FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have Democrats flood Elgin immigration forum
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/immigration-town-hall-elgin-ice/
CBS2
— Illinois files lawsuit challenging child care funding freeze as Chicago-area parents grapple with anxiety. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/08/child-care-funding-freeze-causes-anxiety-for-chicago-area-parents
WTTW
— Four Illinois Sheriff’s Offices Ignored Sanctuary Laws by Transferring People Into Federal Custody
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/08/four-illinois-sheriff-s-offices-ignored-sanctuary-laws-transferring-people-federal
DAILY HERALD
— Trump store moving to Crystal Lake after eviction proceedings in Huntley
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260108/business/trump-store-moving-to-crystal-lake-after-eviction-proceedings-in-huntley/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A generation gives up on homeownership. That’s not the only thing they’re giving up on. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 17 in 1966, I was able to buy a new car ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) with the money that I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months. Further, when I was 24, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) with the money that I earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/housing-despair-affects-work-and-family-choices-paper-finds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once they give up on the hope of homeownership, a person might “no longer be willing to pursue long hours of work in pursuit” of a big paycheck, the authors wrote, and may “reduce labor supply,” AKA work less and care less about it, as a kind of “reoptimization toward work-life balance.” This attitude of making work a lower priority is visible worldwide. The authors wrote that in South Korea, young people use the term “Sampo Generation.” In China, it’s “lying flat,” and in Japan, it’s the “Satori Generation.” In this country, the authors told Crain’s, “we do not know the best term to describe the situation.” In response to a suggestion from a Crain’s reporter in his mid-60s that an old familiar term could be revived, they wrote, “we prefer not to call them ‘slacker.’ “)
STATELINE
— DHS accuses ‘sanctuary’ leaders of fueling anti-ICE violence with rhetoric
https://www.mystateline.com/news/dhs-accuses-sanctuary-leaders-of-fueling-anti-ice-violence-with-rhetoric/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Is Pritzker trying — again — to pick GOP opponent in November election?
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-is-pritzker-trying-again-to-pick-gop-opponent-in-november-election/article_1b795094-694c-4e96-94f6-3c1cf5f5459b.html
— Champaign County auditor fails to qualify for state comptroller’s race
https://www.news-gazette.com/election/2026/election-2026-champaign-county-auditor-fails-to-qualify-for-state-comptrollers-race/article_c2b65d92-a1c2-45fa-8da7-1af38491e5fb.html
NEWS 25 NOW
— GOP strategist Collin Corbett: Tracy amongst top contenders for Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/09/gop-strategist-tracy-amongst-top-contenders-durbins-us-senate-seat/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ‘Undecided’ dominates new poll
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/09/undecided-dominates-new-poll-00718575
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-656/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— “Warmth of Collectivism” Signals Erosion of Property Rights and Public Accountability
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-warmth-of-collectivism-signals-erosion-of-property-rights-and-public-accountability-am560/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— First Major GOP Poll Shows Bailey Surging Ahead of Dabrowski, 34–8 DD: Politics is nasty/vicious. Anticipate/expect that my critics/opponents will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Dabrowski that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters harm is campaign. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that my at newsletters cause all their problems. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not paint candidates like their political consultants want them to be painted. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that articles that they do not like that I include links to in my newsletters cause their defeats. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at Dabrowski’s September 29, 2025 press conference in Wheaton. Previously, they had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at DeSantis’ February 20, 2023 press conference in Elmhurst.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/first-major-gop-poll-shows-bailey-surging-ahead-of-dabrowski-34-8.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vehicles become weapons for anti-ICE protesters. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/8/automobiles-become-weapons-anti-ice-protesters/
NEW YORK POST
— Lefty comrades rush to defend Zohran Mamdani’s woke tenant advocate Cea Weaver — claiming NYC is ‘lucky’ to have her
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/dsa-rushes-to-defend-zohran-mamdanis-woke-nyc-tenant-advocate/
— Here’s who’s really behind the Minneapolis ICE resistance movement
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/heres-whos-really-behind-the-minneapolis-ice-resistance-movement/
— Trump’s emotional reaction to watching footage of ICE shooting — as he defends immigration officer
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/president-trumps-emotional-reaction-to-watching-footage-of-ice-shooting-as-he-defends-immigration-officer/
— My doctor gave me a shot of socialism with my annual exam — and yours might, too
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/opinion/why-my-doctor-gave-a-shot-of-socialism-with-my-annual-exam/
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “democracy” a) to get rid of Republicans once and for all, b) to make America a socialist country, and c) to destroy America once and for all. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with citizens of foreign countries, that is, with future Democrat voters, who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance and are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promise those who have demographics that vote for Democrats that Democrat leaders will use government to ever-increasingly give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/democratic-base-socialist-democratic-zohran-mamdani-medicare-for-all/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sex-ed curriculums steeped in ‘privilege’ propaganda and gender ideology persist in California
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/08/sex-ed-curriculums-steeped-in-privilege-propaganda-and-gender-ideology-persist-in-cali-1614825/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Mainstream media ICE shooting commentary is manipulating you
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/mainstream-media-ice-shooting-commentary-is-manipulating-you.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard removes dean who bashed Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and ‘whiteness’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-removes-dean-who-bashed-trump-rush-limbaugh-and-whiteness/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Deadly Consequences of Democrats’ War on ICE Enforcement. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/08/democrat-politicians-created-the-conditions-that-led-to-ice-shooting/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Want To Turn The ICE Shooting Into Another George Floyd Moment. There have been more than 100 incidents where criminals in vehicles have targeted ICE and Border Patrol agents. DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-want-to-turn-the-ice-shooting-into-another-george-floyd-moment
FOX NEWS
— Noem alleges woman killed in ICE shooting ‘stalking and impeding’ agents all day
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-alleges-woman-killed-ice-shooting-stalking-impeding-agents-all-day
— Socialist groups chant ‘Killer Kristi’ while escalating nationwide anti-ICE protests. Protesters yelled, ‘Go to hell, Kristi Noem.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/socialist-groups-ramp-up-nationwide-anti-ice-protests-target-noem-nyc
— Gov Walz authorizes National Guard staging following fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Minnesota governor’s warning to federal government prompts Republican lawmakers to urge invoking Insurrection Act.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gov-walz-authorizes-national-guard-staging-following-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis
— ICE agents report ‘unprecedented’ 3,200% surge in car attacks last year. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.wrganews.com/2026/01/08/ice-agents-report-unprecedented-3200-surge-in-car-attacks-last-year/
LIFE NEWS
— Speaker Mike Johnson: “We’re Not Going to Authorize Taxpayer Funding for Abortion”
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/01/07/speaker-mike-johnson-were-not-going-to-authorize-taxpayer-funding-for-abortion/
TOWNHALL
— Minnesota Democrats Are Testing How Woke Is Too Woke
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/01/09/minnesota-democrats-are-testing-how-woke-is-too-woke-n2669144
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DEI has no place in our K-12 classrooms
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5673073-radical-activism-dei-antiracism/
— Trump says US will start hitting drug cartels on land
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5680747-trump-land-strikes-drug-cartels/amp/
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-brings-back-painful-memories-for-community/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/george-floyd-s-aunt-reacts-to-fatal-ice-shooting-in-minneapolis/vi-AA1TQM8k
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-hnk
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ICE officer who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has served decades in military and law enforcement
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-minnesota-jonathan-ross-b9ce88da676d74ec6a1ab36aa55fbda1
NEW YORK TIMES
— Amid Protests, ICE Told Agents to Take ‘Decisive Action’ if Threatened. The guidance comes as immigration officers have been met with increasingly hostile protesters in cities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/homeland-security-ice-protests-warning.html
— Noem Defends Officer in Minneapolis Killing and Attacks Mamdani
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/nyregion/kristi-noem-ice-minneapolis.html
— Mamdani Is Promising Universal Child Care. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/nyregion/mamdani-nyc-mayor-free-childcare.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Minnesota leaders escalate dispute over federal handling of ICE shooting. State officials criticized the Trump administration for taking sole command of the investigation, saying state investigators were being blocked from evidence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/08/minnesota-ice-shooting-protests/
USA TODAY
— Vance promises that the immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/08/jd-vance-promises-aggressive-immigration-enforcement/88086884007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Move over Dry January. Gen Z is already stepping away from alcohol. Physical and mental health, social media, financial hardship and marijuana legislation are several factors of Gen Z sobriety. DD: I have never been a drinker. Most if not virtually all of my critics/opponents who are White, male, and/or older are/were big drinkers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/01/01/dry-january-gen-z-alcohol-young-adults-sobriety/87886388007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/04/gen-z-drinking-less-dry-january/87995639007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ICE Shooting in Minnesota Raises Rare Legal Questions. Incident has created unusual legal rift between federal and local law enforcers.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/ice-shooting-in-minnesota-raises-rare-legal-questions-47d17797
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/why-is-minnesota-the-target-trump-ice-george-floyd-somalia/
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/what-to-know-about-the-minneapolis-shooting-just-a-mile-from-where-police-killed-george-floyd-in-2020/
FORBES
— How To Become A CPA: Education And Licensure Requirements. DD: Choosing the right college major is extremely important. If I had majored in accounting from the beginning, my career would have far more successful. But I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting because of my bad demographics, I was not a minority or female. When I was in high school, I erroneously believed that I could never pass the CPA examination.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/business-and-marketing/become-a-cpa/#how-to-become-a-cpa
BLOOMBERG
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action to promote over me my Democrat coworkers who were the following: minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-30/trump-eeoc-lawyer-suggests-employers-refresh-affirmative-action-plans
WIRED
— ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-agent-jonathan-ross-renee-good-shooting-firearms-trainer-testimony/
ISSUES & INSIGHTS
— Migration Trends: The Great Divorce Continues
https://issuesinsights.com/2026/01/08/the-great-divorce-continues/
BROOKINGS
— DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination in college by majoring in business at UIC, NIU, and Loyola 1966-1976, accounting at DePaul 1976-1980, and finance 1992-1997. Previously my parents helped me escape Democrat indoctrination my sending me to Missouri Lutheran grade schools 1953-1962 and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-politics-of-free-speech-in-us-schools-today/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Mark Kelly has retirement pay cut by Pentagon over ‘illegal orders video.’ DD: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is drastically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, 80% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 is $123,746. But my CSRS pension is only $68,640. That is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972. They would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, or c) if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://www.aol.com/articles/mark-kelly-retirement-pay-cut-151533237.html
DAILY MAIL
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15445595/Minneapolis-rioters-smash-courthouse-door.html
INDIA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/ice-shooting-poet-mother-justice-for-renee-good-whom-donald-trump-administration-called-a-domestic-terrorist-minneapolis-2848904-2026-01-08
Tag: discrimination
January 8, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will 2026 be the year Illinois GOP primary voters learn politics? DD: Which candidate in the March 17, 2026 Republican gubernatorial primary do you predict will get the most votes in your precinct, township, county, and Illinois and why? What percent of the registered voters in your precinct do you predict will vote in the primary and why? What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing/going to do to maximize Republican turnout?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/opinion-illinois-gop-politics-midterms/
— Only in Chicago, do you get targeted for ‘leaking’ a public meeting. DD: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-only-chicago-targeted-leaking-110000167.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: ICE agent fatally shoots woman during immigration operation in Minneapolis. Live video posted online showed a large presence of federal and local officers, yellow police tape and cars that had been in a crash. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/07/shooting-is-reported-in-minneapolis-where-the-feds-are-conducting-an-immigration-crackdown
— Protesters march in Little Village after ICE killing in Minneapolis. The group marched more than a mile and rallied in front of a mural of the Virgin Mary before disbanding with calls for people to get involved with rapid responder groups. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/07/little-village-protest-ice-minneapolis
CBS2
— Welch: Affordability takes priority in Illinois General Assembly’s spring session. DD: That should include urging everyone in Illinois to follow conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) to buy a 6-year old car when I was 16 with money I earned delivering newspapers and doing yard work, b) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. with money I earned washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies, d) to pay for tuition and books to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48 with money I earned doing the aforesaid, f) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. with money I earned doing the aforesaid, g) to get married when I was 29, h) to earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and i) to earn a professional license when I was 32. Admittedly, inflation makes doing the aforesaid more difficult. But not everything is more expensive. I paid $600 in 1972 for a TV that is primitive by today’s standards. That $600 is almost $5,000 in today’s dollars. My wife and I paid $7,000 in 1982 for a computer system that is primitive by today’s standards. That $7,000 is more than $23,000 in today’s dollars. What does it mean to follow conservative principles? It means focusing on making yourself a productive member of society, focusing on making the most of your potential, complying with all laws, avoiding all vices, minimizing immediate pleasures, always being employed even if that means taking bad jobs, saving as much of what you earn that you can, and focusing on earning college degrees, getting married, and earning professional certifications, and professional licenses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1kjHb7skqM
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders continue to treat Pat Brady like he is still the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-minneapolis-ice-shooting/
DEKALB CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders organize a rally in DeKalb 5 years after January 6, 2021. Dozens protest against Trump’s military operation in Venezuela and his plans there.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2026/01/07/dekalb-rally-draws-dozens-against-us-military-operation-in-venezuela/
RIVER BENDER
— Raoul Wins Civil Hate Crime Lawsuit Against Two Carroll County Residents. DD: Democrat leaders always hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you commit hate crimes: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat leaders do that to get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-wins-civil-hate-crime-lawsuit-against-carroll-county-residents-who-engaged-in-racebased-intimidation-89644.cfm
POLITICO
— Illinois Dems say Noem must go DD: For Democrat leaders, their top priorities include a) flooding America with citizens of foreign countries, b) keeping them in America, and c) officially giving them the right to vote ASAP.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/08/illinois-dems-say-noem-must-go-00715867
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-655/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— ‘Here We Go Again’: Pritzker Launches Repeat of Meddling in Illinois Republican Primary
https://wirepoints.org/here-we-go-again-pritzker-launches-repeat-of-meddling-in-illinois-republican-primary-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Implicit bias’ training mandate among new health care-related laws in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4410081/implicit-bias-training-mandate-among-new-health-care-laws-illinois/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump pulls US out of ‘racist’ UN forum that pushed ‘global reparations agenda.’ DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push reparations.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/07/us-news/trump-pulls-us-out-of-racist-un-forum-that-pushed-global-reparations-agenda/
DAILY CALLER
— Brown University Learned Nothing From Campus Assassination Of Conservative Student
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/07/brown-university-shooting-dei-christina-paxton-matthew-guterl/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Conservative Lawmakers Unveil Blueprint to Balance Budget, Execute Trump Agenda
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/07/exclusive-conservative-lawmakers-unveil-blueprint-to-balance-budget-execute-trump-agenda/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Maduro’s Policies Contributed to the U.S. Border Crisis
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/fair-shows-how-maduros-policies-contributed-us-border-crisis
FOX NEWS
