FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Cardinal Cupich issues rare moral warning as tensions rise over Greenland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cardinal-blase-cupich-other-catholic-leaders-issue-rare-moral-warning-tensions-rise-greenland/18433455/
NBC5
— The U.S. political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday. The political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights icon’s legacy. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/us-political-climate-spurs-efforts-reclaim-mlk-holiday/3878257/
CBS2
— Democratic leaders speak out against Trump, ICE at annual Rainbow PUSH MLK Breakfast
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/democratic-leaders-speak-out-against-trump-ice-at-annual-rainbow-push-mlk-breakfast/
FOX32
— Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich joins clerics denouncing Trump admin’s foreign policy
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cupich-denounces-trump-foreign-policy
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-area-students-pack-meals-fight-hunger
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-yoioixfebmxpslyf
WBEZ
— Chicago leaders invoke MLK’s teachings against Trump’s immigration policies. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/2026/01/19/chicago-mlk-day-trump-immigration-policies
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Mayor Johnson ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/19/brandon-johnson-don-lemon-trump-mlk-breakfast/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago leaders invoke MLK’s teachings against Trump’s immigration policies. Political and community leaders honored the civil rights icon at a breakfast held by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on MLK Day. They reminded audience members to keep his teachings in mind when fighting the Trump administration’s agenda, specifically its immigration policies and aggressive deportation tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/19/chicago-mlk-day-trump-immigration-policies
DAILY HERALD
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, the following have never existed: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. According to my critics/opponents, all the problem that liberals/moderates, Democrats, RINOs, Libertarians, minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and citizens of foreign countries have are caused by conservatives, Republicans, Whites, males, older people, Protestants, German Americans, and citizens of America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/nation-and-world/the-current-us-political-climate-is-spurring-a-reclaim-and-rallying-on-the-mlk-holiday/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/submitted-content/elmhurst-area-aauw-offers-scholarships-for-women/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the year since Donald Trump’s second inauguration fell on King Day, the Republican president has gone scorched earth against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and targeted mostly Black-led cities for federal law enforcement operations, among other policies that many King admirers have criticized.)
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Introduces Bill to Maintain Integrity of Independent Government Watchdogs. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I often worked with the Chicago offices of inspector generals. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-introduces-bill-to-maintain-integrity-of-independent-government-watchdogs—89993.cfm?
WQAD
— Few fireworks as Illinois GOP governor hopefuls share stage for first time. The four Republican candidates trained their fire on Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois’ immigration policies.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/illinois-gop-governor-forum-capitol-news/526-708a02de-1382-4d33-a067-b4b56f018234
ISTHMUS
— College Republicans of Wisconsin receives $1 million in Uihlein money. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a Loyola student 1972-1976 and a DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://isthmus.com/news/news/college-republicans-of-wisconsin-receives-1-million-in-uihlein-money/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fueled by pills, the rate of abortions nationwide keeps rising after Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/fueled-pills-number-abortions-nationwide-keep-rising-supreme-courts/
— Republican state AGs use MLK holiday to dismantle affirmative action, DEI policies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/republican-state-ags-use-mlk-holiday-dismantle-affirmative-action-dei/
— Trump calls for Rep. Ilhan Omar to be jailed or deported, says she is linked to fraud in Minnesota
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/trump-calls-rep-ilhan-omar-jailed-deported-says-linked-fraud/
— DD: I have never been a drinker. Virtually all my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took adverse actions against me and who were White, male, older, and/or veteran were big drinkers.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/new-alcohol-guidelines-reject-fearmongering/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic mobs are the ones bringing fascism to Minneapolis’s streets
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4424360/democratic-mobs-are-bringing-fascism-minneapolis-streets/
— Greenland fantasy is hurting Republicans and harming America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4423721/greenland-fantasy-hurting-republicans-harming-america/
— Why we must support the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4421885/why-support-preserving-a-sharia-free-america-act/
— HUD terminates Biden-era DEI deal that ‘forced racial preferencing’ in home appraisal industry
https://nypost.com/2026/01/19/us-news/hud-terminates-biden-era-dei-deal-that-forced-racial-preferencing-in-home-appraisal-industry/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Morning Greatness: ‘Sanctuary City’ Radicals Invade Minneapolis Church
https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/19/morning-greatness-sanctuary-city-radicals-invade-minneapolis-church/
— Liberalism vs. Progressivism: Thoughts on MLK Day. The left still invokes MLK’s name, but having traded liberalism’s moral law for progressivism’s power worship, it now repudiates the very legacy it claims to honor.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/19/liberalism-vs-progressivism-thoughts-on-mlk-day/
AMERICAN THINKER
— As history has shown, communists go for the churches first. History repeats itself…again, and again, and again. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/as_history_has_shown_communists_go_for_the_churches_first.html
— Tools for Winning Your Primary – and Winning Your Election. DD: I will be hand-delivering campaign literature that I receive from Republican candidates to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/tools_for_winning_your_primary_and_winning_your_election.html
BLAZE
— ‘Total RINO’: Trump vows to oust Indiana Republican leader over redistricting betrayal. DD: My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes oust me as a) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, c) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and e) an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/total-rino-trump-vows-to-oust-indiana-republican-leader-over-redistricting-betrayal
— Minnesota nurses’ union calls on members to join ‘economic blackout’ to protest ICE raids
https://www.theblaze.com/news/minnesota-nurse-anti-ice-protest
BREITBART
— Ten Shot, Five Fatally, During Weekend in Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/01/19/ten-shot-five-fatally-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/
— GOP Probes How Dems Use Illegals and Refugees to Rig Elections
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/19/nolte-gop-probes-how-democrats-use-illegals-and-refugees-to-rig-elections/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Take Over State, Immediately Move To Soften Crime Laws
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/19/democrats-virginia-abigail-spanberger-crime-theft-robbery-parole/
— Erika Kirk Demands Speedy Trial, Alleges ‘Undue Delay’ In Case Involving Her Husband’s Alleged Assassin
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/19/erika-kirk-speedy-trial-tyler-robinson/
DAILY WIRE
— Women Are More Likely To Support Political Assassinations
https://www.dailywire.com/news/women-are-more-likely-to-support-political-assassinations-poll-shows
FEDERALIST
— Like Don Lemon, Our Entire Corporate Press Is Literally Just Doing Far-Left Activism
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/like-don-lemon-our-entire-corporate-press-is-literally-just-doing-far-left-activism/
— Trump’s Do-Nothing Minnesota Response Is A Weak Embarrassment
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/trumps-do-nothing-minnesota-response-is-a-weak-embarrassment/
— Only Government Force Can Stop Democrats From Plunging America Into Darkness
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/only-government-force-can-stop-democrats-from-plunging-america-into-darkness/
— The Propaganda Press Keeps Trying To Turn Radical Anti-ICE Agitators Into Victims
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/the-propaganda-press-keeps-trying-to-turn-radical-anti-ice-agitators-into-victims/
— Trump Has A Real Insurrection On His Hands In Minnesota
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/trump-has-a-real-insurrection-on-his-hands-in-minnesota/
— ‘ICE Watch’ Activists Aren’t ‘Legal Observers,’ They’re Criminal Obstructors
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/ice-watch-activists-arent-legal-observers-theyre-criminal-obstructors/
— Why Leftist White Women Are Leading Domestic Terrorism In Minnesota
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/why-leftist-white-women-are-leading-domestic-terrorism-in-minnesota/
— Democrat Witness Lies About The Abortion Pill’s Dangerous Side Effects
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/democrat-witness-lies-about-the-abortion-pills-dangerous-side-effects/
FOX NEWS
— House Republicans call Minnesota fraud probe ‘tip of the iceberg’ as more blue states face scrutiny. Republicans say states like New York and California should be next.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-call-minnesota-fraud-probe-tip-iceberg-more-blue-states-face-scrutiny
NATIONAL REVIEW
— It’s Time to Ditch ‘Disparate Impact Theory’ — and Biden’s Weaponization of Civil Rights Law
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/its-time-to-ditch-disparate-impact-theory-and-bidens-weaponization-of-civil-rights-law/
— Thousands Flock to ICE Watch Training as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Encourages Residents to Track Agents
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/thousands-flock-to-ice-watch-training-as-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-encourages-residents-to-track-agents/
NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ Airs Predictably Partisan, Pro-Mob Story on ICE in Minneapolis
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2026/01/19/cbss-60-minutes-airs-predictably-partisan-pro-mob-story-ice
TOWNHALL
— Illinois’ Answer to Career Criminals: Seal Their Records
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/19/clean-slate-act-n2669702
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ, that is, about their success in destroying traditional marriage and family. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/makes-lgbtq-community-growing-population/story?id=110435387
CBS NEWS
— DOJ is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-probing-protesters-group-that-disrupted-services-at-church-with-ice-pastor/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Independent Voters Are Not Necessarily Moderate. DD: In Illinois, to vote in a primary election is to declare your political affiliation for 2 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/party-affiliation-independents-midterms.html
— DD: My critics/opponents have their operative and their dupes scour my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to get information to use to discredit me. Previously they had their operatives and their dupes attend TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition events to get information to use to discredit me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/kash-patel-grassley-payback.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/01/19/mlk-jr-minneapolis-george-floyd-renee-good/88202503007/WFIN
WFIN
— House Republicans call Minnesota fraud probe ‘tip of the iceberg’ as more blue states face scrutiny
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/house-republicans-call-minnesota-fraud-probe-tip-of-the-iceberg-as-more-blue-states-face-scrutiny/
PBS
— How key groups of Americans voted in 2024. DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates promise to use government to give them more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/interactive-how-key-groups-of-americans-voted-in-2024-according-to-ap-votecast
DEFENSE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
— Musk’s politics cost Tesla millions of US car sales. DD: Because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers, b) disallowed my education deductions, and c) failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-12. Because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) did not promote me to GS-13 until I was 38 years old in 1986, d) failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me even though a) I earned an MBA in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, f) I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and g) I earned a specialized master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://news.ssbcrack.com/elon-musks-politics-cost-tesla-millions-of-us-car-sales-yale-study/
Tag: abortion
January 16, 2026 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Minnesota’s “Sanctuary” Defiance Has Consequences
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/01/minnesotas-sanctuary-defiance-has-consequences/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republican governor hopefuls target JB Pritzker as Rick Heidner apologizes for past Democratic donations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/gop-governor-candidate-forum-washington-ill/
— Upstart Illinois Republican governor candidate Rick Heidner spent nearly $250,000 to get name on ballot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/illinois-gop-gov-candidate-rick-heidner-spent-nearly-250000-to-get-his-name-on-the-primary-ballot/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/upstart-illinois-republican-governor-candidate-224400024.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote crime and criminals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/jb-pritzker-clean-slate-act/
— Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota’s Tim Walz and Jacob Frey impeded immigration enforcement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/justice-department-investigating-minnesota-walz-frey-immigration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kamala Harris tells Chicago audience to ‘bear down’ and resist Trump agenda. Speaking at the annual Martin Luther King Interfaith Breakfast, the 2024 Democratic nominee for president said the country should follow Dr. King’s belief that “to love your country is to fight for your country.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/01/16/kamala-harris-mlk-breakfast-chicago
— Federal judge who challenged Bovino will supervise state’s new case against Trump’s deportation blitz. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis will continue to play a key role as local officials battle the Trump administration at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in 2026. Federal officials have warned that “Operation Midway Blitz” is not over, and U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino recently posted “we’re gonna be here for years” on social media.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/15/federal-judge-sara-ellis-challenged-bovino-supervise-states-new-case-against-operation-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage board members press for answers about county clerk investigation
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260116/local-politics/dupage-county-board-members-press-for-answers-about-county-clerk-investigation/
— Upcoming debates set for 8th Congressional District primaries. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260116/us-congress-politics/upcoming-debates-set-for-8th-congressional-district-primaries/
CBS2
— ICE’s detainee population reaches new record high of 73,000, as crackdown widens
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ices-detainee-population-record-high-of-73000/
— Public employees owe Chicago $23.5 million in debt for parking tickets, water bills, other fees
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-city-employees-debt-unpaid-fines-fees-tickets/
FOX32
— Trump’s supporters offer mixed reviews of president in latest poll
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-supporters-mixed-reviews-president-latest-poll
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Pushes To Slash ICE Funding
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-pushes-to-slash-ice-funding-and-block-gop-cuts-to-lead-removal-programs-89913.cfm
FOX ILLINOIS
— Noem urges Americans to carry proof of citizenship as ICE raids intensify
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/noem-urges-americans-to-carry-proof-of-citizenship-as-ice-raids-intensify-dhs-minneapolis-minnesota-portland-oregon-shootings-renee-nicole-good-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-federal-agents-officers-illegal-migrants
CITIES 92.9
— A newly introduced bill that would bar former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from working in state and local law enforcement in Illinois is sparking intense debate, with supporters calling it a necessary accountability measure and critics warning it could worsen police shortages and undermine public safety. DD: Potential federal employees should know that federal employees are despised/hated and that the longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job outside the federal government.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/01/16/ice-hiring-ban-bill-reignites-safe-t-act-fight-at-illinois-capitol/
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicagoreader.com/music/concert-preview/ground-control-touring-abortion-access-benefit/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-450/
— Dem Party and state Dem leaders ask to move 2028 Illinois primary to an earlier date
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/16/dem-party-and-state-dem-leaders-ask-to-move-2028-illinois-primary-to-an-earlier-date/
— Heidner makes unusual admission, Bailey says he no longer favors 401K plans for government retirees
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/16/heidner-makes-unusual-admission-bailey-says-he-no-longer-favors-401k-plans-for-government-retirees/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP gubernatorial forum set for Monday. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61b61d32-e5f1-4cd9-ae73-bf4256b3cfd9.html
WIREPOINTS
— Video of Illinois Republican candidates for Illinois governor debate. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://wirepoints.org/video-of-illinois-republican-candidates-for-illinois-governor-debate/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— MAGA is not Republican. And that’s a problem for the congressional GOP.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/maga-republican/
— Plunging birth rates threaten to change the makeup of U.S. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) destroy the traditional marriage and family and b) promote abortion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/16/editorial-plunging-birth-rates-threaten-change-makeup-us/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats — the party of lawbreaking
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/magazine-letter-from-the-editor/4420818/democrats-party-of-lawbreaking-ice-minnesota/
BREITBART
— Trump and the Department of Homeland Security are trying to start a civil war for “white supremacy,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters as Democrats escalate their rhetoric to prevent the enforcement of federal law in Democrat-controlled Minnesota. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/01/16/gov-newsom-donald-trump-wants-civil-war-for-white-supremacy/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats push anti-ICE bills nationwide after deadly Minneapolis shooting
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-push-anti-ice-bills-nationwide-after-deadly-minneapolis-shooting.print
REASON
— The Waning of Racial Preferences at American Law Schools, 2021-2025.
