ – Jenny Goldsberry (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats demonize you, denigrate your, and condemn you as being an oppressor: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/boeing-donation-social-justice-conference

NEW YORK POST
— DeSantis’ winning formula: Smart, substantial ‘culture war’ stands plus nuts-and-bolts competence – Christopher F. Rufo
https://nypost.com/2022/11/17/desantis-winning-formula-smart-substantial-culture-war-stands-plus-nuts-bolts-competence/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Get ready for the mother of all illegal immigrant border surges – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/11/get_ready_for_the_mother_of_all_illegal_immigrant_border_surges.html
— Madame Secretary, Your Woke Policies are Killing the Army – Don Brown
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/11/madame_secretary_your_woke_policies_are_killing_the_army.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Schumer cites low U.S. reproductive stats, says amnesty for 11 mil or more illegals is only answer – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/11/17/schumer-cites-low-u-s-reproductive-stats-says-amnesty-for-11-mil-or-more-illegals-is-only-answer-1310204/
— Biden caught with ANOTHER cheat sheet telling him when to ‘sit’, when to speak – Sierra Marlee
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/11/17/biden-caught-with-another-cheat-sheet-telling-him-when-to-sit-when-to-speak-1310184/

BREITBART
— Chuck Schumer Ripped After Admitting ‘Ultimate Goal’ to Grant Citizenship to ‘All’ Illegal Immigrants – JOSHUA KLEIN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/17/chuck-schumer-ripped-after-admitting-ultimate-goal-to-grant-citizenship-to-all-illegal-immigrants/
— Biden Has ‘Weaponized the Federal Government Against the American People’ – BRECCAN F. THIES
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/17/chip-roy-biden-has-weaponized-the-federal-government-against-the-american-people/
— Gisele Fetterman: ‘Cruel’ for Texas Governor Greg Abbott to Bus Illegal Aliens to Sanctuary City Philadelphia. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/17/gisele-fetterman-cruel-texas-governor-greg-abbott-bus-illegal-aliens-sanctuary-city-philadelphia/
— Joaquin Castro: ‘Imperative’ to Ram DACA Amnesty Through Congress Before GOP Becomes House Majority – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/17/joaquin-castro-imperative-to-ram-daca-amnesty-through-congress-before-gop-becomes-house-majority/

CENTER SQUARE NEW YORK
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “Some people have decided to leave what she called “bad jobs,” which include jobs with low pay, odd schedules, zero benefits and no chance for career advancement.” To qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-management) when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (Loyola-business), 31 (DePaul-accounting), and 48 (IIT-finance), c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and d) I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/study-finds-new-york-struggling-the-least-to-fill-jobs/article_15069b98-4fef-11ed-8c65-9bdc3990c220.html

DAILY CALLER
— New School Board Members Immediately Ban Critical Race Theory In First Meeting After Election – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/17/endorsed-parental-rights-school-board-members-ban-crt/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Majority of Hispanic Voters Want Government to Do More to Enforce Immigration Laws, Exit Poll Finds – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/11/17/majority-of-hispanic-voters-want-government-to-do-more-to-enforce-immigration-laws-exit-poll-finds/

DAILY WIRE
— Adam Kinzinger Suggests He Risked His Seat To Save Democracy. Democrat Gerrymandering Erased His District. – Virginia Kruta (COMMENT: What do you say to Republican candidates and Republican elected officials who do the following to get votes from Democrats, from Libertarians, from Greens, from Independents, and from RINOs: demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) Trump and b) those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/adam-kinzinger-suggests-he-risked-his-seat-to-save-democracy-democrat-gerrymandering-erased-his-district
— Chuck Schumer’s Great Replacement. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says America isn’t producing enough kids, so we have to amnesty 11 million illegal immigrants; 12 Republican senators vote to enshrine same-sex marriage in federal law; and the fallout from Trump’s 2024 announcement continues. – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1613-chuck-schumer-s-great-replacement-theory
— The Death Of Marriage Is Killing America – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-death-of-marriage-is-killing-america

EPOCH TIMES
— Communist China Is the Primary Profiter From Biden Admin’s Policies – Stu Cvrk
https://www.theepochtimes.com/communist-china-is-the-primary-profiter-from-biden-admins-policies_4863509.html

