FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Evanston ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/evanston-illinois-modifies-welcoming-city-ordinance-immigrants/
— Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-council-vote-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/family-calls-for-end-to-violence-in-mexico-after-rockford-illinois-man-was-killed/ar-AA1x0YcM
WGN9
— The Illinois National Guard will send 110 soldiers and 30 airmen to help with security at the presidential inauguration next week in Washington, D.C.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-national-guard-trump-inauguration/
FOX32
— Indiana governor signs executive order eliminating DEI initiatives from state government (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/indiana-governor-dei-executive-order
WTTW
— Black Illinois Residents Are Experiencing Homelessness at Higher Rates (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/15/black-illinois-residents-are-experiencing-homelessness-higher-rates-report
— Chicago City Council Votes 39-11 to Reject Push to Scale Back Protections for Undocumented Immigrants (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/15/chicago-city-council-votes-39-11-reject-push-scale-back-protections-undocumented
WBEZ
— Chicago Police will not help with deportations after the city council rejects changes to sanctuary status. The council voted 39-11 against a proposal meant to allow Chicago police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2025/01/15/chicago-police-will-not-help-with-deportations-after-the-city-council-rejects-changes-to-sanctuary-status
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: City Council sides with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Chicago’s sanctuary city dispute (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/15/city-council-johnson-preserve-chicago-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
— DECEMBER 15, 2000 FLASHBACK: GOP CHOOSES SLATE FOR MILTON TOWNSHIP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/12/15/gop-chooses-slate-for-milton-township/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wednesday night, Heidorn ran uncontested, as expected, for township supervisor to replace Hank Kruse, who chose not to run again. Current township trustees Ken McNatt and Barbara Murphy also were selected by committeemen to run for another term. However, two-term incumbent trustee John Garrow was edged out by challengers Jim Flickinger and Don Sender, both of Wheaton. Flickinger, a longtime precinct committeeman, has been a fixture at Wheaton-Warrenville District 200 board meetings and ran unsuccessfully for a school board seat in 1997. Sender, also a committeeman and a retired history teacher at Wheaton Central High School, recently resigned as a caseworker for Milton Township. He and Kruse have been instrumental in the cleanup in the last several years of two abandoned cemeteries in the township, St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Carol Stream and Pleasant Hill Cemetery in unincorporated Wheaton. Although a township caucus, which functions as a primary, will take place Jan. 9, no opposition to the Republican slate is expected, and all the candidates and the township’s 108 Republican committeemen agreed Wednesday night to support the Republican slate. No Democratic candidates have surfaced for the April election, although several Republican committeemen said they expect Democratic opposition.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/opinion-dont-backtrack-diversity-commitments-affirmative-action/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace to remedy transit funding crisis. Chicago’s transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The Regional Transit Authority now proposes a middle route, asking lawmakers to grant it more authority over CTA, Metra and Pace.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/01/15/rta-cta-metra-pace-fiscal-cliff-kirk-dillard
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: My hate-filled Trump-hating U.S. Representative Delia Ramirez, along with Casten, Krishnamoorthi, and Schakowsky, will boycott Trump’s inauguration. How strongly does your Democrat U.S. Representative hate Trump and hate their constituents like me who voted for Trump?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250115/nation-and-world-politics/i-would-feel-unsafe-some-suburban-reps-plan-to-skip-trumps-inauguration/
— Brad Stephens named to Republican leadership post in state House
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250115/illinois-state-politics/stephens-named-to-leadership-post-in-state-house/
— DECEMBER 5, 2024 FLASHBACK: Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Effort to weaken ‘welcoming city’ protections thwarted at City Council (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/push-weaken-chicagos-welcoming-city-protections-fails
INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— ‘A low-wage state’: How Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responded to Indiana’s secession bill
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/15/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-responds-indiana-secession-bill-todd-huston/77728099007/
— I’m more qualified than Pete Hegseth for defense secretary. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/01/16/pete-hegseth-resume-trump-nomination-defense/77721020007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hegseth’s military service ended as a major without having qualified for retirement. I, too, was an infantry officer. I rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. I was awarded a single Bronze Star medal and two Commendation Medals for that service, along with a lot of other awards. I led a platoon, a company and commanded as a lieutenant colonel. My service included a peacekeeping tour and combat in Desert Storm, serving as a regular army soldier in an elite army division. My last staff position was as chief of plans of U.S. Army Japan. I spent three times as long serving in the regular Army and twice as long in the Reserve Forces – and qualified for retirement. I commanded ten times more soldiers than Hegseth did before I was even promoted to captain. For the critical position of secretary of defense, based on military experience, I easily beat Hegseth. That moves me to a commanding lead of 3-1 on the major resume items for SECDEF. All this comes with a caveat: I’m not remotely qualified to be defense secretary. I am, however, smart enough to recognize that.)
JOURNAL COURIER
— Newly elected Republican Rep. Kyle Moore joins Illinois Legislative Audit Commission (COMMENT: Democrats run IRS and GAO. They do not want Republicans like me to audit IRS. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980 after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. The Democrats who run IRS and GAO succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. In 1992, because they had assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators and because it had become all too clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS, I started taking graduate evening courses in financial markets and trading at IIT and I earned a master’s degree in that in 1997. Also, I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996. But later in 1997, they forced to retire and flushed all that down their toilet.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/kyle-moore-joins-legislative-audit-commission-20034612.php
— Davidsmeyer reappointed as assistant minority leader
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/cd-davidsmeyer-illinois-assistant-minority-leader-20033597.php
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Evanston promotes DEI, that is, Evanston promotes more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/01/14/evanston-public-library-seeks-applicants-for-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-committee/
TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Chesney: Illinois lame-duck sessions unnecessary and dangerous
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_1262294a-cfa7-11ef-aa4d-c3a7cecba88a.html
HYDE PARK HEARLD
— Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025 (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed their family responsibilities and they decried that I did not have any. According to them, if I had family responsibilities like they did, I would not have been able to earn the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I did.)
https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/nearly-300-new-illinois-laws-take-effect-in-2025/article_0d2b8422-c16e-11ef-a4dd-5771787037f4.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Caregiver discrimination House Bill 2161 adds family responsibilities to the list of categories protected from discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. The new law prevents employers from taking adverse action against employees because of their responsibilities as a caregiver for a family member, which could cause them to miss work. Bill sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, told a House committee in April that pregnant women are a good example of who the bill is designed to help. He said pregnant women shouldn’t be passed up for a promotion or face other consequences at work in anticipation that they will be taking time off to care for their baby. Guzzardi stressed the bill does not protect employees who fail to meet job performance requirements.)
FOX2
— ‘State of New Illinois’ committee continues push to secede from Cook County
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/state-of-new-illinois-committee-continues-push-to-secede-from-cook-county/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrats, activists push to decriminalize prostitution in Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/democrats-activists-push-to-decriminalize-sex-work-in-illinois/article_1424f858-d294-11ef-aca5-dfa77669c426.html
— Elik returns to leadership post
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/elik-returns-to-leadership-post/article_a50c465e-d367-11ef-96c1-af0fa800bc7c.html
WCIA
— Illinois Democrat lawmakers propose ‘Bill of Rights’ for prostitutes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-democratic-lawmakers-propose-bill-of-rights-for-sex-workers/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois counties should secede and join Indiana, its House speaker says
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-01-15/illinois-counties-should-secede-and-join-indiana-its-house-speaker-says
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for inflation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-15/inflation-remains-stubbornly-high-for-many-americans-could-it-get-worse-under-trump
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois medical debt relief program wipes out debt for over 52,000 residents (COMMENT: One reason to put up with the many negatives of being a federal employee and retiree is that the federal government pays 72% of your and your spouse’s health insurance.)
https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/illinois-medical-debt-relief-program-wipes-out-debt-for-over-52000-residents#
CWB CHICAGO
— Pickpockets are prowling downtown Chicago restaurants
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/01/pickpockets-are-prowling-downtown-chicago-restaurants-police-say.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-shelter-alliance-calls-for-100m-state-funding-boost-to-fight-homelessness/
SPRINGFIELD PATCH
— Giannoulias Aims To Offer Digital Driver’s Licenses By End Of Year For Apple Users Only. Despite blown deadlines, Patch has obtained a confidential agreement with Apple executives signed by the secretary of state in August 2024.
https://patch.com/illinois/springfield-il/illinois-aims-offer-digital-ids-end-year-apple-users-only
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MILTON TOWNSHIP
— Indivisible Illinois Kicks Off the New Year with an Inspiring Fundraiser!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/141390082555472
https://www.facebook.com/indivisibleillinois/videos/573923788749308
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over 90 passionate supporters gathered in Downers Grove to celebrate grassroots activism and civic engagement at our New Year Kickoff Fundraiser. We were honored to hear powerful remarks from U.S. Representatives Sean Casten and Raja Krishnamoorthi, alongside a stellar lineup of speakers including former U.S. Rep. Marie Newman, Appellate Justice Linda Davenport, Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog, Asian American Caucus Chair Holly Kim, State Senators Cristina Castro and Mark Walker, State Representative Nicole Grasse, DuPage County Forest Preserve President Daniel Hebread, DuPage County Board Members Sadia Covert, Yeena Yoo, and Saba Haider, DuPage County Dems Chair Reid McCollum, Lisle Township Supervisor Diane Hewitt, and Operation Swing State/ New Trier Dems President Patrick Hanley. Additional community figures in attendance included nearly appointed DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Christina Kye, Wheaton City Council Member Erica Bray-Parker, Hanover Park Village Trustee Yasmeen Bankole, College of DuPage Trustee Flo Appel, Glenbard District 87 Board President Margaret DeLaRosa, Township High School District 211 Board Vice President Steven Rosenblum, and District 99 Board Member Christopher Espinoza. Special thanks to all the incredible community leaders and supporters who joined us to reflect on our accomplishments and commit to the work ahead. Together, we are building a stronger, more inclusive future. Let’s continue to make a difference in 2025!)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-437/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-229/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— DECEMBER 4, 2024 FLASHBACK: PRESS RELEASE: Last night the Milton Township Republican Organization held its Township Caucus
https://www.facebook.com/MiltonRepublicans/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois state Rep. David Friess, R-Red Bud, also a veteran: Duckworth ‘shameful’ for behavior during Hegseth hearing
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b527e95e-d35c-11ef-a373-f7c6b9e67f84.html
WIREPOINTS
— Nobody’s defending Chicagoans against more tax hikes for CPS
https://wirepoints.org/nobodys-defending-chicagoans-against-a-tax-hike-for-cps-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tell the Sun-Times Why You Voted For or Against Trump Today (COMMENT: I voted for Trump because the Republican Party platform is conservative and Trump ran as a Republican. I owe all my successes in life to my following conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I would not have been able to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27. I would not have been able to get married when I was 29 and buy a home with my wife when I was 29 and have one built with her when I was 35.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/tell-the-sun-times-why-you-voted-for-or-against-trump-today/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ju-Ko
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ju-ko/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ko-La
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ko-la/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: La-Le
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-la-le/
— Trump’s Using Left-Wing Strategies to Change the Status Quo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/trumps-using-left-wing-strategies-to-change-the-status-quo/
— Keicher Makes Another Run at Equalizing Old Folks’ Driver’s Test to All Other States
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/keicher-makes-another-run-at-equalizing-old-folks-drivers-test-to-all-other-states/
— Chinese Firm Admits to Trying to Steal Digital Mobile Radio Technology from Motorola
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/chinese-firm-admits-to-trying-to-steal-digital-mobile-radio-technology-from-motorola/
— Mike Shorten Denounces Nepotism in Announcement of Run for Nunda Township Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/mike-shorten-denounces-nepotism-in-announcement-of-run-for-nunda-township-supervisor/
— Ness Introduces Bill to Ban Plastic and Paper Bags for Restaurants and Grocery Stores
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/ness-introduces-bill-to-ban-plastic-and-paper-bags-for-restaurants-and-grocery-stores/
— Tribune Editorial Cartoonist Finally Draws an Anti-Biden Cartoon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/tribune-editorial-cartoonist-finally-draws-an-anti-biden-cartoon/
— Bill To Be Introduced to Take Prostitution Out of Criminal Code
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/bill-to-be-introduced-to-take-prostitution-out-of-criminal-code/
— Padiddle May Have Let to Pot Charge
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/padiddle-may-have-let-to-pot-charge/
— Rep. Keicher Re-Appointed GOP House Conference Chairman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/rep-keicher-re-appointed-gop-house-conference-chairman/
— DeWitt Points Out Pritzker’s Seeming Encouragement of Voter Registration of Illegal Aliens, Seeks Protections
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/dewitt-points-out-pritzkers-seeming-encouragement-of-voter-registration-of-illegal-aliens/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Tim Ozinga Resigns from Illinois Republican State Central Committee Amid Ongoing Party Struggles (COMMENT: Who represents you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? What does he/she think of you? How does he/she treat you? I should write about how my representatives on the IRP SCC have treated me since 2000.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/tim-ozinga-resigns-from-illinois-republican-state-central-committee-amid-ongoing-party-struggles.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pam Bondi pledges to end era of America’s weaponized federal government (COMMENT: Because virtually all federal employees are Democrats, the federal government is weaponized against Republicans. I should write a book about that. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me while I worked for them for almost 30 years.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/pam-bondi-pledges-end-era-america-weaponized-feder/
— Women’s March rebrands as ‘People’s March’ in bow to inclusion ahead of Trump inaugural
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/women-march-rebrands-people-march-bow-inclusion-ah/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Duckworth says standards are ‘being lowered’ for Hegseth (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrat minorities and more Democrat females.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3288268/tammy-duckworth-standards-being-lowered-pete-hegseth/
NEW YORK POST
— Ex-Los Angeles sheriff blasts wokeness crippling city’s wildfire response: ‘Disaster is not the fires, it’s this ideology’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/us-news/ex-la-sheriff-blasts-wokeness-crippling-wildfire-response/
— Biden’s final border lie: That hundreds of thousands of migrants can’t be deported
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/opinion/bidens-final-border-lie-that-hundreds-of-thousands-of-migrants-cant-be-deported/
ACLJ
— Springfield City Council Bans Rosanna Pulido’s Trump Shirt in Blatant Violation of the First Amendment
https://aclj.org/free-speech/illinois-city-council-bans-trump-shirt-in-blatant-violation-of-the-first-amendment
AMERICAN SYSTEM NOW
— In April 1775, the Americans took the international lead against slavery by establishing the first formal anti-slavery organization ever recorded. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://americansystemnow.com/1775-americans-take-the-lead-against-slavery/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How Can Trump Overcome the Resistance?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/how_can_trump_overcome_the_resistance.html
BREITBART
— Vatican Promises Stiff Penalties for Illegal Aliens Crossing its Border
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/01/16/vatican-promises-stiff-penalties-for-illegal-aliens-crossing-its-border/
— Illegal Migrant Suspected of Arson in L.A. Wildfires Faced ‘Multiple Encounters’ with Law Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/15/illegal-migrant-suspected-arson-la-wildfires-faced-multiple-encounters-law-enforcement/
CENTER SQUARE
— Survey of best states to live places Illinois near bottom
https://www.aol.com/survey-best-states-live-places-211700535.html
DAILY CALLER
— Pam Bondi Tells Senators ‘Partisan Weaponization’ Of DOJ Will End On Her Watch (COMMENT: The “Republican” DOJ under Bush sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, it promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/pam-bondi-senators-partisan-weaponization-justice-department-will-end/
— Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell downplays Hegseth’s military service (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always downplayed my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/scott-jennings-erupts-wapo-columnist-hegseths-fox-news-secdef/
— China Blacklists Four US Companies Over Arms Sales To Taiwan (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who blacklist me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/china-blacklists-four-us-companies-over-arms-sales-to-taiwan/
— Republicans All Bark, No Bite On Top Culture War Battle
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/republicans-transgender-athletes-gop-house-bill-woke/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago blocks proposal that’d allow law enforcement to cooperate with ICE on targeting criminal migrants. Ald. Ray Lopez of the 15th ward and Ald. Jessica Tabares of the 26th ward first introduced the measure in 2023.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-blocks-proposal-thatd-allow-law-enforcement-cooperate-ice-targeting-criminal-migrants
LIFE NEWS
— Liberal Media Trashes Pro-Life Christians
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/01/15/liberal-media-trashes-pro-life-christians-theyre-trying-to-take-over-the-country/
LIVE ACTION
— Is the abortion industry supporting Illinois lawmakers’ move to decriminalize ‘sex work’?
https://www.liveaction.org/news/abortion-industry-illinois-lawmakers-decriminalize-sex-work/
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— DEI Statements Erode the Diversity That Matters. Qualified Candidates Can’t Get Jobs. (COMMENT: To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/01/16/dei-statements-erode-the-diversity-that-matters-qualified-candidates-cant-get-jobs/
NEW AMERICAN
— Government Spent Millions on “Indigenous Knowledge” to Fight California Wildfires
https://thenewamerican.com/us/government-spent-millions-on-indigenous-knowledge-to-fight-california-wildfires/
TOWNHALL
— California Politicians Cut Fire Department Funding Because of These Three Things
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/16/you-could-probably-guess-where-ca-diverted-the-funds-they-cut-from-the-fire-department-n2650630
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Bondi faces a skeptical reception from Democrats at confirmation hearing over her loyalty to Trump (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/world-national/bondi-faces-a-skeptical-reception-from-democrats-at-confirmation-hearing-over-her-loyalty-to-trump/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/01/some-immigrants-are-already-leaving-the-us-in-self-deportations-as-trumps-threats-loom/
MSNBC
— Those slanderous hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who ever-increasingly slander Hegseth as being unqualified should be sued for slander.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/hegseth-hearing-trump-cabinet-gop-affirmative-action-rcna187822
MSN
— Hiring Managers Say Gen Z Workers ‘Lack Work Ethic’ (COMMENT: What has demonstrated your work ethic? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/career/hiring-managers-say-gen-z-workers-lack-work-ethic/ar-AA1xgwFT
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/migrants-frontline-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-2025-01-16/
AOL
— Bill proposing women register for draft not signed into law (COMMENT: When I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970, I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait and that frustrated my job search big time. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, it was for a job that did not really require a college degree.)
https://www.aol.com/bill-proposing-women-register-draft-100410621.html
ABC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/immigrants-leaving-us-deportations-trumps-threats-loom-117734619
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://www.newsweek.com/self-deportation-us-immigrants-amid-trump-presidency-2015850
NEW YORK TIMES
— Drunkenness, Women and Wokeness: A Dramatic Confirmation Hearing for Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Almost all my GAO superiors were Democrats. Almost all of them were older, White, and male. Almost all of them were big drinkers. They did not approve of me being a non-drinker at all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/podcasts/the-daily/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats’ crisis of the future: the biggest states that back them are shrinking. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. (COMMENT: To be a Democrat is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/16/electoral-college-democrats-2030-census-election-republican/4407e308-d3c7-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/15/corporare-dei-retrenchment-worrisome/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/01/16/immigration-self-deportation-trump/c416fb9e-d3cf-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-16/mexico-braces-trump-mass-deport-remain-in-mexico
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs. The latest crop of elite business-school graduates are taking months to find new jobs. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/harvard-mba-employment-rate-job-hunt-difficulty-addfc3ec
— Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Balances Loyalty and Independence During Hearing (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/on-the-news/trump-ag-pick-pam-bondi-balances-loyalty-and-independence-during-hearing/BFB4D8E0-6D3A-4222-AE12-F6AE75BAC7EE
— To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/you-blamed-dei-for-hurting-your-career-now-what-6150c575
FORBES
— Duckworth tries to offset her raw viciousness by complementing Rubio. Duckworth had her thugs throw me out of her 2006 press conference in Wheaton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC8UfYsiZdc
— DeSantis Unveils Plan To Stymie Illegal Immigrants Sending Remittances To Their Nations Of Origin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxvasgYIW-4
FED SMITH
— Federal Employees Face Hiring Freeze on Trump’s First Day (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led promotion freezes. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. They took their anger out on me, one of the very few Republican employees in the office.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/01/11/telework-hiring-freeze-likely-first-day-trump-administration/
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Will Progressive and Mainstream Audiences Keep Switching off the News? (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media promotes more hatred against Trump, and therefore, more hatred against the 77 million who voted for him.).
https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/progressive-mainstream-righting-news-deserters-avoidance-trump-bump.php
MS MAGAZINE
— How I Broke Through the Fertility Industry’s False Promises to Become a Mom at 44 (COMMENT: I should write about how and why my Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF in the 1980s.)
https://msmagazine.com/2025/01/16/ivf-fertility-older-women-age-black-brown-pregnancy-maternal-health/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Students who graduated from an Illinois high school, no matter where they’re currently enrolled, will soon be guaranteed transfer admission to any University of Illinois system institution—including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which has a regular acceptance rate below 50 percent. (COMMENT: UIC accepted in 1966 because I had graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class and my ACT score was 24.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/01/16/illinois-guarantees-transfer-all-state-high-school-grads
NEWS ONE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly analogize illegals to fugitive slaves.
