October 28, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Maine shooting suspect Robert Card found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound
https://abc7chicago.com/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting-shooter-robert-card-dead/13980715/
— Donald Trump Jr. visits Addison for father’s 2024 presidential campaign – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-jr-addison-presidential-campaign-illinois/13982308/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Downstate Illinois congressional candidate Darren Bailey, who is challenging incumbent Mike Bost, was with Trump at his Mar-A-Lago resort Thursday night, continuing to court an endorsement.)
— Chicago migrants from Venezuela, Ukrainian refugees receive very different receptions – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/venezuelan-migrants-chicago-ukraine-war-news/13982778/
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/mike-johnson-house-speaker-gay-rights/13972396/

NBC5
— Chicago defends renewing $40M contract with Favorite Healthcare Staffing to staff migrant shelters. Over the past month, a series of NBC 5 Investigates’ reports exposed how the Kansas-based company has been paid more than $56 million within the past year. – Bennett Haeberle, Katy Smyser and Lisa Capitanini
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-defends-renewing-40m-contract-with-favorite-healthcare-staffing-to-staff-migrant-shelters/3262719/

CBS2
— Southwest Side Chicago neighbors keep protesting over tent camp, alderwoman contacts mayor about site – ELLIE COATAR
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/brighton-park-neighbors-protest-tent-camp-alderwoman/
— Union says postal workers want immediate action amid rise in crimes targeting them – TARA MOLINA
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/union-postal-workers-immediate-action-rise-crimes/
— Chicago area family receives threatening note over “Free Palestine” sign in yard – SUZANNE LE MIGNOT
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/free-palestine-sign-threat/

FOX32
— Donald Trump Jr. visits Chicago suburb for fundraising event
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/donald-trump-jr-addison-illinois-fundraising-event
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1302806

WTTW
— Vote Set on Plan to Transform Former Jewel, Parking Lot on Far South Side Into Migrant Shelter – Heather Cherone
https://news.wttw.com/2023/10/27/vote-set-plan-transform-former-jewel-parking-lot-far-south-side-migrant-shelter-0
— Key City Panel Set to Consider Plan to Expand Workers’ Paid Time Off, a Measure Opposed by Business Groups – Heather Cherone (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Since 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/opponents have been furious that I benefitted from the federal government’s more generous leave policies.)
https://news.wttw.com/2023/10/27/key-city-panel-set-consider-plan-expand-workers-paid-time-measure-opposed-business-groups

