FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Chicago’s mayor can’t be recalled under Illinois law. A new bill aims to change that. Rep. LaShawn Ford has been trying to get such a mechanism on the books since 2015, in the wake of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by then-Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-mayor-cant-be-recalled-under-illinois-law-a-new-bill-aims-to-change-that/3643166/
— Meta announces end of DEI programs. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents continue to promote DEI big time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/read-the-memo-meta-announces-end-of-its-dei-programs/3642960/
— According to my critics/opponents, conservative candidates on ballots in my precinct cannot win. According to my critics/opponents, a) I paint Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct as being more conservative than they want to be painted, b) I promote Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who are too conservative to win, and c) therefore, I cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose. They stress that 10 of the 13 Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in my precinct lost. In my defense, I stress that 11 of the 13 Republican candidates on that ballot in my precinct got more votes than their Democrat opponents got.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/dillard-too-conservative-to-be-electable/1932061/
FOX32
— Illinois Attorney General urges Walmart to continue DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXyii4RDI64
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump is planning 100 executive orders starting Day 1 on border, deportations and other priorities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-100-executive-orders-day-1-border-deportations/
— Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-can-vote-turn-over-dna-sample/
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-and-inclusion-program-trump-administration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration. Other companies that have ended DEI programs recently include McDonald’s, automaker Ford, Walmart and Moline-based farm equipment maker John Deere.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/technology/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-inclusion-program-prepares-second-trump-administration
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage Forest Preserve District earns top S&P rating
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250110/submitted-content/dupage-forest-preserve-district-earns-top-sp-rating/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Chicago, bankruptcy is not the answer
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-should-not-follow-detroits-path-bankruptcy-op-ed
— Illinois AG pushes back on Walmart’s plans to roll back DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/workplace/illinois-ag-urges-walmart-keep-dei-programs
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— DECEMBER 6, 2024 FLASHBACK: Del Mar To Step Down Next Year As State GOP Co-Chair To Seek Statewide Office
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-to-step-down-next-year-as-state-gop-co-chair-to-seek-statewide-office/
INDIANA GAZETTE
— The military that cried ‘White supremacy’
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/ann-coulter-the-military-that-cried-white-supremacy/article_ce27e03b-594b-50a3-94f3-de89339ab21b.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Sen. Rand Paul highlights government waste in annual Festivus Report
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/senator-rand-paul-highlights-government-waste-annual-festivus-report-pickleball-border-science-experiments-cats-paraguay-trump-doge
KCCI
— Group files lawsuit against Des Moines Register for ‘misleading subscribers’ with Iowa Poll (COMMENT: My critics/opponents disapprove of if not hate many, most, if not virtually all of the articles linked in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter, and especially articles that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, discouragement of vices, Second Amendment rights, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other conservative principles.)
https://www.kcci.com/article/des-moines-register-iowa-poll-class-action-lawsuit-2024/63361223
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A lawsuit has been filed against the Des Moines Register for “misleading subscribers” with its final 2024 Iowa Poll that showed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris leading Republican nominee — and eventual election winner — Donald Trump among likely voters just days before the election. The Center for American Rights, a Chicago-based nonprofit law firm, filed the suit in Polk County on behalf of a West Des Moines resident who “felt like the Register was disserving him and other readers when [the poll] ran and when its results were compared to the final outcome.” In a news release, the center states it is seeking certification as a class action lawsuit on behalf of all Des Moines Register subscribers. The complaint filed in Polk County alleges there are approximately 40,000 Des Moines Register subscribers on Sundays, the day the results of the final poll were published. The poll showed Harris with a lead of 3 percentage points among likely Iowa voters. Trump won the state with 57% of the vote to Harris’ 43%. The lawsuit alleges the Register “utterly failed to live up to” its mission statement of being a trustworthy news organization and says the Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer ignored red flags that should have indicated the results would be inaccurate. It cites a section of Iowa Code about consumer fraud. President-elect Trump filed a similar lawsuit against the Register regarding consumer fraud last month.)
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/01/10/immigration-advocates-warn-a-proposal-for-chicago-police-to-help-ice-could-be-illegal
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-10/as-los-angeles-burned-latino-immigrants-rushed-in-to-put-out-fires
ELMHURST PATCH
— 56% Raise For Addison Township Supervisor. The official is taking over township roads, something voters weren’t told about before a recent referendum.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/56-raise-addison-township-supervisor
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/ivf-patients-in-illinois-worry-feel-uncertain-about-access-and-treatments-as-trump-returns-to-office/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-226/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino efforts failed to boot the eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot based on late filing of their petitions. But Michael Nachman’s effort succeeded in booting the assessor candidate based on late filing of his qualifications statement. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To prove slander, a plaintiff must usually establish the following elements: Defamatory statement: The statement was false and intended to harm the plaintiff’s reputation: Publication: The statement was communicated to at least one other person; Harm: The plaintiff’s reputation was damaged; Fault: The defendant was at least negligent in publishing the statement; Special damages: The plaintiff suffered actual harm, such as financial loss, being fired, or losing customers. (SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=slander+prove+elements ) Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes slander me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on my critics/opponents who falsely hint/imply/argue/shout to others that I share information with Democrats that harm Republicans. In 2006, because the Roskam campaign feared that it would lose to Duckworth, its scapegoating members falsely and maliciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I shared information with the Democrat news media and with the Duckworth campaign that harmed the Roskam campaign. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— A congestion tax for Chicago would be a terrible and uncompetitive idea
https://wirepoints.org/a-congestion-tax-for-chicago-would-be-a-terrible-and-uncompetitive-idea-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois home to fifth most illegal immigrants in country
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4c94066c-cf73-11ef-8d4d-c32bd379ee48.html
— Thirteen states’ attorneys general question Walmart’s retreat from DEI (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d5642886-cf79-11ef-acb4-7f61eaea621c.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Addison Township voters at the April 1 election will tell state lawmakers where they stand on legislative map gerrymandering and state leaders making demands without providing money. Nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns about major state issues will be represented by these votes.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/voters-near-ohare-to-take-up-gerrymandering-unfunded-mandates/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DeVore Files Lawsuit Against McCombie, Says GOP Leader Violated First Amendment Rights by Blocking, Deleting Comments on Official Facebook Page
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/devore-files-lawsuit-against-mccombie-says-gop-leader-violated-first-amendment-rights-by-blocking-deleting-comments-on-official-facebook-page.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Biden admin announces sweeping deportation shield for nearly 1M migrants (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/biden-admin-announces-sweeping-deportation-shield-for-nearly-1m-migrants/
— Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court — again — for defaming Georgia election workers. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/rudy-giuliani-found-in-contempt-of-court-for-defaming-georgia-election-workers/
— Foreign leaders desperately jockeying for invite to Trump’s inauguration: ‘They’re all going crazy’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/11/us-news/foreign-leaders-jockeying-for-invite-to-trump-inauguration-theyre-all-going-crazy/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— President-elect Trump Plans Many Ambitious Executive Orders on Immigration
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/10/report-president-elect-trump-plans-many-ambitious-executive-orders-on-immigration/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A few suggestions for California Republicans
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/a_few_suggestions_for_california_republicans.html
BLAZE
— Trump doesn’t need Congress to suspend immigration
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-brutal-truth-trump-doesnt-need-congress-to-suspend-immigration
— NYC spent $50M on lawyers for illegal aliens — including criminals — while city agencies faced budget cuts (COMMENT: Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-spent-50m-on-lawyers-for-illegal-aliens-including-criminals-while-city-agencies-faced-budget-cuts-report
— Republican Buddy Carter introduces bill to eliminate IRS and income tax — but replace it with 23% national sales tax
https://www.theblaze.com/news/buddy-carter-fairtax-act-2025
DAILY CITIZEN
— DEI Not Dead Yet
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/hrc-lgbt-corporate-equality-index/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Deport Millions, Finish the Wall, Tax Remittances, and End Birthright Citizenship
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/10/deport-millions-finish-wall-tax-remittances-birthright-citizenship/
FOX NEWS
— LA County cut fire budget while spending heavily on DEI, woke items
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-county-cut-fire-budget-while-spending-heavily-dei-woke-items-midnight-stroll-transgender-cafe
— Schools nationwide brace for Trump, including measures compelling teachers not to cooperate with ICE. Several K-12 school districts are training teachers how to interact with ICE. (COMMENT: How anti-Trump, that is, how anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American is your school district?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schools-nationwide-brace-trump-including-measures-compelling-teachers-not-cooperate-ice
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Second Circuit Revives Sarah Palin’s Defamation Suit Against The New York Times (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://natlawreview.com/article/second-circuit-revives-sarah-palins-defamation-suit-against-new-york-times
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although Palin ultimately succeeded on appeal, Palin’s broader efforts to have the Supreme Court revisit the “actual malice” requirement set by New York Times v. Sullivan may have hit a dead end. Public-figure defamation plaintiffs need to prove actual malice, which requires showing that an allegedly defamatory statement was made “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” Sullivan, 376 U.S. at 280. In St. Amant v. Thompson, the Supreme Court explained that proof that a defamatory article was published “recklessly, though not knowingly” is not sufficient to prove actual malice. Rather, the evidence must show that the defendant had “an awareness…of the probable falsity” of the publication. Later, in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., the Court defined “reckless disregard of the truth” to mean “subjective awareness of probable falsity.” On appeal, Palin argued that “the actual malice standard is either no longer good law or should not apply to her case.” The Second Circuit rejected these arguments as barred by the “law of the case” doctrine because they were ripe for review at the time of Palin’s initial appeal but were not raised. Additionally, Palin challenged the district court’s ruling that, regardless of the First Amendment, she was required to prove actual malice as an element of her claim under New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP law, N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 76-a. The November 2020 amendment to New York’s Anti-SLAPP law imposes an actual malice fault standard in any action concerning the “exercise of the constitutional right of free speech in connection with an issue of public interest.” However, “because the First Amendment and New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP Statute share the same substantive requirement (that a public-figure defamation plaintiff must prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence),” the Second Circuit stated, “we need not decide—and do not decide—whether the Anti-SLAPP Statute’s amendment applies retroactively.”)
NEW AMERICAN
— NYC Spent Millions on Deportation Defense for Migrants — Who Were Crippling the City
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/nyc-spent-millions-on-deportation-defense-for-migrants-who-were-crippling-the-city/
PJ MEDIA
— Two Chicago Officials Want to Tighten up the City’s Sanctuary Status
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2025/01/10/two-chicago-officials-want-to-tighten-up-the-citys-sanctuary-status-n4935870
— This One Video Exposes Everything Wrong With DEI
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/10/this-one-video-exposes-everything-wrong-with-dei-n4935854#google_vignette
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Dems Push to Undo Sanctuary Law, Aid Trump in Deporting Criminals
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/10/chicago-democrats-take-trumps-side-n2650345#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— SALT-focused Republicans to meet with Trump as they threaten to hold up bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5079670-salt-focused-republicans-to-meet-with-trump-as-they-threaten-to-hold-up-bill/
CBS NEWS
— Biden extends legal status of nearly 1 million immigrants covered by program in Trump’s crosshairs (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-temporary-protected-status-tps-extended/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/ar-BB1rfGqa
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/
MSN
— ‘Woke’ L.A. Fire Department Blew Seven-Figure Sums on DEI Before Deadly Wildfires
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/woke-l-a-fire-department-blew-seven-figure-sums-on-dei-before-deadly-wildfires/ss-BB1reSK1
MSNBC
— ‘Humiliation’: Trump’s now the first president-elect to be a convicted felon (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors humiliated me big time when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets me and my job-related professional license, my six job-related professional certifications, my three job-related master’s degrees, my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, and my almost 9 years of IRS work experience.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtIMY-UKA5o
NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office. The move allows hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela to stay in the country temporarily. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/biden-temporary-protected-status-immigration.html
— Judge Finds Giuliani in Contempt for Continued Defamation of Election Workers (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/giuliani-contempt-defamation-election-workers.html
— To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or b) had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/ramaswamy-meritocracy.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: With Sentence, Trump Will Now Be First Felon To Occupy Oval Office. Penalty Carries Stigma but No Jail Time. (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous stigma of being forced to retire early. The more qualifications that you have, the greater the stigma. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/nyregion/trump-hush-money-sentencing-convicted-felon.html
— As L.A. Fires Rage, Trump and Newsom’s Hostilities Resurface. California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and President-elect Donald J. Trump have long feuded. Can the rancor be set aside to help a devastated city recover?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/politics/los-angeles-fires-trump-newsom.html
— Republicans Can Slow but Not Stop Electric Vehicles. More car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/business/energy-environment/trump-republicans-electric-vehicles-automakers.html
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
— Youngkin backs push for cutting federal workforce, spending (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining employees who are Republican 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://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/youngkin-trump-doge/article_e2d17acc-cf93-11ef-a44e-1f234deb1288.html
DAILY BEAST
— A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected Fox Corp’s attempt to be dismissed from Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the media company and its Fox News network. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-loses-last-ditch-effort-to-stop-27-billion-smartmatic-defamation-lawsuit/
Tag: amendment
January 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lawsuit against Des Moines Register is about holding media groups accountable
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/09/opinion-des-moines-register-ann-selzer/
— A record 449,553 Illinois residents sign up for Affordable Care Act insurance, amid uncertainty over future
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/09/affordable-care-act-enrollment-illinois/
— What Illinois’ population exodus tells us about the state and Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/opinion-illinois-population-exodus/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/10/mexico-violence-risk-chicago-visit-family-cartels-marlen-garcia
WGN9 & FOX32 & WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/illinois-department-of-public-health-adds-four-new-conditions-for-medical-cannabis-use/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-medical-cannabis-program-4-new-conditions
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/09/endometriosis-ovarian-cysts-among-conditions-added-illinois-medical-marijuana
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/09/pilsen-church-not-going-be-sitting-ducks-moves-spanish-services-online-amid-deportation
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump gives GOP senators no preference as Republican leaders struggle to craft his priorities. President-elect Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy Capitol Hill meeting with Senate Republicans with no preferred strategy for tackling his legislative priorities.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-meets-with-republicans-on-capitol-hill-as-gop-struggles-to-agree-on-legislative-strategy/article_504efe9d-b7a1-5fd6-bd38-592ae0d293ab.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— As wildfires rage in Los Angeles, Trump doesn’t offer much sympathy. He’s casting blame.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-as-wildfires-rage-in-los-angeles-trump-doesnt-offer-much-sympathy-hes-casting-blame/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/10/making-waves-on-trans-issues-00197484
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-433/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-225/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino is seeking to boot all eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot. A hearing on that is scheduled for today, Friday, January 10, 2025, at 2:00 PM in the Wheaton City Council Chambers. For slating purposes, Monino got only 3 votes from Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeemen while Dan Milinko got 40 votes In 2021, Monino sided with my critics/opponents who ended my 16-year-long service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Since 2021, many of my critics/opponents have promoted Monino. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The next Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) meeting will be open to the public. It is tomorrow, Saturday, January 11, 2025, 10 am – 2 pm, at the Whitetail Ridge Golf Club, 7671 Clubhouse Dr. Yorkville. What Congressional District do you live in? The following represent you on the IRP SCC: 1-Tim Ozinga, 2- Judy Diekelman, 3-Jeanne Ives, 4-Jay Reyes, 5-Aaron Del Mar, 6-Sean Morrison, 7-Mark Hosty, 8- Debbie Kanarowski, 9-Joan Lasonde, 10- Mark Shaw, 11- Laura Pollastrini, 12-Rhonda Belford, 13-Myles Nelson, 14-Larry Smith, 15-Jason Plummer, 16-Jan Weber, and 17-Chad Weaver. The IRP Platform is at: https://illinois.gop/2024-state-convention-platform-and-resolutions/ . The IRP By-Laws are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Amended-Bylaws-as-approved-April-25-2020.pdf . – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating/dominating religious leaders. How soon, if not already, will religious leaders declare that GOD is a liberal Democrat who wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? How soon, if not already will they declare that GOD is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Cost-per-ride of Chicago’s Red Line expansion estimated at $2.9 million
https://wirepoints.org/its-estimated-the-cost-per-ride-of-chicagos-red-line-expansion-will-be-2-9-million-each-wirepoints-on-the-shaun-thompson-show/
— The state’s new property tax task force will fail just like Gov. Pritzker’s original
https://wirepoints.org/the-states-new-property-tax-task-force-will-fail-just-like-gov-pritzkers-original-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago proposal would end sanctuary status for those who commit certain crimes
https://www.news-journal.com/chicago-proposal-would-end-sanctuary-status-for-those-who-commit-certain-crimes/article_b6b67cb2-4cf0-521a-bfe5-6ed9b2638dd4.html
— Illinois General Assembly approves rules Republicans say are unfair
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ed661e6a-ced1-11ef-9ad4-0f69b15309c6.html
ILLINOIS RECORD
— Kathy Keller Salvi breaks Illinois Republican bylaws and names disgraced financial elderly abuser to chairman of the ILGOP finance committee. The shocking appointment of Brian Kasal exposes Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Keller Salvi long history of reckless political behavior.
