January 30, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety (COMMENT: One of the audits that I worked on for GAO in the early 1980s focused on air traffic control tower staffing.)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/immediate-assessment-of-aviation-safety/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ANC7
— Air traffic control staffing was ‘not normal’ before deadly DC crash, highlighting ongoing shortages
https://abc7chicago.com/post/deadly-dc-plane-crash-highlights-ongoing-air-traffic-control-staffing-shortages-challenges/15849959/

NBC5
— Records show pilots complained for 20 years about near misses at DC airport
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/records-show-pilots-complained-for-20-years-about-near-misses-at-dc-airport/3661183/
— Trump blames DEI initiatives in deadly plane crash (COMMENT: One of the audits that I worked on for GAO in the early 1980s focused on air traffic control tower staffing.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-blames-dei-initiatives-in-deadly-plane-crash-ntsb-says-focus-on-facts/3660898/

CBS2
— Trump appoints new FAA administrator after vacancy during deadly plane crash
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plane-crash-dc-faa-administrator-trump-appointment/
— Duckworth slams Trump for implying DEI initiatives caused D.C. plane crash
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/duckworth-slams-trump-for-implying-dei-initiatives-caused-d-c-plane-crash-how-dare-he/
— Trump speaks about D.C. plane crash and points blame at DEI
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/watch-live-trump-to-speak-on-dc-plane-crash/

WGN9
— Regional jet carrying 64, military helicopter on training flight collide near Reagan National Airport
https://wgntv.com/news/regional-jet-helicopter-collide-near-reagan-national-airport/
— ‘It got real crazy:’ The inside story of bad blood that boiled over into a brawl during a Thornton Township board meeting
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/it-got-real-crazy-the-inside-story-of-bad-blood-that-boiled-over-into-a-brawl-during-a-thornton-township-board-meeting/

FOX32
— How do you become an air traffic controller? Deadly crash puts job requirements in spotlight.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/air-traffic-controller-requirements
— Cicero residents push for ‘sanctuary city’ policy
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1585546

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/30/members-chicago-transgender-community-raise-concerns-about-health-safety-after-trump

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor: Following ‘longstanding practice,’ Aurora police not enforcing federal immigration laws (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/30/mayor-following-longstanding-practice-aurora-police-not-enforcing-federal-immigration-laws/
— Trump blames diversity hiring as investigation into deadly midair collision begins
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/30/president-trump-plane-crash-investigation/
— Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and more (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office for almost 18 years, they ever-increasingly required the office to celebrate groups each month, but they never celebrated Whites, males, or older people.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/29/pentagon-pauses-celebrations/
— Chicago sued by white men barred from Bally’s casino investment
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/30/chicago-sued-by-white-men-barred-from-ballys-casino-investment/
— Want a low-stress job with lots of time off? The state of Illinois says it wants to recruit you.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/30/editorial-state-of-illinois-commercial-jobs-benefits/
— Dolton faces a few more weeks of Tiffany Henyard. More than enough.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/30/editorial-dolton-tiffany-henyard/
— Trump administration revokes deportation protections for 600,000 Venezuelans
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/29/venezuelan-deportation-protections-revoked/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders encourage/urge everyone to reject Trump’s election.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/01/30/president-trump-immigrants-transgender-racism-equality-inflation-economy-edwin-yohnka
— White activists sue Bally’s over Chicago casino IPO limited to women, minorities. Bally’s announced a $250 million public offering last month for shares of its massive Chicago casino project, but only to women or people of color. That’s in line with Bally’s agreement with the city, but opponents call it an illegal “race-based stock offering.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/casinos-gambling/2025/01/30/ballys-dei-lawsuit-minority-investment-ipo

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County offers $1 million in grants to aid small nonprofits
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250130/news/dupage-county-offers-1-million-in-grants-to-aid-small-nonprofits/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State GOP lawmakers introduce bills to punish sexual assault in schools
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/gop-lawmakers-introduce-bills-to-punish-sexual-assault-in-schools/article_61724002-df64-11ef-95a1-17bce3b49e2f.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Civil rights activists call for a Target boycott after retailer backs away from diversity programs
https://www.thetelegraph.com/business/article/civil-rights-activists-call-for-a-target-boycott-20066567.php

SOUTHERN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/30/trumps-missing-the-point-on-dei-and-meritocracy-experts-say/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-01-30/legal-centers-for-migrants-kick-into-high-gear-as-trump-ramps-up-immigration-policies

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Rubio says Trump’s interest in Greenland and Panama Canal is legit and driven by China concerns
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-rubio-says-trumps-interest-in-greenland-and-panama-canal-is-legit-and-driven-by-china-concerns/

WRSP
— Marijuana Use Negatively Impacts Working Memory (COMMENT: Putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out requires a tremendous amount of working memory.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsumOdc7kGA

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot in Springfield.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/springfield-launches-cannabis-grant-program-to-boost-minority-owned-businesses

DURBIN
— Many Insurrectionists Pardoned By President Trump Pose a Clear Threat To Public Safety
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-many-insurrectionists-pardoned-by-president-trump-pose-a-clear-threat-to-public-safety

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— How are Chicago schools responding to increased immigration enforcement? Here are five examples.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/01/30/how-chicago-schools-are-responding-to-deportation-threats/

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Freedom Caucus complains about punishment
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/30/illinois-freedom-caucus-complains-about-punishment/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-239/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— Republican House Leader Tony McCombie Attacks Conservatives
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.substack.com/p/republican-house-leader-tony-mccombie

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— ICE’s Immigration Mission Will Return Chicago to Normal
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/ice-immigration-mission-return-chicago-normal

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Anti-government secrecy group demands Illinois disclose details on illegal alien criminals in custody
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/669343672-anti-government-secrecy-group-demands-illinois-disclose-details-on-illegal-alien-criminals-in-custody

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Madigan collects $158K while facing federal corruption trial in Chicago
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/madigan-collects-158k-while-facing-federal-corruption-trial-in-chicago/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— FAA turned away qualified air traffic controllers based solely on race
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/1/editorial-faa-turned-away-qualified-air-traffic-co/
— FAA’s diversity hiring practices were under scrutiny long before the air disaster in Washington. Ongoing policy criticism envelops crash aftermath despite no evidence DEI hiring played any role in accident.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/30/faa-diversity-hiring-practices-scrutiny-long-air-d/

NEW YORK POST
— Air traffic controller was doing the job of two people during DC plane crash due to tower being understaffed
https://nypost.com/2025/01/30/us-news/air-traffic-controller-was-doing-the-job-of-two-people-during-crash-faa-says/
— Trump admin rounds up 5,500 criminal migrants in less than a week — here are some of the worst (COMMENT: Countries that hate America ever-increasingly illegally send their operatives to America to destroy America.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/29/us-news/trump-admin-rounds-up-5500-criminal-migrants-in-less-than-a-week-here-are-some-of-the-worst/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Blames Biden Regime’s DEI Policies For DC Plane Crash, Says Pete Buttigieg Ran ‘FAA Right to the Ground’
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/30/trump-blames-biden-regimes-dei-policies-for-dc-plane-crash-says-pete-buttigieg-ran-faa-right-to-the-ground/
— Bravo, Trump, for Restoring Merit and Banning Neo Racism in American Education. Trump’s executive order bans DEI in higher ed, mandates compliance, and puts school officials on the hook—no more hiding behind bureaucracy.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/30/bravo-trump-for-restoring-merit-and-banning-neo-racism-in-american-education/
— Mexico—Friend, Enemy, Neutral, or Something Else?  After years of U.S. appeasement, Mexico exploits open borders, drug trade, and remittances—it’s time for America to enforce real consequences and reclaim control.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/30/mexico-friend-enemy-neutral-or-something-else/
— Mounting Disobedience in Our Schools. School discipline is declining, and the education establishment is clueless about how to improve things.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/30/mounting-disobedience-in-our-schools/

FOX NEWS
— Trump says Reagan National Airport crash could have been prevented  (COMMENT: One of the audits that I worked on for GAO in the early 1980s focused on air traffic control tower staffing.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-reagan-national-airport-crash-could-have-been-prevented-clear-night?lid=itltmx3v03fi

TOWNHALL
— Details on Trump’s Illegals to GITMO Plan
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2025/01/30/here-are-the-details-on-trumps-illegals-to-gitmo-plan-n2651396

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Trump opens door to earlier deportation of many Venezuelans from U.S.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-administration-ends-extended-protections-venezuelans-us-official-says-2025-01-29/

NBC NEWS
— ‘Fear’ and ‘chaos’ grip federal workers as Trump rapidly remakes the government. More than a dozen civil servants detailed to NBC News their experiences over the past 10 days as Trump moves to quickly upend the federal workforce. (COMMENT: If I was still working for the Democrats who run GAO, they would have had me killed figuratively if not literally by now.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fear-chaos-grip-federal-workers-trump-remakes-government-rcna189746
— Several top FBI officials are told to resign or face demotion as Trump continues federal purge. The affected employees include about a half-dozen “executive assistant directors,” who are some of the bureau’s top managers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/several-top-fbi-officials-are-told-resign-face-demotion-trump-continue-rcna190095

NEW YORK TIMES
— Control Tower Staffing Was ‘Not Normal’ During Deadly Crash (COMMENT: One of the audits that I worked on for GAO in the early 1980s focused on air traffic control tower staffing.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/29/us/plane-crash-washington-dc
— What Caused the Crash Into the Potomac? For Trump, It Was Diversity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/politics/plane-crash-trump-diversity.html

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Washington, DC, plane crash thrusts high-stakes role of air traffic control into the spotlight (COMMENT: One of the audits that I worked on for GAO in the early 1980s focused on air traffic control tower staffing.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/dc-plane-crash-atc-spotlight-investigation-ntsb-2025-1

NEWS BREAK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote interracial marriage. Many of my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and supervisors were in interracial marriages.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-morning-hustle-1590243/3783934851960-could-trump-get-rid-of-interracial-marriage

GOVERNING
— Secession Schemes Within the States. Residents of red counties in blue states wish they had a new political home. (COMMENT: Under Pritzker and under his Democrats, Illinois is ever-increasingly headed for disaster. Soon, if not already, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or c) receiving welfare.)
https://www.governing.com/politics/secession-schemes-within-the-states

January 28, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— ICE raids continue as Mayor Johnson called to testify on Chicago’s sanctuary city policy
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-immigration-raids-today-arrests-continue-mayor-brandon-johnson-called-testify-sanctuary-city-policy/15843173/
— ICE makes arrests in Chicago, suburbs as part of nationwide immigration raids. The atmosphere of the ICE raids and rumors of raids is creating a chilling effect in some neighborhoods. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn law enforcement.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-raids-today-ice-agents-make-arrests-city-suburbs-donald-trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-town/15840132/
— Chicago alderman critical of how ICE agents handling immigration mission in city. ‘They had Dr. Phil, you know, which lends a circus atmosphere to this entire thing,’ Ald. Brian Hopkins said.  (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn law enforcement.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-alderman-critical-how-feds-handling-deportation-mission-threat-illinois-ice-raids-arrests-remains-high/15841859/
— Chicago nonprofits losing resources to help refugees after Trump suspends resettlement program (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-nonprofits-like-world-relief-chicagoland-losing-resources-help-refugees-resettle/15841727/

NBC5
— Brandon Johnson and three other U.S. mayors asked to testify at Congressional hearing on ‘sanctuary cities’ https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/brandon-johnson-congress-testify-chicago-sanctuary-city/3657572/
— Trump addresses House Republican conference in Florida
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/watch-live-trump-addresses-house-republican-conference-in-florida/3657332/
— Florida Republicans upend DeSantis’ plans over Trump’s immigration orders. State GOP legislative leaders abruptly ended a special session called by Ron DeSantis and are pursuing their own immigration proposal, sparking an intraparty battle.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/florida-republicans-upend-desantis-trump-immigration/3657061/
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Democrats do not want their illegals to be deported because their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/who-is-ice-targeting-in-chicago-what-to-know-amid-enhanced-operations/3657103/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/waukegan-illinois-woman-devastated-after-ice-takes-her-dad/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-agents-conduct-search-cicero-home/

WGN9
— Chicago’s ‘sanctuary city status’ under investigation by federal committee amid immigration raids
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-sanctuary-city-investigation/

FOX32
— According to Pritzker, the following are  “midwestern values:” a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/pritzker-takes-aim-at-trump-during-bill-signing-our-midwestern-values-are-under-siege/ar-AA1xBpTr

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders want all the information that they can get to help their illegals avoid deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/27/chicago-immigration-ice-raid-monday

