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January 16, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What the fraud in Minnesota can teach Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/opinion-fraud-minnesota-illinois-audit/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/15/marijuana-recreational-drugs-gun-ownership-second-amendment-jacob-sullum

CBS2
— University of Illinois approves tuition increase for incoming freshmen, including at UIC and Urbana-Champaign. DD: I was able to work my way through college, but my critics/opponents stress that college costs were much lower back then.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-illinois-tuition-increase-uic-urbana-champaign/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Downtown office vacancy ended 2025 at another record high
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/downtown-office-vacancy-ended-2025-another-record-high

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County GOP Treasurer Chris Lauzen’s son running in Delaware – as a Democrat
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2026/01/15/kane-county-gop-treasurer-chris-lauzens-son-running-in-delaware-as-a-democrat/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Labor, voting rights groups intervene in Illinois voter data lawsuit
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/01/15/labor-voting-rights-groups-intervene-in-illinois-voter-data-lawsuit/88177670007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-what-americans-think-about-trumps-first-year-back-in-office-according-to-ap-norc-polling/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the cost of healthcare.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-15/trump-health-care-plan-doesnt-help-people-facing-skyrocketing-aca-premiums

WGLT
— GOP candidates for Governor blast sanctuary cities and SAFE-T act in Central Illinois forum. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-01-16/gop-candidates-for-governor-blast-sanctuary-cities-and-safe-t-act-in-central-illinois-forum

WMBD
— Republican candidates for governor debate at Five Points Washington. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://wmbdradio.com/2026/01/15/republican-candidates-for-governor-debate-at-five-points-washington/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders use Chad Hampton of Victoria and his mother Cheryl Hampton of Streator to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/16/drawing-a-legal-line-on-hate-00733123

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-449/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they carry water for the elephant, that is, they work for the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Organization. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22carry+water+for+the+elephant%22+republican – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Imagine Not Having to Wait 14 Days After the Election to Find Out Who Wins
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/15/imagine-not-having-to-wait-14-days-after-the-election-to-find-out-who-wins/
— Referendums on School Choice Scholarships on One-Third of Illinois Counties’ Ballots
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/16/referendums-on-school-choice-scholarships-on-one-third-of-illinois-counties-ballots/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Fiscal Conservative Ted Dabrowski Spent $181K on Consultants While $75K Went to Dan Proft’s Florida Firm
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/fiscal-conservative-ted-dabrowski-spent-181k-on-consultants-while-75k-went-to-dan-profts-florida-firm.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The real reason health care and education costs are soaring
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/real-reason-health-care-education-costs-soaring/
— Americans seize the socialism: Most say it’s government’s job to give healthcare. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, healthcare is free.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/americans-seize-socialism-say-governments-job-give-health-care/

NEW YORK POST
— Pentagon to ‘refocus’ military newspaper Stars and Stripes away from ‘woke distractions’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/15/us-news/pentagon-to-refocus-military-newspaper-stars-and-stripes-away-from-woke-distractions/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why (Traditional) Marriage Matters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-traditional-marriage-matters/

EPOCH TIMES
— Venezuela’s Machado Gifts Trump Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal. Opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the peace prize in December 2025 for her fight for democracy.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trumps-view-on-venezuelan-opposition-leader-machado-remains-unchanged-white-house-5971661

FEDERALIST
— Resisting Law Enforcement Is Violence And This Administration’s Job Is To Stop It At All Costs
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/15/resisting-law-enforcement-is-violence-and-this-administrations-job-is-to-stop-it-at-all-costs/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— States Respond to Increased Assaults Against ICE Officers with Legislation to Put Agents in Greater Danger
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/states-endanger-ice-officers-mask-prohibition
— FAIR Highlights Disastrous Consequences of Anti-ICE Rhetoric in Minneapolis
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/fair-highlights-disastrous-consequences-anti-ice-rhetoric-minneapolis

FOX NEWS
— Three Venezuelan illegals arrested after ICE officer ‘ambushed and attacked’ during traffic stop. DHS secretary calls Minneapolis incident ‘attempted murder of federal law enforcement.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/three-venezuelan-illegals-arrested-ice-officer-ambushed-attacked-traffic-stop-noem.amp
— ICE takes down illegal alien who allegedly rammed law enforcement vehicles, nearly running over officer. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin blamed pro-sanctuary politicians she said ‘have encouraged illegal aliens to evade arrest.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-ice-takes-down-illegal-alien-who-rammed-law-enforcement-vehicles-nearly-running-over-officer
— Pentagon vows to reform military newspaper Stars and Stripes, remove ‘woke distractions’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pentagon-vows-reform-military-newspaper-stars-stripes-remove-woke-distractions.print

LEGAL INSURECTION
— Walz Urges Minnesotans to Protect Illegals, Film ICE ‘Atrocities,’ ‘Resist’ in Deranged Speech
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/walz-urges-minnesotans-to-protect-illegals-film-ice-atrocities-resist-in-deranged-speech/

NEW AMERICAN
— Minneapolis Riots Heat Up; Illegals Involved in Beating of ICE Agent Are Biden “Migrants” Released at Border
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/minneapolis-riots-heat-up-illegals-involved-in-beating-of-ice-agent-are-biden-migrants-released-at-border/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Minneapolis Rioters Break Into Federal Agent’s Vehicle, Steal Weapon and Ammunition
https://www.westernjournal.com/stunning-footage-minneapolis-rioters-break-federal-agents-vehicle-steal-weapon-ammunition/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://apnews.com/video/trumps-insurrection-act-threat-stands-out-against-the-laws-long-history-ae22f8e0ca7446c8ad81a3f5e6b112ed

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4_fGiPWVOA

CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-protests-01-15-26

CNBC
— Over 800,000 student loan borrowers remain in backlog for forgiveness, affordable repayment plans. DD: I was able to work my way through college, but my critics/opponents stress that college costs were much lower back then.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/student-loan-forgiveness-repayment-plan-backlog.html

REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbNS4RQzM6w

MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-is-the-insurrection-act-and-what-happens-if-president-trump-invokes-it/vi-AA1UjxDH
— West Point Orders All Minority Cadet Clubs Disbanded Immediately in DEI Crackdown
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/west-point-orders-all-minority-cadet-clubs-disbanded-immediately-in-dei-crackdown-report/ar-AA1yt5ZU

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/minnesota-ice-shooting-protests-trump-insurrection-act/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: According to Democrat leaders, their illegals do not vote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/noncitizen-voters-save-tool.html
— DD: The more hatred that promote against Trump, the more that the Democrat news media promotes you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/politics/minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-ice.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump launches ‘Great Healthcare Plan.’ DD: The federal government paying for 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and for my wife since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/15/trump-healthcare-plan-aca/
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/01/15/university-trump-lee-bollinger-review/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/16/ice-minneapolis-trump-insurrection-act-minnesota/88197983007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/01/15/what-is-the-insurrection-act-timeline-trump-ice-shooting-minneapolis/88197593007/

WAPT
— Defense Department says military newspaper Stars and Stripes must eliminate ‘woke distractions’
https://www.wapt.com/article/stars-and-stripes-eliminate-woke-distractions/70013027

BLOOMBERG
— George Floyd Lawyer to Represent Renée Good Family. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning Renee Good into George Floyd?
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/wake-up-call-george-floyd-lawyer-to-represent-renee-good-family

FORBES
— These 8 Sweeping Student Loan Forgiveness Changes Happen In 2026. DD: I was able to work my way through college, but my critics/opponents stress that college costs were much lower back then.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2026/01/15/these-8-sweeping-student-loan-forgiveness-changes-happen-in-2026/

FORTUNE
— Renee Good and George Floyd: 2 Minneapolis killings, 2 grieving families, one law firm. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning Renee Good into George Floyd?
https://fortune.com/2026/01/15/family-of-renee-good-hires-george-floyd-lawyer-minnesota-shooting-ice/

CAREERS IN GOVERNMENT
— DD: For Democrats, government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats.
https://www.careersingovernment.com/

GOVERNING
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.governing.com/policy/trump-threatens-to-invoke-insurrection-act-over-minnesota-ice-protests

FED SMITH
— Thrift Savings Plan Millionaires Hit New Record—Nearly 195,000 and Counting. DD: I would be a TSP millionaire if my Democrat GAO superiors had not wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/01/13/tsp-millionaires-new-record-number/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— The Faculty Merit Act Is Meritless. A proposal to mandate publication of SAT and other standardized test scores for all faculty and faculty job applicants is statistically unsound. DD: Since 1966, my critics/opponents have stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/15/faculty-merit-act-meritless-opinion

PEOPLE
— Renee Good’s Family Hires Law Firm That Previously Helped George Floyd’s Family Secure $27 Million Settlement. Romanucci & Blandin said it would launch a civil investigation into the shooting of Good by an ICE agent. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning Renee Good into George Floyd?
https://people.com/renee-good-s-family-hires-law-firm-that-once-represented-george-floyd-s-family-11886246

HUFFINGTON POST
— Federal Workers Ask Judge To Block Trump’s ‘Loyalty’ Question On Job Applications. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were not blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform and especially loyal to the platform’s Affirmative Action plank.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-ask-judge-block-215616534.html

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources. DD: GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters bring attention to Illinois government and political news and commentary that Democrat and RINO leaders do not want anyone to read.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

WORKPLACE INSIGHT
— Major surge in people working past retirement age … matched by rise in age discrimination claims. DD: While I worked for the federal government, retirement age was 55 if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like me a $25,000 buyout and early retirement. I had 25 years of federal service and I was 45 years old.
https://workplaceinsight.net/major-surge-in-people-working-past-retirement-age-matched-by-rise-in-age-discrimination-claims/

January 15, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson pushes back on Trump’s threat to cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-pushes-back-president-donald-trumps-threat-cut-off-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities/18404155/

FOX32
— Illinois sues Trump over immigration enforcement, ICE in Minnesota. Illinois sues Trump over immigration enforcement and ICE enforcement continues in Minnesota.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-vleel5roxsn3uewu

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fear and anger spread after another immigration shooting in Minneapolis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/15/immigration-shooting-minneapolis/
— Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, officials say
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/immigration-enforcement-shooting-minneapolis/
— Survey of Chicagoans: 65% say President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has ‘gone too far’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/survey-chicagoans-federal-immigration-too-far/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/14/rick-garcia-activist-who-successfully-fought-for-gay-rights-legislation-dies-at-69
— What to know if you’re one of 170,000 people in Illinois behind on student loans. The Trump administration is resuming withholding wages from student loan borrowers in default. Here are some steps you can take to prevent that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/15/what-to-know-if-youre-behind-on-student-loans-at-risk-of-default-and-wage-garnishment-in-illinois

DAILY HERALD
— Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260115/nation-and-world-politics/trump-threatens-to-use-the-insurrection-act-to-put-an-end-to-protests-in-minneapolis/

WMBD
— DD: Everyone knows that Pritzker wants Bailey to win the 2026 Republican Party gubernatorial primary.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/darren-bailey-meets-peoria-residents-043002410.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration cuts nearly 2 billion in funding for mental health and addiction
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-14/trump-administration-cuts-nearly-2-billion-in-funding-for-mental-health-and-addiction

