October 24, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Jewish groups calling for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war block traffic in the Loop. Over 70 protesters were issued citations for obstructing traffic, according to Chicago police. – Emmanuel Camarillo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/10/23/23929690/jewish-groups-calling-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-block-traffic-in-the-loop
— Over protests, Mayor Johnson confirms Brighton Park tent plan, pending final assessments. The confirmation comes a week after local Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) was attacked during an incendiary protest and a day after Ramirez released a letter distancing herself from the plan. – Michael Loria and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/23/23921321/ald-julia-ramirez-says-mayor-did-not-consult-with-her-on-potential-brighton-park-tent-plan
— Pritzker urges residents to unite ‘across religions, across ethnicities to renounce hatred’ Illinois has seen an “alarming increase” in anti-Arabism, Islamophobia and antisemitism, the Democratic governor said, noting “online hatred has skyrocketed” nationwide. – Tina Sfondeles (COMMENT: Those who are Muslim or Jewish overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.  Democrats ever-increasingly a) run Illinois and b) blame Trump and blame the remaining Republicans in Illinois for all of Illinois’ problems.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/23/23928984/pritzker-arab-bar-association-kwame-raoul-hate-speech-antisemitism-gaza-hamas-israel

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— There’s a long list of candidates for House speaker as Republicans try voting again on a new leader – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-house-speaker-candidates-20231024-h7k2nswifrdm5lbn6frhm2gqyu-story.html
— Ald. Julia Ramirez issues statement ahead of meeting on potential migrant camp: ‘the mayor’s office did not consult with me’ – Nell Salzman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-brighton-park-meeting-migrants-20231023-qk3ernuu5bbp7mnnvth6hvmala-story.html

ABC7
— Chicago protest: Group calling for ceasefire in Hamas-Israel war shuts down busy Loop street. Group ends rally, heads back to Federal Plaza amid large police presence – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-protest-today-rally-traffic-hamas-israel/13960160/
— 4 taken to hospital from South Loop CPD station where many migrants in Chicago are staying. How many migrants are in Chicago? As of Monday, there are over 11,000 migrants in city shelters and more elsewhere. – Stephanie Wade
https://abc7chicago.com/how-many-migrants-are-in-chicago-police-cpd-south-loop/13958840/
— Coalition demands Oak Park step up to help Chicago migrants: ‘Our borders are porous’ – Michelle Gallardo and Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-how-to-help-police-station-oak-park/13960586/
— Ald. Julia Ramirez speaks for 1st time after being attacked at Brighton Park protest. Attack happened during protest over city proposal to set up migrant ‘base camp.’
https://abc7chicago.com/ald-julia-ramirez-chicago-protest-brighton-park-migrants/13961440/
— Cook County sheriff gives updated human trafficking statistics: ‘We’re just overwhelmed’ – Rob Hughes
https://abc7chicago.com/what-is-human-trafficking-cook-county-definition-statistics/13960431/

NBC5
— Presidential candidate Tim Scott talks crime, race and Israel-Hamas War during Chicago visit
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/presidential-candidate-tim-scott-talks-crime-race-and-israel-hamas-war-during-chicago-visit/3258262/

CBS2
— Protestors in downtown Chicago call for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protestors-in-downtown-chicago-call-for-cease-fire-in-israel-hamas-war/
— No charges for man who fired shot at dueling rallies for Israel and Palestine in Chicago suburbs – DARIUS JOHNSON, JERMONT TERRY, TODD FEURER, BETH LAWRENCE
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dueling-rallies-for-israel-and-palestine-held-in-skokie/
— Chicago alderwoman swarmed at protest over migrant camp wants more transparency from city – SABRINA FRANZA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/alderwoman-swarmed-migrants/
— Thefts of Kias, Hyundais in Chicago continue to rise
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/thefts-of-kias-hyundais-in-chicago-continue-to-rise/