— Woman Rams ICE Agents, Gets Shot. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://radio.foxnews.com/2026/01/08/woman-rams-ice-agents-gets-shot/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump: ‘Venezuela is Going to be Purchasing Only American Made Products.’ “In other words, Venezuela is committing to doing business with the United States of America as their principal partner.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/trump-venezuela-is-going-to-be-purchasing-only-american-made-products/
NEWSMAX
— Ramaswamy Gets Gov. DeWine Endorsement in Ohio Race. DD: I might very well have not been elected a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000 if Roskam and Hultgren had not endorsed me in that contested race. Because of their endorsements, anti-conservative RINO candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, etc. in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have viciously punished Roskam and Hultgren ever since. They were furious when Hultgren made me the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2000. Their vicious punishment of Roskam and Hultgren got even worse after I supported Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. They cringed that I raised $2,000 on very short notice for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in Wheaton’s 2007 Independence Day parade. Of course, they blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Roskam’s and Hultgren’s defeats in 2018. They stress their success in stopping Roskam and Hultgren from coming to my defense when the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, MTRO, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Park District leaders took big adverse actions against me.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/vivek-ramaswamy-ohio-mike-dewine/2026/01/07/id/1241238/
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— DEI Resurfaces in the Marine Corps
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2026/01/07/dei_resurfaces_in_the_marine_corps_1157261.html
TOWNHALL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that when Whites and males succeed, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against non-Whites and females.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/01/07/why-do-they-try-to-make-bad-things-cool-n2668946
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5677863-woman-shot-minneapolis-ice/
— GOP backlash to Omar earmark slows government-funding bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5676884-gop-opposition-justice-empowerment/amp/
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/ice-related-shooting-occurred-minnesota-governor/story?id=128984401
CBS NEWS
— Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly filing articles of impeachment for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/robin-kelly-impeachment-kristi-noem-ice-shooting/
ACSSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-enforcement-shooting-crackdown-surge-173e00fa7388054e98c3b5b9417c1e5a
CNN
— Large crowd gathering in Minneapolis following shooting of woman less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/us/video/minneapolis-ice-woman-shot-george-floyd-digvid
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minnesota-fraud-state-reps-testify-01-07-26
ABC NEWS
— Minneapolis shooting by ICE agent brings debate over police force and moving vehicles back in focus. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/minneapolis-shooting-ice-agent-brings-debate-police-force-129000719
ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://abc7news.com/post/protest-held-san-francisco-following-deadly-ice-shooting-37-year-old-renee-nicole-good-minneapolis/18370169/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-law-enforcement-involved-ice-related-shooting-minneapolis-rcna252812
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/minnesota-ice-shooting-live-updates-rcna252852
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/minneapolis-federal-agents-protesters-clash-portland-avenue/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/07/us/minnesota-shooting-ice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/ice-minneapolis-somalis-immigration.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified. DD: Some on my critics/opponents are gone, but their operatives and their dupes continue to take big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/world/americas/venezuela-repression.html
— Fixing Affordability Isn’t Easy. Here Are Four Suggestions. Fixing affordability should include urging everyone to follow conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) to buy a 6-year old car when I was 16 with money I earned delivering newspapers and doing yard work, b) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. with money I earned washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies, d) to pay for tuition and books to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48 with money I earned doing the aforesaid, f) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. with money I earned doing the aforesaid, g) to get married when I was 29, h) to earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and i) to earn a professional license when I was 32. Admittedly, inflation makes doing the aforesaid more difficult. But not everything is more expensive. I paid $600 in 1972 for a TV that is primitive by today’s standards. That $600 is almost $5,000 in today’s dollars. My wife and I paid $7,000 in 1982 for a computer system that is primitive by today’s standards. That $7,000 is more than $23,000 in today’s dollars. What does it mean to follow conservative principles? It means focusing on making yourself a productive member of society, focusing on making the most of your potential, complying with all laws, avoiding all vices, minimizing immediate pleasures, always being employed even if that means taking bad jobs, saving as much of what you earn that you can, and focusing on earning college degrees, getting married, and earning professional certifications, and professional licenses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/affordability-health-care-housing-prices-costs.html
— FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees because of Gingrich budget cuts. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time for that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/climate/fema-staff-cuts-1000-workers.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/07/minneapolis-shooting-ice/
— Democrats call Trump’s freeze of childcare funds an act of retribution. The administration is freezing more than $10 billion in grants to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York. Some Democrats called it political retribution. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/07/child-care-grants-frozen-democrats/
— Why America stopped building the ‘starter home.’ DD: Back in the good old days, I was able to buy a new starter home, that is, a new townhome, in University Park when I was 24 in 1972. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/05/starter-home-disappearance/
FOX MINNEAPOLIS
— Minneapolis ICE shooting occurred roughly 1 mile from George Floyd killing. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.fox29.com/video/fmc-yotuwnpsbu7cfiz7
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.startribune.com/she-was-an-amazing-human-being-mother-identifies-woman-shot-killed-by-ice-agent/601559922
WEAU
— ICE guidance restricts shooting at moving vehicles, GAO report shows. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use cars against ICE officers?
https://www.weau.com/2026/01/07/ice-guidance-restricts-shooting-moving-vehicles-gao-report-shows/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ICE’s directive page was temporarily unavailable online, but a 2023 Government Accountability Office report quotes ICE’s guidance directly. The GAO quote reads: “Firearms shall not be discharged solely to disable moving vehicles, vessels, aircraft or other conveyances, except when deadly force is authorized or under the limited circumstances in the policy.” That language mirrors guidance used by the Department of Justice and the FBI, which also say officers should not discharge firearms solely to disable moving vehicles and may do so only when occupants present an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm and no reasonable alternative exists. Law enforcement experts say shooting at moving vehicles raises high risks of ricochet and collateral harm and is widely discouraged except in narrow, life‑threatening circumstances. Federal guidance aims to limit such discharges and require documentation and review when they occur.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Tax Me,’ Mitt Romney Says, Pointing at You. His proposals begin with a huge hike on salarymen—strivers who earn income of the sort he doesn’t. DD: My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes and especially since I became an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tax-me-mitt-romney-says-pointing-at-you-27e7f47f?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
BLOOMBERG TAX
— Big Four Accounting firms Diverge on Diversity as Culture War Hits Accounting. DD: The accounting profession had no use for me a) because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27, b) because I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt 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 take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, e) because I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and f) because I was not a minority and/or a female.
https://news.bloombergtax.com/financial-accounting/big-four-diverge-on-diversity-as-culture-war-hits-accounting
NPR
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans discriminate against Blacks and that is why Blacks should forever be given more tremendous preference. My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that I discriminated against my Black subordinate and that justified their forcing me to retire and giving him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Of course, in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), they did not argue that I discriminated against him because I did not discriminate against him. I gave him lots of preference.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/08/nx-s1-5646525/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Trump goes on defense after seeing footage of agent fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good in the head. The FBI is investigating the ICE shooting of the mother-of-three, which Trump administration officials have described as an act of self defense
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-live-updates-b2896627.html
MEAWW
— Mamdani slams ICE raids following Minneapolis shooting: ‘Cruel and inhumane’ DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use cars against ICE officers?
https://news.meaww.com/zohran-mamdani-slams-ice-raids-following-minneapolis-shooting-cruel-and-inhumane
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— You can’t take that away from me. DD: My father often decried his not having a college degree. That had a tremendous impact on me. It motivated me to make earning a job-related bachelor’s degree by the time I was 21 my top priority. It motivated me to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. My father was discouraged from going to college because he had brittle type 1 diabetes. The belief was that the stress would kill him.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22can%27t+take+that+away+from+me%22+%22college+degree%22
(FROM Google AI: The phrase “You can’t take that away from me” is often used in the context of a college degree or an education to express that the knowledge, skills, and accomplishment gained are permanent personal assets that no one can rescind or devalue, regardless of external circumstances like job loss, economic shifts, or others’ opinions. This sentiment highlights several key aspects of earning a degree: Permanent Value The core knowledge, critical thinking skills, and personal growth achieved through education provide a lasting foundation for life and career, unlike material possessions or job titles that can be lost. Personal Achievement Earning a degree often involves significant effort, discipline, and perseverance. The pride and self-worth associated with this accomplishment are inherent and cannot be diminished by others. Career Mobility While specific job markets fluctuate and some question the universal necessity of a degree in the modern world, a college education typically increases an individual’s chances for better career opportunities and provides a base level of credentialing that can open doors. Empowerment The understanding that one’s education is a secure, internal asset can be empowering, especially when facing life’s challenges, such as workplace demotions, financial difficulties, or societal limitations. This perspective suggests that even if external factors like student debt or an unpredictable job market make the journey difficult, the intrinsic value of the education itself is unassailable.)
January 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump administration freezes social services, child care funding to Illinois. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmfNXvO7Ys
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and b) tell voters to vote for all the Democrats on their ballots to punish Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/07/editorial-campaign-midterms-election-cook-county-congress-governor/
— Former US Rep. Melissa Bean launches streaming ad buy in race for 8th Congressional District. DD: How aggressively are the candidates in contested races on the March 17, 2026 Republican primary ballot in your precinct campaigning?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/former-us-rep-melissa-bean-launches-streaming-ad-buy-in-race-for-8th-congressional-district/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/07/column-donald-trump-lawlessness-venezuela-chapman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump does or does not do a) to promote more mass/illegal immigration and b) to keep their illegal in America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/07/chicagos-venezuelans-want-protected-status-reinstated-after-trumps-maduro-capture-creates-more-uncertainty
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite minorities against Republicans
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/01/07/black-latino-communities-unite-national-day-racial-healing-pilar-audain
— Former CPS principal and network chief defrauded district of nearly $89K, watchdog finds. An annual report from the CPS inspector general’s office finds new cases in which staffers bilked the district. It also details how CPS agreed to repay the federal government $1 million after submitting false data on participation of Native American students in a grant-funded program.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/01/07/cps-watchdog-report-onlyfans-waste-fraud-investigation-education-false-grant
CITIES 92.9
— Dabrowski wants audit as IL Child Care Services funding
https://www.cities929.com/2026/01/06/watch-candidate-dabrowski-wants-audit-as-il-child-care-services-funding-skyrockets/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump does or does not do a) to promote more mass/illegal immigration and b) to keep their illegal in America.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/01/07/chicagos-venezuelans-want-protected-status-reinstated-after-trumps-maduro-capture-creates-more-uncertainty
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump again is remaking the Republican Party. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-06/president-trump-again-is-remaking-the-republican-party
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Schakowsky endorses Biss
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/07/schakowsky-endorses-biss-00713648
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How do Illinois Republican party leaders, elected officials, and candidates stay informed about Illinois political and government news and commentary? I suggest that they read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. The newsletters are free. I put them together and send them out every morning and often in the evening too. They contain no advertising or donation requests. Since 2004 they have contained links to more than 531,700 political and government news and commentary articles of interest to Illinois Republicans. Admittedly, I am conservative. The newsletters promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform, and especially 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. Admittedly, I am independent. All the time and money I spend putting the newsletters together and sending them out comes from me. My money comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings. To put the newsletters together, I draw on many things including what I have learned serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, as a GAO Analyst 1980-1997, and as an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980. I also draw on what I learned a) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) earning four other job-related professional certifications, and d) becoming a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— $50 Million in State Pot Tax Money Earmarked for “Historically Underserved Communities”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/06/50-million-in-state-pot-tax-money-earmarked-for-historically-underserved-communities/
— Bob Anderson Goes After Richmond Township Cemetery District for Spending $36,000 on “Special Services” and its $260,000 Surplus
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/05/bob-anderson-goes-after-richmond-township-cemetery-district-for-spending-36000-on-special-services-and-its-260000-surplus/
— Republican Congressional/County Board Debate at MCC on January 22nd
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/05/republican-congressional-county-board-debate-at-mcc-on-january-22nd/
— Capparelli, Seeking US Senate Seat, Says Congressional Candidates Should Have Geo-Political Knowledge
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/05/capparelli-seeking-us-senate-seat-says-congressional-candidates-should-have-geo-political-knowledge/
— Tracy Calls Out Raja for Support of Minnesota Governor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/05/tracy-calls-out-raja-for-support-of-minnesota-governor/
— Congressman Schneider Challenger Endorsed by Illinois Muslim Action Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/05/congressman-schneider-challenger-endorsed-by-illinois-muslim-action-committee/
— Wilcox-Weber Event Wednesday Evening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/05/wilcox-weber-event-tuesday-evening/
— Richmond Township Cemetery Fund’s $36,300 in “Social Services” May Just Be Reporting Error
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/06/richmond-township-cemetery-funds-36300-in-social-services-may-just-be-reporting-error/
— A Look at the County’s Legislative Agenda
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/06/a-look-at-the-countys-legislative-agenda/
— Business Phones Can Be Used to Record Evidence of Family Violence
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/06/business-phones-can-be-used-to-record-evidence-of-family-violence/
— 9th District Democrat Laura Fine on TV, Video Included
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/06/9th-district-democrat-laura-fine-on-tv/
— Melissa Bean, Beaten for Congress by Joe Walsh, Incorrectly Says She Lost Because of Her Support for Obamacare
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/06/melissa-bean-beaten-for-congress-by-joe-walsh-says-she-lost-because-of-her-support-for-obamacare/
— DeWitte Recovering from Cancer Operation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/06/dewitte-recovering-from-cancer-operation/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DD: A Dabrowski Critic Says Dabrowski Copies Bailey’s DOGE Plan But Botches His Own Signature Issue During Press Conference
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/gop-governor-candidate-ted-dabrowski-copies-baileys-doge-plan-but-botches-his-own-signature-issue-during-press-conference.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— How to choose the best tax software for you in 2025. DD: I recommend using Quicken and TurboTax.
https://abcnews.go.com/Shop/best-tax-software/story?id=107480210
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani’s Big Apple is now the canary in the socialist coal mine
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/6/zohran-mamdanis-big-apple-canary-socialist-coal-mine/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrants cost IL taxpayers more than enforcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4409139/illegal-immigrants-cost-illinois-taxpayers/
— Venezuela’s downfall should be a wake-up call to fans of ‘democratic socialism’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/4408104/venezuela-downfall-wake-up-call-democratic-socialism/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Taps Prep School Socialists for Senior Press Roles. Scrappy gang of privileged elites gears up to sell ‘the warmth of collectivism.’