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US places dozens of senior aid officials on leave, citing possible resistance to Trump orders (COMMENT: I always fully complied with my Democrat GAO superiors’ and supervisors’ orders to give my Democrat subordinates big time preference, and especially those who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. But that was not enough for them. They wanted to and they did force me to retire early and they gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/27/senior-officials-leave/
— Former Illinois Senate GOP leader Dan McConchie is resigning
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/27/former-illinois-senate-gop-leader-dan-mcconchie-resigning-to-start-nonprofit-accessibility-group/
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Democrats do not want their illegals to be deported because their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/27/chicago-ice-raids-what-to-know/
— ‘You’re Dr. Phil.’ TV personality says he joined immigration raids in Chicago for ‘transparency.’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/27/dr-phil-chicago-ice-migrants-raids/
— Democrat leaders continue to use “mistaken ICE report in Chicago” to promote fear
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/28/hamline-elementary-immigration-fear/
— Nate Fields back on ballot as Thornton Township supervisor candidate, judge rules
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/27/thornton-township-candidate-nate-fields-back-on-ballot/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders have concluded that the only way that they can regain the White House, U.S. Senate, and/or U.S. House is a) to bring in many more millions of their illegals and b) to stop Trump from deporting any of the many millions that they have already brought in. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. Anticipate/expect ever-increasing Democrat effort to hide their illegals in schools, in churches, in apartments, in homes, in empty buildings, in etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/27/chicago-immigration-ice-raid-monday
— Congressional panel calls Johnson, other sanctuary city mayors to testify about ‘’obstructionist policies’  The mayors of Chicago, Boston, Denver and New York were also asked to hand over all documents and communications related to their cities’ sanctuary status, including those between each city, non-governmental organizations and state officials.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/27/mayor-brandon-johnson-house-oversight-committee-sanctuary-city-immigration-deportation
— Chicago’s immigration sweeps have restaurant and food industry employers feeling anxious (COMMENT: I washed dishes for the minimum wage in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years in high school and the summer in between. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, one of them would have gotten that job. That job enabled me to earn and save enough money to buy a new car before I graduated, a car that I used to commute to/from classes at UIC and my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/small-business/2025/01/27/chicago-immigration-sweeps-restaurant-food-industry-employers-feeling-anxious

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: An ‘unwavering’ public servant: Republican state Sen. Dan McConchie resigning
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250127/illinois-state-politics/republican-state-sen-dan-mcconchie-resigning/
— Judge denies request to delay ballot in Glendale Heights case
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250127/local-politics/judge-denies-request-to-delay-ballot-in-glendale-heights-case/
— Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton launching PAC to help potential Senate bid if Durbin does not run again (COMMENT: Stratton was among the first customers to purchase cannabis when Illinois began recreational sale of the drug on January 1, 2020. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22+Juliana+Stratton%22+illinois+pot )
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250127/illinois-state-politics/lt-gov-juliana-stratton-launching-pac-to-help-potential-senate-bid-if-durbin-does-not-run-again/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES: Democrat leaders have concluded that the only way that they can regain the White House, U.S. Senate, and/or U.S. House is a) to bring in many more millions of their illegals and b) to stop Trump from deporting any of the many millions that they have already brought in. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. Anticipate/expect ever-increasing Democrat effort to hide their illegals in schools, in churches, in apartments, in homes, in empty buildings, in etc.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250127/news/suburban-police-navigating-conflicting-state-federal-directives-on-immigration-crackdown/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago restaurants on guard against ICE (COMMENT: While I was a junior and senior in high school in the 1960s, I washed dishes. Previously, I did yard work and delivered newspapers. Subsequently, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/chicago-restaurants-guard-against-ice-raids

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Immigration officers say ‘the worst go first,’ but now there’s no ‘free pass’  A week into Donald Trump’s second presidency and his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, federal officers are operating with a new sense of mission.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/immigration-officers-say-the-worst-go-first-but-now-theres-no-free-pass/article_cc43b763-e646-5580-9893-6b84c18b0887.html

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Indiana border bill energizes Illinois movement to create nation’s 51st state
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/indiana-border-bill-energizes-illinois-movement-to-create-nations-51st-state/article_68fa04f4-80bc-5935-8725-72644c8b520c.html

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders oppose deportation of their illegals because Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans and illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-duckworth-statement-on-trumps-mass-deportation-actions-in-chicago-79137.cfm?

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump signs executive order taking aim at DEI programs in the military
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-28/trump-signs-executive-order-taking-aim-at-dei-programs-in-the-military

WGLT
— Anticipate/expect that illegals will ever-increasingly hide out in schools and in churches.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-27/how-districts-are-responding-after-trump-cleared-the-way-for-immigration-arrests-at-schools

WAND TV
— After-school program providers, parents demand Pritzker admin release grant funding (COMMENT: What did you do while you were in high school? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, and washed dishes 1964-1966.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/after-school-program-providers-parents-demand-pritzker-admin-release-grant-funding/article_ee616956-dcf9-11ef-9612-5f6443e958ea.html

WCIA
— Illinois prohibits discrimination on reproductive health decisions with law effective Jan. 1 (COMMENT: All my Democrat GAO superiors and superiors had children and they all painted themselves as being disadvantaged by that big time. They all held it against me big time that my wife and I gave up trying to have children. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, d) earn four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, or e) earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. Their wives did not have a good paying job like mine did and they were furiously envious about that.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/illinois-prohibits-discrimination-on-reproductive-health-decisions-with-law-effective-jan-1/ar-AA1wx7sm

25 NEWS NOW
— Reagan Deering (R) of Decatur introduces bill banning transgender student-athletes (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/01/28/republican-illinois-lawmaker-introduces-transgender-student-athlete-ban-bill/

BATAVIA PATCH
— Democrats push pot in Batavia
https://patch.com/illinois/batavia/1st-recreational-cannabis-dispensary-open-batavia

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— GOP Wants Chicago Mayor To Testify At Congressional Hearing On Sanctuary Cities. It’s unclear if Mayor Brandon Johnson will attend the Feb. 11 hearing on Capitol Hill. (COMMENT: To be a sanctuary city is to reject America’s immigration laws.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/27/gop-wants-chicago-mayor-to-testify-at-congressional-hearing-on-sanctuary-cities/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Durbin and those who might run for his office if he does not run again.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/28/congressional-panel-calls-chicago-mayor-to-testify-on-obstructionist-policies-00200919

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-444/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-236/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-443/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS GOP
One Week of President Trump
— PRESS RELEASE: It’s been one week of President Trump’s America First agenda and a lot of great policies that improve the lives of Illinois residents went into effect. See for yourself what President Trump did in week one: Declared a national emergency at our southern border; Ended catch-and-release and reinstated the Remain in Mexico policy; Realigned foreign aid to better align with American interests; Returned to America First and Peace through Strength policies; Directed agencies to implement policies that lower the cost of living; Revoked the electric vehicle mandate; Ended DEI mandates across government; and Rescinded 78 Biden-era executive actions. Bottom Line: It’s been just over one week with President Trump back in office and America and Illinois are trending in the right direction. Over the next four years, President Trump will continue to work for the American people to secure our border, fix our economy and Make America Great Again!
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
— PRESS RELEASE: When Will IL Dems Retract Their ICE Lies?
https://illinois.gop/category/news/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders have concluded that the only way that they can regain the White House, U.S. Senate, and/or U.S. House is a) to bring in many more millions of their illegals and b) to stop Trump from deporting any of the many millions that they have already brought in. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. Anticipate/expect ever-increasing Democrat effort to hide their illegals in schools, in churches, in apartments, in homes, in empty buildings, in etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What discourages conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, from becoming/remaining Republican Precinct Committeemen in Illinois, in DuPage County and in Milton Township? They see how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have treated conservatives like me since 2000, that is, how they have treated platform Republicans like me since 2000. IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken many/big adverse actions against me since 2000. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What things do you look forward to this year? I look forward to taking my mind off politics by taking delivery of the red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T (SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html ) that I have ordered and showing it at Iron Gate Motor Condos events. The first event this years is Fiesta Fest on May 10. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iron-gate-motor-condos-association-fiesta-fest-tickets-1217214905549  Please let me know if you share my interests in Chargers, Corvettes, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What if the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) asked me to serve as its webmaster? I published MTRO’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 published Illinois Center Right Coalition’s first website in 2003 and served as its webmaster 2003-2007. I published TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois’ first website in in 2005 and served as its webmaster 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Homer Glen GOP Under Siege: Democrats and RINOs Collude to Undermine Conservative Slate (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party are RINOs. They are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters. I should write about them. I would focus on those who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/homer-glen-gop-under-siege-democrats-and-rinos-collude-to-undermine-conservative-slate.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Homer Glen prepares for the February 25th Republican Primary, local Democrats and establishment Republicans appear to be working together to undermine a conservative slate – an unprecedented alliance that threatens to derail years of principled leadership in this conservative stronghold. The Homer Township Democrats recently shared a Facebook post by Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike, encouraging residents to request Republican ballots to participate in the primary. The message specifically highlighted the presence of two Republican slates and implied that voting against the conservative slate – led by Steve Balich – is a priority. Mayor Neitzke-Troike has also come under fire for her handling of this contentious election. Following a heated exchange between supporters of the two slates on her Facebook page, the mayor decided to turn off comments entirely, citing negativity and trolling as her reasoning. However, this decision raises serious ethical and legal questions. As an elected official, Neitzke-Troike has a duty to provide transparency and facilitate open dialogue with her constituents. By silencing public discussion and turning off comments on her official page, she may be infringing on her constituents’ rights to engage with their elected representative. Legal experts have pointed out that her actions could potentially violate the First Amendment, which protects free speech, as well as Illinois state law. Specifically, the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA) requires that public officials conduct their duties in a transparent and accountable manner. While the OMA primarily applies to formal meetings, it underscores the principle that elected officials must not obstruct public participation or suppress communication with their constituents. Furthermore, there are growing concerns that her decision to hide or disable comments may constitute a violation of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, which mandates that public officials avoid conduct that diminishes public confidence in the integrity of government. Critics argue that an elected official using social media to communicate with the public has an obligation to allow citizens to voice their opinions and concerns. Shutting down comments on public platforms undermines the trust between officials and residents, especially during a critical election season. Homer Glen is one of only two townships in Illinois with a primary for the consolidated election.)

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois school boards should provide opportunities to all kids in their districts (COMMENT: My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-school-boards-should-provide-opportunities-to-all-kids-in-their-districts/

MCHENRYCOUNTY BLOG
— Senator Dan McConchie Resigning
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/27/senator-dan-mcconchie-resigning/
— Wilcox Files “No Tax on Tips” Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/27/wilcox-files-no-tax-on-tips-bill/
— Legislative Wish Fulfillment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/27/legislative-wish-fulfillment/
— In the “Don’t Get Your Hopes Up” Category
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/27/in-the-dont-get-your-hopes-up-category/
— Dems Promote Immigration Seminar at Junior College
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/27/demos-promote-immigration-seminar/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: To-Vi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-to-vi/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Vi-Wi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/26/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-vi-wi/
— That Revelation of Execution Session Info Pops Up Again
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/26/that-revelation-of-execution-session-info-pops-up-again/
— Steve Reich Presents Analysis of the Current Pension Crisis
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/26/steve-reich-presents-analysis-of-the-current-pension-crisis/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House opens investigation into four sanctuary cities. Boston, New York, Denver, Chicago face questions protecting illegal immigrants.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/27/house-opens-investigation-four-sanctuary-cities/
— GOP senators roll out ‘Wall Act,’ seek to help Trump fulfill his border vision
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/27/gop-senators-roll-wall-act-seek-help-trump-fulfill/
— Trump deploys the Alien Enemies Act. The law has repeatedly passed muster at the Supreme Court.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/27/trump-deploys-alien-enemies-act/
— White House orders freeze on ‘all federal financial assistance’ besides Social Security and Medicare. (COMMENT: Social Security and Medicare are not financial assistance. I paid into Social Security and Medicare.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/27/trump-freezes-federal-aid-grants/
— Supreme Court rejects Biden voter’s insurrection clause challenge to Trump presidency
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/27/supreme-court-rejects-biden-voter-joe-alter-insurr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic disinformation will ramp up during Trump’s second term
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3301674/democratic-disinformation-will-increase-trump-second-term/
— Senior DOJ official quits after being assigned to target sanctuary cities (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO, Democrat Affirmative Action and DEI laws required me to give preference big time to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, disabled, and/or veteran. Virtually all my subordinates were problematic in one way or the other. But I nevertheless gave them big time preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. They wanted to get rid of me so that they could give my job to one of my subordinates.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3301788/senior-doj-official-quits-assigned-target-sanctuary-cities/

NEW YORK POST
— Catholic Charities draws fire over video coaching illegal migrants on how to duck ICE workplace probes
https://nypost.com/2025/01/27/us-news/catholic-charities-draws-fire-over-video-coaching-illegal-migrants-on-how-to-duck-ice/

BLAZE
— Trump moves to deport 1.4 million migrants admitted under Biden’s parole programs (COMMENT: Everyone has always know that Biden’s parole program was illegal.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-moves-to-deport-1-4-million-migrants-admitted-under-biden-s-parole-programs

BUZZ FEED
— 22 Unbelievable Things People Have Seen Rich Parents Do For Their Kids (COMMENT: I had to work my way through college. 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, and worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/scarymouse/wild-things-upper-class-parents-do-for-their-kids

CAMPUS REFORM
— McDonald’s faces lawsuit for limiting college scholarship eligibility strictly to Latinos and Hispanics (COMMENT: What if Affirmative Action and DEI were only for those whose parents did not have college degrees?)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/mcdonalds-faces-lawsuit-limiting-college-scholarship-eligibility-strictly-latinos-hispanics/27352

CENTER SQUARE
— GOP senators file POLICE Act to deport those who assault law enforcement officers
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f2e121ea-dd78-11ef-9037-ef71d64bd7f4.html
— In less than a week, ICE agents make nearly 1,000 arrests nationwide
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_82223158-dcfe-11ef-a6d0-6b06908f30be.html

DAILY WIRE
— Brazil Slams Trump Admin For Shipping Illegals Back In Handcuffs. Handcuffing illegal immigrants on deportation flights has been standard practice by the U.S. government, including under the Biden administration. (COMMENT: It is illegal a) to come into a country illegally and b) to stay in a country illegally.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazil-slams-trump-admin-for-shipping-illegals-back-in-handcuffs

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Signs Executive Orders Restricting Transgender Troops, Ending Military DEI Practices
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-signs-executive-orders-restricting-transgender-troops-ending-military-dei-practices-5799359