WGN9
— Residents near Amundsen Park continue speaking out against proposal to house migrants – Jewell Hillery, Andrew Smith
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/residents-near-amundsen-park-continue-speaking-out-against-proposal-to-house-migrants/

FOX32
— Chicago protesters block traffic, demand ceasefire in Israel
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1300305
— Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott visits Chicago’s South Side
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/republican-presidential-candidate-tim-scott-chicago-south-side

WBEZ
— Chicago families left without a bus ride to CPS this year are demanding help – Sarah Karp (COMMENT: I lived in Crete 1948-1972. The only time that I rode a bus to/from school was while was in 8th grade at Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962.)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/cps-families-without-bus-rides-are-demanding-help/2ab86ab6-9db6-46b6-b9d3-72fff8007505

WLS AM
— The search for a new Speaker of the House continues…
https://www.wlsam.com/2023/10/24/the-search-for-a-new-speaker-of-the-house-continues/

WGN RADIO
— The reason marijuana-related car crashes are on the rise in Illinois – Brian Althimer
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/the-reason-marijuana-related-car-crashes-are-on-the-rise-in-illinois/
— Chicago Way w/John Kass: A visit with migrants living in a police station – Jeff Carlin
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-a-visit-with-migrants-living-in-a-police-station/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On this episode, Ted Dabrowski of Wirepoints.com joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to discuss his recent visit to a Chicago Police Station at Division & Larrabee to talk with migrants who have been recently bused from the US/Mexico border and forced to live in tents (if they’re lucky) or outside the police station. Ted also offers up his take on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s massive budget proposal.)

SOUTHERN
— Migrant bus conditions ‘disgusting and inhuman,’ says former vet who escorted convoys – Nicco Quinones, Ashley Schwartz-Lavares and Allie Weintraub
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/10/24/migrant-bus-conditions-disgusting-and-inhuman-says-former-vet-who-escorted-convoys/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Advocate hopes state grant will give housing relief to some asylum seekers already in Elgin – Maria Gardner Lara
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2023-10-23/advocate-hopes-state-grant-will-give-housing-relief-to-some-asylum-seekers-already-in-elgin

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers back in Springfield for the veto session – Michelle Eccles
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2023-10-24/illinois-lawmakers-back-in-springfield-for-the-veto-session-first-listen

KSDK
— Work-ready migrants from Chicago could be making their way to St. Louis soon
https://www.ksdk.com/video/news/local/work-ready-migrants-from-chicago-could-come-to-st-louis-soon/63-d2494c43-080e-4b3b-b334-67543ffdad45

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Illinois Doled Out Millions to Pot Growers. It Still May Not Be Enough to Save the Industry. As independent “craft growers” in Illinois struggle to secure financing for their cannabis businesses, a state-backed fund has emerged as a key lifeline. – Alex Nitkin
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/10/23/illinois-doled-out-millions-to-pot-growers-it-still-may-not-be-enough-to-save-the-industry/
— Chicago Needs 18,000 Coats For Migrants. Here’s How You Can Help. Nonprofit One Warm Coat encourages people to donate gently used winter gear or set up coat drives before the end of this month. – Joanna Hou
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/10/23/city-of-chicago-requests-18000-coats-for-migrants-heres-how-you-can-help/

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso Not Running For State House District 82. The district includes Darien, Western Springs, Willowbrook, Burr Ridge, Homer Glen and Lemont. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-not-running-state-house

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Tim Scott’s quixotic visit to Chicago – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/10/24/tim-scotts-quixotic-visit-to-chicago-00123140

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2023/10/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-170/
— Afternoon roundup.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/10/23/afternoon-roundup-174/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— “Here’s what Venezuelans at the police station told me: ‘If the border is open, we’re coming.’” – Ted Dabrowski on with John Kass
https://wirepoints.org/heres-what-venezuelans-told-me-if-the-border-is-open-were-coming-ted-dabrowski-on-with-john-kass/
— It’s not hard to see what Think Big is really about: Pritzker’s presidential ambitions – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/its-not-hard-to-see-what-think-big-is-really-about-pritzkers-presidential-ambitions-mark-glennon-on-cities-92-9-with-cat-petersen/

