FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— Candidate listings
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Early voting begins in Aurora area for primary election
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/early-voting-begins-in-aurora-area-for-primary-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Early voting began Thursday for the primary election on Feb. 25, Aurora area officials said. In Kane County, there are primary races for mayor in Aurora, which is a non-partisan election, and for three Aurora Township races featuring Democrats, which are partisan contests.)
— Early voting begins in Lake County; ‘It’s very important to … vote so your voice can be heard’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/early-voting-begins-in-lake-county-its-very-important-to-vote-so-your-voice-can-be-heard/
— House bill threatens to dissolve Indiana township government
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/house-bill-threatens-to-dissolve-indiana-township-government/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/opinion-refugees-asylum-seekers/
— Trump’s outsider Cabinet picks are rapidly gaining support for confirmation
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/trump-cabinet-picks-confirmation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for inflation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/trump-prices/
— Evanston rejects Trump’s election and the rule of law
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/opinion-evenston-illinois-immigration-deportation/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/latinos-trump-business-immigrants/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly unite against Republicans those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/trump-protest-march-2017-and-now/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democrat leaders a) reject Trump’s election and b) ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. Anticipate/expect that Illinois Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly take more adverse actions against the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2025/01/16/illinois-house-speaker-chris-welch-donald-trump
— University of Chicago students cancel decades-old school tradition in protest of student’s arrest. Mamayan Jabateh, a senior at the University of Chicago, was arrested, removed from campus and suspended from classes in December following a pro-Palestinian protest in October.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/01/16/university-of-chicago-students-cancel-decades-old-school-tradition-in-protest-of-students-arrest
— White nationalist Nick Fuentes files motion to seal records in criminal case, citing safety concerns. Fuentes “asserts here that the posting of his personal information, on the electronic docket and the physical court file, has created a dangerous and unsafe living condition for the defendant,” states a motion filed Wednesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/01/16/white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-seal-records-safety-concerns
DAILY HERALD
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250116/news/county-dupage-foundation-raise-almost-400k-to-help-shelter-homeless-this-winter/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly unite against Republicans those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250116/news/noted-civil-rights-attorney-to-headline-i-have-a-dream-unity-breakfast-in-dupage-county/
NBC5
— The SALT cap harms those who pay lots of state and local taxes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/these-republicans-are-ready-to-derail-trumps-tax-cuts-over-the-salt-cap/3648107/
WGN9
— DISGUSTING: Some Indiana Republicans introduce bill to legalize recreational marijuana
https://wgntv.com/news/indiana/some-indiana-republicans-introduce-bill-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/?nxsparam=1
FOX32
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Duckworth’s hatred against Hegseth
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tammy-duckworth-pete-hegseth-vote
WTTW
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote protests outside Chicago’s Trump Tower on Inauguration Day
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/16/activists-protest-outside-chicago-s-trump-tower-inauguration-day
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Trump’s inauguration is Monday. Here are the Illinois lawmakers that will, won’t attend.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/01/16/what-illinois-lawmakers-will-attend-trumps-inauguration/77520532007/
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Challenges Against Northfield Township Democratic Slate, Caucus Process Dismissed
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/challenges-against-northfield-township-democratic-slate-caucus-process-dismissed/#google_vignette
JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-defends-dreamers-healthcare-20038141.php
STATELINE
— Illinois man accused of repeatedly throwing cat feces in yards of Trump supporters
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-man-accused-of-repeatedly-throwing-cat-feces-in-yards-of-trump-supporters/
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Freedom Caucus stifled by state GOP
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-to-the-editor-illinois-freedom-caucus-stifled-by-state-gop/article_cc467298-d449-11ef-b4c9-332f0a791a93.html
WNOI
— FREEDOM CAUCUS SHUT OUT (COMMENT: I should write about leaders of the following who shut out conservatives: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.)
http://wnoi.com/onlinenews/wnoinews.exe?ID=53155
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite public comments to the contrary, the Illinois House Minority Leader has telegraphed her unwillingness to heal the fractured Illinois Republican Party by rejecting serious efforts from the Illinois Freedom Caucus to promote party unity. During a recent exchange, the Minority Leader declared her unwillingness to accommodate or collaborate with this influential conservative wing and has even refused to give the Illinois Freedom Caucus a voice in the decision-making process. The Illinois Freedom Caucus, which represents a substantial contingent of principled conservatives across the state, champions fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, and accountability in government. Its members and allies are dedicated to upholding the values shared by many Illinois families and voters who feel abandoned by establishment politicians. The refusal of leadership to engage with the Freedom Caucus signals a troubling disregard for the diversity of thought and values within the Illinois House Republican Caucus. At a time when voters are demanding a unified and effective opposition to the radical left’s political agenda in Illinois, this decision undermines efforts to collaborate and build a stronger, more robust party. “Leadership requires listening to all voices within our party, especially those who bring energy, passion, and principled conservatism. By sidelining the Freedom Caucus, the Minority Leader is not only silencing the voices of conservative lawmakers, but also the voters we represent. This is a disservice to the people of Illinois and a missed opportunity for true unity and accountability. Moving forward, the Illinois Freedom Caucus will continue to fight for the principles that resonate with grassroots voters statewide, and the true base of the Illinois Republican Party. While the Minority Leader’s actions may seek to silence conservative voices, the Freedom Caucus will not be deterred in its mission to advance common-sense policies and stand as a bold voice for the people of Illinois.” The Illinois Freedom Caucus is comprised of State Representatives Chris Miller, chairman; Blaine Wilhour, vice-chairman; Adam Niemerg; Brad Halbrook; Jed Davis; David Friess and State Senator Andrew Chesney. The members of the Illinois Freedom Caucus are members of the Illinois General Assembly who are advocating for limited government, lower taxes and accountability, and integrity in government.)
WPSD
— Illinois State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis, launches petition against decriminalizing sex work (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote prostitution.)
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/illinois-rep-launches-petition-against-decriminalizing-sex-work-citing-safety-concerns/article_ec9ef8a2-d454-11ef-8452-6779cb9ef2f9.html
WSIU
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-01-16/the-checkup-pregnant-in-an-abortion-ban-state-heres-how-to-prepare-for-an-emergency
WCIA
— Complaint against U of I Board of Trustees alleges employment discrimination
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/complaint-against-u-of-i-board-of-trustees-alleges-employment-discrimination/
WSIL TV
— Trump taps the leader of his personal detail to run the US Secret Service
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/trump-taps-the-leader-of-his-personal-detail-to-run-the-us-secret-service/article_d117064c-b79c-5d70-b294-e23c8d33630a.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-more-than-a-dozen-democratic-ags-say-theyll-defend-gun-regulations-ahead-of-trumps-2nd-term/
SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.
https://southsideweekly.com/illinois-lawmakers-say-theyre-ready-to-stand-up-for-undocumented-residents/
SENATOR DURBIN
— Loyalty Above All Else: Pam Bondi Passed Donald Trump’s Loyalty Test To Weaponize the Justice Department (COMMENT: The “Republican” DOJ under Bush sided with the Democrat GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, the “Republican” DOJ promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/loyalty-above-all-else-pam-bondi-passed-donald-trumps-loyalty-test-to-weaponize-the-justice-department
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-438/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-230/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Why did you vote for Trump? I voted for Trump because the Republican Party platform is conservative and Trump ran as a Republican. I owe all my successes in life to my following conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I would not have been able to buy a new town home when I was 24 and condos when I was 25 and 27. I would not have been able to get married and buy a home with my wife when I was 29 and have one built with her when I was 35. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— While S&P downgrades Chicago, Mayor Johnson and city officials deny failures
https://wirepoints.org/while-sp-downgrades-chicago-mayor-johnson-and-city-officials-deny-failures-wirepoints/
— Make no mistake, Illinois politicians will spend money from a progressive tax hike on covering deficits, not property tax relief
https://wirepoints.org/make-no-mistake-illinois-politicians-will-spend-money-from-a-progressive-tax-hike-on-covering-deficits-not-property-tax-relief-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Cap Limit for Real Estate Taxes Due in 2026 Set at 2.9%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/tax-cap-limit-for-real-estate-taxes-due-in-2026-set-at-2-9/
— McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett Reports $53,500 to Start the Year, Most from Car Dealers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/mchenry-mayor-wayne-jett-reports-53500-to-start-the-year/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mayorkas’ final tally: $3 billion in extra vacation time for DHS employees
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/16/alejandro-mayorkas-final-tally-3-billion-extra-vac/
— Pro-terror Islamic organizations in the U.S. are active and growing. The long-running Islamist campaign to radicalize Americans and undermine our country.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/pro-terror-islamic-organizations-u-active-growing/
— Blue state bungles put Democrats’ governing competency in question
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/16/blue-state-bungles-put-democrats-governing-compete/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The competency crisis is among us (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3288425/the-competency-crisis-is-among-us/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump demands FBI’s ‘corrupt’ shuttered DEI office ‘retain all records’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are proud of their success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/16/us-news/fbi-shuttered-its-dei-office-after-trumps-election-win/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illinois Poised to Become Even Worse. Illinois Democrats’ push to decriminalize prostitution risks fueling exploitation, trafficking, and abuse, prioritizing profit over the safety of women and children. (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote prostitution.)
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/17/illinois-poised-to-become-even-worst/
AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Chicago blocks cops from working with ICE to detain criminal illegal immigrants
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/01/chicago-blocks-cops-from-working-with-ice-to-detain-criminal-illegal-immigrants/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden’s farewell letter is full of classic Biden whoppers
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/joe_biden_s_farewell_letter_is_full_of_classic_biden_whoppers.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— A breath of fresh air
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/16/ben-shapiro-a-breath-of-fresh-air-1516371/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth explained that it was time to “bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense.” His laser focus would be on “warfighting, lethality, meritocracy, standards and readiness.” To do that, Hegseth pledged to eviscerate so-called diversity, equity and inclusion standards, explaining, “The strength of our military is our unity — our shared purpose — not our differences.”)
— Freedom Caucus presents Trump with budget overhaul detailed proposal
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/16/freedom-caucus-presents-trump-with-budget-overhaul-detailed-proposal-1516524/
BLAZE
— Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging: A new name for the same game
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-a-new-name-for-the-same-game
BREITBART
— More Indian Migrant Truck Drivers Caught Trafficking Drugs Across Border with Canada
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/01/16/more-indian-migrant-truck-drivers-caught-trafficking-drugs/
CENTER SQUARE
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Because of that, the federal government will continue to be weaponized against Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c160c6f6-d38d-11ef-8690-fff551a2b0a4.html
DAILY CALLER
— Homan Says Great Replacement Theory Could Backfire On Dems And Ramp Up Trump Support (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been in your county, township, municipality, and school district replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats?)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/tom-homan-great-replacement-theory-dems/
— ‘These Democrats Are Just Liars’: Rod Blagojevich Says Dems Are ‘Paying The Price’ For All Their ‘Lies’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/rod-blagojevich-democrats-price-lying-joe-biden/
— Parents Are Chomping At The Bit To Retake America’s Classrooms With Trump’s Imminent Return
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/parents-to-retake-americas-classrooms-trumps-return/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Demands FBI Retain All Records From DEI Office It Closed (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are proud of their success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-demands-fbi-retain-all-records-from-dei-office-it-closed
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Love Censorship Because They Know They’d Lose Without It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/16/democrats-love-censorship-because-they-know-theyd-lose-without-it/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs decry the FBI closing its DEI office. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-closed-dei-office-december-agency-says
— California firefighters ‘lowered standards’ with DEI efforts (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-firefighters-lowered-standards-with-dei-efforts-michael-shellenberger-says/vi-AA1xkWbM
— Zuckerberg, other moguls say they’re backing off ESG and DEI but are they for real? Corporations need to clean house in HR to focus on value creation rather than racial identity politics or costly virtue-signaling.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/zuckerberg-other-moguls-say-theyre-backing-off-esg-dei-real
— Biden commutes nearly 2,500 more sentences in final days of presidency. Biden has issued more individual pardons and commutations than any other US president.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-commutes-nearly-2500-more-sentences-final-days-presidency
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— What Second Amendment? Illinois governor to sign gun confiscation law into effect
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/illinois-governor-to-sign-gun-confiscation-law-into-effect-domestic-order-of-protection-now-voids-the-second-amendment
NATIONAL REVIEW
— FBI Shuttered Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office in December (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are proud of their success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fbi-shuttered-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-office-in-december/
— Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Union Preps Teachers to Fight Against Incoming Trump Admin
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/nations-largest-teachers-union-preps-teachers-to-fight-against-incoming-trump-admin-born-for-this/
NEW AMERICAN
— House Votes to Deport Illegal-alien Rapists; 145 Dems Vote to Keep Them Here
https://thenewamerican.com/us/house-votes-to-deport-illegal-alien-rapists-145-dems-vote-to-keep-them-here/
NEWSMAX
— LA fire chief was more focused on woke nonsense than putting out fires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3uqb62WuXs
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Vote Against Deportation of Illegals Convicted for Violent Crimes Against Women, Children
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/01/16/democrats-vote-against-preventing-violence-against-women-by-illegal-aliens-act-n2650663
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats and RINOs decry the FBI closing its DEI office. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5090257-fbi-shuttered-dei-office-december/
— Democrats take ‘class war’ to Trump’s Cabinet picks (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs always demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as having too much money. I should write about those Democrats and RINOs who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most for my having too much money. In my defense, I stress that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.)