FEDERALIST SOCIETY
— Trump Issues Executive Order Revoking Biden’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Rules and Axing Affirmative Action (COMMENT: All my Democrat superiors always used Affirmative Action and DEI against me. All my coworkers who they promoted over me 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://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/bye-bye-dei-president-trump-issues-executive-order-revoking-biden-s-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-rules-and-axing-affirmative-action

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— President Trump Shuts Down CBP One App; New Data Reveals Hundreds of Thousands of Illegal Aliens Were in the Pipeline
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/president-trump-shuts-down-cbp-one-app-new-data-reveals-hundreds-thousands-illegal

FOX BUSINESS
— Pritzker is ‘trying to muddle two different topics,’ sheriff says. Terrell County, Texas, Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland weighs in on Illinois Gov. Pritzker threatening opposition to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6367843313112

FOX NEWS
— Illinois ‘super mayor’ conducted ‘systematic’ cover-up of excessive spending, Lightfoot investigation finds. Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard is hounded by financial troubles.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-super-mayor-conducted-systematic-cover-up-excessive-spending-lightfoot-investigation-finds
— Homan demands apology from Illinois governor over ‘lie’ that ICE targeted Chicago school: ‘Sowing fear’  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker elevated false claim of ICE agents targeting Chicago school.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/homan-demands-apology-from-illinois-governor-over-lie-ice-targeted-chicago-school-sowing-fear
— Chicago PD says it ‘will not assist’ with upcoming ICE deportations
https://www.aol.com/chicago-pd-says-not-assist-003849923.html
— ‘Side-by-side’: Texas deploys hundreds of troops, choppers to help Trump tackle border crisis. The move is the latest troop deployment to the southern border.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-deploys-hundreds-troops-choppers-help-trump-tackle-border-crisis
— Comer launches investigation of sanctuary cities, asks mayors to testify. Rep. James Comer has asked the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City to testify before lawmakers on the effectiveness of sanctuary city policies.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/comer-launches-investigation-sanctuary-cities-asks-mayors-testify
— Trump administration carries out multiple raids targeting ‘criminal aliens’ in first weekend. ICE agents rounded up illegal immigrants across the US.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-administration-carries-out-multiple-raids-targeting-criminal-aliens-first-weekend
— GOP lawmaker rallies behind Trump’s rapid illegal immigration crackdown: ‘No time to waste’ (COMMENT: Are your GOP lawmakers rallying behind Trump’s rapid illegal immigration crackdown?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/freshman-gop-lawmaker-rallies-behind-trumps-rapid-illegal-immigration-crackdown

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Admin Spent $15 Million to Provide Contraceptives, Condoms in Afghanistan
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/biden-admin-spent-15-million-to-provide-contraceptives-condoms-in-afghanistan/

MRC TV
— Illegals Waving Foreign Flags Descend on ICE Building As Trump Rounds Up Criminals
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/illegals-waving-foreign-flags-descend-ice-building-trump-rounds-criminals

NEWSMAX
— ICE Confirms Operation Against Illegal Migrants in Chicago
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ice-operations-chicago/2025/01/26/id/1196611/
— House Opens Investigation Into Four Sanctuary Cities: New York, Chicago, Denver, and Boston
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/house-oversight-investigation/2025/01/27/id/1196722/

PJ MEDIA
— Catholic Charities Lies to Illegals to Aid Them Against ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/27/catholic-charities-lies-to-illegals-to-aid-them-against-ice-n4936400

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Dr. Phil and Tom Homan Personally Rounding Up Illegals, Bring in Child Sex Predator
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-dr-phil-tom-homan-personally-rounding-illegals-bring-child-sex-predator/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Dems Call Trump’s Mass Firings Of Inspectors General A ‘Chilling Purge’, Is The Move Illegal?  (COMMENT: If the IGs were independent, they would have offered me jobs when my GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrzAUqaeEtQ

NEWSWEEK
— Homan Accuses Pritzker of ‘Scaring Children’ with School Targeting Claims (COMMENT: How successful has Pritzker been in your school district promoting hatred against Trump and promoting hatred against the rule of law? Ever-increasingly, Pritzker is a modern day George Wallace. SEE: https://www.emersonkent.com/speeches/school_house_door_speech.htm )
https://www.newsweek.com/tom-homan-jb-pritzker-immigration-ice-raids-school-2021432

TIME
—  The Human Cost of Trump Firing All Federal DEI Workers (COMMENT: I should write about the “human cost” of my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors’ use of Affirmative Action and DEI to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://time.com/7210295/cost-trump-firing-dei-workers/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Fast food is a staple of American culture, but some of its workers struggle to survive (COMMENT: During the 1960s, while I was in high school, I worked in fast food in Chicago Heights for the minimum wage part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months. With the money that I earned and saved, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to commute to/from classes at UIC and my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/fast-food-is-a-staple-of-american-culture-but-some-of-its-workers-struggle-to-survive/ar-AA1xQtxz
— Hundreds of US visa appointments canceled in Colombia following spat with Trump over deportations
https://apnews.com/article/colombia-visas-deportation-flights-trump-tariffs-d98900b9626bc481daebe0561d8889e8

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders force Blacks to promote DEI.
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/black-owned-brands-urge-us-consumers-not-boycott-target-over-end-diversity-2025-01-28/

MSN
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Pritzker stands with foreign countries that illegally send their citizens illegally into America illegally. Those illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/video-jb-pritzker-on-trump-s-deportations-we-re-going-to-stand-in-the-way-of-an-unconstitutional-order/ar-AA1xTS6s

MSNBC
— The chilling message behind Trump’s latest firing spree. Congress created the first inspector general position in 1976 in an era of post-Watergate reform. Trump’s recent move to fire 18 of the 73 positions flies in the face of that tradition. (COMMENT: If the IGs were independent, they would have offered me jobs when my GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-firing-inspectors-general-undermine-government-accountability-rcna189459

NEW YORK TIMES
— Vance Defends Immigration Crackdown as Arrests Begin in Chicago
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/26/us/trump-news-updates
— Fired Inspectors General Raise Alarms as Trump Administration Moves to Finalize Purge. The full scope of the Friday night mass firings was coming into sharper view as one fired watchdog official warned of “a never-ending cycle of politicization.” (COMMENT: If the IGs were independent, they would have offered me jobs when my GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/us/politics/trump-inspectors-general-fired.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why government needs independent inspectors general. By keeping an eye out for waste and fraud, they make efficiency possible. (COMMENT: If the IGs were independent, they would have offered me jobs when my GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/27/trump-inspector-general-igs-fired/
— DOJ fires officials who worked on Jack Smith’s Trump investigations (COMMENT: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious when the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me in 1986. They forced him to retire in 1987. They threw me off audits of IRS at the end of 1988. They gave me a very bad audit assignment, unfair performance expectations and evaluation, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP) in 1989. They made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/27/doj-firings-trump-jack-smith-officials/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DEI is not dead, it is going under the table and off the books.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/is-dei-done/ba50d490-d16e-4b3e-8894-a33c204843ee

POLITICO
— Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid (COMMENT: To what extent are those in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct dependent on a) federal aid, b) state aid, c) township aid, d) municipal aid, and e) school district aid?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/27/trump-freezes-federal-aid-omb-00200891

NEWSER
— Pritzker: I’ll ‘Stand in the Way’ of Illegal Trump Orders. He says feds shouldn’t be going after ‘law-abiding’ people with jobs, families. (COMMENT: How successful has Pritzker been in your school district promoting hatred against Trump and promoting hatred against the rule of law? Ever-increasingly, Pritzker is a modern day George Wallace. SEE: https://www.emersonkent.com/speeches/school_house_door_speech.htm )
https://www.newser.com/story/363239/pritzker-ill-stand-in-the-way-of-illegal-trump-orders.html

HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Are “bad jobs” dead ends or steppingstones to better things?  (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. But those jobs were stepping stones for me to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job related professional license.)
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things

INC.
— Summertime Opportunity: Packing Wealthy Parents’ Kids Off to Camp (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely painted my parents as having been filthy rich. My critics/opponents ignored/dismissed/belittled that 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, and worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. They ignored/dismissed/belittled that I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.)
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/summertime-opportunity-packing-wealthy-parents-kids-off-to-camp.html

TECH TARGET
— What is a webmaster? (COMMENT: What if the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) asked me to serve as its webmaster? I served as the MTRO 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 Illinois Center Right Coalition webmaster 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois webmaster 2005-2012.)
https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/Webmaster
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  A webmaster is someone who creates and manages the content and organization of a website, manages the computer server and technical programming aspects of a website, or does both. Webmasters are often perceived as the website’s administrators who wear many hats to ensure the website runs seamlessly. What does a webmaster do? What a webmaster does varies significantly depending on the company’s size, industry niche, etc. However, most webmasters are responsible for two or more of the following: Content management. Design and functionality. Performance monitoring. Technical upkeep.)

BENEFITS PRO
— Trump shuts down ‘radical and wasteful’ federal DEI programs. Many of the nation’s largest employers have pulled back on DEI initiatives while others have doubled down. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers are not pulling back on DEI. They are putting DEI under the table and off the books.)
https://www.benefitspro.com/2025/01/27/trump-shuts-down-radical-and-wasteful-federal-dei-programs/

BENEFIT NEWS
— 25 best jobs in 2025 (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. 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. All my critics/opponents had parents who had way more money than mine had.)
https://www.benefitnews.com/list/25-best-jobs-in-2025-for-pay-advancement-work-life-balance
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The top-ranking job is nurse practitioner, with a median salary of $126,260, and 135,500 projected jobs in 2025. Nurse practitioners perform many of the same tasks as physicians and these positions require a master’s degree. Other top jobs are IT manager and physician assistant. IT managers have a median salary of $169,510, have 106,900 projected jobs in 2025 and require a bachelor’s degree. Physician assistants have a median salary of $130,020, have 43,700 projected jobs in 2025 and require a master’s degree. Of the top 25 jobs, 10 are in healthcare or healthcare related industries, six are in technology, three are in business, three are in social services, one is in sales and marketing, one is in engineering, and one is in maintenance and repair.)

GOOGLE AI
— A problematic employee is someone who consistently acts in a way that is harmful to the company or its employees. They may have poor job performance, be uncooperative, or be resistant to change. (COMMENT: All the employees who my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise 1980-1997 were problematic in one way or the other.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22problematic+employee%22+definition

GUARDIAN
— Parental income determines our life chances (COMMENT: Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/29/wealthy-parents-greatest-asset-is-the-assets-they-will-pass-on
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Parents shape our lives. On the financial side, academics focus on intergenerational income persistence (how much parental income determines our own) and its inverse (social mobility).)

DAILY MAIL
— CNN slammed for VERY selective reporting of Chicago migrant raids by outraged locals
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14331057/cnn-slammed-selective-reporting-chicago-migrant-raids.html

January 26, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Krishnamoorthi, immigration lawyer discuss Trump executive orders during virtual town hall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/25/krishnamoorthi-immigration-lawyer-discuss-trump-executive-orders-during-virtual-town-hall/
— Democratic states weigh more support for immigrants as Trump administration cracks down (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/democratic-states-immigrants-trump-administration/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/25/chicago-immigrant-advocacy-groups-sue-ice-following-week-of-tensions/
— ACLU warns University of Illinois to respect free speech after officials clamp down on climate change group and Palestinian group
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/25/aclu-warns-university-of-illinois-free-speech/
— Loyalty tests and MAGA checks: Inside the Trump White House’s intense screening of job-seekers (COMMENT: I am loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform. I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” 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.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/25/trump-white-houses-job-seekers/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/25/hundreds-take-to-the-streets-in-river-north-to-protest-trumps-first-week-this-isnt-the-time-to-back-down
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/25/trump-talks-about-deporting-criminal-aliens-his-anti-immigrant-agenda-doesnt-stop-there

DAILY HERALD
— Senate confirms Noem as Trump’s homeland security secretary
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250125/nation-and-world/senate-confirms-noem-as-trumps-homeland-security-secretary/

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/peoples-march-justice-immigration-activists-pro-palestinian-groups-protest-trump-administration-downtown-chicago/15836823/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigrant-advocacy-groups-sue-trump-administration-immigration-customs-enforcement-planned-ice-deportation-raids/15837055/
— Trump fires 17 independent watchdogs at multiple agencies in late-night move (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with Inspector General (IG) employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-fires-17-independent-watchdogs-multiple-agencies-late-night-move/15836135/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/donald-trump-2nd-term-live-updates-more-executive-action-planned-amid-day-1-fallout/15820865/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protesters-rally-against-trumps-policies-trump-tower/
— Immigrant rights groups in Chicago sue Trump administration, seek to block mass deportation efforts (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigrant-rights-groups-lawsuit-mass-deportations-president-trump/
— Soon, if not already, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northern-illinois-food-bank-immigration-policy-concerns/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-protest-middle-east-immigration-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/trump-immigration-lawsuit-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awWRSq1ysKY

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1582835
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-chicago-protesters-march-stop-034901404.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyS6V_iCBAs
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-advocacy-groups-sue-trump-administration-ice-over-retaliatory-deportation-raids
— Trump fires inspectors general (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with Inspector General (IG) employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-fires-inspectors-general-what-know

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hate against Trump
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/25/donald-trump-immigration-deportation-threats-ice-community-schools-churches-sanctuary-chicago

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats want government to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/voters-unhappy-both-parties/3646584/
— Trump uses mass firing to remove inspectors general at a series of agencies (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with Inspector General (IG) employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-25/trump-uses-mass-firing-to-remove-inspectors-general-at-a-series-of-agencies
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly equate illegals with fugitive slaves.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/26/nx-s1-5273652/church-safe-haven-history-immigrants