MADISON RECORD
— Raoul moves to dismiss constitutional challenge to firearm liability law – Steve Korris
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/650433827-raoul-moves-to-dismiss-constitutional-challenge-to-firearm-liability-law

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Stay or Go: Chicago’s Jewish Community Has a Choice to Make – BENJAMIN BLAIR
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-jewish-community-has-choice-to-make
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With rising anti-Semitism in the Windy City, does the urban equation still add up for the 85,000 Jews in Chicago? Roughly two percent of the world’s Jewish community resides in the greater Chicago area. According to a recent Brandeis study of the Chicagoland Jewish community, in 2020, there were 319,600 Jewish adults and children spread across 175,800 households in Chicago and its suburbs. Chicago’s Jewish population count was 85,000 at the time of the study. Chicago Jews are a diverse bunch. Some are observant, following as many of the 613 mitzvot (which comprise “doing good deeds” or “avoiding bad deeds”) as possible, including putting on Tefillin, observing shabbat and the holidays/festivals, and saying prayers daily. Others worship themselves, including Zen and the art of vaginoplasty. By the numbers, Chicago’s Jewish community was seven percent Orthodox (i.e., observant) in 2020 (the same as 2010). Conservative Jews, who generally believe they are fully observant with a few caveats, although the Orthodox would disagree, made up 16 percent of the population (down from 30 percent in 2010). Reform Jews (the Unitarians of the Jewish world) came in at 29 percent (down from 45 percent). Somewhat shockingly, 44 percent of the Jewish community had “no denomination” in 2020 (up from 14 percent in 2010). But the politics of Chicago’s Jewish community should surprise no one: 16 percent volunteer themselves as “extremely liberal”; 36 percent clock in as liberal; 18 percent are moderate; six percent are slightly conservative; 10 percent are conservative; and 2 percent are extremely conservative. In short: Most Chicago Jews don’t agree on much, but they tilt far to the political “left” outside the Orthodox community. In fact, many of Barack Obama’s biggest fanboys (inside baseball note: Who were generally responsible for driving his rise to fame even before his run for the White House) came from Chicago’s Jewish community – think the Pritzker family, for one.)

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— $2,000 retention bonus, 20% raises part of tentative new Chicago Police deal. – Andrew Hensel (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors used Republican-led budget cuts 1980-1997 to get rid of their Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that they took against me to get rid of me including forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old a) because I was all of the aforesaid, b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, c) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and c) because I had been a union member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for the Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_fa663d96-71d2-11ee-a1bb-c7d31bf83eb6.html
— With arrests down significantly, police point to low morale, lack of support – Shirleen Guerra and Tom Gantert
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f2cb945c-716c-11ee-8775-3bfacb7bcdd0.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— See where Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is housing illegal aliens in the city
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/650438026-see-where-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-is-housing-illegal-aliens-in-the-city

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘The SAFE-T Act has been just the latest in a line of tremendous failures’ – Aris Garcia
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/650433866-garcia-the-safe-t-act-has-been-just-the-latest-in-a-line-of-tremendous-failures

