FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Fears of raids loom as CPS returns to classes and Trump authorizes ICE to target schools, churches
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-deportations-fears-raids-loom-public-schools-returns-classes-trump-authorizes-ice-target/15825308/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-1/22/2025
— Fears over Trump administration immigration raids impacting Little Village businesses (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-deportation-plans-fears-donald-trump-administration-ice-raids-impacting-little-village-businesses/15822610/
— So-called Elgin tent city for homeless being cleared out after $2.5M contract approved. Elgin officials have arranged to move residents to nearby Lexington hotel. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/city-elgin-news-called-tent-homeless-cleared-recent-fires-residents-will-move-lexington-hotel/15822634/
— Thornton Township board fills interim trustee position; Supervisor Tiffany Henyard skips meeting
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-township-supervisor-skips-meeting-stephanie-wiedeman-voted-interim-trustee/15824222/
NBC5
— Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave. The memo directs agencies to place DEI office staffers on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-directs-all-federal-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-staff-be-laid-off/3652814/
— Illinois joins states filing suit over Trump order ending birthright citizenship
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-joins-states-filing-suit-over-trump-order-ending-birthright-citizenship/3652353/
— Trump Administration shuts down White House Spanish-language page, social media
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-shuts-down-white-house-spanish-language-page-social-media/3652891/
CBS2
— Pritzker slams Trump for trying to end birthright citizenship, demands apology from Musk for gesture compared to Nazi salute
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-birthright-citizenship-elon-musk-hand-gesture-nazi-salute/
WGN9
— Pritzker, Chicago officials vow to protect immigrant communities amid Trump’s deportation pledge (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-immigrant-protection/
— Chicago police reminded they can’t cooperate with deportations
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/chicago-police-reminded-they-cant-cooperate-with-deportations/
FOX32
— Trump’s ICE teams already on the ground in cities like Chicago. So far, the president has ordered the deployment of the military to the southern border and Trump’s new border czar says ICE raids could begin as early as Tuesday.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1580574
WTTW
— Illinois Sues Over Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order as Pritzker Says No Word on Raids Targeting Chicago
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/21/illinois-sues-over-trump-s-birthright-citizenship-order-pritzker-says-no-word-raids
WBEZ
— Chicago Public Schools does not allow immigration officers into schools without a criminal warrant. Experts weigh in on how to talk to your children about the days ahead.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/01/22/what-can-cps-schools-and-parents-do-in-the-face-of-donald-trumps-mass-deportation-threat
— Illinois joins 21 other states in legal challenges to Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s lawsuit claims President Donald Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional. (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/01/21/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-lawsuit-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Illegals are hiding. Chicago illegals stay home from work to avoid potential ICE arrests.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/immigrants-skip-work-amid-ice-fears/
— Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/trump-administration-directs-all-federal-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-staff-be-put-on-leave/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois joins in lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/birthright-citizenship-lawsuit/
— Democrats say “Disengagement is no answer to Trumpian excess.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/editorial-donald-trump-opposition-engagement/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration and LGBTQ .
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/bishop-trump-lgbtq-migrants/
— Some parents fed up with CPS and CTU battles: ‘I feel like politics is taking over our children having the best education’
https://news.yahoo.com/news/parents-fed-cps-ctu-battles-110000082.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave. On his first day in office Trump signed an order dismantling the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners. Trump has called the programs “discrimination.” (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2025/01/21/trump-administration-directs-all-federal-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-staff-be-put-on-leave
— Illinois joins 21 other states in legal challenges to Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s lawsuit claims President Donald Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/21/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-lawsuit-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order
— What percent of those who read the Chicago Sun-Times are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/01/21/donald-trump-reelection-inauguration-jan-6-rioters-pardon-executive-orders-felon-chicago-america
— Pritzker blasts Elon Musk’s straight-arm salute and predicts that under Trump, antisemitism will rise. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said, “Illinois is going to continue to be a beacon of policies that are antithetical to the retrograde policies of a Trump administration.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/21/gov-jb-pritzker-elon-musk-straight-arm-salute-donald-trump-antisemitism
— Chicago spared immigration raids Tuesday, but Pritzker warns feds may target ‘2,000 people’ After weeks of preparation by Chicago’s immigrant communities, and a weekend full of fear amid multiple reports that the city would serve as the first major raid, there were no reports of immigration enforcement on Tuesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/01/21/chicago-immigration-raids-jb-pritzker-tom-homan-donald-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250122/nation-and-world-politics/justice-department-directs-prosecutors-to-probe-local-efforts-to-obstruct-immigration-enforcement/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: ‘Individual rights are under attack’: Pritzker, Illinois lawmakers assess Trump’s first two days (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250121/nation-and-world-politics/individual-rights-are-under-attack-pritzker-illinois-lawmakers-assess-trumps-first-two-days/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker says feds targeting 2,000 in Chicago for deportation (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-says-feds-targeting-2000-chicago-deportation
— Activist Edward Blum is targeting another diversity effort in Illinois, this time suing over a new state law that requires many nonprofit organizations to publicly disclose aggregate data about race, gender and other demographics of their board members and officers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/activist-mounts-legal-challenge-another-illinois-diversity-law
— Suburban office vacancy begins 2025 at record-high 32%
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/suburban-office-vacancy-begins-2025-record-high
— Doctors and police top list of highest-paid state employees in Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/data-center/highest-paid-state-employees-illinois
JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/how-dei-boogeyman-elwood-watson-20036265.php
SOUTHERN
— Trump renames Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ among 1st executive orders
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/21/trump-renames-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-among-1st-executive-orders/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration and LGBTQ .
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/21/trump-criticizes-sermon-asking-him-to-show-mercy-toward-lgbtq-people-immigrants/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat laws stymie cooperation with immigration authorities
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-ice-raid-cooperation-hampered-state-law-20046794.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— Feds will arrest illegal immigrants in churches, schools under new DHS directive
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/feds-will-arrest-illegal-immigrants-in-churches-schools-under-new-dhs-directive-trump-department-of-homeland-security-ice-trump-border-crisis-migrants-criminals-gangs
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration puts federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff on leave (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-21/trump-administration-puts-federal-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-staff-on-leave
— Trump defends his decision to pardon January 6 rioters
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-21/trump-defends-his-decision-to-pardon-january-6-rioters
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Local agencies reassure immigrants, emphasizing state law over federal threats (COMMENT: Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/local-agencies-and-police-reassure-immigrants-emphasizing-state-law-over-federal-threats#
THE 74
— Public Schools Added 121,000 Employees Last Year, Even as They Served 110,000 Fewer Students. Alderman: New data show school staffing levels continue to hit all-time highs.
https://www.the74million.org/article/public-schools-added-121000-employees-last-year-even-as-they-served-110000-fewer-students/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois is the resistance
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/22/illinois-lawmakers-attack-trump-on-deportation-plans-00199873
LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Democrats crow about their success in making students hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters.
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/01/loyola-students-amongst-the-thousands-who-braved-the-chicago-cold-to-protest-trumps-inauguration/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-440/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-232/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— JB Pritzker: Another Grandstanding, Sanctimonious Democrat
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
WIREPOINTS
— Trump’s deportations won’t create ‘chaos,’ Illinois’ sanctuary policies already create chaos
https://wirepoints.org/trumps-deportations-wont-create-chaos-illinois-sanctuary-policies-already-create-chaos-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
JOHN KASS
— Trump, the Golden Age of America and the Forgotten Man
https://johnkassnews.com/trump-the-golden-age-and-the-forgotten-man/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Because they used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to waste the careers of and to get rid of Republican employees, if I was still working for them and because of Trump’s recent DEI actions, they would kill me figuratively if mot literally. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. If I had had a qualified coworker who was the aforesaid in 1986, my Democrat GAO superiors would have promoted her/him instead of me. If I had had qualified coworkers who were the aforesaid in 1972, 1973, and 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors would have promoted them instead of me. I doubt that GAO would have promoted me in 1986 if I had not a) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, b) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) worked for IRS 1971-1980 and the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, d) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) earned an MBA in 1976. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, federal jobs should be given to Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for becoming a federal employee and for staying a federal employee. Because of negative federal employee stereotypes, once you become a federal employee, it is very difficult if not impossible to get a job in the private sector. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment test and if I had not passed it. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if had not been unemployed and needed a job to help support my mother and brother. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I would not have become a GAO employee in 1980 if my IRS superiors had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and made it clear that they would never promote me beyond GS-12. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Affirmative Action started out with giving preference to minorities and to females if they were equally qualified with Whites and men. But under the Democrats and under the RINOs, it soon evolved into ever-increasingly giving minorities and females more and more and more preference no matter what. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do you share my interest in cars? What is your attitude toward cars? Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-American nameplate cars, if not just plane anti-car. The cars that you own/owned say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. My daily driver is a 2018 Chevy Cruze LS. Other cars that I own are: 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2005 Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, 2019 Ford Escape Titanium, 2021 Malibu Premier, and 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium. I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. Previously, I owned a 1958 Chevy Bel Air, 1962 Bel Air, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Charger R/T, 1969 Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1993 Thunderbird, 1997 Chevy Cavalier, and 2003 Cavalier LS. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WHITE HOUSE
— GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/guaranteeing-the-states-protection-against-invasion/
— REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reforming-the-federal-hiring-process-and-restoring-merit-to-government-service/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump fires four Biden officials, promises to ax ‘many more’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/21/trump-fires-four-biden-officials-promises-ax-many/
— ‘Terror threat to America is alive and persistent’ — New House GOP report warns of jihadist danger
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/house-gop-report-warns-jihadist-danger/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Inside State-Run ‘Bias-Response Hotlines,’ Where Fellow Citizens Can Report Your ‘Offensive Joke’
https://freebeacon.com/policy/inside-state-run-bias-response-hotlines-where-fellow-citizens-can-report-your-offensive-joke/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump announces purge of over 1,000 Biden appointees: ‘YOU’RE FIRED!’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/us-news/trump-to-remove-over-1000-biden-appointees-youre-fired/
— Dem bishop who called for Trump to be replaced delivers woke sermon on illegal immigrants, LGBT issues at National Prayer Service
https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/us-news/dem-dc-bishop-lectures-trump-on-migrants-during-prayer-service-irking-the-don/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden-Era CBP One App Received 166M Requests in Two Years
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/21/biden-era-cbp-one-app-received-166m-requests-in-two-years/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A Bishop Insults Trump
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/a_bishop_insults_trump.html
BREITBART
— Woke-Scold Pastor Lectures Trump About Trans Kids, Illegals at National Prayer Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pklpiJowZHw
— General Mark Milley’s Portrait Down at the Pentagon 10 Days After It Was Put Up
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/21/general-mark-milleys-portrait-down-pentagon-10-days-after-put-up/
CENTER SQUARE
— White college enrollment has been dropping disproportionately (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you are White, your future is ever-increasingly bleak, and especially if you are also conservative, Republican, American, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_66cf4d64-d803-11ef-a373-7b7a1d6670a0.html
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin To Put All Federal DEI Officials On Leave By End Of Day Tomorrow. “President Trump campaigned on ending the scourge of DEI from our federal government,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-to-put-all-federal-dei-officials-on-leave-by-end-of-day-tomorrow
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Administration Directs All Federal DEI Employees Be Put on Leave. The memo directs agencies to place DEI employees on paid leave by 5 p.m. on Jan. 22.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-administration-directs-all-federal-dei-employees-be-put-on-leave-5796747
FEDERALIST
— Trump Uproots Biden DEI Initiatives From Federal Institutions, Starting With The Coast Guard
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/21/trump-uproots-biden-dei-initiatives-from-federal-institutions-starting-with-the-coast-guard/
— Four GOP States Sue To Stop Federal Government From Counting Illegals In Census
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/22/four-gop-states-sue-to-stop-federal-government-from-counting-illegals-in-census/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker bashes Trump order on birthright citizenship: ‘We will not follow an unconstitutional order’ Pritzker said Illinois will not follow Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-bashes-trump-order-birthright-citizenship-we-not-follow-unconstitutional-order
— Trump fires back at ‘woke’ bishop for far-left church lecture: ‘Ungracious’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6367490626112
— Pray or Prey on the president? Woke bishop lectures Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6367474006112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Begins Purge of 1,000 Biden Appointees by Firing General Milley
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-begins-purge-of-1000-biden-appointees-by-firing-general-milley/
— ‘Strict Meritocracy’: Marco Rubio Launches Counter-DEI Push on His First Day at the State Department
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/strict-meritocracy-marco-rubio-launches-counter-dei-push-on-his-first-day-at-the-state-department/
NEW AMERICAN
— Trump has made clear that he aims to trump Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) schemes. Democrats aim to trump him and keep them alive. And while the president will very likely win the current battle, in the federal political realm, what of the war? Is this just a matter of killing programs?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/trump-may-kill-dei-in-name-but-it-will-live-on-unless/
NEWS BUSTERS
— The Media Resume Their Total War Against Pete Hegseth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/01/22/media-resume-their-total-war-against-pete-hegseth
NEWSMAX
— Trump Halts Court Dates for ‘Aliens’
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-admin-southern-border-aliens/2025/01/21/id/1195917/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics/refugee-flights-canceled/index.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Asylum seekers with CBP One appointments turned away in Mexico after Trump’s inauguration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec73osXyo7w
— US adults want border security action but mostly oppose arrests in schools, churches
https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-us-adults-want-border-security-action-but-mostly-oppose-arrests-in-schools-churches-ap-norc-poll/
REUTERS
— US and India discuss concerns about ‘irregular immigration
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-india-discuss-concerns-about-irregular-immigration-state-department-says-2025-01-22/
— Democrats and RINOs reject equal opportunity, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, that is, they promote Affirmative Action, DEI, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/01/22/trump-escalates-campaign-against-diversity-threatens-private-sector-probes/
CBS NEWS
— Trump executive order says federal government only recognizes “two sexes”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-executive-order-says-federal-government-only-recognizes-two-sexes/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/lgbtq-community-reacts-to-trumps-order-regarding-gender/
NEWSWEEK
— Musk Responds to Nazi Salute Accusations
https://www.newsweek.com/roman-salute-elon-musk-nazi-gesture-2018109
— In Frigid Chicago, Businesses Struggle to Open Amid Fears of ICE Raids
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-waiting-immigration-raids-ice-donald-trump-2018555
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating and dominating religious leaders.
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-francis-attacked-maga-mass-deportations-2018434
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats, RINOs, and illegals reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/chicago-trump-immigrants.html
— Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/opinion/trump-immigrants-deportations.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave. President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to end affirmative action in federal contracting and is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/21/dei-trump-executive-order-diversity/1ec12706-d84c-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— Mexico sides with its drug cartels against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/21/trump-us-drug-cartels-terrorist-organizations/d97deaf8-d7b5-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— Senate receives new allegations against Trump’s defense secretary nominee. As a Senate confirmation vote approaches, an affidavit by Pete Hegseth’s ex-sister-in-law alleges aggressive behavior and heavy drinking.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/21/hegseth-pentagon-senate-vote-allegations/
— Layoffs loom as Trump administration orders federal DEI workers on leave. Employees of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are to be placed on administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Agencies were told to make plans for layoffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/dei-federal-employees-trump/
— Trump appoints Commissioner Andrea Lucas to oversee EEOC. The Republican, a vocal critic of corporate DEI initiatives, will lead an agency that holds sway over policy for a vast swath of U.S. employers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/21/trump-appoints-eeoc-commission-andrea-lucas/
— Justice Department says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement. The directives to Justice Department employees could face fierce blowback from legal advocacy groups and officials in cities and states led by Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/22/justice-immigrantion-memo-sanctuary-cities/
LOS ANGEES TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-22/trumps-order-to-cut-off-funding-to-sanctuary-cities-could-threaten-l-a-fire-relief
USA TODAY
— Hegseth sister-in-law, in new signed testimony, says he raged at ex-wife
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/21/pete-hegseth-terrified-ex-wife-signed-affidavit/77853110007/
— What to consider before changing careers. (COMMENT: To force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors painted it as being a career change. To do that, they ignored, dismissed, and belittled the many very similar things that IRS Special Procedures Staff advisors and GAO Analysts do. They ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, b) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2024/12/31/career-change-considerations/77112110007/
CYPRUS MAIL
— Trump escalates campaign against diversity, revokes executive orders dating as far back as 1965, threatens private sector probes
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/01/22/trump-escalates-campaign-against-diversity-revokes-executive-orders-dating-as-far-back-as-1965-threatens-private-sector-probes
AIR FORCE TIMES
— Trump taps officer who blasted ‘wokeness’ for Air Force undersecretary
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/01/21/trump-taps-officer-who-blasted-wokeness-for-air-force-undersecretary/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hegseth Routinely Passed Out From Alcohol Abuse, Witness Says. Trump’s Pentagon pick has denied allegations, calling them part of a ‘smear campaign’
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pete-hegseth-affidavit-witness-drunk-passing-out-e216ca85
BUSINESS INSIDER
— McKinsey is offering some staff 9 months of pay and career-coaching services to leave the firm. Bloomberg also reported last week that McKinsey told some senior employees they had only about 2 1/2 years to be promoted — amping up the pressure on staff to move up or out. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors rudely forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since then, my critics/opponents have used that and everything around it to demonize me, to denigrate, and to condemn me. I should write about that.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/mckinsey-is-offering-some-staff-9-months-of-pay-and-career-coaching-services-to-leave-the-firm-report/ar-BB1kRezU
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— President Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration and What They Mean for Employers
https://natlawreview.com/article/president-trumps-executive-orders-immigration-and-what-they-mean-employers
NPR
— Chicago’s immigrant communities brace for immigration crackdowns (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically call their illegals “immigrants.” To promote illegals is to harm legal immigrants.)
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5268920
POLITICO
— Pritzker attacks Trump over birthright citizenship order: It’s ‘chaos’ The Illinois Democrat called the president’s plan “unconstitutional.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/pritzker-trump-birthright-citizenship-00199472
— Senate learns of new allegations against Hegseth. The Defense secretary nominee’s former sister-in-law, in an affidavit, said she witnessed his drunken aggression and that his second wife worried about her safety.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/21/hegseth-new-allegations-00199730
AXIOS
— ICE returns to calling immigrants “aliens”
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-dhs-ice-immigration-noncitizen-alien
FED SCOOP
— Trump shuts down CBP One app, closing a pathway to America
https://fedscoop.com/trump-shuts-down-border-app-cbp-one/
FEDERAL NEWS
— India to take back 18,000 illegal US immigrants to please Trump. Like several other nations, India is working behind the scenes to appease the Trump administration and avoid the brunt of its trade threats, Bloomberg said.
https://thefederal.com/category/news/india-to-take-back-18000-illegal-us-immigrants-to-please-trump-report-168028
INDIA WEST
— US To Deport 18,000 Indian Illegals
https://indiawest.com/us-to-deport-18000-indian-illegals/
INDIAN EXPRESS
— Trump to invoke Alien Enemies Act of 1798: What it says, can it be used against immigrants? Trump said the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 would help “eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to US soil”. But its use against illegal immigrants is unprecedented. Here’s what the Act is, and the 3 times it has been invoked so far.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/everyday-explainers/trump-alien-enemies-act-immigrants-9791951/
TIMES OF INDIA
— Illegal immigrants can be arrested in US schools too: Trump administration blows the protection lid off ‘
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/illegal-immigrants-can-be-arrested-in-us-schools-too-trump-administration-blows-the-protection-lid-off-sensitive-zones/articleshow/117456406.cms
DAILY POST
— Planes are ready to deport 30,000 Kenyans from the U.S. as DONALD TRUMP begins crackdown on illegal immigrants.
https://www.kenyan-post.com/2025/01/planes-are-ready-to-deport-30000.html
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
— Dodge Charger Daytona: The muscle car gets rewired with a jolt (COMMENT: Do you share my interest in American nameplate muscle cars? If so, please let me know. Monday, I ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/automakers/an-dodge-charger-daytona-ev-review/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The electric muscle car era has officially arrived. Dodge is vrooming into electric vehicles with the Charger Daytona and a double shot of the brand’s bravado. The Charger Daytona is the launch vehicle for a new STLA Large platform from Stellantis. It’s designed to be a flexible, electric-native foundation that accommodates a variety of gasoline, electric and hybrid powertrains. While the Daytona is the brand’s first EV, Dodge executives say the mission remains the same: look, sound, handle and feel like a Dodge. That’s why Charger gasoline models, powered by 3.0-liter turbocharged inline 6 engines, will follow later this year. Charger models powered by electric motors will be designated by the Daytona badge. The Daytona is coming to market initially as a coupe, with a sedan to follow in the first quarter. Two models are launching at first: The 496-hp Daytona R/T priced from $61,590 with shipping, and the 670-hp Scat Pack priced from $75,185 with shipping. Both are equipped with a 100.5-kilowatt-hour battery and dual electric-motor drive. Dodge hopes to attract new consumers to the brand by offering standard all-wheel drive — enabled by a 400-volt system — on the Charger Daytona. We’ve collected some early reviews.)
