FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Chicago’s mayor can’t be recalled under Illinois law. A new bill aims to change that. Rep. LaShawn Ford has been trying to get such a mechanism on the books since 2015, in the wake of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by then-Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-mayor-cant-be-recalled-under-illinois-law-a-new-bill-aims-to-change-that/3643166/
— Meta announces end of DEI programs. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents continue to promote DEI big time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/read-the-memo-meta-announces-end-of-its-dei-programs/3642960/
— According to my critics/opponents, conservative candidates on ballots in my precinct cannot win. According to my critics/opponents, a) I paint Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct as being more conservative than they want to be painted, b) I promote Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who are too conservative to win, and c) therefore, I cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose. They stress that 10 of the 13 Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in my precinct lost. In my defense, I stress that 11 of the 13 Republican candidates on that ballot in my precinct got more votes than their Democrat opponents got.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/dillard-too-conservative-to-be-electable/1932061/
FOX32
— Illinois Attorney General urges Walmart to continue DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXyii4RDI64
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump is planning 100 executive orders starting Day 1 on border, deportations and other priorities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-100-executive-orders-day-1-border-deportations/
— Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-can-vote-turn-over-dna-sample/
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-and-inclusion-program-trump-administration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration. Other companies that have ended DEI programs recently include McDonald’s, automaker Ford, Walmart and Moline-based farm equipment maker John Deere.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/technology/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-inclusion-program-prepares-second-trump-administration
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage Forest Preserve District earns top S&P rating
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250110/submitted-content/dupage-forest-preserve-district-earns-top-sp-rating/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Chicago, bankruptcy is not the answer
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-should-not-follow-detroits-path-bankruptcy-op-ed
— Illinois AG pushes back on Walmart’s plans to roll back DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/workplace/illinois-ag-urges-walmart-keep-dei-programs
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— DECEMBER 6, 2024 FLASHBACK: Del Mar To Step Down Next Year As State GOP Co-Chair To Seek Statewide Office
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-to-step-down-next-year-as-state-gop-co-chair-to-seek-statewide-office/
INDIANA GAZETTE
— The military that cried ‘White supremacy’
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/ann-coulter-the-military-that-cried-white-supremacy/article_ce27e03b-594b-50a3-94f3-de89339ab21b.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Sen. Rand Paul highlights government waste in annual Festivus Report
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/senator-rand-paul-highlights-government-waste-annual-festivus-report-pickleball-border-science-experiments-cats-paraguay-trump-doge
KCCI
— Group files lawsuit against Des Moines Register for ‘misleading subscribers’ with Iowa Poll (COMMENT: My critics/opponents disapprove of if not hate many, most, if not virtually all of the articles linked in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter, and especially articles that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, discouragement of vices, Second Amendment rights, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other conservative principles.)
https://www.kcci.com/article/des-moines-register-iowa-poll-class-action-lawsuit-2024/63361223
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A lawsuit has been filed against the Des Moines Register for “misleading subscribers” with its final 2024 Iowa Poll that showed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris leading Republican nominee — and eventual election winner — Donald Trump among likely voters just days before the election. The Center for American Rights, a Chicago-based nonprofit law firm, filed the suit in Polk County on behalf of a West Des Moines resident who “felt like the Register was disserving him and other readers when [the poll] ran and when its results were compared to the final outcome.” In a news release, the center states it is seeking certification as a class action lawsuit on behalf of all Des Moines Register subscribers. The complaint filed in Polk County alleges there are approximately 40,000 Des Moines Register subscribers on Sundays, the day the results of the final poll were published. The poll showed Harris with a lead of 3 percentage points among likely Iowa voters. Trump won the state with 57% of the vote to Harris’ 43%. The lawsuit alleges the Register “utterly failed to live up to” its mission statement of being a trustworthy news organization and says the Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer ignored red flags that should have indicated the results would be inaccurate. It cites a section of Iowa Code about consumer fraud. President-elect Trump filed a similar lawsuit against the Register regarding consumer fraud last month.)
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/01/10/immigration-advocates-warn-a-proposal-for-chicago-police-to-help-ice-could-be-illegal
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-10/as-los-angeles-burned-latino-immigrants-rushed-in-to-put-out-fires
ELMHURST PATCH
— 56% Raise For Addison Township Supervisor. The official is taking over township roads, something voters weren’t told about before a recent referendum.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/56-raise-addison-township-supervisor
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/ivf-patients-in-illinois-worry-feel-uncertain-about-access-and-treatments-as-trump-returns-to-office/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-226/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino efforts failed to boot the eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot based on late filing of their petitions. But Michael Nachman’s effort succeeded in booting the assessor candidate based on late filing of his qualifications statement. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To prove slander, a plaintiff must usually establish the following elements: Defamatory statement: The statement was false and intended to harm the plaintiff’s reputation: Publication: The statement was communicated to at least one other person; Harm: The plaintiff’s reputation was damaged; Fault: The defendant was at least negligent in publishing the statement; Special damages: The plaintiff suffered actual harm, such as financial loss, being fired, or losing customers. (SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=slander+prove+elements ) Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes slander me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on my critics/opponents who falsely hint/imply/argue/shout to others that I share information with Democrats that harm Republicans. In 2006, because the Roskam campaign feared that it would lose to Duckworth, its scapegoating members falsely and maliciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I shared information with the Democrat news media and with the Duckworth campaign that harmed the Roskam campaign. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— A congestion tax for Chicago would be a terrible and uncompetitive idea
https://wirepoints.org/a-congestion-tax-for-chicago-would-be-a-terrible-and-uncompetitive-idea-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois home to fifth most illegal immigrants in country
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4c94066c-cf73-11ef-8d4d-c32bd379ee48.html
— Thirteen states’ attorneys general question Walmart’s retreat from DEI (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d5642886-cf79-11ef-acb4-7f61eaea621c.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Addison Township voters at the April 1 election will tell state lawmakers where they stand on legislative map gerrymandering and state leaders making demands without providing money. Nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns about major state issues will be represented by these votes.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/voters-near-ohare-to-take-up-gerrymandering-unfunded-mandates/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DeVore Files Lawsuit Against McCombie, Says GOP Leader Violated First Amendment Rights by Blocking, Deleting Comments on Official Facebook Page
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/devore-files-lawsuit-against-mccombie-says-gop-leader-violated-first-amendment-rights-by-blocking-deleting-comments-on-official-facebook-page.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Biden admin announces sweeping deportation shield for nearly 1M migrants (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/biden-admin-announces-sweeping-deportation-shield-for-nearly-1m-migrants/
— Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court — again — for defaming Georgia election workers. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/rudy-giuliani-found-in-contempt-of-court-for-defaming-georgia-election-workers/
— Foreign leaders desperately jockeying for invite to Trump’s inauguration: ‘They’re all going crazy’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/11/us-news/foreign-leaders-jockeying-for-invite-to-trump-inauguration-theyre-all-going-crazy/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— President-elect Trump Plans Many Ambitious Executive Orders on Immigration
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/10/report-president-elect-trump-plans-many-ambitious-executive-orders-on-immigration/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A few suggestions for California Republicans
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/a_few_suggestions_for_california_republicans.html
BLAZE
— Trump doesn’t need Congress to suspend immigration
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-brutal-truth-trump-doesnt-need-congress-to-suspend-immigration
— NYC spent $50M on lawyers for illegal aliens — including criminals — while city agencies faced budget cuts (COMMENT: Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-spent-50m-on-lawyers-for-illegal-aliens-including-criminals-while-city-agencies-faced-budget-cuts-report
— Republican Buddy Carter introduces bill to eliminate IRS and income tax — but replace it with 23% national sales tax
https://www.theblaze.com/news/buddy-carter-fairtax-act-2025
DAILY CITIZEN
— DEI Not Dead Yet
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/hrc-lgbt-corporate-equality-index/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Deport Millions, Finish the Wall, Tax Remittances, and End Birthright Citizenship
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/10/deport-millions-finish-wall-tax-remittances-birthright-citizenship/
FOX NEWS
— LA County cut fire budget while spending heavily on DEI, woke items
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-county-cut-fire-budget-while-spending-heavily-dei-woke-items-midnight-stroll-transgender-cafe
— Schools nationwide brace for Trump, including measures compelling teachers not to cooperate with ICE. Several K-12 school districts are training teachers how to interact with ICE. (COMMENT: How anti-Trump, that is, how anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American is your school district?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schools-nationwide-brace-trump-including-measures-compelling-teachers-not-cooperate-ice
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Second Circuit Revives Sarah Palin’s Defamation Suit Against The New York Times (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://natlawreview.com/article/second-circuit-revives-sarah-palins-defamation-suit-against-new-york-times
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although Palin ultimately succeeded on appeal, Palin’s broader efforts to have the Supreme Court revisit the “actual malice” requirement set by New York Times v. Sullivan may have hit a dead end. Public-figure defamation plaintiffs need to prove actual malice, which requires showing that an allegedly defamatory statement was made “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” Sullivan, 376 U.S. at 280. In St. Amant v. Thompson, the Supreme Court explained that proof that a defamatory article was published “recklessly, though not knowingly” is not sufficient to prove actual malice. Rather, the evidence must show that the defendant had “an awareness…of the probable falsity” of the publication. Later, in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., the Court defined “reckless disregard of the truth” to mean “subjective awareness of probable falsity.” On appeal, Palin argued that “the actual malice standard is either no longer good law or should not apply to her case.” The Second Circuit rejected these arguments as barred by the “law of the case” doctrine because they were ripe for review at the time of Palin’s initial appeal but were not raised. Additionally, Palin challenged the district court’s ruling that, regardless of the First Amendment, she was required to prove actual malice as an element of her claim under New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP law, N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 76-a. The November 2020 amendment to New York’s Anti-SLAPP law imposes an actual malice fault standard in any action concerning the “exercise of the constitutional right of free speech in connection with an issue of public interest.” However, “because the First Amendment and New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP Statute share the same substantive requirement (that a public-figure defamation plaintiff must prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence),” the Second Circuit stated, “we need not decide—and do not decide—whether the Anti-SLAPP Statute’s amendment applies retroactively.”)
NEW AMERICAN
— NYC Spent Millions on Deportation Defense for Migrants — Who Were Crippling the City
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/nyc-spent-millions-on-deportation-defense-for-migrants-who-were-crippling-the-city/
PJ MEDIA
— Two Chicago Officials Want to Tighten up the City’s Sanctuary Status
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2025/01/10/two-chicago-officials-want-to-tighten-up-the-citys-sanctuary-status-n4935870
— This One Video Exposes Everything Wrong With DEI
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/10/this-one-video-exposes-everything-wrong-with-dei-n4935854#google_vignette
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Dems Push to Undo Sanctuary Law, Aid Trump in Deporting Criminals
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/10/chicago-democrats-take-trumps-side-n2650345#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— SALT-focused Republicans to meet with Trump as they threaten to hold up bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5079670-salt-focused-republicans-to-meet-with-trump-as-they-threaten-to-hold-up-bill/
CBS NEWS
— Biden extends legal status of nearly 1 million immigrants covered by program in Trump’s crosshairs (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-temporary-protected-status-tps-extended/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/ar-BB1rfGqa
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/
MSN
— ‘Woke’ L.A. Fire Department Blew Seven-Figure Sums on DEI Before Deadly Wildfires
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/woke-l-a-fire-department-blew-seven-figure-sums-on-dei-before-deadly-wildfires/ss-BB1reSK1
MSNBC
— ‘Humiliation’: Trump’s now the first president-elect to be a convicted felon (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors humiliated me big time when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets me and my job-related professional license, my six job-related professional certifications, my three job-related master’s degrees, my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, and my almost 9 years of IRS work experience.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtIMY-UKA5o
NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office. The move allows hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela to stay in the country temporarily. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/biden-temporary-protected-status-immigration.html
— Judge Finds Giuliani in Contempt for Continued Defamation of Election Workers (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/giuliani-contempt-defamation-election-workers.html
— To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or b) had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/ramaswamy-meritocracy.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: With Sentence, Trump Will Now Be First Felon To Occupy Oval Office. Penalty Carries Stigma but No Jail Time. (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous stigma of being forced to retire early. The more qualifications that you have, the greater the stigma. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/nyregion/trump-hush-money-sentencing-convicted-felon.html
— As L.A. Fires Rage, Trump and Newsom’s Hostilities Resurface. California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and President-elect Donald J. Trump have long feuded. Can the rancor be set aside to help a devastated city recover?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/politics/los-angeles-fires-trump-newsom.html
— Republicans Can Slow but Not Stop Electric Vehicles. More car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/business/energy-environment/trump-republicans-electric-vehicles-automakers.html
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
— Youngkin backs push for cutting federal workforce, spending (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining employees who are Republican and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/youngkin-trump-doge/article_e2d17acc-cf93-11ef-a44e-1f234deb1288.html
DAILY BEAST
— A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected Fox Corp’s attempt to be dismissed from Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the media company and its Fox News network. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-loses-last-ditch-effort-to-stop-27-billion-smartmatic-defamation-lawsuit/
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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 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Congressman Jonathan Jackson says he should be next Democratic National Committee chair
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dnc-chair-election-chicago-congressman-jonathan-jackson-says-he-should-democratic-national-committee-leader/15766225/
— McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Promotions are a zero-sum-game. All my Democrat superiors always had Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They always made their Republican employees like me pay the price of meeting those quotas, goals, and targets. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mcdonalds-latest-company-roll-back-diversity-goals-citing-us-supreme-court-decision-outlawed-affirmative-action/15766985/
NBC5
— Congress certifies Trump’s electoral college win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXtNoFI3-R4
FOX32
— Political turmoil continues in Thornton Township after Tiffany Henyard skips meeting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572421
— ‘She is the threat’: Dolton meeting gets heated as Tiffany Henyard misses meeting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572389
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge, in stark contrast to 2021 violence
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/trump-election-win/
— Judge restores opposition slate in Tinley Park after ‘clearly erroneous’ Electoral Board ruling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/tinley-together-slate-ballot/
DAILY HERALD
— Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be featured at Barrington event
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250106/nation-and-world-politics/former-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-to-be-featured-at-barrington-event/
WGN RADIO
— Why college sophomores panic (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting when I transferred from UIC to NIU when I was 20 years old. IRS, GAO, and the accounting profession had no use for me a) because I did not take and pass CPA examination until I was 30, b) I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, c) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, and d) I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. I should write a book about age discrimination.)