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/kathy-keller-salvi-breaks-illinois
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Naperville School Board Holds Probable Illegal Secret Discussions of New Member’s Behavior
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/naperville-school-board-holds-probable-illegal-secret-discussions-of-new-members-behavior/
— A Splendid Analysis of One-Term Presidents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/a-splendid-analysis-of-one-term-presidents/
— Chicago Mayor Contemplates Another Way to Discourage Suburbanites from Visiting Chicago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/chicago-mayor-contemplates-another-reason-suburbanites-should-not-visit-chicago/
— Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund Big Investor in China Firms
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/illinois-teachers-retirement-fund-big-investor-in-china-firms/
— Inauguration Party in Marengo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/10/inauguration-party-in-marengo/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Fl-Gl
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/diersen%40aol.com?compose=CllgCJfrLPMnJWkScXxbXMWBsljNhSRWrMzRTLzzklqXDSRFLPtcFXLZcqkGSJNDtXmkFmLSmRL
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Du-Fi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-du/
— State Approves Medical Pot to Improve Female Organisms
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/state-approves-medical-pot-to-improve-female-organisms/
— “California Literally Turned into a Red State Overnight”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/california-literally-turned-into-a-red-state-overnight/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Wheeling Township voters will have a chance to weigh in on Illinois state lawmakers imposing unfunded mandates. After the April 1 election, nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns will have been represented by votes on some of the state’s most pressing issues.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/another-cook-county-suburb-gives-voters-say-on-illinois-issues/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republican lawmakers’ demands threaten to trip up Trump’s agenda
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/9/republican-lawmakers-demands-threaten-trip-donald-/
— Republican consultants made $130 million pushing failed pro-marijuana referendum (COMMENT: Pot pushers work very hard against me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3280927/gop-consultants-made-130-million-pushing-failed-pro-marijuana-referendum/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Putting ‘woke’ law schools on trial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3280623/putting-woke-law-schools-on-trial/
— My critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican ever-increasingly pander to those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican talk and/or act like they are Democrat.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3189937/kamala-harris-insulting-pander-black-men/
NEW YORK POST
— Bad leaders — not climate change — are the reason the LA fires are burning California
https://nypost.com/2025/01/09/opinion/bad-leaders-not-climate-change-are-the-reason-la-fires-burn-in-california/
— Blame LA fire horror on the woke religion bringing ruin to our cities
https://nypost.com/2025/01/09/opinion/blame-la-fire-horror-on-the-woke-religions-ruin-of-our-cities/
AMERICAN THINKER
— California politicians should listen to Trump instead of seeking to Trump-proof the state
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/maybe_california_politicians_should_listen_to_trump_instead_of_seeking_to_trump_proof_the_state.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_58d6b8f2-ceb0-11ef-b698-0775d16ad678.amp.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Nations May Soon Follow Trump’s Example to Manage Immigration Problems
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/09/nations-may-soon-follow-trumps-example-manage-immigration-problems-borderline/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Prepares To Issue ‘Day 1’ Executive Orders On Key Issues. From the border crisis and DEI to trans-identifying soldiers, these are Trump’s top priorities.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-prepares-to-issue-day-1-executive-orders-on-key-issues
FOX NEWS
— DOJ spent more than $100M on ‘restorative justice,’ DEI measures for K-12 students during Biden presidency. Programs are geared toward specific demographic groups, such as LGBTQ+ and BIPOC.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/doj-spent-more-than-100m-restorative-justice-dei-measures-k-12-students-during-biden-presidency
NEWSMAX
— Conservative Values Fund Divests From Costco
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/acvf-conservative-fund/2025/01/08/id/1194352/
TOWNHALL
— Congress’s Mandate to Enact the President-Elect’s Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/congressmanandybiggs/2025/01/10/border-security-and-spending-n2650287#google_vignette
WESTERN STANDARD
— Did wokeism and DEI hobble the Los Angeles Fire Department? DEI was promoted above technological innovation and disaster recovery capability. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly put promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those who whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time above everything else.)
https://www.westernstandard.news/news/did-wokeism-and-dei-hobble-the-los-angeles-fire-deparrtment/61032
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— National Mentoring Month Celebration (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/national-mentoring-month-celebration-044006257.html
MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating/dominating religious leaders. How soon, if not already, will religious leaders declare that GOD is a liberal Democrat who wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? How soon, if not already will they declare that GOD is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-archbishop-condemns-deportation-of-illegals/ss-AA1xbWNi
REUTERS
— Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/trumps-agenda-already-faces-irresistible-forces-2025-01-08/
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump readying close to 100 executive orders (COMMENT: Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/09/trump-administration-transition/
— According to Democrats, Republican-caused “climate change” is causing the Los Angeles fires
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fires-politics/
USA TODAY
— Part-timers struggle to find full-time work (COMMENT: I worked both full-time and part-time concurrently 1971-1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/09/part-timers-struggle-full-time-jobs/77529415007/
FORBES
— What are you doing with your life? I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliamdur/2025/01/09/the-most-important-thing-you-can-do-with-your-life-is/
— Anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the less likely that McDonalds will hire you, retain you, or promote you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors had been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnepost/2025/01/09/mcdonalds-stands-firm-against-dei-pushback-emphasizes-inclusion/
BECKER
— The complete guide to becoming a Certified Internal Auditor (COMMENT: None of my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination or had become a licensed CPA and they were furious when I did that when I was 32 years old in 1981. They were furious because it frustrated their efforts to waste my GAO career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.becker.com/blog/cia/the-complete-guide-to-becoming-a-certified-internal-auditor
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Earning your Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) certification demonstrates your knowledge and expertise in internal auditing, opening the door to new career opportunities and helping you to stand out in your field. If you want to earn this globally recognized credential, we’re sharing a comprehensive guide to cover everything you need to know about the CIA certification, including what it is, requirements, benefits, and so much more. . .The base salary for internal auditors is just over $66,000 per year while Certified Internal Auditors earn, on average $98,000. While several factors affect salary, including years of experience, job title, and location, there’s no doubt that earning this certification can increase your earning potential. . .Having your CIA certification can open the door to more career opportunities, including advancement into senior and leadership roles. According to a recent survey by the IIA, 94 percent of audit leaders say the CIA adds value to internal audit work and 70 percent of chief audit executives say they prefer to hire Certified Internal Auditors over non-certified candidates.)
WAUKON STANDARD
— Celebrate January as National Mentoring Month (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://www.waukonstandard.com/articles/2025/01/09/celebrate-january-national-mentoring-month
POLITICO
— Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/09/trump-agenda-budget-reconciliation-battle-002581
— Democrats Remain Split On Reasons For Election Loss (COMMENT: Harris/Walz lost because voters ever-increasingly reject the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/09/jeffries-schumer-gop-wealthy-00197374
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Whites for the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/culturally-speaking/202501/when-racial-microaggressions-harm-white-people-too
BUSINESS STANDARD
— A professional master’s degree could be your next big career move (COMMENT: I earned my third job-related master’s degree when I was 48 years old in 1997. It was in financial markets and trading from IIT. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) because they had assigned me to audits of federal financial regulatory institutions since 1990. When they forced me to retire later in that year, they flushed that degree and me down their toilet.)
https://www.tbsnews.net/features/pursuit/professional-masters-degree-could-be-your-next-big-career-move-1037126
GOVTRACK
— H.R. 201: To implement a 5-year pilot program establishing a performance-based pay structure for certain Federal employees (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used the tremendous subjectivity in their pay-for-performance (PFP) system to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr201
PBS
— Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/gop-lawmakers-takes-early-steps-to-implement-trumps-agenda
ECONOMIC TIMES
— How Trump and Musk could flesh out their “Welcome, high-skilled! Stay away, illegals!” H-1B plan (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. My critics/opponent have always used the aforesaid against me. They stress that even with the aforesaid, a) I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars and b) I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/how-trump-and-musk-could-flesh-out-their-welcome-high-skilled-stay-away-illegals-h-1b-plan/articleshow/117093653.cms
January 9, 2025
ILLINOIS RECORD
— Upcoming ILGOP State Central committee meeting will be open to the public (COMMENT: What Congressional District do you live in? The following represent you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee: 1-Tim Ozinga, 2- Judy Diekelman, 3-Jeanne Ives, 4-Jay Reyes, 5-Aaron Del Mar, 6-Sean Morrison, 7-Mark Hosty, 8- Debbie Kanarowski, 9-Joan Lasonde, 10- Mark Shaw, 11- Laura Pollastrini, 12-Rhonda Belford, 13-Myles Nelson, 14-Larry Smith, 15-Jason Plummer, 16-Jan Weber, and 17-Chad Weaver. The IRP Platform is at: https://illinois.gop/2024-state-convention-platform-and-resolutions/ . The IRP By-Laws are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Amended-Bylaws-as-approved-April-25-2020.pdf .)
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/upcoming-ilgop-state-central-committee
(FROM THE POSTING: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 10 am – 2 pm, Whitetail Ridge Golf Club, 7671 Clubhouse Dr. Yorkville)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County judge rejects effort to restore Homer Glen candidates to April ballot (COMMENT: Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino is seeking to boot all eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot. A hearing on that is scheduled for 2:00 PM tomorrow, Friday, January 10, 2025, in the Wheaton City Council Chambers. For slating purposes, Monino got only 3 votes from Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeemen while Dan Milinko got 40 votes In 2021, Monino sided with my critics/opponents who ended my 16-year-long service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Since 2021, many of my critics/opponents have promoted Monino.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/booted-homer-glen-candidates-lose-appeal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Will County Judge Ben Braun dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of eight Homer Glen trustee candidates who were removed from the ballot because the paperwork was not filed in compliance with Illinois Election Code.)
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Calls for unity, naked partisanship mark inauguration ceremonies in Springfield
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/calls-for-unity-naked-partisanship-mark-inauguration-ceremonies-in-springfield/
— Trump arrives on Capitol Hill as GOP struggles to agree on legislative strategy ahead
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/trump-capitol-hill/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Freshly inaugurated Illinois legislators meet ‘critical moment’ after lame-duck infighting. Gov. JB Pritzker waved off concerns that a fiery House Democratic caucus meeting that tanked one of his prized legislative priorities would throw off his party as it faces a budget crunch and a second Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/01/08/illinois-general-assembly-inauguration-jb-pritzker
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/08/trump-racial-justice-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-civil-rights-national-urban-league-marc-morial
— Zuckerberg’s move to end Meta fact-checking is a disservice to users — and truth (COMMENT: During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact checker.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/08/zuckerberg-meta-fact-checkers-facebook-threads-trump-x-musk-editorial
— Giannoulias pushes bill to raise age for mandatory road tests to 87 for older drivers. Bipartisan legislation introduced in Springfield would also create a system for relatives to ask the state to step in if they think their aging loved ones are no longer capable of driving.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/01/09/aging-drivers-road-test-age-bill-giannoulias-illinois-safety
NBC5
— President-elect Donald Trump joins visitors to Jimmy Carter’s casket in Capitol Rotunda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-joins-visitors-jimmy-carter-casket-capitol-rotunda/3641410/
— Taxpayer Advocate urges Congress to preserve IRS funding for service, technology (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. The Democrats who run IRS and GAO do not want Republicans to audit IRS. They kept off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They wasted what I had learned about IRS while I worked for it for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. They wasted what I had learned earning a MBA from Loyola in 1976, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, etc. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/taxpayer-advocate-urges-congress-to-preserve-irs-funding-for-service-technology/3641033/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins has urged Congress to preserve IRS funding for taxpayer service and technology amid Republican scrutiny. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 originally authorized nearly $80 billion for the agency, but tens of billions of dollars have already been rescinded. More IRS funding could be at risk with Republican control of Congress and the White House. As the IRS faces scrutiny from a Republican-controlled Congress, the agency’s internal watchdog has urged lawmakers to preserve taxpayer service and technology funding. The National Taxpayer Advocate on Wednesday released its annual report to Congress, which criticized the “extreme imbalance in funding priorities” when comparing the billions of dollars allocated via the Inflation Reduction Act. While the tens of billions earmarked for enforcement has “generated controversy,” there’s been “strong bipartisan support” for taxpayer services and technology modernization, wrote Erin Collins, national taxpayer advocate.)
CBS2
— Lost and stolen electronic devices are costing Chicago Public Schools dearly
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lost-stolen-electronic-devices-chicago-public-schools/
FOX32
— Chicago should work with feds to deport some undocumented immigrants, alders say
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrants-sanctuary-city-cooperation
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— New Illinois General Assembly sworn in as House, Senate take different tones
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/new-illinois-general-assembly-sworn-in-as-house-senate-take-different-tones/article_5417c3be-ce20-11ef-b308-1bd70af28158.html
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— In 2024, more people moved from Illinois than moved in. Here’s where we rate nationally.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/state/2025/01/08/illinois-outbound-migration-rate-second-in-united-states-study/77491721007/
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Indiana attorney general endorses mass deportation, other Trump immigration policies
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/todd-rokita-trump-immigration-policies/article_53f6eb78-cdd8-11ef-9ebb-bf8b06b960a3.html
STATELINE
— Illinois will give you a $4K rebate to purchase an electric vehicle in 2025 (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in the 2025 Dodge Charger EV ( https://www.dodge.com/charger.html ). I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-will-give-you-a-4k-rebate-to-purchase-an-electric-vehicle-in-2025/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Fetterman likens Trump’s Greenland push to Louisiana Purchase: ‘Responsible conversation’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fetterman-likens-trumps-greenland-push-to-louisiana-purchase-responsible-conversation-john-fetterman-trump-panama-canal-canada-imperialism-politics
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s inaugural committee has already raised a record $170M in donations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-inaugural-committee-has-already-raised-a-record-170m-in-donations/
74 MILLION NEWSLETTER
— 40% of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent. Those Gaps Carry Real Costs
https://www.the74million.org/article/40-of-chicago-teachers-are-chronically-absent-those-gaps-carry-real-costs/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-432/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-224/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, raises concerns over noncitizens registering to vote in Illinois
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8be2abf2-cde3-11ef-bca3-4385671f5ab6.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: McClure said he was notified by an immigrant rights advocate that when noncitizens apply for state aid, the Illinois Department of Human Services is sending packets to them that include voter registration forms already addressed to local county clerks’ offices.)