https://newsone.com/5851343/what-were-the-slave-narratives/
NEW PRESS
— The more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrat and RINO leaders want you to pay: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thenewpress.com/blog/book-excerpts/read-excerpt-from-price-they-paid
NEWS BUG
— Boomers Own 36.0% of Illinois Homes, 11th Fewest in the U.S. (COMMENT: I am a boomer. I have owned real estate in Illinois since I was 24 years old in 1972. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, and a one bedroom condo there in 1976. My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.newsbug.info/news/national/illinois/boomers-own-36-0-of-illinois-homes-11th-fewest-in-the-u-s/article_02e438ab-9339-57b3-a05b-f33c01e379bb.html
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/will-trumps-mass-deportation-depend-on-self-deportation.html
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/racial-justice-issues/dismantling-white-supremacy/
CATO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cato.org/blog/biden-didnt-cause-border-crisis-part-1-summary
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/letting-asylum-seekers-work-not-pull-factor
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January 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Zuckerberg to cohost reception with Republican billionaires for Trump inauguration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-cohost-reception-republican-billionaires-trump-inauguration/15800259/
— High-stakes Thornton Township meeting happening Tuesday as political standoff continues
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-high-stakes-thornton-township-meeting-happening-tuesday-political-standoff-continues/15800428/
— Democrat leaders want federal aid for LA fire victims to be unconditional.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-speaker-mike-johnson-suggests-conditions-needed-federal-aid-los-angeles-wildfire-victims/15797835/
— High-stakes Thornton Twp. meeting abruptly ends in chaos, blindsiding Henyard: ‘Call the police!’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-high-stakes-thornton-township-meeting-happening-tuesday-political-standoff-continues/15800428/
NBC5 & CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-could-become-first-state-to-decriminalize-sex-work-under-proposed-law/3646041/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SEUKkAJSNM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/proposed-illinois-legislation-decriminalize-sex-155600339.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/illinois-state-lawmakers-propose-legalizing-consensual-sex-work/ar-BB1rrBcl
NBC5
— Who will be at Trump’s inauguration? Notable names on – and off – the guest list
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/who-will-be-at-trumps-inauguration-notable-names-on-and-off-the-guest-list/3646197/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supervisor Tiffany Henyard sues two Thornton Township trustees over meeting absences
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/14/supervisor-tiffany-henyard-sues-thornton-township-trustees/
— Eight candidates vying for Calumet Township trustee (COMMENT: Who are the candidates running for Supervisor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner, Assessor, and Trustee in your township?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/14/eight-candidates-vying-for-calumet-township-trustee-gary-councilman-no-longer-running/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Duckworth, other female senators grill Defense nominee Hegseth on his objections to women in combat. Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth told Pete Hegseth he was “wholly unprepared” to be confirmed as defense secretary: “You’re not qualified, Mr. Hegseth, you’re not qualified.” (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/14/tammy-duckworth-defense-secretary-nominee-pete-hegseth-senate-confirmation-hearing
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTIRE: Elgin launches new webpage to keep residents informed on ‘Tent City,’ homelessness initiatives (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, there will be tent cities in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250114/news/elgin-launches-new-webpage-to-keep-residents-informed-on-tent-city-homelessness-initiatives/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: What’s in Giannoulias’ plan to end road test for drivers 86 and younger? Let families report at-risk drivers.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250114/transportation/whats-in-giannoulias-plan-to-end-road-test-for-drivers-86-and-younger-let-families-report-at-risk/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— City Council to mull weakening ‘welcoming city’ law that made Chicago a target of immigration hawks (COMMENTS Illegals destroy municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/city-council-mull-weakening-chicago-welcoming-city-law
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— A bill introduced in the Indiana legislature by its Republican House Speaker would create a commission to embrace 33 Illinois counties that have voted for a symbolic measure to leave Illinois and create a new state. (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
Read more at: https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article298546833.html#storylink=cpy
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article298546833.html
— $120K per year working for Illinois? Check out state jobs open now & what they pay. (COMMENT: I did not earn $120,000/year in today’s dollars until I a) had worked for GAO for almost 8 years, b) had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, c) had a CPA license for more than 6 years, d) had been a Certified Internal Auditor for more than 6 years, e) had a master’s degree in accounting for more than 7 years, f) had been a CPA for more than 8 years, and g) had an MBA for more than 11 years.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article298116288.html
INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Should Illinois counties be able to secede and join Indiana? Indiana speaker says yes (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/14/indiana-general-assembly-bill-allows-illinois-counties-succeed-join-indiana/77696471007/
FOX59
— Lawmakers announce intent to redraw boundary between Indiana, Illinois (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://fox59.com/news/politics/lawmakers-announce-intent-to-redraw-boundary-between-indiana-illinois/
CBS4
— Indiana bill looks to absorb Illinois counties into Indiana (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0fMLJvBbE
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Ivanka Trump: Politics ‘a very dark, negative business’ (COMMENT: Politics and government are nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about my critics/opponents and their judgement-proof operatives and dupes.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ivanka-trump-politics-a-very-dark-negative-business/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— IL Guide To Donald Trump’s Inauguration As 47th President. Swearing-in ceremonies begin about noon local time Monday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/il-guide-donald-trump-s-inauguration-47th-president
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Indiana makes a play for Illinois counties (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/15/indiana-makes-a-play-for-illinois-counties-00198336
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-436/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-228/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— The Republican Party of Illinois has announced that Tim Ozinga has resigned from his position as State Central Committeeman for the 1st Congressional District on January 12th. (COMMENT: Who represents you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? What does he/she think of you? How does he/she treat you? I should write about how my representatives on the IRP SCC have treated me since 2000.)
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what are the biggest things that you would have done differently? I would NOT have succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. I would have fought it. The sigma of being forced to retire early is tremendous. Beyond the tremendous financial loss that I continue to suffer, my critics/opponents in the following continue to use it against me: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, conservative organizations, and religious organizations. They continue to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an extremely bad person if not even worse things because of the qualification that I had when GAO got rid of me: a) a job-related professional license, b) six job-related professional certifications, c) three job-related master’s degrees, d) almost 18 years of GAO work experience, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, and e) almost 9 years of IRS work experience, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Further, if I had not retired early, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party could not have blamed me for George Ryan’s problems, for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich, or for Andy McKenna losing to Jack Ryan. – Dave Diersen
http:///www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Salary freezes, firings and school closings are needed to get CPS finances back on track
https://wirepoints.org/salary-freezes-firings-and-school-closings-are-needed-to-get-cps-finances-back-on-track-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pete Hegseth still on track to lead Defense Department after confirmation hearing
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/14/pete-hegseth-still-track-lead-defense-department-c/
— Democrats skipping Trump’s inauguration aren’t calling it a boycott (COOMENT: The leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee boycotted the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/14/democrats-skipping-donald-trump-inauguration-aren-/
— Biden ends term with nearly 11 million illegal border crossers (COMMENT: How many illegals are in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Illegals drag everything down.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/14/joe-biden-ends-term-nearly-11-million-illegal-bord/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s open border aided terrorists and made America unsafe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3285965/biden-open-border-aided-terrorists/
— Hegseth and Republican defenders bash Pentagon’s DEI efforts (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3286409/pete-hegseth-republicans-bash-pentagon-dei-efforts/
— Hegseth fights back against ‘smear campaign’ as Democrats charge he is unqualified to lead Pentagon (COMMENT: In 2004, my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) critics/opponents blamed me for George Ryan’s problems, for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich, and for Andy McKenna losing to Jack Ryan. Because of that, they did not want me to serve as the MTRO Treasurer. Because I was highly qualified to serve as the MTRO Treasurer, they did not attack my qualifications. Instead, they slandered me and defamed me. I should write about that.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3285801/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-senate-trump-defense-nominee/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Hegseth Emerges From Committee Hearing Unscathed. Senate Armed Services Committee staffers expect vote to advance would-be defense sec’s nomination next week.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/hegseth-emerges-from-committee-hearing-unscathed/
NEW YORK POST
— Hegseth confirmation hearing live updates: Trump’s defense secretary nom slams ‘anonymous smears’ at Senate grilling (COMMENT: In 2004, my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) critics/opponents blamed me for George Ryan’s problems, for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich, and for Andy McKenna losing to Jack Ryan. Because of that, they did not want me to serve as the MTRO Treasurer. Because I was highly qualified to serve as the MTRO Treasurer, they did not attack my qualifications. Instead, they slandered me and defamed me. I should write about that.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/us-news/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-for-defense-secretary-live-updates-reactions-more/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Border Agents Discover “Sophisticated” Illegal Immigrant Tunnels Built During Biden Administration
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/14/border-agents-discover-sophisticated-illegal-immigrant-tunnels-built-during-biden-administration/
— Hegseth Fires Back at Contentious Hearing
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/15/morning-greatness-hegseth-fires-back-at-contentious-hearing/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dem senator plumbs the ‘despicable’ depths by using Pete Hegseth’s young daughter to smear him
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/15/dem-senator-plumbs-the-despicable-depths-by-using-pete-hegseths-young-daughter-to-smear-him-1516100/
BLAZE
— Wokeness/wokeism is not going away, it is going under the table, off the books.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/blaze-news-tonight/wokeness
BREITBART
— House Passes Bill to Shield K-12 Sports from Transgenderism
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/14/house-passes-bill-shield-k-12-sports-transgenderism/
— Exiting Border Chief Mayorkas’ Parole Inflow to Hit 1.5 Million Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/15/mayorkas-parole-programs-near-1-5-million-migrants/
DAILY CALLER
— Bush-Era Republicans Flourished As Anti-Trumpers — Scott Jennings Took A Different Path (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are anti-Trumpers.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/14/scott-jennings-cnn-bush-anti-trump-path-profile/
— ‘It’s Weakening Our Military’: Marine Vet Defends Hegseth, Says Military’s Push For Diversity Undermines Recruitment
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/14/pete-hegseth-military-dei/
— Dem Rep Distraught That Immigrants Who Already Broke Law By Crossing Border Could Be Detained Under Laken Riley Act
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/dem-rep-distraught-that-immigrants-who-already-broke-law-by-crossing-border-could-be-detained-under-laken-riley-act/ar-BB1rnMf5
DAILY CITIZEN
— Hegseth Promises to Reinstate Unfairly Discharged Servicemembers With Back Pay (COMMENT: Have you been fired? To force me to resign, my Democrat Post Office superiors falsely claimed that I was not available to work enough part-time hours in 1969. To fire me, my Democrat Firestone Store boss used my accepting a job-offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. To fire me, that is, to force me to retire at least 6 years early, my Democrat GAO superiors made it all too clear to me that they could and that they would have made my next 6 years beyond a living hell if I did not retire when I was 49 in 1997. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should stayed and fought them. Being forced to retire carries with it tremendous stigmas.)
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/pete-hegseth-promises-to-reinstate-unfairly-discharged-servicemembers-with-back-pay/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Praises DeSantis For Leading On His Agenda, Urges Other Governors To Follow. The special session focuses largely on implementing Trump’s agenda on illegal immigration.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-praises-desantis-for-leading-on-his-agenda-urges-other-governors-to-follow
— As Trump 2.0 Approaches, NGOs Continue To Fund Mass Migration With U.S. Tax Dollars. New U.N. planning docs show billions of dollars budgeted for debit cards, transportation, shelter, food and cash.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-trump-2-0-approaches-ngos-continue-to-fund-mass-migration-with-u-s-tax-dollars
EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Key Takeaways From Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing. Hegseth was the first of roughly a dozen Trump’s appointees slated to go before Senate committees this week.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/key-takeaways-from-pete-hegseths-confirmation-hearing-5791992
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Beclown Themselves At Hegseth Confirmation Hearing
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/15/jag-off-day-in-a-word-democrats-beclown-themselves-at-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hegseth Shuts Down Warren: ‘I’m Not a General, Senator’ Generals cannot work in the defense industry until 10 years after retirement. How can Hegseth make a pledge to do that when he’s not a general!? (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/hegseth-shuts-down-warren-im-not-a-general-senator/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Military rank is relevant because Hegseth’s proposed rule applies only to general and flag officers leaving US military service. The rule doesn’t apply to him because he was only a major.)
NEWSMAX
— Tuberville: Military Is Weakest It’s Ever Been
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tommy-tuberville-military-weak/2025/01/14/id/1195084/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Biden Announces One-Time $770 Payments For Calif. Fire Victims
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/biden-announces-one-time-770-payments-for-calif-fire-victims/
RED STATE
— Duckworth Went Full Lunatic During the Hegseth Hearing and Completely Beclowned Herself (COMMENT: My critics/opponents continue to blame me for Roskam almost losing to Duckworth in 2006. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/01/14/tammy-duckworth-went-full-lunatic-during-pete-hegseth-hearing-and-ended-up-playing-the-fool-n2184336
TOWNHALL
— Laken Riley Act Is Not Enough
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2025/01/15/laken-riley-act-is-not-enough-n2650550
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Cut smart, not blind: How DOGE should be approaching government waste (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) because I was a Republican with bad demographics and b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5083499-cut-smart-not-blind-how-doge-should-be-approaching-government-waste/
ABC NEWS
— Duckworth hones in on Hegseth’s alleged budgeting inexperience (COMMENT: Since 1999, I have unsuccessfully encouraged the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party to budget, that is, to prepare a budget each year, to get it approved, and to follow it.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/sen-tammy-duckworth-hones-hegseths-alleged-budgeting-inexperience-117668174
CBS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more discrimination against Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/walmart-dei-policies-meta-mcdonalds-ford/
— Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump’s inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bezos-elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-trump-inauguration/
MSN
— How The Chevy Impala Became Chevrolet’s Best-Selling Car for Decades (COMMENT: I owned a 1962 Impala SS collector car 1989-2005. I owned a 1962 Bel Air 1971-1978.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/how-the-chevy-impala-became-chevrolet-s-best-selling-car-for-decades/ar-BB1rd3qV
— Looking for a job? (COMMENT: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will find a job that is appropriate for your work experience, education, professional certifications, and/or professional license: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/looking-for-a-job-tips-for-the-2025-job-market/vi-BB1rrDIu
MSNBC
— My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I got promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I got promoted in 1986.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pete-hegseths-confirmation-hearing-brings-overlapping-failures-focus-rcna187754
WASHINGTON POST
— Hegseth said he wants a military rooted in a meritocracy because it is now rooted in diversity, equity and inclusivity nonsense.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/14/robin-givhan-pete-hegseth-hearing/
USA TODAY
— According to Democrats and to RINOs, when Democrat and RINO candidates win, they have a mandate, but when Republican candidates win, they do not.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/13/trump-presidency-mandate-maga-republicans/77563407007/
CBS12
— Meta cutting 5% of lowest-performing staff in company’s latest shakeup (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO instituted pay-for-performance in 1989. They used its subjectivity to get rid their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers.)
https://cbs12.com/news/nation-world/meta-cutting-5-of-lowest-performing-staff-in-companys-latest-shakeup-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-instagram-tech-social-media
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hegseth Says U.S. Troops Will ‘Rejoice’ After Ending ‘Woke’ Policies
https://www.wsj.com/video/pete-hegseth-says-us-troops-will-rejoice-after-ending-woke-policies/F1B84CFE-F9A5-4F38-AF0A-A06E50231401
— What Has Hegseth Said About ‘Wokeness’ and Diversity Programs? (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/card/what-has-pete-hegseth-said-about-wokeness-and-diversity-programs–ChQmNCwZrdZT6gCkxAm8
— Hegseth Weathers Fiery Senate Hearing, Putting Confirmation on Stronger Footing. Democrats called Trump’s Pentagon pick unqualified, but Republicans said he would bring a needed change to the Defense Department. (COMMENT: You go with what you got. I have always stressed my qualifications. I stress my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, my job-related professional license, my almost 18 years working for GAO, and my almost 9 years working for IRS. My critics/opponents stress the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-trump-cabinet-b569c525
— Make America Ageless: Trump’s Health Picks Take Longevity Movement Mainstream. Antiaging scientists and entrepreneurs hope the new administration will make it easier to develop treatments. (COMMENT: I am 76 years old. I have fought age discrimination since I was 25 years old in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. To fight age discrimination, I a) earned an MBA from Loyola in when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, e) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and f) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48. Further, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with age discrimination when I was 40. Further, I sued GAO for age discrimination when I was 49.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/anti-aging-longevity-maha-movement-5ee62310
FORBES
— Hegseth Lambasts DEI & Critical Race Theory In The Military During Questioning (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs4bZ0Rt4QM
BLOOMBERG
— A $78 Billion Affirmative Action Policy Set for Legal Attack (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/federal-contracting/a-78-billion-affirmative-action-policy-set-for-legal-attacks
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Hegseth says troops forced out of the military over the COVID vaccine could be ‘re-recruited’ with back pay and an apology (COMMENT: Will Trump say that Republican federal employees like me who were forced to retire early should be re-recruited with back pay and an apology?)
https://www.businessinsider.com/pete-hegseth-backs-trump-plans-for-military-covid-vaccine-refusers-2025-1
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/cardinal-cupich-advocates-inclusion-and-listening-lgbtq-catholics
NEWS NATION NOW
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are solders in the Democrat Army.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/perfectly-legal-if-sanctuary-cities-dont-help-with-mass-deportations-law-scholar-says/
POLITICO
— Trump praises DeSantis, urges other governors to follow his lead on immigration. DeSantis has called for a special session, but legislative leaders in the state have pushed back. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will call a special session to get rid of Illinois Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/donald-trump-florida-special-session-00000339
— Trump inauguration ‘potential target’ for threats, agencies warn. The possible threats detailed in a security assessment ahead of the inauguration reflect the heightened political — and potentially violent — environment in which Trump will assume power.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/trump-inauguration-security-threats-00198275
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
— Pam Bondi to face questions on loyalty to Trump (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/pam-bondi-face-questions-loyalty-trump-lobbying-ties-117640295
AXIOS INDIANAPOLIS
— Indiana House speaker proposes annexing Illinois counties (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2025/01/14/indiana-annexing-illinois-counties
HR DRIVE
— Illinois law banning caregiver employment discrimination takes effect (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed their caregiver responsibilities and they decried that I did not have any. According to them, if I had caregiver responsibilities like they did, I would not have been able to earn the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I did.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/illinois-caregiver-leave-law/736411/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— L.A. Wildfires: 77% of Democrats Blame Climate Change (CIOMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/l_a_wildfires_77_of_democrats_blame_climate_change
January 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In blue state Illinois, demand outstrips supply for Trump inauguration tickets. Trump’s improving numbers in the Chicago area and the rest of the state should be sending messages to Democrats as they plot their course in the coming second Trump era.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/13/trump-inauguration-tickets-blue-state-illinois-demand
— Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law. “The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference announcing the proposed bill. “This law is essential now more than ever.” (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/13/proposed-bill-illinois-decriminalize-sex-work
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McDonald’s sued over Hispanic scholarship program one week after rolling back some diversity goals (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/mcdonalds-sued-over-hispanic-scholarship-program-one-week-after-rolling-back-some-diversity-goals/
— Advisory referendum question on political contribution rules thrown out by Aurora Electoral Board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/advisory-referendum-question-on-political-contribution-rules-thrown-out-by-aurora-electoral-board/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/illinois-medical-marijuana/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/14/opinion-immgration-refugee-resettlement-united-states/
— CPS on the ‘financial brink’ and state takeover shouldn’t be out of the question, Civic Federation report says
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/report-cps-on-the-financial-brink-state-takeover-not-out-of-the-question/
— Hegseth could lead troops who’d face getting fired for actions he’s done in the past
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/hegseth-troops/
DAILY HERALD
— Judge rules Aurora alderman candidate can’t be on ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250113/local-politics/judge-rules-aurora-alderman-candidate-cant-be-on-ballot/
— Millions have had student loans canceled under Biden — despite the collapse of his forgiveness plan (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships and my having to work my way through college.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250113/education/millions-have-had-student-loans-canceled-under-biden-despite-the-collapse-of-his-forgiveness-plan/
— For voters and for their own good, candidates should be accessible by email
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250114/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-email-drumbeat-for-voters-and-for-their-own-good-candidates-should-be-ac/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s sued over Hispanic student scholarship in latest DEI battlefront (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-sued-over-hispanic-student-scholarship-program
CBS2
— Activists protest proposed changes to Chicago’s sanctuary city ordinance (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/activists-protest-proposed-changes-chicago-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DKu6V8AUzTIA
WGN9
— Tiffany Henyard asks judge to force trustees to show-up to meetings
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/tiffany-henyard-asks-judge-to-force-trustees-to-show-up-to-meetings/
— Illinois will give you a $4K rebate to purchase an electric vehicle in 2025 (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in the 2025 Dodge Charger EV. I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/illinois-ev-electric-vehicle-rebate-2025/
FOX32
— Fight brews over Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance amid Trump era fears (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fight-brews-over-chicago-welcoming-city-ordinance-trump-fears
— Chicago aldermen propose weakening sanctuary city protections. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office with promises of mass deportations, a proposal to amend Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance is reigniting debate over the city’s sanctuary status. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1576011
— Could Illinois be the next state to decriminalize prostitution? (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T32DSkM7_OE
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DT32DSkM7_OE
WTTW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/13/wttw-news-explains-how-did-chicago-become-sanctuary-city
— Advocates, Lawmakers Seek to Legalize Sex Work in Illinois: ‘People Deserve Respect. Work is Work’ (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/13/advocates-lawmakers-seek-legalize-sex-work-illinois-people-deserve-respect-work-work
WBEZ
— Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law. “The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference announcing the proposed bill. “This law is essential now more than ever.” (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/01/13/proposed-bill-illinois-decriminalize-sex-work
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty. Incoming senior Trump officials have begun questioning career civil servants serving on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for, their political contributions in the 2024 election and whether they’ve made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by the Trump team. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. They all were loyal to the Democrat Party platform. They focused on getting rid of Republican federal employees.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/incoming-trump-team-is-questioning-civil-servants-at-national-security-council-about-their-loyalty/article_dfcfb082-5b71-516b-b0d5-c184547e415c.html
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston boosts noncompliance with federal deportation efforts (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/01/14/city/evanston-boosts-noncompliance-with-federal-deportation-efforts/
AUSTIN WEEKLY
— Homelessness spikes by 116% in Illinois in 2024, mostly in Chicago. The national increase from 2023 was 18%, according to an annual HUD report; multiple reasons cited. (COMMENT: What percent of illegals are homeless?)
https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2025/01/13/subruban-cook-county-homelessness-increase/
CITIES 92.9
— Former IL GOP AG candidate Thomas DeVore sues House GOP leader Tony McCombie, alleging social media censorship
https://www.cities929.com/2025/01/13/former-il-gop-ag-candidate-sues-house-gop-leader-alleging-social-media-censorship/
X95 RADIO
— Windhorst Re-appointed State House Republican Floor Leader
https://www.x95radio.com/2025/01/14/windhorst-re-appointed-state-house-republican-floor-leader/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis calls special session to implement Trump’s immigration policies (COMMENT: Will Pritzker call a special session to fight Trump’s immigration policies?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-desantis-calls-special-session-to-implement-trumps-immigration-policies/
FOLEY & LARDNER
— Illinois Human Rights Act Now Protects Employees With “Family Responsibilities” (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed their family responsibilities and they decried that I did not have any. According to them, if I had family responsibilities like they did, I would not have been able to earn the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I did.)
https://www.foley.com/insights/publications/2025/01/illinois-human-rights-act-now-protects-employees-with-family-responsibilities/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Dozens Gather In Pilsen To ‘Stand Up And Fight Back’ Against Trump’s Deportation Plans. Protestors condemned the Trump administration’s plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and urged city leaders to protect Chicago’s “Welcoming City” status. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/13/dozens-gather-in-pilsen-to-stand-up-and-fight-back-against-trumps-deportation-plans/
CHICAGO TREACHERS UNION
— Fighting for our students, standing up for sanctuary protections (COMMENT: Who fights for you? My critics/opponents can cite many examples that the following do not fight for me: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists.)