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/why-college-sophomores-panic/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s retires some diversity goals in latest corporate DEI retreat (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Promotions are a zero-sum-game. All my Democrat superiors always had Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They always made their Republican employees like me pay the price of meeting those quotas, goals, and targets. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-changes-dei-goals
WSPY
— Oswego Township Republican Caucus Chaos
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/oswego-township-republican-caucus-chaos/article_4d2d4c6c-cc55-11ef-be40-73b3d3a829f2.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Tom Homan gives illegal migrants warning in final days of Biden admin: ‘You’re going home’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/tom-homan-gives-illegal-migrants-warning-in-final-days-of-biden-admin-youre-going-home-trump-border-czar-illegal-immigration-southern-border-wall
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Four More Years: What will be the fate of federal workers under new administration? (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican-led 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://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/four-more-years-what-will-be-the-fate-of-federal-workers-under-new-administration
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://chicagocrusader.com/the-racist-legacy-of-january-6/
CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— Kirk Dillard, Chairman, Regional Transportation Authority, Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5666/kirk-dillard
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Pilsen Church Moves Services Online Over Deportation Fears. Lincoln United Methodist Church moved its Spanish Sunday service online over fears it could be “a target” for mass deportations, pastor Emma Lozano said. (COMMENT: How strongly do the churches in your area promote illegal immigration?)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/06/pilsen-church-moves-services-online-over-deportation-fears/
— What Makes Day Labor So Difficult For Chicago Migrants. As asylum seekers navigate the day labor sector, labor organizations are stepping in to help them advocate for their rights.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/06/what-makes-day-labor-so-difficult-for-chicago-migrants/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Local journalism tax credit application window opens. Lawmakers approved the program last year. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I am not a journalist let alone a qualified one.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/local-journalism-tax-credit-application-window-opens/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: News organizations in Illinois can now apply to receive tax credits for journalists that were on their payroll in 2024. The application opened last week, about one year after the state’s Local Journalism Task Force proposed multiple solutions to the “local journalism crisis,” including tax credit incentives. Lawmakers approved the tax credit program last year as part of the fiscal year 2025 budget and included $5 million in funding. News outlets can apply on a first come, first served basis. “Qualified” journalists must average 30-hour work weeks and be responsible for producing original news content, according to the Illinois Department of Commerce. Outlets can apply for up to $15,000 per journalist that was employed last year and an additional $10,000 for new hires that expanded the organization’s staff. The news organization must also meet certain requirements that vary depending on what type of media it produces – television broadcast, radio, print or web. If an outlet needs help applying for the tax credit or has questions, the Illinois Press Foundation and other journalist trade groups have organized informational webinars that will include legal and accounting experts. Jeff Rogers, executive director of the IPF and founding editor at Capitol News Illinois, said in an email that the first webinar will be Tuesday, Jan. 7. For more information, contact Rogers at jrogers@capitolnewsillinois.com . Rogers said training will be available to members of the Illinois Press Association, Illinois Broadcasters Association, nonprofit news organizations, digital media, hyperlocal neighborhood news outlets and more. To apply for the tax credit program, visit the Illinois Department of Commerce’s website.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-430/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-222/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats’ Tax Hike Talking Points
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/democrats-tax-hike-talking-points/
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s Red Line Extension Cost Now Projected to Exceed $1 Billion Per Mile. Biden Trying to Lock it In.
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-red-line-extension-cost-now-projected-to-exceed-1-billion-per-mile-biden-trying-to-lock-it-in-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Don’t Be Surprised If There Is a Springfield Lame Duck Pension Grab (COMMENT: Federal employees like me who were hired before 1989 get Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions. But those hired after 1989 get Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) pensions. Because FERS pensions are less generous than CSRS pensions, FERS employees despise if not hate CSRS employees.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/dont-be-surprised-if-there-is-a-springfield-lame-duck-pension-grab/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump accuses Biden of sabotaging presidential transition
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/donald-trump-accuses-joe-biden-sabotaging-presiden/
— Trump, seizing on Trudeau’s resignation, says Canada should merge with U.S. into a ‘great nation’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/trump-seizing-trudeau-resignation-says-canada-merg/
— ‘Woke’ American Medical Association ices out health care professionals with differing views (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in health care will be Democrats who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/woke-american-medical-association-ices-health-care/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Lawmakers introduce legislation to recall elected officials in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3277876/lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-recall-elected-officials-in-illinois/
— Biden to leave having failed to get pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3258408/biden-failed-pathway-citizenship-millions-illegal-immigrants/
— McDonald’s rolls back DEI programs due to ‘shifting legal landscape’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3278414/mcdonalds-rolls-back-dei-programs/
NEW YORK POST
— New York is seeing the hidden toll of legal weed: violence, psychosis and mayhem (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/opinion/hidden-toll-of-nys-legal-weed-violence-psychosis-and-mayhem/
— GOP set to send ‘low-hanging fruit’ border security bills to Trump right out of gate
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/us-news/gop-set-to-send-low-hanging-fruit-border-security-bills-to-trump-right-out-of-gate/
— Trump border czar Tom Homan floats ‘weekly White House briefings’ to share migrant arrest and deportation numbers (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrats and RINOs who run your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportations?)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/us-news/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-floats-weekly-white-house-briefings-to-share-migrant-arrest-and-deportation-numbers/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Here Are Trump’s Options for Venezuelan Illegals. Will the administration be able to avoid past mistakes?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/here-are-trumps-options-for-venezuelan-illegals/
— Can Trump Stop the ‘Baby Factories’? Changing the enforcement and jurisprudence around the 14th Amendment has been a high priority for the president-elect.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/can-trump-stop-the-baby-factories/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Soros and Hillary deserve Biden’s tainted medals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/soros_and_hillary_deserve_biden_s_tainted_medals.html
BLAZE
— Biden downplays Quranic call to kill: ‘He was an American’
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/biden-downplays-quranic-call-to-kill-he-was-an-american
— Indiana Republicans want to extend ban on males in female sports to college athletics (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.theblaze.com/fearless/indiana-republicans-want-to-extend-ban-on-males-in-female-sports-to-college-athletics
BREITBART
— Chicago Archbishop: Deportation of Illegals ‘Would Be Intolerable’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/07/chicago-archbishop-deportation-of-illegals-would-be-intolerable/
CATHOLIC CITIZENS
— Abortion Was the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2024, Killing 73 Million People
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/109295/abortion-was-the-leading-cause-of-death-worldwide-in-2024-killing-73-million-people/
DAILY CALLER
— Immigration A Cash Cow For Latin America. Trump’s Crackdown Could Crash The Party
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/06/remittances-immigration-latin-america-trump/
DAILY WIRE
— Majority Of American Parents Oppose Teaching Kids Transgender Ideology
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-majority-of-american-parents-oppose-teaching-kids-transgender-ideology
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Chicagoans Ask, “Where Have All the Dollars Gone?”
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/01/07/chicagoans-ask-where-have-all-dollars-gone
— ICE Shuts Down Programs that Spent “Tens of Millions” on Services for Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/ice-shuts-down-programs-spent-tens-millions-services-illegal-aliens
— Mike Johnson Reelected as Speaker, Charts Upcoming Immigration Agenda
https://www.fairus.org/news/congress/mike-johnson-reelected-speaker-charts-upcoming-immigration-agenda
— Honduran President Threatens Non-Cooperation over Mass Deportations
https://www.fairus.org/news/misc/honduran-president-threatens-non-cooperation-over-mass-deportations
FOX BUSINESS
— Costco board member defends DEI practices, rebukes companies scrapping policies. Jeff Raikes, who sits on Costco’s board, called for ‘maximizing’ DEI policies at US companies. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/costco-board-member-defends-dei-practices-rebukes-companies-scrapping-policies
FOX NEWS
— New guide helps parents protect kids against ‘woke’ ideologies in schools. Anti-CRT website unveils new ‘roadmap’ for concerned parents to take action.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-guide-helps-parents-protect-kids-against-woke-ideologies-schools
MRC TV
— Biden Snaps at Reporters In Profane, Bizarre Outburst
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/biden-snaps-reporters-profane-bizarre-outburst
TOWNHALL
— Delusional New Yorkers Celebrate Congestion Pricing Despite Subways Serving As a Death Trap
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/01/06/delusional-new-yorkers-celebrate-congestion-pricing-as-subways-are-a-death-trap-n2650055
— 2024 Election Certification Obliterates Another Anti-Trump Talking Point
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/06/2024-results-officially-certified-n2650052
— Michigan Democrat Blasts America for ‘Hinduphobia’ Over H-1B Visa Controversy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/06/michigan-democrat-blasts-america-for-hinduphobia-over-h-1b-visa-controversy-n2650042#google_vignette
TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Exposing the Bizarre Lack of Logic Behind the Illinois Assault Weapon Ban
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/federal-appeals-court-reviews-bizarre-illinois-assault-weapon-ban/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump transition falling short of hiring goals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-transition-falling-short-hiring-goals/
MSN
— Many if not most of my Democrat GAO supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic. They held it against me big time that I volunteered to work for and did work for the office’s only Jewish group leader 1990-1997. They were furious when I got her a leadership position in IIT’s graduate financial markets and trading program. Needless-to-say, they did not come to my defense when she forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-term-antisemitism-is-being-weaponised-and-stripped-of-meaning-and-that-s-incredibly-dangerous/ar-AA1wUJQV
NEWSWEEK
–Map Shows Top 10 States for Illegal US Immigration (COMMENT: Illinois is included. How many illegals are in your county, township, municipality, and school district? Anticipate/expect that your Democrat and RINO leaders will fight tooth and nail to keep them there.)
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-illegal-immigration-2010192
NEW YORK TIMES
— Under the Democrats and under the RIINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the breaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors had been in America for a long time. I was born in 1948. If I had been born later, I doubt that I would have been able to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/us/politics/trump-us-disaster-numbers.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Lots to blame for Harris’ dismal finish, including blunders by Obama and Biden (COMMENT: 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. Back then, my fellow MTRO members blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my Illinois TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership, and blamed my Illinois Center Right Coalition leadership a) for George Ryan’s problems, b) for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich, c) for Andy Mckenna’s primary loss to Jack Ryan, d) for etc. I should write about those MTRO leaders back then who promoted the most hatred against me. I would focus on those who continue to promote hatred against me.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-10/skelton-on-presidential-race-2024-election
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Unemployed Office Workers Are Having a Harder Time Finding New Jobs. More than 1.6 million unemployed workers have been job hunting for at least six months. (COMMENT: Since I was 49 years old in 1997, the following has frustrated my search for a job appropriate for someone with my job-related work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) prior to that, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (2!%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, c) none of my demographics help employers meet their Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, an targets, d) I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, e) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and d) I sued GAO fin 1998 or political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/job-search-workers-unemployment-months-5a4cfcee
— The Case for Subsidizing Electric Vehicles. Ending the tax credits would cede global leadership to China. (COMMENT: I am interested in the new Dodge Charger EV. If you share my interest, please let me know.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-case-for-subsidizing-electric-vehicles-47c76825
INC
— Best Workplaces: Kick Off the New Year by Showcasing Your Workplace (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Because GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are the following, they should want to showcase GAO: Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. But because virtually all GAO employees are many if not most of the aforesaid, when things go bad, GAO needs scapegoats to blame its problems on. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors used me as a scapegoat.)
https://inc-bestworkplaces.secure-platform.com/a
ECONOMIST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow a) that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them, b) that they will immediately return, and c) that America is ever-increasingly dependent on them.)