WIREPOINTS
— States like Texas and Florida grow organically by attracting citizens. Illinois only grows by importing illegal migrants.
https://wirepoints.org/states-like-texas-and-florida-grow-organically-by-attracting-citizens-illinois-only-grows-by-importing-illegal-migrants-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
ILLINOIS CENTER SQUARE
— Pritzker outlines Illinois plans for the upcoming year (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7df8833e-ce0d-11ef-86bd-ebea0adfd8f4.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Law Allowing Seizure of Guns without Notice Condemned, Roll Calls Included
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/law-allowing-seizure-of-guns-without-notice-condemned-roll-call-included/
— Pot Taxes Leveling Off
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/pot-taxes-leveling-off/
— Illinois Advertises Five-Weeks of Vacation First Year of Employment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/illinois-advertises-five-weeks-of-vacation-first-year-of-employment/
— Gun Confiscation Bill Passes Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/gun-confiscation-bill-passes-senate/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Elementary School Offers Confidential Sexuality Club for Fifth Graders
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/01/07/illinois-elementary-school-offers-confidential-sexuality-club-for-fifth-graders
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL House GOP Conference Chair Jeff Keicher Defends Vote to Expand Transgender Patient Rights, Then Angrily Drops F-Bomb During Call with Female Constituent
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/il-house-gop-conference-chair-jeff-keicher-defends-vote-to-expand-transgender-patient-rights-then-angrily-drops-f-bomb-during-call-with-female-constituent.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump downplays strategy fight after huddle with Senate Republicans: ‘Great unity’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3281092/trump-downplays-strategy-fight-huddle-senate-republicans-unity/
— Trudeau resignation proves the point of Trump tariffs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3280012/trudeau-resignation-proves-point-trump-tariffs/
— Why the Pentagon needs Pete Hegseth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3279964/pentagon-needs-pete-hegseth/
— Students are being conditioned to sympathize with terrorists
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3279603/students-conditioned-sympathize-terrorists/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Gov. Gavin ‘Newscum’ chose to save an extinct fish instead of sending water to Southern California to fight ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires
https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/us-news/trump-says-gov-gavin-newscum-chose-to-save-an-endangered-fish-instead-of-sending-water-to-southern-california-to-fight-apocalyptic-wildfires/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Taxpayers Paid $3 Billion for Radical DEI Kickbacks Under Biden. The Democrats’ Marxist equity agenda was costly and prioritized dismantling American exceptionalism over national security and economic prosperity.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/09/taxpayers-paid-3-billion-for-radical-dei-kickbacks-under-biden/
BLAZE
— Biden admin to refund $55M to illegal aliens after mass amnesty program falls apart
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-admin-to-refund-55m-to-illegal-aliens-after-mass-amnesty-program-falls-apart
BREITBART
— Denver’s Democrat Mayor is covertly dumping illegal migrants — including criminals — into nearby Colorado cities, and the mayor of Aurora is demanding answers. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, Chicago Democrats will dump their illegals on suburban municipalities.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/08/mayors-of-denver-and-aurora-fight-over-illegal-migrants-dumped-from-denver/
CAMPUS REFORM
— California State University, Long Beach Journalism Professor Jesus Ayala recently celebrated the fact that the students enrolled in his fall 2024 journalism course were ‘100% students of color.’ (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/csulb-prof-celebrates-course-enrollment-100-students-color/27260
— Course will teach students how to ‘resist’ ‘abortion bans’ and ‘anti-LGBT legislation’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/intersectional-feminist-theory-course-will-teach-students-how-to-resist-abortion-bans-and-anti-lgbt-legislation/27261
CENTER SQUARE
— 20 Republican AGs express support for Trump immigration policies
https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/article_59e89dba-cdfb-11ef-a7f1-3bef77453145.amp.html
DAILY CALLER
— California’s DEI Hiring In Fire Departments, ‘Not Muscularity, Not Experience,’ Just DEI
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/08/victor-davis-hanson-california-dei/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Wokeness Depresses College Students (COMMENT: Instead of getting depressed, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, earned a job-related professional license, and was active in professional associations.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/08/victimhood-u/
DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles Fire Chief Says DEI Is A Top Priority
https://www.dailywire.com/news/lafd-fire-chief-says-dei-is-a-top-priority
EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Dead, 100,000 Under Evacuation Orders as Fires Sweep Across Los Angeles. A state of emergency has been declared by California’s governor.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/more-than-30000-evacuated-in-los-angeles-as-wildfires-rage-5788209
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Sanctuary Politicians: Soon to be out of Excuses.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/01/08/sanctuary-politicians-soon-be-out-excuses
FIREARM NEWS
— Illinois Passes Law to Seize Firearms Without Due Process. What are you going to do about it, President Trump?
https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/Illinois-Law-Seize-Firearms-Without-Due-Process/514253
PJ MEDIA
— How Wokeism Created the L.A. Wildfire Crisis
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/08/how-wokeism-created-the-la-wildfire-crisis-n4935802
— Archbishop Calls Out Clerics Who Profit From Illegal Migration
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/08/archbishop-calls-out-clerics-who-profit-from-illegal-migration-n4935805
— Democrat Policies Hurt the Very People Dems Claim to Help
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/08/democrat-policies-hurt-the-very-people-dems-claim-to-help-n4935782
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth? (COMMENT: During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact checker.)
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-politics-trump-verification-misinformation-00bc57b4a3c348a1363610c1cbbfd8ca
MSN
— How much scholarship is granted by world’s top 10 business schools? (COMMENT: Did you get scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that I am dumb and that my parents were rich.)
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/how-much-scholarship-is-granted-by-world-s-top-10-business-schools/ar-BB1r7TR6
— Pritzker Says Illinois Is ‘On Guard’ for Any Trump Hit to Budget (COMMENT: GAO would not be less than a shell of what it once was today if its head Charles Bowsher had fought GOP-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pritzker-says-illinois-is-on-guard-for-any-trump-hit-to-budget/ar-BB1r7on9
ABC NEWS
— Trump and Senate Republicans still divided on how to implement his agenda. After meeting on the Hill, senators appear unmoved by Trump’s argument. (COMMENT: The Republican Party platform is Trump’s agenda. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-meet-gop-senators-same-page-advance-agenda/story?id=117468862
CBS NEWS
— Trump meets with GOP senators on Capitol Hill to push legislative agenda. President-elect Donald Trump met with Republican senators Wednesday night on Capitol Hill to discuss his “big beautiful bill” and all the pieces of his agenda it could hold.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-meets-gop-senators-capitol-hill-push-legislative-agenda/
— Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 election victory, 4 years after Capitol attack (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates reject Trump’s election.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/congress-election-electoral-college-2025/
NBC NEWS
— How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right. In recent months, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made a series of specific moves to signal that Meta may embrace a more conservative administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/mark-zuckerberg-pivoted-meta-right-rcna186687
NEW YORK TIMES
— This Is What It Looks Like When Mark Zuckerberg Runs Out of Ideas
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-trump-meta-lobbying.html
— Tax Cuts or the Border? Republicans Wrestle Over Priorities. President-elect Donald J. Trump has waffled on his preferences for how his party tackles his agenda, adding to the uncertainty for Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/us/politics/tax-cuts-immigration-republicans-trump.html
— I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture. (COMMENT: Most, if not virtually all of my older White male critics/opponents are/were big drinkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, many of my older White male Democrat superiors were big drinkers. Their leader wasted my career and got rid of me. He forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. He gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. He turned my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. He delayed my promotions. He kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. He forced my mentor to retire in 1987. He always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. He had his operatives and his dupes force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If he had not gone on extended sick leave in 1985 because of his very big drinking, my GAO mentor would not have been able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 or to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But he came back in 1987 and forced my mentor to retire.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/opinion/alcohol-drinking-dry-january.html
AUDACY
— Trump gathers SALT-focused Republicans before tax fight, as Hochul says cap is costing NY $12B a year (COMMENT: Starting in 1972, I paid less federal income tax by itemizing. But the Republican SALT limit ended that in 2017.)
https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/trump-gathers-salt-focused-republicans-before-tax-fight
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Much of the group is likely to attend and plans to discuss increasing the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, which has disproportionately hurt voters in the three high-tax states, according to US Representative Nick LaLota, who represents eastern Long Island in New York.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Canada Suddenly Has No Leader, and No Plan, for a Trump Trade Fight. Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign hamstrings Canada as it faces tariff threats and Trump’s threat of a takeover with ‘economic force’
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canada-suddenly-has-no-leader-and-no-plan-for-a-trump-trade-fight-341a5f0c
POLITICO
— Florida Republicans answer Trump’s call on illegal immigration
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2025/01/09/florida-republicans-answer-trumps-call-on-illegal-immigration-00197227
— A new Dem strategy: Embrace Trump’s winning agenda. New York Democrats don’t want to fight Trump, but are going on offense on the issues that propelled him to the White House.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/ny-democrats-trump-agenda-strategy-00197000
— The impact of Trump’s agenda will depend on the state you live in. State lawmakers and governors will play a big role in implementing — or thwarting — Trump’s agenda.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/trump-agenda-priorities-state-policy-fights-00196815
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/01/09/academic-freedom-requires-dei-aaup-gets-it-opinion
ABA JOURNAL
— Latest try at rewriting ABA diversity standard for law schools gets pushback from GOP attorneys general
https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/latest-try-at-rewriting-aba-diversity-standard-for-law-schools-gets-pushback-from-gop-ags#google_vignette
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— ‘Drastic’ Cuts? Most Voters Like It (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. The Democrats who run the federal government use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/drastic_cuts_most_voters_like_it
VANCOUVER SUN
— Canada’s fight with Donald Trump isn’t just economic, it’s existential (COMMENT: What if Canada voted on becoming the 51st state?)
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/stewart-prest-canada-fight-donald-trump-economic
AMERICAN KAHANI
— My Professor and Mentor Ved Prakash Nanda was a Titan in the World of Law and Beyond (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://americankahani.com/perspectives/my-professor-and-mentor-ved-prakash-nanda-was-a-titan-in-the-world-of-law-and-beyond/
January 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 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Congressman Jonathan Jackson says he should be next Democratic National Committee chair
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dnc-chair-election-chicago-congressman-jonathan-jackson-says-he-should-democratic-national-committee-leader/15766225/
— McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Promotions are a zero-sum-game. All my Democrat superiors always had Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They always made their Republican employees like me pay the price of meeting those quotas, goals, and targets. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mcdonalds-latest-company-roll-back-diversity-goals-citing-us-supreme-court-decision-outlawed-affirmative-action/15766985/
NBC5
— Congress certifies Trump’s electoral college win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXtNoFI3-R4
FOX32
— Political turmoil continues in Thornton Township after Tiffany Henyard skips meeting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572421
— ‘She is the threat’: Dolton meeting gets heated as Tiffany Henyard misses meeting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572389
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge, in stark contrast to 2021 violence
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/trump-election-win/
— Judge restores opposition slate in Tinley Park after ‘clearly erroneous’ Electoral Board ruling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/tinley-together-slate-ballot/
DAILY HERALD
— Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be featured at Barrington event
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250106/nation-and-world-politics/former-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-to-be-featured-at-barrington-event/
WGN RADIO
— Why college sophomores panic (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting when I transferred from UIC to NIU when I was 20 years old. IRS, GAO, and the accounting profession had no use for me a) because I did not take and pass CPA examination until I was 30, b) I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, c) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, and d) I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. I should write a book about age discrimination.)
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/why-college-sophomores-panic/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s retires some diversity goals in latest corporate DEI retreat (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Promotions are a zero-sum-game. All my Democrat superiors always had Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They always made their Republican employees like me pay the price of meeting those quotas, goals, and targets. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-changes-dei-goals
WSPY
— Oswego Township Republican Caucus Chaos
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/oswego-township-republican-caucus-chaos/article_4d2d4c6c-cc55-11ef-be40-73b3d3a829f2.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Tom Homan gives illegal migrants warning in final days of Biden admin: ‘You’re going home’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/tom-homan-gives-illegal-migrants-warning-in-final-days-of-biden-admin-youre-going-home-trump-border-czar-illegal-immigration-southern-border-wall
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Four More Years: What will be the fate of federal workers under new administration? (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican-led budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/four-more-years-what-will-be-the-fate-of-federal-workers-under-new-administration
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://chicagocrusader.com/the-racist-legacy-of-january-6/
CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— Kirk Dillard, Chairman, Regional Transportation Authority, Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5666/kirk-dillard
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Pilsen Church Moves Services Online Over Deportation Fears. Lincoln United Methodist Church moved its Spanish Sunday service online over fears it could be “a target” for mass deportations, pastor Emma Lozano said. (COMMENT: How strongly do the churches in your area promote illegal immigration?)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/06/pilsen-church-moves-services-online-over-deportation-fears/
— What Makes Day Labor So Difficult For Chicago Migrants. As asylum seekers navigate the day labor sector, labor organizations are stepping in to help them advocate for their rights.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/06/what-makes-day-labor-so-difficult-for-chicago-migrants/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Local journalism tax credit application window opens. Lawmakers approved the program last year. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I am not a journalist let alone a qualified one.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/local-journalism-tax-credit-application-window-opens/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: News organizations in Illinois can now apply to receive tax credits for journalists that were on their payroll in 2024. The application opened last week, about one year after the state’s Local Journalism Task Force proposed multiple solutions to the “local journalism crisis,” including tax credit incentives. Lawmakers approved the tax credit program last year as part of the fiscal year 2025 budget and included $5 million in funding. News outlets can apply on a first come, first served basis. “Qualified” journalists must average 30-hour work weeks and be responsible for producing original news content, according to the Illinois Department of Commerce. Outlets can apply for up to $15,000 per journalist that was employed last year and an additional $10,000 for new hires that expanded the organization’s staff. The news organization must also meet certain requirements that vary depending on what type of media it produces – television broadcast, radio, print or web. If an outlet needs help applying for the tax credit or has questions, the Illinois Press Foundation and other journalist trade groups have organized informational webinars that will include legal and accounting experts. Jeff Rogers, executive director of the IPF and founding editor at Capitol News Illinois, said in an email that the first webinar will be Tuesday, Jan. 7. For more information, contact Rogers at jrogers@capitolnewsillinois.com . Rogers said training will be available to members of the Illinois Press Association, Illinois Broadcasters Association, nonprofit news organizations, digital media, hyperlocal neighborhood news outlets and more. To apply for the tax credit program, visit the Illinois Department of Commerce’s website.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-430/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-222/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats’ Tax Hike Talking Points
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/democrats-tax-hike-talking-points/
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s Red Line Extension Cost Now Projected to Exceed $1 Billion Per Mile. Biden Trying to Lock it In.
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-red-line-extension-cost-now-projected-to-exceed-1-billion-per-mile-biden-trying-to-lock-it-in-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Don’t Be Surprised If There Is a Springfield Lame Duck Pension Grab (COMMENT: Federal employees like me who were hired before 1989 get Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions. But those hired after 1989 get Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) pensions. Because FERS pensions are less generous than CSRS pensions, FERS employees despise if not hate CSRS employees.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/dont-be-surprised-if-there-is-a-springfield-lame-duck-pension-grab/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump accuses Biden of sabotaging presidential transition
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/donald-trump-accuses-joe-biden-sabotaging-presiden/
— Trump, seizing on Trudeau’s resignation, says Canada should merge with U.S. into a ‘great nation’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/trump-seizing-trudeau-resignation-says-canada-merg/
— ‘Woke’ American Medical Association ices out health care professionals with differing views (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in health care will be Democrats who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/woke-american-medical-association-ices-health-care/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Lawmakers introduce legislation to recall elected officials in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3277876/lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-recall-elected-officials-in-illinois/
— Biden to leave having failed to get pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3258408/biden-failed-pathway-citizenship-millions-illegal-immigrants/
— McDonald’s rolls back DEI programs due to ‘shifting legal landscape’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3278414/mcdonalds-rolls-back-dei-programs/
NEW YORK POST
— New York is seeing the hidden toll of legal weed: violence, psychosis and mayhem (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/opinion/hidden-toll-of-nys-legal-weed-violence-psychosis-and-mayhem/
— GOP set to send ‘low-hanging fruit’ border security bills to Trump right out of gate
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/us-news/gop-set-to-send-low-hanging-fruit-border-security-bills-to-trump-right-out-of-gate/
— Trump border czar Tom Homan floats ‘weekly White House briefings’ to share migrant arrest and deportation numbers (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrats and RINOs who run your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportations?)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/us-news/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-floats-weekly-white-house-briefings-to-share-migrant-arrest-and-deportation-numbers/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Here Are Trump’s Options for Venezuelan Illegals. Will the administration be able to avoid past mistakes?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/here-are-trumps-options-for-venezuelan-illegals/
— Can Trump Stop the ‘Baby Factories’? Changing the enforcement and jurisprudence around the 14th Amendment has been a high priority for the president-elect.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/can-trump-stop-the-baby-factories/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Soros and Hillary deserve Biden’s tainted medals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/soros_and_hillary_deserve_biden_s_tainted_medals.html
BLAZE
— Biden downplays Quranic call to kill: ‘He was an American’
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/biden-downplays-quranic-call-to-kill-he-was-an-american
— Indiana Republicans want to extend ban on males in female sports to college athletics (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.theblaze.com/fearless/indiana-republicans-want-to-extend-ban-on-males-in-female-sports-to-college-athletics
BREITBART
— Chicago Archbishop: Deportation of Illegals ‘Would Be Intolerable’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/07/chicago-archbishop-deportation-of-illegals-would-be-intolerable/
CATHOLIC CITIZENS
— Abortion Was the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2024, Killing 73 Million People
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/109295/abortion-was-the-leading-cause-of-death-worldwide-in-2024-killing-73-million-people/
DAILY CALLER
— Immigration A Cash Cow For Latin America. Trump’s Crackdown Could Crash The Party
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/06/remittances-immigration-latin-america-trump/
DAILY WIRE
— Majority Of American Parents Oppose Teaching Kids Transgender Ideology
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-majority-of-american-parents-oppose-teaching-kids-transgender-ideology
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Chicagoans Ask, “Where Have All the Dollars Gone?”
