FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Downstate group behind movement to break free from Cook County (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes oppose this.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_82a0406e-66f9-11ef-841c-7bc1592e9f99.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Growing unrest over the policies coming out of Cook County is spurring talk among downstate counties of breaking free and forming a new state. Illinois Separation revealed that seven counties will vote on separating from Cook County and forming a new state. Spokesman Eric Ivers, a member of the Jersey County Board, said he is confident that a vast majority of residents will vote to form a new state. “There are three or four counties downstate that voted blue, but the rest of us are tired of being pushed through the ringer by the folks up in Cook County,” said Ivers. The ballot question will read “Shall the Board of ____ County correspond with the boards of other counties of Illinois outside of Cook about the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state, and to seek admission to the Union as such, subject to the approval of the people?” The question is non-binding. Iroquois County will be the first county to vote on the issue that is not more southerly than Peoria, as the movement has been predominantly in the southern half of the state. The other counties putting the question on the ballot include Madison, Jersey, Clinton, Calhoun, Greene and Perry counties. Ivers said the possibility that downstate Illinois could become a new state increased recently when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed openness to next year ending the ability of minorities to block Senate legislation using a filibuster. It’s conceivable that Democrats could trade statehood for Washington D.C. or Puerto Rico in return for statehood for downstate Illinois. In 2020-2022, 26 and a half counties voted in favor of such questions, and none voted in opposition. The counties averaged 74% in favor. Constitutionally, any deal to make downstate Illinois into a state would require approval from the Illinois General Assembly.)
WIREPOINTS
— Mayor Johnson’s spending decisions, falling revenues mean Chicagoans likely to get hit with 2025 property tax hike
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-johnsons-spending-decisions-falling-revenues-mean-chicagoans-likely-to-get-hit-with-2025-property-tax-hike-wirepoints/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 30 shot, 4 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-say-live-news-updates/15252205/
— 4 people shot to death while sleeping on CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park, mayor says
https://abc7chicago.com/post/4-killed-shooting-cta-blue-line-train-forest-park-police-say/15259114/
— At least 7 North Side businesses targeted in hours-long smash-and-grab burglary spree
https://abc7chicago.com/post/platform-47-ravenswood-6-other-businesses-targeted-hours-long-smash-grab-burglary-spree-chicago-police-say-video/15260541/
— Parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin speak at funeral: ‘We failed you’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/israel-hamas-war-funeral-underway-israeli-american-hostage-hersh-goldberg-polin/15259001/
NBC5
— Horrific details emerge in CTA train shooting that left 4 victims dead
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/horrific-details-emerge-in-cta-train-shooting-that-left-4-victims-dead/3537544/
— 4 killed on train in Chicago-area appeared asleep before shootings, police say
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4-killed-shooting-chicago-public-transit-train-rcna169240
— Police believe deadly shooting on CTA Blue Line train was random attack, spanned 2 cars
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-believe-deadly-shooting-on-cta-blue-line-train-was-random-attack-spanned-2-cars/3537412/
— Why do we celebrate Labor Day? (COMMENT: What is your position on unions? I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union and who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as having been grossly overpaid because I was a union member. They stress that while I was a union member for almost 12 years, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I stress that during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, a master’s degree in business from Loyola, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/why-do-we-celebrate-labor-day-heres-an-explainer-on-the-holiday/3537341/
CBS2
— Chicago cafe’s Palestinian flag display vandalized on North Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-palestinian-cafe-vandalized/
— 4 people shot and killed on Chicago-area Blue Line train, suspect in custody
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/shots-fired-at-chicago-areas-forest-park-blue-line/
— Suburban Chicago officials want more security at train station after 4 people fatally shot
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/suburban-chicago-officials-want-more-security-at-train-station-after-4-people-fatally-shot/