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5090255-evening-report-democrats-take-class-war-to-trumps-cabinet-picks/
CNN
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/costco-pushing-back-hard-against-201119831.html
MSN
— Reasons Gen Z Is Getting Fired From The Workplace (COMMENT: What has demonstrated your work ethic? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/health-news/reasons-gen-z-is-getting-fired-from-the-workplace-psychologist-explains/ar-AA1xkVuF
CNBC
— $49 billion in medical debt will be wiped off Americans’ credit reports (COMMENT: One reason to put up with the many negatives of being a federal employees and retiree is the federal government pays 72%of your and your spouse’s health insurance.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/credit-cards/49-billion-in-medical-debt-will-be-wiped-off-americans-credit-reports-what-you-need-to-know/ar-BB1ro8c4
CBS NEWS
— Trump names Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone his special envoys to Hollywood
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mel-gibson-jon-voight-sylvester-stallone-special-envoys-hollywood/
— Judgment in Trump’s New York fraud case stands at $502 million ahead of inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-new-york-fraud-case-502-million-inauguration/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-dei-costco-diversity/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden to Commute Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push pot. If I had smoked pot, I would not have been able to earn a) a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, or d) a professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/biden-commute-sentences-drug-offenders.html
— The Decline in Geriatric Care Hurts Us All (COMMENT: From what I see, everyone should be on track to have at least $1 million saved for their retirement.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/opinion/health-care-geriatrics-boomers-aging.html
— Resist or Coexist? Democrats Rethink Their Approach to Trump and G.O.P. Elected officials across the party are engaging in a balancing act, signaling they have heard voters’ demands for change while grappling with when to oppose Donald Trump. (COMMENT: How strongly are RINO leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district resisting Trump?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/democrats-resist-trump-administration.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Musk’s DOGE weighs recommendations to cut federal diversity programs. In private talks, the nongovernmental fiscal-efficiency group is deliberating policies that would counteract initiatives assailed by opponents as “DEI” programs. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/16/musk-ramaswamy-diversity-doge-dei/
— Trump’s ongoing loyalty test (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/can-he-do-that/why-trumps-cabinet-nominees-will-be-confirmed/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/interactive/2025/trump-immigrants-mass-deportations/
— How resistance to Trump may look different in his second administration. Inauguration protests are expected to draw fewer people than in 2017, but activists say they are gearing up to oppose the new president with a movement that goes beyond marches.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/17/women-peoples-march-trump-inauguration-protests/
USA TODAY
— No experience? No problem. Trump’s Cabinet raises concerns about government dysfunction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/16/donald-trump-cabinet-government-dysfunction-concerns/76741545007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/01/16/immigration-rights-groups-protest-trump-deportation-threats/77743400007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Can Make Russia Pay to Rebuild Ukraine. The West has frozen $300 billion of Moscow’s assets, but Europe has stood in the way of using them.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-can-make-russia-pay-to-rebuild-ukraine-g7-assets-8874a79c
FORBES
— What Is Agenda47? What To Know About Trump’s Policy Agenda Before His Inauguration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/01/17/what-is-agenda47-what-to-know-about-trumps-policy-agenda-before-his-inauguration/
WION
— Democrats and RINOs decry the FBI closing its DEI office. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wionews.com/world/fbi-closes-its-diversity-office-ahead-of-donald-trumps-return-to-white-house-us-president-elect-alleges-corruption-8629574
HUFFINGTON POST
— I should write about those who blacklist me.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maggie-haberman-donald-trump-blacklist-omission_n_678a1d84e4b08e65fddd83cd
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.splcenter.org/racial-justice-issues/strengthening-democracy/
TIMES
— Fifth of Harvard MBA class still jobless (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/fifth-of-harvard-mba-class-still-jobless-sjw63k8mz
GUARDIAN
— Biden did many illegal things to get illegals into America illegally.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/16/trump-deportation-cbp-one-app-migration
Tag: abortion
January 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Evanston ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/evanston-illinois-modifies-welcoming-city-ordinance-immigrants/
— Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-council-vote-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/family-calls-for-end-to-violence-in-mexico-after-rockford-illinois-man-was-killed/ar-AA1x0YcM
WGN9
— The Illinois National Guard will send 110 soldiers and 30 airmen to help with security at the presidential inauguration next week in Washington, D.C.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-national-guard-trump-inauguration/
FOX32
— Indiana governor signs executive order eliminating DEI initiatives from state government (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/indiana-governor-dei-executive-order
WTTW
— Black Illinois Residents Are Experiencing Homelessness at Higher Rates (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/15/black-illinois-residents-are-experiencing-homelessness-higher-rates-report
— Chicago City Council Votes 39-11 to Reject Push to Scale Back Protections for Undocumented Immigrants (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/15/chicago-city-council-votes-39-11-reject-push-scale-back-protections-undocumented
WBEZ
— Chicago Police will not help with deportations after the city council rejects changes to sanctuary status. The council voted 39-11 against a proposal meant to allow Chicago police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2025/01/15/chicago-police-will-not-help-with-deportations-after-the-city-council-rejects-changes-to-sanctuary-status
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: City Council sides with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Chicago’s sanctuary city dispute (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/15/city-council-johnson-preserve-chicago-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
— DECEMBER 15, 2000 FLASHBACK: GOP CHOOSES SLATE FOR MILTON TOWNSHIP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/12/15/gop-chooses-slate-for-milton-township/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wednesday night, Heidorn ran uncontested, as expected, for township supervisor to replace Hank Kruse, who chose not to run again. Current township trustees Ken McNatt and Barbara Murphy also were selected by committeemen to run for another term. However, two-term incumbent trustee John Garrow was edged out by challengers Jim Flickinger and Don Sender, both of Wheaton. Flickinger, a longtime precinct committeeman, has been a fixture at Wheaton-Warrenville District 200 board meetings and ran unsuccessfully for a school board seat in 1997. Sender, also a committeeman and a retired history teacher at Wheaton Central High School, recently resigned as a caseworker for Milton Township. He and Kruse have been instrumental in the cleanup in the last several years of two abandoned cemeteries in the township, St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Carol Stream and Pleasant Hill Cemetery in unincorporated Wheaton. Although a township caucus, which functions as a primary, will take place Jan. 9, no opposition to the Republican slate is expected, and all the candidates and the township’s 108 Republican committeemen agreed Wednesday night to support the Republican slate. No Democratic candidates have surfaced for the April election, although several Republican committeemen said they expect Democratic opposition.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/opinion-dont-backtrack-diversity-commitments-affirmative-action/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace to remedy transit funding crisis. Chicago’s transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The Regional Transit Authority now proposes a middle route, asking lawmakers to grant it more authority over CTA, Metra and Pace.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/01/15/rta-cta-metra-pace-fiscal-cliff-kirk-dillard
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: My hate-filled Trump-hating U.S. Representative Delia Ramirez, along with Casten, Krishnamoorthi, and Schakowsky, will boycott Trump’s inauguration. How strongly does your Democrat U.S. Representative hate Trump and hate their constituents like me who voted for Trump?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250115/nation-and-world-politics/i-would-feel-unsafe-some-suburban-reps-plan-to-skip-trumps-inauguration/
— Brad Stephens named to Republican leadership post in state House
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250115/illinois-state-politics/stephens-named-to-leadership-post-in-state-house/
— DECEMBER 5, 2024 FLASHBACK: Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Effort to weaken ‘welcoming city’ protections thwarted at City Council (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/push-weaken-chicagos-welcoming-city-protections-fails
INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— ‘A low-wage state’: How Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responded to Indiana’s secession bill
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/15/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-responds-indiana-secession-bill-todd-huston/77728099007/
— I’m more qualified than Pete Hegseth for defense secretary. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/01/16/pete-hegseth-resume-trump-nomination-defense/77721020007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hegseth’s military service ended as a major without having qualified for retirement. I, too, was an infantry officer. I rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. I was awarded a single Bronze Star medal and two Commendation Medals for that service, along with a lot of other awards. I led a platoon, a company and commanded as a lieutenant colonel. My service included a peacekeeping tour and combat in Desert Storm, serving as a regular army soldier in an elite army division. My last staff position was as chief of plans of U.S. Army Japan. I spent three times as long serving in the regular Army and twice as long in the Reserve Forces – and qualified for retirement. I commanded ten times more soldiers than Hegseth did before I was even promoted to captain. For the critical position of secretary of defense, based on military experience, I easily beat Hegseth. That moves me to a commanding lead of 3-1 on the major resume items for SECDEF. All this comes with a caveat: I’m not remotely qualified to be defense secretary. I am, however, smart enough to recognize that.)
JOURNAL COURIER
— Newly elected Republican Rep. Kyle Moore joins Illinois Legislative Audit Commission (COMMENT: Democrats run IRS and GAO. They do not want Republicans like me to audit IRS. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980 after 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. The Democrats who run IRS and GAO succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. In 1992, because they had assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators and because it had become all too clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS, I started taking graduate evening courses in financial markets and trading at IIT and I earned a master’s degree in that in 1997. Also, I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996. But later in 1997, they forced to retire and flushed all that down their toilet.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/kyle-moore-joins-legislative-audit-commission-20034612.php
— Davidsmeyer reappointed as assistant minority leader
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/cd-davidsmeyer-illinois-assistant-minority-leader-20033597.php
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Evanston promotes DEI, that is, Evanston promotes more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/01/14/evanston-public-library-seeks-applicants-for-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-committee/
TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Chesney: Illinois lame-duck sessions unnecessary and dangerous
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_1262294a-cfa7-11ef-aa4d-c3a7cecba88a.html
HYDE PARK HEARLD
— Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025 (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed their family responsibilities and they decried that I did not have any. According to them, if I had family responsibilities like they did, I would not have been able to earn the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I did.)
https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/nearly-300-new-illinois-laws-take-effect-in-2025/article_0d2b8422-c16e-11ef-a4dd-5771787037f4.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Caregiver discrimination House Bill 2161 adds family responsibilities to the list of categories protected from discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. The new law prevents employers from taking adverse action against employees because of their responsibilities as a caregiver for a family member, which could cause them to miss work. Bill sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, told a House committee in April that pregnant women are a good example of who the bill is designed to help. He said pregnant women shouldn’t be passed up for a promotion or face other consequences at work in anticipation that they will be taking time off to care for their baby. Guzzardi stressed the bill does not protect employees who fail to meet job performance requirements.)
FOX2
— ‘State of New Illinois’ committee continues push to secede from Cook County
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/state-of-new-illinois-committee-continues-push-to-secede-from-cook-county/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrats, activists push to decriminalize prostitution in Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/democrats-activists-push-to-decriminalize-sex-work-in-illinois/article_1424f858-d294-11ef-aca5-dfa77669c426.html
— Elik returns to leadership post
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/elik-returns-to-leadership-post/article_a50c465e-d367-11ef-96c1-af0fa800bc7c.html
WCIA
— Illinois Democrat lawmakers propose ‘Bill of Rights’ for prostitutes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-democratic-lawmakers-propose-bill-of-rights-for-sex-workers/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois counties should secede and join Indiana, its House speaker says
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-01-15/illinois-counties-should-secede-and-join-indiana-its-house-speaker-says
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for inflation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-15/inflation-remains-stubbornly-high-for-many-americans-could-it-get-worse-under-trump
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois medical debt relief program wipes out debt for over 52,000 residents (COMMENT: One reason to put up with the many negatives of being a federal employee and retiree is that the federal government pays 72% of your and your spouse’s health insurance.)
https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/illinois-medical-debt-relief-program-wipes-out-debt-for-over-52000-residents#
CWB CHICAGO
— Pickpockets are prowling downtown Chicago restaurants
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/01/pickpockets-are-prowling-downtown-chicago-restaurants-police-say.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-shelter-alliance-calls-for-100m-state-funding-boost-to-fight-homelessness/
SPRINGFIELD PATCH
— Giannoulias Aims To Offer Digital Driver’s Licenses By End Of Year For Apple Users Only. Despite blown deadlines, Patch has obtained a confidential agreement with Apple executives signed by the secretary of state in August 2024.