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois bettors pull back as online gambling costs rise. DD: Gambling is poison.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/14/illinois-betting-online-sports-gambling-draftkings-fanduel-betmgm

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-660/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which conservative principles, that is, which planks in the Republican Party platform, do your critics/opponents reject? Most commonly, my critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican candidates and elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) conservative leaders and religious leaders in the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— It would be great if leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois would encourage their members to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Why don’t they? Far too many reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Which planks in the Republican Party platform do you support/promote that your critics/opponents reject? I support/promote the equal opportunity plank (no race or gender based preference giving) and my critics/opponents who reject that plank have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because of that. Some because they have personally benefitted from race and/or gender based preference giving or want to personally benefit from it. Some because they want to curry favor with minorities and/or with females. Some for both reasons. I should write about my aforesaid critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately because I support/promote the equal opportunity plank (no race or gender based preference giving) plank. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Federal Government Drops Financial Support of McHenry County Drug Court, 20% of Cost
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/federal-government-drops-financial-support-of-mchenry-county-drug-court/
— 9th District Democratic Party Congressional Hopeful Mike Simmons Gains Endorsement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/9th-district-democratic-party-congressional-hopeful-mike-simmons-gains-endorsement/
— Americans for Prosperity Praise Rep. Jeff Keicher, TIF Reform Efforts Cited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/americans-for-prosperity-praise-rep-jeff-keicher-tif-reform-efforts-cited/
— Algonquin and McHenry Land $600,000 Apiece for Parks, Link to All Awards
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/algonquin-and-mchenry-land-600000-apiece-for-parks/
— On and Off Again 9th District Democrat Bruce Leon Now Out, Endorsing Phil Andrew
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/on-and-off-again-9th-district-democrat-bruce-leon-now-out-endorsing/
— Scanning Inmate Mail Approved
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/scanning-inmate-mail-approved/
— Left Bemoans Conservatives Monopolization of Urging Increasing the Birthrate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/left-bemoans-conservatives-monopolization-of-urging-increasing-the-birthrate/
— Tax Cap Will Allow 2.7% Property Tax Levy Hike in 2027
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/tax-cap-will-allow-2-7-property-tax-hike-in-2027/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IRS Receives Complaint Alleging Wirepoints Broke Federal Tax Law to Aid Dabrowski, Target Bailey
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/irs-receives-complaint-alleging-wirepoints-broke-federal-tax-law-to-aid-dabrowski-target-bailey.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/donald-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act-put-end-protests/
— Renee Good’s family hires law firm George Floyd’s family hired to look into Minneapolis ICE shooting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/family-renee-good-hires-law-firm-george-floyds-family-hired-probe/
— California’s new Democrat-dominated congressional map survives court challenge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/californias-new-democrat-dominated-congressional-map-survives-court/
— Another DHS shooting: Feds say officer was ambushed and beaten, fired to stop attack
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/another-immigration-enforcement-shooting-occurs-minneapolis-group/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Family of Renee Good hires George Floyd attorney one week after ICE shooting
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4418969/renee-good-family-hires-george-floyd-attorney-one-week-after-ice-shooting/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Kamala Harris Buys $8.2 Million Seaside Mansion After Warning ‘Sea Levels Are Rising’ Due to ‘Climate Crisis.’ Plus, Mamdani’s housing czar trashes ‘white, middle-class homeowners’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/kamala-harris-buys-82-million-seaside

NEW YORK POST
— Sanctuary cities must work with the feds — or pay a price
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/opinion/trumps-right-sanctuary-cities-must-work-with-the-feds-or-pay-a-price/
— Calif. Republicans launch plan to take down Newsom’s Prop 50
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/california-dems-score-major-prop-50-win-in-federal-court-after-republicans-said-new-map-is-racist/
— Mamdani doubles down on NYC ‘sanctuary city’ status, vows to fight Trump funding threat
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/zohran-mamdani-doubles-down-on-nyc-sanctuary-city-status-vows-to-fight-trump-funding-threat/

BREITBART
— Feds: Over $1.8 Billion in Medicaid Funds Spent on Health Care for Illegal Aliens in 8 States
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/14/feds-cms-medicaid-fraud-illegal-aliens/

CITY JOUNAL
— Want to Reduce Poverty? Teach the “Success Sequence.” DD: What put you on track for your successes? For me, it was my parents who sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My parents and my teachers promoted personal responsibility.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/poverty-success-sequence-school-employment-marriage

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Traditional Families and American Prosperity. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/01/26/traditional-families-and-american-prosperity-ae595

DAILY WIRE
— DOJ Sues Minnesota Over Affirmative Action Hiring Practices: ‘DEI Codified Into Bad State Policy.’ “The Trump Administration has no tolerance for such DEI policies.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-sues-minnesota-over-affirmative-action-hiring-practices-dei-codified-into-bad-state-policy

FOX NEWS
— Agitators clash with federal officers after another ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE is ‘creating chaos’ and not keeping people safe.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-clash-federal-officers-after-another-ice-shooting-minneapolis?lid=ymf2uwaz4i5p
— Renee Nicole Good’s family hires George Floyd legal team for civil investigation after fatal ICE shooting
https://www.foxnews.com/us/renee-nicole-goods-family-hires-george-floyd-legal-team-civil-investigation-fatal-ice-shooting
— DHS, White House mock Chicago’s lawsuit over ICE: ‘Miraculously rediscover the 10th Amendment.’ DHS official says Democrats ‘rediscover’ 10th Amendment when blocking federal enforcement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-white-house-mock-chicagos-lawsuit-over-ice-miraculously-rediscovered-10th-amendment
— Mamdani housing czar called ‘White, middle-class homeowners’ a ‘huge problem’ during 2021 podcast appearance.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mamdani-housing-czar-called-white-030734148.html

NEWSMAX
— No to Mandatory Healthcare Abortion Coverage
https://www.newsmax.com/tonyperkins/hyde-lincoln-womb/2026/01/14/id/1242133/
— Judges Reject GOP Bid to Block California Maps
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/california-congressional-maps-gop/2026/01/14/id/1242174/
— How to Destroy a Thriving Republic, Step-By-Step
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/mccain-obama-republic/2026/01/14/id/1242094/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Family of Renee Good hires George Floyd lawyer to go after federal officials. Good’s wife, parents, and siblings have retained Antonio M. Romanucci, a founding partner of the Chicago-based law firm Romanucci & Blandin.
https://thepostmillennial.com/family-of-renee-good-hires-george-floyd-lawyer-to-go-after-federal-officials

TOWNHALL
— The Woke Billionaires and Democrat-Loving Corporations Are on Their Own
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/01/15/the-woke-billionaires-and-democrat-loving-corporations-are-on-their-own-n2669459
— Justice Department Challenges Minnesota’s Affirmative Action Hiring Requirements. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me. As I complained more about that, they took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/01/14/justice-department-challenges-minnesotas-affirmative-action-hiring-requirements-n2669460

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Battling Age Discrimination. Companies are required to treat older workers no differently than younger ones. DD: How old are you? I am 77. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, if they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, and I had been assigned to audits of IRS in 1986. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/CareerManagement/story?id=4429354
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Companies are legally bound to treat older workers no differently than younger ones. The ADEA specifically prohibits the following activities: a company can’t force you to retire at a certain age (with some exceptions); can’t treat older workers worse than younger ones or target them for layoffs; can’t give younger workers higher pay, more favorable assignments or more responsibilities; and can’t make decisions based on stereotypes about older workers. For example, a company can’t refuse to allow older workers access to training programs — the you-can’t-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks rationale is illegal.)

CBS NEWS
— Renee Good’s family retains George Floyd’s legal firm after ICE agent shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/renee-good-family-george-floyd-lawyer-legal-representation-ice-agent/

MSN
— George Floyd’s family lawyer gears up to represent Renee Good’s estate after ICE death
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/george-floyd-s-family-lawyer-gears-up-to-represent-renee-good-s-estate-after-ice-death/ar-AA1UdZUD

REUTERS
— Trump Says He Has No Plans To Fire Powell As Fed Chair. DD: If you would have asked my Democrat GAO superiors if they planned to force me to retire on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old, of course, they would have denied it. But they would have stressed the many big adverse actions that they had taken against me including a) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, and d) forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. Notwithstanding he aforesaid, they falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until September 29, 2003 when I would have been 55 years old and eligible for regular retirement.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-has-no-plan-fire-feds-powell-despite-investigation-2026-01-15/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/ice-protests-activism.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ICE agent shoots man in leg as Minneapolis protests flare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/14/minneapolis-shooting-victim-ice-lawyer/

USA TODAY
— DD; Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Renee Good into George Floyd
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/14/george-floyd-minneapolis-renee-good-protests/88140745007/
— After Renee Good ICE shooting, lawyers for family launch investigation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/14/lawyers-family-renee-good-investigation/88182405007/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote more gerrymandering in California.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/01/14/federal-court-rejects-california-gops-block-of-redistricting-map-texas-proposition-50/88184353007/

SAN ANTONIO REPORT
— DD: Texas website lets college students report complaints about race and gender based preference giving. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors and supervisors always gave big time preference to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://sanantonioreport.org/texas-website-college-students-report-complaints-related-to-diversity-dei/

BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans when Whites do better than minorities and when men do better than women.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justice/college-racial-diversity-drops-again-as-trump-ramps-up-scrutiny

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action, DEI, wokeness, and wokeism a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://hbr.org/2026/01/five-steps-to-identify-the-right-emotional-response-for-each-moment

POLITICO
— Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after protests. His statement came just hours after a man was shot in the leg by federal law enforcement.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/trump-insurrection-act-minnesota-00730664

ROLLING OUT
— Why workplace politics matter more than skills. DD: My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://rollingout.com/2026/01/14/workplace-politics-over-skills/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Competence becomes increasingly irrelevant. The most promoted people often lack technical competence in their roles. The advancement often requires abandoning the technical excellence that qualified them. The promotion rewards political skill not expertise. The promoted person manages people rather than doing excellent work. The excellent work gets abandoned. The politics becomes primary focus. The management level requires different skills than technical level. The technical excellence becomes liability at management level. The brilliant engineer becomes mediocre manager. The corporation accepts this tradeoff for political stability. The corporations value loyalty over competence. The person who questions decisions or suggests improvements gets labeled as not team player. The obedient mediocrity gets promoted over brilliant critics. The independent thought becomes career threat. The conformity becomes requirement for advancement. The best ideas get suppressed. The organizations become mediocre through promoting politics over excellence. The talented people recognize this pattern and leave. The remaining talent works around the system. The advancement becomes about succeeding despite the system not because of merit.)