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/01/07/chicagoans-ask-where-have-all-dollars-gone
— ICE Shuts Down Programs that Spent “Tens of Millions” on Services for Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/ice-shuts-down-programs-spent-tens-millions-services-illegal-aliens
— Mike Johnson Reelected as Speaker, Charts Upcoming Immigration Agenda
https://www.fairus.org/news/congress/mike-johnson-reelected-speaker-charts-upcoming-immigration-agenda
— Honduran President Threatens Non-Cooperation over Mass Deportations
https://www.fairus.org/news/misc/honduran-president-threatens-non-cooperation-over-mass-deportations
FOX BUSINESS
— Costco board member defends DEI practices, rebukes companies scrapping policies. Jeff Raikes, who sits on Costco’s board, called for ‘maximizing’ DEI policies at US companies. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/costco-board-member-defends-dei-practices-rebukes-companies-scrapping-policies
FOX NEWS
— New guide helps parents protect kids against ‘woke’ ideologies in schools. Anti-CRT website unveils new ‘roadmap’ for concerned parents to take action.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-guide-helps-parents-protect-kids-against-woke-ideologies-schools
MRC TV
— Biden Snaps at Reporters In Profane, Bizarre Outburst
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/biden-snaps-reporters-profane-bizarre-outburst
TOWNHALL
— Delusional New Yorkers Celebrate Congestion Pricing Despite Subways Serving As a Death Trap
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/01/06/delusional-new-yorkers-celebrate-congestion-pricing-as-subways-are-a-death-trap-n2650055
— 2024 Election Certification Obliterates Another Anti-Trump Talking Point
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/06/2024-results-officially-certified-n2650052
— Michigan Democrat Blasts America for ‘Hinduphobia’ Over H-1B Visa Controversy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/06/michigan-democrat-blasts-america-for-hinduphobia-over-h-1b-visa-controversy-n2650042#google_vignette
TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Exposing the Bizarre Lack of Logic Behind the Illinois Assault Weapon Ban
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/federal-appeals-court-reviews-bizarre-illinois-assault-weapon-ban/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump transition falling short of hiring goals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-transition-falling-short-hiring-goals/
MSN
— Many if not most of my Democrat GAO supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic. They held it against me big time that I volunteered to work for and did work for the office’s only Jewish group leader 1990-1997. They were furious when I got her a leadership position in IIT’s graduate financial markets and trading program. Needless-to-say, they did not come to my defense when she forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-term-antisemitism-is-being-weaponised-and-stripped-of-meaning-and-that-s-incredibly-dangerous/ar-AA1wUJQV
NEWSWEEK
–Map Shows Top 10 States for Illegal US Immigration (COMMENT: Illinois is included. How many illegals are in your county, township, municipality, and school district? Anticipate/expect that your Democrat and RINO leaders will fight tooth and nail to keep them there.)
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-illegal-immigration-2010192
NEW YORK TIMES
— Under the Democrats and under the RIINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the breaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors had been in America for a long time. I was born in 1948. If I had been born later, I doubt that I would have been able to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/us/politics/trump-us-disaster-numbers.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Lots to blame for Harris’ dismal finish, including blunders by Obama and Biden (COMMENT: Who blames you and for what? I knew that I did not have the votes to be the Milton Township Republican Central Organization (MTRO) Treasurer in 2004, but I ran anyway. I got only 13 votes while my opponent got 69. Back then, my fellow MTRO members blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my Illinois TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership, and blamed my Illinois Center Right Coalition leadership a) for George Ryan’s problems, b) for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich, c) for Andy Mckenna’s primary loss to Jack Ryan, d) for etc. I should write about those MTRO leaders back then who promoted the most hatred against me. I would focus on those who continue to promote hatred against me.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-10/skelton-on-presidential-race-2024-election
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Unemployed Office Workers Are Having a Harder Time Finding New Jobs. More than 1.6 million unemployed workers have been job hunting for at least six months. (COMMENT: Since I was 49 years old in 1997, the following has frustrated my search for a job appropriate for someone with my job-related work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) prior to that, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (2!%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, c) none of my demographics help employers meet their Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, an targets, d) I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, e) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and d) I sued GAO fin 1998 or political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/job-search-workers-unemployment-months-5a4cfcee
— The Case for Subsidizing Electric Vehicles. Ending the tax credits would cede global leadership to China. (COMMENT: I am interested in the new Dodge Charger EV. If you share my interest, please let me know.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-case-for-subsidizing-electric-vehicles-47c76825
INC
— Best Workplaces: Kick Off the New Year by Showcasing Your Workplace (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Because GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are the following, they should want to showcase GAO: Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. But because virtually all GAO employees are many if not most of the aforesaid, when things go bad, GAO needs scapegoats to blame its problems on. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors used me as a scapegoat.)
https://inc-bestworkplaces.secure-platform.com/a
ECONOMIST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow a) that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them, b) that they will immediately return, and c) that America is ever-increasingly dependent on them.)
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/06/can-americas-economy-cope-with-mass-deportations
HIGHER EDUCATION DRIVE
— House Republicans prioritize bill to restrict transgender students’ sports participation. Lawmakers reintroduced a proposal that would prevent transgender women from competing on college sports teams aligning with their gender identity. (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.highereddive.com/news/house-republications-bill-limit-transgender-women-sports/736603/
DAILY BEAST
— Trump Struggles to Staff Ranks After Using Loyalty Tests to Vet Candidates (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most biggest adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-struggles-staff-ranks-using-224500350.html
DAILY KOSS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage government employees to hate Trump. I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who despised/hated Republicans like me the most.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/6/2295499/-An-open-letter-to-America-s-Civil-Servants
INDIA TODAY
— Indian tech firms in US secure 20% of H-1B visas in 2024, Infosys leads
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/indian-tech-companies-secured-one-fifth-of-h1b-visas-issued-us-infosys-tcs-hcl-america-2660866-2025-01-07
INDEPENDENT
— Bernie Sanders accuses Musk of seeking cheaper, not brainier, immigrant labor with H-1B visas
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-accuses-musk-seeking-013103992.html
January 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— New Orleans attack latest: Police probe suspect motive, possible accomplices
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-attack-latest-police-probe-suspect-motive-possible-accomplices/15739812/
— New Orleans attack: Suspect identified as US citizen in attack that left 15 dead. The suspect in the New Orleans vehicle ramming attack is Shamsud Din Jabbar.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/least-10-dead-mass-casualty-event-after-car-intentionally-plows-crowd-bourbon-street-new-orleans-police-say/15736735/
— What we know about Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect from Houston, Texas in the New Orleans attack
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-shamsud-din-jabbar-suspect-new-orleans-attack/15737645/
— Truck driven in deadly New Orleans attack rented from Texas. 15 killed, dozens injured in what local officials calling ‘terrorist attack’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-terrorist-attack-car-driven-crowd-bourbon-street-rented-turo-app-houston-texas-sources-confirm/15737640/
— Chicago-area Notre Dame fans in New Orleans for Sugar Bowl during deadly attack. At least 15 killed in Bourbon Street vehicle ramming attack, ABC News sources say. Sugar Bowl football game postponed to Thursday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-truck-attack-indiana-officials-notre-dame-football-louisiana-sugar-bowl-during-deadly-bourbon-street/15738198/
— Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-he-is-planning-attend-jimmy-carters-funeral/15735931/
— Person believed to have rented Cybertruck before Las Vegas blast identified
https://abc7chicago.com/post/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-investigation-leads-police-colorado-sources-say/15740014/
NBC5
— CPD increases patrols outside Trump Tower Chicago after Las Vegas truck explosion
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cpd-increases-patrols-outside-trump-tower-chicago-after-las-vegas-truck-explosion/3636009/
— Notre Dame vs. Georgia: Postponed Sugar Bowl gets new start time Thursday. The Superdome, set to host the quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame Wednesday night, had been on lockdown for security sweeps after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/sugar-bowl-game-between-notre-dame-georgia-postponed-after-new-orleans-attack/3635832/
— Authorities don’t believe driver in New Year’s attack in New Orleans acted alone.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/authorities-dont-believe-driver-in-new-years-attack-in-new-orleans-acted-alone/3635887/
— Tesla truck explosion outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel being investigated as possible terror attack. Authorities confirmed the person killed was in the truck, while the seven people injured were located nearby.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-las-vegas-hotel-tesla-truck-explosion/3635909/
CBS2
— 2 dead, 5 wounded in mass shooting at New Year’s Day party in Kankakee
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kankakee-mass-shooting-new-years-day-party/
FOX32
— Jimmy Carter funeral plans, schedule of events announced
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jimmy-carter-funeral-plans-announced
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— To process tragic New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, Chicagoans cancel events and focus on aid
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/01/new-orleans-terrorist-attack-reaction/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/chicago-immigration-deportation-fears-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 2 killed, 17 wounded in New Year’s shootings in Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/01/01/1-killed-13-shot-night-on-new-years-eve
DAILY HERALD
— Welcome, 2025: We’re happy to celebrate another new year; let’s prepare to make a difference in it (COMMENT: I will continue to a) put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning and b) help elect Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct notwithstanding ever-increasing efforts by my critics/opponents to stop from doing the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250101/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-welcome-2025-were-happy-to-celebrate-another-new-year-lets-prepare-to-mak/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Promise and peril for Pritzker as 2025 begins
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/greg-hinz-promise-and-peril-jb-pritzker-2025-opens
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/protections-for-reproductive-health-decisionmaking-take-effect-january-1-78433.cfm
ALTON PATCH
— Biden is giving the second highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional panel
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/biden-is-giving-the-second-highest-civilian-award-20010852.php
WGLT
— 1 dead, 7 injured after Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-01/1-dead-7-injured-after-tesla-cybertruck-explodes-outside-trumps-las-vegas-hotel
WSIL TV
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message. Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-doubles-down-on-abortion-in-new/article_fb4ef342-a282-5646-9525-f5297fc29573.html
NPR ILLINOIS & WSIL TV
— Firework mortars, gas canisters inside Tesla that exploded by Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-01/firework-mortars-gas-canisters-inside-tesla-that-exploded-by-trumps-las-vegas-hotel
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-at-trump-hotel-in-vegas-investigated-as-a-possible-terrorist-act-law/article_ff98aa33-8e2f-57c6-9753-1fee4ad0c873.html
CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— 2 Killed, 5 Injured In Mass Shooting At NYE Party In Kankakee. A suspect is being held for questioning, police said. Mayor Chris Curtis called the shooting tragic and urged witnesses to come forward.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/j3309/2-killed-5-injured-in-mass-shooting-at-nye-party-in-kankakee
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Nation’s highest real estate taxes: Six Illinois cities are in nation’s top 20, including the top two
https://wirepoints.org/nations-highest-real-estate-taxes-six-illinois-cities-are-in-nations-top-20-including-the-top-two-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Not Enough Potheads?”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/not-enough-potheads/
— Illinois Venezuelan Gang Penetration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/illinois-venezuelan-gang-penetration/
— New Health Insurance Mandates/Benefits Will Increase Cost
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/new-health-insurance-mandates-benefits-will-increase-cost/
— Hope for Federal Tax Deduction for Those Having Real Estate Bills over $10,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/hope-for-federal-tax-deduction-for-those-having-real-estate-bills-over-10000/
— Argument That Gerrymandering Did Not Give GOP Control of Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/arugment-that-gerrymandering-did-not-give-gop-control-of-congress/
— Illinois Rose Bowl Parade Entry Features Ferris Bueher Playing Hookey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/illinois-rose-bowl-parade-entry-features-forest-buehler-playing-hookey/
— New Year’s Day Funny
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/new-years-day-funny/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican come out of their closets and make it clear that they have always been moderate, liberal, RINO, Democrat Lite, anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Man behind deadly New Orleans attack made videos discussing ISIS allegiance, desire to kill family
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/man-behind-deadly-new-orleans-attack-made-videos-d/
— The politics of creating — or killing — a government website
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/politics-creating-killing-government-website/
— Trump and Musk are right: Legal immigrants a boon to U.S. economy. Yankee ingenuity and entrepreneurial foreigners give America an edge. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated legally during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/trump-musk-right-legal-immigrants-boon-u-economy/
— Musk is not your friend. Expanding H-1B visa program is not ‘America First.’ (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/elon-musk-friend/
NEW YORK POST
— ISIS flag-carrying terrorist driver Shamsud-Din Jabbar seen in first photo after he mowed down dozens of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/shamsud-din-jabbar-identified-as-killer-driver-who-mowed-down-dozens-of-new-years-revelers-in-new-orleans/
— New Orleans terror attack live updates: Terrorist made videos where he confessed to planning to murder his family, claimed he joined ISIS
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/attack-on-bourbon-street-in-new-orleans-live-updates-photos/
— Trump hotel Tesla Cybertruck explosion probed as possible terror act as vehicle was rented with same app as truck from New Orleans massacre
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-at-trump-hotel-in-las-vegas-being-investigated-as-potential-act-of-terror-report/
— Vote totals show GOP faces major hurdle to woo black voters. (COMMENT: Since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/opinion/gops-major-hurdle-to-woo-black-voters-the-selma-effect/
— American Psychological Association claims ‘hiring the most qualified candidate’ could be ‘unfair’ (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/american-psychological-association-claims-hiring-the-most-qualified-candidate-could-be-unfair-in-study/ar-BB1hGIHP
— Driver of Tesla Cybertruck killed in explosion outside Trump Las Vegas hotel is ID’d as Army vet Matthew Livelsberger
https://nypost.com/2025/01/02/us-news/las-vegas-trump-hotel-tesla-cybertruck-driver-idd-as-army-vet-matthew-livelsberger/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Welcome to the New Normal
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/welcome_to_the_new_normal.html
— So it begins: a new year, a new presidency, and, for America, a new lease on life. Yet it feels as if we’ve been here before, doesn’t it? (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that for the next 4 years, Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy Trump, that is, to destroy America.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/back_to_the_beginning.html
— False moral equivalencies facilitate jihadist attacks
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/false_moral_equivalencies_facilitate_jihadist_attacks.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dems push Biden to seal the deal for illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/01/dems-push-biden-to-seal-the-deal-for-illegals-1513219/
— Amid reports that the Mexican government is sending hundreds of lawyers to the United States to assist illegal immigrants who may face deportation under President-elect Donald J. Trump, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) shared an interesting question. Lee asked in a post on X, “If Mexico is sending hundreds of lawyers to help illegal aliens remain in the U.S., why are we letting them in?” (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/01/sen-mike-lee-asks-a-great-question-about-mexico-sending-lawyers-to-us-1513247/
BREITBART
— New Orleans Ramming Suspect Identified as ‘Shamsud Din Jabbar’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/01/report-new-orleans-ramming-suspect-identified-shamsud-din-jabbar/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Overlooked Power to Enlist Local Cops for Immigration Enforcement. A tool that needs some polishing — and updating.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Overlooked-Power-Enlist-Local-Cops-Immigration-Enforcement
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Value-Destroying And Costly’: Is Corporate America’s Love Affair With DEI Finally Coming To An End?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/01/value-destroying-and-costly-is-corporate-americas-love-affair-with-dei-finally-coming-to-an-end/
FOX NEWS
— Republicans slam Biden migrant parole program: ‘Rife with fraud’
https://www.aol.com/republicans-slam-biden-migrant-parole-190410549.html
— Three of the biggest challenges Trump will face trying to fix Biden’s mistakes. Americans will need to have patience as good policy tries to fix the Biden administration’s mistakes.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/three-biggest-challenges-trump-face-trying-fix-bidens-mistakesthree-of-the-biggest-challenges-trump-will-face-trying-to-fix-bidens-mistakes
NEW AMERICAN
— Mexico Prepares Legal War Against Deportations With Lawyers, Smartphone App to Notify Consulates (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/mexico-prepares-legal-war-against-deportations-with-lawyers-smartphone-app-to-notify-consulates/
JUST THE NEWS
— No matter how MAGA debate ends, H-1B visas have an undeniable fraud problem (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/thuno-matter-how-maga-debate-ends-h-1b-visas-have-undeniable
— Feds warned a year ago that U.S. ill-prepared for attacks on ‘soft targets and crowded places’
https://justthenews.com/government/security/feds-warned-year-ago-us-ill-prepared-attacks-soft-targets-and-crowded-places
PJ MEDIA
— What’s Worse Than Wokeism? Greg Gutfeld Explains.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/01/greg-gutfeld-explains-whats-worse-than-wokeism-n4935575
TOWNHALL
— Former Newsweek Editor: Hispanics Are Becoming Like White People
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/01/former-newsweek-editor-hispanics-are-becoming-like-white-people-n2649792
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Progressives face an existential crisis under Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5055327-progressives-fear-trump-administration/
CNN
— Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, while Biden admin says app poses ‘grave’ threat. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/politics/tiktok-supreme-court-trump-biden-briefs/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In one of the most significant pending cases before the Supreme Court, the justices must weigh whether the TikTok ban Congress approved in April violates the First Amendment.)