Tag: alien
January 20, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump’s America First Priorities
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/01/president-trumps-america-first-priorities/
— INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicagoans brave frigid cold to protest Trump inauguration. Demonstrators gather in Federal Plaza as Donald Trump was being sworn. The most immediate and palpable fears are felt by those in the city’s immigrant communities ahead of Trump’s expected deportation efforts, which are expected to target Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/20/chicagoans-protest-donald-trump-inauguration-frigid-cold
— Former Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger ‘didn’t want’ Biden’s pardon, but ‘appreciates’ it. In the final minutes of his term, Biden pardoned Kinzinger and other members of the Select Committee on the January 6th Attack. “I am not nervous, I’m not scared, and I will not back down,” Kinzinger said.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/20/adam-kinzinger-pardon-biden-donald-trump-jan-6-committee
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson, Gov. JB Pritzker vow to push back on President Trump as he takes oath
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/20/mayor-brandon-johnson-gov-jb-pritzker-vow-to-push-back-on-president-trump-as-he-takes-oath/
— Hundreds of people braved single-digit temperatures to gather in downtown Chicago in opposition to President Donald Trump and his agenda as the 47th president was sworn into office Monday.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/20/hundreds-brave-frigid-temperatures-during-march-in-chicago-on-inauguration-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Championing a variety of causes including immigrant rights, support for Palestinians and protections for women’s reproductive and LGBTQIA rights, they gathered in Federal Plaza in the Loop to rally, then set off to march to Trump Tower across the river. Demonstrators carried posters reading “Free Palestine Now!,” “Stop the Trump Agenda,” “Immigrant rights and legalization for all” and calling for an end to “police crimes.” They chanted “Donald Trump you racist clown, the people will take you down,” and “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.” The rally was supported by a broad coalition of dozens of organizations, ranging from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression to the Chicago Teachers Union, the U.S. Palestinian Community Network and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Amid news reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids would start Tuesday in Chicago, which Trump’s border czar appeared to walk back after the reports, representatives of the groups said they were united to defend their causes in the face of Trump’s “commitment to ramp up repression.”)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/20/migrant-families-fear-deportation/
— Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country’s past leaders and makes sweeping promises
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/20/inauguration-day-donald-trump/
— Musk’s prominence during inauguration ceremonies stamps tech titan’s place in Trump’s orbit
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/20/elon-musks-inauguration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois officials bemoan another Trump administration. ‘He does not care about ordinary Americans’ While Democrats who control all statewide offices in the state vowed to “fight” President Donald Trump in his return to the White House, Republicans in the state welcomed a new term of “hope, prosperity and freedom.” (COMENT: Illegals are not “ordinary Americans,”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/20/trump-inauguration-reaction-illinois-officials
DAILY HERALD
— ‘America’s decline is over’: Trump returns to power after unprecedented comeback
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250120/nation-and-world-politics/trump-returning-to-power-after-unprecedented-comeback-emboldened-to-reshape-american-institutions/
ABC7
— Federal authorities have identified dozens of targets for deportation in Chicago area. Chicago immigrant community on edge over mass deportation fears with Trump inauguration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-elect-donald-trumps-inauguration-chicago-immigrant-community-edge-mass-deportation-fears/15818640/
— CBP One appointments canceled, leaving potentially thousands of migrants in limbo. Court filing challenges shutdown.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cbp-app-no-longer-available-existing-appointments-cancelled-migrants/15819702/
— Protesters block downtown Chicago streets in effort to converge on Trump Tower
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-protesters-block-downtown-streets-president-donald-trump-inauguration-martin-luther-king-jr-day-live/15819644/
— Trump moves swiftly to implement his new agenda
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-presidential-inauguration-2025-live-updates-president-elect-donald-set-take-office/15807227/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-elect-donald-trumps-inauguration-chicago-immigrant-community-edge-mass-deportation-fears/15818640/
NBC5
— Pritzker girds for Trump immigration efforts. Pritzker said he hopes to learn more about enforcement efforts for Chicago in the coming days and weeks.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-gov-pritzker-girds-for-trump-immigration-efforts/3651428/
CBS2
— Protesters march through downtown Chicago during Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-protests-donald-trumps-presidential-inauguration/
WGN9
— Executive orders is Trump signing on day 1 of presidency
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/what-executive-orders-is-trump-signing-on-day-1-of-presidency/
FOX32
— Trump launches promised deportation program on 1st day in office
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-launches-deportation-program-1st-day
— Hundreds march in protest after Trump sworn in as president again
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-inauguration-protest-chicago
— Chicago man charged with selling cocaine in Naperville
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-charged-selling-cocaine-naperville
— Chicago mayor reiterates opposition to Trump deportation plan
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-ice-raids-deportations-trump
WTTW
— Democrats charge Trump with making false and misleading claims
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/20/fact-check-2020-election-panama-canal-look-false-and-misleading-claims-donald-trump-s
— Trump, a Populist President, Flanked by Tech Billionaires Bezos, Musk and Zuckerberg at Inauguration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/20/donald-trump-populist-president-flanked-tech-billionaires-bezos-musk-and-zuckerberg
WIFR
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their manipulation/domination of religious leaders.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/01/20/pope-francis-calls-trumps-plans-mass-deportation-immigrants-disgrace/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Senate passes immigrant detention bill that could be the first measure Trump signs into law
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-senate-passes-immigrant-detention-bill-that-could-be-the-first-measure-trump-signs-into-law/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Laura Trump Speaking at McHenry County GOPAC Event
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/20/laura-trump-speaking-at-mchenry-county-gopac-event/
— 1973 Martin Luther King Day Law Not Supposed to Close Schools, According to Sponsor Harold Washington
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/20/1973-martin-luther-king-day-bill-not-supposed-to-close-schools-according-to-sponsor-harold-washington/
— Buehler Beat Wegener by Ten Percentage Points To Head County Board While Spending Only 75% of Democrat’s Effort
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/20/buehler-beat-wegener-by-ten-percentage-points-to-head-county-board-while-spending-only-75-of-democrats-effort/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ne-Pa
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/19/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ne/
— Fauci and Others Pardoned on Day That Action Will Be Buried by So Much Other News
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/20/fauci-and-others-pardoned-on-day-that-action-will-be-buried-by-so-much-other-news/
— Firsthand Story of 1973 Joe Biden Lie
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/20/firsthand-story-of-1973-joe-biden-lie/
— Biden Pardons HIS Crime Family “Unconditional[ly]”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/20/biden-pardons-his-crime-family/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump reverses Biden’s woke policies, bolsters energy production, pardons Jan. 6 defendants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/20/donald-trump-undoes-joe-biden-woke-policies-bolste/
— Trump to dismantle Biden’s gender identity and DEI initiatives through executive action
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/20/donald-trump-dismantle-bidens-gender-identity/
— Trump to deploy military to southern border, block asylum claims, end birthright citizenship
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/20/donald-trump-deploy-military-southern-border/
— Trump to implement a freeze on government hiring (COMMENT: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, the agency was under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Republican-led budget cuts. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time for that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/20/donald-trump-implement-freeze-government-hiring/
— Gingrich: Federal bureaucrats plan resistance to Trump administration. Survey reveals 42% of senior government employees intend to oppose president’s policies. (COMMENT: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, the agency was under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich-led budget cuts. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time for that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/20/federal-bureaucrats-plan-resistance-trump-admin/
— Trump said he’ll impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/20/trump-says-25-tariffs-canada-mexico-starting-feb-1/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Protesters bring guillotine to DC for Trump inauguration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3293768/protesters-guillotine-dc-trump-inauguration/
Trump tramples MAGA ‘stigma’ with historic inaugural fundraising numbers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3290028/trump-tramples-maga-stigma-historic-inaugural-fundraising-numbers/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s billionaire frenemies get prime spots in Rotunda — as Govs. DeSantis, Abbott put in overflow room
https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/trumps-billionaire-frenemies-get-prime-spots-in-rotunda-as-govs-desantis-abbott-put-in-overflow-room/
— Trump signing slew of executive orders shows he’s learned how to truly hit the ground running
https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/opinion/trumps-starting-slew-of-executive-orders-shows-hes-learned-how-to-truly-hit-the-ground-running/
— The breathtaking promises in Trump’s address are just what the nation wants
https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/opinion/trumps-breathtaking-inaugural-promises-are-just-what-the-nation-wants/
BREITBART
— Chicagoans Siding with Trump’s Illegal Alien Deportation Plans
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/20/chicagoans-siding-with-trumps-illegal-alien-deportation-plans/
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Pardons Five Family Members Just Moments Before Trump’s Swearing-In
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/20/biden-pardons-five-family-members/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Biden preemptively pardons family members and Trump foes including Fauci, Milley and Jan. 6 committee
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-january-6-committee/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Shuts Down Migrant Entry App, Signaling the Start of His Crackdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-shuts-down-migrant-entry-app-cbp-one.html
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-businesses-trump-immigration-raids-2017791
BARRON’S
— Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.barrons.com/news/please-let-us-in-trump-crackdown-leaves-migrants-in-tears-7189f0ae
POLITICO
— Trump issues sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/donald-trump-jan6-pardons-00199532
NPR
— Trump rescinds Biden’s census order, clearing a path for reshaping election maps
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/nx-s1-5268958/trump-order-census-citizenship-question-apportionment
PBS
— Democrat and RINO leaders used Biden’s CBP One app to flood America with their illegals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/it-may-be-the-end-for-the-border-app-that-became-a-salvation-for-migrants-to-legally-enter-the-us
CAR BUZZ
— The Death Of The Muscle Car As We Know It; The Dodge Charger Daytona And The Future Of Muscle Cars (COMMENT: Do you share my interest in American nameplate muscle cars? If so, please let me know. Today, I ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://carbuzz.com/how-many-discontinued-muscle-cars-left-dealer-lots/#the-death-of-the-muscle-car-as-we-know-it
January 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Community leaders tell Chicagoans to know their rights before ICE raids begin after Trump’s inauguration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/18/community-leaders-tell-chicagoans-to-know-their-rights-before-ice-raids-begin-after-trumps-inauguration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— With Trump deportation raids expected to start in Chicago, advocates say they will safeguard immigrants. The incoming Trump administration is reportedly beginning mass deportations next week in the city and across the U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia said “the current threats are nothing new” and advocates are ready to fight for and protect the community.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/18/ice-immigration-raids-chicago-jesus-garcia-delia-ramirez-resurrection-project
DAILY HERALD
— Thousands march in Washington days before Trump takes office
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250118/nation-and-world-politics/thousands-march-in-washington-days-before-trump-takes-office/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250118/news/viator-house-marks-8-years-of-offering-safe-haven-for-young-immigrants-seeking-asylum/
ABC7
— Post-inauguration ICE raids likely to begin in Chicago, could start as soon as Tuesday. Immigration advocates host ‘know your rights’ workshops for community amid mass deportation fears.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trumps-chicago-deportation-plan-dhs-officials-confirm-city-will-target-area-incoming-admin-mass-fears-grow/15813592/
NBC5
— Chicago immigration activists prepare for possible large-scale deportation raids. NBC News reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials plan to conduct a major enforcement operation in Chicago following Trump’s inauguration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-immigration-activists-prepare-for-possible-large-scale-deportation-raids/3649994/
— Who will be at Trump’s inauguration: Performers, guests and more. From former presidents to famous musical artists, Inauguration Day will feature a number of high-profile attendees.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/who-will-be-at-trumps-inauguration-performers-guests-and-more/3649960/
CBS2
— ICE planning to ramp up arrests in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-planning-increase-arrests-undocumented-immigrants-major-u-s-cities-after-trump-takes-office/
— Chicago’s migrant community prepares for potential ICE raids after Trump takes office
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-raids-immigration-undocumented-migrants-trump-inauguration/
WGN9
— Mass deportation raids could start in Chicago as soon as Tuesday
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mass-deportation-raids-threatened-chicago/
— Most voters in new survey seek toned-down Trump agenda
https://wgntv.com/news/national/most-voters-in-new-survey-seek-toned-down-trump-agenda/
WGN RADIO
— Chicago prepares for deportation arrests targeting hundreds next week after Trump takes office
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-chicago-prepares-for-deportation-arrests-targeting-hundreds-next-week-after-trump-takes-office/
WBEZ
— With Trump deportation raids reported to start in Chicago, advocates move to safeguard immigrants. The incoming Trump administration is reportedly beginning mass deportations next week in the city and across the U.S., one of the president-elect’s campaign promises.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/18/ice-immigration-raids-chicago-jesus-garcia-delia-ramirez-beatriz-ponce-de-leon
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois lawmakers, delegates going to D.C.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/rockford-register-star/20250119/281852944231161
WGLT & NPR ILLINOIS
— Steve Bannon says MAGA populism will win — as Trump is surrounded by billionaires
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-19/steve-bannon-says-maga-populism-will-win-as-trump-is-surrounded-by-billionaires
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-19/steve-bannon-says-maga-populism-will-win-as-trump-is-surrounded-by-billionaires
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s influence spreads through state capitols in both substance and symbolism (COMMENT: What about Illinois?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-influence-spreads-through-state-capitols-in-both-substance-and-symbolism/
— Vance will make his mark as the first millennial vice president and the potential MAGA torchbearer
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-vance-will-make-his-mark-as-the-first-millennial-vice-president-and-the-potential-maga-torchbearer/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage illegals to stay.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-18/trump-has-promised-mass-deportations-why-some-migrants-think-its-worth-the-risk
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-19/trumps-2nd-term-represents-hope-for-the-right-and-fear-of-a-dark-era-for-others
DEPAULIA
— Corporations pour millions into inauguration Democrats plan to ditch
https://depauliaonline.com/73940/news/corporations-pour-millions-into-inauguration-democrats-plan-to-ditch/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you share my interest in American nameplate muscle cars? If so, please let me know. I am seriously considering ordering a red 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “ICE Man Cometh,” Chicago Targeted for Illegal Alien Removal Tuesday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/chicago-targeted-for-illegal-allien-removal-tuesday/
— Remembering Visiting Washington Men’s Room 70-80 Years Ago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/remembering-visiting-washington-mens-room-70-80-years-ago/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ma-Mi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/17/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ma-mi/
— Another Example of Order of Protection Not Protecting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/another-example-of-order-of-protection-not-protecting/
Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Mi-Ne
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-mi/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Thousands turn out for anti-Trump ‘People’s March’ rally as inauguration looms
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/18/thousands-turn-anti-trump-people-march-rally-inaug/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The military needs Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3291411/military-needs-pete-hegseth/
— DEI’s obscene price tag (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3290547/dei-obscene-price-tag/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump arrives in DC with family ahead of inauguration extravaganza
https://nypost.com/2025/01/18/us-news/trump-heads-to-washington-with-melania-barron-ahead-of-inauguration-day/
ALL SIDES
— Google News Shows Strong Political Bias (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Google steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.allsides.com/blog/google-news-shows-strong-political-bias-allsides-analysis
AMERICAN THINKER
— The FBI sweeps DEI under the rug
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/the_fbi_sweeps_dei_under_the_rug.html
CENTER SQUARE
— California removes college degree requirements for nearly 30k state jobs (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females, Democrat employers have ever-increasingly eliminated job requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.aol.com/california-removes-college-degree-requirements-164900658.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— DEEP STATE GEARING UP: Nearly Half of Federal Employees in the Swamp Plan to Resist Trump (COMMENT: I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who despised/hated Republicans the most.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/13/deep-state-gearing-nearly-half-federal-employees-swamp-plan-resist-trump-poll-finds/
— I Live in Pacific Palisades and I Know Who Caused the Fire
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/14/i-live-in-pacific-palisades-and-i-know-who-caused-the-fire/
DAILY WIRE
— Air Force Official Held Event Pushing Critical Race Theory, Bemoaning ‘White Middle Class Problem. One panel member claimed that America’s public schools have ‘a white, middle class problem’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/air-force-official-held-event-pushing-critical-race-theory-bemoaning-white-middle-class-problem
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s ‘blacklist’: President-elect describes the type of people he doesn’t want to hire (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled that I would become a Democrat and lost.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-blacklist-president-elect-describes-the-type-of-people-he-doesn-t-want-to-hire/ar-AA1xjeJi
— Diversity, equity, inclusion course mandates cost taxpayers nearly $2 billion nationwide. Undergraduate students at public universities spent at least 40 million student hours satisfying DEI general education course requirements. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/diversity-equity-inclusion-course-mandates-cost-taxpayers-nearly-2-billion-nationwide-study
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Administration To Start ‘Large-Scale’ Deportations on Tuesday in Chicago
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/trump-administration-to-start-large-scale-deportations-on-tuesday-in-chicago/
NEWSMAX
— It’s time to return the United States to its rightful place as the number-one superpower in the world.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/babin-trump-us/2025/01/18/id/1195603/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pentagon under Trump will be “about meritocracy” along with being ready and defeating the enemies of the United States, as “it should have been all along,” said Babin.”)
— GOP for Legal Immigration
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/jeff-van-drew-border-democrats/2025/01/18/id/1195599/
POWERLINE
— Mass Deportations? Well, Yes
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/01/mass-deportations-well-yes.php
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-gather-washington-protest-trump-inauguration-2025-01-18/
NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s pick for undersecretary of the Air Force, Matthew Lohmeier, was previously fired from the Space Force for criticizing what he described as critical race theory and “Marxism” in the U.S. military. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, that is, they fired me, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-air-force-matthew-lohmeier-fired-marxism-2017334
MSN
— Trump labels windmills an ‘economic and environmental disaster’
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/donald-trump-labels-windmills-an-economic-and-environmental-disaster/ar-AA1xrElK
— Trump has to undo four years of Biden administration ‘carnage’
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/donald-trump-has-to-undo-four-years-of-biden-administration-carnage/ar-AA1xru6u
— Tens of thousands to join People’s March in Washington DC against Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/tens-of-thousands-to-join-people-s-march-in-washington-dc-against-trump/ar-AA1xpHNM
— ‘First buddy’ Elon Musk is set to speak at Trump’s pre-inauguration rally. Here’s who will join.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/first-buddy-elon-musk-is-set-to-speak-at-trump-s-pre-inauguration-rally-here-s-who-will-join/ar-AA1xogyH
— Pam Bondi educational qualifications: The rise of Trump’s courtroom queen (COMMENT: I took graduate evening courses in business (Loyola 1972-1976) and accounting (DePaul 1976-1980) because that was what my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do. But my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed those courses outrageously disgustingly and unethically arguing that the courses did not relate to my job duties, that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and that they qualified me for a new trade or business.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/pam-bondi-educational-qualifications-the-rise-of-trump-s-courtroom-queen/ar-AA1xj1DD
— Massachusetts drops degree requirements from most state job listings (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females, Democrat employers have ever-increasingly eliminated job requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/governor-healey-drops-degree-requirements-from-most-state-job-listings/ar-BB1hgHCC
MSNBC
— What members of Trump’s ‘blacklist’ have in common (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/maddow-blog-what-members-of-trump-s-new-republican-blacklist-have-in-common/ar-AA1xjPWk
CNBC
— Trump vowed to declare a national energy emergency as soon as he takes office — here’s how he might do it
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/19/how-trump-could-declare-a-national-energy-emergency-.html
CBS NEWS
— Before Trump’s inauguration, thousands show up to San Francisco’s Women’s March
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-franciscos-womens-march-before-trump-inauguration/
— About 270,000 migrants waiting to enter U.S. through app Trump has vowed to end
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/270000-migrants-waiting-to-enter-u-s-through-cbp-one-app-trump-has-vowed-to-end/
NBC NEWS
— How quickly Trump will be able to carry out his mass deportation plan depends on these factors
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/quickly-trump-will-able-carry-mass-deportation-plan-depends-factors-rcna188064
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Last Migrant Caravans Before Trump’s Inauguration
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01/18/world/americas/mexico-migrants-border-trump
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Tulsa to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01/19/us/tulsa-race-massacre
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tulsa-race-massacre-survivors-demand-accountability-and-reparations-following-doj-report/ar-AA1xqT7M
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump. A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-policies-immigration-tariffs-economy.html
— For Those Deemed Trump’s Enemies, a Time of Anxiety and Fear. Donald Trump is returning to the White House vowing to seek retribution. Those in his sights are worried both about him — and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-officials-retribution.html
— Under Trump’s Big Tent, Republicans Are Starting to Clash. Donald J. Trump won his battle with establishment Republicans. Now, it’s disputes over immigration, taxes and foreign policy that will test his party’s unity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/donald-trump-inauguration-republican-party.html
— A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses. Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/trump-billionaires-washington-homes.html
WASHINGTON POST
— A dominant Trump looks to his second term to reshape, disrupt America. On the eve of his second inauguration, Donald Trump is politically stronger than ever, but huge tests await on immigration, the economy and more.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/19/dominant-trump-looks-his-second-term-reshape-disrupt-america/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Resettlement agencies race to help refugees ahead of Trump’s second term
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-18/resettlement-agencies-race-to-help-refugees-ahead-of-trumps-second-term
PHILADELPHIA INQUIER
— Demonstrators gathered for People’s March in Center City ahead of Trump’s inauguration: ‘We need people to be engaged’ A rebranded version of the Women’s March, which drew 50,000 people into the city’s streets amid Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, the People’s March was smaller but no less determined.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-peoples-march-trump-immigration-abortion-rights-20250118.html
PROPUBLICA
— How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasing drive White students out of public schools.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Progressive Chicago, Long a Trump Target, Braces for Deportations. Plans remain fluid, but there is no doubt of a push for highly visible raids in Democratic cities in the first days of the new administration
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/progressive-chicago-long-a-trump-target-braces-for-deportations-177683ac
FORBES
— Why Is It So Hard For Recent College Graduates To Find A Decent Job? (COMMENT: When I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970, I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait and that frustrated my job search big time. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, it was for a job that did not really require a college degree.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/02/15/why-is-it-so-hard-for-recent-college-graduates-to-find-a-decent-job/
BLOOMBERG
— Chicago, San Diego Brace for Fight With Trump Border Czar
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-18/chicago-san-diego-brace-for-fight-with-trump-border-czar-homan
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critic/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.businessinsider.com/twins-applied-same-college-different-merit-scholarships-2025-1
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO employers will continue to use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees but just call it a different name.
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/why-dei-should-be-here-to-stay-but-under-another-name-20250119-p5l5j3
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINP employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91113957/4-common-arguments-against-dei-and-how-to-dismantle-each-one
https://www.fastcompany.com/91261356/what-can-you-do-if-your-company-is-cutting-dei-programs
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— The benefits of ‘budgeting for results’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have always opposed budgeting.)