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/mamdani-taps-prep-school-socialists-for-senior-press-roles/
NEW YORK POST
— Hilton drops Minneapolis Hampton Inn hotel that lied about immigration agent ban
https://nypost.com/2026/01/06/us-news/hilton-drops-minneapolis-hotel-that-lied-about-ice-agent-ban/
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— The Democratic Base Is Social Democratic. DD: Failed socialists have always been at war against capitalists, that is, Democrats have always been at war against Republicans, that is, liberals/moderates have always been at war against conservatives. How successful have socialists, that is, Democrats, that is, liberals/moderates been promoting socialism in your county, township, municipality, and school district? According to my critics/opponents, if I had worked in the capitalist private sector instead of the socialist federal government, I never would have had the career successes that I had.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/democratic-base-socialist-democratic-zohran-mamdani-medicare-for-all/
BREITBART
— ICE Surge Detains Criminals and Illegal Migrants in Minneapolis
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/06/ice-surge-detains-criminals-and-illegal-migrants-in-minneapolis/amp/
— House Judiciary Committee Alleges L.A. FireAid Relief Went to Pet Causes
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/06/house-judiciary-committee-alleges-los-angeles-fireaid-relief-pet-causes/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Stossel: Socialism Versus Capitalism
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/06/socialism-versus-capitalism/amp/
FOX BUSINESS
— Venezuela’s fall echoes Berlin Wall collapse, says expert whose parents fled Soviet Union. Gabriella Hoffman draws parallels between Venezuelan jubilation, Iron Curtain liberation as Maduro faces federal charges.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/venezuelas-fall-echoes-berlin-wall-collapse-says-expert-whose-parents-fled-soviet-union.amp
FOX NEWS
— Trump unleashes the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ and puts socialists on notice worldwide. America’s enemies should take note.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-unleashes-donroe-doctrine-puts-socialists-notice-worldwide
— Pro-Maduro groups protesting Trump’s actions in socialist country include Soros-backed organization. The coalition urged ‘mass resistance’ against the administration’s actions, telling people to especially target U.S. embassies and military installations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pro-maduro-groups-protesting-trumps-actions-socialist-country-include-soros-backed-organization
— DePaul offers courses on running cannabis dispensaries. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-catholic-university-offers-courses-running-cannabis-dispensaries.print
— Pro-life groups warn Trump Hyde Amendment is ‘non-negotiable’ after flexibility remarks
https://www.960theref.com/news/health/trump-tells/TNRSJVKW742RDOAIYLW4NXFIBY/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pro-life-groups-warn-trump-000046465.html
— FLASHBACK FROM 1 YEAR AGO: Musk, Ramaswamy unveil the DOGE full-time, salaried roles they’re trying to fill. DD: There would have been no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have been able a) to force me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut to in today’s dollars transfer from IRS to GAO, b) to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) to delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, or e) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/musk-ramaswamy-unveil-the-doge-full-time-salaried-roles-they-re-trying-to-fill/ar-AA1xaUf9
— DHS releases video of illegal alien criminal taken off Minneapolis streets as massive operation underway
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387308228112
NEWSMAX
— Trump to GOP Lawmakers: Make Healthcare ‘Your Issue.’ DD: The federal government paying for 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since I was 18 years old in 1966 and also for my wife since I was 29 years old in 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-gop-house/2026/01/06/id/1240990/
— Trump Admin Freezes Child Care Funds to 5 Blue States. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/hhs-freeze-child-care-funds/2026/01/06/id/1241086/
REASON
— The Federal Government Has Shed 271,000 Jobs This Year. That’s Great. DD: What is your attitude toward federal employees and federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. Anyone considering working for the federal government should be advised that they will be despised/hated by virtually everyone. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://reason.com/2025/12/16/the-federal-government-has-shed-271000-jobs-this-year-thats-great/
TOWNHALL
— The Dividends of Operation Absolute Resolve
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2026/01/07/the-dividends-of-operation-absolute-resolve-n2668986
— Leftists in Oregon Want Segregated Swimming Pools
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/07/eugene-or-bipoc-swimming-n2668997
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— At 92, judge who defied Trump brings Torah ethos to Maduro trial
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/92-judge-who-defied-trump-brings-torah-ethos-maduro-trial-2026-01-06/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump leaves Venezuela’s opposition sidelined and Maduro’s party in power
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-leaves-venezuela-s-opposition-sidelined-and-maduro-s-party-in-power/ar-AA1TIH8V
NBC NEWS
— Trump warns Venezuela to cooperate or risk new U.S. military attack. The president’s threats to seize the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland drew a new warning from U.S. allies in Europe today.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/venezuela/live-blog/live-updates-trump-venezuela-maduro-rodriguez-attack-greenland-ukraine-rcna252515
NEW YORK TIMES
— Health Dept. Freezes $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States. The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/us/politics/child-care-funding-cuts-trump.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/us/politics/rubio-venezuela-future.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/asia/venezuela-china-trump-taiwan.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Putin against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/07/russia-venezuela-great-power-politics/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/06/venezulea-maduro-rodriguez-government-repression/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/06/maduro-raid-death-toll/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Brutal Maduro Enforcer Standing in Trump’s Way in Venezuela. Diosdado Cabello looms as the biggest obstacle to Trump’s hopes for a stable, U.S.-friendly oil state.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/the-brutal-maduro-enforcer-standing-in-trumps-way-in-venezuela-65102c3a
— What’s the Difference Between a Democrat and a Socialist? The question stumped the DNC head in 2015. The answer is as elusive as ever in the age of Mamdani. DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whats-the-difference-between-a-democrat-and-a-socialist-d65ec04e
— FRONT PAGE: The $160,000 Mechanic Job That Ford Can’t Fill. Ford’s CEO says 5,000 jobs are open. DD: In today’s dollars, I did not make $154,682/year until I was 49 years old even though I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. My critics/opponents use the aforesaid to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being an unmitigated loser/failure and even worse things.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/the-160-000-mechanic-job-that-ford-cant-fill-fe6fd121
POLITICO
— US seizes Venezuela-linked oil tanker. The United States seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic on Wednesday.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/us-seizes-venezuela-oil-tanker-russia-00713656
MIT
— Why meritocracy is hard to achieve. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe none of my success in life to meritocracy. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-married, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Generally, the more of the aforesaid that my critics/opponents are, the more critical that they are of me. But many of my critics/opponents who share my demographics are critical of me to curry favor with those who do not share my demographics.
https://news.mit.edu/2026/3-questions-emilio-castilla-why-meritocracy-is-hard-to-achieve-0106
ATLANTIC
— What’s the Point of a High-School Reunion? Social media should have killed them. Instead, they’re popular again. DD: Do you attend your high school reunions? My 60th Crete-Monee High School reunion is this year. Were you viewed as being college material when you were in high school? I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because I had a bone disease, My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/09/high-school-reunion-attendance/684097/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Inside Maduro’s luxury socialist retreat: How dictator basked in ‘$700m fortune’ with ‘lavish Dominican Republic mansion’, Swiss watches and private jets – while his citizens faced poverty.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15438011/amp/Inside-Maduro-luxury-socialist-retreat.html
SOCIALIST WORKER
— DD: Failed socialists have always been at war against capitalists, that is, Democrats have always been at war against Republicans, that is, liberals/moderates have always been at war against conservatives. How successful have socialists, that is, Democrats, that is, liberals/moderates been promoting socialism in your county, township, municipality, and school district? According to my critics/opponents, if I had worked in the capitalist private sector instead of the socialist federal government, I never would have had the career successes that I had.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/swp-meetings/stop-trumps-invasion-resist-u-s-imperialism-in-venezuela-29/
WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— Trump and Miller’s “iron law” of imperialist barbarism
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/07/erjx-j07.html
MEAWW
— Duckworth Slams Trump on Venezuela, Invokes Iraq War and Accuses Him of “Ignorance and Arrogance”
https://news.meaww.com/video/duckworth-slams-trump-on-venezuela-invokes-iraq-war-and-accuses-him-of-ignorance-and-arrogance
HRD MAGAZINE
— Canadian government workers continue to outpace private sector in pay, benefits. DD: According to my critics/opponents, in America, if I had worked in the capitalist private sector instead of the socialist federal government, I never would have had the career successes that I had. Of course, I disagree. Because socialists, that is Democrats, in government are not profit driven, they can and do waste the careers of and get rid of nonsocialists, that is, non-Democrats. Because I was not a Democrat, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted what I learned earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-relate professional license.
https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/benefits/canadian-government-workers-continue-to-outpace-private-sector-in-pay-benefits/551763
January 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner: When it comes to K-12 education, Illinois families deserve high standards and proven policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/opinion-illinois-k-12-education-standards/
— Vallas: Maduro is not just a corrupt leader. He’s also a direct threat to US security.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/opinion-venezuela-war-powers-venezuela-nicolas-maduro/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/column-venezuela-us-maduro-trump-depetris/
DAILY HERALD
— Every Chicago suburb should strive to meet the state’s affordable housing requirements. DD: How diverse is housing affordability in your precinct? There is tremendous diversity in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260106/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-group-effort-every-chicago-suburb-should-strive-to-meet-the-states-afforda/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2026/01/06/venezuela-occupation-not-good-for-venezuela-america-chicago-uchicago-professor-says
WAND TV
— Illinois bans life insurance companies from discriminating against people with criminal records. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly encourage people to engage in bad behavior.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-bans-life-insurance-companies-from-discriminating-against-people-with-criminal-records/article_e4b3f956-51fe-4289-a221-9dd7d5d0934c.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Heightened security in DC after capture of Maduro
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nicolas-maduro-court-capture-venezuela-strikes-president-trump-washington-dc-heightened-security-white-house-embassy-us-military-delta-force-team-narco-terrorism-marco-rubio-venezuelans-pete-hegseth
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-05/trump-opposed-regime-change-but-now-he-says-the-u-s-is-in-charge-of-venezuela
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-05/former-trump-administration-officials-calls-on-president-to-let-venezuelans-run-their-country
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Giannoulias cash surge fuels City Hall buzz
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/06/giannoulias-cash-surge-fuels-city-hall-buzz-00712205
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-653/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Could $1.5 Million in Congressional Pork for DuPage County’s Prairie Food Co-op Inspire Woodstock’s Food Shed To Request the Same?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/06/could-1-5-million-in-congressional-pork-for-dupage-countys-prairie-food-co-op-inspire-woodstocks-food-shed-to-request-the-same/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to encourage voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I will hand-deliver a sample ballot and the campaign literature that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) provides me to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. The contested Republican races in my precinct are U.S. Senate, Illinois Governor, Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court, and DuPage County Sheriff. I have obtained a PDF file from the DuPage County Election Division and printed individual mailing labels for the 800 registered Republican and Independent voters in my precinct. I have asked MTRO for 400 envelopes. As soon as the sample ballot is available, I will photocopy it and stuff the envelopes with them and the campaign literature that MTRO provides me with, put them in walk order, divide them into five batches, and hand-deliver them. I hope we have a mild winter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What discourages people from visiting websites? Paywalls, advertising, popups, cookie permission requests, donation requests, and/or lack of full disclosure of sources, who is paying for the website, and who is running then. Visitors to http://www.gopillinois.com have never seen any of the aforesaid and they never will. But sadly, the many websites that I have to visit to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together are ever-increasingly full of the aforesaid. Because news and commentary websites are overwhelming fronts for the Democrat and Libertarian parties, my having to visit them for opposition research is ever-increasingly stressful, painful, and disgusting. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you conservative? Are you Republican? I am. How hard have Democrat and RINO leaders tried to get you to leave Illinois? They have tried extremely hard to get me to leave Illinois. But I am not leaving. My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in northeast Illinois since 1948, in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978, and in Wheaton’s West District and my precinct since 1984. My parents, brother, uncles, aunts, virtually all my relatives have died. I earned my four college degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license in Illinois. Hopefully, Democrat and RINO caused poverty and crime will not increase as much as I fear. I should write about those Democrat and RINO leaders who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me to get me to leave Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative. RINO leaders have chosen. They have chosen to make the Republican Party the Democrat Lite Party, that is, they have chosen to dump conservative principles and virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They have chosen to drive conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the Republican Party. They have chosen to destroy the Republican Party. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— How Illinois has changed under Pritzker
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/presidential-profile-how-illinois-has-changed-under-pritzker/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Fraud Targeting Children Went Unchecked for Years in Minnesota as Pritzker Praises Walz. DD: I became Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990 and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a licensed CPA in 1981. While I worked for IRS as Revenue Officer 1971-1980, I referred cases to IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for investigation. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/fraud-targeting-children-went-unchecked-for-years-in-minnesota-as-pritzker-praises-walz.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/us-news/gavin-newsom-slams-donald-trump-for-nicolas-maduro-arrest/
— CIA concluded Maduro’s lackeys more likely to maintain order in Venezuela than opposition leader
https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/world-news/pro-maduro-thugs-ordered-to-hunt-down-us-collaborators-as-tension-fills-venezuelan-streets/
— Illegal immigrant trucker accused of causing fatal crash appears in court wearing turban he requested
https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/us-news/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-accused-in-fatal-crash-appears-in-court-wearing-turban/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump freezes $10 billion in childcare social services funds for five blue states
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/06/trump-freezes-10-billion-in-childcare-social-services-funds-for-five-blue-states-1614170/
FOX NEWS
— Bondi says Trump ‘saved countless lives’ in Venezuelan dictator Maduro capture operation. Attorney general defends military operation as ‘well within’ presidential authority after Democratic criticism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bondi-says-trump-saved-countless-lives-venezuelan-dictator-maduro-capture-operation
— The ‘Jewish question’ was a needless distraction at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest
https://www.aol.com/articles/david-marcus-jewish-becomes-needless-184821505.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for some people having less money than others.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-laser-focused-affordability-trump-softens-tariff-strategy.print
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Seize Private Property’: Mamdani and Lieutenants Were Serious About the Socialist Thing
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/05/seize-private-property-mamdani-and-lieutenants-were-serious-about-the-socailist-thing/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Illinois Hosted State-Funded Committee Meeting Where Professors Advocated for Reparations. “They shared with White workers labor exploitation. That is the hallmark of capitalism: theft.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/u-illinois-hosted-state-funded-committee-meeting-where-professors-advocated-for-reparations/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Crowd Cheered Ramaswamy. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative. RINO leaders have chosen. They have chosen to make the Republican Party the Democrat Lite Party, that is, they have chosen to dump conservative principles and virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They have chosen to drive conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the Republican Party. They have chosen to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-crowd-cheered-ramaswamy/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICE: Vivek Ramaswamy’s speech at Turning Point USA’s flagship event last month is worth watching — both for the content of the Ohio gubernatorial candidate’s remarks, and for the reaction of the crowd. Because of their growing numbers and influence, some on the right seem to believe that the political success of the GOP playing footsie with racists, bigots, and antisemites. But not Ramaswamy, who accurately argued that the political right currently faces a time for choosing: It is the American dream that makes American exceptionalism possible. And the answer of what it means to be a conservative — this is what it’s up to us to answer. It is a fork in the road for the future of the conservative movement right now. What does it mean to be a conservative? It means we conserve those ideals that define our country. And now is a moment, a time for choosing in the future of our conservative movement to determine with clarity who’s actually on that team of conserving the ideals versus who actually is not.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DEI has no place in our K-12 classrooms
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5673073-radical-activism-dei-antiracism/
— Trump moves to dominate Western Hemisphere
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5674161-trump-venezuela-foreign-policy/
— Venezuelans praise Trump for taking out Maduro
https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5673039-us-forces-oust-venezuelan-dictator/amp/
— Twenty-five years ago, Gallup began asking Americans if they were proud of their country. Nine out of 10 said yes, they were extremely or very proud of the United States. Things have changed. National pride has sunk to 58 percent, an all-time low. The response among young people is especially telling. Gallup found that the members of each new generation since 2001 have been less likely than the previous one to say they are very proud to be Americans. Only 41 percent of the Gen Z, the latest generation to reach adulthood, feels that way today. DD: Ever-increasingly since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have replace meritocracy with race and gender based preference giving.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5668737-we-need-a-program-of-national-service/amp/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Anti-Americans ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-united-nations-maduro-trump-waltz-1433e10bbb800fb41b21a70c7501ad88
ABC NEWS
— DD: Anti-Americans ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-donroe-doctrine-seeks-influence-western-hemisphere-citing/story?id=128926397
CBS NEWS
— 2,000 federal agents deploying to Minneapolis in immigration crackdown, fraud probe. DD: I became Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990 and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a licensed CPA in 1981. While I worked for IRS as Revenue Officer 1971-1980, I referred cases to IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for investigation. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-federal-agents-crackdown/
NBC NEWS
— DD: What percent of Venezuelans in America support Maduro?