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/bargaining-update-fighting-for-our-students-standing-up-for-sanctuary-protections/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— House Republican Leader Tony McCombie has been sued in federal court by Tom DeVore, a former Republican attorney general candidate who says McCombie blocked him on Facebook. . .House Republican leaders named. List here https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000194-62bd-d639-a395-7ebd8fd30000
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/14/illinois-gop-leader-sued-over-social-media-actions-00198034
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-435/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-227/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Adults murdering kids. Kids murdering kids. “Random” bullets killing kids. Nearly 100 dead youth in Chicago in 2024.
https://wirepoints.org/adults-murdering-kids-kids-murdering-kids-random-bullets-killing-kids-nearly-100-dead-youth-in-chicago-in-2024-wirepoints/
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Cook County gun, ammo tax unconstitutional still, judge says
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/667585272-cook-county-gun-ammo-tax-unconstitutional-still-judge-says
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Southern Illinois thrown a ‘bone’ after federal spending bill provides disaster aid (COMMENT: What bones have you been thrown? My Democrat GAO superiors reluctantly let me work for them for almost 18 years 1980-1997 and reluctantly promoted me in 1986. My Democrat IRS superiors reluctantly let me work for them for almost 9 years 1971-1980 and reluctantly promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors reluctantly let me work for them for almost 3 years 1966-1969.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/legislator-southern-illinois-thrown-a-bone-after-federal-spending-bill-provides-disaster-aid/ar-BB1rh5v7
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Henyard Filed Another Frivolous Suit Against Thornton Township Trustees
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/01/henyard-filed-another-frivolous-suit-against-thornton-township-trustees/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Smearing Trump’s nominees thwarts the will of the people (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/13/smearing-trump-nominees-thwarts-people/
NEW YORK POST
— McDonald’s sued over Latino scholarships despite rolling back DEI (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/business/mcdonalds-sued-over-latino-scholarships-despite-rolling-back-dei/
— Suspect arrested with ‘flamethrower’ near LA Fire is an illegal immigrant
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/us-news/suspect-arrested-with-flamethrower-near-kenneth-fire-is-an-illegal-immigrant-report/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Sanctuary hell: Illegal alien picked up with a blow torch in a fire zone may have avoided charges to shield him from deportation
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/sanctuary_hell_illegal_alien_picked_up_with_a_blow_torch_in_a_fire_zone_may_have_been_let_go_to_shield_him_from_deportation.html
BLAZE
— Deportations are mass enforcement, not mass deprivation of ‘rights’
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/deportations-are-mass-enforcement-not-mass-deprivation-of-rights
BREITBART
— Pro-Migrant Activists Hold Chicago Rally to Protest Trump Deportation Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/13/pro-migrant-activists-hold-chicago-rally-protest-trump-deportation-policy/
— Laken Riley Act Momentum Grows as Senate Democrats Vote to Begin Debate
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/13/laken-riley-act-momentum-grows-as-senate-democrats-vote-to-begin-debate/
DAILY CALLER
— Dems Are Terrified Pete Hegseth Might Bring A Little Common Sense To The Pentagon
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/13/opinion-dems-are-terrified-pete-hegseth-might-bring-a-little-common-sense-to-pentagon-nicole-kiprilov/
— Dem Rep Distraught That Immigrants Who Already Broke Law By Crossing Border Could Be Detained Under Laken Riley Act
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/13/dem-rep-immigrants-crossing-border-detained-laken-riley-act/
DAILY SIGNAL
— States Should Conduct Their Own Censuses, Count Citizens Only for Redistricting.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/13/states-should-conduct-their-own-censuses-use-citizens-only-redistricting-heres-how/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Despite Criminal Activity, Governor Healey Asks Legislature to Spend Millions More in Taxpayer Dollars to House Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/despite-criminal-activity-governor-healey-asks-legislature-spend-millions-more
FOX BUSINESS
— DEI is not dying, it is just going under the table, off the books.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/dei-dying-heres-list-companies-have-rolled-back-woke-policies
FOX NEWS
— Chicago official slams Brandon Johnson’s new ICE guidelines: ‘Who is the mayor trying to protect?’ Alderman wants to remove those arrested for ‘gang-related activity, drug-related activity, prostitution and human trafficking, or sex crimes involving minors’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-official-slams-brandon-johnsons-new-ice-guidelines-who-mayor-trying-protect
— Massachusetts county ignores ICE detainers against illegal immigrant charged with rape. The immigrant is charged with a series of violent felonies, including rape and extortion with threat of injury.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-county-has-policy-ignoring-ice-requests-against-illegal-immigrants
— Man arrested near LA fires with possible blowtorch is an illegal immigrant: ICE sources. ICE is expected to put a detainer on him, but does not believe it will be honored.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/man-arrested-near-la-fires-possible-blowtorch-illegal-immigrant-ice-sources
— DOGE reps launch meetings with federal staffers in effort to cut government waste. Aides for Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy are reportedly meeting with staffers from more than a dozen federal agencies. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) because I was a Republican with bad demographics and b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-reps-launch-meetings-federal-staffers-effort-cut-government-waste-report
— DNC hires former Harris staffers behind @KamalaHQ for social media response to Trump. The DNC claims Trump is already ‘screwing over the American people.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dnc-hires-former-harris-staffers-behind-kamalahq-social-media-response-trump
HUMAN EVENTS
— The Enemy Within – Nearly Half of Federal Employees Openly Planning to Resist Trump (COMMENT: If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-enemy-within-nearly-half-of-federal-employees/id1585243541?i=1000683852550
NEW AMERICAN
— Hate-Trump Heretic Appointed Archbishop of Washington, D.C.; Covered for Priest Rapist
https://thenewamerican.com/us/hate-trump-heretic-appointed-archbishop-of-washington-d-c-covered-for-priest-rapist/
NEWSMAX
— Congress Desperately Needs DOGE-Focused Hearings (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) because I was a Republican with bad demographics and b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.newsmax.com/scotfaulkner/doge-gao-inspector/2025/01/13/id/1194899/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The subcommittee can become a key forum for informing the public of existing waste, fraud, and abuse, building the nonpartisan case for cutting budgets and eliminating programs. . .Witnesses from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the 73 inspector general offices could review the last 10 years of their findings. Each year they collectively report over $650 billion in ongoing waste and provide recommended actions. Few of their recommendations were implemented. . .Waste is not partisan. No one wants public funds misspent. . .The handful of “public” witnesses represented Washington-based stakeholder organizations. No one from oversight groups documenting government waste and abuse were invited to testify.)
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DNC Creates Team To Combat ‘Republican Disinformation Machine’ Ahead Of Trump’s Inauguration (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are full of disinformation.)
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dnc-creates-team-to-combat-republican-disinformation-machine-ahead-of-trumps-inauguration/
PJ MEDIA
— Woke Equity Is the Reason Why Pacific Palisades Is Now a Moonscape
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/01/13/is-equity-the-reason-why-pacific-palisades-is-a-moonscape-now-n4935920
— As Wildfires Rage, California Dems Want $50 Million to Protect Illegals From Deportation
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/13/as-wildfires-rage-california-dems-want-50-million-to-protect-illegal-from-deportation-n4935927
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Woke Ideology Is Replacing Merit-Based Standards In Military
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/13/william_thibeau_woke_ideology_is_replacing_merit-based_standards_in_military.html
TOWNHALL
— A homeless man who was trying to start fires with a blowtorch near a Los Angeles wildfire is an illegal immigrant. The suspect, Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva, is a Mexican national living in the states illegally.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/01/13/suspect-who-was-trying-to-start-fires-in-la-is-an-illegal-alien-n2650424
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Border Czar Homan Rolling Out Way for Individual Americans to Personally Help Deport Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/border-czar-homan-rolling-way-individual-americans-personally-help-deport-illegals/
— Would-Be Arsonist Caught by Citizens Is Illegal Immigrant
https://www.westernjournal.com/arsonist-caught-citizens-illegal-immigrant-ice-reporter/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— News Outlets Take Unusual Steps to Prepare for Onslaught From Trump. Media organizations are preparing for what they fear will be a legal and political onslaught from the new administration. (COMMENT: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/trump-media-threats.html?searchResultPosition=6
WASHINGTON POST
— Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration. Many of D.C.’s elected leaders either did not say or were noncommittal about whether they will show up to celebrate Trump’s return.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/13/trump-inauguration-protests-safety-dc/
UPI
— U.S. blacklists online White supremacist group as terrorist organization (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who blacklisted the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken big adverse actions against me recently.)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/13/Terrorgram-Collective-terrorist-designation/9661736821662/
MARINE TIMES
— Hegseth’s track record falls short of military standards: Dem senators (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/opinion/2025/01/14/hegseths-track-record-falls-short-of-military-standards-dem-senators/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While we respect his service in the Army Reserve and National Guard, he did not rise to a command position where he would learn the management, joint forces operations, logistics and other skills relevant to the role he’s up for now. He never commanded a task force or a detachment — nothing near the scale or scope of the 3 million people who make up the DOD. These military experiences aren’t requirements for the job, but his civilian leadership experience is not just limited, it is also fraught with evidence that he is not an effective or trusted leader. He financially mismanaged two veterans political organizations, with his staff alleging that he misused funds, was frequently drunk in front of them and fostered an environment where sexual harassment was an issue. He spent the last seven years as a Fox News host, where his alcohol consumption was also a concern among his co-workers. We would not tolerate this kind of reckless behavior from recruits — there is absolutely zero reason we should tolerate it from the man who is supposed to be their leader.)
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Voters Back Trump on Greenland, Panama Canal
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/gop_voters_back_trump_on_greenland_panama_canal
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— McDonald’s Sued Over Latino Scholarships, One Week After Retreating on Diversity. Activist Edward Blum, who challenged affirmative action, sets his sights on college aid. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/mcdonalds-sued-over-latino-scholarships-one-week-after-retreating-on-diversity-dc7a2438
— Employers want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-immigrants-america-needs-policy-reform-8bf8c942
— Pete Hegseth Faces a Skeptical Senate. The Defense nominee must overcome doubts about his qualifications. (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pete-hegseth-nomination-pentagon-defense-secretary-senate-armed-services-committee-51ff216f
BARRON’S
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegals.
https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/migrants-fret-over-asylum-appointments-scheduled-after-trump-s-inauguration-825fe476
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91257841/how-the-dei-backlash-impacts-women-at-work
BORDER REPORT
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.
https://fox40.com/news/border-report/perfectly-legal-if-sanctuary-cities-dont-help-with-mass-deportations-law-scholar-says/
AMERICAN WIRE
— Gingrich warns mass deportations could backfire on Trump (COMMENT: Because of Gingrich’s massive budget cuts, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://americanwirenews.com/newt-gingrich-warns-mass-deportations-could-backfire-on-trump/
POLITICO
— Trump made the GOP a big-tent party. Now, he’s stuck with the infighting. The clashes are a preview to the challenges the president-elect faces.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/trump-republicans-bannon-musk-00197996
— Democrats look to sink Pete Hegseth’s nomination in first day of confirmation hearings. The treatment of Trump’s Pentagon pick will likely determine how other nominees fare.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/13/what-to-watch-pete-hegseths-hearing-00197922
DAILY BEAST
— Duckworth Knocks Hegseth’s Military Record: ‘Pretty Low Ranking’ (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/duckworth-knocks-hegseth-military-record-162535858.html
January 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Chicago’s mayor can’t be recalled under Illinois law. A new bill aims to change that. Rep. LaShawn Ford has been trying to get such a mechanism on the books since 2015, in the wake of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by then-Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-mayor-cant-be-recalled-under-illinois-law-a-new-bill-aims-to-change-that/3643166/
— Meta announces end of DEI programs. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents continue to promote DEI big time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/read-the-memo-meta-announces-end-of-its-dei-programs/3642960/
— According to my critics/opponents, conservative candidates on ballots in my precinct cannot win. According to my critics/opponents, a) I paint Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct as being more conservative than they want to be painted, b) I promote Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who are too conservative to win, and c) therefore, I cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose. They stress that 10 of the 13 Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in my precinct lost. In my defense, I stress that 11 of the 13 Republican candidates on that ballot in my precinct got more votes than their Democrat opponents got.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/dillard-too-conservative-to-be-electable/1932061/
FOX32
— Illinois Attorney General urges Walmart to continue DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXyii4RDI64
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump is planning 100 executive orders starting Day 1 on border, deportations and other priorities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-100-executive-orders-day-1-border-deportations/
— Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-can-vote-turn-over-dna-sample/
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-and-inclusion-program-trump-administration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration. Other companies that have ended DEI programs recently include McDonald’s, automaker Ford, Walmart and Moline-based farm equipment maker John Deere.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/technology/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-inclusion-program-prepares-second-trump-administration
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage Forest Preserve District earns top S&P rating
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250110/submitted-content/dupage-forest-preserve-district-earns-top-sp-rating/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Chicago, bankruptcy is not the answer
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-should-not-follow-detroits-path-bankruptcy-op-ed
— Illinois AG pushes back on Walmart’s plans to roll back DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/workplace/illinois-ag-urges-walmart-keep-dei-programs
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— DECEMBER 6, 2024 FLASHBACK: Del Mar To Step Down Next Year As State GOP Co-Chair To Seek Statewide Office
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-to-step-down-next-year-as-state-gop-co-chair-to-seek-statewide-office/
INDIANA GAZETTE
— The military that cried ‘White supremacy’
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/ann-coulter-the-military-that-cried-white-supremacy/article_ce27e03b-594b-50a3-94f3-de89339ab21b.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Sen. Rand Paul highlights government waste in annual Festivus Report
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/senator-rand-paul-highlights-government-waste-annual-festivus-report-pickleball-border-science-experiments-cats-paraguay-trump-doge
KCCI
— Group files lawsuit against Des Moines Register for ‘misleading subscribers’ with Iowa Poll (COMMENT: My critics/opponents disapprove of if not hate many, most, if not virtually all of the articles linked in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter, and especially articles that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, discouragement of vices, Second Amendment rights, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other conservative principles.)
https://www.kcci.com/article/des-moines-register-iowa-poll-class-action-lawsuit-2024/63361223
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A lawsuit has been filed against the Des Moines Register for “misleading subscribers” with its final 2024 Iowa Poll that showed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris leading Republican nominee — and eventual election winner — Donald Trump among likely voters just days before the election. The Center for American Rights, a Chicago-based nonprofit law firm, filed the suit in Polk County on behalf of a West Des Moines resident who “felt like the Register was disserving him and other readers when [the poll] ran and when its results were compared to the final outcome.” In a news release, the center states it is seeking certification as a class action lawsuit on behalf of all Des Moines Register subscribers. The complaint filed in Polk County alleges there are approximately 40,000 Des Moines Register subscribers on Sundays, the day the results of the final poll were published. The poll showed Harris with a lead of 3 percentage points among likely Iowa voters. Trump won the state with 57% of the vote to Harris’ 43%. The lawsuit alleges the Register “utterly failed to live up to” its mission statement of being a trustworthy news organization and says the Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer ignored red flags that should have indicated the results would be inaccurate. It cites a section of Iowa Code about consumer fraud. President-elect Trump filed a similar lawsuit against the Register regarding consumer fraud last month.)
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/01/10/immigration-advocates-warn-a-proposal-for-chicago-police-to-help-ice-could-be-illegal
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-10/as-los-angeles-burned-latino-immigrants-rushed-in-to-put-out-fires
ELMHURST PATCH
— 56% Raise For Addison Township Supervisor. The official is taking over township roads, something voters weren’t told about before a recent referendum.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/56-raise-addison-township-supervisor
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/ivf-patients-in-illinois-worry-feel-uncertain-about-access-and-treatments-as-trump-returns-to-office/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-226/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino efforts failed to boot the eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot based on late filing of their petitions. But Michael Nachman’s effort succeeded in booting the assessor candidate based on late filing of his qualifications statement. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To prove slander, a plaintiff must usually establish the following elements: Defamatory statement: The statement was false and intended to harm the plaintiff’s reputation: Publication: The statement was communicated to at least one other person; Harm: The plaintiff’s reputation was damaged; Fault: The defendant was at least negligent in publishing the statement; Special damages: The plaintiff suffered actual harm, such as financial loss, being fired, or losing customers. (SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=slander+prove+elements ) Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes slander me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on my critics/opponents who falsely hint/imply/argue/shout to others that I share information with Democrats that harm Republicans. In 2006, because the Roskam campaign feared that it would lose to Duckworth, its scapegoating members falsely and maliciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I shared information with the Democrat news media and with the Duckworth campaign that harmed the Roskam campaign. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— A congestion tax for Chicago would be a terrible and uncompetitive idea
https://wirepoints.org/a-congestion-tax-for-chicago-would-be-a-terrible-and-uncompetitive-idea-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois home to fifth most illegal immigrants in country
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4c94066c-cf73-11ef-8d4d-c32bd379ee48.html
— Thirteen states’ attorneys general question Walmart’s retreat from DEI (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d5642886-cf79-11ef-acb4-7f61eaea621c.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Addison Township voters at the April 1 election will tell state lawmakers where they stand on legislative map gerrymandering and state leaders making demands without providing money. Nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns about major state issues will be represented by these votes.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/voters-near-ohare-to-take-up-gerrymandering-unfunded-mandates/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DeVore Files Lawsuit Against McCombie, Says GOP Leader Violated First Amendment Rights by Blocking, Deleting Comments on Official Facebook Page
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/devore-files-lawsuit-against-mccombie-says-gop-leader-violated-first-amendment-rights-by-blocking-deleting-comments-on-official-facebook-page.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Biden admin announces sweeping deportation shield for nearly 1M migrants (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/biden-admin-announces-sweeping-deportation-shield-for-nearly-1m-migrants/
— Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court — again — for defaming Georgia election workers. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/rudy-giuliani-found-in-contempt-of-court-for-defaming-georgia-election-workers/
— Foreign leaders desperately jockeying for invite to Trump’s inauguration: ‘They’re all going crazy’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/11/us-news/foreign-leaders-jockeying-for-invite-to-trump-inauguration-theyre-all-going-crazy/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— President-elect Trump Plans Many Ambitious Executive Orders on Immigration
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/10/report-president-elect-trump-plans-many-ambitious-executive-orders-on-immigration/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A few suggestions for California Republicans
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/a_few_suggestions_for_california_republicans.html
BLAZE
— Trump doesn’t need Congress to suspend immigration
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-brutal-truth-trump-doesnt-need-congress-to-suspend-immigration
— NYC spent $50M on lawyers for illegal aliens — including criminals — while city agencies faced budget cuts (COMMENT: Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-spent-50m-on-lawyers-for-illegal-aliens-including-criminals-while-city-agencies-faced-budget-cuts-report
— Republican Buddy Carter introduces bill to eliminate IRS and income tax — but replace it with 23% national sales tax
https://www.theblaze.com/news/buddy-carter-fairtax-act-2025
DAILY CITIZEN
— DEI Not Dead Yet
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/hrc-lgbt-corporate-equality-index/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Deport Millions, Finish the Wall, Tax Remittances, and End Birthright Citizenship
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/10/deport-millions-finish-wall-tax-remittances-birthright-citizenship/
FOX NEWS
— LA County cut fire budget while spending heavily on DEI, woke items
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-county-cut-fire-budget-while-spending-heavily-dei-woke-items-midnight-stroll-transgender-cafe
— Schools nationwide brace for Trump, including measures compelling teachers not to cooperate with ICE. Several K-12 school districts are training teachers how to interact with ICE. (COMMENT: How anti-Trump, that is, how anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American is your school district?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schools-nationwide-brace-trump-including-measures-compelling-teachers-not-cooperate-ice
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Second Circuit Revives Sarah Palin’s Defamation Suit Against The New York Times (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://natlawreview.com/article/second-circuit-revives-sarah-palins-defamation-suit-against-new-york-times
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although Palin ultimately succeeded on appeal, Palin’s broader efforts to have the Supreme Court revisit the “actual malice” requirement set by New York Times v. Sullivan may have hit a dead end. Public-figure defamation plaintiffs need to prove actual malice, which requires showing that an allegedly defamatory statement was made “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” Sullivan, 376 U.S. at 280. In St. Amant v. Thompson, the Supreme Court explained that proof that a defamatory article was published “recklessly, though not knowingly” is not sufficient to prove actual malice. Rather, the evidence must show that the defendant had “an awareness…of the probable falsity” of the publication. Later, in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., the Court defined “reckless disregard of the truth” to mean “subjective awareness of probable falsity.” On appeal, Palin argued that “the actual malice standard is either no longer good law or should not apply to her case.” The Second Circuit rejected these arguments as barred by the “law of the case” doctrine because they were ripe for review at the time of Palin’s initial appeal but were not raised. Additionally, Palin challenged the district court’s ruling that, regardless of the First Amendment, she was required to prove actual malice as an element of her claim under New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP law, N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 76-a. The November 2020 amendment to New York’s Anti-SLAPP law imposes an actual malice fault standard in any action concerning the “exercise of the constitutional right of free speech in connection with an issue of public interest.” However, “because the First Amendment and New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP Statute share the same substantive requirement (that a public-figure defamation plaintiff must prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence),” the Second Circuit stated, “we need not decide—and do not decide—whether the Anti-SLAPP Statute’s amendment applies retroactively.”)