FEDERALIST
— The DeSantis Model For Tackling Woke Bureaucracy Is A Non-Negotiable For The Next Republican Administration – SUMANTRA MAITRA
https://thefederalist.com/2022/11/17/no-matter-who-the-next-gop-nominee-may-be-the-ron-desantis-model-for-tackling-woke-bureaucracy-will-be-a-non-negotiable/
— Elites’ Disdain For Trump Is Thinly Veiled Hatred For You – SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT
https://thefederalist.com/2022/11/17/elites-disdain-for-trump-is-thinly-veiled-hatred-for-you/

FOX NEWS
— Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, others are bankrolling the woke education agenda, says parents group. Reading scores just saw their largest decline in 30 years, according to the Department of Education. – Kristine Parks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-gates-mark-zuckerberg-others-bankrolling-woke-education-agenda-parents-group

MRC TV
— Schumer: ‘The Only Way We’re Going to Have a Great Future’ Is By Granting Millions of Illegals Amnesty – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/schumer-only-way-were-going-have-great-future-granting-millions-illegals-amnesty
— Fetterman Advisor to Hill Reporters: Don’t Yell Questions at Fetterman, He Can’t Process Them – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/fetterman-advisor-hill-reporters-dont-yell-questions-fetterman-he-cant-process-them

PJ MEDIA
— Philadelphia’s Turn to Get a Taste of Biden’s Border Crisis – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/rick-moran/2022/11/17/philadelphias-turn-to-get-a-taste-of-bidens-border-crisis-n1646625

PATRIOT POST
— Kamala Harris Thinks Young People Are ‘Stupid’ They did vote for Democrats in droves, and Republicans are going to have to reckon with and change that. – SCARLEN VALDERAZ
https://patriotpost.us/articles/92913-kamala-harris-thinks-young-people-are-stupid-2022-11-17

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Can Parents Stop Critical Race Theory in Schools? – Craig Trainor
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/11/17/can_parents_stop_critical_race_theory_in_schools_585071.html

RICK SCOTT
— Biden’s Bad Jobs Report Shows Huge Losses of Full-Time American Jobs (COMMENT: Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. Because my father almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, my mother was able to stay home and raise me.)
https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2022/11/sen-rick-scott-biden-s-bad-jobs-report-shows-huge-losses-of-full-time-american-jobs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Growing up, my family was poor, we lived in public housing and we had to watch every penny we spent. My mom would take on odd jobs and multiple jobs to pay the bills and it meant she spent less time with us at home.)

TOWNHALL
— Hispanic Voters Favor Strong Border Security Measures and Reducing Illegal Immigration: Poll – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2022/11/17/hispanics-border-security-poll-n2616080
— U.S. Will Begin Deporting Cubans in Coming Weeks – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2022/11/17/us-will-soon-deport-lots-of-cuban-illegal-immigrants-by-plane-n2616077

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump or Biden? How About Neither? Walking away from the presidency is like giving up the car keys because you’re too old to drive safely. – Mark Penn and Andrew Stein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-or-biden-how-about-neither-2024-presidential-election-midterm-record-age-investigation-hunter-denialism-public-opinion-legacy-11668694403
— COMMENT: Starbucks Workers Strike for Higher Pay, Staffing Improvement. Expect that sooner or later, if not already, Starbucks will replace them with illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/on-the-news/watch-starbucks-workers-strike-for-higher-pay-staffing-improvements/B6D27341-D61E-4A02-8F45-33424BDCDF18

MARKET WATCH
— COMMENT: Starbucks workers at more than 100 stores going on strike. Expect that sooner or later, if not already, Starbucks will replace them with illegals.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/starbucks-workers-at-more-than-100-stores-going-on-strike-01668682757?mod=currencies

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Texas Democrats ask feds to ‘intervene’ against Greg Abbott’s ‘invasion’ declaration.”
https://news.yahoo.com/texas-democrats-ask-feds-intervene-193634118.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump vs. DeSantis: How the two GOP heavyweights match up.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3740984-trump-vs-desantis-how-the-two-gop-heavyweights-match-up/

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “As Trump announces 2024 run, GOP governors do their best to look away.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-announces-2024-run-gop-governors-best-look-away-rcna57716

CNN
— COMMENT: About 2,000 Starbucks workers stage one-day strike at more than 100 stores. Expect that sooner or later, if not already, Starbucks will replace them with illegals.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/17/business/starbucks-strike/index.html

