September 29, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats acknowledge that “Tension between city and state over migrant crisis on the rise — as are cost estimates.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-migrant-tent-city-plans-20230929-rgm4es4vxra4lcz6arsqsbec6a-story.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “Trump rails against electric cars in Michigan.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-election-2024-trump-michigan-20230927-jqbmwdmi2zfadjmc45qh5v4zda-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-jim-mcmahon-marijuana-orland-hills-st-0929-20230928-bdoqiw2navdnjin3yihk4beagm-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly destroy Chicago and blame Republicans for that destruction.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-column-chicago-violence-republican-hearing-economic-club-greising-20230929-libcld4mubehdg7h5fz6n6bvri-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Pritzker says Chicago could house asylum-seekers in unused buildings, not winter tent basecamps. After Mayor Brandon Johnson announced last week the city inked a one-year, $29.4 million contract with GardaWorld Federal Services to set up a camp, Pritzker’s office said it addressed concerns around “cultural competency.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/9/28/23894556/chicago-asylum-seekers-migrant-crisis-pritzker
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/9/28/23894723/pritzker-illinois-cannabis-legalization-benzinga-conference
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run Chicago and b) promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/9/28/23893716/republican-presidential-debate-language-gop-buzzwords
— Veterans deserve a free education, no matter their discharge status – Yelena Duterte (COMMENT: My biggest mistake in life was avoiding the Vietnam War draft. I should write a book about that.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/29/23894829/veterans-less-than-honorable-discharge-free-education-illinois-colleges-yelena-duterte-uic-op-ed
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/28/23882324/how-much-have-regular-chicagoans-been-spending-on-the-migrant-crisis
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/28/23895195/little-amal-chicago-navy-pier-visit-walk-syrian-refugee-puppet
— Democrats acknowledge that “Black community leaders call on CPS to fix achievement gap. A couple dozen Black leaders attended Thursday’s Board of Education meeting to ask for a committee that would develop a strategy to help Black students academically.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2023/9/28/23895265/black-community-leaders-call-on-cps-to-fix-achievement-gap

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DuPage County judge Patrick J. O’Shea ousted over 2017 gun incident found guilty of aggravated assault – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230929/dupage-county-judge-ousted-over-2017-gun-incident-found-guilty-of-aggravated-assault
— Democrats ever-increasingly flood America with illegals. Anticipate/expect that those illegals will ever-increasingly use their false identifications to vote for Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230929/daily-herald-opinion-series-of-news-conferences-emphasizes-importance-of-standing-up-for-integrity-of-the-system

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Johnson administration defends migrant tent contract.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-administration-defends-migrant-tent-contract

ABC7
— Democrats say “Pritzker defends state’s response to Chicago migrant crisis.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-migrant-crisis-jb-pritzker-news/13840320/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-chicago-newest-arrivals-education-venezuela/13831872/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “Advocacy group wants to use Chicago’s Thompson Center as migrant shelter.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/advocacy-group-chicago-thompson-migrant-shelter/
— Democrats crow that “Seven buses of migrants arrive in Chicago for second day in a row.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/more-migrants-chicago-wednesday/
— Democrats crow that “Migrants board buses from El Paso to Chicago. The migrants who boarded the buses chose Chicago as their destination. Ken Molestina of CBS Texas reports on how the process works.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/migrants-board-buses-from-el-paso-to-chicago/
— Democrats say “How the City of Chicago evaluates possible space for migrant shelters.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/how-chicago-evaluates-space-migrant-shelters/
— Democrats acknowledge that “More than 2,000 migrants still awaiting shelter in Chicago.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/more-than-2000-migrants-still-awaiting-shelter-in-chicago/

WGN9
— Pritzker crows that “Illinois has spent $328M on helping Chicago’s migrant crisis. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/pritzker-illinois-has-spent-328m-on-chicago-migrants/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Migrant students attacked after school in Rogers Park.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/migrant-students-attacked-after-school-in-rogers-park/

FOX32
— Democrats acknowledge an “Intensifying migrant crisis in Chicago” as “Over 15K asylum seekers arrive in the city.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/intensifying-migrant-crisis-chicago-asylum-seekersDemocrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1287280
— Democrats acknowledge that “McHenry County’s top prosecutor slams SAFE-T Act on social media.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mchenry-county-top-prosecutor-slams-safe-t-act-social-media