https://patch.com/illinois/springfield-il/illinois-aims-offer-digital-ids-end-year-apple-users-only
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MILTON TOWNSHIP
— Indivisible Illinois Kicks Off the New Year with an Inspiring Fundraiser!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/141390082555472
https://www.facebook.com/indivisibleillinois/videos/573923788749308
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over 90 passionate supporters gathered in Downers Grove to celebrate grassroots activism and civic engagement at our New Year Kickoff Fundraiser. We were honored to hear powerful remarks from U.S. Representatives Sean Casten and Raja Krishnamoorthi, alongside a stellar lineup of speakers including former U.S. Rep. Marie Newman, Appellate Justice Linda Davenport, Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog, Asian American Caucus Chair Holly Kim, State Senators Cristina Castro and Mark Walker, State Representative Nicole Grasse, DuPage County Forest Preserve President Daniel Hebread, DuPage County Board Members Sadia Covert, Yeena Yoo, and Saba Haider, DuPage County Dems Chair Reid McCollum, Lisle Township Supervisor Diane Hewitt, and Operation Swing State/ New Trier Dems President Patrick Hanley. Additional community figures in attendance included nearly appointed DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Christina Kye, Wheaton City Council Member Erica Bray-Parker, Hanover Park Village Trustee Yasmeen Bankole, College of DuPage Trustee Flo Appel, Glenbard District 87 Board President Margaret DeLaRosa, Township High School District 211 Board Vice President Steven Rosenblum, and District 99 Board Member Christopher Espinoza. Special thanks to all the incredible community leaders and supporters who joined us to reflect on our accomplishments and commit to the work ahead. Together, we are building a stronger, more inclusive future. Let’s continue to make a difference in 2025!)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-437/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-229/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— DECEMBER 4, 2024 FLASHBACK: PRESS RELEASE: Last night the Milton Township Republican Organization held its Township Caucus
https://www.facebook.com/MiltonRepublicans/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois state Rep. David Friess, R-Red Bud, also a veteran: Duckworth ‘shameful’ for behavior during Hegseth hearing
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b527e95e-d35c-11ef-a373-f7c6b9e67f84.html
WIREPOINTS
— Nobody’s defending Chicagoans against more tax hikes for CPS
https://wirepoints.org/nobodys-defending-chicagoans-against-a-tax-hike-for-cps-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tell the Sun-Times Why You Voted For or Against Trump Today (COMMENT: I voted for Trump because the Republican Party platform is conservative and Trump ran as a Republican. I owe all my successes in life to my following conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I would not have been able to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27. I would not have been able to get married when I was 29 and buy a home with my wife when I was 29 and have one built with her when I was 35.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/tell-the-sun-times-why-you-voted-for-or-against-trump-today/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ju-Ko
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ju-ko/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ko-La
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ko-la/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: La-Le
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-la-le/
— Trump’s Using Left-Wing Strategies to Change the Status Quo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/trumps-using-left-wing-strategies-to-change-the-status-quo/
— Keicher Makes Another Run at Equalizing Old Folks’ Driver’s Test to All Other States
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/keicher-makes-another-run-at-equalizing-old-folks-drivers-test-to-all-other-states/
— Chinese Firm Admits to Trying to Steal Digital Mobile Radio Technology from Motorola
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/chinese-firm-admits-to-trying-to-steal-digital-mobile-radio-technology-from-motorola/
— Mike Shorten Denounces Nepotism in Announcement of Run for Nunda Township Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/mike-shorten-denounces-nepotism-in-announcement-of-run-for-nunda-township-supervisor/
— Ness Introduces Bill to Ban Plastic and Paper Bags for Restaurants and Grocery Stores
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/ness-introduces-bill-to-ban-plastic-and-paper-bags-for-restaurants-and-grocery-stores/
— Tribune Editorial Cartoonist Finally Draws an Anti-Biden Cartoon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/tribune-editorial-cartoonist-finally-draws-an-anti-biden-cartoon/
— Bill To Be Introduced to Take Prostitution Out of Criminal Code
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/bill-to-be-introduced-to-take-prostitution-out-of-criminal-code/
— Padiddle May Have Let to Pot Charge
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/padiddle-may-have-let-to-pot-charge/
— Rep. Keicher Re-Appointed GOP House Conference Chairman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/rep-keicher-re-appointed-gop-house-conference-chairman/
— DeWitt Points Out Pritzker’s Seeming Encouragement of Voter Registration of Illegal Aliens, Seeks Protections
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/dewitt-points-out-pritzkers-seeming-encouragement-of-voter-registration-of-illegal-aliens/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Tim Ozinga Resigns from Illinois Republican State Central Committee Amid Ongoing Party Struggles (COMMENT: Who represents you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? What does he/she think of you? How does he/she treat you? I should write about how my representatives on the IRP SCC have treated me since 2000.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/tim-ozinga-resigns-from-illinois-republican-state-central-committee-amid-ongoing-party-struggles.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pam Bondi pledges to end era of America’s weaponized federal government (COMMENT: Because virtually all federal employees are Democrats, the federal government is weaponized against Republicans. I should write a book about that. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me while I worked for them for almost 30 years.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/pam-bondi-pledges-end-era-america-weaponized-feder/
— Women’s March rebrands as ‘People’s March’ in bow to inclusion ahead of Trump inaugural
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/women-march-rebrands-people-march-bow-inclusion-ah/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Duckworth says standards are ‘being lowered’ for Hegseth (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrat minorities and more Democrat females.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3288268/tammy-duckworth-standards-being-lowered-pete-hegseth/
NEW YORK POST
— Ex-Los Angeles sheriff blasts wokeness crippling city’s wildfire response: ‘Disaster is not the fires, it’s this ideology’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/us-news/ex-la-sheriff-blasts-wokeness-crippling-wildfire-response/
— Biden’s final border lie: That hundreds of thousands of migrants can’t be deported
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/opinion/bidens-final-border-lie-that-hundreds-of-thousands-of-migrants-cant-be-deported/
ACLJ
— Springfield City Council Bans Rosanna Pulido’s Trump Shirt in Blatant Violation of the First Amendment
https://aclj.org/free-speech/illinois-city-council-bans-trump-shirt-in-blatant-violation-of-the-first-amendment
AMERICAN SYSTEM NOW
— In April 1775, the Americans took the international lead against slavery by establishing the first formal anti-slavery organization ever recorded. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://americansystemnow.com/1775-americans-take-the-lead-against-slavery/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How Can Trump Overcome the Resistance?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/how_can_trump_overcome_the_resistance.html
BREITBART
— Vatican Promises Stiff Penalties for Illegal Aliens Crossing its Border
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/01/16/vatican-promises-stiff-penalties-for-illegal-aliens-crossing-its-border/
— Illegal Migrant Suspected of Arson in L.A. Wildfires Faced ‘Multiple Encounters’ with Law Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/15/illegal-migrant-suspected-arson-la-wildfires-faced-multiple-encounters-law-enforcement/
CENTER SQUARE
— Survey of best states to live places Illinois near bottom
https://www.aol.com/survey-best-states-live-places-211700535.html
DAILY CALLER
— Pam Bondi Tells Senators ‘Partisan Weaponization’ Of DOJ Will End On Her Watch (COMMENT: The “Republican” DOJ under Bush sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, it promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/pam-bondi-senators-partisan-weaponization-justice-department-will-end/
— Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell downplays Hegseth’s military service (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always downplayed my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/scott-jennings-erupts-wapo-columnist-hegseths-fox-news-secdef/
— China Blacklists Four US Companies Over Arms Sales To Taiwan (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who blacklist me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/china-blacklists-four-us-companies-over-arms-sales-to-taiwan/
— Republicans All Bark, No Bite On Top Culture War Battle
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/republicans-transgender-athletes-gop-house-bill-woke/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago blocks proposal that’d allow law enforcement to cooperate with ICE on targeting criminal migrants. Ald. Ray Lopez of the 15th ward and Ald. Jessica Tabares of the 26th ward first introduced the measure in 2023.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-blocks-proposal-thatd-allow-law-enforcement-cooperate-ice-targeting-criminal-migrants
LIFE NEWS
— Liberal Media Trashes Pro-Life Christians
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/01/15/liberal-media-trashes-pro-life-christians-theyre-trying-to-take-over-the-country/
LIVE ACTION
— Is the abortion industry supporting Illinois lawmakers’ move to decriminalize ‘sex work’?
https://www.liveaction.org/news/abortion-industry-illinois-lawmakers-decriminalize-sex-work/
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— DEI Statements Erode the Diversity That Matters. Qualified Candidates Can’t Get Jobs. (COMMENT: To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. 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.)
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/01/16/dei-statements-erode-the-diversity-that-matters-qualified-candidates-cant-get-jobs/
NEW AMERICAN
— Government Spent Millions on “Indigenous Knowledge” to Fight California Wildfires
https://thenewamerican.com/us/government-spent-millions-on-indigenous-knowledge-to-fight-california-wildfires/
TOWNHALL
— California Politicians Cut Fire Department Funding Because of These Three Things
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/16/you-could-probably-guess-where-ca-diverted-the-funds-they-cut-from-the-fire-department-n2650630
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Bondi faces a skeptical reception from Democrats at confirmation hearing over her loyalty to Trump (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/world-national/bondi-faces-a-skeptical-reception-from-democrats-at-confirmation-hearing-over-her-loyalty-to-trump/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/01/some-immigrants-are-already-leaving-the-us-in-self-deportations-as-trumps-threats-loom/
MSNBC
— Those slanderous hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who ever-increasingly slander Hegseth as being unqualified should be sued for slander.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/hegseth-hearing-trump-cabinet-gop-affirmative-action-rcna187822
MSN
— Hiring Managers Say Gen Z Workers ‘Lack Work Ethic’ (COMMENT: What has demonstrated your work ethic? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/career/hiring-managers-say-gen-z-workers-lack-work-ethic/ar-AA1xgwFT
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/migrants-frontline-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-2025-01-16/
AOL
— Bill proposing women register for draft not signed into law (COMMENT: When I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970, I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait and that frustrated my job search big time. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, it was for a job that did not really require a college degree.)
https://www.aol.com/bill-proposing-women-register-draft-100410621.html
ABC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/immigrants-leaving-us-deportations-trumps-threats-loom-117734619
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://www.newsweek.com/self-deportation-us-immigrants-amid-trump-presidency-2015850
NEW YORK TIMES
— Drunkenness, Women and Wokeness: A Dramatic Confirmation Hearing for Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Almost all my GAO superiors were Democrats. Almost all of them were older, White, and male. Almost all of them were big drinkers. They did not approve of me being a non-drinker at all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/podcasts/the-daily/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats’ crisis of the future: the biggest states that back them are shrinking. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. (COMMENT: To be a Democrat is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/16/electoral-college-democrats-2030-census-election-republican/4407e308-d3c7-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/15/corporare-dei-retrenchment-worrisome/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/01/16/immigration-self-deportation-trump/c416fb9e-d3cf-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-16/mexico-braces-trump-mass-deport-remain-in-mexico
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs. The latest crop of elite business-school graduates are taking months to find new jobs. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/harvard-mba-employment-rate-job-hunt-difficulty-addfc3ec
— Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Balances Loyalty and Independence During Hearing (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” 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 many big adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/on-the-news/trump-ag-pick-pam-bondi-balances-loyalty-and-independence-during-hearing/BFB4D8E0-6D3A-4222-AE12-F6AE75BAC7EE
— To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. 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.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/you-blamed-dei-for-hurting-your-career-now-what-6150c575
FORBES
— Duckworth tries to offset her raw viciousness by complementing Rubio. Duckworth had her thugs throw me out of her 2006 press conference in Wheaton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC8UfYsiZdc
— DeSantis Unveils Plan To Stymie Illegal Immigrants Sending Remittances To Their Nations Of Origin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxvasgYIW-4
FED SMITH
— Federal Employees Face Hiring Freeze on Trump’s First Day (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led promotion freezes. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. They took their anger out on me, one of the very few Republican employees in the office.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/01/11/telework-hiring-freeze-likely-first-day-trump-administration/
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Will Progressive and Mainstream Audiences Keep Switching off the News? (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media promotes more hatred against Trump, and therefore, more hatred against the 77 million who voted for him.).
https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/progressive-mainstream-righting-news-deserters-avoidance-trump-bump.php
MS MAGAZINE
— How I Broke Through the Fertility Industry’s False Promises to Become a Mom at 44 (COMMENT: I should write about how and why my Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF in the 1980s.)
https://msmagazine.com/2025/01/16/ivf-fertility-older-women-age-black-brown-pregnancy-maternal-health/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Students who graduated from an Illinois high school, no matter where they’re currently enrolled, will soon be guaranteed transfer admission to any University of Illinois system institution—including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which has a regular acceptance rate below 50 percent. (COMMENT: UIC accepted in 1966 because I had graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class and my ACT score was 24.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/01/16/illinois-guarantees-transfer-all-state-high-school-grads
NEWS ONE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly analogize illegals to fugitive slaves.