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Ramaswamy’s expected run for Ohio governor would test experienced Republicans and tradition (COMMENT: Which Republicans do you want to run for U.S. Senate and Illinois statewide offices in Illinois in 2026?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-ramaswamys-expected-run-for-ohio-governor-would-test-experienced-republicans-and-tradition/

WAND
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness
https://www.wandtv.com/community/homelessness-could-no-longer-be-a-crime-under-a-new-plan-filed-in-springfield/article_79a394ea-da83-11ef-9fe1-6bb1d2e8e8f3.html

CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
— 2005 Dodge Charger (COMMENT: Have you or anyone you know driven or rode in a 2024 or 2025 Dodge Charger? If so, please ask them to contact me. I have ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html  I own a red 2013 Charger R/T Max. I previously owned a blue 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a blue 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.chicagoautoshow.com/vehicles-on-display/2025/dodge/charger/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2025 Dodge Charger is a high-performance muscle car available in the two-door configurations. It competes in the sporty car segment, going head-to-head with rivals like the Ford Mustang, Nissan Z, and Toyota Supra.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Unleashing the Deep State Rat Catchers
https://johnkassnews.com/rat-catcher/

WHEATON RECORD
— Wheaton College Leads 52nd Annual March for Life in D.C.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/01/25/wheaton-leads-52nd-march-for-life/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Reports of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI pullbacks and rollbacks are false. AA and DEI are going under the table, off the books. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly argue that because they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals, it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents continue to do? My critics/opponents continue to a) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading them. They have their operative and their dupes in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization discredit me. Recently, they had them a) remove me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee and b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. My critics/opponent a) despise if not hate Trump, b) reject some, many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the IRP platform, and c) 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. 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have always fully supported in general elections the candidates who won Republican primaries in my precinct and who won Milton Township Republican Organization caucuses. But that is not good enough for too many of those candidates. I should write about those candidates. I would focus on those candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I am loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform. I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 and b) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986 and IRS in 1974, 1973, and 1972. My critics/opponents are overjoyed that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with Inspector General (IG) employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many agency-wide purges by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to promote the Democrat Party platform. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am amazed that I was able survive for so long. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) my earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Another black mark. Illinois has nation’s 3rd-highest corporate income tax rate.
https://wirepoints.org/another-black-mark-illinois-has-nations-3rd-highest-corporate-income-tax-rate-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
– “Madigan Is Not about Power” Really?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/madigan-is-not-about-power/
— Unemployment Higher Than Last Year, Now at 5.2%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/unemployment-higher-than-last-year-now-at-5-2/
— State Senator Asks Prison Employees to Send Her Identities of Illegal Aliens, Terri Bryant Should Also Ask Prisoners
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/state-senator-asks-prison-employees-to-send-her-identities-of-illegal-aliens-terri-bryant-should-also-ask-prisoners/
— Another Crook County Democrat Goes Down
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/another-crook-county-democrat-goes-down/
— Why 1870 Illinois State Constitution Prohibited County Treasurers to Succeed Themselves and How That Played Out in McHenry County a Century Later Resulting in Successful Real Estate Assessment Appeals
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/why-1870-illinois-state-constitution-prohibited-county-treasurers-to-succeed-themselves-and-how-that-played-out-in-mchenry-county-a-century-later-resulting-in-successful-real-estate-assessment-appeal/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Sa-Sh
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/22/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-sa/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Sh-St
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-sh-st/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: St-Ti
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/24/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-st/
— Reick Pension Analysis Makes Chicago Tribune
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/24/reick-pension-analysis-makes-chicago-tribune/
— Wilcox Seeks to Help Retailers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/24/wilcox-seeks-to-help-retailers/
— Reick Saddles Up for New Legislative Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/24/reick-saddles-up-for-new-legislative-session/
— Trump Comes Up with Answer to Data Centers’ Drain of Electricity from Current Users
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/trump-comes-up-with-answer-to-data-centers-drain-of-electricity-from-current-users/
— Kelli Wegener’s Secret Weapon in Her Challenge to McHenry County Board Chairman Mike Buehler
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/kelli-wegeners-secret-weapon/
— Wilcox Says GOP Opposes Attempt to Legalize Prostitution, Would Be a First in Nation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/wilcox-says-gop-opposes-attempt-to-legalize-prostitution-would-be-first-in-nation/
— House Republican Leadership Team Announced
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/house-republican-leadership-team-announced/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Give Trump a third term, says House Republican pushing constitutional change
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/25/rep-andy-ogles-give-trump-third-term/
— Trump considering keeping Joint Chiefs Chairman Brown despite claims he’s too woke (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I am too conservative.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/25/trump-considering-keeping-joint-chiefs-chairman-ch/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he may send nearly 90,000 newly hired IRS agents to border after issuing indefinite hiring freeze (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran 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. My first 6 months was classroom training in the Loop.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/25/us-news/trump-mulling-fate-of-nearly-90000-newly-hired-irs-agents/
— Every nation is a nation of immigrants. Newer immigrants push out older immigrants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/opinion/trump-immigrants-deportations.html
— Trump MUST clean out the partisan rot at the Justice Department (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be working for GAO.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/25/opinion/donald-trump-must-clean-out-the-partisan-rot-at-the-doj/
— Trump ramps up dramatic daybreak immigration raids in sanctuary city LA
https://nypost.com/2025/01/25/us-news/trumps-ice-raids-for-criminal-migrants-expands-into-la/
— Rev. Al Sharpton leads Costco ‘buy-cott’ in support of company’s controversial DEI commitment (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the less likely that Costco will hire, retain, or promote you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/25/us-news/rev-al-sharpton-leads-costco-buy-cott-in-support-of-companys-controversial-dei-commitment/
— Trump defends late-night purge of executive agency inspectors general: ‘They’re not my people’  (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many agency-wide purges by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/26/us-news/trump-defends-late-night-purge-of-executive-agency-inspectors-general/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Thousands of illegal migrants buying land in new Texas development
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/10/thousands-of-illegal-migrants-buying-land-in-new-texas-development-report/

AMERICAN THINKER
— When US media carry water for Mexican drug cartels
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/when_us_media_carry_water_for_mexican_drug_cartels.html

BREITBART
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez: Huge ‘Disconnect’ Between Governor, Mayor and Immigrants, Immigrants Want Threats Deported
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/01/25/chicago-alderman-huge-disconnect-between-governor-mayor-and-immigrants-immigrants-want-threats-deported/
— Activists Want Grand Rapids Declared ‘Sanctuary City’ for Illegals (COMMENT: I would lead the effort to stop that in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I led the successful effort to stop video gambling and pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/25/video-activists-want-grand-rapids-declared-sanctuary-city-for-illegals-as-trump-kicks-deportations/
— ICE Taps Other Federal Agencies to Assist ‘Apprehension of Illegal Aliens’
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/01/25/ice-taps-other-federal-agencies-to-assist-apprehension-of-illegal-aliens/
— Trump Administration Cancels Biden’s ‘Temporary’ Status for Thousands of Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/25/trump-administration-cancels-bidens-temporary-status-thousands-migrants/
— Trump Restores Single-Sex Jails, Transgender Inmates Sent Back to Men’s Prisons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/25/trump-restores-single-sex-jails-transgenders-sent-back-to-mens-prisons/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Education System Sacrifices Our Kids to the Detriment of Society
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/25/how-education-system-sacrifices-our-kids-to-the-detriment-of-society-what-trump-can-do-about-it/

EPOCH TIMES
— Mexico Accepted 4 Deportation Flights This Week  (COMMENT: Of course, foreign countries dump their worse citizens on America.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/mexico-accepted-4-deportation-flights-this-week-white-house-says-5798772

FOX NEWS
— Up to 250,000 children born to illegal migrants in 2023  (COMMENT: Democrat leaders will force America to give them extreme preference.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/up-250000-children-born-illegal-migrants-2023-preliminary-report
— Trump administration needs more planes to carry out deportations (COMMENT: If I had not had conservative teachers, I would not have been able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-administration-needs-more-planes-carry-out-deportations-report

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Fires Back at Pope Francis for Calling Mass Deportations a ‘Disgrace’
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-homan-fires-back-at-pope-francis-for-calling-mass-deportations-a-disgrace/

NEW AMERICAN
— Federal Mental-health Agency Pushing Gender Ideology Could Be on Trump’s Chopping Block
https://thenewamerican.com/us/federal-mental-health-agency-pushing-gender-ideology-could-be-on-trumps-chopping-block/

NEWSMAX
— Joint Chiefs Chair Could Remain Despite Woke Purge (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many purges by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/joint-chiefs-charles-q-brown-donald-trump/2025/01/25/id/1196511/

TOWNHALL
— Mexico Blocks U.S. Military Deportation Flight, Prevents Landing (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/25/mexico-refused-a-us-deportation-flight-preventing-it-from-landing-n2651125
— Trump Wipes Out Biden’s Abortion Rights Website
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/01/25/government-abortion-website-shut-down-n2651087
— Mass Deportation Raids Have Begun in Los Angeles
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/25/deportation-raids-have-begun-in-los-angeles-n2651153

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Woke employers do not rollback their wokeness, they put their wokeness under the table, off the books.
https://www.westernjournal.com/notoriously-woke-target-announces-dei-rollback-just-days-trumps-inauguration/
— With the Stroke of a Pen Trump Just Gave Us 80% More Deportation Officers – 31,000 New Badges
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/with-the-stroke-of-a-pen-trump-just-gave-us-80-more-deportation-officers-31-000-new-badges/ar-AA1xR0n8

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are ever-increasingly furious that 77 million voted for Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/voter-reaction-trump-first-week-aotm/index.html
— Underground network readies homes to hide illegals (COMMENT: How many safe houses are there in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? How many illegals are in them?)
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/us/california-immigrant-safe-houses/index.html

MSN
— The Death of American Made: 10 Reasons We Need to Bring Back Domestic Manufacturing
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/the-death-of-american-made-10-reasons-we-need-to-bring-back-domestic-manufacturing/ss-AA1umZur
— 20 Cars We are Excited About in 2025 (COMMENT: The list included the Dodge Charger. Have you or anyone you know driven or rode in a 2024 or 2025 Dodge Charger? If so, please ask them to contact me. I have ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html  I own a red 2013 Charger R/T Max. I previously owned a blue 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a blue 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-suvs/10-new-cars-we-re-excited-about-in-2025/ss-AA1qHxBK?ocid=overlayclose#image=11
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2025 Dodge Charger is anticipated to bring a bold evolution to the muscle car segment as the first all-electric muscle car. Maintaining its iconic, aggressive design, the 2025 Charger will likely offer impressive performance with a focus on speed and power, true to its muscle car heritage. Inside, the cabin is expected to combine retro styling with modern technology, including advanced infotainment and driver-assistance features. The 2025 Charger aims to appeal to driving enthusiasts who seek the thrill of high-performance driving while embracing the future of automotive technology.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly argue that because they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals, it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-simply-cannot-deport-all-unauthorized-immigrants-your-say/ar-AA1s3BHt
— White House Shares Photos As Trump Deports ‘Illegal Immigrant Criminals’ Via Military Aircraft; 538 Held So Far
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/white-house-shares-photos-as-trump-deports-illegal-immigrant-criminals-via-military-aircraft-538-held-so-far/ar-AA1xNJdA
— A decision by Donald Trump’s incoming administration to make a late-night firing of at least 12 inspectors general –– including some the president personally approved of in his first term –– is creating alarm among observers, according to a report from the Washington Post. Increasing those concerns is the fact that abrupt “purge” is likely illegal under federal law. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many agency-wide firings by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/a-widespread-massacre-observers-stunned-after-late-night-trump-purge-of-former-hires/ar-AA1xQFfS
— The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives appeared to try and avoid Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive order by switching the job title of its Chief Diversity Officer.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/gov-agency-caught-using-sneaky-tactic-to-get-around-trumps-dei-purge/ss-AA1xJ7Yt
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO employers have used the Equal Employment Opportunity Act a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstories/what-is-equal-employment-opportunity-act-of-1965-and-why-did-trump-revoke-it/ar-AA1xGaBr

MSNBC
— Why Trump’s second term populism has true conservatives like me worried. Voters rejected the failed progressive Biden-Harris agenda. But GOP populists are pushing Trump to abandon many conservative principles.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-second-term-populism-true-conservatives-rcna187528
— Democrats say “Trump’s attack on the federal workforce is an attack on the Black middle class. As the Center for American Progress has noted, the federal government has hired Black Americans at higher rates than the private sector going back a century or more.” My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 and b) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986 and IRS in 1974, 1973, and 1972. My critics/opponents are overjoyed that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-dei-federal-workers-civil-rights-rcna188966

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-immigration-enforcement-memo-targets-migrants-who-entered-legally-under-2025-01-24/

AOL
— Filling America’s schools with illegals is a top priority for Democrat and RINO leaders.
https://www.aol.com/california-must-fight-trump-keeping-130000132.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump takes pride in getting rid of ‘woke crap’
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates-executive-action-plans?id=117934786&entryId=118082269&cid=social_fb_tw

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/immigrants-protected-legal-status-trump-era-rcna188754
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigration-florida-deportation-fears-desantis-trump-rcna188942
— White House warns of ‘consequences’ for Republicans who don’t support all of Trump’s nominees (COMMENT: I have always fully supported in general elections the candidates who won Republican primaries in my precinct and who won Milton Township Republican Organization caucuses. But that is not good enough for too many of those candidates. I should write about those candidates. I would focus on those candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-republicans-trump-nominees-political-consequences-rcna189288