NEW AMERICAN
— NYC Spent Millions on Deportation Defense for Migrants — Who Were Crippling the City
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/nyc-spent-millions-on-deportation-defense-for-migrants-who-were-crippling-the-city/
PJ MEDIA
— Two Chicago Officials Want to Tighten up the City’s Sanctuary Status
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2025/01/10/two-chicago-officials-want-to-tighten-up-the-citys-sanctuary-status-n4935870
— This One Video Exposes Everything Wrong With DEI
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/10/this-one-video-exposes-everything-wrong-with-dei-n4935854#google_vignette
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Dems Push to Undo Sanctuary Law, Aid Trump in Deporting Criminals
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/10/chicago-democrats-take-trumps-side-n2650345#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— SALT-focused Republicans to meet with Trump as they threaten to hold up bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5079670-salt-focused-republicans-to-meet-with-trump-as-they-threaten-to-hold-up-bill/
CBS NEWS
— Biden extends legal status of nearly 1 million immigrants covered by program in Trump’s crosshairs (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-temporary-protected-status-tps-extended/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/ar-BB1rfGqa
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/
MSN
— ‘Woke’ L.A. Fire Department Blew Seven-Figure Sums on DEI Before Deadly Wildfires
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/woke-l-a-fire-department-blew-seven-figure-sums-on-dei-before-deadly-wildfires/ss-BB1reSK1
MSNBC
— ‘Humiliation’: Trump’s now the first president-elect to be a convicted felon (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors humiliated me big time when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets me and my job-related professional license, my six job-related professional certifications, my three job-related master’s degrees, my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, and my almost 9 years of IRS work experience.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtIMY-UKA5o
NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office. The move allows hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela to stay in the country temporarily. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/biden-temporary-protected-status-immigration.html
— Judge Finds Giuliani in Contempt for Continued Defamation of Election Workers (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/giuliani-contempt-defamation-election-workers.html
— To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or b) had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/ramaswamy-meritocracy.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: With Sentence, Trump Will Now Be First Felon To Occupy Oval Office. Penalty Carries Stigma but No Jail Time. (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous stigma of being forced to retire early. The more qualifications that you have, the greater the stigma. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/nyregion/trump-hush-money-sentencing-convicted-felon.html
— As L.A. Fires Rage, Trump and Newsom’s Hostilities Resurface. California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and President-elect Donald J. Trump have long feuded. Can the rancor be set aside to help a devastated city recover?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/politics/los-angeles-fires-trump-newsom.html
— Republicans Can Slow but Not Stop Electric Vehicles. More car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/business/energy-environment/trump-republicans-electric-vehicles-automakers.html
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
— Youngkin backs push for cutting federal workforce, spending (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining employees who are Republican and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/youngkin-trump-doge/article_e2d17acc-cf93-11ef-a44e-1f234deb1288.html
DAILY BEAST
— A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected Fox Corp’s attempt to be dismissed from Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the media company and its Fox News network. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-loses-last-ditch-effort-to-stop-27-billion-smartmatic-defamation-lawsuit/
January 9, 2025
ILLINOIS RECORD
— Upcoming ILGOP State Central committee meeting will be open to the public (COMMENT: What Congressional District do you live in? The following represent you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee: 1-Tim Ozinga, 2- Judy Diekelman, 3-Jeanne Ives, 4-Jay Reyes, 5-Aaron Del Mar, 6-Sean Morrison, 7-Mark Hosty, 8- Debbie Kanarowski, 9-Joan Lasonde, 10- Mark Shaw, 11- Laura Pollastrini, 12-Rhonda Belford, 13-Myles Nelson, 14-Larry Smith, 15-Jason Plummer, 16-Jan Weber, and 17-Chad Weaver. The IRP Platform is at: https://illinois.gop/2024-state-convention-platform-and-resolutions/ . The IRP By-Laws are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Amended-Bylaws-as-approved-April-25-2020.pdf .)
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/upcoming-ilgop-state-central-committee
(FROM THE POSTING: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 10 am – 2 pm, Whitetail Ridge Golf Club, 7671 Clubhouse Dr. Yorkville)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County judge rejects effort to restore Homer Glen candidates to April ballot (COMMENT: Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino is seeking to boot all eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot. A hearing on that is scheduled for 2:00 PM tomorrow, Friday, January 10, 2025, in the Wheaton City Council Chambers. For slating purposes, Monino got only 3 votes from Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeemen while Dan Milinko got 40 votes In 2021, Monino sided with my critics/opponents who ended my 16-year-long service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Since 2021, many of my critics/opponents have promoted Monino.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/booted-homer-glen-candidates-lose-appeal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Will County Judge Ben Braun dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of eight Homer Glen trustee candidates who were removed from the ballot because the paperwork was not filed in compliance with Illinois Election Code.)
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Calls for unity, naked partisanship mark inauguration ceremonies in Springfield
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/calls-for-unity-naked-partisanship-mark-inauguration-ceremonies-in-springfield/
— Trump arrives on Capitol Hill as GOP struggles to agree on legislative strategy ahead
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/trump-capitol-hill/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Freshly inaugurated Illinois legislators meet ‘critical moment’ after lame-duck infighting. Gov. JB Pritzker waved off concerns that a fiery House Democratic caucus meeting that tanked one of his prized legislative priorities would throw off his party as it faces a budget crunch and a second Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/01/08/illinois-general-assembly-inauguration-jb-pritzker
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/08/trump-racial-justice-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-civil-rights-national-urban-league-marc-morial
— Zuckerberg’s move to end Meta fact-checking is a disservice to users — and truth (COMMENT: During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact checker.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/08/zuckerberg-meta-fact-checkers-facebook-threads-trump-x-musk-editorial
— Giannoulias pushes bill to raise age for mandatory road tests to 87 for older drivers. Bipartisan legislation introduced in Springfield would also create a system for relatives to ask the state to step in if they think their aging loved ones are no longer capable of driving.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/01/09/aging-drivers-road-test-age-bill-giannoulias-illinois-safety
NBC5
— President-elect Donald Trump joins visitors to Jimmy Carter’s casket in Capitol Rotunda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-joins-visitors-jimmy-carter-casket-capitol-rotunda/3641410/
— Taxpayer Advocate urges Congress to preserve IRS funding for service, technology (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. The Democrats who run IRS and GAO do not want Republicans to audit IRS. They kept off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They wasted what I had learned about IRS while I worked for it for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. They wasted what I had learned earning a MBA from Loyola in 1976, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, etc. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/taxpayer-advocate-urges-congress-to-preserve-irs-funding-for-service-technology/3641033/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins has urged Congress to preserve IRS funding for taxpayer service and technology amid Republican scrutiny. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 originally authorized nearly $80 billion for the agency, but tens of billions of dollars have already been rescinded. More IRS funding could be at risk with Republican control of Congress and the White House. As the IRS faces scrutiny from a Republican-controlled Congress, the agency’s internal watchdog has urged lawmakers to preserve taxpayer service and technology funding. The National Taxpayer Advocate on Wednesday released its annual report to Congress, which criticized the “extreme imbalance in funding priorities” when comparing the billions of dollars allocated via the Inflation Reduction Act. While the tens of billions earmarked for enforcement has “generated controversy,” there’s been “strong bipartisan support” for taxpayer services and technology modernization, wrote Erin Collins, national taxpayer advocate.)
CBS2
— Lost and stolen electronic devices are costing Chicago Public Schools dearly
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lost-stolen-electronic-devices-chicago-public-schools/
FOX32
— Chicago should work with feds to deport some undocumented immigrants, alders say
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrants-sanctuary-city-cooperation
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— New Illinois General Assembly sworn in as House, Senate take different tones
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/new-illinois-general-assembly-sworn-in-as-house-senate-take-different-tones/article_5417c3be-ce20-11ef-b308-1bd70af28158.html
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— In 2024, more people moved from Illinois than moved in. Here’s where we rate nationally.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/state/2025/01/08/illinois-outbound-migration-rate-second-in-united-states-study/77491721007/
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Indiana attorney general endorses mass deportation, other Trump immigration policies
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/todd-rokita-trump-immigration-policies/article_53f6eb78-cdd8-11ef-9ebb-bf8b06b960a3.html
STATELINE
— Illinois will give you a $4K rebate to purchase an electric vehicle in 2025 (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in the 2025 Dodge Charger EV ( https://www.dodge.com/charger.html ). I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-will-give-you-a-4k-rebate-to-purchase-an-electric-vehicle-in-2025/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Fetterman likens Trump’s Greenland push to Louisiana Purchase: ‘Responsible conversation’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fetterman-likens-trumps-greenland-push-to-louisiana-purchase-responsible-conversation-john-fetterman-trump-panama-canal-canada-imperialism-politics
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s inaugural committee has already raised a record $170M in donations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-inaugural-committee-has-already-raised-a-record-170m-in-donations/
74 MILLION NEWSLETTER
— 40% of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent. Those Gaps Carry Real Costs
https://www.the74million.org/article/40-of-chicago-teachers-are-chronically-absent-those-gaps-carry-real-costs/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-432/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-224/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, raises concerns over noncitizens registering to vote in Illinois
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8be2abf2-cde3-11ef-bca3-4385671f5ab6.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: McClure said he was notified by an immigrant rights advocate that when noncitizens apply for state aid, the Illinois Department of Human Services is sending packets to them that include voter registration forms already addressed to local county clerks’ offices.)
WIREPOINTS
— States like Texas and Florida grow organically by attracting citizens. Illinois only grows by importing illegal migrants.
https://wirepoints.org/states-like-texas-and-florida-grow-organically-by-attracting-citizens-illinois-only-grows-by-importing-illegal-migrants-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
ILLINOIS CENTER SQUARE
— Pritzker outlines Illinois plans for the upcoming year (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7df8833e-ce0d-11ef-86bd-ebea0adfd8f4.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Law Allowing Seizure of Guns without Notice Condemned, Roll Calls Included
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/law-allowing-seizure-of-guns-without-notice-condemned-roll-call-included/
— Pot Taxes Leveling Off
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/pot-taxes-leveling-off/
— Illinois Advertises Five-Weeks of Vacation First Year of Employment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/illinois-advertises-five-weeks-of-vacation-first-year-of-employment/
— Gun Confiscation Bill Passes Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/gun-confiscation-bill-passes-senate/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Elementary School Offers Confidential Sexuality Club for Fifth Graders
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/01/07/illinois-elementary-school-offers-confidential-sexuality-club-for-fifth-graders
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL House GOP Conference Chair Jeff Keicher Defends Vote to Expand Transgender Patient Rights, Then Angrily Drops F-Bomb During Call with Female Constituent
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/il-house-gop-conference-chair-jeff-keicher-defends-vote-to-expand-transgender-patient-rights-then-angrily-drops-f-bomb-during-call-with-female-constituent.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump downplays strategy fight after huddle with Senate Republicans: ‘Great unity’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3281092/trump-downplays-strategy-fight-huddle-senate-republicans-unity/
— Trudeau resignation proves the point of Trump tariffs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3280012/trudeau-resignation-proves-point-trump-tariffs/
— Why the Pentagon needs Pete Hegseth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3279964/pentagon-needs-pete-hegseth/
— Students are being conditioned to sympathize with terrorists
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3279603/students-conditioned-sympathize-terrorists/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Gov. Gavin ‘Newscum’ chose to save an extinct fish instead of sending water to Southern California to fight ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires
https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/us-news/trump-says-gov-gavin-newscum-chose-to-save-an-endangered-fish-instead-of-sending-water-to-southern-california-to-fight-apocalyptic-wildfires/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Taxpayers Paid $3 Billion for Radical DEI Kickbacks Under Biden. The Democrats’ Marxist equity agenda was costly and prioritized dismantling American exceptionalism over national security and economic prosperity.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/09/taxpayers-paid-3-billion-for-radical-dei-kickbacks-under-biden/
BLAZE
— Biden admin to refund $55M to illegal aliens after mass amnesty program falls apart
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-admin-to-refund-55m-to-illegal-aliens-after-mass-amnesty-program-falls-apart
BREITBART
— Denver’s Democrat Mayor is covertly dumping illegal migrants — including criminals — into nearby Colorado cities, and the mayor of Aurora is demanding answers. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, Chicago Democrats will dump their illegals on suburban municipalities.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/08/mayors-of-denver-and-aurora-fight-over-illegal-migrants-dumped-from-denver/
CAMPUS REFORM
— California State University, Long Beach Journalism Professor Jesus Ayala recently celebrated the fact that the students enrolled in his fall 2024 journalism course were ‘100% students of color.’ (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/csulb-prof-celebrates-course-enrollment-100-students-color/27260
— Course will teach students how to ‘resist’ ‘abortion bans’ and ‘anti-LGBT legislation’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/intersectional-feminist-theory-course-will-teach-students-how-to-resist-abortion-bans-and-anti-lgbt-legislation/27261
CENTER SQUARE
— 20 Republican AGs express support for Trump immigration policies
https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/article_59e89dba-cdfb-11ef-a7f1-3bef77453145.amp.html
DAILY CALLER
— California’s DEI Hiring In Fire Departments, ‘Not Muscularity, Not Experience,’ Just DEI
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/08/victor-davis-hanson-california-dei/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Wokeness Depresses College Students (COMMENT: Instead of getting depressed, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, earned a job-related professional license, and was active in professional associations.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/08/victimhood-u/
DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles Fire Chief Says DEI Is A Top Priority
https://www.dailywire.com/news/lafd-fire-chief-says-dei-is-a-top-priority
EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Dead, 100,000 Under Evacuation Orders as Fires Sweep Across Los Angeles. A state of emergency has been declared by California’s governor.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/more-than-30000-evacuated-in-los-angeles-as-wildfires-rage-5788209
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Sanctuary Politicians: Soon to be out of Excuses.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/01/08/sanctuary-politicians-soon-be-out-excuses
FIREARM NEWS
— Illinois Passes Law to Seize Firearms Without Due Process. What are you going to do about it, President Trump?
https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/Illinois-Law-Seize-Firearms-Without-Due-Process/514253
PJ MEDIA
— How Wokeism Created the L.A. Wildfire Crisis
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/08/how-wokeism-created-the-la-wildfire-crisis-n4935802
— Archbishop Calls Out Clerics Who Profit From Illegal Migration
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/08/archbishop-calls-out-clerics-who-profit-from-illegal-migration-n4935805
— Democrat Policies Hurt the Very People Dems Claim to Help
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/08/democrat-policies-hurt-the-very-people-dems-claim-to-help-n4935782
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth? (COMMENT: During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact checker.)
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-politics-trump-verification-misinformation-00bc57b4a3c348a1363610c1cbbfd8ca
MSN
— How much scholarship is granted by world’s top 10 business schools? (COMMENT: Did you get scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that I am dumb and that my parents were rich.)
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/how-much-scholarship-is-granted-by-world-s-top-10-business-schools/ar-BB1r7TR6
— Pritzker Says Illinois Is ‘On Guard’ for Any Trump Hit to Budget (COMMENT: GAO would not be less than a shell of what it once was today if its head Charles Bowsher had fought GOP-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pritzker-says-illinois-is-on-guard-for-any-trump-hit-to-budget/ar-BB1r7on9
ABC NEWS
— Trump and Senate Republicans still divided on how to implement his agenda. After meeting on the Hill, senators appear unmoved by Trump’s argument. (COMMENT: The Republican Party platform is Trump’s agenda. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-meet-gop-senators-same-page-advance-agenda/story?id=117468862
CBS NEWS
— Trump meets with GOP senators on Capitol Hill to push legislative agenda. President-elect Donald Trump met with Republican senators Wednesday night on Capitol Hill to discuss his “big beautiful bill” and all the pieces of his agenda it could hold.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-meets-gop-senators-capitol-hill-push-legislative-agenda/
— Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 election victory, 4 years after Capitol attack (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates reject Trump’s election.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/congress-election-electoral-college-2025/
NBC NEWS
— How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right. In recent months, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made a series of specific moves to signal that Meta may embrace a more conservative administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/mark-zuckerberg-pivoted-meta-right-rcna186687
NEW YORK TIMES
— This Is What It Looks Like When Mark Zuckerberg Runs Out of Ideas
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-trump-meta-lobbying.html
— Tax Cuts or the Border? Republicans Wrestle Over Priorities. President-elect Donald J. Trump has waffled on his preferences for how his party tackles his agenda, adding to the uncertainty for Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/us/politics/tax-cuts-immigration-republicans-trump.html
— I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture. (COMMENT: Most, if not virtually all of my older White male critics/opponents are/were big drinkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, many of my older White male Democrat superiors were big drinkers. Their leader wasted my career and got rid of me. He forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. He gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. He turned my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. He delayed my promotions. He kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. He forced my mentor to retire in 1987. He always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. He had his operatives and his dupes force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If he had not gone on extended sick leave in 1985 because of his very big drinking, my GAO mentor would not have been able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 or to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But he came back in 1987 and forced my mentor to retire.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/opinion/alcohol-drinking-dry-january.html
AUDACY
— Trump gathers SALT-focused Republicans before tax fight, as Hochul says cap is costing NY $12B a year (COMMENT: Starting in 1972, I paid less federal income tax by itemizing. But the Republican SALT limit ended that in 2017.)
https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/trump-gathers-salt-focused-republicans-before-tax-fight
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Much of the group is likely to attend and plans to discuss increasing the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, which has disproportionately hurt voters in the three high-tax states, according to US Representative Nick LaLota, who represents eastern Long Island in New York.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Canada Suddenly Has No Leader, and No Plan, for a Trump Trade Fight. Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign hamstrings Canada as it faces tariff threats and Trump’s threat of a takeover with ‘economic force’
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canada-suddenly-has-no-leader-and-no-plan-for-a-trump-trade-fight-341a5f0c
POLITICO
— Florida Republicans answer Trump’s call on illegal immigration
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2025/01/09/florida-republicans-answer-trumps-call-on-illegal-immigration-00197227
— A new Dem strategy: Embrace Trump’s winning agenda. New York Democrats don’t want to fight Trump, but are going on offense on the issues that propelled him to the White House.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/ny-democrats-trump-agenda-strategy-00197000
— The impact of Trump’s agenda will depend on the state you live in. State lawmakers and governors will play a big role in implementing — or thwarting — Trump’s agenda.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/trump-agenda-priorities-state-policy-fights-00196815
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/01/09/academic-freedom-requires-dei-aaup-gets-it-opinion
ABA JOURNAL
— Latest try at rewriting ABA diversity standard for law schools gets pushback from GOP attorneys general
https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/latest-try-at-rewriting-aba-diversity-standard-for-law-schools-gets-pushback-from-gop-ags#google_vignette
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— ‘Drastic’ Cuts? Most Voters Like It (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. The Democrats who run the federal government use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/drastic_cuts_most_voters_like_it
VANCOUVER SUN
— Canada’s fight with Donald Trump isn’t just economic, it’s existential (COMMENT: What if Canada voted on becoming the 51st state?)
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/stewart-prest-canada-fight-donald-trump-economic
AMERICAN KAHANI
— My Professor and Mentor Ved Prakash Nanda was a Titan in the World of Law and Beyond (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://americankahani.com/perspectives/my-professor-and-mentor-ved-prakash-nanda-was-a-titan-in-the-world-of-law-and-beyond/
January 1, 2025
DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— Coyne Announced as New DuPage County Republican Chairman
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AhAdhk5No/?mibextid=wwXIfr
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The DuPage County GOP Vice Chairman Kevin Coyne will succeed retiring Chairman Jim Zay effective 1/1/25. Coyne brings substantial political experience to this role. Coyne is the Founder and President of Safe Suburbs USA PAC, a political action committee aimed at supporting pro-law enforcement candidates and public safety-focused policymaking. Kevin served two terms as a Councilman for the City of Naperville (2015-21) and currently serves on Naperville’s Public Library Board of Trustees. Coyne was the Republican candidate for the DuPage County Board (District 5) in 2022. Kevin was also a Presidential delegate candidate, and member of the Illinois leadership team, for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Presidential campaign in 2024. Coyne served in the same capacity for then-U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s Presidential campaign in 2016. Kevin is an elected Republican precinct committeeman in Lisle Township and lives in Naperville with his wife and daughter. In taking on his new role Coyne stated: “This is an incredibly exciting time to be a Republican. Republicans control the White House, the U.S. Senate, and our House of Representatives. In November, President-Elect Trump’s stunningly convincing victory invigorated our party, and Americans have issued a clear mandate in support of the GOP’s commitment to making our communities safer, removing politics from our schools, and reducing our ridiculous tax burden. I look forward to working hard to lead the DuPage GOP back to a position of strength and to taking advantage of the sweeping national momentum that is clearly behind the GOP right now. I am thankful for this opportunity and send a personal note of thanks to my predecessor, Jim Zay, for his hard work as Chairman and his many years of commitment to the DuPage County GOP.”
Zay will continue to serve in his role as a Member of the DuPage County Board and as Chairman of the DuPage County Water Commission.)