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/venezuelan-americans-react-to-nicolas-maduro-s-removal-255445061938
NEW YORK TIMES
— Maduro’s Gesture Was Not Just a Peace Sign. The captured authoritarian leader flashed a symbol that many took to be a defiant peace sign. Loyal lawmakers repeated the gesture at a session in Caracas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/americas/maduro-gesture-peace-sign.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/06/nytfrontpage/scan.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/europe/trump-venezuela-china-russia.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/congress-venezuela-maduro.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/americas/maduro-new-york-arraignment-venezuela-protest.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/trump-venezuela-maduro-clausewitz-aquinas.html
— Hegseth Starts Proceedings Against Sen. Mark Kelly Over His Remarks. DD: I got no proceedings when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. If GAO had been unionized, there would have been.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/hegseth-mark-kelly.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/05/maduro-arraignment-international-law-trump-justified/
— Trump officials bar Head Start providers from using ‘women’ and ‘race’ in grant applications. The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/05/head-start-dei-women-race/79c256b0-ea80-11f0-91a9-9928b22be817_story.html
USA TODAY
— So now Democrats are mad that Trump ousted a dictator? Kudos to President Donald Trump and our military. I hope the president can finish the job and reinstate democracy to the Venezuelan people.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/05/democrats-criticize-trump-capture-maduro-venezuela/88017748007/
— Are opposing political views a bad thing at work? DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates ever-increasingly asked me questions to get me to defend my conservative beliefs, to remind me that I was not welcome.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/12/30/how-to-address-clashing-political-viewpoints-work/87896476007/
— Is the 4% rule too stingy for your retirement? Try spending 5%. DD: My retirement savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/30/4-percent-rule-retirement-savings-spending/87922293007/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Maduro action not without historical precedent
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-maduro-action-not-without-historical-precedent-3604261/
WGME
— Noem: Venezuelan migrants under TPS can apply for asylum in the US
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/venezuelan-migrants-under-tps-can-apply-for-asylum-in-the-us-noem-nicolas-maduros-migrant-joe-biden-threat-deportation
KSL
— Utah County GOP censures County Commissioner. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes try to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government. political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.ksl.com/article/51428753/utah-county-gop-censures-county-commissioner-amelia-powers-gardner
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Dow Jumps to Record After U.S. Captures Venezuela’s Maduro. Blue-chips close near 49000; gold, silver and copper rally.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-01-05-2026
— Welfare Fraud Takes Out Tim Walz. Minnesota’s Governor ends his re-election run as the scandal bites. DD: I became Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990 and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a licensed CPA in 1981. While I worked for IRS as Revenue Officer 1971-1980, I referred cases to IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for investigation. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-walz-ends-campaign-minnesota-welfare-fraud-7b276269
— Trump Administration to Freeze Social-Service Funds in More Democratic States. Government is pausing funds for child care and poor families in California, Colorado, Illinois and New York; expanding pause in Minnesota.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-to-freeze-social-service-funds-in-more-democratic-states-bcb35c1d
BLOOMBERG
— Venezuela Swears in Rodríguez After Maduro Capture
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-06/venezuela-swears-in-rodriguez-after-maduro-capture
— Venezuela Regroups With New Leader, Old Repression Tactics
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-05/maduro-s-son-backs-rodriguez-even-as-she-extends-hand-to-trump
— Trump Asks Rubio to Lead Venezuela Overhaul After Maduro Arrest
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/trump-asks-rubio-to-lead-venezuela-overhaul-after-maduro-arrest?embedded-checkout=true
FORTUNE
— Trump’s strike on Venezuela gives the U.S. 30% of the world’s oil reserves on paper and a $100 billion rebuilding job in reality
https://fortune.com/2026/01/05/how-much-oil-is-in-venezuela-trump-maduro-jpmorgan-outlook/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— ICE more than doubled its workforce in 2025. The Trump administration has reconfigured its onboarding and training process to quickly deploy agents into the field.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/01/ice-more-doubled-its-workforce-2025/410461/?oref=ge-featured-river-top
NPR
— Amid fraud claims, Trump admin announces more changes to federal child care funding. DD: I became Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990 and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a licensed CPA in 1981. While I worked for IRS as Revenue Officer 1971-1980, I referred cases to IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for investigation. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/05/nx-s1-5667019/hhs-child-care-federal-funding
OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
— Just Following Orders. DD: I never failed to follow orders from my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors to give preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All those who they assigned me to supervise were the aforesaid. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough. They punished me severely a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://outsidethebeltway.com/just-following-orders/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Venezuela detains journalists and seizes communication devices after Maduro’s removal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/venezuela-detains-journalists-after-nicolas-maduros-captured
CBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpQ_Rp1YDRQ
AL JAZERRA
— US critics and allies condemn Maduro’s abduction at UN Security Council
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/6/us-critics-and-allies-condemn-maduros-abduction-at-un-security-council
— Americans evenly split on Maduro’s abduction
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/6/americans-evenly-split-on-maduros-abduction-poll-shows
— DD: Anti-Americans ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/1/6/live-un-security-council-members-slam-us-abduction-of-venezuelas-maduro
January 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/02/operation-midway-blitz-parents-children-immigration-detention-mental-health
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Admitting unprepared students into college isn’t equity
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/05/opinion-college-admissions-sat-act-test-scores-unprepared-students/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump warns Venezuela’s vice president of dire consequences if she defies US expectations. DD: I never defied orders from my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors to give preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, and/or veteran. All those who they assigned me to supervise were the aforesaid. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough. I suffered dire consequences a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-warns-venezuelas-vice-president-of-dire-consequences-if-she-defies-us-expectations
JC POST
— Recent college graduates face a world with fewer jobs — and loan payments are due soon. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. If I had gotten a student loan, I would not have had to work my way through college. My GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. My ACT score would have been higher. My postal management test score would have been higher. My Federal Service Entrance Examination score would have been higher. I would have gotten a job that required a college degree sooner after I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970.
https://jcpost.com/posts/dfed9403-4b0d-4569-bdd9-15d13e018886
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— 2026 predictions
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/05/2026-predictions-venezuela-vibes-00710459
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Congressional/County Board Debate at MCC on January 22nd. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/05/republican-congressional-county-board-debate-at-mcc-on-january-22nd/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Red alert in NYC as nearly 60% of voters support Mamdani socialism
https://nypost.com/2026/01/04/us-news/red-alert-in-nyc-as-nearly-60-of-voters-support-mamdani-socialism-poll/
— Rubio mocks Kamala Harris for shocking double-standard after she criticized Maduro arrest
https://nypost.com/2026/01/04/us-news/rubio-mocks-kamala-harris-for-shocking-double-standard-after-she-criticized-maduro-arrest/
AMERICAN THINKER
— It’s 2026: Your Race Card Has Expired. Politics is simply gifting your supporters with tax money and grants and government regulations so that the grateful supporters will contribute to your next campaign.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/it_s_2026_your_race_card_has_expired.html
— The Devil wears blue. When policies consistently produce death, chaos, division, and decline — yet are defended with religious fervor — it is reasonable to ask whether something far darker than mere politics is at work.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/the_devil_wears_blue.html
— The Kinetic War on Drugs. This last few weeks, Donald Trump changed the war on drugs. He made it kinetic.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/the_kinetic_war_on_drugs.html
— Exposing the deep state fraud system. This time, they may have gone too far.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/exposing_the_deep_state_fraud_system.html
BLAZE
— Minnesota’s fraud scandal exposes a dangerously loose election system
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/minnesotas-fraud-scandal-exposes-a-dangerously-loose-election-system
BREITBART
— Newsom Defies Transportation Sec. Duffy, Extends Migrant Trucking Licenses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/04/gov-newsom-defies-transportation-sec-extends-migrant-trucking-licenses/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democratic Lawmaker Says She Feels Guilty For Being White And Kids Should Too. DD: My critics/opponents agree with her. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, unmarried, parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-citizen, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for as long as mine have been. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democratic-lawmaker-says-she-feels-182204161.html
EEOC
— Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against The Law. DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.eeoc.gov/discrimination-against-american-workers-against-law
FOX BUSINESS
— Starlink provides free internet to Venezuela following US arrest of Maduro
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/starlink-provides-free-internet-venezuela-following-us-arrest-nicolas-maduro
FOX NEWS
— Trump says Cuba is ‘ready to fall’ after capture of Venezuela’s Maduro. President Trump predicted Cuba’s communist government is “ready to fall” following the U.S.-led capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-says-cuba-ready-fall-after-capture-venezuelas-maduro
— Maduro and ‘Lady Macbeth’ Cilia Flores marriage spells ‘worst case’ custody scenario. Flores described as ‘original Chavista’ who helped construct Chávez’s revolutionary project before marrying Maduro in 2013.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/maduro-wife-face-manhattan-arraignment-expert-calls-us-custody-worst-case-scenario
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Contemplating the Difficult Labor-Market Conditions for U.S.-Born Men. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly a) destroy traditional marriage and family, b) destroy personal responsibility, and c) promote dependency on government and charity.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2026/01/05/contemplating_the_difficult_labor-market_conditions_for_us-born_men_1156577.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thanks to Barack Obama’s relaxation of food stamp requirements, the number of able-bodied adults without dependents on the rolls tripled between 2007 and 2012, reaching the same number of single adults with dependent children. These patterns remained through 2023. Many also qualify for Medicaid. Thus, with government and family support, these idle men have been able to get by. The problem is that once these men are away from paid employment for an extended period, many no longer possess the behavioral requirements necessary to sustain permanent employment. This is why when some states a decade ago began to enforce very modest work-related requirements on this group, half left the rolls. This lack of appropriate behaviors helps explain why employers of semi-skilled workers, like Amazon distribution centers, often seek out immigrant workers. The controversy last year in Springfield (OH) focused on how a group of employers recruited Haitian immigrants from outside the state rather than seek local workers. Unlike many of the local young men, these immigrants were reliable: showing up for work every day, following orders, and working responsibly at their job. These immigrants may work for less, but it was their superior behavior that was crucial [editor’s emphasis]. Unfortunately, continuing to stress increasing the share of men in four-year colleges will only worsen the problem. A large share of boys has substandard 8th-grade reading and math skills. Given their weak skills, the highest-paid vocational occupations, like plumber and electricians, are beyond their reach. Instead, they unfortunately must be prepared for entry-level certificate programs as the necessary first step for future success. Only then can many of them gain the behavioral traits that will enable them to have productive lives, often by taking subsequent stackable certificates. Sadly, a significant share of these weakly-prepared high school students will not choose or be successful in these entry-level vocational efforts. They will become part of the disconnected population: neither in school nor in paid employment. Many will gravitate to the street life; relying on illegal activities. While few will end up with outcomes like George Floyd or Eric Garner, the vast majority will live a bleak existence on society’s margins.)
TOWNHALL
— The World is Cheering the Removal of Maduro, So Why are US Leftists Protesting, Supporting Mamdani?
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2026/01/05/world-cheering-the-removal-of-maduro-so-why-are-us-leftists-protesting-supporting-mamdani-n2668863
— What Do Democrats Prioritize? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. RINO leaders fail/refuse to oppose the aforesaid. RINO leaders paint themselves as being Democrat Lite.
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/01/05/what-do-democrats-prioritize-n2668860
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pope Leo calls for Venezuelan independence after Maduro ouster
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5672412-pope-leo-venezuela-sovereignty/
ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani talks to Queens bus riders about plans for free service. DD: During the late 1950s and early 1960s, I paid for bus rides between Crete and Chicago Heights.
https://abc7ny.com/post/mayor-zohran-mamdani-talks-queens-bus-riders-plans-free-service/18353475/
REUTERS
— Cuba says 32 of its citizens killed in Maduro extraction
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-says-32-its-citizens-killed-maduro-extraction-2026-01-05/
MSN
— 15 smart college majors for dependable, great-paying jobs. DD: I will forever regret not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I feared that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I started taking graduate evening accounting courses when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. But by then, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. My earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 did not help.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/15-smart-college-majors-for-dependable-great-paying-jobs/ss-AA1TyP1J
— Why you don’t need a college degree to be successful in this generation. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I got no scholarships.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/why-you-don-t-need-a-college-degree-to-be-successful-in-this-generation/ar-AA1TvxHY
NEW YORK TIMES
— Venezuela’s New Leader Softens Tone as Trump Threatens Colombia
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/04/world/trump-us-venezuela-maduro
— If You’re Struggling With Student Loans, Here’s What to Know for 2026. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. If I had gotten a student loan, I would not have had to work my way through college. My GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. My ACT score would have been higher. My postal management test score would have been higher. My Federal Service Entrance Examination score would have been higher. I would have gotten a job that required a college degree sooner after I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/business/student-loan-debt-save-plan.html
— DD: For Democrats, the purpose of education is to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/opinion/harvards-campus-speech-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/trump-congress-power-republicans-democrats.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/health/obamacare-subsidies-higher-premiums.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump threatens Venezuela’s interim leader as Maduro is set to be arraigned
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/04/us-venezuela-trump-maduro/
USA TODAY
— Many retirees aren’t taking required distributions. It can cost them.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2025/12/28/retirees-dont-take-required-withdrawals-tax/87907996007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Venezuela’s Vice President Calls on U.S. to Release Maduro
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/venezuela-strikes/card/venezuela-s-vice-president-calls-on-u-s-to-release-maduro-qPGSe7dZLohY9ljvVSNx
— The Scandal of American Welfare Goes Beyond Fraud. California spends billions on programs that enrich insiders and don’t help the needy—and it’s all legal.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-scandal-of-american-welfare-goes-beyond-fraud-befdbeb4
— Elite Colleges Are Back at the Top of the List for Company Recruiters. As white-collar hiring slows down and corporate DEI goals vanish, where you went to college matters again. DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1970 NIU, 1976 Loyola, 1980 DePaul, and 1997 IIT degrees are worthless.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/elite-colleges-are-back-at-the-top-of-the-list-for-company-recruiters-ad9526ac
BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Ouster of Maduro Shows America’s New World Order Is Here
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-05/trump-s-ouster-of-venezuela-s-maduro-puts-spotlight-on-cuba-greenland
FORTUNE
— Teen prodigy Kairan Quazi is ditching SpaceX for billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities. DD: Were you a teen prodigy? I certainly was not. My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I got no scholarships, and d) that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-s-teen-prodigy-kairan-quazi-is-ditching-spacex-for-billionaire-ken-griffin-s-citadel-securities/ar-AA1KONTW
MONDAQ
— EEOC Issues New Guidance Regarding Anti-American Discrimination. DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-rights-labour-relations/1724842/the-eeoc-issues-new-guidance-regarding-anti-american-discrimination
JD SUPRA
— EEOC Highlights Discrimination Risks With New Anti-American Bias Guidance. DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-highlights-discrimination-risks-5393104/
FED SCOOP
— OPM ‘loyalty question’ pushes potential applicants away. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://fedscoop.com/federal-agency-jobs-trump-loyalty-question-opm-lawsuit/
ATLANTIC
— Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s. The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else. DD: I never defied orders from my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors to give preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, and/or veteran. All those who they assigned me to supervise were the aforesaid. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough. I suffered dire consequences a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/trump-venezuela-maduro-delcy-rodriguez/685497/?taid=695aa2ba1534bb0001d4bb54
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
POST
— Making a career choice that defines future you. DD: I will forever regret not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I feared that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I started taking graduate evening accounting courses when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. But by then, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. My earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 did not help.
https://thepost.co.za/features/2026-01-05-making-a-career-choice-that-defines-future-you/
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Venezuela vice president Rodriguez in Russia, 4 sources say
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/venezuela-vice-president-rodriguez-russia-four-sources-say-1325481
TIMES
— Vladimir Putin may be seeking more secure lodgings. The US military operation in Venezuela might have the Russian dictator fidgeting nervously.