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— No Tax Levy Amendments at October County Board Meeting May Lead to Interesting November Meeting
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/23/inability-to-offer-tax-levy-amendments-at-october-county-board-meeting-may-lead-to-interesting-november-meeting/
— Looking at “Affordable Housing” Requirements through Lakewood’s Lens
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/23/looking-at-affordable-housing-requirements-through-lakewoods-lens/
— Message of the Day: Jim Jordan Sketch from Saturday Night Live Instant Classic
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/23/snljordan/
— Marengo Staff Recommends a One Percentage Point Sale Tax Hike Referendum, Following Harvard’s Example
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/22/marengo-staff-recommends-a-sale-tax-hike-referendum-following-harvards-example/
— Reick DCFS Op-Ed in Daily Herald
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/22/reick-op-ed-in-daily-herald/
— The Oil Embargo Fifty Years Ago
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/22/209274/
— Louisiana Gubernatorial Election Surprise: Polls Missed Outright Republican Win
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/22/lagovsurprise/
— Broke Metra Considers Reduced Fares for SNAP (Food Stamp) Recipients
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/22/broke-metra-considers-reduced-fares-for-snap-food-stamp-recipients/
— Republican Treasurer Gives Pro-Life Message to McHenry County Board
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/22/republican-treasurer-gives-pro-life-message-to-mchenry-county-board/
— Will County Levies $10 Million for Mental Health, McHenry at Almost $11 Million
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/21/will-county-levies-10-million-for-mental-health/
— Another “What Could Go Wrong?” Question with West Dundee Buying Spring Hill Mall
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/21/another-what-could-go-wrong-question-with-west-dundee-buying-spring-hill-mall/
— Pot Use Analyzed
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/21/pot-use-analyzed/
— UPDATE: Why Didn’t Pritzker Show? HUNTLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT CANCELLED THE EVENT FEARING RAIN
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/21/why-didnt-pritzker-show/
— Chicago Illegal Alien Report
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/23/chicago-illegal-alien-report/

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Who Advises You? – Tim Hetzner (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like they take advice from those who reject the following planks in the Republican Party platform: individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://devotions1.lccportal.org/2023/10/24/who-advises-you-part-1/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— INVEST IN KIDS TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS MOSTLY GO TO BLACK, HISPANIC STUDENTS – Mailee Smith (COMMENT: To have enough money to pay for sending my brother and I to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1953-1969, my father worked second jobs, most commonly, he played piano in restaurants and bars, delivering eggs, and working an A&W. He died suddenly in October of 1969 when he tried to lift a heavy speaker at the Blue Note Tap in Momence. My grandfather, my great grandfather, and my great great grandfather on my father’s side all had less money because they paid to send their children to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/invest-in-kids-tax-credit-scholarships-mostly-go-to-black-hispanic-students/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Eight Republicans make their case for speaker’s job that no one has been able to win – Susan Ferrechio and Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/23/eight-republicans-make-their-case-speakers-job-no-/
— Israel losing its window for ground attack on Gaza. Hamas releases 2 Israeli hostages, U.S. troops under fire. – Ben Wolfgang
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/23/israel-losing-its-window-ground-attack-gaza/
— Conservative-muzzling universities accused of free speech hypocrisy on Hamas attack – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/24/conservative-muzzling-universities-accused-of-free/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ‘Just as Cruel as the Terrorists’: Many Ordinary Palestinians Joined in Hamas’s Atrocities Against Israel – Andrew Tobin
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/just-as-cruel-as-the-terrorists-many-ordinary-palestinians-joined-in-hamass-atrocities-against-israel/
— Associated Press Won’t Let Reporters Call Hamas a Terrorist Organization. News organization says journalists should refer to its former officemates as ‘militants’ – Joseph Simonson
https://freebeacon.com/media/associated-press-wont-let-reporters-call-hamas-a-terrorist-organization/