DAILY HERALD
— Naperville’s Kevin Coyne takes over as DuPage County GOP chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/news/napervilles-kevin-coyne-takes-over-as-dupage-county-gop-chair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former Naperville city council member is taking the reins of the local Republican Party in DuPage County, a formerly deep-red bastion that has seen Democrats flex their political muscle in recent years. Kevin Coyne will lead the DuPage County GOP as chairman. He officially starts New Year’s Day. “The DuPage GOP was tremendously successful for a very long period of time,” Coyne said Tuesday. “And for a lot of different reasons, things have changed in recent election cycles. And I think right now, we have an opportunity to modernize, to take a fresh look at things and to move forward with more aggressive, smarter-run campaigns.” Coyne also is the founder and president of Safe Suburbs USA, a political action committee. He succeeds Jim Zay at the helm of the county GOP. “It’s just time for somebody to come in with some new ideas and new skills and take a swing at it, and I think Kevin’s the person to do that,” said Zay, a DuPage County Board member since 1999. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m just giving up the chairmanship of the party,” he added. Zay hasn’t decided if he’s going to run for reelection, run for a countywide office or run for another office, and said that he’s keeping his options open. “It’s very difficult to do that if you’re the chair of the party also,” Zay said. It wasn’t until 2018 when Democratic women in particular made waves at the county level. Democrat Deb Conroy became county board chair four years later. In November’s election, Democrats flipped a board seat, adding to their majority, and won a countywide office. “We’re being horribly outspent all the time. We don’t have a billionaire governor who is putting lots of money into campaigns and into the state party,” said Zay, referring to Gov. JB Pritzker. “We just have to get candidates out there.” Coyne currently sits on Naperville’s public library board. He also was a member of the Illinois leadership team for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign. “We’ve had a lot of local success in local races in the April cycles,” said Coyne, pointing to “a lot of Republican mayors all over the county. “I just think we need to really grab a hold of this national momentum that we’ve seen for the Republican Party, which now controls the White House, the Senate, the Congress … and bring some of that back home.” Coyne acknowledged that there’s a “narrative out there that the political guard has changed,” but that he doesn’t believe it to be true. “Even with these huge challenges that we faced as a party, the bulk of our losses, certainly on a county level, have largely been single digit,” he said. “There’s a real opportunity to turn this around and to bring the Republican (Party) back here in DuPage County.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/marijuana/illinois-on-tap-to-have-biggest-year-yet-from-marijuana-tax-revenue/
— Glendale Heights village president asks court to put him back on ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/local-politics/glendale-heights-village-president-asks-court-to-put-him-back-on-ballot/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen anxiously await Kevin Coyne’s appointment of a DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Secretary, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, and Webmaster. The Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) has invited Coyne to speak at its January 8 meeting. Needless-to-say, I hope that Coyne encourages DuPage County Republican leaders, precinct committeemen, and voters to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters like past DCRCC Chairman Kirk Dillard has done. I have been sending those newsletters out since 2000; since January 1, 2005, they have included links to almost 502,700 articles. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, I have served under DCRCC chairmen Pate Philip, Kirk Dillard, Dan Cronin, Randy Ramey, Darlene Ruscitti, Brian Krajewski, Marty Keller, and Jim Zay and I have served under MTRO chairmen Chris Heidorn (twice), Randy Hultgren, Jeff Fawell, Leonard Sanchez, Mike Formento, Lori Carlson, Marty Keller, Chris LeVan, Yadav Nathwani, and Jeff Castle. I served as the MTRO webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What will my critics/opponents stress to Coyne? They will stress the many big adverse actions that have been taken against me since 2000 by MTRO, DCRC, and IRP leaders; by Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; by Republican major donors; and by Republican defendants in lawsuits that I have filed and their attorneys. They will stress a) that I was removed from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year, b) that I was removed as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) that my precinct was gerrymandered in 2015, d) that I was removed as MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) that I got only 13 votes when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, f) etc. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that I caused a) George Ryan to not seek a second term and b) Jim Ryan to lose to Blagojevich in 2002. I Since 1999, those who dominate MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP have blamed me for all their problems and have made it extremely clear that they do not want me to hold any kind of leadership positions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What do GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters promote? ANSWER: Conservative principles and the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Just kidding, but might Coyne appoint me DCRCC Treasurer and/or Webmaster? My critics/opponent would fight that tooth and nail. I served as the treasurer for the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1986 and for the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I published the Milton Township Republican Organization’s first website in 2000 and served as its webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster 2001-2003. I served as the ICRC webmaster 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois webmaster 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tech titans trying to engage Trump through Mar-a-Lago trips
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/tech-titans-trying-to-engage-trump-through-mar-a-lago-trips/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/transgender-trailblazer-sarah-mcbride-congress/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After 10 years, will Illinois implement a millionaires’ tax? Twice in the last decade Illinois voters have approved advisory referendums recommending a 3% income tax surcharge on millionaires. The path forward after voters approved the referendum again last month remains uncertain.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/31/millionaires-tax-ballot-referendum-state-legislature-illinois-general-assembly-constitutional-amendment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, former Gov. Pat Quinn found himself with a case of déjà vu. He was campaigning across Illinois, urging voters to approve a ballot referendum recommending a 3% surcharge on incomes above $1 million. It was all so familiar to Quinn, and with good reason: He’d championed an advisory referendum for the exact same proposal a decade earlier. And though it was supported by voters back then, the Legislature did nothing.)
ABC7
— New Orleans updates: Suspect killed by police in shootout after intentionally ramming crowd; 10 dead
— Congress strips IRS of another $20B in averting government shutdown. Cuts could add $140B to national debt over next decade, by hampering agency’s ability to catch wealthy tax cheats: Biden admin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congress-strips-irs-another-20b-averting-us-government-shutdown-possibly-hampering-ability-catch-tax-cheats/15729611/
WGN9
— New year brings hundreds of new laws to Illinois books (COMMENT: Call me an “Affirmative Action and DEI impacted individual.”)
https://wgntv.com/news/new-illinois-laws-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No more ‘offenders’ An amendment to the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 changes references to “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals.” Lawmakers argued that no one should be defined by their worst day. The law also creates an Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board to oversee a plan to redeploy convicts into public life once they are no longer incarcerated.)
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: What does Musk think of you? I wonder what Musk would think of me. My critics/opponents would stress to Musk that my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, I got no scholarships, my college GPAs were not that great, I do not have a degree from an Ivy League university, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, etc.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/ar-AA1wCDeK
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-20009860.php
LANSING JOURNAL
— Knocked off the ballot, Thornton Township supervisor hopefuls plan to appeal
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/31/knocked-off-the-ballot-thornton-township-supervisor-hopefuls-plan-to-appeal/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-defending-firearms-restrictions-in-sensitive-places-78459.cfm
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Thornton Township Trustees Deny Henyard Quorum Again Amid Fight Over Lapsed Insurance. The trustees’ absence meant there were not enough board members to vote on paying the insurance bill.
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/thornton-township-illinois-trustees-deny-henyard-quorum-again-amid-fight
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin & the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Top 10 Accomplishments of 2024
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/top-ten-of-2024
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— President Jimmy Carter’s Addresses the Illinois General Assembly, May 28, 1978, Answers Questions from Legislators
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/president-jimmy-carters-address-to-the-illinois-general-assembly-may-28-2078/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— What to do about ‘unaccompanied alien children’ Liberals have built an illegal immigration system on the backs of kids.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/unaccompanied-alien-children/
— The dangerous rot secretly festering inside our colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/dangerous-rot-secretly-festering-bowels-colleges/
— Conservatives get the last laugh after Democrats’ campaign to demonize Project 2025 bombs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/conservatives-get-last-laugh-democrats-campaign-de/
— Democrat punished for pro-life stance casts doubts on his party’s post-election soul-searching (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but destroy those like me who oppose the promotion of abortion.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/ex-rep-lipinski-punished-pro-life-stance-casts-dou/
— Drug cartels now Mexico’s 5th-largest employer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/drug-cartels-become-mexico-5th-largest-employer/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are to blame for record homelessness
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3273265/democrats-to-blame-record-homelessness/
— 2024 Year in Review: Electric vehicles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3272868/2024-year-in-review-electric-vehicles/
— Everything to know about the H-1B visa debate surrounding Trumpworld (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3273171/h-1b-visas-everything-to-know-debate-trump-allies/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Forget Musk’s H1-B visa spat — merit immigration is the fight we need – Rich Lowry (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/opinion/forget-musks-h1-b-spat-lets-admit-immigrants-on-merit/
— At least 10 dead, 30 injured after driver plows into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/new-orleans-french-quarter-driver-rams-car-into-crowd-of-people-on-bourbon-street-killing-at-least-1/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago teeters on brink of disaster with BILLIONS in debt and unfunded pension liabilities
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/chicago-teeters-on-brink-of-disaster-with-billions-in-debt-and-unfunded-pension-liabilities-1513094/
— Left plays footsie with political violence
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/victor-joecks-left-plays-footsie-with-political-violence-1512958/
CORVETTE BLOGGER
— President Jimmy Carter Was a Fan of Corvettes
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2024/12/31/video-president-jimmy-carter-was-a-fan-of-sebring-raceway-and-corvettes/
DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring. The contracts are the latest evidence of the Biden administration’s push to impose DEI policies and practices throughout the federal government.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-admin-paid-consultants-millions-to-help-military-implement-race-based-hiring
FOX NEWS
— 5 lies Biden used to break the border … and how Trump can fix it
https://www.aol.com/5-lies-biden-used-break-120022527.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Mexico is rolling out an app intended to help illegal aliens dodge deportation (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that in WWIII, Mexico will side with America’s enemies.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/this-foreign-country-is-rolling-out-an-app-intended-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Are Filling Students’ Minds With Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/colleges-are-filling-students-minds-with-jew-hatred/
NEWSMAX
— Bannon says Americans who lost jobs to immigrants using H-1B visas should receive reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-bannon-h-1b-visas-foreign/2024/12/31/id/1193497/
— Tesla Faces Backlash for Replacing US Workers With H-1B Hires (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tesla-elon-musk-h/2024/12/31/id/1193500/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— How to Get Wokeness Out of Schools
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/12/31/how_to_get_wokeness_out_of_schools_1081830.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officials for intimidating judges
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5061613-roberts-condemns-intimidation-judges/
NBC NEWS
— Trump shows support for H-1B visa amid feud among MAGA allies (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-shows-support-for-h-1b-visa-amid-feud-among-maga-allies-228190789727
CBS NEWS
— Which employers have the most H-1B workers? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-h1b-work-visa-tesla-technology/
(THE LIST INCLUDES: Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Deloitte, Apple, Intel, Tesla, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and Walmart.)
— Vehicle slams into crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 people
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-vehicle-crash-bourbon-street-crowd-casualties-shooting/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://apnews.com/article/poll-election-news-fatigue-77f2bf012502b9aea1d9d38173ace4ec
CNN
— At least 10 killed after vehicle drives into crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://www.cnn.com/webview/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk/index.html
MSN
— Why Elon Musk has backpedalled on H-1B visa after MAGA fallout. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-elon-musk-has-backpedalled-on-h-1b-visa-after-maga-fallout/ar-AA1wKuAA
— MAGA is fighting a ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas. Here’s what they are. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-is-fighting-a-civil-war-over-h-1b-visas-here-s-what-they-are/ar-AA1wJiaJ
YAHOO
— The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-moves-forward-progressive-reform-144002252.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/technology/trump-administration-speech-policy.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California’s tech titans say H-1B visas are vital. Will Trump defy MAGA and support them? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-31/its-musk-vs-maga-on-immigrant-worker-visas-what-will-trump-do-on-the-h-1b
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Top 8 Best CPA Prep Courses: Becker CPA Review: The Gold Standard (COMMENT: I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 if I had not taken the Becker CPA Review.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/best-cpa-prep-courses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Preparing for the CPA exam is not a small feat. After all, you can expect to spend several hundred hours over the course of many months preparing for the exam. Luckily, there is a way to make studying easier while significantly improving your chances of passing on the first try: finding the right CPA course for you.)
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Jimmy Carter: An uncommon product of his times (COMMENT: What are you a product of? I am a product of the following: a) living in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1974, Chicago 1974 -1978, and Wheaton since 1978, b) attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970, c) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) working for S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980, and GAO in downtown Chicago 1980-1997, e) being the subject of a vicious 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978, f) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt tin 1981, and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, g) being forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, h) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, i) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, j) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, k) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, l) attending all the Illinois Republican Party State Conventions since 2000, m) being married since 1978, n) filing lawsuits, o) etc.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/31/opinion/jimmy-carter-legacy-jim-crow/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders will fight deportations tooth and nail. Democrats and RINOs have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-five-biggest-roadblocks-to-trumps-immigration-agenda-5bf75c43
— Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence. But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/chief-justice-says-intimidation-and-violence-threaten-judicial-independence-adb9caac
BUSINESS TIMES
— Steve Bannon Escalates Feud with Elon Musk, Calls H-1B Visas a ‘Scam’ and Demands Worker Reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/171993/20241231/steve-bannon-escalates-feud-with-elon-musk-calls-h-1b-visas-a-scam-and-demands-worker-reparations.htm
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Barry Melancon, dubbed “the most important man in accounting” for his 30-year leadership of its professional body in the US, has sent a stern warning to his successors that they should not compromise standards in an effort to attract more people to the profession. (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious about because I did that because it frustrated their promoting over me their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/most-important-man-in-accounting-warns-against-lowering-standards-20250101-p5l1hf
ECONOMIST
— Homelessness rises to a record level in America. A surge in migration and disasters pushed already tight housing markets over the edge.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/12/31/homelessness-rises-to-a-record-level-in-america
December 31, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Donald Trump endorses House Speaker Mike Johnson amid Republican infighting
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-endorses-house-speaker-mike-johnson-amid-republican-infighting/15728436/
— Thornton Township special meeting fails to reach quorum; Henyard calls for 2 trustees to resign
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-calls-carmen-carlisle-christopher-gonzalez-resign-after-thornton-township-meeting-fails-reach-quorum/15730558/
CBS2
— Thornton Township, Illinois trustees deny Henyard quorum again amid fight over lapsed insurance
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/thornton-township-illinois-tdeny-henyard-quorum-again/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/thornton-township-board-cant-meet-in-own-building-due-to-insurance-lapse/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago homicides in 2024: 572 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/30/chicago-homicides-in-2024-5-people-slain-heres-how-that-compares-with-previous-years/
— Caucus of military veterans seeks to bridge the political divide in a polarized Congress
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/30/congress-military-veterans-caucus/
— Costco board stands firm on DEI policies as think tank pushes for review (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/30/costco-board-stands-firm-on-dei-policies-as-think-tank-pushes-for-review/
WBBM
— Casten questions Robinhood’s decision to allow election betting
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/law-makers-question-robinhoods-election-betting
WSPY
— East Aurora School Board President Survives Economic Interest Petition Challenge (COMMENT: Why doesn’t the Daily Herald, Wheaton Patch, and Glen Ellyn Patch report on Milton Township petition challenges?)
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/east-aurora-school-board-president-survives-economic-interest-petition-challenge/article_368d655e-c715-11ef-9622-63b2cbbc6258.html
WAND TV
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois, but blame Republicans for discrimination.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois-committed-to-protecting-those-facing-discrimination-in-employment-education-says-gov-pritzker/article_7083618c-c6c0-11ef-9948-179a6208a4be.html
CITIES 92.9
— Some Illinois ‘offenders’ renamed ‘justice-impacted individuals’ (COMMENT: Call me an “Affirmative Action and DEI impacted individual.”
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/30/some-illinois-offenders-renamed-justice-impacted-individuals/
WHEATON PATCH
— Fake Facebook Account Poses As DuPage Sheriff’s Office. Officials say the account is posing as the sheriff’s office to steal personal information from residents.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/fake-facebook-account-poses-dupage-sheriffs-office
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCE
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— More gun control efforts possible in Illinois’ lame duck session
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f143e678-c3b6-11ef-892b-47a63eb94ef6.html
— Illinois students poor SAT showing a bad sign
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b3fe9c64-c176-11ef-bef1-6f1c6d9b39a8.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago in 2025 will see hikes in taxes, fines and fees as part of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s latest budget
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-in-2025-will-see-hikes-in-taxes-fines-and-fees-as-part-of-mayor-brandon-johnsons-latest-budget-chicago-tribune-yahoo/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County voters anxiously await information from the DuPage County Election Division and from other sources on a) which offices will be on April 1, 2025 consolidated election ballots (SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php ), b) who has filled for those offices, and c) challenges to their nominating petitions. I am especially interested in that information for Milton Township because a) I have lived in Milton Township since 1978, b) I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999, c) I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, and d) certain past and present MTRO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Having bad jobs on your resume harms your ability to get good jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took. But would illegals stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? I doubt it. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
— How has H-1B impacted you? My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Raises Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/30/state-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-per-hour/
— Mark Glennon of Wirepoints Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Tiny Campaign Appearance at Northwestern & Praises His Term, Skinner Has No Memory of Carter Appearance at General Assembly
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/30/mark-glennon-of-wirepoints-remembers-jimmy-carters-tiny-campaign-appearance-at-northwestern-praises-his-term-skinner-has-no-memory-of-carter-appearance-at-general-assembly/
— Will County Following McHenry County’s Provision of Public Transportation Throughout County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/30/will-county-following-mchenry-countys-provision-of-public-transportation-throughout-county/
— The Need for Another Great Awakening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/30/the-need-for-another-great-awakening/
— Worthless Orders of Protection
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/worthless-orders-of-protection/
— The Crystal Lake McDonald’s Murderer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/the-crystal-lake-mcdonalds-murderer/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 4,098 Chicagoans killed in gang crime in 20 years
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/4098-chicagoans-killed-in-gang-crime-in-20-years/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden closes federal government for Jimmy Carter’s funeral
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/30/joe-biden-closes-federal-government-jimmy-carter-f/
— America revs up for a Republican revival. The good vibes are about more than politics.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/27/america-revs-republican-revival/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Texas has built 54 miles of border wall amid Biden defiance of Trump project
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3272223/texas-54-miles-border-wall-amid-biden-defiance-trump/
NEW YORK POST
— Merrick Garland corrupted the Justice Department with political persecutions
https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/opinion/ag-merrick-garland-corrupted-the-doj-with-political-persecutions/
— Woke is dead — let’s make sure it never comes back (COMMENT: Woke is not dead in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. Woke leaders of the aforesaid ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/opinion/woke-is-dead-lets-make-sure-it-never-comes-back/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The H-1B controversy: Time for dispassionate thought (COMMENT: My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have. Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/the_h_1b_controversy_time_for_dispassionate_thought.html
BREITBART
— Democrat-Run Chicago: Nearly 2,800 Shooting Victims in 2024
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/12/30/democrat-run-chicago-nearly-2800-shooting-victims-2024/
— Mexico Sending Hundreds of Lawyers to Aid Illegal Migrants in U.S.A.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/30/mexico-sending-hundreds-lawyers-aid-illegal-migrants-u-s-a/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasing promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/31/ct-a-g-since-most-households-with-illegals-are-mixed-status-its-not-simple-to-just-kick-them-out/
DAILY CALLER
— Teachers Will No Longer Need To Pass Basic Reading, Writing And Math Test For Certification In New Jersey (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/30/new-jersey-law-reduces-teaching-requirements/
EPOCH TIMES
— Chinese Hackers Breached Workstations, Stole Documents, Treasury Department Says
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/chinese-hackers-breached-workstations-stole-documents-treasury-department-says-5783973
FOX BUSINESS
— Officials of sanctuary cities could be met with jail time for not cooperating with ICE
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6366564825112
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s convincing 2024 victory sets House GOP up for homefield advantage in 2026 midterm elections. Republicans will hold a fragile 220-215 majority when the House of Representatives is at full strength.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-convincing-2024-victory-sets-house-gop-up-homefield-advantage-2026-midterm-elections
— Trump hails Florida Dem’s decision to ditch party, join GOP
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hails-florida-dems-decision-ditch-party-join-gop-thank-you-hillary
— Trump urged to step in to unite GOP as lawmakers fear speaker showdown could delay election certification
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-urged-step-unite-gop-lawmakers-fear-speaker-showdown-could-delay-election-certification
— ICE shuts down programs offering services to illegal immigrants, citing ‘immense’ costs. Non-detained docket has exploded in recent years to more than 7.6 million people. (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-scraps-social-service-programs-illegal-immigrants-citing-immense-cost
— These six states banned or limited DEI at colleges and universities in 2024 (COMMENT: To ban DEI is to promote meritocracy. Democrats and RINOs oppose meritocracy because with meritocracy, Republicans outperform Democrats and RINOs. Very few of my Democrat and RINO peers earned master’s degrees like I did. Extremely few of my Democrat and RINO peers earned professional certifications like I did, Virtually none of my Democrat and RINO peers earned a professional license like I did.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/these-six-states-banned-or-limited-dei-at-colleges-and-universities-in-2024/ar-AA1wIlGo
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Election of Trump, defeat of progressive DAs proves defund the police movement was a failure
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/election-of-trump-defeat-of-progressive-das-proves-defund-the-police-movement-was-a-failure
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Communist Precursors of DEI
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/the-communist-precursors-of-dei/
NEW AMERICAN
— How Immigrants Abuse the H-1B Visa Program. Critics say companies abuse it to get cheap labor and avoid hiring qualified American workers. (COMMENT: My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have.
What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/how-immigrants-abuse-h-1b-visa-program/
NEWSMAX
— Colleges, Universities Churn Out Students Brainwashed with Hatred
https://www.newsmax.com/zivadahl/anti-semitism-colleges-universities/2024/12/30/id/1193334/
— ‘Provide Americans Jobs First’ (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/worker-visas-immigration/2024/12/30/id/1193331/
— Updating Immigration Registry Would Help Address Labor Shortage (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took.)
https://www.newsmax.com/joepenland/everify-ramaswamy-reagan/2024/12/30/id/1193299/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a December 2024 study, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce outlined that the United States has a shortage of workers and concluded, “If every unemployed worker took an open job in their industry, there would still be millions of open jobs.”
— Migrants Anxious to Enter US Legally Before Jan. 20
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migrants-mexico-asylum/2024/12/30/id/1193407/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Homan to hold weekly press briefings on border security, deportations to ensure transparency
https://thepostmillennial.com/tom-homan-to-hold-weekly-press-briefings-on-border-security-deportations-to-ensure-transparency
TOM KLINGENSTEIN
— How to Get Wokeness Out of Schools
https://tomklingenstein.com/how-to-get-wokeness-out-of-schools/
TOWNHALL
— Addressing Both of Our Nation’s Immigration Challenges (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2024/12/31/two-birds-one-stone-addressing-both-of-our-nations-immigration-challenges-n2649772
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The second challenge is the need for the U.S. to import legal workers (hence, not technically immigrants) to meet labor shortages and to help expand the economy.)