https://newsone.com/5851343/what-were-the-slave-narratives/
NEW PRESS
— The more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrat and RINO leaders want you to pay: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thenewpress.com/blog/book-excerpts/read-excerpt-from-price-they-paid
NEWS BUG
— Boomers Own 36.0% of Illinois Homes, 11th Fewest in the U.S. (COMMENT: I am a boomer. I have owned real estate in Illinois since I was 24 years old in 1972. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, and a one bedroom condo there in 1976. My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.newsbug.info/news/national/illinois/boomers-own-36-0-of-illinois-homes-11th-fewest-in-the-u-s/article_02e438ab-9339-57b3-a05b-f33c01e379bb.html
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/will-trumps-mass-deportation-depend-on-self-deportation.html
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/racial-justice-issues/dismantling-white-supremacy/
CATO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cato.org/blog/biden-didnt-cause-border-crisis-part-1-summary
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/letting-asylum-seekers-work-not-pull-factor
January 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Immigration activists hold protest in Pilsen against President-elect Trump’s deportation plans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activists-hold-protest-pilsen-president-elect-donald-trumps-mass-deportation-plans/15793472/
— At least 14 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-10-shot-3-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15792886/
NBC5
— States are preparing to help or thwart Trump’s second-term plans. Political party identification often has come to define public policy. (COMMENT: What is Trump going to do to turn Illinois red again?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/states-prepare-help-thwart-trump-plans/3643922/
CBS2
— Democrats protest President-elect Trump’s plan for mass deportations
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicagoans-protest-president-elect-trumps-plan-for-mass-deportations/
— Chicago Police issue alert about crash-and-grab burglars on Northwest, Southwest sides
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-police-alert-crash-grab-burglars-northwest-southwest-sides/
FOX32
— Mayor Johnson issues ICE guidelines; City Council to take up key vote next week
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mayor-johnson-issues-ice-guidelines-city-council-vote-welcoming-city-ordinance
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Congressional Democrats plot ways to blunt policies after Trump takes office (COMMENT: Illinois Democrats and RINOs reject Trump’s election, that is, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/illinois-congressional-democrats-trump-policies/
— MAY 14, 2019 FLASHBACK: Election analysis: On the edge of Illinois’ urban-rural divide (COMMENT: What is Trump going to do to turn Illinois red again?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/11/17/election-analysis-on-the-edge-of-illinois-urban-rural-divide/
— Illinois House speaker to Mayor Brandon Johnson: Get ready to hear ‘no’ a lot in Springfield
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/speaker-welch-mayor-johnson-session/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES: Can Chicago make its streets safe for students to walk and bike to school? (COMMENT: I walked to/from school 1953-1964 except between November of 1961 and May of 1962.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/chicago-school-safety-zones/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Seniors have safe driving records overall, and should be treated that way
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/12/senior-citizens-driver-tests-illinois-secretary-state-safety-editorial
— Mike Madigan had a rough childhood. It should have no bearing on outcome of his trial. Just stick with the evidence, a Gage Park reader says. Others offer praise for Donald Trump, criticism of the Illinois GOP and thoughts on philanthropy. (COMMENT: Don Anderson of Oak Park wants Republican leaders to be Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, if not Democrat. My critics/opponents are the aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/01/13/michael-madigan-trial-donald-trump-news-conferences-illinois-republicans-philanthropy-headline-puns
DAILY HERALD
— Another fire breaks out at Elgin homeless encampment, as city moves closer to relocating residents (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, if not already, there will be homeless encampments in your municipality.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250112/news/another-fire-breaks-out-at-elgin-homeless-encampment-as-city-moves-closer-to-relocating-residents/
— Illinois licensing reform (COMMENT: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 a) are among my biggest accomplishments in life and b) have been ignored/dismissed/belittled the most by my critics/opponents.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250113/columns/illinois-licensing-reform-has-improved-employment-reduced-crime/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES: Suburban school districts slowly rolling out electric school buses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250112/transportation/suburban-school-districts-slowly-rolling-out-electric-school-buses/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Contractors brace for the demise of diversity initiatives (COMMENT: How many employers in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality exist because of race and gender based preference giving?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/dei-programs-face-death-blows-stream-court-cases
— Mike Ditka lands buyer for Florida home as Chicago Bears legend moves back to Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/chicago-bears-legend-mike-ditka-lands-buyer-florida-home
— Springfield flunked the hemp test — and tougher tests are coming (COIMMENT: Pot pushers want hemp to be regulated because hemp competes against pot.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/editorial/hemp-products-delta-8-should-be-regulated-editorial
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/dei-rollback-efforts-are-shortsighted-and-unproductive-opinion
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/dei-will-remain-relevant-demographics-change-opinion
WBEZ
— Cook County judge who shared racist meme faces state probe, reassignment and bias training. Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman is in trouble for allegedly circulating a meme of a Black boy with an electronic ankle monitor.
https://www.wbez.org/cook-county/2025/01/12/cook-county-judge-who-shared-racist-meme-faces-state-probe-reassignment-and-bias-training
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois’ turbulent lame duck session foreshadows challenges ahead
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/brenden-moore-turbulent-days-in-springfield-may-foreshadow-political-challenges-ahead/article_4c057d46-cf66-11ef-a358-47d8d2228265.html
SOUTHERN
— Majority Whip Emmer says ‘We’re going to put the Trump agenda in place’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/12/majority-whip-emmer-says-were-going-to-put-the-trump-agenda-in-place/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Texas, the law-and-order land of guns, God and capital punishment, is awash in cannabis. A loophole in a law allowing farmers to grow non-intoxicating hemp has been exploited, and now intoxicating hemp products are everywhere.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-01-13/despite-strict-laws-texas-is-awash-in-intoxicating-cannabis
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump Defense nominee Hegseth is ‘dangerously unqualified,’ Duckworth says (COMMENT: What are your qualifications? Mine include a CPA license (inactive), passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, and working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$$112,280/year. GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-01-10/duckworth-trump-defense-nominee-peter-hegseth-dangerously-unqualified
TRIBE
— New lawsuits against ComEd allege racist and retaliatory behavior (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, GAO stated that no minorities or females in its Chicago office had filed discrimination complaints.)
https://thetriibe.com/2025/01/new-lawsuits-against-comed-allege-racist-and-retaliatory-behavior/
CWB CHICAGO
— Illinois expected to change the word ‘prostitute’ to ‘person engaged in the sex trade’ in state laws (COMMENT: How soon will Illinois Democrat leaders legalize prostitution in Illinois?)
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/01/illinois-expected-to-change-the-word-prostitute-to-person-engaged-in-the-sex-trade-in-state-laws.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-434/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. What Republicans do you know who have worked for Democrats? I worked for Democrats for almost 30 years. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled that I would become a Democrat and lost. What Republican employees do you know who have complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination? I ever-increasing complained about the aforesaid after my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and disallowed my education deductions in 1978. I complained even more after my Democrat GAO superiors forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and had been finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988. My attorney Walter T. Charlton filed Diersen v. GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I never would have survived for almost 3 years at the Post Office, 9 years at IRS, and 18 years at GAO if I had not a) taken job-related college courses 1966-1969, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) earned a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: Why do people promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, that is, why do they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? ANSWER: They are Democrats or RINOs. They have personally benefitted from, are personally benefitting from, and/or want to personally benefit from AA and DEI. Their spouse, children, and/or grandchildren have benefitted from, are benefitting from, and/or will benefit from AA and DEI. They blame those who are the following for their problems: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To benefit from AA or DEI is to benefit from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI is to reject Trump’s election. How strongly do the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and the leaders your Republican county and township/ward party organizations promote AA and DEI, that is, how strongly do they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? Anticipate/expect that fewer and fewer and fewer Republican party leaders, elected officials, candidates, and precinct committeemen/captains in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality will be conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that they will be lesser and lesser and lesser qualified for their positions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— The Woke Fires Turning California Red
https://johnkassnews.com/fire-turns-california-red/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Pushing Back Against Perversion: Good News Stories from Illinois and Florida
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/01/09/pushing-back-against-perversion-good-news-stories-from-illinois-and-florida
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Public Schools should reject union demands for 9% yearly raises and implement a salary freeze instead.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-public-schools-should-reject-union-demands-for-9-yearly-raises-and-implement-a-salary-freeze-instead-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Candidate Deploys Sign in Front of Former Commissioner Bob Miller’s Home
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/12/gop-algonquin-township-road-commissioner-candidate-deploys-sign-in-front-of-from-commissioner-bob-millers-home/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ho-Ju
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=DmwnWrRnXVPZqCDJjXQVPTSdSDFWTmtDWVDrdPJdLJPLKwXrLjHRgHkscnspwMmKdZJdcMHqjzqL
— Retiring State Rep. Brad Holbrook Takes on Taking Guns Away without Due Process
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/12/retiring-state-rep-brad-holbrook-takes-on-taking-guns-away-without-due-process/
— What Do You Want Illinois’ Flag to Look Like?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/11/what-do-you-want-illinois-flag-to-look-like/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ha-Ho
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/11/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ha-ho/
— Republican on Winnebago County Board Arrested for DUI
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/11/republican-on-winnebago-county-board-arrested-for-dui/
— Illinois Estimated to Have Fifth Highest Number of Illegal Aliens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/11/illinois-estimated-to-have-fifth-highest-number-of-illegal-aliens/
— Illinois House Speaker Says It’s Time to Be “Sensitive” to Voters on Taxes, 80 Degree Weather, Massive Earthquake Also Expected
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/illinois-house-speaker-says-its-time-to-be-sensitive-to-voters-on-taxes-80-degree-weather-massive-earthquake-also-expected/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump rails against California officials as wildfire spreads in and around Los Angeles
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/donald-trump-rails-california-officials-wildfire-s/
— Vance says those who were violent on Jan. 6 ‘obviously’ should not receive pardons
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/vice-president-elect-j-d-vance-says-violent-jan-6-/
— Biden moves to block Trump by renewing ‘temporary’ migrant amnesty
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/joe-biden-moves-block-donald-trump-renewing-tempor/
— Politics, not science, caused destructive California wildfires
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/politics-science-caused-destructive-california-wil/
— Arson arrests grow as Los Angeles battles sprawling blaze
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/arson-arrests-grow-los-angeles-battles-sprawling-b/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Oswego school district hit with civil rights complaint for ‘unconscionable’ racial discrimination
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3284011/illinois-school-district-hit-with-civil-rights-complaint/
NEW YORK POST
— New Biden water heater ban will drive up energy prices for poor, seniors
https://nypost.com/2025/01/05/us-news/biden-water-heater-ban-to-drive-up-energy-prices-for-seniors-poor/
— Here’s where the Los Angeles wildfires currently stand — after leveling area more than twice the size of Manhattan
https://nypost.com/2025/01/12/us-news/heres-where-the-los-angeles-wildfires-currently-stand-after-leveling-area-more-than-twice-the-size-of-manhattan/
— LAFD’s $300K-per-year diversity chief sparks fury for defending DEI by blaming the victim: ‘He got himself in the wrong place’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/12/us-news/lafds-diversity-chief-sparks-fury-for-defending-dei-by-blaming-the-victim/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Newsom, Bass, and Negligent Homicide
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/newsom_bass_and_negligent_homicide.html
— Illegal Immigration Is Killing Small Towns
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/illegal_immigration_is_killing_small_towns.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Media does PR for Newsom in scramble to save Dems’ golden boy
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/13/insider-media-does-pr-for-newsom-in-scramble-to-save-dems-golden-boy-1515494/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern University to offer course on ‘Unsettling Whiteness’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/northwestern-university-offer-course-unsettling-whiteness/27275
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Ends Term With Fewer Americans Employed Than Five Years Ago As Foreign-Born Job Numbers Continue To Soar
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/biden-term-ends-716000-fewer-jobs-foreign-born-employment-soars/
— ‘Gross Mismanagement’: Petition Calling For LA Mayor’s Recall Sees Nearly 100,000 Signatures Amid Devastating Fires
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/11/petition-recall-los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-fires/
— ‘We Are Ready To Talk’: Greenland Reportedly Communicating With Trump Team About Cooperating With US
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/11/greenland-denmark-trump-military-us-don-jr/
— ‘Meritless’: In Its Dying Days, Biden DOJ Sues GOP-Led City Council For Not Being … Hispanic Enough
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/11/exclusive-former-doj-attorney-rips-biden-admin-lawsuit-claiming-pa-elections-racist/
— LA County Residents Blast Dem Leadership As Fires Compound Litany Of Failed Policies
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/11/los-angeles-wildfires-gavin-newsom-karen-bass-california/
— Zuckerberg Tells Joe Rogan That Biden Admin Screamed And Cursed At Meta Employees To Censor True Content (COMMENT: I should write my critics/opponents and the articles that I linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they disapproved/despised/hated the most.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-biden-admin-censorship/
— ‘I Warned, I Rang The Bell’: LA Fire Chief Details How ‘Devastating’ Cuts Led To ‘Horrific’ Wildfire
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/kristin-crowley-los-angeles-fire-department-wildfire/
— Liberal Journalists Getting Axed At Several Major Outlets (COMMENT: All mainstream news media reporters and journalists are liberal.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/journalists-fired-layoffs-cuts-washington-post-vox-huffpost-msnbc-ratings/
— As Violent Venezuelan Gang Plagues US, Biden DHS Issues Deportation Protections For Migrants From … Venezuela
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/joe-biden-extends-tps-to-venezuelans/
— Celebrities Share Crazy Footage, Frantic Updates As Wildfires Consume Their Homes
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/08/celebrities-homes-burned-california-wildfires-los-angeles-james-woods/
— Looters On Scooters Attempting To Ransack Evacuated LA Homes As Wildfires Rage
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/scooter-looter-gangs-evacuated-los-angeles-homes-wildfires/
— California’s Bad Ideas Spread Like Wildfires
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/12/opinion-administrative-arson-californias-bad-ideas-spread-like-wildfires-frank-ricci/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Climate Change Isn’t Responsible for Disastrous Wildfires
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/12/climate-change-isnt-responsible-disastrous-wildfires/
— Reversing the Long March Through the Institutions. Sometimes, ostensibly discrete global events (including Trump’s election) come into focus and form a unified pattern. When that happens, the world suddenly starts making sense.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/12/reversing-long-march-through-institutions/
— 1 in 8 Christians Worldwide Is Persecuted ‘Because of Faith in Jesus’ (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my having been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. It is called religious discrimination.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/12/report-1-in-8-christians-worldwide-is-persecuted-because-of-faith-in-jesus/
DAILY WIRE
— Man Detained With Blowtorch Near Wildfire ID’d As Illegal Immigrant, Not Charged With Arson
https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-detained-with-blowtorch-near-wildfire-idd-as-illegal-immigrant-not-charged-with-arson-report
FOX NEWS
— Our long national Biden nightmare is almost over. Trump Invictus is now liberated. Joe Biden, our weakest president is soon to be followed by Donald Trump our most audacious president.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/victor-davis-hanson-our-long-national-biden-nightmare-almost-over-trump-invictus-now-liberated
— The H-1B policy was created to bring the “best and brightest” to America and address labor shortages in specialized fields. On paper, it sounds noble. In practice, however, it has been wildly abused and undercuts American workers in tech jobs no one can credibly argue Americans don’t want to do. . .A 2021 U.S. Census Bureau study found that as many as 72% of STEM graduates in America aren’t even working in STEM-related fields. So, is this really about labor shortages or is it about corporate profits at the expense of citizens who can’t compete with cheap foreign labor? Who can forget what happened at Disney in 2014 when IT workers were laid off and forced to retrain their foreign-born replacements if they wanted to receive their severance check? Americans aren’t opposed to bringing in more geniuses like Musk. But let’s not pretend Disney’s foreign replacements were all budding Einsteins. These workers come on restrictive terms, are paid less, work longer hours, and are unable to leave their jobs without risking deportation. They also come with the hope of becoming citizens and bringing their families over through chain migration. It’s a rigged game, designed to create cheap labor and make it impossible for American citizens to compete.