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/06/can-americas-economy-cope-with-mass-deportations
HIGHER EDUCATION DRIVE
— House Republicans prioritize bill to restrict transgender students’ sports participation. Lawmakers reintroduced a proposal that would prevent transgender women from competing on college sports teams aligning with their gender identity. (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.highereddive.com/news/house-republications-bill-limit-transgender-women-sports/736603/
DAILY BEAST
— Trump Struggles to Staff Ranks After Using Loyalty Tests to Vet Candidates (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most biggest adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-struggles-staff-ranks-using-224500350.html
DAILY KOSS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage government employees to hate Trump. I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who despised/hated Republicans like me the most.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/6/2295499/-An-open-letter-to-America-s-Civil-Servants
INDIA TODAY
— Indian tech firms in US secure 20% of H-1B visas in 2024, Infosys leads
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/indian-tech-companies-secured-one-fifth-of-h1b-visas-issued-us-infosys-tcs-hcl-america-2660866-2025-01-07
INDEPENDENT
— Bernie Sanders accuses Musk of seeking cheaper, not brainier, immigrant labor with H-1B visas
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-accuses-musk-seeking-013103992.html
January 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Border shelters relieved the pressure during migrant surges. Under Trump, they could become a target (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and paint themselves as protectors of their illegals.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/border-shelters-trump/
— No Jan. 6 disruptions are expected as Trump’s win boosts Republicans’ faith in elections — for now
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/no-jan-6-disruptions-expected/
— MAGA takes on Elon Musk’s ‘tech bros’ and their need for immigrant labor (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired immigrants instead of me if they could have. Immigrants work for less money and they are positively stereotyped. Those who share my demographics are negatively stereotyped. I fought against that negative stereotyping a) by earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) by earning six job-related professional certifications, and c) by earning a job-related professional license.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/column-h-1b-visas-elon-musk-maga-page/
— Chicago, once again, ranks among the worst in the nation for traffic congestion. (COMMENT: What Chicago traffic congestion have you faced? I commuted to/from UIC from my patents’ home in Crete 1966-1968, first in my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, and then in my 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/chicago-traffic/
— State senators file bills addressing school districts, veterans benefits and sex trafficking
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/state-senators-file-bills-addressing-school-districts-veterans-benefits-and-sex-trafficking/
— Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people in public service jobs from bill that Biden signed (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security while I washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/higher-social-security-payments/
FOX32
— Thornton Township schedules emergency meeting over insurance crisis
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1571785
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— If your school is not in the Ivy League, it’s as if you don’t matter at all (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, a) my 1997 master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading is worthless, b) my 1980 master’s degree from DePaul in accounting is worthless, c) my 1976 MBA from Loyola is worthless, and d) my 1970 bachelor’s degree from NIU in management is worthless.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/opinion-universities-ivy-league-bias/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cheers to surgeon general’s plan for cancer warning labels on alcohol (COMMENT: Most, if not virtually all of my older White male critics/opponents are/were big drinkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, many of my older White male Democrat superiors were big drinkers. Their leader wasted my career and got rid of me. He forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. He gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. He turned my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. He delayed my promotions. He kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. He forced my mentor to retire in 1987. He always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes. He had his operatives and his dupes force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If he had not gone on extended sick leave in 1985 because of his very big drinking, my GAO mentor would not have been able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 or to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But he came back in 1987 and forced my mentor to retire.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/06/cancer-warning-labels-alcohol-health-cigarettes-surgeon-general-vivek-murthy-dry-january
ABC7
— Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden is signing (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security while I washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/social-security-us-higher-payments-coming-millions-people-bill-biden-is-signing/15757648/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill rescinds two provisions – the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset – that limit Social Security benefits for recipients if they get retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government. The Congressional Research Service estimated that in December 2023, there were 745,679 people, about 1% of all Social Security beneficiaries, who had their benefits reduced by the Government Pension Offset. About 2.1 million people, or about 3% of all beneficiaries, were affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision. The Congressional Budget Office estimated in September that eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision would boost monthly payments to the affected beneficiaries by an average of $360 by December 2025. Ending the Government Pension Offset would increase monthly benefits in December 2025 by an average of $700 for 380,000 recipients getting benefits based on living spouses, according to the CBO. The increase would be an average of $1,190 for 390,000 or surviving spouses getting a widow or widower benefit. Those amounts would increase over time with Social Security’s regular cost-of-living adjustments. The change is to payments from January 2024 and beyond, meaning the Social Security Administration would owe back-dated payments. The measure as passed by Congress says the Social Security commissioner “shall adjust primary insurance amounts to the extent necessary to take into account” changes in the law. It’s not immediately clear how this will happen or whether people affected will have to take any action.)
NBC5
— Social Security Fairness Act signed into law by Biden, enhancing retirement benefits for millions
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-fairness-act-signed-by-president-biden/
FOX32
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1571622
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-429/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Politicians expect Illinoisans to accept the unacceptable and believe the unbelievable, 2025 is the year to change that.
https://wirepoints.org/politicians-expect-illinoisans-to-accept-the-unacceptable-and-believe-the-unbelievable-2025-is-the-year-to-change-that-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
— As Illinois politicians keep pushing progressive tax schemes, other states keep dumping them.
https://wirepoints.org/as-illinois-politicians-keep-pushing-progressive-tax-schemes-other-states-keep-dumping-them-louisiana-is-the-latest-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP says lame duck bill allows illegal immigrants to cloak name change
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_498a3068-cbbd-11ef-8c1f-3b04b211a1dc.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOOG
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/04/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-av-bo/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Bu-Ci
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/05/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-bu-ci/
— U-Haul Annual Report Shows Illinois Moves Up from 49th to 48th Most Renters
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/05/u-haul-annual-report-shows-illinois-moves-up-from-49th-to-48th-most-renters/
— Russian Kidnapping of Ukrainian Children Echo of Communists’ Abduction of Children during the Greek Civil War after World War II
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/05/russian-kidnapping-of-ukrainian-children-echo-of-communists-abduction-of-children-during-the-greek-civil-war-after-world-war-ii/
— Former Public Official Predicts Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/05/former-public-official-predicts-tax-hike/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Biden Gives Awards to Four Unfit Americans
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/01/02/biden-gives-awards-to-unfit-americans
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL House GOP Leader Tony McCombie Joins ‘Woke’ Left, Supports Insurance Coverage for Men’s ‘Cervical’ Exams and Women’s ‘Prostate’ Screenings
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/il-house-gop-leader-tony-mccombie-joins-woke-left-supports-insurance-coverage-for-mens-cervical-exams-and-womens-prostate-screenings.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
YAHOO
— 11 Politicians Who Worked In Fast Food (COMMENT: The list includes Rodney Davis, Rahm Emanuel, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, and Scott Walker. I worked in fast food 1964-1966. I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and full-time during the summer in between. With the money that I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966, that I used to commute to/from classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/11-politicians-worked-fast-food-133028407.html
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pope Francis is anti-Israel because he’s anti-Western civilization
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/5/pope-francis-anti-israel-anti-western-civilization/
— On fighting LGBTQ evil, it’s one step forward, two steps back
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/fighting-lgbtq-evil-one-step-forward-two-steps-bac/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DOJ civil rights division poised to fight ‘woke agenda’ under Trump administration (COMMENT: While worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and after, DOJ promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, it promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3270981/doj-civil-rights-division-fight-woke-agenda-trump/#google_vignette
— Biden admin spent millions on DEI grants for K-12 schools
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3276822/biden-admin-spent-millions-on-dei-grants-for-k-12-schools/
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who have demographics that vote for Democrats are victims of those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3273101/will-trump-see-reduced-minority-crime-victimization-again/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A DEI FBI covers for terrorists and Biden (COMMENT: DEI Democrats run the federal government. To be DEI is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I worked for DEI Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Because I was all of the aforesaid, they did everything that they could to waste my career and get rid of me.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/a_dei_fbi_covers_for_terrorists_and_biden.html
— California is not only gaining illegal aliens; it’s still losing native Californians
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/california_is_not_only_gaining_illegal_aliens_it_s_still_losing_native_californians.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Kinzinger finally fesses up: ‘I’m probably closer to a Democrat now’ (COMMENT: For what I see, sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will come out as Democrats.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/06/kinzinger-finally-fesses-up-im-probably-closer-to-a-democrat-now-1514020/
BREITBART
— Senate Majority Leader John Thune Told Trump Pete Hegseth Has Votes to Be Confirmed (COMMENT: I knew that I did not have the votes to be the Milton Township Republican Central Organization (MTRO) Treasurer in 2004, but I ran anyway. I got only 13 votes while my opponent got 69. Back then, my fellow MTRO members blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my Illinois TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership, and blamed my Illinois Center Right Coalition leadership a) for George Ryan’s problems, b) for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich, c) for Andy Mckenna’s primary loss to Jack Ryan, d) for etc. I should write about those MTRO leaders back then who promoted the most hatred against me. I would focus on those who continue to promote hatred against me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/05/report-senate-majority-leader-thune-told-trump-pete-hegseth-votes/
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Curses At Reporters Amid Bizarre Rant About Immigrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/05/joe-biden-curses-rant-donald-trump-immigrants-white-house-reporters/
— Bourbon Street Massacre Is What ‘Globalize The Intifada’ Looks Like
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/05/opinion-bourbon-street-massacre-is-what-globalize-the-intifada-looks-like-hammer/
DAILY WIRE
— Thune: Republicans Need To Be ‘Realistic’ About How Many Deportations There Will Be. Thune said the top priority needed to be deporting all the criminal illegal aliens first.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/thune-republicans-need-to-be-realistic-about-how-many-deportations-there-will-be
— Tom Homan: Trump Will Deport Venezuelans Regardless Of Whether Or Not Venezuela Takes Them Back. Homan highlighted examples of when Trump put pressure on other countries to take their illegal aliens back.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-trump-will-deport-venezuelans-regardless-of-whether-or-not-venezuela-takes-them-back
FOX NEWS
— Musk renews harsh rebuke of Dems who rejected deporting sex offenders: Vote out ‘every one’ ‘There is no excuse,’ Musk posted to X.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/musk-renews-harsh-rebuke-dems-who-rejected-deporting-sex-offenders-vote-out-every-one
NEWSMAX
— Biden’s Own Data Debunks His Great Economy Narrative
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/economy-narrative-fraud/2025/01/05/id/1193916/
TOWNHALL
— New Orleans Collapsing Under the Weight of Wokeness
https://townhall.com/columnists/saraharnold/2025/01/06/new-orleans-collapsing-under-the-weight-of-wokeness-n2650009
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Pope appoints Trump critic to be archbishop of Washington, DC (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly the Pope paints himself as being anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/europe/robert-mcelroy-archbishop-washington-intl/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first administration, as the next archbishop of Washington, DC. Cardinal McElroy, 70, is a strong supporter of Francis’ priorities on refugees, the environment and welcoming LGBTQ Catholics. He will succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, who was the first African-American Archbishop of Washington, DC. Francis also appointed on Monday the first female leader of a Vatican department. Sister Simona Brambilla will become prefect of the Holy See’s religious life office, which has responsibility for nuns, monks and friars. Early in Trump’s first term, then-Bishop McElroy gave a speech in Modesto, California, specifically referencing Trump and urging Catholics to become “disruptors” of the anti-immigrant agenda. “We must disrupt those who would seek to send troops into our streets to deport the undocumented, to rip mothers and fathers from their families. We must disrupt those who portray refugees as enemies rather than our brothers and sisters in terrible need,” he said. And after Trump’s first election victory in 2016, McElroy lamented “a profound sickness in the soul in American political life” and that it would be “unthinkable” for Catholics to “stand by while more than ten percent of our flock is ripped from our midst and deported.” Brambilla, who is from Monza, northern Italy, qualified as a nurse before entering her religious community, has a doctorate in psychology and has worked as a missionary in Mozambique. She has until now been serving as the number two at the Vatican office that she will now lead. The pope also appointed a cardinal, Ángel Fernández Artime, as “pro-prefect” of the department, who will work with Brambilla. During his pontificate, Francis has sought to appoint more female leaders inside the church’s central administration, although there have been calls for him to go further with the role of women in the church becoming an urgent topic of discussion. According to the Vatican, from 2013 to 2023 the percentage of women working for the Holy See and Vatican City State rose from 19.2% to 23.4%.)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington received the highest US civilian honor (COMMENT: I should write about those who the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) have honored since 2000. I should write about the adverse actions that MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP have taken against me since 2000.)
