FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Cardinal Cupich issues rare moral warning as tensions rise over Greenland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cardinal-blase-cupich-other-catholic-leaders-issue-rare-moral-warning-tensions-rise-greenland/18433455/
NBC5
— The U.S. political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday. The political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights icon’s legacy. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/us-political-climate-spurs-efforts-reclaim-mlk-holiday/3878257/
CBS2
— Democratic leaders speak out against Trump, ICE at annual Rainbow PUSH MLK Breakfast
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/democratic-leaders-speak-out-against-trump-ice-at-annual-rainbow-push-mlk-breakfast/
FOX32
— Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich joins clerics denouncing Trump admin’s foreign policy
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cupich-denounces-trump-foreign-policy
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-area-students-pack-meals-fight-hunger
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-yoioixfebmxpslyf
WBEZ
— Chicago leaders invoke MLK’s teachings against Trump’s immigration policies. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/2026/01/19/chicago-mlk-day-trump-immigration-policies
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Mayor Johnson ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/19/brandon-johnson-don-lemon-trump-mlk-breakfast/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago leaders invoke MLK’s teachings against Trump’s immigration policies. Political and community leaders honored the civil rights icon at a breakfast held by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on MLK Day. They reminded audience members to keep his teachings in mind when fighting the Trump administration’s agenda, specifically its immigration policies and aggressive deportation tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/19/chicago-mlk-day-trump-immigration-policies
DAILY HERALD
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, the following have never existed: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. According to my critics/opponents, all the problem that liberals/moderates, Democrats, RINOs, Libertarians, minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and citizens of foreign countries have are caused by conservatives, Republicans, Whites, males, older people, Protestants, German Americans, and citizens of America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/nation-and-world/the-current-us-political-climate-is-spurring-a-reclaim-and-rallying-on-the-mlk-holiday/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/submitted-content/elmhurst-area-aauw-offers-scholarships-for-women/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the year since Donald Trump’s second inauguration fell on King Day, the Republican president has gone scorched earth against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and targeted mostly Black-led cities for federal law enforcement operations, among other policies that many King admirers have criticized.)
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Introduces Bill to Maintain Integrity of Independent Government Watchdogs. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I often worked with the Chicago offices of inspector generals. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-introduces-bill-to-maintain-integrity-of-independent-government-watchdogs—89993.cfm?
WQAD
— Few fireworks as Illinois GOP governor hopefuls share stage for first time. The four Republican candidates trained their fire on Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois’ immigration policies.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/illinois-gop-governor-forum-capitol-news/526-708a02de-1382-4d33-a067-b4b56f018234
ISTHMUS
— College Republicans of Wisconsin receives $1 million in Uihlein money. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a Loyola student 1972-1976 and a DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://isthmus.com/news/news/college-republicans-of-wisconsin-receives-1-million-in-uihlein-money/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fueled by pills, the rate of abortions nationwide keeps rising after Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/fueled-pills-number-abortions-nationwide-keep-rising-supreme-courts/
— Republican state AGs use MLK holiday to dismantle affirmative action, DEI policies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/republican-state-ags-use-mlk-holiday-dismantle-affirmative-action-dei/
— Trump calls for Rep. Ilhan Omar to be jailed or deported, says she is linked to fraud in Minnesota
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/trump-calls-rep-ilhan-omar-jailed-deported-says-linked-fraud/
— DD: I have never been a drinker. Virtually all my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took adverse actions against me and who were White, male, older, and/or veteran were big drinkers.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/new-alcohol-guidelines-reject-fearmongering/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic mobs are the ones bringing fascism to Minneapolis’s streets
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4424360/democratic-mobs-are-bringing-fascism-minneapolis-streets/
— Greenland fantasy is hurting Republicans and harming America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4423721/greenland-fantasy-hurting-republicans-harming-america/
— Why we must support the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4421885/why-support-preserving-a-sharia-free-america-act/
— HUD terminates Biden-era DEI deal that ‘forced racial preferencing’ in home appraisal industry
https://nypost.com/2026/01/19/us-news/hud-terminates-biden-era-dei-deal-that-forced-racial-preferencing-in-home-appraisal-industry/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Morning Greatness: ‘Sanctuary City’ Radicals Invade Minneapolis Church
https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/19/morning-greatness-sanctuary-city-radicals-invade-minneapolis-church/
— Liberalism vs. Progressivism: Thoughts on MLK Day. The left still invokes MLK’s name, but having traded liberalism’s moral law for progressivism’s power worship, it now repudiates the very legacy it claims to honor.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/19/liberalism-vs-progressivism-thoughts-on-mlk-day/
AMERICAN THINKER
— As history has shown, communists go for the churches first. History repeats itself…again, and again, and again. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/as_history_has_shown_communists_go_for_the_churches_first.html
— Tools for Winning Your Primary – and Winning Your Election. DD: I will be hand-delivering campaign literature that I receive from Republican candidates to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/tools_for_winning_your_primary_and_winning_your_election.html
