FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington receive the highest US civilian honor. With just days left in the Presidential office, Biden has issued awards and medals to valiant military veterans, courageous law enforcement officials and exceptional Americans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/joe-biden-medal-of-freedom/3637832/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago leaders, we have an antisemitism problem (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my Jewish supervisors to take adverse actions against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/opinion-chicago-antisemitism-problem/
— Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/04/reminders-jan-6-attack-capitol-as-trump-retakes-power/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/01/04/homelessness-rate-chicago-migrants-affordable-housing
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote the “Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.” Democrat and RINO leaders do not want Trump to deport their illegals. Democrats and RINO leaders have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army. Democrat and RINO leaders exploit illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250104/news/whats-the-role-of-local-police-in-feds-mass-deportations/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote the “Immigrant Solidarity DuPage.” Democrat and RINO leaders do not want Trump to deport their illegals. Democrats and RINO leaders have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army. Democrat and RINO leaders exploit illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250104/news/prepared-for-the-worst-suburban-immigrants-brace-for-mass-deportations/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, mass violence ever-increasingly grows.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250104/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-staying-positive-determined-well-be-in-a-really-bad-place-if-we-accept-ma/
WGN RADO
— Democrat and RINO leaders do not want Trump to deport their illegals. Democrats and RINO leaders have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army. Democrat and RINO leaders exploit illegals.
https://wgnradio.com/lets-get-legal/will-president-trump-have-the-power-to-deport-illegal-immigrants/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Illinois Taxpayers to Pay Millions in Damages for Pritzker’s “Gender Affirming” Politics (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been promoting LGBTQ in your school district?)
https://johnkassnews.com/illinois-taxpayers-will-pay-millions-in-damages-for-pritzkers-gender-affirming-theme-parks/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took. But would illegals stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? I doubt it. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are/were you overpaid? According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, $55,850/year in 1971, $68,315/year in 1972, $82,655/year in 1973, $99,069/year in 1974, $112,280/year in 1980, $117,807/year in 1986, and $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois drops to No. 39 in wages for entry level workers (COMMENT: When were you an entry level worker? GAO audits IRS. Much of what IRS Revenue Officers and GAO Analysts do is very similar. My Democrat GAO superiors let me transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, but only if I would take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut, that is, only if I would transfer in as an entry level worker. That shouted to my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that they considered the following to be worthless: a) what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) my almost having completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1093e1b8-ca06-11ef-a80b-277ed6c5f901.html
— State Rep. Chris Miller, R-Oakland, criticizes $20 million in tax funds for electric buses
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_451f691e-c9f9-11ef-948c-0b7882cdd2a8.html
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Drury, Proft reach deal to end 10-year-long defamation suit over campaign ads (COMMENT: My critics/opponents openly defame me less because I have filed lawsuits. Instead, they have their judgement proof operatives and dupes do their dirty work.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/667398636-drury-proft-reach-deal-to-end-10-year-long-defamation-suit-over-campaign-ads
WIREPOINTS
— It’s everyday Chicagoans that get hit by the new city budget. More taxes, more fees, more fines. (COMMENT: Have you lived and/or worked in Chicago? I lived in Chicago in 1971 and then 1974-1978. I worked in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. I took college courses in Chicago 1966-1968, 1971-1980, and 1992-1997.)
https://wirepoints.org/its-everyday-chicagoans-that-get-hit-by-the-new-city-budget-more-taxes-more-fees-more-fines-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Honduran president threatens to boot US military if Trump deports its citizens
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3276439/honduran-president-threatens-to-boot-us-military-if-trump-deports-its-citizens/
— U-Haul report places Illinois near the bottom of places people are moving to. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run Illinois attract Democrats to Illinois a) who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally and/or b) who have severe health, financial, and/or other problems, lack education and/or work experience, and/or want/need/demand massive government assistance. The Democrats who run Illinois drive Republicans out of Illinois who are White, male, older, conservative, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3276470/u-haul-report-places-illinois-near-the-bottom-of-places-people-are-moving-to/
NEW YORK POST
— Biden honors Dem donor George Soros, Hillary Clinton with Presidential Medal of Freedom, sparking outrage: ‘A national disgrace’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/04/us-news/joe-biden-bestows-presidential-medal-of-freedom-to-george-soros-hillary-clinton/
BREITBART
— Mexican President Changes Mind on Receiving Deported Migrants from Other Countries
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/01/04/mexican-president-warms-to-possibility-of-receiving-deported-migrants-from-other-countries/
HOT AIR
— Trump and Musk Are Right: Legal Immigrants a Boon to US Economy (COMMENT: All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.)
https://hotair.com/stephen-moore/2025/01/05/trump-and-musk-are-right-legal-immigrants-a-boon-to-us-economy-n3798463
PJ MEDIA
— The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) reportedly drafted its standards of “care” with advice from members of a fetish forum founded by a convicted pedophile. Turns out all of us “conspiracy theorists” who said transgenders are sexually grooming kids were right.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/04/trans-health-assoc-took-advice-from-pedo-fetish-forum-n4935671
TOWNHALL
— Mexican President Shifts Stance on Accepting Deported Illegal Immigrants
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/04/mexican-president-changes-course-about-receiving-deported-illegal-immigrants-from-other-countries-n2649983
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— What the visa feud says about the coming Trump administration (COMMENT: My critics/opponents a) want H-1B, that is, they want cheap labor and b) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been overpaid.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/politics/trump-musk-h1b-visa-analysis/index.html
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— The Pros and Cons of Working While in College (COMMENT: I should write about the pros and cons of my working all the part-time hours that I could while I was a student at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969. The pros include my graduating debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. The cons include my GPA suffering.)
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/weighing-the-pros-and-cons-of-working-while-in-college
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/opinion/biden-trump-government-dei-diversity.html
— The Failures of the Health Insurance System (COMMENT: Because of my federal employment and retirement, since 1966 (except September 1969-June 1971), the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance, and since 1978, 72% of my wife’s health insurance. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/opinion/letters/health-insurance-failures.html
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who 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 coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most biggest adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/opinion/trump-loyalty-cabinet-presidents.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California’s tech titans say H-1B visas are vital. Will Trump defy MAGA and support them? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents a) want H-1B, that is, they want cheap labor and b) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been overpaid.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-31/its-musk-vs-maga-on-immigrant-worker-visas-what-will-trump-do-on-the-h-1b
— Honduras leader suggests ending cooperation with U.S. military over Trump deportation threat
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-04/honduras-leader-suggests-ending-cooperation-with-u-s-military-over-trump-deportation-threat
BALTIMORE SUN
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/04/gop-must-not-be-held-hostage-by-right-wing-fringes-editorial/
FORBES
— 10 Jobs That Pay Six Figures In 2024 (COMMENT: I did not start earning $100,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 25 in 1974. By then, I had worked for IRS for 3 years and I had completed ten graduate evening business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/07/25/six-figure-salary-jobs/
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
— Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector Employees (COMMENT: My GAO salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars when was 49 years old in 1997. What would my salary have been if I had a private-sector job? I had a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and c) became a licensed CPA in 1981. I had earned a) an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and c) a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I had become a Certified a) Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I had worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years and for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years before that.)
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60235
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal government employs about 2.3 million civilian workers—or 1.4 percent of the U.S. workforce—in jobs that represent over 650 occupations at more than 100 agencies. It competes with private-sector employers for people who possess the mix of attributes needed to do the work of its various agencies. In fiscal year 2022, the federal government spent roughly $271 billion to compensate those civilian employees. About 60 percent of that total was spent on civilian personnel working in the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Homeland Security. Compared with private-sector workers, federal workers tend to be older, more educated, and more concentrated in professional occupations. To account for those differences, the Congressional Budget Office limited its comparisons to employees with a set of similar observable characteristics—education, occupation, years of work experience, geographic location, size of employer, veteran status, and certain demographic characteristics (sex, race, ethnicity, marital status, immigration status, and citizenship)—in this report. Even so, the estimates do not show precisely what federal workers would earn if they were employed in comparable positions in the private sector. Even among workers with similar observable characteristics, federal and private-sector employees may differ in other traits, such as motivation or natural ability, that are not easy to measure but that can greatly affect individuals’ compensation.)