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/vladimir-putin-may-be-seeking-more-secure-lodgings-zbdnvh23h
— The pension crisis. DD: My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious a) that I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and b) that the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance. In my defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. I paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Further, my CSRS pension is dramatically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Further, CSRS pensions can be as high as 80% of your ending salary. In today’s dollars, 80% of my $154,682/year ending salary would be $123,746/year. But my CSRS pension is only $68,640/year. that is, it is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972.
https://www.thetimes.com/money/pensions/article/the-pensions-crisis-isnt-ruining-just-your-savings-0h93rrc3v
INDEPENDENT
— ICE targets frustrated officers in fresh recruitment drive. DD: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I had to have a job. My Firestone Store boss had fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My financial hardship draft deferment application was pending. My father had died suddenly. I was helping support my mother and brother. IRS offered me a job which I took. But what if IRS had not offered me a job, but ICE did?
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-targets-frustrated-officers-fresh-142336483.html
January 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured and flown out of country
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-venezuela-news-strikes-country-says-venezuelan-president-nicols-maduro-captured-wife/18346121/
CBS2
— U.S. launches military strikes on Venezuela, Trump says Maduro captured and flown out of the country
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US strikes Venezuela and says leader Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of the country
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/03/us-strikes-venezuela-nicolas-maduro/
DAILY HERALD
— New laws: Illinois expands job-protected leave for parents with a newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260102/business/new-laws-illinois-expands-job-protected-leave-for-parents-with-newborns-in-nicu/
— Illinois’ electric grids may soon face power shortages and further price increases as fossil fuel plants go offline and data centers fueling the rise of artificial intelligence demand ever-increasing amounts of power.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260102/business/as-state-regulators-warn-of-impending-energy-shortfalls-capacity-prices-rise-again/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Morgan Republicans plan meet-and-greet with gubernatorial candidate. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/morgan-republicans-set-gathering-gubernatorial-21272921.php
NPR ILLINOIS
— Naps, bruising, cognitive tests: Trump addresses aging questions. DD: How old are you? I am 77. What do you stress to defend your age? I stress the GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that I put together and send out. Putting those newsletters together and sending them out takes lots of time and focus.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-02/naps-bruising-cognitive-tests-trump-addresses-aging-questions
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump tries to beat back questions about health: Key takeaways.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-tries-to-beat-back-questions-about-health-key-takeaways/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 9th Congressional District Democratic Party Hopeful Bushra Amiwala Joins Others in Attacking the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/03/9th-congressional-district-democratic-party-hopeful-bushra-amiwala-joins-others-in-attacking-the-american-israel-public-affairs-committee/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois local governments lose out on $10.9B in state taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-local-governments-lose-out-on-10-9b-in-state-taxes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— 41 Percent of Netflix Shows for Children Contain LGBTQ+ Content in 2025
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/01/02/report-says-41-percent-of-netflix-shows-for-children-contain-lgbtq-content-in-2025/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Mamdani’s inaugural address: ‘Godless, rancid ideology’
https://www.christianpost.com/news/top-responses-zohran-mamdani-inaugural-address.html
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down California Ban on Open Carry of Firearms
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-california-ban-on-open-carry-of-firearms-5965490
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani ignites fierce backlash on day one in office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdL7ph03298
— Mamdani’s inauguration fuels debate over Gen Z shift toward socialism, away from free markets. Zohran Mamdani’s first moments in office embraced ‘collectivism’ as Republicans warn Gen Z is rejecting free markets.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdanis-inauguration-fuels-debate-over-gen-z-shift-toward-socialism-away-from-free-markets.amp
— Redistricting battles brewing across the country as parties compete for power ahead of 2026 midterms
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/redistricting-battles-brewing-across-country-parties-compete-power-ahead-2026-midterms.print
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Horse Therapy, Gender-Neutral Bathrooms, and Hate Crime Work Leave: The Wild Blue State Laws of 2025
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/horse-therapy-gender-neutral-bathrooms-and-hate-crime-work-leave-the-wild-blue-state-laws-of-2025/amp/
— Mamdani to Establish New ‘Office of Mass Engagement’ Led by Veteran Socialist Organizer
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mamdani-to-establish-new-office-of-mass-engagement-led-by-veteran-socialist-organizer/
— Let’s Hire Professors Purely on Merit. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I passed the following tests because standardized tests are biased in favor of those who share my demographics: a) the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) the ACT test with a score of 24 in 1966, c) all the tests that I needed to pass to graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class in 1966, d) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, e) all the tests that I needed to pass to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, f) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. and g) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/lets-hire-professors-purely-on-merit/
TOWNHALL
— Socialism in the City
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/01/03/socialism-in-the-city-n2668789
— Pritzker’s Pretzels
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/01/02/pritzkers-pretzels-n2668747
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump insults Pritzker with AI-generated social media post
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5670567-trump-pritzker-ai-image-feud/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Mamdani Acts on Vow to Protect Renters With Move Against a Big Landlord. DD: Have you been a landlord? I was reluctant landlord 1976-1984 because I could not sell my University Park townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) unless I took a big loss.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/nyregion/mamdani-pinnacle-housing.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/business/us-immigration-trump-1920s.html
YAHOO
— Nobody Cares About Your Career. DD: During my federal career working for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, 1997, only two of my superiors cared about my career. I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nobody-cares-career-mcdonalds-ceo-000116698.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Corruption of the Welfare State
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/minnesota-welfare-fraud-immigrants-government-handouts-8076eb83
— Your Key Survival Skill for 2026: Critical Ignoring. DD: My critics/opponents want everyone to ignore my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus those who were/are a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) elected Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/critical-ignoring-social-media-7e236f52
FORBES
— Should An Experienced Professionals Take Internships To Change Careers? DD: Have you changed careers? Have you wanted to change careers? I have not. Due to circumstances, I have wanted to be a career federal employee since I was 18 years old in 1966. However, to waste my federal career and get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically panted a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) my earning job-related masters degrees when I was 27 in 1976, 31, and 48, c) my earning job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) my earning a job-related professional license when I was 32 a) as being efforts by me to change my career and get a job in the private sector, b) as being justification to disallow my job-related education deductions in 1978, and c) to force me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. I should write about the aforesaid
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecenizalevine/2025/06/25/should-an-experienced-professional-take-internships-to-change-careers/
EDUCATION
— Professional Certifications Worth It in 2026. DD: What is your position on professional certifications? I sought and obtained professional certifications to defend/advance my federal career. I became a CPA when I was 30 in 1979, a Certified Internal Auditor when I was 32, a licensed CPA when I was 32, a Certified Fraud Examiner when I was 41, a Certified Government Financial Manager when I was 45, a Certified Financial Services Auditor when I was 47, and a Certified Forensic Accountant when I was 48. But my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that a) because I was a Republican who complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://vocal.media/education/is-investing-in-professional-certifications-worth-it-in-2026
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Karoline Leavitt calls out Mamdani’s wife as White House quits playing nice with ‘communist’ mayor
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/karoline-leavitt-calls-out-mamdani-s-wife-as-white-house-quits-playing-nice-with-communist-mayor/ar-AA1Ttrwy
— Mamdani unveils plan conservatives claim will usher in communism
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15429711/amp/zohran-mamdani-warmth-collectivism-socialist.html
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Mamdani takes action against Israel with his oath?
https://www.tbsnews.net/videos/tbs-stories/mamdani-takes-action-against-israel-his-oath-1325186
NDTV
— “Antisemitic Gasoline On Open Fire”: Israel vs Mamdani Over Revoked Orders
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/zohran-mamdani-vs-israel-over-revoked-order-on-antisemitism-definition-10237972
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Anti-Zionism Was Never Harmless. Now It Governs. DD: Have your critics/opponents painted you as being an antisemite? Democrats have always painted Republicans as being antisemites. Because of my demographics, Democrats have especially painted me as being an antisemite. Needless-to-say, my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors’ efforts to paint me as being an antisemite were stymied when I volunteered to work for their only Jewish group manager in late 1989. In 1989, to get rid of me because in late 1988, I had become the office’s only active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, they had a) thrown me off the group that audited IRS, b) gave me a very bad job assignment, c) gave me unfair performance expectations, d) gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and e) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. She managed the office’s group that audited federal financial industry regulators. She reluctantly had to accept me a) because very few of my coworkers would work for her because she was Jewish, b) because I had previously worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators, c) because I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, d) because I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) because I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and d) because I had earned an MBA in 1976. She was very demanding. But beyond that, my coworkers were intimidated a) by her having an MBA from the University of Chicago, b) by her having passed the CPA examination on her first attempt, c) by her being wealthy, d) by her being younger, and e) by her being attractive. Because she demanded that her subordinates have master’s degrees in finance, I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. I succeeded in making her a member of IIT’s advisory group for that graduate program. Further, I became certified fraud examiner in 1990, government financial manager in 1994, financial Services Auditor in 1996, and forensic accountant in 1997. I was her only defender/promoter in the office. But nevertheless, when my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors decided to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, she took the lead in doing that. I should write about the foresaid.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/anti-zionism-was-never-harmless-now-it-governs/
January 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— After legal setbacks, Trump says he’s dropping National Guard push in Chicago, other cities, for now
https://abc7chicago.com/post/legal-setbacks-president-donald-trump-says-hes-dropping-push-national-guard-chicago-la-portland-oregon-now/18336668/
— Trump announces National Guard to be removed from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-backs-off-efforts-maintain-control-california-national-guard-la/18336423/
— HHS freezing child care payments to all states until they prove funds ‘being spent legitimately’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hhs-says-freezing-child-care-payments-minnesota-fraud-allegations/18335717/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As federal health tax credits end, Chicago-area leaders warn about costs to Cook County and Illinois hospitals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/as-federal-health-tax-credits-end-chicago-area-leaders-warn-about-costs-to-cook-county-and-illinois-hospitals/
— Mamdani is set to be sworn in as mayor as NYC rings in the New Year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/zohran-mamdani-sworn-in-nyc-mayor/
— Merrillville on list for potential ICE facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/merrillville-potential-ice-facility/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/01/january-1-chicago-history/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use medical pot to push recreational pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251231/news/time-short-for-schaumburg-familys-quest-to-retain-access-to-daughters-medical-marijuana/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— OCTOBER 8, 2015 FLASHBACK: Don’t your collectible cars deserve their own condo? DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20151008/ISSUE03/151009833/iron-gate-motor-condos-is-a-car-collector-s-haven-in-Naperville
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— New Illinois education laws focus on immigrant rights. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/education/article314056405.html
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— APRIL 6, 2015 FLASHBACK: Discover a new place for car enthusiasts. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2015/04/06/real-news-discover-a-new-place-for-car-enthusiasts/41183