https://apnews.com/article/biden-medal-of-freedom-clinton-soros-denzel-washington-4b19a363d3058ac3b8107e2002b93651
MSN
— 46% of U.S. College Students Oppose Mandatory DEI Courses (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, they required all their employees to take DEI courses. Those courses promoted hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/46-of-u-s-college-students-oppose-mandatory-dei-courses-new-study-reveals/ar-AA1wULUM
YAHOO
— Top states where Americans moved to – and from – in 2024 (COMMENT: Illinois not taxing retirement income is one reason for retirees to stay in Illinois.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-states-where-americans-moved-222125614.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New Jersey, Illinois and New York had the highest outbound migration, with many leaving for retirement or to be closer to family.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/opinion/biden-administration-diversity.html
USA TODAY
— The Senate’s top Republican questioned on Sunday how easy it will be for President-elect Donald Trump to launch a “mass deportation” of at least 11 million immigrants living in the United States without authorization. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow a) that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them, b) that they will immediately return, and c) that America is ever-increasingly dependent on them.)
https://www.aol.com/realistic-deport-everybody-top-senate-220448600.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Is it realistic to deport everybody? I mean, there’s a lot of people in this country who are here illegally,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” A mass deportation of 1 million people per year could cost $88 billion annually, according to the nonpartisan American Immigration Council. It would require an unprecedented ramp-up of law enforcement staffing, detention capacity, immigration courtrooms and flight accessibility. Pew Research estimates there are 11 million immigrants in the United States without authorization. The vast majority don’t have a criminal conviction, and their individual situations can vary dramatically, from asylum-seekers who crossed the border to people who flew in on a tourist visa and overstayed. Among them are some 1.3 million immigrants who have already been issued removal orders but remain in the country, either because of a lack of U.S. removal resources or because some countries refuse to take the immigrants back. Trump has promised the “largest deportation program in American history.” Mass deportations were the centerpiece of his reelection campaign.)
FREEMAN
— OCTOBER 4, 2024 FLASHBACK: Generac sends team to help residents of the Carolinas. Almost 1 million remain without power after hurricane. (COMMENT: I need electricity to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out every morning. My 13-year-old 20KW Generac failed and I have replaced it with a 24KW Generac. To assure that I can put the newsletters together and send them out every morning, I have a backup internet service provider and backup commuter systems.)
https://www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/business/generac-sends-team-to-help-residents-of-the-carolinas/article_09605ef4-92a9-5dbf-bce0-9b8f02fccbd7.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Long the Star Pupils, Girls Are Losing Ground to Boys. Girls have suffered greater test-score declines than boys. (COMMENT: Far fewer females than males took the many tests that I passed. I took and passed the Post Office employment test in 1966 and the Federal Service Entrance examination in 1970. I took and passed all the tests needed to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I took and passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979. I took and passed on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/test-scores-girls-boys-learning-loss-db020858
— Critical Race Theory Is an Inversion of History. Tribalism and racism were universal until Britons and Americans developed a new way of thinking. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. Further, since the 1960s, laws have ever-increasingly required everyone to give more and more and more preference to those who do not share my demographics, that is to discriminate more and more and more against those who share my demographics.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/critical-race-theory-is-an-inversion-of-history-tribalism-racism-empire-slavery-6334d784
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The accusations made in closed training sessions are astonishingly venomous: Arrogant white supremacy is ubiquitous; white rage results when that supremacy is challenged; whites hold money and power because they stole it from other races; systemic racism and capitalism keep the injustices going. All of this is based on categorically false assumptions about the past. We need only look at how the modern idea of our common humanity originated and developed to see that critical race theory has everything backward. A realistic history tells us that the thinkers and engineers of the Anglosphere, principally England and the U.S., are the heroes, not the villains, of this story, while the rest were laggards, not leaders. For most of recorded history, neighboring peoples regarded each other with apprehension if not outright fear and loathing. Tribal and racial attitudes were universal. That’s a long way from the orthodoxy of our own time, which holds that we are all one human family. Before that consensus arose, a charge of racism made no sense. By today’s standards, everyone was racist.)
FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paologaudiano/2025/01/05/costcos-rebuttal-reveals-the-mindless-cost-of-anti-dei-efforts/
FRONTIERS
— The Relationship Between Work During College and Post College Earnings (COMMENT: My GPA suffered because I worked my way through college. I graduated from NIU in 1970. My salary in today’s dollars was $55,850/year in 1971, $68,315/year in 1972, $82,655/year in 1973, $99,069/year in 1974, $112,280/year in 1980, $117,807/year in 1986, and $153,151/year in 1997. But I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2019.00078/full
FED SMITH
— Legislation Repealing the WEP and GPO Signed Into Law. President Biden has signed legislation that repeals the WEP and GPO into law. What will this mean for retired federal employees?
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/01/05/legislation-repealing-the-wep-and-gpo-signed-into-law/
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Free College for the Working Class (COMMENT: Because I had to work my way through college, my GPA suffered. While I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1970, I worked all the part-time hours that I could delivering mail in Park Forest.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/05/free-college-for-the-working-class/
January 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— IL Dems warn sanctuary city funding to support immigrants could be stripped if GOP rules bill passes. Illinois Democrats also preparing for possible mass deportations, starting with people who have criminal records
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-democrats-warn-sanctuary-city-funding-support-immigrants-could-stripped-republican-rules-package-passes/15749348/
— Thornton Township stops bus service for senior citizens amid government shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/thornton-township-stops-bus-service-senior-services-amid-government-shutdown-tiffany-henyard-trustees-remain-stalemate/15748891/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Donald Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/03/mexico-receiving-non-mexican-deportees-trump/
— Downers Grove library board tables controversial proposal on leadership structure
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/03/downers-grove-library-board-tables-controversial-proposal-on-leadership-structure/
— Orland Park pastor indicted with Trump sees ‘eventual case collapse’ with Georgia court ruling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/03/orland-park-pastor-trump-georgia-case/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republican Rep. Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote. Johnson was able to flip two remaining holdouts who switched to support him, drawing applause from Republicans. The final tally: 218 to 215.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/03/republican-rep-mike-johnson-reelected-house-speaker-in-dramatic-floor-vote
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Soldier who blew up Tesla at Trump hotel left note saying blast was to be a ‘wakeup call’ for US. A highly decorated Army soldier who fatally shot himself just before an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was a stunt to serve as “wake up call” for the country’s ills.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/soldier-who-blew-up-tesla-at-trump-hotel-left-note-saying-blast-was-to-be/article_ed4ab416-6eaa-583f-924a-60c88d04eb1c.html
25 NEWS NOW
_ Illinois Democrat leaders mix in “reproductive healthcare decisions” to promote abortion.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/01/04/new-state-law-aims-prevent-discrimination-based-abortion-fertility-care/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-reminders-of-jan-6-attack-fade-in-the-capitol-as-trump-retakes-power/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Electric vehicle adoption rate slams into reverse in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/electric-vehicle-adoption-rate-slams-into-reverse-in-illinois-wirepoints-quickpoint/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What Republicans Are Doing in the U.S. House of Representatives
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/what-republicans-are-doing-in-the-u-s-house-of-representatives/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Johnson wins speaker’s gavel again on first vote in new Congress
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/mike-johnson-wins-house-speaker-gavel-delayed-firs/
— How Democrats, mainstream media used and abused Jan. 6 ‘insurrection’ Congress will again certify Electoral College result.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/democrats-mainstream-media-used-abused-jan-6-insur/
— Washington’s new majority party needs to stop acting like the minority party
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/editorial-washington-new-majority-party-needs-stop/
AMERICAN THINKER
— 1,100 anchor babies born every day in US
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/2024_1_100_anchor_babies_born_every_day_in_us.html
— The Immigration Battle Begins
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/the_immigration_battle_begins.html
— The Whites Who Deserve Reparations
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/the_whites_who_deserve_reparations.html
— Walt Disney Corporation: The journey from Fantasia to transgenderism
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/walt_disney_corporation_the_journey_from_fantasia_to_transgenderism.html
COMPACT MAGAZINE
— How the H-1B System Undercuts American Workers
https://www.compactmag.com/article/no-there-arent-good-h-1b-visas/
DAILY CALLER
— Judge Orders Trump Sentencing Before Inauguration Day
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/03/judge-orders-trump-sentencing-before-inauguration-day/
EPOCH TIMES
— Johnson Re-elected Speaker on 1st Ballot. In a 218–215 vote, Johnson was elected on the first ballot in spite of short-lived hiccups early in the vote.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/johnson-elected-speaker-on-1st-ballot-5785811
— New York Judge Orders Trump’s Sentencing for Jan. 10. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss the case.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/new-york-judge-orders-trumps-sentencing-for-jan-10-post-5785959
— US Health Insurance: What Are Its Problems and Potential Solutions? An overview of the chief complaints, root causes, and possible solutions to the United States’ health insurance dilemma. (COMMENT: Since 1966 (except September 1969-June 1971), the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance, and since 1978, 72% of my wife’s health insurance. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/us-health-insurance-what-are-its-problems-and-potential-solutions-5777354
FOX NEWS
— ‘Radical’ FBI practices on DEI ‘endangered’ Americans, Blackburn says in letter demanding answers from Wray. ‘Put simply, your focus on woke DEI initiatives at the FBI has endangered our national security and the lives of all Americans,’ Blackburn wrote to the FBI director. (COMMENT: Promoting DEI always was my Democrat superiors’ top priority.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/radical-fbi-practices-dei-endangered-americans-blackburn-says-letter-demanding-answers-from-wray
— Biden ripped for repeatedly saying ‘White supremacy’ is America’s greatest threat (COMMENT: To get more votes from minorities, Democrats ever-increasingly shout at minorities that Republicans are White supremacists.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366665849112
NEW AMERICAN
— Honduran President Will Close U.S. Military Base If Trump Deports Honduran Illegals
https://thenewamerican.com/world-news/honduran-president-will-close-u-s-military-base-if-trump-deports-honduran-illegals/
NEWSMAX
— Scalise Calls Out DEI in Law Enforcement Following Attack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/scalise-dei-fbi/2025/01/03/id/1193818/
TOWNHALL
— Mexican Immigration Officials Is Helping Illegals Enter US Through Taxi Scheme
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/01/03/report-mexican-immigration-officials-helping-illegals-enter-us-through-taxi-scheme-n2649942
— The West Does Not Even Know That It Is Committing Suicide
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2025/01/04/the-west-does-not-even-know-that-it-is-committing-suicide-n2649945
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump rips Biden for honoring Cheney, Thompson with ‘Fake Medals’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5065950-trump-biden-cheney-medal/
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5063897-black-americans-victims-crime/
NBC NEWS
— Trump is fixated on Abe Lincoln. The president-elect’s habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one at that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fixated-abe-lincoln-rcna183475
REUTERS
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-RACE/USA/nmopajawjva/
MSN
— Generation Z Members Need a $500K-Plus Salary To Feel Successful (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being over grossly paid. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional licenses, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.msn.com/en-my/money/markets/one-generation-needs-a-500k-plus-salary-to-feel-successful-does-that-track-with-the-economy/ar-AA1wVM16
— Take a look inside a historic 54-room Gilded Age (1870-1910) mansion that belonged to one of America’s richest families (COMMENT: During the Gilded Age, my ancestors on my father’s side ran Crete’s only hardware store. In 1902, they had the 4,030 sq. ft. 1285 Main Street built in Crete ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). My ancestors on my mother’s side bought a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/take-a-look-inside-a-historic-54-room-gilded-age-mansion-that-belonged-to-one-of-america-s-richest-families/ss-AA1nVP4N
AOL
— IRS cuts make Uncle Sam lose money — Reducing the enforcement budget is bad policy. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts first to get rid of their employees who are Republican and then those 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.aol.com/editorial-irs-cuts-uncle-sam-090000923.html
CBS NEWS
— Social Security Fairness Act set to get Biden’s signature
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-fairness-act-biden/
USA TODAY
— Democrats always blur the distinction between legal and illegal immigrants.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/02/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa-jobs/77317795007/
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/systemic-racism-what-does-mean/5343549002/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Has Reeled in More Than $200 Million Since Election Day
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-donations.html
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opinion/racism-christianity.html
— How the Democrats Lost the Working Class (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. My critics/opponents despise/hate the working class.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/democrats-working-class.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Harris to oversee electoral count, restoring norm that Trump shattered. The vice president on Monday is scheduled to certify the victory of a man she repeatedly called unfit for office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/04/harris-oversees-certification-trump-victory/
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-covid-19-world-systemic-racism-is-deadly/2020/07/14/aabe1672-c601-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html
BALTIMORE SUN
— Trump won despite the tremendous amount of hatred that the Democrat mainstream news media promoted against him.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/03/nation-badly-needs-a-better-informed-electorate-reader-commentary/
DESERT SUN
— Top 10 H-1B visas issued by California employers in 2024 (COMMENT: The list includes Google, Meta, Apple, Cisco, Qualcomm, and LinkedIn.)