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump Jr. voices host of grievances during fundraising stop in Addison – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-donald-trump-jr-mchenry-county-20231027-syeroncfmrd6bbqrhnwruweetu-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attending the event was last year’s unsuccessful GOP governor candidate, former state Sen. Darren Bailey of Xenia. Bailey is challenging incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Murphysboro in southern Illinois and is seeking the former president’s endorsement, which he got late in last year’s GOP governor primary. Bailey met with the elder Trump on Thursday at Mar-a-Lago, flew with Trump Jr.’s team to the event and was hosting him at a fundraiser in Effingham on Friday night. Bailey said he expects to get the former president’s endorsement and told reporters that if the elder Trump is convicted on any of the charges he faces, “my opinion (of the former president) won’t change.”)
— What to know about Chicago’s migrant crisis – Nell Salzman (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly send illegals to battleground states to vote for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-what-to-know-migrant-crisis-20231026-hhhvu5hcvnfdlc7twe3mnw2aza-story.html
— Chicago police’s pending contract will subvert advances in accountability – Craig B. Futterman and Jamie Kalven (COMMENT: Because GAO did not unionize until 2007, my Democrat GAO superiors were never held accountable for the many adverse actions that they took against me including forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-reject-police-contract-accountability-20231027-bzy2a4voi5cp5aza6ftznv27lu-story.html
— Police called to high school after official alleges altercation with Illinois senator – Jeremy Gorner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-senator-school-altercation-20231027-y2o6wnspxfgplc7xpwr5hfbe5i-story.html
— Maintaining Chicago police accountability in new contract will require a tricky legal maneuver – David Greising (COMMENT: Because GAO did not unionize until 2007, my Democrat GAO superiors were never held accountable for the many adverse actions that they took against me including forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-column-chicago-police-contract-approval-accountability-greising-20231027-x6or73ovkfd77dvasdomqdqshi-story.html
— Surge in antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war marks ‘frightening time’ for Jews locally and globally – Angie Leventis Lourgos (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run America. Sooner or later, they blame Republicans for all problems.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-antisemitism-israel-hamas-war-20231028-xsyjgts46fdmva4ifwvpjbcbdq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cops with ties to Oath Keepers are a ticking time bomb for Chicago. Police with extremist ties are a clear and present danger to normal society and responsible law enforcement, a Hyde Park letter writer says. – Letters to the Editor (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were extremist groups. In 2012, they succeeded in ending my TAPROOT chairmanship and in destroying TAPROOT. In 2007, they succeeded in ending my ICRC Steering Committee membership and in destroying ICRC. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/27/23930299/oath-keepers-police-extremists-ties-investigation-embarrass-city-letters
— Paid leave talks collapse as Chicago businesses draw a line in the sand. Businesses don’t want to pay workers for unused leave when they leave their jobs, 22nd Ward Ald. Michael Rodriguez said. – Fran Spielman (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always been furious a) that I got all my unused sick leave reinstated that I had earned working part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 when I went to work for IRS in 1971 and b) that my nearly year of unused sick leave was treated as though I had worked that time to compute my Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was forced to take early retirement in 1997 when I was 49 years old. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I took far less sick leave than my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/10/27/23935122/paid-leave-talks-city-council-chicago-business-community-standoff
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make children sexually active LGBTQers, that is, to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/10/27/23933760/book-bans-conservatives-far-left-gender-sexuality-gene-lyons
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: $20,000 grant from CHA puts homeownership within residents’ reach. A single mother who earlier this month closed on an East Garfield Park single-family home became the CHA’s new down payment program’s first recipient. – Elvia Malagón (COMMENT: Where did the downpayment(s)come from for the real estate that you bought? When I bought a new town home in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972, it came from what I had earned working for IRS and for Firestone Stores. When I bought a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, it came from want I earned working for IRS. When I bought a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, it came from the proceeds from selling my studio condo. When my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978, it came from her savings. When my wife and I had 915 Cove Court in Wheaton built in 1984, it came from the proceeds of selling 1017 East Harrison. When we bought a small unit at Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville in late 2020, we paid for it with our savings. When we bought a much larger unit at Iron Gate early this year, we paid for it with proceeds of selling our smaller unit and with money that I inherited in 2022.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/28/23933565/chicago-housing-authority-cha-downpayment-assistance-program-voucher-homeowner-real-estate-market

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Trump Jr. talks inflation, Ukraine war to base voters in the suburbs – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231027/trump-jr-talks-inflation-ukraine-war-to-base-voters-in-the-suburbs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Naperville Councilman Dick Furstenau also attended and got a photo with Trump Jr. “It’s nice that he’s out here helping his dad,” said Furstenau, a Republican committeeman. “I think the counties outside of Cook County are ready for a change, and the women are ready for a change. They’ve been voting for the Democrats for the last 10 years and they’re off that,” he said.)
— The first in DuPage: Gunshot detection system installed at Milton Township Building – Emmy Lemezis
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20231017/the-first-in-dupage-gunshot-detection-system-installed-at-milton-township-building
— Democrats and RINOs do far too little to discourage the use/abuse of opioids.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231027/free-narcan-machine-installed-at-des-plaines-police-station
— Democrats and RINOs want Speaker Mike Johnson to dump conservatives, that is, to dump platform Republicans, that is, to dump the base of the Republican Party.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231028/new-speaker-mike-johnson-holds-favor-with-conservatives-can-he-unite-the-gop-where-others-failed

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Talks over new Paid Time Off law for Chicago employers hit a bump – Justin Laurence (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. Since 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/opponents have been furious that I benefitted from the federal government’s more generous leave policies.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-pto-expansion-talks-hit-bump

SOUTHERN
— GOP’s anti-Trump donors still feeling fractured among rival candidates as 2024 approaches – Soo Rin Kim
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/10/27/gops-anti-trump-donors-still-feeling-fractured-among-rival-candidates-as-2024-approaches/

NPR ILLINOIS
— A GOP plan for the census would revive Trump’s failed push for a citizenship question – Hansi Lo Wang (COMMENT: How many illegals are in Americs – 30 million? How many of them used their false identifications to vote for Democrats in 2022, 2020, and prior? How many of them will use their false identifications to vote for Democrats in 2024?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-10-28/a-gop-plan-for-the-census-would-revive-trumps-failed-push-for-a-citizenship-question

