January 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Community leaders tell Chicagoans to know their rights before ICE raids begin after Trump’s inauguration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/18/community-leaders-tell-chicagoans-to-know-their-rights-before-ice-raids-begin-after-trumps-inauguration/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— With Trump deportation raids expected to start in Chicago, advocates say they will safeguard immigrants. The incoming Trump administration is reportedly beginning mass deportations next week in the city and across the U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia said “the current threats are nothing new” and advocates are ready to fight for and protect the community.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/18/ice-immigration-raids-chicago-jesus-garcia-delia-ramirez-resurrection-project

DAILY HERALD
— Thousands march in Washington days before Trump takes office
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250118/nation-and-world-politics/thousands-march-in-washington-days-before-trump-takes-office/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250118/news/viator-house-marks-8-years-of-offering-safe-haven-for-young-immigrants-seeking-asylum/

ABC7
— Post-inauguration ICE raids likely to begin in Chicago, could start as soon as Tuesday. Immigration advocates host ‘know your rights’ workshops for community amid mass deportation fears.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trumps-chicago-deportation-plan-dhs-officials-confirm-city-will-target-area-incoming-admin-mass-fears-grow/15813592/

NBC5
— Chicago immigration activists prepare for possible large-scale deportation raids. NBC News reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials plan to conduct a major enforcement operation in Chicago following Trump’s inauguration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-immigration-activists-prepare-for-possible-large-scale-deportation-raids/3649994/
— Who will be at Trump’s inauguration: Performers, guests and more. From former presidents to famous musical artists, Inauguration Day will feature a number of high-profile attendees.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/who-will-be-at-trumps-inauguration-performers-guests-and-more/3649960/

CBS2
— ICE planning to ramp up arrests in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-planning-increase-arrests-undocumented-immigrants-major-u-s-cities-after-trump-takes-office/
— Chicago’s migrant community prepares for potential ICE raids after Trump takes office
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-raids-immigration-undocumented-migrants-trump-inauguration/

WGN9
— Mass deportation raids could start in Chicago as soon as Tuesday
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mass-deportation-raids-threatened-chicago/
— Most voters in new survey seek toned-down Trump agenda
https://wgntv.com/news/national/most-voters-in-new-survey-seek-toned-down-trump-agenda/

WGN RADIO
— Chicago prepares for deportation arrests targeting hundreds next week after Trump takes office
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-chicago-prepares-for-deportation-arrests-targeting-hundreds-next-week-after-trump-takes-office/

WBEZ
— With Trump deportation raids reported to start in Chicago, advocates move to safeguard immigrants. The incoming Trump administration is reportedly beginning mass deportations next week in the city and across the U.S., one of the president-elect’s campaign promises.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/18/ice-immigration-raids-chicago-jesus-garcia-delia-ramirez-beatriz-ponce-de-leon

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois lawmakers, delegates going to D.C.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/rockford-register-star/20250119/281852944231161

WGLT & NPR ILLINOIS
— Steve Bannon says MAGA populism will win — as Trump is surrounded by billionaires
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-19/steve-bannon-says-maga-populism-will-win-as-trump-is-surrounded-by-billionaires
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-19/steve-bannon-says-maga-populism-will-win-as-trump-is-surrounded-by-billionaires

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s influence spreads through state capitols in both substance and symbolism (COMMENT: What about Illinois?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-influence-spreads-through-state-capitols-in-both-substance-and-symbolism/
— Vance will make his mark as the first millennial vice president and the potential MAGA torchbearer
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-vance-will-make-his-mark-as-the-first-millennial-vice-president-and-the-potential-maga-torchbearer/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage illegals to stay.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-18/trump-has-promised-mass-deportations-why-some-migrants-think-its-worth-the-risk
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-19/trumps-2nd-term-represents-hope-for-the-right-and-fear-of-a-dark-era-for-others

DEPAULIA
— Corporations pour millions into inauguration Democrats plan to ditch
https://depauliaonline.com/73940/news/corporations-pour-millions-into-inauguration-democrats-plan-to-ditch/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you share my interest in American nameplate muscle cars? If so, please let me know. I am seriously considering ordering a red 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “ICE Man Cometh,” Chicago Targeted for Illegal Alien Removal Tuesday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/chicago-targeted-for-illegal-allien-removal-tuesday/
— Remembering Visiting Washington Men’s Room 70-80 Years Ago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/remembering-visiting-washington-mens-room-70-80-years-ago/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ma-Mi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/17/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ma-mi/
— Another Example of Order of Protection Not Protecting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/another-example-of-order-of-protection-not-protecting/
Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Mi-Ne
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-mi/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Thousands turn out for anti-Trump ‘People’s March’ rally as inauguration looms
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/18/thousands-turn-anti-trump-people-march-rally-inaug/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The military needs Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3291411/military-needs-pete-hegseth/
— DEI’s obscene price tag  (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3290547/dei-obscene-price-tag/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump arrives in DC with family ahead of inauguration extravaganza
https://nypost.com/2025/01/18/us-news/trump-heads-to-washington-with-melania-barron-ahead-of-inauguration-day/

ALL SIDES
— Google News Shows Strong Political Bias (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Google steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.allsides.com/blog/google-news-shows-strong-political-bias-allsides-analysis

AMERICAN THINKER
— The FBI sweeps DEI under the rug
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/the_fbi_sweeps_dei_under_the_rug.html

CENTER SQUARE
— California removes college degree requirements for nearly 30k state jobs (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females, Democrat employers have ever-increasingly eliminated job requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.aol.com/california-removes-college-degree-requirements-164900658.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— DEEP STATE GEARING UP: Nearly Half of Federal Employees in the Swamp Plan to Resist Trump (COMMENT: I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who despised/hated Republicans the most.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/13/deep-state-gearing-nearly-half-federal-employees-swamp-plan-resist-trump-poll-finds/
— I Live in Pacific Palisades and I Know Who Caused the Fire
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/14/i-live-in-pacific-palisades-and-i-know-who-caused-the-fire/

DAILY WIRE
— Air Force Official Held Event Pushing Critical Race Theory, Bemoaning ‘White Middle Class Problem. One panel member claimed that America’s public schools have ‘a white, middle class problem’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/air-force-official-held-event-pushing-critical-race-theory-bemoaning-white-middle-class-problem

FOX NEWS
— Trump’s ‘blacklist’: President-elect describes the type of people he doesn’t want to hire (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled that I would become a Democrat and lost.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-blacklist-president-elect-describes-the-type-of-people-he-doesn-t-want-to-hire/ar-AA1xjeJi
— Diversity, equity, inclusion course mandates cost taxpayers nearly $2 billion nationwide. Undergraduate students at public universities spent at least 40 million student hours satisfying DEI general education course requirements. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/diversity-equity-inclusion-course-mandates-cost-taxpayers-nearly-2-billion-nationwide-study

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Administration To Start ‘Large-Scale’ Deportations on Tuesday in Chicago
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/trump-administration-to-start-large-scale-deportations-on-tuesday-in-chicago/

NEWSMAX
— It’s time to return the United States to its rightful place as the number-one superpower in the world.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/babin-trump-us/2025/01/18/id/1195603/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pentagon under Trump will be “about meritocracy” along with being ready and defeating the enemies of the United States, as “it should have been all along,” said Babin.”)
— GOP for Legal Immigration
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/jeff-van-drew-border-democrats/2025/01/18/id/1195599/

POWERLINE
— Mass Deportations? Well, Yes
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/01/mass-deportations-well-yes.php

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-gather-washington-protest-trump-inauguration-2025-01-18/

NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s pick for undersecretary of the Air Force, Matthew Lohmeier, was previously fired from the Space Force for criticizing what he described as critical race theory and “Marxism” in the U.S. military. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, that is, they fired me, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-air-force-matthew-lohmeier-fired-marxism-2017334

MSN
— Trump labels windmills an ‘economic and environmental disaster’
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/donald-trump-labels-windmills-an-economic-and-environmental-disaster/ar-AA1xrElK
— Trump has to undo four years of Biden administration ‘carnage’
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/donald-trump-has-to-undo-four-years-of-biden-administration-carnage/ar-AA1xru6u
— Tens of thousands to join People’s March in Washington DC against Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/tens-of-thousands-to-join-people-s-march-in-washington-dc-against-trump/ar-AA1xpHNM
— ‘First buddy’ Elon Musk is set to speak at Trump’s pre-inauguration rally. Here’s who will join.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/first-buddy-elon-musk-is-set-to-speak-at-trump-s-pre-inauguration-rally-here-s-who-will-join/ar-AA1xogyH
— Pam Bondi educational qualifications: The rise of Trump’s courtroom queen (COMMENT: I took graduate evening courses in business (Loyola 1972-1976) and accounting (DePaul 1976-1980) because that was what my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do. But my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed those courses outrageously disgustingly and unethically arguing that the courses did not relate to my job duties, that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and that they qualified me for a new trade or business.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/pam-bondi-educational-qualifications-the-rise-of-trump-s-courtroom-queen/ar-AA1xj1DD
— Massachusetts drops degree requirements from most state job listings  (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females, Democrat employers have ever-increasingly eliminated job requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/governor-healey-drops-degree-requirements-from-most-state-job-listings/ar-BB1hgHCC

MSNBC
— What members of Trump’s ‘blacklist’ have in common (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/maddow-blog-what-members-of-trump-s-new-republican-blacklist-have-in-common/ar-AA1xjPWk

CNBC
— Trump vowed to declare a national energy emergency as soon as he takes office — here’s how he might do it
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/19/how-trump-could-declare-a-national-energy-emergency-.html

CBS NEWS
— Before Trump’s inauguration, thousands show up to San Francisco’s Women’s March
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-franciscos-womens-march-before-trump-inauguration/
— About 270,000 migrants waiting to enter U.S. through app Trump has vowed to end
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/270000-migrants-waiting-to-enter-u-s-through-cbp-one-app-trump-has-vowed-to-end/

NBC NEWS
— How quickly Trump will be able to carry out his mass deportation plan depends on these factors
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/quickly-trump-will-able-carry-mass-deportation-plan-depends-factors-rcna188064

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Last Migrant Caravans Before Trump’s Inauguration
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01/18/world/americas/mexico-migrants-border-trump
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Tulsa to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01/19/us/tulsa-race-massacre
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tulsa-race-massacre-survivors-demand-accountability-and-reparations-following-doj-report/ar-AA1xqT7M
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump. A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-policies-immigration-tariffs-economy.html
— For Those Deemed Trump’s Enemies, a Time of Anxiety and Fear. Donald Trump is returning to the White House vowing to seek retribution. Those in his sights are worried both about him — and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-officials-retribution.html
— Under Trump’s Big Tent, Republicans Are Starting to Clash. Donald J. Trump won his battle with establishment Republicans. Now, it’s disputes over immigration, taxes and foreign policy that will test his party’s unity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/donald-trump-inauguration-republican-party.html
— A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses. Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/trump-billionaires-washington-homes.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A dominant Trump looks to his second term to reshape, disrupt America. On the eve of his second inauguration, Donald Trump is politically stronger than ever, but huge tests await on immigration, the economy and more.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/19/dominant-trump-looks-his-second-term-reshape-disrupt-america/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Resettlement agencies race to help refugees ahead of Trump’s second term
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-18/resettlement-agencies-race-to-help-refugees-ahead-of-trumps-second-term

PHILADELPHIA INQUIER
— Demonstrators gathered for People’s March in Center City ahead of Trump’s inauguration: ‘We need people to be engaged’  A rebranded version of the Women’s March, which drew 50,000 people into the city’s streets amid Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, the People’s March was smaller but no less determined.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-peoples-march-trump-immigration-abortion-rights-20250118.html

PROPUBLICA
— How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasing drive White students out of public schools.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Progressive Chicago, Long a Trump Target, Braces for Deportations. Plans remain fluid, but there is no doubt of a push for highly visible raids in Democratic cities in the first days of the new administration
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/progressive-chicago-long-a-trump-target-braces-for-deportations-177683ac

FORBES
— Why Is It So Hard For Recent College Graduates To Find A Decent Job? (COMMENT: When I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970, I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait and that frustrated my job search big time. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, it was for a job that did not really require a college degree.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/02/15/why-is-it-so-hard-for-recent-college-graduates-to-find-a-decent-job/

BLOOMBERG
— Chicago, San Diego Brace for Fight With Trump Border Czar
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-18/chicago-san-diego-brace-for-fight-with-trump-border-czar-homan

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critic/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.businessinsider.com/twins-applied-same-college-different-merit-scholarships-2025-1

FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO employers will continue to use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees but just call it a different name.
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/why-dei-should-be-here-to-stay-but-under-another-name-20250119-p5l5j3

FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINP employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91113957/4-common-arguments-against-dei-and-how-to-dismantle-each-one
https://www.fastcompany.com/91261356/what-can-you-do-if-your-company-is-cutting-dei-programs

JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— The benefits of ‘budgeting for results’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have always opposed budgeting.)
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2018/nov/not-for-profit-budgeting-for-results.html

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
— The Demographic Outlook: 2025 to 2055 (COMMENT: From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, fewer and fewer and fewer of those in American will be productive members of society, citizens of America, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61164

MAC DAILY NEWS
— Apple CEO Cook’s total salary set to rise by $10 million for 2024 (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I stress that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://macdailynews.com/2025/01/13/apple-ceo-cooks-total-salary-set-to-rise-by-10-million-for-2024-dependent-on-shareholder-approval/

HIRING LAB
— Educational Requirements Are Gradually Disappearing From Job Postings (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat and RINO minorities and more young Democrat and RINO females, Democrat and RINO employers have ever-increasingly eliminated job requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.hiringlab.org/2024/02/27/educational-requirements-job-postings/

PRESS GAZETTE
— Should I stop including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to websites that paywall or have cookies or popups? My critics/opponents are furious that I have the money, time, ability, experience, and motivation to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning free of charge and without any advertising, donation requests, cookies, or popups.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/

MS MAGAZINE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://msmagazine.com/2025/01/18/dei-trump-diversity/

POLITICO
— National Guard troops worry Trump will deploy them for mass deportations  (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs side with illegals against America.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/19/trump-national-guard-mass-deporations-fears-00199063

NEW YORKER
— Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.
https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/whats-really-behind-the-house-bill-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-school-sports

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Posts ‘Blacklist’ Online And Critics Fear The Same Thing (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-posts-blacklist-online-and-critics-fear-the-same-thing/ar-AA1xiGK9

INDEPENDENT
— Trump names and shames 11 people on his White House blacklist for second administration (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.aol.com/trump-names-shames-11-people-141013448.html

DAILY MAIL
— Rural Midwesterners fight to split Illinois in two after years of Democrat chaos
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14293995/rural-midwest-counties-secede-failed-blue-state.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From peaceful southern Illinois, Chicago can look like a crime-ridden hellhole that’s welcomed far too many asylum seekers and is driving the state off a financial cliff and into a $3.2 billion deficit. No surprise, then, that Illinois lost 83,839 residents in 2023, its 10th straight year of decline — as people and businesses flee across state lines seeking lower taxes and less red tape. Now, separatists say rural counties should wave goodbye to Chicago and surrounding Cook County, and forge the state of ‘New Illinois.’ Their mantra is: ‘Leave Illinois without moving.’ American history is littered with examples of states and counties trying to redraw maps — and most often they’re doomed. But Illinois’ separatists have the wind in their sails after winning nonbinding ballot resolutions in 33 of the state’s 102 counties. Neighboring Indiana has taken notice, offering to shift its western border and absorb disgruntled parts of Illinois. G.H. Merritt, chairman of New Illinois State, says she expects Illinois to soon ‘crash and burn’ due to the progressive tax-and-spend policies of Chicago’s political elite. A lot of businesses have left the state,’ Merritt told DailyMail.com. ‘They leave Chicago because it’s dangerous, and the taxes are too high. Over the course of a few years, we’ve lost a million residents.’ Those leaving often point to Brandon Johnson of Chicago, whose abysmal approval ratings have made him ‘America’s most hated mayor.’ He’s struggled to accommodate the tens of thousands of immigrants and asylum seekers who turned up in Chicago, seeking jobs, homes, and schools after crossing the southern border. Others slam Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker for running up a $3.2 billion deficit in his 2026 budget and overseeing a staggering $144 billion pension debt, according to Illinois Policy, a think tank. Critics note that Pritzker only won his 2022 election through victories in the heavily-weighted counties around Chicago. Illinois is ‘on the verge of bankruptcy,’ warns Merritt. ‘If we can’t make New Illinois happen, you’re going to see a lot more people leave Illinois and go to states where they feel they’ll have a voice.’ It’s not clear that New Illinois would have better finances after jettisoning Cook County. Chicago is surrounded by several wealthy blue counties — and their taxes subsidize poorer areas down south, says research from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. The separatist movement was launched in 2018, but it’s started making real progress in recent months. It echoes efforts in Colorado, California and Oregon, where vast swaths of red, rural counties are dominated by a few blue cities. The divide between urban and rural America has long been a fault line in the world’s biggest economy. President-elect Donald Trump played up tensions on the campaign trail as he railed against large Democratic-run cities. Now, animated separatist groups see his second administration as friendly to sparsely-populated red areas that get pushed about by metropolitan liberals. Late last year, Merritt’s group passed the first draft of a new constitution, and counts support in 68 counties. A sister organization, Illinois Separation Referendum, has secured support from voters on ballot initiatives in 33 counties. In November, even Madison County, a metropolitan area and suburb of St. Louis, approved the symbolic referendum about splitting from the Chicago area and forming a new state. Still, it’s a daunting process, requiring the consent of the state legislature and Congress, says the US Constitution. It’s only happened a handful of times, including the formation of Kentucky, with the consent of Virginia, and Maine, which once belonged to Massachusetts. The most recent example was West Virginia, which left Virginia during the Civil War — 162 years ago. Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have since vaunted the idea of becoming a 51st state. Meanwhile, Texas, California, and some other states have efforts to split from the US entirely. In Oregon, a group called Greater Idaho wants to redraw state lines so its eastern conservative rural counties can join Idaho. Though Illinois’ separatists have support among a dozen lawmakers, they have little succor among the elites in Chicago and Springfield, the state capital. ‘We’re one state,’ Gov Pritzker told reporters before last year’s election. ‘The idea that someplace in Illinois wants to kick out another place in Illinois should not be on the ballot.’ This month, Illinois politics got messier once again, with neighboring Indiana joining the ruckus. Republicans in Indianapolis introduced a bill to launch a boundary commission to redraw state lines and absorb disgruntled parts of Illinois. It would ’embrace neighboring counties that want to join low-tax, low-cost Indiana,’ says the bill. Indiana Republican House Speaker Todd Huston said: ‘Instead of seceding and creating a 51st state, they should just join us.’ Still, even with support in Indiana, that effort would need to win over Springfield and Washington DC — another long-shot. Pritzker has rejected Indiana’s move as a ‘stunt’ and advised his residents against joining a ‘low-wage state’ with few worker protections and shoddy healthcare. Still, for Merritt, who lives near Chicago in Lake County, it’s a more a question of how much of Illinois that Indiana would be willing to absorb. ‘If it were to work, I’d say ‘great’,’ she told DailyMail.com. ‘But I wouldn’t want Indiana to grab 33 counties in southeastern Illinois, because then the rest of us would get left behind.’)