WGN9
— Chicago protests demand end to U.S. aid to Israel as Prime Minister resists ceasefire calls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY7YOfEMIDg
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A federal judge in Rockford ruled it unconstitutional for Illinoisans with concealed carry permits to be prohibited from carrying guns on public transportation, a decision with uncertain implications for a decade-old state law.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-rules-section-illinois-100000415.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, everyone around you will use pot and crash and burn because of it.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/with-marijuana-at-a-new-level-of-scrutiny-heres-what-the-research-says/
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders destroy you if you if you oppose race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/opinion-teaching-female-leaders-influence-support/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/marijuana-2/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Palestinian-owned cafe vandalized in Uptown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/09/02/cafe-vandalized-uptown-palestinian-flag-israel-hamas-war-crime-violence-city-hall-cpd
— 4 sleeping passengers shot, killed on CTA Blue Line in Forest Park, suspect in custody
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/09/02/cta-shooting-blue-line-train-forest-park-public-transit-crime-violence
— The Illinois Worker Freedom of Speech Act, recently signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker, will protect employees from retaliation if they opt out of employer-sponsored political or religious meetings. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly got rid of their employees who were Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/09/02/illinois-labor-day-union-milestones-celebrate-chicago-federation-labor-robert-bob-reiter-op-ed
— Illinois union participation declining despite growth in new petitions. ‘State of the Unions’ study shows public sector unions shrink after 2018 Janus decision.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2024/09/02/illinois-union-participation-janus-court-decision-labor-state-economy-jobs-wages-pay-fairness-equity
DAILY HERALD
— Free speech and election politics: Chilling-sounding ‘First Amendment Zones’ pose a legitimate, not insurmountable, challenge for Kane County board
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240902/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-free-speech-and-election-politics-chilling-sounding-first-amendment-zones-p/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240902/business/as-illinois-receives-praise-for-its-cannabis-equity-efforts-stakeholders-still-working-on-systems/
WBEZ
— GOP-tilted websites showed where Illinois judges live despite a law that protects their privacy
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2024/09/03/gop-tilted-websites-showed-where-illinois-judges-live-despite-a-law-that-protects-their-privacy
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/gallery/recreational-pot-sales-in-illinois-reach-112-billion-financial-impacts-to-springfield
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Why Do We Get Labor Day Off? You Can Thank Chicago Workers
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/09/02/why-do-we-get-labor-day-off-you-can-thank-chicago-workers/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Lisa Madigan says “I’m very satisfied as a successful lawyer in private practice at Kirkland.” Do you paint yourself as being successful? I do not because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/09/03/lisa-madigan-in-the-spotlight-00177084
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-360/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Take to the streets’: Anger toward Netanyahu hits fever pitch after 6 hostages found dead
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/1/take-to-streets-anger-toward-benjamin-netanyahu-hi/
— Use of dangerous drugs has exceeded our historical high watermark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/2/use-of-dangerous-drugs-has-exceeded-our-historical/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump drifts further from GOP orthodoxy in bid to beat Harris
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3137655/trump-drifts-gop-orthodoxy-bid-defeat-harris/
— Pelosi wants ‘American dream’ for illegal immigrants: ‘Move them to documented’ with funding for homes (COMMENT: Democrats promote illegal immigration because illegals vote for Democrats.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3140957/pelosi-american-dream-illegal-immigrants-documented-funding-homes/
— Harris boosted in swing states by support from independent voters
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3137475/harris-boosted-swing-states-support-key-demographic/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Barack Obama’s Monument to Himself Is a Hideous Eyesore. Look on his works, ye Mighty, and despair!