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats renew assault weapon ban talks after Maine mass shooting – Alexandra Limon
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/democrats-renew-assault-weapon-ban-talks-after-maine-mass-shooting/

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge, Orland Park Mayors Tangle Over GOP Politics. Burr Ridge’s mayor called Orland Park’s a “far-right extremist.” Orland Park’s mayor said Burr Ridge’s is not a Republican. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-orland-park-mayors-tangle-over-politics

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Ukrainian Village Neighbors Suing Mayor, City Officials To Block Migrant Shelter. Two neighbors say Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is bypassing zoning laws and shutting out community input to open the shelter for 200 people. – Quinn Myers
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/10/27/ukrainian-village-neighbors-suing-mayor-city-officials-to-block-migrant-shelter/

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote mor illegal immigration.
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/10/27/23935304/chicago-public-schools-migrant-students-trauma-support-group-social-emotional-brighton-park

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2023/10/27/afternoon-roundup-177/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker pushes for national gun ban that State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, says is unconstitutional. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_234bcdfe-74fb-11ee-a1ca-1f311721a0e5.html

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— State Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) on illegal immigrant crisis: ‘We cannot afford the mounting costs any longer’
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/650705422-miller-on-illegal-immigrant-crisis-we-cannot-afford-the-mounting-costs-any-longer
— Illinois Struggles with Consequences of Sanctuary State Status – State Representative Chris Miller (R) 101st District
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/650710556-illinois-struggles-with-consequences-of-sanctuary-state-status

PEORIA STANDARD
— Illinois Sanctuary State Policy Sparks Humanitarian Crisis – Representative Ryan Spain (R) 73rd District Deputy Republican Leader
https://peoriastandard.com/stories/650710571-illinois-sanctuary-state-policy-sparks-humanitarian-crisis

WIREPOINTS
— NewsGuard, part of the government-media censorship complex, promoted by Chicago Tribune to combat ‘misinformation’ – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/newsguard-part-of-the-government-media-censorship-complex-promoted-by-chicago-tribune-to-combat-misinformation-wirepoints/
(FRM THE ARTICLE: A report by Media Research Center found showed that NewsGuard has for years rated left-leaning, establishment news sites consistently higher than conservative news sites. I can personally attest to that bias. I subscribed to NewsGuard over recent months to see for myself. Its bias is brazen in its 0 to 100 rankings for credibility, with 100 being best. These rankings may have changed a bit since I unsubscribed, but I, too, saw that left-leaning and establishment sights got far higher rankings than comparable conservative ones. The left’s Axios, for example, which actually tells you what progressive viewpoint you are supposed to think is important in every article, got a perfect 100. Fox got 69.5 but CNN got 80. Radically left Mother Jones got 87.5 but the conservative Federalist got a horrible 12.5. Our local Cook County Record, which is excellent though leans a bit conservative, got a paltry 32. The ridiculously biased and widely ridiculed Politifact got a perfect 100. The list goes on and on.)

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Two Muslim Imams Opened Illinois House This Week with Over Seven Minute Prayer in Foreign Language
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/27/two-muslim-imams-opened-illinois-house-this-week/
— Had the Governor Visited the Huntley School District for the Electric Bus Ribbon Cutting
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/27/had-the-governor-visited-the-huntley-school-district-for-the-electric-bus-ribbon-cutting/
— Scott Block Talks of His New Role for the Illinois Supreme Court
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/27/scott-block-talks-of-his-new-role-as/
— Pritzker Hit by Wall Street Journal for Massive Subsidies to Chinese Communist Party Electric Battery Company
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/27/pritzker-hit-by-wall-street-journal-for-massive-subsidies-to-chinese-communist-party-electric-battery-company/
— State Government Still Has Not Completed the Appeals of Former DCFS Employees Andrew Polovan and Carlos Acosta, Almost Four Years and No Decisions
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/10/27/state-government-still-have-not-completed-the-appeals-of-former-dcfs-employees-andrew-palovan-and-carlos-acosts-almost-four-years-and-no-decisions/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Government Makes a Terrible Parent – Mae Arthur
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/government-makes-a-terrible-parent/
— WANT TO ERADICATE CHICAGO POVERTY? CREATE MORE FULL-TIME JOBS – Bryce Hill (COMMENT: What part-time jobs did you have? I pumped gasoline 1971-1972 and in 1966, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, delivered mail 1966-1969, and washed dishes 1964-1966.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/want-to-eradicate-chicago-poverty-create-more-full-time-jobs/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Maine shootings suspect Robert Card found dead – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/27/robert-card-found-dead-authorities-say/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— RNC pressed by conservative group to ‘retract’ offer to NBC for 2024 debate – Gabe Kaminsky
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/rnc-pressed-retract-offer-nbc-2024-gop-debate