ATLANTIC
–DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male. older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/trump-war-against-wokeness/685626/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Suspended Ford worker who heckled Trump receives $600k as woke liberals call him ‘working class hero’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15464385/amp/Suspended-Ford-worker-Trump-Gofundme.html

ONE NEWS PAGE
— Renee Nicole Good’s family hires George Floyd legal team for civil investigation after fatal ICE shooting
https://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/1ztdom2myw/Renee-Nicole-Good-family-hires-George-Floyd.htm

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Renee Good-George Floyd connection revealed as Minneapolis woman’s family hires legal team
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/renee-good-george-floyd-connection-revealed-as-minneapolis-womans-family-hires-legal-team-101768439075294.html
— Who is Antonio M. Romanucci? Renee Good’s wife, family hire lawyer who fought George Floyd case
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-antonio-m-romanucci-renee-nicole-goods-wife-family-hire-lawyer-who-fought-george-floyd-case-101768421656350.html

GUARDIAN
— Senate backs Donald Trump in Venezuela resolution as Vance casts tie-breaking vote
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/14/us-politics-live-latest-news-updates-supreme-court-donald-trump-tariffs-jd-vance-greenland
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans White supremist.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/trump-administration-white-supremacist-language

January 14, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois US Rep. Robin Kelly introduces articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-ice-shooting-illinois-us-rep-robin-kelly-introduces-articles-impeachment-remove-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem/18403761/
— The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot Renee Good in the alleged car-ramming incident suffered internal bleeding
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agent-shot-renee-good-suffered-internal-bleeding-officials-say/18402408/
— US to suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-suspend-immigrant-visa-processing-75-countries-public-assistance-concerns/18403046/
— Federal judges allow California to use new US House map ahead of 2026 election
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-judges-allow-california-use-new-us-house-map-ahead-2026-election/18403705/

FOX32
— U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, who represents parts of Chicago and the south suburbs, moved to impeach Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem on Wednesday in a major escalation, responding to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/kelly-impeaches-noem-dhs

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Rep. Robin Kelly launches long-shot impeachment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem over deportation tactics
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/robin-kelly-kristi-noem-impeachment-immigration/
— US Supreme Court says GOP congressman can challenge Illinois’ mail-in voting law but more legal fights remain
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/supreme-court-rules-bost-has-standing-mail-in-ballot-case/
— Trump Truth Store to reopen in Crystal Lake after summer shutdown amid eviction threat
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/trump-truth-store-reopen-crystal-lake-summer-shutdown-facing-eviction/
— After Supreme Court defeat, Trump administration looking to settle lawsuit over Illinois National Guard deployment
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/lawsuit-illinois-national-guard/
— CPS watchdog details a culture that failed to protect students
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/little-village-lawndale-high-school-brian-crowder-sexual-abuse-sexual-misconduct-philip-wagenknecht-oig-inspector-general/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago law firm investigating Minneapolis shooting for Renee Nicole Good’s family. The Romanucci & Blandin law firm also represented the family of George Floyd after he was killed in 2020 by a Minneapolis police officer. That lawsuit resulted in a record settlement.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/14/chicago-law-firm-representing-renee-nicole-goods-family-romanucci-blandin
— Chicago to weigh paying $875K to settle claims tied to police handling of George Floyd protests. The proposed settlement is tied to a lawsuit that contends Chicago cops “responded to these protests with brutal, violent, and unconstitutional tactics that were clearly intended to injure and silence protesters.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/01/12/george-floyd-protests-chicago-police-department-response-lawsuit-proposed-settlement

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats see a path to win the Senate. It’s narrow and has little room for error
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260114/us-congress-politics/democrats-see-a-path-to-win-the-senate-its-narrow-and-has-little-room-for-error/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Supreme Court revives Bost challenge to Illinois mail ballot law
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/supreme-court-revives-illinois-gop-challenge-mail-ballot-law

NPR ILLINOIS
— Candidates have legal standing to challenge election laws, the Supreme Court rules
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677318/supreme-court-bost-decision-candidate-standing

NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://northernstar.info/131472/opinion/opinion-ice-cold-hearts/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Milton Township Employees Paid To Work For Private Corporation
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2026/01/milton-township-employees-paid-to-work-for-private-corporation/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— FBI wrongly questioned agents’ support for Trump, religious beliefs, COVID vaccine status. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates often asked me questions to confirm my conservative beliefs and to use them against me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/fbi-wrongly-questioned-agtents-support-trump-religious-beliefs-covid/
— How Minnesota became the center of the Somali community and fraud allegations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/minnesota-became-center-somali-community-fraud-allegations/
— California’s new Democrat-dominated congressional map survives court challenge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/californias-new-democrat-dominated-congressional-map-survives-court/
— Defining the midterm: What’s on the 2026 Republican agenda?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/defining-midterm-whats-2026-republican-agenda/Defining the midterm: What’s on the 2026 Republican agenda?
— Trump’s view of presidential power collides with America’s constitutional design
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/trumps-view-presidential-power-collides-americas-constitutional/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump retreats on abortion
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4419300/trump-retreats-on-abortion/

NEW YORK POST
— Washington school district forces students to hide Bibles ‘sealed in an envelope’ in backpacks, federal lawsuit alleges
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/media/washington-school-district-forces-elementary-students-to-hide-bibles-in-backpacks-federal-lawsuit-alleges/
— Woman dragged from car by ICE agents in Minnesota ID’d as LGBT and racial justice activist
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/woman-dragged-from-car-by-ice-in-minnesota-idd-as-lgbt-and-racial-justice-activist/

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota’s ‘Affirmative Action’ Regime
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-department-justice-files-lawsuit-against-minnesotas-affirmative-action-regime

NEWSMAX
— DOJ Sues Minnesota Over DEI ‘Regime’
https://www.newsmax.com/us/suit-minnesota-affirmative-action/2026/01/14/id/1242149/

PATRIOT POST
— Bill Clinton Faces Contempt Charges For Defying Epstein Subpoena
https://pjnewsletter.com/clinton-congress-epstein/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump administration slashes grants for mental health and addiction treatment programs
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-cuts-grants-mental-health-addiction-treatment/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Sides With Bost in Illinois Election Rules Challenge. The question in the case was not a mail-in ballot rule itself but whether political candidates have the right to challenge the rules governing the vote count in their election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/supreme-court-illinois-mail-ballot-rules.html

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/14/us-politics-live-latest-news-updates-supreme-court-donald-trump-tariffs-jd-vance-greenland

January 14, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop illegally a) flooding America with citizens of foreign countries and b) fighting their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2026/01/14/ice-documentary-chicago-shouldering-sanctuary
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/14/trump-sinking-america-economy-tariffs-venezuela-attacks-raids-criminal-ralph-martire
— Illinois joins suit after feds threaten billions in funding over Trump order targeting trans people — again
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/13/illinois-joins-suit-after-feds-threaten-billions-in-funding-over-trump-order-targeting-trans-people-again

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more video gambling. in 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to punish for that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/afternoon-briefing-chicago-video-gambling-legalization-in-flux/

DAILY HERALD
— Congressional candidates to meet in four forums. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260113/us-congress-politics/congressional-candidates-to-meet-in-four-forums/

FOX32
— Man charged with murder in stabbing at Loop CTA station: DD: How much time have you spent in downtown Chicago? I worked there in 1971 and 1973-1980 (IRS) and 1980-1997 (GAO). I lived there part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978 (Outer Drive East building). I took classes there 1966-1968 and 1971 (UIC), 1972-1976 (Loyola), 1976-1980 (DePaul), 1980-1981 (Roosevelt), and 1992-1997 (IIT). While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cta-crime-stabbing-charges-loop

WAND TV
— Advocates warn that driving high is just as dangerous as drunk driving. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/advocates-warn-that-driving-high-is-just-as-dangerous-as-drunk-driving/article_1d24ad25-d5f2-478f-903e-272b08f806af.html

25 NEWS NOW
— LaHood criticizes IL lawsuit against ICE, calls it Pritzker’s attempt to ‘undermine federal law enforcement’
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/13/lahood-criticizes-il-lawsuit-against-ice-calls-it-pritzkers-attempt-undermine-federal-law-enforcement/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Governor’s race: Joseph Severino has filed a lawsuit seeking to remain on the ballot for the March 17 Republican primary for governor. He’s asking the Cook County Circuit Court to reverse a decision by the Illinois State Board of Elections that removed him and running mate Rantch Isquith from the ballot after sustaining objections to their nominating petitions. GOP activist Terry Newsome was the objector to Severino’s signatures, but the actual challenge was orchestrated by Aaron Del Mar, the running mate for governor candidate Darren Bailey. Severino argues that thousands of signatures were improperly challenged, that objections were made in bad faith and that the board applied deadlines and evidentiary rules in a manner that violated due process. The suit asks the court to order Severino’s name restored before ballots are printed. . .Thursday: GOP gubernatorial candidates Darren Bailey, Ted Dabrowski, James Mendrick and (just announced) Rick Heidner to attend a Tazewell County GOP candidate forum.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/14/justices-path-started-in-politics-00727234

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-659/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRT COUNTY BLOG
— Left Bemoans Conservatives Monopolization of Urging Increasing the Birthrate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/left-bemoans-conservatives-monopolization-of-urging-increasing-the-birthrate/

JOHN KASS
— Two bar groups of Chicago lawyers—suits who suck up to the Democratic machine—are trying to silence a good common sense Judge James Brown for speaking the truth.
https://johnkassnews.com/chicago-politicos-to-a-good-judge-shut-up-and-take-it/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Prestigious Left-Wing Money Machines That Fund the Groups Harassing ICE Agents in Minnesota. Plus, Trump tells Iranian protesters ‘HELP IS ON THE WAY’ while shutting door on diplomacy with Tehran.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/the-prestigious-left-wing-money-machines

NEW YORK POST
— The callous and cynical politics that led to Renee Good’s death. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://nypost.com/2026/01/13/opinion/why-anti-ice-protesters-are-aiming-for-death-and-mayhem/

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— DEI Rollback Won’t Solve Problems DEI Created. A generation of White men facing workforce displacement, replacement. DD: Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO employers have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employee.
https://americanfreepress.net/Issue_1_2_AFP_2026_FP.pdf

BREITBART
— Democrat-Run Minnesota and Illinois File Lawsuits over Trump Immigration Officer Surge
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/13/democrat-run-minnesota-and-illinois-file-lawsuit-over-trump-immigration-officer-surge/
— DHS Calls on MN Gov. Walz to Release 1,360 Criminal Illegal Aliens to ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/13/dhs-calls-on-mn-gov-walz-release-1360-criminal-illegal-aliens-ice/amp/
— Mamdani ‘Outraged’ over Detention of Staffer Accused of Assault, Overstaying Visa
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/13/nycs-zohran-mamdani-outraged-over-detention-of-staffer-accused-of-assault-overstaying-visa/amp/
— Breitbart Editor In Chief Warns GOP: ‘Zero Amnesty’ for Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/01/14/breitbart-eic-warns-gop-zero-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Minneapolis School Officials Are Shielding Illegal Aliens from ICE … and Opening Themselves Up to Federal Felony Prosecutions
https://cis.org/Fishman/Minneapolis-School-Officials-Are-Shielding-Illegal-Aliens-ICE-and-Opening-Themselves