CBS NEWS
— Army tells units to prepare for deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-tells-units-prepare-deployment-us-mexico-border-immigration/
— Trump administration suspends some funding for refugee resettlement groups
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-suspends-some-funding-for-refugee-resettlement-groups-memo/
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO employers have used the Equal Employment Opportunity Act a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-equal-employment-opportunity-revoke-1965-dei-what-it-means/

NEW YORK TIMES
— How many safe houses are there in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? How many illegals are in them?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/nyregion/nyc-migrants-neighborhoods-shelters.html
— Federal Workers Told to Inform on Colleagues Trying to Dodge D.E.I. Crackdown (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates frequently if not constantly asked me questions to confirm my conservative beliefs, that is, to get information to use against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/22/us/trump-news
— Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion. Agencies are gripped with uncertainty about how to implement the blizzard of new policies as workers frantically try to assess the impact on their lives. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to promote the Democrat Party platform. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am amazed that I was able survive for so long. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) my earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/us/politics/trump-federal-workers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders promote Murkowski
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/25/trump-murkowski-alaska-hegseth-republicans-defy/00ba6944-db25-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/24/immigration-raids-deportations-trump-ice/
— Woke employers do not pull back their wokeness, they put their wokeness under the table, off the books.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/23/diversity-equity-inclusion-us-companies/34286ad8-d9c2-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— Trump defends ousting at least 15 independent inspectors general in late-night purge. The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many agency-wide oustings by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/24/trump-fire-inspectors-general-federal-agencies/

USA TODAY
— Trump’s Education Department dismantles DEI measures, suspends staff  (COMMENT: If my teachers had promoted DEI, I would not have been able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/01/23/trump-education-department-dei/77913326007/
— A Republican congressman wants Trump to get a third term. That should worry us.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/25/trump-third-term-constitutional-amendment-ogles-republicans/77921293007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating/dominating religious leaders.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/23/trump-response-bishop-budde-fox-news/77881230007/
— Trump deputizes thousands of federal agents to arrest illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/23/trump-deputizes-federal-agents-arrest-immigrants/77914576007/
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO employers have used the Equal Employment Opportunity Act a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/26/trump-dei-takeaways/77883358007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Draws Bright Line Between Sexes. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-draws-bright-line-between-sexes-headaches-are-ahead/ar-AA1xRXlw

INC.
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything that they could to make me quit. But the longer that you are a federal employee, the harder that it is to get a job in the private sector, and especially if your federal superiors have taken big adverse actions against you.
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/why-do-employees-really-quit-their-jobs-it-comes-down-to-the-same-8-words-i-often-hear-as-an-executive-coach/91110873

ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders slowed down their invasion of America to reelect Biden, but it was not enough.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/trump-cbp-one-immigration/681431/

TIME
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO employers have used the Equal Employment Opportunity Act a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://time.com/7210039/what-is-dei-trump-executive-order-companies-diversity-efforts/

TIMES OF INDIA
— Angry H-1B tweet, Hindu faith, or Musk’s wrath? Why was Vivek Ramaswamy fired from DOGE?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/angry-h-1b-tweet-hindu-faith-or-musks-wrath-why-was-vivek-ramaswamy-fired-from-doge/ar-AA1xNRuJ
— Millions of illegal immigrants, including 750,000 Indians, on tenterhooks as Trump returns to White House
https://www.msn.com/en-in/politics/government/millions-of-illegal-immigrants-including-750-000-indians-on-tenterhooks-as-trump-returns-to-white-house/ar-AA1xxedd
— 79% of Americans say transgender athletes don’t belong in women’s sport (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/politics/government/republicans-and-democrats-rare-unity-79-of-americans-say-transgender-athletes-don-t-belong-in-women-s-sport-survey/ar-AA1xvndn

January 25, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote employers that promote DEI, that is, they promote employers that promote race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Do not anticipate being hired, retained, or promoted by such employers if you are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/costco-defends-diversity-policies-other-us-companies-scale-back-dei-practices/15834185/
— Illinois authorities divided on TRUST Act forbidding federal immigration enforcement collaboration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trust-act-controversy-illinois-authorities-divided-law-forbidding-collaboration-federal-immigration-enforcement-raids/15834612/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Those that are charged with or convicted of serious, heinous crimes they don’t want them on the street,” Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey said. “We don’t want them on the street if they’re U.S. citizens, why would we want them on our streets if they’re here illegally?” In an exclusive interview, the sheriff allowed I-Team cameras into the Kankakee County jail. That facility, until the past few years, was contracted to hold up to 200 ICE detainees. “We want to be there as just backup. We’re not looking to detain or arrest anybody. We’re there to support another law enforcement agency and that’s where the frustration comes in,” Downey said. “It’s a public safety issue. Get these bad people off our streets and out of our country. That’s what law enforcement is asking.” . . . Republican west suburban state Representative Dan Ugaste said the entire TRUST Act should be repealed. “Rather than putting them back out on the streets making ICE go find them in the neighborhoods. We then will have a safe transfer of someone who’s going to be removed from the country,” Ugaste said. Currently, the closest local ICE detention center is in Wisconsin, where republican lawmakers are working to establish new rules for all local law enforcement to collaborate and assist with ICE.)

NBC5
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly a) put DEI under the table and off the books and b) use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/target-rolls-back-dei-initiatives-latest-big-company-retreat-rcna189172

FOX32
— Duckworth, Durbin slam Hegseth confirmation: ‘Deeply shameful’ (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.fox32chicago.com/news/duckworth-durbin-hegseth-confirmation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She argued Hegseth didn’t have the proper qualifications to lead the Department of Defense and its nearly 3 million employees. “Yet, it is deeply shameful that tonight—despite shouting from the rooftops that they wanted to bring meritocracy back to our military—nearly every Republican chose to confirm someone who so obviously lacks the merits to serve as our Secretary of Defense. And our brave servicemembers, our military readiness and our national security will pay the price,” Duckworth said in a statement. . .Durbin also questioned Hegseth’s qualifications, even citing what his office called his “inability to articulate a defense strategy in addressing threats to the U.S.”)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/25/letters-012525-refugees/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/01/25/trump-attacking-immigrants-makes-america-weaker-not-greater-steven-roberts

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Elgin’s ‘Tent City’ residents move to hotel, cleanup begins at former homeless encampment (COMMENT: Where do your critics/opponents want homeless encampments to be located? Of course, my critics/opponents want one to be located in the Prairie Path Park in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton so that they can blame it on me. They would hint/imply/argue/shout at the voters in my precinct that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters brought the homeless there. Since 2000, my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. I should start writing about my critics/opponents. I could feature one every month or even every week.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250124/news/elgins-tent-city-residents-move-to-hotel-clean-up-begins-at-former-homeless-encampment/
— Advocates urge Naperville to ‘Say No to Coal’ (COMMENT: If not coal, what should generate electricity and what would the coat be?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250124/news/settled-science-advocates-urge-naperville-to-say-no-to-coal/

WBEZ
— Illinois joins IRS Direct File program, allowing some taxpayers to file federal taxes for free (COMMENT: I recommend using TurboTax and especially if you are a Republican. To get rid of me when I was 29 years old in 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my graduate business and accounting courses. They ignored my position descriptions and that my employee manual encouraged me to take those courses. They outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely argued that the courses did not relate to my job duties, did not maintain or improve my job skills, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and qualified me for a new trade or business. They did that because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola and they had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. You have to promote Affirmative Action and DEI big time to get promoted to GS-13.)
https://www.wbez.org/money/2025/01/10/illinois-irs-direct-file-program-taxpayers-file-federal-taxes-free

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WSIL TV
— China tells Rubio to behave himself in veiled warning (COMMENT: How soon will China and Russia officially declare war on America?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-china-tells-rubio-to-behave-himself-in-veiled-warning/
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/china-tells-rubio-to-behave-himself-in-veiled-warning/article_ff9d09d9-0d6d-56e5-8aa0-5752ceda843d.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election. They reject the rule of law. They ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democratic-states-weigh-more-support-for-immigrants-as-trump-administration-cracks-down/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn minorities who voted for Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-conservatives-of-color-have-lofty-expectations-for-trumps-second-term/

WQAD
— Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking reproductive health care facilities
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/nation-world/justice-department-curtails-prosecutions-blocking-reproductive-health-care-facilities/507-a6ea741a-f021-4472-b4c9-29f28eb6bcc5

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump officials empower DHS to expel illegals allowed in under two Biden programs
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-24/trump-officials-empower-dhs-to-expel-migrants-allowed-under-2-biden-programs

FOX ILLINOIS
— Proposed Mississippi bill aims to curb illegal immigration with $1K rewards
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/bounty-hunters-proposed-bill-aims-to-curb-illegal-immigration-with-1k-rewards-migrants-mississipii

25 NEWS NOW
— State Sen. Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) supports Trump’s 2-genders order calling it common sense. Chesney called fluidity ‘gender dysphoria,’ a term for a feeling of mismatch between someone’s physical appearance and internal feeling, and said if there are mental health issues along with that, they can be addressed. “Gender is not fluid, and it’s not on a spectrum,” he said. “It’s binary and there are only two genders. Words have meaning, and you can say whatever you are, but that doesn’t mean it’s true.” The state lawmaker said he believes anyone identifying as intersex should go by what their chromosomes indicate.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/01/25/lgbtq-non-profit-illinois-lawmaker-show-polarized-opinions-trumps-binary-gender-order/

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEWS
— How much does raising a child impact your career? (COMMENT: According to my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors, if my wife and I had children, I would never had been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, or c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981. All my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors a) had children and blamed their child raising responsibilities for their a) having no master’s degree or fewer than I had and b) having no professional certification or fewer than I had. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors.)
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/how-much-does-raising-child-impact-your-career-men-and-women-disagree-answer

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Legislator suspects prosecutions as Illinois cities defy Trump deportation plans (COMMENT: What positions do the law enforcement leaders in your county and municipality have on this?)
https://www.aol.com/legislator-suspects-prosecutions-illinois-cities-203700496.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An Illinois legislator, who is also in law enforcement, suspects police departments and municipalities will lose federal funding if they don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Just hours after President Donald Trump took the oath of office, DeKalb’s city manager Bill Nicklas issued a statement about the police department’s role in supporting federal authorities in carrying out mass deportations. The statement said the department operates in conformance with the Illinois TRUST Act, which bans law enforcement from assisting immigration agents. State Rep. John Cabello, R-Machesney Park, who is also a law enforcement officer, said once someone is a criminal, the TRUST Act is thrown out the window. “We can try to hide behind the TRUST Act, but the TRUST Act is, in my opinion, more on the lines of civil things and not criminal. If you’re here illegally, that’s criminal,” said Cabello. “I don’t foresee that there’s a police department out there that is not going to cooperate with another law enforcement agency. I mean, nobody in their right mind would not want to help get violent criminals off of the street, and that’s what’s going to be taking place” with Trump’s deportation policies. Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez said ICE agents are not allowed to enter district premises without a judicial warrant. Cabello doesn’t foresee the federal authorities coming to a school to speak to a child in any way, shape or form. “These are folks that are trying to make it seem as though that the federal government and the President of the United States are these horrible people that are going to come to your school and snatch your child,” Cabello said. “People just need to stop and realize that we’re going after the worst of the worst right now. Relax. Unless you’re worse than the worst, then I hope you’re very nervous.” If an ICE agent shows up, CPS lawyers are available via hotline for school leaders to call and they’ll determine if the judicial warrant is valid. Cabello suspects police departments and municipalities will lose federal funding if they don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Nicklas said in a statement that going after “non-criminals” would destroy the trust residents need to have with the police. Cabello said the Justice Department has said any state or local official who wishes to stand in the way of deportations will be prosecuted. “So, if you want to go to jail and lose your career to save the violent offenders that are on your street, you shouldn’t have been elected, and you shouldn’t be doing the job in the first place,” said Cabello. “If the agencies that don’t want to assist the feds in doing what they need to do, especially with violent criminals, then they can deal with not having federal funding.” In the DeKalb statement, Nicklas said the police department aligns with the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police in their compliance with the TRUST Act. Cabello said not all police chiefs would agree that the act applies to illegal immigrants who are criminals. “I can tell you there’s a lot of police chiefs that do not agree with that,” said Cabello. “If anybody really looks at the TRUST Act, it’s really talking about civil things. It’s not talking about criminal stuff.” DeKalb Police, according to the city manager, will focus on reducing crime and enhancing quality of life for all residents. “Regardless of anyone’s immigration status, the DeKalb police will always help those in need, tend to victims of crime, and work with local agencies to assure the health and welfare of those we serve,” said the statement released by Nicklas.)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who would lead efforts to make your county, township, municipality, and school district non-sanctuary? I would lead such efforts in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200. I led successful efforts to ban video gambling and pot in Wheaton. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you say to website operators that do not want me to include links to articles on their websites in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? These website operators promote the Democrat Party platform and/or destroy conservative Republican news and commentary aggregators like me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you vote for Trump? If you did, you should be taking ever-increasing steps to protect yourself from hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters. Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he is going to get rid of the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump. If you are employed, anticipate/expect that you will be fired. If you are looking for a job, do not anticipate/expect that you will get one. If you voted for Trump, will the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and of your Republican county/township/ward organizations come to your defense? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How many demographics do you share with Trump? The more demographics that you share with Trump, anticipate/expect the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all the aforesaid demographics with Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Start Living on Purpose (COMMENT: What are your purposes for living? Mine include promoting conservative principles, that is, defending and advancing the Republican Party platform.)
https://devotions1.lccportal.org/2025/01/25/start-living-on-purpose/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE arrests more than 1,000 illegal immigrants over two days
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/25/ice-arrests-1-000-illegal-immigrants-two-days/