January 18, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump administration planning ‘large-scale immigration raid’ Tuesday in Chicago. Mass deportation fears grow among Southwest Side food cart vendors, CPS families
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-food-cart-vendors-cps-families-have-growing-fears-mass-deportations-ahead-2nd-donald-trump-presidency/15811312/
— Trump’s inauguration moving indoors due to weather
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trumps-inauguration-moving-indoors-due-weather-sources/15810328/
— What can we expect from Trump’s first 100 days?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-can-expect-trumps-first-100-days/15811201/
— Democrats reject Trump’s election. Democrats reject the rule of law.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-suburban-school-districts-try-calm-fears-mass-deportations-ahead-2nd-donald-trump-presidency/15807423/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-food-cart-vendors-cps-families-have-growing-fears-mass-deportations-ahead-2nd-donald-trump-presidency/15811312/
— Retired head of Chicago DEA on shortlist to lead national agency under Trump administration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/retired-head-chicago-dea-jack-riley-short-list-lead-national-agency-donald-trump-administration/15811557/

NBC5
— Here’s what President-elect Trump has vowed to do on Day One. Jan. 20 will be a busy day for the incoming Trump administration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mass-deportations-other-day-one-promises-president-elect-trump-has-made/3649305/
— Illinois counties exploring succession would be welcomed in Indiana: House speaker. In the November election, a total of seven counties in Illinois faced a ballot question on exploring the idea of secession. (COMMENT: Pritzker wants to get rid of the 88 Illinois counties that voted for Trump.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-counties-exploring-succession-would-be-welcomed-in-indiana-house-speaker-says/3649511/
— Changes made for Inauguration Day. Here’s the new schedule of events. The last time the ceremony was held indoors was Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration when it was only seven degrees.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/changes-made-for-inauguration-day-heres-the-new-schedule-of-events/3649457/

CBS2
— Parents express concerns over relocation of unhoused near school in Elgin. The hotel where the unhoused group was moved is right across the street from the Elgin Math and Science Academy. (COMMENT: Under the Democrat6s and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/parents-concerned-relocation-unhoused-near-school-elgin/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrant-advocacy-groups-prepare-mass-deportation-threat-president-elect-trump/

WGN9
— Mass deportation raids could start in Chicago as soon as Tuesday
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mass-deportation-raids-threatened-chicago/

FOX32
— Trump Administration to begin immigration raids in Chicago next week
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-administration-begin-immigration-raids-chicago-next-week-wsj-reports

WBEZ
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/17/this-immigrant-couple-plans-to-keep-their-family-together-no-matter-what-trump-does

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Should Chicago have a specific mechanism for recalling its mayor? With caveats, yes.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/editorial-voters-recall-brandon-johnson/
— Hemp advocates gave campaign donations to lawmakers in fight over regulations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/18/hemp-cannabis-donations/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats reject Trump’s election. Democrats reject the rule of law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/17/chicago-deportations-trump-ice-raids
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/01/17/donald-trump-undermine-first-amendment-project-2025-kash-patel-tyler-valeska-loyola

DAILY HERALD
— Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who led charge to ban TikTok, applauds Supreme Court’s decision
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250117/news/suburban-congressman-who-led-charge-to-ban-tiktok-applauds-supreme-courts-decision/
— Soon, if not already, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250117/submitted-content/fight-hunger-with-food-races-and-golf-northern-illinois-food-banks-2025-event-calendar/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250118/news/illinois-shelter-alliance-calls-for-100-million-state-funding-boost-to-fight-homelessness/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump plans big immigrant raid in Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-plans-huge-immigrant-raid-chicago-report-says
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-must-fight-workforce-equity-under-trump-op-ed

NPR ILLINOIS
— ICE estimates it would need $26.9 billion to enforce GOP deportation bill. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs, that is, those who vote for Democrats, should pay that bill.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-16/ice-estimates-it-would-need-26-9-billion-to-enforce-gop-deportation-bill
— Indiana makes an overture for dissatisfied Illinois voters (COMMENT: Pritzker wants to get rid of the 88 Illinois counties that voted for Trump.)
https://www.tspr.org/illinois-public-radio/2025-01-17/state-week-indiana-makes-an-overture-for-dissatisfied-illinois-voters

WAND TV
— Illinois Republicans want to lower the age to get a FOID card (COMMENT: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.wandtv.com/community/illinois-republicans-want-to-lower-the-age-to-get-a-foid-card/article_74a044a2-d510-11ef-9af8-8f4fd19267c9.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-231/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Attendance/Absence of Current and Former Democratic Party Members of Congress at Trump Inauguration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/17/attendance-absence-of-current-and-former-democratic-party-members-of-congress-at-trump-inauguration/
— McHenry County Democratic Women End Year with $12,400, No Money Identified Supporting Female Candidates
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/mchenry-county-democratic-women-end-year-with-12400-no-money-identified-supporting-female-candidates/
— Communist Chinese Party’s Groton Under Attack by LaHood, Others in Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/communist-chinese-partys-groton-under-attack-by-lahood-others-in-congress/
— Woodstock Native Comments on Potential New State Flag, Voting Open
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/woodstock-native-comments-on-potential-new-state-flag/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Le-Mi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-le-mi/
— Sheriff Tadelman Points to Illinois Trust Act’s Restrictions on His Office’s Ability to Assist ICE
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/sheriff-tadelman-points-to-illinois-trust-acts-restrictions-on-his-offices-ability-to-assist-ice/
— Campaign for Nunda Township Supervisor Taking Place on Facebook
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/campaign-for-nunda-township-supervisor-taking-place-on-facebook/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Chicago’s ‘antiracism’ is getting people killed
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3290941/how-chicago-antiracism-getting-people-killed/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Kristi Noem Pledges To Shut Down Biden’s CBP One App That Facilitated Nearly 1 Million Entries
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/kristi-noem-pledges-to-shut-down-bidens-cbp-one-app-that-facilitated-nearly-1-million-entries/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden commutes 2,500 crack sentences — as pot offenders wait to see if he will fulfill promise to free them
https://nypost.com/video/biden-commutes-2500-crack-sentences-as-pot-offenders-wait-to-see-if-he-will-fulfill-promise-to-free-them-reporter-replay/
— ICE officers prepping for big operation across sanctuary cities immediately after Trump inauguration.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/17/us-news/ice-officers-prepping-for-big-f-king-operation-across-sanctuary-cities-after-trump-inauguration/
— Biden decides not to enforce looming TikTok ban — leaving Chinese app’s fate up to Trump
https://nypost.com/video/biden-decides-not-to-enforce-looming-tiktok-ban-leaving-chinese-apps-fate-up-to-trump-as-he-returns-to-white-house-reporter-replay/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Indiana governor signs executive order to replace DEI with ‘Merit, Excellence and Innovation’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/indiana-governor-signs-executive-order-replace-dei-merit-excellence-innovation/27315

DAILY CALLER
— Local Police Departments Are Refusing To Help DC Secure Trump’s Inauguration (COMMENT: Democrats reject Trump’s election. Democrats reject the rule of law.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/17/donald-trump-inauguration-security-metropolitan-police-department/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Letting People ‘Self-Identify’ Gender on Government Documents Poses National Security and Fraud Risks
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/17/letting-people-self-identify-gender-government-documents-poses-national-security-fraud-risks-borderline/
— ‘I Think We’re Going to Take a Lot of Hate,’ Border Czar Tom Homan Says Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/17/people-going-be-pleased-trumps-executive-orders-border-czar-tom-homan-pledges/

DAILY WIRE
— Homan Tells Democrats To ‘Stay Out Of The Way’ When It Comes To Deportations. Homan and Trump have made it clear that they will be removing illegal aliens from the country.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-tells-democrats-to-stay-out-of-the-way-when-it-comes-to-deportations
— Queer Time, Black Shakespeare, and Afrofuturism: The Wokest College Courses In America. This spring, American students can study everything from ‘queer necropolitics and the carceral state’ to ‘The Sexual Life of Colonialism’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/queer-time-black-shakespeare-and-afrofuturism-the-wokest-college-courses-in-america

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Public Schools, teachers union reaffirm being a ‘sanctuary space’ ahead of Trump administration
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/chicago-public-schools-teachers-union-reaffirm-being-a-sanctuary-space-ahead-of-trump-administration/ar-AA1xqiYf
— Trump administration planning illegal immigrant arrests throughout US on ‘day one’  President-elect Trump made targeting illegal immigration a top campaign issue.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-planning-illegal-immigrant-arrests-across-us-day-one
— DOGE eyes suggestions to slash federal DEI programs. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is reportedly looking at a proposal that urges cuts to DEI initiatives. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, female, younger, and/or veteran and who would take the job.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-eyes-suggestions-slash-federal-dei-programs-report

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Posts ‘Blacklist’ of Candidates Who Need Not Apply for Jobs in his White House (COMMENT: I should write about those who have me on their blacklists and why.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/trump-posts-blacklist-of-candidates-who-need-not-apply-for-jobs-in-his-white-house/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Joe Biden’s Constitutional Vandalism
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/joe-bidens-constitutional-vandalism/

STREAM
— Nearly Half of Federal Employees Openly Planning to Resist Trump (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://stream.org/the-enemy-within-nearly-half-of-federal-employees-openly-planning-to-resist-trump/

TOWNHALL
— On Eve of Trump’s Inauguration, Appeals Court Rules This Obama-era Illegal Alien Program Is Unlawful
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/18/on-eve-of-trumps-inauguration-appeals-court-rules-this-obama-era-illegal-alien-program-is-unlawful-n2650744
— Deportation: Past, Present, and Future
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2025/01/18/deportation-past-present-and-future-n2650697

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
https://www.westernjournal.com/self-deportations-already-underway-fear-trump-sets/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— ICE planning to ramp up arrests in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-planning-increase-arrests-undocumented-immigrants-major-u-s-cities-after-trump-takes-office/

MSN
— Federal Employees Ready To Resist Trump’s Second Term (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/deep-state-rising-poll-finds-federal-employees-ready-to-resist-trump-s-second-term/ar-BB1rohYw
— Marjorie Taylor Greene threatens fed workers who ‘resist’ Trump  (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/they-will-come-to-heel-marjorie-taylor-greene-threatens-fed-workers-who-resist-trump/ar-AA1xgf8P
— Sen. Rosen to Hegseth: “How Can You Lead When You Lack the Qualifications to Serve?” (COMMENT: What are your qualifications? My critics/opponents have always ignored, dismissed, belittled, and/or badmouthed my qualifications. I earned a CPA license when I was 32. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance when I was 27, 31, and 48. The Democrats who ran IRS promoted me to GS-12 when was 25 and then to Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) when I was 29 and the Democrats who ran GAO promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 and then to Step 10 (currently $153,151/year) when I was 49 even though I have the following bad demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sen-rosen-to-hegseth-how-can-you-lead-when-you-lack-the-qualifications-to-serve/vi-AA1xk2s5
— Trump names and shames 11 people on his White House blacklist for second administration (COMMENT: I should write about those who have me on their blacklists and why.)
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/trump-names-and-shames-11-people-on-his-white-house-blacklist-for-second-administration/ar-AA1xjr7f
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-blacklist-stirs-gop-tension-critics-raise-alarm/ar-AA1xkou4
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/thank-you-for-your-attention-trump-proudly-rattles-off-republicans-he-s-blacklisted/ar-AA1xh6kx
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-reveals-strange-blacklist-for-his-second-term/ar-AA1xjOVQ

CNN
— Trump’s first hours: Mass deportation raids set for major cities
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/video/newsnight-trumps-first-hours-mass-deportation-raids-set-for-major-cities
— Federal agencies quietly edit job descriptions to protect roles from DOGE scrutiny (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my federal employment. I should post my GS-7 through GS-12 IRS position descriptions (currently $55,850-$112,280/year) and my GS-9 through 13 GAO position descriptions (currently $88,808-$153,151/year).)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/federal-employees-doge-elon-musk/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Deportation Plan Is Said to Start Next Week in Chicago. The size of the planned immigration raids is unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/trump-immigration-raids-chicago.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/17/us/immigrants-trump-deportations.html
— People promote DEI a) because they have, are, and/or want to personally benefit from it, b) because they want to curry favor with and/or to pander to those who are minority, female, and/or younger, c) because they are Democrats and those who vote for Democrats are minority, female, and/or younger, and/or d) because they despise/hate those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/business/dei-trump-meta-zuckerberg.html
— Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/opinion/trump-democracy-autocracy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats promote protests against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/18/peoples-march-dc-rally-trump-inauguration-2025/
— Biden’s border app is illegal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/17/cbp-one-trump-biden-mexico-border-app/416dc156-d491-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html
— Democrats and RINOs reject Trump’s election. Democrats and RINOs reject the rule of law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/18/peoples-march-dc-rally-trump-inauguration-2025/

DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lower standards to advance young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly lowered standards to promote their young Democrat minority employees and their young Democrat female employees over me. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. I should write about that.
https://www.ourmidland.com/opinion/voices/article/sham-hegseth-hearing-shows-standards-gone-20036442.php

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump to Begin Large-Scale Deportations Tuesday. Chicago will be an early target, with as many as 200 officers being sent to carry out the operation, say people familiar with the planning.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-begin-large-scale-deportations-tuesday-e1bd89bd
— FRONT PAGE: Voters Want MAGA Lite From Trump, WSJ Poll Finds. Survey shows Biden leaves office with record-low approval and a badly tarnished party.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/donald-trump-policy-approval-poll-849feb84
— Left-Wing Cancel Culture Gets Canceled. The election of Donald Trump expressed widespread frustration with the censorious methods of progressives. But conservatives have a cancellation problem too. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents cancel me. I should write about them.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/left-wing-cancel-culture-gets-canceled-9038162c
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Ready to Bypass Congress (COMMENT: Biden bypassed Congress frequently.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-ready-to-bypass-congress-on-border-and-tariffs-a0c24feb

FORBES
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO companies, organizations, etc., will put their DEI under the table and off the books.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/17/fbi-shutters-dei-office-here-are-the-organizations-ending-diversity-programs-full-list/
— Tammy Duckworth Predicts ‘Complete Mismanagement Of The Pentagon’s Budget’ Under Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have always opposed budgeting.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flcmwOWfUnk

FORTUNE
— Apple’s Tim Cook took home $74.6 million last year. But he started out in the world of work with a humble $1.10-an-hour job (COMMENT: What has demonstrated your work ethic? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://fortune.com/2025/01/17/apple-ceo-tim-cook-first-job-highest-paid-ceo-work-ethic/

NEW YORKER
— An Oligarchy Is Taking Shape
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/joe-biden-farewell-speech-warns-about-oligarchy

DAILY BEAST
— Federal Agencies Erase DEI Buzzwords From Position Descriptions to Escape Musk’s DOGE Axe (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, my IRS and GAO position descriptions required me to give more and more and more preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/federal-staff-erasing-dei-buzzwords-to-escape-musks-doge-axe/

NEWS ONE
— Conservatives Are Full Of It When It Comes To DEI And Pete Hegseth Is Proof (COMMENT: What are your qualifications? My critics/opponents have always ignored, dismissed, belittled, and/or badmouthed my qualifications. I earned a CPA license when I was 32. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance when I was 27, 31, and 48. The Democrats who ran IRS promoted me to GS-12 when was 25 and then to Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) when I was 29 and the Democrats who ran GAO promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 and then to Step 10 (currently $153,151/year) when I was 49 even though I have the following bad demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://newsone.com/5859444/conservatives-dei-pete-hegseth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White America has thoroughly convinced itself that merit is the reason white men have overwhelmingly dominated every major industry in the nation for all of its history as opposed to patriarchy and systemic racism. Meanwhile, clearly underqualified white men are invisible in that world, which is why none of them seem to notice how often white men are able to fail upwards. . .Hell, when Barack Obama first ran for president, the leading narrative of Republicans (who were trying their hardest to pretend they were not racist) was that Obama was underqualified with only four years in the U.S. Senate and eight years in the Illinois state Senate under his belt. Immediately after Obama’s two terms, the same Republicans and white conservatives gleefully elected a white male president who had not a day’s experience in governing, lawmaking or judiciary work. Yet, during the most recent presidential campaign, Trump supporters repeatedly called VP Kamala Harris a “DEI candidate” who is woefully underqualified for the office of commander-in-chief despite her eight years as San Francisco’s 27th district attorney, eight years as California’s 32nd attorney general, four years as a U.S. senator and four years as vice president of the United States. These are examples of racist “DEI” narratives as they relate to the world of politics, but it can easily be applied to white conservatives’ attitudes in the corporate world and the general workforce as well. If the person in a position of power or influence who is perceivably underqualified is Black or a woman (and especially a Black woman) it’s DEI. If the perceivably underqualified person is a white man, well — that’s just America.)

BROOKINGS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write about Democrat and RINO success in doing that in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/will-trumps-inaugural-address-recognize-americas-key-demographic-shifts/

REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/01/17/biden-didnt-cause-the-border-crisis-by-being-too-lax-on-enforcement/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use birthright citizenship abuse to destroy America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/birthright-citizenship.html

AXIOS
— People promote DEI a) because they have, are, and/or want to personally benefit from it, b) because they want to curry favor with and/or to pander to those who are minority, female, and/or younger, c) because they are Democrats and those who vote for Democrats are minority, female, and/or younger, and/or d) because they despise/hate those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/17/diversity-initiatives-workers-trump

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Concerned for Trump’s Safety at Inauguration
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/voters_concerned_for_trump_s_safety_at_inauguration

WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN
— Politicians benefit from real jobs (COMMENT: I benefitted from working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I benefitted from working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/

January 16, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— Evanston ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/evanston-illinois-modifies-welcoming-city-ordinance-immigrants/
— Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-council-vote-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/family-calls-for-end-to-violence-in-mexico-after-rockford-illinois-man-was-killed/ar-AA1x0YcM

WGN9
— The Illinois National Guard will send 110 soldiers and 30 airmen to help with security at the presidential inauguration next week in Washington, D.C.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-national-guard-trump-inauguration/

FOX32
— Indiana governor signs executive order eliminating DEI initiatives from state government (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/indiana-governor-dei-executive-order

WTTW
— Black Illinois Residents Are Experiencing Homelessness at Higher Rates (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/15/black-illinois-residents-are-experiencing-homelessness-higher-rates-report
— Chicago City Council Votes 39-11 to Reject Push to Scale Back Protections for Undocumented Immigrants (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/15/chicago-city-council-votes-39-11-reject-push-scale-back-protections-undocumented

WBEZ
— Chicago Police will not help with deportations after the city council rejects changes to sanctuary status. The council voted 39-11 against a proposal meant to allow Chicago police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2025/01/15/chicago-police-will-not-help-with-deportations-after-the-city-council-rejects-changes-to-sanctuary-status

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: City Council sides with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Chicago’s sanctuary city dispute (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/15/city-council-johnson-preserve-chicago-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
— DECEMBER 15, 2000 FLASHBACK: GOP CHOOSES SLATE FOR MILTON TOWNSHIP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/12/15/gop-chooses-slate-for-milton-township/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wednesday night, Heidorn ran uncontested, as expected, for township supervisor to replace Hank Kruse, who chose not to run again. Current township trustees Ken McNatt and Barbara Murphy also were selected by committeemen to run for another term. However, two-term incumbent trustee John Garrow was edged out by challengers Jim Flickinger and Don Sender, both of Wheaton. Flickinger, a longtime precinct committeeman, has been a fixture at Wheaton-Warrenville District 200 board meetings and ran unsuccessfully for a school board seat in 1997. Sender, also a committeeman and a retired history teacher at Wheaton Central High School, recently resigned as a caseworker for Milton Township. He and Kruse have been instrumental in the cleanup in the last several years of two abandoned cemeteries in the township, St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Carol Stream and Pleasant Hill Cemetery in unincorporated Wheaton. Although a township caucus, which functions as a primary, will take place Jan. 9, no opposition to the Republican slate is expected, and all the candidates and the township’s 108 Republican committeemen agreed Wednesday night to support the Republican slate. No Democratic candidates have surfaced for the April election, although several Republican committeemen said they expect Democratic opposition.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/opinion-dont-backtrack-diversity-commitments-affirmative-action/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace to remedy transit funding crisis. Chicago’s transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The Regional Transit Authority now proposes a middle route, asking lawmakers to grant it more authority over CTA, Metra and Pace.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/01/15/rta-cta-metra-pace-fiscal-cliff-kirk-dillard

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: My hate-filled Trump-hating U.S. Representative Delia Ramirez, along with Casten, Krishnamoorthi, and Schakowsky, will boycott Trump’s inauguration. How strongly does your Democrat U.S. Representative hate Trump and hate their constituents like me who voted for Trump?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250115/nation-and-world-politics/i-would-feel-unsafe-some-suburban-reps-plan-to-skip-trumps-inauguration/
— Brad Stephens named to Republican leadership post in state House
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250115/illinois-state-politics/stephens-named-to-leadership-post-in-state-house/
— DECEMBER 5, 2024 FLASHBACK: Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Effort to weaken ‘welcoming city’ protections thwarted at City Council (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/push-weaken-chicagos-welcoming-city-protections-fails

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— ‘A low-wage state’: How Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responded to Indiana’s secession bill
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/15/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-responds-indiana-secession-bill-todd-huston/77728099007/
— I’m more qualified than Pete Hegseth for defense secretary. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/01/16/pete-hegseth-resume-trump-nomination-defense/77721020007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hegseth’s military service ended as a major without having qualified for retirement. I, too, was an infantry officer. I rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. I was awarded a single Bronze Star medal and two Commendation Medals for that service, along with a lot of other awards. I led a platoon, a company and commanded as a lieutenant colonel. My service included a peacekeeping tour and combat in Desert Storm, serving as a regular army soldier in an elite army division. My last staff position was as chief of plans of U.S. Army Japan. I spent three times as long serving in the regular Army and twice as long in the Reserve Forces – and qualified for retirement. I commanded ten times more soldiers than Hegseth did before I was even promoted to captain. For the critical position of secretary of defense, based on military experience, I easily beat Hegseth. That moves me to a commanding lead of 3-1 on the major resume items for SECDEF. All this comes with a caveat: I’m not remotely qualified to be defense secretary. I am, however, smart enough to recognize that.)

JOURNAL COURIER
— Newly elected Republican Rep. Kyle Moore joins Illinois Legislative Audit Commission (COMMENT: Democrats run IRS and GAO. They do not want Republicans like me to audit IRS. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980 after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. The Democrats who run IRS and GAO succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. In 1992, because they had assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators and because it had become all too clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS, I started taking graduate evening courses in financial markets and trading at IIT and I earned a master’s degree in that in 1997. Also, I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996. But later in 1997, they forced to retire and flushed all that down their toilet.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/kyle-moore-joins-legislative-audit-commission-20034612.php
— Davidsmeyer reappointed as assistant minority leader
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/cd-davidsmeyer-illinois-assistant-minority-leader-20033597.php

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Evanston promotes DEI, that is, Evanston promotes more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/01/14/evanston-public-library-seeks-applicants-for-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-committee/

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Chesney: Illinois lame-duck sessions unnecessary and dangerous
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_1262294a-cfa7-11ef-aa4d-c3a7cecba88a.html

HYDE PARK HEARLD
— Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025  (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed their family responsibilities and they decried that I did not have any. According to them, if I had family responsibilities like they did, I would not have been able to earn the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I did.)
https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/nearly-300-new-illinois-laws-take-effect-in-2025/article_0d2b8422-c16e-11ef-a4dd-5771787037f4.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Caregiver discrimination  House Bill 2161 adds family responsibilities to the list of categories protected from discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. The new law prevents employers from taking adverse action against employees because of their responsibilities as a caregiver for a family member, which could cause them to miss work. Bill sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, told a House committee in April that pregnant women are a good example of who the bill is designed to help. He said pregnant women shouldn’t be passed up for a promotion or face other consequences at work in anticipation that they will be taking time off to care for their baby. Guzzardi stressed the bill does not protect employees who fail to meet job performance requirements.)

