FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7 & FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. My benefitting from traditional marriage and family enabled me to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-lgbtq-sports-hall-fame-inductees-announced-center-halsted-lakeview-chicago/18440051/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/billie-jean-king-jason-collins-among-those-honored-lgbtq-sports-hall-fame-2026
NBC5
— Students at a Wheaton Warrenville South walked out of class on Tuesday as part of a nationwide protest over immigration enforcement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6D1KMkQpdY
— Illinois leaders evaluate first year of President Trump’s second term. Among what President Trump highlighted as his first-year accomplishments was the recent arrests in Minnesota during immigration enforcement.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/illinois-leaders-evaluate-first-year-of-president-trumps-second-term/3878954/
CBS2
— Naperville City Council votes against proposed data center plan
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/naperville-city-council-to-vote-on-controversial-data-center/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Daily Herald, longtime suburban Chicago newspaper, notifies state of potential sale
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/daily-herald-suburban-newspaper-potential-sale/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a Jan. 6 letter to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Paddock Publications said it was notifying the state and its employees 120 days before the potential sale, a requirement of a new law to support the dwindling number of local news outlets across Illinois. Executives at Paddock Publications did not respond to a request for comment, and the name of the prospective buyer was not disclosed in the filing. Founded in 1872 as the Cook County Herald, the suburban Chicago newspaper has grown into the third largest daily print publication in Illinois, with a current circulation of 52,410, according to its website. Owned by the Paddock family for more than a century, the newspaper was converted to an employee stock ownership plan in 2018. . .The legislation cites the declining number of local newspapers and reporters across the state and the need to combat misinformation and provide trusted news sources as the impetus for the required advance sale disclosure. Local newspapers have been in steep decline during the new millennium as digital competition eats away the legacy print model, creating an increasing number of “news deserts” with no local news outlets. The number of newspapers in the U.S. has declined by nearly 3,500 over the past 20 years, while the industry has lost more than three-quarters of its jobs, according to the 2025 State of Local News report by Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Illinois has lost nearly 48% of its local newspapers since 2005, the ninth largest decline in the U.S., according to the study. Meanwhile, more than 200 newspapers changed hands across the U.S. last year, according to the study. Fewer than 15% of daily newspapers remain independently owned, as large chains increasingly dominate the media landscape, the Medill report found.)
— DD: I escaped liberal indoctrination while I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees my majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/opinion-college-liberal-higher-education-free-speech/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting young people a) to promote illegal immigration and b) to fight deportation of illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/21/chicagoans-send-whistles-ice-immigration
— Slightly smaller share of Chicago families choosing CPS for their children. While a dip in births is still a big factor in the district’s sliding enrollment, CPS served nearly 5% less of the city’s school-age children in 2023 than it did in 2018. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. Because my parents did that, my critics/opponents have always painted them as having been filthy rich. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/01/20/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-cps-birth-rates-private-school-kids-first
DAILY HERALD
— ‘365 days of chaos’: Illinois Democrats reflect on Trump’s year
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260120/illinois-state-politics/365-days-of-chaos-illinois-democrats-reflect-on-trumps-year/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— ‘An uphill climb’: Four Republicans make their case in Illinois’ heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/01/21/city/an-uphill-climb-four-republicans-make-their-case-in-illinois-heavily-democratic-9th-congressional-district/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Reince Priebus, ex-White House chief of staff, has new job at Fox News
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/20/reince-priebus-former-wisconsin-gop-leader-new-job-at-fox-news/88268019007/
SHAW LOCAL
— 3 GOP governor candidates to visit Bradley. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-journal/2026/01/20/3-gop-governor-candidate-to-visit-bradley/
WCIA
— Republican lawmakers push for new changes to controversial SAFE-T Act
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/republican-lawmakers-push-for-new-changes-to-controversial-safe-t-act/
WICB
— Why Young Americans Are Abandoning Party Labels. Gen Z and millennials are identifying as independents at historic levels. 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/or 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/or a DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://wibc.com/852988/why-young-americans-are-abandoning-party-labels/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump speaks at length with reporters before heading off to Davos
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-01-20/trump-speaks-at-length-with-reporters-before-heading-off-to-davos
IPM NEWS
— Protesters in Champaign join a national walkout on the anniversary of Trump’s inauguration