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2018/nov/not-for-profit-budgeting-for-results.html
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
— The Demographic Outlook: 2025 to 2055 (COMMENT: From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, fewer and fewer and fewer of those in American will be productive members of society, citizens of America, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61164
MAC DAILY NEWS
— Apple CEO Cook’s total salary set to rise by $10 million for 2024 (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I stress that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://macdailynews.com/2025/01/13/apple-ceo-cooks-total-salary-set-to-rise-by-10-million-for-2024-dependent-on-shareholder-approval/
HIRING LAB
— Educational Requirements Are Gradually Disappearing From Job Postings (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat and RINO minorities and more young Democrat and RINO females, Democrat and RINO employers have ever-increasingly eliminated job requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.hiringlab.org/2024/02/27/educational-requirements-job-postings/
PRESS GAZETTE
— Should I stop including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to websites that paywall or have cookies or popups? My critics/opponents are furious that I have the money, time, ability, experience, and motivation to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning free of charge and without any advertising, donation requests, cookies, or popups.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/
MS MAGAZINE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://msmagazine.com/2025/01/18/dei-trump-diversity/
POLITICO
— National Guard troops worry Trump will deploy them for mass deportations (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs side with illegals against America.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/19/trump-national-guard-mass-deporations-fears-00199063
NEW YORKER
— Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.
https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/whats-really-behind-the-house-bill-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-school-sports
HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Posts ‘Blacklist’ Online And Critics Fear The Same Thing (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-posts-blacklist-online-and-critics-fear-the-same-thing/ar-AA1xiGK9
INDEPENDENT
— Trump names and shames 11 people on his White House blacklist for second administration (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.aol.com/trump-names-shames-11-people-141013448.html
DAILY MAIL
— Rural Midwesterners fight to split Illinois in two after years of Democrat chaos
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14293995/rural-midwest-counties-secede-failed-blue-state.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From peaceful southern Illinois, Chicago can look like a crime-ridden hellhole that’s welcomed far too many asylum seekers and is driving the state off a financial cliff and into a $3.2 billion deficit. No surprise, then, that Illinois lost 83,839 residents in 2023, its 10th straight year of decline — as people and businesses flee across state lines seeking lower taxes and less red tape. Now, separatists say rural counties should wave goodbye to Chicago and surrounding Cook County, and forge the state of ‘New Illinois.’ Their mantra is: ‘Leave Illinois without moving.’ American history is littered with examples of states and counties trying to redraw maps — and most often they’re doomed. But Illinois’ separatists have the wind in their sails after winning nonbinding ballot resolutions in 33 of the state’s 102 counties. Neighboring Indiana has taken notice, offering to shift its western border and absorb disgruntled parts of Illinois. G.H. Merritt, chairman of New Illinois State, says she expects Illinois to soon ‘crash and burn’ due to the progressive tax-and-spend policies of Chicago’s political elite. A lot of businesses have left the state,’ Merritt told DailyMail.com. ‘They leave Chicago because it’s dangerous, and the taxes are too high. Over the course of a few years, we’ve lost a million residents.’ Those leaving often point to Brandon Johnson of Chicago, whose abysmal approval ratings have made him ‘America’s most hated mayor.’ He’s struggled to accommodate the tens of thousands of immigrants and asylum seekers who turned up in Chicago, seeking jobs, homes, and schools after crossing the southern border. Others slam Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker for running up a $3.2 billion deficit in his 2026 budget and overseeing a staggering $144 billion pension debt, according to Illinois Policy, a think tank. Critics note that Pritzker only won his 2022 election through victories in the heavily-weighted counties around Chicago. Illinois is ‘on the verge of bankruptcy,’ warns Merritt. ‘If we can’t make New Illinois happen, you’re going to see a lot more people leave Illinois and go to states where they feel they’ll have a voice.’ It’s not clear that New Illinois would have better finances after jettisoning Cook County. Chicago is surrounded by several wealthy blue counties — and their taxes subsidize poorer areas down south, says research from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. The separatist movement was launched in 2018, but it’s started making real progress in recent months. It echoes efforts in Colorado, California and Oregon, where vast swaths of red, rural counties are dominated by a few blue cities. The divide between urban and rural America has long been a fault line in the world’s biggest economy. President-elect Donald Trump played up tensions on the campaign trail as he railed against large Democratic-run cities. Now, animated separatist groups see his second administration as friendly to sparsely-populated red areas that get pushed about by metropolitan liberals. Late last year, Merritt’s group passed the first draft of a new constitution, and counts support in 68 counties. A sister organization, Illinois Separation Referendum, has secured support from voters on ballot initiatives in 33 counties. In November, even Madison County, a metropolitan area and suburb of St. Louis, approved the symbolic referendum about splitting from the Chicago area and forming a new state. Still, it’s a daunting process, requiring the consent of the state legislature and Congress, says the US Constitution. It’s only happened a handful of times, including the formation of Kentucky, with the consent of Virginia, and Maine, which once belonged to Massachusetts. The most recent example was West Virginia, which left Virginia during the Civil War — 162 years ago. Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have since vaunted the idea of becoming a 51st state. Meanwhile, Texas, California, and some other states have efforts to split from the US entirely. In Oregon, a group called Greater Idaho wants to redraw state lines so its eastern conservative rural counties can join Idaho. Though Illinois’ separatists have support among a dozen lawmakers, they have little succor among the elites in Chicago and Springfield, the state capital. ‘We’re one state,’ Gov Pritzker told reporters before last year’s election. ‘The idea that someplace in Illinois wants to kick out another place in Illinois should not be on the ballot.’ This month, Illinois politics got messier once again, with neighboring Indiana joining the ruckus. Republicans in Indianapolis introduced a bill to launch a boundary commission to redraw state lines and absorb disgruntled parts of Illinois. It would ’embrace neighboring counties that want to join low-tax, low-cost Indiana,’ says the bill. Indiana Republican House Speaker Todd Huston said: ‘Instead of seceding and creating a 51st state, they should just join us.’ Still, even with support in Indiana, that effort would need to win over Springfield and Washington DC — another long-shot. Pritzker has rejected Indiana’s move as a ‘stunt’ and advised his residents against joining a ‘low-wage state’ with few worker protections and shoddy healthcare. Still, for Merritt, who lives near Chicago in Lake County, it’s a more a question of how much of Illinois that Indiana would be willing to absorb. ‘If it were to work, I’d say ‘great’,’ she told DailyMail.com. ‘But I wouldn’t want Indiana to grab 33 counties in southeastern Illinois, because then the rest of us would get left behind.’)
January 18, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump administration planning ‘large-scale immigration raid’ Tuesday in Chicago. Mass deportation fears grow among Southwest Side food cart vendors, CPS families
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-food-cart-vendors-cps-families-have-growing-fears-mass-deportations-ahead-2nd-donald-trump-presidency/15811312/
— Trump’s inauguration moving indoors due to weather
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trumps-inauguration-moving-indoors-due-weather-sources/15810328/
— What can we expect from Trump’s first 100 days?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-can-expect-trumps-first-100-days/15811201/
— Democrats reject Trump’s election. Democrats reject the rule of law.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-suburban-school-districts-try-calm-fears-mass-deportations-ahead-2nd-donald-trump-presidency/15807423/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-food-cart-vendors-cps-families-have-growing-fears-mass-deportations-ahead-2nd-donald-trump-presidency/15811312/
— Retired head of Chicago DEA on shortlist to lead national agency under Trump administration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/retired-head-chicago-dea-jack-riley-short-list-lead-national-agency-donald-trump-administration/15811557/
NBC5
— Here’s what President-elect Trump has vowed to do on Day One. Jan. 20 will be a busy day for the incoming Trump administration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mass-deportations-other-day-one-promises-president-elect-trump-has-made/3649305/
— Illinois counties exploring succession would be welcomed in Indiana: House speaker. In the November election, a total of seven counties in Illinois faced a ballot question on exploring the idea of secession. (COMMENT: Pritzker wants to get rid of the 88 Illinois counties that voted for Trump.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-counties-exploring-succession-would-be-welcomed-in-indiana-house-speaker-says/3649511/
— Changes made for Inauguration Day. Here’s the new schedule of events. The last time the ceremony was held indoors was Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration when it was only seven degrees.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/changes-made-for-inauguration-day-heres-the-new-schedule-of-events/3649457/
CBS2
— Parents express concerns over relocation of unhoused near school in Elgin. The hotel where the unhoused group was moved is right across the street from the Elgin Math and Science Academy. (COMMENT: Under the Democrat6s and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/parents-concerned-relocation-unhoused-near-school-elgin/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrant-advocacy-groups-prepare-mass-deportation-threat-president-elect-trump/
WGN9
— Mass deportation raids could start in Chicago as soon as Tuesday
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mass-deportation-raids-threatened-chicago/
FOX32
— Trump Administration to begin immigration raids in Chicago next week
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-administration-begin-immigration-raids-chicago-next-week-wsj-reports
WBEZ
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/17/this-immigrant-couple-plans-to-keep-their-family-together-no-matter-what-trump-does
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Should Chicago have a specific mechanism for recalling its mayor? With caveats, yes.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/editorial-voters-recall-brandon-johnson/
— Hemp advocates gave campaign donations to lawmakers in fight over regulations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/18/hemp-cannabis-donations/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats reject Trump’s election. Democrats reject the rule of law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/17/chicago-deportations-trump-ice-raids
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/01/17/donald-trump-undermine-first-amendment-project-2025-kash-patel-tyler-valeska-loyola
DAILY HERALD
— Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who led charge to ban TikTok, applauds Supreme Court’s decision
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250117/news/suburban-congressman-who-led-charge-to-ban-tiktok-applauds-supreme-courts-decision/
— Soon, if not already, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250117/submitted-content/fight-hunger-with-food-races-and-golf-northern-illinois-food-banks-2025-event-calendar/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250118/news/illinois-shelter-alliance-calls-for-100-million-state-funding-boost-to-fight-homelessness/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump plans big immigrant raid in Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-plans-huge-immigrant-raid-chicago-report-says
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-must-fight-workforce-equity-under-trump-op-ed
NPR ILLINOIS
— ICE estimates it would need $26.9 billion to enforce GOP deportation bill. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs, that is, those who vote for Democrats, should pay that bill.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-16/ice-estimates-it-would-need-26-9-billion-to-enforce-gop-deportation-bill
— Indiana makes an overture for dissatisfied Illinois voters (COMMENT: Pritzker wants to get rid of the 88 Illinois counties that voted for Trump.)
https://www.tspr.org/illinois-public-radio/2025-01-17/state-week-indiana-makes-an-overture-for-dissatisfied-illinois-voters
WAND TV
— Illinois Republicans want to lower the age to get a FOID card (COMMENT: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.wandtv.com/community/illinois-republicans-want-to-lower-the-age-to-get-a-foid-card/article_74a044a2-d510-11ef-9af8-8f4fd19267c9.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-231/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Attendance/Absence of Current and Former Democratic Party Members of Congress at Trump Inauguration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/17/attendance-absence-of-current-and-former-democratic-party-members-of-congress-at-trump-inauguration/
— McHenry County Democratic Women End Year with $12,400, No Money Identified Supporting Female Candidates
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/mchenry-county-democratic-women-end-year-with-12400-no-money-identified-supporting-female-candidates/
— Communist Chinese Party’s Groton Under Attack by LaHood, Others in Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/communist-chinese-partys-groton-under-attack-by-lahood-others-in-congress/
— Woodstock Native Comments on Potential New State Flag, Voting Open
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/woodstock-native-comments-on-potential-new-state-flag/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Le-Mi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-le-mi/
— Sheriff Tadelman Points to Illinois Trust Act’s Restrictions on His Office’s Ability to Assist ICE
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/sheriff-tadelman-points-to-illinois-trust-acts-restrictions-on-his-offices-ability-to-assist-ice/
— Campaign for Nunda Township Supervisor Taking Place on Facebook
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/campaign-for-nunda-township-supervisor-taking-place-on-facebook/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Chicago’s ‘antiracism’ is getting people killed
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3290941/how-chicago-antiracism-getting-people-killed/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Kristi Noem Pledges To Shut Down Biden’s CBP One App That Facilitated Nearly 1 Million Entries
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/kristi-noem-pledges-to-shut-down-bidens-cbp-one-app-that-facilitated-nearly-1-million-entries/
NEW YORK POST
— Biden commutes 2,500 crack sentences — as pot offenders wait to see if he will fulfill promise to free them
https://nypost.com/video/biden-commutes-2500-crack-sentences-as-pot-offenders-wait-to-see-if-he-will-fulfill-promise-to-free-them-reporter-replay/
— ICE officers prepping for big operation across sanctuary cities immediately after Trump inauguration.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/17/us-news/ice-officers-prepping-for-big-f-king-operation-across-sanctuary-cities-after-trump-inauguration/
— Biden decides not to enforce looming TikTok ban — leaving Chinese app’s fate up to Trump
https://nypost.com/video/biden-decides-not-to-enforce-looming-tiktok-ban-leaving-chinese-apps-fate-up-to-trump-as-he-returns-to-white-house-reporter-replay/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Indiana governor signs executive order to replace DEI with ‘Merit, Excellence and Innovation’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/indiana-governor-signs-executive-order-replace-dei-merit-excellence-innovation/27315
DAILY CALLER
— Local Police Departments Are Refusing To Help DC Secure Trump’s Inauguration (COMMENT: Democrats reject Trump’s election. Democrats reject the rule of law.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/17/donald-trump-inauguration-security-metropolitan-police-department/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Letting People ‘Self-Identify’ Gender on Government Documents Poses National Security and Fraud Risks
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/17/letting-people-self-identify-gender-government-documents-poses-national-security-fraud-risks-borderline/
— ‘I Think We’re Going to Take a Lot of Hate,’ Border Czar Tom Homan Says Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/17/people-going-be-pleased-trumps-executive-orders-border-czar-tom-homan-pledges/
DAILY WIRE
— Homan Tells Democrats To ‘Stay Out Of The Way’ When It Comes To Deportations. Homan and Trump have made it clear that they will be removing illegal aliens from the country.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-tells-democrats-to-stay-out-of-the-way-when-it-comes-to-deportations
— Queer Time, Black Shakespeare, and Afrofuturism: The Wokest College Courses In America. This spring, American students can study everything from ‘queer necropolitics and the carceral state’ to ‘The Sexual Life of Colonialism’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/queer-time-black-shakespeare-and-afrofuturism-the-wokest-college-courses-in-america
FOX NEWS
— Chicago Public Schools, teachers union reaffirm being a ‘sanctuary space’ ahead of Trump administration
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/chicago-public-schools-teachers-union-reaffirm-being-a-sanctuary-space-ahead-of-trump-administration/ar-AA1xqiYf
— Trump administration planning illegal immigrant arrests throughout US on ‘day one’ President-elect Trump made targeting illegal immigration a top campaign issue.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-planning-illegal-immigrant-arrests-across-us-day-one
— DOGE eyes suggestions to slash federal DEI programs. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is reportedly looking at a proposal that urges cuts to DEI initiatives. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, female, younger, and/or veteran and who would take the job.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-eyes-suggestions-slash-federal-dei-programs-report
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Posts ‘Blacklist’ of Candidates Who Need Not Apply for Jobs in his White House (COMMENT: I should write about those who have me on their blacklists and why.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/trump-posts-blacklist-of-candidates-who-need-not-apply-for-jobs-in-his-white-house/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Joe Biden’s Constitutional Vandalism
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/joe-bidens-constitutional-vandalism/
STREAM
— Nearly Half of Federal Employees Openly Planning to Resist Trump (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://stream.org/the-enemy-within-nearly-half-of-federal-employees-openly-planning-to-resist-trump/
TOWNHALL
— On Eve of Trump’s Inauguration, Appeals Court Rules This Obama-era Illegal Alien Program Is Unlawful
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/18/on-eve-of-trumps-inauguration-appeals-court-rules-this-obama-era-illegal-alien-program-is-unlawful-n2650744
— Deportation: Past, Present, and Future
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2025/01/18/deportation-past-present-and-future-n2650697
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
https://www.westernjournal.com/self-deportations-already-underway-fear-trump-sets/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— ICE planning to ramp up arrests in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-planning-increase-arrests-undocumented-immigrants-major-u-s-cities-after-trump-takes-office/
MSN
— Federal Employees Ready To Resist Trump’s Second Term (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/deep-state-rising-poll-finds-federal-employees-ready-to-resist-trump-s-second-term/ar-BB1rohYw
— Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens fed workers who ‘resist’ Trump (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/they-will-come-to-heel-marjorie-taylor-greene-threatens-fed-workers-who-resist-trump/ar-AA1xgf8P
— Sen. Rosen to Hegseth: “How Can You Lead When You Lack the Qualifications to Serve?” (COMMENT: What are your qualifications? My critics/opponents have always ignored, dismissed, belittled, and/or badmouthed my qualifications. I earned a CPA license when I was 32. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance when I was 27, 31, and 48. The Democrats who ran IRS promoted me to GS-12 when was 25 and then to Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) when I was 29 and the Democrats who ran GAO promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 and then to Step 10 (currently $153,151/year) when I was 49 even though I have the following bad demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sen-rosen-to-hegseth-how-can-you-lead-when-you-lack-the-qualifications-to-serve/vi-AA1xk2s5
— Trump names and shames 11 people on his White House blacklist for second administration (COMMENT: I should write about those who have me on their blacklists and why.)
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/trump-names-and-shames-11-people-on-his-white-house-blacklist-for-second-administration/ar-AA1xjr7f
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-blacklist-stirs-gop-tension-critics-raise-alarm/ar-AA1xkou4
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/thank-you-for-your-attention-trump-proudly-rattles-off-republicans-he-s-blacklisted/ar-AA1xh6kx
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-reveals-strange-blacklist-for-his-second-term/ar-AA1xjOVQ
CNN
— Trump’s first hours: Mass deportation raids set for major cities
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/video/newsnight-trumps-first-hours-mass-deportation-raids-set-for-major-cities
— Federal agencies quietly edit job descriptions to protect roles from DOGE scrutiny (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my federal employment. I should post my GS-7 through GS-12 IRS position descriptions (currently $55,850-$112,280/year) and my GS-9 through 13 GAO position descriptions (currently $88,808-$153,151/year).)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/federal-employees-doge-elon-musk/index.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Deportation Plan Is Said to Start Next Week in Chicago. The size of the planned immigration raids is unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/trump-immigration-raids-chicago.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/17/us/immigrants-trump-deportations.html
— People promote DEI a) because they have, are, and/or want to personally benefit from it, b) because they want to curry favor with and/or to pander to those who are minority, female, and/or younger, c) because they are Democrats and those who vote for Democrats are minority, female, and/or younger, and/or d) because they despise/hate those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/business/dei-trump-meta-zuckerberg.html
— Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/opinion/trump-democracy-autocracy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats promote protests against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/18/peoples-march-dc-rally-trump-inauguration-2025/
— Biden’s border app is illegal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/17/cbp-one-trump-biden-mexico-border-app/416dc156-d491-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html
— Democrats and RINOs reject Trump’s election. Democrats and RINOs reject the rule of law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/18/peoples-march-dc-rally-trump-inauguration-2025/
DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lower standards to advance young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly lowered standards to promote their young Democrat minority employees and their young Democrat female employees over me. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. I should write about that.
https://www.ourmidland.com/opinion/voices/article/sham-hegseth-hearing-shows-standards-gone-20036442.php
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump to Begin Large-Scale Deportations Tuesday. Chicago will be an early target, with as many as 200 officers being sent to carry out the operation, say people familiar with the planning.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-begin-large-scale-deportations-tuesday-e1bd89bd
— FRONT PAGE: Voters Want MAGA Lite From Trump, WSJ Poll Finds. Survey shows Biden leaves office with record-low approval and a badly tarnished party.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/donald-trump-policy-approval-poll-849feb84
— Left-Wing Cancel Culture Gets Canceled. The election of Donald Trump expressed widespread frustration with the censorious methods of progressives. But conservatives have a cancellation problem too. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents cancel me. I should write about them.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/left-wing-cancel-culture-gets-canceled-9038162c
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Ready to Bypass Congress (COMMENT: Biden bypassed Congress frequently.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-ready-to-bypass-congress-on-border-and-tariffs-a0c24feb
FORBES
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO companies, organizations, etc., will put their DEI under the table and off the books.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/17/fbi-shutters-dei-office-here-are-the-organizations-ending-diversity-programs-full-list/
— Tammy Duckworth Predicts ‘Complete Mismanagement Of The Pentagon’s Budget’ Under Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have always opposed budgeting.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flcmwOWfUnk
FORTUNE
— Apple’s Tim Cook took home $74.6 million last year. But he started out in the world of work with a humble $1.10-an-hour job (COMMENT: What has demonstrated your work ethic? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://fortune.com/2025/01/17/apple-ceo-tim-cook-first-job-highest-paid-ceo-work-ethic/
NEW YORKER
— An Oligarchy Is Taking Shape
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/joe-biden-farewell-speech-warns-about-oligarchy
DAILY BEAST
— Federal Agencies Erase DEI Buzzwords From Position Descriptions to Escape Musk’s DOGE Axe (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, my IRS and GAO position descriptions required me to give more and more and more preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/federal-staff-erasing-dei-buzzwords-to-escape-musks-doge-axe/
NEWS ONE
— Conservatives Are Full Of It When It Comes To DEI And Pete Hegseth Is Proof (COMMENT: What are your qualifications? My critics/opponents have always ignored, dismissed, belittled, and/or badmouthed my qualifications. I earned a CPA license when I was 32. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance when I was 27, 31, and 48. The Democrats who ran IRS promoted me to GS-12 when was 25 and then to Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) when I was 29 and the Democrats who ran GAO promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 and then to Step 10 (currently $153,151/year) when I was 49 even though I have the following bad demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://newsone.com/5859444/conservatives-dei-pete-hegseth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White America has thoroughly convinced itself that merit is the reason white men have overwhelmingly dominated every major industry in the nation for all of its history as opposed to patriarchy and systemic racism. Meanwhile, clearly underqualified white men are invisible in that world, which is why none of them seem to notice how often white men are able to fail upwards. . .Hell, when Barack Obama first ran for president, the leading narrative of Republicans (who were trying their hardest to pretend they were not racist) was that Obama was underqualified with only four years in the U.S. Senate and eight years in the Illinois state Senate under his belt. Immediately after Obama’s two terms, the same Republicans and white conservatives gleefully elected a white male president who had not a day’s experience in governing, lawmaking or judiciary work. Yet, during the most recent presidential campaign, Trump supporters repeatedly called VP Kamala Harris a “DEI candidate” who is woefully underqualified for the office of commander-in-chief despite her eight years as San Francisco’s 27th district attorney, eight years as California’s 32nd attorney general, four years as a U.S. senator and four years as vice president of the United States. These are examples of racist “DEI” narratives as they relate to the world of politics, but it can easily be applied to white conservatives’ attitudes in the corporate world and the general workforce as well. If the person in a position of power or influence who is perceivably underqualified is Black or a woman (and especially a Black woman) it’s DEI. If the perceivably underqualified person is a white man, well — that’s just America.)