WTTW
— Democrats say “Johnson Administration Defends Plan to House Migrants in Tents As Pace of Arrivals Quickens, Costs Mount.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/09/28/johnson-administration-defends-plan-house-migrants-tents-pace-arrivals-quickens-costs

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Democrats ever-increasingly use books to make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/2023/09/29/banned-books-masquerade-ball-will-celebrate-the-freedom-to-read/

WAND TV & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/migrants-continue-to-flow-into-illinois/article_7ba159d2-5e40-11ee-b088-db00162f4896.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-09-27/mccarthy-revives-immigration-battles-in-bid-to-shift-shutdown-blame-from-gop-feuds

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) use diversity to discriminate against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-colleges-should-step-up-their-diversity-efforts-after-affirmative-action-ruling-the-government-says/
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America, b) glorify and praise Democrats, and c) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/gop-struggles-to-find-footing-in-first-biden-impeachment-hearing/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats glorify and praise Biden and demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/biden-target-trump-extremist-movement-democracy-reelection-bid-president-joe-2024-donald-maga-movement-existential-threat-institutions-republican-primary-poll-democratic-make-america-great-again-arizona-mccain

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly flood America with illegals. Anticipate/expect that those illegals will ever-increasingly use their false identifications to vote for Democrats.
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2023-09-29/state-week-election-officials-try-to-get-ahead-of-misinformation

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— NU College Republicans hosts conservative speaker (Alan Keyes) with reinstated Associated Student Government funding – Samantha Powers (COMMENT: In 2004, what if the Illinois Republican Party led by Judy Baar Topinka had selected someone other than Keyes to run against Obama for U.S. Senate because Jack Ryan who had won the primary had withdrawn. What if Jack Ryan had not withdrawn? What if Jack Ryan had not won the primary? What if Jack Ryan had not run in the primary? Jack Ryan got 35.5% of the vote in the primary, Jim Oberweis got 23.5%, Steve Rauschenberger got 20.0%, Andrew McKenna got 14.7%, Jonathan C. Wright got 2.6%, John L. Borling got 2.0%, Norm Hill got 0.9%, and Chirinjeev Kathuria got 0.8 %. Ryan, Oberweis, McKenna, Kathuria, and John Cox who subsequently withdrew attended a July 5, 2003 picnic that I held in my precinct for voters in my precinct, Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east, and Debra Olson’s precinct to the west that more than 200 attended. At the 2003 Milton Township Republican Organization Oktoberfest fundraiser, I organized and administered a straw poll in which more than 400 voted and that Ryan won over Borling, Hill, Kathuria, McKenna, Oberweis, Rauschenberger, and Wright.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/09/29/campus/nu-college-republicans-hosts-alan-keyes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican politician and diplomat Alan Keyes spoke Thursday night at an event sponsored by the Northwestern College Republicans. In front of a small crowd, Keyes discussed America’s reckoning with its history of slavery, his Catholic faith and his disbelief in communism. “What we produce from our humanity is what we have, all of us, contributed from the diverse perspectives that God has allowed us to embrace,” Keyes said. Keyes ran for the U.S. Senate in Maryland in 1988 and 1992 before running against former President Barack Obama for Senate in Illinois in 2004. He has also run in Republican presidential primaries three times but never secured the nomination. Keyes famously filed a 2008 lawsuit alleging that Obama was not born in the United States, rendering him ineligible to run for president. His claim has since been proven false. Katie Scalzo is a McCormick junior and a member of both NUCR and the NU chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. She and other YAF leaders were present at the event. “I do think that a lot of people will find … we don’t bring in crazy people,” Scalzo said. “We want to bring in people that we can stand behind and say, ‘Yes, this aligns with our group.’” Less than 10 students attended the event. Scalzo attributed the low attendance to the minimal advertising NUCR did to promote it. Last Spring Quarter, NUCR and YAF co-hosted conservative activist James Lindsay for a widely advertised speaker event that ended in protests from students who took issue with Lindsay’s anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. “It was intentional that we kept the advertising mostly to our own group,” said Weinberg senior Tharein Potuhera, acting president of NUCR. “We advertised on our own social media without really advertising to all Northwestern groups.” The controversy surrounding last year’s speaker event resulted in ASG temporarily revoking NUCR’s activity funding, but Potuhera said funding has since been reinstated. He said NUCR paid for both Keyes’ speaking fee and the presence of Luna Security — a University-contracted company — through ASG funding. ASG could not immediately be reached for comment on the status of NUCR’s student activity funding. Potuhera said NUCR contracts Luna Security for events that could be contentious. The only disruption of the evening was a serenade by a saxophonist and a flutist from outside the window of Swift Hall. NUCR and YAF leadership quickly shut the windows to muffle the sound, and the event continued. One of Keyes’ main topics of the evening was the First Amendment. He championed free speech on college campuses and spoke about his Catholic faith, connecting his belief in God to his American identity. “The Declaration of Independence has been put in a drawer because the source of authority mentioned is no longer espoused by large portions of the American people,” Keyes said. “For what’s the source of the people’s authority and the declaration? The laws of nature, and of nature’s God.” Potuhera said the group aims to host speakers who promote free speech. Now a conservative activist, Keyes served in former President Ronald Reagan’s administration as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations and as Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Potuhera said Keyes’ experience in the political arena and the foreign service made him an “extremely compelling” speaker. “He has such a global perspective, and I think that’s really important to see,” Potuhera said. “He calls himself an ongoing scholar. He said that the main thing that he took away as a diplomat is he always listens before speaking.”)