REUTERS
— Free-speech advocates tell Supreme Court US TikTok law reminiscent of dictatorships (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/free-speech-advocates-tell-supreme-court-us-tiktok-law-reminiscent-dictatorships-2024-12-27/
MSN
— Tech Giants Secure Work Visas For Tens Of Thousands Of Foreigners While Kicking Existing Employees To The Curb (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tech-giants-secure-work-visas-for-tens-of-thousands-of-foreigners-while-kicking-existing-employees-to-the-curb/ar-AA1wLaUr
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What is the Islamic State group, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-is-the-islamic-state-group-and-what-attacks-has-it-inspired-by-offshoots-and-lone-wolves/ar-AA1wP5fA
NEWSWEEK
— Mexico is Sending Hundreds of Lawyers to US to Help Migrants (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-lawyers-united-states-help-migrants-what-we-know-2008309
— Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Local Mosque Responds to New Orleans Terror Attack
https://www.newsweek.com/shamsud-din-jabbars-local-mosque-responds-new-orleans-terror-attack-2008437
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Masjid Bilal said in its Instagram story: “If anyone is contacted by the media, it is very important that you do not respond. If approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH. It is crucial that we stay united at this time as we condemn these terrible acts.”)
CBS NEWS
— Trump to hold D.C. rally on Jan. 19, the day before his inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-hold-dc-rally-jan-19-inauguration/
— House to vote on rule making it harder to oust speaker (COMMENT: Have you been ousted? I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes oust me a) as a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform & Resolutions Committee this year, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, and d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2007.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-rules-package-motion-to-vacate-speaker/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trucks in New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Explosion Were Rented Using the Same App. Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/turo-new-orleans-attack-vegas-explosion.html
— New Orleans Attacker Was ‘Inspired’ by ISIS, Biden Says
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/01/us/new-orleans-vehicle-crash
— As Marijuana Use Grows, Effect on Road Safety Remains a Blind Spot. Scientists want to create breathalyzers that show how recently a driver used marijuana. Researchers also are studying how cannabis impairs motor skills and reflexes for habitual and occasional users. (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/marijuana-driving-impairment.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Biden says New Orleans attacker appeared to be inspired by ISIS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/02/new-orleans-truck-attack-investigation-updates/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-01/column-business-leaders-bow-to-anti-dei-activists-except-at-costco
USA TODAY
— Suspect in New Orleans attack served in Army, deployed to Afghanistan
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/01/new-orleans-suspect-army-veteran/77388200007/
— Turns out Trump is OK with immigrants – if they help his billionaire friends (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/02/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa-jobs/77317795007/
WOAI
— Bad Neighbor: Mexico Launches App to Help Illegals (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2024-12-31-bad-neighbor-mexico-launches-app-to-help-illegals/
GAMBLING NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage women and minorities to be gamblers.
https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/ballys-chicago-opens-investment-to-women-and-minority-investors/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Green Electricity Costs a Bundle. The data make clear: The notion that solar and wind power save money is an environmentalist lie.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/green-electricity-costs-a-bundle-wind-solar-data-analysis-power-prices-259344f4
— The House’s Unfinished Gender Business. Another chance to undo Pelosi’s ugly linguistic handiwork.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-houses-unfinished-gender-business-inclusivity-pronouns-53921b16
— Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It. Brands are skittish about appearing near stories on politics and violence, but news outlets say their fears are overblown. (COMMENT: I am thankful that I have enough money, time, experience, ability, good health, and motivation to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/advertisers-keep-avoiding-news-sites-and-publishers-have-had-enough-of-it-e9e4ab83
— Buying Greenland Isn’t a New Idea. Denmark wanted to sell it a century ago. The U.S. didn’t bite but did acquire the Virgin Islands.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/buying-greenland-isnt-a-new-idea-denmark-sovereignty-2a003c35
— The Financial Regrets and Wisdom of Americans Over 80. There is a lot of life to live after the traditional retirement age that many wish they had prepared for. (COMMENT: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My Social Security is dramatically less because I get a CSRS pension.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/financial-advice-regrets-seniors-a18aa5cb
FORBES
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/01/01/top-10-inclusion-pivots-for-leaders/
FAST COMPANY
— Calls for Costco boycott mount after board upholds DEI commitment (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91253805/calls-for-costco-boycott-mount-after-board-upholds-dei-commitment
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Trump Can Transform Immigration to Strengthen America (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/01/02/trump_can_transform_immigration_to_strengthen_america_1082001.html
GOING CONCERN
— So How Did Your 2024 Predictions For the Accounting Profession Work Out? (COMMENT: The accounting profession had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) because my demographics were terrible.)
https://www.goingconcern.com/so-how-did-your-2024-predictions-for-the-accounting-profession-work-out/
BUSINESS INSURANCE
— Jury ordered Walmart to pay $34.7M in defamation case (COMMENT: Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my Democrat superiors defamed me. Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican defamed me. I should write about that.)
https://www.businessinsurance.com/9-jury-ordered-walmart-to-pay-34-7m-in-defamation-case/
PRO PUBLICA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on foreigner labor.
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-navy-shipbuilding-donald-trump
GOOGLE
— “Do it over again” in the context of a career (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, notwithstanding the fact that my demographics are terrible, I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. The accounting profession had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=career+%22do+it+over+again%22
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans Have High Hopes for 2025 (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that for the next 4 years, Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy Trump, that is, to destroy America.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/americans_have_high_hopes_for_2025
DAILY BEAST
— New Orleans Attacker’s Descent From Six-Figure Job to ISIS-Inspired Terror (COMMENT: The accounting profession (including Deloitte, Accenture, and Ernst & Young) had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) because my demographics were terrible.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-orleans-terror-attacker-shamsud-din-jabbar-descent-from-six-figure-job-to-isis-inspired-terror/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Army vet suspected of killing 15 people in a terror attack in New Orleans worked as a senior consultant at Deloitte making six figures, the Wall Street Journal reported. After a 10-year stint with the U.S. Army, Texas native Shamsud-Din Jabbar climbed the corporate ladder at Accenture and Ernst & Young, where he worked as a cloud consulting manager. In 2021, he was hired at Deloitte as a “senior solutions specialist” making about $125,000 per year, according to court records cited by the Journal. He worked there until at least the past fall.)
POLITICO
— Democratic-led states still grapple with housing migrants
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/02/migrants-democrats-new-york-illinois-massachusetts-00196167
ECONOMIST
— An attack in New Orleans raises fears about Islamic State. The rampage on Bourbon Street appears to be part of a worrisome trend.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/02/an-attack-in-new-orleans-raises-fears-about-islamic-state
INDIA TIMES
— If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I did not a) earn a master’s degree in business until I was 27, b) pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a Licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/trumps-immigration-overhaul-is-fraught-with-hurdles-from-courts-to-states/articleshow/116872828.cms
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Steve Bannon says H1-B visa program is a scam of the highest order, asks Donald Trump to revisit the law that was enacted in 1990 (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/steve-bannon-says-h1-b-visa-program-is-a-scam-of-the-highest-order-asks-donald-trump-to-revisit-the-law-that-was-enacted-in-1990/ar-AA1wL7Lo
INDEPENDENT
— Musk’s estranged trans daughter says she doesn’t ‘see a future’ in the US after Trump’s win (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-estranged-trans-daughter-173456640.html
January 1, 2025
DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— Coyne Announced as New DuPage County Republican Chairman
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AhAdhk5No/?mibextid=wwXIfr
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The DuPage County GOP Vice Chairman Kevin Coyne will succeed retiring Chairman Jim Zay effective 1/1/25. Coyne brings substantial political experience to this role. Coyne is the Founder and President of Safe Suburbs USA PAC, a political action committee aimed at supporting pro-law enforcement candidates and public safety-focused policymaking. Kevin served two terms as a Councilman for the City of Naperville (2015-21) and currently serves on Naperville’s Public Library Board of Trustees. Coyne was the Republican candidate for the DuPage County Board (District 5) in 2022. Kevin was also a Presidential delegate candidate, and member of the Illinois leadership team, for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Presidential campaign in 2024. Coyne served in the same capacity for then-U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s Presidential campaign in 2016. Kevin is an elected Republican precinct committeeman in Lisle Township and lives in Naperville with his wife and daughter. In taking on his new role Coyne stated: “This is an incredibly exciting time to be a Republican. Republicans control the White House, the U.S. Senate, and our House of Representatives. In November, President-Elect Trump’s stunningly convincing victory invigorated our party, and Americans have issued a clear mandate in support of the GOP’s commitment to making our communities safer, removing politics from our schools, and reducing our ridiculous tax burden. I look forward to working hard to lead the DuPage GOP back to a position of strength and to taking advantage of the sweeping national momentum that is clearly behind the GOP right now. I am thankful for this opportunity and send a personal note of thanks to my predecessor, Jim Zay, for his hard work as Chairman and his many years of commitment to the DuPage County GOP.”
Zay will continue to serve in his role as a Member of the DuPage County Board and as Chairman of the DuPage County Water Commission.)
DAILY HERALD
— Naperville’s Kevin Coyne takes over as DuPage County GOP chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/news/napervilles-kevin-coyne-takes-over-as-dupage-county-gop-chair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former Naperville city council member is taking the reins of the local Republican Party in DuPage County, a formerly deep-red bastion that has seen Democrats flex their political muscle in recent years. Kevin Coyne will lead the DuPage County GOP as chairman. He officially starts New Year’s Day. “The DuPage GOP was tremendously successful for a very long period of time,” Coyne said Tuesday. “And for a lot of different reasons, things have changed in recent election cycles. And I think right now, we have an opportunity to modernize, to take a fresh look at things and to move forward with more aggressive, smarter-run campaigns.” Coyne also is the founder and president of Safe Suburbs USA, a political action committee. He succeeds Jim Zay at the helm of the county GOP. “It’s just time for somebody to come in with some new ideas and new skills and take a swing at it, and I think Kevin’s the person to do that,” said Zay, a DuPage County Board member since 1999. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m just giving up the chairmanship of the party,” he added. Zay hasn’t decided if he’s going to run for reelection, run for a countywide office or run for another office, and said that he’s keeping his options open. “It’s very difficult to do that if you’re the chair of the party also,” Zay said. It wasn’t until 2018 when Democratic women in particular made waves at the county level. Democrat Deb Conroy became county board chair four years later. In November’s election, Democrats flipped a board seat, adding to their majority, and won a countywide office. “We’re being horribly outspent all the time. We don’t have a billionaire governor who is putting lots of money into campaigns and into the state party,” said Zay, referring to Gov. JB Pritzker. “We just have to get candidates out there.” Coyne currently sits on Naperville’s public library board. He also was a member of the Illinois leadership team for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign. “We’ve had a lot of local success in local races in the April cycles,” said Coyne, pointing to “a lot of Republican mayors all over the county. “I just think we need to really grab a hold of this national momentum that we’ve seen for the Republican Party, which now controls the White House, the Senate, the Congress … and bring some of that back home.” Coyne acknowledged that there’s a “narrative out there that the political guard has changed,” but that he doesn’t believe it to be true. “Even with these huge challenges that we faced as a party, the bulk of our losses, certainly on a county level, have largely been single digit,” he said. “There’s a real opportunity to turn this around and to bring the Republican (Party) back here in DuPage County.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/marijuana/illinois-on-tap-to-have-biggest-year-yet-from-marijuana-tax-revenue/
— Glendale Heights village president asks court to put him back on ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/local-politics/glendale-heights-village-president-asks-court-to-put-him-back-on-ballot/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen anxiously await Kevin Coyne’s appointment of a DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Secretary, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, and Webmaster. The Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) has invited Coyne to speak at its January 8 meeting. Needless-to-say, I hope that Coyne encourages DuPage County Republican leaders, precinct committeemen, and voters to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters like past DCRCC Chairman Kirk Dillard has done. I have been sending those newsletters out since 2000; since January 1, 2005, they have included links to almost 502,700 articles. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, I have served under DCRCC chairmen Pate Philip, Kirk Dillard, Dan Cronin, Randy Ramey, Darlene Ruscitti, Brian Krajewski, Marty Keller, and Jim Zay and I have served under MTRO chairmen Chris Heidorn (twice), Randy Hultgren, Jeff Fawell, Leonard Sanchez, Mike Formento, Lori Carlson, Marty Keller, Chris LeVan, Yadav Nathwani, and Jeff Castle. I served as the MTRO webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What will my critics/opponents stress to Coyne? They will stress the many big adverse actions that have been taken against me since 2000 by MTRO, DCRC, and IRP leaders; by Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; by Republican major donors; and by Republican defendants in lawsuits that I have filed and their attorneys. They will stress a) that I was removed from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year, b) that I was removed as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) that my precinct was gerrymandered in 2015, d) that I was removed as MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) that I got only 13 votes when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, f) etc. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that I caused a) George Ryan to not seek a second term and b) Jim Ryan to lose to Blagojevich in 2002. I Since 1999, those who dominate MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP have blamed me for all their problems and have made it extremely clear that they do not want me to hold any kind of leadership positions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What do GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters promote? ANSWER: Conservative principles and the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Just kidding, but might Coyne appoint me DCRCC Treasurer and/or Webmaster? My critics/opponent would fight that tooth and nail. I served as the treasurer for the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1986 and for the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I published the Milton Township Republican Organization’s first website in 2000 and served as its webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster 2001-2003. I served as the ICRC webmaster 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois webmaster 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tech titans trying to engage Trump through Mar-a-Lago trips
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/tech-titans-trying-to-engage-trump-through-mar-a-lago-trips/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/transgender-trailblazer-sarah-mcbride-congress/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After 10 years, will Illinois implement a millionaires’ tax? Twice in the last decade Illinois voters have approved advisory referendums recommending a 3% income tax surcharge on millionaires. The path forward after voters approved the referendum again last month remains uncertain.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/31/millionaires-tax-ballot-referendum-state-legislature-illinois-general-assembly-constitutional-amendment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, former Gov. Pat Quinn found himself with a case of déjà vu. He was campaigning across Illinois, urging voters to approve a ballot referendum recommending a 3% surcharge on incomes above $1 million. It was all so familiar to Quinn, and with good reason: He’d championed an advisory referendum for the exact same proposal a decade earlier. And though it was supported by voters back then, the Legislature did nothing.)
ABC7
— New Orleans updates: Suspect killed by police in shootout after intentionally ramming crowd; 10 dead
— Congress strips IRS of another $20B in averting government shutdown. Cuts could add $140B to national debt over next decade, by hampering agency’s ability to catch wealthy tax cheats: Biden admin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congress-strips-irs-another-20b-averting-us-government-shutdown-possibly-hampering-ability-catch-tax-cheats/15729611/
WGN9
— New year brings hundreds of new laws to Illinois books (COMMENT: Call me an “Affirmative Action and DEI impacted individual.”)
https://wgntv.com/news/new-illinois-laws-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No more ‘offenders’ An amendment to the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 changes references to “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals.” Lawmakers argued that no one should be defined by their worst day. The law also creates an Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board to oversee a plan to redeploy convicts into public life once they are no longer incarcerated.)