PROPUBLICA
— If You’re Over 50, Chances Are the Decision to Leave a Job Won’t be Yours. A new data analysis by ProPublica and the Urban Institute shows more than half of older U.S. workers are pushed out of longtime jobs before they choose to retire, suffering financial damage that is often irreversible. (COMMENT: Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is a) only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars and b) less than what my IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/older-workers-united-states-pushed-out-of-work-forced-retirement
REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://reason.com/2025/01/05/the-fragile-u-s-refugee-resettlement-system/
KFF
— Key Facts about the Uninsured Population (COMMENT: Because of my federal employment and retirement, since 1966 (except September 1969-June 1971), the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance, and since 1978, 72% of my wife’s health insurance. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.kff.org/uninsured/issue-brief/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/
COMMON DREAMS
— Americans Are Angry About Their Health Insurance (COMMENT: Because of my federal employment and retirement, since 1966 (except September 1969-June 1971), the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance, and since 1978, 72% of my wife’s health insurance. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/americans-angry-health-insurance
Month: January 2025
January 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— IL Dems warn sanctuary city funding to support immigrants could be stripped if GOP rules bill passes. Illinois Democrats also preparing for possible mass deportations, starting with people who have criminal records
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-democrats-warn-sanctuary-city-funding-support-immigrants-could-stripped-republican-rules-package-passes/15749348/
— Thornton Township stops bus service for senior citizens amid government shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/thornton-township-stops-bus-service-senior-services-amid-government-shutdown-tiffany-henyard-trustees-remain-stalemate/15748891/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Donald Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/03/mexico-receiving-non-mexican-deportees-trump/
— Downers Grove library board tables controversial proposal on leadership structure
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/03/downers-grove-library-board-tables-controversial-proposal-on-leadership-structure/
— Orland Park pastor indicted with Trump sees ‘eventual case collapse’ with Georgia court ruling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/03/orland-park-pastor-trump-georgia-case/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republican Rep. Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote. Johnson was able to flip two remaining holdouts who switched to support him, drawing applause from Republicans. The final tally: 218 to 215.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/03/republican-rep-mike-johnson-reelected-house-speaker-in-dramatic-floor-vote
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Soldier who blew up Tesla at Trump hotel left note saying blast was to be a ‘wakeup call’ for US. A highly decorated Army soldier who fatally shot himself just before an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was a stunt to serve as “wake up call” for the country’s ills.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/soldier-who-blew-up-tesla-at-trump-hotel-left-note-saying-blast-was-to-be/article_ed4ab416-6eaa-583f-924a-60c88d04eb1c.html
25 NEWS NOW
_ Illinois Democrat leaders mix in “reproductive healthcare decisions” to promote abortion.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/01/04/new-state-law-aims-prevent-discrimination-based-abortion-fertility-care/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-reminders-of-jan-6-attack-fade-in-the-capitol-as-trump-retakes-power/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Electric vehicle adoption rate slams into reverse in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/electric-vehicle-adoption-rate-slams-into-reverse-in-illinois-wirepoints-quickpoint/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What Republicans Are Doing in the U.S. House of Representatives
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/what-republicans-are-doing-in-the-u-s-house-of-representatives/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Johnson wins speaker’s gavel again on first vote in new Congress
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/mike-johnson-wins-house-speaker-gavel-delayed-firs/
— How Democrats, mainstream media used and abused Jan. 6 ‘insurrection’ Congress will again certify Electoral College result.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/democrats-mainstream-media-used-abused-jan-6-insur/
— Washington’s new majority party needs to stop acting like the minority party
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/editorial-washington-new-majority-party-needs-stop/
AMERICAN THINKER
— 1,100 anchor babies born every day in US
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/2024_1_100_anchor_babies_born_every_day_in_us.html
— The Immigration Battle Begins
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/the_immigration_battle_begins.html
— The Whites Who Deserve Reparations
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/the_whites_who_deserve_reparations.html
— Walt Disney Corporation: The journey from Fantasia to transgenderism
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/walt_disney_corporation_the_journey_from_fantasia_to_transgenderism.html
COMPACT MAGAZINE
— How the H-1B System Undercuts American Workers
https://www.compactmag.com/article/no-there-arent-good-h-1b-visas/
DAILY CALLER
— Judge Orders Trump Sentencing Before Inauguration Day
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/03/judge-orders-trump-sentencing-before-inauguration-day/
EPOCH TIMES
— Johnson Re-elected Speaker on 1st Ballot. In a 218–215 vote, Johnson was elected on the first ballot in spite of short-lived hiccups early in the vote.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/johnson-elected-speaker-on-1st-ballot-5785811
— New York Judge Orders Trump’s Sentencing for Jan. 10. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss the case.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/new-york-judge-orders-trumps-sentencing-for-jan-10-post-5785959
— US Health Insurance: What Are Its Problems and Potential Solutions? An overview of the chief complaints, root causes, and possible solutions to the United States’ health insurance dilemma. (COMMENT: Since 1966 (except September 1969-June 1971), the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance, and since 1978, 72% of my wife’s health insurance. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/us-health-insurance-what-are-its-problems-and-potential-solutions-5777354
FOX NEWS
— ‘Radical’ FBI practices on DEI ‘endangered’ Americans, Blackburn says in letter demanding answers from Wray. ‘Put simply, your focus on woke DEI initiatives at the FBI has endangered our national security and the lives of all Americans,’ Blackburn wrote to the FBI director. (COMMENT: Promoting DEI always was my Democrat superiors’ top priority.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/radical-fbi-practices-dei-endangered-americans-blackburn-says-letter-demanding-answers-from-wray
— Biden ripped for repeatedly saying ‘White supremacy’ is America’s greatest threat (COMMENT: To get more votes from minorities, Democrats ever-increasingly shout at minorities that Republicans are White supremacists.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366665849112
NEW AMERICAN
— Honduran President Will Close U.S. Military Base If Trump Deports Honduran Illegals
https://thenewamerican.com/world-news/honduran-president-will-close-u-s-military-base-if-trump-deports-honduran-illegals/
NEWSMAX
— Scalise Calls Out DEI in Law Enforcement Following Attack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/scalise-dei-fbi/2025/01/03/id/1193818/
TOWNHALL
— Mexican Immigration Officials Is Helping Illegals Enter US Through Taxi Scheme
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/01/03/report-mexican-immigration-officials-helping-illegals-enter-us-through-taxi-scheme-n2649942
— The West Does Not Even Know That It Is Committing Suicide
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2025/01/04/the-west-does-not-even-know-that-it-is-committing-suicide-n2649945
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump rips Biden for honoring Cheney, Thompson with ‘Fake Medals’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5065950-trump-biden-cheney-medal/
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5063897-black-americans-victims-crime/
NBC NEWS
— Trump is fixated on Abe Lincoln. The president-elect’s habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one at that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fixated-abe-lincoln-rcna183475
REUTERS
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-RACE/USA/nmopajawjva/
MSN
— Generation Z Members Need a $500K-Plus Salary To Feel Successful (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being over grossly paid. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional licenses, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.msn.com/en-my/money/markets/one-generation-needs-a-500k-plus-salary-to-feel-successful-does-that-track-with-the-economy/ar-AA1wVM16
— Take a look inside a historic 54-room Gilded Age (1870-1910) mansion that belonged to one of America’s richest families (COMMENT: During the Gilded Age, my ancestors on my father’s side ran Crete’s only hardware store. In 1902, they had the 4,030 sq. ft. 1285 Main Street built in Crete ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). My ancestors on my mother’s side bought a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/take-a-look-inside-a-historic-54-room-gilded-age-mansion-that-belonged-to-one-of-america-s-richest-families/ss-AA1nVP4N
AOL
— IRS cuts make Uncle Sam lose money — Reducing the enforcement budget is bad policy. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts first to get rid of their employees who are Republican and then those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.aol.com/editorial-irs-cuts-uncle-sam-090000923.html
CBS NEWS
— Social Security Fairness Act set to get Biden’s signature
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-fairness-act-biden/
USA TODAY
— Democrats always blur the distinction between legal and illegal immigrants.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/02/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa-jobs/77317795007/
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/systemic-racism-what-does-mean/5343549002/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Has Reeled in More Than $200 Million Since Election Day
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-donations.html
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opinion/racism-christianity.html
— How the Democrats Lost the Working Class (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. My critics/opponents despise/hate the working class.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/democrats-working-class.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Harris to oversee electoral count, restoring norm that Trump shattered. The vice president on Monday is scheduled to certify the victory of a man she repeatedly called unfit for office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/04/harris-oversees-certification-trump-victory/
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-covid-19-world-systemic-racism-is-deadly/2020/07/14/aabe1672-c601-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html
BALTIMORE SUN
— Trump won despite the tremendous amount of hatred that the Democrat mainstream news media promoted against him.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/03/nation-badly-needs-a-better-informed-electorate-reader-commentary/
DESERT SUN
— Top 10 H-1B visas issued by California employers in 2024 (COMMENT: The list includes Google, Meta, Apple, Cisco, Qualcomm, and LinkedIn.)
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2025/01/03/who-were-top-california-employers-for-h-1b-visa-workers-in-2024/77414421007/
HERALD REVIEW
— Trump’s Secret Weapon for Mass Deportations: E-Verify (COMMENT: How many illegals are employed in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.myheraldreview.com/opinion/commentary/trumps-secret-weapon-for-mass-deportations-e-verify/article_a8468824-c9f4-11ef-9ee7-e32b924f3c4e.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Banning TikTok Would Violate America’s Free Speech Tradition, It’s up to the Supreme Court whether the U.S. will join China, Afghanistan and other authoritarian countries that have barred their citizens from using the popular social media app. (COMMENT: Back when I was young, that is, back in the good old days, I was able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) earn master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, d) get married when I was 29, e) pass the CPA examination when I was 30, and f) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/banning-tiktok-would-violate-americas-free-speech-tradition-a27bd88a
— What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up? As American 30-somethings increasingly bypass the traditional milestones of adulthood, economists are warning that what seemed like a lag may in fact be a permanent state of arrested development.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/what-happens-when-a-whole-generation-never-grows-up-d200e9ef
— I Traded My News Apps for Rumble, the Right-Wing YouTube. Here’s What I Saw.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/13/business/rumble-trump-bongino-kirk.html
— Musk’s Misinformation About Tech Visas
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/opinion/musk-h1b-visas.html
FORBES
— Government and politics are nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2020/06/29/systemic-racism-in-the-workplace-how-to-move-from-acknowledgment-to-lasting-change/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— My Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in pay-for-performance (PFP) first to get rid of their employees who were Republican and then their employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors had been in America for a long time. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP purposes.