NEWS BUSTERS
— Trump: Federal Funding to Illegal Alien Sanctuaries Ends February 1
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/293485/print

PJ MEDIA
— Walz Is Protecting Not Only Fraudsters but More Than 1,000 Violent Foreign Criminals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/13/walz-is-protecting-not-only-fraudsters-but-1000-violent-foreign-criminals-n4948251

TOWNHALL
— Traditional Families and American Prosperity. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. They do that and at the same time hint/imply/argue/shout that I unfairly benefitted from being raised in a traditional family. If I had not been raised in a traditional family, I never would have been able earn enough money to pay for a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, c) a professional license, d) new cars, e) real estate, f) etc.
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2026/01/14/traditional-families-and-american-prosperity-n2669421

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5687621-quinnipiac-poll-ice-enforcement/

ABC NEWS
— ACA enrollment drops 800,000 as prices soar. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and for my wife since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/fewer-americans-sign-affordable-care-act-health-insurance-129172967

CBS NEWS
— Trump threatens to halt federal money next month not only to sanctuary cities but also their states
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/president-trump-threatens-to-halt-funding-to-sanctuary-cities/
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/immigration-advocates-push-for-protect-bills-in-baltimore-county/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maduro-jail-venezuelans-facing-immigration-limbo-feel-s-still-not-safe-rcna252365

NEW YORK TIMES
— ICE Arrested Dozens of Refugees in Minnesota and Sent Them to Texas, Lawyers Say. The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to “re-examine thousands of refugee cases.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/ice-arrests-refugees-minnesota.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Jesus despises/hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, have more money than others, etc. and b) that to get into Heaven, you have to give preference and money to those who are liberal, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, etc. How successful have Democrats been taking over your church?
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010630341/the-religious-right-uses-christianity-for-control.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow. Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups. DD: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, quitting was not an option for me. I needed/wanted money to pay for cars, college degrees, real estate, professional certifications, etc. Consequently, I carried out my Democrat superiors’ orders to give preference big time to my subordinates who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. But that was not enough for them. Because I complained about it and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40, they wasted my career and they forced me to retire when I was 49.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/trump-shooting-renee-good-ice.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/13/maryland-general-assembly-session-starts/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/14/mamdani-democrats-woke/

USA TODAY
— A yearlong birthday party. Inside America’s 250th anniversary plans. Organizers of the country’s 250th birthday envision a grassroots, community-driven celebration. How semiquincentennial plans are shaping up. DD: I remember a GAO diversity event in which we were all required to publicly disclose a) the country(s) that our ancestors immigrated from and b) the year(s) they immigrated.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/13/semiquincentennial-america-250-celebration/88068429007/

NEW YORK SUN
— Left, as With George Floyd, Exploits Death of Renee Good for Political Ends. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nysun.com/article/left-as-with-george-floyd-exploits-death-of-renee-good-for-political-ends

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://lasentinel.net/george-floyd-and-renee-good-5-years-between-minneapolis-videos-and-confusion-has-increased.html

DALLAS NEWS
— Charlie Kirk Memorial Parkway coming to North Texas
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2026/01/13/charlie-kirk-memorial-parkway-coming-to-north-texas/

MERCURY NEWS
— Harvey Milk Boulevard would be renamed for Charlie Kirk under Utah legislation
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/13/harvey-milk-charlie-kirk-utah/amp/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Affordability Problem in One Chart. Wages aren’t rising fast enough to counter still rising prices. DD: Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that I got COLAs, step increases, and promotions. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $154,682/year in 1997. In my defense, during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/economy-affordability-prices-inflation-real-wages-donald-trump-8465f37b
— How DEI Caused a Military Recruitment Crisis. The Biden administration discouraged white recruits. Secretary Hegseth’s ‘reset’ invites everyone to serve.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-dei-caused-a-military-recruitment-crisis-c86acd6e
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Trump Presses Prosecutors To Target Foes.’ DD: While worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO for almost 30 years, they had my Democrat superiors take many big adverse actions against me. I should with about that.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-blasted-federal-prosecutors-at-white-house-event-calling-them-weak-c185412b
— Before You Toss That Book. DD: I bought many books a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees and b) to pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/opinion/favorite-books-cleaning-out.html

WEEK
— DD: The longer that your ancestors have been in America and more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://theweek.com/politics/maga-heritage-americans

NOLA
— Tulane approves Turning Point USA chapter after Loyola denied the group official status. DD: Who is heading Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.nola.com/news/education/tulane-approves-turning-point-usa-chapter-after-loyola-denied-the-group-official-status/article_ab2ff84a-6a9a-4bba-b6ec-8dbb8a2bad08.html

PERSONNEL TODAY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly a) false/refuse to hire those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) replace their employees who are the aforesaid with those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/male-police-officers-replaced-by-women-were-discriminated-against-tribunal/

POLITICO
— Trump administration releases guidance on hiring federal employees. Trump has sought to reshape the federal government to align with his agenda, which has included reworking regulations governing the civil service. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. According to them, those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/13/trump-admin-releases-guidance-on-hiring-feds-00725867

NEW YORKER
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/what-comes-after-the-protests

HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/model-minority-anti-ice-protests_n_68530dede4b07c6cc415c5fb

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

BBC
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jepdjy256o

GUARDIAN
— DD: Unions ever-increasingly side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/union-leaders-trump-administration-white-supremacy

DAILY MAIL
— Buyers fleeing Seattle after woke mayor’s open drug use policy comes to their door
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/real-estate/article-15442259/seattle-homebuyers-flee-drug-policy.html

January 13, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds sued over ‘Occupation of Illinois’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2026/01/13/feds-ice-illinois-chicago-border-patrol-cubs-chicago-police-department

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop a) illegally bringing in citizens of foreign countries and b) illegally fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260112/illinois-state-politics/illinois-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-accuses-feds-of-violent-occupation/

WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/12/illinois-chicago-sue-trump-administration-over-illegal-immigration-enforcement-tactics
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you cannot afford something, it is because of Trump. What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I worked a second job for 18 months. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But my critics/opponents would stress that even though I did the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/12/budget-gap-affordability-top-mind-illinois-lawmakers-head-back-springfield

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for people having less more than others.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/13/illinois-lawmakers-return-to-springfield-eyeing-balanced-budget/88063804007/

SOUTHERN
— Illinois CPA Society announces internship preparation program scholars. DD: Do you regret the college major that you piked? I do. I should have majored in accounting from the start. I say that because I passed the CPA examination in my first attempt. But I did not do that until I was 30 years old, and by then, the accounting profession saw me as being much too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran. But nevertheless, my critics/opponents would stress that the Illinois CPA Society would never have selected me for its internship program. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Further, they would stress that while I passed all four parts of the examination on my first attempt, my scores on the parts were not that high.
https://thesouthern.com/news/illinois-cpa-society-announces-internship-preparation-program-scholars/article_6dd0143b-6eaa-5415-8499-43f10af03929.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— As birth rates tumble, some progressives say the Left needs to offer solutions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote abortion and b) destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-12/as-birth-rates-tumble-some-progressives-say-the-left-needs-to-offer-solutions

FOX 2
— Lawmakers advocate antisemitism bill for schools. DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Republicans were antisemites. They stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was Republican, conservative, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/lawmakers-advocate-antisemitism-bill-for-schools/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS & IPM NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuit-puts-illinois-on-offensive-against-menacing-immigration-raids/
https://ipmnewsroom.org/lawsuit-puts-illinois-on-offensive-against-menacing-immigration-raids/
— Illinois extends enrollment deadline for health insurance plans beginning Feb. 1. Expired federal subsidies cause significant price increases for millions of consumers. DD: The federal government paying for 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since I was 18 years old in 1966 and also for my wife since I was 29 years old in 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-extends-enrollment-deadline-for-health-insurance-plans-beginning-feb-1/

CRYSTAL LAKE PATCH
— McHenry County Republican Party To Host Forum. The forum will be held on January 22 at McHenry County College. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/mchenry-county-republican-party-host-forum

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The state of Illinois and City of Chicago filed suit Monday to block deployment of immigration officers in the state, alleging a pattern of unlawful enforcement tactics that officials say has endangered public safety and violated Illinois law.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/13/bears-stadium-talks-alive-00724150

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— ICE nabs child abusers, drug traffickers in Minneapolis as 1,000 more immigration agents set to deploy
https://nypost.com/2026/01/12/us-news/ice-nabs-child-abusers-drug-traffickers-in-minneapolis-as-1k-more-agents-set-to-deploy/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Florida bill would bar illegal immigrants from public colleges
https://www.campusreform.org/article/florida-bill-bar-illegal-immigrants-public-colleges/29248

FOX NEWS
— Conservative legal group targets Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mandating race, sex data in home loans. DD: Since I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argues/shouted that a minority, female, and/or veteran should have gotten the mortgage that I got to buy 774-5 Sunset Court in University Park. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-legal-group-targets-cfpb-rule-mandating-race-sex-data-home-loans.print

HOMELAND SECURITY
— As Americans Enjoyed Their Weekend, ICE Law Enforcement Risked Their Lives to Arrest the Worst of Worst Criminal Illegal Alien Murderers, Rapists, Pedophiles, and Gang Members. DD: I support the work of law enforcement. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/12/americans-enjoyed-their-weekend-ice-law-enforcement-risked-their-lives-arrest-worst
— A Message from Secretary Noem on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. DD: I support the work of law enforcement. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://www.dhs.gov/employee-resources/news/2026/01/12/message-secretary-noem-law-enforcement-appreciation-day

NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
— National Fraternal Order of Police Calls on Americans to Support the Work of Law Enforcement. DD: I support the work of law enforcement. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://fop.net/2026/01/national-fraternal-order-of-police-calls-on-americans-to-support-the-work-of-law-enforcement/

NEWSMAX
— Lawmakers Launch Bipartisan Process to Select New GAO Head. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. In 1981, Charles Bowsher took over the agency and ran it for 15 years. Bowsher had a dramatic negative impact on me and on GAO employees who shred my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, accounting degree holders, CPAs, licensed CPAs, those who did not have an Ivy League degree, those who did not start their careers with GAO, etc. Under Bowsher, GAO shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/congress-gao-gene-dodaro/2025/12/30/id/1240180/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bipartisan congressional leaders are set to recommend candidates to President Donald Trump to replace Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), for the first time in nearly 20 years, Politico reported Tuesday. Orice Williams Brown, a longtime GAO employee, is stepping in to lead the more than 3,000-person agency in an acting capacity as Congress searches for a sober and judicious nominee to serve the 15-year term. If approved by the Senate, the new comptroller general would oversee the agency as it investigates whether the Trump administration illegally withheld billions of dollars in 2025. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told the outlet that lawmakers will be looking for “someone who’s honest.” “I think it would be a mistake to get somebody who’s been real active in political processes,” Paul said. By law, Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, holds a seat on a bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers responsible for recommending at least three possible candidates for the president to nominate. Although Paul and several Republican colleagues have expressed appreciation for the GAO’s work, the comptroller general has recently faced pressure to sue the Trump administration over withheld federal funds. That pressure intensified after the Supreme Court suggested this fall that the GAO head may be the only party with legal standing under long-running impoundment law. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who will also serve on the panel, outlined his expectations for the role earlier this month, saying the next comptroller general must be “willing to call balls and strikes regardless of which party occupies the White House.” Peters added that Dodaro is leaving behind “a legacy of tremendous credibility, integrity, and independence.” The Senate panel will include Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.; Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who serves as president pro tempore. The House delegation will feature Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the panel’s ranking Democrat. Comer also praised Dodaro earlier this month, saying in a House speech that he is “deeply respected across the government and the oversight community for his integrity, candor, and dedication.”)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN & REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/world/video/ebof-john-bolton-venezuela-regime-wikipedia
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/us/minnesota-illinois-lawsuits-trump-immigration
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/number-prisoners-released-venezuela-rises-41-says-rights-group-2026-01-12/