https://freebeacon.com/author/stiles/democrats/barack-obamas-monument-to-himself-is-a-hideous-eyesore/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump delivered on Reagan’s promises — he’s the true heir conservatives seek
https://nypost.com/2024/08/28/opinion/trump-is-reagans-true-heir-conservatives-must-back-him/
— These 15 ‘rules for radicals’ will get far-left Kamala Harris elected
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/opinion/these-rules-for-radicals-will-get-far-left-kamala-harris-elected/
— Up to 7,000 rabid anti-Israel protesters storm NYC on Labor Day, light flares and set off smoke bombs
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/us-news/hundreds-of-rabid-anti-israel-protesters-storm-nyc-on-labor-day-light-flares-and-set-off-smoke-bombs/
— Harris’ plan to destroy suburbia
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/opinion/harris-plan-to-destroy-suburbia-ny-job-recovery-still-lags-and-other-commentary/
— Migrants flooding NYC’s justice system — making up ‘75% of arrests in Midtown’ — as ‘pathetic’ sanctuary city laws handcuff cops
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/us-news/migrants-flooding-nycs-justice-system-making-up-75-of-arrests-in-midtown-as-pathetic-sanctuary-city-laws-handcuff-cops/
— Stats show the Biden-Harris administration just stopped caring if criminals crossed the border
https://nypost.com/2024/09/02/opinion/harris-biden-administration-stopped-caring-if-criminals-crossed-the-border-stats/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Obscure State Department Bureau That Fosters Global Illegal Migration. The second Trump administration must bring to heel State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prm-the-obscure-state-department-bureau-that-fosters-global-illegal-migration/
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Cops handcuffed as NYC justice system is flooded by migrants making up 75% of arrests in midtown
https://americanwirenews.com/cops-handcuffed-as-nyc-justice-system-is-flooded-by-migrants-making-up-75-of-arrests-in-midtown/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Washington state rolls out ‘racist home loan program’ of up to $150,000
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/02/washington-state-rolls-out-racist-home-loan-program-of-up-to-150000-1484233/
— Reparations queen Kamala Harris vowed to sign coveted bill if elected president
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/02/reminder-reparations-queen-kamala-harris-vowed-to-sign-coveted-bill-if-elected-president-1484369/
— Black Dems fume at Newsom, threaten Kamala after Calif. reparations bill takes last-minute turn
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/02/black-dems-fume-at-newsom-threaten-kamala-after-calif-reparations-bill-takes-last-minute-turn-1484229/
BREITBART
— Oklahoma’s GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt Wants to Help Employers Hire Migrants Instead of Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/09/02/oklahomas-gop-gov-kevin-stitt-wants-help-employers-hire-migrants-instead-americans/
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— Cardinal Cupich invocation at DNC stirs disappointment among pro-life activists
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/258805/cardinal-cupich-decries-fear-of-the-other-calls-for-unity-at-democratic-convention
DAILY CALLER
— This ‘Non-Partisan’ Voter Registration Group Will Help You Vote, Unless You’re Conservative
https://dailycaller.com/2024/09/02/this-non-partisan-voter-registration-group-will-help-you-vote-unless-youre-conservative/
DAILY WIRE
— Cruz: Harris And Mexico’s President In Cahoots To Flood U.S. With Millions Of Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cruz-harris-and-mexicos-president-in-cahoots-to-flood-u-s-with-millions-of-illegal-aliens
— Around 75% Of Violent Crime Arrests In Midtown Manhattan Are Suspected Illegal Immigrants
https://www.dailywire.com/news/around-75-of-violent-crime-arrests-in-midtown-manhattan-are-suspected-illegal-immigrants-report
FOX NEWS
— Rooftop Revelations: Chicago Pastor exposes $75 million DNC security hypocrisy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF9aY1fMYn4
— Protests erupt in California over shelved reparations bills
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6361391891112
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/protests-erupt-in-california-over-shelved-reparations-bills/vi-AA1pQCSK
— Democrats try to defend Kamala Harris’ ‘flip-flops’: ‘Sign of a good leader’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Kim6AanFo
— Biden-Harris admin working to ‘Trump-proof’ hundreds of DOJ jobs (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-harris-admin-working-trump-proof-hundreds-doj-jobs-watchdog-says
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Administration is using an “obscure hiring authority” that bypasses normal hiring processes based on merit to secure DOJ positions that could thwart former President Trump’s agenda if he takes office in 2025. . .The administration is also using Schedule A to install immigration judges – again, outside of the normal merit-based system – who will rule on cases of those in a position to benefit from the administration’s immigration policies.)