https://hbr.org/2024/10/research-pay-for-performance-doesnt-have-to-stress-workers-out
YAHOO FINANCE
— Net Worth for Retirees: How To Tell Whether You’re Poor, Middle Class or Rich (COMMENT: Since we got married in 1978, my wife and I always saved as much as we could for our retirement. We always lived on just one of our paychecks. My Democrat GAO superiors knew that and used that to justify in their minds forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. According to them, we could afford our losing $86,371/year (56%) annual income in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year and my Civil Service Retirement System pension would be 44% of it or $66,780/year. They knew my wife’s salary, how much we had saved for our retirement, and how much more we were on track to save. They knew we had no dependents or debts. They knew we owned 915 Cove Court in Wheaton. They knew we owned three collector cars. They knew that the federal government would continue to pay 72% of our health insurance.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/net-worth-retirees-tell-whether-155106510.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Poor retirees: Poor retirees are in the lower 20th percentile, and may have a net worth of around $10,000. This is often without property ownership, forcing many to rely mainly on Social Security or minimal pensions. Middle-class retirees: Making up the 50th percentile, with a median net worth of approximately $281,000, this group usually includes home equity, retirement savings and a 401(k) plan. Upper-middle-class retirees: These retirees possess a net worth between $201,800 and $608,900. They have diversified assets and enjoy a comfortable retirement cushion. Rich retirees: In the 90th percentile, with net worth starting at $1.9 million, this group has much more financial freedom and is able to afford luxuries and legacy planning.)
WORKLIFE
— Can favoritism at work be a motivator? (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and supervisors required me to give preference big time to my Democrat coworkers and subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.worklife.news/leadership/can-favoritism-at-work-be-a-motivator/
TIME
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://time.com/5851855/systemic-racism-america/
BROOKINGS
— Government and politics are nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/women-are-advancing-in-the-workplace-but-women-of-color-still-lag-behind/
ACLU
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/ending-systemic-racism-requires-ensuring-systemic-equality
PBS
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/annual-report-shows-systemic-racism-continues-to-bring-down-black-peoples-quality-of-life
— Government and politics are nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-the-pandemic-taught-us-about-racism-at-work-and-how-to-handle-going-back-to-the-office
BROOKINGS
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/learning-to-live-together-how-education-can-help-fight-systemic-racism/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— A slightly more sanguine view of the Department of Government Efficiency
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2024/12/a-slightly-more-sanguine-view-of-the-department-of-government-efficiency/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Absolutely. And that’s why Ramaswamy saying we’re going to eliminate 75% of federal employees is absurd, and frankly, won’t save much money. If you really do an efficiency examination of every agency you will find certain agencies that are actually understaffed. Like you mentioned, the IRS. Try calling the IRS and getting through. It’s nearly impossible. The IRS is likely understaffed and may need more employees. On the flip side, I would argue the Department of Agriculture is overstaffed with about 100,000 employees. So really you have to go agency by agency. You can’t just start out with a goal: I’m going to get rid of this many employees and do a good job. You really have to determine after reforming each agency. Do we need more or fewer people to do this work?)
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write my critics/opponents and their biggest bullies.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/resilience-to-bullying/202412/why-dr-phil-said-trump-is-not-a-bully
DAILY KOS
— Anticipate/expect that that Democrats and RINOs will do everything that they can to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/4/2294706/-10-Suggestions-for-Surviving-the-Second-Trump-Regime
DAILY MAIL
— Chicago on verge of bankruptcy thanks to ultra-generous public sector pension scheme (COMMENT: I have been getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $66,780/year) since I was 49 years old in 1997 and my Democrat GAO superiors forced me into early retirement. To get that pension, I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a professional license in 1981.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14238303/chicago-pension-crisis-debt-public-sector.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Midwestern city has fostered a rocky financial situation by offering extremely generous retirement benefits to public workers.)
January 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Green Beret who died in Las Vegas Cybertruck shot himself in the head before explosion
https://abc7chicago.com/post/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-investigation-leads-police-colorado-sources-say/15740014/
FOX32
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly work to unify those who are the following against Trump: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, etc.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/majority-americans-think-trump-control-illegal-immigration-not-unify-country-poll
WGN9
— CTU says it’s pushing for district to address ‘systemic’ racial inequities in schools
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/ctu-cps-bargaining-update-01022025/
WTTW
— Chicago Police Increasing Patrols Near Trump Tower After Explosion Outside Las Vegas Hotel
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/02/chicago-police-increasing-patrols-near-trump-tower-after-explosion-outside-las-vegas
— Highly Decorated US Soldier Shot Self Before Cybertruck Exploded Outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas Hotel
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/02/man-who-died-tesla-cybertruck-explosion-front-trump-s-las-vegas-hotel-was-active-duty-us
— New Law Requires Many Illinois Companies to List Salary Range in Job Postings (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would have offered me a pay increase to transfer from IRS instead of a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/02/new-law-requires-many-illinois-companies-list-salary-range-job-postings
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former Naperville Councilman Kevin Coyne named new DuPage County GOP chair
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/naperville-city-council-dupage-county-republicans-election-politics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage Republicans, though, are actively rebuilding, Coyne says, and shaping up to “run better campaigns and turn things around.” A part of that rebuilding process is defeating “this narrative out there that we are a deep-blue, progressive county,” he said. “We clearly are not. We have Republican mayors in virtually every notable city in DuPage, even after these terrible November elections. … If you’re truly a progressive county, you don’t have Republicans getting elected at anything.” Another focus will be “finding good people that are willing to give their time and energy to the cause here” despite the party facing strong headwinds “outside of our control,” Coyne said. He pointed, for instance, to Republicans being outspent at the state level. As chairman of DuPage Republicans, Coyne is tasked with working with township leaders across the county to execute “really well-done campaigns in November cycles,” he said. To that end, he says the party needs to modernize and “improve everywhere.” “The Republican Party for many, many, many decades in DuPage County really didn’t have competitive November races to worry about. This whole blue wave thing came about fairly fast,” he said. “I don’t think the campaign infrastructure, whether it be in everything from social media to email distribution to small donor bases and all these kind of grassroots and nuts and bolts campaign considerations, has been effectuated to the degree that they should.” Revamping how Republican candidates run and execute campaigns will be the priority, Coyne said. As the party rebuilds, changes will likely entail a larger presence on social media and a more aggressive approach to events and outreach, he said. Now’s an opportune time to rebuild, with Republicans taking back the White House and Senate in November, he added. “(There’s) a lot of national momentum that we’ve got to figure out how we capture and bring home here,” he said.)
— Porter County Indiana’s Republican officials take oath of office after party sweep of November elections
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/porter-countys-republican-officials-take-oath-of-office-after-party-sweep-of-november-elections/
— Mike Johnson’s bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Donald Trump’s support (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about them and those who could and should have come to my defense but failed/refused to do so.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/mike-johnsons/
— FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone, was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/new-orleans-attack-army-veteran-islamic-state/
DAILY HERALD
— Mayoral candidate back on Aurora primary ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250102/news/mayoral-candidate-back-on-aurora-primary-ballot/
— Plan for car condos in South Barrington up for public review (COMMENT: I own a unit in Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville ( https://www.irongatemotorcondos.com/ ). If you share my interest in cars I own, please let me know. I own a 1972 and 2005 Corvette, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, and 1996 Thunderbird LX. I am interested in the 2025 Charger.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241230/business/plan-for-car-condos-in-south-barrington-up-for-public-review/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Surgeon General calls for cancer warnings on alcohol labels (COMMENT: Most, if not virtually all of my older White male critics/opponents are/were big drinkers.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/cancer-warnings-alcohol-labels?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter-BreakingNews-20250103
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, who represents parts of Bloomington-Normal, says DOGE has ‘no validity’ to enforce budget cuts. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican-led budget cuts first to get rid of their employees who are Republican and then their employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would not have survived for almost 18 years at GAO if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination and became a licensed CPA in 1981, earned more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-01-02/rep-eric-sorensen-doge-has-no-validity-to-enforce-budget-cuts
— Trump points to Gilded Age (1870 to 1910) to push tariffs (COMMENT: During the Gilded Age, my ancestors on my father’s side ran Crete’s only hardware store. In 1902, they had the 4,030 sq. ft. 1285 Main Street built in Crete ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). My ancestors on my mother’s side bought a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-01-02/trump-points-to-gilded-age-to-push-tariffs-experts-say-its-a-misreading-of-history
WAND TV
— The man who died in a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside a Trump hotel was a member of the Army’s elite Green Berets
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-man-who-died-in-a-tesla-cybertruck-explosion-outside-a-trump-hotel-was-a/article_cd951d94-8055-571d-bcfe-bceb6723d2ad.html
ELMHURST PATCH
— Pension Plus Raise: Bensenville Leader May See $229K Yearly. Patch took a look at Frank DeSimone’s pension from the police department where he retired. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are furious that I get a $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and that the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance.)
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/pension-plus-raise-bensenville-leader-may-see-229k-yearly
SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— The Democratic Exodus Movement is a grassroots initiative spearheaded by community stakeholders and residents of Thornton Township, driven by a collective frustration with useless career politicians and the longstanding neglect of underserved Township communities.