AOL
— Number of Americans working multiple jobs hits a 25 year high. DD: Have you ever worked a second job? I did during the first 18 months that I worked for IRS in Chicago and then in Harvey 1971-1972. I pumped gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.aol.com/news/number-americans-working-multiple-jobs-170734867.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/world/americas/venezuela-political-prisoners-amnesty.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/briefing/your-venezuela-questions.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/nyregion/immigration-policy-new-jersey.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/border-patrol-minnesota-surge.html
— What Applicants Are Including in Their College Admissions Essays. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors knew full-well that as I stated in my 1972 Loyola graduate business school application and in my 1976 DePaul graduate accounting school application that maintaining and improving my required job skills was my reason for taking the courses. But my Democrat IRS superiors nevertheless outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in 1978 to disallow the courses that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and that the courses qualified me for a new trade or business.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/college-admissions-essays-affirmative-action-racial-identity.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/12/nyc-council-arrest-mamdani-ice/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/12/minnesota-immigration-lawsuit-ice-dhs/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrats want their illegals to be counted for the 2030 census. How many illegals do Democrats have in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct? Illegals are future Democrat voters if not current Democrat voters.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-01-12/lawsuits-by-trump-allies-could-shape-how-2030-census-is-done-who-will-be-counted

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: There is nothing center about the Democrat Party. It is all left.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/11/mamdani-trump-battle-voters-2026-midterms/87990507007/
— DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination have never existed. Democrats and RINOs use the aforesaid to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/01/12/dei-civil-rights-trump-white-people/88147329007/

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/black-america-documents-what-others-try-to-erase/article_3cd7c803-802c-4897-8a1b-19401cf49446.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats See Path to House Control in 2026. Trump’s low approval ratings, plus GOP retirements and a razor-thin majority, show risks for Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrats-house-control-midterms-2026-35bf9726
— In Pivot on Affordability, Trump Unveils Barrage of Proposals to Address Costs. President pitches ideas to lower costs and boost spending power that could bring big changes to housing markets, the oil industry and finance. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I worked a second job for 18 months. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But my critics/opponents would stress that even though I did the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/in-pivot-on-affordability-trump-unveils-barrage-of-proposals-to-address-costs-961e4343

BLOOMBERG
— How Each of Trump’s Cabinet Picks Made Their Wealth. DD: Everyone in politics, government, and journalism should be required to fully disclose their sources of income. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. All my income comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-trump-cabinet-wealth/

24/7 WALL STREET
— 33% of Americans Think They Need $1.5 Million+ to Retire, Yet 33% Have Under $50K Saved
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/01/10/33-of-americans-think-they-need-1-5-million-to-retire-yet-33-have-under-50k-saved/
— Why Social Security’s COLA Formula Is Failing Baby Boomers in 2026
https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/12/28/why-social-securitys-cola-formula-is-failing-baby-boomers-in-2026/

FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/trump-threatens-keep-too-cute-exxon-out-of-venezuela/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/13/faculty-are-often-unprepared-teach-about-race-opinion

PBS
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning Renee Good into George Floyd in your county, township, and municipality?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/5-years-between-george-floyd-and-renee-good-videos-confusion-has-increased
— According to Democrats and according to RINOs, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination have never existed. Democrats and RINOs use the aforesaid to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-administration-posts-echo-rhetoric-linked-to-extremist-groups

PBS & NPR & TIME
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/venezuelans-in-the-u-s-torn-between-joy-and-worry-after-maduros-ousting
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-minnesota-sues-feds-to-stop-immigration-enforcement-surge
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/nx-s1-5672608/maduros-gone-but-venezuelas-human-rights-crisis-remains
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/nx-s1-5672535/venezuela-releases-political-prisoners-days-after-u-s-removes-nicolas-maduro
https://time.com/7345310/trump-venezuela-maduro-machado/

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning Renee Good into George Floyd in your county, township, and municipality?
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/12/how-the-murder-of-good-changes-the-stakes-for-good/

ROLLING STONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Renee Good to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jon-stewart-ice-renee-good-killing-venezuela-raid-trump-1235498652/

SALON
— Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans who were White and/or male. I should write about how my Democrat Post Office superiors (1966-1969), IRS superiors (1971-1980), and GAO superiors (1980-1997) did that. I should write about how my RINO superiors since 1997 did that.
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/12/white-men-were-treated-very-badly-trump-says-civil-rights-led-to-reverse-discrimination/

January 12, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago, state sue Trump admin. seeking to limit immigration agents’ authority in Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-immigration-customs-enforcement-news-chicago-illinois-sue-trump-admin-seeking-limit-agents-authority-state/18392657/
— Minnesota, Minneapolis, Saint Paul file lawsuit to stop ICE’s ‘federal invasion’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minnesota-twin-cities-sue-federal-government-stop-immigration-crackdown/18392572/
— Sen. Mark Kelly files lawsuit against Pete Hegseth after censure
https://abc7chicago.com/post/sen-mark-kelly-files-lawsuit-pete-hegseth/18392248/

NBC5
— Illinois, Chicago file lawsuit against Trump administration over ‘unlawful’ immigration enforcement tactics
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-chicago-file-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-over-unlawful-immigration-enforcement-tactics/3875020/

CBS2
— Chicago, Illinois sue Department of Homeland Security, Trump administration for dangerous tactics, unlawful use of force by ICE and Border Patrol agents
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-chicago-lawsuit-trump-homeland-security-immigration-raids/

WGN9
— Bailey talks Bears, immigration crackdown and family tragedy amid new gubernatorial bid
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/darren-bailey-talks-bears-immigration-crackdown-and-family-tragedy-amid-new-gubernatorial-bid/

WTTW
— Needling Trump as 2028 Looms: Inside JB Pritzker’s All-of-the-Above Media Strategy
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/12/needling-trump-2028-looms-inside-jb-pritzker-s-all-above-media-strategy

WGN RADIO
— Dabrowski, candidate for Illinois Governor
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/ted-dabrowski-candidate-for-illinois-governor/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois extends Affordable Care Act open enrollment, as fate of subsidies remains uncertain
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/illinois-affordable-care-act-open-enrollment/
— Illinois and Chicago sue DHS over ‘militarized’ immigration-enforcement tactics
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/state-city-sue-dhs-over-militarized-immigration-enforcement-tactics-in-chicago-area/
— Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/minnesota-twin-cities-dhs-lawsuit/
— Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly sues the Pentagon over attempts to punish him, declaring it unconstitutional
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/mark-kelly-sues-pentagon/
— Unions make life pricey in Illinois’ political machine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/opinion-illinois-unions-increase-cost-of-living/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration hit with federal lawsuit over ‘occupation of Illinois and Chicago.’ The new lawsuit makes claims about the feds’ capture of biometric data, warrantless arrests, immigration enforcement at “sensitive locations” like courthouses and schools, the swapping of license plates and trespassing on private property.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/12/illinois-chicago-sue-trump-administration-over-organized-bombardment-under-noem-bovino
— Chicago to weigh paying $875K to settle claims tied to police handling of George Floyd protests. The proposed settlement is tied to a lawsuit that contends Chicago cops “responded to these protests with brutal, violent, and unconstitutional tactics that were clearly intended to injure and silence protesters.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/01/12/george-floyd-protests-chicago-police-department-response-lawsuit-proposed-settlement
— What questions do you have for Illinois political candidates this primary election season? Our journalists will pose some of your questions to the people running for office in 2026.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/01/12/what-questions-do-you-have-for-illinois-political-candidates-this-primary-election-season

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/illinois-lending-social-equity-cannabis-tops-62-million
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/cannabis-industry-deserves-time-and-patience-mature-opinion
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/illinois-cannabis-law-needs-evolve-industry-opinion

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2026/01/12/how-illinois-may-be-impacted-by-1b-in-frozen-child-care-funds/88105068007/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-447/
— Pritzker spent far more time on national news, podcasts in 2025 than ever before
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/12/todays-chart-pritzker-spent-far-more-time-on-national-news-podcasts-in-2025-than-ever-before/
— Will changes actually be made to SAFE-T Act?
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/12/will-changes-actually-be-made-to-safe-t-act/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Trump to antisemites: You’re not welcome in MAGA
https://nypost.com/2026/01/12/us-news/trump-to-antisemites-youre-not-welcome-in-maga/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Myth, Narratives, and the Death of Renee Good
https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/12/myth-narratives-and-the-death-of-renee-good/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Federal Law is Supreme on Immigration. The states are trying to legislate immigration law again.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/federal_law_is_supreme_on_immigration.html
— Dictators are Bad – Unless Trump Stops Them. The double standards are through the roof.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/dictators_are_bad_unless_trump_stops_them.html

BREITBART
— Trump Cancels Biden Rules Forcing Banks to Give Loans to Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/12/trump-cancels-biden-rules-forcing-banks-to-give-loans-to-illegals/

FOX NEWS
— Trump declares himself Venezuela’s ‘acting president’ in online post after Maduro ouster. Trump previously has indicated that the US would run Venezuela for years.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-himself-venezuelas-acting-president-online-post-after-maduro-ouster

NEWSMAX
— Civil rights protections resulted in white people being “very badly treated,” Trump said in a recent interview.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-civil-rights-whites/2026/01/12/id/1241767/

TOWNHALL
— The Reasoning Behind Minnesota’s Anti-ICE Lawsuit Against the Federal Government
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/01/12/minnesota-is-suing-the-trump-administration-over-ice-operationsand-the-reasoning-is-a-total-circus-n2669355

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump slaps 25% tariffs on any countries that do business with Iran
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-countries-iran/

January 10, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from freezing child care funding in Illinois, 4 other states. The temporary ruling comes a day after Illinois and the four other Democrat-led states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the federal government’s intention to freeze funding for social services programs in the states.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/09/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-administration-from-freezing-child-care-funding-in-illinois-4-other-states
— Feds agree to halt proposed national youth gender care ban while court weighs motion. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agreed to hold off on communicating its new regulations regarding gender-affirming care, per documents filed this week in an ongoing suit from officials from 20 states, including Illinois, and Washington, D.C.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/01/09/feds-agree-to-halt-proposed-national-youth-gender-care-ban-while-court-weighs-motion