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to encourage voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I will hand-deliver a sample ballot and the campaign literature that Republican candidates provide me to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. The contested Republican races in my precinct are U.S. Senate, Illinois Governor, Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court, and DuPage County Sheriff. I will obtain from the DuPage County Election Division a PDF file to print individual mailing labels for the registered Republican and Independent voters, photocopy the sample ballot, stuff envelopes, divide them into five batches, and put them in walk order. I hope we have a mild winter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasing, the Democrat Party promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and notional origin discrimination. Ever-increasing, to get more votes from those who are the following, they give them more preference: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Democrats and according to RINOs, those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, non-rich, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time NEED PROTECTION from those who are conservative, Republican, American, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promise to provide that PROTECTION. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What happened to those who helped your career? I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office had hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you ever served on a jury? If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me? To justify their denying me a jury trial, the judge and justices hinted/implied/argued that no jury would side with me. But the trial record showed that my Democrat superiors had illegally forced me to retire so that they could my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I had. In 1993, when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee who had 25 years of federal service, to get rid of their employees a) who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, b) who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and/or c) who had 25 or more years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” them a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer” expired in 4 years. They succeeded in forcing me to take the early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. Things that I had done that helped me survive those 4 years included a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earing job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you will have, and therefore, the less “justice” that you will have in courts: Republican, non-poor, non-veteran, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Federal courts would not have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO if I had been Democrat, poor, veteran, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had been in America for a long time. GAO hinted/implied/argued that because of my demographics, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action big time and that I could easily afford to pay that price. GAO’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 cut my income by $86,371/year (56%) ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year pension) in today’s dollars. Off the record, GAO stressed a) that the federal government would forever pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had no dependents, d) that we had no debts, e) that we had substantial retirement and other savings, f) that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, g) that we owned three collector cars, h) etc. Again, if I had not be denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me?- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you retired? I have been retired since I was 49 years old in 1997. If you are retired, were you forced to retire? I was. What would the rest of your employment had been like if you had not retired? If I had not retired when I did, I would not have eligible to retire for another 6 years. My Democrat GAO superiors had made it extremely clear that if I did not retire, they would make those 6 years a living hell. They would constructively if not literally demote me. They would give me adverse transfers. They would give me bad job assignments. They would give me unfair performance expectations. They would give me unfair performance appraisals. They would rank me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would treat me like they had treated me in 1989. They could do all of the aforesaid because GAO was not unionized. GAO did not unionize until 2007. I considered asking my Congressman Henry Hyde to come to my defense like I had done in 1989, but I decided not to. There were too many around Hyde who were against me. Further, my Democrat GAO superiors had taken so many big adverse actions against me, I could not see myself surviving another them for another 6 years. But nevertheless, I will always ask myself, what would have happened if I had again asked Hyde to come to my defense. His coming to my defense in 1989 enabled me to survive until 1997. It motived me to earn job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. It motived me to earn a job-related master’s degree in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ‘Grassroots’ – According to the People Who Can’t Stand Them. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization are anti-conservative, that is, they are anti-Republican. They reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Instead of defending and advancing the aforesaid planks, they talk and act like they do not exist, and if not that, like they should be officially abolished. At best, they want the Republican Party to be the Democrat-Lite Party. I should write about the aforesaid anti-Republican leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/opinion-grassroots-according-to-the-people-who-cant-stand-them.html
— The Political Agenda Behind Year-End ‘Economic Collapse’ Stories
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/opinion-the-political-agenda-behind-year-end-economic-collapse-stories.html
— FBI Steps In After Illinois Review Exposes Alleged Mail Fraud Targeting Bailey
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/fbi-steps-in-after-illinois-review-exposes-alleged-mail-fraud-targeting-bailey.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois state spending balloons as state economy stagnates
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-state-spending-balloons-as-state-economy-stagnates/
— 1-in-5 city tax dollars go to Illinois police, fire pensions
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1-in-5-city-tax-dollars-go-to-illinois-police-fire-pensions/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Democrat, is trying again with his High-Skilled Immigration Reform for Employment (HIRE) Act, first introduced in July 2023. Back then, in the middle of the worst man-made immigration disaster in U.S. history, the bill seemed tone deaf. Now, it just seems nuts. DD: If they could have, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/31/hire-bill-expand-h-1b-visas-bad-2023-worse/
— Karoline Leavitt says administration considering denaturalization for Somalis in Minnesota fraud
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/31/karoline-leavitt-says-administration-considering-denaturalization/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Border Patrol’s monthslong deployment to Chicago now expected to go on ‘for years’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4375465/border-patrol-deployment-chicago-go-on-for-years/
— Don’t grant citizenship to people who hate their countrymen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4378901/not-everyone-deserves-citizenship-alaa-abd-el-fattah/
— Appeals court revives free speech case over school DEI training
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4379004/appeals-court-revives-free-speech-case-school-dei-training/
NEW YORK POST
— Former FBI agent Nicole Parker explains how DEI split the agency and led to disaster: ‘They were hiring idiots’ DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and the Post Office 1966-1969 and I have often written about them. Their top priority always was promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/31/us-news/former-fbi-agent-nicole-parker-explains-how-dei-split-the-agency-and-led-to-disaster/
— Harvard professor torches Ivy League school over woke anti-white, anti-male culture in blistering essay
https://nypost.com/2025/12/31/us-news/harvard-professor-torches-ivy-league-school-over-woke-anti-white-anti-male-culture-in-blistering-essay/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— History professor details the decline of education in scathing review of his 40 years at Harvard
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/31/history-professor-details-the-decline-of-education-in-scathing-review-of-his-40-years-at-harvard-1613221/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams sets up $2M emergency fund for trans care on his way out the door
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/31/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-sets-up-2m-emergency-fund-for-trans-care-on-his-way-out-the-door-1613140/
BREITBART
— Lightfoot Warns Bovino His ‘Day of Reckoning Is Fast Approaching’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/31/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-warns-border-patrols-greg-bovino-his-day-of-reckoning-is-fast-approaching/amp/
CAPITOL RESEARCH CENTER
— How Left-Wing Nonprofits Exploit American Taxpayers to Fund Their Agendas
https://capitalresearch.org/article/how-left-wing-nonprofits-exploit-american-taxpayers-to-fund-their-agendas-best-of-2025/
FOX NEWS
— Lightfoot tells Border Patrol official his ‘day of reckoning is fast approaching’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-tells-border-patrol-official-his-day-reckoning-fast-approaching.print
— DEI and woke ideology are on life support under Trump’s return to DC, but could come roaring back with rebrand. American Principles Project president Terry Schilling says woke ideology could make a return following future elections.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dei-woke-ideology-life-support-under-trumps-return-dc-could-come-roaring-back-rebrand.amp
— 40-year Harvard professor pens scathing piece on school’s ‘exclusion of white males,’ anti-Western trends.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/40-year-harvard-professor-pens-scathing-piece-schools-exclusion-white-males-anti-western-trends
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Minnesota Governor Calls Somali Fraud Investigations “White Supremacy”
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/tim-walz-desperately-tries-defending-himself-amid-somali-fraud-allegations
NEWSMAX
— Trump: ‘Proud’ of Hispanic Border Patrol Officers
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-border-patrol-paul-perez/2025/12/31/id/1240292/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump: 90% of fraud in Minnesota is carried out by illegals from Somalia, with Rep. Omar being ‘one of the many scammers’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-90-of-fraud-in-minnesota-is-carried-out-by-illegals-from-somalia-with-rep-omar-being-one-of-the-many-scammers/
PJ MEDIA
— Former Chicago Mayor Lightfoot to Border Patrol Chief: ‘Your Day of Reckoning Is Coming’
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2025/12/31/former-chicago-mayor-to-border-patrol-chief-your-day-of-reckoning-is-coming-n4947761
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) Wants to Take Driver’s Licenses Away From ICE Agents, Not Illegal Aliens
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/31/eric-swalwell-wants-to-take-drivers-licenses-away-from-ice-agents-not-illegals-n4947735
— Secretary Duffy Issues Stark Warning to Newsom Over Illegal Licenses
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/31/secretary-duffy-issues-stark-warning-to-newsom-over-illegal-licenses-n4947734
TOWNHALL
— Minnesota’s Fraud Is Blowing the Lid Off a Broken Election System
https://townhall.com/columnists/josh-findlay/2026/01/01/minnesotas-fraud-is-blowing-the-lid-off-a-broken-election-system-n2668731
— If Elected CA Governor, Eric Swalwell Vows to Weaponize Government Against ICE Agents
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/31/swalwell-prosecute-federal-agents-for-kidnapping-n2668739
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Professor Quits After ‘Brilliant’ Student Rejected for Being ‘White Male’ DD: I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972.
https://www.newsweek.com/professor-quits-after-brilliant-student-rejected-for-being-white-male-11289605
NEW YORK TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump Move to Revoke Deportation Protection for Thousands of Migrants. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, non-rich, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time NEED PROTECTION from those who are conservative, Republican, American, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promise to provide that PROTECTION.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/us/politics/judge-blocks-deportation-protections.html
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— DD: To vote Democrats is to get rid of Americans who are conservative, Republican, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-policies-midterm-elections-dei-attacks-20260101.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/01/america-obsessed-with-zohran-mamdani/87941107007/
— More than 317,000 federal employees left the government in 2025. The majority of employees took voluntary buyouts and early retirements as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping efforts to downsize the government. DD: In 1993, when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee who had 25 years of federal service, to get rid of their employees a) who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, b) who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and/or c) who had 25 or more years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” them a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer” expired in 4 years. They succeeded in forcing me to take the early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. Things that I had done that helped me survive those 4 years included a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earing job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/31/317000-federal-employees-left-us-government-2025/87970708007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— MARCH 3, 2016 FLASHBACK: Iron Gate Motor Condos: Storage Units, Now With Space to Cook, Relax and Entertain. Traditional industrial park-style storage facilities are giving way to customized spaces with kitchens, reclaimed wood and stylish seating areas. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/storage-units-now-with-space-to-cook-relax-and-entertain-1457026958
FORTUNE
— Retirement DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America fora long time. I should write about that.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/31/retirement-baby-boomers-more-americans-turning-65-aging-demographics/
LEGAL NEWS LINE
— Lake County Circuit Clerk can’t undo $2.5M verdict for workers fired over politics
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/lake-co-circuit-clerk-can-t-undo-2-5m-verdict-for-workers-fired-over-politics/article_4471f879-d074-4ba4-ad15-b45d101d353c.html
FED SMITH
— OPM Issues Proposal to Narrow Federal Probationary Employee Appeal Rights. DD: Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office had hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/12/31/opm-proposal-to-narrow-probationary-employee-appeal-rights/
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5660811/the-new-challenges-obtaining-snap-benefits-for-lgbtq-recipients
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you will have, and therefore, the less “justice” that you will have in courts: Republican, non-poor, non-veteran, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Federal courts would not have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO if I had been Democrat, poor, veteran, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had been in America for a long time. To justify their denying me a jury trial, the judge and justices hinted/implied/argued that no jury would side with me. But the trial record showed that my Democrat superiors had illegally forced me to retire so that they could my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I had. GAO hinted/implied/argued that because of my demographics, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action big time and that I could easily afford to pay that price. GAO’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 cut my income by $86,371/year (56%) ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year pension) in today’s dollars. Off the record, GAO stressed a) that the federal government would forever pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had no dependents, d) that we had no debts, e) that we had substantial retirement and other savings, f) that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, g) that we owned three collector cars, h) etc.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/the-importance-of-know-your-rights-education/
CONVERSATION
— DD: My critics/opponents are blacklisters. They blacklist those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect and reelect since 2000. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://theconversation.com/political-witch-hunts-and-blacklists-donald-trump-and-the-new-era-of-mccarthyism-265389
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Retiring Harvard professor says college hates brilliant white men and rejects them in favor of inferior minority candidates to boost diversity.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15422541/Harvard-Professor-white-men-rejected-minorities.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
AUTOWEEK
— The Car Condo Concept Is Still Growing. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a68815238/car-condo-concept-still-growing/
CORVETT BLOGGER
— Corvette for Sale: Two-Owner 1972 Corvette LT1 Convertible in Downers Grove for $50,000. DD: One could compare and contrast this 1972 Corvette with my 1972 Corvette which I ordered, took delivery on October 14, 1971, and continue to own. Mine is not a LT-1 or a convertible. But it has only 5,000 mile on it, it has always been garaged, covered, kept on jacks, and is like new. It is a Steele City Gray coupe with the base 350 V-8 engine, black leather interior, automatic, air conditioning, power steering, and AM-FM stereo radio.
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2025/12/31/corvettes-for-sale-two-owner-1972-corvette-lt1-convertible-offered-on-ebay/
MED CITY NEWS
— The Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) Adoption Gap Is Worse Than You Think. DD: I have type 2 diabetes. I delayed using a CGM because my Medicare and BC/BS insurance does cover it. But recently, I bought a Stelo CGM using Amazon for $100/month. It has immediately shown that my glucose spikes to over 250 after I eat, that is, I have high hyperglycemia. I am anxiously awaiting my diabetes doctor’s instructions.
https://medcitynews.com/2025/12/cgm-diabetes-healthcare/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new study found that continuous glucose monitors can cut healthcare costs by about 20% while also improving outcomes for insulin-dependent diabetes patients, largely by reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Despite these benefits and broad insurance coverage, roughly 80% of eligible patients still are not using the technology — highlighting a significant adoption gap.)