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: What does Musk think of you? I wonder what Musk would think of me. My critics/opponents would stress to Musk that my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, I got no scholarships, my college GPAs were not that great, I do not have a degree from an Ivy League university, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, etc.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/ar-AA1wCDeK
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-20009860.php
LANSING JOURNAL
— Knocked off the ballot, Thornton Township supervisor hopefuls plan to appeal
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/31/knocked-off-the-ballot-thornton-township-supervisor-hopefuls-plan-to-appeal/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-defending-firearms-restrictions-in-sensitive-places-78459.cfm
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Thornton Township Trustees Deny Henyard Quorum Again Amid Fight Over Lapsed Insurance. The trustees’ absence meant there were not enough board members to vote on paying the insurance bill.
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/thornton-township-illinois-trustees-deny-henyard-quorum-again-amid-fight
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin & the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Top 10 Accomplishments of 2024
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/top-ten-of-2024
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— President Jimmy Carter’s Addresses the Illinois General Assembly, May 28, 1978, Answers Questions from Legislators
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/president-jimmy-carters-address-to-the-illinois-general-assembly-may-28-2078/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— What to do about ‘unaccompanied alien children’ Liberals have built an illegal immigration system on the backs of kids.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/unaccompanied-alien-children/
— The dangerous rot secretly festering inside our colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/dangerous-rot-secretly-festering-bowels-colleges/
— Conservatives get the last laugh after Democrats’ campaign to demonize Project 2025 bombs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/conservatives-get-last-laugh-democrats-campaign-de/
— Democrat punished for pro-life stance casts doubts on his party’s post-election soul-searching (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but destroy those like me who oppose the promotion of abortion.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/ex-rep-lipinski-punished-pro-life-stance-casts-dou/
— Drug cartels now Mexico’s 5th-largest employer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/drug-cartels-become-mexico-5th-largest-employer/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are to blame for record homelessness
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3273265/democrats-to-blame-record-homelessness/
— 2024 Year in Review: Electric vehicles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3272868/2024-year-in-review-electric-vehicles/
— Everything to know about the H-1B visa debate surrounding Trumpworld (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3273171/h-1b-visas-everything-to-know-debate-trump-allies/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Forget Musk’s H1-B visa spat — merit immigration is the fight we need – Rich Lowry (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/opinion/forget-musks-h1-b-spat-lets-admit-immigrants-on-merit/
— At least 10 dead, 30 injured after driver plows into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/new-orleans-french-quarter-driver-rams-car-into-crowd-of-people-on-bourbon-street-killing-at-least-1/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago teeters on brink of disaster with BILLIONS in debt and unfunded pension liabilities
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/chicago-teeters-on-brink-of-disaster-with-billions-in-debt-and-unfunded-pension-liabilities-1513094/
— Left plays footsie with political violence
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/victor-joecks-left-plays-footsie-with-political-violence-1512958/
CORVETTE BLOGGER
— President Jimmy Carter Was a Fan of Corvettes
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2024/12/31/video-president-jimmy-carter-was-a-fan-of-sebring-raceway-and-corvettes/
DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring. The contracts are the latest evidence of the Biden administration’s push to impose DEI policies and practices throughout the federal government.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-admin-paid-consultants-millions-to-help-military-implement-race-based-hiring
FOX NEWS
— 5 lies Biden used to break the border … and how Trump can fix it
https://www.aol.com/5-lies-biden-used-break-120022527.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Mexico is rolling out an app intended to help illegal aliens dodge deportation (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that in WWIII, Mexico will side with America’s enemies.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/this-foreign-country-is-rolling-out-an-app-intended-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Are Filling Students’ Minds With Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/colleges-are-filling-students-minds-with-jew-hatred/
NEWSMAX
— Bannon says Americans who lost jobs to immigrants using H-1B visas should receive reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-bannon-h-1b-visas-foreign/2024/12/31/id/1193497/
— Tesla Faces Backlash for Replacing US Workers With H-1B Hires (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tesla-elon-musk-h/2024/12/31/id/1193500/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— How to Get Wokeness Out of Schools
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/12/31/how_to_get_wokeness_out_of_schools_1081830.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officials for intimidating judges
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5061613-roberts-condemns-intimidation-judges/
NBC NEWS
— Trump shows support for H-1B visa amid feud among MAGA allies (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-shows-support-for-h-1b-visa-amid-feud-among-maga-allies-228190789727
CBS NEWS
— Which employers have the most H-1B workers? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-h1b-work-visa-tesla-technology/
(THE LIST INCLUDES: Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Deloitte, Apple, Intel, Tesla, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and Walmart.)
— Vehicle slams into crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 people
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-vehicle-crash-bourbon-street-crowd-casualties-shooting/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://apnews.com/article/poll-election-news-fatigue-77f2bf012502b9aea1d9d38173ace4ec
CNN
— At least 10 killed after vehicle drives into crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://www.cnn.com/webview/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk/index.html
MSN
— Why Elon Musk has backpedalled on H-1B visa after MAGA fallout. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-elon-musk-has-backpedalled-on-h-1b-visa-after-maga-fallout/ar-AA1wKuAA
— MAGA is fighting a ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas. Here’s what they are. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-is-fighting-a-civil-war-over-h-1b-visas-here-s-what-they-are/ar-AA1wJiaJ
YAHOO
— The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-moves-forward-progressive-reform-144002252.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/technology/trump-administration-speech-policy.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California’s tech titans say H-1B visas are vital. Will Trump defy MAGA and support them? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-31/its-musk-vs-maga-on-immigrant-worker-visas-what-will-trump-do-on-the-h-1b
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Top 8 Best CPA Prep Courses: Becker CPA Review: The Gold Standard (COMMENT: I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 if I had not taken the Becker CPA Review.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/best-cpa-prep-courses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Preparing for the CPA exam is not a small feat. After all, you can expect to spend several hundred hours over the course of many months preparing for the exam. Luckily, there is a way to make studying easier while significantly improving your chances of passing on the first try: finding the right CPA course for you.)
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Jimmy Carter: An uncommon product of his times (COMMENT: What are you a product of? I am a product of the following: a) living in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1974, Chicago 1974 -1978, and Wheaton since 1978, b) attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970, c) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) working for S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980, and GAO in downtown Chicago 1980-1997, e) being the subject of a vicious 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978, f) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt tin 1981, and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, g) being forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, h) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, i) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, j) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, k) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, l) attending all the Illinois Republican Party State Conventions since 2000, m) being married since 1978, n) filing lawsuits, o) etc.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/31/opinion/jimmy-carter-legacy-jim-crow/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders will fight deportations tooth and nail. Democrats and RINOs have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-five-biggest-roadblocks-to-trumps-immigration-agenda-5bf75c43
— Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence. But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/chief-justice-says-intimidation-and-violence-threaten-judicial-independence-adb9caac
BUSINESS TIMES
— Steve Bannon Escalates Feud with Elon Musk, Calls H-1B Visas a ‘Scam’ and Demands Worker Reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/171993/20241231/steve-bannon-escalates-feud-with-elon-musk-calls-h-1b-visas-a-scam-and-demands-worker-reparations.htm
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Barry Melancon, dubbed “the most important man in accounting” for his 30-year leadership of its professional body in the US, has sent a stern warning to his successors that they should not compromise standards in an effort to attract more people to the profession. (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious about because I did that because it frustrated their promoting over me their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/most-important-man-in-accounting-warns-against-lowering-standards-20250101-p5l1hf
ECONOMIST
— Homelessness rises to a record level in America. A surge in migration and disasters pushed already tight housing markets over the edge.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/12/31/homelessness-rises-to-a-record-level-in-america
December 31, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Donald Trump endorses House Speaker Mike Johnson amid Republican infighting
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-endorses-house-speaker-mike-johnson-amid-republican-infighting/15728436/
— Thornton Township special meeting fails to reach quorum; Henyard calls for 2 trustees to resign
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-calls-carmen-carlisle-christopher-gonzalez-resign-after-thornton-township-meeting-fails-reach-quorum/15730558/
CBS2
— Thornton Township, Illinois trustees deny Henyard quorum again amid fight over lapsed insurance
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/thornton-township-illinois-tdeny-henyard-quorum-again/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/thornton-township-board-cant-meet-in-own-building-due-to-insurance-lapse/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago homicides in 2024: 572 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/30/chicago-homicides-in-2024-5-people-slain-heres-how-that-compares-with-previous-years/
— Caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/30/congress-military-veterans-caucus/
— Costco board stands firm on DEI policies as think tank pushes for review (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against 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.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/30/costco-board-stands-firm-on-dei-policies-as-think-tank-pushes-for-review/
WBBM
— Casten questions Robinhood’s decision to allow election betting
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/law-makers-question-robinhoods-election-betting
WSPY
— East Aurora School Board President Survives Economic Interest Petition Challenge (COMMENT: Why doesn’t the Daily Herald, Wheaton Patch, and Glen Ellyn Patch report on Milton Township petition challenges?)
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/east-aurora-school-board-president-survives-economic-interest-petition-challenge/article_368d655e-c715-11ef-9622-63b2cbbc6258.html
WAND TV
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois, but blame Republicans for discrimination.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois-committed-to-protecting-those-facing-discrimination-in-employment-education-says-gov-pritzker/article_7083618c-c6c0-11ef-9948-179a6208a4be.html
CITIES 92.9
— Some Illinois ‘offenders’ renamed ‘justice-impacted individuals’ (COMMENT: Call me an “Affirmative Action and DEI impacted individual.”
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/30/some-illinois-offenders-renamed-justice-impacted-individuals/
WHEATON PATCH
— Fake Facebook Account Poses As DuPage Sheriff’s Office. Officials say the account is posing as the sheriff’s office to steal personal information from residents.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/fake-facebook-account-poses-dupage-sheriffs-office
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCE
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— More gun control efforts possible in Illinois’ lame duck session
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f143e678-c3b6-11ef-892b-47a63eb94ef6.html
— Illinois students poor SAT showing a bad sign
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b3fe9c64-c176-11ef-bef1-6f1c6d9b39a8.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago in 2025 will see hikes in taxes, fines and fees as part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s latest budget
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-in-2025-will-see-hikes-in-taxes-fines-and-fees-as-part-of-mayor-brandon-johnsons-latest-budget-chicago-tribune-yahoo/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County voters anxiously await information from the DuPage County Election Division and from other sources on a) which offices will be on April 1, 2025 consolidated election ballots (SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php ), b) who has filled for those offices, and c) challenges to their nominating petitions. I am especially interested in that information for Milton Township because a) I have lived in Milton Township since 1978, b) I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999, c) I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, and d) certain past and present MTRO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took. 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. Having bad jobs on your resume harms your ability to get good jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took. But would illegals stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? I doubt it. 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. – Dave Diersen
— How has H-1B impacted you? My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Raises Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/30/state-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-per-hour/
— Mark Glennon of Wirepoints Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Tiny Campaign Appearance at Northwestern & Praises His Term, Skinner Has No Memory of Carter Appearance at General Assembly
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/30/mark-glennon-of-wirepoints-remembers-jimmy-carters-tiny-campaign-appearance-at-northwestern-praises-his-term-skinner-has-no-memory-of-carter-appearance-at-general-assembly/
— Will County Following McHenry County’s Provision of Public Transportation Throughout County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/30/will-county-following-mchenry-countys-provision-of-public-transportation-throughout-county/
— The Need for Another Great Awakening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/30/the-need-for-another-great-awakening/
— Worthless Orders of Protection
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/worthless-orders-of-protection/
— The Crystal Lake McDonald’s Murderer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/the-crystal-lake-mcdonalds-murderer/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 4,098 Chicagoans killed in gang crime in 20 years
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/4098-chicagoans-killed-in-gang-crime-in-20-years/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden closes federal government for Jimmy Carter’s funeral
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/30/joe-biden-closes-federal-government-jimmy-carter-f/
— America revs up for a Republican revival. The good vibes are about more than politics.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/27/america-revs-republican-revival/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Texas has built 54 miles of border wall amid Biden defiance of Trump project
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3272223/texas-54-miles-border-wall-amid-biden-defiance-trump/
NEW YORK POST
— Merrick Garland corrupted the Justice Department with political persecutions
https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/opinion/ag-merrick-garland-corrupted-the-doj-with-political-persecutions/
— Woke is dead — let’s make sure it never comes back (COMMENT: Woke is not dead in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. Woke leaders of the aforesaid ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism 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.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/opinion/woke-is-dead-lets-make-sure-it-never-comes-back/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The H-1B controversy: Time for dispassionate thought (COMMENT: My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have. Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/the_h_1b_controversy_time_for_dispassionate_thought.html
BREITBART
— Democrat-Run Chicago: Nearly 2,800 Shooting Victims in 2024
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/12/30/democrat-run-chicago-nearly-2800-shooting-victims-2024/
— Mexico Sending Hundreds of Lawyers to Aid Illegal Migrants in U.S.A.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/30/mexico-sending-hundreds-lawyers-aid-illegal-migrants-u-s-a/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasing promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/31/ct-a-g-since-most-households-with-illegals-are-mixed-status-its-not-simple-to-just-kick-them-out/
DAILY CALLER
— Teachers Will No Longer Need To Pass Basic Reading, Writing And Math Test For Certification In New Jersey (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/30/new-jersey-law-reduces-teaching-requirements/
EPOCH TIMES
— Chinese Hackers Breached Workstations, Stole Documents, Treasury Department Says
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/chinese-hackers-breached-workstations-stole-documents-treasury-department-says-5783973
FOX BUSINESS
— Officials of sanctuary cities could be met with jail time for not cooperating with ICE
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6366564825112
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s convincing 2024 victory sets House GOP up for homefield advantage in 2026 midterm elections. Republicans will hold a fragile 220-215 majority when the House of Representatives is at full strength.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-convincing-2024-victory-sets-house-gop-up-homefield-advantage-2026-midterm-elections
— Trump hails Florida Dem’s decision to ditch party, join GOP
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hails-florida-dems-decision-ditch-party-join-gop-thank-you-hillary
— Trump urged to step in to unite GOP as lawmakers fear speaker showdown could delay election certification
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-urged-step-unite-gop-lawmakers-fear-speaker-showdown-could-delay-election-certification
— ICE shuts down programs offering services to illegal immigrants, citing ‘immense’ costs. Non-detained docket has exploded in recent years to more than 7.6 million people. (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-scraps-social-service-programs-illegal-immigrants-citing-immense-cost
— These six states banned or limited DEI at colleges and universities in 2024 (COMMENT: To ban DEI is to promote meritocracy. Democrats and RINOs oppose meritocracy because with meritocracy, Republicans outperform Democrats and RINOs. Very few of my Democrat and RINO peers earned master’s degrees like I did. Extremely few of my Democrat and RINO peers earned professional certifications like I did, Virtually none of my Democrat and RINO peers earned a professional license like I did.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/these-six-states-banned-or-limited-dei-at-colleges-and-universities-in-2024/ar-AA1wIlGo
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Election of Trump, defeat of progressive DAs proves defund the police movement was a failure
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/election-of-trump-defeat-of-progressive-das-proves-defund-the-police-movement-was-a-failure
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Communist Precursors of DEI
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-communist-precursors-of-dei/
NEW AMERICAN
— How Immigrants Abuse the H-1B Visa Program. Critics say companies abuse it to get cheap labor and avoid hiring qualified American workers. (COMMENT: My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have.
What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/how-immigrants-abuse-h-1b-visa-program/
NEWSMAX
— Colleges, Universities Churn Out Students Brainwashed with Hatred
https://www.newsmax.com/zivadahl/anti-semitism-colleges-universities/2024/12/30/id/1193334/
— ‘Provide Americans Jobs First’ (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/worker-visas-immigration/2024/12/30/id/1193331/
— Updating Immigration Registry Would Help Address Labor Shortage (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took.)
https://www.newsmax.com/joepenland/everify-ramaswamy-reagan/2024/12/30/id/1193299/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a December 2024 study, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce outlined that the United States has a shortage of workers and concluded, “If every unemployed worker took an open job in their industry, there would still be millions of open jobs.”