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2025/01/03/who-were-top-california-employers-for-h-1b-visa-workers-in-2024/77414421007/
HERALD REVIEW
— Trump’s Secret Weapon for Mass Deportations: E-Verify (COMMENT: How many illegals are employed in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.myheraldreview.com/opinion/commentary/trumps-secret-weapon-for-mass-deportations-e-verify/article_a8468824-c9f4-11ef-9ee7-e32b924f3c4e.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Banning TikTok Would Violate America’s Free Speech Tradition, It’s up to the Supreme Court whether the U.S. will join China, Afghanistan and other authoritarian countries that have barred their citizens from using the popular social media app. (COMMENT: Back when I was young, that is, back in the good old days, I was able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) earn master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, d) get married when I was 29, e) pass the CPA examination when I was 30, and f) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/banning-tiktok-would-violate-americas-free-speech-tradition-a27bd88a
— What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up? As American 30-somethings increasingly bypass the traditional milestones of adulthood, economists are warning that what seemed like a lag may in fact be a permanent state of arrested development.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/what-happens-when-a-whole-generation-never-grows-up-d200e9ef
— I Traded My News Apps for Rumble, the Right-Wing YouTube. Here’s What I Saw.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/13/business/rumble-trump-bongino-kirk.html
— Musk’s Misinformation About Tech Visas
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/opinion/musk-h1b-visas.html
FORBES
— Government and politics are nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2020/06/29/systemic-racism-in-the-workplace-how-to-move-from-acknowledgment-to-lasting-change/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— My Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in pay-for-performance (PFP) first to get rid of their employees who were Republican and then their employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors had been in America for a long time. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP purposes.
https://hbr.org/2024/10/research-pay-for-performance-doesnt-have-to-stress-workers-out
YAHOO FINANCE
— Net Worth for Retirees: How To Tell Whether You’re Poor, Middle Class or Rich (COMMENT: Since we got married in 1978, my wife and I always saved as much as we could for our retirement. We always lived on just one of our paychecks. My Democrat GAO superiors knew that and used that to justify in their minds forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. According to them, we could afford our losing $86,371/year (56%) annual income in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year and my Civil Service Retirement System pension would be 44% of it or $66,780/year. They knew my wife’s salary, how much we had saved for our retirement, and how much more we were on track to save. They knew we had no dependents or debts. They knew we owned 915 Cove Court in Wheaton. They knew we owned three collector cars. They knew that the federal government would continue to pay 72% of our health insurance.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/net-worth-retirees-tell-whether-155106510.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Poor retirees: Poor retirees are in the lower 20th percentile, and may have a net worth of around $10,000. This is often without property ownership, forcing many to rely mainly on Social Security or minimal pensions. Middle-class retirees: Making up the 50th percentile, with a median net worth of approximately $281,000, this group usually includes home equity, retirement savings and a 401(k) plan. Upper-middle-class retirees: These retirees possess a net worth between $201,800 and $608,900. They have diversified assets and enjoy a comfortable retirement cushion. Rich retirees: In the 90th percentile, with net worth starting at $1.9 million, this group has much more financial freedom and is able to afford luxuries and legacy planning.)
WORKLIFE
— Can favoritism at work be a motivator? (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and supervisors required me to give preference big time to my Democrat coworkers and subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.worklife.news/leadership/can-favoritism-at-work-be-a-motivator/
TIME
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://time.com/5851855/systemic-racism-america/
BROOKINGS
— Government and politics are nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/women-are-advancing-in-the-workplace-but-women-of-color-still-lag-behind/
ACLU
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/ending-systemic-racism-requires-ensuring-systemic-equality
PBS
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/annual-report-shows-systemic-racism-continues-to-bring-down-black-peoples-quality-of-life
— Government and politics are nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-the-pandemic-taught-us-about-racism-at-work-and-how-to-handle-going-back-to-the-office
BROOKINGS
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/learning-to-live-together-how-education-can-help-fight-systemic-racism/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— A slightly more sanguine view of the Department of Government Efficiency
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2024/12/a-slightly-more-sanguine-view-of-the-department-of-government-efficiency/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Absolutely. And that’s why Ramaswamy saying we’re going to eliminate 75% of federal employees is absurd, and frankly, won’t save much money. If you really do an efficiency examination of every agency you will find certain agencies that are actually understaffed. Like you mentioned, the IRS. Try calling the IRS and getting through. It’s nearly impossible. The IRS is likely understaffed and may need more employees. On the flip side, I would argue the Department of Agriculture is overstaffed with about 100,000 employees. So really you have to go agency by agency. You can’t just start out with a goal: I’m going to get rid of this many employees and do a good job. You really have to determine after reforming each agency. Do we need more or fewer people to do this work?)
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write my critics/opponents and their biggest bullies.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/resilience-to-bullying/202412/why-dr-phil-said-trump-is-not-a-bully
DAILY KOS
— Anticipate/expect that that Democrats and RINOs will do everything that they can to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/4/2294706/-10-Suggestions-for-Surviving-the-Second-Trump-Regime
DAILY MAIL
— Chicago on verge of bankruptcy thanks to ultra-generous public sector pension scheme (COMMENT: I have been getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $66,780/year) since I was 49 years old in 1997 and my Democrat GAO superiors forced me into early retirement. To get that pension, I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a professional license in 1981.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14238303/chicago-pension-crisis-debt-public-sector.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Midwestern city has fostered a rocky financial situation by offering extremely generous retirement benefits to public workers.)
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
— Congress strips IRS of another $20B in averting government shutdown. Cuts could add $140B to national debt over next decade, by hampering agency’s ability to catch wealthy tax cheats: Biden admin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congress-strips-irs-another-20b-averting-us-government-shutdown-possibly-hampering-ability-catch-tax-cheats/15729611/
WGN9
— New year brings hundreds of new laws to Illinois books (COMMENT: Call me an “Affirmative Action and DEI impacted individual.”)
https://wgntv.com/news/new-illinois-laws-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No more ‘offenders’ An amendment to the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009 changes references to “offenders” to “justice-impacted individuals.” Lawmakers argued that no one should be defined by their worst day. The law also creates an Adult Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board to oversee a plan to redeploy convicts into public life once they are no longer incarcerated.)
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: What does Musk think of you? I wonder what Musk would think of me. My critics/opponents would stress to Musk that my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, I got no scholarships, my college GPAs were not that great, I do not have a degree from an Ivy League university, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, etc.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/ar-AA1wCDeK
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day message
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/pope-calls-for-commitment-to-protect-life-as-he-20009860.php
LANSING JOURNAL
— Knocked off the ballot, Thornton Township supervisor hopefuls plan to appeal
https://thelansingjournal.com/2024/12/31/knocked-off-the-ballot-thornton-township-supervisor-hopefuls-plan-to-appeal/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-defending-firearms-restrictions-in-sensitive-places-78459.cfm
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Thornton Township Trustees Deny Henyard Quorum Again Amid Fight Over Lapsed Insurance. The trustees’ absence meant there were not enough board members to vote on paying the insurance bill.
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/thornton-township-illinois-trustees-deny-henyard-quorum-again-amid-fight
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin & the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Top 10 Accomplishments of 2024
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/top-ten-of-2024
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— President Jimmy Carter’s Addresses the Illinois General Assembly, May 28, 1978, Answers Questions from Legislators
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/31/president-jimmy-carters-address-to-the-illinois-general-assembly-may-28-2078/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— What to do about ‘unaccompanied alien children’ Liberals have built an illegal immigration system on the backs of kids.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/unaccompanied-alien-children/
— The dangerous rot secretly festering inside our colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/dangerous-rot-secretly-festering-bowels-colleges/
— Conservatives get the last laugh after Democrats’ campaign to demonize Project 2025 bombs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/conservatives-get-last-laugh-democrats-campaign-de/
— Democrat punished for pro-life stance casts doubts on his party’s post-election soul-searching (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but destroy those like me who oppose the promotion of abortion.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/ex-rep-lipinski-punished-pro-life-stance-casts-dou/
— Drug cartels now Mexico’s 5th-largest employer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/31/drug-cartels-become-mexico-5th-largest-employer/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats are to blame for record homelessness
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3273265/democrats-to-blame-record-homelessness/
— 2024 Year in Review: Electric vehicles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3272868/2024-year-in-review-electric-vehicles/
— Everything to know about the H-1B visa debate surrounding Trumpworld (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3273171/h-1b-visas-everything-to-know-debate-trump-allies/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Forget Musk’s H1-B visa spat — merit immigration is the fight we need – Rich Lowry (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/opinion/forget-musks-h1-b-spat-lets-admit-immigrants-on-merit/
— At least 10 dead, 30 injured after driver plows into New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/new-orleans-french-quarter-driver-rams-car-into-crowd-of-people-on-bourbon-street-killing-at-least-1/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago teeters on brink of disaster with BILLIONS in debt and unfunded pension liabilities
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/chicago-teeters-on-brink-of-disaster-with-billions-in-debt-and-unfunded-pension-liabilities-1513094/
— Left plays footsie with political violence
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/31/victor-joecks-left-plays-footsie-with-political-violence-1512958/
CORVETTE BLOGGER
— President Jimmy Carter Was a Fan of Corvettes
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2024/12/31/video-president-jimmy-carter-was-a-fan-of-sebring-raceway-and-corvettes/
DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring. The contracts are the latest evidence of the Biden administration’s push to impose DEI policies and practices throughout the federal government.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-admin-paid-consultants-millions-to-help-military-implement-race-based-hiring
FOX NEWS
— 5 lies Biden used to break the border … and how Trump can fix it
https://www.aol.com/5-lies-biden-used-break-120022527.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Mexico is rolling out an app intended to help illegal aliens dodge deportation (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that in WWIII, Mexico will side with America’s enemies.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/this-foreign-country-is-rolling-out-an-app-intended-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Are Filling Students’ Minds With Jew Hatred
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/colleges-are-filling-students-minds-with-jew-hatred/
NEWSMAX
— Bannon says Americans who lost jobs to immigrants using H-1B visas should receive reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-bannon-h-1b-visas-foreign/2024/12/31/id/1193497/
— Tesla Faces Backlash for Replacing US Workers With H-1B Hires (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tesla-elon-musk-h/2024/12/31/id/1193500/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— How to Get Wokeness Out of Schools
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2024/12/31/how_to_get_wokeness_out_of_schools_1081830.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officials for intimidating judges
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5061613-roberts-condemns-intimidation-judges/
NBC NEWS
— Trump shows support for H-1B visa amid feud among MAGA allies (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-shows-support-for-h-1b-visa-amid-feud-among-maga-allies-228190789727
CBS NEWS
— Which employers have the most H-1B workers? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-h1b-work-visa-tesla-technology/
(THE LIST INCLUDES: Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Deloitte, Apple, Intel, Tesla, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and Walmart.)
— Vehicle slams into crowd on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing at least 10 people
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-orleans-vehicle-crash-bourbon-street-crowd-casualties-shooting/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://apnews.com/article/poll-election-news-fatigue-77f2bf012502b9aea1d9d38173ace4ec
CNN
— At least 10 killed after vehicle drives into crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
https://www.cnn.com/webview/us/live-news/new-orleans-mass-casualty-bourbon-street-01-01-24-hnk/index.html
MSN
— Why Elon Musk has backpedalled on H-1B visa after MAGA fallout. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-elon-musk-has-backpedalled-on-h-1b-visa-after-maga-fallout/ar-AA1wKuAA
— MAGA is fighting a ‘civil war’ over H-1B visas. Here’s what they are. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-is-fighting-a-civil-war-over-h-1b-visas-here-s-what-they-are/ar-AA1wJiaJ
YAHOO
— The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, reparations, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-moves-forward-progressive-reform-144002252.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/technology/trump-administration-speech-policy.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California’s tech titans say H-1B visas are vital. Will Trump defy MAGA and support them? (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-31/its-musk-vs-maga-on-immigrant-worker-visas-what-will-trump-do-on-the-h-1b
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Top 8 Best CPA Prep Courses: Becker CPA Review: The Gold Standard (COMMENT: I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 if I had not taken the Becker CPA Review.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/best-cpa-prep-courses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Preparing for the CPA exam is not a small feat. After all, you can expect to spend several hundred hours over the course of many months preparing for the exam. Luckily, there is a way to make studying easier while significantly improving your chances of passing on the first try: finding the right CPA course for you.)