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRATY
— Trump admin to garnish wages of delinquent student loan borrowers, including IL residents. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I did not try to get one. My critics/opponents would a) hint/imply/argue/shout that I was not college material and b) stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% percent of my class, and that I displayed no leadership potential.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article314265869.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders say fractures are starting to show in Trump’s GOP at the start of this election year.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-fractures-are-starting-to-show-in-trumps-gop-at-the-start-of-this-election-year/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Weaponizing Tragedy: The Left’s War on Law and Order
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/open-borders-political-stunts-and-the-cost-in-innocent-lives/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago gets lowest employment score since 2009
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-gets-lowest-employment-score-since-2009/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Renee Good is a cautionary tale on the dangers of the Left’s cult of ideology. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4412656/renee-good-cautionary-tale-dangers-left-cult-ideology/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin blocked from freezing $10B in child care, social services funding to NY, 4 other blue states. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-freezing-10b-in-child-care-social-services-funding-to-five-blue-states/

BREITBART
— Seattle’s Socialist Mayor to Illegals: ‘This Is Your City’
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/01/09/seattles-socialist-mayor-to-illegals-this-is-your-city/

DAILY CALLER
— How American Leftist Groups Collaborated With Maduro For Over A Decade
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/09/maduro-venezuela-trump-black-lives-matter-blm-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-chavez-socialismmaduro-venezuela-trump-black-lives-matter-blm-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-chavez-socialism/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Minnesota Somali Fraud, Illegal Trucking Scandals Share One Thing: DEI
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/09/minnesota-somali-fraud-illegal-trucking-scandals-share-one-thing-dei/amp/

EPOCH TIMES
— Behind the Group That Controls Chinese Students in America. ‘Fight with all their might for the motherland.’ Chinese students are pressured into advancing Beijing’s interests in America.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/behind-the-group-that-controls-chinese-students-in-america-5962330

FOX NEWS
— NAACP posts split image comparing ICE agents to KKK members: ‘Different mask, same agenda’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/naacp-posts-split-image-comparing-ice-agents-kkk-members-different-mask-same-agenda.print
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387438147112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— School Must Allow Parent to Opt Kindergarten Student Out of LGBTQ+ Lessons, Court Rules. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/school-must-allow-parent-to-opt-kindergarten-student-out-of-lgbtq-lessons-court-rules/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Scenes from Last Night’s Anti-ICE Protest in D.C. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/scenes-from-last-nights-anti-ice-protest-in-d-c/

NEWSMAX
— Judge Blocks Trump Freeze on Child Care Funds in 5 States. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/child-care-funding-freeze/2026/01/09/id/1241549/

TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Voters Shrug at Venezuelan Immigrant’s Warning Against Socialism
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/01/09/venezuelan-immigrants-vs-pro-mamdani-new-yorkers-n2669100

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/protests-ice-planned-us-after-shootings-minneapolis-portland-129078604

NBC NEWS
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/protests-ice-planned-us-after-shootings-minneapolis-portland-129078604

REUTERS
— Fatal ICE shooting of Minneapolis activist sets stage for national protests. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis-activist-sets-stage-national-protests-2026-01-10/

MSN
— ‘You’re just an unqualified yes man’: Hegseth sat in silence as Duckworth gave a lengthy speech lambasting him. DD: Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you were unqualified? My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, workers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was unqualified when an IRS manager a) promoted me in when I was 23 and 24, b) gave me a very high-profile developmental assignment when I was 25, and c) promoted me because of my performance on that assignment when I was 25. According to them, those promotions and that assignment should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were veterans. They all blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They all stressed that I got student draft deferments when I was 18-21 and a financial hardship draft deferment when I was 21-22. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the real reason why I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 was to avoid the Vietnam War draft. According to them, if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been a able to a) earn that degree, b) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola when I was 23-27 and accounting courses at DePaul when I was 27-31, c) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., d) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and e) get married when I was 29. To punish me, they a) forced my aforesaid IRS manager to transfer to Dallas, b) disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, c) disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me again. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my earning an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) my earning a master’s degree from DePaul when I was 31, d) etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/you-re-just-an-unqualified-yes-man-pete-hegseth-sits-in-silence-as-tammy-duckworth-gives-lengthy-speech-putting-him-in-his-place/vi-AA1TTm4h

NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/09/us/trump-news
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-minnesota-food-stamps-usda.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-child-care-funding-freeze.html
— What Happens if Federal Agents and Local Officers Stop Getting Along? DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/us/federal-agents-law-enforcement-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2026/01/10/ice-protests-shootings-minneapolis-portland/f9fc2cd4-ede6-11f0-91a9-9928b22be817_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fast-food workers make $20 an hour. California’s other low-wage earners ask: What about us? DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $19.57/hour when I was 18 in 1966 and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. To get that job, I had passed the postal employment examination, earned a high school diploma, passed a physical examination, passed a background investigation, had a driver’s license, and had a car to use to deliver mail.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-09/fast-food-workers-now-make-20-an-hour-californias-other-low-wage-earners-ask-what-about-us

USA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/10/trump-ousted-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-immigrants-safety/88034921007/

FORTUNE
— Did your career get a bad start? My career in the federal government sure did. My Democrat Post Office supervisor a) disapproved of my getting student draft deferments and b) disapproved of my being Protest, German American, and a Crete resident. He was a veteran who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. He disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969. According to him, I got student deferments to avoid the Vietnam War draft. I passed the test to get into a postal management program, but my score was not high enough to get into the program. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used the aforesaid against me.
https://fortune.com/2015/03/31/four-successful-business-tycoons-first-jobs/

PBS
— Shootings in Minneapolis and Portland spur protests over federal enforcement operations. — DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/shootings-in-minneapolis-and-portland-spur-protests-over-federal-enforcement-operations-after

NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://newrepublic.com/article/205067/renee-good-george-floyd-minneapolis-resistance-violence

NEW YORKER
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/an-ice-killing-puts-minneapolis-on-the-brink

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.creators.com/read/mona-charen

AXIOS
— Liberal media tries to curry favor with Trump. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who since 2000 have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/19/liberal-media-trump-favor-effort

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— Six years after George Floyd, we must stand against an ICE killing in Minneapolis. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/george-floyd-ice-killing-minneapolis

January 9, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Renee Good’s wife speaks out after fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis: ‘She literally sparkled’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/renee-goods-wife-speaks-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis-she-literally-sparkled/18378823/
— Illinois 5th worst state in US, Chicago 3rd worst city for fraudulent odometer rollback on used cars. DD: There were more than enough facts to make the Chicago Car Exchange (CCE) suspicious of the 1968 Dodge Charger R/T’s claimed mileage that CCE sold me, and therefore, CEE should have verified its claimed milage. The court left out many of those facts in its written decision. SEE: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/110/481/526770/ I argued this case before Chief Judge Posner. Further, CCE refused to offer to pay me the car’s loss in value because of the odometer discrepancy or the thousands of dollars of improvements that I had made to the car. The odometer exemption decision was rendered moot when the BIG THREE had Congress modify the Federal Odometer Act. I appealed the rest of the decision to the Supreme Court, but Supreme Court refused to hear it. According to Google AI: “Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange was a federal appeals court case that established that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) did not have the authority to exempt vehicles ten years or older from the Odometer Act’s disclosure requirements. Case Summary Plaintiff: David Diersen, who bought a 1968 Dodge Charger from Chicago Car Exchange (CCE). Defendant: Chicago Car Exchange (CCE), an automobile dealership. Allegation: Diersen claimed CCE violated the federal Odometer Act by providing an inaccurate odometer reading and intended to defraud him. The Odometer Act allows purchasers to sue for triple actual damages or $1500. Initial Ruling: The district court ruled for CCE, citing a 1988 NHTSA regulation that exempted vehicles ten years or older from the Act’s requirements. Appeals Court Ruling: The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed, stating the NHTSA regulation was invalid as it lacked statutory authority. The court noted that Congress did not exempt any vehicle class in the Odometer Act, which aims to protect all purchasers from odometer tampering. Outcome: While finding the regulation invalid, the appeals court upheld the summary judgment for CCE because Diersen did not provide enough evidence that the dealership intended to defraud him, a required element for a claim under the Odometer Act. The court distinguished “mere negligence” from “intent to defraud” and noted that CCE had no reason to question the car’s original seller’s sworn statement. CCE had also offered Diersen a full refund, which he declined.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/fraudulent-odometer-rollbacks-used-cars-14-past-year-illinois-5th-worst-state-us-chicago-3rd-city/18379513/

CBS2
— Judge blocks Trump administration from freezing $10 billion in social services funding to 5 Democratic states
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-freezing-social-services-funding/
— Illinois leaders reject claims of fraud, say Trump’s childcare funding freeze is politically motivated
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-child-care-funding-freeze-no-fraud-trump-politically-motivated/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker, Illinois House Speaker Welch open to tweaking SAFE-T Act
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/09/pritzker-illinois-house-speaker-welch-open-tweaking-safe-t-act-electronic-monitoring-rich-miller

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Wife of Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting: ‘We had whistles. They had guns’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/09/wife-of-minnesota-woman-killed-in-ice-shooting-we-had-whistles-they-had-guns/
— A needless death in Minneapolis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/editorial-ice-minneapolis-shooting-renee-good-immigration-enforcement/
— Vivek Ramaswamy’s family bodyguard arrested on drug trafficking charges
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/09/vivek-ramaswamys-family-bodyguard/

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders push medial pot to push recreational pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260109/news/schaumburg-family-losing-access-to-daughters-medical-marijuana-patches-faces-pivotal-week/
— ‘Democracy in action’: Training teens as election judges — and encouraging them to vote — is a vital mission. DD: But Democrats run high schools and shout at teens that Republicans cause everyone’s problems.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260109/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-democracy-in-action-training-teens-as-election-judges-and-encouraging-the/

WGEM
— League of Women Voters’ candidate forums next month. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wgem.com/2026/01/08/wgem-stream-league-women-voters-candidate-forums-next-month/

WFIW
— JEFFERSON COUNTY REPUBLICANS TO HOST GOVERNOR CANDIDATE FORUM IN JANUARY DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wfiwradio.com/2026/01/06/jefferson-county-republicans-to-host-governor-candidate-forum-in-january/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-08/renee-nicole-good-isnt-the-first-death-caused-by-ice-under-trump-administration

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-446/
— ILGOP Chair Salvi: ‘The partisanship of Democrats has reached the level of undeniable insurrection’
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/09/ilgop-chair-salvi-the-partisanship-of-democrats-has-reached-the-level-of-undeniable-insurrection/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Poll of Republican U.S. Senate Primary Shows Nobody above 6%, 84% Undecided
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/09/poll-of-republican-u-s-senate-primary-shows-nobody-above-6-84-undecided/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New video shows protester taunting ICE officer before Minneapolis shooting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/9/new-video-shows-protester-taunting-ice-officer-minneapolis-shooting/

NEW YORK POST
— Renee Nicole Good’s 6-year-old son attends ‘social justice’ school that teaches about George Floyd, warned staffers to report ICE
https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/renee-goods-kindergarten-son-attends-social-justice-school-that-teaches-about-george-floyd-warned-staffers-to-report-ice/
— Socialist politician turns LA City Hall into anti-ICE, abolish-police spectacle
https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/la-lawmaker-eunisses-hernandez-hosts-anti-cop-anti-ice-presentation/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— NYC protesters chant, ‘Kristi Noem will hang… Save a life, kill an ICE’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/09/nyc-protesters-chant-kristi-noem-will-hang-save-a-life-kill-an-ice-1614951/

BREITBART
— Democrats Defend Tren de Aragua Migrants Shot During Attack on ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/09/democrats-defend-tren-de-aragua-migrants-shot-during-attack-on-ice/

FRC ACTION
— No “flexibility” on tax dollar funding for abortion
https://www.frcaction.org/get.cfm?c=CHECKOUT&dmy=75509402-9BEA-3BC3-82CFD1DCF3A7C4A1&srcItem=PT26A01&fromItem=AL26A01&x=0#gsc.tab=0

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Heed the Unforgettable Words of Henry Hyde
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-lifeline/heed-the-unforgettable-words-of-henry-hyde/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The controversy this week involving the president insisting that pro-lifers be flexible on the Hyde amendment in budget negotiations in Congress has me longing for the days of the late Illinois Republican Congressman Henry Hyde. He drew the line on taxpayer funding of abortion, and so much else.)