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— New York City Offering Illegals Free Plane Tickets to Destinations of Their Choice – Eric Lendrum (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly send illegals to battleground states to vote for Democrats.)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/10/27/new-york-city-offering-illegals-free-plane-tickets-to-destinations-of-their-choice/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Who are the parents of Hamas-supporting students? – Ruth King
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/10/who_are_the_parents_of_hamassupporting_students.html

BREITBART
— Maine Shooting Suspect Found Dead of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/10/27/maine-shooting-suspect-found-dead-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound/
— Denver to Spend Nearly $40 Million on Flood of Illegals by Year’s End – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/10/27/denver-to-spend-nearly-40-million-on-flood-of-illegals-by-years-end/

CENTER SQUARE NATIONAL
— IRS safeguards under scrutiny as agency prepares for influx of cash, employees – Brett Rowland (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who wasted my knowledge of IRS: a) my Democrat IRS superiors, b) my Democrat GAO superiors, c) Hastert, and d) my Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives and candidates for those offices and their staff members. GAO works for Congress. GAO audits IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,270-$104,583/year. Then I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $109,732-$142,650/year. My Democrat GAO superiors kept me off of audits of IRS for all but 3 of those almost 18 years.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_4aa2fad4-74e3-11ee-8ccb-539bc0f7f977.html

DAILY CALLER
— Elite Universities That Defended Free Speech For Hamas Supporters Have Long Record Of Canceling Conservatives – BRANDON POULTER (COMMENT: From what I see, the overwhelming majority of Jewish people a) in Israel are conservative and b) in America are liberal.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/27/elite-universities-that-defended-free-speech-for-hamas-supporters-have-long-record-of-canceling-conservatives/
— Biden FAA Pushing Diversity Hiring As Air Traffic Control System Falls Into Total Disarray – JASON COHEN (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to hire, retain, and promote more and more and more Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or disabled, Democrat employers ever-increasingly lower their hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. Constructively, the aforesaid rendered worthless a) my three job-related master’s degrees, b) my six job-related professional certifications, and c) my job-related professional license.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/27/biden-faa-pushing-diversity-hiring-as-air-traffic-control-system-falls-into-total-disarray/

EPOCH TIMES
— US Has to Treat the CCP the Same Way It Treated the Soviet Union: DeSantis on the CCP Threat
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/us-has-to-treat-the-ccp-the-same-way-it-treated-the-soviet-union-desantis-on-the-ccp-threat-5518576
— White House Unveils Plan to Convert Vacant Downtown Commercial Buildings Into Affordable Housing – Caden Pearson (COMMENT: With my IRS salary In 1974 when I was 25 years old and while I owned a 2-year-old town home in University Park, I could afford to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago and then in 1976 trade it in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $92,279/year in 1974 and it was $96,431/year in 1976.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/white-house-unveils-plan-to-convert-vacant-downtown-commercial-buildings-into-affordable-housing-5518555

FOX NEWS
— Chicago meeting turns ugly as residents protest planned migrant camp in local neighborhood: ‘Nobody asked us’ The migrant camp site ‘may serve at least 2,000 family members with children,’ according to a planning document. – Jeffrey Clark
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-meeting-turns-ugly-residents-protest-planned-migrant-camp-local-neighborhood-nobody-asked-us
— New York City offering migrants plane tickets out of the city: ‘We’re out of space’ A spokesperson said the city is ‘out of space’ – Adam Shaw (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly send illegals to battleground states to vote for Democrats.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-city-offering-migrants-plane-tickets-out-the-city-were-out-space
— IRS policy allowing surprise visits on taxpayers limited after Judiciary Republicans’ probing. Elizabeth Elkind (COMMENT: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division, its policy required me to make lots of surprise taxpayer visits in the south suburbs, south side of Chicago, Joliet area, and downtown Chicago.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/irs-policy-allowing-surprise-visits-on-taxpayers-limited-after-judiciary-republicans-probing-report-says