https://www.aol.com/america-first-people-profits-181639060.html
— Los Angeles wildfires: Returning Santa Ana winds threaten to expand deadly blazes
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-hurst-active
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Progressives Fiddle While Los Angeles Burns
https://www.heritage.org/press/heritage-senior-environmental-policy-fellow-highlights-need-proactive-forest-management
LEGAL INSURECTION
— Chicago Theological Seminary to Offer ‘Queer Womanist Preaching’ Course. “This course will expose students to the queering of religious concepts such as redemption and salvation.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/chicago-theological-seminary-to-offer-queer-womanist-preaching-course/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— People Are Not Fleeing States with Strong Pro-Life Laws (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-people-are-not-fleeing-states-with-strong-pro-life-laws/
NEWSMAX
— Apple Wants to Keep Diversity Programs Disavowed by Other US Firms (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/apple-dei/2025/01/12/id/1194733/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says U.S. should “allow legitimate refugees to come here” (COMMENT: Sooner or later, everyone outside of America will claim to be “legitimate refugees.” Democrat and RINO leaders provide refugees with free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, free etc.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-says-u-s-should-allow-legitimate-refugees-to-come-here/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-says-u-s-should-allow-legitimate-refugees-to-come-here/vi-BB1rkC0V
CNN
— Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/12/us/fire-department-los-angeles-wildfires/index.html
— Anti-Americans were poised to remake America in their image under Harris/Walz
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/white-christian-nationalists-are-poised-to-remake-america-in-their-image-during-trump-s-second/article_0d2a708d-e5b7-561e-8e0d-2fc3ce2096c9.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Americans have dimmer view of Biden than they did of Trump or Obama as term ends (COMMENT: Biden got votes in 2020 because he falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that he would govern as a centrist/moderate.)
https://apnews.com/article/biden-poll-low-ratings-obama-trump-390f25a858bf4cdec28719a2fe17b525
— Democrat use the California wildfires to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/01/12/the-california-wildfires-could-be-leaving-deeper-inequality-in-their-wake-2/
MSN
— Woke politics hamper rescue efforts during California wildfires
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/did-woke-politics-hamper-rescue-efforts-during-california-wildfires/ar-BB1r9s48
MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/blame-los-angeles-wildfires-scapegoat-rcna187126
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.inc.com/reuters/apples-board-of-directors-encourages-dei-program-retention/91106364
NEWSWEEK
— Steve Bannon Vows to Take Down Donald Trump Ally Elon Musk
https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-vows-take-down-donald-trump-ally-elon-musk-2013663
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Encourages GOP Lawmakers To Find “Fair Number” For SALT Deduction Limit (COMMENT: My wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized. We now pay more federal income tax because of Republican SALT deduction limits.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/politics/trump-salt-tax-new-york-new-jersey.html
— Big Tech’s Big Bet on Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/podcasts/the-daily/big-techs-trump-andreessen.html
— Trump’s Inaugural Celebration Will Kick Off at His Golf Club in Virginia
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/politics/trump-golf-club-virginia-inaugural-events.html
— What percent of illegals are paid in cash and work oof the book and under the table?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/social-security-undocumented-immigrants.html
— College Can’t Be Only for the Rich (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always held it against me that I did not get any scholarships and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/pell-grants-college-universities.html
— Melania Trump Says She Plans to Be at White House Full Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/politics/melania-trump-white-house.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/13/china-trump-trade-hacks/
— China’s exports jump to record high in rush to beat Trump tariffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/13/china-exports-trump-tariffs/
— Steve Bannon derides Elon Musk, vowing to limit influence over Trump. His comments reflect an intensifying battle over Musk’s West Wing sway as Trump prepares to take office. (COMMENT: My brother lost several metal fabricating jobs because his employers moved to Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor there.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/12/bannon-musk-trump-maga/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That split was crystallized last month in the fight over the visa program permitting foreigners with technical skills to work in the United States for up to six years. Bannon and many far-right Trump supporters such as Laura Loomer attacked the “tech bros” as dependent on cheap foreign labor that undermines U.S. workers, while Musk and Ramaswamy defended the program as necessary to protect the competitiveness of U.S. tech firms.)
— Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/13/trump-inauguration-protests-safety-dc/
USA TODAY
— A firefighter with Parkinson’s lost her health benefits. Supreme Court weighs if she can sue (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and the same for my wife since 1978.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/12/supreme-court-americans-with-disabilities-act-retirees/77491061007/
SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/01/12/zuckerberg-welcomes-trolls-says-wiener/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Dirty Work of Clean Energy. The scale of global mining required as part of the ‘energy transition’ has staggering environmental implications.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/power-metal-review-the-dirty-work-of-clean-energy-4b8683c5
— SALT in Tax Reform’s Wounds. Raising the $10,000 cap on the state and local deduction is bad tax policy and could be bad politics too.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/salt-in-tax-reforms-wounds-trump-new-york-deduction-bill-ec1b76fe
— How the Left Turned California Into a Paradise Lost. Gavin Newsom promised to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State. If only he’d fireproofed it instead.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-the-left-turned-california-into-a-paradise-lost-government-policy-wildfires-48b88d6a
— Bad Policy Served as Kindling for California’s Wildfires. Bad forest and water management, misplaced priorities and price controls all played a role.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/bad-policy-served-as-kindling-for-californias-wildfires-forest-water-management-social-justice-c5b94a4f
— Outlook Brightens for job seekers. (COMMENT: At least in Democrat-run Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your job prospects 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.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-hunting-2025-hiring-5924a1d7
— Justice Department Report Aims to Correct Record on 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Deadly rampage was a coordinated, military-style effort to destroy prosperous Black neighborhood. (COMMENT: What were your ancestors doing in 1921? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. Anticipate/expect that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that Democrat leaders want you to pay.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/justice-department-report-aims-to-correct-record-on-tulsa-race-massacre-3e8fcfb1
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2025/01/12/understanding-the-real-cost-of-metas-policy-changes/
FORTUNE
— How successful have Democrats been promoting LGBTQ in your school district?
https://www.aol.com/finance/fleeing-country-rationing-testosterone-transgender-173540254.html
BARRON’S
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/apple-wants-to-keep-diversity-programs-disavowed-by-other-us-firms-bcb6b7a8
AICPA
— CPA Exam Pass Rates (COMMENT: What percent of those who pass the CPA examination are Republican v. Democrat? My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had either not taken the examination or had failed to pass it.)
https://www.aicpa-cima.com/certifications/article/24q1-cpa-exam-pass-rates
GOOGLE
— There are several factors that can affect a candidate’s performance on the CPA exam (COMMENT: What percent of those who pass the CPA examination are Republican v. Democrat? My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had either not taken the examination or had failed to pass it.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22CPA+examination%22+pass+demographics
BRYCE WALKER
— Top 100 CPA exam statistics (COMMENT: What percent of those who pass the CPA examination are Republican v. Democrat? My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had either not taken the examination or had failed to pass it.)
https://crushthecpaexam.com/deep-dive-top-100-cpa-exam-statistics/
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW REVIEW
— Fugitive Slaves and Undocumented Immigrants (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint their illegals as being fugitive slaves.)
https://repository.law.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4603&context=umlr
PALLADIUM MAGAZINE
— Complex Systems Won’t Survive the Competence Crisis (COMMENT: To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. 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.)
https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/06/01/complex-systems-wont-survive-the-competence-crisis/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The core issue is that changing political mores have established the systematic promotion of the unqualified and sidelining of the competent. This has continually weakened our society’s ability to manage modern systems. At its inception, it represented a break from the trend of the 1920s to the 1960s, when the direct meritocratic evaluation of competence became the norm across vast swaths of American society.)
POLITICO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/12/trump-military-immigration-domestic-deployment-00195609
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare in America will be Democrat, citizens of foreign countries, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/01/13/post-affirmative-action-new-med-students-are-less-diverse
JD SUPRA
— Illinois Expands Employee Access to Personnel Records (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always highlighted in my personnel record the many adverse actions that they took against me.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/illinois-expands-employee-access-to-3222169/
GEORGE W. BUSH
— While he was President, George W. Bush promoted mass/illegal immigration from Mexico big time. That helped elect Obama.
https://www.bushcenter.org/publications/reforming-our-immigration-system
AXIOS
— Trump inauguration 2017 vs. 2025: What’s changed.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/13/donald-trump-inauguration-2017-vs-2025
— DNC launches new rapid response social media ahead of Trump’s return to office
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/13/dnc-social-media-trump-kamalahq
DAILY MAIL
— A shocking video shows the leader of diversity, equity and inclusion at the Los Angeles Fire Department appear to blame fire victims as massive blazes continue to tear through the City of Angels. (COMMENT; Democrat and RINO leaders blame Whites for all the problems that non-Whites and everyone else have.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14276655/Los-Angeles-Fire-Department-Kristine-Larson-diversity-fire-victims.html
GUARDIAN
— Democratic states train non-doctors on providing abortions to expand US access
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/13/abortion-access-healthcare-workers-democratic-states
January 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lawsuit against Des Moines Register is about holding media groups accountable
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/09/opinion-des-moines-register-ann-selzer/
— A record 449,553 Illinois residents sign up for Affordable Care Act insurance, amid uncertainty over future
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/09/affordable-care-act-enrollment-illinois/
— What Illinois’ population exodus tells us about the state and Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/opinion-illinois-population-exodus/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/10/mexico-violence-risk-chicago-visit-family-cartels-marlen-garcia
WGN9 & FOX32 & WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/illinois-department-of-public-health-adds-four-new-conditions-for-medical-cannabis-use/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-medical-cannabis-program-4-new-conditions
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/09/endometriosis-ovarian-cysts-among-conditions-added-illinois-medical-marijuana
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/09/pilsen-church-not-going-be-sitting-ducks-moves-spanish-services-online-amid-deportation
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump gives GOP senators no preference as Republican leaders struggle to craft his priorities. President-elect Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy Capitol Hill meeting with Senate Republicans with no preferred strategy for tackling his legislative priorities.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-meets-with-republicans-on-capitol-hill-as-gop-struggles-to-agree-on-legislative-strategy/article_504efe9d-b7a1-5fd6-bd38-592ae0d293ab.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— As wildfires rage in Los Angeles, Trump doesn’t offer much sympathy. He’s casting blame.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-as-wildfires-rage-in-los-angeles-trump-doesnt-offer-much-sympathy-hes-casting-blame/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/10/making-waves-on-trans-issues-00197484
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-433/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-225/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino is seeking to boot all eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot. A hearing on that is scheduled for today, Friday, January 10, 2025, at 2:00 PM in the Wheaton City Council Chambers. For slating purposes, Monino got only 3 votes from Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeemen while Dan Milinko got 40 votes In 2021, Monino sided with my critics/opponents who ended my 16-year-long service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Since 2021, many of my critics/opponents have promoted Monino. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The next Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) meeting will be open to the public. It is tomorrow, Saturday, January 11, 2025, 10 am – 2 pm, at the Whitetail Ridge Golf Club, 7671 Clubhouse Dr. Yorkville. What Congressional District do you live in? The following represent you on the IRP SCC: 1-Tim Ozinga, 2- Judy Diekelman, 3-Jeanne Ives, 4-Jay Reyes, 5-Aaron Del Mar, 6-Sean Morrison, 7-Mark Hosty, 8- Debbie Kanarowski, 9-Joan Lasonde, 10- Mark Shaw, 11- Laura Pollastrini, 12-Rhonda Belford, 13-Myles Nelson, 14-Larry Smith, 15-Jason Plummer, 16-Jan Weber, and 17-Chad Weaver. The IRP Platform is at: https://illinois.gop/2024-state-convention-platform-and-resolutions/ . The IRP By-Laws are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Amended-Bylaws-as-approved-April-25-2020.pdf . – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating/dominating religious leaders. How soon, if not already, will religious leaders declare that GOD is a liberal Democrat who wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? How soon, if not already will they declare that GOD is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, 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? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Cost-per-ride of Chicago’s Red Line expansion estimated at $2.9 million
https://wirepoints.org/its-estimated-the-cost-per-ride-of-chicagos-red-line-expansion-will-be-2-9-million-each-wirepoints-on-the-shaun-thompson-show/
— The state’s new property tax task force will fail just like Gov. Pritzker’s original
https://wirepoints.org/the-states-new-property-tax-task-force-will-fail-just-like-gov-pritzkers-original-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago proposal would end sanctuary status for those who commit certain crimes
https://www.news-journal.com/chicago-proposal-would-end-sanctuary-status-for-those-who-commit-certain-crimes/article_b6b67cb2-4cf0-521a-bfe5-6ed9b2638dd4.html
— Illinois General Assembly approves rules Republicans say are unfair
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ed661e6a-ced1-11ef-9ad4-0f69b15309c6.html
ILLINOIS RECORD
— Kathy Keller Salvi breaks Illinois Republican bylaws and names disgraced financial elderly abuser to chairman of the ILGOP finance committee. The shocking appointment of Brian Kasal exposes Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Keller Salvi long history of reckless political behavior.