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/the-newly-formed-league-of-independence-sparks-democratic-exodus-movement/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— No Restaurant Inspection Stories in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/no-restaurant-inspection-stories-in-mchenry-county/
— Intensive Efforts Mandated to Identify and Rectify High Infant Lead Concentrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/intensive-efforts-mandated-to-identify-and-rectify-high-infant-lead-concentrations/
— Lincoln Way High School Marches in Rose Bowl Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/lincoln-way-high-school-marches-in-rose-bowl-parade/
— Dorr Township Officials’ Salaries and Fringe Benefits for the Upcoming Term”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/dorr-township-officials-salaries-and-fringe-benefits-for-the-upcoming-term/
— Health Department Offers Virus Tests in Woodstock by Appointment Only
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/health-department-offers-virus-tests-in-woodstock-by-appointment-only/
Catalina Lauf Promoted to Replace Congressman Byron Daniels Should He Run for Florida Governor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/catalina-lauf-promoted-to-replace-congressman-byron-daniels-should-he-run-for-florida-governor/
— “Bad” Things Democrats Banned
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/bad-things-democrats-banned/
— Jimmy Carter’s Post-Presidential Snuffing Out of Democracy in Venezuela
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/jimmy-carters-post-presidential-snuffing-out-of-democracy-in-venezuela/
— Sheriff Seeking Deputies Who Start at $78,872, Plus Normal Fringes and Take-Home Squad Car
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/sheriff-seeking-deputies-who-start-at-78872-plus-normal-fringes-and-take-home-squad-car/
— Wirepoints Takes Aim at Excessive Number of Illinois Local Governments
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/wirepoints-takes-aim-at-excessive-number-of-illinois-local-governments/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ab-Au
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/project-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ab-au/
— No Restaurant Inspection Stories in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/no-restaurant-inspection-stories-in-mchenry-county/
— Intensive Efforts Mandated to Identify and Rectify High Infant Lead Concentrations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/intensive-efforts-mandated-to-identify-and-rectify-high-infant-lead-concentrations/
— Lincoln Way High School Marches in Rose Bowl Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/02/lincoln-way-high-school-marches-in-rose-bowl-parade/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sanctuary cities see increased defiance for Trump’s second term (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrats who run Chicago defy Trump?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/sanctuary-cities-see-increased-defiance-trump-seco/
— Republican ‘Revolution’ under way in new field — voter registration
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/inside-beltway-republican-revolution-way-new-field/
— Cover-up of Biden’s cognitive decline will be his legacy (COMMENT: What shows your cognitive status? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/cover-biden-cognitive-decline-legacy/
— Bury wokeness: If leftist identity politics are dying, conservatives should act like it. (COMMENT: Will the extreme giving of preference to those who are the following diminish: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, etc.?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3273102/if-leftist-identity-politics-dying-conservatives-should-act-like-it/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— One-third of illegal migrants are no-shows at deportation hearings under Biden (COMMENT: Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3273001/one-third-illegal-migrants-no-shows-deportation-hearings-biden/
— Biden Justice Department spent over $100 million on DEI-related grants for K-12 (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3274755/biden-justice-department-100-million-dei-grants-parents-defending-education/
— Fixing Biden’s homelessness crisis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3274568/fixing-biden-homeless-crisis/
AMERICAN THINKER
— So-Called Transgenderism Is A Leftist Malady
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/so_called_transgenderism_is_an_imaginary_condition.html
— Jim Crow Education Comes to New York City
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/jim_crow_education_comes_to_new_york_city.html?ref=redicate.com
NEW YORK POST
— DOJ spent over $100M on DEI education programs over last four years (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/02/us-news/doj-spent-over-100-million-on-dei-programs-over-last-4-years/
— Boss put on leave for hiring based on merit (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980, who assigned me to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.)
https://nypost.com/2024/10/14/us-news/top-oregon-official-put-on-leave-for-allegedly-prioritizing-qualified-job-candidates-over-gender-identity/
BLAZE
— Allstate’s wokeness under fire after CEO uses New Orleans massacre to lecture Americans about ‘divisiveness’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/allstates-wokeness-under-fire-after-ceo-used-new-orleans-massacre-to-lecture-americans-about-divisiveness
BREITBART
— Nearly 400K Anchor Babies Born in 2024, Exceeding Population of New Orleans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/02/analysis-nearly-400k-anchor-babies-born-in-2024-exceeding-population-of-new-orleans/
DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Immigrants Are Scrambling To Lawyer Up Ahead Of Trump’s Swearing In
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/02/illegals-call-hotline-as-trump-returns/
— Tech Giants Secure Work Visas For Tens Of Thousands Of Foreigners While Kicking Existing Employees To The Curb
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tech-giants-secure-work-visas-for-tens-of-thousands-of-foreigners-while-kicking-existing-employees-to-the-curb/ar-AA1wLaUr
— New Orleans’ FBI Office, Police Department Are Chock Full Of DEI Nonsense (COMMENT: The federal government is chock full of DEI nonsense. I should write about those Republican governments and political organizations in Illinois that are chock full of DEI nonsense.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/02/new-orleans-police-department-fbi-office-dei-diversity-terrorist-attack-15-jabbar-new-years/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Resistance or Assistance? State and Local Governments Stake Out Positions as Trump Prepares to Take Office (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrats and RINOs who run Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district defy Trump?)
https://www.fairus.org/resistance-or-assistance-state-and-local-governments-stake-out-positions-trump-prepares-take-office
FOX NEWS
— FLASHBACK: Biden downplays ISIS threat to US, repeatedly says White supremacy ‘most lethal’ danger. ‘Not ISIS, not al Qaeda — White supremacists,’ Biden said in 2021 of the primary terror threats to the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-biden-downplays-isis-threat-us-repeatedly-says-white-supremacy-most-lethal-danger
— Abuse of H-1B visa program, Americans ‘shouldn’t train their foreign replacements’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/eric-schmitt-blasts-abuse-of-h-1b-visa-program-says-americans-shouldn-t-train-their-foreign-replacements/ar-AA1wF8OZ
— Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against each other.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lawmakers-indiana-home-ncaa-hq-look-expand-transgender-sports-ban-include-college-programs
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— When They Say ‘Globalize The Intifada’ They Mean Like The New Orleans Terrorist Mass Murder. “The left loves to talk about intersectionality. Well talk about the intersectionality of violence and threats to our society that come from the pro-Palestinian movement.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/when-they-say-globalize-the-intifada-they-mean-like-the-new-orleans-terrorist-mass-murder/
— Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is “Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused” They were all complicit in a massive fraud against the American electorate.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/lie-of-the-year-joe-biden-is-sharp-intensely-probing-detail-oriented-and-focused/
— Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem “war machine” to stop Republicans. While he didn’t threaten to use nukes, like Eric Swalwell once did, the military imagery and war-like rhetoric were no mistake. It’s a continuation of the type of rhetoric that almost got Brett Kavanaugh killed.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/sheldon-whitehouse-d-ri-calls-for-creating-dem-war-machine-to-stop-republicans/
— Chief Justice John Roberts Warns Against Defying Supreme Court Rulings, Politico Makes Story About Trump (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the Supreme Court’s abortion and affirmative action rulings.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/chief-justice-john-roberts-warns-against-defying-supreme-court-rulings-politico-makes-story-about-trump/
NEW AMERICAN
— H-1B Blues: Dividing MAGA, Americans From Their Jobs — and America From Americanism
https://thenewamerican.com/us/h-1b-blues-dividing-maga-americans-from-their-jobs-and-america-from-americanism/
PJ MEDIA
— They Can’t Blame the GOP for the Record Rise in Homelessness
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/01/02/they-cant-blame-the-gop-for-the-record-rise-in-homelessness-n4935604
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump’s Secret Weapon for Mass Deportations: E-Verify (COMMENT: How many illegals are employed in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/01/03/trumps_secret_weapon_for_mass_deportations_e-verify_152153.html
TOWNHALL
— Bourbon Street Massacre Is What ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Looks Like
https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2025/01/03/bourbon-street-massacre-is-what-globalize-the-intifada-looks-like-n2649925
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— How ISIS inspired the deadly truck attack in New Orleans
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/how-isis-may-have-inspired-the-deadly-truck-attack-in-new-orleans/ar-AA1wTwFT
— 20 Reasons Americans No Longer Believe In Retiring at 65 (COMMENT: Democrats forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/retirement-doubts-20-reasons-americans-no-longer-believe-in-retiring-at-65/ss-AA1vjMNO
— California state lawmaker vows to get cash reparations for 1,800 families displaced when the LA Dodgers Stadium was built during the 1950s. (COIMMENT: What about reparations for descendants of soldiers in the Union Army?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-state-lawmaker-vows-to-get-cash-reparations-for-1-800-families-displaced-when-the-la-dodgers-stadium-was-built-during-the-1950s/ar-BB1kLCk8
NEWSWEEK
— Honduras Threatens US Military Bases Over Trump’s Mass Deportations (COMMENT: In WWIII, will Honduras side against America? Most countries, if not virtually all countries, want America to be the dumping ground for their problematic citizens.)
https://www.newsweek.com/honduras-threatens-shut-down-us-military-bases-mass-deportations-2009110
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Why Mike Johnson’s bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Trump’s support (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about them and those who could and should have come to my defense but failed/refused to do so.)
https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-mike-johnson-trump-mccarthy-0e0b5613f1d39f4e1405a475fdfea8ea
CBS NEWS
— New Orleans attacker posted videos declaring support for ISIS shortly before rampage
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-truck-attack-motive-possible-accomplices/
USA TODAY
— Notre Dame pounds Georgia in College Football Playoff Sugar Bowl for long-awaited glory
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/01/02/notre-dame-georgia-score-sugar-bowl-college-football-playoff/77319281007/
SEATTLE TIMES
— Alarming new car prices (COMMENT: What new cars are you interested in? I am interest in the new Dodge Charger. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T collector car 1994-2005. I currently own a 2013 Charger R/T Max .)