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS Blasts ‘Far-Right’ Johnson as ‘Anti-LGBTQ,’ ‘Climate Skeptic,’ ‘Election Denier’ – Curtis Houck
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2023/10/27/cbs-blasts-far-right-johnson-anti-lgbtq-climate-skeptic-election

PJ MEDIA
— Large Number of Mostly Hispanic and Asian Chicago Residents Reportedly Denied Access to Meeting About Illegal Immigrant ‘Base Camp’ – LINCOLN BROWN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/lincolnbrown/2023/10/27/large-number-of-mostly-hispanic-and-asian-chicago-residents-reportedly-denied-access-to-meeting-about-illegal-immigrant-base-camp-n1738632
— Free Tickets to Paradise: NYC Flying Illegal Immigrants Anywhere They Want That Isn’t NYC – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2023/10/27/free-tickets-to-paradise-nyc-flying-illegal-immigrants-anywhere-they-want-that-isnt-nyc-n1738581

WESTERN JOURNAL
Fury Erupts in Chicago, a City That Went All-In for Biden After New Illegal Immigrant Shelter Is Proposed – Mike Landry
https://www.westernjournal.com/fury-erupts-city-went-biden-new-illegal-immigrant-shelter-proposed/

ZERO HEDGE
— Migrant Hot-Potato: NYC Offers Illegals Plane Tickets To Anywhere But The Big Apple – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/migrant-hot-potato-nyc-offers-illegals-plane-tickets-anywhere-big-apple

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNN
— Suspect in Maine shooting rampage is dead from apparent self-inflicted gunshot – John Miller, Evan Perez, Josh Campbell, Holly Yan
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/27/us/maine-shootings-suspect-search-friday/index.html

ABC NEWS & LOS ANGELES TIMES & HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://abc7.com/mike-johnson-house-speaker-gay-rights/13972396/
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-27/house-speaker-mike-johnson-antigay-lgbtq
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-wife-homosexuality-bestiality-incest_n_653abfb6e4b00110fef0462e

NBC NEWS
— Under Musk, those who do not promote LGBTQ are discriminated against less.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/year-elon-musk-bought-twitter-lgbtq-people-say-become-toxic-rcna122154

NEW YORK TIMES
— On Race, Mike Johnson Says His Views Were Shaped by Raising a Black Child. The new House speaker has kept his oldest son out of the public eye — except when the Republican talks about race. – Adam Nagourney
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/us/politics/mike-johnson-house-speaker-son.html
— For the Good of the Country, Older Americans Should Work More and Take Less – C. Eugene Steuerle and Glenn Kramon (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote age discrimination. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who use up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination to promote age discrimination. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/opinion/social-security-medicare-aging.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly send illegals to battleground states to vote for Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/27/migrants-us-responsibility/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America’s Business Community Is AWOL in Local Politics. Unions and their left-wing allies meet little resistance as they chip away at the free-enterprise system. – Eva Moskowitz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-business-community-is-awol-in-local-politics-unions-labor-workers-a6c4d0ce
— Biden’s Only Salvation: A New Vice President. A visibly aging president, doubted by voters, is a vacuum. Barack Obama is ready to fill it. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-only-salvation-is-a-new-veep-bf622af4

FORBES
— Democrats continue to use DEI to not hire, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2023/10/27/how-to-keep-supporting-dei-at-your-company/

ECONOMIST
— Are America’s CEOs overpaid? Unions are taking aim at the soaring compensation of bosses. (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years (3-Post Office, 9-IRS, 18-GAO). In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $142,650/year. Ever since I started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.economist.com/business/2023/10/17/are-americas-ceos-overpaid

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Will an attack on federal employees swing the election? – DONALD F. KETTL (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonstrated the most hatred against federal employees. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2023/10/will-attack-federal-employees-swing-election-probably-no/391169/

DAILY MAIL
— What irony! The deranged defense of Hamas on campuses across the West is fueling a counter-revolution that could finally loosen the stranglehold of wokeism. – NIALL FERGUSON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12681617/What-irony-deranged-defence-Hamas-campuses-West-fuelling-counter-revolution-finally-loosen-stranglehold-wokeism.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.