BROOKINGS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write about Democrat and RINO success in doing that in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/will-trumps-inaugural-address-recognize-americas-key-demographic-shifts/
REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/01/17/biden-didnt-cause-the-border-crisis-by-being-too-lax-on-enforcement/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use birthright citizenship abuse to destroy America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/birthright-citizenship.html
AXIOS
— People promote DEI a) because they have, are, and/or want to personally benefit from it, b) because they want to curry favor with and/or to pander to those who are minority, female, and/or younger, c) because they are Democrats and those who vote for Democrats are minority, female, and/or younger, and/or d) because they despise/hate those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/17/diversity-initiatives-workers-trump
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Concerned for Trump’s Safety at Inauguration
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/voters_concerned_for_trump_s_safety_at_inauguration
WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN
— Politicians benefit from real jobs (COMMENT: I benefitted from working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I benefitted from working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/
January 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— Candidate listings
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Early voting begins in Aurora area for primary election
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/early-voting-begins-in-aurora-area-for-primary-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Early voting began Thursday for the primary election on Feb. 25, Aurora area officials said. In Kane County, there are primary races for mayor in Aurora, which is a non-partisan election, and for three Aurora Township races featuring Democrats, which are partisan contests.)
— Early voting begins in Lake County; ‘It’s very important to … vote so your voice can be heard’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/early-voting-begins-in-lake-county-its-very-important-to-vote-so-your-voice-can-be-heard/
— House bill threatens to dissolve Indiana township government
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/house-bill-threatens-to-dissolve-indiana-township-government/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/opinion-refugees-asylum-seekers/
— Trump’s outsider Cabinet picks are rapidly gaining support for confirmation
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/trump-cabinet-picks-confirmation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for inflation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/trump-prices/
— Evanston rejects Trump’s election and the rule of law
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/opinion-evenston-illinois-immigration-deportation/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/latinos-trump-business-immigrants/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly unite against Republicans those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/trump-protest-march-2017-and-now/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democrat leaders a) reject Trump’s election and b) ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. Anticipate/expect that Illinois Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly take more adverse actions against the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2025/01/16/illinois-house-speaker-chris-welch-donald-trump
— University of Chicago students cancel decades-old school tradition in protest of student’s arrest. Mamayan Jabateh, a senior at the University of Chicago, was arrested, removed from campus and suspended from classes in December following a pro-Palestinian protest in October.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/01/16/university-of-chicago-students-cancel-decades-old-school-tradition-in-protest-of-students-arrest
— White nationalist Nick Fuentes files motion to seal records in criminal case, citing safety concerns. Fuentes “asserts here that the posting of his personal information, on the electronic docket and the physical court file, has created a dangerous and unsafe living condition for the defendant,” states a motion filed Wednesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/01/16/white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-seal-records-safety-concerns
DAILY HERALD
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250116/news/county-dupage-foundation-raise-almost-400k-to-help-shelter-homeless-this-winter/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly unite against Republicans those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250116/news/noted-civil-rights-attorney-to-headline-i-have-a-dream-unity-breakfast-in-dupage-county/
NBC5
— The SALT cap harms those who pay lots of state and local taxes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/these-republicans-are-ready-to-derail-trumps-tax-cuts-over-the-salt-cap/3648107/
WGN9
— DISGUSTING: Some Indiana Republicans introduce bill to legalize recreational marijuana
https://wgntv.com/news/indiana/some-indiana-republicans-introduce-bill-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/?nxsparam=1
FOX32
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Duckworth’s hatred against Hegseth
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tammy-duckworth-pete-hegseth-vote
WTTW
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote protests outside Chicago’s Trump Tower on Inauguration Day
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/16/activists-protest-outside-chicago-s-trump-tower-inauguration-day
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Trump’s inauguration is Monday. Here are the Illinois lawmakers that will, won’t attend.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/01/16/what-illinois-lawmakers-will-attend-trumps-inauguration/77520532007/
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Challenges Against Northfield Township Democratic Slate, Caucus Process Dismissed
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/challenges-against-northfield-township-democratic-slate-caucus-process-dismissed/#google_vignette
JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-defends-dreamers-healthcare-20038141.php
STATELINE
— Illinois man accused of repeatedly throwing cat feces in yards of Trump supporters
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-man-accused-of-repeatedly-throwing-cat-feces-in-yards-of-trump-supporters/
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Freedom Caucus stifled by state GOP
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-to-the-editor-illinois-freedom-caucus-stifled-by-state-gop/article_cc467298-d449-11ef-b4c9-332f0a791a93.html
WNOI
— FREEDOM CAUCUS SHUT OUT (COMMENT: I should write about leaders of the following who shut out conservatives: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.)
http://wnoi.com/onlinenews/wnoinews.exe?ID=53155
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite public comments to the contrary, the Illinois House Minority Leader has telegraphed her unwillingness to heal the fractured Illinois Republican Party by rejecting serious efforts from the Illinois Freedom Caucus to promote party unity. During a recent exchange, the Minority Leader declared her unwillingness to accommodate or collaborate with this influential conservative wing and has even refused to give the Illinois Freedom Caucus a voice in the decision-making process. The Illinois Freedom Caucus, which represents a substantial contingent of principled conservatives across the state, champions fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, and accountability in government. Its members and allies are dedicated to upholding the values shared by many Illinois families and voters who feel abandoned by establishment politicians. The refusal of leadership to engage with the Freedom Caucus signals a troubling disregard for the diversity of thought and values within the Illinois House Republican Caucus. At a time when voters are demanding a unified and effective opposition to the radical left’s political agenda in Illinois, this decision undermines efforts to collaborate and build a stronger, more robust party. “Leadership requires listening to all voices within our party, especially those who bring energy, passion, and principled conservatism. By sidelining the Freedom Caucus, the Minority Leader is not only silencing the voices of conservative lawmakers, but also the voters we represent. This is a disservice to the people of Illinois and a missed opportunity for true unity and accountability. Moving forward, the Illinois Freedom Caucus will continue to fight for the principles that resonate with grassroots voters statewide, and the true base of the Illinois Republican Party. While the Minority Leader’s actions may seek to silence conservative voices, the Freedom Caucus will not be deterred in its mission to advance common-sense policies and stand as a bold voice for the people of Illinois.” The Illinois Freedom Caucus is comprised of State Representatives Chris Miller, chairman; Blaine Wilhour, vice-chairman; Adam Niemerg; Brad Halbrook; Jed Davis; David Friess and State Senator Andrew Chesney. The members of the Illinois Freedom Caucus are members of the Illinois General Assembly who are advocating for limited government, lower taxes and accountability, and integrity in government.)
WPSD
— Illinois State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis, launches petition against decriminalizing sex work (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote prostitution.)
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/illinois-rep-launches-petition-against-decriminalizing-sex-work-citing-safety-concerns/article_ec9ef8a2-d454-11ef-8452-6779cb9ef2f9.html
WSIU
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-01-16/the-checkup-pregnant-in-an-abortion-ban-state-heres-how-to-prepare-for-an-emergency
WCIA
— Complaint against U of I Board of Trustees alleges employment discrimination
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/complaint-against-u-of-i-board-of-trustees-alleges-employment-discrimination/
WSIL TV
— Trump taps the leader of his personal detail to run the US Secret Service
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/trump-taps-the-leader-of-his-personal-detail-to-run-the-us-secret-service/article_d117064c-b79c-5d70-b294-e23c8d33630a.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-more-than-a-dozen-democratic-ags-say-theyll-defend-gun-regulations-ahead-of-trumps-2nd-term/
SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.
https://southsideweekly.com/illinois-lawmakers-say-theyre-ready-to-stand-up-for-undocumented-residents/
SENATOR DURBIN
— Loyalty Above All Else: Pam Bondi Passed Donald Trump’s Loyalty Test To Weaponize the Justice Department (COMMENT: The “Republican” DOJ under Bush sided with the Democrat GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, the “Republican” DOJ promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/loyalty-above-all-else-pam-bondi-passed-donald-trumps-loyalty-test-to-weaponize-the-justice-department
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-438/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-230/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Why did you vote for Trump? I voted for Trump because the Republican Party platform is conservative and Trump ran as a Republican. I owe all my successes in life to my following conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I would not have been able to buy a new town home when I was 24 and condos when I was 25 and 27. I would not have been able to get married and buy a home with my wife when I was 29 and have one built with her when I was 35. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— While S&P downgrades Chicago, Mayor Johnson and city officials deny failures
https://wirepoints.org/while-sp-downgrades-chicago-mayor-johnson-and-city-officials-deny-failures-wirepoints/
— Make no mistake, Illinois politicians will spend money from a progressive tax hike on covering deficits, not property tax relief
https://wirepoints.org/make-no-mistake-illinois-politicians-will-spend-money-from-a-progressive-tax-hike-on-covering-deficits-not-property-tax-relief-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Cap Limit for Real Estate Taxes Due in 2026 Set at 2.9%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/tax-cap-limit-for-real-estate-taxes-due-in-2026-set-at-2-9/
— McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett Reports $53,500 to Start the Year, Most from Car Dealers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/mchenry-mayor-wayne-jett-reports-53500-to-start-the-year/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mayorkas’ final tally: $3 billion in extra vacation time for DHS employees
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/16/alejandro-mayorkas-final-tally-3-billion-extra-vac/
— Pro-terror Islamic organizations in the U.S. are active and growing. The long-running Islamist campaign to radicalize Americans and undermine our country.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/pro-terror-islamic-organizations-u-active-growing/
— Blue state bungles put Democrats’ governing competency in question
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/16/blue-state-bungles-put-democrats-governing-compete/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The competency crisis is among us (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3288425/the-competency-crisis-is-among-us/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump demands FBI’s ‘corrupt’ shuttered DEI office ‘retain all records’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are proud of their success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/16/us-news/fbi-shuttered-its-dei-office-after-trumps-election-win/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illinois Poised to Become Even Worse. Illinois Democrats’ push to decriminalize prostitution risks fueling exploitation, trafficking, and abuse, prioritizing profit over the safety of women and children. (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote prostitution.)
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/17/illinois-poised-to-become-even-worst/
AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Chicago blocks cops from working with ICE to detain criminal illegal immigrants
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/01/chicago-blocks-cops-from-working-with-ice-to-detain-criminal-illegal-immigrants/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden’s farewell letter is full of classic Biden whoppers
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/joe_biden_s_farewell_letter_is_full_of_classic_biden_whoppers.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— A breath of fresh air
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/16/ben-shapiro-a-breath-of-fresh-air-1516371/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth explained that it was time to “bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense.” His laser focus would be on “warfighting, lethality, meritocracy, standards and readiness.” To do that, Hegseth pledged to eviscerate so-called diversity, equity and inclusion standards, explaining, “The strength of our military is our unity — our shared purpose — not our differences.”)
— Freedom Caucus presents Trump with budget overhaul detailed proposal
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/16/freedom-caucus-presents-trump-with-budget-overhaul-detailed-proposal-1516524/
BLAZE
— Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging: A new name for the same game
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-a-new-name-for-the-same-game
BREITBART
— More Indian Migrant Truck Drivers Caught Trafficking Drugs Across Border with Canada
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/01/16/more-indian-migrant-truck-drivers-caught-trafficking-drugs/
CENTER SQUARE
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Because of that, the federal government will continue to be weaponized against Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c160c6f6-d38d-11ef-8690-fff551a2b0a4.html
DAILY CALLER
— Homan Says Great Replacement Theory Could Backfire On Dems And Ramp Up Trump Support (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been in your county, township, municipality, and school district replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats?)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/tom-homan-great-replacement-theory-dems/
— ‘These Democrats Are Just Liars’: Rod Blagojevich Says Dems Are ‘Paying The Price’ For All Their ‘Lies’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/rod-blagojevich-democrats-price-lying-joe-biden/
— Parents Are Chomping At The Bit To Retake America’s Classrooms With Trump’s Imminent Return
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/parents-to-retake-americas-classrooms-trumps-return/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Demands FBI Retain All Records From DEI Office It Closed (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are proud of their success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-demands-fbi-retain-all-records-from-dei-office-it-closed
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Love Censorship Because They Know They’d Lose Without It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/16/democrats-love-censorship-because-they-know-theyd-lose-without-it/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs decry the FBI closing its DEI office. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-closed-dei-office-december-agency-says
— California firefighters ‘lowered standards’ with DEI efforts (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-firefighters-lowered-standards-with-dei-efforts-michael-shellenberger-says/vi-AA1xkWbM
— Zuckerberg, other moguls say they’re backing off ESG and DEI but are they for real? Corporations need to clean house in HR to focus on value creation rather than racial identity politics or costly virtue-signaling.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/zuckerberg-other-moguls-say-theyre-backing-off-esg-dei-real
— Biden commutes nearly 2,500 more sentences in final days of presidency. Biden has issued more individual pardons and commutations than any other US president.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-commutes-nearly-2500-more-sentences-final-days-presidency
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— What Second Amendment? Illinois governor to sign gun confiscation law into effect
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/illinois-governor-to-sign-gun-confiscation-law-into-effect-domestic-order-of-protection-now-voids-the-second-amendment
NATIONAL REVIEW
— FBI Shuttered Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office in December (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are proud of their success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fbi-shuttered-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-office-in-december/
— Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Union Preps Teachers to Fight Against Incoming Trump Admin
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/nations-largest-teachers-union-preps-teachers-to-fight-against-incoming-trump-admin-born-for-this/
NEW AMERICAN
— House Votes to Deport Illegal-alien Rapists; 145 Dems Vote to Keep Them Here
https://thenewamerican.com/us/house-votes-to-deport-illegal-alien-rapists-145-dems-vote-to-keep-them-here/
NEWSMAX
— LA fire chief was more focused on woke nonsense than putting out fires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3uqb62WuXs
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Vote Against Deportation of Illegals Convicted for Violent Crimes Against Women, Children
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/01/16/democrats-vote-against-preventing-violence-against-women-by-illegal-aliens-act-n2650663
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats and RINOs decry the FBI closing its DEI office. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5090257-fbi-shuttered-dei-office-december/
— Democrats take ‘class war’ to Trump’s Cabinet picks (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs always demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as having too much money. I should write about those Democrats and RINOs who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most for my having too much money. In my defense, I stress that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.)
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5090255-evening-report-democrats-take-class-war-to-trumps-cabinet-picks/
CNN
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/costco-pushing-back-hard-against-201119831.html
MSN
— Reasons Gen Z Is Getting Fired From The Workplace (COMMENT: What has demonstrated your work ethic? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/health-news/reasons-gen-z-is-getting-fired-from-the-workplace-psychologist-explains/ar-AA1xkVuF
CNBC
— $49 billion in medical debt will be wiped off Americans’ credit reports (COMMENT: One reason to put up with the many negatives of being a federal employees and retiree is the federal government pays 72%of your and your spouse’s health insurance.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/credit-cards/49-billion-in-medical-debt-will-be-wiped-off-americans-credit-reports-what-you-need-to-know/ar-BB1ro8c4
CBS NEWS
— Trump names Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone his special envoys to Hollywood
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mel-gibson-jon-voight-sylvester-stallone-special-envoys-hollywood/
— Judgment in Trump’s New York fraud case stands at $502 million ahead of inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-new-york-fraud-case-502-million-inauguration/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-dei-costco-diversity/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden to Commute Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push pot. If I had smoked pot, I would not have been able to earn a) a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, or d) a professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/biden-commute-sentences-drug-offenders.html
— The Decline in Geriatric Care Hurts Us All (COMMENT: From what I see, everyone should be on track to have at least $1 million saved for their retirement.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/opinion/health-care-geriatrics-boomers-aging.html
— Resist or Coexist? Democrats Rethink Their Approach to Trump and G.O.P. Elected officials across the party are engaging in a balancing act, signaling they have heard voters’ demands for change while grappling with when to oppose Donald Trump. (COMMENT: How strongly are RINO leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district resisting Trump?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/democrats-resist-trump-administration.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Musk’s DOGE weighs recommendations to cut federal diversity programs. In private talks, the nongovernmental fiscal-efficiency group is deliberating policies that would counteract initiatives assailed by opponents as “DEI” programs. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/16/musk-ramaswamy-diversity-doge-dei/
— Trump’s ongoing loyalty test (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/can-he-do-that/why-trumps-cabinet-nominees-will-be-confirmed/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/interactive/2025/trump-immigrants-mass-deportations/
— How resistance to Trump may look different in his second administration. Inauguration protests are expected to draw fewer people than in 2017, but activists say they are gearing up to oppose the new president with a movement that goes beyond marches.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/17/women-peoples-march-trump-inauguration-protests/
USA TODAY
— No experience? No problem. Trump’s Cabinet raises concerns about government dysfunction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/16/donald-trump-cabinet-government-dysfunction-concerns/76741545007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/01/16/immigration-rights-groups-protest-trump-deportation-threats/77743400007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Can Make Russia Pay to Rebuild Ukraine. The West has frozen $300 billion of Moscow’s assets, but Europe has stood in the way of using them.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-can-make-russia-pay-to-rebuild-ukraine-g7-assets-8874a79c
FORBES
— What Is Agenda47? What To Know About Trump’s Policy Agenda Before His Inauguration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/01/17/what-is-agenda47-what-to-know-about-trumps-policy-agenda-before-his-inauguration/
WION
— Democrats and RINOs decry the FBI closing its DEI office. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wionews.com/world/fbi-closes-its-diversity-office-ahead-of-donald-trumps-return-to-white-house-us-president-elect-alleges-corruption-8629574
HUFFINGTON POST
— I should write about those who blacklist me.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maggie-haberman-donald-trump-blacklist-omission_n_678a1d84e4b08e65fddd83cd
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.splcenter.org/racial-justice-issues/strengthening-democracy/
TIMES
— Fifth of Harvard MBA class still jobless (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/fifth-of-harvard-mba-class-still-jobless-sjw63k8mz
GUARDIAN
— Biden did many illegal things to get illegals into America illegally.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/16/trump-deportation-cbp-one-app-migration
January 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In blue state Illinois, demand outstrips supply for Trump inauguration tickets. Trump’s improving numbers in the Chicago area and the rest of the state should be sending messages to Democrats as they plot their course in the coming second Trump era.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/13/trump-inauguration-tickets-blue-state-illinois-demand
— Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law. “The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference announcing the proposed bill. “This law is essential now more than ever.” (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/13/proposed-bill-illinois-decriminalize-sex-work
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McDonald’s sued over Hispanic scholarship program one week after rolling back some diversity goals (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/mcdonalds-sued-over-hispanic-scholarship-program-one-week-after-rolling-back-some-diversity-goals/
— Advisory referendum question on political contribution rules thrown out by Aurora Electoral Board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/advisory-referendum-question-on-political-contribution-rules-thrown-out-by-aurora-electoral-board/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/illinois-medical-marijuana/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/14/opinion-immgration-refugee-resettlement-united-states/
— CPS on the ‘financial brink’ and state takeover shouldn’t be out of the question, Civic Federation report says
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/report-cps-on-the-financial-brink-state-takeover-not-out-of-the-question/
— Hegseth could lead troops who’d face getting fired for actions he’s done in the past
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/hegseth-troops/
DAILY HERALD
— Judge rules Aurora alderman candidate can’t be on ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250113/local-politics/judge-rules-aurora-alderman-candidate-cant-be-on-ballot/
— Millions have had student loans canceled under Biden — despite the collapse of his forgiveness plan (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships and my having to work my way through college.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250113/education/millions-have-had-student-loans-canceled-under-biden-despite-the-collapse-of-his-forgiveness-plan/
— For voters and for their own good, candidates should be accessible by email
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250114/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-email-drumbeat-for-voters-and-for-their-own-good-candidates-should-be-ac/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s sued over Hispanic student scholarship in latest DEI battlefront (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-sued-over-hispanic-student-scholarship-program
CBS2
— Activists protest proposed changes to Chicago’s sanctuary city ordinance (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/activists-protest-proposed-changes-chicago-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DKu6V8AUzTIA
WGN9
— Tiffany Henyard asks judge to force trustees to show-up to meetings
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/tiffany-henyard-asks-judge-to-force-trustees-to-show-up-to-meetings/
— Illinois will give you a $4K rebate to purchase an electric vehicle in 2025 (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in the 2025 Dodge Charger EV. I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/illinois-ev-electric-vehicle-rebate-2025/
FOX32
— Fight brews over Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance amid Trump era fears (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fight-brews-over-chicago-welcoming-city-ordinance-trump-fears
— Chicago aldermen propose weakening sanctuary city protections. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office with promises of mass deportations, a proposal to amend Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance is reigniting debate over the city’s sanctuary status. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1576011
— Could Illinois be the next state to decriminalize prostitution? (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T32DSkM7_OE
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DT32DSkM7_OE
WTTW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/13/wttw-news-explains-how-did-chicago-become-sanctuary-city
— Advocates, Lawmakers Seek to Legalize Sex Work in Illinois: ‘People Deserve Respect. Work is Work’ (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/13/advocates-lawmakers-seek-legalize-sex-work-illinois-people-deserve-respect-work-work
WBEZ
— Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law. “The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference announcing the proposed bill. “This law is essential now more than ever.” (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/01/13/proposed-bill-illinois-decriminalize-sex-work
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty. Incoming senior Trump officials have begun questioning career civil servants serving on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for, their political contributions in the 2024 election and whether they’ve made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by the Trump team. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. They all were loyal to the Democrat Party platform. They focused on getting rid of Republican federal employees.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/incoming-trump-team-is-questioning-civil-servants-at-national-security-council-about-their-loyalty/article_dfcfb082-5b71-516b-b0d5-c184547e415c.html
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston boosts noncompliance with federal deportation efforts (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/01/14/city/evanston-boosts-noncompliance-with-federal-deportation-efforts/
AUSTIN WEEKLY
— Homelessness spikes by 116% in Illinois in 2024, mostly in Chicago. The national increase from 2023 was 18%, according to an annual HUD report; multiple reasons cited. (COMMENT: What percent of illegals are homeless?)
https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2025/01/13/subruban-cook-county-homelessness-increase/
CITIES 92.9
— Former IL GOP AG candidate Thomas DeVore sues House GOP leader Tony McCombie, alleging social media censorship
https://www.cities929.com/2025/01/13/former-il-gop-ag-candidate-sues-house-gop-leader-alleging-social-media-censorship/
X95 RADIO
— Windhorst Re-appointed State House Republican Floor Leader
https://www.x95radio.com/2025/01/14/windhorst-re-appointed-state-house-republican-floor-leader/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis calls special session to implement Trump’s immigration policies (COMMENT: Will Pritzker call a special session to fight Trump’s immigration policies?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-desantis-calls-special-session-to-implement-trumps-immigration-policies/
FOLEY & LARDNER
— Illinois Human Rights Act Now Protects Employees With “Family Responsibilities” (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed their family responsibilities and they decried that I did not have any. According to them, if I had family responsibilities like they did, I would not have been able to earn the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I did.)
https://www.foley.com/insights/publications/2025/01/illinois-human-rights-act-now-protects-employees-with-family-responsibilities/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Dozens Gather In Pilsen To ‘Stand Up And Fight Back’ Against Trump’s Deportation Plans. Protestors condemned the Trump administration’s plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and urged city leaders to protect Chicago’s “Welcoming City” status. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/13/dozens-gather-in-pilsen-to-stand-up-and-fight-back-against-trumps-deportation-plans/
CHICAGO TREACHERS UNION
— Fighting for our students, standing up for sanctuary protections (COMMENT: Who fights for you? My critics/opponents can cite many examples that the following do not fight for me: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists.)