MSN
— COMMENT: Democrats ask “What happens next to migrants who arrived in Philly from Texas?” Sooner or later, Democrat and RINO employers will use them to replace their employees who are citizens of America.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-happens-next-to-migrants-who-arrived-in-philly-from-texas/ar-AA14dOcR
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Less than half of Twitter’s remaining employees signed up to work for Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ vision, leaving leaders scrambling to convince people to stay.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/less-than-half-of-twitter-s-remaining-employees-signed-up-to-work-for-elon-musk-s-hardcore-vision-leaving-leaders-scrambling-to-convince-people-to-stay/ar-AA14fac8?li=BBnba9O

NEWSWEEK
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Red Tide or Blue Wave, Americans Stay Poor.” The less education, the fewer job skills, the less work experience, and/or the fewer professional certifications/licenses that your job requires, the sooner that you will be replaced with an illegal. The following helped me avoid being replaced with an illegal: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-management) when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (Loyola-business), 31 (DePaul-accounting), and 48 (IIT-finance), c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and d) I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32.)
https://www.newsweek.com/red-tide-blue-wave-americans-stay-poor-opinion-1760472
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The predator class that runs these corporations and governs us maintains a prey class of poor kids generation after generation, to keep itself satiated with cheap labor, cheap profits, and hungry voters.)
— Democrats say “Working Class Americans Need a Hand Up, Not a Handout.” What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-management) when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (Loyola-business), 31 (DePaul-accounting), and 48 (IIT-finance). I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant). I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. The aforesaid shows that because I could and did the aforesaid, just about anyone could do the aforesaid. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. My ACT score was only 24.)
https://www.newsweek.com/working-class-americans-need-hand-not-handout-opinion-1760422

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Starbucks Workers Strike at Dozens of Stores Nationally. Expect that sooner or later, if not already, Starbucks will replace them with illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/business/economy/starbucks-union-strike.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/opinion/trump-republicans-midterms.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/opinion/trump-2024-campaign.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/us/politics/trump-candidate-biden-strategy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats say “How a Border Surge Tests Biden’s Immigration Approach.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/how-a-border-surge-tests-bidens-immigration-approach/2022/11/16/95ccd1fe-6604-11ed-b08c-3ce222607059_story.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “As Republicans worry, Democrats welcome Trump’s shadow in Ga. Senate runoff.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/18/warnock-walker-georgia-senate-runoff/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “GOP elites want to turn from Trump” and ask “Will the base let them?”
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-11-18/gop-elites-want-to-turn-from-trump-will-the-base-let-them

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in getting Generation Z (those born between 1997-2012) to vote for Democrats. To vote for Democrats is to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. What does that say about Generation Z?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2022/11/16/gen-z-vote-made-difference-midterm-elections/10692155002/

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— COMMENT: Democrats say that Philadelphia wants asylum-seekers.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/greg-abbott-texas-immigration-asylum-bus-border-20221117.html

LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “California’s eternal poverty problem demands more than government checks.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs flood America with citizens of foreign countries a) who need/want massive government assistance, b) who lack education, c) who lack job skills, d) who lack work experience, e) who do not come from traditional families, and/or f) who have health problems.
https://www.dailynews.com/2022/11/17/californias-eternal-poverty-problem/

GRAND FORKS HERALD
— COMMENT: Jonah Goldberg demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters love it when those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican demonize, denigrate, and/or condemn Trump.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/columns/jonah-goldberg-will-the-gop-finally-do-something-about-its-trump-problem

BLOOMBERG
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from young voters, Democrats give them more preference over older voters, and especially over older voters who are Republican, White, male, married, non-poor, non-veteran, homeowners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-17/biden-democrats-made-a-play-for-young-voters-it-worked-and-helped-them-keep-the-senate