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/01/16/the-waning-of-racial-preferences-at-american-law-schools-2021-2025-by-my-ucla-colleague-rick-sander/
TOWNHALL
— Fraud and the ‘Fundamental Transformation’ of America
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2026/01/16/fraud-and-the-fundamental-transformation-of-america-n2669590
— New York’s Mamdani Doubles Down on Race-Based Government Policy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/16/mamdani-racial-equity-n2669591
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/politics/trump-economy-first-year-cnn-poll
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hated against White Americans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-us-government-seems-to-have-a-clear-message-for-white-nationalists/ar-AA1UgVLT%3Fcvid%3D6969e171b48c4ef38c5ca788a77f0ccc
MSN
— Bosses are firing people in their 40s. DD: While I worked for the federal government, retirement age was 55 if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like me a $25,000 buyout and early retirement. I had 25 years of federal service and I was 45 years old. The buyout expired in 1994 and the early retirement in 1997. I survived until I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/bosses-are-firing-people-in-their-40s-left-and-right-and-honestly-we-get-it/ar-AA1U83Sy
NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Governor Election 2026: Latest Polls
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/illinois-governor-election-polls-2026.html
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/college-racial-diversity-drops-again-as-trump-ramps-up-scrutiny/article_8dd837a0-1611-4119-828a-569201285586.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Threatens to Hit Countries That Oppose His Greenland Takeover With Tariffs. The president said the U.S. needs to take control of the territory to protect U.S. national security.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tariffs-greenland-23394b83?st=Vw3ugM&mod=djemwhatsnews
FOIRBES
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/01/15/trumps-approval-rating-largely-unchanged-in-first-year-but-immigration-ratings-have-plummeted/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2026/01/16/president-trump-unveils-new-great-healthcare-plan-here-are-the-unanswered-questions-and-uncertainties/
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Venezuela and its citizens.
https://fortune.com/2026/01/16/how-many-venezuelan-immigrants-in-united-states-america/
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/15/nx-s1-5678654/trump-great-healthcare-plan-video-announcement-aca-premiums
POLITICO
— Push for greater ICE training grows on some Republicans. DD: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 was in Revenue Officer training.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/ice-training-republicans-shootings-00732583
INSIDE RADIO
— Salem Media Chicago Extends Dan Proft Through 2027.
https://www.insideradio.com/free/salem-media-chicago-extends-dan-proft-through-2027/article_93cb9338-b2bb-41ce-bdf3-361b80529d63.html
ROLLING STONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have Demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-kamala-harris-lost-2024-catalist-1235344875/
SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/hate-crimes-explained/
NEWS ONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://newsone.com/6774313/trump-undermined-civil-rights-ahead-of-mlk-day/
DAILY KOS
— Blacklist ICE agents from future government work. DD: Potential federal employees should know that federal employees are despised/hated and that the longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job outside the federal government.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/15/2363464/-Great-idea-Blacklist-ICE-agents-from-future-government-work
January 15, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson pushes back on Trump’s threat to cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-pushes-back-president-donald-trumps-threat-cut-off-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities/18404155/
FOX32
— Illinois sues Trump over immigration enforcement, ICE in Minnesota. Illinois sues Trump over immigration enforcement and ICE enforcement continues in Minnesota.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-vleel5roxsn3uewu
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fear and anger spread after another immigration shooting in Minneapolis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/15/immigration-shooting-minneapolis/
— Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, officials say
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/immigration-enforcement-shooting-minneapolis/
— Survey of Chicagoans: 65% say President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has ‘gone too far’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/survey-chicagoans-federal-immigration-too-far/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/14/rick-garcia-activist-who-successfully-fought-for-gay-rights-legislation-dies-at-69
— What to know if you’re one of 170,000 people in Illinois behind on student loans. The Trump administration is resuming withholding wages from student loan borrowers in default. Here are some steps you can take to prevent that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/15/what-to-know-if-youre-behind-on-student-loans-at-risk-of-default-and-wage-garnishment-in-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260115/nation-and-world-politics/trump-threatens-to-use-the-insurrection-act-to-put-an-end-to-protests-in-minneapolis/
WMBD
— DD: Everyone knows that Pritzker wants Bailey to win the 2026 Republican Party gubernatorial primary.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/darren-bailey-meets-peoria-residents-043002410.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration cuts nearly 2 billion in funding for mental health and addiction
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-14/trump-administration-cuts-nearly-2-billion-in-funding-for-mental-health-and-addiction
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois bettors pull back as online gambling costs rise. DD: Gambling is poison.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/14/illinois-betting-online-sports-gambling-draftkings-fanduel-betmgm
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-660/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which conservative principles, that is, which planks in the Republican Party platform, do your critics/opponents reject? Most commonly, my critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican candidates and elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) conservative leaders and religious leaders in the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— It would be great if leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois would encourage their members to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Why don’t they? Far too many reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Which planks in the Republican Party platform do you support/promote that your critics/opponents reject? I support/promote the equal opportunity plank (no race or gender based preference giving) and my critics/opponents who reject that plank have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because of that. Some because they have personally benefitted from race and/or gender based preference giving or want to personally benefit from it. Some because they want to curry favor with minorities and/or with females. Some for both reasons. I should write about my aforesaid critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately because I support/promote the equal opportunity plank (no race or gender based preference giving) plank. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Federal Government Drops Financial Support of McHenry County Drug Court, 20% of Cost
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/federal-government-drops-financial-support-of-mchenry-county-drug-court/
— 9th District Democratic Party Congressional Hopeful Mike Simmons Gains Endorsement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/9th-district-democratic-party-congressional-hopeful-mike-simmons-gains-endorsement/
— Americans for Prosperity Praise Rep. Jeff Keicher, TIF Reform Efforts Cited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/americans-for-prosperity-praise-rep-jeff-keicher-tif-reform-efforts-cited/
— Algonquin and McHenry Land $600,000 Apiece for Parks, Link to All Awards
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/algonquin-and-mchenry-land-600000-apiece-for-parks/
— On and Off Again 9th District Democrat Bruce Leon Now Out, Endorsing Phil Andrew
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/on-and-off-again-9th-district-democrat-bruce-leon-now-out-endorsing/
— Scanning Inmate Mail Approved
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/scanning-inmate-mail-approved/
— Left Bemoans Conservatives Monopolization of Urging Increasing the Birthrate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/left-bemoans-conservatives-monopolization-of-urging-increasing-the-birthrate/
— Tax Cap Will Allow 2.7% Property Tax Levy Hike in 2027
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/tax-cap-will-allow-2-7-property-tax-hike-in-2027/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IRS Receives Complaint Alleging Wirepoints Broke Federal Tax Law to Aid Dabrowski, Target Bailey
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/irs-receives-complaint-alleging-wirepoints-broke-federal-tax-law-to-aid-dabrowski-target-bailey.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/donald-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act-put-end-protests/
— Renee Good’s family hires law firm George Floyd’s family hired to look into Minneapolis ICE shooting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/family-renee-good-hires-law-firm-george-floyds-family-hired-probe/
— California’s new Democrat-dominated congressional map survives court challenge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/californias-new-democrat-dominated-congressional-map-survives-court/
— Another DHS shooting: Feds say officer was ambushed and beaten, fired to stop attack
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/another-immigration-enforcement-shooting-occurs-minneapolis-group/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Family of Renee Good hires George Floyd attorney one week after ICE shooting
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4418969/renee-good-family-hires-george-floyd-attorney-one-week-after-ice-shooting/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Kamala Harris Buys $8.2 Million Seaside Mansion After Warning ‘Sea Levels Are Rising’ Due to ‘Climate Crisis.’ Plus, Mamdani’s housing czar trashes ‘white, middle-class homeowners’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/kamala-harris-buys-82-million-seaside
NEW YORK POST
— Sanctuary cities must work with the feds — or pay a price
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/opinion/trumps-right-sanctuary-cities-must-work-with-the-feds-or-pay-a-price/
— Calif. Republicans launch plan to take down Newsom’s Prop 50
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/california-dems-score-major-prop-50-win-in-federal-court-after-republicans-said-new-map-is-racist/
— Mamdani doubles down on NYC ‘sanctuary city’ status, vows to fight Trump funding threat
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/zohran-mamdani-doubles-down-on-nyc-sanctuary-city-status-vows-to-fight-trump-funding-threat/
BREITBART
— Feds: Over $1.8 Billion in Medicaid Funds Spent on Health Care for Illegal Aliens in 8 States
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/14/feds-cms-medicaid-fraud-illegal-aliens/
CITY JOUNAL
— Want to Reduce Poverty? Teach the “Success Sequence.” DD: What put you on track for your successes? For me, it was my parents who sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My parents and my teachers promoted personal responsibility.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/poverty-success-sequence-school-employment-marriage
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Traditional Families and American Prosperity. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/01/26/traditional-families-and-american-prosperity-ae595
DAILY WIRE
— DOJ Sues Minnesota Over Affirmative Action Hiring Practices: ‘DEI Codified Into Bad State Policy.’ “The Trump Administration has no tolerance for such DEI policies.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-sues-minnesota-over-affirmative-action-hiring-practices-dei-codified-into-bad-state-policy
FOX NEWS
— Agitators clash with federal officers after another ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE is ‘creating chaos’ and not keeping people safe.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-clash-federal-officers-after-another-ice-shooting-minneapolis?lid=ymf2uwaz4i5p
— Renee Nicole Good’s family hires George Floyd legal team for civil investigation after fatal ICE shooting
https://www.foxnews.com/us/renee-nicole-goods-family-hires-george-floyd-legal-team-civil-investigation-fatal-ice-shooting
— DHS, White House mock Chicago’s lawsuit over ICE: ‘Miraculously rediscover the 10th Amendment.’ DHS official says Democrats ‘rediscover’ 10th Amendment when blocking federal enforcement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-white-house-mock-chicagos-lawsuit-over-ice-miraculously-rediscovered-10th-amendment
— Mamdani housing czar called ‘White, middle-class homeowners’ a ‘huge problem’ during 2021 podcast appearance.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mamdani-housing-czar-called-white-030734148.html
NEWSMAX
— No to Mandatory Healthcare Abortion Coverage
https://www.newsmax.com/tonyperkins/hyde-lincoln-womb/2026/01/14/id/1242133/
— Judges Reject GOP Bid to Block California Maps
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/california-congressional-maps-gop/2026/01/14/id/1242174/
— How to Destroy a Thriving Republic, Step-By-Step
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/mccain-obama-republic/2026/01/14/id/1242094/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Family of Renee Good hires George Floyd lawyer to go after federal officials. Good’s wife, parents, and siblings have retained Antonio M. Romanucci, a founding partner of the Chicago-based law firm Romanucci & Blandin.