NEWSMAX
— Democrats ‘Demonized’ Agents Ahead of Minn. ICE Shooting
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/dan-meuser-democrats-ice/2026/01/09/id/1241481/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who since 2000 have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5416852-elizabeth-warren-stephen-colbert-cbs/

CBS NEWS
— Prosecutors in DOJ’s Civil Rights Division will not investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting, sources say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-civil-rights-division-will-not-investigate-minneapolis-ice-shooting-sources-say/

DESERT REVIEW
— GOP, Pro-Life orgs forcefully defend Hyde Amendment amid Trump’s backpedaling
https://www.thedesertreview.com/news/national/gop-pro-life-orgs-forcefully-defend-hyde-amendment-amid-trump-s-backpedaling/article_fcfbf23d-4097-45fc-8151-ed09370a70d5.html

January 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have Democrats flood Elgin immigration forum
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/immigration-town-hall-elgin-ice/

CBS2
— Illinois files lawsuit challenging child care funding freeze as Chicago-area parents grapple with anxiety. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/08/child-care-funding-freeze-causes-anxiety-for-chicago-area-parents

WTTW
— Four Illinois Sheriff’s Offices Ignored Sanctuary Laws by Transferring People Into Federal Custody
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/08/four-illinois-sheriff-s-offices-ignored-sanctuary-laws-transferring-people-federal

DAILY HERALD
— Trump store moving to Crystal Lake after eviction proceedings in Huntley
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260108/business/trump-store-moving-to-crystal-lake-after-eviction-proceedings-in-huntley/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A generation gives up on homeownership. That’s not the only thing they’re giving up on. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 17 in 1966, I was able to buy a new car ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) with the money that I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months. Further, when I was 24, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) with the money that I earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/housing-despair-affects-work-and-family-choices-paper-finds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once they give up on the hope of homeownership, a person might “no longer be willing to pursue long hours of work in pursuit” of a big paycheck, the authors wrote, and may “reduce labor supply,” AKA work less and care less about it, as a kind of “reoptimization toward work-life balance.” This attitude of making work a lower priority is visible worldwide. The authors wrote that in South Korea, young people use the term “Sampo Generation.” In China, it’s “lying flat,” and in Japan, it’s the “Satori Generation.” In this country, the authors told Crain’s, “we do not know the best term to describe the situation.” In response to a suggestion from a Crain’s reporter in his mid-60s that an old familiar term could be revived, they wrote, “we prefer not to call them ‘slacker.’ “)

STATELINE
— DHS accuses ‘sanctuary’ leaders of fueling anti-ICE violence with rhetoric
https://www.mystateline.com/news/dhs-accuses-sanctuary-leaders-of-fueling-anti-ice-violence-with-rhetoric/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Is Pritzker trying — again — to pick GOP opponent in November election?
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-is-pritzker-trying-again-to-pick-gop-opponent-in-november-election/article_1b795094-694c-4e96-94f6-3c1cf5f5459b.html
— Champaign County auditor fails to qualify for state comptroller’s race
https://www.news-gazette.com/election/2026/election-2026-champaign-county-auditor-fails-to-qualify-for-state-comptrollers-race/article_c2b65d92-a1c2-45fa-8da7-1af38491e5fb.html

NEWS 25 NOW
— GOP strategist Collin Corbett: Tracy amongst top contenders for Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/09/gop-strategist-tracy-amongst-top-contenders-durbins-us-senate-seat/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ‘Undecided’ dominates new poll
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/09/undecided-dominates-new-poll-00718575

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-656/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— “Warmth of Collectivism” Signals Erosion of Property Rights and Public Accountability
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-warmth-of-collectivism-signals-erosion-of-property-rights-and-public-accountability-am560/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— First Major GOP Poll Shows Bailey Surging Ahead of Dabrowski, 34–8 DD: Politics is nasty/vicious. Anticipate/expect that my critics/opponents will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Dabrowski that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters harm is campaign. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that my at newsletters cause all their problems. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not paint candidates like their political consultants want them to be painted. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that articles that they do not like that I include links to in my newsletters cause their defeats. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at Dabrowski’s September 29, 2025 press conference in Wheaton. Previously, they had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at DeSantis’ February 20, 2023 press conference in Elmhurst.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/first-major-gop-poll-shows-bailey-surging-ahead-of-dabrowski-34-8.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vehicles become weapons for anti-ICE protesters. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/8/automobiles-become-weapons-anti-ice-protesters/

NEW YORK POST
— Lefty comrades rush to defend Zohran Mamdani’s woke tenant advocate Cea Weaver — claiming NYC is ‘lucky’ to have her
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/dsa-rushes-to-defend-zohran-mamdanis-woke-nyc-tenant-advocate/
— Here’s who’s really behind the Minneapolis ICE resistance movement
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/heres-whos-really-behind-the-minneapolis-ice-resistance-movement/
— Trump’s emotional reaction to watching footage of ICE shooting — as he defends immigration officer
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/president-trumps-emotional-reaction-to-watching-footage-of-ice-shooting-as-he-defends-immigration-officer/
— My doctor gave me a shot of socialism with my annual exam — and yours might, too
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/opinion/why-my-doctor-gave-a-shot-of-socialism-with-my-annual-exam/

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “democracy” a) to get rid of Republicans once and for all, b) to make America a socialist country, and c) to destroy America once and for all. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with citizens of foreign countries, that is, with future Democrat voters, who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance and are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promise those who have demographics that vote for Democrats that Democrat leaders will use government to ever-increasingly give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/democratic-base-socialist-democratic-zohran-mamdani-medicare-for-all/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sex-ed curriculums steeped in ‘privilege’ propaganda and gender ideology persist in California
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/08/sex-ed-curriculums-steeped-in-privilege-propaganda-and-gender-ideology-persist-in-cali-1614825/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Mainstream media ICE shooting commentary is manipulating you
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/mainstream-media-ice-shooting-commentary-is-manipulating-you.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard removes dean who bashed Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and ‘whiteness’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-removes-dean-who-bashed-trump-rush-limbaugh-and-whiteness/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Deadly Consequences of Democrats’ War on ICE Enforcement. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/08/democrat-politicians-created-the-conditions-that-led-to-ice-shooting/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Want To Turn The ICE Shooting Into Another George Floyd Moment. There have been more than 100 incidents where criminals in vehicles have targeted ICE and Border Patrol agents. DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-want-to-turn-the-ice-shooting-into-another-george-floyd-moment

FOX NEWS
— Noem alleges woman killed in ICE shooting ‘stalking and impeding’ agents all day
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-alleges-woman-killed-ice-shooting-stalking-impeding-agents-all-day
— Socialist groups chant ‘Killer Kristi’ while escalating nationwide anti-ICE protests. Protesters yelled, ‘Go to hell, Kristi Noem.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/socialist-groups-ramp-up-nationwide-anti-ice-protests-target-noem-nyc
— Gov Walz authorizes National Guard staging following fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Minnesota governor’s warning to federal government prompts Republican lawmakers to urge invoking Insurrection Act.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gov-walz-authorizes-national-guard-staging-following-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis
— ICE agents report ‘unprecedented’ 3,200% surge in car attacks last year. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.wrganews.com/2026/01/08/ice-agents-report-unprecedented-3200-surge-in-car-attacks-last-year/

LIFE NEWS
— Speaker Mike Johnson: “We’re Not Going to Authorize Taxpayer Funding for Abortion”
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/01/07/speaker-mike-johnson-were-not-going-to-authorize-taxpayer-funding-for-abortion/

TOWNHALL
— Minnesota Democrats Are Testing How Woke Is Too Woke
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/01/09/minnesota-democrats-are-testing-how-woke-is-too-woke-n2669144

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DEI has no place in our K-12 classrooms
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5673073-radical-activism-dei-antiracism/
— Trump says US will start hitting drug cartels on land
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5680747-trump-land-strikes-drug-cartels/amp/

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-brings-back-painful-memories-for-community/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/george-floyd-s-aunt-reacts-to-fatal-ice-shooting-in-minneapolis/vi-AA1TQM8k

CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-hnk

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ICE officer who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has served decades in military and law enforcement
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-minnesota-jonathan-ross-b9ce88da676d74ec6a1ab36aa55fbda1

NEW YORK TIMES
— Amid Protests, ICE Told Agents to Take ‘Decisive Action’ if Threatened. The guidance comes as immigration officers have been met with increasingly hostile protesters in cities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/homeland-security-ice-protests-warning.html
— Noem Defends Officer in Minneapolis Killing and Attacks Mamdani
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/nyregion/kristi-noem-ice-minneapolis.html
— Mamdani Is Promising Universal Child Care. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/nyregion/mamdani-nyc-mayor-free-childcare.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Minnesota leaders escalate dispute over federal handling of ICE shooting. State officials criticized the Trump administration for taking sole command of the investigation, saying state investigators were being blocked from evidence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/08/minnesota-ice-shooting-protests/

USA TODAY
— Vance promises that the immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/08/jd-vance-promises-aggressive-immigration-enforcement/88086884007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Move over Dry January. Gen Z is already stepping away from alcohol. Physical and mental health, social media, financial hardship and marijuana legislation are several factors of Gen Z sobriety. DD: I have never been a drinker. Most if not virtually all of my critics/opponents who are White, male, and/or older are/were big drinkers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/01/01/dry-january-gen-z-alcohol-young-adults-sobriety/87886388007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/04/gen-z-drinking-less-dry-january/87995639007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ICE Shooting in Minnesota Raises Rare Legal Questions. Incident has created unusual legal rift between federal and local law enforcers.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/ice-shooting-in-minnesota-raises-rare-legal-questions-47d17797

FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/why-is-minnesota-the-target-trump-ice-george-floyd-somalia/
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/what-to-know-about-the-minneapolis-shooting-just-a-mile-from-where-police-killed-george-floyd-in-2020/

FORBES
— How To Become A CPA: Education And Licensure Requirements. DD: Choosing the right college major is extremely important. If I had majored in accounting from the beginning, my career would have far more successful. But I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting because of my bad demographics, I was not a minority or female. When I was in high school, I erroneously believed that I could never pass the CPA examination.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/business-and-marketing/become-a-cpa/#how-to-become-a-cpa

BLOOMBERG
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action to promote over me my Democrat coworkers who were the following: minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-30/trump-eeoc-lawyer-suggests-employers-refresh-affirmative-action-plans

WIRED
— ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-agent-jonathan-ross-renee-good-shooting-firearms-trainer-testimony/

ISSUES & INSIGHTS
— Migration Trends: The Great Divorce Continues
https://issuesinsights.com/2026/01/08/the-great-divorce-continues/

BROOKINGS
— DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination in college by majoring in business at UIC, NIU, and Loyola 1966-1976, accounting at DePaul 1976-1980, and finance 1992-1997. Previously my parents helped me escape Democrat indoctrination my sending me to Missouri Lutheran grade schools 1953-1962 and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-politics-of-free-speech-in-us-schools-today/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— Mark Kelly has retirement pay cut by Pentagon over ‘illegal orders video.’ DD: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is drastically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, 80% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 is $123,746. But my CSRS pension is only $68,640. That is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972. They would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, or c) if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://www.aol.com/articles/mark-kelly-retirement-pay-cut-151533237.html

DAILY MAIL
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15445595/Minneapolis-rioters-smash-courthouse-door.html

INDIA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/ice-shooting-poet-mother-justice-for-renee-good-whom-donald-trump-administration-called-a-domestic-terrorist-minneapolis-2848904-2026-01-08

January 8, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Minneapolis ICE shooting: Tensions flare after ICE officer kills woman
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-ice-shooting-community-edge-fatal-woman-federal-immigration-officer/18371827/
— DD: Pritzker calls for Noem to resign. Democrats oppose use of deadly force by federal agents.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-ice-shooting-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-calls-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-resign-chicago-groups-speak/18373900/
— House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-vote-aca-subsidies-extension-9-republicans-help-get-floor/18373443/
— Senate advances war powers resolution to rein in Trump on Venezuela
https://abc7chicago.com/post/senate-advances-war-powers-resolution-rein-president-trump-venezuela/18372940/

NBC5
— ICE officer who fatally shot Minnesota woman was dragged by car during June immigration arrest. In a June incident, the agent was dragged by a vehicle at least 50 yards and required stitches, according to DHS and court documents.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ice-officer-fatally-shot-minnesota-woman-dragged-car-june-immigration-arrest/3873500/

CBS2
— Judge won’t yet dismiss lawsuit over use of force during Midway Blitz, citing deadly Minneapolis shooting by ICE agent
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-ellis-force-lawsuit-noem-bovino-dhs-chicago-immigration-enforcement/
— Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly filing articles of impeachment for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/robin-kelly-impeachment-kristi-noem-ice-shooting/
— 2 people shot and wounded by Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/portland-oregon-shooting-federal-agents/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DHS said Border Patrol agents stopped a car searching for a Venezuelan they claim is in the country illegally and a member of the Tren de Aragua gang. DHS said after the agents identified themselves, the driver “weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents.” “Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot,” DHS said. The department said the man drove off with his passenger. The shooting occurred around 2:20 p.m. local time in the Hazelwood neighborhood in East Portland, police said.)

FOX32
— Illinois officials warn Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Chicago incidents
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-officials-warn-minneapolis-ice-shooting-echoes-chicago-incidents

WGN9
— Orland Park vigil honors those killed amid ICE operations
https://wgntv.com/news/southwest-suburbs/orland-park-vigil-honors-those-killed-amid-ice-operations/
— Woman killed by ICE agent was a mother of 3, poet and new to Minneapolis
https://wgntv.com/news/national/woman-killed-by-ice-agent-was-a-mother-of-3-poet-and-new-to-minneapolis/

WTTW
— Illinois Families, Child Care Providers Brace for Cuts as Trump Administration Withholds Social Safety Net Funds
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/08/illinois-families-child-care-providers-brace-cuts-trump-administration-withholds-social

WGN RADIO
— Krishnamoorthi leads big in senate Dem primary, Bailey tops GOP field for governor
https://wgnradio.com/news/poll-krishnamoorthi-leads-big-in-senate-dem-primary-bailey-tops-gop-field-for-governor/
— Rep. LaHood: Not going to jump to conclusions on ICE shooting
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/rep-lahood-not-going-to-jump-to-conclusions-on-ice-shooting/

WBEZ
— Child care funding freeze causes anxiety for Chicago-area parents. The Trump administration is cutting about $1 billion in funding to Illinois for child care and social service programs, citing alleged fraud. It’s mostly caused confusion and fear for parents who do and do not benefit from the subsidized programs.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/01/08/child-care-funding-freeze-causes-anxiety-for-chicago-area-parents

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bailey distances himself from Trump but defends immigration crackdowns
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/darren-bailey-dismiss-loyalty-to-trump/
— Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/federal-immigration-shooting-portland-oregon/
— Fatal ICE shooting sparks jurisdiction clash between state and federal authorities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/ice-shooting-jurisdiction-clash/
— Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot launches ‘ICE Accountability Project’ to document immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-launches-ice-accountability-project-to-document-immigration-agents/
— Judge cites Minneapolis shooting by ICE agent in declining to immediately dismiss lawsuit over use-of-force tactics in Midway Blitz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/lawsuit-dropped-tactics-immigration-agents/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge cites Minneapolis ICE shooting as she pauses dismissal of Chicago-area use-of-force lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis on Thursday cited her obligation to protect the class governed by her preliminary injunction, telling lawyers she wants to do more research before closing the matter entirely.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/08/judge-cites-minneapolis-ice-shooting-as-she-pauses-dismissal-of-chicago-area-use-of-force-lawsuit
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/08/ice-shooting-minneapolis-renee-nicole-good-kristi-noem
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/08/law-enforcement-rationale-invading-venezuela-license-war-donald-trump-marco-rubio-jacob-sullum
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blast Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/08/donald-trump-america-first-imperialism-maduro-invasion-venezuela-greenland-charlie-kirk-cupp

DAILY HERALD
— GOP race for governor tightens up after Severino removed from ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260108/illinois-state-politics/gop-race-for-governor-tightens-up-after-severino-removed-from-ballot/
— A suburban congressional candidate’s name was struck from upcoming primary ballots Thursday after the Illinois State Board of Elections decided her petitions fell one signature short of the legally required 799. Eleventh District hopeful Tedora M. Brown, a Republican from Palos Park, is expected to appeal the decision. Brown couldn’t be reached for comment after the ruling.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260108/us-congress-politics/gop-congressional-candidate-falls-one-signature-short-removed-from-ballot/
— Community members express anger, fear and frustration over immigration enforcement in Elgin
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260108/news/it-just-hurts-community-members-express-anger-fear-and-frustration-over-immigration-enforcement/
— ‘I will not back down’: DuPage clerk’s dispute with county board heads to appeals court
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260108/news/i-will-not-back-down-dupage-clerks-dispute-with-county-board-heads-to-appeals-court/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A generation gives up on homeownership. That’s not the only thing they’re giving up on.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/housing-despair-affects-work-and-family-choices-paper-finds

JOURNAL COURIER
— University of Illinois Springfield offering cannabis education programs
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/uis-offering-cannabis-education-programs-21283840.php

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-445/
— Emerson College/WGN-TV Statewide Poll
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/08/poll-just-8-percent-of-illinoisans-think-crime-is-most-important-issue-plus-lots-more/
— Bailey, Dabrowski, Pritzker talk about Elon Musk’s DOGE, ‘forensic audits,’ federal funding freeze
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/08/bailey-dabrowski-pritzker-talk-about-elon-musks-doge-forensic-audits-federal-funding-freeze/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Signature shortfalls knock multiple candidates off Illinois ballot
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_45bde6ed-2f6e-416e-8742-fd05faf3f719.html
— An Illinois lawmaker and Air Force veteran says U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly’s call for troops to refuse “illegal orders” undermines the chain of command, as the Defense Department moves to downgrade his retirement rank and pay over the remarks. State Rep. David Friess, R-Red Bud, said former military and intelligence officials understand better than most the importance of discipline and lawful obedience in the armed forces.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_fa04d01c-c17e-410a-ac51-584f1561b4eb.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Tax-Exempt Wirepoints Breaks IRS Rules to Smear Bailey and Boost Dabrowski’s Governor Run
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/tax-exempt-wirepoints-breaks-irs-rules-to-smear-bailey-and-boost-dabrowskis-governor-run.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— George Floyd 2.0
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/8/george-floyd-20/
— Automobiles become weapons for anti-ICE protesters
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/8/automobiles-become-weapons-anti-ice-protesters/
— Vance says ICE officer’s fatal shooting of victim in Minneapolis was ‘tragedy of her own making’ Refuses calls to remove immigration officers: “We’re not going to give in to terrorism on this”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/8/vance-says-ice-shooting-victim-tragedy-making-rejects-calls-leave/

NEW YOIRK POST
— Renee Nicole Good was Minneapolis ‘ICE Watch’ ‘warrior’ who trained to resist feds before shooting
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/renee-nicole-good-was-minneapolis-ice-watch-warrior-who-trained-to-resist-feds-before-shooting/
— ICE agent who opened fire on Renee Good was dragged, hospitalized by illegal migrant driver last year
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/ice-agent-who-opened-fire-on-renee-good-was-dragged-hospitalized-by-illegal-migrant-driver-last-year/
— Trump’s right about boosting US military spending — but he should threaten our enemies, not our allies
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/opinion/trumps-right-about-boosting-us-military-spending-but-he-should-threaten-our-enemies-not-our-allies/

DAILY CALLER
— Wisconsin School District Cares More About Hiring ‘Diverse,’ ‘Culturally Competent’ Teachers Over Effective Ones
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/08/wisconsin-school-district-diverse-culturally-competent-teachers/

EPOCH TIMES
— Russia Says Western Troops Sent to Ukraine Would Be ‘Legitimate Targets’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/russia-says-western-troops-sent-to-ukraine-would-be-legitimate-targets-5967885

FOX NEWS
— These people’s ‘views of fairness’ rarely apply to themselves, Greg Gutfeld says. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld decries the hypocrisy of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top housing appointee calling homeownership a ‘weapon of White supremacy’ despite her family’s cushy quarters on ‘Gutfeld!’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387392650112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— More ICE protests in New York City day after Minneapolis shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/ice-protests-nyc-minneapolis-shooting-immigration-enforcement/
— Trump says 5 GOP senators who voted to limit Venezuela war powers “should never be elected to office again”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-republican-senators-venezuela-war-powers/