— New Poll Shows How Americans Feel About Trump’s Plan to Put Illegal Immigrants in Militarized Camps
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2024/12/30/new-poll-shows-how-americans-feel-about-trumps-plan-to-put-illegal-immigrants-in-militarized-camps-n2649775
— Towards a Sane and Comprehensive Immigration Policy
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2024/12/31/towards-a-sane-and-comprehensive-immigration-policy-n2649733
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Chicago may go bankrupt thanks to public sector pension scheme
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/dem-run-city-may-go-bankrupt-thanks-to-public-sector-pension-scheme/ar-AA1wJSnF
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI , and wokeness/wokeism to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/older-generations-aren-t-embracing-woke-culture-and-these-16-reasons-explain-why/ss-AA1sxXHX
— Canadian conservatives say they’d love a Trump takeover
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/canadian-conservatives-say-they-d-love-a-trump-takeover/ar-AA1wyCBL
— Is Tesla replacing Americans with H-1B workers? Report highlights what’s at play (COMMENT: My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/is-tesla-replacing-americans-with-h-1b-workers-report-highlights-what-s-at-play/ar-AA1wJTfn
NEW YORK TIMES
— Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk. His relationship with Chinese leaders and reported contacts with Russian officials are cause for alarm.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/opinion/elon-musk-china-classified-secrets-national-security-russia-doge.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “MAGA is fighting a ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas. Here’s what they are. Right-wing figures are fighting over H-1B visas that allow highly qualified workers to join the American workforce. Here’s what the permits do.” (COMMENT: My employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me if they could have. My employers would have replaced me with H-1B workers if they could have. Employers want cheap labor. Democrat employers want Democrat employees. RINO employers want cheap labor. Democrat employers like the federal government that I worked for almost 30 years put being a Democrat ahead of qualifications. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Employers use Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to accomplish the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/30/h1b-visas-musk-maga/
1819 NEWS
— As debate rages over H-1B program, 273 Alabama companies employ foreign visa workers (COMMENT: How many companies in Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality employ foreign visa workers?)
https://1819news.com/news/item/as-debate-rages-over-h-1b-program-273-alabama-companies-employ-foreign-visa-workers
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Biden’s Policies, Stupid. The president’s real messaging failure is that Donald Trump had a better message.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/its-bidens-policies-stupid-disenchantment-inflation-voters-f656c3d0
— The Blue State Homeless Boom. Homelessness kept rising in 2024, as progressive remedies fail.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/homelessness-report-department-of-housing-and-urban-development-2024-a150b1c7
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/wsj-explains/the-staggering-cost-needed-for-trumps-mass-deportation-plan/B4B447AE-E653-4225-8E5B-4B59B1D8508D
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Where Have All the Managers Gone? Companies’ quest to purge bosses is seizing up job and promotion opportunities. Workers have had to adjust. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government use up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees who they do not promote to GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/management-jobs-shrinking-white-collar-workers-cc761cb7
LEVEL
— Why Meritocracy Dropped Like a Dirty Rag in Debate Over H1-B Visas. The endorsement of this ideology is often self-serving. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe none of my successes in life to meritocracy, but instead, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. In my defense. I stress that neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.)
https://www.levelman.com/why-meritocracy-dropped-like-a-dirty-rag-in-debate-over-h1-b-visas/
DAILY KOS
— Democrats say “Trump used H-1B Visas to participate in virtual human trafficking and slave labor.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/30/2294322/-Trump-used-H-1B-Visas-to-participate-in-virtual-human-trafficking-and-slave-labor
December 29, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
– Elon Musk accused of censoring conservatives on X who disagree with him about immigration (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of employment visas during the 1980s. Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/elon-musk-accused-of-censoring-conservatives-on-x-who-disagree-with-him-about-immigration/3633247/
WGN9
— The race for Democratic National Committee chair is shaping up to be a field of largely white men — a notable development for a party that has long touted diversity within its ranks. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, political organizations want their leaders to be liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Even though I am none of the aforesaid, I survived as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois for 7 years and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member for 4 years.)
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/democrats-grapple-with-jarring-lack-of-diversity-in-dnc-race/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump appears to side with Elon Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/28/trump-musk-tech-allies-foreign-workers/
— Discrimination based on source of income still widespread despite new Illinois law, housing advocates say; recent lawsuits may change that. (COMMENT: What are/were your sources of income? Between 1962 and 1997, my income came from doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies. Since 1997, my income has come from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, and since 2010, from my Social Security.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/28/source-of-income-protections-illinois/
— Top stories of 1924 (COMMENT: What were your ancestors doing in 1924? My grandparents on father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/26/vintage-chicago-tribune-paul-duricas-top-picks-from-1924/
— Dixmoor Mayor Fitzgerald Roberts faces potential challenge from former trustee in April, pending petition review COMMENT: What offices will be on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct, who has filed to run, and what is the status of petition challenges?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/dixmoor-mayor-fitzgerald-roberts-faces-potential-challenge/
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— 20 attorneys general, including Illinois, backing states’ right to redraw legislative maps
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/20-attorneys-general-including-illinois-backing-states-right-to-redraw-legislative-maps/ar-AA1wBEia
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2024/12/29/in-states-that-ban-abortion-social-safety-net-programs-often-fail-families/
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2024/12/29/new-law-expands-reproductive-rights-in-illinois/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats taunt Trump with ‘President Musk’ moniker
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-taunt-trump-with-president-musk-moniker/
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/
— Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-appears-to-side-with-musk-tech-allies-in-debate-over-foreign-workers-roiling-his-supporters/
— What is your county clerk doing to assure that illegals cannot use their false identifications to register to vote?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-kansas-once-required-voters-to-prove-citizenship-that-didnt-work-out-so-well/
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MILTON TOWNSHIP
— MEETING NOTICE: Milton Township Officers Electoral Board Meeting Agenda Monday, December 30, 2024, 1:00 P.M. (COMMENT: Milton Township Supervisor Monino is challenging the nominating petitions file by Milinko for Supervisor, Nathwani for Clerk, Muehlfelt for Highway Commissioner, Argianas for Assessor, and Ellis, Kemp, Castle, and Margetts for Trustee. In addition, Nachman is challenging the nominating petitions file by Argianas.)
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10230616481547080&set=g.141390082555472
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I what ways do Trump’s background differ from your background the most? For me, it includes my having to work my way through college. For me, it includes all the bad jobs that I had to take. For me, it includes the difficulty/failure that I had finding/keeping jobs that were appropriate for my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents side with Trump and Musk on H-1B. According to my critics/opponents, my employers would not have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have. According to my critics/opponents, all the difficulty/failure that I had finding/keeping jobs that were appropriate for my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license was because I am a very bad person and even worse things. Further, according to my critics/opponents, none of the difficulty/failure that I had was because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, my complaining about the aforesaid, or my suing GAO about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Warnings of Electric Power Adequacy Arriving with Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/29/more-warnings-of-electric-power-adequacy-arriving-with-data-centers/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Violent Venezuelan gang members expanding operations in Midwest. Tren de Aragua members arrested in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8ef45944-c46f-11ef-8832-87b950a44406.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Musk jars Trump world, calling a bulk of supporters ‘contemptible fools’ (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/28/musk-jars-trump-world-calling-bulk-supporters-cont/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/28/costco-rejects-push-nix-company-dei-program/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What’s on Trump’s transgender agenda for 2025
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3260064/whats-on-trump-transgender-agenda-2025/
NEW YORK POST
— How California is gearing up to fight Trump 2.0 (COMMENT: Constructively, California has declared war on America.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/opinion/how-california-is-gearing-up-to-fight-trump-2-0/
— Trump supports immigration visas backed by Musk: ‘I have many H-1B visas on my properties’ (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/donald-trump-backs-h-1b-visa-program-supported-by-elon-musk/
— Wokeness is in retreat, but Nasdaq’s ‘diversity rules’ show its awful stench will be hard to eliminate
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/business/wokeness-is-in-retreat-but-nasdaqs-diversity-rules-show-its-awful-stench-will-be-hard-to-eliminate/
— Hollywood loves #diversity — except when it comes to Israel and Jews
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/opinion/hollywood-loves-diversity-except-when-it-comes-to-israel-and-jews/
— Trump’s expected rollback of DEI can’t come soon enough. (COMMENT: If there had never been Affirmative Action (AA) or DEI, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988. But my Democrat superiors used AA and DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/opinion/donald-trumps-expected-rollback-of-dei-cant-come-soon-enough/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A woke encyclopedia?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/a_woke_encyclopedia.html
BLAZE
— Chicago needs a new mayor — and it’s time for a Republican
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/chicago-needs-a-new-mayor-and-its-time-for-a-republican
— Biden’s clemency play panders to his woke base, snubbing justice
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/bidens-clemency-play-panders-to-his-woke-base-snubbing-justice
BREITBART
— DEI Stands for ‘Discrimination, Exclusion and Indoctrination’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/28/riley-gaines-dei-stands-for-discrimination-exclusion-and-indoctrination/
— H-1B Uproar Obscures Vast Workforce of Other White-Collar Migrants (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/12/28/h-1b-uproar-obscures-vast-workforce-other-white-collar-migrants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The heated debate over H-1B visa workers obscures the far greater inflows of other foreign workers into the white-collar jobs needed by American college graduates. The federal government issues about 130,000 new H-1B visas each year — plus another 650,000 visas or work permits to other white-collar migrants each year. Many of these non-immigrant workers are allowed to stay for five, six, or seven years. The multi-year visas create a resident population of at least 1.5 million white-collar workers. That growing population is almost twenty times larger than the H-1B program’s inflow of 85,000 new foreign workers every year that the media is focusing on. “For decades, this has been out of control,” said Kevin Lynn, the founder of U.S. Tech Workers, which campaigns against the visa worker programs. The huge giveaway annually delivers roughly two foreign workers for every American who graduates from a four-year college with a skilled degree in science, software, computers, business, healthcare, or engineering. The programs also deliver two foreign workers into the career-starting jobs needed by every young American who graduates with a four-year degree in “STEM,” or science, technology, engineering, and math. The migrants are not legal immigrants. They are government-approved contract workers or just-graduated foreign students, and their vulnerable legal status allows employers to treat them badly and undercut pay for American graduates. “There are about a million work-visa issuances a year … it’s gone up about 25 percent in recent years,” said Jessica Vaughan, policy director at the Center for Immigration Studies. The programs’ complexity and lack of transparency are intended to help employers smuggle more white-collar workers into American jobs, Vaughan said. President Joe Biden’s deputies are trying to raise the visa-worker inflow. . .The federal government allows employers to import roughly 450,000 visa workers for the blue-collar H-2A and H-2B workers, and perhaps 150,000 pink-collar visa workers via the J-1 program. But the white-collar inflow is larger. The H-1B program is getting much attention, partly because Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and other West Coast investors triggered a heated Twitter debate with President Donald Trump’s voter base. But the H-1B program is just one of many government pipelines that deliver foreign college graduates into the valuable U.S. careers needed by the American middle class. Each year, the H-1B program delivers roughly 130,000 new workers, including 85,000 workers for private companies. They can stay for six years or longer. “The resident population of people with H-1Bs is [roughly] 600,000,” Vaughan told Breitbart News. There is no requirement to offer the H-1B jobs to Americans. Also, there is no limit on the inflow of H-1B workers for non-profits. That loophole has created a new style of non-profit staffing organization that transfers college graduates into private sector jobs. More than half of the H-1Bs are from India, where the government pressures American companies to hire Indian graduates, even though they are rooted in a culture where workplace corruption and bribes are common. Deputies working for President Barack Obama also allowed the spouses of H-1Bs to get work permits, dubbed H4EADs. Many now work in jobs alongside their spouses, adding at least 100,000 more white-collar visa workers to the U.S. labor market. The little-known L-1 visa program allows foreign companies to move their employees into the United States for five to 7 years. In 2022, the Department of State approved 73,000 new L-1s, so the resident white-collar L-1 population is roughly 200,000 white-collar workers. The spouses of L-1 workers are also allowed to work, adding another 40,000 workers to the workforce, according to a 2017 report by the left-wing Economic Policy Institute. Many of the H-1B and L-1 workers are allowed to stay past their visa expiry date if their employers offer them the deferred bonus of a government-provided green card. This bonus has created a population of roughly 600,000 Indian workers who are working while waiting for a green card. This population includes many L-1s and H-1Bs, complicating the population count. The State Department’s J-1 program delivers about 90,000 white-collar workers via multiple categories, such as “short-term scholars, “research scholars,” and professors, who are allowed to stay up to five or even seven years. Government agencies do not reveal the resident population of J-1s, but 300,000 white-collar employees is a reasonable estimate. The 0-1A so-called “genius visa” program is now delivering at least 9,000 white-collar workers per year, up from 6,500 in 2019. This program is uncapped, like the L-1, TN, and H-1B programs. This visa lasts for three years, so the resident 0-1A population is roughly 25,000. The TN program allows professionals and recent graduates in Canada and Mexico to get jobs in the United States via the TN visa created by trade treaties. Government officials have said they do not count TN migrants entering the United States from Canada. Vaughan said she estimates the resident TN population to be roughly 120,000 foreign graduates. The OPT and CPT programs were created for foreign students at American universities. These programs deliver the most new workers each year — but they can only stay for one or three years. Almost 340,000 students and graduates got work permits in 2023, suggesting the resident population is roughly 400,000, most of whom work in technology-related jobs. The OPT — Optional Practical Training — and the CPT — Curricular Practical Training — programs were not created by Congress but by officials working for President George W. Bush. The CPT and OPT programs are touted as study programs, but the OPT program is a pipeline for foreigners to get green cards via employers and the H-1B program. These pipelines often run through ethnic hiring networks at Fortune 500 companies or their vast network of “software sweatshops” that implement outsourcing policies at nearly all major U.S. companies. Many of the OPT and CPT workers fail to get into the H-1B programs and so join the growing population of “overstay” illegal white-collar migrants, many of whom work alongside their legal compatriots as software subcontractors. This illegal white-collar foreign workforce is also boosted by a growing population of airport migrants. They legally enter the country as tourists or “business visitors,” dubbed B-1/B-2 visas. But they illegally work as freelancers and contractors, usually within ethnic networks of legal migrants. The federal government has done little to suppress or count this population. There has been no cap on the number of white-collar illegal migrants during Biden’s administration, in part because his pro-migration border chief — Alejandro Mayorkas — enforced a policy of no arrests for migrants who were not found guilty of major crimes. In addition, Mayorkas has imported roughly one million migrants through his quasi-legal “parole pipelines.” This inflow includes many white-collar workers — but their unrecognized credentials exclude them from licensed professions. Vaughan suggested these various pipelines have delivered 3 million illegal white-collar workers into the U.S. labor force, alongside the legal population of 1.5 million visa workers. Lynn estimated the illegal white-collar population at roughly 1.5 million, alongside 1.5 million legal migrants. In December, Mayrokas announced he would loosen the J-1 program to help migrants from China and India stay in J-1 white-collar jobs for longer than two years. Mayorkas’ deputies also announced changes to the H-1B program to help American companies import more white-collar workers. The new rules allow more companies to be treated as non-profits so they can import an unlimited number of “cap-exempt” H-1B workers for jobs that are sought by Americans. The rule states: . . . Meanwhile, huge numbers of American professionals are being laid off, according to a December report by Forbes.)
DAILY CALLER
— ‘These People Are Exploiting These Folks’: Andy Biggs Exposes Flaws In Dems’ Narrative About Migrants (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/27/andy-biggs-dems-migrants/
— Mark Halperin Warns ‘We’re Gonna See More’ Advocacy To Stop Trump From Taking Office As Inauguration ‘Gets Closer’ (COMMENT: How far do you think hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will go?)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/27/mark-halperin-democrats-block-donald-trump-inauguration/
— Woke Colleges Finally Being Forced To Reckon With Diversity Agenda
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/28/zachary-marschall-woke-colleges-finally-being-forced-to-reckon-with-diversity-agenda/
— Costco Embraces DEI As Other Companies Move In Opposite Direction
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/28/costco-dei-diversity-national-center-public-policy-research/
DAILY SIGNAL
— PBS Hosts Far-Left Smear Factory to Demonize Trump—Using Your Tax Dollars
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/29/pbs-hosts-far-left-smear-factory-demonize-trump-using-your-tax-dollars/
DAILY WIRE
— Homan Promises To Root Out Bad Actors Left Over From Biden Admin. ‘We pretty much know where the bodies are buried’ and ‘We know who’s who.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-help-them-border-czar-tom-homan-promises-to-root-out-bad-actors-leftover-from-biden-admin
— Here’s How Trump Admin Could Help Crush Censorship Industry (COMMENT: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents have wanted to censure me. In 2006, they almost succeeded in getting the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/28/trump-admin-crush-censorship-industry/
FOX BUSINESS
— Musk inflames X with profane movie quote in defense of H-1B visa. Musk invoked the satirical action-comedy movie ‘Tropic Thunder’ in defending the visa program.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-politics/musk-inflames-x-profane-movie-quote-defense-h-1b-visa
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The internal rift inside the MAGA movement over the H-1B visa continues to play out on X with Elon Musk attacking a critic of the program on Friday using a profane quote from Tom Cruise’s character in the movie “Tropic Thunder.” Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been tapped by President-elect Trump to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), argued earlier this week that American culture has not prioritized education enough and therefore foreign workers are needed for tech companies like Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla. Many tech companies have embraced the H-1B visa program, which allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations, but critics of the program say H-1B holders are often chosen over U.S. citizens for jobs. One of the reasons for this is that foreign workers are tied to their respective employers via the H-1B visa – as a company is required to sponsor the visa — and therefore quitting the job could ultimately see foreign workers losing their visa and their ability to legally remain in the country. On Friday, Musk doubled down on his defense of the program, blasting a user on X who used a video of Musk discussing SpaceX processes to go after the billionaire’s stance on the visa program. “The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B,” Musk wrote on X. He then went on to quote the 2008 action-comedy movie, which was a box office hit. “Take a big step back and F— YOURSELF in the face,” Musk railed. The line, although not verbatim, comes from a scene from the movie where Tom Cruise’s character Les Grossman, a balding, profane-laden and ill-tempered studio executive, roars down the phone at a group of kidnappers in a memorable scene. Grossman then goes on to threaten the kidnappers, saying that he will go “scorched earth” and “massacre” them. The outburst leaves the kidnappers and Matthew McConaughey, who plays Rick “The Pecker” Peck, stunned into silence. The movie also stars Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Nick Nolte. Musk also invokes Grossman’s combative stance with the X user, finishing off his late Friday post by writing: “I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend.” Musk then went on to interact with other commentators on the topic, saying he agreed with one poster who wrote that the visa program needs reform and that Musk “protects meritocracy and the American Dream for tech innovators at all costs.” Elsewhere, Musk agreed to a separate post that stated that Google, Intel and Tesla were all founded or built by immigrants and that H-1B visa employees are effectively capped at 15% for big tech companies. The post noted that a third of positions in the sector go unfulfilled each year and that foreign workers are needed in the short term to make up the shortfall. On Christmas Day, Musk wrote that he and his companies would prefer to hire Americans – and that it is much easier than going through the “incredibly painful and slow work visa process.” “HOWEVER, there is a dire shortage of extremely talented and motivated engineers in America. This is not about handing out opportunities from some magical hat. You don’t get it. This is blindingly obvious when looking at NBA teams, as the physical differences are so obvious to see,” Musk wrote. “However, the MENTAL differences between humans are FAR bigger than the physical differences!!” He also wrote that employing immigrants is essential to future American ingenuity. “It comes down to this: do you want America to WIN or do you want America to LOSE,” he wrote. “If you force the world’s best talent to play for the other side, America will LOSE. End of story.” It’s not the first time Musk has invoked Tropic Thunder online. In August, he unleashed the same line on Thierry Breton, a French business executive and former European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services who threatened to censor X.)
FOX NEWS
— The real reason Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is working so hard to resist Trump. Rooftop Revelations: Chicago’s Brandon Johnson wants to cast himself as the mighty moral man who would save us all.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/real-reason-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-wants-resist-trump
— Trump says he is a ‘believer’ in H-1B visas for skilled migrant workers as right spars on immigration. Musk argued that immigrants are needed for the tech sector. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-he-believer-h-1b-visas-skilled-migrant-workers-right-spars-immigration-report
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Newsom eyeing ways to help illegal aliens dodge deportation under Trump administration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will help illegals dodge deportation.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/california-gov-gavin-newsom-eyeing-ways-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation-under-trump-administration
NEWSMAX
— Biden Admin Partially Blames Homelessness Spike on Immigration Surge
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-homelessness-spike/2024/12/27/id/1193112/
PJ MEDIA
— Are You an Illegal Alien About to be Arrested by ICE and Deported? There’s an App For That.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/28/are-you-and-illegal-alien-about-to-be-arrested-by-ice-and-deported-theres-an-app-for-that-n4935479
— Democrats Want Your Children to Die
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/28/democrats-want-your-kids-to-die-n4935487
POST MILLENNIAL
— Costco board of directors urge shareholders to continue DEI programs
https://thepostmillennial.com/costco-board-of-directors-urge-shareholders-to-continue-dei-programs
TOWNHALL
— Trump Needs To Be Ready For The Gathering Storm Over H1B Visas (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/12/29/trump-needs-to-be-ready-for-the-gathering-storm-over-h1b-visas-n2649702
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump weighs in on H-1B debate, backs immigration visas (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5058560-trump-weighs-in-on-h-1b-debate-backs-immigration-visas/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://thehill.com/business/5058433-costco-dei-initiatives-pushback/
REUTERS
— Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa debate, says he’s always been in favor of the program (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elon-musk-vows-war-over-h-1b-visa-program-amid-rift-with-some-trump-supporters-2024-12-28/
YAHOO
— Trump Backs H-1B Visa Program After Elon Musk Vows ‘War’ During Fiery Online MAGA Debate (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-vows-war-defense-190919100.html
AOL
— Democrats ask: “Do Republicans Tend To Help Rich People More Than the Middle Class?” GAO works for Congress. In Diersen v. GAO, I got no help from my Republican U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives. To help me would have been to fight political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My demographics are terrible: conservative, Republican, White, male,
https://www.aol.com/republicans-tend-help-rich-people-170044992.html
NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Allies Threaten California Officials With Prison (COMMENT: Constructively, California has declared war on America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-allies-threaten-california-officials-prison-2006917
— Can H-1B Visa Holders Change Jobs? Critics Call Workers Indentured Servants (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/can-h-1b-visa-holders-change-jobs-critics-call-workers-indentured-servants-2006950
NBC NEWS
— Trump says H-1B visa program is ‘great’ amid MAGA feud over tech workers. Trump allies, including Elon Musk, vigorously defended the program to other MAGA adherents this week. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-h1b-visa-program-maga-elon-musk-rcna185656
CBS NEWS
— Musk and Ramaswamy are sparking a debate over the H-1B visa. Here’s what to know about the visa. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/musk-vivek-ramaswamy-h1b-visa-maga-immigration-what-to-know/
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump backs H-1B visas, aligning with Musk on immigration. “I’ve always liked the visas,” he said, siding with tech leaders against anti-immigration hard-liners. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/28/trump-h1b-musk-immigration-debate/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump weighs in on debate among supporters to back H-1B visa program (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-28/president-elect-trump-weighs-into-debate-among-supporters-to-back-h-1b-visa-program
USA TODAY
— Elon Musk vows ‘war’ over H-1B visa program amid rift with some Trump supporters (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/28/elon-musk-immigrants-via/77290081007/
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— The H-1B Visa Program and Its Impact on the U.S. Economy (COMMENT: What percent of H-1B recipients are non-White?)