FOX2
— ‘State of New Illinois’ committee continues push to secede from Cook County
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/state-of-new-illinois-committee-continues-push-to-secede-from-cook-county/

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrats, activists push to decriminalize prostitution in Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/democrats-activists-push-to-decriminalize-sex-work-in-illinois/article_1424f858-d294-11ef-aca5-dfa77669c426.html
— Elik returns to leadership post
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/elik-returns-to-leadership-post/article_a50c465e-d367-11ef-96c1-af0fa800bc7c.html

WCIA
— Illinois Democrat lawmakers propose ‘Bill of Rights’ for prostitutes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-democratic-lawmakers-propose-bill-of-rights-for-sex-workers/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois counties should secede and join Indiana, its House speaker says
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-01-15/illinois-counties-should-secede-and-join-indiana-its-house-speaker-says
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for inflation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-15/inflation-remains-stubbornly-high-for-many-americans-could-it-get-worse-under-trump

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois medical debt relief program wipes out debt for over 52,000 residents (COMMENT: One reason to put up with the many negatives of being a federal employee and retiree is that the federal government pays 72% of your and your spouse’s health insurance.)
https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/illinois-medical-debt-relief-program-wipes-out-debt-for-over-52000-residents#

CWB CHICAGO
— Pickpockets are prowling downtown Chicago restaurants
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/01/pickpockets-are-prowling-downtown-chicago-restaurants-police-say.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-shelter-alliance-calls-for-100m-state-funding-boost-to-fight-homelessness/

SPRINGFIELD PATCH
— Giannoulias Aims To Offer Digital Driver’s Licenses By End Of Year For Apple Users Only. Despite blown deadlines, Patch has obtained a confidential agreement with Apple executives signed by the secretary of state in August 2024.
https://patch.com/illinois/springfield-il/illinois-aims-offer-digital-ids-end-year-apple-users-only

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MILTON TOWNSHIP
— Indivisible Illinois Kicks Off the New Year with an Inspiring Fundraiser!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/141390082555472
https://www.facebook.com/indivisibleillinois/videos/573923788749308
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over 90 passionate supporters gathered in Downers Grove to celebrate grassroots activism and civic engagement at our New Year Kickoff Fundraiser. We were honored to hear powerful remarks from U.S. Representatives Sean Casten and Raja Krishnamoorthi, alongside a stellar lineup of speakers including former U.S. Rep. Marie Newman, Appellate Justice Linda Davenport, Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog, Asian American Caucus Chair Holly Kim, State Senators Cristina Castro and Mark Walker, State Representative Nicole Grasse, DuPage County Forest Preserve President Daniel Hebread, DuPage County Board Members Sadia Covert, Yeena Yoo, and Saba Haider, DuPage County Dems Chair Reid McCollum, Lisle Township Supervisor Diane Hewitt, and Operation Swing State/ New Trier Dems President Patrick Hanley. Additional community figures in attendance included nearly appointed DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Christina Kye, Wheaton City Council Member Erica Bray-Parker, Hanover Park Village Trustee Yasmeen Bankole, College of DuPage Trustee Flo Appel, Glenbard District 87 Board President Margaret DeLaRosa, Township High School District 211 Board Vice President Steven Rosenblum, and District 99 Board Member Christopher Espinoza. Special thanks to all the incredible community leaders and supporters who joined us to reflect on our accomplishments and commit to the work ahead. Together, we are building a stronger, more inclusive future. Let’s continue to make a difference in 2025!)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-437/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-229/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— DECEMBER 4, 2024 FLASHBACK: PRESS RELEASE: Last night the Milton Township Republican Organization held its Township Caucus
https://www.facebook.com/MiltonRepublicans/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois state Rep. David Friess, R-Red Bud, also a veteran: Duckworth ‘shameful’ for behavior during Hegseth hearing
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b527e95e-d35c-11ef-a373-f7c6b9e67f84.html

WIREPOINTS
— Nobody’s defending Chicagoans against more tax hikes for CPS
https://wirepoints.org/nobodys-defending-chicagoans-against-a-tax-hike-for-cps-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tell the Sun-Times Why You Voted For or Against Trump Today (COMMENT: I voted for Trump because the Republican Party platform is conservative and Trump ran as a Republican. I owe all my successes in life to my following conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I would not have been able to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27. I would not have been able to get married when I was 29 and buy a home with my wife when I was 29 and have one built with her when I was 35.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/tell-the-sun-times-why-you-voted-for-or-against-trump-today/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ju-Ko
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ju-ko/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ko-La
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ko-la/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: La-Le
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-la-le/
— Trump’s Using Left-Wing Strategies to Change the Status Quo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/trumps-using-left-wing-strategies-to-change-the-status-quo/
— Keicher Makes Another Run at Equalizing Old Folks’ Driver’s Test to All Other States
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/keicher-makes-another-run-at-equalizing-old-folks-drivers-test-to-all-other-states/
— Chinese Firm Admits to Trying to Steal Digital Mobile Radio Technology from Motorola
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/chinese-firm-admits-to-trying-to-steal-digital-mobile-radio-technology-from-motorola/
— Mike Shorten Denounces Nepotism in Announcement of Run for Nunda Township Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/mike-shorten-denounces-nepotism-in-announcement-of-run-for-nunda-township-supervisor/
— Ness Introduces Bill to Ban Plastic and Paper Bags for Restaurants and Grocery Stores
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/ness-introduces-bill-to-ban-plastic-and-paper-bags-for-restaurants-and-grocery-stores/
— Tribune Editorial Cartoonist Finally Draws an Anti-Biden Cartoon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/tribune-editorial-cartoonist-finally-draws-an-anti-biden-cartoon/
— Bill To Be Introduced to Take Prostitution Out of Criminal Code
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/bill-to-be-introduced-to-take-prostitution-out-of-criminal-code/
— Padiddle May Have Let to Pot Charge
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/padiddle-may-have-let-to-pot-charge/
— Rep. Keicher Re-Appointed GOP House Conference Chairman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/rep-keicher-re-appointed-gop-house-conference-chairman/
— DeWitt Points Out Pritzker’s Seeming Encouragement of Voter Registration of Illegal Aliens, Seeks Protections
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/dewitt-points-out-pritzkers-seeming-encouragement-of-voter-registration-of-illegal-aliens/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Tim Ozinga Resigns from Illinois Republican State Central Committee Amid Ongoing Party Struggles (COMMENT: Who represents you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? What does he/she think of you? How does he/she treat you? I should write about how my representatives on the IRP SCC have treated me since 2000.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/tim-ozinga-resigns-from-illinois-republican-state-central-committee-amid-ongoing-party-struggles.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pam Bondi pledges to end era of America’s weaponized federal government  (COMMENT: Because virtually all federal employees are Democrats, the federal government is weaponized against Republicans. I should write a book about that. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me while I worked for them for almost 30 years.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/pam-bondi-pledges-end-era-america-weaponized-feder/
— Women’s March rebrands as ‘People’s March’ in bow to inclusion ahead of Trump inaugural
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/women-march-rebrands-people-march-bow-inclusion-ah/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Duckworth says standards are ‘being lowered’ for Hegseth (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrat minorities and more Democrat females.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3288268/tammy-duckworth-standards-being-lowered-pete-hegseth/

NEW YORK POST
— Ex-Los Angeles sheriff blasts wokeness crippling city’s wildfire response: ‘Disaster is not the fires, it’s this ideology’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/us-news/ex-la-sheriff-blasts-wokeness-crippling-wildfire-response/
— Biden’s final border lie: That hundreds of thousands of migrants can’t be deported
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/opinion/bidens-final-border-lie-that-hundreds-of-thousands-of-migrants-cant-be-deported/

ACLJ
— Springfield City Council Bans Rosanna Pulido’s Trump Shirt in Blatant Violation of the First Amendment
https://aclj.org/free-speech/illinois-city-council-bans-trump-shirt-in-blatant-violation-of-the-first-amendment

AMERICAN SYSTEM NOW
— In April 1775, the Americans took the international lead against slavery by establishing the first formal anti-slavery organization ever recorded. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://americansystemnow.com/1775-americans-take-the-lead-against-slavery/

AMERICAN THINKER
— How Can Trump Overcome the Resistance?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/how_can_trump_overcome_the_resistance.html

BREITBART
— Vatican Promises Stiff Penalties for Illegal Aliens Crossing its Border
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/01/16/vatican-promises-stiff-penalties-for-illegal-aliens-crossing-its-border/
— Illegal Migrant Suspected of Arson in L.A. Wildfires Faced ‘Multiple Encounters’ with Law Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/15/illegal-migrant-suspected-arson-la-wildfires-faced-multiple-encounters-law-enforcement/

CENTER SQUARE
— Survey of best states to live places Illinois near bottom
https://www.aol.com/survey-best-states-live-places-211700535.html

DAILY CALLER
— Pam Bondi Tells Senators ‘Partisan Weaponization’ Of DOJ Will End On Her Watch  (COMMENT: The “Republican” DOJ under Bush sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, it promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/pam-bondi-senators-partisan-weaponization-justice-department-will-end/
— Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell downplays Hegseth’s military service (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always downplayed my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/scott-jennings-erupts-wapo-columnist-hegseths-fox-news-secdef/
— China Blacklists Four US Companies Over Arms Sales To Taiwan (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who blacklist me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/china-blacklists-four-us-companies-over-arms-sales-to-taiwan/
— Republicans All Bark, No Bite On Top Culture War Battle
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/republicans-transgender-athletes-gop-house-bill-woke/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago blocks proposal that’d allow law enforcement to cooperate with ICE on targeting criminal migrants. Ald. Ray Lopez of the 15th ward and Ald. Jessica Tabares of the 26th ward first introduced the measure in 2023.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-blocks-proposal-thatd-allow-law-enforcement-cooperate-ice-targeting-criminal-migrants

LIFE NEWS
— Liberal Media Trashes Pro-Life Christians
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/01/15/liberal-media-trashes-pro-life-christians-theyre-trying-to-take-over-the-country/

LIVE ACTION
— Is the abortion industry supporting Illinois lawmakers’ move to decriminalize ‘sex work’?
https://www.liveaction.org/news/abortion-industry-illinois-lawmakers-decriminalize-sex-work/

MINDING THE CAMPUS
— DEI Statements Erode the Diversity That Matters. Qualified Candidates Can’t Get Jobs. (COMMENT: To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/01/16/dei-statements-erode-the-diversity-that-matters-qualified-candidates-cant-get-jobs/

NEW AMERICAN
— Government Spent Millions on “Indigenous Knowledge” to Fight California Wildfires
https://thenewamerican.com/us/government-spent-millions-on-indigenous-knowledge-to-fight-california-wildfires/

TOWNHALL
— California Politicians Cut Fire Department Funding Because of These Three Things
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/16/you-could-probably-guess-where-ca-diverted-the-funds-they-cut-from-the-fire-department-n2650630

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Bondi faces a skeptical reception from Democrats at confirmation hearing over her loyalty to Trump (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/world-national/bondi-faces-a-skeptical-reception-from-democrats-at-confirmation-hearing-over-her-loyalty-to-trump/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/01/some-immigrants-are-already-leaving-the-us-in-self-deportations-as-trumps-threats-loom/

MSNBC
— Those slanderous hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who ever-increasingly slander Hegseth as being unqualified should be sued for slander.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/hegseth-hearing-trump-cabinet-gop-affirmative-action-rcna187822

MSN
— Hiring Managers Say Gen Z Workers ‘Lack Work Ethic’ (COMMENT: What has demonstrated your work ethic? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/career/hiring-managers-say-gen-z-workers-lack-work-ethic/ar-AA1xgwFT

REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/migrants-frontline-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-2025-01-16/

AOL
— Bill proposing women register for draft not signed into law (COMMENT: When I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970, I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait and that frustrated my job search big time. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, it was for a job that did not really require a college degree.)
https://www.aol.com/bill-proposing-women-register-draft-100410621.html

ABC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/immigrants-leaving-us-deportations-trumps-threats-loom-117734619

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://www.newsweek.com/self-deportation-us-immigrants-amid-trump-presidency-2015850

NEW YORK TIMES
— Drunkenness, Women and Wokeness: A Dramatic Confirmation Hearing for Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Almost all my GAO superiors were Democrats. Almost all of them were older, White, and male. Almost all of them were big drinkers. They did not approve of me being a non-drinker at all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/podcasts/the-daily/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats’ crisis of the future: the biggest states that back them are shrinking. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. (COMMENT: To be a Democrat is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/16/electoral-college-democrats-2030-census-election-republican/4407e308-d3c7-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/15/corporare-dei-retrenchment-worrisome/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/01/16/immigration-self-deportation-trump/c416fb9e-d3cf-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-16/mexico-braces-trump-mass-deport-remain-in-mexico

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs. The latest crop of elite business-school graduates are taking months to find new jobs. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/harvard-mba-employment-rate-job-hunt-difficulty-addfc3ec
— Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Balances Loyalty and Independence During Hearing (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/on-the-news/trump-ag-pick-pam-bondi-balances-loyalty-and-independence-during-hearing/BFB4D8E0-6D3A-4222-AE12-F6AE75BAC7EE
— To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/you-blamed-dei-for-hurting-your-career-now-what-6150c575

FORBES
— Duckworth tries to offset her raw viciousness by complementing Rubio. Duckworth had her thugs throw me out of her 2006 press conference in Wheaton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC8UfYsiZdc
— DeSantis Unveils Plan To Stymie Illegal Immigrants Sending Remittances To Their Nations Of Origin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxvasgYIW-4

FED SMITH
— Federal Employees Face Hiring Freeze on Trump’s First Day (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led promotion freezes. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. They took their anger out on me, one of the very few Republican employees in the office.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/01/11/telework-hiring-freeze-likely-first-day-trump-administration/

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Will Progressive and Mainstream Audiences Keep Switching off the News? (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media promotes more hatred against Trump, and therefore, more hatred against the 77 million who voted for him.).
https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/progressive-mainstream-righting-news-deserters-avoidance-trump-bump.php

MS MAGAZINE
— How I Broke Through the Fertility Industry’s False Promises to Become a Mom at 44 (COMMENT: I should write about how and why my Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF in the 1980s.)
https://msmagazine.com/2025/01/16/ivf-fertility-older-women-age-black-brown-pregnancy-maternal-health/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Students who graduated from an Illinois high school, no matter where they’re currently enrolled, will soon be guaranteed transfer admission to any University of Illinois system institution—including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which has a regular acceptance rate below 50 percent. (COMMENT: UIC accepted in 1966 because I had graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class and my ACT score was 24.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/01/16/illinois-guarantees-transfer-all-state-high-school-grads

NEWS ONE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly analogize illegals to fugitive slaves.
https://newsone.com/5851343/what-were-the-slave-narratives/

NEW PRESS
— The more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrat and RINO leaders want you to pay: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thenewpress.com/blog/book-excerpts/read-excerpt-from-price-they-paid

NEWS BUG
— Boomers Own 36.0% of Illinois Homes, 11th Fewest in the U.S. (COMMENT: I am a boomer. I have owned real estate in Illinois since I was 24 years old in 1972. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, and a one bedroom condo there in 1976. My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.newsbug.info/news/national/illinois/boomers-own-36-0-of-illinois-homes-11th-fewest-in-the-u-s/article_02e438ab-9339-57b3-a05b-f33c01e379bb.html

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/will-trumps-mass-deportation-depend-on-self-deportation.html

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/racial-justice-issues/dismantling-white-supremacy/

CATO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cato.org/blog/biden-didnt-cause-border-crisis-part-1-summary

CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/letting-asylum-seekers-work-not-pull-factor

January 14, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In blue state Illinois, demand outstrips supply for Trump inauguration tickets. Trump’s improving numbers in the Chicago area and the rest of the state should be sending messages to Democrats as they plot their course in the coming second Trump era.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/13/trump-inauguration-tickets-blue-state-illinois-demand
— Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law. “The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference announcing the proposed bill. “This law is essential now more than ever.” (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/13/proposed-bill-illinois-decriminalize-sex-work

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McDonald’s sued over Hispanic scholarship program one week after rolling back some diversity goals (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/mcdonalds-sued-over-hispanic-scholarship-program-one-week-after-rolling-back-some-diversity-goals/
— Advisory referendum question on political contribution rules thrown out by Aurora Electoral Board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/advisory-referendum-question-on-political-contribution-rules-thrown-out-by-aurora-electoral-board/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/illinois-medical-marijuana/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/14/opinion-immgration-refugee-resettlement-united-states/
— CPS on the ‘financial brink’ and state takeover shouldn’t be out of the question, Civic Federation report says
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/report-cps-on-the-financial-brink-state-takeover-not-out-of-the-question/
— Hegseth could lead troops who’d face getting fired for actions he’s done in the past
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/hegseth-troops/

DAILY HERALD
— Judge rules Aurora alderman candidate can’t be on ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250113/local-politics/judge-rules-aurora-alderman-candidate-cant-be-on-ballot/
— Millions have had student loans canceled under Biden — despite the collapse of his forgiveness plan (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships and my having to work my way through college.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250113/education/millions-have-had-student-loans-canceled-under-biden-despite-the-collapse-of-his-forgiveness-plan/
— For voters and for their own good, candidates should be accessible by email
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250114/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-email-drumbeat-for-voters-and-for-their-own-good-candidates-should-be-ac/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s sued over Hispanic student scholarship in latest DEI battlefront (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-sued-over-hispanic-student-scholarship-program

CBS2
— Activists protest proposed changes to Chicago’s sanctuary city ordinance  (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/activists-protest-proposed-changes-chicago-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DKu6V8AUzTIA

WGN9
— Tiffany Henyard asks judge to force trustees to show-up to meetings
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/tiffany-henyard-asks-judge-to-force-trustees-to-show-up-to-meetings/
— Illinois will give you a $4K rebate to purchase an electric vehicle in 2025 (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in the 2025 Dodge Charger EV. I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/illinois-ev-electric-vehicle-rebate-2025/

FOX32
— Fight brews over Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance amid Trump era fears  (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fight-brews-over-chicago-welcoming-city-ordinance-trump-fears
— Chicago aldermen propose weakening sanctuary city protections. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office with promises of mass deportations, a proposal to amend Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance is reigniting debate over the city’s sanctuary status.  (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1576011
— Could Illinois be the next state to decriminalize prostitution?  (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois?  How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T32DSkM7_OE
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DT32DSkM7_OE

WTTW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/13/wttw-news-explains-how-did-chicago-become-sanctuary-city
— Advocates, Lawmakers Seek to Legalize Sex Work in Illinois: ‘People Deserve Respect. Work is Work’ (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/13/advocates-lawmakers-seek-legalize-sex-work-illinois-people-deserve-respect-work-work

WBEZ
— Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law. “The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference announcing the proposed bill. “This law is essential now more than ever.” (COMMENT: How soon will Democrats legalize prostitution in Illinois? How soon will Democrats teach prostitution in Illinois schools?)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/01/13/proposed-bill-illinois-decriminalize-sex-work

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty. Incoming senior Trump officials have begun questioning career civil servants serving on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for, their political contributions in the 2024 election and whether they’ve made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by the Trump team. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. They all were loyal to the Democrat Party platform. They focused on getting rid of Republican federal employees.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/incoming-trump-team-is-questioning-civil-servants-at-national-security-council-about-their-loyalty/article_dfcfb082-5b71-516b-b0d5-c184547e415c.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston boosts noncompliance with federal deportation efforts (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/01/14/city/evanston-boosts-noncompliance-with-federal-deportation-efforts/

AUSTIN WEEKLY
— Homelessness spikes by 116% in Illinois in 2024, mostly in Chicago. The national increase from 2023 was 18%, according to an annual HUD report; multiple reasons cited. (COMMENT: What percent of illegals are homeless?)
https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2025/01/13/subruban-cook-county-homelessness-increase/

CITIES 92.9
— Former IL GOP AG candidate Thomas DeVore sues House GOP leader Tony McCombie, alleging social media censorship
https://www.cities929.com/2025/01/13/former-il-gop-ag-candidate-sues-house-gop-leader-alleging-social-media-censorship/

X95 RADIO
— Windhorst Re-appointed State House Republican Floor Leader
https://www.x95radio.com/2025/01/14/windhorst-re-appointed-state-house-republican-floor-leader/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis calls special session to implement Trump’s immigration policies (COMMENT: Will Pritzker call a special session to fight Trump’s immigration policies?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-desantis-calls-special-session-to-implement-trumps-immigration-policies/