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/kathy-keller-salvi-breaks-illinois
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Naperville School Board Holds Probable Illegal Secret Discussions of New Member’s Behavior
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/naperville-school-board-holds-probable-illegal-secret-discussions-of-new-members-behavior/
— A Splendid Analysis of One-Term Presidents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/a-splendid-analysis-of-one-term-presidents/
— Chicago Mayor Contemplates Another Way to Discourage Suburbanites from Visiting Chicago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/chicago-mayor-contemplates-another-reason-suburbanites-should-not-visit-chicago/
— Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund Big Investor in China Firms
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/illinois-teachers-retirement-fund-big-investor-in-china-firms/
— Inauguration Party in Marengo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/10/inauguration-party-in-marengo/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Fl-Gl
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/diersen%40aol.com?compose=CllgCJfrLPMnJWkScXxbXMWBsljNhSRWrMzRTLzzklqXDSRFLPtcFXLZcqkGSJNDtXmkFmLSmRL
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Du-Fi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-du/
— State Approves Medical Pot to Improve Female Organisms
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/state-approves-medical-pot-to-improve-female-organisms/
— “California Literally Turned into a Red State Overnight”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/california-literally-turned-into-a-red-state-overnight/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Wheeling Township voters will have a chance to weigh in on Illinois state lawmakers imposing unfunded mandates. After the April 1 election, nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns will have been represented by votes on some of the state’s most pressing issues.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/another-cook-county-suburb-gives-voters-say-on-illinois-issues/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republican lawmakers’ demands threaten to trip up Trump’s agenda
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/9/republican-lawmakers-demands-threaten-trip-donald-/
— Republican consultants made $130 million pushing failed pro-marijuana referendum (COMMENT: Pot pushers work very hard against me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3280927/gop-consultants-made-130-million-pushing-failed-pro-marijuana-referendum/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Putting ‘woke’ law schools on trial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3280623/putting-woke-law-schools-on-trial/
— My critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican ever-increasingly pander to those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican talk and/or act like they are Democrat.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3189937/kamala-harris-insulting-pander-black-men/
NEW YORK POST
— Bad leaders — not climate change — are the reason the LA fires are burning California
https://nypost.com/2025/01/09/opinion/bad-leaders-not-climate-change-are-the-reason-la-fires-burn-in-california/
— Blame LA fire horror on the woke religion bringing ruin to our cities
https://nypost.com/2025/01/09/opinion/blame-la-fire-horror-on-the-woke-religions-ruin-of-our-cities/
AMERICAN THINKER
— California politicians should listen to Trump instead of seeking to Trump-proof the state
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/maybe_california_politicians_should_listen_to_trump_instead_of_seeking_to_trump_proof_the_state.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_58d6b8f2-ceb0-11ef-b698-0775d16ad678.amp.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Nations May Soon Follow Trump’s Example to Manage Immigration Problems
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/09/nations-may-soon-follow-trumps-example-manage-immigration-problems-borderline/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Prepares To Issue ‘Day 1’ Executive Orders On Key Issues. From the border crisis and DEI to trans-identifying soldiers, these are Trump’s top priorities.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-prepares-to-issue-day-1-executive-orders-on-key-issues
FOX NEWS
— DOJ spent more than $100M on ‘restorative justice,’ DEI measures for K-12 students during Biden presidency. Programs are geared toward specific demographic groups, such as LGBTQ+ and BIPOC.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/doj-spent-more-than-100m-restorative-justice-dei-measures-k-12-students-during-biden-presidency
NEWSMAX
— Conservative Values Fund Divests From Costco
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/acvf-conservative-fund/2025/01/08/id/1194352/
TOWNHALL
— Congress’s Mandate to Enact the President-Elect’s Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/congressmanandybiggs/2025/01/10/border-security-and-spending-n2650287#google_vignette
WESTERN STANDARD
— Did wokeism and DEI hobble the Los Angeles Fire Department? DEI was promoted above technological innovation and disaster recovery capability. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly put promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those who whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time above everything else.)
https://www.westernstandard.news/news/did-wokeism-and-dei-hobble-the-los-angeles-fire-deparrtment/61032
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— National Mentoring Month Celebration (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/national-mentoring-month-celebration-044006257.html
MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating/dominating religious leaders. How soon, if not already, will religious leaders declare that GOD is a liberal Democrat who wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? How soon, if not already will they declare that GOD is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, 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?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-archbishop-condemns-deportation-of-illegals/ss-AA1xbWNi
REUTERS
— Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/trumps-agenda-already-faces-irresistible-forces-2025-01-08/
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump readying close to 100 executive orders (COMMENT: Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/09/trump-administration-transition/
— According to Democrats, Republican-caused “climate change” is causing the Los Angeles fires
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fires-politics/
USA TODAY
— Part-timers struggle to find full-time work (COMMENT: I worked both full-time and part-time concurrently 1971-1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/09/part-timers-struggle-full-time-jobs/77529415007/
FORBES
— What are you doing with your life? I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliamdur/2025/01/09/the-most-important-thing-you-can-do-with-your-life-is/
— Anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the less likely that McDonalds will hire you, retain you, or promote you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors had been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnepost/2025/01/09/mcdonalds-stands-firm-against-dei-pushback-emphasizes-inclusion/
BECKER
— The complete guide to becoming a Certified Internal Auditor (COMMENT: None of my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination or had become a licensed CPA and they were furious when I did that when I was 32 years old in 1981. They were furious because it frustrated their efforts to waste my GAO career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.becker.com/blog/cia/the-complete-guide-to-becoming-a-certified-internal-auditor
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Earning your Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) certification demonstrates your knowledge and expertise in internal auditing, opening the door to new career opportunities and helping you to stand out in your field. If you want to earn this globally recognized credential, we’re sharing a comprehensive guide to cover everything you need to know about the CIA certification, including what it is, requirements, benefits, and so much more. . .The base salary for internal auditors is just over $66,000 per year while Certified Internal Auditors earn, on average $98,000. While several factors affect salary, including years of experience, job title, and location, there’s no doubt that earning this certification can increase your earning potential. . .Having your CIA certification can open the door to more career opportunities, including advancement into senior and leadership roles. According to a recent survey by the IIA, 94 percent of audit leaders say the CIA adds value to internal audit work and 70 percent of chief audit executives say they prefer to hire Certified Internal Auditors over non-certified candidates.)
WAUKON STANDARD
— Celebrate January as National Mentoring Month (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://www.waukonstandard.com/articles/2025/01/09/celebrate-january-national-mentoring-month
POLITICO
— Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/09/trump-agenda-budget-reconciliation-battle-002581
— Democrats Remain Split On Reasons For Election Loss (COMMENT: Harris/Walz lost because voters ever-increasingly reject the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/09/jeffries-schumer-gop-wealthy-00197374
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Whites for the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/culturally-speaking/202501/when-racial-microaggressions-harm-white-people-too
BUSINESS STANDARD
— A professional master’s degree could be your next big career move (COMMENT: I earned my third job-related master’s degree when I was 48 years old in 1997. It was in financial markets and trading from IIT. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) because they had assigned me to audits of federal financial regulatory institutions since 1990. When they forced me to retire later in that year, they flushed that degree and me down their toilet.)
https://www.tbsnews.net/features/pursuit/professional-masters-degree-could-be-your-next-big-career-move-1037126
GOVTRACK
— H.R. 201: To implement a 5-year pilot program establishing a performance-based pay structure for certain Federal employees (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used the tremendous subjectivity in their pay-for-performance (PFP) system to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr201
PBS
— Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/gop-lawmakers-takes-early-steps-to-implement-trumps-agenda
ECONOMIC TIMES
— How Trump and Musk could flesh out their “Welcome, high-skilled! Stay away, illegals!” H-1B plan (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. My critics/opponent have always used the aforesaid against me. They stress that even with the aforesaid, a) I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars and b) I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/how-trump-and-musk-could-flesh-out-their-welcome-high-skilled-stay-away-illegals-h-1b-plan/articleshow/117093653.cms
January 9, 2025
ILLINOIS RECORD
— Upcoming ILGOP State Central committee meeting will be open to the public (COMMENT: What Congressional District do you live in? The following represent you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee: 1-Tim Ozinga, 2- Judy Diekelman, 3-Jeanne Ives, 4-Jay Reyes, 5-Aaron Del Mar, 6-Sean Morrison, 7-Mark Hosty, 8- Debbie Kanarowski, 9-Joan Lasonde, 10- Mark Shaw, 11- Laura Pollastrini, 12-Rhonda Belford, 13-Myles Nelson, 14-Larry Smith, 15-Jason Plummer, 16-Jan Weber, and 17-Chad Weaver. The IRP Platform is at: https://illinois.gop/2024-state-convention-platform-and-resolutions/ . The IRP By-Laws are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Amended-Bylaws-as-approved-April-25-2020.pdf .)
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/upcoming-ilgop-state-central-committee
(FROM THE POSTING: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 10 am – 2 pm, Whitetail Ridge Golf Club, 7671 Clubhouse Dr. Yorkville)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County judge rejects effort to restore Homer Glen candidates to April ballot (COMMENT: Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino is seeking to boot all eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot. A hearing on that is scheduled for 2:00 PM tomorrow, Friday, January 10, 2025, in the Wheaton City Council Chambers. For slating purposes, Monino got only 3 votes from Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeemen while Dan Milinko got 40 votes In 2021, Monino sided with my critics/opponents who ended my 16-year-long service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Since 2021, many of my critics/opponents have promoted Monino.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/booted-homer-glen-candidates-lose-appeal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Will County Judge Ben Braun dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of eight Homer Glen trustee candidates who were removed from the ballot because the paperwork was not filed in compliance with Illinois Election Code.)
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Calls for unity, naked partisanship mark inauguration ceremonies in Springfield
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/calls-for-unity-naked-partisanship-mark-inauguration-ceremonies-in-springfield/
— Trump arrives on Capitol Hill as GOP struggles to agree on legislative strategy ahead
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/trump-capitol-hill/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Freshly inaugurated Illinois legislators meet ‘critical moment’ after lame-duck infighting. Gov. JB Pritzker waved off concerns that a fiery House Democratic caucus meeting that tanked one of his prized legislative priorities would throw off his party as it faces a budget crunch and a second Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/01/08/illinois-general-assembly-inauguration-jb-pritzker
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/08/trump-racial-justice-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-civil-rights-national-urban-league-marc-morial
— Zuckerberg’s move to end Meta fact-checking is a disservice to users — and truth (COMMENT: During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact checker.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/08/zuckerberg-meta-fact-checkers-facebook-threads-trump-x-musk-editorial
— Giannoulias pushes bill to raise age for mandatory road tests to 87 for older drivers. Bipartisan legislation introduced in Springfield would also create a system for relatives to ask the state to step in if they think their aging loved ones are no longer capable of driving.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/01/09/aging-drivers-road-test-age-bill-giannoulias-illinois-safety
NBC5
— President-elect Donald Trump joins visitors to Jimmy Carter’s casket in Capitol Rotunda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-joins-visitors-jimmy-carter-casket-capitol-rotunda/3641410/
— Taxpayer Advocate urges Congress to preserve IRS funding for service, technology (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. The Democrats who run IRS and GAO do not want Republicans to audit IRS. They kept off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They wasted what I had learned about IRS while I worked for it 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. They wasted what I had learned earning a MBA from Loyola in 1976, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, etc. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/taxpayer-advocate-urges-congress-to-preserve-irs-funding-for-service-technology/3641033/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins has urged Congress to preserve IRS funding for taxpayer service and technology amid Republican scrutiny. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 originally authorized nearly $80 billion for the agency, but tens of billions of dollars have already been rescinded. More IRS funding could be at risk with Republican control of Congress and the White House. As the IRS faces scrutiny from a Republican-controlled Congress, the agency’s internal watchdog has urged lawmakers to preserve taxpayer service and technology funding. The National Taxpayer Advocate on Wednesday released its annual report to Congress, which criticized the “extreme imbalance in funding priorities” when comparing the billions of dollars allocated via the Inflation Reduction Act. While the tens of billions earmarked for enforcement has “generated controversy,” there’s been “strong bipartisan support” for taxpayer services and technology modernization, wrote Erin Collins, national taxpayer advocate.)