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/alarming-new-car-prices-push-buyers-toward-used-vehicles-but-theyre-pricey-too/
KLTV
— Harrison County GOP threatens Rep. Jay Dean with censure in push for conservative Speaker (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been “too conservative.”
https://www.kltv.com/2025/01/02/harrison-county-gop-threatens-rep-jay-dean-with-censure-push-conservative-speaker/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Speaker Johnson’s Foe Representative Massie Sees Little to Lose (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year, b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, d) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) ended my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, f) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and g) ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/thomas-massie-needs-backup-to-take-out-mike-johnson-e5db12df
FORBES
— What You Need To Know To Edge Out The Internal Candidate
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/11/05/executive-hiring-what-you-need-to-know-to-edge-out-the-internal-candidate/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Bernie Sanders says Elon Musk is wrong about H-1B visas: ‘Low-wage indentured servants’ (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted me a being a bad external candidate to work on audits of IRS.)
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-says-elon-musk-213741641.html
PBS
— Most countries, if not virtually all countries, want America to be the dumping ground for their problematic citizens.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-calls-the-u-s-a-garbage-can-for-the-world-at-campaign-event-in-austin-texas
AUTOMATION
— Enhancing Power Grid Resiliency (COMMENT: I need electricity to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out. My 20KW Generac failed and it will be replaced with a 24KW tomorrow.)
https://www.automation.com/en-us/articles/january-2025/enhancing-power-grid-resiliency
LADDERS
— How to deal with super-competitive people at work (COMMENT: What did your coworkers do to get promoted over you? My Democrat coworkers a) badmouthed my job-related work experience, b) badmouthed my job-related college degrees, c) badmouthed my professional certifications, d) badmouthed my professional license and/or e) stressed that they were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/competitive-people-work
HIGHER ED DRIVE
— Nearly half of companies say they plan to eliminate bachelor’s degree requirements in 2024. Many employers are dropping degree requirements to create a more diverse workforce and increase job candidate numbers. (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote young Democrat and RINO employees, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly lower requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree (1970), three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and professional license (1981).)
https://www.highereddive.com/news/nearly-half-of-companies-plan-to-eliminate-bachelors-degree-requirements/702277/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Reasons Why Most Companies Won’t Hire Older People. Ending ageism in the workplace is an uphill battle. (COMMENT: I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 years old in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors deemed me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. I eventually did get promoted to GS-13 in 1986, but not until a) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I transferred from IRS to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination and became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/boomers-30/202110/the-5-reasons-why-most-companies-wont-hire-older-people
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many companies are resistant to hiring older people. Discriminating against older workers is unethical and illegal. There are compelling reasons why discrimination against older workers exists.)
Ending ageism in the workplace represents a major challenge.
DON MOYNIHAN
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are liberal, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and who despise/hate Trump and despise/hate those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/will-the-federal-government-become
January 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— New Orleans attack latest: Police probe suspect motive, possible accomplices
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-attack-latest-police-probe-suspect-motive-possible-accomplices/15739812/
— New Orleans attack: Suspect identified as US citizen in attack that left 15 dead. The suspect in the New Orleans vehicle ramming attack is Shamsud Din Jabbar.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/least-10-dead-mass-casualty-event-after-car-intentionally-plows-crowd-bourbon-street-new-orleans-police-say/15736735/
— What we know about Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect from Houston, Texas in the New Orleans attack
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-shamsud-din-jabbar-suspect-new-orleans-attack/15737645/
— Truck driven in deadly New Orleans attack rented from Texas. 15 killed, dozens injured in what local officials calling ‘terrorist attack’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-terrorist-attack-car-driven-crowd-bourbon-street-rented-turo-app-houston-texas-sources-confirm/15737640/
— Chicago-area Notre Dame fans in New Orleans for Sugar Bowl during deadly attack. At least 15 killed in Bourbon Street vehicle ramming attack, ABC News sources say. Sugar Bowl football game postponed to Thursday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-truck-attack-indiana-officials-notre-dame-football-louisiana-sugar-bowl-during-deadly-bourbon-street/15738198/
— Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-he-is-planning-attend-jimmy-carters-funeral/15735931/
— Person believed to have rented Cybertruck before Las Vegas blast identified
https://abc7chicago.com/post/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-investigation-leads-police-colorado-sources-say/15740014/
NBC5
— CPD increases patrols outside Trump Tower Chicago after Las Vegas truck explosion
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cpd-increases-patrols-outside-trump-tower-chicago-after-las-vegas-truck-explosion/3636009/
— Notre Dame vs. Georgia: Postponed Sugar Bowl gets new start time Thursday. The Superdome, set to host the quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame Wednesday night, had been on lockdown for security sweeps after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/sugar-bowl-game-between-notre-dame-georgia-postponed-after-new-orleans-attack/3635832/
— Authorities don’t believe driver in New Year’s attack in New Orleans acted alone.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/authorities-dont-believe-driver-in-new-years-attack-in-new-orleans-acted-alone/3635887/
— Tesla truck explosion outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel being investigated as possible terror attack. Authorities confirmed the person killed was in the truck, while the seven people injured were located nearby.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-las-vegas-hotel-tesla-truck-explosion/3635909/
CBS2
— 2 dead, 5 wounded in mass shooting at New Year’s Day party in Kankakee
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kankakee-mass-shooting-new-years-day-party/
FOX32
— Jimmy Carter funeral plans, schedule of events announced
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jimmy-carter-funeral-plans-announced
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— To process tragic New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, Chicagoans cancel events and focus on aid
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/01/new-orleans-terrorist-attack-reaction/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/chicago-immigration-deportation-fears-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 2 killed, 17 wounded in New Year’s shootings in Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/01/01/1-killed-13-shot-night-on-new-years-eve
DAILY HERALD
— Welcome, 2025: We’re happy to celebrate another new year; let’s prepare to make a difference in it (COMMENT: I will continue to a) put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning and b) help elect Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct notwithstanding ever-increasing efforts by my critics/opponents to stop from doing the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250101/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-welcome-2025-were-happy-to-celebrate-another-new-year-lets-prepare-to-mak/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Promise and peril for Pritzker as 2025 begins
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/greg-hinz-promise-and-peril-jb-pritzker-2025-opens
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/protections-for-reproductive-health-decisionmaking-take-effect-january-1-78433.cfm
ALTON PATCH
— Biden is giving the second highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional panel
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/biden-is-giving-the-second-highest-civilian-award-20010852.php
WGLT
— 1 dead, 7 injured after Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-01/1-dead-7-injured-after-tesla-cybertruck-explodes-outside-trumps-las-vegas-hotel
WSIL TV
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message. Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-doubles-down-on-abortion-in-new/article_fb4ef342-a282-5646-9525-f5297fc29573.html
NPR ILLINOIS & WSIL TV
— Firework mortars, gas canisters inside Tesla that exploded by Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-01/firework-mortars-gas-canisters-inside-tesla-that-exploded-by-trumps-las-vegas-hotel
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-at-trump-hotel-in-vegas-investigated-as-a-possible-terrorist-act-law/article_ff98aa33-8e2f-57c6-9753-1fee4ad0c873.html
CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— 2 Killed, 5 Injured In Mass Shooting At NYE Party In Kankakee. A suspect is being held for questioning, police said. Mayor Chris Curtis called the shooting tragic and urged witnesses to come forward.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/j3309/2-killed-5-injured-in-mass-shooting-at-nye-party-in-kankakee
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Nation’s highest real estate taxes: Six Illinois cities are in nation’s top 20, including the top two
https://wirepoints.org/nations-highest-real-estate-taxes-six-illinois-cities-are-in-nations-top-20-including-the-top-two-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Not Enough Potheads?”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/not-enough-potheads/
— Illinois Venezuelan Gang Penetration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/illinois-venezuelan-gang-penetration/
— New Health Insurance Mandates/Benefits Will Increase Cost
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/new-health-insurance-mandates-benefits-will-increase-cost/
— Hope for Federal Tax Deduction for Those Having Real Estate Bills over $10,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/hope-for-federal-tax-deduction-for-those-having-real-estate-bills-over-10000/
— Argument That Gerrymandering Did Not Give GOP Control of Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/arugment-that-gerrymandering-did-not-give-gop-control-of-congress/
— Illinois Rose Bowl Parade Entry Features Ferris Bueher Playing Hookey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/illinois-rose-bowl-parade-entry-features-forest-buehler-playing-hookey/
— New Year’s Day Funny
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/new-years-day-funny/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican come out of their closets and make it clear that they have always been moderate, liberal, RINO, Democrat Lite, anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Man behind deadly New Orleans attack made videos discussing ISIS allegiance, desire to kill family
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/man-behind-deadly-new-orleans-attack-made-videos-d/
— The politics of creating — or killing — a government website
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/politics-creating-killing-government-website/
— Trump and Musk are right: Legal immigrants a boon to U.S. economy. Yankee ingenuity and entrepreneurial foreigners give America an edge. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated legally during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/trump-musk-right-legal-immigrants-boon-u-economy/
— Musk is not your friend. Expanding H-1B visa program is not ‘America First.’ (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/elon-musk-friend/