FOLEY & LARDNER
— Illinois Human Rights Act Now Protects Employees With “Family Responsibilities” (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed their family responsibilities and they decried that I did not have any. According to them, if I had family responsibilities like they did, I would not have been able to earn the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I did.)
https://www.foley.com/insights/publications/2025/01/illinois-human-rights-act-now-protects-employees-with-family-responsibilities/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Dozens Gather In Pilsen To ‘Stand Up And Fight Back’ Against Trump’s Deportation Plans. Protestors condemned the Trump administration’s plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and urged city leaders to protect Chicago’s “Welcoming City” status.  (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/13/dozens-gather-in-pilsen-to-stand-up-and-fight-back-against-trumps-deportation-plans/

CHICAGO TREACHERS UNION
— Fighting for our students, standing up for sanctuary protections  (COMMENT: Who fights for you? My critics/opponents can cite many examples that the following do not fight for me: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists.)
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/bargaining-update-fighting-for-our-students-standing-up-for-sanctuary-protections/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— House Republican Leader Tony McCombie has been sued in federal court by Tom DeVore, a former Republican attorney general candidate who says McCombie blocked him on Facebook. . .House Republican leaders named. List here https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000194-62bd-d639-a395-7ebd8fd30000
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/14/illinois-gop-leader-sued-over-social-media-actions-00198034

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-435/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-227/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Adults murdering kids. Kids murdering kids. “Random” bullets killing kids. Nearly 100 dead youth in Chicago in 2024.
https://wirepoints.org/adults-murdering-kids-kids-murdering-kids-random-bullets-killing-kids-nearly-100-dead-youth-in-chicago-in-2024-wirepoints/

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Cook County gun, ammo tax unconstitutional still, judge says
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/667585272-cook-county-gun-ammo-tax-unconstitutional-still-judge-says

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Southern Illinois thrown a ‘bone’ after federal spending bill provides disaster aid (COMMENT: What bones have you been thrown? My Democrat GAO superiors reluctantly let me work for them for almost 18 years 1980-1997 and reluctantly promoted me in 1986. My Democrat IRS superiors reluctantly let me work for them for almost 9 years 1971-1980 and reluctantly promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors reluctantly let me work for them for almost 3 years 1966-1969.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/legislator-southern-illinois-thrown-a-bone-after-federal-spending-bill-provides-disaster-aid/ar-BB1rh5v7

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Henyard Filed Another Frivolous Suit Against Thornton Township Trustees
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/01/henyard-filed-another-frivolous-suit-against-thornton-township-trustees/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Smearing Trump’s nominees thwarts the will of the people  (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/13/smearing-trump-nominees-thwarts-people/

NEW YORK POST
— McDonald’s sued over Latino scholarships despite rolling back DEI (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/business/mcdonalds-sued-over-latino-scholarships-despite-rolling-back-dei/
— Suspect arrested with ‘flamethrower’ near LA Fire is an illegal immigrant
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/us-news/suspect-arrested-with-flamethrower-near-kenneth-fire-is-an-illegal-immigrant-report/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Sanctuary hell: Illegal alien picked up with a blow torch in a fire zone may have avoided charges to shield him from deportation
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/sanctuary_hell_illegal_alien_picked_up_with_a_blow_torch_in_a_fire_zone_may_have_been_let_go_to_shield_him_from_deportation.html

BLAZE
— Deportations are mass enforcement, not mass deprivation of ‘rights’
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/deportations-are-mass-enforcement-not-mass-deprivation-of-rights

BREITBART
— Pro-Migrant Activists Hold Chicago Rally to Protest Trump Deportation Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/13/pro-migrant-activists-hold-chicago-rally-protest-trump-deportation-policy/
— Laken Riley Act Momentum Grows as Senate Democrats Vote to Begin Debate
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/13/laken-riley-act-momentum-grows-as-senate-democrats-vote-to-begin-debate/

DAILY CALLER
— Dems Are Terrified Pete Hegseth Might Bring A Little Common Sense To The Pentagon
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/13/opinion-dems-are-terrified-pete-hegseth-might-bring-a-little-common-sense-to-pentagon-nicole-kiprilov/
— Dem Rep Distraught That Immigrants Who Already Broke Law By Crossing Border Could Be Detained Under Laken Riley Act
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/13/dem-rep-immigrants-crossing-border-detained-laken-riley-act/

DAILY SIGNAL
— States Should Conduct Their Own Censuses, Count Citizens Only for Redistricting.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/13/states-should-conduct-their-own-censuses-use-citizens-only-redistricting-heres-how/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Despite Criminal Activity, Governor Healey Asks Legislature to Spend Millions More in Taxpayer Dollars to House Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/news/state-and-local/despite-criminal-activity-governor-healey-asks-legislature-spend-millions-more

FOX BUSINESS
— DEI is not dying, it is just going under the table, off the books.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/dei-dying-heres-list-companies-have-rolled-back-woke-policies

FOX NEWS
— Chicago official slams Brandon Johnson’s new ICE guidelines: ‘Who is the mayor trying to protect?’  Alderman wants to remove those arrested for ‘gang-related activity, drug-related activity, prostitution and human trafficking, or sex crimes involving minors’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-official-slams-brandon-johnsons-new-ice-guidelines-who-mayor-trying-protect
— Massachusetts county ignores ICE detainers against illegal immigrant charged with rape. The immigrant is charged with a series of violent felonies, including rape and extortion with threat of injury.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-county-has-policy-ignoring-ice-requests-against-illegal-immigrants
— Man arrested near LA fires with possible blowtorch is an illegal immigrant: ICE sources. ICE is expected to put a detainer on him, but does not believe it will be honored.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/man-arrested-near-la-fires-possible-blowtorch-illegal-immigrant-ice-sources
— DOGE reps launch meetings with federal staffers in effort to cut government waste. Aides for Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy are reportedly meeting with staffers from more than a dozen federal agencies. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) because I was a Republican with bad demographics and b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-reps-launch-meetings-federal-staffers-effort-cut-government-waste-report
— DNC hires former Harris staffers behind @KamalaHQ for social media response to Trump. The DNC claims Trump is already ‘screwing over the American people.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dnc-hires-former-harris-staffers-behind-kamalahq-social-media-response-trump

HUMAN EVENTS
— The Enemy Within – Nearly Half of Federal Employees Openly Planning to Resist Trump (COMMENT: If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-enemy-within-nearly-half-of-federal-employees/id1585243541?i=1000683852550

NEW AMERICAN
— Hate-Trump Heretic Appointed Archbishop of Washington, D.C.; Covered for Priest Rapist
https://thenewamerican.com/us/hate-trump-heretic-appointed-archbishop-of-washington-d-c-covered-for-priest-rapist/

NEWSMAX
— Congress Desperately Needs DOGE-Focused Hearings (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) because I was a Republican with bad demographics and b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.newsmax.com/scotfaulkner/doge-gao-inspector/2025/01/13/id/1194899/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The subcommittee can become a key forum for informing the public of existing waste, fraud, and abuse, building the nonpartisan case for cutting budgets and eliminating programs. . .Witnesses from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the 73 inspector general offices could review the last 10 years of their findings. Each year they collectively report over $650 billion in ongoing waste and provide recommended actions. Few of their recommendations were implemented. . .Waste is not partisan. No one wants public funds misspent. . .The handful of “public” witnesses represented Washington-based stakeholder organizations. No one from oversight groups documenting government waste and abuse were invited to testify.)

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DNC Creates Team To Combat ‘Republican Disinformation Machine’ Ahead Of Trump’s Inauguration (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are full of disinformation.)
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dnc-creates-team-to-combat-republican-disinformation-machine-ahead-of-trumps-inauguration/

PJ MEDIA
— Woke Equity Is the Reason Why Pacific Palisades Is Now a Moonscape
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/01/13/is-equity-the-reason-why-pacific-palisades-is-a-moonscape-now-n4935920
— As Wildfires Rage, California Dems Want $50 Million to Protect Illegals From Deportation
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/13/as-wildfires-rage-california-dems-want-50-million-to-protect-illegal-from-deportation-n4935927

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Woke Ideology Is Replacing Merit-Based Standards In Military
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/13/william_thibeau_woke_ideology_is_replacing_merit-based_standards_in_military.html

TOWNHALL
— A homeless man who was trying to start fires with a blowtorch near a Los Angeles wildfire is an illegal immigrant. The suspect, Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva, is a Mexican national living in the states illegally.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/01/13/suspect-who-was-trying-to-start-fires-in-la-is-an-illegal-alien-n2650424

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Border Czar Homan Rolling Out Way for Individual Americans to Personally Help Deport Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/border-czar-homan-rolling-way-individual-americans-personally-help-deport-illegals/
— Would-Be Arsonist Caught by Citizens Is Illegal Immigrant
https://www.westernjournal.com/arsonist-caught-citizens-illegal-immigrant-ice-reporter/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— News Outlets Take Unusual Steps to Prepare for Onslaught From Trump. Media organizations are preparing for what they fear will be a legal and political onslaught from the new administration. (COMMENT: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/trump-media-threats.html?searchResultPosition=6

WASHINGTON POST
— Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration. Many of D.C.’s elected leaders either did not say or were noncommittal about whether they will show up to celebrate Trump’s return.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/13/trump-inauguration-protests-safety-dc/

UPI
— U.S. blacklists online White supremacist group as terrorist organization  (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who blacklisted the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken big adverse actions against me recently.)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/13/Terrorgram-Collective-terrorist-designation/9661736821662/

MARINE TIMES
— Hegseth’s track record falls short of military standards: Dem senators (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/opinion/2025/01/14/hegseths-track-record-falls-short-of-military-standards-dem-senators/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While we respect his service in the Army Reserve and National Guard, he did not rise to a command position where he would learn the management, joint forces operations, logistics and other skills relevant to the role he’s up for now. He never commanded a task force or a detachment — nothing near the scale or scope of the 3 million people who make up the DOD. These military experiences aren’t requirements for the job, but his civilian leadership experience is not just limited, it is also fraught with evidence that he is not an effective or trusted leader. He financially mismanaged two veterans political organizations, with his staff alleging that he misused funds, was frequently drunk in front of them and fostered an environment where sexual harassment was an issue. He spent the last seven years as a Fox News host, where his alcohol consumption was also a concern among his co-workers. We would not tolerate this kind of reckless behavior from recruits — there is absolutely zero reason we should tolerate it from the man who is supposed to be their leader.)

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Voters Back Trump on Greenland, Panama Canal
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/gop_voters_back_trump_on_greenland_panama_canal

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— McDonald’s Sued Over Latino Scholarships, One Week After Retreating on Diversity. Activist Edward Blum, who challenged affirmative action, sets his sights on college aid. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/mcdonalds-sued-over-latino-scholarships-one-week-after-retreating-on-diversity-dc7a2438
— Employers want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-immigrants-america-needs-policy-reform-8bf8c942
— Pete Hegseth Faces a Skeptical Senate. The Defense nominee must overcome doubts about his qualifications. (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pete-hegseth-nomination-pentagon-defense-secretary-senate-armed-services-committee-51ff216f

BARRON’S
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegals.
https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/migrants-fret-over-asylum-appointments-scheduled-after-trump-s-inauguration-825fe476

FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91257841/how-the-dei-backlash-impacts-women-at-work

BORDER REPORT
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, they reject the rule of law.
https://fox40.com/news/border-report/perfectly-legal-if-sanctuary-cities-dont-help-with-mass-deportations-law-scholar-says/

AMERICAN WIRE
— Gingrich warns mass deportations could backfire on Trump (COMMENT: Because of Gingrich’s massive budget cuts, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://americanwirenews.com/newt-gingrich-warns-mass-deportations-could-backfire-on-trump/

POLITICO
— Trump made the GOP a big-tent party. Now, he’s stuck with the infighting. The clashes are a preview to the challenges the president-elect faces.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/trump-republicans-bannon-musk-00197996
— Democrats look to sink Pete Hegseth’s nomination in first day of confirmation hearings. The treatment of Trump’s Pentagon pick will likely determine how other nominees fare.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/13/what-to-watch-pete-hegseths-hearing-00197922

DAILY BEAST
— Duckworth Knocks Hegseth’s Military Record: ‘Pretty Low Ranking’ (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/duckworth-knocks-hegseth-military-record-162535858.html

January 11, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Chicago’s mayor can’t be recalled under Illinois law. A new bill aims to change that. Rep. LaShawn Ford has been trying to get such a mechanism on the books since 2015, in the wake of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by then-Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-mayor-cant-be-recalled-under-illinois-law-a-new-bill-aims-to-change-that/3643166/
— Meta announces end of DEI programs. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents continue to promote DEI big time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/read-the-memo-meta-announces-end-of-its-dei-programs/3642960/
— According to my critics/opponents, conservative candidates on ballots in my precinct cannot win. According to my critics/opponents, a) I paint Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct as being more conservative than they want to be painted, b) I promote Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who are too conservative to win, and c) therefore, I cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose. They stress that 10 of the 13 Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in my precinct lost. In my defense, I stress that 11 of the 13 Republican candidates on that ballot in my precinct got more votes than their Democrat opponents got.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/dillard-too-conservative-to-be-electable/1932061/

FOX32
— Illinois Attorney General urges Walmart to continue DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXyii4RDI64

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump is planning 100 executive orders starting Day 1 on border, deportations and other priorities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-100-executive-orders-day-1-border-deportations/
— Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-can-vote-turn-over-dna-sample/
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-and-inclusion-program-trump-administration/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration. Other companies that have ended DEI programs recently include McDonald’s, automaker Ford, Walmart and Moline-based farm equipment maker John Deere.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/technology/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-inclusion-program-prepares-second-trump-administration

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage Forest Preserve District earns top S&P rating
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250110/submitted-content/dupage-forest-preserve-district-earns-top-sp-rating/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Chicago, bankruptcy is not the answer
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-should-not-follow-detroits-path-bankruptcy-op-ed
— Illinois AG pushes back on Walmart’s plans to roll back DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/workplace/illinois-ag-urges-walmart-keep-dei-programs

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— DECEMBER 6, 2024 FLASHBACK: Del Mar To Step Down Next Year As State GOP Co-Chair To Seek Statewide Office
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-to-step-down-next-year-as-state-gop-co-chair-to-seek-statewide-office/

INDIANA GAZETTE
— The military that cried ‘White supremacy’
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/ann-coulter-the-military-that-cried-white-supremacy/article_ce27e03b-594b-50a3-94f3-de89339ab21b.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Sen. Rand Paul highlights government waste in annual Festivus Report
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/senator-rand-paul-highlights-government-waste-annual-festivus-report-pickleball-border-science-experiments-cats-paraguay-trump-doge

KCCI
— Group files lawsuit against Des Moines Register for ‘misleading subscribers’ with Iowa Poll (COMMENT: My critics/opponents disapprove of if not hate many, most, if not virtually all of the articles linked in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter, and especially articles that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, discouragement of vices, Second Amendment rights, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other conservative principles.)
https://www.kcci.com/article/des-moines-register-iowa-poll-class-action-lawsuit-2024/63361223
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A lawsuit has been filed against the Des Moines Register for “misleading subscribers” with its final 2024 Iowa Poll that showed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris leading Republican nominee — and eventual election winner — Donald Trump among likely voters just days before the election. The Center for American Rights, a Chicago-based nonprofit law firm, filed the suit in Polk County on behalf of a West Des Moines resident who “felt like the Register was disserving him and other readers when [the poll] ran and when its results were compared to the final outcome.” In a news release, the center states it is seeking certification as a class action lawsuit on behalf of all Des Moines Register subscribers. The complaint filed in Polk County alleges there are approximately 40,000 Des Moines Register subscribers on Sundays, the day the results of the final poll were published. The poll showed Harris with a lead of 3 percentage points among likely Iowa voters. Trump won the state with 57% of the vote to Harris’ 43%. The lawsuit alleges the Register “utterly failed to live up to” its mission statement of being a trustworthy news organization and says the Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer ignored red flags that should have indicated the results would be inaccurate. It cites a section of Iowa Code about consumer fraud. President-elect Trump filed a similar lawsuit against the Register regarding consumer fraud last month.)

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/01/10/immigration-advocates-warn-a-proposal-for-chicago-police-to-help-ice-could-be-illegal

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-10/as-los-angeles-burned-latino-immigrants-rushed-in-to-put-out-fires

ELMHURST PATCH
— 56% Raise For Addison Township Supervisor. The official is taking over township roads, something voters weren’t told about before a recent referendum.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/56-raise-addison-township-supervisor

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/ivf-patients-in-illinois-worry-feel-uncertain-about-access-and-treatments-as-trump-returns-to-office/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-226/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino efforts failed to boot the eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot based on late filing of their petitions. But Michael Nachman’s effort succeeded in booting the assessor candidate based on late filing of his qualifications statement. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To prove slander, a plaintiff must usually establish the following elements: Defamatory statement: The statement was false and intended to harm the plaintiff’s reputation: Publication: The statement was communicated to at least one other person; Harm: The plaintiff’s reputation was damaged; Fault: The defendant was at least negligent in publishing the statement; Special damages: The plaintiff suffered actual harm, such as financial loss, being fired, or losing customers. (SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=slander+prove+elements ) Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes slander me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on my critics/opponents who falsely hint/imply/argue/shout to others that I share information with Democrats that harm Republicans. In 2006, because the Roskam campaign feared that it would lose to Duckworth, its scapegoating members falsely and maliciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I shared information with the Democrat news media and with the Duckworth campaign that harmed the Roskam campaign. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— A congestion tax for Chicago would be a terrible and uncompetitive idea
https://wirepoints.org/a-congestion-tax-for-chicago-would-be-a-terrible-and-uncompetitive-idea-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois home to fifth most illegal immigrants in country
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4c94066c-cf73-11ef-8d4d-c32bd379ee48.html
— Thirteen states’ attorneys general question Walmart’s retreat from DEI  (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d5642886-cf79-11ef-acb4-7f61eaea621c.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Addison Township voters at the April 1 election will tell state lawmakers where they stand on legislative map gerrymandering and state leaders making demands without providing money. Nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns about major state issues will be represented by these votes.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/voters-near-ohare-to-take-up-gerrymandering-unfunded-mandates/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DeVore Files Lawsuit Against McCombie, Says GOP Leader Violated First Amendment Rights by Blocking, Deleting Comments on Official Facebook Page
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/devore-files-lawsuit-against-mccombie-says-gop-leader-violated-first-amendment-rights-by-blocking-deleting-comments-on-official-facebook-page.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Biden admin announces sweeping deportation shield for nearly 1M migrants (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/biden-admin-announces-sweeping-deportation-shield-for-nearly-1m-migrants/
— Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court — again — for defaming Georgia election workers. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/rudy-giuliani-found-in-contempt-of-court-for-defaming-georgia-election-workers/
— Foreign leaders desperately jockeying for invite to Trump’s inauguration: ‘They’re all going crazy’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/11/us-news/foreign-leaders-jockeying-for-invite-to-trump-inauguration-theyre-all-going-crazy/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— President-elect Trump Plans Many Ambitious Executive Orders on Immigration
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/10/report-president-elect-trump-plans-many-ambitious-executive-orders-on-immigration/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A few suggestions for California Republicans
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/a_few_suggestions_for_california_republicans.html

BLAZE
— Trump doesn’t need Congress to suspend immigration
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-brutal-truth-trump-doesnt-need-congress-to-suspend-immigration
— NYC spent $50M on lawyers for illegal aliens — including criminals — while city agencies faced budget cuts (COMMENT: Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-spent-50m-on-lawyers-for-illegal-aliens-including-criminals-while-city-agencies-faced-budget-cuts-report
— Republican Buddy Carter introduces bill to eliminate IRS and income tax — but replace it with 23% national sales tax
https://www.theblaze.com/news/buddy-carter-fairtax-act-2025

DAILY CITIZEN
— DEI Not Dead Yet
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/hrc-lgbt-corporate-equality-index/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Deport Millions, Finish the Wall, Tax Remittances, and End Birthright Citizenship
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/10/deport-millions-finish-wall-tax-remittances-birthright-citizenship/

FOX NEWS
— LA County cut fire budget while spending heavily on DEI, woke items
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-county-cut-fire-budget-while-spending-heavily-dei-woke-items-midnight-stroll-transgender-cafe
— Schools nationwide brace for Trump, including measures compelling teachers not to cooperate with ICE. Several K-12 school districts are training teachers how to interact with ICE. (COMMENT: How anti-Trump, that is, how anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American is your school district?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schools-nationwide-brace-trump-including-measures-compelling-teachers-not-cooperate-ice

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Second Circuit Revives Sarah Palin’s Defamation Suit Against The New York Times (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://natlawreview.com/article/second-circuit-revives-sarah-palins-defamation-suit-against-new-york-times
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although Palin ultimately succeeded on appeal, Palin’s broader efforts to have the Supreme Court revisit the “actual malice” requirement set by New York Times v. Sullivan may have hit a dead end. Public-figure defamation plaintiffs need to prove actual malice, which requires showing that an allegedly defamatory statement was made “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” Sullivan, 376 U.S. at 280. In St. Amant v. Thompson, the Supreme Court explained that proof that a defamatory article was published “recklessly, though not knowingly” is not sufficient to prove actual malice. Rather, the evidence must show that the defendant had “an awareness…of the probable falsity” of the publication. Later, in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., the Court defined “reckless disregard of the truth” to mean “subjective awareness of probable falsity.” On appeal, Palin argued that “the actual malice standard is either no longer good law or should not apply to her case.” The Second Circuit rejected these arguments as barred by the “law of the case” doctrine because they were ripe for review at the time of Palin’s initial appeal but were not raised. Additionally, Palin challenged the district court’s ruling that, regardless of the First Amendment, she was required to prove actual malice as an element of her claim under New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP law, N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 76-a. The November 2020 amendment to New York’s Anti-SLAPP law imposes an actual malice fault standard in any action concerning the “exercise of the constitutional right of free speech in connection with an issue of public interest.” However, “because the First Amendment and New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP Statute share the same substantive requirement (that a public-figure defamation plaintiff must prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence),” the Second Circuit stated, “we need not decide—and do not decide—whether the Anti-SLAPP Statute’s amendment applies retroactively.”)