NEW YORK POST
— Huntington Beach strikes back at Gov. Newsom’s ‘lawless’ immigration policies with ‘non-sanctuary’ resolution (COMMEMT: Who would lead efforts to make your county, township, municipality, and school district non-sanctuary? I would lead such efforts in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200. I led successful efforts to ban video gambling and pot in Wheaton.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/us-news/huntington-beach-strikes-back-at-newsoms-lawless-immigration-policies/
— Secretary of State Marco Rubio bans passports with ‘X’ gender markers after Trump order
https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/us-news/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-bans-passports-with-x-gender-markers-after-trump-order-report/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago resident who sued city over migrant crisis says ‘change is on the horizon’ after Trump’s inauguration
https://www.aol.com/chicago-resident-sued-city-over-110011997.html
— Chicago PD says it ‘will not assist’ with upcoming ICE deportations
https://www.aol.com/chicago-pd-says-not-assist-003849923.html

NEWSMAX
— Mexico Refuses Deportation Flight From US
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mexico-deportation-flight/2025/01/24/id/1196454/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Hundreds of illegal immigrant criminals arrested, hundreds more flown out of U.S. by military
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-illegal-immigrant-criminals-arrested-more-flown-from-us-military-white-house-says/
— Trump ends “humanitarian parole” program in latest immigration policy sweep
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/video/trump-ends-humanitarian-parole-program-in-latest-immigration-policy-sweep-1/

CBS AUSTIN
— Department of Defense, other federal agencies fail their audits (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of many federal agencies for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year.)
https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/department-of-defense-other-federal-agencies-fail-their-audits-agriculture-energy-labor-taxpayers-taxes-trump

NEW YORK TIMES
— Federal Workers Ordered to Report on Colleagues Over D.E.I. Crackdown (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates frequently if not constantly asked me questions to confirm my conservative beliefs, that is, to get information to use against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/trump-order-discrimination-federal-hiring.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/opinion/trump-immigrants-deportations.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/politics/trump-immigration-pause.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump ousts at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge. The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general. (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with Inspector General (IG) employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female. younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/24/trump-fire-inspectors-general-federal-agencies/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/01/24/trump-order-passports-x-gender/
— Democrat and RINO leaders want churches to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/25/mexico-city-migrants-trump/

USA TODAY
— Elon is Hitler? Liberals regress to cancel culture to compensate for their loss. Rather than debate Elon Musk and Donald Trump in good faith or engage them in civil discourse, Democrats have resorted to what they do best: name-calling in an attempt to ‘cancel’ those they dislike.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/23/musk-salute-fascist-democrats-cancel-culture/77845518007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders want churches to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-immigration-deportation-church-sanctuary-2a57436f

FORBES
— The First 90 Days Of Your New Job (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. During my first 90 days, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, and coworkers did everything that they could to destroy my GAO career. They stressed a) that GAO had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer, b) that IRS never promoted me beyond GS-12 even though I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA in 1976, c) that IRS had disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, d) that I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, e) that I was a conservative Republican, f) that I had avoided the Vietnam War draft, g)  that I was Protestant, h) that I was 100% German national origin, i) that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, j) that I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972 and I had lived in Wheaton since 1978, and k) that I had owned a 1972 Corvette since 1971.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lucianapaulise/2024/04/30/how-to-make-an-impact-in-the-first-90-days-of-your-new-job/

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-francis-trump-reject-hate-discrimination-or-exclusion

WDHO
— Want to work in law enforcement? (COMMENT: IRS enforces federal tax laws. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, my last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://www.wdbo.com/news/want-work-law-enforcement-orlando-police-department-host-career-fair/Z3ZE7HCWHNENPLLWV567Q57CPM/

NEW BEDFORD GUIDE
— Make a difference! Consider a law enforcement career!  (COMMENT: IRS enforces federal tax laws. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, my last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://www.newbedfordguide.com/new-bedford-police-difference-consider-law-enforcement-career/2025/01/04#google_vignette

LADDERS
— These Are the 7 Most Lucrative Law Enforcement Careers  (COMMENT: IRS enforces federal tax laws. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, my last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/these-are-the-7-most-lucrative-law-enforcement-careers

ABC13
— Illegals who committed violent crimes or drug crimes should be deported
https://wset.com/question/vote-do-you-support-deporting-people-in-the-country-illegally-who-have-committed-a-violent-or-drug-related-crime-question-of-the-day-white-house-president-donald-trump-ice-border-migrants

January 24, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: A federal judge temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship  (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/trump-birthright-citizenship-2/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson rejects Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-fight-trump-immigrant-threats/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Say No To Coal consortium packs Naperville council meeting to fight electric contract extension  (COMMENT: If not coal, what exactly do Democrats want to be used to power their electric vehicles?)

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/naperville-council-coal-electricity-consortium/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrats ever-increasingly promote ranked choice
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/23/ranked-choice-voting-could-boost-election-fairness-supporters-say-but-faces-steep-uphill-climb-in-cook-county/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/letters-012425-mariann-edgar-budde-donald-trump/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/column-donald-trump-foreign-policy-tariffs-tiktok-shackelford/
— ‘Troubled’ Housing Authority of Cook County spent more than $60,000 at Six Flags
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/cook-county-housing-authority-six-flags/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/opinion-illinois-abortion-rights-donald-trump/
— Vintage Chicago Tribune: The mass deportation of Mexicans in 1954 (COMMENT: If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/23/vintage-chicago-tribune-the-mass-deportation-of-mexicans-in-1954/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Questions loom as Trump’s sweeping DEI cuts hit federal agencies in Chicago. Among the remaining questions were how the EPA’s environmental justice programs, which bring federal resources to areas heavier hit by pollution, would be impacted by the order. Federal employees on those programs were ordered to stop work Wednesday. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans was the top priority for all federal employees.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/23/donald-trump-dei-cuts-federal-agencies-chicago
— Illinois, other states win temporary block of Trump order ending birthright citizenship. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/23/federal-judge-temporary-block-president-trump-executive-order-birthright-citizenship
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/23/birthright-citizenship-president-donald-trump-constitution-mexico-asia
— Chicago Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-trump-threats-local-leaders-sanctuary-cities
— The hatred that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote them.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/24/donald-trump-christian-right-franklin-graham-idolatry-mona-charen
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/01/24/trump-wants-to-convince-you-immigrants-dont-belong-here-hes-wrong

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) issues guidance to schools on Trump immigration actions  (COMMENT: The ISBE rejects Trump’s election and the rule of law.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250123/news/state-education-board-issues-guidance-to-schools-on-trump-immigration-actions/
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave preference big time to 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, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250123/nation-and-world-politics/trump-revoked-an-antidiscrimination-hiring-rule-heres-what-it-means/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker, Johnson, Emanuel blast Trump on DEI, immigration orders (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election and reject the rule of law.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-johnson-emanuel-blast-trump-dei-immigration

ABC7
— Trump signs new executive orders
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/donald-trump-2nd-term-live-updates-more-executive-action-planned-amid-day-1-fallout/15820865/
— DHS allows US Marshals, DEA and ATF to carry out immigration enforcement
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dhs-allows-us-marshals-dea-atf-carry-immigration-enforcement/15829594/
— Chicago Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-deportations-mayor-brandon-johnson-launches-know-rights-campaign-cta-amid-fears-trump-immigration-raids/15830469/

NBC5
— Trump birthright citizenship order dealt setback on busy day for administration (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-order-jfk-assassination-busy-day/3655023/
— Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-school-districts-prepare-for-possible-immigration-enforcement-actions/3654727/

NBC5
— Immigrants in Chicago’s Chinatown on alert over Trump deportation plans  (COMMENT: What percent of those in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district are in America illegally?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/immigrants-in-chicagos-chinatown-on-alert-over-trump-deportation-plans/3654847/
— Tiffany Henyard lawsuit over Thornton Township candidacy rejected by judge. Henyard will still run for reelection as mayor of Dolton later this year.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tiffany-henyard-lawsuit-dismissed-thornton-township/3655009/

CBS2
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/over-2-dozen-states-including-illinois-filing-lawsuits-over-trumps-birthright-order/
— Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/church-chicago-pilsen-immigration-crackdown-fears/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-of-chicago-to-conduct-annual-count-of-everyone-experiencing-homelessness/
— Tiffany Henyard will stay off ballot for Thornton Township, Illinois supervisor, judge rules
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tiffany-henyard-off-ballot-thornton-township-illinois/

FOX32
— Trump doubles down on immigration action – what that means for Illinois  (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1581527
— Republicans praise executive order on birthright citizenship
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1581735
— Fox News reporter rides along during ICE bust under Trump. ICE has made hundreds of arrests across the country, including in Illinois.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1582047

WTTW
— Pritzker rejects Trump’s election and the rule of law
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/23/pritzker-vows-protect-illinois-residents-despite-threat-prosecution-defying-trump
— Chicago Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/23/deputy-mayor-pledges-protect-chicago-s-undocumented-immigrant-communities

WGN RADIO
— Officers outraged by President Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons
https://wgnradio.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/officers-outraged-by-president-trumps-jan-6-pardons/amp/

WBEZ
— Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2025/01/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-is-not-intimidated-after-trump-threatens-to-investigate-local-leaders-in-sanctuary-cities
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/24/research-contradicts-public-safety-rationale-for-trumps-crackdown-on-immigrants-and-sanctuary-cities

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/women-minority-entrepreneurs-proved-they-can-compete-opinion

RIVER BENDER
— The Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission Hosts Public Hearing in Evanston (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will force everyone in Illinois to disclose their ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped and then bought and operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses just north of downtown Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store.)
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/the-illinois-african-descentcitizens-reparations-commission-hosts-public-hearing-in-evanston—79060.cfm?

FOX ILLINOIS
— NASA closing DEI offices, admits they ‘resulted in shameful discrimination’ (COMMENT: To give preference to members of one group is to discriminate against members of another group.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nasa-closing-dei-offices-admits-they-resulted-in-shameful-discrimination-diversity-equity-inclusion-donald-j-trump-white-house-administration-woke-washington-politics

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-23/trump-wants-to-end-birthright-citizenship-thats-easier-said-than-done

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— President Trump focuses on illegal immigration
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/president-trump-focuses-on-illegal-immigration/
— Democrats and RINOs will not stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans; they will go under the table and off the books.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-order-ending-federal-dei-programs-leaves-agencies-and-stakeholders-on-uncertain-ground/

FOX ILLINOIS
— legalizing recreational marijuana is making roads more dangerous
https://foxillinois.com/news/spotlight-on-america/is-legalizing-recreational-marijuana-making-roads-more-dangerous-impairment-law-enforcement-crashes-injury

WGLT
— Trump taps conservative media critic L. Brent Bozell III to lead global news agency
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-23/trump-taps-conservative-media-critic-to-lead-global-news-agency

WSIL TV
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/trumps-orders-to-end-dei-programs-reflect-his-push-for-a-profound-cultural-shift/article_7c56a985-c50e-58d2-b49c-1a95313bccd7.html
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave preference big time to 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, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/trump-rescinds-measure-used-to-fight-workplace-discrimination-for-60-years/article_d16bc534-290b-5bf4-be0f-18ac50807105.html

POLSKIE RADIO
— Polish community in Chicago concerned over Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7789/Artykul/3474833,polish-community-in-chicago-concerned-over-trump%E2%80%99s-deportation-plans

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Evanston firefighters wear Trump masks at work
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/01/22/evanston-firefighters-wear-trump-masks-at-work/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-442/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-234/
— Illinois-related Trump news coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/23/illinois-related-trump-news-coverage-roundup/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Trump Kills Obama Democrat’s Nakedly Racist DEI
https://johnkassnews.com/trump-mercifully-kills-obamas-democrat-racist-dei/

WIREPOINTS
— Open borders and sanctuaries are driving Illinois’ migrant chaos, not Trump’s deportations
https://wirepoints.org/open-borders-and-sanctuaries-are-driving-illinois-migrant-chaos-not-trumps-deportations-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party’s strategies to stay in power include flooding America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, citizens of foreign countries who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance because they lack education and/or job skills and/or because they have health and/or other problems. The Democrat Party’s strategies to stay in power also include promoting dependency on government and charity, destruction of traditional marriage and family (LGBTQ), abortion, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, 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. Hate-filled Trump-hating RINOs have no problem with the aforesaid. The Democrat Party’s strategies are killing America. That is why Trump got reelected. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have always followed the rule of law. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO, Democrat Affirmative Action and DEI laws required me to give preference big time to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger than me, disabled, and/or veteran. Virtually all my subordinates were problematic one way or the other. But I nevertheless gave them big time preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. They wanted to get rid of me so that they could give my job to one of my subordinates. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in doing that when I was 49 years old in 1997. They succeeded in forcing me to retire. They gave my Democrat Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Previously, to get rid of me, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, They had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They had ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) my becoming a licensed CPA. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has race and gender based preference giving impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave preference big time to 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, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What tests have you taken and passed? If my critics/opponents had their way, for all the many tests that I took and passed, equal percentages of Whites and minorities and equal percentages of males and females would have taken and passed those tests. But that was not the case. Far fewer minorities than Whites and far fewer females than males took and passed the tests that I did. I took and passed all the tests necessary to earn a) master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997) and b) professional certifications in accounting (1979) and internal auditing (1981). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will force everyone in Illinois to disclose their ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped and then bought and operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses just north of downtown Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you or anyone you know driven or rode in a 2024 or 2025 Dodge Charger? If so, please ask them to contact me. Monday, I ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html  I own a red 2013 Charger R/T Max. I previously owned a blue 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a blue 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hegseth narrowly clears Senate test vote, poised for final confirmation on Friday
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/pete-hegseth-narrowly-clears-senate-test-vote-pois/
— Lisa Murkowski is first Republican to announce opposition to Hegseth ahead of key vote
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/lisa-murkowski-first-republican-announce-oppositio/
— Federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/federal-judge-blocks-trump-birthright-citizenship-/
— Texas asks to be reimbursed for $11 billion spent defending border
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/texas-asks-reimbursed-11-billion-spent-defending-b/
— Marriage decline spells societal disaster (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/better-worse-marriage-decline-spells-societal-disa/
— March for Life: Defending the weakest and most vulnerable
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/march-life-defending-weakest-vulnerable/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump isn’t just shutting down diversity, equity, and inclusion offices across the federal government — he’s directing employees to turn in colleagues who may be practicing DEI under the radar.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3299011/trump-hardball-tactics-root-out-dei-federal-government/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— CNN Lays Off Over 200 Employees Days Into Trump’s Second Term
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/cnn-lays-off-over-200-employees-days-into-trumps-second-term/