NEW YORK POST
— Nearly two-thirds of New Yorkers blame Biden for migrant crisis – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2023/10/24/news/two-thirds-of-new-yorkers-blame-biden-for-migrant-crisis-poll/
— Iran-backed terror groups increase attacks on US forces in Mideast as war rages in Gaza – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/news/iranian-terrorist-proxies-increase-attacks-on-us-forces-as-war-rages-in-israel/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal aliens are rational investors – Andrew Hodge
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/10/illegal_aliens_are_rational_investors.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Migrants coming to the USA right now have to make a significant investment. There is a monetary investment in the form of payment given to the Mexican drug cartels to shepherd them to and across the border. Many migrants take flights from their home countries to Central or South America and then trek north. Flights costs money, which increases their investment after payments to the cartels. Often this also involves future payments earned as the result of working in this country, legally or not. These payments may be monetary or in the form of indentured labor. There are other forms of investment as well. Primary among them is human capital. Hiking from Central or South America to the U.S. border is not easy. It involves many weeks of time; many miles of walking; and risk of physical danger from snakes, terrain, and weather along the way. You have to sleep outside a lot, access to food is uncertain, and one has to negotiate the Rio Grande and the desert. We know that many are lost in transit. On top of that, there is the real risk of mistreatment by the cartels. Many, many adult and adolescent female migrants are sexually abused on their journey here. Children of both sexes are often abused as well. Once in the USA, they are often trafficked. Men and women are forced into indentured servitude by the cartels in different forms, some involving drug-dealing. The women are placed in brothels, displaying their wares on the streets of American cities. Think of the psychological and physical scars accrued by these people. That is a real cost that represents a very significant personal investment.)
— Gun Control: The End Results
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/10/gun_control_the_end_results.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sanctimonious Romney trashes Trump, a ‘failure of character’ who is changing the ‘heart of our nation’ – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/10/23/sanctimonious-romney-trashes-trump-a-failure-of-character-who-is-changing-the-heart-of-our-nation-1406591/

BLAZE
— NYC Mayor Adams says illegal immigration ‘not sustainable’ but still calls city’s sanctuary plan a ‘successful model’ – ANDREW CHAPADOS
https://www.theblaze.com/news/eric-adams-migrants-unsustainable-successfulmodel

BREITBART
— Immigration Reform Law Institute is suing President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security for withholding details about its policy to fly certain illegal aliens back to the United States after they were deported under prior administrations. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/10/23/watchdog-group-sues-bidens-dhs-hiding-special-amnesty-policy-fly-deported-illegal-aliens-back-u-s/

DAILY WIRE
— Majority Of Muslim Americans Believe Hamas Was ‘Justified’ In Its Terror Attacks Against Israel – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/majority-of-muslim-americans-believe-hamas-was-justified-in-its-terror-attacks-against-israel

FEDERALIST
— University Students’ Support For Terrorism Isn’t Ideology, It’s Conditioning – STELLA MORABITO
https://thefederalist.com/2023/10/23/university-students-support-for-terrorism-isnt-ideology-its-conditioning/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden Administration Expedites Work Authorization for Illegal Aliens – Ira Mehlman
https://www.fairus.org/biden-administration-expedites-work-authorization-illegal-aliens

FOX NEWS
— The speaker’s race may get worse before it gets better. This is what freedom looks like. – Jason Chaffetz
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/speaker-race-worse-before-better
— US should not provide humanitarian aid to Gaza – Sen. Roger Wicker
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6339726314112

HOT AIR
— NYT: A Week Later, Hamas “Fails to Make Case” that Israel Struck Hospital; UPDATE: “Editors Note”? – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/10/23/nyt-a-week-later-hamas-fails-to-make-case-that-israel-struck-hospital-n586910

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Coming Terrorist Attack on U.S. Soil – PETER KIRSANOW
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-coming-terrorist-attack-on-u-s-soil/
— Israel Defense Forces Getting Antsy about Gaza Ground-Invasion Delay, as Biden Administration Pressures Israel to Wait – PHILIP KLEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/idf-getting-antsy-about-gaza-ground-invasion-delay-as-biden-administration-pressures-israel-to-wait/
— Major GOP Strategists, Donors Fight to Restore Confidence in Elections, One Lawsuit at a Time – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run elections in America. Anticipate/expect that illegals will ever-increasingly use their false identification to vote for Democrats. Do not anticipate/expect that Democrats will do anything to stop that.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gop-strategists-donors-work-to-address-crisis-of-confidence-in-elections/