NEW AMERICAN
— NYC Spent Millions on Deportation Defense for Migrants — Who Were Crippling the City
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/nyc-spent-millions-on-deportation-defense-for-migrants-who-were-crippling-the-city/

PJ MEDIA
— Two Chicago Officials Want to Tighten up the City’s Sanctuary Status
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2025/01/10/two-chicago-officials-want-to-tighten-up-the-citys-sanctuary-status-n4935870
— This One Video Exposes Everything Wrong With DEI
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/10/this-one-video-exposes-everything-wrong-with-dei-n4935854#google_vignette

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Dems Push to Undo Sanctuary Law, Aid Trump in Deporting Criminals
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/10/chicago-democrats-take-trumps-side-n2650345#google_vignette

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— SALT-focused Republicans to meet with Trump as they threaten to hold up bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5079670-salt-focused-republicans-to-meet-with-trump-as-they-threaten-to-hold-up-bill/

CBS NEWS
— Biden extends legal status of nearly 1 million immigrants covered by program in Trump’s crosshairs (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-temporary-protected-status-tps-extended/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/ar-BB1rfGqa
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/

MSN
— ‘Woke’ L.A. Fire Department Blew Seven-Figure Sums on DEI Before Deadly Wildfires
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/woke-l-a-fire-department-blew-seven-figure-sums-on-dei-before-deadly-wildfires/ss-BB1reSK1

MSNBC
— ‘Humiliation’: Trump’s now the first president-elect to be a convicted felon  (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors humiliated me big time when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets me and my job-related professional license, my six job-related professional certifications, my three job-related master’s degrees, my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, and my almost 9 years of IRS work experience.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtIMY-UKA5o

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office. The move allows hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela to stay in the country temporarily. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/biden-temporary-protected-status-immigration.html
— Judge Finds Giuliani in Contempt for Continued Defamation of Election Workers  (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/giuliani-contempt-defamation-election-workers.html
— To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or b) had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/ramaswamy-meritocracy.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: With Sentence, Trump Will Now Be First Felon To Occupy Oval Office. Penalty Carries Stigma but No Jail Time. (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous stigma of being forced to retire early. The more qualifications that you have, the greater the stigma. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/nyregion/trump-hush-money-sentencing-convicted-felon.html
— As L.A. Fires Rage, Trump and Newsom’s Hostilities Resurface. California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and President-elect Donald J. Trump have long feuded. Can the rancor be set aside to help a devastated city recover?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/politics/los-angeles-fires-trump-newsom.html
— Republicans Can Slow but Not Stop Electric Vehicles. More car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/business/energy-environment/trump-republicans-electric-vehicles-automakers.html

RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
— Youngkin backs push for cutting federal workforce, spending (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining employees who are Republican and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/youngkin-trump-doge/article_e2d17acc-cf93-11ef-a44e-1f234deb1288.html

DAILY BEAST
— A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected Fox Corp’s attempt to be dismissed from Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the media company and its Fox News network. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-loses-last-ditch-effort-to-stop-27-billion-smartmatic-defamation-lawsuit/

January 10, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lawsuit against Des Moines Register is about holding media groups accountable
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/09/opinion-des-moines-register-ann-selzer/
— A record 449,553 Illinois residents sign up for Affordable Care Act insurance, amid uncertainty over future
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/09/affordable-care-act-enrollment-illinois/
— What Illinois’ population exodus tells us about the state and Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/opinion-illinois-population-exodus/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/10/mexico-violence-risk-chicago-visit-family-cartels-marlen-garcia

WGN9 & FOX32 & WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/illinois-department-of-public-health-adds-four-new-conditions-for-medical-cannabis-use/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-medical-cannabis-program-4-new-conditions
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/09/endometriosis-ovarian-cysts-among-conditions-added-illinois-medical-marijuana

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/09/pilsen-church-not-going-be-sitting-ducks-moves-spanish-services-online-amid-deportation

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump gives GOP senators no preference as Republican leaders struggle to craft his priorities. President-elect Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy Capitol Hill meeting with Senate Republicans with no preferred strategy for tackling his legislative priorities.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-meets-with-republicans-on-capitol-hill-as-gop-struggles-to-agree-on-legislative-strategy/article_504efe9d-b7a1-5fd6-bd38-592ae0d293ab.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— As wildfires rage in Los Angeles, Trump doesn’t offer much sympathy. He’s casting blame.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-as-wildfires-rage-in-los-angeles-trump-doesnt-offer-much-sympathy-hes-casting-blame/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/10/making-waves-on-trans-issues-00197484

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-433/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-225/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
—  Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino is seeking to boot all eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot. A hearing on that is scheduled for today, Friday, January 10, 2025, at 2:00 PM in the Wheaton City Council Chambers. For slating purposes, Monino got only 3 votes from Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeemen while Dan Milinko got 40 votes  In 2021, Monino sided with my critics/opponents who ended my 16-year-long service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Since 2021, many of my critics/opponents have promoted Monino. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The next Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) meeting will be open to the public. It is tomorrow, Saturday, January 11, 2025, 10 am – 2 pm, at the Whitetail Ridge Golf Club, 7671 Clubhouse Dr. Yorkville. What Congressional District do you live in? The following represent you on the IRP SCC: 1-Tim Ozinga, 2- Judy Diekelman, 3-Jeanne Ives, 4-Jay Reyes, 5-Aaron Del Mar, 6-Sean Morrison, 7-Mark Hosty, 8- Debbie Kanarowski, 9-Joan Lasonde, 10- Mark Shaw, 11- Laura Pollastrini, 12-Rhonda Belford, 13-Myles Nelson, 14-Larry Smith, 15-Jason Plummer, 16-Jan Weber, and 17-Chad Weaver. The IRP Platform is at: https://illinois.gop/2024-state-convention-platform-and-resolutions/ . The IRP By-Laws are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Amended-Bylaws-as-approved-April-25-2020.pdf . – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating/dominating religious leaders. How soon, if not already, will religious leaders declare that GOD is a liberal Democrat who wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? How soon, if not already will they declare that GOD is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Cost-per-ride of Chicago’s Red Line expansion estimated at $2.9 million
https://wirepoints.org/its-estimated-the-cost-per-ride-of-chicagos-red-line-expansion-will-be-2-9-million-each-wirepoints-on-the-shaun-thompson-show/
— The state’s new property tax task force will fail just like Gov. Pritzker’s original
https://wirepoints.org/the-states-new-property-tax-task-force-will-fail-just-like-gov-pritzkers-original-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago proposal would end sanctuary status for those who commit certain crimes
https://www.news-journal.com/chicago-proposal-would-end-sanctuary-status-for-those-who-commit-certain-crimes/article_b6b67cb2-4cf0-521a-bfe5-6ed9b2638dd4.html
— Illinois General Assembly approves rules Republicans say are unfair
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ed661e6a-ced1-11ef-9ad4-0f69b15309c6.html

ILLINOIS RECORD
— Kathy Keller Salvi breaks Illinois Republican bylaws and names disgraced financial elderly abuser to chairman of the ILGOP finance committee. The shocking appointment of Brian Kasal exposes Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Keller Salvi long history of reckless political behavior.
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/kathy-keller-salvi-breaks-illinois

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Naperville School Board Holds Probable Illegal Secret Discussions of New Member’s Behavior
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/naperville-school-board-holds-probable-illegal-secret-discussions-of-new-members-behavior/
— A Splendid Analysis of One-Term Presidents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/a-splendid-analysis-of-one-term-presidents/
— Chicago Mayor Contemplates Another Way to Discourage Suburbanites from Visiting Chicago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/chicago-mayor-contemplates-another-reason-suburbanites-should-not-visit-chicago/
— Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund Big Investor in China Firms
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/illinois-teachers-retirement-fund-big-investor-in-china-firms/
— Inauguration Party in Marengo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/10/inauguration-party-in-marengo/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Fl-Gl
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/diersen%40aol.com?compose=CllgCJfrLPMnJWkScXxbXMWBsljNhSRWrMzRTLzzklqXDSRFLPtcFXLZcqkGSJNDtXmkFmLSmRL
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Du-Fi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-du/
— State Approves Medical Pot to Improve Female Organisms
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/state-approves-medical-pot-to-improve-female-organisms/
— “California Literally Turned into a Red State Overnight”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/09/california-literally-turned-into-a-red-state-overnight/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Wheeling Township voters will have a chance to weigh in on Illinois state lawmakers imposing unfunded mandates. After the April 1 election, nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns will have been represented by votes on some of the state’s most pressing issues.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/another-cook-county-suburb-gives-voters-say-on-illinois-issues/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republican lawmakers’ demands threaten to trip up Trump’s agenda
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/9/republican-lawmakers-demands-threaten-trip-donald-/
— Republican consultants made $130 million pushing failed pro-marijuana referendum (COMMENT: Pot pushers work very hard against me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3280927/gop-consultants-made-130-million-pushing-failed-pro-marijuana-referendum/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Putting ‘woke’ law schools on trial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3280623/putting-woke-law-schools-on-trial/
— My critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican ever-increasingly pander to those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican talk and/or act like they are Democrat.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3189937/kamala-harris-insulting-pander-black-men/

NEW YORK POST
— Bad leaders — not climate change — are the reason the LA fires are burning California
https://nypost.com/2025/01/09/opinion/bad-leaders-not-climate-change-are-the-reason-la-fires-burn-in-california/
— Blame LA fire horror on the woke religion bringing ruin to our cities
https://nypost.com/2025/01/09/opinion/blame-la-fire-horror-on-the-woke-religions-ruin-of-our-cities/

AMERICAN THINKER
— California politicians should listen to Trump instead of seeking to Trump-proof the state
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/maybe_california_politicians_should_listen_to_trump_instead_of_seeking_to_trump_proof_the_state.html

CENTER SQUARE
— Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_58d6b8f2-ceb0-11ef-b698-0775d16ad678.amp.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Nations May Soon Follow Trump’s Example to Manage Immigration Problems
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/09/nations-may-soon-follow-trumps-example-manage-immigration-problems-borderline/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Prepares To Issue ‘Day 1’ Executive Orders On Key Issues. From the border crisis and DEI to trans-identifying soldiers, these are Trump’s top priorities.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-prepares-to-issue-day-1-executive-orders-on-key-issues

FOX NEWS
— DOJ spent more than $100M on ‘restorative justice,’ DEI measures for K-12 students during Biden presidency. Programs are geared toward specific demographic groups, such as LGBTQ+ and BIPOC.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/doj-spent-more-than-100m-restorative-justice-dei-measures-k-12-students-during-biden-presidency

NEWSMAX
— Conservative Values Fund Divests From Costco
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/acvf-conservative-fund/2025/01/08/id/1194352/

TOWNHALL
— Congress’s Mandate to Enact the President-Elect’s Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/congressmanandybiggs/2025/01/10/border-security-and-spending-n2650287#google_vignette

WESTERN STANDARD
— Did wokeism and DEI hobble the Los Angeles Fire Department?  DEI was promoted above technological innovation and disaster recovery capability. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly put promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those who whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time above everything else.)
https://www.westernstandard.news/news/did-wokeism-and-dei-hobble-the-los-angeles-fire-deparrtment/61032

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

YAHOO
— National Mentoring Month Celebration (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/national-mentoring-month-celebration-044006257.html

MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating/dominating religious leaders. How soon, if not already, will religious leaders declare that GOD is a liberal Democrat who wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? How soon, if not already will they declare that GOD is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-archbishop-condemns-deportation-of-illegals/ss-AA1xbWNi

REUTERS
— Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/trumps-agenda-already-faces-irresistible-forces-2025-01-08/

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump readying close to 100 executive orders (COMMENT: Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/09/trump-administration-transition/
— According to Democrats, Republican-caused “climate change” is causing the Los Angeles fires
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/09/los-angeles-fires-politics/

USA TODAY
— Part-timers struggle to find full-time work  (COMMENT: I worked both full-time and part-time concurrently 1971-1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/09/part-timers-struggle-full-time-jobs/77529415007/

FORBES
— What are you doing with your life? I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliamdur/2025/01/09/the-most-important-thing-you-can-do-with-your-life-is/
— Anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the less likely that McDonalds will hire you, retain you, or promote you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors had been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnepost/2025/01/09/mcdonalds-stands-firm-against-dei-pushback-emphasizes-inclusion/

BECKER
— The complete guide to becoming a Certified Internal Auditor  (COMMENT: None of my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination or had become a licensed CPA and they were furious when I did that when I was 32 years old in 1981. They were furious because it frustrated their efforts to waste my GAO career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.becker.com/blog/cia/the-complete-guide-to-becoming-a-certified-internal-auditor
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Earning your Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) certification demonstrates your knowledge and expertise in internal auditing, opening the door to new career opportunities and helping you to stand out in your field. If you want to earn this globally recognized credential, we’re sharing a comprehensive guide to cover everything you need to know about the CIA certification, including what it is, requirements, benefits, and so much more. . .The base salary for internal auditors is just over $66,000 per year while Certified Internal Auditors earn, on average $98,000. While several factors affect salary, including years of experience, job title, and location, there’s no doubt that earning this certification can increase your earning potential. . .Having your CIA certification can open the door to more career opportunities, including advancement into senior and leadership roles. According to a recent survey by the IIA, 94 percent of audit leaders say the CIA adds value to internal audit work and 70 percent of chief audit executives say they prefer to hire Certified Internal Auditors over non-certified candidates.)

WAUKON STANDARD
— Celebrate January as National Mentoring Month (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://www.waukonstandard.com/articles/2025/01/09/celebrate-january-national-mentoring-month

POLITICO
— Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/09/trump-agenda-budget-reconciliation-battle-002581
— Democrats Remain Split On Reasons For Election Loss (COMMENT: Harris/Walz lost because voters ever-increasingly reject the Democrat Party platform.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/09/jeffries-schumer-gop-wealthy-00197374

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Whites for the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/culturally-speaking/202501/when-racial-microaggressions-harm-white-people-too

BUSINESS STANDARD
— A professional master’s degree could be your next big career move (COMMENT: I earned my third job-related master’s degree when I was 48 years old in 1997. It was in financial markets and trading from IIT. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) because they had assigned me to audits of federal financial regulatory institutions since 1990. When they forced me to retire later in that year, they flushed that degree and me down their toilet.)
https://www.tbsnews.net/features/pursuit/professional-masters-degree-could-be-your-next-big-career-move-1037126

GOVTRACK
— H.R. 201: To implement a 5-year pilot program establishing a performance-based pay structure for certain Federal employees  (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used the tremendous subjectivity in their pay-for-performance (PFP) system to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr201

PBS
— Because Trump ran as a Republican and got elected as a Republican, his agenda has to be the Republican Party platform.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/gop-lawmakers-takes-early-steps-to-implement-trumps-agenda

ECONOMIC TIMES
— How Trump and Musk could flesh out their “Welcome, high-skilled! Stay away, illegals!” H-1B plan (COMMENT: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. My critics/opponent have always used the aforesaid against me. They stress that even with the aforesaid, a) I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars and b) I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/how-trump-and-musk-could-flesh-out-their-welcome-high-skilled-stay-away-illegals-h-1b-plan/articleshow/117093653.cms

January 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump says he’ll rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America,’ blasts Carter over Panama Canal
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-make-remarks-mar-lago-2-weeks-before-taking-office/15771095/

CBS2
— Veteran’s car can’t pass emissions test, and he can’t get it fixed. Why can’t he get a waiver? (COMMENT: A 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier LS was my daily driver 2010-2021. I traded it in for a 2021 Chevrolet Malibu Premier because my many efforts to have its check engine light fixed failed.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/veterans-car-cant-pass-emissions-test-and-he-cant-get-it-fixed-why-cant-he-get-a-waiver/ar-AA1wW5LI

FOX32
— ‘Gulf of America’: Trump says he plans to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572901

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/07/meta-x-fact-checking/
— Johnson administration passes on state funding for publicly owned grocery store
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/johnson-administration-passes-on-state-funding-for-publicly-owned-grocery-store/
— Ex-Calumet Township trustee didn’t list son as resident of Gary apartment she used funds for
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/ex-calumet-township-trustee-didnt-list-son-as-resident-of-gary-apartment-she-used-funds-for/
— Dolton meeting goes on despite move by Mayor Tiffany Henyard to cancel, citing safety threats
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/07/dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-protest/
— Feud over hemp bill dominates final days of Illinois legislative session
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/feud-over-hemp-bill-dominates-final-days-of-illinois-legislative-session/ar-AA1x8LOV
— After hemp bill defeat, Gov. Pritzker rips Mayor Johnson for poor Springfield relationships
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hemp-bill-defeat-gov-pritzker-195100271.html
— Despite mayor’s call for fewer than 500 homicides this year, 2025 opens with familiar violence
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/despite-mayor-s-call-for-fewer-than-500-homicides-this-year-2025-opens-with-familiar-violence/ar-AA1xalgM

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Widespread lies about family income could affect funding, fees at some CPS schools. Some affluent families driving expensive Mercedes-Benz cars were found trying to receive low-income designations to gain fee waivers, according to a report released Wednesday by CPS’ interim inspector general’s office.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/01/08/widespread-lies-about-family-income-could-affect-funding-fees-at-some-cps-schools-watchdog-finds

DAILY HERALD
— Mount Prospect resident critical over handling of attack by teenagers on men using an LGBTQ dating app
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250107/news/mount-prospect-resident-critical-over-handling-of-attack-by-teenagers-on-men-using-an-lgbtq-dating-a/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Second candidate booted from Fox River Fire District’s April 1 ballot. Attorney: Pamela Turrett didn’t fasten or number her nominating papers.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/01/04/second-candidate-booted-from-fox-river-fire-districts-april-1-ballot/

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Illinois ‘fighting like heck’ to support Rivian, Stellantis amid EV uncertainty
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/jb-pritzker-rivian-stellantis-electric-automaker-trump-elon-musk/article_1ae395dc-aecd-5576-afa8-85657698b648.html

LANSING JOURNAL
— Dolton resident Charles Rayburn pursues open Thornton Township seat
https://thelansingjournal.com/2025/01/03/dolton-resident-charles-rayburn-pursues-open-thornton-township-seat/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— McDonald’s Rolls Back DEI Practices
https://chicagodefender.com/mcdonalds-rolls-back-dei-practices/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Georgia GOP expels former lieutenant governor for supporting Harris over Trump (COMMENT: Since 1999, I have promoted each and every candidate who has won Republican primary and caucus elections in my precinct.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/georgia-gop-expels-former-lieutenant-governor-for-supporting-harris-over-trump-republican-party-geoff-duncan-atlanta-politics-kamala-election

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WAND TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote mote LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-lgbtq-rights-group-reports-progress-at-u-s-companies-despite-conservative-backlash/
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/lgbtq-rights-group-reports-progress-at-u-s-companies-despite-conservative-backlash/article_a4637e99-1c9b-5c81-a399-42124b458601.html

WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. How successful have Democrats been so far turning you and everyone around you into stoners?
https://www.wcia.com/news/uis-to-start-another-cannabis-education-class/

WGLT
— In visit to Normal, Pritzker pledges to help Rivian and other EV makers under Trump (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in the 2025 Dodge Charger EV.)
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-01-07/in-visit-to-normal-pritzker-pledges-to-help-rivian-and-other-ev-makers-under-trump

WIFR
— Local hemp store owner calls out ‘Big Cannabis’ as Illinois regulation bill fails (COMMENT: Big horse racing fought video gambling.)
https://www.wifr.com/2025/01/08/local-hemp-store-owner-calls-out-big-cannabis-illinois-regulation-bill-fails/

KTXS
— Chicago Teachers Union vows to ‘fight’ Trump at ‘every turn’ amid contract negotiations
https://ktxs.com/news/nation-world/chicago-teachers-union-vows-to-fight-trump-at-every-turn-amid-contract-negotiations-stacy-davis-gates-illinois-education-politics-crisis-in-the-classroom

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Chicago ‘Should Explore’ Congestion Tax To Reduce Traffic, Mayor Says. In an interview Tuesday with Block Club, Mayor Brandon Johnson also defended the 2025 budget process and reiterated his support for Chicago’s sanctuary city status. (COMMENT: I worked in the Loop in 1971 and then 1973-1997. To avoid congestion, I took public transportation.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/07/chicago-should-explore-congestion-tax-to-reduce-traffic-mayor-says/

CHALKBBEAT CHICAGO
— Chicago schools watchdog urges ‘vigilance’ against improper political activity
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/01/08/cps-inspector-general-closes-investigation-of-mayor-lightfoot-campaign-emailing-teachers/