https://thepostmillennial.com/family-of-renee-good-hires-george-floyd-lawyer-to-go-after-federal-officials
TOWNHALL
— The Woke Billionaires and Democrat-Loving Corporations Are on Their Own
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/01/15/the-woke-billionaires-and-democrat-loving-corporations-are-on-their-own-n2669459
— Justice Department Challenges Minnesota’s Affirmative Action Hiring Requirements. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me. As I complained more about that, they took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/01/14/justice-department-challenges-minnesotas-affirmative-action-hiring-requirements-n2669460
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Battling Age Discrimination. Companies are required to treat older workers no differently than younger ones. DD: How old are you? I am 77. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, if they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, and I had been assigned to audits of IRS in 1986. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/CareerManagement/story?id=4429354
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Companies are legally bound to treat older workers no differently than younger ones. The ADEA specifically prohibits the following activities: a company can’t force you to retire at a certain age (with some exceptions); can’t treat older workers worse than younger ones or target them for layoffs; can’t give younger workers higher pay, more favorable assignments or more responsibilities; and can’t make decisions based on stereotypes about older workers. For example, a company can’t refuse to allow older workers access to training programs — the you-can’t-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks rationale is illegal.)
CBS NEWS
— Renee Good’s family retains George Floyd’s legal firm after ICE agent shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/renee-good-family-george-floyd-lawyer-legal-representation-ice-agent/
MSN
— George Floyd’s family lawyer gears up to represent Renee Good’s estate after ICE death
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/george-floyd-s-family-lawyer-gears-up-to-represent-renee-good-s-estate-after-ice-death/ar-AA1UdZUD
REUTERS
— Trump Says He Has No Plans To Fire Powell As Fed Chair. DD: If you would have asked my Democrat GAO superiors if they planned to force me to retire on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old, of course, they would have denied it. But they would have stressed the many big adverse actions that they had taken against me including a) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, and d) forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. Notwithstanding he aforesaid, they falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until September 29, 2003 when I would have been 55 years old and eligible for regular retirement.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-has-no-plan-fire-feds-powell-despite-investigation-2026-01-15/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/ice-protests-activism.html
WASHINGTON POST
— ICE agent shoots man in leg as Minneapolis protests flare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/14/minneapolis-shooting-victim-ice-lawyer/
USA TODAY
— DD; Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Renee Good into George Floyd
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/14/george-floyd-minneapolis-renee-good-protests/88140745007/
— After Renee Good ICE shooting, lawyers for family launch investigation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/14/lawyers-family-renee-good-investigation/88182405007/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote more gerrymandering in California.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/01/14/federal-court-rejects-california-gops-block-of-redistricting-map-texas-proposition-50/88184353007/
SAN ANTONIO REPORT
— DD: Texas website lets college students report complaints about race and gender based preference giving. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors and supervisors always gave big time preference to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://sanantonioreport.org/texas-website-college-students-report-complaints-related-to-diversity-dei/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans when Whites do better than minorities and when men do better than women.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justice/college-racial-diversity-drops-again-as-trump-ramps-up-scrutiny
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action, DEI, wokeness, and wokeism a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://hbr.org/2026/01/five-steps-to-identify-the-right-emotional-response-for-each-moment
POLITICO
— Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after protests. His statement came just hours after a man was shot in the leg by federal law enforcement.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/trump-insurrection-act-minnesota-00730664
ROLLING OUT
— Why workplace politics matter more than skills. DD: My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://rollingout.com/2026/01/14/workplace-politics-over-skills/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Competence becomes increasingly irrelevant. The most promoted people often lack technical competence in their roles. The advancement often requires abandoning the technical excellence that qualified them. The promotion rewards political skill not expertise. The promoted person manages people rather than doing excellent work. The excellent work gets abandoned. The politics becomes primary focus. The management level requires different skills than technical level. The technical excellence becomes liability at management level. The brilliant engineer becomes mediocre manager. The corporation accepts this tradeoff for political stability. The corporations value loyalty over competence. The person who questions decisions or suggests improvements gets labeled as not team player. The obedient mediocrity gets promoted over brilliant critics. The independent thought becomes career threat. The conformity becomes requirement for advancement. The best ideas get suppressed. The organizations become mediocre through promoting politics over excellence. The talented people recognize this pattern and leave. The remaining talent works around the system. The advancement becomes about succeeding despite the system not because of merit.)
ATLANTIC
–DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male. older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/trump-war-against-wokeness/685626/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Suspended Ford worker who heckled Trump receives $600k as woke liberals call him ‘working class hero’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15464385/amp/Suspended-Ford-worker-Trump-Gofundme.html
ONE NEWS PAGE
— Renee Nicole Good’s family hires George Floyd legal team for civil investigation after fatal ICE shooting
https://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/1ztdom2myw/Renee-Nicole-Good-family-hires-George-Floyd.htm
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Renee Good-George Floyd connection revealed as Minneapolis woman’s family hires legal team
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/renee-good-george-floyd-connection-revealed-as-minneapolis-womans-family-hires-legal-team-101768439075294.html
— Who is Antonio M. Romanucci? Renee Good’s wife, family hire lawyer who fought George Floyd case
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-antonio-m-romanucci-renee-nicole-goods-wife-family-hire-lawyer-who-fought-george-floyd-case-101768421656350.html
GUARDIAN
— Senate backs Donald Trump in Venezuela resolution as Vance casts tie-breaking vote
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/14/us-politics-live-latest-news-updates-supreme-court-donald-trump-tariffs-jd-vance-greenland
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans White supremist.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/trump-administration-white-supremacist-language
January 14, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois US Rep. Robin Kelly introduces articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-ice-shooting-illinois-us-rep-robin-kelly-introduces-articles-impeachment-remove-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem/18403761/
— The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot Renee Good in the alleged car-ramming incident suffered internal bleeding
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agent-shot-renee-good-suffered-internal-bleeding-officials-say/18402408/
— US to suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-suspend-immigrant-visa-processing-75-countries-public-assistance-concerns/18403046/
— Federal judges allow California to use new US House map ahead of 2026 election
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-judges-allow-california-use-new-us-house-map-ahead-2026-election/18403705/
FOX32
— U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, who represents parts of Chicago and the south suburbs, moved to impeach Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem on Wednesday in a major escalation, responding to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/kelly-impeaches-noem-dhs
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Rep. Robin Kelly launches long-shot impeachment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem over deportation tactics
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/robin-kelly-kristi-noem-impeachment-immigration/
— US Supreme Court says GOP congressman can challenge Illinois’ mail-in voting law but more legal fights remain
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/supreme-court-rules-bost-has-standing-mail-in-ballot-case/
— Trump Truth Store to reopen in Crystal Lake after summer shutdown amid eviction threat
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/trump-truth-store-reopen-crystal-lake-summer-shutdown-facing-eviction/
— After Supreme Court defeat, Trump administration looking to settle lawsuit over Illinois National Guard deployment
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/lawsuit-illinois-national-guard/
— CPS watchdog details a culture that failed to protect students
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/little-village-lawndale-high-school-brian-crowder-sexual-abuse-sexual-misconduct-philip-wagenknecht-oig-inspector-general/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago law firm investigating Minneapolis shooting for Renee Nicole Good’s family. The Romanucci & Blandin law firm also represented the family of George Floyd after he was killed in 2020 by a Minneapolis police officer. That lawsuit resulted in a record settlement.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/14/chicago-law-firm-representing-renee-nicole-goods-family-romanucci-blandin
— Chicago to weigh paying $875K to settle claims tied to police handling of George Floyd protests. The proposed settlement is tied to a lawsuit that contends Chicago cops “responded to these protests with brutal, violent, and unconstitutional tactics that were clearly intended to injure and silence protesters.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/01/12/george-floyd-protests-chicago-police-department-response-lawsuit-proposed-settlement
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats see a path to win the Senate. It’s narrow and has little room for error
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260114/us-congress-politics/democrats-see-a-path-to-win-the-senate-its-narrow-and-has-little-room-for-error/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Supreme Court revives Bost challenge to Illinois mail ballot law
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/supreme-court-revives-illinois-gop-challenge-mail-ballot-law
NPR ILLINOIS
— Candidates have legal standing to challenge election laws, the Supreme Court rules
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677318/supreme-court-bost-decision-candidate-standing
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://northernstar.info/131472/opinion/opinion-ice-cold-hearts/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Milton Township Employees Paid To Work For Private Corporation
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2026/01/milton-township-employees-paid-to-work-for-private-corporation/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— FBI wrongly questioned agents’ support for Trump, religious beliefs, COVID vaccine status. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates often asked me questions to confirm my conservative beliefs and to use them against me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/fbi-wrongly-questioned-agtents-support-trump-religious-beliefs-covid/
— How Minnesota became the center of the Somali community and fraud allegations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/minnesota-became-center-somali-community-fraud-allegations/
— California’s new Democrat-dominated congressional map survives court challenge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/californias-new-democrat-dominated-congressional-map-survives-court/
— Defining the midterm: What’s on the 2026 Republican agenda?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/defining-midterm-whats-2026-republican-agenda/Defining the midterm: What’s on the 2026 Republican agenda?