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/h1b-visa-program-fact-sheet
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before an employer can file a petition with USCIS, the employer must take steps to ensure that hiring the foreign worker will not harm U.S. workers. Employers first must attest, on a labor condition application (LCA) certified by the Department of Labor (DOL), that employment of the H-1B worker will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. Employers must also provide existing workers with notice of their intention to hire an H-1B worker.)
U.S. CENSUS
— The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery
https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2024/adrm/CES-WP-24-19.html
(DEMOCRATS SAY: We do not find evidence for displacement of native-born, college-educated workers at the firm level, on net. However, this result masks dynamics among more specific subgroups of incumbents that we further elucidate.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/business/corporate-dei-policy-changes-pull-back-33fdab87
FORBES
— Trump Weighs In On H-1B Visa Program Dividing MAGA World (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/12/28/trump-weighs-in-on-h-1b-visa-program-dividing-maga-world/
— Democrats and RINOs say “Immigrants Don’t Crowd Out U.S.-Born Professionals.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/05/13/more-evidence-immigrants-dont-crowd-out-us-born-professionals/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonemorris/2024/12/28/costco-to-shareholders-dei-and-inclusive-leadership-is-non-negotiable/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/29/history-of-dei-why-it-matters-for-the-future/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2024/12/28/two-new-books-provide-insights-into-aspects-of-the-immigration-crisis/
FORTUNE
— Trump backs immigration visas for skilled workers after MAGA followers turn on Elon Musk over H-1Bs (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://fortune.com/2024/12/28/trump-h1b-immigration-visas-skilled-workers-maga-backlash-elon-musk/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump responds after Elon Musk escalates his feud with MAGA loyalists over H-1B visas (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-bros-debating-maga-fans-over-h-1b-visas-2024-12
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91247954/if-dei-is-dead-this-is-the-way-to-look-at-workplace-culture-in-2025
KIPLINGER
— Leave Your Life Story as a Legacy for Your Heirs. These eight resources will help you preserve your life story to pass on to your family. (COMMENT: I am 76. I have no heirs. My wife and I never had children. My brother, my parents, my grandparents, and my aunts and uncles have all passed away. On my father’s side, my brother and my aunt never married and had no children. On my mother’s side, her sister never married and had no children. Her brothers had four children of which three are still alive.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/inheritance/leave-your-life-story-as-a-legacy-for-your-heirs
PEW TRUSTS
— Democrats and RINOs say: Foreign-born workers have helped fuel growth, and their wages and occupations vary by English proficiency, origins, and education.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2024/09/the-demographics-of-immigrant-workers-in-philadelphia
AXIOS
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers hint/imply/argue/shout that Asians are more intelligent and harder working than Whites and that is employers should be able to hire them and to promote them instead of Whites.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/28/maga-dei-fight-musk-trump-bannon
December 28, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Musk, Ramaswamy spar with Trump supporters over H-1B work visas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-are-1b-visas-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-spar-donald-trump-supporters-work/15715514/
— 4 Lincoln Park businesses hit by smash-and-grab burglar (COMMENT: How vulnerable are businesses in your municipality to smash-and-grab burglary?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-4-lincoln-park-businesses-hit-smash-grab-burglar-including-old-pueblo-cantina-sweet-mandy-bs/15716989/
— Supervisor Tiffany Henyard threatens Thornton Township government shutdown. Henyard’s allies successfully got some of her challengers kicked off the April 1 general election ballot earlier Tuesday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-allies-thornton-township-supervisor-serves-dolton-mayor-get-challengers-kicked-off-ballot/15668759/
— Harvey family’s home ransacked by burglars during holiday vacation: ‘Scared and traumatized’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/harvey-family-returns-holiday-vacation-find-home-ransacked-burglars-mother-ceminya-winters-says/15716144/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/states-abortion-ban-social-services-often-fail-families/3633018/
WTTW
— Judge Won’t Allow Chicagoans Who Sued CPD for Targeting Black, Latino Drivers to Intervene in Consent Decree Court Case
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/27/judge-won-t-allow-chicagoans-who-sued-cpd-targeting-black-latino-drivers-intervene
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 3 candidates for Thornton Township supervisor knocked off 2025 ballot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/3-candidates-for-thornton-township-supervisor-knocked-off-2025-ballot/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/casinos-gambling/2024/12/27/internet-gambling-illinois-igaming-casino-app
DAILY HERALD
— DECEMBER 5, 2024 FLASHBACK: Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election (COMMENT: DuPage County voters anxiously await information from the DuPage County Election Division and from other sources on a) which offices will be on April 1, 2025 consolidated election ballots (SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php ), b) who has filled for those offices, and c) challenges to their nominating petitions. I am especially interested in that information for Milton Township because a) I have lived in Milton Township since 1978, b) I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999, c) I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, and d) certain past and present MTRO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/
— FEBRUARY 27, 2024 FLASHBACK: Democratic Party of Milton Township names Precinct Committee Person of the Year (COMMENT: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I should write about those past and present MTRO leaders who have taken many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240227/submitted-content/democratic-party-of-milton-township-names-precinct-committee-person-of-the-year/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Schumer’s last hope:’ Dem leader reveals plan to disrupt MAGA revolution (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that because Trump won, Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy Republicans.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/schumers-last-hope-dem-leader-reveals-plan-to-disrupt-maga-revolution
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump’s political coalition (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-an-online-debate-over-foreign-workers-in-tech-shows-tensions-in-trumps-political-coalition/
— Musk and MAGA are fighting over H-1B visas. How do they work? (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/musk-and-maga-are-fighting-over-h-1b-visas-how-do-they-work/
ORLAND TOWNSHIP PATCH
— An electoral board in Orland Township voted to dismiss a challenge that contended American flags on township candidates’ nominating petitions violated election rules.
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/board-tosses-challenge-orland-township-candidates-kept-ballot
LYONS PATCH
— Paula Struwing, a Lyons Township High School board member, has been removed from the ballot for the April 1 school board election.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lyons-township-high-hopeful-kicked-off-ballot/ar-AA1weLjW
WSIL TV
— Costco is pushing back — hard — against the anti-DEI movement (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/costco-is-pushing-back-hard-against-the-anti-dei-movement/article_06ce3c31-802b-5bbd-8b58-cd098d49da88.html
— Abortions are up in the US. It’s a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel. (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/missouri/abortions-are-up-in-the-us-its-a-complicated-picture-as-women-turn-to-pills/article_b43b2214-a3f2-5003-9c62-bad9ff1f2546.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County voters anxiously await information from the DuPage County Election Division and from other sources on a) which offices will be on April 1, 2025 consolidated election ballots (SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php ), b) who has filled for those offices, and c) challenges to their nominating petitions. I am especially interested in that information for Milton Township because a) I have lived in Milton Township since 1978, b) I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999, c) I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, and d) certain past and present MTRO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— There is no such thing as nonpartisan. In the final analysis, all individuals, all companies, all organizations, all etc. in America are either Democrat or Republican, that is, they are either liberal or conservative. The mainstream news media falsely claims to be nonpartisan. The mainstream news media is Democrat, that is, the mainstream news media is liberal. Because I refuse to falsely claim to be nonpartisan like the mainstream news media does, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a legitimate reporter or journalist. Google continues to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com like it is a news website. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Politics is nasty/vicious. George Ryan ran Corinne Wood in the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary to defeat Pat O’Malley and to elect Jim Ryan. I supported O’Malley in that primary. Jim Ryan won the primary but lost to Blagojevich in the general election. Ever since then, George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have done everything that they could to destroy me. They ignored/dismissed/belittled what I did to help Jim Ryan win the general election. I should write about them and what they continue to do to destroy me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
https://miltongop.org/
https://www.facebook.com/MiltonRepublicans
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN TEAM
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=milton%20township%20republican%20team
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— As sheriff pushes to end electronic monitoring, some critical of no-cash bail
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/as-sheriff-pushes-to-end-electronic-monitoring-some-critical-of-no-cash-bail/ar-AA1wAfuc
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Nunda Township Assessor Mark Dzemske Rejects Township Board’s Offer to Be Paid $250 Extra for Each Meeting Appearance, Says That Guarantees He Will Attend No Meetings
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/27/nunda-township-assessor-mark-dzemske-rejects-township-boards-offer-to-be-paid-extra-for-each-meeting-appearance/
— The Son of a Man Whose Mother Was Born in Bethlehem Reflects on Heritage
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/26/the-son-of-a-man-whose-mother-lived-in-bethlehem-reflects-on-heritage/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s victory marks the return of masculinity. Who needs men? Women and children do.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/27/trump-victory-marks-return-masculinity/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— People can’t flee blue states fast enough. The top five population losers were all Democrat controlled, including the biggest loser, California, followed by New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3270450/people-cant-flee-blue-states-fast-enough/
— Has the tide really turned on ‘wokeness’? (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, men were expected to protect women and children, to get married, and to raise children.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3270683/has-tide-turned-wokeness/
NEW YORK POST
— Pro-Luigi Mangione punks vandalize Jeffrey Epstein’s former NYC mansion with message found on alleged assassin’s bullets
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/pro-luigi-mangione-punks-vandalize-jeffrey-epsteins-former-nyc-mansion-deny-defend-depose/
AMAC
— GENDER INDOCTRINATION: 16 States That Force Transgender Lessons on Kids (COMMENT: Illinois is one of them. That is a big reason to leave Illinois.)
https://amac.us/newsline/society/gender-indoctrination-16-states-that-force-transgender-lessons-on-kids/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The coming showdown between Trump’s government and Democrat governors
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/the_coming_showdown_between_trump_s_government_and_democrat_governors.html
— An easier way to show illegals the door.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/an_easier_way_to_show_illegals_the_door.html
BLAZE
— Illegal aliens in Michigan likely won’t get driver’s licenses as Democratic ‘trifecta’ nears end
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-aliens-in-michigan-likely-won-t-get-driver-s-licenses-as-democratic-trifecta-nears-end
— Guatemala ready to receive deported illegal aliens from other countries
https://www.theblaze.com/news/guatemala-ready-to-receive-deported-illegal-aliens-from-other-countries-report
— Woke Oregon AG does her best to help illegal aliens dodge ICE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/woke-oregon-ag-does-her-best-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-ice
BREITBART
— Democrat Governors Compete to Lead ‘Resistance’ to Trump’s Popular Immigration Reforms (COPMMENT: Will Pritzker win?)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/27/democrat-governors-compete-to-lead-resistance-to-trumps-popular-immigration-reforms/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Threats Are Already Yielding Results In The Fight Against Cartels
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-threats-are-already-yielding-results-in-the-fight-against-cartels
— How One Of America’s Largest School Districts Became A Pipeline For A Trans Youth Clinic. “I hope you count us as partners in service to our trans youth,” a middle school administrator declared to a trans youth clinic.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-one-of-americas-largest-school-districts-became-a-pipeline-for-a-trans-youth-clinic
FOX NEWS
— US homelessness up double digits, rising numbers of asylum seekers, affordability crisis among causes. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-homelessness-up-double-digits-rising-numbers-asylum-seekers-affordability-crisis-among-causes
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Gender Studies Program at Princeton University Offering Course on ‘Sex Work’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/gender-studies-program-at-princeton-university-offering-course-on-sex-work/amp/
— California Lawmakers Push College Admissions Priority for Descendants of Slavery (COMMENT: What about priority for students whose parents do not have college degrees? 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.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/california-lawmakers-push-college-admissions-priority-for-descendants-of-slavery/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— U.S. Homelessness up 18 Percent to Record High This Year Due to Migrant Influx, Housing Crisis
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/u-s-homelessness-up-18-percent-to-record-high-this-year-due-to-migrant-influx-housing-crisis/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats brace for a new Trump presidency
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5048978-democrats-brace-trump-inauguration/
REUTERS
— US homelessness rose by record 18% in latest annual data (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-homelessness-rose-by-record-18-latest-annual-data-2024-12-27/
MSN
— ‘Sounds Good’: Canadians React To Trump’s ‘Offer’ Of Canada Becoming 51st US State
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/sounds-good-canadians-react-to-trump-s-offer-of-canada-becoming-51st-us-state/ar-AA1wxLRX
— Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. America has spent many trillions of dollars on AA and DEI.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/america-s-unpaid-debt-the-case-for-reparations-to-black-descendants-of-slavery/ss-AA1pFTM2
— Trump calls public support for accused healthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione ‘a sickness’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-calls-public-support-for-accused-healthcare-ceo-shooter-luigi-mangione-a-sickness/ss-AA1w0LuW
NEWSWEEK
— Discontent over political issues among co-workers can play out in less public but equally damaging ways in all kinds of workplaces nationwide. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. As Gingrich ever-increasing destroyed GAO, they ever-increasingly destroyed me.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2024/12/20/rules-tips-discussing-politics-workplace-after-2024-election-1996122.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/workplace-diversity-ranking-highlights-companies-that-invest-people-2005166
CBS NEWS
— Capitol Hill lawmakers experience surge of swatting calls, bomb threats in wake of November election
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/congress-lawmakers-surge-swatting-calls-bomb-threats-following-november-election/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Backers Battle Online Over Skilled Immigrants. A fierce dispute erupted in the president-elect’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Asians are ever-increasingly viewed as being superior to Whites. Ever-increasingly, Whites smoke pot and otherwise destroy themselves.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/technology/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa.html
— The number of people experiencing homelessness topped 770,000, an increase of more than 18 percent over last year. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/us/homelessness-hit-record-level-in-2024.html
— A Retirement Expert Is Giving Her Notice (COMMENT: 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-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/business/retirement-alicia-munnell-boston-college.html
— Will the U.S. Ever Be Ready for a Female President? (COMMENT: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO candidates shout at women that men cause all the problems that women have.).
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/us/politics/will-the-us-ever-be-ready-for-a-female-president.html
NEWSWEEK
–Costco Denies Shareholder Demand to Back Down From DEI Hiring (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/costco-board-shareholder-dei-hiring-2006717
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Border Czar Says Military Bases Could Aid Deportation Effort. Homan said he views the military as a ‘force multiplier’ to build infrastructure such as certain detention facilities.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/tom-homan-trump-border-czar-deportation-plan-78fd3c2d
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dei-is-the-booster-seat-that-provides-equality-2f80cace
— The Graying of America (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that the older that you get, the more that you will be discriminated against because of your age, and especially if you are conservative, Republican, White, male, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/golden-years-review-the-graying-of-america-af2218a5
— Massachusetts Puts Its Education Excellence at Risk. Voters nixed an exam that helped enhance the state’s reputation. Lawmakers may correct this mistake. (COMMENT: Of the many examinations that I have passes, my critics/opponents are most furious a) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and b) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/massachusetts-puts-its-education-excellence-at-risk-mcas-testing-70224ad7
FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91247655/this-is-how-dei-will-change-in-2025
WEEK
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://theweek.com/politics/instant-opinion-deportation-students-eye-contact-gaming-plane-crash-azerbaijan
BILLBOARD
— Examining the Phenomenon of the Accused Shooter-Turned-Antihero Through Mexican Music. Following the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, some social media users are immortalizing Mangione in corridors that reflect societal tumult over corporate ethics.
https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/luigi-mangione-corridos-antihero-songs-1235865770/
HARVARD CRIMSON
— I’m a White HLS Grad. Classroom Diversity Made Me a Better Lawyer. (COMMENT: Since 1964, I have worked with, I have supervised, and I have been supervised by far more minorities than my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969, collected delinquent taxes in Harvey, 63rd & Halsted area, Joliet, and downtown Chicago 1971-1980, lived in University Park 1972-1976, and audited federal agencies in downtown Chicago 1980-1997.)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/12/28/cohen-harvard-law-diversity/
INDEPENDENT
— Luigi Mangione’s sweater sells out at Nordstrom one day after court appearance
https://www.aol.com/news/luigi-mangione-sweater-sells-nordstrom-211815173.html
December 24, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Police warn of dangerous takeovers in Villa Park after weekend incidents
https://abc7chicago.com/post/police-warn-dangerous-takeovers-villa-park-illinois-after-chase-north-avenue/15697155/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It comes after a high-speed crash and serious accident Friday night along North Avenue. On Saturday, police say crowds and vehicles took over private business lots near North and Villa avenues. At one point, a crowd formed to block an arrest, according to police. There was also an unsubstantiated claim of a few people with guns, police said. Offenders face a $900 fee and risk getting their tires spiked.)
— Suspect Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to state murder and terror charges in CEO killing. Luigi Mangione attorney claims police, mayor using him as ‘political fodder.’ (COMMENT: How strong is the support for Mangione in your county, township, and municipality?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/luigi-mangione-arraigned-new-york-state-charges-murder-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson/15695430/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-12/23/2024
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About two dozen women, who waited in line in the frigid cold for public seats in the courtroom gallery, said they were there to support Mangione. Most of the women wore face masks and a few appeared visibly emotional as Mangione entered the courtroom. “This is a grave injustice, and that’s why people are here,” one of the women, who said she arrived at the courthouse at 5 a.m., told ABC News.)
— President-elect suggests US should own and control Greenland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/is-greenland-sale-president-elect-donald-trump-suggests-us-should-own-control-country/15698603/
NBC5
— ‘Come get me:’ Trump border czar nominee blasts Pritzker, Johnson on immigration. The Trump administration has promised a massive deportation effort in 2025, but could hit a variety of roadblocks.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/come-get-me-trump-border-czar-nominee-blasts-pritzker-johnson-on-immigration/3631105/
— President-elect Trump wants to again rename North America’s tallest peak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/president-elect-trump-wants-to-again-rename-north-americas-tallest-peak/3631311/
— Matt Gaetz, former Trump AG pick, had sex with underage girl while in Congress, House Ethics report says (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/house-ethics-committee-releases-report-on-matt-gaetz-sex-drug-allegations/3631001/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/reparations-evanston-il-transforming-lives-black-residents-rcna173534
WGN9
— Illinois political heavyweights, including Durbin and Pritzker, set stage for intriguing 2025 (COMMENT: Which Republicans do you hope/wish/want to run for U.S. Senate and for Illinois statewide offices in 2026?)
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/illinois-political-heavyweights-including-durbin-and-pritzker-set-stage-for-intriguing-2025/
— Safety concerns force migrants from South Shore apartment building days before Christmas
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/safety-concerns-force-migrants-from-south-shore-apartment-building-days-before-christmas/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Two Illinois convicts among 37 whose death sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden (COMMENT: Of course, George Ryan and his supporters are overjoyed. Biden follows in George Ryan’s footsteps. George Ryan supporters have taken many adverse actions against me. I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/two-illinois-commuted-sentences-biden/
— More than 1 million people in U.S. earn $500,000 or more (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. But I never earned more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars even though I have three master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a professional license (CPA). My critics/opponents use my having the aforesaid qualifications and my earning the aforesaid low salary to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an extremely bad person if not worse things.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/more-than-1-million-people-in-u-s-earn-500000-or-more/
— Donald Trump wants mass deportations. For the agents removing immigrants, it’s a painstaking process (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that because they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals, that it is futile to deport any of them. Further, anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/trump-mass-deportations-immigrants/
— Waukegan ready to buck Trump deportation efforts (COMMENT: How strongly are the Democrats and RINOs who run your municipality going to buck Trump deportation efforts, that is, how strongly do they reject Trump’s election?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/23/column-waukegan-ready-to-buck-trump-deportation-efforts/
— Americans have much to be thankful for (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for not being thankful enough. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/24/opinion-holidays-americans-gratitude/
— MAY 16, 2019 FLASHBACK: Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne criticizes DuPage GOP, announces run for county board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/04/03/naperville-city-councilman-kevin-coyne-criticizes-dupage-gop-announces-run-for-county-board/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne used a Facebook post early Wednesday to blast the DuPage County Republican Party and announce his bid to run for the DuPage County Board in District 5. Posting after Tuesday’s election votes had been counted, Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne wrote the DuPage County Republican organization did not do enough to get GOP candidates elected and said his county board candidacy should be seen as an effort to “stand up for conservative principals.” “I would say I think the Republican party right now is really struggling locally, and I hope to add a new voice for GOP voters,” Coyne said in a phone interview Wednesday. “I hope to be able to offer that voice on the DuPage County Board.” Coyne said he plans to run in the 2020 county election, pursuing the seat currently held by James Healy, a Naperville resident who has been on the county board since 1996. Seats held by District 5 board members Sadia Covert and Dawn DeSart are not up for election until 2022. In his post on his Naperville City Councilman Facebook page, Coyne said the DuPage GOP had “another embarrassing showing” in the most recent election cycle. “While the DuPage Democrats’ local leadership organize candidate forums, canvassing drives and social media initiatives throughout DuPage County, our DuPage GOP does what it usually does … nothing,” Coyne wrote. “Our once great DuPage GOP organization has become a shell of its former self. “The DuPage GOP has successfully handed both our County and the City of Naperville over to the Illinois’ Democratic Party. I am unwilling to let this stand!” Coyne repeated the criticism Wednesday. “The party around here was in power for a very long time and I don’t think ever adapted to the way in which politics has changed. The results for GOP folks have been very damaging.” Coyne said he made the post on his official Naperville City Council page because he thought it important to let people who follow local politics know of his plans to run for the county board. The post had drawn more than 50 comments as of Wednesday morning, many criticizing Coyne for talking about partisan politics when the council is elected as a nonpartisan body. “I will present a platform focused on reducing the size of government, reducing real estate tax levies and protecting LIFE … both as a supporter of pro-life initiatives and as a supporter of our constitutional right to bear arms,” Coyne wrote in the Facebook post. “I look forward to keeping my supporters abreast of my platform and to fighting for pro-life and small government reforms in DuPage County,” the post said. “We are better than what we have shown in recent elections. Republican voters in DuPage County need someone that will stand up for conservative principals! I ask conservative voters in DuPage County’s District 5 to give me the chance to be their voice. Much more to come….” Coyne, an attorney, was elected to Naperville City Council in 2015 and won re-election in 2017. He served on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission from 2011 to 2015. Coyne’s current city council term expires in 2021. In February, Coyne caused a stir when he called for state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, D-Naperville, to resign after saying her comments about the city of Naperville having white supremacist policies were a new low for “ugly rhetoric.” Stava-Murray posted her comments in response to message left on her Facebook page from someone who called Naperville people “bullies” and “horrible people.” Stava-Murray responded by saying she has wanted to leave the city herself because of Naperville’s “history of white supremacist policies.”)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inside Gaetz report: trove of new details alleging drug use, payments for sex (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/12/23/matt-gaetz-house-ethics-committee-report-details
— Democrats say “Musk co-opts the presidency.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/24/elon-musk-co-opts-presidency-donald-trump-threatens-primaries-against-republicans-government
— Illinois’ new salary transparency law is all about closing gender, racial wage gaps. Starting Jan. 1, under a change to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, job seekers should get wage and benefits information upfront. It should help expose and prevent pay inequities. (COMMENT: Federal salaries are extremely transparent. Everyone can see that the federal government pays its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time more than its comparably-qualified employees who are not aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/12/23/illinois-equal-pay-law-men-women-salary-wages-benefits-job-postings-transparency-becca-herman
DAILY HERALD
— ‘It’s disgusting’: Casten who pushed for Gaetz report’s release reacts to its accusations (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241223/us-congress-politics/its-disgusting-suburban-congressman-who-pushed-for-gaetz-reports-release-reacts-to-its-accusati/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PHOTOS: Glendale Heights village president tossed from ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241223/news/glendale-heights-mayor-tossed-from-ballot/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241224/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-coming-together-dupage-groups-should-be-applauded-for-uniting-to-house-homele/
— OCTOBER 13, 2020 FLASHBACK: Kevin Coyne: Candidate profile, DuPage County Board District 5
https://www.dailyherald.com/20201013/news/kevin-coyne-candidate-profile-dupage-county-board-district-5/
WGN RADIO
— Ethics releases Matt Gaetz report: 5 takeaways (COMMENT: How and why did Gaetz get elected?)
