FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES ABC7 — Off-duty CPD officer among 8 shot, 3 killed in weekend gun violence across city https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-weekend-police-officer-shot-today/14708684/ CBS2 — Pritzker says protests will be permitted, but safety will be maintained at DNC – Steffanie Dupree (COMMENT: What percent of illegals in America want/demand that America give more preference to those who share their race, religion, and/or national origin?) https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-protests-safety-dnc/ CHICAGO TRIBUNE — FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOL ..read more

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES CHICAGO TRIBUNE — FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/20/after-25-years-of-selling-tamales-in-chicago-a-mother-in-us-illegally-returns-to-mexico-without-her-family/ — Illinois Senate is foolish to advance medical debt legislation – Steven Gruenwald, Schaumburg https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/21/letters-illinois-senate-is-foolish-to-advance-medical-debt-legislation/ — A small step toward reversing the decades-long community ha ..read more

Needless-to-say, Republican elected officials and party leaders, and especially the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), should issue critical/condemnatory press releases whenever Democrat elected officials in Illinois take major actions that promote the dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or the rest of the planks in the Democrat Party platform. IRP press releases should promote the ..read more

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES CHICAGO TRIBUNE — FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly, ever-outrageously, ever-disgustingly, and ever-tragically promote more and more and more pot. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/i-doobie-weed-wedding-the-latest-sign-of-spread-of-cannabis-events/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/daywatch-celebrations-planned-to-mark-420-this-weekend/ — 12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump’s hush money trial – AP (COMMENT: One could argue that because so much hatred has been promoted against Trump that Trump c ..read more

GOPUSA ILLINOIS — Zay reelected DuPage GOP Chairman, Wilkens elected Secretary. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I hope that the DuPage GOP will encourage Republican candidates and elected officials a) to promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, illegal drugs, immigration, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and b) to stress the terrible problems caus ..read more

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES ABC7 — Trump hush money criminal trial day 2 adjourns after 7 jurors are chosen; 11 more still needed – AP https://abc7chicago.com/former-president-donald-trump-returns-to-court-after-first-day-of-his-hush-money-criminal-trial-ended-with-no-jurors-picked/14675030/ — Here’s what we know about first 7 jurors seated in Trump’s hush money criminal trial – Peter Charalambous and Lucien Bruggeman (COMMENT: They all were asked where do they get their news from. Thank you for getting your Illinois government/political news/commentary from GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsl ..read more

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES ABC7 — 40 arrested after pro-Palestinian protest blocks roadway near Chicago O’Hare airport. Another protest Monday afternoon blocked streets downtown Chicago. – Stephanie Wade, John Garcia, and Liz Nagy https://abc7chicago.com/ohare-airport-chicago-traffic-protest-kennedy-expressway-i90/14668476/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogzioDYD1WQ — Committee approves Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request for $70M for migrant care. – Craig Wall (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat army ..read more

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES ABC7 — At least 43 shot, 7 killed in weekend gun violence across city https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-violence-police/14657705/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_g5sRPwQ_c CBS2 — Anti-gun violence activists urge Chicago to take action ahead of summer – Andrew Ramos https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-summer-gun-violence-mass-shooting-numbers/ WGN9 — News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign – AP https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-news-organizations-urge-biden-and-trum ..read more

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES ABC7 — Mayor Brandon Johnson asks Chicago City Council for $70M to help house migrants. Shuttered St. Bartholomew School in Portage Park will become latest shelter for asylum-seekers. – Stephanie Wade (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.) https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnson-migrant-crisis-city-council/14653130/ — Chicago Jewish leaders refuse meeting with Mayor Brandon Johnson https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-antisemitism-city-council-israel-hamas-war/14653825/ https ..read more

GOPUSA ILLINOIS — Suggestion for the Trump campaign – Dave Diersen http://www.gopillinois.com I suggest that the Trump campaign ASAP issue a suggested draft Republican state party platform for state Republican parties to consider. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Democrat Party exists to defend and advance liberal principles. The Republican Party exists to defend and advance conservative principles. While Trump was President, he did more the defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush. But in Illinois ..read more