— Trump’s view of presidential power collides with America’s constitutional design
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/trumps-view-presidential-power-collides-americas-constitutional/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump retreats on abortion
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4419300/trump-retreats-on-abortion/
NEW YORK POST
— Washington school district forces students to hide Bibles ‘sealed in an envelope’ in backpacks, federal lawsuit alleges
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/media/washington-school-district-forces-elementary-students-to-hide-bibles-in-backpacks-federal-lawsuit-alleges/
— Woman dragged from car by ICE agents in Minnesota ID’d as LGBT and racial justice activist
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/woman-dragged-from-car-by-ice-in-minnesota-idd-as-lgbt-and-racial-justice-activist/
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota’s ‘Affirmative Action’ Regime
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-department-justice-files-lawsuit-against-minnesotas-affirmative-action-regime
NEWSMAX
— DOJ Sues Minnesota Over DEI ‘Regime’
https://www.newsmax.com/us/suit-minnesota-affirmative-action/2026/01/14/id/1242149/
PATRIOT POST
— Bill Clinton Faces Contempt Charges For Defying Epstein Subpoena
https://pjnewsletter.com/clinton-congress-epstein/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump administration slashes grants for mental health and addiction treatment programs
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-cuts-grants-mental-health-addiction-treatment/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Sides With Bost in Illinois Election Rules Challenge. The question in the case was not a mail-in ballot rule itself but whether political candidates have the right to challenge the rules governing the vote count in their election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/supreme-court-illinois-mail-ballot-rules.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/14/us-politics-live-latest-news-updates-supreme-court-donald-trump-tariffs-jd-vance-greenland
January 13, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds sued over ‘Occupation of Illinois’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2026/01/13/feds-ice-illinois-chicago-border-patrol-cubs-chicago-police-department
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop a) illegally bringing in citizens of foreign countries and b) illegally fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260112/illinois-state-politics/illinois-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-accuses-feds-of-violent-occupation/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/12/illinois-chicago-sue-trump-administration-over-illegal-immigration-enforcement-tactics
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you cannot afford something, it is because of Trump. What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I worked a second job for 18 months. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But my critics/opponents would stress that even though I did the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/12/budget-gap-affordability-top-mind-illinois-lawmakers-head-back-springfield
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for people having less more than others.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/13/illinois-lawmakers-return-to-springfield-eyeing-balanced-budget/88063804007/
SOUTHERN
— Illinois CPA Society announces internship preparation program scholars. DD: Do you regret the college major that you piked? I do. I should have majored in accounting from the start. I say that because I passed the CPA examination in my first attempt. But I did not do that until I was 30 years old, and by then, the accounting profession saw me as being much too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran. But nevertheless, my critics/opponents would stress that the Illinois CPA Society would never have selected me for its internship program. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Further, they would stress that while I passed all four parts of the examination on my first attempt, my scores on the parts were not that high.
https://thesouthern.com/news/illinois-cpa-society-announces-internship-preparation-program-scholars/article_6dd0143b-6eaa-5415-8499-43f10af03929.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— As birth rates tumble, some progressives say the Left needs to offer solutions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote abortion and b) destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-12/as-birth-rates-tumble-some-progressives-say-the-left-needs-to-offer-solutions
FOX 2
— Lawmakers advocate antisemitism bill for schools. DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Republicans were antisemites. They stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was Republican, conservative, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/lawmakers-advocate-antisemitism-bill-for-schools/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS & IPM NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuit-puts-illinois-on-offensive-against-menacing-immigration-raids/
https://ipmnewsroom.org/lawsuit-puts-illinois-on-offensive-against-menacing-immigration-raids/
— Illinois extends enrollment deadline for health insurance plans beginning Feb. 1. Expired federal subsidies cause significant price increases for millions of consumers. DD: The federal government paying for 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since I was 18 years old in 1966 and also for my wife since I was 29 years old in 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-extends-enrollment-deadline-for-health-insurance-plans-beginning-feb-1/
CRYSTAL LAKE PATCH
— McHenry County Republican Party To Host Forum. The forum will be held on January 22 at McHenry County College. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/mchenry-county-republican-party-host-forum
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The state of Illinois and City of Chicago filed suit Monday to block deployment of immigration officers in the state, alleging a pattern of unlawful enforcement tactics that officials say has endangered public safety and violated Illinois law.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/13/bears-stadium-talks-alive-00724150
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— ICE nabs child abusers, drug traffickers in Minneapolis as 1,000 more immigration agents set to deploy
https://nypost.com/2026/01/12/us-news/ice-nabs-child-abusers-drug-traffickers-in-minneapolis-as-1k-more-agents-set-to-deploy/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Florida bill would bar illegal immigrants from public colleges
https://www.campusreform.org/article/florida-bill-bar-illegal-immigrants-public-colleges/29248
FOX NEWS
— Conservative legal group targets Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mandating race, sex data in home loans. DD: Since I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argues/shouted that a minority, female, and/or veteran should have gotten the mortgage that I got to buy 774-5 Sunset Court in University Park. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-legal-group-targets-cfpb-rule-mandating-race-sex-data-home-loans.print
HOMELAND SECURITY
— As Americans Enjoyed Their Weekend, ICE Law Enforcement Risked Their Lives to Arrest the Worst of Worst Criminal Illegal Alien Murderers, Rapists, Pedophiles, and Gang Members. DD: I support the work of law enforcement. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/12/americans-enjoyed-their-weekend-ice-law-enforcement-risked-their-lives-arrest-worst
— A Message from Secretary Noem on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. DD: I support the work of law enforcement. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://www.dhs.gov/employee-resources/news/2026/01/12/message-secretary-noem-law-enforcement-appreciation-day
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
— National Fraternal Order of Police Calls on Americans to Support the Work of Law Enforcement. DD: I support the work of law enforcement. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://fop.net/2026/01/national-fraternal-order-of-police-calls-on-americans-to-support-the-work-of-law-enforcement/
NEWSMAX
— Lawmakers Launch Bipartisan Process to Select New GAO Head. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. In 1981, Charles Bowsher took over the agency and ran it for 15 years. Bowsher had a dramatic negative impact on me and on GAO employees who shred my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, accounting degree holders, CPAs, licensed CPAs, those who did not have an Ivy League degree, those who did not start their careers with GAO, etc. Under Bowsher, GAO shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/congress-gao-gene-dodaro/2025/12/30/id/1240180/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bipartisan congressional leaders are set to recommend candidates to President Donald Trump to replace Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), for the first time in nearly 20 years, Politico reported Tuesday. Orice Williams Brown, a longtime GAO employee, is stepping in to lead the more than 3,000-person agency in an acting capacity as Congress searches for a sober and judicious nominee to serve the 15-year term. If approved by the Senate, the new comptroller general would oversee the agency as it investigates whether the Trump administration illegally withheld billions of dollars in 2025. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told the outlet that lawmakers will be looking for “someone who’s honest.” “I think it would be a mistake to get somebody who’s been real active in political processes,” Paul said. By law, Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, holds a seat on a bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers responsible for recommending at least three possible candidates for the president to nominate. Although Paul and several Republican colleagues have expressed appreciation for the GAO’s work, the comptroller general has recently faced pressure to sue the Trump administration over withheld federal funds. That pressure intensified after the Supreme Court suggested this fall that the GAO head may be the only party with legal standing under long-running impoundment law. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who will also serve on the panel, outlined his expectations for the role earlier this month, saying the next comptroller general must be “willing to call balls and strikes regardless of which party occupies the White House.” Peters added that Dodaro is leaving behind “a legacy of tremendous credibility, integrity, and independence.” The Senate panel will include Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.; Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who serves as president pro tempore. The House delegation will feature Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the panel’s ranking Democrat. Comer also praised Dodaro earlier this month, saying in a House speech that he is “deeply respected across the government and the oversight community for his integrity, candor, and dedication.”)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN & REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/world/video/ebof-john-bolton-venezuela-regime-wikipedia
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/us/minnesota-illinois-lawsuits-trump-immigration
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/number-prisoners-released-venezuela-rises-41-says-rights-group-2026-01-12/
AOL
— Number of Americans working multiple jobs hits a 25 year high. DD: Have you ever worked a second job? I did during the first 18 months that I worked for IRS in Chicago and then in Harvey 1971-1972. I pumped gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.aol.com/news/number-americans-working-multiple-jobs-170734867.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/world/americas/venezuela-political-prisoners-amnesty.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/briefing/your-venezuela-questions.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/nyregion/immigration-policy-new-jersey.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/border-patrol-minnesota-surge.html
— What Applicants Are Including in Their College Admissions Essays. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors knew full-well that as I stated in my 1972 Loyola graduate business school application and in my 1976 DePaul graduate accounting school application that maintaining and improving my required job skills was my reason for taking the courses. But my Democrat IRS superiors nevertheless outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in 1978 to disallow the courses that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and that the courses qualified me for a new trade or business.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/college-admissions-essays-affirmative-action-racial-identity.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/12/nyc-council-arrest-mamdani-ice/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/12/minnesota-immigration-lawsuit-ice-dhs/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrats want their illegals to be counted for the 2030 census. How many illegals do Democrats have in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct? Illegals are future Democrat voters if not current Democrat voters.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-01-12/lawsuits-by-trump-allies-could-shape-how-2030-census-is-done-who-will-be-counted
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: There is nothing center about the Democrat Party. It is all left.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/11/mamdani-trump-battle-voters-2026-midterms/87990507007/
— DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination have never existed. Democrats and RINOs use the aforesaid to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/01/12/dei-civil-rights-trump-white-people/88147329007/
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/black-america-documents-what-others-try-to-erase/article_3cd7c803-802c-4897-8a1b-19401cf49446.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats See Path to House Control in 2026. Trump’s low approval ratings, plus GOP retirements and a razor-thin majority, show risks for Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrats-house-control-midterms-2026-35bf9726
— In Pivot on Affordability, Trump Unveils Barrage of Proposals to Address Costs. President pitches ideas to lower costs and boost spending power that could bring big changes to housing markets, the oil industry and finance. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I worked a second job for 18 months. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But my critics/opponents would stress that even though I did the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/in-pivot-on-affordability-trump-unveils-barrage-of-proposals-to-address-costs-961e4343
BLOOMBERG
— How Each of Trump’s Cabinet Picks Made Their Wealth. DD: Everyone in politics, government, and journalism should be required to fully disclose their sources of income. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. All my income comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-trump-cabinet-wealth/
24/7 WALL STREET
— 33% of Americans Think They Need $1.5 Million+ to Retire, Yet 33% Have Under $50K Saved
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/01/10/33-of-americans-think-they-need-1-5-million-to-retire-yet-33-have-under-50k-saved/
— Why Social Security’s COLA Formula Is Failing Baby Boomers in 2026
https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/12/28/why-social-securitys-cola-formula-is-failing-baby-boomers-in-2026/
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/trump-threatens-keep-too-cute-exxon-out-of-venezuela/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/13/faculty-are-often-unprepared-teach-about-race-opinion
PBS
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning Renee Good into George Floyd in your county, township, and municipality?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/5-years-between-george-floyd-and-renee-good-videos-confusion-has-increased
— According to Democrats and according to RINOs, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination have never existed. Democrats and RINOs use the aforesaid to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-administration-posts-echo-rhetoric-linked-to-extremist-groups
PBS & NPR & TIME
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/venezuelans-in-the-u-s-torn-between-joy-and-worry-after-maduros-ousting
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-minnesota-sues-feds-to-stop-immigration-enforcement-surge
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/nx-s1-5672608/maduros-gone-but-venezuelas-human-rights-crisis-remains
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/nx-s1-5672535/venezuela-releases-political-prisoners-days-after-u-s-removes-nicolas-maduro
https://time.com/7345310/trump-venezuela-maduro-machado/
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning Renee Good into George Floyd in your county, township, and municipality?
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/12/how-the-murder-of-good-changes-the-stakes-for-good/
ROLLING STONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Renee Good to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jon-stewart-ice-renee-good-killing-venezuela-raid-trump-1235498652/
SALON
— Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans who were White and/or male. I should write about how my Democrat Post Office superiors (1966-1969), IRS superiors (1971-1980), and GAO superiors (1980-1997) did that. I should write about how my RINO superiors since 1997 did that.