— Migrants Anxious to Enter US Legally Before Jan. 20
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migrants-mexico-asylum/2024/12/30/id/1193407/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Homan to hold weekly press briefings on border security, deportations to ensure transparency
https://thepostmillennial.com/tom-homan-to-hold-weekly-press-briefings-on-border-security-deportations-to-ensure-transparency
TOM KLINGENSTEIN
— How to Get Wokeness Out of Schools
https://tomklingenstein.com/how-to-get-wokeness-out-of-schools/
TOWNHALL
— Addressing Both of Our Nation’s Immigration Challenges (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/12/31/two-birds-one-stone-addressing-both-of-our-nations-immigration-challenges-n2649772
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The second challenge is the need for the U.S. to import legal workers (hence, not technically immigrants) to meet labor shortages and to help expand the economy.)
— New Poll Shows How Americans Feel About Trump’s Plan to Put Illegal Immigrants in Militarized Camps
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2024/12/30/new-poll-shows-how-americans-feel-about-trumps-plan-to-put-illegal-immigrants-in-militarized-camps-n2649775
— Towards a Sane and Comprehensive Immigration Policy
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/12/31/towards-a-sane-and-comprehensive-immigration-policy-n2649733
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Chicago may go bankrupt thanks to public sector pension scheme
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/dem-run-city-may-go-bankrupt-thanks-to-public-sector-pension-scheme/ar-AA1wJSnF
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI , and wokeness/wokeism 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.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/older-generations-aren-t-embracing-woke-culture-and-these-16-reasons-explain-why/ss-AA1sxXHX
— Canadian conservatives say they’d love a Trump takeover
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/canadian-conservatives-say-they-d-love-a-trump-takeover/ar-AA1wyCBL
— Is Tesla replacing Americans with H-1B workers? Report highlights what’s at play (COMMENT: My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/is-tesla-replacing-americans-with-h-1b-workers-report-highlights-what-s-at-play/ar-AA1wJTfn
NEW YORK TIMES
— Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk. His relationship with Chinese leaders and reported contacts with Russian officials are cause for alarm.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/opinion/elon-musk-china-classified-secrets-national-security-russia-doge.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “MAGA is fighting a ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas. Here’s what they are. Right-wing figures are fighting over H-1B visas that allow highly qualified workers to join the American workforce. Here’s what the permits do.” (COMMENT: My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have. Employers want cheap labor. Democrat employers want Democrat employees. RINO employers want cheap labor. Democrat employers like the federal government that I worked for almost 30 years put being a Democrat ahead of qualifications. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) 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. Employers use Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to accomplish the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/30/h1b-visas-musk-maga/
1819 NEWS
— As debate rages over H-1B program, 273 Alabama companies employ foreign visa workers (COMMENT: How many companies in Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality employ foreign visa workers?)
https://1819news.com/news/item/as-debate-rages-over-h-1b-program-273-alabama-companies-employ-foreign-visa-workers
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Biden’s Policies, Stupid. The president’s real messaging failure is that Donald Trump had a better message.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/its-bidens-policies-stupid-disenchantment-inflation-voters-f656c3d0
— The Blue State Homeless Boom. Homelessness kept rising in 2024, as progressive remedies fail.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/homelessness-report-department-of-housing-and-urban-development-2024-a150b1c7
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/wsj-explains/the-staggering-cost-needed-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan/B4B447AE-E653-4225-8E5B-4B59B1D8508D
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Where Have All the Managers Gone? Companies’ quest to purge bosses is seizing up job and promotion opportunities. Workers have had to adjust. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government use up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees who they do not promote to GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/management-jobs-shrinking-white-collar-workers-cc761cb7
LEVEL
— Why Meritocracy Dropped Like a Dirty Rag in Debate Over H1-B Visas. The endorsement of this ideology is often self-serving. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe none of my successes in life to meritocracy, but instead, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. In my defense. I stress that neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.)
https://www.levelman.com/why-meritocracy-dropped-like-a-dirty-rag-in-debate-over-h1-b-visas/
DAILY KOS
— Democrats say “Trump used H-1B Visas to participate in virtual human trafficking and slave labor.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/30/2294322/-Trump-used-H-1B-Visas-to-participate-in-virtual-human-trafficking-and-slave-labor
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 24, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Police warn of dangerous takeovers in Villa Park after weekend incidents
https://abc7chicago.com/post/police-warn-dangerous-takeovers-villa-park-illinois-after-chase-north-avenue/15697155/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It comes after a high-speed crash and serious accident Friday night along North Avenue. On Saturday, police say crowds and vehicles took over private business lots near North and Villa avenues. At one point, a crowd formed to block an arrest, according to police. There was also an unsubstantiated claim of a few people with guns, police said. Offenders face a $900 fee and risk getting their tires spiked.)
— Suspect Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to state murder and terror charges in CEO killing. Luigi Mangione attorney claims police, mayor using him as ‘political fodder.’ (COMMENT: How strong is the support for Mangione in your county, township, and municipality?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/luigi-mangione-arraigned-new-york-state-charges-murder-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson/15695430/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-12/23/2024
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About two dozen women, who waited in line in the frigid cold for public seats in the courtroom gallery, said they were there to support Mangione. Most of the women wore face masks and a few appeared visibly emotional as Mangione entered the courtroom. “This is a grave injustice, and that’s why people are here,” one of the women, who said she arrived at the courthouse at 5 a.m., told ABC News.)
— President-elect suggests US should own and control Greenland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/is-greenland-sale-president-elect-donald-trump-suggests-us-should-own-control-country/15698603/
NBC5
— ‘Come get me:’ Trump border czar nominee blasts Pritzker, Johnson on immigration. The Trump administration has promised a massive deportation effort in 2025, but could hit a variety of roadblocks.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/come-get-me-trump-border-czar-nominee-blasts-pritzker-johnson-on-immigration/3631105/
— President-elect Trump wants to again rename North America’s tallest peak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/president-elect-trump-wants-to-again-rename-north-americas-tallest-peak/3631311/
— Matt Gaetz, former Trump AG pick, had sex with underage girl while in Congress, House Ethics report says (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/house-ethics-committee-releases-report-on-matt-gaetz-sex-drug-allegations/3631001/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/reparations-evanston-il-transforming-lives-black-residents-rcna173534
WGN9
— Illinois political heavyweights, including Durbin and Pritzker, set stage for intriguing 2025 (COMMENT: Which Republicans do you hope/wish/want to run for U.S. Senate and for Illinois statewide offices in 2026?)
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/illinois-political-heavyweights-including-durbin-and-pritzker-set-stage-for-intriguing-2025/
— Safety concerns force migrants from South Shore apartment building days before Christmas
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/safety-concerns-force-migrants-from-south-shore-apartment-building-days-before-christmas/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Two Illinois convicts among 37 whose death sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden (COMMENT: Of course, George Ryan and his supporters are overjoyed. Biden follows in George Ryan’s footsteps. George Ryan supporters have taken many adverse actions against me. I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/two-illinois-commuted-sentences-biden/
— More than 1 million people in U.S. earn $500,000 or more (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. But I never earned more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars even though I have three master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a professional license (CPA). My critics/opponents use my having the aforesaid qualifications and my earning the aforesaid low salary to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an extremely bad person if not worse things.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/more-than-1-million-people-in-u-s-earn-500000-or-more/
— Donald Trump wants mass deportations. For the agents removing immigrants, it’s a painstaking process (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that because they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals, that it is futile to deport any of them. Further, anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/trump-mass-deportations-immigrants/
— Waukegan ready to buck Trump deportation efforts (COMMENT: How strongly are the Democrats and RINOs who run your municipality going to buck Trump deportation efforts, that is, how strongly do they reject Trump’s election?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/column-waukegan-ready-to-buck-trump-deportation-efforts/
— Americans have much to be thankful for (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for not being thankful enough. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/24/opinion-holidays-americans-gratitude/
— MAY 16, 2019 FLASHBACK: Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne criticizes DuPage GOP, announces run for county board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/04/03/naperville-city-councilman-kevin-coyne-criticizes-dupage-gop-announces-run-for-county-board/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne used a Facebook post early Wednesday to blast the DuPage County Republican Party and announce his bid to run for the DuPage County Board in District 5. Posting after Tuesday’s election votes had been counted, Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne wrote the DuPage County Republican organization did not do enough to get GOP candidates elected and said his county board candidacy should be seen as an effort to “stand up for conservative principals.” “I would say I think the Republican party right now is really struggling locally, and I hope to add a new voice for GOP voters,” Coyne said in a phone interview Wednesday. “I hope to be able to offer that voice on the DuPage County Board.” Coyne said he plans to run in the 2020 county election, pursuing the seat currently held by James Healy, a Naperville resident who has been on the county board since 1996. Seats held by District 5 board members Sadia Covert and Dawn DeSart are not up for election until 2022. In his post on his Naperville City Councilman Facebook page, Coyne said the DuPage GOP had “another embarrassing showing” in the most recent election cycle. “While the DuPage Democrats’ local leadership organize candidate forums, canvassing drives and social media initiatives throughout DuPage County, our DuPage GOP does what it usually does … nothing,” Coyne wrote. “Our once great DuPage GOP organization has become a shell of its former self. “The DuPage GOP has successfully handed both our County and the City of Naperville over to the Illinois’ Democratic Party. I am unwilling to let this stand!” Coyne repeated the criticism Wednesday. “The party around here was in power for a very long time and I don’t think ever adapted to the way in which politics has changed. The results for GOP folks have been very damaging.” Coyne said he made the post on his official Naperville City Council page because he thought it important to let people who follow local politics know of his plans to run for the county board. The post had drawn more than 50 comments as of Wednesday morning, many criticizing Coyne for talking about partisan politics when the council is elected as a nonpartisan body. “I will present a platform focused on reducing the size of government, reducing real estate tax levies and protecting LIFE … both as a supporter of pro-life initiatives and as a supporter of our constitutional right to bear arms,” Coyne wrote in the Facebook post. “I look forward to keeping my supporters abreast of my platform and to fighting for pro-life and small government reforms in DuPage County,” the post said. “We are better than what we have shown in recent elections. Republican voters in DuPage County need someone that will stand up for conservative principals! I ask conservative voters in DuPage County’s District 5 to give me the chance to be their voice. Much more to come….” Coyne, an attorney, was elected to Naperville City Council in 2015 and won re-election in 2017. He served on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission from 2011 to 2015. Coyne’s current city council term expires in 2021. In February, Coyne caused a stir when he called for state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, D-Naperville, to resign after saying her comments about the city of Naperville having white supremacist policies were a new low for “ugly rhetoric.” Stava-Murray posted her comments in response to message left on her Facebook page from someone who called Naperville people “bullies” and “horrible people.” Stava-Murray responded by saying she has wanted to leave the city herself because of Naperville’s “history of white supremacist policies.”)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inside Gaetz report: trove of new details alleging drug use, payments for sex (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/12/23/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-committee-report-details
— Democrats say “Musk co-opts the presidency.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/24/elon-musk-co-opts-presidency-donald-trump-threatens-primaries-against-republicans-government
— Illinois’ new salary transparency law is all about closing gender, racial wage gaps. Starting Jan. 1, under a change to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, job seekers should get wage and benefits information upfront. It should help expose and prevent pay inequities. (COMMENT: Federal salaries are extremely transparent. Everyone can see that the federal government pays its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time more than its comparably-qualified employees who are not aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/12/23/illinois-equal-pay-law-men-women-salary-wages-benefits-job-postings-transparency-becca-herman
DAILY HERALD
— ‘It’s disgusting’: Casten who pushed for Gaetz report’s release reacts to its accusations (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241223/us-congress-politics/its-disgusting-suburban-congressman-who-pushed-for-gaetz-reports-release-reacts-to-its-accusati/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PHOTOS: Glendale Heights village president tossed from ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241223/news/glendale-heights-mayor-tossed-from-ballot/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241224/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-coming-together-dupage-groups-should-be-applauded-for-uniting-to-house-homele/
— OCTOBER 13, 2020 FLASHBACK: Kevin Coyne: Candidate profile, DuPage County Board District 5
https://www.dailyherald.com/20201013/news/kevin-coyne-candidate-profile-dupage-county-board-district-5/
WGN RADIO
— Ethics releases Matt Gaetz report: 5 takeaways (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://wgnradio.com/news/ethics-releases-matt-gaetz-report-5-takeaways/amp/
WBEZ & NPR ILLINOIS
— More Illinois universities are covering tuition for low-income households but issues with cost remain. Roosevelt University announced it will start offering a free tuition program this month, the Roosevelt Pledge. In September, the University of Illinois Chicago announced its plans to launch its own version, UIC Aspire, next fall. (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never worked outside of the home until after he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/12/23/illinois-universities-free-tuition-programs-roosevelt-university
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-12-23/more-illinois-universities-are-covering-tuition-for-low-income-households-but-issues-with-cost-remains
FOX ILLINOIS
— Fetterman says voters picked Trump to ‘protect’ American ‘way of life’ (COMMENT: The American way of life enabled me to do the following even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my high school class, and my ACT score was only 24: I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fetterman-says-americans-picked-trump-to-protect-american-way-of-life-john-fetterman-democrat-donald-president-election-white-house-republicans-democrats-politics
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The new right gathers to celebrate Trump and the splintering of the Republican Party
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-the-new-right-celebrates-trump-at-a-conservative-conference-and-sidesteps-inconsistencies/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
SAFE SUBURBS USA
— Safe Suburbs USA is a Political Action Committee founded to promote public safety and the welfare of suburban residents throughout the USA. We advocate and educate on issues relating to crime and its effect on suburban families. We recommend agencies, candidates and programs which promote public safety.
https://safesuburbsusa.com/
(FROM THE WEBSITE: Kevin Coyne Founder and Chair, Safe Suburbs USA, Naperville Public Library Board Trustee, Chamber630 Board of Directors, Past Naperville City Councilman and Graduate of Naperville Citizen’s Police Academy)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Kevin Coyne will be the chairman of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee starting January 1, 2025. Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents continue to blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since that time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do you have children? If so, would you let them have the bad jobs that I had? 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. Having bad jobs on your resume harms your ability to get good jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY CONTY BLOG
— How to Request a Ticket to Trump Inauguration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/how-to-request-a-ticket-to-trump-inauguration/
— Christmas Eve Present for Federal Employees
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/christmas-eve-present-for-federal-employees/
— State’s Attorney Finds No Document in Which Permission Was Given Algonquin Township Supervisor to Pay Bills Without Board Permission
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/states-attorney-finds-no-document-in-which-permission-was-given-algonquin-township-supervisor-to-pay-bills-without-board-permission/
— Prediction 0f 2032 Congressional Reapportionment & Electoral College
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/22/prediction-0f-2032-congressional-reapportionment/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Flip Flop: Safe Suburbs PAC Founder Kevin Coyne Endorses Pro-SAFE-T Act Chicago Democrat Despite Calling the Law “Dangerous” and “Emboldening Law Breakers”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/06/flip-flop-safe-suburbs-pac-founder-kevin-coyne-endorses-pro-safe-t-act-chicago-democrat-despite-calling-the-law-dangerous-and-emboldening-law-breakers.html
— Safe Suburbs USA PAC’s Kevin Coyne Calls Trump “Poison,” “Disaster,” Says Most GOP Voters Don’t Identify as Pro-2nd Amendment
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/06/safe-suburbs-pacs-kevin-coyne-calls-trump-poison-disaster-says-most-gop-voters-dont-identify-as-pro-2nd-amendment.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court justices hid billionaire gifts for decades, ethics investigation finds
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/senate-democrats-release-supreme-court-ethics-repo/
— ‘Ride it out’: Trump resisters urged to stay in federal government (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I resisted my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/ride-trump-resisters-urged-stay-federal-government/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anti-Trump federal government lawyers are being begged to “ride it out” in the new administration, with activists encouraging them to act as a bulwark against the incoming president’s policies and actions. Those who feel they cannot remain on the inside, meanwhile, are being urged to look for jobs in Democrat-led state governments where they can find other perches to battle against Mr. Trump. The legal specialists doled out the advice on an American Constitution Society webinar last week, titled “Should I stay or should I go,” which pondered the decisions facing federal employees who aren’t thrilled to be working for Mr. Trump.)