IPM NEWS & BEVERLY MOUNT GREENWOOD PATCH
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election, that is, they reject America’s immigration laws, that is, they reject the rule of law, that is, they reject America.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/what-illinois-families-are-doing-to-prepare-amid-fears-of-being-deported-during-trumps-second-term/
https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/mercy-sisters-prepare-asylum-seekers-uncertainties-under-trump

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-431/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-223/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have lived in Illinois since 1948 and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. If the aforesaid had been led by conservatives since 1978, they would still be conservative. I should write a book about the most anti-conservative Republican leaders of the aforesaid since 1978. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican art platform. They destroy those like me who promote the planks that they reject. I promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Which planks in the Republican Party platform do your critics/opponents reject? Most, if virtually all, if not all my critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
—  Who blames you and for what? I knew that I did not have the votes to be the Milton Township Republican Central Organization (MTRO) Treasurer in 2004, but I ran anyway. I got only 13 votes while my opponent got 69. MTRO leaders had urged my fellow MTRO members to ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth my having a) worked for IRS 1971-1980, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) worked for GAO 1980-1997, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in my first attempt in 1981, f) become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) served as the Association of Government Accountant Chicago Chapter Treasurer 1983-1986, h) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and i) served as the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Treasurer 2003-2007. They stressed that the outgoing Treasurer who I had worked hard to elect and to reelect failed/refused to endorse me. Back then, MTRO leaders blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my ICRC leadership, and blamed my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership a) for George Ryan’s problems, b) for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich, c) for Andy Mckenna’s primary loss to Jack Ryan, d) for etc. I should write about those MTRO leaders back then who promoted the most hatred against me. I would focus on those who continue to promote hatred against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Senate passes bill requiring police to confiscate guns in orders of protection cases
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0b6dd8a6-ccf9-11ef-a5a9-ab0f25bec3db.amp.html

WIREPOINTS
— Peoria used to be the nation’s bellwether. Now it’s an outlier with the nation’s highest property taxes.
https://wirepoints.org/peoria-used-to-be-the-nations-bellwether-now-its-an-outlier-with-the-nations-highest-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— A bit of Chicago truth-telling: Actuaries warn of insolvency, businesses fear crime
https://wirepoints.org/a-bit-of-chicago-truth-telling-actuaries-warn-of-insolvency-businesses-fear-crime-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Wilcox Seeks New Legislative Assistant
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/wilcox-seeks-new-legislative-assistant/
— Daily Herald Goes with Incomplete Headline, WGN Doesn’t
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/daily-herald-goes-with-incomplete-headline/
— Lakewood’s New Clubhouse Open and Serving from 11-7
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/lakewoods-new-clubhouse-serving-open-and-serving-from-11-7/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Da-Du
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-da-du/
— Legislative Finance Panel Points Out Subpar Illinois Economic Performance in Last Five Years
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/legislative-finance-panel-points-out-subpar-illinois-economic-performance-in-last-five-years/
— Democrats’ Tax Hike Talking Points
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/democrats-tax-hike-talking-points/
— Former Northwest Herald Reporter Named to Tribune Editorial Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/former-northwest-herald-reporter-named-to-tribune-editorial-board/
— LaHood Outline Elements of the Child Welfare Act
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/lahood-outline-elements-of-the-child-welfare-act/
— Woodstock Police Actively Enforcing Trespassing Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/woodstock-police-actively-enforcing-trespassing-law/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ci-Da
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ci-da/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump critic expelled from Georgia GOP in unanimous vote (COMMENT: Since 1999, I have promoted each and every candidate who has won Republican primary and caucus elections in my precinct.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/7/geoff-duncan-expelled-georgia-gop-unanimous-vote/
— Trump plants MAGA flag on world stage, puts Denmark, Panama, Canada on notice
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/7/donald-trump-puts-denmark-panama-canada-notice-pla/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal employee unions are trying to block Trump’s agenda (COMMENT: I was a federal employee union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents are overwhelmingly anti-union.)
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NEW YORK POST
— Jittery Mexico breaks up caravans, drops migrants in cartel-infested Acapulco ahead of Trump inauguration
https://nypost.com/2025/01/07/us-news/jittery-mexico-breaks-up-caravans-drops-migrants-in-acapulco/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/taking_the_dei_out_of_the_fbi.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/07/costco-triples-down-on-dei-board-member-rebukes-other-companies-that-have-nixed-policies-1514343/

BREITBART
— D.C. Cardinal: Mass Deportation of Illegals ‘Incompatible with Catholic Doctrine’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/07/d-c-cardinal-mass-deportation-illegals-incompatible-catholic-doctrine/

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois Chicago anti-Israel groups plan inauguration day protest to ‘Stop the Trump Agenda’ (COMMENT: I attended UIC 1966-1968.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-illinois-chicago-anti-israel-groups-plan-inauguration-day-protest-stop-trump-agenda/27252
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/wayne-state-dei-pledge-seeks-hold-employers-accountable/27253
https://www.campusreform.org/article/mcdonalds-points-scotus-affirmative-action-ruling-changes-dei-policies/27251

COLLEGE FIX
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/wayne-state-asks-employer-partners-to-make-dei-pledge/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-dei-policies-slowly-backs-away/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Rise of Illegal Alien Criminal Gangs Prompts Urgent Call to End Sanctuary Policies
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/07/rise-illegal-alien-criminal-gangs-prompts-urgent-call-end-sanctuary-policies/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcdonalds-backs-away-from-dei-programs-amid-shifting-legal-landscape

FOX NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dei-pledge-wayne-state-university-issues-statement-after-asking-employment-partners-sign-commitment

LEGAL INSURECTION
— Parent’s Guide is here to help parents navigate the woke machine (COMMENT: How strongly does your school district promote wokeness/wokeism? To promote wokeness/wokeism is to promote hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, parents, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/our-parents-guide-is-here-to-help-parents-navigate-the-woke-machine/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/mcdonalds-signals-retreat-on-dei-policies-after-civil-rights-audit/

MRC TV
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/mcdonalds-joins-growing-list-companies-ditching-dei-policies

NATIONAL REVIEW
— New York Is Wasting Taxpayer Money on Migrants and a Reparations Commission While Gouging Drivers
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-york-is-wasting-taxpayer-money-on-migrants-and-a-reparations-commission-while-gouging-drivers/
— Hope for the Future (COMMENT: If Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton had been led by conservatives, they would still be conservative. I should write a book about the most anti-conservative Republican leaders of the aforesaid since 1978.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/12/hope-for-the-future/

NEWSMAX
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/dei-diversity-inequity/2025/01/07/id/1194100/
— Migrant Caravan Races to Border Before Trump Takes Office
https://www.newsmax.com/us/mexico-migrants-immigration/2025/01/07/id/1194207/

PJ MEDIA
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-is-the-latest-large-corporation-to-alter-its-dei-policiies-n4935737

TOWNHALL
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-dei-n2650133
— Congress Should Stop Funding Woke Teachers
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2025/01/08/congress-should-stop-funding-woke-teachers-n2650193

TURNING POINT USA
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.tpusa.com/live/ohio-state-university-spent-13-million-on-dei-staff-in-one-year-funded-radical-left-wing-teachings-with-taxpayer-dollars-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— The GOP’s Trump-centered platform, annotated (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican art platform. They destroy those like me who promote the planks that they reject. I promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.)
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/07/politics/republican-gop-platform-annotated-dg/

MSN
— Trump Admin Expected to Fire Federal Employees Targeted by DOGE (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly targeted me because I ever-increasingly complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. In 1989, my Democrat GAO superiors pulled out all the stops to get rid of me because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In 1997, they retaliated against me by forcing me to retire.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admin-expected-to-fire-federal-employees-targeted-by-doge/ss-AA1worHc

NEW YORK TMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use children as political pawns.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/us/immigration-deportations-ice-schools.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-dei-affirmative-action/
— Trump says ‘all hell will break out’ if no hostage deal by inauguration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/08/israel-war-news-lebanon-syria-hamas-gaza-palestine/

WLNS
— Former Delta Township Supervisor has ‘abandoned’ seat won in election
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-delta-township-supervisor-has-abandoned-seat-won-in-election/ar-AA1wRLhz

KYMN RADIO
— Filing period for township candidates open through January 14
https://kymnradio.net/2025/01/02/filing-period-for-township-candidates-open-through-january-14/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can DOGE ‘Delete’ a Federal Agency? The Legal Hurdles Ahead. Donald Trump’s next administration is limited in the ways it can slash federal spending. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years and for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years. Will DOGE delete GAO and IRS?)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/doge-government-spending-legal-hurdles-explained-f1fd6252
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote H-1B.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/putting-america-first-requires-h-1b-visa-reform-skilled-labor-policy-5c9c66a6

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-didnt-roll-back-their-dei-efforts-they-evolved-them/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aei.org/social-cultural-and-constitutional-studies/why-are-business-organizations-withdrawing-from-dei/

INC
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/2024-tried-to-kill-dei-could-costco-launch-a-revival-in-2025/91103067
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/mcdonalds-abandons-some-dei-policies-following-other-big-companies-caving-to-pressure-groups/91104023

FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91256044/mcdonalds-joins-walmart-john-deere-ending-dei-initiatives

KIPLINGER
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.kiplinger.com/investing/stocks/why-mcdonalds-mcd-is-still-a-buy-after-rolling-back-dei-initiatives

NEW ONE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://newsone.com/playlist/dei-companies-strip-back/

HR DRIVE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/mcdonalds-dei-2025-global-inclusion/736721/

HR GRAPEVINE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2025-01-07-mcdonalds-joins-list-of-companies-rolling-back-diversity-commitments

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— See where and how Biden grew the federal workforce. Trump slashed rolls at most agencies and is pledging to do so again after Biden boosted the civil service. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. The Democrats who run the federal government use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/01/see-where-and-how-biden-grew-federal-workforce/401945/
— Officials say federal employee background check system overhaul is finally on the right track
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/01/officials-say-federal-employee-background-check-system-overhaul-finally-right-track/401972/

FED SMITH
— Will Federal Employees Get an Extra Holiday for Inauguration Day?  Inauguration Day in 2025 presents a unique scenario for federal employees in the Washington, DC area.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/01/07/will-federal-employees-get-an-extra-holiday-for-inauguration-day/

FED MANAGER
— Federal Government Closed January 9 to Remember Former President Jimmy Carter
https://www.fedmanager.com/news/federal-government-closed-january-9-to-remember-former-president-jimmy-carter
— Social Security Fairness Act Signed into Law, Public Servants Due Additional Benefits with WEP/GPO Repeal (COMMENT: Because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security is grammatically reduced.)
https://www.fedmanager.com/news/social-security-fairness-act-signed-into-law-public-servants-due-additional-benefits-with-wep/gpo-repeal

FEDERAL NEWS NEW NETWORK & FED WEEK
— All my female coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2025/01/older-employees-face-larger-gender-based-federal-pay-gap-eeoc-says/
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/eeoc-cites-factors-causing-wider-gender-pay-gap-at-higher-ages/

PEW RESEARCH
— What the data says about federal workers (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They despise/hate Republicans. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, almost 18 for GAO, almost 9 for IRS, and almost 3 for the Post Office. IRS employees have the highest unfavorable rating. Since 1971 when I was 22 years old, my critics/opponents have used my being an IRS employee against me.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-data-says-about-federal-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal workforce is slightly more male: 53.8%, versus 52.8% for all civilian workers. It also skews somewhat older: 28.1% of federal workers are ages 55 and older, compared with 23.6% of the overall workforce. Fewer than 9% of federal employees are younger than 30, compared with 22.7% of all workers. Racially and ethnically, the federal workforce largely mirrors the overall civilian workforce, with two notable exceptions: A bigger share of federal workers are Black (18.6% vs. 12.8%), and a smaller share are Hispanic or Latino (10.5% vs. 19.5%). As a whole, federal workers are more educated than the overall civilian workforce. Nearly a third of federal workers (31.5%) have a bachelor’s degree, compared with 27.7% of all employed Americans. And almost 22% of federal workers have an advanced degree, versus 17.6% of all workers. The most highly educated federal agency, among those with at least 1,000 employees, isn’t NASA or the National Science Foundation, but the U.S. Agency for International Development. Two-thirds of its 4,675 workers hold a master’s degree, doctorate or other advanced degree. . .The average annual pay across the entire federal workforce is $106,382, according to OPM, reflecting the skew toward white-collar jobs held by highly educated people. Half of all federal workers make between $50,000 and $109,999 a year. Relatively few (3%) make $200,000 or more, while 8% make less than $50,000. . .More than half of federal workers (1.18 million, or 51.8%) have worked for the government (in any civilian capacity) for less than 10 years, according to our analysis of the OPM data. The average tenure across the entire workforce is 11.8 years, but this too varies considerably from agency to agency. . .A majority (56%) say government is “almost always wasteful and inefficient,” while 46% say it often does a better job than people give it credit for. But 53% also say the government should do more to solve problems, while 46% say the government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals. Strong majorities express positive views of many federal agencies, including the National Park Service (76% favorable), the Postal Service (72%) and NASA (67%). Sentiment is more mixed toward other agencies, such as the CIA (44% favorable vs. 33% unfavorable) and the Education Department (44% vs. 45%). And sentiment is decidedly negative toward the IRS (38% vs. 50%). In a 2022 survey, more people expressed a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in career government employees (52%) than in officials appointed by the president (39%). However, both those figures were down from 2018 (61% and 42%, respectively).)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leader ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pope-francis-trump-critic-washington-archbishop.html

January 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Border shelters relieved the pressure during migrant surges. Under Trump, they could become a target  (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and paint themselves as protectors of their illegals.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/border-shelters-trump/
— No Jan. 6 disruptions are expected as Trump’s win boosts Republicans’ faith in elections — for now
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/no-jan-6-disruptions-expected/
— MAGA takes on Elon Musk’s ‘tech bros’ and their need for immigrant labor (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired immigrants instead of me if they could have. Immigrants work for less money and they are positively stereotyped. Those who share my demographics are negatively stereotyped. I fought against that negative stereotyping a) by earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) by earning six job-related professional certifications, and c) by earning a job-related professional license.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/column-h-1b-visas-elon-musk-maga-page/
— Chicago, once again, ranks among the worst in the nation for traffic congestion. (COMMENT: What Chicago traffic congestion have you faced? I commuted to/from UIC from my patents’ home in Crete 1966-1968, first in my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, and then in my 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/chicago-traffic/
— State senators file bills addressing school districts, veterans benefits and sex trafficking
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/state-senators-file-bills-addressing-school-districts-veterans-benefits-and-sex-trafficking/
— Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people in public service jobs from bill that Biden signed (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security while I washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/higher-social-security-payments/

FOX32
— Thornton Township schedules emergency meeting over insurance crisis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1571785

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— If your school is not in the Ivy League, it’s as if you don’t matter at all (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, a) my 1997 master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading is worthless, b) my 1980 master’s degree from DePaul in accounting is worthless, c) my 1976 MBA from Loyola is worthless, and d) my 1970 bachelor’s degree from NIU in management is worthless.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/opinion-universities-ivy-league-bias/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cheers to surgeon general’s plan for cancer warning labels on alcohol (COMMENT: Most, if not virtually all of my older White male critics/opponents are/were big drinkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, many of my older White male Democrat superiors were big drinkers. Their leader wasted my career and got rid of me. He forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. He gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. He turned my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. He delayed my promotions. He kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. He forced my mentor to retire in 1987. He always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. He had his operatives and his dupes force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If he had not gone on extended sick leave in 1985 because of his very big drinking, my GAO mentor would not have been able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 or to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But he came back in 1987 and forced my mentor to retire.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/06/cancer-warning-labels-alcohol-health-cigarettes-surgeon-general-vivek-murthy-dry-january

ABC7
— Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden is signing (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security while I washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/social-security-us-higher-payments-coming-millions-people-bill-biden-is-signing/15757648/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill rescinds two provisions – the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset – that limit Social Security benefits for recipients if they get retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government. The Congressional Research Service estimated that in December 2023, there were 745,679 people, about 1% of all Social Security beneficiaries, who had their benefits reduced by the Government Pension Offset. About 2.1 million people, or about 3% of all beneficiaries, were affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in September that eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision would boost monthly payments to the affected beneficiaries by an average of $360 by December 2025. Ending the Government Pension Offset would increase monthly benefits in December 2025 by an average of $700 for 380,000 recipients getting benefits based on living spouses, according to the CBO. The increase would be an average of $1,190 for 390,000 or surviving spouses getting a widow or widower benefit. Those amounts would increase over time with Social Security’s regular cost-of-living adjustments. The change is to payments from January 2024 and beyond, meaning the Social Security Administration would owe back-dated payments. The measure as passed by Congress says the Social Security commissioner “shall adjust primary insurance amounts to the extent necessary to take into account” changes in the law. It’s not immediately clear how this will happen or whether people affected will have to take any action.)

NBC5
— Social Security Fairness Act signed into law by Biden, enhancing retirement benefits for millions
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-fairness-act-signed-by-president-biden/

FOX32
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1571622

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-429/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Politicians expect Illinoisans to accept the unacceptable and believe the unbelievable, 2025 is the year to change that.
https://wirepoints.org/politicians-expect-illinoisans-to-accept-the-unacceptable-and-believe-the-unbelievable-2025-is-the-year-to-change-that-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
— As Illinois politicians keep pushing progressive tax schemes, other states keep dumping them.
https://wirepoints.org/as-illinois-politicians-keep-pushing-progressive-tax-schemes-other-states-keep-dumping-them-louisiana-is-the-latest-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP says lame duck bill allows illegal immigrants to cloak name change
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_498a3068-cbbd-11ef-8c1f-3b04b211a1dc.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOOG
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/04/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-av-bo/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Bu-Ci
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/05/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-bu-ci/
— U-Haul Annual Report Shows Illinois Moves Up from 49th to 48th Most Renters
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/05/u-haul-annual-report-shows-illinois-moves-up-from-49th-to-48th-most-renters/
— Russian Kidnapping of Ukrainian Children Echo of Communists’ Abduction of Children during the Greek Civil War after World War II
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/05/russian-kidnapping-of-ukrainian-children-echo-of-communists-abduction-of-children-during-the-greek-civil-war-after-world-war-ii/
— Former Public Official Predicts Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/05/former-public-official-predicts-tax-hike/

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Biden Gives Awards to Four Unfit Americans
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/01/02/biden-gives-awards-to-unfit-americans

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL House GOP Leader Tony McCombie Joins ‘Woke’ Left, Supports Insurance Coverage for Men’s ‘Cervical’ Exams and Women’s ‘Prostate’ Screenings
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/il-house-gop-leader-tony-mccombie-joins-woke-left-supports-insurance-coverage-for-mens-cervical-exams-and-womens-prostate-screenings.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

YAHOO
— 11 Politicians Who Worked In Fast Food (COMMENT: The list includes Rodney Davis, Rahm Emanuel, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, and Scott Walker. I worked in fast food 1964-1966. I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and full-time during the summer in between. With the money that I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966, that I used to commute to/from classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/11-politicians-worked-fast-food-133028407.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pope Francis is anti-Israel because he’s anti-Western civilization
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/5/pope-francis-anti-israel-anti-western-civilization/
— On fighting LGBTQ evil, it’s one step forward, two steps back
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/fighting-lgbtq-evil-one-step-forward-two-steps-bac/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DOJ civil rights division poised to fight ‘woke agenda’ under Trump administration (COMMENT: While worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and after, DOJ promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, it promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3270981/doj-civil-rights-division-fight-woke-agenda-trump/#google_vignette
— Biden admin spent millions on DEI grants for K-12 schools
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3276822/biden-admin-spent-millions-on-dei-grants-for-k-12-schools/
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who have demographics that vote for Democrats are victims of those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3273101/will-trump-see-reduced-minority-crime-victimization-again/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A DEI FBI covers for terrorists and Biden (COMMENT: DEI Democrats run the federal government. To be DEI is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I worked for DEI Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Because I was all of the aforesaid, they did everything that they could to waste my career and get rid of me.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/a_dei_fbi_covers_for_terrorists_and_biden.html
— California is not only gaining illegal aliens; it’s still losing native Californians
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/california_is_not_only_gaining_illegal_aliens_it_s_still_losing_native_californians.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Kinzinger finally fesses up: ‘I’m probably closer to a Democrat now’ (COMMENT: For what I see, sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will come out as Democrats.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/06/kinzinger-finally-fesses-up-im-probably-closer-to-a-democrat-now-1514020/

BREITBART
— Senate Majority Leader John Thune Told Trump Pete Hegseth Has Votes to Be Confirmed  (COMMENT: I knew that I did not have the votes to be the Milton Township Republican Central Organization (MTRO) Treasurer in 2004, but I ran anyway. I got only 13 votes while my opponent got 69. Back then, my fellow MTRO members blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my Illinois TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership, and blamed my Illinois Center Right Coalition leadership a) for George Ryan’s problems, b) for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich, c) for Andy Mckenna’s primary loss to Jack Ryan, d) for etc. I should write about those MTRO leaders back then who promoted the most hatred against me. I would focus on those who continue to promote hatred against me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/05/report-senate-majority-leader-thune-told-trump-pete-hegseth-votes/