GOPUSA
— Elon Musk’s X Officially Down In Brazil After Judge’s Shutdown Order (COMMENT: Who will come to my defense if/when my critics/opponents succeed in shutting down my newsletters and/or website? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. My critics/opponents blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.gopusa.com/elon-musks-x-officially-down-in-brazil-after-judges-shutdown-order/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— School Can Keep Student’s Transgender Status Secret From Parents, NH Supreme Court Rules
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/09/school-can-keep-students-transgender-status-secret-from-parents-nh-supreme-court-rules/
PJ MEDIA
— Do Most Women Favor Gender-Based Hiring Over Merit-Based Hiring? (COMMENT: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://pjmedia.com/gregbyrnes/2024/08/30/do-most-women-prefer-gender-quotas-n4932084
— The Biden-Harris Administration Is Acting Like Trump Is Going to Win
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/28/the-biden-harris-administration-sure-is-acting-like-trump-is-going-to-win-n4932054
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Biden-Harris administration “has deployed a little-known hiring mechanism to staff key divisions of the Department of Justice ahead of the 2024 election,” in order to “Trump-proof” the department. . .“The Biden-Harris administration and its allies have already signaled their intent to hamstring their successor and prevent a future president from reversing their agenda,” Protect the Public’s Trust Director Michael Chamberlain said in a press release. “Exploiting non-competitive hiring authorities to fill career civil service positions could be just another component of this scheme. It’s no wonder that the public’s trust in its government has all but disappeared.”)
PATRIOT POST
— The First American ‘No-Go Zone’ A Denver suburb gives us a chilling glimpse of the future in the Biden/Harris regime’s open-borders America.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/109812-the-first-american-no-go-zone-2024-09-03
POST MILLENNIAL
— California shelves reparations bills for black Americans after legislature approves plans to give non-citizens $150,000 to buy new homes
https://thepostmillennial.com/california-shelves-reparations-bills-for-black-americans-after-legislature-approves-plans-to-give-non-citizens-150000-to-buy-new-homes
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Have Made It Clear: They Will Be Tyrants If Given the Chance
https://townhall.com/columnists/jennybethmartin/2024/09/03/democrats-have-made-it-clear-they-will-be-tyrants-if-given-the-chance-n2644103
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will have many millions of their illegals use their false identifications to vote for Harris/Walz and especially in battleground/swing states.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illegal-voting-noncitizens-rare-republicans-making-major-issue-113307354
CBS NEWS
— Gun violence plagues Labor Day in Chicago and NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErGpVBLeIpU
MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on their illegals.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-mass-deportation-operation-in-the-u-s-could-trigger-a-recession-professor-warns/ar-AA1pSJWC
MSNBC
— You have no right to complain (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have no right to complain about anything because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, reasonably healthy, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Further, according to them, I have no right to complain about anything a) because I avoided the draft, b) because I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, 1997, c) because I earned professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, d) because I earned a professional license in 1981, e) because I the Post Office hired me in 1966, because IRS hired me in 1971 and promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, because GAO hired me in 1980 and promoted me in 1986, f) because I am married, have no children, have no debts, and my wife and own a home in Wheaton, a car condo in Naperville, and eight vehicles, g) because I have a $65,165/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, because the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance, and wife has substantial retirement savings, h) etc. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes I have no right to complain about anything because I did not really “earn” any of the aforesaid.)
