As of 2024, the average Illinois state employee made $85,689 compared to an average of $78,267 in the private sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Survey of Employment and Wages data...
Monday, August 04, 2025
Plus BENEFITS!!!-----State government salaries have grown 57% faster than private sector since 2021
State employees represented by AFSCME Council 31 received an automatic annual raise on July 1, highlighting the salary discrepancy between government and private sector workers. - Mailee Smith Bryce Hill
History for August 4
History for August 4 - On-This-Day.com 
Raoul Wallenberg 1912 - Swedish humanitarian during World War II
- 1735 - Freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not libelous."
- 1790 - The Revenue Cutter Service was formed. This U.S. naval task force was the beginning of the U.S. Coast Guard.
- 1944 - Nazi police raided a house in Amsterdam and arrested eight people. Anne Frank, a teenager at the time, was one of the people arrested. Her diary would be published after her death.
- 1958 - Billboard Magazine introduced its "Hot 100" chart, which was part popularity and a barometer of the movement of potential hits. The first number one song was Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool."
- 1983 - New York Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield threw a baseball during warm-ups and accidentally killed a seagull. After the game, Toronto police arrested him for "causing unnecessary suffering to an animal."
- 1987 - The Fairness Doctrine was rescinded by the Federal Communications Commission. The doctrine had required that radio and TV stations present controversial issues in a balanced fashion.
Sunday, August 03, 2025
Trump revives real environmentalism with new executive order | Blaze Media
Trump revives real environmentalism with new executive order | Blaze Media:
Those who provide America and the world with our most affordable and reliable energy sources have long cared about preserving the environment. In particular, they have continually invested in new technologies that make traditional energy cleaner than ever.
For example, advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies used to extract natural gas have allowed the United States to lead all major industrialized countries in carbon reductions. Home heating oil burner emissions have been reduced to near-zero levels, while sulfur content has been reduced from 1% to about 0.5%.
Former Rolling Stone Editor Couldn't Hold His Tongue on This Aspect of the Russian Collusion Hoax Anymore
The largest intelligence operation in American history was used against us—and for what? - Matt Vespa
- To cover Hillary Clinton’s botched use of an unsecured server while she served as Barack Obama’s top diplomat.
- Since the server was unsecured, it was likely hacked, and files were retrieved.
- Democrats needed to take action to launch countermeasures.
There was no file on Donald Trump from the Russians, but they did have one on Ms. Clinton.
Former Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi had a damning post summarizing all the document dumps that have occurred over the past few days—all of which point to a cover-up and Obama’s people working vigorously to set up Mr. Trump to get Hillary out of a jam...
Meanwhile in Indonesia Mt Laki Laki erupted again
but please keep thinking your Log Burner & Petrol car pumping out Co2 is the problem. - Concerned Citizen@BGatesIsaPyscho
- Meanwhile in Indonesia Mt Laki Laki erupted again - billions more tonnes of natural Co2 spewing into the atmosphere - but please keep thinking your Log Burner & Petrol car pumping out Co2 is the problem. So many Volcanic eruptions right now.
Gen. Flynn Caught One of the Most Important Details of Newly Found FBI Burn Bags - Could Hit Comey Himself: Fingerprints
Gen. Flynn Caught One of the Most Important Details of Newly Found FBI Burn Bags - Could Hit Comey Himself: Fingerprints:
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the former Director of National Intelligence, called on the FBI to check recently discovered burn bags filled with classified documents related to Russiagate for fingerprints.
There is no better agency in the U.S. to do so, since it manages the largest fingerprint database.
“ALL OF THESE BURN BAG DOCUMENTS WILL HAVE FINGERPRINTS ON THESE DOCUMENTS,” Flynn posted on social media on Thursday.
Small story but WHO are we ELECTING to run our schools??!!----FL DOE Calls for Discipline of School Board After Chair Cheered Death of Hulk Hogan, Silenced Opposing Parent.
FL DOE Calls for Discipline of School Board After Chair Cheered Death of Hulk Hogan - Katherine HamiltonThe Florida Department of Education on Friday sent a scathing letter to Alachua County School Board Chair Sarah Rockwell in response to her now-deleted social media post celebrating the death of Hulk Hogan as “one less MAGA,” and the board’s attempt to silence a parent at Thursday’s school board meeting.