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Curses At Reporters Amid Bizarre Rant About Immigrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/05/joe-biden-curses-rant-donald-trump-immigrants-white-house-reporters/
— Bourbon Street Massacre Is What ‘Globalize The Intifada’ Looks Like
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/05/opinion-bourbon-street-massacre-is-what-globalize-the-intifada-looks-like-hammer/

DAILY WIRE
— Thune: Republicans Need To Be ‘Realistic’ About How Many Deportations There Will Be. Thune said the top priority needed to be deporting all the criminal illegal aliens first.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/thune-republicans-need-to-be-realistic-about-how-many-deportations-there-will-be
— Tom Homan: Trump Will Deport Venezuelans Regardless Of Whether Or Not Venezuela Takes Them Back. Homan highlighted examples of when Trump put pressure on other countries to take their illegal aliens back.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-trump-will-deport-venezuelans-regardless-of-whether-or-not-venezuela-takes-them-back

FOX NEWS
— Musk renews harsh rebuke of Dems who rejected deporting sex offenders: Vote out ‘every one’ ‘There is no excuse,’ Musk posted to X.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/musk-renews-harsh-rebuke-dems-who-rejected-deporting-sex-offenders-vote-out-every-one

NEWSMAX
— Biden’s Own Data Debunks His Great Economy Narrative
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/economy-narrative-fraud/2025/01/05/id/1193916/

TOWNHALL
— New Orleans Collapsing Under the Weight of Wokeness
https://townhall.com/columnists/saraharnold/2025/01/06/new-orleans-collapsing-under-the-weight-of-wokeness-n2650009

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Pope appoints Trump critic to be archbishop of Washington, DC (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly the Pope paints himself as being anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/europe/robert-mcelroy-archbishop-washington-intl/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first administration, as the next archbishop of Washington, DC. Cardinal McElroy, 70, is a strong supporter of Francis’ priorities on refugees, the environment and welcoming LGBTQ Catholics. He will succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, who was the first African-American Archbishop of Washington, DC. Francis also appointed on Monday the first female leader of a Vatican department. Sister Simona Brambilla will become prefect of the Holy See’s religious life office, which has responsibility for nuns, monks and friars. Early in Trump’s first term, then-Bishop McElroy gave a speech in Modesto, California, specifically referencing Trump and urging Catholics to become “disruptors” of the anti-immigrant agenda. “We must disrupt those who would seek to send troops into our streets to deport the undocumented, to rip mothers and fathers from their families. We must disrupt those who portray refugees as enemies rather than our brothers and sisters in terrible need,” he said. And after Trump’s first election victory in 2016, McElroy lamented “a profound sickness in the soul in American political life” and that it would be “unthinkable” for Catholics to “stand by while more than ten percent of our flock is ripped from our midst and deported.” Brambilla, who is from Monza, northern Italy, qualified as a nurse before entering her religious community, has a doctorate in psychology and has worked as a missionary in Mozambique. She has until now been serving as the number two at the Vatican office that she will now lead. The pope also appointed a cardinal, Ángel Fernández Artime, as “pro-prefect” of the department, who will work with Brambilla. During his pontificate, Francis has sought to appoint more female leaders inside the church’s central administration, although there have been calls for him to go further with the role of women in the church becoming an urgent topic of discussion. According to the Vatican, from 2013 to 2023 the percentage of women working for the Holy See and Vatican City State rose from 19.2% to 23.4%.)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington received the highest US civilian honor (COMMENT: I should write about those who the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) have honored since 2000. I should write about the adverse actions that MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP have taken against me since 2000.)
https://apnews.com/article/biden-medal-of-freedom-clinton-soros-denzel-washington-4b19a363d3058ac3b8107e2002b93651

MSN
— 46% of U.S. College Students Oppose Mandatory DEI Courses (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, they required all their employees to take DEI courses. Those courses promoted hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/46-of-u-s-college-students-oppose-mandatory-dei-courses-new-study-reveals/ar-AA1wULUM

YAHOO
— Top states where Americans moved to – and from – in 2024 (COMMENT: Illinois not taxing retirement income is one reason for retirees to stay in Illinois.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-states-where-americans-moved-222125614.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New Jersey, Illinois and New York had the highest outbound migration, with many leaving for retirement or to be closer to family.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/opinion/biden-administration-diversity.html

USA TODAY
— The Senate’s top Republican questioned on Sunday how easy it will be for President-elect Donald Trump to launch a “mass deportation” of at least 11 million immigrants living in the United States without authorization. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow a) that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them, b) that they will immediately return, and c) that America is ever-increasingly dependent on them.)
https://www.aol.com/realistic-deport-everybody-top-senate-220448600.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Is it realistic to deport everybody? I mean, there’s a lot of people in this country who are here illegally,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” A mass deportation of 1 million people per year could cost $88 billion annually, according to the nonpartisan American Immigration Council. It would require an unprecedented ramp-up of law enforcement staffing, detention capacity, immigration courtrooms and flight accessibility. Pew Research estimates there are 11 million immigrants in the United States without authorization. The vast majority don’t have a criminal conviction, and their individual situations can vary dramatically, from asylum-seekers who crossed the border to people who flew in on a tourist visa and overstayed. Among them are some 1.3 million immigrants who have already been issued removal orders but remain in the country, either because of a lack of U.S. removal resources or because some countries refuse to take the immigrants back. Trump has promised the “largest deportation program in American history.” Mass deportations were the centerpiece of his reelection campaign.)

FREEMAN
— OCTOBER 4, 2024 FLASHBACK: Generac sends team to help residents of the Carolinas. Almost 1 million remain without power after hurricane. (COMMENT: I need electricity to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out every morning. My 13-year-old 20KW Generac failed and I have replaced it with a 24KW Generac. To assure that I can put the newsletters together and send them out every morning, I have a backup internet service provider and backup commuter systems.)
https://www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/business/generac-sends-team-to-help-residents-of-the-carolinas/article_09605ef4-92a9-5dbf-bce0-9b8f02fccbd7.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Long the Star Pupils, Girls Are Losing Ground to Boys. Girls have suffered greater test-score declines than boys. (COMMENT: Far fewer females than males took the many tests that I passed. I took and passed the Post Office employment test in 1966 and the Federal Service Entrance examination in 1970. I took and passed all the tests needed to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I took and passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979. I took and passed on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/test-scores-girls-boys-learning-loss-db020858
— Critical Race Theory Is an Inversion of History. Tribalism and racism were universal until Britons and Americans developed a new way of thinking. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. Further, since the 1960s, laws have ever-increasingly required everyone to give more and more and more preference to those who do not share my demographics, that is to discriminate more and more and more against those who share my demographics.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/critical-race-theory-is-an-inversion-of-history-tribalism-racism-empire-slavery-6334d784
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The accusations made in closed training sessions are astonishingly venomous: Arrogant white supremacy is ubiquitous; white rage results when that supremacy is challenged; whites hold money and power because they stole it from other races; systemic racism and capitalism keep the injustices going. All of this is based on categorically false assumptions about the past. We need only look at how the modern idea of our common humanity originated and developed to see that critical race theory has everything backward. A realistic history tells us that the thinkers and engineers of the Anglosphere, principally England and the U.S., are the heroes, not the villains, of this story, while the rest were laggards, not leaders. For most of recorded history, neighboring peoples regarded each other with apprehension if not outright fear and loathing. Tribal and racial attitudes were universal. That’s a long way from the orthodoxy of our own time, which holds that we are all one human family. Before that consensus arose, a charge of racism made no sense. By today’s standards, everyone was racist.)

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paologaudiano/2025/01/05/costcos-rebuttal-reveals-the-mindless-cost-of-anti-dei-efforts/

FRONTIERS
— The Relationship Between Work During College and Post College Earnings (COMMENT: My GPA suffered because I worked my way through college. I graduated from NIU in 1970. My salary in today’s dollars was $55,850/year in 1971, $68,315/year in 1972, $82,655/year in 1973, $99,069/year  in 1974, $112,280/year in 1980, $117,807/year in 1986, and $153,151/year in 1997. But I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2019.00078/full

FED SMITH
— Legislation Repealing the WEP and GPO Signed Into Law. President Biden has signed legislation that repeals the WEP and GPO into law. What will this mean for retired federal employees?
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/01/05/legislation-repealing-the-wep-and-gpo-signed-into-law/

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Free College for the Working Class (COMMENT: Because I had to work my way through college, my GPA suffered. While I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1970, I worked all the part-time hours that I could delivering mail in Park Forest.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/05/free-college-for-the-working-class/

January 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— New Orleans attack latest: Police probe suspect motive, possible accomplices
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-attack-latest-police-probe-suspect-motive-possible-accomplices/15739812/
— New Orleans attack: Suspect identified as US citizen in attack that left 15 dead. The suspect in the New Orleans vehicle ramming attack is Shamsud Din Jabbar.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/least-10-dead-mass-casualty-event-after-car-intentionally-plows-crowd-bourbon-street-new-orleans-police-say/15736735/
— What we know about Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect from Houston, Texas in the New Orleans attack
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-shamsud-din-jabbar-suspect-new-orleans-attack/15737645/
— Truck driven in deadly New Orleans attack rented from Texas. 15 killed, dozens injured in what local officials calling ‘terrorist attack’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-terrorist-attack-car-driven-crowd-bourbon-street-rented-turo-app-houston-texas-sources-confirm/15737640/
— Chicago-area Notre Dame fans in New Orleans for Sugar Bowl during deadly attack. At least 15 killed in Bourbon Street vehicle ramming attack, ABC News sources say. Sugar Bowl football game postponed to Thursday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-orleans-truck-attack-indiana-officials-notre-dame-football-louisiana-sugar-bowl-during-deadly-bourbon-street/15738198/
— Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-he-is-planning-attend-jimmy-carters-funeral/15735931/
— Person believed to have rented Cybertruck before Las Vegas blast identified
https://abc7chicago.com/post/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-investigation-leads-police-colorado-sources-say/15740014/

NBC5
— CPD increases patrols outside Trump Tower Chicago after Las Vegas truck explosion
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cpd-increases-patrols-outside-trump-tower-chicago-after-las-vegas-truck-explosion/3636009/
— Notre Dame vs. Georgia: Postponed Sugar Bowl gets new start time Thursday. The Superdome, set to host the quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame Wednesday night, had been on lockdown for security sweeps after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/sugar-bowl-game-between-notre-dame-georgia-postponed-after-new-orleans-attack/3635832/
— Authorities don’t believe driver in New Year’s attack in New Orleans acted alone.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/authorities-dont-believe-driver-in-new-years-attack-in-new-orleans-acted-alone/3635887/
— Tesla truck explosion outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel being investigated as possible terror attack. Authorities confirmed the person killed was in the truck, while the seven people injured were located nearby.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-las-vegas-hotel-tesla-truck-explosion/3635909/

CBS2
— 2 dead, 5 wounded in mass shooting at New Year’s Day party in Kankakee
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kankakee-mass-shooting-new-years-day-party/

FOX32
— Jimmy Carter funeral plans, schedule of events announced
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jimmy-carter-funeral-plans-announced

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— To process tragic New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, Chicagoans cancel events and focus on aid
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/01/new-orleans-terrorist-attack-reaction/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/02/chicago-immigration-deportation-fears-trump/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 2 killed, 17 wounded in New Year’s shootings in Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/01/01/1-killed-13-shot-night-on-new-years-eve

DAILY HERALD
— Welcome, 2025: We’re happy to celebrate another new year; let’s prepare to make a difference in it (COMMENT: I will continue to a) put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning and b) help elect Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct notwithstanding ever-increasing efforts by my critics/opponents to stop from doing the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250101/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-welcome-2025-were-happy-to-celebrate-another-new-year-lets-prepare-to-mak/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Promise and peril for Pritzker as 2025 begins
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/greg-hinz-promise-and-peril-jb-pritzker-2025-opens

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/protections-for-reproductive-health-decisionmaking-take-effect-january-1-78433.cfm

ALTON PATCH
— Biden is giving the second highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional panel
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/biden-is-giving-the-second-highest-civilian-award-20010852.php

WGLT
— 1 dead, 7 injured after Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-01/1-dead-7-injured-after-tesla-cybertruck-explodes-outside-trumps-las-vegas-hotel

WSIL TV
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message. Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-doubles-down-on-abortion-in-new/article_fb4ef342-a282-5646-9525-f5297fc29573.html

NPR ILLINOIS & WSIL TV
— Firework mortars, gas canisters inside Tesla that exploded by Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-01/firework-mortars-gas-canisters-inside-tesla-that-exploded-by-trumps-las-vegas-hotel
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-at-trump-hotel-in-vegas-investigated-as-a-possible-terrorist-act-law/article_ff98aa33-8e2f-57c6-9753-1fee4ad0c873.html

CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— 2 Killed, 5 Injured In Mass Shooting At NYE Party In Kankakee. A suspect is being held for questioning, police said. Mayor Chris Curtis called the shooting tragic and urged witnesses to come forward.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/j3309/2-killed-5-injured-in-mass-shooting-at-nye-party-in-kankakee

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Nation’s highest real estate taxes: Six Illinois cities are in nation’s top 20, including the top two
https://wirepoints.org/nations-highest-real-estate-taxes-six-illinois-cities-are-in-nations-top-20-including-the-top-two-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Not Enough Potheads?”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/not-enough-potheads/
— Illinois Venezuelan Gang Penetration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/illinois-venezuelan-gang-penetration/
— New Health Insurance Mandates/Benefits Will Increase Cost
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/new-health-insurance-mandates-benefits-will-increase-cost/
— Hope for Federal Tax Deduction for Those Having Real Estate Bills over $10,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/hope-for-federal-tax-deduction-for-those-having-real-estate-bills-over-10000/
— Argument That Gerrymandering Did Not Give GOP Control of Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/arugment-that-gerrymandering-did-not-give-gop-control-of-congress/
— Illinois Rose Bowl Parade Entry Features Ferris Bueher Playing Hookey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/illinois-rose-bowl-parade-entry-features-forest-buehler-playing-hookey/
— New Year’s Day Funny
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/01/new-years-day-funny/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican come out of their closets and make it clear that they have always been moderate, liberal, RINO, Democrat Lite, anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Man behind deadly New Orleans attack made videos discussing ISIS allegiance, desire to kill family
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/2/man-behind-deadly-new-orleans-attack-made-videos-d/
— The politics of creating — or killing — a government website
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/politics-creating-killing-government-website/
— Trump and Musk are right: Legal immigrants a boon to U.S. economy. Yankee ingenuity and entrepreneurial foreigners give America an edge. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated legally during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/trump-musk-right-legal-immigrants-boon-u-economy/
— Musk is not your friend. Expanding H-1B visa program is not ‘America First.’ (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/1/elon-musk-friend/

NEW YORK POST
— ISIS flag-carrying terrorist driver Shamsud-Din Jabbar seen in first photo after he mowed down dozens of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/shamsud-din-jabbar-identified-as-killer-driver-who-mowed-down-dozens-of-new-years-revelers-in-new-orleans/
— New Orleans terror attack live updates: Terrorist made videos where he confessed to planning to murder his family, claimed he joined ISIS
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/attack-on-bourbon-street-in-new-orleans-live-updates-photos/
— Trump hotel Tesla Cybertruck explosion probed as possible terror act as vehicle was rented with same app as truck from New Orleans massacre
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-at-trump-hotel-in-las-vegas-being-investigated-as-potential-act-of-terror-report/
— Vote totals show GOP faces major hurdle to woo black voters. (COMMENT: Since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/opinion/gops-major-hurdle-to-woo-black-voters-the-selma-effect/
— American Psychological Association claims ‘hiring the most qualified candidate’ could be ‘unfair’ (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/american-psychological-association-claims-hiring-the-most-qualified-candidate-could-be-unfair-in-study/ar-BB1hGIHP
— Driver of Tesla Cybertruck killed in explosion outside Trump Las Vegas hotel is ID’d as Army vet Matthew Livelsberger
https://nypost.com/2025/01/02/us-news/las-vegas-trump-hotel-tesla-cybertruck-driver-idd-as-army-vet-matthew-livelsberger/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Welcome to the New Normal
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/welcome_to_the_new_normal.html
— So it begins: a new year, a new presidency, and, for America, a new lease on life. Yet it feels as if we’ve been here before, doesn’t it?  (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that for the next 4 years, Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy Trump, that is, to destroy America.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/back_to_the_beginning.html
— False moral equivalencies facilitate jihadist attacks
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/false_moral_equivalencies_facilitate_jihadist_attacks.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dems push Biden to seal the deal for illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/01/dems-push-biden-to-seal-the-deal-for-illegals-1513219/
— Amid reports that the Mexican government is sending hundreds of lawyers to the United States to assist illegal immigrants who may face deportation under President-elect Donald J. Trump, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) shared an interesting question. Lee asked in a post on X, “If Mexico is sending hundreds of lawyers to help illegal aliens remain in the U.S., why are we letting them in?” (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/01/sen-mike-lee-asks-a-great-question-about-mexico-sending-lawyers-to-us-1513247/

BREITBART
— New Orleans Ramming Suspect Identified as ‘Shamsud Din Jabbar’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/01/report-new-orleans-ramming-suspect-identified-shamsud-din-jabbar/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Overlooked Power to Enlist Local Cops for Immigration Enforcement. A tool that needs some polishing — and updating.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Overlooked-Power-Enlist-Local-Cops-Immigration-Enforcement

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Value-Destroying And Costly’: Is Corporate America’s Love Affair With DEI Finally Coming To An End?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/01/value-destroying-and-costly-is-corporate-americas-love-affair-with-dei-finally-coming-to-an-end/

FOX NEWS
— Republicans slam Biden migrant parole program: ‘Rife with fraud’
https://www.aol.com/republicans-slam-biden-migrant-parole-190410549.html
— Three of the biggest challenges Trump will face trying to fix Biden’s mistakes. Americans will need to have patience as good policy tries to fix the Biden administration’s mistakes.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/three-biggest-challenges-trump-face-trying-fix-bidens-mistakesthree-of-the-biggest-challenges-trump-will-face-trying-to-fix-bidens-mistakes

NEW AMERICAN
— Mexico Prepares Legal War Against Deportations With Lawyers, Smartphone App to Notify Consulates (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/mexico-prepares-legal-war-against-deportations-with-lawyers-smartphone-app-to-notify-consulates/

JUST THE NEWS
— No matter how MAGA debate ends, H-1B visas have an undeniable fraud problem (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/thuno-matter-how-maga-debate-ends-h-1b-visas-have-undeniable
— Feds warned a year ago that U.S. ill-prepared for attacks on ‘soft targets and crowded places’
https://justthenews.com/government/security/feds-warned-year-ago-us-ill-prepared-attacks-soft-targets-and-crowded-places

PJ MEDIA
— What’s Worse Than Wokeism? Greg Gutfeld Explains.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/01/greg-gutfeld-explains-whats-worse-than-wokeism-n4935575

TOWNHALL
— Former Newsweek Editor: Hispanics Are Becoming Like White People
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/01/former-newsweek-editor-hispanics-are-becoming-like-white-people-n2649792

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Progressives face an existential crisis under Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5055327-progressives-fear-trump-administration/

CNN
— Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, while Biden admin says app poses ‘grave’ threat. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/politics/tiktok-supreme-court-trump-biden-briefs/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In one of the most significant pending cases before the Supreme Court, the justices must weigh whether the TikTok ban Congress approved in April violates the First Amendment.)

REUTERS
— Free-speech advocates tell Supreme Court US TikTok law reminiscent of dictatorships (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/free-speech-advocates-tell-supreme-court-us-tiktok-law-reminiscent-dictatorships-2024-12-27/

MSN
— Tech Giants Secure Work Visas For Tens Of Thousands Of Foreigners While Kicking Existing Employees To The Curb  (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tech-giants-secure-work-visas-for-tens-of-thousands-of-foreigners-while-kicking-existing-employees-to-the-curb/ar-AA1wLaUr

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What is the Islamic State group, and what attacks has it inspired by offshoots and lone wolves?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-is-the-islamic-state-group-and-what-attacks-has-it-inspired-by-offshoots-and-lone-wolves/ar-AA1wP5fA

NEWSWEEK
— Mexico is Sending Hundreds of Lawyers to US to Help Migrants (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-lawyers-united-states-help-migrants-what-we-know-2008309
— Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Local Mosque Responds to New Orleans Terror Attack
https://www.newsweek.com/shamsud-din-jabbars-local-mosque-responds-new-orleans-terror-attack-2008437
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Masjid Bilal said in its Instagram story: “If anyone is contacted by the media, it is very important that you do not respond. If approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH. It is crucial that we stay united at this time as we condemn these terrible acts.”)