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/-you-have-no-right-to-complain-ny-gov-hochul-rips-republican-over-border-crisis-212249669689
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What Usha Vance’s Hindu identity means to Trump-Vance campaign
https://advertiser-tribune.com/news/538814/what-usha-vances-hindu-identity-means-to-trump-vance-campaign/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly argue against/reject everything that Vance says. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly argue against/reject everything that I say, write, and do.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/us/politics/jd-vance-middle-class-fact-check.html
— According to my critics/opponents, everything in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is misinformation. My critics/opponents want you to know only what they tell you and nothing else. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, e) religious leaders and activists, and f) those who I have sued and their lawyers. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/technology/left-wing-misinformation-conspiracy-theories.html
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat college leaders make their students good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/opinion/college-president-campus-political.html
— To vote for Harris/Walz is to shout not only that you are not a Republican, but that you never were a Republican. I anticipate/expect that many, most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents will vote for Harris/Walz. Of course, all those who have taken adverse actions against me will vote for Harris/Walz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/us/politics/harris-trump-nikki-haley-voters.html
USA TODAY
— Both Trump and Harris claim to support the working class: Where do they stand on labor? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents look down on/despise/hate wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/01/kamala-harris-donald-trump-unions-labor-working-class/74983998007/
— American farmers cry out for our help (COMMENT: Extremely few of my critics/opponents have any connection with farming. My mother was born and raised on a farm. I spend days at that farm during the 1950s and early 1960s.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/09/02/america-farms-mental-health-agriculture/74981037007/
COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul leads coalition supporting law prohibiting those under 21 from purchasing fire arms
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/attorney-general-leads-coalition-supporting-law-prohibiting-those-under-21-from-purchasing-fire-arms/article_9eab4826-66e5-11ef-819b-6b6de3085c5d.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hamas Murders Six Hostages, Israel Is Blamed. They were killed in Rafah, where Biden and Harris delayed Israel’s entry with threats and by withholding weapons.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hamas-executes-six-hostages-including-an-american-gaza-war-rafah-4907e7c6
— Kamala Harris’s McJob. Is there a place for McDonald’s in the vice president’s opportunity economy?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kamala-harris-mcjob-is-there-a-place-for-mcdonalds-in-her-opportunity-economy-7b6344a5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kamala Harris and this columnist have little in common. But we do share one thing: We both had summer jobs at McDonald’s in college. It’s not that surprising, considering how many other people can say the same. According to McDonald’s, 1 in 8 Americans have worked at one of its restaurants. At the Democratic convention in Chicago, we further learned that Ms. Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, also worked under the Golden Arches, where he was once Employee of the Month. Ms. Harris features her stint at McDonald’s in a new campaign ad. It’s meant, CNN says, “to solidify her image as the middle-class candidate” and “make former President Donald Trump and the Republican ticket appear elitist and out of touch.” But some question the vice president’s claim. The Washington Free Beacon reports that she never publicly mentioned her stint at McDonald’s until she ran for president in 2019, that the job also went unmentioned in her two books and various job applications, that there’s been no confirmation from McDonald’s itself. Even the online fact-checker Snopes says it’s waiting for further evidence before it can confirm or debunk. Mr. Trump isn’t waiting. On Friday he accused his Democratic rival of making the whole thing up.)
— Big Brother Is Teaching You. ‘Mind your own damn business,’ Tim Walz says, belying the Democrats’ didactic attitude.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/big-brother-is-teaching-you-mind-your-own-business-tim-walz-2024-election-af9a8772
— FRONT PAGE: Young People Are Taking Over the Workplace, and That’s a Problem for Bosses. Chiefs cater to younger workers’ needs and give them advice; ‘nobody told them how to be’ Gen Z workers are expected to outnumber baby boomers in the U.S. workforce this year. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time wanted them to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. And that is exactly what my Democrat GAO superiors did.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/gen-z-workforce-expectation-differences-a07c5915
BEST PLACES
— Naples, Florida Collier County, FL is strongly conservative. Naples’ politics are generally conservative. (COMMENT: Wheaton’s conservatism, that is, its prosperity and safety, is a major reason why my wife and I bought a home there in 1978 and had one built there in 1984.)
https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/florida/naples
NAPLES DAILY NEWS
— Collier GOP-backed candidates didn’t win as many races in local election
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/25/collier-republican-backed-candidates-lost-more-2024-local-elections/74887841007/
WISCONSIN EXAMINER
— Labor Day: It’s better in a union (COMMENT: What is your position on unions? I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union and who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as having been grossly overpaid because I was a union member. They stress that while I was a union member for almost 12 years, my salary increased from $18.99/hour to $110,020/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I stress that during that time, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, an MBA from Loyola, and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul and b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.)
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/09/02/labor-day-its-better-in-a-union/
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— The public-sector pay gap is widening. Public-sector employees earn less than their private-sector counterparts, and that pay gap has widened in recent years. (COMMENT: When I was 49 years old in 1997, my GAO salary was $150,075/year in today’s dollars. What would my salary have been if I had been employed in the private sector? I had three masters degrees (business-Loyola, accounting-DePaul, and finance-IIT). I had six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). I had a professional license (CPA).)
https://www.epi.org/publication/widening-public-sector-pay-gap/