December 31, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— New IL laws in 2026 address missing persons investigations, sexual assault victims, police hiring
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-2026-illinois-laws-address-squatters-immigration-status-schools-gun-possession-opioid-overdose-reporting-9-retirement/18246612/
FOX32
— Chicago mayor wants state lawmakers to tax ‘ultra-rich’ to help city
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-johnson-tax-ultra-rich
WTTW
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to reelect Democrats.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/30/after-quiet-year-elections-democrats-renew-worries-about-trump-interfering-midterms
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Brandon Johnson, Larry Snelling urge parents to be mindful of teens ahead of downtown NYE celebration. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/29/chicago-new-years-eve-teens/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Immigrants arrested in Chicago at start of Trump’s second term now face prison time
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/30/trump-chicago-crime-deport-immigration-machine-gun-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote bigger government. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Federal employees are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251214/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-its-time-to-end-the-debt-ceiling/
BELLEVILLNEWS DEMOCRAT
— How much does an Illinois resident need to make annually to ‘live comfortably? A single adult in Illinois needs to make $98,010 per year to live comfortably. DD: Back in the good old days, when I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when a) I got promoted to a GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) job in the Loop and b) I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building. I had worked for IRS for 3 years. I had paid for and taken graduate evening business courses at Loyola since the beginning of 1972. I had bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. I had bought a new townhome in University Park in 1972. According to my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, the promotion that I got should have been given to one of my Democrat coworkers who was a veteran, minority, and/or female. None of my coworkers were taking graduate evening business courses. My Democrat IRS superior soon a) forced the IRS manager who had promoted me to transfer to Dallas, b) disallowed my travel vouchers, c) disallowed my education deductions, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article310863020.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois education measures focus on immigrant rights. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/new-laws-illinois-education-measures-focus-on-immigrant-rights-ai-in-the-classroom/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will do? Sooner or later, all my “Republican” critics/opponents will switch parties, that is, they will officially declare that they have always been Democrats and that they despise/hate conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. Since 2000, they have done everything that they could to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. In 2024, they rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2012, they rudely ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship and destroyed the organization. In 2010 and 2004, they rudely ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster. In 2007, they rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee and destroyed the organization. In 2006, they rudely almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In 2004, they rudely defeated my bid to serve as the MTRO Treasurer. In 2004, they rudely ended my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon Says CPS Tax Hike and Budget Woes Signal Deeper Crisis for Chicago
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-says-cps-tax-hike-and-budget-woes-signal-deeper-crisis-for-chicago-audio-am560/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago school board raises tax levy on families ‘at a breaking point’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a69e8575-c370-4f7f-b6cb-a364a7f99a8f.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois counts on bad habits to raise $3.47B in sin taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-counts-on-bad-habits-to-raise-3-47b-in-sin-taxes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The many shades of Islam. Not all interpretations justify and drive terrorism, but some do.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/30/many-shades-islam/
WASHINTON EXAMINER
— How criminal justice reformers empower murderers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4364781/how-criminal-justice-reformers-empower-murderers/
NEW YORK POST
— Young white men sacrificed on the altar of diversity. DD: Democrat and RINO employers make their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or nonveteran pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat Firestone Store boss would not have rudely fired me when I was 22 years old in 1971. Because he did, I became a federal employee. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, the Democrat superiors in the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before was 40 years old.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/30/us-news/how-anti-white-dei-discrimination-fueled-nick-fuentess-fan-base/
— Harvard is destroying itself over ‘diversity’ — and taking the rest of us with it
https://nypost.com/2025/12/29/opinion/harvard-is-destroying-itself-over-diversity-and-the-rest-of-us-too/
— $5B in ‘questionable’ rental assistance under Biden revealed — including to thousands of ‘deceased tenants’ and non-citizens
https://nypost.com/2025/12/30/us-news/hud-spent-5b-in-questionable-rental-assistance-under-biden-including-dead-tenants/
— AOC to deliver opening at comrade Mamdani’s mayoral inauguration bash
https://nypost.com/2025/12/30/us-news/aoc-to-deliver-opening-at-comrade-mamdanis-mayoral-inauguration-bash/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Canard about illegals committing fewer crimes than other Americans gets blown apart from DHS data. Writing at the New York Post, John Lott shows how data are skewed to make illegals look like sweet little daisies. DD: 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.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/canard_about_illegals_committing_fewer_crimes_than_other_americans_gets_blown_apart_from_dhs_data.html
— Stop Apologizing For Being White. This Marxist-born racial attack bears no relationship to how American whites have fought for centuries to overcome racism and achieve equality. DD: My critics/opponents have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they have always promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/stop_apologizing_for_being_white.html
— Using tax law to accelerate deportations
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/using_tax_law_to_accelerate_deportations.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Will they be using the Somali model?’ NY gov gives Mamdani’s universal childcare plan a thumbs up. DD: Democrat leaders use childcare to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/30/will-they-be-using-the-somali-model-ny-gov-gives-mamdanis-universal-childcare-plan-a-thumbs-up-1612984/
BREITBART
— Trump’s DOJ Sues Virginia over Cheap Tuition for Migrants. DD: Noncitizens are future Democrat voters if not current Democrat voters. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with citizens of foreign countries and b) fighting deportation of those who come to America illegally and/or who stay in America illegally.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/30/trumps-doj-sues-virginia-over-cheap-tuition-for-migrants/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University at Buffalo police disperse LGBTQ sit-in that commandeered student union room
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-buffalo-police-disperse-lgbtq-sit-in-commandeered-student-union-room/29208
CENTER SQUARE
— ‘Systemic fraud’: HUD secretary condemns $5.8 billion in ‘questionable’ payments
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ef5ce7c3-1266-442a-b017-df879c81ea0c.html
DAILY CALLER
— Trump DOJ Sues State Giving Illegals Massive Tuition Breaks
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/30/trump-doj-sues-state-giving-illegal-immigrants-massive-in-state-tuition-breaks/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The West Isn’t Finished, as Long as Assimilation Starts Now. DD: Sadly, my ancestors were slow to assimilate. Consequently, 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. All my grandparents spoke German.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/30/the-west-isnt-finished-as-long-as-assimilation-starts-now/
— Trump DOJ Sues State Giving Illegal Immigrants Massive In-State Tuition Breaks
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/30/doj-sues-virginia-for-giving-illegal-immigrants-in-state-tuition/amp/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s ICE Director Blames Sanctuary Laws For Minnesota Fraud. “There’s always a tie when it comes to sanctuary jurisdictions.” DD: 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.dailywire.com/news/trumps-ice-director-blames-sanctuary-laws-for-minnesota-fraud
FOX NEWS
— Biden-era rental assistance included payments to dead tenants and noncitizens. HUD report finds approximately 30,000 deceased tenants got taxpayer funds across all 50 states.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-era-rental-assistance-included-payments-dead-tenants-non-citizens-new-hud-report-reveals
— Flashback: Inside the political movement that put a socialist in charge of New York City. Mamdani prepares to be sworn in as mayor of New York City on Thursday after defeating former Gov Andrew Cuomo.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-inside-political-movement-put-socialist-charge-new-york-city
— House GOP whip urges citizenship revocations tied to Minnesota fraud schemes
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-whip-urges-citizenship-revocations-tied-minnesota-fraud-schemes.print
HOT AIR
— Federal Judge: ICE Can Use Medicaid Data To Track Down Illegals
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/30/federal-judge-ice-can-use-medicaid-data-to-track-down-illegals-n3810344
NEWSMAX
— Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., has called for the deportation of Somali immigrants in Minnesota who “engaged in fraud” and for stripping citizenship from naturalized Somali Americans who, he said, obtained citizenship through deception or had undisclosed ties to terrorist groups.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/tom-emmer-minnesota-fraud/2025/12/30/id/1240163/
— The Department of Justice sued the University of Virginia for granting tuition benefits to illegal aliens, arguing the policy discriminates against U.S. citizens from other states.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/doj-lawsuit-uva/2025/12/30/id/1240159/
NEW AMERICAN
— Trump’s EEOC Tackling Anti-white Job Discrimination. DD: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to ever-increasingly give more preference to Democrats and to RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. That is, they have been under ever-increasing pressure to discriminate against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thenewamerican.com/uncategorised/do-the-white-thing-trumps-eeoc-tackling-anti-white-job-discrimination/
— Somali Fraudsters Should Be Denaturalized, Deported
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/gop-rep-emmer-wants-somali-fraudsters-denaturalized-deported/
PJ MEDIA
— Bombshell Report Exposes Billions in Biden-Era Fraud That Went to Dead People and Non-Citizens
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/30/bombshell-report-exposes-billions-in-biden-era-fraud-paid-to-dead-people-and-non-citizens-n4947685
— The Left Is Losing Its Race Card
https://pjmedia.com/caskeet/2025/12/30/cue-the-violin-the-left-is-losing-its-race-card-n4947713
POST MILLENNIAL
— Minn Rep Tom Emmer calls to deport, denaturalize Somali immigrants guilty of fraud
https://thepostmillennial.com/minn-rep-tom-emmer-calls-to-deport-denaturalize-somali-immigrants-guilty-of-fraud
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Top Republican calling for deportation of ‘every Somali engaged in fraud in Minnesota’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5666432-tom-emmer-somali-deportations-minnesota/
CBS NEWS
— HHS freezes all childcare payments to Minnesota after viral fraud allegations. DD: Democrat leaders use childcare to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hhs-freezes-child-care-payments-minnesota/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— More people are addicted to marijuana, but fewer seek help. DD: Pot is poison.
https://trib.com/life-entertainment/nation-world/wellness/article_bbeb5b98-4c69-5e32-9909-3c5b02ce24df.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote bigger government. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Federal employees are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/us/politics/trump-federal-government-fallout.html
— A Rupture Over Israel Is Tearing MAGA Apart. For 40 years, Christian Zionism was a powerful force in American politics. A new generation on the right is taking cues from elsewhere.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/magazine/maga-israel-antisemitism-tucker-carlson.html
WASHINGTON POST
— EEOC wants to talk to White men about discrimination. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly led to my accepting job offer from IRS.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/30/trump-eeoc-dei-andrea-lucas/
FOX NASHVILLE
— DD: What percent of illegals have serious health problems?
https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/new-dhs-department-of-homeland-security-rule-could-deny-asylum-to-migrants-posing-public-health-risks-department-of-justice-doj-president-donald-trump-administration-covid-19-pandemic-withholding-of-removal-illegal-immigration
WBUR
— How should American colleges measure merit? DD: To admit more students who are minority and/or female, colleges have ever-increasingly replaced objective criteria with subjective criteria. UIC admitted me in 1966 because my ACT score was 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class. Loyola’s graduate business school admitted me in 1972 because my GMAT score was 550 and I had a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. DePaul’s graduate accounting school admitted me in 1976 because I had an MBA from Loyola. IIT’s graduate finance school admitted me in 1992 because of the aforesaid and I had a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/12/30/american-colleges-merit-trump
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Minimum Wage Makes the Affordability Crisis Worse. Higher labor costs push prices up, while fewer jobs and hours mean less money in workers’ pockets. DD: Back in the good old days, I worked for the minimum wage (about $13/hour in today’s dollars) part-time during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time the summer in between 1964-1966. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May or 1966.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-minimum-wage-makes-the-affordability-crisis-worse-6c92dad2
— America’s 25 Years of Decline. Misgovernment has been the watchword for the first quarter of the 21st century.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-25-years-of-decline-cffe7e41
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. To push pot in America is to destroy America.is t
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/trump-is-warming-to-cannabis-but-investors-arent-impressed-53fffcb2
FORBES
— The New Ivies 2025: 20 Great Colleges Employers Love. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. He said he wanted to upgrade GAO’s workforce. He said he wanted GAO to hire, retain, and promote Ivy League graduates who had degrees in public administration. That rendered worthless my 1976 MBA from Loyola, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and my 1997 master’s degree in finance from IIT. Bowsher had an MBA from the University of Chicago.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/03/26/the-new-ivies-2025-20-great-colleges-employers-love/
FED WEEK
— DD: I am not a veteran. Even worse than that, I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. While I was a Post Office employee 1966-1969, an IRS employee 1971-1980, and a GAO employee 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were veterans gave tremendous preference to their employees who were veterans. That is, they discriminated tremendously against their non-veteran employees who were Republican like me and who were White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about that. Charles Bowsher, a veteran, who ran GAO 1981-1996 assured that GAO employees who were veterans would not suffer any adverse impacts from Gingrich’s massive budget cuts. My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War and b) used the Veterans Preference to punish their Republican non-veteran employees.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/veoa-rights-dont-apply-to-merit-promotions-court-holds/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/donald-trumps-golden-age-of-awful
VOX
— DD: Everything is a zero-sum-game. To give preference to people because they are a member of a group is to discriminate against people who are not a member of that group. My critics/opponents give preference to those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. That is, they discriminate against people because they are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/471498/zero-sum-thinking-growth-economy-housing-politics
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that citizens of India and Indian American have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/2025-the-year-america-normalised-anti-india-hate/articleshow/126252653.cms
MEAWW
— Tim Walz Labels Somali Fraud Investigation ‘White Supremacy,’ Warns of Holiday ICE Crackdown. DD: The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly against those who are White, male, older, American, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.meaww.com/video/tim-walz-labels-somali-fraud-investigation-white-supremacy-warns-of-holiday-ice-crackdown
FROM OTHER SOURCES
MED CITY NEWS
— The Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) Adoption Gap Is Worse Than You Think. DD: I have type 2 diabetes. I delayed using a CGM because my Medicare and BC/BS insurance does cover it. But recently, I bought a Stelo CGM using Amazon for $100/month. It has immediately shown that my glucose spikes to over 250 after I eat, that is, I have high hyperglycemia. I am anxiously awaiting my diabetes doctor’s instructions.
https://medcitynews.com/2025/12/cgm-diabetes-healthcare/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new study found that continuous glucose monitors can cut healthcare costs by about 20% while also improving outcomes for insulin-dependent diabetes patients, largely by reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Despite these benefits and broad insurance coverage, roughly 80% of eligible patients still are not using the technology — highlighting a significant adoption gap.)
December 29, 2025
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— Polling Signals Trouble for Democrats — and Opportunity for Republicans
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/polling_signals_trouble_for_democrats_and_opportunity_for_republicans.html
— Tucker Carlson: Pro-Islam, Anti-American, And Toxic For Republicans
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/tucker_carlson_pro_islam_anti_american_and_toxic_for_republicans.html
DAILY CALLER
— Democratic Lawmaker Says She Feels Guilty For Being White And Kids Should Too. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI. They want more and more and more preference to be given those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democratic-lawmaker-says-she-feels-182204161.html
FOX NEWS
— Erika Kirk vows TPUSA will continue campus debates nationwide
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/we-not-afraid-erika-kirk-vows-tpusa-continue-campus-debates-nationwide
— Erika Kirk outlines Turning Point USA’s next chapter after Charlie Kirk
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387005291112
— What the conservative think tank wars have to do with you. Mass exodus from Heritage Foundation reveals ideological split between populist Trump agenda and traditional conservative economics.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-what-conservative-think-tank-wars-have-do-you.amp
NEWSMAX
— DOJ Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI
https://www.newsmax.com/us/doj-dei-fraud-law/2025/12/28/id/1239955/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Charlottesville ends license plate cameras over fears data could be used to identify illegal immigrants
https://thepostmillennial.com/charlottesville-ends-license-plate-camera-program-over-fears-data-could-be-used-to-identify-illegal-immigrants
TOWNHALL
— Infighting at TPUSA?
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2025/12/29/title-reflection-on-years-end-infighting-at-tpusa-n2668557
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The TPUSA audience and the general conservative movement are feeling Charlie Kirk’s passing more keenly, since the MAGA Coalition, which he helped forge and flourish, is beginning to fray. Divisions are the norm in politics, especially among party brass and grassroots activists. They all claim the right vision for their party’s standards, but rarely have the conflicts burst to the forefront as they did at TPUSA American First 2025.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A look at aging baby boomers in the United States. DD: I am 77, I am a baby boomer. Who speaks for the baby boomers in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://apnews.com/article/census-baby-boomers-aging-america-demographics-ad275e223615952ce73d52ed714d24b0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By the end of this decade, all baby boomers will be 65 and older, and the number of people 80 and over will double in 20 years. . .The share of senior citizens in the U.S. population is projected to grow from 18.7% in 2025 to nearly 23% by 2050, while children under 18 decline from almost 21% to a projected 18.4%. . .The projected average U.S. life expectancy at birth rises from 78.9 years in 2025 to 82.2 years in 2055, according to the CBO.)
USA TODAY
— MAGA split grows as Mike Pence group poaches from Heritage Foundation
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-split-grows-as-mike-pence-group-poaches-from-heritage-foundation/ar-AA1SUXHy
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mike Johnson: House Republicans Had a Great Year. In 2025 we passed tax cuts, helped businesses expand, and repealed harmful regulations.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/house-republicans-had-a-great-year-04efce46
— Justice Department Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI. Google and Verizon among those being investigated under novel interpretation of law applying to government contractors.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-doj-dei-fraud-investigations-93213d52
FORBES
— Common Mid-Career Mistakes That Limit Advancement And Growth. DD: Democrats run the federal government. To advance in the federal government, you have to be more than just a Democrat, you have to excel at a) advancing Democrat employees who are minority and/or female and b) wasting the careers of and getting rid of Republican employees who are White and/or male.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2025/12/08/common-mid-career-mistakes-that-limit-advancement-and-growth/
— DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors struggled to meet their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets because few minorities and women want to work for the Post Office, IRS or GAO. Consequently, a) they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female and b) they wasted the careers of and got rid of their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizelting/2025/04/09/as-workplace-gender-bias-stalls-career-growth-business-ownership-offers-opportunities-to-break-barriers/
24/7 WALL STREET
— Why Social Security’s COLA Formula Is Failing Baby Boomers in 2026. Over 50% of current Social Security recipients have cut living costs because prices rise faster than their benefits. Benefits have lost around 20% of buying power since 2010 due to the COLA formula underweighting healthcare and housing costs. The 2026 COLA is 2.8% but fails to match retiree inflation because it tracks urban wage earners instead of senior spending patterns.
https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/12/28/why-social-securitys-cola-formula-is-failing-baby-boomers-in-2026/
BUSINESS JOURNAL
— DD: To get more votes from females, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly paint males as being barriers.
https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2025/12/womens-advancement-risk-leaders.html
MCKINSEY & COMPANY
— DD: To get more votes from females, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly paint males as being barriers.