CBS NEWS
— Trump to hold D.C. rally on Jan. 19, the day before his inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-hold-dc-rally-jan-19-inauguration/
— House to vote on rule making it harder to oust speaker (COMMENT: Have you been ousted? I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes oust me a) as a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform & Resolutions Committee this year, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, and d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2007.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-rules-package-motion-to-vacate-speaker/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trucks in New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Explosion Were Rented Using the Same App. Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/turo-new-orleans-attack-vegas-explosion.html
— New Orleans Attacker Was ‘Inspired’ by ISIS, Biden Says
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/01/us/new-orleans-vehicle-crash
— As Marijuana Use Grows, Effect on Road Safety Remains a Blind Spot. Scientists want to create breathalyzers that show how recently a driver used marijuana. Researchers also are studying how cannabis impairs motor skills and reflexes for habitual and occasional users. (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/us/marijuana-driving-impairment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Biden says New Orleans attacker appeared to be inspired by ISIS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/02/new-orleans-truck-attack-investigation-updates/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-01/column-business-leaders-bow-to-anti-dei-activists-except-at-costco

USA TODAY
— Suspect in New Orleans attack served in Army, deployed to Afghanistan
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/01/new-orleans-suspect-army-veteran/77388200007/
— Turns out Trump is OK with immigrants – if they help his billionaire friends  (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/02/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa-jobs/77317795007/

WOAI
— Bad Neighbor: Mexico Launches App to Help Illegals (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly acts like it has declared war on America.)
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2024-12-31-bad-neighbor-mexico-launches-app-to-help-illegals/

GAMBLING NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage women and minorities to be gamblers.
https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/ballys-chicago-opens-investment-to-women-and-minority-investors/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Green Electricity Costs a Bundle. The data make clear: The notion that solar and wind power save money is an environmentalist lie.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/green-electricity-costs-a-bundle-wind-solar-data-analysis-power-prices-259344f4
— The House’s Unfinished Gender Business. Another chance to undo Pelosi’s ugly linguistic handiwork.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-houses-unfinished-gender-business-inclusivity-pronouns-53921b16
— Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It. Brands are skittish about appearing near stories on politics and violence, but news outlets say their fears are overblown. (COMMENT: I am thankful that I have enough money, time, experience, ability, good health, and motivation to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/advertisers-keep-avoiding-news-sites-and-publishers-have-had-enough-of-it-e9e4ab83
— Buying Greenland Isn’t a New Idea. Denmark wanted to sell it a century ago. The U.S. didn’t bite but did acquire the Virgin Islands.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/buying-greenland-isnt-a-new-idea-denmark-sovereignty-2a003c35
— The Financial Regrets and Wisdom of Americans Over 80. There is a lot of life to live after the traditional retirement age that many wish they had prepared for. (COMMENT: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My Social Security is dramatically less because I get a CSRS pension.)
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/financial-advice-regrets-seniors-a18aa5cb

FORBES
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/01/01/top-10-inclusion-pivots-for-leaders/

FAST COMPANY
— Calls for Costco boycott mount after board upholds DEI commitment (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91253805/calls-for-costco-boycott-mount-after-board-upholds-dei-commitment

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Trump Can Transform Immigration to Strengthen America (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/01/02/trump_can_transform_immigration_to_strengthen_america_1082001.html

GOING CONCERN
— So How Did Your 2024 Predictions For the Accounting Profession Work Out? (COMMENT: The accounting profession had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) because my demographics were terrible.)
https://www.goingconcern.com/so-how-did-your-2024-predictions-for-the-accounting-profession-work-out/

BUSINESS INSURANCE
— Jury ordered Walmart to pay $34.7M in defamation case (COMMENT: Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my Democrat superiors defamed me. Constructively, with the many big adverse actions that they took against me, my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican defamed me. I should write about that.)
https://www.businessinsurance.com/9-jury-ordered-walmart-to-pay-34-7m-in-defamation-case/

PRO PUBLICA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making America dependent on foreigner labor.
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-navy-shipbuilding-donald-trump

GOOGLE
— “Do it over again” in the context of a career (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, notwithstanding the fact that my demographics are terrible, I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. The accounting profession had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=career+%22do+it+over+again%22

RASMUSSEN  REPORTS
— Americans Have High Hopes for 2025 (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that for the next 4 years, Democrat and RINO leaders will do everything that they can to destroy Trump, that is, to destroy America.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/americans_have_high_hopes_for_2025

DAILY BEAST
— New Orleans Attacker’s Descent From Six-Figure Job to ISIS-Inspired Terror (COMMENT: The accounting profession (including Deloitte, Accenture, and Ernst & Young) had no use for me a) because my undergraduate major and my MBA area of concentration were not accounting, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) because my demographics were terrible.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-orleans-terror-attacker-shamsud-din-jabbar-descent-from-six-figure-job-to-isis-inspired-terror/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Army vet suspected of killing 15 people in a terror attack in New Orleans worked as a senior consultant at Deloitte making six figures, the Wall Street Journal reported. After a 10-year stint with the U.S. Army, Texas native Shamsud-Din Jabbar climbed the corporate ladder at Accenture and Ernst & Young, where he worked as a cloud consulting manager. In 2021, he was hired at Deloitte as a “senior solutions specialist” making about $125,000 per year, according to court records cited by the Journal. He worked there until at least the past fall.)

POLITICO
— Democratic-led states still grapple with housing migrants
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/02/migrants-democrats-new-york-illinois-massachusetts-00196167

ECONOMIST
— An attack in New Orleans raises fears about Islamic State. The rampage on Bourbon Street appears to be part of a worrisome trend.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/02/an-attack-in-new-orleans-raises-fears-about-islamic-state

INDIA TIMES
— If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I did not a) earn a master’s degree in business until I was 27, b) pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a Licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/trumps-immigration-overhaul-is-fraught-with-hurdles-from-courts-to-states/articleshow/116872828.cms

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Steve Bannon says H1-B visa program is a scam of the highest order, asks Donald Trump to revisit the law that was enacted in 1990  (COMMENT: If they could have, all my employers would have hired H-1B workers instead of me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/steve-bannon-says-h1-b-visa-program-is-a-scam-of-the-highest-order-asks-donald-trump-to-revisit-the-law-that-was-enacted-in-1990/ar-AA1wL7Lo

INDEPENDENT
— Musk’s estranged trans daughter says she doesn’t ‘see a future’ in the US after Trump’s win (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-estranged-trans-daughter-173456640.html

January 1, 2025

DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
— Coyne Announced as New DuPage County Republican Chairman
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AhAdhk5No/?mibextid=wwXIfr
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The DuPage County GOP Vice Chairman Kevin Coyne will succeed retiring Chairman Jim Zay effective 1/1/25. Coyne brings substantial political experience to this role. Coyne is the Founder and President of Safe Suburbs USA PAC, a political action committee aimed at supporting pro-law enforcement candidates and public safety-focused policymaking. Kevin served two terms as a Councilman for the City of Naperville (2015-21) and currently serves on Naperville’s Public Library Board of Trustees. Coyne was the Republican candidate for the DuPage County Board (District 5) in 2022. Kevin was also a Presidential delegate candidate, and member of the Illinois leadership team, for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Presidential campaign in 2024. Coyne served in the same capacity for then-U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s Presidential campaign in 2016. Kevin is an elected Republican precinct committeeman in Lisle Township and lives in Naperville with his wife and daughter. In taking on his new role Coyne stated: “This is an incredibly exciting time to be a Republican. Republicans control the White House, the U.S. Senate, and our House of Representatives. In November, President-Elect Trump’s stunningly convincing victory invigorated our party, and Americans have issued a clear mandate in support of the GOP’s commitment to making our communities safer, removing politics from our schools, and reducing our ridiculous tax burden. I look forward to working hard to lead the DuPage GOP back to a position of strength and to taking advantage of the sweeping national momentum that is clearly behind the GOP right now. I am thankful for this opportunity and send a personal note of thanks to my predecessor, Jim Zay, for his hard work as Chairman and his many years of commitment to the DuPage County GOP.”
Zay will continue to serve in his role as a Member of the DuPage County Board and as Chairman of the DuPage County Water Commission.)

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville’s Kevin Coyne takes over as DuPage County GOP chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/news/napervilles-kevin-coyne-takes-over-as-dupage-county-gop-chair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former Naperville city council member is taking the reins of the local Republican Party in DuPage County, a formerly deep-red bastion that has seen Democrats flex their political muscle in recent years. Kevin Coyne will lead the DuPage County GOP as chairman. He officially starts New Year’s Day. “The DuPage GOP was tremendously successful for a very long period of time,” Coyne said Tuesday. “And for a lot of different reasons, things have changed in recent election cycles. And I think right now, we have an opportunity to modernize, to take a fresh look at things and to move forward with more aggressive, smarter-run campaigns.” Coyne also is the founder and president of Safe Suburbs USA, a political action committee. He succeeds Jim Zay at the helm of the county GOP. “It’s just time for somebody to come in with some new ideas and new skills and take a swing at it, and I think Kevin’s the person to do that,” said Zay, a DuPage County Board member since 1999. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m just giving up the chairmanship of the party,” he added. Zay hasn’t decided if he’s going to run for reelection, run for a countywide office or run for another office, and said that he’s keeping his options open. “It’s very difficult to do that if you’re the chair of the party also,” Zay said. It wasn’t until 2018 when Democratic women in particular made waves at the county level. Democrat Deb Conroy became county board chair four years later. In November’s election, Democrats flipped a board seat, adding to their majority, and won a countywide office. “We’re being horribly outspent all the time. We don’t have a billionaire governor who is putting lots of money into campaigns and into the state party,” said Zay, referring to Gov. JB Pritzker. “We just have to get candidates out there.” Coyne currently sits on Naperville’s public library board. He also was a member of the Illinois leadership team for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign. “We’ve had a lot of local success in local races in the April cycles,” said Coyne, pointing to “a lot of Republican mayors all over the county. “I just think we need to really grab a hold of this national momentum that we’ve seen for the Republican Party, which now controls the White House, the Senate, the Congress … and bring some of that back home.” Coyne acknowledged that there’s a “narrative out there that the political guard has changed,” but that he doesn’t believe it to be true. “Even with these huge challenges that we faced as a party, the bulk of our losses, certainly on a county level, have largely been single digit,” he said. “There’s a real opportunity to turn this around and to bring the Republican (Party) back here in DuPage County.”)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/marijuana/illinois-on-tap-to-have-biggest-year-yet-from-marijuana-tax-revenue/
— Glendale Heights village president asks court to put him back on ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241231/local-politics/glendale-heights-village-president-asks-court-to-put-him-back-on-ballot/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen anxiously await Kevin Coyne’s appointment of a DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) Secretary, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, and Webmaster. The Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) has invited Coyne to speak at its January 8 meeting. Needless-to-say, I hope that Coyne encourages DuPage County Republican leaders, precinct committeemen, and voters to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters like past DCRCC Chairman Kirk Dillard has done. I have been sending those newsletters out since 2000; since January 1, 2005, they have included links to almost 502,700 articles. As a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, I have served under DCRCC chairmen Pate Philip, Kirk Dillard, Dan Cronin, Randy Ramey, Darlene Ruscitti, Brian Krajewski, Marty Keller, and Jim Zay and I have served under MTRO chairmen Chris Heidorn (twice), Randy Hultgren, Jeff Fawell, Leonard Sanchez, Mike Formento, Lori Carlson, Marty Keller, Chris LeVan, Yadav Nathwani, and Jeff Castle. I served as the MTRO webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What will my critics/opponents stress to Coyne? They will stress the many big adverse actions that have been taken against me since 2000 by MTRO, DCRC, and IRP leaders; by Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; by Republican major donors; and by Republican defendants in lawsuits that I have filed and their attorneys. They will stress a) that I was removed from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year, b) that I was removed as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) that my precinct was gerrymandered in 2015, d) that I was removed as MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) that I got only 13 votes when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, f) etc. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that I caused a) George Ryan to not seek a second term and b) Jim Ryan to lose to Blagojevich in 2002. I Since 1999, those who dominate MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP have blamed me for all their problems and have made it extremely clear that they do not want me to hold any kind of leadership positions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What do GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters promote? ANSWER: Conservative principles and the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Just kidding, but might Coyne appoint me DCRCC Treasurer and/or Webmaster?  My critics/opponent would fight that tooth and nail. I served as the treasurer for the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1986 and for the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I published the Milton Township Republican Organization’s first website in 2000 and served as its webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I published Milton Township’s first website in 2001 and served as its webmaster 2001-2003. I served as the ICRC webmaster 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois webmaster 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tech titans trying to engage Trump through Mar-a-Lago trips
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/tech-titans-trying-to-engage-trump-through-mar-a-lago-trips/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/31/transgender-trailblazer-sarah-mcbride-congress/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After 10 years, will Illinois implement a millionaires’ tax?  Twice in the last decade Illinois voters have approved advisory referendums recommending a 3% income tax surcharge on millionaires. The path forward after voters approved the referendum again last month remains uncertain.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/12/31/millionaires-tax-ballot-referendum-state-legislature-illinois-general-assembly-constitutional-amendment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, former Gov. Pat Quinn found himself with a case of déjà vu. He was campaigning across Illinois, urging voters to approve a ballot referendum recommending a 3% surcharge on incomes above $1 million. It was all so familiar to Quinn, and with good reason: He’d championed an advisory referendum for the exact same proposal a decade earlier. And though it was supported by voters back then, the Legislature did nothing.)

ABC7

— New Orleans updates: Suspect killed by police in shootout after intentionally ramming crowd; 10 dead

https://abc7chicago.com/post/least-10-dead-mass-casualty-event-after-car-intentionally-plows-crowd-bourbon-street-new-orleans-police-say/15736735

— Congress strips IRS of another $20B in averting government shutdown. Cuts could add $140B to national debt over next decade, by hampering agency’s ability to catch wealthy tax cheats: Biden admin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congress-strips-irs-another-20b-averting-us-government-shutdown-possibly-hampering-ability-catch-tax-cheats/15729611/

WGN9
— New year brings hundreds of new laws to Illinois books (COMMENT: Call me an “Affirmative Action and DEI impacted individual.”)
https://wgntv.com/news/new-illinois-laws-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No more ‘offenders’  An amendment to the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 changes references to “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals.” Lawmakers argued that no one should be defined by their worst day. The law also creates an Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board to oversee a plan to redeploy convicts into public life once they are no longer incarcerated.)
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: What does Musk think of you? I wonder what Musk would think of me. My critics/opponents would stress to Musk that my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, I got no scholarships, my college GPAs were not that great, I do not have a degree from an Ivy League university, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, etc.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/ar-AA1wCDeK

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-20009860.php

LANSING JOURNAL
— Knocked off the ballot, Thornton Township supervisor hopefuls plan to appeal
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/31/knocked-off-the-ballot-thornton-township-supervisor-hopefuls-plan-to-appeal/

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-defending-firearms-restrictions-in-sensitive-places-78459.cfm

HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Thornton Township Trustees Deny Henyard Quorum Again Amid Fight Over Lapsed Insurance. The trustees’ absence meant there were not enough board members to vote on paying the insurance bill.
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/thornton-township-illinois-trustees-deny-henyard-quorum-again-amid-fight

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin & the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Top 10 Accomplishments of 2024
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/top-ten-of-2024

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— President Jimmy Carter’s Addresses the Illinois General Assembly, May 28, 1978, Answers Questions from Legislators
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/president-jimmy-carters-address-to-the-illinois-general-assembly-may-28-2078/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— What to do about ‘unaccompanied alien children’  Liberals have built an illegal immigration system on the backs of kids.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/unaccompanied-alien-children/
— The dangerous rot secretly festering inside our colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/dangerous-rot-secretly-festering-bowels-colleges/
— Conservatives get the last laugh after Democrats’ campaign to demonize Project 2025 bombs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/conservatives-get-last-laugh-democrats-campaign-de/
— Democrat punished for pro-life stance casts doubts on his party’s post-election soul-searching  (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but destroy those like me who oppose the promotion of abortion.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/ex-rep-lipinski-punished-pro-life-stance-casts-dou/
— Drug cartels now Mexico’s 5th-largest employer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/drug-cartels-become-mexico-5th-largest-employer/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are to blame for record homelessness
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3273265/democrats-to-blame-record-homelessness/
— 2024 Year in Review: Electric vehicles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3272868/2024-year-in-review-electric-vehicles/
— Everything to know about the H-1B visa debate surrounding Trumpworld (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3273171/h-1b-visas-everything-to-know-debate-trump-allies/#google_vignette

NEW YORK POST
— Forget Musk’s H1-B visa spat — merit immigration is the fight we need – Rich Lowry (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/opinion/forget-musks-h1-b-spat-lets-admit-immigrants-on-merit/
— At least 10 dead, 30 injured after driver plows into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/new-orleans-french-quarter-driver-rams-car-into-crowd-of-people-on-bourbon-street-killing-at-least-1/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago teeters on brink of disaster with BILLIONS in debt and unfunded pension liabilities
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/chicago-teeters-on-brink-of-disaster-with-billions-in-debt-and-unfunded-pension-liabilities-1513094/
— Left plays footsie with political violence
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/victor-joecks-left-plays-footsie-with-political-violence-1512958/

CORVETTE BLOGGER
— President Jimmy Carter Was a Fan of Corvettes
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2024/12/31/video-president-jimmy-carter-was-a-fan-of-sebring-raceway-and-corvettes/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring. The contracts are the latest evidence of the Biden administration’s push to impose DEI policies and practices throughout the federal government.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-admin-paid-consultants-millions-to-help-military-implement-race-based-hiring

FOX NEWS
— 5 lies Biden used to break the border … and how Trump can fix it
https://www.aol.com/5-lies-biden-used-break-120022527.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Mexico is rolling out an app intended to help illegal aliens dodge deportation (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that in WWIII, Mexico will side with America’s enemies.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/this-foreign-country-is-rolling-out-an-app-intended-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Are Filling Students’ Minds With Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/colleges-are-filling-students-minds-with-jew-hatred/

NEWSMAX
— Bannon says Americans who lost jobs to immigrants using H-1B visas should receive reparations.  (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-bannon-h-1b-visas-foreign/2024/12/31/id/1193497/
— Tesla Faces Backlash for Replacing US Workers With H-1B Hires  (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tesla-elon-musk-h/2024/12/31/id/1193500/

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— How to Get Wokeness Out of Schools
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/12/31/how_to_get_wokeness_out_of_schools_1081830.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officials for intimidating judges
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5061613-roberts-condemns-intimidation-judges/

NBC NEWS
— Trump shows support for H-1B visa amid feud among MAGA allies  (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-shows-support-for-h-1b-visa-amid-feud-among-maga-allies-228190789727

CBS NEWS
— Which employers have the most H-1B workers? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-h1b-work-visa-tesla-technology/
(THE LIST INCLUDES: Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Deloitte, Apple, Intel, Tesla, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and Walmart.)
— Vehicle slams into crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 people
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-vehicle-crash-bourbon-street-crowd-casualties-shooting/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://apnews.com/article/poll-election-news-fatigue-77f2bf012502b9aea1d9d38173ace4ec

CNN
— At least 10 killed after vehicle drives into crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://www.cnn.com/webview/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk/index.html

MSN
— Why Elon Musk has backpedalled on H-1B visa after MAGA fallout. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-elon-musk-has-backpedalled-on-h-1b-visa-after-maga-fallout/ar-AA1wKuAA
— MAGA is fighting a ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas. Here’s what they are. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-is-fighting-a-civil-war-over-h-1b-visas-here-s-what-they-are/ar-AA1wJiaJ

YAHOO
— The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-moves-forward-progressive-reform-144002252.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/technology/trump-administration-speech-policy.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California’s tech titans say H-1B visas are vital. Will Trump defy MAGA and support them? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-31/its-musk-vs-maga-on-immigrant-worker-visas-what-will-trump-do-on-the-h-1b

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Top 8 Best CPA Prep Courses: Becker CPA Review: The Gold Standard (COMMENT: I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 if I had not taken the Becker CPA Review.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/best-cpa-prep-courses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Preparing for the CPA exam is not a small feat. After all, you can expect to spend several hundred hours over the course of many months preparing for the exam. Luckily, there is a way to make studying easier while significantly improving your chances of passing on the first try: finding the right CPA course for you.)
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Jimmy Carter: An uncommon product of his times (COMMENT: What are you a product of? I am a product of the following: a) living in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1974, Chicago 1974 -1978, and Wheaton since 1978, b) attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970, c) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) working for S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980, and GAO in downtown Chicago 1980-1997, e) being the subject of a vicious 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978, f) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt tin 1981, and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, g) being forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, h) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, i) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, j) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, k) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, l) attending all the Illinois Republican Party State Conventions since 2000, m) being married since 1978, n) filing lawsuits, o) etc.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/31/opinion/jimmy-carter-legacy-jim-crow/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders will fight deportations tooth and nail. Democrats and RINOs have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-five-biggest-roadblocks-to-trumps-immigration-agenda-5bf75c43
— Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence. But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/chief-justice-says-intimidation-and-violence-threaten-judicial-independence-adb9caac

BUSINESS TIMES
— Steve Bannon Escalates Feud with Elon Musk, Calls H-1B Visas a ‘Scam’ and Demands Worker Reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/171993/20241231/steve-bannon-escalates-feud-with-elon-musk-calls-h-1b-visas-a-scam-and-demands-worker-reparations.htm

FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Barry Melancon, dubbed “the most important man in accounting” for his 30-year leadership of its professional body in the US, has sent a stern warning to his successors that they should not compromise standards in an effort to attract more people to the profession. (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious about because I did that because it frustrated their promoting over me their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/most-important-man-in-accounting-warns-against-lowering-standards-20250101-p5l1hf

ECONOMIST
— Homelessness rises to a record level in America. A surge in migration and disasters pushed already tight housing markets over the edge.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/12/31/homelessness-rises-to-a-record-level-in-america