NEW YORK POST
— ISIS flag-carrying terrorist driver Shamsud-Din Jabbar seen in first photo after he mowed down dozens of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/shamsud-din-jabbar-identified-as-killer-driver-who-mowed-down-dozens-of-new-years-revelers-in-new-orleans/
— New Orleans terror attack live updates: Terrorist made videos where he confessed to planning to murder his family, claimed he joined ISIS
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/attack-on-bourbon-street-in-new-orleans-live-updates-photos/
— Trump hotel Tesla Cybertruck explosion probed as possible terror act as vehicle was rented with same app as truck from New Orleans massacre
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-at-trump-hotel-in-las-vegas-being-investigated-as-potential-act-of-terror-report/
— Vote totals show GOP faces major hurdle to woo black voters. (COMMENT: Since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/opinion/gops-major-hurdle-to-woo-black-voters-the-selma-effect/
— American Psychological Association claims ‘hiring the most qualified candidate’ could be ‘unfair’ (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/american-psychological-association-claims-hiring-the-most-qualified-candidate-could-be-unfair-in-study/ar-BB1hGIHP
— Driver of Tesla Cybertruck killed in explosion outside Trump Las Vegas hotel is ID’d as Army vet Matthew Livelsberger
https://nypost.com/2025/01/02/us-news/las-vegas-trump-hotel-tesla-cybertruck-driver-idd-as-army-vet-matthew-livelsberger/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Welcome to the New Normal
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/welcome_to_the_new_normal.html
— So it begins: a new year, a new presidency, and, for America, a new lease on life. Yet it feels as if we’ve been here before, doesn’t it? (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that for the next 4 years, Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy Trump, that is, to destroy America.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/back_to_the_beginning.html
— False moral equivalencies facilitate jihadist attacks
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/false_moral_equivalencies_facilitate_jihadist_attacks.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dems push Biden to seal the deal for illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/01/dems-push-biden-to-seal-the-deal-for-illegals-1513219/
— Amid reports that the Mexican government is sending hundreds of lawyers to the United States to assist illegal immigrants who may face deportation under President-elect Donald J. Trump, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) shared an interesting question. Lee asked in a post on X, “If Mexico is sending hundreds of lawyers to help illegal aliens remain in the U.S., why are we letting them in?” (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/01/sen-mike-lee-asks-a-great-question-about-mexico-sending-lawyers-to-us-1513247/
BREITBART
— New Orleans Ramming Suspect Identified as ‘Shamsud Din Jabbar’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/01/report-new-orleans-ramming-suspect-identified-shamsud-din-jabbar/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Overlooked Power to Enlist Local Cops for Immigration Enforcement. A tool that needs some polishing — and updating.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Overlooked-Power-Enlist-Local-Cops-Immigration-Enforcement
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Value-Destroying And Costly’: Is Corporate America’s Love Affair With DEI Finally Coming To An End?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/01/value-destroying-and-costly-is-corporate-americas-love-affair-with-dei-finally-coming-to-an-end/
FOX NEWS
— Republicans slam Biden migrant parole program: ‘Rife with fraud’
https://www.aol.com/republicans-slam-biden-migrant-parole-190410549.html
— Three of the biggest challenges Trump will face trying to fix Biden’s mistakes. Americans will need to have patience as good policy tries to fix the Biden administration’s mistakes.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/three-biggest-challenges-trump-face-trying-fix-bidens-mistakesthree-of-the-biggest-challenges-trump-will-face-trying-to-fix-bidens-mistakes
NEW AMERICAN
— Mexico Prepares Legal War Against Deportations With Lawyers, Smartphone App to Notify Consulates (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/mexico-prepares-legal-war-against-deportations-with-lawyers-smartphone-app-to-notify-consulates/
JUST THE NEWS
— No matter how MAGA debate ends, H-1B visas have an undeniable fraud problem (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/thuno-matter-how-maga-debate-ends-h-1b-visas-have-undeniable
— Feds warned a year ago that U.S. ill-prepared for attacks on ‘soft targets and crowded places’
https://justthenews.com/government/security/feds-warned-year-ago-us-ill-prepared-attacks-soft-targets-and-crowded-places
PJ MEDIA
— What’s Worse Than Wokeism? Greg Gutfeld Explains.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/01/greg-gutfeld-explains-whats-worse-than-wokeism-n4935575
TOWNHALL
— Former Newsweek Editor: Hispanics Are Becoming Like White People
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/01/former-newsweek-editor-hispanics-are-becoming-like-white-people-n2649792
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Progressives face an existential crisis under Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5055327-progressives-fear-trump-administration/
CNN
— Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, while Biden admin says app poses ‘grave’ threat. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/politics/tiktok-supreme-court-trump-biden-briefs/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In one of the most significant pending cases before the Supreme Court, the justices must weigh whether the TikTok ban Congress approved in April violates the First Amendment.)
REUTERS
— Free-speech advocates tell Supreme Court US TikTok law reminiscent of dictatorships (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/free-speech-advocates-tell-supreme-court-us-tiktok-law-reminiscent-dictatorships-2024-12-27/
MSN
— Tech Giants Secure Work Visas For Tens Of Thousands Of Foreigners While Kicking Existing Employees To The Curb (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tech-giants-secure-work-visas-for-tens-of-thousands-of-foreigners-while-kicking-existing-employees-to-the-curb/ar-AA1wLaUr
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What is the Islamic State group, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-is-the-islamic-state-group-and-what-attacks-has-it-inspired-by-offshoots-and-lone-wolves/ar-AA1wP5fA
NEWSWEEK
— Mexico is Sending Hundreds of Lawyers to US to Help Migrants (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-lawyers-united-states-help-migrants-what-we-know-2008309
— Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Local Mosque Responds to New Orleans Terror Attack
https://www.newsweek.com/shamsud-din-jabbars-local-mosque-responds-new-orleans-terror-attack-2008437
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Masjid Bilal said in its Instagram story: “If anyone is contacted by the media, it is very important that you do not respond. If approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH. It is crucial that we stay united at this time as we condemn these terrible acts.”)
CBS NEWS
— Trump to hold D.C. rally on Jan. 19, the day before his inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-hold-dc-rally-jan-19-inauguration/
— House to vote on rule making it harder to oust speaker (COMMENT: Have you been ousted? I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes oust me a) as a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform & Resolutions Committee this year, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, and d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2007.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-rules-package-motion-to-vacate-speaker/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trucks in New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Explosion Were Rented Using the Same App. Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/turo-new-orleans-attack-vegas-explosion.html
— New Orleans Attacker Was ‘Inspired’ by ISIS, Biden Says
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/01/us/new-orleans-vehicle-crash
— As Marijuana Use Grows, Effect on Road Safety Remains a Blind Spot. Scientists want to create breathalyzers that show how recently a driver used marijuana. Researchers also are studying how cannabis impairs motor skills and reflexes for habitual and occasional users. (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/marijuana-driving-impairment.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Biden says New Orleans attacker appeared to be inspired by ISIS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/02/new-orleans-truck-attack-investigation-updates/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-01/column-business-leaders-bow-to-anti-dei-activists-except-at-costco
USA TODAY
— Suspect in New Orleans attack served in Army, deployed to Afghanistan
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/01/new-orleans-suspect-army-veteran/77388200007/
— Turns out Trump is OK with immigrants – if they help his billionaire friends (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/02/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa-jobs/77317795007/
WOAI
— Bad Neighbor: Mexico Launches App to Help Illegals (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2024-12-31-bad-neighbor-mexico-launches-app-to-help-illegals/
GAMBLING NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage women and minorities to be gamblers.
https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/ballys-chicago-opens-investment-to-women-and-minority-investors/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Green Electricity Costs a Bundle. The data make clear: The notion that solar and wind power save money is an environmentalist lie.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/green-electricity-costs-a-bundle-wind-solar-data-analysis-power-prices-259344f4
— The House’s Unfinished Gender Business. Another chance to undo Pelosi’s ugly linguistic handiwork.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-houses-unfinished-gender-business-inclusivity-pronouns-53921b16
— Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It. Brands are skittish about appearing near stories on politics and violence, but news outlets say their fears are overblown. (COMMENT: I am thankful that I have enough money, time, experience, ability, good health, and motivation to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/advertisers-keep-avoiding-news-sites-and-publishers-have-had-enough-of-it-e9e4ab83
— Buying Greenland Isn’t a New Idea. Denmark wanted to sell it a century ago. The U.S. didn’t bite but did acquire the Virgin Islands.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/buying-greenland-isnt-a-new-idea-denmark-sovereignty-2a003c35
— The Financial Regrets and Wisdom of Americans Over 80. There is a lot of life to live after the traditional retirement age that many wish they had prepared for. (COMMENT: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My Social Security is dramatically less because I get a CSRS pension.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/financial-advice-regrets-seniors-a18aa5cb
FORBES
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/01/01/top-10-inclusion-pivots-for-leaders/
FAST COMPANY
— Calls for Costco boycott mount after board upholds DEI commitment (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91253805/calls-for-costco-boycott-mount-after-board-upholds-dei-commitment
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Trump Can Transform Immigration to Strengthen America (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/01/02/trump_can_transform_immigration_to_strengthen_america_1082001.html
GOING CONCERN
— So How Did Your 2024 Predictions For the Accounting Profession Work Out? (COMMENT: The accounting profession had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) because my demographics were terrible.)
https://www.goingconcern.com/so-how-did-your-2024-predictions-for-the-accounting-profession-work-out/
BUSINESS INSURANCE
— Jury ordered Walmart to pay $34.7M in defamation case (COMMENT: Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my Democrat superiors defamed me. Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican defamed me. I should write about that.)
https://www.businessinsurance.com/9-jury-ordered-walmart-to-pay-34-7m-in-defamation-case/
PRO PUBLICA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on foreigner labor.