https://ipmnewsroom.org/protesters-in-champaign-join-a-national-walkout-on-the-anniversary-of-trumps-inauguration/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois primary push reignites Pritzker 2028 speculation
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/20/illinois-primary-early-pritzker-2028-democrat-president-trump
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Chicago mayor’s race: wink, wink
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/21/chicago-mayors-race-wink-wink-00738602
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-663/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP governor candidates forum highlights from Monday evening’s Illinois State Rifle Association Republican gubernatorial candidates forum at GAT Guns in East Dundee. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ff0c56b1-9612-42ea-8785-da2c9b9129e9.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Republican Party Has Less Than $17,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/21/mchenry-county-republican-party-has-less-than-17000/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How successful have Democrat leaders been in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, non-White, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America a long time AGAINST those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Waste watch: Illinois grants $4M to private theaters
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-grants-4m-to-private-theaters/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump touts ‘worst of the worst’ criminal migrants captured in Minnesota thanks to ‘patriot’ ICE agents
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/worst-of-the-worst-criminal-migrants-arrested-in-minnesota-trump/
— DOJ says it will ‘pursue charges’ against Don Lemon, anti-ICE protesters for St. Paul church invasion
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/doj-hints-at-charges-against-don-lemon-for-st-paul-church-invasion/
— Woke Brooklyn College course lectures students about ‘weaponizing whiteness,’ requires BuzzFeed privilege quiz
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/woke-brooklyn-college-course-lectures-students-about-weaponizing-whiteness-requires-buzzfeed-privilege-quiz/
DAILY SIGNAL
— In Trump’s First Year He’s Delivering on His Signature Promise
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/20/in-trumps-first-year-hes-delivering-on-his-signature-promise/amp/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Remittances Continue to Grow at America’s Expense. DD: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They never sent one penny back there. My grandfather on my father’s side fought Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.fairus.org/issue/remittances-us-loses-more-than-200-billion-dollars
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. loses at least $200 billion per year from our economy in remittances. This number is likely even higher now as the last reliable, bilateral data were published in 2021. At least 134 countries received remittances from the U.S. in 2021, with amounts ranging from a few thousand dollars to tens of billions of dollars. In 2021, the top five recipient countries of remittances from the U.S. were: Mexico ($52.6 billion), India ($15.8 billion), Guatemala ($14.7 billion), the Philippines ($12.8 billion), and China ($12.7 billion). Some of these totals have grown significantly even since 2021. U.S. remittances account for around 20 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of multiple countries in Central America, including Honduras and El Salvador. Billions of dollars sent in remittances to Mexico are potentially linked to cartels. Some of these funds are in the form of cryptocurrency, making them even harder to trace than conventional funds.)
FOX NEWS
— Trump says criminal illegal aliens ‘make Hells Angels look like the sweetest people on Earth.’ President credits tougher border enforcement for what he calls ‘reverse migration’ during White House briefing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-criminal-illegal-aliens-make-hells-angels-look-like-sweetest-people-earth
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388005886112
— Trump urges DHS, ICE to publicize arrests, says crackdown is ‘saving many innocent lives.’ Trump’s Truth Social post comes after anti-ICE agitators stormed a St Paul church chanting ‘Justice for Renee Good.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-urges-dhs-ice-publicize-arrests-says-crackdown-saving-many-innocent-lives
— The media sees what it wants to see
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388021894112
— Reince Priebus criticizes Virginia governor’s immigration policy
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388017661112
NEWSMAX
— Minnesota Blocks Arrests of 1,360 Criminal Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-minnesota-arrests/2026/01/20/id/1242904/
PJ MEDIA
— ICE Arrests 3,000 Illegal Alien Criminals in Minneapolis
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/20/ice-arrests-3000-illegal-alien-criminals-in-minneapolis-n4948516
— Woman Explains How She Helps Illegal Aliens Bribe Ohio Judges
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/20/shocking-video-indicates-illegal-aliens-bribed-ohio-judges-n4948517
POST MILLENNIAL
— Ohio woman bribes immigration judges to help illegal aliens get papers
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-ohio-woman-bribes-immigration-judges-to-help-illegal-aliens-get-papers-report
TOWNHALL
— The GOP Is Restoring the American Dream of Homeownership. DD: University Park was created by HUD. Ever since a bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my buying that townhome improperly/unethically stopped a Black and/or a female from buying that townhome.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chloe-trapanotto/2026/01/13/the-gop-is-restoring-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-n2669398
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ROLL CALL
— Trump continues to play kingmaker in Republican primaries. DD: Which candidates in contested Republican primary races on the ballot in your precinct a) have sought Trump’s endorsement and/or b) have gotten Trump’s endorsement?