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Jimmy Carter: An uncommon product of his times (COMMENT: What are you a product of? I am a product of the following: a) living in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1974, Chicago 1974 -1978, and Wheaton since 1978, b) attending Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970, c) earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) working for S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980, and GAO in downtown Chicago 1980-1997, e) being the subject of a vicious 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978, f) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt tin 1981, and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, g) being forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997, h) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999, i) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, j) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, k) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, l) attending all the Illinois Republican Party State Conventions since 2000, m) being married since 1978, n) filing lawsuits, o) etc.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/31/opinion/jimmy-carter-legacy-jim-crow/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders will fight deportations tooth and nail. Democrats and RINOs have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-five-biggest-roadblocks-to-trumps-immigration-agenda-5bf75c43
— Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence. But John Roberts’s year-end report remains silent on Supreme Court ethics.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/chief-justice-says-intimidation-and-violence-threaten-judicial-independence-adb9caac
BUSINESS TIMES
— Steve Bannon Escalates Feud with Elon Musk, Calls H-1B Visas a ‘Scam’ and Demands Worker Reparations. (COMMENT: If the employers that hired me could have hired H-1B workers instead of me, they would have.)
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/171993/20241231/steve-bannon-escalates-feud-with-elon-musk-calls-h-1b-visas-a-scam-and-demands-worker-reparations.htm
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Barry Melancon, dubbed “the most important man in accounting” for his 30-year leadership of its professional body in the US, has sent a stern warning to his successors that they should not compromise standards in an effort to attract more people to the profession. (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious about because I did that because it frustrated their promoting over me their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/most-important-man-in-accounting-warns-against-lowering-standards-20250101-p5l1hf
ECONOMIST
— Homelessness rises to a record level in America. A surge in migration and disasters pushed already tight housing markets over the edge.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/12/31/homelessness-rises-to-a-record-level-in-america
December 29, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
– Elon Musk accused of censoring conservatives on X who disagree with him about immigration (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of employment visas during the 1980s. Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/elon-musk-accused-of-censoring-conservatives-on-x-who-disagree-with-him-about-immigration/3633247/
WGN9
— The race for Democratic National Committee chair is shaping up to be a field of largely white men — a notable development for a party that has long touted diversity within its ranks. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, political organizations want their leaders to be liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Even though I am none of the aforesaid, I survived as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois for 7 years and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member for 4 years.)
https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/democrats-grapple-with-jarring-lack-of-diversity-in-dnc-race/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump appears to side with Elon Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/28/trump-musk-tech-allies-foreign-workers/
— Discrimination based on source of income still widespread despite new Illinois law, housing advocates say; recent lawsuits may change that. (COMMENT: What are/were your sources of income? Between 1962 and 1997, my income came from doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies. Since 1997, my income has come from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, and since 2010, from my Social Security.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/28/source-of-income-protections-illinois/
— Top stories of 1924 (COMMENT: What were your ancestors doing in 1924? My grandparents on father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/26/vintage-chicago-tribune-paul-duricas-top-picks-from-1924/
— Dixmoor Mayor Fitzgerald Roberts faces potential challenge from former trustee in April, pending petition review COMMENT: What offices will be on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct, who has filed to run, and what is the status of petition challenges?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/dixmoor-mayor-fitzgerald-roberts-faces-potential-challenge/
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— 20 attorneys general, including Illinois, backing states’ right to redraw legislative maps
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/20-attorneys-general-including-illinois-backing-states-right-to-redraw-legislative-maps/ar-AA1wBEia
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2024/12/29/in-states-that-ban-abortion-social-safety-net-programs-often-fail-families/
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2024/12/29/new-law-expands-reproductive-rights-in-illinois/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats taunt Trump with ‘President Musk’ moniker
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-taunt-trump-with-president-musk-moniker/
— Musk calls some MAGA supporters ‘contemptible fools’ as visa row intensifies (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/musk-calls-some-maga-supporters-contemptible-fools-as-visa-row-intensifies/
— Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-appears-to-side-with-musk-tech-allies-in-debate-over-foreign-workers-roiling-his-supporters/
— What is your county clerk doing to assure that illegals cannot use their false identifications to register to vote?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-kansas-once-required-voters-to-prove-citizenship-that-didnt-work-out-so-well/
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MILTON TOWNSHIP
— MEETING NOTICE: Milton Township Officers Electoral Board Meeting Agenda Monday, December 30, 2024, 1:00 P.M. (COMMENT: Milton Township Supervisor Monino is challenging the nominating petitions file by Milinko for Supervisor, Nathwani for Clerk, Muehlfelt for Highway Commissioner, Argianas for Assessor, and Ellis, Kemp, Castle, and Margetts for Trustee. In addition, Nachman is challenging the nominating petitions file by Argianas.)
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10230616481547080&set=g.141390082555472
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I what ways do Trump’s background differ from your background the most? For me, it includes my having to work my way through college. For me, it includes all the bad jobs that I had to take. For me, it includes the difficulty/failure that I had finding/keeping jobs that were appropriate for my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents side with Trump and Musk on H-1B. According to my critics/opponents, my employers would not have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have. According to my critics/opponents, all the difficulty/failure that I had finding/keeping jobs that were appropriate for my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license was because I am a very bad person and even worse things. Further, according to my critics/opponents, none of the difficulty/failure that I had was because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, my complaining about the aforesaid, or my suing GAO about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Warnings of Electric Power Adequacy Arriving with Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/29/more-warnings-of-electric-power-adequacy-arriving-with-data-centers/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Violent Venezuelan gang members expanding operations in Midwest. Tren de Aragua members arrested in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8ef45944-c46f-11ef-8832-87b950a44406.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Musk jars Trump world, calling a bulk of supporters ‘contemptible fools’ (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/28/musk-jars-trump-world-calling-bulk-supporters-cont/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/28/costco-rejects-push-nix-company-dei-program/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What’s on Trump’s transgender agenda for 2025
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3260064/whats-on-trump-transgender-agenda-2025/
NEW YORK POST
— How California is gearing up to fight Trump 2.0 (COMMENT: Constructively, California has declared war on America.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/opinion/how-california-is-gearing-up-to-fight-trump-2-0/
— Trump supports immigration visas backed by Musk: ‘I have many H-1B visas on my properties’ (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/donald-trump-backs-h-1b-visa-program-supported-by-elon-musk/
— Wokeness is in retreat, but Nasdaq’s ‘diversity rules’ show its awful stench will be hard to eliminate
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/business/wokeness-is-in-retreat-but-nasdaqs-diversity-rules-show-its-awful-stench-will-be-hard-to-eliminate/
— Hollywood loves #diversity — except when it comes to Israel and Jews
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/opinion/hollywood-loves-diversity-except-when-it-comes-to-israel-and-jews/
— Trump’s expected rollback of DEI can’t come soon enough. (COMMENT: If there had never been Affirmative Action (AA) or DEI, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988. But my Democrat superiors used AA and DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/29/opinion/donald-trumps-expected-rollback-of-dei-cant-come-soon-enough/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A woke encyclopedia?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/a_woke_encyclopedia.html
BLAZE
— Chicago needs a new mayor — and it’s time for a Republican
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/chicago-needs-a-new-mayor-and-its-time-for-a-republican
— Biden’s clemency play panders to his woke base, snubbing justice
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/bidens-clemency-play-panders-to-his-woke-base-snubbing-justice
BREITBART
— DEI Stands for ‘Discrimination, Exclusion and Indoctrination’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/28/riley-gaines-dei-stands-for-discrimination-exclusion-and-indoctrination/
— H-1B Uproar Obscures Vast Workforce of Other White-Collar Migrants (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/12/28/h-1b-uproar-obscures-vast-workforce-other-white-collar-migrants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The heated debate over H-1B visa workers obscures the far greater inflows of other foreign workers into the white-collar jobs needed by American college graduates. The federal government issues about 130,000 new H-1B visas each year — plus another 650,000 visas or work permits to other white-collar migrants each year. Many of these non-immigrant workers are allowed to stay for five, six, or seven years. The multi-year visas create a resident population of at least 1.5 million white-collar workers. That growing population is almost twenty times larger than the H-1B program’s inflow of 85,000 new foreign workers every year that the media is focusing on. “For decades, this has been out of control,” said Kevin Lynn, the founder of U.S. Tech Workers, which campaigns against the visa worker programs. The huge giveaway annually delivers roughly two foreign workers for every American who graduates from a four-year college with a skilled degree in science, software, computers, business, healthcare, or engineering. The programs also deliver two foreign workers into the career-starting jobs needed by every young American who graduates with a four-year degree in “STEM,” or science, technology, engineering, and math. The migrants are not legal immigrants. They are government-approved contract workers or just-graduated foreign students, and their vulnerable legal status allows employers to treat them badly and undercut pay for American graduates. “There are about a million work-visa issuances a year … it’s gone up about 25 percent in recent years,” said Jessica Vaughan, policy director at the Center for Immigration Studies. The programs’ complexity and lack of transparency are intended to help employers smuggle more white-collar workers into American jobs, Vaughan said. President Joe Biden’s deputies are trying to raise the visa-worker inflow. . .The federal government allows employers to import roughly 450,000 visa workers for the blue-collar H-2A and H-2B workers, and perhaps 150,000 pink-collar visa workers via the J-1 program. But the white-collar inflow is larger. The H-1B program is getting much attention, partly because Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and other West Coast investors triggered a heated Twitter debate with President Donald Trump’s voter base. But the H-1B program is just one of many government pipelines that deliver foreign college graduates into the valuable U.S. careers needed by the American middle class. Each year, the H-1B program delivers roughly 130,000 new workers, including 85,000 workers for private companies. They can stay for six years or longer. “The resident population of people with H-1Bs is [roughly] 600,000,” Vaughan told Breitbart News. There is no requirement to offer the H-1B jobs to Americans. Also, there is no limit on the inflow of H-1B workers for non-profits. That loophole has created a new style of non-profit staffing organization that transfers college graduates into private sector jobs. More than half of the H-1Bs are from India, where the government pressures American companies to hire Indian graduates, even though they are rooted in a culture where workplace corruption and bribes are common. Deputies working for President Barack Obama also allowed the spouses of H-1Bs to get work permits, dubbed H4EADs. Many now work in jobs alongside their spouses, adding at least 100,000 more white-collar visa workers to the U.S. labor market. The little-known L-1 visa program allows foreign companies to move their employees into the United States for five to 7 years. In 2022, the Department of State approved 73,000 new L-1s, so the resident white-collar L-1 population is roughly 200,000 white-collar workers. The spouses of L-1 workers are also allowed to work, adding another 40,000 workers to the workforce, according to a 2017 report by the left-wing Economic Policy Institute. Many of the H-1B and L-1 workers are allowed to stay past their visa expiry date if their employers offer them the deferred bonus of a government-provided green card. This bonus has created a population of roughly 600,000 Indian workers who are working while waiting for a green card. This population includes many L-1s and H-1Bs, complicating the population count. The State Department’s J-1 program delivers about 90,000 white-collar workers via multiple categories, such as “short-term scholars, “research scholars,” and professors, who are allowed to stay up to five or even seven years. Government agencies do not reveal the resident population of J-1s, but 300,000 white-collar employees is a reasonable estimate. The 0-1A so-called “genius visa” program is now delivering at least 9,000 white-collar workers per year, up from 6,500 in 2019. This program is uncapped, like the L-1, TN, and H-1B programs. This visa lasts for three years, so the resident 0-1A population is roughly 25,000. The TN program allows professionals and recent graduates in Canada and Mexico to get jobs in the United States via the TN visa created by trade treaties. Government officials have said they do not count TN migrants entering the United States from Canada. Vaughan said she estimates the resident TN population to be roughly 120,000 foreign graduates. The OPT and CPT programs were created for foreign students at American universities. These programs deliver the most new workers each year — but they can only stay for one or three years. Almost 340,000 students and graduates got work permits in 2023, suggesting the resident population is roughly 400,000, most of whom work in technology-related jobs. The OPT — Optional Practical Training — and the CPT — Curricular Practical Training — programs were not created by Congress but by officials working for President George W. Bush. The CPT and OPT programs are touted as study programs, but the OPT program is a pipeline for foreigners to get green cards via employers and the H-1B program. These pipelines often run through ethnic hiring networks at Fortune 500 companies or their vast network of “software sweatshops” that implement outsourcing policies at nearly all major U.S. companies. Many of the OPT and CPT workers fail to get into the H-1B programs and so join the growing population of “overstay” illegal white-collar migrants, many of whom work alongside their legal compatriots as software subcontractors. This illegal white-collar foreign workforce is also boosted by a growing population of airport migrants. They legally enter the country as tourists or “business visitors,” dubbed B-1/B-2 visas. But they illegally work as freelancers and contractors, usually within ethnic networks of legal migrants. The federal government has done little to suppress or count this population. There has been no cap on the number of white-collar illegal migrants during Biden’s administration, in part because his pro-migration border chief — Alejandro Mayorkas — enforced a policy of no arrests for migrants who were not found guilty of major crimes. In addition, Mayorkas has imported roughly one million migrants through his quasi-legal “parole pipelines.” This inflow includes many white-collar workers — but their unrecognized credentials exclude them from licensed professions. Vaughan suggested these various pipelines have delivered 3 million illegal white-collar workers into the U.S. labor force, alongside the legal population of 1.5 million visa workers. Lynn estimated the illegal white-collar population at roughly 1.5 million, alongside 1.5 million legal migrants. In December, Mayrokas announced he would loosen the J-1 program to help migrants from China and India stay in J-1 white-collar jobs for longer than two years. Mayorkas’ deputies also announced changes to the H-1B program to help American companies import more white-collar workers. The new rules allow more companies to be treated as non-profits so they can import an unlimited number of “cap-exempt” H-1B workers for jobs that are sought by Americans. The rule states: . . . Meanwhile, huge numbers of American professionals are being laid off, according to a December report by Forbes.)