NEW YORK POST
— NY has 670K residents who are illegal migrants — including 42,300 undocumented restaurant workers (COMMENT: While I was a junior and senior in high school in the 1960s, I washed dishes. Previously, I did yard work and delivered newspapers. Subsequently, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/ny-has-670k-residents-who-are-illegal-migrants-including-42300-undocumented-restaurant-workers/
— Trump can fix biased, bloated bureaucracy — by abolishing the civil service (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave preference big time to 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, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/opinion/fix-biased-bloated-bureaucracy-abolish-the-civil-service/
— Trump shakes up globalists at Davos summit — instilling fear and relief while showing Sleepy Joe’s no longer at the wheel
https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/business/trump-shakes-up-globalists-at-davos-summit-instilling-fear-and-relief-while-showing-sleepy-joes-no-longer-at-the-wheel/
— Revoking 1965 Executive Order 11246: This is President Trump’s boldest move so far — even Reagan chickened out on it (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used that order a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/opinion/president-trumps-boldest-move-so-far-even-reagan-chickened-out-on-it-repealing-affirmative-action/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Mexico Scrambles to Build Tents to Handle Mass Deportations From US
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/24/morning-greatness-mexico-scrambles-to-build-tents-to-handle-mass-deportations-from-us/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ACLU sues to prevent illegals from being deported
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/23/right-on-cue-aclu-sues-to-prevent-illegals-from-being-deported-1517992/
— The usual RINO suspects set to oppose Hegseth after NBC News slime job (COMMENT: RINOs are closer to Democrats than to Republicans.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/23/the-usual-rino-suspects-set-to-oppose-hegseth-after-nbc-news-slime-job-report-1517998/

BREITBART
— Under Trump, ICE Arrests 460 Illegal Immigrants Accused of Violent Crimes in 33 Hours
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/23/report-under-trump-ice-arrests-460-illegal-immigrants-accused-of-violent-crimes-in-33-hours/
— ICE Rounds Up Gang Members, Child Predators, Suspected Terrorist as Deportation Operation Begins
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/23/ice-rounds-gang-members-child-predators-suspected-terrorist/
— Trump Deputies Seek 40,000 Beds for Migrant Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/23/trump-deputies-seek-40000-beds-for-migrant-deportations/
— Illegal Aliens Worried as Trump-Era ICE Raids Loom
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/23/illegal-aliens-worried-as-trump-era-ice-raids-loom/

CENTER SQUARE
— Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $116 billion annually. Californians, Texans, Floridians pay the most.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_77e6b26a-d9be-11ef-a20b-ef008926f5c0.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Trump appoints affirmative action critic to chair civil rights commission
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ending-illegal-discrimination-trump-order-may-lead-to-more-dei-cuts-in-higher-ed/

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Rep Unveils Resolution Condemning Left-Wing Bishop’s ‘Distorted Message’ During National Prayer Service
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/23/exclusive-rep-josh-brecheen-resolution-condemning-mariann-budde/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Pardons 23 Pro-Life Activists Ahead of March for Life. The protesters were convicted for blocking the entrances of abortion clinics. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-pardons-23-pro-life-activists-ahead-of-march-for-life-5797925

HOT AIR
— Violent Illegal Gang Member: “Biden Forever.” Thanks Obama “For Everything He Did For Me”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/01/23/violent-illegal-gang-member-biden-forever-thanks-obama-for-everything-he-did-for-me-n3799099

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Texas Nurse Threatens ICE, Tells Others How To Smuggle Illegals Into Their Hospitals
https://mrctv.org/blog/justine-brooke-murray/texas-nurse-threatens-ice-tells-others-how-smuggle-illegals-their

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Magnificent Blow Against DEI  (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used DEI against me.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/01/trumps-magnificent-blow-against-dei/

NEWSMAX
— California Braces for Trump’s Illegal Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsmax.com/us/california-illegal-immigrants-resources/2025/01/23/id/1196290/

PJ MEDIA
— Here Are Some of the Monsters Arrested by ICE Since Trump’s Inauguration
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/23/here-are-some-of-the-monsters-arrested-by-ice-since-trumps-inauguration-n4936275

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— There Has Been A Massive Shift On Immigration, The Majority Of Americans Believe Illegals Should Be Deported
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/23/cnns_enten_there_has_been_a_massive_shift_on_immigration_the_majority_of_americans_believe_illegals_should_be_deported.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— How much success have the Democrat teachers in your school district had turning their students into good little Democrats?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/technology/teaching-or-indoctrination-us-classrooms-mirror-nationwide-divide-on-race-and-history/ar-AA1xFfQh

ABC NEW YORK
— ICE agents arrest over 500 migrants in sanctuary cities, including NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZeHXDcBeQ

NBC NEWS
— Trump issues more immigration orders on third day in office, while enforcement details remain unclear
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/trump-immigration-orders-third-day-enforcement-details-rcna188827
— Democrats and RINOs reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/faith-leaders-teachers-preparing-attack-trump-allows-immigration-arres-rcna188753

CBS NEWS
— Trump officials closing immigration offices Biden set up in Latin America
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-officials-closing-immigration-offices-biden-set-up-latin-america/
— Pete Hegseth told Sen. Elizabeth Warren he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of sexual assault
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-paid-50000-to-woman-who-accused-him-of-sexual-assault/
— Hundreds of “illegal immigrant criminals” arrested, hundreds more flown out of U.S. by military
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-illegal-immigrant-criminals-arrested-more-flown-from-us-military-white-house-says/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily. A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-immigrants-deportation.html
— For Some Democrats, Talk of ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Has Grown Quieter. Many leaders say their policies to limit local cooperation with federal immigration officials stand. But signs of division have emerged.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/for-some-democrats-talk-of-sanctuary-cities-has-grown-quieter.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/sarah-mcbride-transgender-trump-congress.html
— FRONT PAGE: The Struggle To Make Tests A.I. Can’t Ace  (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, my undergraduate degree would have been in accounting. By the time I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, the accounting profession viewed me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/technology/ai-test-humanitys-last-exam.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/01/23/schools-immigrant-families-trump-ice-raids/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/trump-immigration-ice-raids-school/866be050-d886-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— How Trump’s executive orders could affect federal workers. President Donald Trump has issued orders that send federal workers back to the office, terminate DEI positions and more. Here’s what we know so far. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI to give preference big time to 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, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/22/federal-workers-trump-orders-dei-return-office/

LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— Mainstream media can’t cope with growing Black support for Trump
https://www.dailynews.com/2025/01/23/larry-elder-mainstream-media-cant-cope-with-growing-black-support-of-trump/

USA TODAY
— Acting VA secretary warns against disguising DEI programs targeted for termination
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/22/veterans-affairs-dei-trump/77888886007/
— Trump’s anti-DEI orders worry some federal workers
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/23/trump-dei-civil-rights/77879746007/

KSDK
— Democrats and RINOs will not stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans; they will go under the table and off the books.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/verify/donald-trump/federal-employees-report-possible-dei-jobs-trump-administration-fact-check/536-1ce97641-d9de-4c65-a8fa-bb3493fa3ac0

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Two Republican Senators Oppose Hegseth for Defense Secretary
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pete-hegseth-confirmation-vote-goes-down-to-the-wire-e91fd01f

FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs will not stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans; they will go under the table and off the books.
https://fortune.com/2025/01/23/dei-donald-trump-executive-order-presidential-action-what-it-means-for-businesses/

FORBES
— Change Your College Planning For The $1.1 Trillion Skills Gap  (COMMENT: My undergraduate major should have been accounting. By the time I took graduate accounting courses, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA, I was 32 years old. The accounting profession had no use for me because I was too old and because I had bad demographics.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivalegatt/2025/01/23/change-your-college-planning-for-the-11-trillion-skills-gap/

FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
— Equality of Opportunity, Not Outcome, Is What Made America Great (COMMENT: If my critics/opponents had their way, for all the many tests that I took and passed, equal percentages of Whites and minorities and equal percentages of males and females would have taken and passed those tests. But that was not the case. Far fewer minorities than Whites and far fewer females than males took and passed the tests that I did. I took and passed all the tests necessary to earn a) master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997) and b) professional certifications in accounting (1979) and internal auditing (1981).)
https://fee.org/articles/equality-of-opportunity-not-outcome-is-what-made-america-awesome/

NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN REPARATIONS COMMISSION
— Illinois Introduces Landmark Slavery Disclosure & Redress Bill, Press Conference Set for January 28  (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will force everyone in Illinois to disclose their ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped and then bought and operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses just north of downtown Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store.)
https://reparationscomm.org/reparations-news/landmark-slavery-disclosure-and-redress-act-introduced-in-illinois/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— If you oppose giving preference to Blacks, Democrats and RINOs call you a racist.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-war-on-dei-opens-the-door-to-jim-crows-return.html

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump. How many voted for Trump in your precinct? 373 did in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. What should I do to protect them from hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters?
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/24/trumps-executive-orders-making-america-hate-again/

ADVOCATE
— Chicago Chick-fil-A will share a building with Black and trans-led LGBTQ+ group
https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-chick-fil-a-lgbtq-group

NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
— Hundreds of migrants arrested, flown out of US as part of Trump’s deportation operation
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Jan/24/hundreds-of-migrants-arrested-flown-out-of-us-as-part-of-trumps-deportation-operation
— Congressional resolution introduced for constitutional amendment to allow third term for US president
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Jan/24/congressional-resolution-introduced-for-constitutional-amendment-to-allow-third-term-for-us-president

DAILY MAIL
— Outrage as ABC7 Chicago broadcasts report telling illegal migrants how to avoid ICE capture
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14317469/abc-chicago-illegal-migrants-ice-capture.html

January 10, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 9, 2025

ILLINOIS RECORD
— Upcoming ILGOP State Central committee meeting will be open to the public (COMMENT: What Congressional District do you live in? The following represent you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee: 1-Tim Ozinga, 2- Judy Diekelman, 3-Jeanne Ives, 4-Jay Reyes, 5-Aaron Del Mar, 6-Sean Morrison, 7-Mark Hosty, 8- Debbie Kanarowski, 9-Joan Lasonde, 10- Mark Shaw, 11- Laura Pollastrini, 12-Rhonda Belford, 13-Myles Nelson, 14-Larry Smith, 15-Jason Plummer, 16-Jan Weber, and 17-Chad Weaver. The IRP Platform is at: https://illinois.gop/2024-state-convention-platform-and-resolutions/ . The IRP By-Laws are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Amended-Bylaws-as-approved-April-25-2020.pdf .)
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/upcoming-ilgop-state-central-committee
(FROM THE POSTING: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 10 am – 2 pm, Whitetail Ridge Golf Club, 7671 Clubhouse Dr. Yorkville)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County judge rejects effort to restore Homer Glen candidates to April ballot (COMMENT: Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino is seeking to boot all eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot. A hearing on that is scheduled for 2:00 PM tomorrow, Friday, January 10, 2025, in the Wheaton City Council Chambers. For slating purposes, Monino got only 3 votes from Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeemen while Dan Milinko got 40 votes  In 2021, Monino sided with my critics/opponents who ended my 16-year-long service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Since 2021, many of my critics/opponents have promoted Monino.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/booted-homer-glen-candidates-lose-appeal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Will County Judge Ben Braun dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of eight Homer Glen trustee candidates who were removed from the ballot because the paperwork was not filed in compliance with Illinois Election Code.)
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Calls for unity, naked partisanship mark inauguration ceremonies in Springfield
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/calls-for-unity-naked-partisanship-mark-inauguration-ceremonies-in-springfield/
— Trump arrives on Capitol Hill as GOP struggles to agree on legislative strategy ahead
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/trump-capitol-hill/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Freshly inaugurated Illinois legislators meet ‘critical moment’ after lame-duck infighting. Gov. JB Pritzker waved off concerns that a fiery House Democratic caucus meeting that tanked one of his prized legislative priorities would throw off his party as it faces a budget crunch and a second Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/01/08/illinois-general-assembly-inauguration-jb-pritzker
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/08/trump-racial-justice-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-civil-rights-national-urban-league-marc-morial
— Zuckerberg’s move to end Meta fact-checking is a disservice to users — and truth  (COMMENT: During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact checker.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/08/zuckerberg-meta-fact-checkers-facebook-threads-trump-x-musk-editorial
— Giannoulias pushes bill to raise age for mandatory road tests to 87 for older drivers. Bipartisan legislation introduced in Springfield would also create a system for relatives to ask the state to step in if they think their aging loved ones are no longer capable of driving.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/01/09/aging-drivers-road-test-age-bill-giannoulias-illinois-safety

NBC5
— President-elect Donald Trump joins visitors to Jimmy Carter’s casket in Capitol Rotunda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-joins-visitors-jimmy-carter-casket-capitol-rotunda/3641410/
— Taxpayer Advocate urges Congress to preserve IRS funding for service, technology (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. The Democrats who run IRS and GAO do not want Republicans to audit IRS. They kept off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They wasted what I had learned about IRS while I worked for it for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. They wasted what I had learned earning a MBA from Loyola in 1976, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, etc. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/taxpayer-advocate-urges-congress-to-preserve-irs-funding-for-service-technology/3641033/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins has urged Congress to preserve IRS funding for taxpayer service and technology amid Republican scrutiny. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 originally authorized nearly $80 billion for the agency, but tens of billions of dollars have already been rescinded. More IRS funding could be at risk with Republican control of Congress and the White House. As the IRS faces scrutiny from a Republican-controlled Congress, the agency’s internal watchdog has urged lawmakers to preserve taxpayer service and technology funding. The National Taxpayer Advocate on Wednesday released its annual report to Congress, which criticized the “extreme imbalance in funding priorities” when comparing the billions of dollars allocated via the Inflation Reduction Act. While the tens of billions earmarked for enforcement has “generated controversy,” there’s been “strong bipartisan support” for taxpayer services and technology modernization, wrote Erin Collins, national taxpayer advocate.)