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-navy-shipbuilding-donald-trump
GOOGLE
— “Do it over again” in the context of a career (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, notwithstanding the fact that my demographics are terrible, I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. The accounting profession had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=career+%22do+it+over+again%22
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans Have High Hopes for 2025 (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that for the next 4 years, Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy Trump, that is, to destroy America.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/americans_have_high_hopes_for_2025
DAILY BEAST
— New Orleans Attacker’s Descent From Six-Figure Job to ISIS-Inspired Terror (COMMENT: The accounting profession (including Deloitte, Accenture, and Ernst & Young) had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) because my demographics were terrible.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-orleans-terror-attacker-shamsud-din-jabbar-descent-from-six-figure-job-to-isis-inspired-terror/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Army vet suspected of killing 15 people in a terror attack in New Orleans worked as a senior consultant at Deloitte making six figures, the Wall Street Journal reported. After a 10-year stint with the U.S. Army, Texas native Shamsud-Din Jabbar climbed the corporate ladder at Accenture and Ernst & Young, where he worked as a cloud consulting manager. In 2021, he was hired at Deloitte as a “senior solutions specialist” making about $125,000 per year, according to court records cited by the Journal. He worked there until at least the past fall.)
POLITICO
— Democratic-led states still grapple with housing migrants
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/02/migrants-democrats-new-york-illinois-massachusetts-00196167
ECONOMIST
— An attack in New Orleans raises fears about Islamic State. The rampage on Bourbon Street appears to be part of a worrisome trend.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/02/an-attack-in-new-orleans-raises-fears-about-islamic-state
INDIA TIMES
— If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I did not a) earn a master’s degree in business until I was 27, b) pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a Licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/trumps-immigration-overhaul-is-fraught-with-hurdles-from-courts-to-states/articleshow/116872828.cms
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Steve Bannon says H1-B visa program is a scam of the highest order, asks Donald Trump to revisit the law that was enacted in 1990 (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/steve-bannon-says-h1-b-visa-program-is-a-scam-of-the-highest-order-asks-donald-trump-to-revisit-the-law-that-was-enacted-in-1990/ar-AA1wL7Lo
INDEPENDENT
— Musk’s estranged trans daughter says she doesn’t ‘see a future’ in the US after Trump’s win (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-estranged-trans-daughter-173456640.html
January 1, 2025
DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— Coyne Announced as New DuPage County Republican Chairman
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AhAdhk5No/?mibextid=wwXIfr
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The DuPage County GOP Vice Chairman Kevin Coyne will succeed retiring Chairman Jim Zay effective 1/1/25. Coyne brings substantial political experience to this role. Coyne is the Founder and President of Safe Suburbs USA PAC, a political action committee aimed at supporting pro-law enforcement candidates and public safety-focused policymaking. Kevin served two terms as a Councilman for the City of Naperville (2015-21) and currently serves on Naperville’s Public Library Board of Trustees. Coyne was the Republican candidate for the DuPage County Board (District 5) in 2022. Kevin was also a Presidential delegate candidate, and member of the Illinois leadership team, for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Presidential campaign in 2024. Coyne served in the same capacity for then-U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s Presidential campaign in 2016. Kevin is an elected Republican precinct committeeman in Lisle Township and lives in Naperville with his wife and daughter. In taking on his new role Coyne stated: “This is an incredibly exciting time to be a Republican. Republicans control the White House, the U.S. Senate, and our House of Representatives. In November, President-Elect Trump’s stunningly convincing victory invigorated our party, and Americans have issued a clear mandate in support of the GOP’s commitment to making our communities safer, removing politics from our schools, and reducing our ridiculous tax burden. I look forward to working hard to lead the DuPage GOP back to a position of strength and to taking advantage of the sweeping national momentum that is clearly behind the GOP right now. I am thankful for this opportunity and send a personal note of thanks to my predecessor, Jim Zay, for his hard work as Chairman and his many years of commitment to the DuPage County GOP.”
Zay will continue to serve in his role as a Member of the DuPage County Board and as Chairman of the DuPage County Water Commission.)
DAILY HERALD
— Naperville’s Kevin Coyne takes over as DuPage County GOP chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/news/napervilles-kevin-coyne-takes-over-as-dupage-county-gop-chair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former Naperville city council member is taking the reins of the local Republican Party in DuPage County, a formerly deep-red bastion that has seen Democrats flex their political muscle in recent years. Kevin Coyne will lead the DuPage County GOP as chairman. He officially starts New Year’s Day. “The DuPage GOP was tremendously successful for a very long period of time,” Coyne said Tuesday. “And for a lot of different reasons, things have changed in recent election cycles. And I think right now, we have an opportunity to modernize, to take a fresh look at things and to move forward with more aggressive, smarter-run campaigns.” Coyne also is the founder and president of Safe Suburbs USA, a political action committee. He succeeds Jim Zay at the helm of the county GOP. “It’s just time for somebody to come in with some new ideas and new skills and take a swing at it, and I think Kevin’s the person to do that,” said Zay, a DuPage County Board member since 1999. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m just giving up the chairmanship of the party,” he added. Zay hasn’t decided if he’s going to run for reelection, run for a countywide office or run for another office, and said that he’s keeping his options open. “It’s very difficult to do that if you’re the chair of the party also,” Zay said. It wasn’t until 2018 when Democratic women in particular made waves at the county level. Democrat Deb Conroy became county board chair four years later. In November’s election, Democrats flipped a board seat, adding to their majority, and won a countywide office. “We’re being horribly outspent all the time. We don’t have a billionaire governor who is putting lots of money into campaigns and into the state party,” said Zay, referring to Gov. JB Pritzker. “We just have to get candidates out there.” Coyne currently sits on Naperville’s public library board. He also was a member of the Illinois leadership team for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign. “We’ve had a lot of local success in local races in the April cycles,” said Coyne, pointing to “a lot of Republican mayors all over the county. “I just think we need to really grab a hold of this national momentum that we’ve seen for the Republican Party, which now controls the White House, the Senate, the Congress … and bring some of that back home.” Coyne acknowledged that there’s a “narrative out there that the political guard has changed,” but that he doesn’t believe it to be true. “Even with these huge challenges that we faced as a party, the bulk of our losses, certainly on a county level, have largely been single digit,” he said. “There’s a real opportunity to turn this around and to bring the Republican (Party) back here in DuPage County.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/marijuana/illinois-on-tap-to-have-biggest-year-yet-from-marijuana-tax-revenue/
— Glendale Heights village president asks court to put him back on ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/local-politics/glendale-heights-village-president-asks-court-to-put-him-back-on-ballot/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen anxiously await Kevin Coyne’s appointment of a DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Secretary, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, and Webmaster. The Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) has invited Coyne to speak at its January 8 meeting. Needless-to-say, I hope that Coyne encourages DuPage County Republican leaders, precinct committeemen, and voters to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters like past DCRCC Chairman Kirk Dillard has done. I have been sending those newsletters out since 2000; since January 1, 2005, they have included links to almost 502,700 articles. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, I have served under DCRCC chairmen Pate Philip, Kirk Dillard, Dan Cronin, Randy Ramey, Darlene Ruscitti, Brian Krajewski, Marty Keller, and Jim Zay and I have served under MTRO chairmen Chris Heidorn (twice), Randy Hultgren, Jeff Fawell, Leonard Sanchez, Mike Formento, Lori Carlson, Marty Keller, Chris LeVan, Yadav Nathwani, and Jeff Castle. I served as the MTRO webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What will my critics/opponents stress to Coyne? They will stress the many big adverse actions that have been taken against me since 2000 by MTRO, DCRC, and IRP leaders; by Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; by Republican major donors; and by Republican defendants in lawsuits that I have filed and their attorneys. They will stress a) that I was removed from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year, b) that I was removed as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) that my precinct was gerrymandered in 2015, d) that I was removed as MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) that I got only 13 votes when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, f) etc. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that I caused a) George Ryan to not seek a second term and b) Jim Ryan to lose to Blagojevich in 2002. I Since 1999, those who dominate MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP have blamed me for all their problems and have made it extremely clear that they do not want me to hold any kind of leadership positions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What do GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters promote? ANSWER: Conservative principles and the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Just kidding, but might Coyne appoint me DCRCC Treasurer and/or Webmaster? My critics/opponent would fight that tooth and nail. I served as the treasurer for the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1986 and for the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I published the Milton Township Republican Organization’s first website in 2000 and served as its webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster 2001-2003. I served as the ICRC webmaster 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois webmaster 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tech titans trying to engage Trump through Mar-a-Lago trips
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/tech-titans-trying-to-engage-trump-through-mar-a-lago-trips/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/transgender-trailblazer-sarah-mcbride-congress/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After 10 years, will Illinois implement a millionaires’ tax? Twice in the last decade Illinois voters have approved advisory referendums recommending a 3% income tax surcharge on millionaires. The path forward after voters approved the referendum again last month remains uncertain.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/31/millionaires-tax-ballot-referendum-state-legislature-illinois-general-assembly-constitutional-amendment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, former Gov. Pat Quinn found himself with a case of déjà vu. He was campaigning across Illinois, urging voters to approve a ballot referendum recommending a 3% surcharge on incomes above $1 million. It was all so familiar to Quinn, and with good reason: He’d championed an advisory referendum for the exact same proposal a decade earlier. And though it was supported by voters back then, the Legislature did nothing.)