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/12/white-men-were-treated-very-badly-trump-says-civil-rights-led-to-reverse-discrimination/
January 9, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Renee Good’s wife speaks out after fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis: ‘She literally sparkled’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/renee-goods-wife-speaks-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis-she-literally-sparkled/18378823/
— Illinois 5th worst state in US, Chicago 3rd worst city for fraudulent odometer rollback on used cars. DD: There were more than enough facts to make the Chicago Car Exchange (CCE) suspicious of the 1968 Dodge Charger R/T’s claimed mileage that CCE sold me, and therefore, CEE should have verified its claimed milage. The court left out many of those facts in its written decision. SEE: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/110/481/526770/ I argued this case before Chief Judge Posner. Further, CCE refused to offer to pay me the car’s loss in value because of the odometer discrepancy or the thousands of dollars of improvements that I had made to the car. The odometer exemption decision was rendered moot when the BIG THREE had Congress modify the Federal Odometer Act. I appealed the rest of the decision to the Supreme Court, but Supreme Court refused to hear it. According to Google AI: “Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange was a federal appeals court case that established that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) did not have the authority to exempt vehicles ten years or older from the Odometer Act’s disclosure requirements. Case Summary Plaintiff: David Diersen, who bought a 1968 Dodge Charger from Chicago Car Exchange (CCE). Defendant: Chicago Car Exchange (CCE), an automobile dealership. Allegation: Diersen claimed CCE violated the federal Odometer Act by providing an inaccurate odometer reading and intended to defraud him. The Odometer Act allows purchasers to sue for triple actual damages or $1500. Initial Ruling: The district court ruled for CCE, citing a 1988 NHTSA regulation that exempted vehicles ten years or older from the Act’s requirements. Appeals Court Ruling: The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed, stating the NHTSA regulation was invalid as it lacked statutory authority. The court noted that Congress did not exempt any vehicle class in the Odometer Act, which aims to protect all purchasers from odometer tampering. Outcome: While finding the regulation invalid, the appeals court upheld the summary judgment for CCE because Diersen did not provide enough evidence that the dealership intended to defraud him, a required element for a claim under the Odometer Act. The court distinguished “mere negligence” from “intent to defraud” and noted that CCE had no reason to question the car’s original seller’s sworn statement. CCE had also offered Diersen a full refund, which he declined.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/fraudulent-odometer-rollbacks-used-cars-14-past-year-illinois-5th-worst-state-us-chicago-3rd-city/18379513/
CBS2
— Judge blocks Trump administration from freezing $10 billion in social services funding to 5 Democratic states
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-freezing-social-services-funding/
— Illinois leaders reject claims of fraud, say Trump’s childcare funding freeze is politically motivated
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-child-care-funding-freeze-no-fraud-trump-politically-motivated/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker, Illinois House Speaker Welch open to tweaking SAFE-T Act
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/09/pritzker-illinois-house-speaker-welch-open-tweaking-safe-t-act-electronic-monitoring-rich-miller
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Wife of Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting: ‘We had whistles. They had guns’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/09/wife-of-minnesota-woman-killed-in-ice-shooting-we-had-whistles-they-had-guns/
— A needless death in Minneapolis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/editorial-ice-minneapolis-shooting-renee-good-immigration-enforcement/
— Vivek Ramaswamy’s family bodyguard arrested on drug trafficking charges
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/09/vivek-ramaswamys-family-bodyguard/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders push medial pot to push recreational pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260109/news/schaumburg-family-losing-access-to-daughters-medical-marijuana-patches-faces-pivotal-week/
— ‘Democracy in action’: Training teens as election judges — and encouraging them to vote — is a vital mission. DD: But Democrats run high schools and shout at teens that Republicans cause everyone’s problems.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260109/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-democracy-in-action-training-teens-as-election-judges-and-encouraging-the/
WGEM
— League of Women Voters’ candidate forums next month. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wgem.com/2026/01/08/wgem-stream-league-women-voters-candidate-forums-next-month/
WFIW
— JEFFERSON COUNTY REPUBLICANS TO HOST GOVERNOR CANDIDATE FORUM IN JANUARY DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wfiwradio.com/2026/01/06/jefferson-county-republicans-to-host-governor-candidate-forum-in-january/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-08/renee-nicole-good-isnt-the-first-death-caused-by-ice-under-trump-administration
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-446/
— ILGOP Chair Salvi: ‘The partisanship of Democrats has reached the level of undeniable insurrection’
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/09/ilgop-chair-salvi-the-partisanship-of-democrats-has-reached-the-level-of-undeniable-insurrection/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Poll of Republican U.S. Senate Primary Shows Nobody above 6%, 84% Undecided
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/09/poll-of-republican-u-s-senate-primary-shows-nobody-above-6-84-undecided/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— New video shows protester taunting ICE officer before Minneapolis shooting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/9/new-video-shows-protester-taunting-ice-officer-minneapolis-shooting/
NEW YORK POST
— Renee Nicole Good’s 6-year-old son attends ‘social justice’ school that teaches about George Floyd, warned staffers to report ICE
https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/renee-goods-kindergarten-son-attends-social-justice-school-that-teaches-about-george-floyd-warned-staffers-to-report-ice/
— Socialist politician turns LA City Hall into anti-ICE, abolish-police spectacle
https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/la-lawmaker-eunisses-hernandez-hosts-anti-cop-anti-ice-presentation/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— NYC protesters chant, ‘Kristi Noem will hang… Save a life, kill an ICE’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/09/nyc-protesters-chant-kristi-noem-will-hang-save-a-life-kill-an-ice-1614951/
BREITBART
— Democrats Defend Tren de Aragua Migrants Shot During Attack on ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/09/democrats-defend-tren-de-aragua-migrants-shot-during-attack-on-ice/
FRC ACTION
— No “flexibility” on tax dollar funding for abortion
https://www.frcaction.org/get.cfm?c=CHECKOUT&dmy=75509402-9BEA-3BC3-82CFD1DCF3A7C4A1&srcItem=PT26A01&fromItem=AL26A01&x=0#gsc.tab=0
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Heed the Unforgettable Words of Henry Hyde
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-lifeline/heed-the-unforgettable-words-of-henry-hyde/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The controversy this week involving the president insisting that pro-lifers be flexible on the Hyde amendment in budget negotiations in Congress has me longing for the days of the late Illinois Republican Congressman Henry Hyde. He drew the line on taxpayer funding of abortion, and so much else.)
NEWSMAX
— Democrats ‘Demonized’ Agents Ahead of Minn. ICE Shooting
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/dan-meuser-democrats-ice/2026/01/09/id/1241481/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who since 2000 have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5416852-elizabeth-warren-stephen-colbert-cbs/
CBS NEWS
— Prosecutors in DOJ’s Civil Rights Division will not investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting, sources say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-civil-rights-division-will-not-investigate-minneapolis-ice-shooting-sources-say/
DESERT REVIEW
— GOP, Pro-Life orgs forcefully defend Hyde Amendment amid Trump’s backpedaling
https://www.thedesertreview.com/news/national/gop-pro-life-orgs-forcefully-defend-hyde-amendment-amid-trump-s-backpedaling/article_fcfbf23d-4097-45fc-8151-ed09370a70d5.html
January 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have Democrats flood Elgin immigration forum
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/immigration-town-hall-elgin-ice/
CBS2
— Illinois files lawsuit challenging child care funding freeze as Chicago-area parents grapple with anxiety. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/08/child-care-funding-freeze-causes-anxiety-for-chicago-area-parents
WTTW
— Four Illinois Sheriff’s Offices Ignored Sanctuary Laws by Transferring People Into Federal Custody
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/08/four-illinois-sheriff-s-offices-ignored-sanctuary-laws-transferring-people-federal
DAILY HERALD
— Trump store moving to Crystal Lake after eviction proceedings in Huntley
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260108/business/trump-store-moving-to-crystal-lake-after-eviction-proceedings-in-huntley/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A generation gives up on homeownership. That’s not the only thing they’re giving up on. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 17 in 1966, I was able to buy a new car ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) with the money that I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months. Further, when I was 24, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) with the money that I earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/housing-despair-affects-work-and-family-choices-paper-finds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once they give up on the hope of homeownership, a person might “no longer be willing to pursue long hours of work in pursuit” of a big paycheck, the authors wrote, and may “reduce labor supply,” AKA work less and care less about it, as a kind of “reoptimization toward work-life balance.” This attitude of making work a lower priority is visible worldwide. The authors wrote that in South Korea, young people use the term “Sampo Generation.” In China, it’s “lying flat,” and in Japan, it’s the “Satori Generation.” In this country, the authors told Crain’s, “we do not know the best term to describe the situation.” In response to a suggestion from a Crain’s reporter in his mid-60s that an old familiar term could be revived, they wrote, “we prefer not to call them ‘slacker.’ “)
STATELINE
— DHS accuses ‘sanctuary’ leaders of fueling anti-ICE violence with rhetoric
https://www.mystateline.com/news/dhs-accuses-sanctuary-leaders-of-fueling-anti-ice-violence-with-rhetoric/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Is Pritzker trying — again — to pick GOP opponent in November election?
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-is-pritzker-trying-again-to-pick-gop-opponent-in-november-election/article_1b795094-694c-4e96-94f6-3c1cf5f5459b.html
— Champaign County auditor fails to qualify for state comptroller’s race
https://www.news-gazette.com/election/2026/election-2026-champaign-county-auditor-fails-to-qualify-for-state-comptrollers-race/article_c2b65d92-a1c2-45fa-8da7-1af38491e5fb.html
NEWS 25 NOW
— GOP strategist Collin Corbett: Tracy amongst top contenders for Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/09/gop-strategist-tracy-amongst-top-contenders-durbins-us-senate-seat/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ‘Undecided’ dominates new poll
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/09/undecided-dominates-new-poll-00718575
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-656/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— “Warmth of Collectivism” Signals Erosion of Property Rights and Public Accountability
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-warmth-of-collectivism-signals-erosion-of-property-rights-and-public-accountability-am560/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— First Major GOP Poll Shows Bailey Surging Ahead of Dabrowski, 34–8 DD: Politics is nasty/vicious. Anticipate/expect that my critics/opponents will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Dabrowski that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters harm is campaign. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that my at newsletters cause all their problems. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not paint candidates like their political consultants want them to be painted. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that articles that they do not like that I include links to in my newsletters cause their defeats. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at Dabrowski’s September 29, 2025 press conference in Wheaton. Previously, they had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at DeSantis’ February 20, 2023 press conference in Elmhurst.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/first-major-gop-poll-shows-bailey-surging-ahead-of-dabrowski-34-8.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vehicles become weapons for anti-ICE protesters. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/8/automobiles-become-weapons-anti-ice-protesters/
NEW YORK POST
— Lefty comrades rush to defend Zohran Mamdani’s woke tenant advocate Cea Weaver — claiming NYC is ‘lucky’ to have her
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/dsa-rushes-to-defend-zohran-mamdanis-woke-nyc-tenant-advocate/
— Here’s who’s really behind the Minneapolis ICE resistance movement
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/heres-whos-really-behind-the-minneapolis-ice-resistance-movement/
— Trump’s emotional reaction to watching footage of ICE shooting — as he defends immigration officer
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/president-trumps-emotional-reaction-to-watching-footage-of-ice-shooting-as-he-defends-immigration-officer/
— My doctor gave me a shot of socialism with my annual exam — and yours might, too
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/opinion/why-my-doctor-gave-a-shot-of-socialism-with-my-annual-exam/
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “democracy” a) to get rid of Republicans once and for all, b) to make America a socialist country, and c) to destroy America once and for all. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with citizens of foreign countries, that is, with future Democrat voters, who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance and are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promise those who have demographics that vote for Democrats that Democrat leaders will use government to ever-increasingly give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/democratic-base-socialist-democratic-zohran-mamdani-medicare-for-all/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sex-ed curriculums steeped in ‘privilege’ propaganda and gender ideology persist in California
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/08/sex-ed-curriculums-steeped-in-privilege-propaganda-and-gender-ideology-persist-in-cali-1614825/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Mainstream media ICE shooting commentary is manipulating you