FORBES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Here’s How Much Ron DeSantis (44) Is Worth. . . At the end of last year, he was worth about $320,000 and still owed roughly $20,000 in student loans, according to a financial disclosure report he filed in June.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2022/11/18/heres-how-much-ron-desantis-is-worth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DeSantis, born in Florida to a working-class family, is not accustomed to big money. A strong student and talented athlete, he went to college at Yale, where he captained the baseball team. After graduating, DeSantis joined the history department at a Georgia private school, before heading to law school at Harvard. He received his diploma in 2005 and went to work for the U.S. Navy. At 27 years old, DeSantis had two prestigious degrees, a pile of student loans and a modest government salary. The military might not have provided much money, but it did offer some perks, like access to generous lending programs. In 2009, DeSantis worked with the Department of Veterans Affairs to purchase a $307,500 home outside of Jacksonville, borrowing $314,000, even more than the property cost. He transitioned to the Navy Reserve in 2010, the same year he married his wife, Casey, a local television personality. In 2011, DeSantis worked at the Florida-based law firm Holland & Knight, earning $128,000. He also published a political book, “Dreams From Our Founding Fathers: First Principles in the Age of Obama,” riffing on the title of the 44th president’s memoir. DeSantis only received an estimated $20,000 from his first stint as an author. He soon delved deeper into politics, winning a congressional seat in 2012. He served on Capitol Hill for nearly six years, stashing part of his $174,000 salary into a savings plan while he was there. He also briefly expanded his real estate portfolio, purchasing a $242,000 home in Palm Coast, Fla. in 2016. He sold it two years later for $275,000, paying off the mortgage and pocketing a small profit. By then, DeSantis was focused on his first gubernatorial campaign. He defeated Democrat Andrew Gillum by a narrow margin, allowing DeSantis to upgrade his housing situation. His family sold its home near Jacksonville for $460,000—about $150,000 more than Ron had paid to purchase it—and moved into the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee. DeSantis’ two home sales were poorly timed, preventing him from taking advantage of the pandemic-fueled surge in Florida real estate prices. If the governor, who currently earns about $140,000 a year, had been able to hang onto his houses, he might have been a half million dollars richer by the end of last year. Instead, he was worth just $320,000, less than the average American his age. But DeSantis, 44, seems to be on the cusp of earning a lot more money.)

POLITICO
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Big Business paints itself as being a) anti-White, b) anti-male, c) anti-older people, d) anti-heterosexual, e) traditional marriage and family, f) anti-wealth, g) anti-gun ownership, h) anti-Christian, i) anti-Protestant, j) anti-Italian American and anti-German American, k) anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, l) anti-conservative, m) anti-patriotism, n) anti-Republican, and/or o) anti-American.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/17/republicans-congress-wall-street-00065688

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Texas Dumps Dozens of Migrants to Another Blue Sanctuary City in Post-Election Bus Campaign.”
https://ijr.com/texas-dumps-dozens-migrants-another-blue-sanctuary-city-post-election-bus-campaign/

BROOKINGS INSTITUTE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education.” According to your critics/opponents, what unfair advantages in life do they attribute your successes to? My critics/opponents attribute my successes in life to the following: a) my being White, b) my being male, c) my ancestors having been in America since 1844, d) my avoiding the draft, e) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents, and f) my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, women, younger people, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, liberals, moderates, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, etc.)
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unequal-opportunity-race-and-education/

PBS
— COMMENT: Starbucks workers strike at more than 100 stores in largest labor action since union campaign. Expect that sooner or later, if not already, Starbucks will replace them with illegals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/starbucks-workers-strike-at-more-than-100-stores-in-largest-labor-action-since-union-campaign

NPR
— COMMENT: Thousands of Starbucks workers go on strike. Expect that sooner or later, if not already, Starbucks will replace them with illegals.
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/17/1137296597/starbucks-strike-red-cup-day

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “OPM Finalizes Rules Rescinding Provisions of Trump’s Firing Executive Order.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes approve of all the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2022/11/opm-finalizes-rules-rescinding-provisions-trumps-firing-executive-order/379552/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We do not believe that the rule is unclear or is difficult to comprehend as these regulatory changes restore well-established principles and practices that are familiar to federal agencies and have proven to be successful tools to support managers in addressing unacceptable performance and promoting employee accountability for performance-based reduction-in-grade, removal actions and adverse actions while recognizing employee rights and protections,” the agency wrote.)

LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Twin Billionaire Parties Win 2022 Elections.” The less education, the fewer job skills, the less work experience, and/or the fewer professional certifications/licenses that your job requires, the sooner that you will be replaced with an illegal. The following helped me avoid being replaced with an illegal: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-management) when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (Loyola-business), 31 (DePaul-accounting), and 48 (IIT-finance), c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and d) I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32.)
https://www.laprogressive.com/election-reform-campaigns/twin-billionaire-parties

AXIOS
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Philadelphia welcomes asylum seekers sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.” Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats, RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2022/11/17/philadelphia-migrant-bus-texas

DAILY MAIL
— COMMENT: Schumer hangs a giant ‘Come On In’ sign on America’s borders.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11440517/MARCUS-illegal-immigrants-wont-save-America-Dream-gone-lost.html
— Go woke, go broke! California warns state budget will plunge $25 billion into the red in 2023 – SOPHIE MANN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11442029/Go-woke-broke-California-warns-state-budget-plunge-25-billion-red-2023.html

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.