ABC7
— New Orleans updates: Suspect killed by police in shootout after intentionally ramming crowd; 10 dead
— Congress strips IRS of another $20B in averting government shutdown. Cuts could add $140B to national debt over next decade, by hampering agency’s ability to catch wealthy tax cheats: Biden admin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congress-strips-irs-another-20b-averting-us-government-shutdown-possibly-hampering-ability-catch-tax-cheats/15729611/
WGN9
— New year brings hundreds of new laws to Illinois books (COMMENT: Call me an “Affirmative Action and DEI impacted individual.”)
https://wgntv.com/news/new-illinois-laws-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No more ‘offenders’ An amendment to the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 changes references to “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals.” Lawmakers argued that no one should be defined by their worst day. The law also creates an Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board to oversee a plan to redeploy convicts into public life once they are no longer incarcerated.)
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: What does Musk think of you? I wonder what Musk would think of me. My critics/opponents would stress to Musk that my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, I got no scholarships, my college GPAs were not that great, I do not have a degree from an Ivy League university, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, etc.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/ar-AA1wCDeK
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-20009860.php
LANSING JOURNAL
— Knocked off the ballot, Thornton Township supervisor hopefuls plan to appeal
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/31/knocked-off-the-ballot-thornton-township-supervisor-hopefuls-plan-to-appeal/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-defending-firearms-restrictions-in-sensitive-places-78459.cfm
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Thornton Township Trustees Deny Henyard Quorum Again Amid Fight Over Lapsed Insurance. The trustees’ absence meant there were not enough board members to vote on paying the insurance bill.
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/thornton-township-illinois-trustees-deny-henyard-quorum-again-amid-fight
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin & the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Top 10 Accomplishments of 2024
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/top-ten-of-2024
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— President Jimmy Carter’s Addresses the Illinois General Assembly, May 28, 1978, Answers Questions from Legislators
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/president-jimmy-carters-address-to-the-illinois-general-assembly-may-28-2078/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— What to do about ‘unaccompanied alien children’ Liberals have built an illegal immigration system on the backs of kids.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/unaccompanied-alien-children/
— The dangerous rot secretly festering inside our colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/dangerous-rot-secretly-festering-bowels-colleges/
— Conservatives get the last laugh after Democrats’ campaign to demonize Project 2025 bombs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/conservatives-get-last-laugh-democrats-campaign-de/
— Democrat punished for pro-life stance casts doubts on his party’s post-election soul-searching (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but destroy those like me who oppose the promotion of abortion.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/ex-rep-lipinski-punished-pro-life-stance-casts-dou/
— Drug cartels now Mexico’s 5th-largest employer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/drug-cartels-become-mexico-5th-largest-employer/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are to blame for record homelessness
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3273265/democrats-to-blame-record-homelessness/
— 2024 Year in Review: Electric vehicles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3272868/2024-year-in-review-electric-vehicles/
— Everything to know about the H-1B visa debate surrounding Trumpworld (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3273171/h-1b-visas-everything-to-know-debate-trump-allies/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Forget Musk’s H1-B visa spat — merit immigration is the fight we need – Rich Lowry (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/opinion/forget-musks-h1-b-spat-lets-admit-immigrants-on-merit/
— At least 10 dead, 30 injured after driver plows into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/new-orleans-french-quarter-driver-rams-car-into-crowd-of-people-on-bourbon-street-killing-at-least-1/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago teeters on brink of disaster with BILLIONS in debt and unfunded pension liabilities
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/chicago-teeters-on-brink-of-disaster-with-billions-in-debt-and-unfunded-pension-liabilities-1513094/
— Left plays footsie with political violence
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/victor-joecks-left-plays-footsie-with-political-violence-1512958/
CORVETTE BLOGGER
— President Jimmy Carter Was a Fan of Corvettes
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2024/12/31/video-president-jimmy-carter-was-a-fan-of-sebring-raceway-and-corvettes/
DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring. The contracts are the latest evidence of the Biden administration’s push to impose DEI policies and practices throughout the federal government.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-admin-paid-consultants-millions-to-help-military-implement-race-based-hiring
FOX NEWS
— 5 lies Biden used to break the border … and how Trump can fix it
https://www.aol.com/5-lies-biden-used-break-120022527.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Mexico is rolling out an app intended to help illegal aliens dodge deportation (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that in WWIII, Mexico will side with America’s enemies.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/this-foreign-country-is-rolling-out-an-app-intended-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Are Filling Students’ Minds With Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/colleges-are-filling-students-minds-with-jew-hatred/
NEWSMAX
— Bannon says Americans who lost jobs to immigrants using H-1B visas should receive reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-bannon-h-1b-visas-foreign/2024/12/31/id/1193497/
— Tesla Faces Backlash for Replacing US Workers With H-1B Hires (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tesla-elon-musk-h/2024/12/31/id/1193500/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— How to Get Wokeness Out of Schools
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/12/31/how_to_get_wokeness_out_of_schools_1081830.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officials for intimidating judges
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5061613-roberts-condemns-intimidation-judges/
NBC NEWS
— Trump shows support for H-1B visa amid feud among MAGA allies (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-shows-support-for-h-1b-visa-amid-feud-among-maga-allies-228190789727
CBS NEWS
— Which employers have the most H-1B workers? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-h1b-work-visa-tesla-technology/
(THE LIST INCLUDES: Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Deloitte, Apple, Intel, Tesla, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and Walmart.)
— Vehicle slams into crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 people
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-vehicle-crash-bourbon-street-crowd-casualties-shooting/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://apnews.com/article/poll-election-news-fatigue-77f2bf012502b9aea1d9d38173ace4ec
CNN
— At least 10 killed after vehicle drives into crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://www.cnn.com/webview/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk/index.html
MSN
— Why Elon Musk has backpedalled on H-1B visa after MAGA fallout. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-elon-musk-has-backpedalled-on-h-1b-visa-after-maga-fallout/ar-AA1wKuAA
— MAGA is fighting a ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas. Here’s what they are. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-is-fighting-a-civil-war-over-h-1b-visas-here-s-what-they-are/ar-AA1wJiaJ
YAHOO
— The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-moves-forward-progressive-reform-144002252.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/technology/trump-administration-speech-policy.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California’s tech titans say H-1B visas are vital. Will Trump defy MAGA and support them? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-31/its-musk-vs-maga-on-immigrant-worker-visas-what-will-trump-do-on-the-h-1b
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Top 8 Best CPA Prep Courses: Becker CPA Review: The Gold Standard (COMMENT: I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 if I had not taken the Becker CPA Review.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/best-cpa-prep-courses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Preparing for the CPA exam is not a small feat. After all, you can expect to spend several hundred hours over the course of many months preparing for the exam. Luckily, there is a way to make studying easier while significantly improving your chances of passing on the first try: finding the right CPA course for you.)
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Jimmy Carter: An uncommon product of his times (COMMENT: What are you a product of? I am a product of the following: a) living in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1974, Chicago 1974 -1978, and Wheaton since 1978, b) attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970, c) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) working for S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980, and GAO in downtown Chicago 1980-1997, e) being the subject of a vicious 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978, f) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt tin 1981, and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, g) being forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, h) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, i) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, j) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, k) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, l) attending all the Illinois Republican Party State Conventions since 2000, m) being married since 1978, n) filing lawsuits, o) etc.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/31/opinion/jimmy-carter-legacy-jim-crow/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders will fight deportations tooth and nail. Democrats and RINOs have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-five-biggest-roadblocks-to-trumps-immigration-agenda-5bf75c43
— Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence. But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/chief-justice-says-intimidation-and-violence-threaten-judicial-independence-adb9caac
BUSINESS TIMES
— Steve Bannon Escalates Feud with Elon Musk, Calls H-1B Visas a ‘Scam’ and Demands Worker Reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/171993/20241231/steve-bannon-escalates-feud-with-elon-musk-calls-h-1b-visas-a-scam-and-demands-worker-reparations.htm
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Barry Melancon, dubbed “the most important man in accounting” for his 30-year leadership of its professional body in the US, has sent a stern warning to his successors that they should not compromise standards in an effort to attract more people to the profession. (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious about because I did that because it frustrated their promoting over me their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/most-important-man-in-accounting-warns-against-lowering-standards-20250101-p5l1hf
ECONOMIST
— Homelessness rises to a record level in America. A surge in migration and disasters pushed already tight housing markets over the edge.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/12/31/homelessness-rises-to-a-record-level-in-america