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly pushes more pot and more illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/09/29/pritzker-commands-the-stage-00119025
— Second Republican debate fails to impress uncommitted GOP voters. Americans for Prosperity hosted a debate watch party to help voters decide on a candidate. Trump still dominated. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/28/republican-debate-voters-reaction-00118760
(FROM THE ARTICLE: People attend a watch party for the second GOP presidential primary debate at Moretti’s Ristorante & Pizzeria in Barrington, Ill., on Sept. 27, 2023.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/09/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-154/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/09/28/afternoon-roundup-162/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Distorting the crime stats during Congressman Jordan’s Chicago visit – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/crime-lies-from-chicago-during-congressman-jordans-visit-wirepoints/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Proft launches “Counterculture” podcast on American Greatness
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/649752814-proft-launches-counterculture-podcast-on-american-greatness

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives: ‘What’s next: state-run clothing stores, gas stations, insurance companies?’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/649747164-ives-what-s-next-state-runned-clothing-stores-gas-stations-insurance-companies
— D99 parent again appeals to superintendent to remove ‘pornographic’ book from school library shelves – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/649737599-d99-parent-again-appeals-to-superintendent-to-remove-pornographic-book-from-school-library-shelves

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former GOP State Chairman Pat Brady Joins 100% Pro-Abortion Personal PAC Board
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/28/former-gop-state-chairman-pat-brady-joins-100-pro-abortion-personal-pac-board/
— Pritzker Wants to Spread Chicago’s Illegal Immigrant Housing Pain to Other Parts of Illinois
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/28/pritzker-wants-to-spread-chicagos-illegal-immigrant-housing-pain-to-other-parts-of-illinois/
— Tribune Considers Texas Illegal Alien Buses to Chicago a “Political Stunt”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/28/tribune-considers-texas-illegal-alien-buses-to-chicago-a-political-stunt/
— Book on 1992 Penny Pullen-Rosemary Mulligan Hanging Chad Illinois State Rep. Race Coming
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/26/book-on-1992-penny-pullen-rosemary-mulligan-hanging-chad-illinois-state-rep-race-coming/
— Ugaste Outlines Implementation Problems with Democrats’ Friends and Family No Bail Law
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/26/ugaste-outlines-implementation-problems-with-democrats-friends-and-family-no-bail-law/
— More on Chinese Communist Party Beachhead in Manteno
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/26/more-on-chinese-communist-party-beachhead-in-manteno/
— Pritzker’s Defense of State and Local Subsidies of Chinese Communist Party-Related Electric Battery Company
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/28/pritzkers-defense-of-state-and-local-subsidies-of-chinese-communist-party-related-electric-battery-company/
— Why Democrats Want Trump on the Illinois Ballot
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/26/why-democrats-want-trump-on-the-illinois-ballot/
— Crystal Lake Life Chain Sunday on Route 14 in Front of Hobby Lobby
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/27/crystal-lake-life-chain-sunday-on-route-14-in-front-of-hobby-lobby/
— County Health Department Rolls Out Four Narcan Vending Machines, Fentanyl Test Strips
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/28/county-health-department-rolls-out-four-narcan-vending-machines-fentanyl-test-strips/
— Audit Spotlights DCFS Deficiencies
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/28/audit-spotlights-dcfs-deficiencies/
— County Board Discusses Democrat Party-Induced Tax Hikes
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/27/county-board-will-discuss-democrat-party-induced-tax-hikes-thursday-at-ten/
— Police Ball Biter Still in Jail, Despite Democrats’ No Bail Law Release Ruling