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/mainstream-media-ice-shooting-commentary-is-manipulating-you.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard removes dean who bashed Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and ‘whiteness’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-removes-dean-who-bashed-trump-rush-limbaugh-and-whiteness/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Deadly Consequences of Democrats’ War on ICE Enforcement. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/08/democrat-politicians-created-the-conditions-that-led-to-ice-shooting/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Want To Turn The ICE Shooting Into Another George Floyd Moment. There have been more than 100 incidents where criminals in vehicles have targeted ICE and Border Patrol agents. DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-want-to-turn-the-ice-shooting-into-another-george-floyd-moment
FOX NEWS
— Noem alleges woman killed in ICE shooting ‘stalking and impeding’ agents all day
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-alleges-woman-killed-ice-shooting-stalking-impeding-agents-all-day
— Socialist groups chant ‘Killer Kristi’ while escalating nationwide anti-ICE protests. Protesters yelled, ‘Go to hell, Kristi Noem.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/socialist-groups-ramp-up-nationwide-anti-ice-protests-target-noem-nyc
— Gov Walz authorizes National Guard staging following fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Minnesota governor’s warning to federal government prompts Republican lawmakers to urge invoking Insurrection Act.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gov-walz-authorizes-national-guard-staging-following-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis
— ICE agents report ‘unprecedented’ 3,200% surge in car attacks last year. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.wrganews.com/2026/01/08/ice-agents-report-unprecedented-3200-surge-in-car-attacks-last-year/
LIFE NEWS
— Speaker Mike Johnson: “We’re Not Going to Authorize Taxpayer Funding for Abortion”
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/01/07/speaker-mike-johnson-were-not-going-to-authorize-taxpayer-funding-for-abortion/
TOWNHALL
— Minnesota Democrats Are Testing How Woke Is Too Woke
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/01/09/minnesota-democrats-are-testing-how-woke-is-too-woke-n2669144
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DEI has no place in our K-12 classrooms
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5673073-radical-activism-dei-antiracism/
— Trump says US will start hitting drug cartels on land
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5680747-trump-land-strikes-drug-cartels/amp/
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-brings-back-painful-memories-for-community/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/george-floyd-s-aunt-reacts-to-fatal-ice-shooting-in-minneapolis/vi-AA1TQM8k
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-hnk
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ICE officer who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has served decades in military and law enforcement
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-minnesota-jonathan-ross-b9ce88da676d74ec6a1ab36aa55fbda1
NEW YORK TIMES
— Amid Protests, ICE Told Agents to Take ‘Decisive Action’ if Threatened. The guidance comes as immigration officers have been met with increasingly hostile protesters in cities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/homeland-security-ice-protests-warning.html
— Noem Defends Officer in Minneapolis Killing and Attacks Mamdani
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/nyregion/kristi-noem-ice-minneapolis.html
— Mamdani Is Promising Universal Child Care. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/nyregion/mamdani-nyc-mayor-free-childcare.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Minnesota leaders escalate dispute over federal handling of ICE shooting. State officials criticized the Trump administration for taking sole command of the investigation, saying state investigators were being blocked from evidence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/08/minnesota-ice-shooting-protests/
USA TODAY
— Vance promises that the immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/08/jd-vance-promises-aggressive-immigration-enforcement/88086884007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Move over Dry January. Gen Z is already stepping away from alcohol. Physical and mental health, social media, financial hardship and marijuana legislation are several factors of Gen Z sobriety. DD: I have never been a drinker. Most if not virtually all of my critics/opponents who are White, male, and/or older are/were big drinkers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/01/01/dry-january-gen-z-alcohol-young-adults-sobriety/87886388007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/04/gen-z-drinking-less-dry-january/87995639007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ICE Shooting in Minnesota Raises Rare Legal Questions. Incident has created unusual legal rift between federal and local law enforcers.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/ice-shooting-in-minnesota-raises-rare-legal-questions-47d17797
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/why-is-minnesota-the-target-trump-ice-george-floyd-somalia/
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/what-to-know-about-the-minneapolis-shooting-just-a-mile-from-where-police-killed-george-floyd-in-2020/
FORBES
— How To Become A CPA: Education And Licensure Requirements. DD: Choosing the right college major is extremely important. If I had majored in accounting from the beginning, my career would have far more successful. But I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting because of my bad demographics, I was not a minority or female. When I was in high school, I erroneously believed that I could never pass the CPA examination.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/business-and-marketing/become-a-cpa/#how-to-become-a-cpa
BLOOMBERG
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action to promote over me my Democrat coworkers who were the following: minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all 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.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-30/trump-eeoc-lawyer-suggests-employers-refresh-affirmative-action-plans
WIRED
— ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-agent-jonathan-ross-renee-good-shooting-firearms-trainer-testimony/
ISSUES & INSIGHTS
— Migration Trends: The Great Divorce Continues
https://issuesinsights.com/2026/01/08/the-great-divorce-continues/
BROOKINGS
— DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination in college by majoring in business at UIC, NIU, and Loyola 1966-1976, accounting at DePaul 1976-1980, and finance 1992-1997. Previously my parents helped me escape Democrat indoctrination my sending me to Missouri Lutheran grade schools 1953-1962 and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-politics-of-free-speech-in-us-schools-today/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Mark Kelly has retirement pay cut by Pentagon over ‘illegal orders video.’ DD: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is drastically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, 80% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 is $123,746. But my CSRS pension is only $68,640. That is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972. They would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, or c) if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://www.aol.com/articles/mark-kelly-retirement-pay-cut-151533237.html
DAILY MAIL
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15445595/Minneapolis-rioters-smash-courthouse-door.html
INDIA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/ice-shooting-poet-mother-justice-for-renee-good-whom-donald-trump-administration-called-a-domestic-terrorist-minneapolis-2848904-2026-01-08
January 6, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump demands Venezuela kick out China and Russia, partner with US on oil
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-demands-venezuela-kick-china-russia-partner-us-oil-exclusive/18364005/
NBC5
— Trump administration freezes social safety net money to Illinois, 4 other states
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-administration-freezes-social-safety-net-money-to-illinois-4-other-states/3872383/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drugs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/could-a-u-s-military-raid-on-mexico-cut-chicagos-illicit-drug-supply/3872422/
WTTW
— Charged With ‘Impeding’ Federal Agent at Broadview ICE Facility, Cook County Board Candidate Drops Out
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/06/charged-impeding-federal-agent-broadview-ice-facility-cook-county-board-candidate-drops
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says US to get 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil from Venezuela at market price
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/venezuela-barrels-oil-trump/
— Democrat leaders say “Dabrowski fills news conference with contradictions.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/republican-candidate-for-illinois-governor-ted-dabrowski-fills-news-conference-with-contradictions/
— Rampant fraud is undermining faith in government. Gov. Tim Walz was right to exit.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/minnesota-theft-ppp-wirtzburg-chicago-medicaid-fraud/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration freezing $10 billion in social service funding for Illinois, four other blue states
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/01/06/trump-administration-freeze-social-service-funding-illinois
— Appeals court sides with Illinois, 21 other states against White House on cuts in medical research funding
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/01/06/appeals-court-kwame-raoul-trump-administration-medical-research
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Darren Bailey promises a DOGE for Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/darren-bailey-promises-doge-illinois
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2026/01/06/venezuela-occupation-not-good-for-venezuela-america-chicago-uchicago-professor-says
— DD: Many if not most of my Democrat older White male GAO superiors were big drinkers.
https://www.wbez.org/food-drink/2025/12/03/chicago-is-a-drinkers-paradise-even-for-the-sober-and-the-sober-curious-among-us
SHAW LOCAL
— Duckworth calls Trump ‘a coward and a liar’ with no clear plan in harsh rebuke over Venezuela strikes. ‘If Donald Trump wants to run a country, he should think about running the United States of America.’
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/01/07/duckworth-calls-trump-a-coward-and-a-liar-with-no-clear-plan-in-harsh-rebuke-over-venezuela-strikes/
STATELINE
— Illinois allocates $50M to combat systemic racism and disinvestment
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-allocates-50m-to-combat-systemic-racism-and-disinvestment/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump tells Republicans to be ‘flexible’ on abortion restrictions to get a health care deal
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-tells-republicans-to-be-flexible-on-abortion-restrictions-to-get-a-health-care-deal/
WSIU
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot in Carbondale.
https://www.wsiu.org/2026-01-06/carbondale-dispensary
WFIW RADIO
— JEFFERSON COUNTY REPUBLICANS TO HOST GOVERNOR CANDIDATE FORUM IN JANUARY
https://www.wfiwradio.com/2026/01/06/jefferson-county-republicans-to-host-governor-candidate-forum-in-january/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-443/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Another $1.5M Democrat-Socialist Boondoggle In Illinois
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/01/04/another-1-5m-democrat-socialist-boondoggle-in-illinois
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illegal immigrants cost IL taxpayers more than enforcement
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8317cd33-b4e7-4017-9404-ee5336eddd97.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani stands by radical ‘housing justice’ appointee Cea Weaver — as Trump admin warns NYC ‘should be on notice’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/06/us-news/zohran-mamdani-stands-by-housing-justice-appointee-cea-weaver/
— Mom of Mamdani aide who said owning a home fuels ‘white supremacy’ has $1.6M house in Tennessee
https://nypost.com/2026/01/06/us-news/mom-of-zohran-mamdani-aide-who-said-owning-a-home-fuels-white-supremacy-has-1-6m-house-in-tennessee/
BREITBART
— Rand Paul, Mike Lee Sound Alarm over $5.7 Billion for Refugees in Spending Bill
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/06/rand-paul-mike-lee-sound-alarm-over-5-7-billion-for-refugees-in-spending-bill/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago Teachers Union promotes Venezuela regime change protests organized by socialist groups. Chicago Teachers Union promoted rally organized by ANSWER Coalition and Party for Socialism and Liberation.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-teachers-union-promotes-venezuela-regime-change-protests-organized-socialist-groups
— Mamdani’s top housing pick once called homeownership a ‘weapon of white supremacy’
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/mamdanis-top-housing-pick-once-called-homeownership-a-weapon-of-white-supremacy/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Maduro capture will go down in history as the day “justice defeated tyranny”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-corina-machado-maduro-capture-us-operation/
CNN
— Mounting tensions in Venezuela as rights groups denounce repression
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/venezuela-maduro-trump-president-military-01-06-26?post-id=cmk2l9b8k0000356qhv3feyw3
WASHINGTON POST
— Fear grips Caracas as a new wave of repression is unleashed in Venezuela. Venezuela’s government launched a far-reaching crackdown after Maduro’s ouster, detaining journalists and civilians and sending armed gangs to the streets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/06/venezulea-maduro-rodriguez-government-repression/
January 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/02/operation-midway-blitz-parents-children-immigration-detention-mental-health
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Admitting unprepared students into college isn’t equity
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/05/opinion-college-admissions-sat-act-test-scores-unprepared-students/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump warns Venezuela’s vice president of dire consequences if she defies US expectations. DD: I never defied orders from my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors to give preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, and/or veteran. All those who they assigned me to supervise were the aforesaid. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough. I suffered dire consequences a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-warns-venezuelas-vice-president-of-dire-consequences-if-she-defies-us-expectations
JC POST
— Recent college graduates face a world with fewer jobs — and loan payments are due soon. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. If I had gotten a student loan, I would not have had to work my way through college. My GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. My ACT score would have been higher. My postal management test score would have been higher. My Federal Service Entrance Examination score would have been higher. I would have gotten a job that required a college degree sooner after I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970.