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/bargaining-update-fighting-for-our-students-standing-up-for-sanctuary-protections/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— House Republican Leader Tony McCombie has been sued in federal court by Tom DeVore, a former Republican attorney general candidate who says McCombie blocked him on Facebook. . .House Republican leaders named. List here https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000194-62bd-d639-a395-7ebd8fd30000
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/14/illinois-gop-leader-sued-over-social-media-actions-00198034
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-435/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-227/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Adults murdering kids. Kids murdering kids. “Random” bullets killing kids. Nearly 100 dead youth in Chicago in 2024.
https://wirepoints.org/adults-murdering-kids-kids-murdering-kids-random-bullets-killing-kids-nearly-100-dead-youth-in-chicago-in-2024-wirepoints/
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Cook County gun, ammo tax unconstitutional still, judge says
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/667585272-cook-county-gun-ammo-tax-unconstitutional-still-judge-says
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Southern Illinois thrown a ‘bone’ after federal spending bill provides disaster aid (COMMENT: What bones have you been thrown? My Democrat GAO superiors reluctantly let me work for them for almost 18 years 1980-1997 and reluctantly promoted me in 1986. My Democrat IRS superiors reluctantly let me work for them for almost 9 years 1971-1980 and reluctantly promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors reluctantly let me work for them for almost 3 years 1966-1969.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/legislator-southern-illinois-thrown-a-bone-after-federal-spending-bill-provides-disaster-aid/ar-BB1rh5v7
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Henyard Filed Another Frivolous Suit Against Thornton Township Trustees
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/01/henyard-filed-another-frivolous-suit-against-thornton-township-trustees/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Smearing Trump’s nominees thwarts the will of the people (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/13/smearing-trump-nominees-thwarts-people/
NEW YORK POST
— McDonald’s sued over Latino scholarships despite rolling back DEI (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/business/mcdonalds-sued-over-latino-scholarships-despite-rolling-back-dei/
— Suspect arrested with ‘flamethrower’ near LA Fire is an illegal immigrant
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/us-news/suspect-arrested-with-flamethrower-near-kenneth-fire-is-an-illegal-immigrant-report/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Sanctuary hell: Illegal alien picked up with a blow torch in a fire zone may have avoided charges to shield him from deportation
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/sanctuary_hell_illegal_alien_picked_up_with_a_blow_torch_in_a_fire_zone_may_have_been_let_go_to_shield_him_from_deportation.html
BLAZE
— Deportations are mass enforcement, not mass deprivation of ‘rights’
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/deportations-are-mass-enforcement-not-mass-deprivation-of-rights
BREITBART
— Pro-Migrant Activists Hold Chicago Rally to Protest Trump Deportation Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/13/pro-migrant-activists-hold-chicago-rally-protest-trump-deportation-policy/
— Laken Riley Act Momentum Grows as Senate Democrats Vote to Begin Debate
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/13/laken-riley-act-momentum-grows-as-senate-democrats-vote-to-begin-debate/
DAILY CALLER
— Dems Are Terrified Pete Hegseth Might Bring A Little Common Sense To The Pentagon
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/13/opinion-dems-are-terrified-pete-hegseth-might-bring-a-little-common-sense-to-pentagon-nicole-kiprilov/
— Dem Rep Distraught That Immigrants Who Already Broke Law By Crossing Border Could Be Detained Under Laken Riley Act
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/13/dem-rep-immigrants-crossing-border-detained-laken-riley-act/
DAILY SIGNAL
— States Should Conduct Their Own Censuses, Count Citizens Only for Redistricting.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/13/states-should-conduct-their-own-censuses-use-citizens-only-redistricting-heres-how/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Despite Criminal Activity, Governor Healey Asks Legislature to Spend Millions More in Taxpayer Dollars to House Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/despite-criminal-activity-governor-healey-asks-legislature-spend-millions-more
FOX BUSINESS
— DEI is not dying, it is just going under the table, off the books.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/dei-dying-heres-list-companies-have-rolled-back-woke-policies
FOX NEWS
— Chicago official slams Brandon Johnson’s new ICE guidelines: ‘Who is the mayor trying to protect?’ Alderman wants to remove those arrested for ‘gang-related activity, drug-related activity, prostitution and human trafficking, or sex crimes involving minors’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-official-slams-brandon-johnsons-new-ice-guidelines-who-mayor-trying-protect
— Massachusetts county ignores ICE detainers against illegal immigrant charged with rape. The immigrant is charged with a series of violent felonies, including rape and extortion with threat of injury.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-county-has-policy-ignoring-ice-requests-against-illegal-immigrants
— Man arrested near LA fires with possible blowtorch is an illegal immigrant: ICE sources. ICE is expected to put a detainer on him, but does not believe it will be honored.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/man-arrested-near-la-fires-possible-blowtorch-illegal-immigrant-ice-sources
— DOGE reps launch meetings with federal staffers in effort to cut government waste. Aides for Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy are reportedly meeting with staffers from more than a dozen federal agencies. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) because I was a Republican with bad demographics and b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-reps-launch-meetings-federal-staffers-effort-cut-government-waste-report
— DNC hires former Harris staffers behind @KamalaHQ for social media response to Trump. The DNC claims Trump is already ‘screwing over the American people.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dnc-hires-former-harris-staffers-behind-kamalahq-social-media-response-trump
HUMAN EVENTS
— The Enemy Within – Nearly Half of Federal Employees Openly Planning to Resist Trump (COMMENT: If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-enemy-within-nearly-half-of-federal-employees/id1585243541?i=1000683852550
NEW AMERICAN
— Hate-Trump Heretic Appointed Archbishop of Washington, D.C.; Covered for Priest Rapist
https://thenewamerican.com/us/hate-trump-heretic-appointed-archbishop-of-washington-d-c-covered-for-priest-rapist/
NEWSMAX
— Congress Desperately Needs DOGE-Focused Hearings (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) because I was a Republican with bad demographics and b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.newsmax.com/scotfaulkner/doge-gao-inspector/2025/01/13/id/1194899/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The subcommittee can become a key forum for informing the public of existing waste, fraud, and abuse, building the nonpartisan case for cutting budgets and eliminating programs. . .Witnesses from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the 73 inspector general offices could review the last 10 years of their findings. Each year they collectively report over $650 billion in ongoing waste and provide recommended actions. Few of their recommendations were implemented. . .Waste is not partisan. No one wants public funds misspent. . .The handful of “public” witnesses represented Washington-based stakeholder organizations. No one from oversight groups documenting government waste and abuse were invited to testify.)
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DNC Creates Team To Combat ‘Republican Disinformation Machine’ Ahead Of Trump’s Inauguration (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are full of disinformation.)
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dnc-creates-team-to-combat-republican-disinformation-machine-ahead-of-trumps-inauguration/
PJ MEDIA
— Woke Equity Is the Reason Why Pacific Palisades Is Now a Moonscape
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/01/13/is-equity-the-reason-why-pacific-palisades-is-a-moonscape-now-n4935920
— As Wildfires Rage, California Dems Want $50 Million to Protect Illegals From Deportation
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/13/as-wildfires-rage-california-dems-want-50-million-to-protect-illegal-from-deportation-n4935927
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Woke Ideology Is Replacing Merit-Based Standards In Military
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/13/william_thibeau_woke_ideology_is_replacing_merit-based_standards_in_military.html
TOWNHALL
— A homeless man who was trying to start fires with a blowtorch near a Los Angeles wildfire is an illegal immigrant. The suspect, Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva, is a Mexican national living in the states illegally.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/01/13/suspect-who-was-trying-to-start-fires-in-la-is-an-illegal-alien-n2650424
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Border Czar Homan Rolling Out Way for Individual Americans to Personally Help Deport Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/border-czar-homan-rolling-way-individual-americans-personally-help-deport-illegals/
— Would-Be Arsonist Caught by Citizens Is Illegal Immigrant
https://www.westernjournal.com/arsonist-caught-citizens-illegal-immigrant-ice-reporter/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— News Outlets Take Unusual Steps to Prepare for Onslaught From Trump. Media organizations are preparing for what they fear will be a legal and political onslaught from the new administration. (COMMENT: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/trump-media-threats.html?searchResultPosition=6
WASHINGTON POST
— Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration. Many of D.C.’s elected leaders either did not say or were noncommittal about whether they will show up to celebrate Trump’s return.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/13/trump-inauguration-protests-safety-dc/
UPI
— U.S. blacklists online White supremacist group as terrorist organization (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who blacklisted the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on my critics/opponents 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 taken big adverse actions against me recently.)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/13/Terrorgram-Collective-terrorist-designation/9661736821662/
MARINE TIMES
— Hegseth’s track record falls short of military standards: Dem senators (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/opinion/2025/01/14/hegseths-track-record-falls-short-of-military-standards-dem-senators/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While we respect his service in the Army Reserve and National Guard, he did not rise to a command position where he would learn the management, joint forces operations, logistics and other skills relevant to the role he’s up for now. He never commanded a task force or a detachment — nothing near the scale or scope of the 3 million people who make up the DOD. These military experiences aren’t requirements for the job, but his civilian leadership experience is not just limited, it is also fraught with evidence that he is not an effective or trusted leader. He financially mismanaged two veterans political organizations, with his staff alleging that he misused funds, was frequently drunk in front of them and fostered an environment where sexual harassment was an issue. He spent the last seven years as a Fox News host, where his alcohol consumption was also a concern among his co-workers. We would not tolerate this kind of reckless behavior from recruits — there is absolutely zero reason we should tolerate it from the man who is supposed to be their leader.)
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Voters Back Trump on Greenland, Panama Canal
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/gop_voters_back_trump_on_greenland_panama_canal
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— McDonald’s Sued Over Latino Scholarships, One Week After Retreating on Diversity. Activist Edward Blum, who challenged affirmative action, sets his sights on college aid. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/mcdonalds-sued-over-latino-scholarships-one-week-after-retreating-on-diversity-dc7a2438
— Employers want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-immigrants-america-needs-policy-reform-8bf8c942
— Pete Hegseth Faces a Skeptical Senate. The Defense nominee must overcome doubts about his qualifications. (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pete-hegseth-nomination-pentagon-defense-secretary-senate-armed-services-committee-51ff216f
BARRON’S
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegals.
https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/migrants-fret-over-asylum-appointments-scheduled-after-trump-s-inauguration-825fe476
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91257841/how-the-dei-backlash-impacts-women-at-work
BORDER REPORT
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.
https://fox40.com/news/border-report/perfectly-legal-if-sanctuary-cities-dont-help-with-mass-deportations-law-scholar-says/
AMERICAN WIRE
— Gingrich warns mass deportations could backfire on Trump (COMMENT: Because of Gingrich’s massive budget cuts, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://americanwirenews.com/newt-gingrich-warns-mass-deportations-could-backfire-on-trump/
POLITICO
— Trump made the GOP a big-tent party. Now, he’s stuck with the infighting. The clashes are a preview to the challenges the president-elect faces.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/trump-republicans-bannon-musk-00197996
— Democrats look to sink Pete Hegseth’s nomination in first day of confirmation hearings. The treatment of Trump’s Pentagon pick will likely determine how other nominees fare.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/13/what-to-watch-pete-hegseths-hearing-00197922
DAILY BEAST
— Duckworth Knocks Hegseth’s Military Record: ‘Pretty Low Ranking’ (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/duckworth-knocks-hegseth-military-record-162535858.html
January 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he’ll rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America,’ blasts Carter over Panama Canal
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-make-remarks-mar-lago-2-weeks-before-taking-office/15771095/
CBS2
— Veteran’s car can’t pass emissions test, and he can’t get it fixed. Why can’t he get a waiver? (COMMENT: A 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier LS was my daily driver 2010-2021. I traded it in for a 2021 Chevrolet Malibu Premier because my many efforts to have its check engine light fixed failed.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/veterans-car-cant-pass-emissions-test-and-he-cant-get-it-fixed-why-cant-he-get-a-waiver/ar-AA1wW5LI
FOX32
— ‘Gulf of America’: Trump says he plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572901
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/07/meta-x-fact-checking/
— Johnson administration passes on state funding for publicly owned grocery store
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/johnson-administration-passes-on-state-funding-for-publicly-owned-grocery-store/
— Ex-Calumet Township trustee didn’t list son as resident of Gary apartment she used funds for
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/ex-calumet-township-trustee-didnt-list-son-as-resident-of-gary-apartment-she-used-funds-for/
— Dolton meeting goes on despite move by Mayor Tiffany Henyard to cancel, citing safety threats
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/07/dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-protest/
— Feud over hemp bill dominates final days of Illinois legislative session
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/feud-over-hemp-bill-dominates-final-days-of-illinois-legislative-session/ar-AA1x8LOV
— After hemp bill defeat, Gov. Pritzker rips Mayor Johnson for poor Springfield relationships
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hemp-bill-defeat-gov-pritzker-195100271.html
— Despite mayor’s call for fewer than 500 homicides this year, 2025 opens with familiar violence
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/despite-mayor-s-call-for-fewer-than-500-homicides-this-year-2025-opens-with-familiar-violence/ar-AA1xalgM
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Widespread lies about family income could affect funding, fees at some CPS schools. Some affluent families driving expensive Mercedes-Benz cars were found trying to receive low-income designations to gain fee waivers, according to a report released Wednesday by CPS’ interim inspector general’s office.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/01/08/widespread-lies-about-family-income-could-affect-funding-fees-at-some-cps-schools-watchdog-finds
DAILY HERALD
— Mount Prospect resident critical over handling of attack by teenagers on men using an LGBTQ dating app
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250107/news/mount-prospect-resident-critical-over-handling-of-attack-by-teenagers-on-men-using-an-lgbtq-dating-a/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Second candidate booted from Fox River Fire District’s April 1 ballot. Attorney: Pamela Turrett didn’t fasten or number her nominating papers.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/01/04/second-candidate-booted-from-fox-river-fire-districts-april-1-ballot/
JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Illinois ‘fighting like heck’ to support Rivian, Stellantis amid EV uncertainty
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/jb-pritzker-rivian-stellantis-electric-automaker-trump-elon-musk/article_1ae395dc-aecd-5576-afa8-85657698b648.html
LANSING JOURNAL
— Dolton resident Charles Rayburn pursues open Thornton Township seat
https://thelansingjournal.com/2025/01/03/dolton-resident-charles-rayburn-pursues-open-thornton-township-seat/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— McDonald’s Rolls Back DEI Practices
https://chicagodefender.com/mcdonalds-rolls-back-dei-practices/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Georgia GOP expels former lieutenant governor for supporting Harris over Trump (COMMENT: Since 1999, I have promoted each and every candidate who has won Republican primary and caucus elections in my precinct.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/georgia-gop-expels-former-lieutenant-governor-for-supporting-harris-over-trump-republican-party-geoff-duncan-atlanta-politics-kamala-election
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WAND TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote mote LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-lgbtq-rights-group-reports-progress-at-u-s-companies-despite-conservative-backlash/
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/lgbtq-rights-group-reports-progress-at-u-s-companies-despite-conservative-backlash/article_a4637e99-1c9b-5c81-a399-42124b458601.html
WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. How successful have Democrats been so far turning you and everyone around you into stoners?
https://www.wcia.com/news/uis-to-start-another-cannabis-education-class/
WGLT
— In visit to Normal, Pritzker pledges to help Rivian and other EV makers under Trump (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in the 2025 Dodge Charger EV.)
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-01-07/in-visit-to-normal-pritzker-pledges-to-help-rivian-and-other-ev-makers-under-trump
WIFR
— Local hemp store owner calls out ‘Big Cannabis’ as Illinois regulation bill fails (COMMENT: Big horse racing fought video gambling.)
https://www.wifr.com/2025/01/08/local-hemp-store-owner-calls-out-big-cannabis-illinois-regulation-bill-fails/
KTXS
— Chicago Teachers Union vows to ‘fight’ Trump at ‘every turn’ amid contract negotiations
https://ktxs.com/news/nation-world/chicago-teachers-union-vows-to-fight-trump-at-every-turn-amid-contract-negotiations-stacy-davis-gates-illinois-education-politics-crisis-in-the-classroom
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Chicago ‘Should Explore’ Congestion Tax To Reduce Traffic, Mayor Says. In an interview Tuesday with Block Club, Mayor Brandon Johnson also defended the 2025 budget process and reiterated his support for Chicago’s sanctuary city status. (COMMENT: I worked in the Loop in 1971 and then 1973-1997. To avoid congestion, I took public transportation.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/07/chicago-should-explore-congestion-tax-to-reduce-traffic-mayor-says/
CHALKBBEAT CHICAGO
— Chicago schools watchdog urges ‘vigilance’ against improper political activity
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/01/08/cps-inspector-general-closes-investigation-of-mayor-lightfoot-campaign-emailing-teachers/
IPM NEWS & BEVERLY MOUNT GREENWOOD PATCH
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, that is, they reject America’s immigration laws, that is, they reject the rule of law, that is, they reject America.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/what-illinois-families-are-doing-to-prepare-amid-fears-of-being-deported-during-trumps-second-term/
https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/mercy-sisters-prepare-asylum-seekers-uncertainties-under-trump
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-431/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-223/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have lived in Illinois since 1948 and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. If the aforesaid had been led by conservatives since 1978, they would still be conservative. I should write a book about the most anti-conservative Republican leaders of the aforesaid since 1978. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican art platform. They destroy those like me who promote the planks that they reject. I promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Which planks in the Republican Party platform do your critics/opponents reject? Most, if virtually all, if not all my critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who blames you and for what? I knew that I did not have the votes to be the Milton Township Republican Central Organization (MTRO) Treasurer in 2004, but I ran anyway. I got only 13 votes while my opponent got 69. MTRO leaders had urged my fellow MTRO members to ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth my having a) worked for IRS 1971-1980, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) worked for GAO 1980-1997, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in my first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) served as the Association of Government Accountant Chicago Chapter Treasurer 1983-1986, h) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and i) served as the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Treasurer 2003-2007. They stressed that the outgoing Treasurer who I had worked hard to elect and to reelect failed/refused to endorse me. Back then, MTRO leaders blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my ICRC leadership, and blamed my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership a) for George Ryan’s problems, b) for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich, c) for Andy Mckenna’s primary loss to Jack Ryan, d) for etc. I should write about those MTRO leaders back then who promoted the most hatred against me. I would focus on those who continue to promote hatred against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Senate passes bill requiring police to confiscate guns in orders of protection cases
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0b6dd8a6-ccf9-11ef-a5a9-ab0f25bec3db.amp.html
WIREPOINTS
— Peoria used to be the nation’s bellwether. Now it’s an outlier with the nation’s highest property taxes.
https://wirepoints.org/peoria-used-to-be-the-nations-bellwether-now-its-an-outlier-with-the-nations-highest-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— A bit of Chicago truth-telling: Actuaries warn of insolvency, businesses fear crime
https://wirepoints.org/a-bit-of-chicago-truth-telling-actuaries-warn-of-insolvency-businesses-fear-crime-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Wilcox Seeks New Legislative Assistant
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/wilcox-seeks-new-legislative-assistant/
— Daily Herald Goes with Incomplete Headline, WGN Doesn’t
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/daily-herald-goes-with-incomplete-headline/
— Lakewood’s New Clubhouse Open and Serving from 11-7
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/lakewoods-new-clubhouse-serving-open-and-serving-from-11-7/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Da-Du
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-da-du/
— Legislative Finance Panel Points Out Subpar Illinois Economic Performance in Last Five Years
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/legislative-finance-panel-points-out-subpar-illinois-economic-performance-in-last-five-years/
— Democrats’ Tax Hike Talking Points
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/democrats-tax-hike-talking-points/
— Former Northwest Herald Reporter Named to Tribune Editorial Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/former-northwest-herald-reporter-named-to-tribune-editorial-board/
— LaHood Outline Elements of the Child Welfare Act
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/lahood-outline-elements-of-the-child-welfare-act/
— Woodstock Police Actively Enforcing Trespassing Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/woodstock-police-actively-enforcing-trespassing-law/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ci-Da
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ci-da/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump critic expelled from Georgia GOP in unanimous vote (COMMENT: Since 1999, I have promoted each and every candidate who has won Republican primary and caucus elections in my precinct.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/7/geoff-duncan-expelled-georgia-gop-unanimous-vote/
— Trump plants MAGA flag on world stage, puts Denmark, Panama, Canada on notice
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/7/donald-trump-puts-denmark-panama-canada-notice-pla/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal employee unions are trying to block Trump’s agenda (COMMENT: I was a federal employee union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents are overwhelmingly anti-union.)