CBS2
— Lost and stolen electronic devices are costing Chicago Public Schools dearly
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lost-stolen-electronic-devices-chicago-public-schools/

FOX32
— Chicago should work with feds to deport some undocumented immigrants, alders say
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-migrants-sanctuary-city-cooperation

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— New Illinois General Assembly sworn in as House, Senate take different tones
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/new-illinois-general-assembly-sworn-in-as-house-senate-take-different-tones/article_5417c3be-ce20-11ef-b308-1bd70af28158.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— In 2024, more people moved from Illinois than moved in. Here’s where we rate nationally.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/state/2025/01/08/illinois-outbound-migration-rate-second-in-united-states-study/77491721007/

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Indiana attorney general endorses mass deportation, other Trump immigration policies
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/todd-rokita-trump-immigration-policies/article_53f6eb78-cdd8-11ef-9ebb-bf8b06b960a3.html

STATELINE
— Illinois will give you a $4K rebate to purchase an electric vehicle in 2025 (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in the 2025 Dodge Charger EV ( https://www.dodge.com/charger.html ). I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-will-give-you-a-4k-rebate-to-purchase-an-electric-vehicle-in-2025/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Fetterman likens Trump’s Greenland push to Louisiana Purchase: ‘Responsible conversation’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fetterman-likens-trumps-greenland-push-to-louisiana-purchase-responsible-conversation-john-fetterman-trump-panama-canal-canada-imperialism-politics

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s inaugural committee has already raised a record $170M in donations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-inaugural-committee-has-already-raised-a-record-170m-in-donations/

74 MILLION NEWSLETTER
— 40% of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent. Those Gaps Carry Real Costs
https://www.the74million.org/article/40-of-chicago-teachers-are-chronically-absent-those-gaps-carry-real-costs/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-432/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-224/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, raises concerns over noncitizens registering to vote in Illinois
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8be2abf2-cde3-11ef-bca3-4385671f5ab6.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: McClure said he was notified by an immigrant rights advocate that when noncitizens apply for state aid, the Illinois Department of Human Services is sending packets to them that include voter registration forms already addressed to local county clerks’ offices.)

WIREPOINTS
— States like Texas and Florida grow organically by attracting citizens. Illinois only grows by importing illegal migrants.
https://wirepoints.org/states-like-texas-and-florida-grow-organically-by-attracting-citizens-illinois-only-grows-by-importing-illegal-migrants-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/

ILLINOIS CENTER SQUARE
— Pritzker outlines Illinois plans for the upcoming year (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7df8833e-ce0d-11ef-86bd-ebea0adfd8f4.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Law Allowing Seizure of Guns without Notice Condemned, Roll Calls Included
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/law-allowing-seizure-of-guns-without-notice-condemned-roll-call-included/
— Pot Taxes Leveling Off
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/pot-taxes-leveling-off/
— Illinois Advertises Five-Weeks of Vacation First Year of Employment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/illinois-advertises-five-weeks-of-vacation-first-year-of-employment/
— Gun Confiscation Bill Passes Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/08/gun-confiscation-bill-passes-senate/

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Elementary School Offers Confidential Sexuality Club for Fifth Graders
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/01/07/illinois-elementary-school-offers-confidential-sexuality-club-for-fifth-graders

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL House GOP Conference Chair Jeff Keicher Defends Vote to Expand Transgender Patient Rights, Then Angrily Drops F-Bomb During Call with Female Constituent
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/il-house-gop-conference-chair-jeff-keicher-defends-vote-to-expand-transgender-patient-rights-then-angrily-drops-f-bomb-during-call-with-female-constituent.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump downplays strategy fight after huddle with Senate Republicans: ‘Great unity’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3281092/trump-downplays-strategy-fight-huddle-senate-republicans-unity/
— Trudeau resignation proves the point of Trump tariffs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3280012/trudeau-resignation-proves-point-trump-tariffs/
— Why the Pentagon needs Pete Hegseth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3279964/pentagon-needs-pete-hegseth/
— Students are being conditioned to sympathize with terrorists
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3279603/students-conditioned-sympathize-terrorists/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Gov. Gavin ‘Newscum’ chose to save an extinct fish instead of sending water to Southern California to fight ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires
https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/us-news/trump-says-gov-gavin-newscum-chose-to-save-an-endangered-fish-instead-of-sending-water-to-southern-california-to-fight-apocalyptic-wildfires/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Taxpayers Paid $3 Billion for Radical DEI Kickbacks Under Biden. The Democrats’ Marxist equity agenda was costly and prioritized dismantling American exceptionalism over national security and economic prosperity.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/09/taxpayers-paid-3-billion-for-radical-dei-kickbacks-under-biden/

BLAZE
— Biden admin to refund $55M to illegal aliens after mass amnesty program falls apart
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-admin-to-refund-55m-to-illegal-aliens-after-mass-amnesty-program-falls-apart

BREITBART
— Denver’s Democrat Mayor is covertly dumping illegal migrants — including criminals — into nearby Colorado cities, and the mayor of Aurora is demanding answers. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, Chicago Democrats will dump their illegals on suburban municipalities.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/08/mayors-of-denver-and-aurora-fight-over-illegal-migrants-dumped-from-denver/

CAMPUS REFORM
— California State University, Long Beach Journalism Professor Jesus Ayala recently celebrated the fact that the students enrolled in his fall 2024 journalism course were ‘100% students of color.’ (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/csulb-prof-celebrates-course-enrollment-100-students-color/27260
— Course will teach students how to ‘resist’ ‘abortion bans’ and ‘anti-LGBT legislation’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/intersectional-feminist-theory-course-will-teach-students-how-to-resist-abortion-bans-and-anti-lgbt-legislation/27261

CENTER SQUARE
— 20 Republican AGs express support for Trump immigration policies
https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/article_59e89dba-cdfb-11ef-a7f1-3bef77453145.amp.html

DAILY CALLER
— California’s DEI Hiring In Fire Departments, ‘Not Muscularity, Not Experience,’ Just DEI
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/08/victor-davis-hanson-california-dei/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Wokeness Depresses College Students (COMMENT: Instead of getting depressed, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, earned a job-related professional license, and was active in professional associations.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/08/victimhood-u/

DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles Fire Chief Says DEI Is A Top Priority
https://www.dailywire.com/news/lafd-fire-chief-says-dei-is-a-top-priority

EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Dead, 100,000 Under Evacuation Orders as Fires Sweep Across Los Angeles. A state of emergency has been declared by California’s governor.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/more-than-30000-evacuated-in-los-angeles-as-wildfires-rage-5788209

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Sanctuary Politicians: Soon to be out of Excuses.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/01/08/sanctuary-politicians-soon-be-out-excuses

FIREARM NEWS
— Illinois Passes Law to Seize Firearms Without Due Process. What are you going to do about it, President Trump?
https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/Illinois-Law-Seize-Firearms-Without-Due-Process/514253

PJ MEDIA
— How Wokeism Created the L.A. Wildfire Crisis
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/08/how-wokeism-created-the-la-wildfire-crisis-n4935802
— Archbishop Calls Out Clerics Who Profit From Illegal Migration
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/08/archbishop-calls-out-clerics-who-profit-from-illegal-migration-n4935805
— Democrat Policies Hurt the Very People Dems Claim to Help
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/08/democrat-policies-hurt-the-very-people-dems-claim-to-help-n4935782

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— No more fact-checking for Meta. How will this change media — and the pursuit of truth? (COMMENT: During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact checker.)
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-politics-trump-verification-misinformation-00bc57b4a3c348a1363610c1cbbfd8ca

MSN
— How much scholarship is granted by world’s top 10 business schools? (COMMENT: Did you get scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that I am dumb and that my parents were rich.)
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/how-much-scholarship-is-granted-by-world-s-top-10-business-schools/ar-BB1r7TR6
— Pritzker Says Illinois Is ‘On Guard’ for Any Trump Hit to Budget (COMMENT: GAO would not be less than a shell of what it once was today if its head Charles Bowsher had fought GOP-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pritzker-says-illinois-is-on-guard-for-any-trump-hit-to-budget/ar-BB1r7on9

ABC NEWS
— Trump and Senate Republicans still divided on how to implement his agenda. After meeting on the Hill, senators appear unmoved by Trump’s argument. (COMMENT: The Republican Party platform is Trump’s agenda. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-meet-gop-senators-same-page-advance-agenda/story?id=117468862

CBS NEWS
— Trump meets with GOP senators on Capitol Hill to push legislative agenda. President-elect Donald Trump met with Republican senators Wednesday night on Capitol Hill to discuss his “big beautiful bill” and all the pieces of his agenda it could hold.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-meets-gop-senators-capitol-hill-push-legislative-agenda/
— Congress certifies Trump’s 2024 election victory, 4 years after Capitol attack (COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates reject Trump’s election.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/congress-election-electoral-college-2025/

NBC NEWS
— How Mark Zuckerberg pivoted Meta to the right. In recent months, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made a series of specific moves to signal that Meta may embrace a more conservative administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/mark-zuckerberg-pivoted-meta-right-rcna186687

NEW YORK TIMES
— This Is What It Looks Like When Mark Zuckerberg Runs Out of Ideas
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-trump-meta-lobbying.html
— Tax Cuts or the Border? Republicans Wrestle Over Priorities. President-elect Donald J. Trump has waffled on his preferences for how his party tackles his agenda, adding to the uncertainty for Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/us/politics/tax-cuts-immigration-republicans-trump.html
— I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture. (COMMENT: Most, if not virtually all of my older White male critics/opponents are/were big drinkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, many of my older White male Democrat superiors were big drinkers. Their leader wasted my career and got rid of me. He forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. He gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. He turned my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. He delayed my promotions. He kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. He forced my mentor to retire in 1987. He always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. He had his operatives and his dupes force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If he had not gone on extended sick leave in 1985 because of his very big drinking, my GAO mentor would not have been able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 or to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But he came back in 1987 and forced my mentor to retire.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/opinion/alcohol-drinking-dry-january.html

AUDACY
— Trump gathers SALT-focused Republicans before tax fight, as Hochul says cap is costing NY $12B a year (COMMENT: Starting in 1972, I paid less federal income tax by itemizing. But the Republican SALT limit ended that in 2017.)
https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/trump-gathers-salt-focused-republicans-before-tax-fight
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Much of the group is likely to attend and plans to discuss increasing the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, which has disproportionately hurt voters in the three high-tax states, according to US Representative Nick LaLota, who represents eastern Long Island in New York.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Canada Suddenly Has No Leader, and No Plan, for a Trump Trade Fight. Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign hamstrings Canada as it faces tariff threats and Trump’s threat of a takeover with ‘economic force’
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canada-suddenly-has-no-leader-and-no-plan-for-a-trump-trade-fight-341a5f0c

POLITICO
— Florida Republicans answer Trump’s call on illegal immigration
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2025/01/09/florida-republicans-answer-trumps-call-on-illegal-immigration-00197227
— A new Dem strategy: Embrace Trump’s winning agenda. New York Democrats don’t want to fight Trump, but are going on offense on the issues that propelled him to the White House.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/ny-democrats-trump-agenda-strategy-00197000
— The impact of Trump’s agenda will depend on the state you live in. State lawmakers and governors will play a big role in implementing — or thwarting — Trump’s agenda.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/trump-agenda-priorities-state-policy-fights-00196815

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/01/09/academic-freedom-requires-dei-aaup-gets-it-opinion

ABA JOURNAL
— Latest try at rewriting ABA diversity standard for law schools gets pushback from GOP attorneys general
https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/latest-try-at-rewriting-aba-diversity-standard-for-law-schools-gets-pushback-from-gop-ags#google_vignette

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— ‘Drastic’ Cuts? Most Voters Like It (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. The Democrats who run the federal government use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/drastic_cuts_most_voters_like_it

VANCOUVER SUN
— Canada’s fight with Donald Trump isn’t just economic, it’s existential (COMMENT: What if Canada voted on becoming the 51st state?)
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/stewart-prest-canada-fight-donald-trump-economic

AMERICAN KAHANI
— My Professor and Mentor Ved Prakash Nanda was a Titan in the World of Law and Beyond (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and finally succeeded in getting me assigned to audits of IRS and promoting me 1986.)
https://americankahani.com/perspectives/my-professor-and-mentor-ved-prakash-nanda-was-a-titan-in-the-world-of-law-and-beyond/

January 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 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