At the meeting, a parent — now identified as Jeremy Clepper — called on Rockwell to resign over her comments about WWE superstar Hogan. Rockwell made a comment saying: “Oh, did Hulk die? I didn’t even know. Good. One less MAGA in the world.”
No Wonder They All Covered up Biden's Health - One Aide Was Reportedly Set to Get $4 Million Bonus if Biden Was Re-Elected
No Wonder They All Covered up Biden's Health - One Aide Was Reportedly Set to Get $4 Million Bonus if Biden Was Re-Elected:
Looks like four million bucks could buy a lot of loyalty for Joe Biden — and another $4 million could buy even more.
In closed-door testimony Thursday, the former president’s top political aide told the House Oversight Committee he made a jaw-dropping $4 million working for Biden in 2024, according to a report by the politics-centric news site Axios.
And he was due to pull down another $4 million if Democrats could somehow carry the cadaver of Biden’s campaign to victory in the November election.
High school NIL is booming. Here’s what could come next. - Talia Smith
In 39 states and the District of Columbia, high school athletes are now permitted to sign NIL dealsWhen NIL first launched, it was about college athletes cashing in on their name, image and likeness...
But in just a few short years, NIL has expanded in a big way, transcending college sports...
But in just a few short years, NIL has expanded in a big way, transcending college sports...
As things stand, CIF rules do not allow schools to share revenue with athletes, nor can booster clubs form collectives.
- Calhoun, who’s about to begin his freshman year on the Boise State football team, argues in the complaint that the rules barred him from being compensated for the economic value he brought to his high school.
- According to the suit, CIF rules also prevent NIL deals tied to school or team brands and penalize transfers, even when students move for safety, mental health or academic reasons...
Pure evil!-----Hamas terrorists show off their abundance of food in the tunnels of Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israeli hostage Evyatar David is starved and appears skeletal. - Oli London@OliLondonTV
- He has been held captive in the tunnels for nearly 2 years.
Meanwhile, Israeli hostage Evyatar David is starved and appears skeletal.
He has been held captive in the tunnels for nearly 2 years.
Monsters do NOT deserve to control a country!-----Palestinian Terrorists Release Videos of Hostages Being Starved, Tormented, Digging Own Grave
German-Israeli Hostage Rom Braslavski’s mother: “They broke my son.” Vijeta Uniyal
- On Thursday, the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad (PIJ) released a disturbing video of German-Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski, claiming that it was recorded shortly after the terrorist group ‘lost contact’ with his captors in Gaza. Rom was kidnapped from the Nova music festival and has been held hostage in Gaza for close to 700 days.
- The next day, Hamas published an equally depraved video of Israeli hostage Evyatar David. The videos sent out by the terrorist groups show emaciated, frail, and broken men who have endured 665 days of captivity in Gaza.
Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, and Mark Carney would like to give Rom's captors their own country. pic.twitter.com/4tBYtGuT3C — Shabbos Kestenbaum (@ShabbosK) July 31, 2025
No wonder leftist morons scared!-----For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit
The move opens the door to an elite federal workforce — and a major victory for President Donald Trump. - Luke Rosiak
- A decades-old court order that blocked the federal government from using tests to measure job applicants’ skills was terminated by a D.C. judge on Friday, setting the stage for an overhaul of the federal workforce that could be one of President Donald Trump’s most lasting achievements.
For almost half a century, the federal government has operated like a college that didn’t look at SAT scores when admitting students...
- The move opens the door to technocratic hiring assessments that allow the government to hire applicants who objectively demonstrate the most aptitude...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after funding cuts * WorldNetDaily * by Nicole Silverio, Daily Caller News Foundation
Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after funding cuts * WorldNetDaily * by Nicole Silverio, Daily Caller News Foundation:
"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee's FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades," the organization stated.
When democrats rule!-----Report shows Illinois government pension crisis worst in U.S.
Illinois state pensions remain fiscally unstable and threaten retirees and taxpayers, underscoring the need for reform. - LyLena Estabine
Comparing pension debt to the state’s gross domestic product helps measure the state’s ability to pay based on the local tax base.
Comparing pension debt to the state’s gross domestic product helps measure the state’s ability to pay based on the local tax base.
By that measure, Illinois ranks as the nation’s worst: unfunded obligations equal 19.02% of state GDP, up from 18.52% a year ago.
- In other words, roughly one-fifth of everything produced in the state would be required just to erase the shortfall...
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