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Gun Owners Refusing to Register Their Firearms – Bob Adelmann
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/illinois-gun-owners-refusing-to-register-their-firearms/

NEWSMAX
— ESG, DEI & Antisemitism – Stefan Padfield
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/esg-dei-antisemitism/2023/10/23/id/1139304/
— RFK Jr. Has a Solid Border Solution – Chris Clem
https://www.newsmax.com/us/rfk-jr-southern-border-president/2023/10/23/id/1139341/

PJ MEDIA
— Feds Warn of Hamas, Hezbollah Terrorists Potentially Crossing Southern Border – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catherinesalgado/2023/10/23/feds-warn-of-hamas-hezbollah-terrorists-potentially-crossing-southern-border-n1737355

TOWNHALL
— Just Wait Until You Hear Karine Jean-Pierre’s Answer When Asked About Rise of Anti-Semitism – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/10/23/watch-karine-jean-pierre-says-muslims-are-the-victims-when-asked-about-rise-of-anti-semitism-n2630245

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— House speaker vote live updates: Republicans to vote today on new nominee – MELISSA QUINN, KATHRYN WATSON, NIKOLE KILLION, CAROLINE LINTON
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-vote-live-updates-10-24-2023/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Man fires gun near pro-Palestinian rally outside Chicago, another pepper-sprays crowd, police say. – TODD RICHMOND
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-palestine-shot-pepper-spray-illinois-91db79cb2d2e9fd093b7abd14ae01c50
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://religionnews.com/2023/10/23/violence-forced-them-to-flee-now-faith-sustains-these-migrants-on-their-journey-to-the-us/
— Trump compares himself to Mandela and rails against Biden after filing for New Hampshire primary – JILL COLVIN AND HOLLY RAMER
https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-hampshire-filing-8351611af96b54050f1e64d55d8648dc

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hamas Fails to Make Case That Israel Struck Hospital. A senior Hamas official says “nothing is left” of the munition that hit the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza. City last week, killing hundreds. Israel says the explosion was caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket. – Patrick Kingsley and Aaron Boxerman
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hospital-evidence.html
— To Build Momentum, Scott Tackles Race and Racism in Chicago. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina gave his speech as his struggling presidential campaign said it would move most of its staff to Iowa. – Jonathan Weisman
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/us/politics/scott-campaign-chicago-speech.html
— The People Who Broke the House – Michelle Cottle
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/opinion/house-speaker-republicans.html
— Republicans Grapple With Being Speakerless, but Effectively Leaderless, Too. With a speaker fight in the House, concerns about an aging Senate leader and a 2024 front-runner who has the party in a vise grip, some G.O.P. members worry the turmoil could have long-term effects. – Lisa Lerer and Michael C. Bender
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/us/politics/republicans-speaker-2024-elections.html
— Late Night Finds the House Speaker Pool Lacking in Diversity – Trish Bendix
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/arts/television/late-night-house-speaker.html

WASHINGTON POST
— What’s next in the Republican fight for a new House speaker – Mariana Alfaro
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/23/republicans-house-speaker-search-next-steps/
–House Democrats didn’t save Kevin McCarthy. Now, that’s paying off. – Greg Sargent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/24/democrats-response-house-speaker-jeffries/

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/21/mathew-sheppard-the-laramie-project-and-25-years-of-hate/71207422007/