DAILY CALLER
— ‘These People Are Exploiting These Folks’: Andy Biggs Exposes Flaws In Dems’ Narrative About Migrants (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/27/andy-biggs-dems-migrants/
— Mark Halperin Warns ‘We’re Gonna See More’ Advocacy To Stop Trump From Taking Office As Inauguration ‘Gets Closer’ (COMMENT: How far do you think hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will go?)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/27/mark-halperin-democrats-block-donald-trump-inauguration/
— Woke Colleges Finally Being Forced To Reckon With Diversity Agenda
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/28/zachary-marschall-woke-colleges-finally-being-forced-to-reckon-with-diversity-agenda/
— Costco Embraces DEI As Other Companies Move In Opposite Direction
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/28/costco-dei-diversity-national-center-public-policy-research/
DAILY SIGNAL
— PBS Hosts Far-Left Smear Factory to Demonize Trump—Using Your Tax Dollars
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/29/pbs-hosts-far-left-smear-factory-demonize-trump-using-your-tax-dollars/
DAILY WIRE
— Homan Promises To Root Out Bad Actors Left Over From Biden Admin. ‘We pretty much know where the bodies are buried’ and ‘We know who’s who.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-help-them-border-czar-tom-homan-promises-to-root-out-bad-actors-leftover-from-biden-admin
— Here’s How Trump Admin Could Help Crush Censorship Industry (COMMENT: Since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents have wanted to censure me. In 2006, they almost succeeded in getting the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/28/trump-admin-crush-censorship-industry/
FOX BUSINESS
— Musk inflames X with profane movie quote in defense of H-1B visa. Musk invoked the satirical action-comedy movie ‘Tropic Thunder’ in defending the visa program.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-politics/musk-inflames-x-profane-movie-quote-defense-h-1b-visa
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The internal rift inside the MAGA movement over the H-1B visa continues to play out on X with Elon Musk attacking a critic of the program on Friday using a profane quote from Tom Cruise’s character in the movie “Tropic Thunder.” Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been tapped by President-elect Trump to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), argued earlier this week that American culture has not prioritized education enough and therefore foreign workers are needed for tech companies like Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla. Many tech companies have embraced the H-1B visa program, which allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations, but critics of the program say H-1B holders are often chosen over U.S. citizens for jobs. One of the reasons for this is that foreign workers are tied to their respective employers via the H-1B visa – as a company is required to sponsor the visa — and therefore quitting the job could ultimately see foreign workers losing their visa and their ability to legally remain in the country. On Friday, Musk doubled down on his defense of the program, blasting a user on X who used a video of Musk discussing SpaceX processes to go after the billionaire’s stance on the visa program. “The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B,” Musk wrote on X. He then went on to quote the 2008 action-comedy movie, which was a box office hit. “Take a big step back and F— YOURSELF in the face,” Musk railed. The line, although not verbatim, comes from a scene from the movie where Tom Cruise’s character Les Grossman, a balding, profane-laden and ill-tempered studio executive, roars down the phone at a group of kidnappers in a memorable scene. Grossman then goes on to threaten the kidnappers, saying that he will go “scorched earth” and “massacre” them. The outburst leaves the kidnappers and Matthew McConaughey, who plays Rick “The Pecker” Peck, stunned into silence. The movie also stars Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Nick Nolte. Musk also invokes Grossman’s combative stance with the X user, finishing off his late Friday post by writing: “I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend.” Musk then went on to interact with other commentators on the topic, saying he agreed with one poster who wrote that the visa program needs reform and that Musk “protects meritocracy and the American Dream for tech innovators at all costs.” Elsewhere, Musk agreed to a separate post that stated that Google, Intel and Tesla were all founded or built by immigrants and that H-1B visa employees are effectively capped at 15% for big tech companies. The post noted that a third of positions in the sector go unfulfilled each year and that foreign workers are needed in the short term to make up the shortfall. On Christmas Day, Musk wrote that he and his companies would prefer to hire Americans – and that it is much easier than going through the “incredibly painful and slow work visa process.” “HOWEVER, there is a dire shortage of extremely talented and motivated engineers in America. This is not about handing out opportunities from some magical hat. You don’t get it. This is blindingly obvious when looking at NBA teams, as the physical differences are so obvious to see,” Musk wrote. “However, the MENTAL differences between humans are FAR bigger than the physical differences!!” He also wrote that employing immigrants is essential to future American ingenuity. “It comes down to this: do you want America to WIN or do you want America to LOSE,” he wrote. “If you force the world’s best talent to play for the other side, America will LOSE. End of story.” It’s not the first time Musk has invoked Tropic Thunder online. In August, he unleashed the same line on Thierry Breton, a French business executive and former European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services who threatened to censor X.)
FOX NEWS
— The real reason Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is working so hard to resist Trump. Rooftop Revelations: Chicago’s Brandon Johnson wants to cast himself as the mighty moral man who would save us all.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/real-reason-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-wants-resist-trump
— Trump says he is a ‘believer’ in H-1B visas for skilled migrant workers as right spars on immigration. Musk argued that immigrants are needed for the tech sector. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-he-believer-h-1b-visas-skilled-migrant-workers-right-spars-immigration-report
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Newsom eyeing ways to help illegal aliens dodge deportation under Trump administration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will help illegals dodge deportation.)
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/california-gov-gavin-newsom-eyeing-ways-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-deportation-under-trump-administration
NEWSMAX
— Biden Admin Partially Blames Homelessness Spike on Immigration Surge
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-homelessness-spike/2024/12/27/id/1193112/
PJ MEDIA
— Are You an Illegal Alien About to be Arrested by ICE and Deported? There’s an App For That.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/12/28/are-you-and-illegal-alien-about-to-be-arrested-by-ice-and-deported-theres-an-app-for-that-n4935479
— Democrats Want Your Children to Die
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/12/28/democrats-want-your-kids-to-die-n4935487
POST MILLENNIAL
— Costco board of directors urge shareholders to continue DEI programs
https://thepostmillennial.com/costco-board-of-directors-urge-shareholders-to-continue-dei-programs
TOWNHALL
— Trump Needs To Be Ready For The Gathering Storm Over H1B Visas (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/12/29/trump-needs-to-be-ready-for-the-gathering-storm-over-h1b-visas-n2649702
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump weighs in on H-1B debate, backs immigration visas (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5058560-trump-weighs-in-on-h-1b-debate-backs-immigration-visas/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://thehill.com/business/5058433-costco-dei-initiatives-pushback/
REUTERS
— Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa debate, says he’s always been in favor of the program (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elon-musk-vows-war-over-h-1b-visa-program-amid-rift-with-some-trump-supporters-2024-12-28/
YAHOO
— Trump Backs H-1B Visa Program After Elon Musk Vows ‘War’ During Fiery Online MAGA Debate (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-vows-war-defense-190919100.html
AOL
— Democrats ask: “Do Republicans Tend To Help Rich People More Than the Middle Class?” GAO works for Congress. In Diersen v. GAO, I got no help from my Republican U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives. To help me would have been to fight political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My demographics are terrible: conservative, Republican, White, male,
https://www.aol.com/republicans-tend-help-rich-people-170044992.html
NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Allies Threaten California Officials With Prison (COMMENT: Constructively, California has declared war on America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-allies-threaten-california-officials-prison-2006917
— Can H-1B Visa Holders Change Jobs? Critics Call Workers Indentured Servants (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/can-h-1b-visa-holders-change-jobs-critics-call-workers-indentured-servants-2006950
NBC NEWS
— Trump says H-1B visa program is ‘great’ amid MAGA feud over tech workers. Trump allies, including Elon Musk, vigorously defended the program to other MAGA adherents this week. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-h1b-visa-program-maga-elon-musk-rcna185656
CBS NEWS
— Musk and Ramaswamy are sparking a debate over the H-1B visa. Here’s what to know about the visa. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/musk-vivek-ramaswamy-h1b-visa-maga-immigration-what-to-know/
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump backs H-1B visas, aligning with Musk on immigration. “I’ve always liked the visas,” he said, siding with tech leaders against anti-immigration hard-liners. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/28/trump-h1b-musk-immigration-debate/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump weighs in on debate among supporters to back H-1B visa program (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-28/president-elect-trump-weighs-into-debate-among-supporters-to-back-h-1b-visa-program
USA TODAY
— Elon Musk vows ‘war’ over H-1B visa program amid rift with some Trump supporters (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/28/elon-musk-immigrants-via/77290081007/
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— The H-1B Visa Program and Its Impact on the U.S. Economy (COMMENT: What percent of H-1B recipients are non-White?)
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/h1b-visa-program-fact-sheet
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before an employer can file a petition with USCIS, the employer must take steps to ensure that hiring the foreign worker will not harm U.S. workers. Employers first must attest, on a labor condition application (LCA) certified by the Department of Labor (DOL), that employment of the H-1B worker will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. Employers must also provide existing workers with notice of their intention to hire an H-1B worker.)
U.S. CENSUS
— The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery
https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2024/adrm/CES-WP-24-19.html
(DEMOCRATS SAY: We do not find evidence for displacement of native-born, college-educated workers at the firm level, on net. However, this result masks dynamics among more specific subgroups of incumbents that we further elucidate.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/business/corporate-dei-policy-changes-pull-back-33fdab87
FORBES
— Trump Weighs In On H-1B Visa Program Dividing MAGA World (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/12/28/trump-weighs-in-on-h-1b-visa-program-dividing-maga-world/
— Democrats and RINOs say “Immigrants Don’t Crowd Out U.S.-Born Professionals.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/05/13/more-evidence-immigrants-dont-crowd-out-us-born-professionals/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonemorris/2024/12/28/costco-to-shareholders-dei-and-inclusive-leadership-is-non-negotiable/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/29/history-of-dei-why-it-matters-for-the-future/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2024/12/28/two-new-books-provide-insights-into-aspects-of-the-immigration-crisis/
FORTUNE
— Trump backs immigration visas for skilled workers after MAGA followers turn on Elon Musk over H-1Bs (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://fortune.com/2024/12/28/trump-h1b-immigration-visas-skilled-workers-maga-backlash-elon-musk/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump responds after Elon Musk escalates his feud with MAGA loyalists over H-1B visas (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. If they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries are easier to exploit than citizens of America.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-bros-debating-maga-fans-over-h-1b-visas-2024-12
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91247954/if-dei-is-dead-this-is-the-way-to-look-at-workplace-culture-in-2025
KIPLINGER
— Leave Your Life Story as a Legacy for Your Heirs. These eight resources will help you preserve your life story to pass on to your family. (COMMENT: I am 76. I have no heirs. My wife and I never had children. My brother, my parents, my grandparents, and my aunts and uncles have all passed away. On my father’s side, my brother and my aunt never married and had no children. On my mother’s side, her sister never married and had no children. Her brothers had four children of which three are still alive.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/inheritance/leave-your-life-story-as-a-legacy-for-your-heirs
PEW TRUSTS
— Democrats and RINOs say: Foreign-born workers have helped fuel growth, and their wages and occupations vary by English proficiency, origins, and education.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2024/09/the-demographics-of-immigrant-workers-in-philadelphia
AXIOS
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers hint/imply/argue/shout that Asians are more intelligent and harder working than Whites and that is employers should be able to hire them and to promote them instead of Whites.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/28/maga-dei-fight-musk-trump-bannon
December 28, 2024
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Musk, Ramaswamy spar with Trump supporters over H-1B work visas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-are-1b-visas-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-spar-donald-trump-supporters-work/15715514/
— 4 Lincoln Park businesses hit by smash-and-grab burglar (COMMENT: How vulnerable are businesses in your municipality to smash-and-grab burglary?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-4-lincoln-park-businesses-hit-smash-grab-burglar-including-old-pueblo-cantina-sweet-mandy-bs/15716989/
— Supervisor Tiffany Henyard threatens Thornton Township government shutdown. Henyard’s allies successfully got some of her challengers kicked off the April 1 general election ballot earlier Tuesday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-allies-thornton-township-supervisor-serves-dolton-mayor-get-challengers-kicked-off-ballot/15668759/
— Harvey family’s home ransacked by burglars during holiday vacation: ‘Scared and traumatized’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/harvey-family-returns-holiday-vacation-find-home-ransacked-burglars-mother-ceminya-winters-says/15716144/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/states-abortion-ban-social-services-often-fail-families/3633018/
WTTW
— Judge Won’t Allow Chicagoans Who Sued CPD for Targeting Black, Latino Drivers to Intervene in Consent Decree Court Case
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/27/judge-won-t-allow-chicagoans-who-sued-cpd-targeting-black-latino-drivers-intervene
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 3 candidates for Thornton Township supervisor knocked off 2025 ballot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/17/3-candidates-for-thornton-township-supervisor-knocked-off-2025-ballot/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/casinos-gambling/2024/12/27/internet-gambling-illinois-igaming-casino-app
DAILY HERALD
— DECEMBER 5, 2024 FLASHBACK: Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election (COMMENT: DuPage County voters anxiously await information from the DuPage County Election Division and from other sources on a) which offices will be on April 1, 2025 consolidated election ballots (SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php ), b) who has filled for those offices, and c) challenges to their nominating petitions. I am especially interested in that information for Milton Township because a) I have lived in Milton Township since 1978, b) I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999, c) I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, and d) certain past and present MTRO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/
— FEBRUARY 27, 2024 FLASHBACK: Democratic Party of Milton Township names Precinct Committee Person of the Year (COMMENT: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I should write about those past and present MTRO leaders who have taken many big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240227/submitted-content/democratic-party-of-milton-township-names-precinct-committee-person-of-the-year/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Schumer’s last hope:’ Dem leader reveals plan to disrupt MAGA revolution (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that because Trump won, Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy Republicans.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/schumers-last-hope-dem-leader-reveals-plan-to-disrupt-maga-revolution
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump’s political coalition (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-an-online-debate-over-foreign-workers-in-tech-shows-tensions-in-trumps-political-coalition/
— Musk and MAGA are fighting over H-1B visas. How do they work? (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/musk-and-maga-are-fighting-over-h-1b-visas-how-do-they-work/
ORLAND TOWNSHIP PATCH
— An electoral board in Orland Township voted to dismiss a challenge that contended American flags on township candidates’ nominating petitions violated election rules.