CBS2
— Lost and stolen electronic devices are costing Chicago Public Schools dearly
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lost-stolen-electronic-devices-chicago-public-schools/
FOX32
— Chicago should work with feds to deport some undocumented immigrants, alders say
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrants-sanctuary-city-cooperation
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— New Illinois General Assembly sworn in as House, Senate take different tones
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/new-illinois-general-assembly-sworn-in-as-house-senate-take-different-tones/article_5417c3be-ce20-11ef-b308-1bd70af28158.html
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— In 2024, more people moved from Illinois than moved in. Here’s where we rate nationally.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/state/2025/01/08/illinois-outbound-migration-rate-second-in-united-states-study/77491721007/
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Indiana attorney general endorses mass deportation, other Trump immigration policies
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/todd-rokita-trump-immigration-policies/article_53f6eb78-cdd8-11ef-9ebb-bf8b06b960a3.html
STATELINE
— Illinois will give you a $4K rebate to purchase an electric vehicle in 2025 (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in the 2025 Dodge Charger EV ( https://www.dodge.com/charger.html ). I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-will-give-you-a-4k-rebate-to-purchase-an-electric-vehicle-in-2025/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Fetterman likens Trump’s Greenland push to Louisiana Purchase: ‘Responsible conversation’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fetterman-likens-trumps-greenland-push-to-louisiana-purchase-responsible-conversation-john-fetterman-trump-panama-canal-canada-imperialism-politics
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s inaugural committee has already raised a record $170M in donations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-inaugural-committee-has-already-raised-a-record-170m-in-donations/
74 MILLION NEWSLETTER
— 40% of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent. Those Gaps Carry Real Costs
https://www.the74million.org/article/40-of-chicago-teachers-are-chronically-absent-those-gaps-carry-real-costs/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-432/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-224/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, raises concerns over noncitizens registering to vote in Illinois
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8be2abf2-cde3-11ef-bca3-4385671f5ab6.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: McClure said he was notified by an immigrant rights advocate that when noncitizens apply for state aid, the Illinois Department of Human Services is sending packets to them that include voter registration forms already addressed to local county clerks’ offices.)
WIREPOINTS
— States like Texas and Florida grow organically by attracting citizens. Illinois only grows by importing illegal migrants.
https://wirepoints.org/states-like-texas-and-florida-grow-organically-by-attracting-citizens-illinois-only-grows-by-importing-illegal-migrants-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
ILLINOIS CENTER SQUARE
— Pritzker outlines Illinois plans for the upcoming year (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly promote more 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, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7df8833e-ce0d-11ef-86bd-ebea0adfd8f4.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Law Allowing Seizure of Guns without Notice Condemned, Roll Calls Included
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/law-allowing-seizure-of-guns-without-notice-condemned-roll-call-included/
— Pot Taxes Leveling Off
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/pot-taxes-leveling-off/
— Illinois Advertises Five-Weeks of Vacation First Year of Employment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/illinois-advertises-five-weeks-of-vacation-first-year-of-employment/
— Gun Confiscation Bill Passes Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/gun-confiscation-bill-passes-senate/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Elementary School Offers Confidential Sexuality Club for Fifth Graders
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/01/07/illinois-elementary-school-offers-confidential-sexuality-club-for-fifth-graders
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL House GOP Conference Chair Jeff Keicher Defends Vote to Expand Transgender Patient Rights, Then Angrily Drops F-Bomb During Call with Female Constituent
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/il-house-gop-conference-chair-jeff-keicher-defends-vote-to-expand-transgender-patient-rights-then-angrily-drops-f-bomb-during-call-with-female-constituent.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump downplays strategy fight after huddle with Senate Republicans: ‘Great unity’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3281092/trump-downplays-strategy-fight-huddle-senate-republicans-unity/
— Trudeau resignation proves the point of Trump tariffs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3280012/trudeau-resignation-proves-point-trump-tariffs/
— Why the Pentagon needs Pete Hegseth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3279964/pentagon-needs-pete-hegseth/
— Students are being conditioned to sympathize with terrorists
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3279603/students-conditioned-sympathize-terrorists/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Gov. Gavin ‘Newscum’ chose to save an extinct fish instead of sending water to Southern California to fight ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires
https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/us-news/trump-says-gov-gavin-newscum-chose-to-save-an-endangered-fish-instead-of-sending-water-to-southern-california-to-fight-apocalyptic-wildfires/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Taxpayers Paid $3 Billion for Radical DEI Kickbacks Under Biden. The Democrats’ Marxist equity agenda was costly and prioritized dismantling American exceptionalism over national security and economic prosperity.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/09/taxpayers-paid-3-billion-for-radical-dei-kickbacks-under-biden/
BLAZE
— Biden admin to refund $55M to illegal aliens after mass amnesty program falls apart
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-admin-to-refund-55m-to-illegal-aliens-after-mass-amnesty-program-falls-apart
BREITBART
— Denver’s Democrat Mayor is covertly dumping illegal migrants — including criminals — into nearby Colorado cities, and the mayor of Aurora is demanding answers. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, Chicago Democrats will dump their illegals on suburban municipalities.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/08/mayors-of-denver-and-aurora-fight-over-illegal-migrants-dumped-from-denver/
CAMPUS REFORM
— California State University, Long Beach Journalism Professor Jesus Ayala recently celebrated the fact that the students enrolled in his fall 2024 journalism course were ‘100% students of color.’ (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/csulb-prof-celebrates-course-enrollment-100-students-color/27260
— Course will teach students how to ‘resist’ ‘abortion bans’ and ‘anti-LGBT legislation’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/intersectional-feminist-theory-course-will-teach-students-how-to-resist-abortion-bans-and-anti-lgbt-legislation/27261
CENTER SQUARE
— 20 Republican AGs express support for Trump immigration policies
https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/article_59e89dba-cdfb-11ef-a7f1-3bef77453145.amp.html
DAILY CALLER
— California’s DEI Hiring In Fire Departments, ‘Not Muscularity, Not Experience,’ Just DEI
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/08/victor-davis-hanson-california-dei/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Wokeness Depresses College Students (COMMENT: Instead of getting depressed, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, earned a job-related professional license, and was active in professional associations.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/08/victimhood-u/
DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles Fire Chief Says DEI Is A Top Priority
https://www.dailywire.com/news/lafd-fire-chief-says-dei-is-a-top-priority
EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Dead, 100,000 Under Evacuation Orders as Fires Sweep Across Los Angeles. A state of emergency has been declared by California’s governor.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/more-than-30000-evacuated-in-los-angeles-as-wildfires-rage-5788209
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Sanctuary Politicians: Soon to be out of Excuses.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/01/08/sanctuary-politicians-soon-be-out-excuses
FIREARM NEWS
— Illinois Passes Law to Seize Firearms Without Due Process. What are you going to do about it, President Trump?
https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/Illinois-Law-Seize-Firearms-Without-Due-Process/514253
PJ MEDIA
— How Wokeism Created the L.A. Wildfire Crisis
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/08/how-wokeism-created-the-la-wildfire-crisis-n4935802
— Archbishop Calls Out Clerics Who Profit From Illegal Migration
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/08/archbishop-calls-out-clerics-who-profit-from-illegal-migration-n4935805
— Democrat Policies Hurt the Very People Dems Claim to Help
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/08/democrat-policies-hurt-the-very-people-dems-claim-to-help-n4935782
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth? (COMMENT: During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact checker.)
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-politics-trump-verification-misinformation-00bc57b4a3c348a1363610c1cbbfd8ca
MSN
— How much scholarship is granted by world’s top 10 business schools? (COMMENT: Did you get scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that I am dumb and that my parents were rich.)
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/how-much-scholarship-is-granted-by-world-s-top-10-business-schools/ar-BB1r7TR6
— Pritzker Says Illinois Is ‘On Guard’ for Any Trump Hit to Budget (COMMENT: GAO would not be less than a shell of what it once was today if its head Charles Bowsher had fought GOP-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pritzker-says-illinois-is-on-guard-for-any-trump-hit-to-budget/ar-BB1r7on9
ABC NEWS
— Trump and Senate Republicans still divided on how to implement his agenda. After meeting on the Hill, senators appear unmoved by Trump’s argument. (COMMENT: The Republican Party platform is Trump’s agenda. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-meet-gop-senators-same-page-advance-agenda/story?id=117468862
CBS NEWS
— Trump meets with GOP senators on Capitol Hill to push legislative agenda. President-elect Donald Trump met with Republican senators Wednesday night on Capitol Hill to discuss his “big beautiful bill” and all the pieces of his agenda it could hold.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-meets-gop-senators-capitol-hill-push-legislative-agenda/
— Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 election victory, 4 years after Capitol attack (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates reject Trump’s election.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/congress-election-electoral-college-2025/
NBC NEWS
— How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right. In recent months, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made a series of specific moves to signal that Meta may embrace a more conservative administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/mark-zuckerberg-pivoted-meta-right-rcna186687
NEW YORK TIMES
— This Is What It Looks Like When Mark Zuckerberg Runs Out of Ideas
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-trump-meta-lobbying.html
— Tax Cuts or the Border? Republicans Wrestle Over Priorities. President-elect Donald J. Trump has waffled on his preferences for how his party tackles his agenda, adding to the uncertainty for Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/us/politics/tax-cuts-immigration-republicans-trump.html
— I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture. (COMMENT: Most, if not virtually all of my older White male critics/opponents are/were big drinkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, many of my older White male Democrat superiors were big drinkers. Their leader wasted my career and got rid of me. He forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. He gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. He turned my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. He delayed my promotions. He kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. He forced my mentor to retire in 1987. He always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. He had his operatives and his dupes force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If he had not gone on extended sick leave in 1985 because of his very big drinking, my GAO mentor would not have been able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 or to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But he came back in 1987 and forced my mentor to retire.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/opinion/alcohol-drinking-dry-january.html
AUDACY
— Trump gathers SALT-focused Republicans before tax fight, as Hochul says cap is costing NY $12B a year (COMMENT: Starting in 1972, I paid less federal income tax by itemizing. But the Republican SALT limit ended that in 2017.)
https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/trump-gathers-salt-focused-republicans-before-tax-fight
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Much of the group is likely to attend and plans to discuss increasing the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, which has disproportionately hurt voters in the three high-tax states, according to US Representative Nick LaLota, who represents eastern Long Island in New York.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Canada Suddenly Has No Leader, and No Plan, for a Trump Trade Fight. Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign hamstrings Canada as it faces tariff threats and Trump’s threat of a takeover with ‘economic force’
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canada-suddenly-has-no-leader-and-no-plan-for-a-trump-trade-fight-341a5f0c
POLITICO
— Florida Republicans answer Trump’s call on illegal immigration
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2025/01/09/florida-republicans-answer-trumps-call-on-illegal-immigration-00197227
— A new Dem strategy: Embrace Trump’s winning agenda. New York Democrats don’t want to fight Trump, but are going on offense on the issues that propelled him to the White House.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/ny-democrats-trump-agenda-strategy-00197000
— The impact of Trump’s agenda will depend on the state you live in. State lawmakers and governors will play a big role in implementing — or thwarting — Trump’s agenda.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/trump-agenda-priorities-state-policy-fights-00196815
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/01/09/academic-freedom-requires-dei-aaup-gets-it-opinion
ABA JOURNAL
— Latest try at rewriting ABA diversity standard for law schools gets pushback from GOP attorneys general
https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/latest-try-at-rewriting-aba-diversity-standard-for-law-schools-gets-pushback-from-gop-ags#google_vignette
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— ‘Drastic’ Cuts? Most Voters Like It (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. The Democrats who run the federal government use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then employees 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.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/drastic_cuts_most_voters_like_it
VANCOUVER SUN
— Canada’s fight with Donald Trump isn’t just economic, it’s existential (COMMENT: What if Canada voted on becoming the 51st state?)
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/stewart-prest-canada-fight-donald-trump-economic
AMERICAN KAHANI
— My Professor and Mentor Ved Prakash Nanda was a Titan in the World of Law and Beyond (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://americankahani.com/perspectives/my-professor-and-mentor-ved-prakash-nanda-was-a-titan-in-the-world-of-law-and-beyond/
January 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Congressman Jonathan Jackson says he should be next Democratic National Committee chair
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dnc-chair-election-chicago-congressman-jonathan-jackson-says-he-should-democratic-national-committee-leader/15766225/
— McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Promotions are a zero-sum-game. All my Democrat superiors always had Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They always made their Republican employees like me pay the price of meeting those quotas, goals, and targets. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mcdonalds-latest-company-roll-back-diversity-goals-citing-us-supreme-court-decision-outlawed-affirmative-action/15766985/
NBC5
— Congress certifies Trump’s electoral college win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXtNoFI3-R4
FOX32
— Political turmoil continues in Thornton Township after Tiffany Henyard skips meeting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572421
— ‘She is the threat’: Dolton meeting gets heated as Tiffany Henyard misses meeting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572389
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge, in stark contrast to 2021 violence
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/trump-election-win/
— Judge restores opposition slate in Tinley Park after ‘clearly erroneous’ Electoral Board ruling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/tinley-together-slate-ballot/
DAILY HERALD
— Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be featured at Barrington event
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250106/nation-and-world-politics/former-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-to-be-featured-at-barrington-event/
WGN RADIO
— Why college sophomores panic (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting when I transferred from UIC to NIU when I was 20 years old. IRS, GAO, and the accounting profession had no use for me a) because I did not take and pass CPA examination until I was 30, b) I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, c) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, and d) I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. I should write a book about age discrimination.)