https://rollcall.com/2026/01/20/republican-primary-elections-trump-endorsement/
THE HILL
— GOP fears Trump’s foray into nation-building in Venezuela
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5673712-republican-backlash-trump-venezuela/
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Nothing but mourning for the anniversary of Trump 2.0.” DD: Who has demonized, denigrated, and condemned you as being a failure and for what? My critics/opponent had their operatives and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012 as being an unmitigated failure. They demonized, denigrated, and condemned the speakers who I recruited for TAPROOT events. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that anyone could have recruited higher profile speakers that would have resulted in more people attending TAPROOT events. I should list the more than 100 who spoke at the 78 TAPROOT events while I was its chairman 2005-2012. The list includes many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. My critics/opponents stressed those candidates who lost elections. They blamed TAPROOT for those losses.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5696234-trump-second-term-failures/
— GOP rebels showcase party shift on labor issues. DD: I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents despise/hate unions and union members.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/5693623-labor-unions-gop-populism/amp/
NBC NEWS
— Trump expresses frustration and says his team has made ‘some mistakes’ after one year in office. DD: According to your critics/opponents, what were your biggest political mistakes? According to my critics/opponents, my biggest political mistake was backing Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary. To this day, my critics/opponents blame me for Ryan losing to Blagojevich.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-frustration-team-mistakes-one-year-office-rcna255059
NEWSWEEK
— Who Is William Kelly? Anti-ICE Minnesota Church Protester Speaks Out.
https://www.newsweek.com/william-kelly-activist-anti-ice-church-protest-speaks-out-11388874USA TODAY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— IRS head announces a shake-up on the eve of the 2026 tax season
https://apnews.com/article/treasury-irs-tax-season-fd379f43d501d064cdad046eb32fb9f6
YAHOO NEWS
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/does-mean-woke-term-used-093518146.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. My benefitting from traditional marriage and family enabled me to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6987614/2026/01/20/bill-kennedy-lgbtq-sports-hof-collins-welts-roberts-2/
USA TODAY
— Trump tackles affordability … by channeling Democrats?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/21/trump-credit-card-interest-rates-housing-prices-economy/88213924007/
WAAY TV
— Trump starts briefing by showing mugshots of ‘criminal illegal aliens’
https://www.waaytv.com/video/donald-trump-starts-briefing-by-showing-mugshots-of-criminal-illegal-aliens/video_792a7095-9759-5904-9817-c0db55db3c9e.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: The rest of the world, with some exceptions, ever-increasingly acts like it wants to run by China and Russia.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-to-destroy-trumps-presidency-018b1353
BARRON’S
— White House Affordability Strategy Comes Even as Trump Derides Issue as ‘Fake’
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/trump-davos-speech-affordability-housing-greenland/card/white-house-affordability-strategy-comes-even-as-trump-derides-issue-as-fake–FVg3bfOy5NFB4ko9cQYK
CROWELL & MORING
— Federal Government Challenges Minnesota Law Requiring Affirmative Action in State Government. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action to get rid of me.
https://www.crowell.com/en/insights/client-alerts/federal-government-challenges-minnesota-law-requiring-affirmative-action-in-state-government
LAWFARE
— The Merit System Protection Board’s Independence Is Dead, DD: Of course, the MSPB sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-merit-system-protection-board-s-independence-is-dead
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Illegal DEI? Understanding Compliance, Risk, and the Real Focus of Enforcement. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they followed laws that required them to a give preference to their employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, that they followed laws that required them to discriminate against their employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://natlawreview.com/article/illegal-dei-understanding-compliance-risk-and-real-focus-enforcement
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. While I worked for IRS in 1971, my superiors had me make phone calls for 2 weeks as part of Nixon’s “Wage & Price Freeze” program. What has helped you deal with inflation.? For me, it has been COLAs, step increases, and promotions. I have gotten federal wage, Civil Service Retirement System pension, and/or Social Security COLAs almost every year since 1966. I got step increases in 1967, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1987-1996. I got promotions in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/a-year-in-review-how-the-trump-administrations-economic-policies-made-life-less-affordable-for-americans/
404 MEDIA
— Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE
https://www.404media.co/feds-create-drone-no-fly-zone-that-would-stop-people-filming-ice/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Yale College has purged every Republican supporter from its faculty. DD: I should write about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government purged their employees who were Republican. I should write about how RINO leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township purged their members who were conservative.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/yale-college-has-purged-every-republican-supporter-from-its-faculty-disturbing-new-analysis-shows/ar-AA1UnFom
AL JAZEERA
— Trump undermined antiwar vows in first year. Will Democrats seize on this? Party leaders vow to hammer Trump on affordability in months ahead, with Venezuela, Greenland their latest cudgels.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/20/trump-undermined-antiwar-vows-in-first-year-will-democrats-seize-on-this