https://jcpost.com/posts/dfed9403-4b0d-4569-bdd9-15d13e018886
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— 2026 predictions
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/05/2026-predictions-venezuela-vibes-00710459
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Congressional/County Board Debate at MCC on January 22nd. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/05/republican-congressional-county-board-debate-at-mcc-on-january-22nd/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Red alert in NYC as nearly 60% of voters support Mamdani socialism
https://nypost.com/2026/01/04/us-news/red-alert-in-nyc-as-nearly-60-of-voters-support-mamdani-socialism-poll/
— Rubio mocks Kamala Harris for shocking double-standard after she criticized Maduro arrest
https://nypost.com/2026/01/04/us-news/rubio-mocks-kamala-harris-for-shocking-double-standard-after-she-criticized-maduro-arrest/
AMERICAN THINKER
— It’s 2026: Your Race Card Has Expired. Politics is simply gifting your supporters with tax money and grants and government regulations so that the grateful supporters will contribute to your next campaign.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/it_s_2026_your_race_card_has_expired.html
— The Devil wears blue. When policies consistently produce death, chaos, division, and decline — yet are defended with religious fervor — it is reasonable to ask whether something far darker than mere politics is at work.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/the_devil_wears_blue.html
— The Kinetic War on Drugs. This last few weeks, Donald Trump changed the war on drugs. He made it kinetic.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/the_kinetic_war_on_drugs.html
— Exposing the deep state fraud system. This time, they may have gone too far.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/exposing_the_deep_state_fraud_system.html
BLAZE
— Minnesota’s fraud scandal exposes a dangerously loose election system
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/minnesotas-fraud-scandal-exposes-a-dangerously-loose-election-system
BREITBART
— Newsom Defies Transportation Sec. Duffy, Extends Migrant Trucking Licenses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/04/gov-newsom-defies-transportation-sec-extends-migrant-trucking-licenses/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democratic Lawmaker Says She Feels Guilty For Being White And Kids Should Too. DD: My critics/opponents agree with her. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, unmarried, parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-citizen, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for as long as mine have been. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democratic-lawmaker-says-she-feels-182204161.html
EEOC
— Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against The Law. DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.eeoc.gov/discrimination-against-american-workers-against-law
FOX BUSINESS
— Starlink provides free internet to Venezuela following US arrest of Maduro
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/starlink-provides-free-internet-venezuela-following-us-arrest-nicolas-maduro
FOX NEWS
— Trump says Cuba is ‘ready to fall’ after capture of Venezuela’s Maduro. President Trump predicted Cuba’s communist government is “ready to fall” following the U.S.-led capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-says-cuba-ready-fall-after-capture-venezuelas-maduro
— Maduro and ‘Lady Macbeth’ Cilia Flores marriage spells ‘worst case’ custody scenario. Flores described as ‘original Chavista’ who helped construct Chávez’s revolutionary project before marrying Maduro in 2013.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/maduro-wife-face-manhattan-arraignment-expert-calls-us-custody-worst-case-scenario
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Contemplating the Difficult Labor-Market Conditions for U.S.-Born Men. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly a) destroy traditional marriage and family, b) destroy personal responsibility, and c) promote dependency on government and charity.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2026/01/05/contemplating_the_difficult_labor-market_conditions_for_us-born_men_1156577.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thanks to Barack Obama’s relaxation of food stamp requirements, the number of able-bodied adults without dependents on the rolls tripled between 2007 and 2012, reaching the same number of single adults with dependent children. These patterns remained through 2023. Many also qualify for Medicaid. Thus, with government and family support, these idle men have been able to get by. The problem is that once these men are away from paid employment for an extended period, many no longer possess the behavioral requirements necessary to sustain permanent employment. This is why when some states a decade ago began to enforce very modest work-related requirements on this group, half left the rolls. This lack of appropriate behaviors helps explain why employers of semi-skilled workers, like Amazon distribution centers, often seek out immigrant workers. The controversy last year in Springfield (OH) focused on how a group of employers recruited Haitian immigrants from outside the state rather than seek local workers. Unlike many of the local young men, these immigrants were reliable: showing up for work every day, following orders, and working responsibly at their job. These immigrants may work for less, but it was their superior behavior that was crucial [editor’s emphasis]. Unfortunately, continuing to stress increasing the share of men in four-year colleges will only worsen the problem. A large share of boys has substandard 8th-grade reading and math skills. Given their weak skills, the highest-paid vocational occupations, like plumber and electricians, are beyond their reach. Instead, they unfortunately must be prepared for entry-level certificate programs as the necessary first step for future success. Only then can many of them gain the behavioral traits that will enable them to have productive lives, often by taking subsequent stackable certificates. Sadly, a significant share of these weakly-prepared high school students will not choose or be successful in these entry-level vocational efforts. They will become part of the disconnected population: neither in school nor in paid employment. Many will gravitate to the street life; relying on illegal activities. While few will end up with outcomes like George Floyd or Eric Garner, the vast majority will live a bleak existence on society’s margins.)
TOWNHALL
— The World is Cheering the Removal of Maduro, So Why are US Leftists Protesting, Supporting Mamdani?
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2026/01/05/world-cheering-the-removal-of-maduro-so-why-are-us-leftists-protesting-supporting-mamdani-n2668863
— What Do Democrats Prioritize? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, 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. RINO leaders fail/refuse to oppose the aforesaid. RINO leaders paint themselves as being Democrat Lite.
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/01/05/what-do-democrats-prioritize-n2668860
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pope Leo calls for Venezuelan independence after Maduro ouster
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5672412-pope-leo-venezuela-sovereignty/
ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani talks to Queens bus riders about plans for free service. DD: During the late 1950s and early 1960s, I paid for bus rides between Crete and Chicago Heights.
https://abc7ny.com/post/mayor-zohran-mamdani-talks-queens-bus-riders-plans-free-service/18353475/
REUTERS
— Cuba says 32 of its citizens killed in Maduro extraction
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-says-32-its-citizens-killed-maduro-extraction-2026-01-05/
MSN
— 15 smart college majors for dependable, great-paying jobs. DD: I will forever regret not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I feared that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I started taking graduate evening accounting courses when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. But by then, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. My earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 did not help.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/15-smart-college-majors-for-dependable-great-paying-jobs/ss-AA1TyP1J
— Why you don’t need a college degree to be successful in this generation. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. 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.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/why-you-don-t-need-a-college-degree-to-be-successful-in-this-generation/ar-AA1TvxHY
NEW YORK TIMES
— Venezuela’s New Leader Softens Tone as Trump Threatens Colombia
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/04/world/trump-us-venezuela-maduro
— If You’re Struggling With Student Loans, Here’s What to Know for 2026. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. If I had gotten a student loan, I would not have had to work my way through college. My GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. My ACT score would have been higher. My postal management test score would have been higher. My Federal Service Entrance Examination score would have been higher. I would have gotten a job that required a college degree sooner after I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/business/student-loan-debt-save-plan.html
— DD: For Democrats, the purpose of education is to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/opinion/harvards-campus-speech-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/trump-congress-power-republicans-democrats.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/health/obamacare-subsidies-higher-premiums.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump threatens Venezuela’s interim leader as Maduro is set to be arraigned
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/04/us-venezuela-trump-maduro/
USA TODAY
— Many retirees aren’t taking required distributions. It can cost them.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2025/12/28/retirees-dont-take-required-withdrawals-tax/87907996007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Venezuela’s Vice President Calls on U.S. to Release Maduro
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/venezuela-strikes/card/venezuela-s-vice-president-calls-on-u-s-to-release-maduro-qPGSe7dZLohY9ljvVSNx
— The Scandal of American Welfare Goes Beyond Fraud. California spends billions on programs that enrich insiders and don’t help the needy—and it’s all legal.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-scandal-of-american-welfare-goes-beyond-fraud-befdbeb4
— Elite Colleges Are Back at the Top of the List for Company Recruiters. As white-collar hiring slows down and corporate DEI goals vanish, where you went to college matters again. DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1970 NIU, 1976 Loyola, 1980 DePaul, and 1997 IIT degrees are worthless.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/elite-colleges-are-back-at-the-top-of-the-list-for-company-recruiters-ad9526ac
BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Ouster of Maduro Shows America’s New World Order Is Here
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-05/trump-s-ouster-of-venezuela-s-maduro-puts-spotlight-on-cuba-greenland
FORTUNE
— Teen prodigy Kairan Quazi is ditching SpaceX for billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities. DD: Were you a teen prodigy? I certainly was not. My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I got no scholarships, and d) that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-s-teen-prodigy-kairan-quazi-is-ditching-spacex-for-billionaire-ken-griffin-s-citadel-securities/ar-AA1KONTW
MONDAQ
— EEOC Issues New Guidance Regarding Anti-American Discrimination. DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-rights-labour-relations/1724842/the-eeoc-issues-new-guidance-regarding-anti-american-discrimination
JD SUPRA
— EEOC Highlights Discrimination Risks With New Anti-American Bias Guidance. DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-highlights-discrimination-risks-5393104/
FED SCOOP
— OPM ‘loyalty question’ pushes potential applicants away. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://fedscoop.com/federal-agency-jobs-trump-loyalty-question-opm-lawsuit/
ATLANTIC
— Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s. The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else. DD: I never defied orders from my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors to give preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, and/or veteran. All those who they assigned me to supervise were the aforesaid. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough. I suffered dire consequences a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/trump-venezuela-maduro-delcy-rodriguez/685497/?taid=695aa2ba1534bb0001d4bb54
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
POST
— Making a career choice that defines future you. DD: I will forever regret not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I feared that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I started taking graduate evening accounting courses when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. But by then, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. My earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 did not help.
https://thepost.co.za/features/2026-01-05-making-a-career-choice-that-defines-future-you/
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Venezuela vice president Rodriguez in Russia, 4 sources say
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/venezuela-vice-president-rodriguez-russia-four-sources-say-1325481
TIMES
— Vladimir Putin may be seeking more secure lodgings. The US military operation in Venezuela might have the Russian dictator fidgeting nervously.
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/vladimir-putin-may-be-seeking-more-secure-lodgings-zbdnvh23h
— The pension crisis. DD: My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious a) that I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and b) that the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance. In my defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. I paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Further, my CSRS pension is dramatically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Further, CSRS pensions can be as high as 80% of your ending salary. In today’s dollars, 80% of my $154,682/year ending salary would be $123,746/year. But my CSRS pension is only $68,640/year. that is, it is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972.
https://www.thetimes.com/money/pensions/article/the-pensions-crisis-isnt-ruining-just-your-savings-0h93rrc3v
INDEPENDENT
— ICE targets frustrated officers in fresh recruitment drive. DD: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I had to have a job. My Firestone Store boss had fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My financial hardship draft deferment application was pending. My father had died suddenly. I was helping support my mother and brother. IRS offered me a job which I took. But what if IRS had not offered me a job, but ICE did?