https://patch.com/illinois/orlandpark/board-tosses-challenge-orland-township-candidates-kept-ballot
LYONS PATCH
— Paula Struwing, a Lyons Township High School board member, has been removed from the ballot for the April 1 school board election.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lyons-township-high-hopeful-kicked-off-ballot/ar-AA1weLjW
WSIL TV
— Costco is pushing back — hard — against the anti-DEI movement (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/costco-is-pushing-back-hard-against-the-anti-dei-movement/article_06ce3c31-802b-5bbd-8b58-cd098d49da88.html
— Abortions are up in the US. It’s a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel. (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/missouri/abortions-are-up-in-the-us-its-a-complicated-picture-as-women-turn-to-pills/article_b43b2214-a3f2-5003-9c62-bad9ff1f2546.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County voters anxiously await information from the DuPage County Election Division and from other sources on a) which offices will be on April 1, 2025 consolidated election ballots (SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php ), b) who has filled for those offices, and c) challenges to their nominating petitions. I am especially interested in that information for Milton Township because a) I have lived in Milton Township since 1978, b) I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township since 1999, c) I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, and d) certain past and present MTRO leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— There is no such thing as nonpartisan. In the final analysis, all individuals, all companies, all organizations, all etc. in America are either Democrat or Republican, that is, they are either liberal or conservative. The mainstream news media falsely claims to be nonpartisan. The mainstream news media is Democrat, that is, the mainstream news media is liberal. Because I refuse to falsely claim to be nonpartisan like the mainstream news media does, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a legitimate reporter or journalist. Google continues to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com like it is a news website. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Politics is nasty/vicious. George Ryan ran Corinne Wood in the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary to defeat Pat O’Malley and to elect Jim Ryan. I supported O’Malley in that primary. Jim Ryan won the primary but lost to Blagojevich in the general election. Ever since then, George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have done everything that they could to destroy me. They ignored/dismissed/belittled what I did to help Jim Ryan win the general election. I should write about them and what they continue to do to destroy me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
https://miltongop.org/
https://www.facebook.com/MiltonRepublicans
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN TEAM
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=milton%20township%20republican%20team
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— As sheriff pushes to end electronic monitoring, some critical of no-cash bail
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/as-sheriff-pushes-to-end-electronic-monitoring-some-critical-of-no-cash-bail/ar-AA1wAfuc
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Nunda Township Assessor Mark Dzemske Rejects Township Board’s Offer to Be Paid $250 Extra for Each Meeting Appearance, Says That Guarantees He Will Attend No Meetings
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/27/nunda-township-assessor-mark-dzemske-rejects-township-boards-offer-to-be-paid-extra-for-each-meeting-appearance/
— The Son of a Man Whose Mother Was Born in Bethlehem Reflects on Heritage
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/26/the-son-of-a-man-whose-mother-lived-in-bethlehem-reflects-on-heritage/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s victory marks the return of masculinity. Who needs men? Women and children do.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/27/trump-victory-marks-return-masculinity/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— People can’t flee blue states fast enough. The top five population losers were all Democrat controlled, including the biggest loser, California, followed by New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3270450/people-cant-flee-blue-states-fast-enough/
— Has the tide really turned on ‘wokeness’? (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, men were expected to protect women and children, to get married, and to raise children.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3270683/has-tide-turned-wokeness/
NEW YORK POST
— Pro-Luigi Mangione punks vandalize Jeffrey Epstein’s former NYC mansion with message found on alleged assassin’s bullets
https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/us-news/pro-luigi-mangione-punks-vandalize-jeffrey-epsteins-former-nyc-mansion-deny-defend-depose/
AMAC
— GENDER INDOCTRINATION: 16 States That Force Transgender Lessons on Kids (COMMENT: Illinois is one of them. That is a big reason to leave Illinois.)
https://amac.us/newsline/society/gender-indoctrination-16-states-that-force-transgender-lessons-on-kids/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The coming showdown between Trump’s government and Democrat governors
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/the_coming_showdown_between_trump_s_government_and_democrat_governors.html
— An easier way to show illegals the door.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/an_easier_way_to_show_illegals_the_door.html
BLAZE
— Illegal aliens in Michigan likely won’t get driver’s licenses as Democratic ‘trifecta’ nears end
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-aliens-in-michigan-likely-won-t-get-driver-s-licenses-as-democratic-trifecta-nears-end
— Guatemala ready to receive deported illegal aliens from other countries
https://www.theblaze.com/news/guatemala-ready-to-receive-deported-illegal-aliens-from-other-countries-report
— Woke Oregon AG does her best to help illegal aliens dodge ICE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/woke-oregon-ag-does-her-best-to-help-illegal-aliens-dodge-ice
BREITBART
— Democrat Governors Compete to Lead ‘Resistance’ to Trump’s Popular Immigration Reforms (COPMMENT: Will Pritzker win?)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/12/27/democrat-governors-compete-to-lead-resistance-to-trumps-popular-immigration-reforms/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Threats Are Already Yielding Results In The Fight Against Cartels
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-threats-are-already-yielding-results-in-the-fight-against-cartels
— How One Of America’s Largest School Districts Became A Pipeline For A Trans Youth Clinic. “I hope you count us as partners in service to our trans youth,” a middle school administrator declared to a trans youth clinic.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-one-of-americas-largest-school-districts-became-a-pipeline-for-a-trans-youth-clinic
FOX NEWS
— US homelessness up double digits, rising numbers of asylum seekers, affordability crisis among causes. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-homelessness-up-double-digits-rising-numbers-asylum-seekers-affordability-crisis-among-causes
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Gender Studies Program at Princeton University Offering Course on ‘Sex Work’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/gender-studies-program-at-princeton-university-offering-course-on-sex-work/amp/
— California Lawmakers Push College Admissions Priority for Descendants of Slavery (COMMENT: What about priority for students whose parents do not have college degrees? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/california-lawmakers-push-college-admissions-priority-for-descendants-of-slavery/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— U.S. Homelessness up 18 Percent to Record High This Year Due to Migrant Influx, Housing Crisis
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/u-s-homelessness-up-18-percent-to-record-high-this-year-due-to-migrant-influx-housing-crisis/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats brace for a new Trump presidency
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5048978-democrats-brace-trump-inauguration/
REUTERS
— US homelessness rose by record 18% in latest annual data (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-homelessness-rose-by-record-18-latest-annual-data-2024-12-27/
MSN
— ‘Sounds Good’: Canadians React To Trump’s ‘Offer’ Of Canada Becoming 51st US State
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/sounds-good-canadians-react-to-trump-s-offer-of-canada-becoming-51st-us-state/ar-AA1wxLRX
— Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. America has spent many trillions of dollars on AA and DEI.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/america-s-unpaid-debt-the-case-for-reparations-to-black-descendants-of-slavery/ss-AA1pFTM2
— Trump calls public support for accused healthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione ‘a sickness’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-calls-public-support-for-accused-healthcare-ceo-shooter-luigi-mangione-a-sickness/ss-AA1w0LuW
NEWSWEEK
— Discontent over political issues among co-workers can play out in less public but equally damaging ways in all kinds of workplaces nationwide. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. As Gingrich ever-increasing destroyed GAO, they ever-increasingly destroyed me.)
https://www.newsweek.com/2024/12/20/rules-tips-discussing-politics-workplace-after-2024-election-1996122.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/workplace-diversity-ranking-highlights-companies-that-invest-people-2005166
CBS NEWS
— Capitol Hill lawmakers experience surge of swatting calls, bomb threats in wake of November election
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/congress-lawmakers-surge-swatting-calls-bomb-threats-following-november-election/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Backers Battle Online Over Skilled Immigrants. A fierce dispute erupted in the president-elect’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk. (COMMENT: Employers want cheap labor. Asians are ever-increasingly viewed as being superior to Whites. Ever-increasingly, Whites smoke pot and otherwise destroy themselves.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/technology/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa.html
— The number of people experiencing homelessness topped 770,000, an increase of more than 18 percent over last year. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/us/homelessness-hit-record-level-in-2024.html
— A Retirement Expert Is Giving Her Notice (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/business/retirement-alicia-munnell-boston-college.html
— Will the U.S. Ever Be Ready for a Female President? (COMMENT: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO candidates shout at women that men cause all the problems that women have.).
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/us/politics/will-the-us-ever-be-ready-for-a-female-president.html
NEWSWEEK
–Costco Denies Shareholder Demand to Back Down From DEI Hiring (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/costco-board-shareholder-dei-hiring-2006717
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Border Czar Says Military Bases Could Aid Deportation Effort. Homan said he views the military as a ‘force multiplier’ to build infrastructure such as certain detention facilities.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/tom-homan-trump-border-czar-deportation-plan-78fd3c2d
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dei-is-the-booster-seat-that-provides-equality-2f80cace
— The Graying of America (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that the older that you get, the more that you will be discriminated against because of your age, and especially if you are conservative, Republican, White, male, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/golden-years-review-the-graying-of-america-af2218a5
— Massachusetts Puts Its Education Excellence at Risk. Voters nixed an exam that helped enhance the state’s reputation. Lawmakers may correct this mistake. (COMMENT: Of the many examinations that I have passes, my critics/opponents are most furious a) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and b) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/massachusetts-puts-its-education-excellence-at-risk-mcas-testing-70224ad7
FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91247655/this-is-how-dei-will-change-in-2025
WEEK
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://theweek.com/politics/instant-opinion-deportation-students-eye-contact-gaming-plane-crash-azerbaijan
BILLBOARD
— Examining the Phenomenon of the Accused Shooter-Turned-Antihero Through Mexican Music. Following the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, some social media users are immortalizing Mangione in corridors that reflect societal tumult over corporate ethics.
https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/luigi-mangione-corridos-antihero-songs-1235865770/
HARVARD CRIMSON
— I’m a White HLS Grad. Classroom Diversity Made Me a Better Lawyer. (COMMENT: Since 1964, I have worked with, I have supervised, and I have been supervised by far more minorities than my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966, delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969, collected delinquent taxes in Harvey, 63rd & Halsted area, Joliet, and downtown Chicago 1971-1980, lived in University Park 1972-1976, and audited federal agencies in downtown Chicago 1980-1997.)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/12/28/cohen-harvard-law-diversity/
INDEPENDENT
— Luigi Mangione’s sweater sells out at Nordstrom one day after court appearance
https://www.aol.com/news/luigi-mangione-sweater-sells-nordstrom-211815173.html