BLAZE
— ‘Total RINO’: Trump vows to oust Indiana Republican leader over redistricting betrayal. DD: My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes oust me as a) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, c) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and e) an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/total-rino-trump-vows-to-oust-indiana-republican-leader-over-redistricting-betrayal
— Minnesota nurses’ union calls on members to join ‘economic blackout’ to protest ICE raids
https://www.theblaze.com/news/minnesota-nurse-anti-ice-protest
BREITBART
— Ten Shot, Five Fatally, During Weekend in Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/01/19/ten-shot-five-fatally-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/
— GOP Probes How Dems Use Illegals and Refugees to Rig Elections
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/19/nolte-gop-probes-how-democrats-use-illegals-and-refugees-to-rig-elections/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Take Over State, Immediately Move To Soften Crime Laws
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/19/democrats-virginia-abigail-spanberger-crime-theft-robbery-parole/
— Erika Kirk Demands Speedy Trial, Alleges ‘Undue Delay’ In Case Involving Her Husband’s Alleged Assassin
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/19/erika-kirk-speedy-trial-tyler-robinson/
DAILY WIRE
— Women Are More Likely To Support Political Assassinations
https://www.dailywire.com/news/women-are-more-likely-to-support-political-assassinations-poll-shows
FEDERALIST
— Like Don Lemon, Our Entire Corporate Press Is Literally Just Doing Far-Left Activism
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/like-don-lemon-our-entire-corporate-press-is-literally-just-doing-far-left-activism/
— Trump’s Do-Nothing Minnesota Response Is A Weak Embarrassment
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/trumps-do-nothing-minnesota-response-is-a-weak-embarrassment/
— Only Government Force Can Stop Democrats From Plunging America Into Darkness
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/only-government-force-can-stop-democrats-from-plunging-america-into-darkness/
— The Propaganda Press Keeps Trying To Turn Radical Anti-ICE Agitators Into Victims
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/the-propaganda-press-keeps-trying-to-turn-radical-anti-ice-agitators-into-victims/
— Trump Has A Real Insurrection On His Hands In Minnesota
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/trump-has-a-real-insurrection-on-his-hands-in-minnesota/
— ‘ICE Watch’ Activists Aren’t ‘Legal Observers,’ They’re Criminal Obstructors
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/ice-watch-activists-arent-legal-observers-theyre-criminal-obstructors/
— Why Leftist White Women Are Leading Domestic Terrorism In Minnesota
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/why-leftist-white-women-are-leading-domestic-terrorism-in-minnesota/
— Democrat Witness Lies About The Abortion Pill’s Dangerous Side Effects
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/democrat-witness-lies-about-the-abortion-pills-dangerous-side-effects/
FOX NEWS
— House Republicans call Minnesota fraud probe ‘tip of the iceberg’ as more blue states face scrutiny. Republicans say states like New York and California should be next.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-call-minnesota-fraud-probe-tip-iceberg-more-blue-states-face-scrutiny
NATIONAL REVIEW
— It’s Time to Ditch ‘Disparate Impact Theory’ — and Biden’s Weaponization of Civil Rights Law
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/its-time-to-ditch-disparate-impact-theory-and-bidens-weaponization-of-civil-rights-law/
— Thousands Flock to ICE Watch Training as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Encourages Residents to Track Agents
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/thousands-flock-to-ice-watch-training-as-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-encourages-residents-to-track-agents/
NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ Airs Predictably Partisan, Pro-Mob Story on ICE in Minneapolis
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2026/01/19/cbss-60-minutes-airs-predictably-partisan-pro-mob-story-ice
TOWNHALL
— Illinois’ Answer to Career Criminals: Seal Their Records
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/19/clean-slate-act-n2669702
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ, that is, about their success in destroying traditional marriage and family. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/makes-lgbtq-community-growing-population/story?id=110435387
CBS NEWS
— DOJ is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-probing-protesters-group-that-disrupted-services-at-church-with-ice-pastor/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Independent Voters Are Not Necessarily Moderate. DD: In Illinois, to vote in a primary election is to declare your political affiliation for 2 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/party-affiliation-independents-midterms.html
— DD: My critics/opponents have their operative and their dupes scour my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to get information to use to discredit me. Previously they had their operatives and their dupes attend TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition events to get information to use to discredit me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/kash-patel-grassley-payback.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/01/19/mlk-jr-minneapolis-george-floyd-renee-good/88202503007/WFIN
WFIN
— House Republicans call Minnesota fraud probe ‘tip of the iceberg’ as more blue states face scrutiny
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/house-republicans-call-minnesota-fraud-probe-tip-of-the-iceberg-as-more-blue-states-face-scrutiny/
PBS
— How key groups of Americans voted in 2024. DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates promise to use government to give them more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/interactive-how-key-groups-of-americans-voted-in-2024-according-to-ap-votecast
DEFENSE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
— Musk’s politics cost Tesla millions of US car sales. DD: Because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers, b) disallowed my education deductions, and c) failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-12. Because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) did not promote me to GS-13 until I was 38 years old in 1986, d) failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me even though a) I earned an MBA in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, f) I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and g) I earned a specialized master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://news.ssbcrack.com/elon-musks-politics-cost-tesla-millions-of-us-car-sales-yale-study/