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/09/27/police-ball-biter-still-in-jail-despite-democrats-no-bail-law-release-ruling/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker asks other Illinois communities to house growing number of non-citizens – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ea8a7d48-5e30-11ee-8521-0f0149d58795.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION SPENDING ON TEACHERS DOWN, POLITICS UP IN 2023 – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-spending-on-teachers-down-politics-up-in-2023/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— California Doubles Down on Quest to Ban Guns – David A. Lombardo
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/09/opinion-california-doubles-down-on-quest-to-ban-guns.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rampant looting in Philadelphia, other cities reignites crime as a campaign issue – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/28/rampant-looting-philadelphia-other-cities-reignite/
— Public wants politicians to live moral lives – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/sep/28/inside-beltway-public-wants-politicians-live-moral/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Number of immigrants in Chicago exceeds 15,000 as 27 buses arrive since weekend – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/chicago-migrant-influx-increases-buses-weekend-arrival
— Second Republican debate sees significant drop in viewership – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/second-republican-debate-significant-drop-viewership
— Extreme what? White House mocks Hatch Act restrictions while warning of shutdown – Haisten Willis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/mocks-hatch-act-restrictions
— Colleges are using DEI criteria to discriminate – Julianna Rylko
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/colleges-are-using-dei-criteria-to-discriminate
— College ‘anti-racism’ rules echo the worst episode of campus censorship in US history – Daniel Ortner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/college-anti-racism-rules-echo-the-worst-episode-of-campus-censorship-in-us-history
— The fear-based despotism of college campuses – Adam Carrington
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/the-fear-based-despotism-of-college-campuses

NEW YORK POST
— El Paso resumes busing migrants, as it is overwhelmed with 2,000 border crossers a day: ‘It’s insane’ – MaryAnn Martinez
https://nypost.com/2023/09/28/el-paso-resumes-busing-migrants-as-it-is-overwhelmed-with-2000-border-crossers-a-day/
— How to halt New York’s ubiquitous illegal pot blight – Howard Husock
https://nypost.com/2023/09/28/how-to-halt-new-yorks-ubiquitous-illegal-pot-blight/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump shut the border and got a migrant deal with Mexico. Biden also shut the border and got … more illegals – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/trump_shut_the_border_and_got_a_migrant_deal_with_mexico_biden_also_shut_the_border_and_got__more_illegals.html
— Human trafficking is proof that illegal migration is not a victimless crime – Jason Hopkins
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/human_trafficking_is_proof_that_illegal_migration_is_not_a_victimless_crime.html

BREITBART
— Open Borders Boondoggle: Biden’s DHS Sends Millions in Taxpayer Money to NGOs Facilitating Illegal Immigration – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/28/open-borders-boondoggle-bidens-dhs-sends-millions-in-taxpayer-money-to-ngos-facilitating-illegal-immigration/
— GOP Presidential Candidates Nearly Unanimously Agree on Ending Anchor Baby Policy, Matching Up with Voters
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/28/gop-presidential-candidates-nearly-unanimously-agree-on-ending-anchor-baby-policy-matching-up-with-voters/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Candidates call out CCP threat on campus, DEI, and CRT. ‘We shouldn’t have them in our universities,’ DeSantis said when asked about China. – Celine Ryan Ciccio
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=24084

CHRISTIAN POST
— Vivek Ramaswamy: Transgenderism is a ‘mental health disorder’ – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/news/vivek-ramaswamy-transgenderism-is-a-mental-health-disorder.html

FEDERALIST
— Univision Host Amplifies Florida Curriculum Hoax In Fox News GOP Debate – TRISTAN JUSTICE
https://thefederalist.com/2023/09/28/univision-host-amplifies-florida-curriculum-hoax-in-fox-news-gop-debate/