https://wgnradio.com/news/ethics-releases-matt-gaetz-report-5-takeaways/amp/
WBEZ & NPR ILLINOIS
— More Illinois universities are covering tuition for low-income households but issues with cost remain. Roosevelt University announced it will start offering a free tuition program this month, the Roosevelt Pledge. In September, the University of Illinois Chicago announced its plans to launch its own version, UIC Aspire, next fall. (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never worked outside of the home until after he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.)
https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/12/23/illinois-universities-free-tuition-programs-roosevelt-university
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-12-23/more-illinois-universities-are-covering-tuition-for-low-income-households-but-issues-with-cost-remains
FOX ILLINOIS
— Fetterman says voters picked Trump to ‘protect’ American ‘way of life’ (COMMENT: The American way of life enabled me to do the following even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my high school class, and my ACT score was only 24: I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fetterman-says-americans-picked-trump-to-protect-american-way-of-life-john-fetterman-democrat-donald-president-election-white-house-republicans-democrats-politics
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The new right gathers to celebrate Trump and the splintering of the Republican Party
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-the-new-right-celebrates-trump-at-a-conservative-conference-and-sidesteps-inconsistencies/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
SAFE SUBURBS USA
— Safe Suburbs USA is a Political Action Committee founded to promote public safety and the welfare of suburban residents throughout the USA. We advocate and educate on issues relating to crime and its effect on suburban families. We recommend agencies, candidates and programs which promote public safety.
https://safesuburbsusa.com/
(FROM THE WEBSITE: Kevin Coyne Founder and Chair, Safe Suburbs USA, Naperville Public Library Board Trustee, Chamber630 Board of Directors, Past Naperville City Councilman and Graduate of Naperville Citizen’s Police Academy)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Kevin Coyne will be the chairman of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee starting January 1, 2025. Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents continue to blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since that time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do you have children? If so, would you let them have the bad jobs that I had? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Having bad jobs on your resume harms your ability to get good jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY CONTY BLOG
— How to Request a Ticket to Trump Inauguration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/how-to-request-a-ticket-to-trump-inauguration/
— Christmas Eve Present for Federal Employees
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/christmas-eve-present-for-federal-employees/
— State’s Attorney Finds No Document in Which Permission Was Given Algonquin Township Supervisor to Pay Bills Without Board Permission
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/states-attorney-finds-no-document-in-which-permission-was-given-algonquin-township-supervisor-to-pay-bills-without-board-permission/
— Prediction 0f 2032 Congressional Reapportionment & Electoral College
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/22/prediction-0f-2032-congressional-reapportionment/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Flip Flop: Safe Suburbs PAC Founder Kevin Coyne Endorses Pro-SAFE-T Act Chicago Democrat Despite Calling the Law “Dangerous” and “Emboldening Law Breakers”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/06/flip-flop-safe-suburbs-pac-founder-kevin-coyne-endorses-pro-safe-t-act-chicago-democrat-despite-calling-the-law-dangerous-and-emboldening-law-breakers.html
— Safe Suburbs USA PAC’s Kevin Coyne Calls Trump “Poison,” “Disaster,” Says Most GOP Voters Don’t Identify as Pro-2nd Amendment
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/06/safe-suburbs-pacs-kevin-coyne-calls-trump-poison-disaster-says-most-gop-voters-dont-identify-as-pro-2nd-amendment.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court justices hid billionaire gifts for decades, ethics investigation finds
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/senate-democrats-release-supreme-court-ethics-repo/
— ‘Ride it out’: Trump resisters urged to stay in federal government (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I resisted my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/ride-trump-resisters-urged-stay-federal-government/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anti-Trump federal government lawyers are being begged to “ride it out” in the new administration, with activists encouraging them to act as a bulwark against the incoming president’s policies and actions. Those who feel they cannot remain on the inside, meanwhile, are being urged to look for jobs in Democrat-led state governments where they can find other perches to battle against Mr. Trump. The legal specialists doled out the advice on an American Constitution Society webinar last week, titled “Should I stay or should I go,” which pondered the decisions facing federal employees who aren’t thrilled to be working for Mr. Trump.)
— DEI is dangerous, diversity training materials stoke hostility, not goodwill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/20/network-contagion-research-institute-rutgers-study/
— Speaker Johnson’s next job is tamping down a bubbling GOP revolt against him
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/mike-johnson-next-job-tamping-bubbling-gop-revolt/
— Christmas’ gifts from Congress are choking America’s future. Rushed spending spree before the holidays proves Washington’s addiction to pork hasn’t changed.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/23/christmas-gifts-congress-choking-america-future/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigration is breaking America. It’s time for consequences
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3267755/illegal-immigration-is-breaking-america-its-time-for-consequences/
— Biden administration doled out millions to give LGBT migrants legal services, job training, and mental health support
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3262317/biden-gave-millions-lgbt-migrants-legal-services/
— San Francisco prepares to fight Trump on immigration, vaccinations, and climate change
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3269347/san-francisco-prepares-fight-trump-immigration-vaccinations-climate-change/
NEW YORK POST
— Critics blast bystanders who stood by while illegal migrant allegedly burned woman to death on NYC subway: ‘Daniel Penny effect’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/critics-say-bystanders-stood-by-while-illegal-migrant-burned-woman-to-death-on-nyc-subway-daniel-penny-effect/
— Troubling new research for Dems finds party’s woes run much deeper than 2024 election disaster (COMMENT: To be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/troubling-new-research-for-dems-finds-partys-woes-run-much-deeper-than-2024-election-spanking/
— Historic migrant surge reverses years of population decline in New York and other sanctuary states (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/us-news/migrant-surge-snaps-new-yorks-years-long-streak-of-population-decline-census-bureau/
— Panama is violating its Canal Treaty by cozying up to China — risking US safety
https://nypost.com/2024/12/23/opinion/panama-is-violating-its-canal-treaty-and-risking-us-safety/
AMAC
— Dems Face Internal Schism Over Border Crisis
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/dems-face-internal-schism-over-border-crisis/
— See How Easy Biden Made It for Cartels and Traffickers: My Trip to the Border in Pictures
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/see-how-easy-biden-made-it-for-cartels-and-traffickers-my-trip-to-the-border-in-pictures/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Academia first stop in Trump revamp
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/23/academia-first-stop-in-trump-revamp-1511518/
BLAZE
— Male who allegedly burned woman to death on subway train is illegal alien deported under Trump
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-alien-burn-subway
— ‘Several’ countries lined up to accept deported Venezuelan gang members, Homan says
https://www.theblaze.com/news/several-countries-lined-up-to-accept-deported-venezuelan-gang-members-homan-says
BREITBART
— Illegal Alien Burning NYC Woman to Death Is the Kind of Thing That Turns a Blue State Red
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/23/john-nolte-illegal-alien-burning-nyc-woman-to-death-is-the-kind-of-thing-that-turns-a-blue-state-red/
CAMPUS REFORM
— New report shows how much DEI ideology dominates Ivy League. The report accuses the Ivy League universities of trying to ‘side-step’ the Supreme Court’s ruling in affirmative action. It also details the spread of DEI and CRT throughout the Ivy League.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/new-report-shows-much-dei-ideology-dominates-ivy-league-/27199
DAILY CALLER
— Murderers, Rapists And Robbers: Biden Goes On Commutation Spree For Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/23/joe-biden-commutations-sentences-death-row-christmas-week-victms-rape/
FEDERALIST
— 3 Million ‘Temporary’ Migrants Could Sway Congressional Seats Thanks To Census Bureau Change
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/23/3-million-temporary-migrants-will-now-sway-congressional-seats-thanks-to-census-bureau-change/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— In Waning Days, the Biden Administration Pushes Through Immigration Regulations
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/waning-days-biden-administration-pushes-through-immigration-regulations
— Chicagoans Revolt Over City Spending on Illegal Migrants
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/chicagoans-revolt-over-city-spending-illegal-migrants
— An Immigration Reform Agenda for the 119th Congress
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/congress/immigration-reform-agenda-119th-congress
FOX NEWS
— Why is Greenland geopolitically important for Trump?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS90nWg-IbM
— Trump will be ‘very active on the campaign trail’ in 2026 midterms, Republican Party chair predicts. RNC chair Whatley predicts Trump will play a ‘significant’ role to defend the party’s majorities in Congress.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-very-active-campaign-trail-midterms-chair-predicts
HOT AIR
— Floating the Unthinkable Considering What’s Happened – Blanket Pardoning Illegals
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/12/23/floating-the-unthinkable-considering-whats-happened-blanket-pardoning-illegals-n3798181
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ACLU executive director vows to help defy mass deportation of illegals, has no interest in protecting liberty of American citizens
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/aclu-executive-director-vows-to-help-defy-mass-deportation-of-illegals-has-no-interest-in-protecting-liberty-of-american-citizens
NEWSMAX
— Liberalism Is a ‘Mental Disorder’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/michael-savage-liberalism-donald-trump/2024/12/23/id/1192730/
— Sen. Cruz Vows Crackdown on Border, Migrant Criminals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ted-cruz-crackdown-illegal-criminals/2024/12/23/id/1192680/
RED LION
— Denver Public Schools creates documentary to promote transgenderism to children
https://readlion.com/denver-public-schools-creates-documentary-to-promote-transgenderism-to-children/
TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Fate Of Illinois FOID Card Rests With Appeals Court (COMMENT: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/fate-of-illinois-foid-card-rests-with-appeals-court/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— 5 things to know about Trump’s threats to retake the Panama Canal
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5054342-trump-proposes-taking-control-panama-canal/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.newsweek.com/immigrants-issued-advice-mass-deportations-2005240
— Donald Trump Comes to Matt Gaetz’s Defense, Says Ethics Report ‘Very Unfair’
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-comes-matt-gaetz-defense-says-ethics-report-very-unfair-ag-2005537
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Previews Second Term in Sprawling Speech to Conservative Conference
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/us/politics/trump-speech-turning-point-arizona.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/nyregion/nyc-migrant-shelters.html
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/business/economy/trump-tech-h1b-visa.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot and other drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/opinion/is-everyone-high.html
— Trump Picks Callista Gingrich for Ambassador to Switzerland
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/us/politics/trump-callista-gingrich-ambassador-switzerland.html
WASHINGTON POST
— For some Latinos, ‘prosperity gospel’ led them to Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/24/trump-latino-voters-prosperity-gospel-pennsylvania/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/12/23/lgbtq-aging-alone-trauma/
— Trump is threatening to take over the Panama Canal, which Panama owns outright
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/23/trump-panama-canal-ownership-history-explained/
— Who controls Greenland, and why does Trump want to buy it? The Arctic island is not for sale, its own government and that of Denmark continue to emphasize.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/23/greenland-trump-buy-denmark/
USA TODAY
— Trump’s State Department pick opposes mass/illegal immigration and reverse discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/23/trump-michael-anton-state-department-immigrants/77049505007/
ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
— The wrath of DOGE is coming for federal workers (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. I should write about how I have been viewed/treated because of that. (COMMENT: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I accepted a job offer from IRS because I was unemployed. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother because my father had recently suddenly died. When I was 16 years old in 1966, I accepted a job offer from the Post Office because I needed a job to pay for my college expenses.)
https://www.adn.com/opinions/national-opinions/2024/12/22/opinion-the-wrath-of-doge-is-coming-for-federal-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America has elected a president who has empowered two businessmen with no experience in public service or governing to effectively rule over the federal government, in part by promising to “delete” assorted agencies as part of a plan to cut spending by $2 trillion. Both have an affinity for mass layoffs, Elon Musk at his various companies and Vivek Ramaswamy of federal employees as part of a campaign promise. Whether these men, who will lead President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, will have any actual authority remains to be seen. If nothing else, their impossible-to-fill promises to slash spending and fire workers has put a spotlight on government employees in terms of who they are, the functions they perform and their motivations for working in the public sector. Although we don’t yet know DOGE has in store, an improvement in job quality, wages and working conditions is unlikely. Just this past week, Trump threatened to fire federal employees who don’t come back to the office and said he would go to court to challenge a Biden administration labor contract that locked in remote work arrangements for thousands of them. So, if you are a federal worker, should you quit and avoid the (potential) wrath of DOGE? In some ways, the answer reveals what is wrong with government. Paul Volcker was a lifelong advocate for improving public service. The former chairman of the Federal Reserve who is credited with breaking inflation in the early 1980s spearheaded the first National Commission on Public Service report in 1989 and the follow-up in 2003. He liked to point out that the casual bashing of federal employees that politicians love to do was destructive. The more public service is denigrated, the less appreciated civil servants are and the harder it is to recruit high-quality employees. Both commissions concluded that biggest problems with public service was not the workers, but how they were led and organized. The first report emphasized that civil servants report to political appointees and that the number of appointees had swelled. They now total about 4,000, helping to choke off promotion and career advancement. In other words, at some point, success based on performance ends and political connections take over. The second report made the same point but focused on the organizational structure of the government, an outdated holdover with duplicative responsibilities under rules that carry the power of law. It concluded that the agencies needed to be made anew based on tasks and mission. (To their credit, the commission guessed that such a task would take a decade.) It was as if the system was designed to discourage workers. But which workers? Let’s go back to original question. Should you, as a federal employee, quit? Say the answer is yes. If Trump — your boss’s boss — does not appreciate the work of government employees and agrees that many, if not most, should be laid off, then quitting is a way to signal your dissatisfaction in a manner Volcker would have predicted as well as signal that a lack of respect is costing America valuable civil servants. But quitting can be interpreted as a political statement. Trump has long claimed that federal employees comprise a “deep state” that he’s vowed to dismantle. Quit just as he is reelected plays into his belief that public employees are politically motivated. Say the answer is no. After all, from the perspective of civil servants, politicians and their appointees are like short-lived mayflies. Staying sends a powerful signal that whatever the political noise, civil servants are above it. Your job is to serve the people and the people elect new bosses every four years. But staying the course has its own risks, namely by perpetuating the perception that civil servants don’t have the skills for private-sector jobs, and if they could leave, they would. Whatever they do, federal workers risk either being viewed as political or incompetent — or both. Quiet technocrats drawn to the mission of public service will choose to stay every time. That’s not to say that they never quit, get frustrated nor leave to go to the private sector (or never come back, for that matter). But politics don’t dictate what they do, and they serve both parties equally. And that’s the real problem. The people best poised to punish politicians for their poor leadership, mismanagement or byzantine organizational structure are inclined to stay quiet. Aside from quitting, there’s not much civil servants can do in protest. The Hatch Act strictly limits what political behavior is allowed. They can’t endorse a candidate, a policy or a commission’s recommendations, and they can’t make political donations or campaign for a person or party. Civil servants are a convenient punching bag to distract from the failures of leadership promulgated by successive administrations to improve the structure or performance of the federal government. The solutions offered in 1989 and again in 2003 make just as much sense now as they did then.)
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— What makes you a contributing member of society? For me, it is my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters each and every morning. But according to my critics/opponents, my newsletters are not only worthless, they are destructive. According to them, my newsletters have cause all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/advice/philip-chard/2018/11/30/idle-reflections-value-doing-nothing/2123705002/
KFOX14
— Texas claims 87% drop in illegal crossings, credits Operation Lone Star for success (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return.)
https://kfoxtv.com/news/immigration/texas-claims-87-drop-in-illegal-crossings-credits-operation-lone-star-for-success-tx-governor-greg-abbott-national-guard-rio-grande-billion-trump-administration
LOS ANGELES PRESS & REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.losangelespress.org/english-edition/the-land-of-immigrants-to-deport-thousands-of-refugees-20241224-10568.html
https://reason.com/2024/12/23/asylum-isnt-as-crazy-as-trump-claims/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pensions Give Retirees Greater Peace of Mind’ (COMMENT: I have been getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension since I was 49 years old in 1997. I started earning credits toward that pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-pension-finances-america-977d3033
— Asians ever-increasingly outperform other races.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/merit-and-the-case-for-immigration-education-scholarships-texas-finis-welch-a1dd1c1f
— The Trump Legal Effort to Deport Illegal Aliens. The President-elect could do a lot worse than bringing Alan Dershowitz into the fold.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-trump-legal-effort-to-deport-illegal-aliens-dershowitz-80adc7b4
— ‘Dreamers’ Make Emergency Plans as Trump Vows to Deport Millions. Students lacking permanent legal status are scrambling to prepare in case an immigration crackdown hits campuses.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/dreamers-make-emergency-plans-as-trump-vows-to-deport-millions-1e279f87
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://fortune.com/well/2024/12/23/fleeing-the-country-rationing-testosterone-transgender-americans-new-reality-under-trump-presidency/
FORBES
— ‘Trump Wants America To Win’: Ben Shapiro Argues As To Why Trump Foreign Policy Isn’t ‘Isolationism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpcKR3smS98
BLOOMBERG
— Musk Makes ‘Overstaffed’ Federal Reserve a Target in Quest for Efficiency (COMMENT: Gingrich made “overstaffed” GAO a target in the 1990s. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees including me.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-23/elon-musk-makes-overstaffed-fed-target-in-quest-for-efficiency
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
— Bullying in the Legal Profession. Study Finds Bullying Disproportionately Impacts Lawyers from Underrepresented Groups.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/news/bullying-in-profession/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The topic of bullying is personal to Erika Harold, Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (“the Commission”). “I experienced pervasive racial and sexual harassment in high school that went unresolved by school administrators. I ultimately had to transfer schools,” she said. Harold added, “In a diary I kept at the time, I vowed to make an impact on the culture of bullying if I ever had the opportunity.” That opportunity came when she was crowned Miss America 2003. Traveling across the U.S., she spoke to more than 100,000 young people about bullying in schools to “shift people’s perceptions and motivate leaders to take this issue more seriously.” After graduating from Harvard Law School, Harold was dismayed to discover that bullying seemed “normalized and even sometimes celebrated in the legal profession.” Yet, “there was a lack of data and discussion about it,” she said. A second opportunity presented itself when she became Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Under her leadership, the Commission launched one of the first large-scale studies in the U.S. on bullying in the legal profession. They partnered with The Red Bee Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm with experience conducting wide-scale surveys for other legal organizations, including the ABA. The report’s authors and principals from The Red Bee Group, Stephanie A. Scharf and Roberta D. Liebenberg, define bullying as “inappropriate behavior intended to intimidate, humiliate, or control the actions of another person, including verbal, nonverbal, or physical acts.” The resulting report found that nearly a quarter of the 6,000 Illinois lawyers surveyed had experienced workplace bullying during a one-year period. Particularly noteworthy, the rates of bullying were highest among attorneys aged 25 to 35, female attorneys, and attorneys with disabilities. Thirty-nine percent of attorneys aged 25 to 35 reported having experienced bullying compared to 12% of attorneys aged 66 to 75. Thirty-eight percent of female attorneys said they experienced bullying, compared to 15% of male lawyers. Similarly, 38% of attorneys with disabilities said they experienced bullying, compared to 23% of lawyers without a disability. Also bullied were 36% of Middle Eastern/North African lawyers, 35% of Black/African American lawyers, 34% of Hispanic lawyers, 32% of multiracial lawyers, and 28% of Asian American lawyers, compared to 23% of white lawyers who reported being bullied. In addition, 29% of lawyers who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual were the target of verbal bullying related to their sexual orientation, while 3% of heterosexual lawyers were verbally bullied related to their sexual orientation. Wendy Shiba, Chair of the ABA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Center (DEI Center) and a principal of The Red Bee Group, pointed out that the groups identified in the report as being disproportionately impacted by bullying are the same groups represented by the ABA’s DEI Center “in furtherance of Goal III, to eliminate bias and enhance diversity in the legal profession.” Based on her work, Shiba added, “Intersectionality compounds the phenomenon, with attorneys having two or more of the underrepresented characteristics being especially vulnerable.”)
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Civil Servants Ready Lawsuits to Refute Trump’s Vow to Fire Them (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, my attorney Walter T. Charlton ( https://www.lawyer.com/walter-charlton.html ) filed Diersen v. GAO in Washington DC in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf The suit was transferred to Chicago in 2000.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/civil-servants-ready-lawsuits-to-refute-trumps-vow-to-fire-them
POLITICO
— Conservatives hope to enlist Trump in their spending war. It won’t be that easy. Hardliners openly admit they felt they lost every funding fight this year. They’re hoping the incoming president turns that around.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/24/conservatives-trump-spending-war-wont-be-easy-00195951
FED SMITH
— WEP and GPO Bill Passes in Congress. Legislation repealing the WEP and GPO passed Congress and now goes to the president to sign.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/12/21/wep-and-gpo-bill-passes-in-congress/
INDEPENDENT
— Piers Morgan slams ‘disgusting’ SNL audience for cheering Luigi Mangione. Morgan slammed the applause for Luigi Mangione ‘shameful.’
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/piers-morgan-snl-luigi-mangione-joke-b2669105.html