— DEI is dangerous, diversity training materials stoke hostility, not goodwill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/20/network-contagion-research-institute-rutgers-study/
— Speaker Johnson’s next job is tamping down a bubbling GOP revolt against him
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/mike-johnson-next-job-tamping-bubbling-gop-revolt/
— Christmas’ gifts from Congress are choking America’s future. Rushed spending spree before the holidays proves Washington’s addiction to pork hasn’t changed.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/christmas-gifts-congress-choking-america-future/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigration is breaking America. It’s time for consequences
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3267755/illegal-immigration-is-breaking-america-its-time-for-consequences/
— Biden administration doled out millions to give LGBT migrants legal services, job training, and mental health support
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3262317/biden-gave-millions-lgbt-migrants-legal-services/
— San Francisco prepares to fight Trump on immigration, vaccinations, and climate change
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3269347/san-francisco-prepares-fight-trump-immigration-vaccinations-climate-change/
NEW YORK POST
— Critics blast bystanders who stood by while illegal migrant allegedly burned woman to death on NYC subway: ‘Daniel Penny effect’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/critics-say-bystanders-stood-by-while-illegal-migrant-burned-woman-to-death-on-nyc-subway-daniel-penny-effect/
— Troubling new research for Dems finds party’s woes run much deeper than 2024 election disaster (COMMENT: To be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/troubling-new-research-for-dems-finds-partys-woes-run-much-deeper-than-2024-election-spanking/
— Historic migrant surge reverses years of population decline in New York and other sanctuary states (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/migrant-surge-snaps-new-yorks-years-long-streak-of-population-decline-census-bureau/
— Panama is violating its Canal Treaty by cozying up to China — risking US safety
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/opinion/panama-is-violating-its-canal-treaty-and-risking-us-safety/
AMAC
— Dems Face Internal Schism Over Border Crisis
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/dems-face-internal-schism-over-border-crisis/
— See How Easy Biden Made It for Cartels and Traffickers: My Trip to the Border in Pictures
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/see-how-easy-biden-made-it-for-cartels-and-traffickers-my-trip-to-the-border-in-pictures/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Academia first stop in Trump revamp
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/23/academia-first-stop-in-trump-revamp-1511518/
BLAZE
— Male who allegedly burned woman to death on subway train is illegal alien deported under Trump
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-alien-burn-subway
— ‘Several’ countries lined up to accept deported Venezuelan gang members, Homan says
https://www.theblaze.com/news/several-countries-lined-up-to-accept-deported-venezuelan-gang-members-homan-says
BREITBART
— Illegal Alien Burning NYC Woman to Death Is the Kind of Thing That Turns a Blue State Red
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/23/john-nolte-illegal-alien-burning-nyc-woman-to-death-is-the-kind-of-thing-that-turns-a-blue-state-red/
CAMPUS REFORM
— New report shows how much DEI ideology dominates Ivy League. The report accuses the Ivy League universities of trying to ‘side-step’ the Supreme Court’s ruling in affirmative action. It also details the spread of DEI and CRT throughout the Ivy League.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/new-report-shows-much-dei-ideology-dominates-ivy-league-/27199
DAILY CALLER
— Murderers, Rapists And Robbers: Biden Goes On Commutation Spree For Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/23/joe-biden-commutations-sentences-death-row-christmas-week-victms-rape/
FEDERALIST
— 3 Million ‘Temporary’ Migrants Could Sway Congressional Seats Thanks To Census Bureau Change
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/23/3-million-temporary-migrants-will-now-sway-congressional-seats-thanks-to-census-bureau-change/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— In Waning Days, the Biden Administration Pushes Through Immigration Regulations
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/waning-days-biden-administration-pushes-through-immigration-regulations
— Chicagoans Revolt Over City Spending on Illegal Migrants
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/chicagoans-revolt-over-city-spending-illegal-migrants
— An Immigration Reform Agenda for the 119th Congress
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/congress/immigration-reform-agenda-119th-congress
FOX NEWS
— Why is Greenland geopolitically important for Trump?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS90nWg-IbM
— Trump will be ‘very active on the campaign trail’ in 2026 midterms, Republican Party chair predicts. RNC chair Whatley predicts Trump will play a ‘significant’ role to defend the party’s majorities in Congress.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-very-active-campaign-trail-midterms-chair-predicts
HOT AIR
— Floating the Unthinkable Considering What’s Happened – Blanket Pardoning Illegals
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/12/23/floating-the-unthinkable-considering-whats-happened-blanket-pardoning-illegals-n3798181
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ACLU executive director vows to help defy mass deportation of illegals, has no interest in protecting liberty of American citizens
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/aclu-executive-director-vows-to-help-defy-mass-deportation-of-illegals-has-no-interest-in-protecting-liberty-of-american-citizens
NEWSMAX
— Liberalism Is a ‘Mental Disorder’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/michael-savage-liberalism-donald-trump/2024/12/23/id/1192730/
— Sen. Cruz Vows Crackdown on Border, Migrant Criminals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ted-cruz-crackdown-illegal-criminals/2024/12/23/id/1192680/
RED LION
— Denver Public Schools creates documentary to promote transgenderism to children
https://readlion.com/denver-public-schools-creates-documentary-to-promote-transgenderism-to-children/
TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Fate Of Illinois FOID Card Rests With Appeals Court (COMMENT: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/fate-of-illinois-foid-card-rests-with-appeals-court/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— 5 things to know about Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5054342-trump-proposes-taking-control-panama-canal/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.newsweek.com/immigrants-issued-advice-mass-deportations-2005240
— Donald Trump Comes to Matt Gaetz’s Defense, Says Ethics Report ‘Very Unfair’
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-comes-matt-gaetz-defense-says-ethics-report-very-unfair-ag-2005537
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Previews Second Term in Sprawling Speech to Conservative Conference
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/us/politics/trump-speech-turning-point-arizona.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/nyregion/nyc-migrant-shelters.html
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/business/economy/trump-tech-h1b-visa.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot and other drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/opinion/is-everyone-high.html
— Trump Picks Callista Gingrich for Ambassador to Switzerland
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/us/politics/trump-callista-gingrich-ambassador-switzerland.html
WASHINGTON POST
— For some Latinos, ‘prosperity gospel’ led them to Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/24/trump-latino-voters-prosperity-gospel-pennsylvania/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/12/23/lgbtq-aging-alone-trauma/
— Trump is threatening to take over the Panama Canal, which Panama owns outright
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/23/trump-panama-canal-ownership-history-explained/
— Who controls Greenland, and why does Trump want to buy it? The Arctic island is not for sale, its own government and that of Denmark continue to emphasize.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/23/greenland-trump-buy-denmark/
USA TODAY
— Trump’s State Department pick opposes mass/illegal immigration and reverse discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/23/trump-michael-anton-state-department-immigrants/77049505007/
ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
— The wrath of DOGE is coming for federal workers (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. I should write about how I have been viewed/treated because of that. (COMMENT: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I accepted a job offer from IRS because I was unemployed. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother because my father had recently suddenly died. When I was 16 years old in 1966, I accepted a job offer from the Post Office because I needed a job to pay for my college expenses.)
https://www.adn.com/opinions/national-opinions/2024/12/22/opinion-the-wrath-of-doge-is-coming-for-federal-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America has elected a president who has empowered two businessmen with no experience in public service or governing to effectively rule over the federal government, in part by promising to “delete” assorted agencies as part of a plan to cut spending by $2 trillion. Both have an affinity for mass layoffs, Elon Musk at his various companies and Vivek Ramaswamy of federal employees as part of a campaign promise. Whether these men, who will lead President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, will have any actual authority remains to be seen. If nothing else, their impossible-to-fill promises to slash spending and fire workers has put a spotlight on government employees in terms of who they are, the functions they perform and their motivations for working in the public sector. Although we don’t yet know DOGE has in store, an improvement in job quality, wages and working conditions is unlikely. Just this past week, Trump threatened to fire federal employees who don’t come back to the office and said he would go to court to challenge a Biden administration labor contract that locked in remote work arrangements for thousands of them. So, if you are a federal worker, should you quit and avoid the (potential) wrath of DOGE? In some ways, the answer reveals what is wrong with government. Paul Volcker was a lifelong advocate for improving public service. The former chairman of the Federal Reserve who is credited with breaking inflation in the early 1980s spearheaded the first National Commission on Public Service report in 1989 and the follow-up in 2003. He liked to point out that the casual bashing of federal employees that politicians love to do was destructive. The more public service is denigrated, the less appreciated civil servants are and the harder it is to recruit high-quality employees. Both commissions concluded that biggest problems with public service was not the workers, but how they were led and organized. The first report emphasized that civil servants report to political appointees and that the number of appointees had swelled. They now total about 4,000, helping to choke off promotion and career advancement. In other words, at some point, success based on performance ends and political connections take over. The second report made the same point but focused on the organizational structure of the government, an outdated holdover with duplicative responsibilities under rules that carry the power of law. It concluded that the agencies needed to be made anew based on tasks and mission. (To their credit, the commission guessed that such a task would take a decade.) It was as if the system was designed to discourage workers. But which workers? Let’s go back to original question. Should you, as a federal employee, quit? Say the answer is yes. If Trump — your boss’s boss — does not appreciate the work of government employees and agrees that many, if not most, should be laid off, then quitting is a way to signal your dissatisfaction in a manner Volcker would have predicted as well as signal that a lack of respect is costing America valuable civil servants. But quitting can be interpreted as a political statement. Trump has long claimed that federal employees comprise a “deep state” that he’s vowed to dismantle. Quit just as he is reelected plays into his belief that public employees are politically motivated. Say the answer is no. After all, from the perspective of civil servants, politicians and their appointees are like short-lived mayflies. Staying sends a powerful signal that whatever the political noise, civil servants are above it. Your job is to serve the people and the people elect new bosses every four years. But staying the course has its own risks, namely by perpetuating the perception that civil servants don’t have the skills for private-sector jobs, and if they could leave, they would. Whatever they do, federal workers risk either being viewed as political or incompetent — or both. Quiet technocrats drawn to the mission of public service will choose to stay every time. That’s not to say that they never quit, get frustrated nor leave to go to the private sector (or never come back, for that matter). But politics don’t dictate what they do, and they serve both parties equally. And that’s the real problem. The people best poised to punish politicians for their poor leadership, mismanagement or byzantine organizational structure are inclined to stay quiet. Aside from quitting, there’s not much civil servants can do in protest. The Hatch Act strictly limits what political behavior is allowed. They can’t endorse a candidate, a policy or a commission’s recommendations, and they can’t make political donations or campaign for a person or party. Civil servants are a convenient punching bag to distract from the failures of leadership promulgated by successive administrations to improve the structure or performance of the federal government. The solutions offered in 1989 and again in 2003 make just as much sense now as they did then.)
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— What makes you a contributing member of society? For me, it is my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters each and every morning. But according to my critics/opponents, my newsletters are not only worthless, they are destructive. According to them, my newsletters have cause all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/advice/philip-chard/2018/11/30/idle-reflections-value-doing-nothing/2123705002/
KFOX14
— Texas claims 87% drop in illegal crossings, credits Operation Lone Star for success (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return.)
https://kfoxtv.com/news/immigration/texas-claims-87-drop-in-illegal-crossings-credits-operation-lone-star-for-success-tx-governor-greg-abbott-national-guard-rio-grande-billion-trump-administration
LOS ANGELES PRESS & REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.losangelespress.org/english-edition/the-land-of-immigrants-to-deport-thousands-of-refugees-20241224-10568.html
https://reason.com/2024/12/23/asylum-isnt-as-crazy-as-trump-claims/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pensions Give Retirees Greater Peace of Mind’ (COMMENT: I have been getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension since I was 49 years old in 1997. I started earning credits toward that pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-pension-finances-america-977d3033
— Asians ever-increasingly outperform other races.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/merit-and-the-case-for-immigration-education-scholarships-texas-finis-welch-a1dd1c1f
— The Trump Legal Effort to Deport Illegal Aliens. The President-elect could do a lot worse than bringing Alan Dershowitz into the fold.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-trump-legal-effort-to-deport-illegal-aliens-dershowitz-80adc7b4
— ‘Dreamers’ Make Emergency Plans as Trump Vows to Deport Millions. Students lacking permanent legal status are scrambling to prepare in case an immigration crackdown hits campuses.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/dreamers-make-emergency-plans-as-trump-vows-to-deport-millions-1e279f87
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://fortune.com/well/2024/12/23/fleeing-the-country-rationing-testosterone-transgender-americans-new-reality-under-trump-presidency/
FORBES
— ‘Trump Wants America To Win’: Ben Shapiro Argues As To Why Trump Foreign Policy Isn’t ‘Isolationism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpcKR3smS98
BLOOMBERG
— Musk Makes ‘Overstaffed’ Federal Reserve a Target in Quest for Efficiency (COMMENT: Gingrich made “overstaffed” GAO a target in the 1990s. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees including me.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-23/elon-musk-makes-overstaffed-fed-target-in-quest-for-efficiency
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
— Bullying in the Legal Profession. Study Finds Bullying Disproportionately Impacts Lawyers from Underrepresented Groups.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/news/bullying-in-profession/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The topic of bullying is personal to Erika Harold, Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (“the Commission”). “I experienced pervasive racial and sexual harassment in high school that went unresolved by school administrators. I ultimately had to transfer schools,” she said. Harold added, “In a diary I kept at the time, I vowed to make an impact on the culture of bullying if I ever had the opportunity.” That opportunity came when she was crowned Miss America 2003. Traveling across the U.S., she spoke to more than 100,000 young people about bullying in schools to “shift people’s perceptions and motivate leaders to take this issue more seriously.” After graduating from Harvard Law School, Harold was dismayed to discover that bullying seemed “normalized and even sometimes celebrated in the legal profession.” Yet, “there was a lack of data and discussion about it,” she said. A second opportunity presented itself when she became Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Under her leadership, the Commission launched one of the first large-scale studies in the U.S. on bullying in the legal profession. They partnered with The Red Bee Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm with experience conducting wide-scale surveys for other legal organizations, including the ABA. The report’s authors and principals from The Red Bee Group, Stephanie A. Scharf and Roberta D. Liebenberg, define bullying as “inappropriate behavior intended to intimidate, humiliate, or control the actions of another person, including verbal, nonverbal, or physical acts.” The resulting report found that nearly a quarter of the 6,000 Illinois lawyers surveyed had experienced workplace bullying during a one-year period. Particularly noteworthy, the rates of bullying were highest among attorneys aged 25 to 35, female attorneys, and attorneys with disabilities. Thirty-nine percent of attorneys aged 25 to 35 reported having experienced bullying compared to 12% of attorneys aged 66 to 75. Thirty-eight percent of female attorneys said they experienced bullying, compared to 15% of male lawyers. Similarly, 38% of attorneys with disabilities said they experienced bullying, compared to 23% of lawyers without a disability. Also bullied were 36% of Middle Eastern/North African lawyers, 35% of Black/African American lawyers, 34% of Hispanic lawyers, 32% of multiracial lawyers, and 28% of Asian American lawyers, compared to 23% of white lawyers who reported being bullied. In addition, 29% of lawyers who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual were the target of verbal bullying related to their sexual orientation, while 3% of heterosexual lawyers were verbally bullied related to their sexual orientation. Wendy Shiba, Chair of the ABA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Center (DEI Center) and a principal of The Red Bee Group, pointed out that the groups identified in the report as being disproportionately impacted by bullying are the same groups represented by the ABA’s DEI Center “in furtherance of Goal III, to eliminate bias and enhance diversity in the legal profession.” Based on her work, Shiba added, “Intersectionality compounds the phenomenon, with attorneys having two or more of the underrepresented characteristics being especially vulnerable.”)
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Civil Servants Ready Lawsuits to Refute Trump’s Vow to Fire Them (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, my attorney Walter T. Charlton ( https://www.lawyer.com/walter-charlton.html ) filed Diersen v. GAO in Washington DC in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf The suit was transferred to Chicago in 2000.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/civil-servants-ready-lawsuits-to-refute-trumps-vow-to-fire-them
POLITICO
— Conservatives hope to enlist Trump in their spending war. It won’t be that easy. Hardliners openly admit they felt they lost every funding fight this year. They’re hoping the incoming president turns that around.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/24/conservatives-trump-spending-war-wont-be-easy-00195951
FED SMITH
— WEP and GPO Bill Passes in Congress. Legislation repealing the WEP and GPO passed Congress and now goes to the president to sign.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/12/21/wep-and-gpo-bill-passes-in-congress/
INDEPENDENT
— Piers Morgan slams ‘disgusting’ SNL audience for cheering Luigi Mangione. Morgan slammed the applause for Luigi Mangione ‘shameful.’
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/piers-morgan-snl-luigi-mangione-joke-b2669105.html