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/why-college-sophomores-panic/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s retires some diversity goals in latest corporate DEI retreat (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Promotions are a zero-sum-game. All my Democrat superiors always had Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They always made their Republican employees like me pay the price of meeting those quotas, goals, and targets. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-changes-dei-goals
WSPY
— Oswego Township Republican Caucus Chaos
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/oswego-township-republican-caucus-chaos/article_4d2d4c6c-cc55-11ef-be40-73b3d3a829f2.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Tom Homan gives illegal migrants warning in final days of Biden admin: ‘You’re going home’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/tom-homan-gives-illegal-migrants-warning-in-final-days-of-biden-admin-youre-going-home-trump-border-czar-illegal-immigration-southern-border-wall
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Four More Years: What will be the fate of federal workers under new administration? (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican-led budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/four-more-years-what-will-be-the-fate-of-federal-workers-under-new-administration
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://chicagocrusader.com/the-racist-legacy-of-january-6/
CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— Kirk Dillard, Chairman, Regional Transportation Authority, Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5666/kirk-dillard
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Pilsen Church Moves Services Online Over Deportation Fears. Lincoln United Methodist Church moved its Spanish Sunday service online over fears it could be “a target” for mass deportations, pastor Emma Lozano said. (COMMENT: How strongly do the churches in your area promote illegal immigration?)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/06/pilsen-church-moves-services-online-over-deportation-fears/
— What Makes Day Labor So Difficult For Chicago Migrants. As asylum seekers navigate the day labor sector, labor organizations are stepping in to help them advocate for their rights.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/06/what-makes-day-labor-so-difficult-for-chicago-migrants/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Local journalism tax credit application window opens. Lawmakers approved the program last year. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I am not a journalist let alone a qualified one.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/local-journalism-tax-credit-application-window-opens/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: News organizations in Illinois can now apply to receive tax credits for journalists that were on their payroll in 2024. The application opened last week, about one year after the state’s Local Journalism Task Force proposed multiple solutions to the “local journalism crisis,” including tax credit incentives. Lawmakers approved the tax credit program last year as part of the fiscal year 2025 budget and included $5 million in funding. News outlets can apply on a first come, first served basis. “Qualified” journalists must average 30-hour work weeks and be responsible for producing original news content, according to the Illinois Department of Commerce. Outlets can apply for up to $15,000 per journalist that was employed last year and an additional $10,000 for new hires that expanded the organization’s staff. The news organization must also meet certain requirements that vary depending on what type of media it produces – television broadcast, radio, print or web. If an outlet needs help applying for the tax credit or has questions, the Illinois Press Foundation and other journalist trade groups have organized informational webinars that will include legal and accounting experts. Jeff Rogers, executive director of the IPF and founding editor at Capitol News Illinois, said in an email that the first webinar will be Tuesday, Jan. 7. For more information, contact Rogers at jrogers@capitolnewsillinois.com . Rogers said training will be available to members of the Illinois Press Association, Illinois Broadcasters Association, nonprofit news organizations, digital media, hyperlocal neighborhood news outlets and more. To apply for the tax credit program, visit the Illinois Department of Commerce’s website.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-430/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-222/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats’ Tax Hike Talking Points
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/democrats-tax-hike-talking-points/
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s Red Line Extension Cost Now Projected to Exceed $1 Billion Per Mile. Biden Trying to Lock it In.
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-red-line-extension-cost-now-projected-to-exceed-1-billion-per-mile-biden-trying-to-lock-it-in-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Don’t Be Surprised If There Is a Springfield Lame Duck Pension Grab (COMMENT: Federal employees like me who were hired before 1989 get Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions. But those hired after 1989 get Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) pensions. Because FERS pensions are less generous than CSRS pensions, FERS employees despise if not hate CSRS employees.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/dont-be-surprised-if-there-is-a-springfield-lame-duck-pension-grab/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump accuses Biden of sabotaging presidential transition
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/donald-trump-accuses-joe-biden-sabotaging-presiden/
— Trump, seizing on Trudeau’s resignation, says Canada should merge with U.S. into a ‘great nation’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/trump-seizing-trudeau-resignation-says-canada-merg/
— ‘Woke’ American Medical Association ices out health care professionals with differing views (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in health care will be Democrats who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/woke-american-medical-association-ices-health-care/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Lawmakers introduce legislation to recall elected officials in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3277876/lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-recall-elected-officials-in-illinois/
— Biden to leave having failed to get pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3258408/biden-failed-pathway-citizenship-millions-illegal-immigrants/
— McDonald’s rolls back DEI programs due to ‘shifting legal landscape’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3278414/mcdonalds-rolls-back-dei-programs/
NEW YORK POST
— New York is seeing the hidden toll of legal weed: violence, psychosis and mayhem (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/opinion/hidden-toll-of-nys-legal-weed-violence-psychosis-and-mayhem/
— GOP set to send ‘low-hanging fruit’ border security bills to Trump right out of gate
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/us-news/gop-set-to-send-low-hanging-fruit-border-security-bills-to-trump-right-out-of-gate/
— Trump border czar Tom Homan floats ‘weekly White House briefings’ to share migrant arrest and deportation numbers (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrats and RINOs who run your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportations?)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/us-news/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-floats-weekly-white-house-briefings-to-share-migrant-arrest-and-deportation-numbers/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Here Are Trump’s Options for Venezuelan Illegals. Will the administration be able to avoid past mistakes?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/here-are-trumps-options-for-venezuelan-illegals/
— Can Trump Stop the ‘Baby Factories’? Changing the enforcement and jurisprudence around the 14th Amendment has been a high priority for the president-elect.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/can-trump-stop-the-baby-factories/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Soros and Hillary deserve Biden’s tainted medals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/soros_and_hillary_deserve_biden_s_tainted_medals.html
BLAZE
— Biden downplays Quranic call to kill: ‘He was an American’
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/biden-downplays-quranic-call-to-kill-he-was-an-american
— Indiana Republicans want to extend ban on males in female sports to college athletics (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.theblaze.com/fearless/indiana-republicans-want-to-extend-ban-on-males-in-female-sports-to-college-athletics
BREITBART
— Chicago Archbishop: Deportation of Illegals ‘Would Be Intolerable’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/07/chicago-archbishop-deportation-of-illegals-would-be-intolerable/
CATHOLIC CITIZENS
— Abortion Was the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2024, Killing 73 Million People
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/109295/abortion-was-the-leading-cause-of-death-worldwide-in-2024-killing-73-million-people/
DAILY CALLER
— Immigration A Cash Cow For Latin America. Trump’s Crackdown Could Crash The Party
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/06/remittances-immigration-latin-america-trump/
DAILY WIRE
— Majority Of American Parents Oppose Teaching Kids Transgender Ideology
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-majority-of-american-parents-oppose-teaching-kids-transgender-ideology
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Chicagoans Ask, “Where Have All the Dollars Gone?”
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/01/07/chicagoans-ask-where-have-all-dollars-gone
— ICE Shuts Down Programs that Spent “Tens of Millions” on Services for Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/ice-shuts-down-programs-spent-tens-millions-services-illegal-aliens
— Mike Johnson Reelected as Speaker, Charts Upcoming Immigration Agenda
https://www.fairus.org/news/congress/mike-johnson-reelected-speaker-charts-upcoming-immigration-agenda
— Honduran President Threatens Non-Cooperation over Mass Deportations
https://www.fairus.org/news/misc/honduran-president-threatens-non-cooperation-over-mass-deportations
FOX BUSINESS
— Costco board member defends DEI practices, rebukes companies scrapping policies. Jeff Raikes, who sits on Costco’s board, called for ‘maximizing’ DEI policies at US companies. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/costco-board-member-defends-dei-practices-rebukes-companies-scrapping-policies
FOX NEWS
— New guide helps parents protect kids against ‘woke’ ideologies in schools. Anti-CRT website unveils new ‘roadmap’ for concerned parents to take action.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-guide-helps-parents-protect-kids-against-woke-ideologies-schools
MRC TV
— Biden Snaps at Reporters In Profane, Bizarre Outburst
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/biden-snaps-reporters-profane-bizarre-outburst
TOWNHALL
— Delusional New Yorkers Celebrate Congestion Pricing Despite Subways Serving As a Death Trap
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/01/06/delusional-new-yorkers-celebrate-congestion-pricing-as-subways-are-a-death-trap-n2650055
— 2024 Election Certification Obliterates Another Anti-Trump Talking Point
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/06/2024-results-officially-certified-n2650052
— Michigan Democrat Blasts America for ‘Hinduphobia’ Over H-1B Visa Controversy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/06/michigan-democrat-blasts-america-for-hinduphobia-over-h-1b-visa-controversy-n2650042#google_vignette
TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Exposing the Bizarre Lack of Logic Behind the Illinois Assault Weapon Ban
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/federal-appeals-court-reviews-bizarre-illinois-assault-weapon-ban/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump transition falling short of hiring goals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-transition-falling-short-hiring-goals/
MSN
— Many if not most of my Democrat GAO supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic. They held it against me big time that I volunteered to work for and did work for the office’s only Jewish group leader 1990-1997. They were furious when I got her a leadership position in IIT’s graduate financial markets and trading program. Needless-to-say, they did not come to my defense when she forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-term-antisemitism-is-being-weaponised-and-stripped-of-meaning-and-that-s-incredibly-dangerous/ar-AA1wUJQV
NEWSWEEK
–Map Shows Top 10 States for Illegal US Immigration (COMMENT: Illinois is included. How many illegals are in your county, township, municipality, and school district? Anticipate/expect that your Democrat and RINO leaders will fight tooth and nail to keep them there.)
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-illegal-immigration-2010192
NEW YORK TIMES
— Under the Democrats and under the RIINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the breaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors had been in America for a long time. I was born in 1948. If I had been born later, I doubt that I would have been able 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/2025/01/05/us/politics/trump-us-disaster-numbers.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Lots to blame for Harris’ dismal finish, including blunders by Obama and Biden (COMMENT: Who blames you and for what? I knew that I did not have the votes to be the Milton Township Republican Central Organization (MTRO) Treasurer in 2004, but I ran anyway. I got only 13 votes while my opponent got 69. Back then, my fellow MTRO members blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my Illinois TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership, and blamed my Illinois Center Right Coalition leadership a) for George Ryan’s problems, b) for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich, c) for Andy Mckenna’s primary loss to Jack Ryan, d) for etc. I should write about those MTRO leaders back then who promoted the most hatred against me. I would focus on those who continue to promote hatred against me.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-10/skelton-on-presidential-race-2024-election
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Unemployed Office Workers Are Having a Harder Time Finding New Jobs. More than 1.6 million unemployed workers have been job hunting for at least six months. (COMMENT: Since I was 49 years old in 1997, the following has frustrated my search for a job appropriate for someone with my job-related work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) prior to that, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (2!%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, c) none of my demographics help employers meet their Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, an targets, d) I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, e) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and d) I sued GAO fin 1998 or political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/job-search-workers-unemployment-months-5a4cfcee
— The Case for Subsidizing Electric Vehicles. Ending the tax credits would cede global leadership to China. (COMMENT: I am interested in the new Dodge Charger EV. If you share my interest, please let me know.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-case-for-subsidizing-electric-vehicles-47c76825
INC
— Best Workplaces: Kick Off the New Year by Showcasing Your Workplace (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Because GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are the following, they should want to showcase GAO: Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. But because virtually all GAO employees are many if not most of the aforesaid, when things go bad, GAO needs scapegoats to blame its problems on. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors used me as a scapegoat.)
https://inc-bestworkplaces.secure-platform.com/a
ECONOMIST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow a) that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them, b) that they will immediately return, and c) that America is ever-increasingly dependent on them.)
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/06/can-americas-economy-cope-with-mass-deportations
HIGHER EDUCATION DRIVE
— House Republicans prioritize bill to restrict transgender students’ sports participation. Lawmakers reintroduced a proposal that would prevent transgender women from competing on college sports teams aligning with their gender identity. (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.highereddive.com/news/house-republications-bill-limit-transgender-women-sports/736603/
DAILY BEAST
— Trump Struggles to Staff Ranks After Using Loyalty Tests to Vet Candidates (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” 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.yahoo.com/news/trump-struggles-staff-ranks-using-224500350.html
DAILY KOSS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage government employees to hate Trump. I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who despised/hated Republicans like me the most.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/6/2295499/-An-open-letter-to-America-s-Civil-Servants
INDIA TODAY
— Indian tech firms in US secure 20% of H-1B visas in 2024, Infosys leads
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/indian-tech-companies-secured-one-fifth-of-h1b-visas-issued-us-infosys-tcs-hcl-america-2660866-2025-01-07
INDEPENDENT
— Bernie Sanders accuses Musk of seeking cheaper, not brainier, immigrant labor with H-1B visas
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-accuses-musk-seeking-013103992.html
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