ATLANTIC
— Black Success, White Backlash. Black prosperity has provoked white resentment that can make life exhausting for people of color—and it has led to the undoing of policies that have nurtured Black advancement. – Elijah Anderson (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action (AA) decision. They promote AA, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They personally benefit from AA & DEI, they want to benefit from AA & DEI, they have ever had to pay the price of AA or DEI, they want to curry favor with minorities, females, and younger people by promoting AA & DEI, and/or they despise/hate Whites, men, and/or older people.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/black-career-success-race-backlash/675437/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— House Republicans to Pick New Speaker Nominee After Weeks of False Starts. Reps. Tom Emmer, Kevin Hern, Mike Johnson, Byron Donalds seen as top contenders. – Siobhan Hughes, Katy Stech Ferek, Lindsay Wise
https://www.wsj.com/politics/house-republicans-to-pick-new-speaker-nominee-after-weeks-of-false-starts-d7590cb6
— How Campus Politicization Fed Today’s Hatred. Enforcing orthodoxy and suppressing speech and thought taught students to be cowardly and foolish. – Danielle Shapiro and Yonah Berenson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-campus-politicization-fed-todays-hatred-israel-hamas-protest-58bbc002

FORBES
— Most Employers Offer Upskilling—Why Aren’t Workers Using It? – Dave Barnett (COMMENT: Since 1966, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government have used the fact that my federal employers (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997) either did not reimburse college tuition or only reimbursed a token amount. They have always used that to hint/imply/argue/shout that the courses that I took at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997 were not job-related, did not maintain or improve my job skills, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector and/or to qualify myself for a new trade or business, and/or were a distraction. The aforesaid was stressed my Money Magazine in its February 1978 4-page article on me and that gave IRS an excuse to disallow my graduate business courses at Loyola and my graduate accounting courses at DePaul.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2023/10/23/most-employers-offer-upskilling-why-arent-workers-using-it/

POLITICO
— 6 things to know about the men (yes, they’re all men) who want to be speaker – ANTHONY ADRAGNA (COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the following demographics are BAD for Republicans: heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/23/speaker-race-congress-list-field-00123041

FED SMITH
— Political Division: Nazis and Hamas Terrorists in the Federal Workplace—What’s a Supervisor to Do? Political division is common. What are considerations for a federal supervisor facing a tough employee problem? – Ralph R. Smith (COMMEMT: Virtually all my superiors and supervisors while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997 were Democrats. I should write a book about those who were the most anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2023/10/23/political-division-federal-workplace/

GOVERNING
— Volunteers Help Migrants Find Permanent Housing in Chicago. It’s the only sanctuary city that has pointed to resettlement as the primary solution to put migrants on a path to self-sufficiency. But there are not enough case managers or landlords willing or able to rent to keep up with demand. – Laura Rodríguez Presa, Lizzie Kane and Nell Salzman (COMMENT: Chicago Democrats ever-increasing promote more illegal immigration. Anticipate/expect that Chicago Democrats will ever-increasingly send more illegals to DuPage County, to Milton Township, and to Wheaton to destroy DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. The only thing that might slow them down is opposition from the ever-increasing number of rich wealthy limousine liberal Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who have invaded and taken over parts of DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
https://www.governing.com/housing/volunteers-help-migrants-find-permanent-housing-in-chicago

VANITY FAIR
— “We Just Can’t Get in Front of It”: Is Joe Biden Sleeping on Chicago’s Migrant Crisis? The Windy City continues to buckle under the weight of new arrivals, testing the empathy of residents and leaders alike. “This is really a federal responsibility,” says Chicago’s deputy mayor of migrant rights. “It isn’t fair to put it on cities.” – ERIC LUTZ
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/chicago-migrant-crisis-federal-response

DAILY MAIL
— Woke Oregon school chiefs suspend need for high schoolers to prove math, reading and writing skills to graduate for FIVE MORE YEARS – to bolster minority students who ‘don’t test well’ – MACKENZIE TATANANNI (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, to hire, to retain, and to promote more and more and more Democrat minorities and females, my Democrat superiors ever-increasingly lowered if not eliminated hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. Constructively, that rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, d) my job-related professional license, and e) my job-related work experience.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12664399/Woke-Oregon-school-chiefs-suspend-need-high-schoolers-prove-math-reading-writing-skills-graduate-FIVE-YEARS-bolster-minority-students-dont-test-well.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.