FOX NEWS
— In Democrat-run cities, looting is the new normal. Ingraham takes a closer look at Democrats’ role in rising crime and looting nationwide.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-democrat-run-cities-looting-is-the-new-normal
— New study reveals why Americans are fleeing big cities. Here’s what city and state officials must do to attract families and businesses. – Wayne Winegarden
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/new-study-reveals-why-americans-fleeing-big-cities

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Smithsonian’s Planned Latino Museum Is Woke Move Designed To Radicalize U.S. Hispanics – Mike Gonzalez
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/smithsonians-planned-latino-museum-woke-move-designed-radicalize-us

MRC TV
— AOC Wrecked For Claiming Illegal Aliens Are Here ‘Legally’ – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/aoc-wrecked-claiming-illegal-aliens-are-here-legally

NEWSMAX
— California Raises Fast Food Workers’ Minimum Wage to $20 (COMMENT: Were you a fast food worker? I was a fast food worker 1964-1966, part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and full-time during the summer of 1965. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. I was the only White male to hold that job. If I had been paid $20/hour in today’s dollars, instead of the new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint (a poor man’s GTO) that I bought with the money that I earned, I would have bought a loaded GTO.)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/california-minimum-wage-increase/2023/09/28/id/1136278/

POST MILLENNIAL
— New York Democrats to distribute flyers telling illegal immigrants to go somewhere else. “NYC is one of the most expensive cities in the world; you are better off going to a more affordable city.” – Katie Daviscourt
https://thepostmillennial.com/new-york-democrats-to-distribute-flyers-telling-illegal-immigrants-to-go-somewhere-else
— Trump slams Biden’s ‘government assassination’ of American industry in energetic speech to Michigan auto workers – Hannah Nightingale
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-slams-bidens-government-assassination-of-american-industry-in-energetic-speech-to-michigan-auto-workers

POWERLINE
— A NATION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS? – JOHN HINDERAKER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/09/a-nation-of-illegal-immigrants.php

RELIGION NEWS
— Nikki Haley says she’s Christian, but it’s complicated – Khyati Y. Joshi
Dogged by questions about her faith, what is she trying to prove?
https://religionnews.com/2023/02/16/nikki-haley-says-shes-christian-but-its-complicated/

TOWNHALL
— DHS Funding Bill Would Displace Even More American Workers – Dan Stein
https://townhall.com/columnists/danstein/2023/09/28/column-n2629051

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Illinois’ reckless no-bail law puts criminals ahead of victims – GABRIEL NADALES
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4228098-illinois-reckless-no-bail-law-puts-criminals-ahead-of-victims/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/nyc-migrant-crisis-explained.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly want everyone to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/opinion/donald-trump-fraud-case.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/opinion/republican-debate-donald-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/09/28/biden-diversity-college-affirmative-action/
— Democrats acknowledge that “New data on ultra-rich tax cheats wrecks the ‘working-class GOP’ ruse.” Democrats run IRS and GAO. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who run IRS do not want Republicans to work for IRS or to work for GAO on audits of IRS. The Democrats who run GAO do not want Republicans to work on audits of IRS. I should write a book about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/28/wealthy-tax-avoidance-ron-wyden-data/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote communism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/28/desantis-republicans-china-ccp/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/29/border-trump-child-separation/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats say “GOP candidates outlined sweeping anti-trans agenda at presidential debate.”
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-09-28/trans-youth-gop-republicans-transgender-people-ban-debate

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly want everyone to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/09/27/trump-skips-republican-debate-michigan-desantis-haley-step-up/70982736007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/09/27/taylor-swift-influence-election-voters-2024/70971810007/

REUTERS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://news.yahoo.com/migrants-cross-texas-undeterred-razor-195424732.html

CBS MIAMI
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/end-of-pandemic-era-practice-on-providing-interpreters-for-asylum-seekers-stirs-confusion-anger/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly want everyone to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-presidential-debate-reagan-library-donald-trump-ac835016

ATLANTIC
— Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America and is winning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/us-military-intervention-mexico-fentanyl-crisis/675487/

FORD AUTHORITY
— DONALD TRUMP SAYS FORD AND GM EVS WOULD KILL AUTO INDUSTRY – Edward Snitkoff
https://fordauthority.com/2023/09/donald-trump-says-ford-and-gm-evs-would-kill-auto-industry/