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-targets-frustrated-officers-fresh-142336483.html
January 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— After legal setbacks, Trump says he’s dropping National Guard push in Chicago, other cities, for now
https://abc7chicago.com/post/legal-setbacks-president-donald-trump-says-hes-dropping-push-national-guard-chicago-la-portland-oregon-now/18336668/
— Trump announces National Guard to be removed from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-backs-off-efforts-maintain-control-california-national-guard-la/18336423/
— HHS freezing child care payments to all states until they prove funds ‘being spent legitimately’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hhs-says-freezing-child-care-payments-minnesota-fraud-allegations/18335717/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As federal health tax credits end, Chicago-area leaders warn about costs to Cook County and Illinois hospitals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/as-federal-health-tax-credits-end-chicago-area-leaders-warn-about-costs-to-cook-county-and-illinois-hospitals/
— Mamdani is set to be sworn in as mayor as NYC rings in the New Year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/zohran-mamdani-sworn-in-nyc-mayor/
— Merrillville on list for potential ICE facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/merrillville-potential-ice-facility/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/01/january-1-chicago-history/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use medical pot to push recreational pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251231/news/time-short-for-schaumburg-familys-quest-to-retain-access-to-daughters-medical-marijuana/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— OCTOBER 8, 2015 FLASHBACK: Don’t your collectible cars deserve their own condo? DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20151008/ISSUE03/151009833/iron-gate-motor-condos-is-a-car-collector-s-haven-in-Naperville
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— New Illinois education laws focus on immigrant rights. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/education/article314056405.html
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— APRIL 6, 2015 FLASHBACK: Discover a new place for car enthusiasts. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2015/04/06/real-news-discover-a-new-place-for-car-enthusiasts/41183
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to encourage voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I will hand-deliver a sample ballot and the campaign literature that Republican candidates provide me to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. The contested Republican races in my precinct are U.S. Senate, Illinois Governor, Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court, and DuPage County Sheriff. I will obtain from the DuPage County Election Division a PDF file to print individual mailing labels for the registered Republican and Independent voters, photocopy the sample ballot, stuff envelopes, divide them into five batches, and put them in walk order. I hope we have a mild winter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasing, the Democrat Party promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, 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 notional origin discrimination. Ever-increasing, to get more votes from those who are the following, they give them more preference: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Democrats and according to RINOs, those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, non-rich, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time NEED PROTECTION from those who are conservative, Republican, American, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promise to provide that PROTECTION. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What happened to those who helped your career? I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office had hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you ever served on a jury? If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me? To justify their denying me a jury trial, the judge and justices hinted/implied/argued that no jury would side with me. But the trial record showed that my Democrat superiors had illegally forced me to retire so that they could my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I had. In 1993, when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee who had 25 years of federal service, to get rid of their employees a) who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, b) who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and/or c) who had 25 or more years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” them a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer” expired in 4 years. They succeeded in forcing me to take the early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. Things that I had done that helped me survive those 4 years included a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earing job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you will have, and therefore, the less “justice” that you will have in courts: Republican, non-poor, non-veteran, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Federal courts would not have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO if I had been Democrat, poor, veteran, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had been in America for a long time. GAO hinted/implied/argued that because of my demographics, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action big time and that I could easily afford to pay that price. GAO’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 cut my income by $86,371/year (56%) ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year pension) in today’s dollars. Off the record, GAO stressed a) that the federal government would forever pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had no dependents, d) that we had no debts, e) that we had substantial retirement and other savings, f) that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, g) that we owned three collector cars, h) etc. Again, if I had not be denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me?- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you retired? I have been retired since I was 49 years old in 1997. If you are retired, were you forced to retire? I was. What would the rest of your employment had been like if you had not retired? If I had not retired when I did, I would not have eligible to retire for another 6 years. My Democrat GAO superiors had made it extremely clear that if I did not retire, they would make those 6 years a living hell. They would constructively if not literally demote me. They would give me adverse transfers. They would give me bad job assignments. They would give me unfair performance expectations. They would give me unfair performance appraisals. They would rank me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would treat me like they had treated me in 1989. They could do all of the aforesaid because GAO was not unionized. GAO did not unionize until 2007. I considered asking my Congressman Henry Hyde to come to my defense like I had done in 1989, but I decided not to. There were too many around Hyde who were against me. Further, my Democrat GAO superiors had taken so many big adverse actions against me, I could not see myself surviving another them for another 6 years. But nevertheless, I will always ask myself, what would have happened if I had again asked Hyde to come to my defense. His coming to my defense in 1989 enabled me to survive until 1997. It motived me to earn job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. It motived me to earn a job-related master’s degree in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ‘Grassroots’ – According to the People Who Can’t Stand Them. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization are anti-conservative, that is, they are anti-Republican. They reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Instead of defending and advancing the aforesaid planks, they talk and act like they do not exist, and if not that, like they should be officially abolished. At best, they want the Republican Party to be the Democrat-Lite Party. I should write about the aforesaid anti-Republican leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/opinion-grassroots-according-to-the-people-who-cant-stand-them.html
— The Political Agenda Behind Year-End ‘Economic Collapse’ Stories
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/opinion-the-political-agenda-behind-year-end-economic-collapse-stories.html
— FBI Steps In After Illinois Review Exposes Alleged Mail Fraud Targeting Bailey
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/fbi-steps-in-after-illinois-review-exposes-alleged-mail-fraud-targeting-bailey.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois state spending balloons as state economy stagnates
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-state-spending-balloons-as-state-economy-stagnates/
— 1-in-5 city tax dollars go to Illinois police, fire pensions
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1-in-5-city-tax-dollars-go-to-illinois-police-fire-pensions/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Democrat, is trying again with his High-Skilled Immigration Reform for Employment (HIRE) Act, first introduced in July 2023. Back then, in the middle of the worst man-made immigration disaster in U.S. history, the bill seemed tone deaf. Now, it just seems nuts. DD: If they could have, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/31/hire-bill-expand-h-1b-visas-bad-2023-worse/
— Karoline Leavitt says administration considering denaturalization for Somalis in Minnesota fraud
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/31/karoline-leavitt-says-administration-considering-denaturalization/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Border Patrol’s monthslong deployment to Chicago now expected to go on ‘for years’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4375465/border-patrol-deployment-chicago-go-on-for-years/
— Don’t grant citizenship to people who hate their countrymen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4378901/not-everyone-deserves-citizenship-alaa-abd-el-fattah/
— Appeals court revives free speech case over school DEI training
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4379004/appeals-court-revives-free-speech-case-school-dei-training/
NEW YORK POST
— Former FBI agent Nicole Parker explains how DEI split the agency and led to disaster: ‘They were hiring idiots’ DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and the Post Office 1966-1969 and I have often written about them. Their top priority always was promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/31/us-news/former-fbi-agent-nicole-parker-explains-how-dei-split-the-agency-and-led-to-disaster/
— Harvard professor torches Ivy League school over woke anti-white, anti-male culture in blistering essay
https://nypost.com/2025/12/31/us-news/harvard-professor-torches-ivy-league-school-over-woke-anti-white-anti-male-culture-in-blistering-essay/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— History professor details the decline of education in scathing review of his 40 years at Harvard
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/31/history-professor-details-the-decline-of-education-in-scathing-review-of-his-40-years-at-harvard-1613221/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams sets up $2M emergency fund for trans care on his way out the door
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/31/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-sets-up-2m-emergency-fund-for-trans-care-on-his-way-out-the-door-1613140/
BREITBART
— Lightfoot Warns Bovino His ‘Day of Reckoning Is Fast Approaching’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/31/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-warns-border-patrols-greg-bovino-his-day-of-reckoning-is-fast-approaching/amp/
CAPITOL RESEARCH CENTER
— How Left-Wing Nonprofits Exploit American Taxpayers to Fund Their Agendas
https://capitalresearch.org/article/how-left-wing-nonprofits-exploit-american-taxpayers-to-fund-their-agendas-best-of-2025/
FOX NEWS
— Lightfoot tells Border Patrol official his ‘day of reckoning is fast approaching’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-tells-border-patrol-official-his-day-reckoning-fast-approaching.print
— DEI and woke ideology are on life support under Trump’s return to DC, but could come roaring back with rebrand. American Principles Project president Terry Schilling says woke ideology could make a return following future elections.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dei-woke-ideology-life-support-under-trumps-return-dc-could-come-roaring-back-rebrand.amp
— 40-year Harvard professor pens scathing piece on school’s ‘exclusion of white males,’ anti-Western trends.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/40-year-harvard-professor-pens-scathing-piece-schools-exclusion-white-males-anti-western-trends
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Minnesota Governor Calls Somali Fraud Investigations “White Supremacy”
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/tim-walz-desperately-tries-defending-himself-amid-somali-fraud-allegations
NEWSMAX
— Trump: ‘Proud’ of Hispanic Border Patrol Officers
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-border-patrol-paul-perez/2025/12/31/id/1240292/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump: 90% of fraud in Minnesota is carried out by illegals from Somalia, with Rep. Omar being ‘one of the many scammers’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-90-of-fraud-in-minnesota-is-carried-out-by-illegals-from-somalia-with-rep-omar-being-one-of-the-many-scammers/
PJ MEDIA
— Former Chicago Mayor Lightfoot to Border Patrol Chief: ‘Your Day of Reckoning Is Coming’
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2025/12/31/former-chicago-mayor-to-border-patrol-chief-your-day-of-reckoning-is-coming-n4947761
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) Wants to Take Driver’s Licenses Away From ICE Agents, Not Illegal Aliens
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/31/eric-swalwell-wants-to-take-drivers-licenses-away-from-ice-agents-not-illegals-n4947735
— Secretary Duffy Issues Stark Warning to Newsom Over Illegal Licenses
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/31/secretary-duffy-issues-stark-warning-to-newsom-over-illegal-licenses-n4947734
TOWNHALL
— Minnesota’s Fraud Is Blowing the Lid Off a Broken Election System
https://townhall.com/columnists/josh-findlay/2026/01/01/minnesotas-fraud-is-blowing-the-lid-off-a-broken-election-system-n2668731
— If Elected CA Governor, Eric Swalwell Vows to Weaponize Government Against ICE Agents
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/31/swalwell-prosecute-federal-agents-for-kidnapping-n2668739
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Professor Quits After ‘Brilliant’ Student Rejected for Being ‘White Male’ DD: I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972.
https://www.newsweek.com/professor-quits-after-brilliant-student-rejected-for-being-white-male-11289605
NEW YORK TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump Move to Revoke Deportation Protection for Thousands of Migrants. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, non-rich, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time NEED PROTECTION from those who are conservative, Republican, American, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promise to provide that PROTECTION.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/us/politics/judge-blocks-deportation-protections.html
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— DD: To vote Democrats is to get rid of Americans who are conservative, Republican, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-policies-midterm-elections-dei-attacks-20260101.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/01/america-obsessed-with-zohran-mamdani/87941107007/
— More than 317,000 federal employees left the government in 2025. The majority of employees took voluntary buyouts and early retirements as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping efforts to downsize the government. DD: In 1993, when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee who had 25 years of federal service, to get rid of their employees a) who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, b) who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and/or c) who had 25 or more years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” them a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer” expired in 4 years. They succeeded in forcing me to take the early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. Things that I had done that helped me survive those 4 years included a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earing job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/31/317000-federal-employees-left-us-government-2025/87970708007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— MARCH 3, 2016 FLASHBACK: Iron Gate Motor Condos: Storage Units, Now With Space to Cook, Relax and Entertain. Traditional industrial park-style storage facilities are giving way to customized spaces with kitchens, reclaimed wood and stylish seating areas. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/storage-units-now-with-space-to-cook-relax-and-entertain-1457026958
FORTUNE
— Retirement DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America fora long time. I should write about that.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/31/retirement-baby-boomers-more-americans-turning-65-aging-demographics/
LEGAL NEWS LINE
— Lake County Circuit Clerk can’t undo $2.5M verdict for workers fired over politics
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/lake-co-circuit-clerk-can-t-undo-2-5m-verdict-for-workers-fired-over-politics/article_4471f879-d074-4ba4-ad15-b45d101d353c.html
FED SMITH
— OPM Issues Proposal to Narrow Federal Probationary Employee Appeal Rights. DD: Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office had hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/12/31/opm-proposal-to-narrow-probationary-employee-appeal-rights/
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5660811/the-new-challenges-obtaining-snap-benefits-for-lgbtq-recipients
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you will have, and therefore, the less “justice” that you will have in courts: Republican, non-poor, non-veteran, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Federal courts would not have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO if I had been Democrat, poor, veteran, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had been in America for a long time. To justify their denying me a jury trial, the judge and justices hinted/implied/argued that no jury would side with me. But the trial record showed that my Democrat superiors had illegally forced me to retire so that they could my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I had. GAO hinted/implied/argued that because of my demographics, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action big time and that I could easily afford to pay that price. GAO’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 cut my income by $86,371/year (56%) ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year pension) in today’s dollars. Off the record, GAO stressed a) that the federal government would forever pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had no dependents, d) that we had no debts, e) that we had substantial retirement and other savings, f) that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, g) that we owned three collector cars, h) etc.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/the-importance-of-know-your-rights-education/
CONVERSATION
— DD: My critics/opponents are blacklisters. They blacklist those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect and reelect since 2000. I would focus on those who continue to 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 lately.
https://theconversation.com/political-witch-hunts-and-blacklists-donald-trump-and-the-new-era-of-mccarthyism-265389
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Retiring Harvard professor says college hates brilliant white men and rejects them in favor of inferior minority candidates to boost diversity.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15422541/Harvard-Professor-white-men-rejected-minorities.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
AUTOWEEK
— The Car Condo Concept Is Still Growing. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a68815238/car-condo-concept-still-growing/
CORVETT BLOGGER
— Corvette for Sale: Two-Owner 1972 Corvette LT1 Convertible in Downers Grove for $50,000. DD: One could compare and contrast this 1972 Corvette with my 1972 Corvette which I ordered, took delivery on October 14, 1971, and continue to own. Mine is not a LT-1 or a convertible. But it has only 5,000 mile on it, it has always been garaged, covered, kept on jacks, and is like new. It is a Steele City Gray coupe with the base 350 V-8 engine, black leather interior, automatic, air conditioning, power steering, and AM-FM stereo radio.
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2025/12/31/corvettes-for-sale-two-owner-1972-corvette-lt1-convertible-offered-on-ebay/
MED CITY NEWS
— The Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) Adoption Gap Is Worse Than You Think. DD: I have type 2 diabetes. I delayed using a CGM because my Medicare and BC/BS insurance does cover it. But recently, I bought a Stelo CGM using Amazon for $100/month. It has immediately shown that my glucose spikes to over 250 after I eat, that is, I have high hyperglycemia. I am anxiously awaiting my diabetes doctor’s instructions.
https://medcitynews.com/2025/12/cgm-diabetes-healthcare/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new study found that continuous glucose monitors can cut healthcare costs by about 20% while also improving outcomes for insulin-dependent diabetes patients, largely by reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Despite these benefits and broad insurance coverage, roughly 80% of eligible patients still are not using the technology — highlighting a significant adoption gap.)