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/women-in-the-workplace
https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/new-at-mckinsey-blog/new-mckinsey-book-the-unwritten-rules-about-career-advancement-for-women
SHRM
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) 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.
https://www.shrm.org/enterprise-solutions/insights/gender-pay-gap-addressing-systemic-modern-challenges
GALLUP
— Addressing the Barriers Blocking Employee Development. Less than half of U.S. employees participate in any education or training for their current job. DD: While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, virtually none of my Democrat coworkers took job-related courses like I did. I took job-related courses at UIC 1966-1968 and in 1971, at NIU 1969-1970, at Loyola 1972-1976, at DePaul 1976-1980, at Becker CPA review 1978-1979, at Roosevelt 1980-1981, at the Institute of Internal Auditors in 1981, and at IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/692642/addressing-barriers-blocking-employee-development.aspx
PRECINCT REPORTER
— DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors struggled to meet their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets because few minorities and women want to work for the Post Office, IRS or GAO. Consequently, a) they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female and b) they wasted the careers of and got rid of their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://precinctreporter.com/2025/03/13/discrimination-career-barrier-for-black-women/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. If I had been a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 because I had a) earned master’s degrees in business and accounting, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, and c) became a licensed CPA.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/05/opm-merit-hiring-plan-includes-bipartisan-reforms-politicized-new-test/405687/
AARP
— 5 Ways AARP Is Fighting Age Discrimination. DD: According to my critics/opponents, age discrimination has never existed. They deny that my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out, that is, that they used age discrimination, to not promote me to GS-13. I ultimately did make GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986, but it was not until after I had a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) transferred to GAO in 1980, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt tin 1981, and f) became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted many of my Democrat coworkers to GS-13 ahead of me a) who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had no professional certifications, and/or had no professional license and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.aarp.org/advocacy/fighting-against-age-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Backing legislation that reinforces worker rights. On a national scale, AARP is backing bipartisan bills that support older workers. In May, AARP sent letters to the House and Senate endorsing the reintroduction of the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. This legislation would restore protections, which a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision stripped away, that required older workers to prove their age was the sole reason they experienced an adverse employment action. AARP also threw its support behind two more bipartisan bills in September. The Protecting Older Americans Act lets workers choose to pursue age discrimination claims in court rather than being forced into arbitration. The Protect Older Job Applicants Act would expand protections under federal law to include people who are applying for jobs, even before they have reached the hiring stage.)
AXIOS
— For the first time, there will be more workers in states with a minimum wage of $15 an hour or higher than those with the federal minimum of $7.25. More than a decade ago, labor advocates’ fight for a $15 an hour wage seemed radical — not so much anymore. DD: Back in the good old days, I worked for the minimum wage (about $13/hour in today’s dollars) part-time during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time the summer in between 1964-1966. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May or 1966.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/28/2026-new-year-minimum-wage
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BUSINESS TODAY
— DD: To get more votes from females, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly paint males as being barriers.
https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/deep-dive/story/issues-women-face-at-work-the-silent-load-that-career-women-experience-508008-2025-12-24
STUDY INTERNATIONAL
— What women want: 9 best careers for women. DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors struggled to meet their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets because few minorities and women want to work for the Post Office, IRS or GAO. Consequently, a) they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female and b) they wasted the careers of and got rid of their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://studyinternational.com/news/best-careers-for-women/
INDEPENDENT
— DD: To get more votes from females, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly paint males as being barriers.
https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/women-in-the-workplace-report-2025-findings-b2885110.html
December 27, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Abolish ICE’ gets early nod from Mayor Brandon Johnson in annual Chicago snowplow contest. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/abolish-ice-gets-early-nod-from-mayor-brandon-johnson-in-annual-chicago-snowplow-contest/
— Immigration-themed Nativity scene at Evanston church turns ICE agents into shepherds for a peaceful Christmas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/immigration-nativity-scene-evanston-church-ice-agents-shepherds-christmas/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Abolish ICE’ gains Mayor Brandon Johnson’s support as Chicago snowplow-naming contest returns. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/26/chicago-snowplow-naming-contest
— DD: Under Pritzker, more and more and more in Illinois will be on SNAP, that is, more and more and more will be dependent on government assistance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/12/26/illinois-hunger-congress-trump-tax-spending-law-snap-benefits-food-stamps-kate-maehr-julie-yurko
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/26/undocumented-immigrants-businesses-jobs-economy-chicago-amy-yee
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders promote Kwanzaa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/26/kwanzaa-malcolm-x-college
DAILY HERALD
— Candidate forum for 8th Congressional District Democratic primary set for Jan. 15. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Collation Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251226/news/candidate-forum-for-8th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-set-for-jan-15/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/business/article_d12558fd-a755-50c6-a98e-f3fa668efb2b.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & WGLT
— Cannabis use among teens tied to poor school performance. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, b) graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, b) earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, c) pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) earn four more professional certifications, or e) earn a professional license. I would not have been able to get jobs that enabled me to a) buy a 6-year old car when I was 16, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, d) or get married when I was 29.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-12-26/cannabis-use-among-teens-tied-to-poor-school-performance
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-12-26/marijuana-rescheduling-would-bring-some-immediate-changes-but-others-will-take-time
https://www.wglt.org/2025-12-26/cannabis-use-among-teens-tied-to-poor-school-performance
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Taking Our Islamic Enemy at His Word
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/taking-our-islamic-enemy-at-his-word/
— Open Borders, Open Jihad
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/open-borders-open-jihad/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-hunger-industrial-complex-how-america-manufactured-a-food-insecurity-crisis/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are the candidates in the contested Republican primary races on the ballot in your precinct doing to win on March 17, 2026? What are their political consultants advising them to do? Which ones are seeking or have gotten Trump’s endorsement? Which ones are you going to vote for and why? I will be hand-delivering sample Republican primary ballots and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you had adverse actions taken against you? When your critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against you, who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents continue to stress that when they had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me, virtually no one came to my defense. They had their operatives and their dupes a) rudely throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) rudely defeat my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) etc. Who have you hoped would have come to your defense, but did not? For me, it is those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect in general elections. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ radically woke employee training
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-illinois-radically-woke-employee-training-chicagos-budget-and-more-audio-wls/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— A Political Christmas Tree
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/26/a-political-christmas-tree/
— Democratic Party Infighting in Dundee Township Leads to Levy Meeting Tonight
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/26/democratic-party-infighting-in-dundee-township-leads-to-levy-meeting-tonight/
— Laws Taking Effect January 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/26/laws-taking-effect-january-1st/
— Bruce Leon Takes the Offensive in 9th Congressional District Democratic Party Race to Replace Jan Schakowsky
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=15074&action=edit
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— How the White House drew a new battle plan to take on the Washington press corps. DD: I should write about RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, and RINO party leaders who a) pander to the Democrat news media and b) take adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/26/white-house-drew-new-battle-plan-take-washington-press-corps/
— High-stakes gamble: Parents pour thousands into youth sports despite microscopic pro odds
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/26/play-pressure-hidden-toll-families-kids-professionalized-youth-sports/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California wants schools to keep parents in the dark
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4362234/california-wants-schools-keep-parents-in-the-dark/
NEW YORK POST
— Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan wears hijab in solidarity with Somalis as feds probe multibillion-dollar fraud scandal
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/us-news/minnesota-lt-gov-peggy-flanagan-wears-hijab-at-somali-market-amid-multibillion-dollar-fraud-scandal/
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/opinion/trump-makes-the-right-call-on-cannabis-after-a-40-year-wait/
— Mamdani picks his mentor: The woke, radical, anti-Israel YouTuber Ms. Rachel
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/opinion/mamdani-picks-his-mentor-the-woke-radical-anti-israel-youtuber-ms-rachel/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The calamity of illegal semi-truck drivers on the road
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_calamity_of_illegal_semi_truck_drivers_on_the_road.html
— Minnesota Gov. Walz implies that white people should have to apologize for their skin color. DD: To get more votes from nonwhites, Democrats ever-increasingly glorify and praise them, pander to them, give them more preference, and tell them that White male Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/minnesota_gov_walz_implies_that_white_people_should_have_to_apologize_for_their_skin_color.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Infuriating list of fatal car crashes caused by illegals and those who allowed them licenses
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/26/infuriating-list-of-fatal-car-crashes-caused-by-illegals-and-those-who-allowed-them-licenses-1612331/
BLAZE
— Leftist radicals doxx ICE agents with ‘WANTED’ flyers in Pennsylvania
https://www.theblaze.com/news/leftist-radicals-doxx-ice-agents-with-wanted-flyers
BREITBART
— Democrats ‘Have Adopted Illegal Aliens as Their Primary Constituents’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/26/exclusive-scott-jennings-democrats-have-adopted-illegal-aliens-as-their-primary-constituents/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Kristi Noem urges illegal immigrants to self-deport with $3K bonus or risk deportation, never returning to the US. DD: To me, $3,000 is a lot of money. In today’s dollars, during 1964, 1965, and 1966, I worked for $12.77/hour washing dishes. To earn $3,000 in today’s dollars, I had to work 235 hours.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dhs-offers-3k-holiday-stipend-for-illegal-aliens-to-self-deport.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Victor Davis Hanson Explains Why DEI Is the Most ‘Toxic Ideology’ DD: DEI destroys meritocracy.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/26/victor-davis-hanson-dei-is-most-toxic-ideology-weve-ever-experienced/
FOX NEWS
— Defiant TPUSA leader won’t quit despite intimidation, harassment after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. After a string of harassment, intimidation and destruction in the wake of the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, a leader at one of the organization’s college chapters refuses to back down. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386873781112
— Most radical courses, curriculum that received federal funding in 2025. Parents’ rights groups across the country have spoken out against far-left indoctrination over the past year. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earning a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/most-radical-courses-curriculum-received-federal-funding-2025
— Homeownership is making a comeback thanks to Trump, but there’s more to come. HUD report shows foreign-born migrants accounted for two-thirds of growth in rental demand. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My being hired in 1970 and 1971 enabled me to not only buy a new townhome in 1972, but to also buy a new Corvette in 1971 and pay for graduate evening business courses in 1972.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sec-turner-homeownership-making-comeback-thanks-trump-theres-more-come.amp
HOT AIR
— Wokeness Isn’t Dead. DD: My critics/opponents continue to promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI. They continue to deny that AA and DEI are reverse discrimination and age discrimination.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/12/26/wokeness-isnt-dead-n3810212
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Deadly Highway Crashes Prompt ICE Sweep of Illegal Alien Truckers in California
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-operation-california-highway-illegal-alien-truckers
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DEI Policies Have Caused Real Harm to Young White Men. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) reverse discrimination and age discrimination have never existed and b) older White males have caused all the world’s problems.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/dei-policies-have-caused-real-harm-to-young-white-men/amp/
NEWSMAX
— ICE: 70% Arrested Had Criminal Ties
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ice-trump-admin-illegals/2025/12/26/id/1239728/
— Discrimination Can Apply to Any Color, Any Sex, Any Race. DD: According to my critics/opponents, only those who are the following discriminate: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/bondi-dei/2025/12/26/id/1239727/
PJ MEDIA
— Laken Riley Act Arrests Reach 17,500
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/26/laken-riley-act-arrests-of-criminals-hit-17500-n4947555
— Not every Black or female is deemed more employable than a White male; only Black or female candidates who demonstrate the proper adherence to progressive values and the progressive agenda are deemed worthy. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise an older Black woman.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/12/26/theres-a-right-kind-of-black-and-a-wrong-kind-of-black-n4947548
— Woke Professor Smears ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ As Racist
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/26/woke-professor-smears-its-a-wonderful-life-as-racist-n4947551
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani’s new lesbian FDNY fire chief never worked as a firefighter. “There are some young LGBTQ members that maybe don’t see this as a possibility for them and I want them to know that there’s nothing that can stop them from finding success.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdanis-new-lesbian-fdny-fire-chief-never-worked-as-a-firefighter
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some have been critical of Bonsignore’s appointment as well as her comment, saying that she was hired only for DEI purposes.)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Feminism, Anti-Racism & the Unraveling of Western Civilization. Statistics from media, academia, and law suggest meritocracy has given way to ideology—reshaping institutions, sidelining men, and raising hard questions about the West’s long-term viability.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/12/26/feminism_anti-racism_amp_the_unraveling_of_western_civilization_681458.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters continue to promote Joe Walsh.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5664041-joe-walsh-criticizes-ice-raids/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Boston Archbishop to meet with priest over controversial “ICE was here” nativity scene. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/ice-was-here-nativity-dedham-boston/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Most Americans decide 2025 isn’t the year for charity. DD: Most if not virtually all charities promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promote even more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, and f) socialism.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/24/charitable-giving-declines-philanthropy-affordability-this-year-2025/
MSN
— US rolls out $5,000 penalty for migrants caught after illegal entry
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/us-rolls-out-5000-penalty-for-migrants-caught-after-illegal-entry/ar-AA1RSlwD
CNBC
— As the cost of living keeps climbing, Americans are trying to muscle through the affordability crisis. DD: At my and my wife’s stage in life, we deal with inflation by using our retirement savings. We have no children.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/how-americans-are-responding-to-the-affordability-crisis.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Strange Death of Make America Great Again. DD: I agree with MAGA when it promotes conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. I disagree with MAGA when it rejects conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/opinion/turning-points-americafest-maga.html
— Agriculture Department Sheds a Fifth of Its Workers. From January to June, more than 20,000 employees out of more than 110,000 left the agency, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general. DD: Because of Gingrich budget cuts, GAO shed half its workers between 1980 and 1997. I was one of them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/us/politics/trump-agriculture-department-resignations-cuts.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Tale of Two Medicaid States: Minnesota Fraud vs. Indiana Reform. More indictments in Tim Walz’s state, while Mike Braun’s reforms save hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/medicaid-fraud-minnesota-indiana-reforms-tim-walz-mike-braun-d1edb6b1
— The Bruising Reality of Searching for a Job at 65. DD: I have been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always stressed that. In my defense, my Democrat GAO forced me to retire, that is, they fired me. Before that, a) they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) they delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) they forced me to take a $23,472/year pay cut (21%) n today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Before that, my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers. Before that, my Democrat Post Office superiors, a) forced me to resign and b) disallowed my sick leave requests. The aforesaid has rendered worthless a) my work experience, b) my job-related bachelor’s degree, c) my three job-related master’s degrees, d) my six job-related professional certifications, and e) my job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-bruising-reality-of-searching-for-a-job-at-65-eed94709
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Committee Republicans advance House bill to overhaul the federal probationary period. DD: Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/committee-republicans-advance-house-bill-to-overhaul-the-federal-probationary-period/
FROM OTHER SOURSES
GOOGE AI
— Come to your defense. DD: Have you had adverse actions taken against you? When your critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against you, who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents continue to stress that when they had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me, virtually no one came to my defense. They had their operatives and their dupes a) rudely throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) rudely defeat my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) etc. Who have you hoped would have come to your defense, but did not? For me, it is those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect in general elections.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22come+to+your+defense%22
HR MORNING
— Ask these 8 questions to get difficult employees back on track. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees. They all were Democrats who were minority, female, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Further, they assigned me to work for the supervisors who they wanted to get rid of.
https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/back-on-track/