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NEW YORK POST
— Jittery Mexico breaks up caravans, drops migrants in cartel-infested Acapulco ahead of Trump inauguration
https://nypost.com/2025/01/07/us-news/jittery-mexico-breaks-up-caravans-drops-migrants-in-acapulco/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/taking_the_dei_out_of_the_fbi.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/07/costco-triples-down-on-dei-board-member-rebukes-other-companies-that-have-nixed-policies-1514343/
BREITBART
— D.C. Cardinal: Mass Deportation of Illegals ‘Incompatible with Catholic Doctrine’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/07/d-c-cardinal-mass-deportation-illegals-incompatible-catholic-doctrine/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois Chicago anti-Israel groups plan inauguration day protest to ‘Stop the Trump Agenda’ (COMMENT: I attended UIC 1966-1968.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-illinois-chicago-anti-israel-groups-plan-inauguration-day-protest-stop-trump-agenda/27252
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/wayne-state-dei-pledge-seeks-hold-employers-accountable/27253
https://www.campusreform.org/article/mcdonalds-points-scotus-affirmative-action-ruling-changes-dei-policies/27251
COLLEGE FIX
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/wayne-state-asks-employer-partners-to-make-dei-pledge/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-dei-policies-slowly-backs-away/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Rise of Illegal Alien Criminal Gangs Prompts Urgent Call to End Sanctuary Policies
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/07/rise-illegal-alien-criminal-gangs-prompts-urgent-call-end-sanctuary-policies/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcdonalds-backs-away-from-dei-programs-amid-shifting-legal-landscape
FOX NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dei-pledge-wayne-state-university-issues-statement-after-asking-employment-partners-sign-commitment
LEGAL INSURECTION
— Parent’s Guide is here to help parents navigate the woke machine (COMMENT: How strongly does your school district promote wokeness/wokeism? To promote wokeness/wokeism is to promote hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, parents, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/our-parents-guide-is-here-to-help-parents-navigate-the-woke-machine/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/mcdonalds-signals-retreat-on-dei-policies-after-civil-rights-audit/
MRC TV
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/mcdonalds-joins-growing-list-companies-ditching-dei-policies
NATIONAL REVIEW
— New York Is Wasting Taxpayer Money on Migrants and a Reparations Commission While Gouging Drivers
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-york-is-wasting-taxpayer-money-on-migrants-and-a-reparations-commission-while-gouging-drivers/
— Hope for the Future (COMMENT: If Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton had been led by conservatives, they would still be conservative. I should write a book about the most anti-conservative Republican leaders of the aforesaid since 1978.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/hope-for-the-future/
NEWSMAX
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/dei-diversity-inequity/2025/01/07/id/1194100/
— Migrant Caravan Races to Border Before Trump Takes Office
https://www.newsmax.com/us/mexico-migrants-immigration/2025/01/07/id/1194207/
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-is-the-latest-large-corporation-to-alter-its-dei-policiies-n4935737
TOWNHALL
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-dei-n2650133
— Congress Should Stop Funding Woke Teachers
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2025/01/08/congress-should-stop-funding-woke-teachers-n2650193
TURNING POINT USA
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.tpusa.com/live/ohio-state-university-spent-13-million-on-dei-staff-in-one-year-funded-radical-left-wing-teachings-with-taxpayer-dollars-report
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— The GOP’s Trump-centered platform, annotated (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican art platform. They destroy those like me who promote the planks that they reject. I promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/07/politics/republican-gop-platform-annotated-dg/
MSN
— Trump Admin Expected to Fire Federal Employees Targeted by DOGE (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly targeted me because I ever-increasingly complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. In 1989, my Democrat GAO superiors pulled out all the stops to get rid of me because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In 1997, they retaliated against me by forcing me to retire.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admin-expected-to-fire-federal-employees-targeted-by-doge/ss-AA1worHc
NEW YORK TMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use children as political pawns.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/us/immigration-deportations-ice-schools.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-dei-affirmative-action/
— Trump says ‘all hell will break out’ if no hostage deal by inauguration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/08/israel-war-news-lebanon-syria-hamas-gaza-palestine/
WLNS
— Former Delta Township Supervisor has ‘abandoned’ seat won in election
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-delta-township-supervisor-has-abandoned-seat-won-in-election/ar-AA1wRLhz
KYMN RADIO
— Filing period for township candidates open through January 14
https://kymnradio.net/2025/01/02/filing-period-for-township-candidates-open-through-january-14/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can DOGE ‘Delete’ a Federal Agency? The Legal Hurdles Ahead. Donald Trump’s next administration is limited in the ways it can slash federal spending. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years and for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years. Will DOGE delete GAO and IRS?)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/doge-government-spending-legal-hurdles-explained-f1fd6252
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote H-1B.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/putting-america-first-requires-h-1b-visa-reform-skilled-labor-policy-5c9c66a6
FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-didnt-roll-back-their-dei-efforts-they-evolved-them/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aei.org/social-cultural-and-constitutional-studies/why-are-business-organizations-withdrawing-from-dei/
INC
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/2024-tried-to-kill-dei-could-costco-launch-a-revival-in-2025/91103067
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/mcdonalds-abandons-some-dei-policies-following-other-big-companies-caving-to-pressure-groups/91104023
FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91256044/mcdonalds-joins-walmart-john-deere-ending-dei-initiatives
KIPLINGER
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.kiplinger.com/investing/stocks/why-mcdonalds-mcd-is-still-a-buy-after-rolling-back-dei-initiatives
NEW ONE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://newsone.com/playlist/dei-companies-strip-back/
HR DRIVE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/mcdonalds-dei-2025-global-inclusion/736721/
HR GRAPEVINE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2025-01-07-mcdonalds-joins-list-of-companies-rolling-back-diversity-commitments
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— See where and how Biden grew the federal workforce. Trump slashed rolls at most agencies and is pledging to do so again after Biden boosted the civil service. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. The Democrats who run the federal government use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/01/see-where-and-how-biden-grew-federal-workforce/401945/
— Officials say federal employee background check system overhaul is finally on the right track
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/01/officials-say-federal-employee-background-check-system-overhaul-finally-right-track/401972/
FED SMITH
— Will Federal Employees Get an Extra Holiday for Inauguration Day? Inauguration Day in 2025 presents a unique scenario for federal employees in the Washington, DC area.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/01/07/will-federal-employees-get-an-extra-holiday-for-inauguration-day/
FED MANAGER
— Federal Government Closed January 9 to Remember Former President Jimmy Carter
https://www.fedmanager.com/news/federal-government-closed-january-9-to-remember-former-president-jimmy-carter
— Social Security Fairness Act Signed into Law, Public Servants Due Additional Benefits with WEP/GPO Repeal (COMMENT: Because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security is grammatically reduced.)
https://www.fedmanager.com/news/social-security-fairness-act-signed-into-law-public-servants-due-additional-benefits-with-wep/gpo-repeal
FEDERAL NEWS NEW NETWORK & FED WEEK
— All my female coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who 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://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2025/01/older-employees-face-larger-gender-based-federal-pay-gap-eeoc-says/
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/eeoc-cites-factors-causing-wider-gender-pay-gap-at-higher-ages/
PEW RESEARCH
— What the data says about federal workers (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They despise/hate Republicans. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, almost 18 for GAO, almost 9 for IRS, and almost 3 for the Post Office. IRS employees have the highest unfavorable rating. Since 1971 when I was 22 years old, my critics/opponents have used my being an IRS employee against me.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-data-says-about-federal-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal workforce is slightly more male: 53.8%, versus 52.8% for all civilian workers. It also skews somewhat older: 28.1% of federal workers are ages 55 and older, compared with 23.6% of the overall workforce. Fewer than 9% of federal employees are younger than 30, compared with 22.7% of all workers. Racially and ethnically, the federal workforce largely mirrors the overall civilian workforce, with two notable exceptions: A bigger share of federal workers are Black (18.6% vs. 12.8%), and a smaller share are Hispanic or Latino (10.5% vs. 19.5%). As a whole, federal workers are more educated than the overall civilian workforce. Nearly a third of federal workers (31.5%) have a bachelor’s degree, compared with 27.7% of all employed Americans. And almost 22% of federal workers have an advanced degree, versus 17.6% of all workers. The most highly educated federal agency, among those with at least 1,000 employees, isn’t NASA or the National Science Foundation, but the U.S. Agency for International Development. Two-thirds of its 4,675 workers hold a master’s degree, doctorate or other advanced degree. . .The average annual pay across the entire federal workforce is $106,382, according to OPM, reflecting the skew toward white-collar jobs held by highly educated people. Half of all federal workers make between $50,000 and $109,999 a year. Relatively few (3%) make $200,000 or more, while 8% make less than $50,000. . .More than half of federal workers (1.18 million, or 51.8%) have worked for the government (in any civilian capacity) for less than 10 years, according to our analysis of the OPM data. The average tenure across the entire workforce is 11.8 years, but this too varies considerably from agency to agency. . .A majority (56%) say government is “almost always wasteful and inefficient,” while 46% say it often does a better job than people give it credit for. But 53% also say the government should do more to solve problems, while 46% say the government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals. Strong majorities express positive views of many federal agencies, including the National Park Service (76% favorable), the Postal Service (72%) and NASA (67%). Sentiment is more mixed toward other agencies, such as the CIA (44% favorable vs. 33% unfavorable) and the Education Department (44% vs. 45%). And sentiment is decidedly negative toward the IRS (38% vs. 50%). In a 2022 survey, more people expressed a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in career government employees (52%) than in officials appointed by the president (39%). However, both those figures were down from 2018 (61% and 42%, respectively).)
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leader ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pope-francis-trump-critic-washington-archbishop.html
January 1, 2025
DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— Coyne Announced as New DuPage County Republican Chairman
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AhAdhk5No/?mibextid=wwXIfr
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The DuPage County GOP Vice Chairman Kevin Coyne will succeed retiring Chairman Jim Zay effective 1/1/25. Coyne brings substantial political experience to this role. Coyne is the Founder and President of Safe Suburbs USA PAC, a political action committee aimed at supporting pro-law enforcement candidates and public safety-focused policymaking. Kevin served two terms as a Councilman for the City of Naperville (2015-21) and currently serves on Naperville’s Public Library Board of Trustees. Coyne was the Republican candidate for the DuPage County Board (District 5) in 2022. Kevin was also a Presidential delegate candidate, and member of the Illinois leadership team, for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Presidential campaign in 2024. Coyne served in the same capacity for then-U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s Presidential campaign in 2016. Kevin is an elected Republican precinct committeeman in Lisle Township and lives in Naperville with his wife and daughter. In taking on his new role Coyne stated: “This is an incredibly exciting time to be a Republican. Republicans control the White House, the U.S. Senate, and our House of Representatives. In November, President-Elect Trump’s stunningly convincing victory invigorated our party, and Americans have issued a clear mandate in support of the GOP’s commitment to making our communities safer, removing politics from our schools, and reducing our ridiculous tax burden. I look forward to working hard to lead the DuPage GOP back to a position of strength and to taking advantage of the sweeping national momentum that is clearly behind the GOP right now. I am thankful for this opportunity and send a personal note of thanks to my predecessor, Jim Zay, for his hard work as Chairman and his many years of commitment to the DuPage County GOP.”
Zay will continue to serve in his role as a Member of the DuPage County Board and as Chairman of the DuPage County Water Commission.)
DAILY HERALD
— Naperville’s Kevin Coyne takes over as DuPage County GOP chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/news/napervilles-kevin-coyne-takes-over-as-dupage-county-gop-chair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former Naperville city council member is taking the reins of the local Republican Party in DuPage County, a formerly deep-red bastion that has seen Democrats flex their political muscle in recent years. Kevin Coyne will lead the DuPage County GOP as chairman. He officially starts New Year’s Day. “The DuPage GOP was tremendously successful for a very long period of time,” Coyne said Tuesday. “And for a lot of different reasons, things have changed in recent election cycles. And I think right now, we have an opportunity to modernize, to take a fresh look at things and to move forward with more aggressive, smarter-run campaigns.” Coyne also is the founder and president of Safe Suburbs USA, a political action committee. He succeeds Jim Zay at the helm of the county GOP. “It’s just time for somebody to come in with some new ideas and new skills and take a swing at it, and I think Kevin’s the person to do that,” said Zay, a DuPage County Board member since 1999. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m just giving up the chairmanship of the party,” he added. Zay hasn’t decided if he’s going to run for reelection, run for a countywide office or run for another office, and said that he’s keeping his options open. “It’s very difficult to do that if you’re the chair of the party also,” Zay said. It wasn’t until 2018 when Democratic women in particular made waves at the county level. Democrat Deb Conroy became county board chair four years later. In November’s election, Democrats flipped a board seat, adding to their majority, and won a countywide office. “We’re being horribly outspent all the time. We don’t have a billionaire governor who is putting lots of money into campaigns and into the state party,” said Zay, referring to Gov. JB Pritzker. “We just have to get candidates out there.” Coyne currently sits on Naperville’s public library board. He also was a member of the Illinois leadership team for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign. “We’ve had a lot of local success in local races in the April cycles,” said Coyne, pointing to “a lot of Republican mayors all over the county. “I just think we need to really grab a hold of this national momentum that we’ve seen for the Republican Party, which now controls the White House, the Senate, the Congress … and bring some of that back home.” Coyne acknowledged that there’s a “narrative out there that the political guard has changed,” but that he doesn’t believe it to be true. “Even with these huge challenges that we faced as a party, the bulk of our losses, certainly on a county level, have largely been single digit,” he said. “There’s a real opportunity to turn this around and to bring the Republican (Party) back here in DuPage County.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/marijuana/illinois-on-tap-to-have-biggest-year-yet-from-marijuana-tax-revenue/
— Glendale Heights village president asks court to put him back on ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/local-politics/glendale-heights-village-president-asks-court-to-put-him-back-on-ballot/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen anxiously await Kevin Coyne’s appointment of a DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Secretary, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, and Webmaster. The Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) has invited Coyne to speak at its January 8 meeting. Needless-to-say, I hope that Coyne encourages DuPage County Republican leaders, precinct committeemen, and voters to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters like past DCRCC Chairman Kirk Dillard has done. I have been sending those newsletters out since 2000; since January 1, 2005, they have included links to almost 502,700 articles. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, I have served under DCRCC chairmen Pate Philip, Kirk Dillard, Dan Cronin, Randy Ramey, Darlene Ruscitti, Brian Krajewski, Marty Keller, and Jim Zay and I have served under MTRO chairmen Chris Heidorn (twice), Randy Hultgren, Jeff Fawell, Leonard Sanchez, Mike Formento, Lori Carlson, Marty Keller, Chris LeVan, Yadav Nathwani, and Jeff Castle. I served as the MTRO webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What will my critics/opponents stress to Coyne? They will stress the many big adverse actions that have been taken against me since 2000 by MTRO, DCRC, and IRP leaders; by Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; by Republican major donors; and by Republican defendants in lawsuits that I have filed and their attorneys. They will stress a) that I was removed from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year, b) that I was removed as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) that my precinct was gerrymandered in 2015, d) that I was removed as MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) that I got only 13 votes when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, f) etc. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that I caused a) George Ryan to not seek a second term and b) Jim Ryan to lose to Blagojevich in 2002. I Since 1999, those who dominate MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP have blamed me for all their problems and have made it extremely clear that they do not want me to hold any kind of leadership positions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What do GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters promote? ANSWER: Conservative principles and the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Just kidding, but might Coyne appoint me DCRCC Treasurer and/or Webmaster? My critics/opponent would fight that tooth and nail. I served as the treasurer for the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1986 and for the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I published the Milton Township Republican Organization’s first website in 2000 and served as its webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster 2001-2003. I served as the ICRC webmaster 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois webmaster 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tech titans trying to engage Trump through Mar-a-Lago trips
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/tech-titans-trying-to-engage-trump-through-mar-a-lago-trips/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/transgender-trailblazer-sarah-mcbride-congress/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After 10 years, will Illinois implement a millionaires’ tax? Twice in the last decade Illinois voters have approved advisory referendums recommending a 3% income tax surcharge on millionaires. The path forward after voters approved the referendum again last month remains uncertain.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/31/millionaires-tax-ballot-referendum-state-legislature-illinois-general-assembly-constitutional-amendment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, former Gov. Pat Quinn found himself with a case of déjà vu. He was campaigning across Illinois, urging voters to approve a ballot referendum recommending a 3% surcharge on incomes above $1 million. It was all so familiar to Quinn, and with good reason: He’d championed an advisory referendum for the exact same proposal a decade earlier. And though it was supported by voters back then, the Legislature did nothing.)
ABC7
— New Orleans updates: Suspect killed by police in shootout after intentionally ramming crowd; 10 dead
— Congress strips IRS of another $20B in averting government shutdown. Cuts could add $140B to national debt over next decade, by hampering agency’s ability to catch wealthy tax cheats: Biden admin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congress-strips-irs-another-20b-averting-us-government-shutdown-possibly-hampering-ability-catch-tax-cheats/15729611/
WGN9
— New year brings hundreds of new laws to Illinois books (COMMENT: Call me an “Affirmative Action and DEI impacted individual.”)
https://wgntv.com/news/new-illinois-laws-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No more ‘offenders’ An amendment to the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 changes references to “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals.” Lawmakers argued that no one should be defined by their worst day. The law also creates an Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board to oversee a plan to redeploy convicts into public life once they are no longer incarcerated.)
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: What does Musk think of you? I wonder what Musk would think of me. My critics/opponents would stress to Musk that my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, I got no scholarships, my college GPAs were not that great, I do not have a degree from an Ivy League university, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, etc.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/ar-AA1wCDeK
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-20009860.php
LANSING JOURNAL
— Knocked off the ballot, Thornton Township supervisor hopefuls plan to appeal
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/31/knocked-off-the-ballot-thornton-township-supervisor-hopefuls-plan-to-appeal/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-defending-firearms-restrictions-in-sensitive-places-78459.cfm
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Thornton Township Trustees Deny Henyard Quorum Again Amid Fight Over Lapsed Insurance. The trustees’ absence meant there were not enough board members to vote on paying the insurance bill.