ARTICLES RE: MENTAL COMPETENCY TESTS

THE HILL
— FEBRUARY 15, 2023 FLASHBACK: Nikki Haley calls for ‘mental competency tests’ for politicians over 75. – MAX GREENWOOD (COMMENT: What indicates that someone would pass a mental competency test? I argue that my putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out each and every morning indicates that. How old are you? I am 75 years old today. How has age discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination impacted you? In 1973, when I was 25 years old, my Democrat IRS superiors wrote me off as being too old to be promoted any more a) because they had not promoted me to GS-13 (currently $109,732/year) and b) because I was conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844. Nevertheless, I did make GS-13 in 1986, but only after I had a) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. In 1997, when I was 49, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” because they had not promoted me to Senior Executive Service (currently $183,500/year) by the time I was 40. It is called up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Many politicians over age 75 are conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or their ancestors had been in America for a long time. Trump and I are all of the aforesaid and like Trump and I, Biden is White, male, over 75, Christian, and his ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Haley is minority, female, 51, raised as a Sikh, and her parents were immigrants. Since the 1960s, everyone in America has been under ever-increasing pressure to give preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats including minority, female, and/or younger. All of my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) were younger than me, b) had less job-related work experience than I had, c) had less job-related education than I had, d) had fewer job-related professional certifications than I had, e) had no professional licenses, f) were minority, g) were female, h) were veteran, i) were non-Protestant, i) were non-German American, and/or j) had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3859468-haley-calls-for-mental-competency-tests-for-politicians-over-75/

FOX NEWS
— It’s time for a competency test for politicians. Here’s why Voters deserve to know whether their leaders can pass a very basic mental exam. – Nikki Haley
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/time-competency-test-politicians-heres-why
— Trump opposes age limits for politicians, says competency tests would be ‘a good thing’ Trump, 77, says ‘some of the greatest world leaders have been in their ’80s’ – Anders Hagstrom
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-opposes-age-limits-politicians-competency-tests-good-thing
— Audience laughs at Pence’s joke about mental competency test for all of DC
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6335466102112

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The problems Nikki Haley’s proposed mental competency test could face – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/problems-haley-proposed-mental-competency-test

THE HILL
— Haley’s mental competency tests could rock Washington — but would be hard to implement – EMILY BROOKS
https://thehill.com/homenews/3873452-haleys-mental-competency-tests-could-rock-washington-but-would-be-hard-to-implement/
— Mental competency tests for politicians over 75 see overwhelming support – RASHAD SIMMONS
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4192393-mental-competency-tests-for-politicians-over-75-see-overwhelming-support-in-new-poll/
— Trump challenges Biden, Murdoch family to mental, physical competency tests – SARAH FORTINSKY
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4198446-trump-challenges-biden-murdoch-family-to-mental-physical-competency-tests/

CNN
— Trump says he supports mental competency tests for presidency amid concerns over age – Abby Baggini and Kaanita Iyer
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/16/politics/trump-president-mental-competency-test-2024/index.html

YAHOO
— What is the mental competency test Nikki Haley wants politicians over 75 to take? The Republican 2024 presidential candidate wants Biden, Feinstein and others to take the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. A neurologist explains how that test works. – Rebecca Corey
https://news.yahoo.com/montreal-cognitive-assessment-nikki-haley-election-mental-competency-test-154829042.html

NBC NEWS
— Jill Biden calls Nikki Haley’s proposal for politicians’ mental competency tests ‘ridiculous’ The first lady said she and President Joe Biden, 80, would “never” discuss his taking a mental competency test due to his age. – Rose Horowitch
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/jill-biden-calls-nikki-haleys-proposal-politicians-mental-competency-t-rcna73525

WASHINGTON POST
— Americans favor mental tests, age limits, for politicians – Olivier Knox and Caroline Anders
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/07/americans-favor-mental-tests-age-limits-politicians-poll/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden, Trump and Cognitive Testing. A President in office until age 86, or 82? There’s no test for this except the voters. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-cognitive-test-nikki-haley-joe-biden-donald-trump-5954930f

POLITICO
— Older voters balk at Nikki Haley’s competency test. It’s one of her hallmark proposals since launching her campaign. It’s also not going over universally well with a key constituency. – LISA KASHINSKY and NATALIE ALLISON
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/21/older-voters-nikki-haley-competency-test-00083859
— Nikki Haley re-ups call for competency tests for older pols. She asked: “At what point do they get it’s time to leave?” – KATHERINE LONG
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/03/nikki-haley-competency-tests-older-pols-00113853

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.