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/thornton-township-illinois-trustees-deny-henyard-quorum-again-amid-fight
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin & the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Top 10 Accomplishments of 2024
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/top-ten-of-2024
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— President Jimmy Carter’s Addresses the Illinois General Assembly, May 28, 1978, Answers Questions from Legislators
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/president-jimmy-carters-address-to-the-illinois-general-assembly-may-28-2078/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— What to do about ‘unaccompanied alien children’ Liberals have built an illegal immigration system on the backs of kids.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/unaccompanied-alien-children/
— The dangerous rot secretly festering inside our colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/dangerous-rot-secretly-festering-bowels-colleges/
— Conservatives get the last laugh after Democrats’ campaign to demonize Project 2025 bombs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/conservatives-get-last-laugh-democrats-campaign-de/
— Democrat punished for pro-life stance casts doubts on his party’s post-election soul-searching (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but destroy those like me who oppose the promotion of abortion.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/ex-rep-lipinski-punished-pro-life-stance-casts-dou/
— Drug cartels now Mexico’s 5th-largest employer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/drug-cartels-become-mexico-5th-largest-employer/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are to blame for record homelessness
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3273265/democrats-to-blame-record-homelessness/
— 2024 Year in Review: Electric vehicles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3272868/2024-year-in-review-electric-vehicles/
— Everything to know about the H-1B visa debate surrounding Trumpworld (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3273171/h-1b-visas-everything-to-know-debate-trump-allies/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Forget Musk’s H1-B visa spat — merit immigration is the fight we need – Rich Lowry (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/opinion/forget-musks-h1-b-spat-lets-admit-immigrants-on-merit/
— At least 10 dead, 30 injured after driver plows into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/new-orleans-french-quarter-driver-rams-car-into-crowd-of-people-on-bourbon-street-killing-at-least-1/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago teeters on brink of disaster with BILLIONS in debt and unfunded pension liabilities
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/chicago-teeters-on-brink-of-disaster-with-billions-in-debt-and-unfunded-pension-liabilities-1513094/
— Left plays footsie with political violence
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/victor-joecks-left-plays-footsie-with-political-violence-1512958/
CORVETTE BLOGGER
— President Jimmy Carter Was a Fan of Corvettes
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2024/12/31/video-president-jimmy-carter-was-a-fan-of-sebring-raceway-and-corvettes/
DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring. The contracts are the latest evidence of the Biden administration’s push to impose DEI policies and practices throughout the federal government.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-admin-paid-consultants-millions-to-help-military-implement-race-based-hiring
FOX NEWS
— 5 lies Biden used to break the border … and how Trump can fix it
https://www.aol.com/5-lies-biden-used-break-120022527.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Mexico is rolling out an app intended to help illegal aliens dodge deportation (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that in WWIII, Mexico will side with America’s enemies.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/this-foreign-country-is-rolling-out-an-app-intended-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Are Filling Students’ Minds With Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/colleges-are-filling-students-minds-with-jew-hatred/
NEWSMAX
— Bannon says Americans who lost jobs to immigrants using H-1B visas should receive reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-bannon-h-1b-visas-foreign/2024/12/31/id/1193497/
— Tesla Faces Backlash for Replacing US Workers With H-1B Hires (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tesla-elon-musk-h/2024/12/31/id/1193500/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— How to Get Wokeness Out of Schools
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/12/31/how_to_get_wokeness_out_of_schools_1081830.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officials for intimidating judges
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5061613-roberts-condemns-intimidation-judges/
NBC NEWS
— Trump shows support for H-1B visa amid feud among MAGA allies (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-shows-support-for-h-1b-visa-amid-feud-among-maga-allies-228190789727
CBS NEWS
— Which employers have the most H-1B workers? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-h1b-work-visa-tesla-technology/
(THE LIST INCLUDES: Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Deloitte, Apple, Intel, Tesla, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and Walmart.)
— Vehicle slams into crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 people
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-vehicle-crash-bourbon-street-crowd-casualties-shooting/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://apnews.com/article/poll-election-news-fatigue-77f2bf012502b9aea1d9d38173ace4ec
CNN
— At least 10 killed after vehicle drives into crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://www.cnn.com/webview/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk/index.html
MSN
— Why Elon Musk has backpedalled on H-1B visa after MAGA fallout. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-elon-musk-has-backpedalled-on-h-1b-visa-after-maga-fallout/ar-AA1wKuAA
— MAGA is fighting a ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas. Here’s what they are. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-is-fighting-a-civil-war-over-h-1b-visas-here-s-what-they-are/ar-AA1wJiaJ
YAHOO
— The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-moves-forward-progressive-reform-144002252.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/technology/trump-administration-speech-policy.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California’s tech titans say H-1B visas are vital. Will Trump defy MAGA and support them? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-31/its-musk-vs-maga-on-immigrant-worker-visas-what-will-trump-do-on-the-h-1b
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Top 8 Best CPA Prep Courses: Becker CPA Review: The Gold Standard (COMMENT: I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 if I had not taken the Becker CPA Review.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/best-cpa-prep-courses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Preparing for the CPA exam is not a small feat. After all, you can expect to spend several hundred hours over the course of many months preparing for the exam. Luckily, there is a way to make studying easier while significantly improving your chances of passing on the first try: finding the right CPA course for you.)
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Jimmy Carter: An uncommon product of his times (COMMENT: What are you a product of? I am a product of the following: a) living in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1974, Chicago 1974 -1978, and Wheaton since 1978, b) attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970, c) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) working for S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980, and GAO in downtown Chicago 1980-1997, e) being the subject of a vicious 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978, f) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt tin 1981, and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, g) being forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, h) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, i) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, j) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, k) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, l) attending all the Illinois Republican Party State Conventions since 2000, m) being married since 1978, n) filing lawsuits, o) etc.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/31/opinion/jimmy-carter-legacy-jim-crow/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders will fight deportations tooth and nail. Democrats and RINOs have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-five-biggest-roadblocks-to-trumps-immigration-agenda-5bf75c43
— Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence. But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/chief-justice-says-intimidation-and-violence-threaten-judicial-independence-adb9caac
BUSINESS TIMES
— Steve Bannon Escalates Feud with Elon Musk, Calls H-1B Visas a ‘Scam’ and Demands Worker Reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/171993/20241231/steve-bannon-escalates-feud-with-elon-musk-calls-h-1b-visas-a-scam-and-demands-worker-reparations.htm
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Barry Melancon, dubbed “the most important man in accounting” for his 30-year leadership of its professional body in the US, has sent a stern warning to his successors that they should not compromise standards in an effort to attract more people to the profession. (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious about because I did that because it frustrated their promoting over me their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/most-important-man-in-accounting-warns-against-lowering-standards-20250101-p5l1hf
ECONOMIST
— Homelessness rises to a record level in America. A surge in migration and disasters pushed already tight housing markets over the edge.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/12/31/homelessness-rises-to-a-record-level-in-america
December 30, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Two Thornton Township trustees say they won’t attend special board meeting, continuing stalemate
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-township-illinois-trustees-carmen-carlisle-christopher-gonzalez-say-attend-meeting/15724950/
CBS2
— Former President Jimmy Carter visited Chicago before, during, and after time in office
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-president-jimmy-carter-visited-041100523.html
— Remembering former President Jimmy Carter and his impact on Chicago (COMMENT: What happened in your life while Carter was President? Carter was President 1977-1981. During that time, my future wife and I were the subject of a nasty/vicious 4-page article in Money Magazine that had a nasty/vicious picture of Carter on the magazine’s cover in February of 1978, we got married and bought a house in Wheaton in 1978, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I suffered a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/remembering-former-president-jimmy-carter-chicago/
FOX32
— 2 Thornton Township trustees will skip Monday meeting amid tensions with Supervisor Tiffany Henyard
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/thornton-township-trustees-to-boycott-monday-meeting-amid-dispute-with-tiffany-henyard
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jimmy Carter’s 1979 visit to Thornridge recalled
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/29/jimmy-carters-1979-visit-to-thornridge-recalled-as-the-former-president-turns-100/
— AUGUST 10, 2021 FLASHBACK: Heated DuPage Assessment Battles Loom
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/04/27/heated-du-page-assessment-battles-loom/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dave Diersen was among those fighting the tax assessor long before it became popular. He had a winning streak going, too, until this year, when Du Page County wouldn`t lower his assessment. Seven thousand Du Page County property owners challenged the value placed on their homes by township assessment procedures, and in the process tried to get their property tax bill lowered. It was a record-setting number, and because 1,000 have chosen to appeal losing on the county level, Du Page officials have asked for more time to get their cases together for the appeal hearing. When those hearings begin, Diersen will be ready to resume a battle that dates back to 1984, when his Wheaton home was built. ”We`re talking about a lot of money,” Diersen said. ”If it were just some little amount it probably wouldn`t be worth it.” His past battles haven`t been in vain. In 1987, for example, he convinced the county`s Board of (Tax) Review to reduce by $4,390, the assessment on which his tax bill was calculated. In Du Page, the assessment is supposed to equal a third of the estimated market value of a piece of property. Diersen`s argument has been this: There are some drainage and foundation problems with the house that would make it less valuable if he wanted to sell it. But he doesn`t want to sell, and pretty much likes his house the way it is. In any event, for seven years running, county review board members have agreed with his contention that the house was worth less than the assessment- which generally hovered around the $55,000 mark-claimed by the Milton Township Assessor`s office. But this year, Diersen, for the first time, was among those signing up to appeal their cases before a state panel, after the county review board refused to reduce his current assessment of $78,000.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Jimmy Carter in Chicago — a look back in photos. The nation’s 39th president, who died Sunday at 100, was in Chicago many times over the years, as he rose from relative obscurity to capture the White House in 1976.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/jimmy-carter-dies-chicago-photos-presidential-campaign
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/year-in-review-2024/2024/12/29/immigration-canada-toronto-democracy-solutions-project-chicago-asylum-migrants-refugees
LANSING JOURNAL
— Understanding Thornton Township — some context for the conflict (COMMENT: I have lived in Milton Township since 1978. I have had many interactions with Milton Township officials and employees, mainly with its Assessors. I have attended many Milton Township monthly meetings, but not recently. I have helped elect and reelect many Milton Township officials. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster until 2003. I served as a trustee for the Milton Township Cemeteries Authority 2001-2004. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999. Many of my fellow precinct committeemen are/have been Milton Township officials.)
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/29/video-understanding-thornton-township-some-context-for-the-conflict/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China and Russia against America.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/29/sen-cardin-says-trumps-tough-talk-on-panama-canal-could-push-allies-to-china-russia/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Carter’s single White House term still stirs controversy after more than 40 years
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-12-29/carters-single-white-house-term-still-stirs-controversy-after-more-than-40-years
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump on Jimmy Carter’s passing: ‘He was a truly good man’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-on-jimmy-carters-passing-he-was-a-truly-good-man
CITY OF WHEATON
— JUNE 7, 2021 FLASHBACK: MEETING MINUTES: Mr. Dave Diersen, 915 Cove Ct., asked the City Council to direct the Wheaton Park District to return to their policy of accepting sponsorships for the 4th of July parade. (COMMENT: At this meeting, Milton Township Supervisor and fellow Republican Precinct Committeeman John Monino profusely praised Wheaton Park District Executive Director and registered Republican voter in my precinct Mike Bernard who had just ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks.)
https://wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_06072021-1679
CWB CHICAGO
— At least 5 are robbed, carjacked during 45-minute crime spree in the West Loop
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/12/at-least-5-are-robbed-carjacked-during-45-minute-crime-spree-in-the-west-loop.html
ORLAND PARK PATCH
— Board Tosses Challenge In Orland Township, Candidates Kept On Ballot. American flags on nominating petitions were at the center of the challenge, with the objection likening the flags to slogans or messaging.
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/board-tosses-challenge-orland-township-candidates-kept-ballot
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How involved are you with your township and its officials? I have lived in Milton Township since 1978. I have had many interactions with Milton Township officials and employees, mainly with its Assessors. I have attended many Milton Township monthly meetings, but not recently. I have helped elect and reelect many Milton Township officials. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster until 2003. I served as a trustee for the Milton Township Cemeteries Authority 2001-2004. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999. Many of my fellow precinct committeemen are/have been Milton Township officials. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— What happened in your life while Carter was President? Carter was President 1977-1981. During that time, my future wife and I were the subject of a nasty/vicious 4-page article in Money Magazine that had a nasty/vicious picture of Carter on the magazine’s cover in February of 1978, we got married and bought a house in Wheaton in 1978, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I suffered a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— He was the real thing: A personal memory and a few surprises about Jimmy Carter
https://wirepoints.org/he-was-the-real-thing-a-personal-memory-and-a-few-surprises-about-jimmy-carter/
— It’s a bad deal to exchange long-time residents for illegal immigrants, yet that’s what Illinois is doing.
https://wirepoints.org/its-a-bad-deal-to-exchange-taxpaying-residents-for-illegal-immigrants-yet-thats-what-illinois-is-doing-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— Chicago’s Southland residents keep getting hit with more debt and taxes while their politicians do nothing about it.
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-southland-residents-keep-getting-hit-with-more-debt-and-taxes-while-their-politicians-do-nothing-about-it-wirepoints-on-with-wvons-ladonna-raeh/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Warnings of Electric Power Adequacy Arriving with Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/29/more-warnings-of-electric-power-adequacy-arriving-with-data-centers/
— The Naughty Politician List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/28/the-naughty-politician-list/
— New Rules for Drivers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/28/new-rules-for-drivers/
— Illinois Democrats Continue Push for Abortion
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/28/illinois-democrats-continue-push-for-abortion/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump calls H1-B visas ‘great’ amid feud between MAGA supporters and DOGE duo
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/29/donald-trump-calls-h1-b-visas-great-amid-feud-maga/
— Who is really to blame for the ills of society? (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/26/really-blame-ills-society/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gavin Newsom’s deportation defiance will ‘incur great cost’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3271754/pat-fallon-gavin-newsom-deportation-defiance-great-cost/
NEW YORK POST
— Save the H1-B debate for later — first, fully end the border crisis
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/opinion/ramaswamy-got-the-h1-b-debate-wrongbut-so-did-his-critics/
— Donald Trump reacts to Jimmy Carter’s death with heartfelt statement: ‘We all owe him a debt of gratitude’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/us-news/donald-trump-reacts-to-jimmy-carters-death-with-heartfelt-statement/
— DC’s transportation agency scrambling to remove city ads likening MAGA supporters to garbage after uproar
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/us-news/dc-scrambling-to-remove-city-transit-ads-likening-maga-supporters-to-garbage-after-uproar/
— Why Trump’s second-term start is vastly better than his first-term launch
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/opinion/trumps-victory-spells-success-without-2016s-headwinds/
— We should fight for a color-blind society — not one separated by race
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/we-should-fight-for-a-color-blind-society-not-one-separated-by-race/ar-AA1mAGRU
AMAC
— What Elon and Vivek Get Wrong About The H-1B Visa Debate
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/what-elon-and-vivek-get-wrong-about-the-h-1b-visa-debate/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Our woke military
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/our_woke_military.html
— Oregon tweaks Trump’s nose
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/oregon_tweaks_trump_s_nose.html
— Brooklyn transit police chief says cop who walked by burning woman in subway case responded ‘perfectly’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have no problem with how the Democrats who run the federal government wasted my career and got rid of me, in fact, they applaud it.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/brooklyn_transit_police_chief_says_cop_who_stood_by_in_subway_burning_case_responded_perfectly.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He didn’t help her. What happened to standard person-on-fire measures, taught by emergency first responders to every school kid — stop, drop, and roll. Why didn’t he throw his coat on her to try to save her life? Based on the disturbing video, the cop just let her burn as the illegal who set her on fire literally fanned the flames. Nothing to see here, move along. (Which was what one cop pretty much told the illegal, unaware that he was the arsonist who set the woman on fire, and the illegal almost got away.) And according to the New York authorities, all was fine and dandy, as both the transit cop chief and the district attorney defended the police response.)
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— ‘Straight white guy spotted in an ad!’
https://americanwirenews.com/straight-white-guy-spotted-in-an-ad/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump expresses support for specialty visas at heart of Maga v. Musk tiff
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/29/trump-expresses-support-for-specialty-visas-at-heart-of-maga-v-musk-tiff-1512658/
BREITBART
— J.K. Rowling: There Is No Such Thing as a Transgender Kid
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/12/29/j-k-rowling-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-transgender-kid/
CENTER SQUARE
— Trump faces federal employee unions in government efficiency battle (COMMENT: The National Treasury Employees Union came to my defense in IRS v. Diersen. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 )
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f88d556e-c1a8-11ef-a585-174c14793c48.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Indiana University students required to ‘reflect’ on how their privilege oppresses ‘subordinate groups’ (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/indiana-u-students-required-to-reflect-on-how-their-privilege-oppresses-subordinate-groups/
FEDERALIST
— Deporting Illegal Alien Criminals Will Save Taxpayers More Than It Costs
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/30/contrary-to-media-claims-deporting-illegal-aliens-will-save-taxpayers-more-than-it-costs/
FOX NEWS
— Biden takes jab at Trump while applauding Jimmy Carter’s decency
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-takes-jab-trump-while-applauding-jimmy-carters-decency-shares-fondest-memory-late-president
PJ MEDIA
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Is Antisemitic
https://pjmedia.com/philip-carl-salzman/2024/12/29/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei-is-antisemitic-n4935513
— Could Michelle Obama Be More Insulting and Out of Touch?
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/12/28/could-michelle-obama-be-more-insulting-and-out-of-touch-n4935486
TOWNHALL
— Mexico Is Alerting Citizens About To Be Detained In U.S. Through an App (COMMENT: One could argue that citizens of Mexico who are in America are agents of the Mexican government.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/12/29/mexico-is-alerting-citizens-about-to-be-detained-in-us-n2649723
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— President-elect Trump pays tribute to Jimmy Carter
https://thehill.com/homenews/5059381-president-elect-trump-praises-former-president-carter/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more age discrimination.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5057951-trump-old-age-old-policy/
CNN
— Trump’s siding with Musk over visas for high-tech workers is the most significant example yet of the president-elect favoring powerful elements in his new MAGA coalition over his base’s anti-immigrant DNA that he twice tapped in his rise to power. (COMMENT: Trump’s base is against illegal immigration, not legal immigration.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/politics/trump-musk-h1b-visa-analysis/index.html
MSNBC
— Trump offers condolences to family of Jimmy Carter
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/trump-offers-condolences-to-family-of-jimmy-carter-228106309918
MSN
— Illinois certifies slate of electors for 2024 election
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-certifies-slate-of-electors-for-2024-election/ar-AA1w3lUS
— ‘All-out MAGA civil war’: How Trump’s 2024 coalition is ‘shattering before our very eyes’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/all-out-maga-civil-war-how-trump-s-2024-coalition-is-shattering-before-our-very-eyes/ar-AA1wAAoN
NEWSWEEK
— Jimmy Carter’s Judicial Legacy Reveals How He Reshaped America. He developed an affirmative action plan for the trial courts and courts of appeals.
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-carters-judicial-legacy-reveals-how-he-reshaped-america-opinion-2007220
CBS NEWS
— Trump’s statements on Jimmy Carter’s death
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-death-donald-trump-statement/
— Trump reacts to news of Jimmy Carter’s death
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-reacts-to-news-of-jimmy-carters-death/
NEW YORK TIMES
— What’s the Matter With Chicago?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/opinion/chicago-illinois-pensions-debt.html
USA TODAY
— Is a six-figure salary enough to make anyone feel wealthy these days? How about a $500,000 salary? (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, $55,850/year in 1971, $68,315/year in 1972, $82,655/year in 1973, $99,069/year in 1974, $112,280/year in 1980, $117,807/year in 1986, and $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/20/salary-money-americans-earn-to-feel-rich/77065514007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In this inflationary era, benchmarks of wealth are moving targets. Everything seems to cost more. Cumulative inflation has raised prices by 22% since early 2020, according to an analysis by the personal finance site Bankrate. Viewed another way, you would need to spend about $1,220 in late 2024 to leverage the same buying power that $1,000 got you in January 2020. The average American earns a little less than $60,000 a year, according to federal data. But most of us think you need two or three times that much to achieve financial security, let alone wealth. . .The best-paying jobs now deliver salaries in the $400,000 range. But a $400,000 salary won’t put you in the highest federal income tax bracket in 2025. Here are seven salaries that illustrate how American wealth looks at the close of 2024. . .$270,214 That is the average annual salary it takes “to be financially successful,” according to a Secret to Success survey by the financial services company Empower in September. . .The survey’s definition of success varied widely by age. The average Baby Boomer said a salary of $99,874 a year bespeaks success. For members of Gen Z, the figure was $587,797. “Younger generations are doing the math,” said Rebecca Rickert, head of communication for Empower. “They foresee a world in which they’ll need a big cushion in order to make it.”)
MIAMI HERALD
— Carter’s foreign policy toward Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti left huge marks on South Florida
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article272569966.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/business/corporate-dei-policy-changes-pull-back-33fdab87
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-the-anti-woke-backlash/B839430F-799B-4C3C-B5D4-F39AD39121A1
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers paint citizens of foreign countries as being superior to citizens of America. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-is-right-on-h-1b-visas-immigration-work-jobs-e3e9ec71
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they have flooded American with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/wsj-explains/the-staggering-cost-needed-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan/B4B447AE-E653-4225-8E5B-4B59B1D8508D
FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/29/history-of-dei-why-it-matters-for-the-future/
— Those who are anti-White and/or want cheap labor want more H-1B.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2024/12/29/think-dei-is-dead-enter-the-h-1b-visa-and-elon-musks-war/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2024/12/30/the-h-1b-visa-controversy-cheap-labor-racism-and-the-american-divide/
POLITICO
— How Donald Trump transformed mass culture
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/29/culture-wars-trump-woke-democrats-00195424
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— With Jimmy Carter’s passing, Donald Trump is now the oldest living ex-US President
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/with-jimmy-carters-passing-donald-trump-is-now-the-oldest-living-us-president-101735530697682.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers paint citizens of foreign countries as being superior to citizens of America. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/america-a-meritocracy-musk-reiterates-stance-on-h-1b-visa-debate/articleshow/116788957.cms
December 29, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
– Elon Musk accused of censoring conservatives on X who disagree with him about immigration (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of employment visas during the 1980s. Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/elon-musk-accused-of-censoring-conservatives-on-x-who-disagree-with-him-about-immigration/3633247/
WGN9
— The race for Democratic National Committee chair is shaping up to be a field of largely white men — a notable development for a party that has long touted diversity within its ranks. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, political organizations want their leaders to be liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Even though I am none of the aforesaid, I survived as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois for 7 years and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member for 4 years.)
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/democrats-grapple-with-jarring-lack-of-diversity-in-dnc-race/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump appears to side with Elon Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/28/trump-musk-tech-allies-foreign-workers/
— Discrimination based on source of income still widespread despite new Illinois law, housing advocates say; recent lawsuits may change that. (COMMENT: What are/were your sources of income? Between 1962 and 1997, my income came from doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies. Since 1997, my income has come from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, and since 2010, from my Social Security.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/28/source-of-income-protections-illinois/
— Top stories of 1924 (COMMENT: What were your ancestors doing in 1924? My grandparents on father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/26/vintage-chicago-tribune-paul-duricas-top-picks-from-1924/
— Dixmoor Mayor Fitzgerald Roberts faces potential challenge from former trustee in April, pending petition review COMMENT: What offices will be on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct, who has filed to run, and what is the status of petition challenges?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/dixmoor-mayor-fitzgerald-roberts-faces-potential-challenge/
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— 20 attorneys general, including Illinois, backing states’ right to redraw legislative maps
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/20-attorneys-general-including-illinois-backing-states-right-to-redraw-legislative-maps/ar-AA1wBEia
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2024/12/29/in-states-that-ban-abortion-social-safety-net-programs-often-fail-families/
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2024/12/29/new-law-expands-reproductive-rights-in-illinois/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats taunt Trump with ‘President Musk’ moniker
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-taunt-trump-with-president-musk-moniker/
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/
— Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-appears-to-side-with-musk-tech-allies-in-debate-over-foreign-workers-roiling-his-supporters/
— What is your county clerk doing to assure that illegals cannot use their false identifications to register to vote?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-kansas-once-required-voters-to-prove-citizenship-that-didnt-work-out-so-well/
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MILTON TOWNSHIP
— MEETING NOTICE: Milton Township Officers Electoral Board Meeting Agenda Monday, December 30, 2024, 1:00 P.M. (COMMENT: Milton Township Supervisor Monino is challenging the nominating petitions file by Milinko for Supervisor, Nathwani for Clerk, Muehlfelt for Highway Commissioner, Argianas for Assessor, and Ellis, Kemp, Castle, and Margetts for Trustee. In addition, Nachman is challenging the nominating petitions file by Argianas.)
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10230616481547080&set=g.141390082555472
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I what ways do Trump’s background differ from your background the most? For me, it includes my having to work my way through college. For me, it includes all the bad jobs that I had to take. For me, it includes the difficulty/failure that I had finding/keeping jobs that were appropriate for my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents side with Trump and Musk on H-1B. According to my critics/opponents, my employers would not have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have. According to my critics/opponents, all the difficulty/failure that I had finding/keeping jobs that were appropriate for my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license was because I am a very bad person and even worse things. Further, according to my critics/opponents, none of the difficulty/failure that I had was because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, my complaining about the aforesaid, or my suing GAO about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Warnings of Electric Power Adequacy Arriving with Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/29/more-warnings-of-electric-power-adequacy-arriving-with-data-centers/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Violent Venezuelan gang members expanding operations in Midwest. Tren de Aragua members arrested in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8ef45944-c46f-11ef-8832-87b950a44406.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Musk jars Trump world, calling a bulk of supporters ‘contemptible fools’ (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/28/musk-jars-trump-world-calling-bulk-supporters-cont/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/28/costco-rejects-push-nix-company-dei-program/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What’s on Trump’s transgender agenda for 2025
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3260064/whats-on-trump-transgender-agenda-2025/
NEW YORK POST
— How California is gearing up to fight Trump 2.0 (COMMENT: Constructively, California has declared war on America.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/opinion/how-california-is-gearing-up-to-fight-trump-2-0/
— Trump supports immigration visas backed by Musk: ‘I have many H-1B visas on my properties’ (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/donald-trump-backs-h-1b-visa-program-supported-by-elon-musk/
— Wokeness is in retreat, but Nasdaq’s ‘diversity rules’ show its awful stench will be hard to eliminate
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/business/wokeness-is-in-retreat-but-nasdaqs-diversity-rules-show-its-awful-stench-will-be-hard-to-eliminate/
— Hollywood loves #diversity — except when it comes to Israel and Jews
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/opinion/hollywood-loves-diversity-except-when-it-comes-to-israel-and-jews/
— Trump’s expected rollback of DEI can’t come soon enough. (COMMENT: If there had never been Affirmative Action (AA) or DEI, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988. But my Democrat superiors used AA and DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/opinion/donald-trumps-expected-rollback-of-dei-cant-come-soon-enough/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A woke encyclopedia?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/a_woke_encyclopedia.html
BLAZE
— Chicago needs a new mayor — and it’s time for a Republican
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/chicago-needs-a-new-mayor-and-its-time-for-a-republican
— Biden’s clemency play panders to his woke base, snubbing justice
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/bidens-clemency-play-panders-to-his-woke-base-snubbing-justice
BREITBART
— DEI Stands for ‘Discrimination, Exclusion and Indoctrination’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/28/riley-gaines-dei-stands-for-discrimination-exclusion-and-indoctrination/
— H-1B Uproar Obscures Vast Workforce of Other White-Collar Migrants (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/12/28/h-1b-uproar-obscures-vast-workforce-other-white-collar-migrants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The heated debate over H-1B visa workers obscures the far greater inflows of other foreign workers into the white-collar jobs needed by American college graduates. The federal government issues about 130,000 new H-1B visas each year — plus another 650,000 visas or work permits to other white-collar migrants each year. Many of these non-immigrant workers are allowed to stay for five, six, or seven years. The multi-year visas create a resident population of at least 1.5 million white-collar workers. That growing population is almost twenty times larger than the H-1B program’s inflow of 85,000 new foreign workers every year that the media is focusing on. “For decades, this has been out of control,” said Kevin Lynn, the founder of U.S. Tech Workers, which campaigns against the visa worker programs. The huge giveaway annually delivers roughly two foreign workers for every American who graduates from a four-year college with a skilled degree in science, software, computers, business, healthcare, or engineering. The programs also deliver two foreign workers into the career-starting jobs needed by every young American who graduates with a four-year degree in “STEM,” or science, technology, engineering, and math. The migrants are not legal immigrants. They are government-approved contract workers or just-graduated foreign students, and their vulnerable legal status allows employers to treat them badly and undercut pay for American graduates. “There are about a million work-visa issuances a year … it’s gone up about 25 percent in recent years,” said Jessica Vaughan, policy director at the Center for Immigration Studies. The programs’ complexity and lack of transparency are intended to help employers smuggle more white-collar workers into American jobs, Vaughan said. President Joe Biden’s deputies are trying to raise the visa-worker inflow. . .The federal government allows employers to import roughly 450,000 visa workers for the blue-collar H-2A and H-2B workers, and perhaps 150,000 pink-collar visa workers via the J-1 program. But the white-collar inflow is larger. The H-1B program is getting much attention, partly because Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and other West Coast investors triggered a heated Twitter debate with President Donald Trump’s voter base. But the H-1B program is just one of many government pipelines that deliver foreign college graduates into the valuable U.S. careers needed by the American middle class. Each year, the H-1B program delivers roughly 130,000 new workers, including 85,000 workers for private companies. They can stay for six years or longer. “The resident population of people with H-1Bs is [roughly] 600,000,” Vaughan told Breitbart News. There is no requirement to offer the H-1B jobs to Americans. Also, there is no limit on the inflow of H-1B workers for non-profits. That loophole has created a new style of non-profit staffing organization that transfers college graduates into private sector jobs. More than half of the H-1Bs are from India, where the government pressures American companies to hire Indian graduates, even though they are rooted in a culture where workplace corruption and bribes are common. Deputies working for President Barack Obama also allowed the spouses of H-1Bs to get work permits, dubbed H4EADs. Many now work in jobs alongside their spouses, adding at least 100,000 more white-collar visa workers to the U.S. labor market. The little-known L-1 visa program allows foreign companies to move their employees into the United States for five to 7 years. In 2022, the Department of State approved 73,000 new L-1s, so the resident white-collar L-1 population is roughly 200,000 white-collar workers. The spouses of L-1 workers are also allowed to work, adding another 40,000 workers to the workforce, according to a 2017 report by the left-wing Economic Policy Institute. Many of the H-1B and L-1 workers are allowed to stay past their visa expiry date if their employers offer them the deferred bonus of a government-provided green card. This bonus has created a population of roughly 600,000 Indian workers who are working while waiting for a green card. This population includes many L-1s and H-1Bs, complicating the population count. The State Department’s J-1 program delivers about 90,000 white-collar workers via multiple categories, such as “short-term scholars, “research scholars,” and professors, who are allowed to stay up to five or even seven years. Government agencies do not reveal the resident population of J-1s, but 300,000 white-collar employees is a reasonable estimate. The 0-1A so-called “genius visa” program is now delivering at least 9,000 white-collar workers per year, up from 6,500 in 2019. This program is uncapped, like the L-1, TN, and H-1B programs. This visa lasts for three years, so the resident 0-1A population is roughly 25,000. The TN program allows professionals and recent graduates in Canada and Mexico to get jobs in the United States via the TN visa created by trade treaties. Government officials have said they do not count TN migrants entering the United States from Canada. Vaughan said she estimates the resident TN population to be roughly 120,000 foreign graduates. The OPT and CPT programs were created for foreign students at American universities. These programs deliver the most new workers each year — but they can only stay for one or three years. Almost 340,000 students and graduates got work permits in 2023, suggesting the resident population is roughly 400,000, most of whom work in technology-related jobs. The OPT — Optional Practical Training — and the CPT — Curricular Practical Training — programs were not created by Congress but by officials working for President George W. Bush. The CPT and OPT programs are touted as study programs, but the OPT program is a pipeline for foreigners to get green cards via employers and the H-1B program. These pipelines often run through ethnic hiring networks at Fortune 500 companies or their vast network of “software sweatshops” that implement outsourcing policies at nearly all major U.S. companies. Many of the OPT and CPT workers fail to get into the H-1B programs and so join the growing population of “overstay” illegal white-collar migrants, many of whom work alongside their legal compatriots as software subcontractors. This illegal white-collar foreign workforce is also boosted by a growing population of airport migrants. They legally enter the country as tourists or “business visitors,” dubbed B-1/B-2 visas. But they illegally work as freelancers and contractors, usually within ethnic networks of legal migrants. The federal government has done little to suppress or count this population. There has been no cap on the number of white-collar illegal migrants during Biden’s administration, in part because his pro-migration border chief — Alejandro Mayorkas — enforced a policy of no arrests for migrants who were not found guilty of major crimes. In addition, Mayorkas has imported roughly one million migrants through his quasi-legal “parole pipelines.” This inflow includes many white-collar workers — but their unrecognized credentials exclude them from licensed professions. Vaughan suggested these various pipelines have delivered 3 million illegal white-collar workers into the U.S. labor force, alongside the legal population of 1.5 million visa workers. Lynn estimated the illegal white-collar population at roughly 1.5 million, alongside 1.5 million legal migrants. In December, Mayrokas announced he would loosen the J-1 program to help migrants from China and India stay in J-1 white-collar jobs for longer than two years. Mayorkas’ deputies also announced changes to the H-1B program to help American companies import more white-collar workers. The new rules allow more companies to be treated as non-profits so they can import an unlimited number of “cap-exempt” H-1B workers for jobs that are sought by Americans. The rule states: . . . Meanwhile, huge numbers of American professionals are being laid off, according to a December report by Forbes.)
DAILY CALLER
— ‘These People Are Exploiting These Folks’: Andy Biggs Exposes Flaws In Dems’ Narrative About Migrants (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/27/andy-biggs-dems-migrants/
— Mark Halperin Warns ‘We’re Gonna See More’ Advocacy To Stop Trump From Taking Office As Inauguration ‘Gets Closer’ (COMMENT: How far do you think hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will go?)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/27/mark-halperin-democrats-block-donald-trump-inauguration/
— Woke Colleges Finally Being Forced To Reckon With Diversity Agenda
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/28/zachary-marschall-woke-colleges-finally-being-forced-to-reckon-with-diversity-agenda/
— Costco Embraces DEI As Other Companies Move In Opposite Direction
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/28/costco-dei-diversity-national-center-public-policy-research/
DAILY SIGNAL
— PBS Hosts Far-Left Smear Factory to Demonize Trump—Using Your Tax Dollars
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/29/pbs-hosts-far-left-smear-factory-demonize-trump-using-your-tax-dollars/
DAILY WIRE
— Homan Promises To Root Out Bad Actors Left Over From Biden Admin. ‘We pretty much know where the bodies are buried’ and ‘We know who’s who.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-help-them-border-czar-tom-homan-promises-to-root-out-bad-actors-leftover-from-biden-admin
— Here’s How Trump Admin Could Help Crush Censorship Industry (COMMENT: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents have wanted to censure me. In 2006, they almost succeeded in getting the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/28/trump-admin-crush-censorship-industry/
FOX BUSINESS
— Musk inflames X with profane movie quote in defense of H-1B visa. Musk invoked the satirical action-comedy movie ‘Tropic Thunder’ in defending the visa program.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-politics/musk-inflames-x-profane-movie-quote-defense-h-1b-visa
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The internal rift inside the MAGA movement over the H-1B visa continues to play out on X with Elon Musk attacking a critic of the program on Friday using a profane quote from Tom Cruise’s character in the movie “Tropic Thunder.” Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been tapped by President-elect Trump to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), argued earlier this week that American culture has not prioritized education enough and therefore foreign workers are needed for tech companies like Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla. Many tech companies have embraced the H-1B visa program, which allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations, but critics of the program say H-1B holders are often chosen over U.S. citizens for jobs. One of the reasons for this is that foreign workers are tied to their respective employers via the H-1B visa – as a company is required to sponsor the visa — and therefore quitting the job could ultimately see foreign workers losing their visa and their ability to legally remain in the country. On Friday, Musk doubled down on his defense of the program, blasting a user on X who used a video of Musk discussing SpaceX processes to go after the billionaire’s stance on the visa program. “The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B,” Musk wrote on X. He then went on to quote the 2008 action-comedy movie, which was a box office hit. “Take a big step back and F— YOURSELF in the face,” Musk railed. The line, although not verbatim, comes from a scene from the movie where Tom Cruise’s character Les Grossman, a balding, profane-laden and ill-tempered studio executive, roars down the phone at a group of kidnappers in a memorable scene. Grossman then goes on to threaten the kidnappers, saying that he will go “scorched earth” and “massacre” them. The outburst leaves the kidnappers and Matthew McConaughey, who plays Rick “The Pecker” Peck, stunned into silence. The movie also stars Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Nick Nolte. Musk also invokes Grossman’s combative stance with the X user, finishing off his late Friday post by writing: “I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend.” Musk then went on to interact with other commentators on the topic, saying he agreed with one poster who wrote that the visa program needs reform and that Musk “protects meritocracy and the American Dream for tech innovators at all costs.” Elsewhere, Musk agreed to a separate post that stated that Google, Intel and Tesla were all founded or built by immigrants and that H-1B visa employees are effectively capped at 15% for big tech companies. The post noted that a third of positions in the sector go unfulfilled each year and that foreign workers are needed in the short term to make up the shortfall. On Christmas Day, Musk wrote that he and his companies would prefer to hire Americans – and that it is much easier than going through the “incredibly painful and slow work visa process.” “HOWEVER, there is a dire shortage of extremely talented and motivated engineers in America. This is not about handing out opportunities from some magical hat. You don’t get it. This is blindingly obvious when looking at NBA teams, as the physical differences are so obvious to see,” Musk wrote. “However, the MENTAL differences between humans are FAR bigger than the physical differences!!” He also wrote that employing immigrants is essential to future American ingenuity. “It comes down to this: do you want America to WIN or do you want America to LOSE,” he wrote. “If you force the world’s best talent to play for the other side, America will LOSE. End of story.” It’s not the first time Musk has invoked Tropic Thunder online. In August, he unleashed the same line on Thierry Breton, a French business executive and former European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services who threatened to censor X.)
FOX NEWS
— The real reason Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is working so hard to resist Trump. Rooftop Revelations: Chicago’s Brandon Johnson wants to cast himself as the mighty moral man who would save us all.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/real-reason-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-wants-resist-trump
— Trump says he is a ‘believer’ in H-1B visas for skilled migrant workers as right spars on immigration. Musk argued that immigrants are needed for the tech sector. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-he-believer-h-1b-visas-skilled-migrant-workers-right-spars-immigration-report
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Newsom eyeing ways to help illegal aliens dodge deportation under Trump administration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will help illegals dodge deportation.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/california-gov-gavin-newsom-eyeing-ways-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation-under-trump-administration
NEWSMAX
— Biden Admin Partially Blames Homelessness Spike on Immigration Surge
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-homelessness-spike/2024/12/27/id/1193112/
PJ MEDIA
— Are You an Illegal Alien About to be Arrested by ICE and Deported? There’s an App For That.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/28/are-you-and-illegal-alien-about-to-be-arrested-by-ice-and-deported-theres-an-app-for-that-n4935479
— Democrats Want Your Children to Die
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/28/democrats-want-your-kids-to-die-n4935487
POST MILLENNIAL
— Costco board of directors urge shareholders to continue DEI programs
https://thepostmillennial.com/costco-board-of-directors-urge-shareholders-to-continue-dei-programs
TOWNHALL
— Trump Needs To Be Ready For The Gathering Storm Over H1B Visas (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/12/29/trump-needs-to-be-ready-for-the-gathering-storm-over-h1b-visas-n2649702
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump weighs in on H-1B debate, backs immigration visas (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5058560-trump-weighs-in-on-h-1b-debate-backs-immigration-visas/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://thehill.com/business/5058433-costco-dei-initiatives-pushback/
REUTERS
— Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa debate, says he’s always been in favor of the program (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elon-musk-vows-war-over-h-1b-visa-program-amid-rift-with-some-trump-supporters-2024-12-28/
YAHOO
— Trump Backs H-1B Visa Program After Elon Musk Vows ‘War’ During Fiery Online MAGA Debate (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-vows-war-defense-190919100.html
AOL
— Democrats ask: “Do Republicans Tend To Help Rich People More Than the Middle Class?” GAO works for Congress. In Diersen v. GAO, I got no help from my Republican U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives. To help me would have been to fight political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My demographics are terrible: conservative, Republican, White, male,
https://www.aol.com/republicans-tend-help-rich-people-170044992.html
NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Allies Threaten California Officials With Prison (COMMENT: Constructively, California has declared war on America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-allies-threaten-california-officials-prison-2006917
— Can H-1B Visa Holders Change Jobs? Critics Call Workers Indentured Servants (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/can-h-1b-visa-holders-change-jobs-critics-call-workers-indentured-servants-2006950
NBC NEWS
— Trump says H-1B visa program is ‘great’ amid MAGA feud over tech workers. Trump allies, including Elon Musk, vigorously defended the program to other MAGA adherents this week. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-h1b-visa-program-maga-elon-musk-rcna185656
CBS NEWS
— Musk and Ramaswamy are sparking a debate over the H-1B visa. Here’s what to know about the visa. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/musk-vivek-ramaswamy-h1b-visa-maga-immigration-what-to-know/
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump backs H-1B visas, aligning with Musk on immigration. “I’ve always liked the visas,” he said, siding with tech leaders against anti-immigration hard-liners. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/28/trump-h1b-musk-immigration-debate/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump weighs in on debate among supporters to back H-1B visa program (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-28/president-elect-trump-weighs-into-debate-among-supporters-to-back-h-1b-visa-program
USA TODAY
— Elon Musk vows ‘war’ over H-1B visa program amid rift with some Trump supporters (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/28/elon-musk-immigrants-via/77290081007/
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— The H-1B Visa Program and Its Impact on the U.S. Economy (COMMENT: What percent of H-1B recipients are non-White?)
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/h1b-visa-program-fact-sheet
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before an employer can file a petition with USCIS, the employer must take steps to ensure that hiring the foreign worker will not harm U.S. workers. Employers first must attest, on a labor condition application (LCA) certified by the Department of Labor (DOL), that employment of the H-1B worker will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. Employers must also provide existing workers with notice of their intention to hire an H-1B worker.)
U.S. CENSUS
— The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery
https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2024/adrm/CES-WP-24-19.html
(DEMOCRATS SAY: We do not find evidence for displacement of native-born, college-educated workers at the firm level, on net. However, this result masks dynamics among more specific subgroups of incumbents that we further elucidate.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/business/corporate-dei-policy-changes-pull-back-33fdab87
FORBES
— Trump Weighs In On H-1B Visa Program Dividing MAGA World (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/12/28/trump-weighs-in-on-h-1b-visa-program-dividing-maga-world/
— Democrats and RINOs say “Immigrants Don’t Crowd Out U.S.-Born Professionals.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/05/13/more-evidence-immigrants-dont-crowd-out-us-born-professionals/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonemorris/2024/12/28/costco-to-shareholders-dei-and-inclusive-leadership-is-non-negotiable/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/29/history-of-dei-why-it-matters-for-the-future/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2024/12/28/two-new-books-provide-insights-into-aspects-of-the-immigration-crisis/
FORTUNE
— Trump backs immigration visas for skilled workers after MAGA followers turn on Elon Musk over H-1Bs (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://fortune.com/2024/12/28/trump-h1b-immigration-visas-skilled-workers-maga-backlash-elon-musk/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump responds after Elon Musk escalates his feud with MAGA loyalists over H-1B visas (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-bros-debating-maga-fans-over-h-1b-visas-2024-12
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91247954/if-dei-is-dead-this-is-the-way-to-look-at-workplace-culture-in-2025
KIPLINGER
— Leave Your Life Story as a Legacy for Your Heirs. These eight resources will help you preserve your life story to pass on to your family. (COMMENT: I am 76. I have no heirs. My wife and I never had children. My brother, my parents, my grandparents, and my aunts and uncles have all passed away. On my father’s side, my brother and my aunt never married and had no children. On my mother’s side, her sister never married and had no children. Her brothers had four children of which three are still alive.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/inheritance/leave-your-life-story-as-a-legacy-for-your-heirs
PEW TRUSTS
— Democrats and RINOs say: Foreign-born workers have helped fuel growth, and their wages and occupations vary by English proficiency, origins, and education.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2024/09/the-demographics-of-immigrant-workers-in-philadelphia
AXIOS
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers hint/imply/argue/shout that Asians are more intelligent and harder working than Whites and that is employers should be able to hire them and to promote them instead of Whites.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/28/maga-dei-fight-musk-trump-bannon