FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Thousands expected at anti-ICE protest near Broadview facility
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-protest-today-expected-draw-thousands-renee-good-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota/18421001/
CBS2
— “No Kings” protest planned near Broadview ICE facility on Saturday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-broadview-ice-facility-saturday/
— Judge rules federal agents can’t arrest or use pepper spray on peaceful protesters in Minneapolis
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-rules-federal-agents-cant-arrest-or-use-pepper-spray-on-peaceful-protesters-in-minneapolis/
FOX32
— Large ‘No Kings’ protest planned near Chicago-area ICE facility
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/broadview-no-kings-protest-1-17
— Walz, Frey to be investigated for allegedly impeding law enforcement
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/walz-frey-be-investigated-allegedly-impeding-law-enforcement-report
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy the Republican Party and to destroy Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/17/ice-laws-renee-macklin-good-minnesota-trump-mona-charen
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— ICE hiring ban bill reignites SAFE-T Act fight at Illinois Capitol
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_73963b26-4744-49eb-91b1-920c75dde2d2.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Taxpayers Stuck With $175 Million Bill for Obama Center After Pledge of “No Public Money”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/illinois-taxpayers-stuck-with-175-million-bill-for-obama-center-after-pledge-of-no-public-money.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge rules in favor of anti-ICE protesters; says they can legally shadow DHS vehicles
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/17/judge-rules-favor-anti-ice-protesters-says-legally-shadow-dhs/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin slams LA Mayor Karen Bass after she called for ICE to leave the city: ‘Doing the bidding of criminal illegal aliens’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/16/us-news/trump-admin-slams-la-mayor-after-she-called-for-ice-to-leave-the-city/
— Thousands pack lefty activist group Monarca’s anti-ICE training — where they’re urged to annoy agents ‘like a mosquito’ DD: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 was in Revenue Officer training.
https://www.aol.com/articles/minnesota-lefty-activist-group-monarca-221013106.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sitting Minnesota Dem live-posts locations and operations of ICE officers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/16/sitting-minnesota-dem-live-posts-locations-and-operations-of-ice-officers-1616418/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Is a ‘Civil War’ Brewing in Minnesota over Immigration? Either get smart or stop lying, because the mullahs are watching. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Civil-War-Brewing-Minnesota-over-Immigration
EPOCH TIMES
— Minnesota Fraud Coverup Reaches ‘Highest Levels’ of State Government. The Trump administration said it would freeze child care funds in Minnesota unless officials there provide more data about the programs.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/dr-oz-says-minnesota-fraud-coverup-reaches-highest-levels-of-state-government-5972064
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illegal Aliens Defy Removal Orders, Challenge Mandatory Fines
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/illegal-aliens-defy-removal-orders-challenge-mandatory-fines
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Texas Gave Over $1 Billion in Medical Care to Illegals in Less Than One Year
https://www.westernjournal.com/government-report-shows-red-state-gave-1-billion-medical-care-illegals-less-one-year/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Ocasio-Cortez ramps up fight with Vance amid 2028 speculation
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5692659-ocasio-cortez-presidential-bid/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default. DD: If you had gotten a student loan, how would your life been different? My ACT score and my Crete-Monee High School, UIC, and NIU GPAs would have been higher because I would have studied instead of washing dishes and delivering mail.
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2026/01/17/trump-administration-delays-plan-withhold-wages-student-loan-borrowers-default/
AOL
— Average Net Worth of 55-Year-Old Americans. DD: Ever since I was 20 years old in 1969, my net worth has always been much lower because of the many adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors took against me, and especially their forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. According to Democrats, federal jobs are for Democrats, and especially for Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/articles/heres-average-net-worth-55-163800431.html
NBC NEWS
— Duckworth introduces legislation that would put restraints on current and former political appointees to be nominated as inspectors general. The Inspector General’s Independence Act would bar Trump and future presidents from nominating political appointees who have served or are serving in their administration from serving as an inspector general. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I often worked with the Chicago offices of inspector generals. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-senators-bill-prevent-political-appointees-serving-ig/story?id=129247009
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Restricts Immigration Agents’ Actions Toward Minnesota Protesters. A federal judge ordered agents not to retaliate against people “engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity” in the state and not to stop drivers who are not “forcibly obstructing” officers. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/us/minnesota-ice-immigration-agents-protests.html
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy the Republican Party and to destroy Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/opinion/ice-shooting-trump-republicans-polling.html
— The Judge in the Maduro Case Is 92. All Eyes Will Be on His Stamina. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein was seen drifting in and out of sleep in court last year. The case of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, will test his endurance. DD: While I worked for the federal government, the retirement age was 55 a) if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like I had a $25,000 buyout if they took and early retirement. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally did promote me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, and I had been assigned to audits of IRS in 1986. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/nyregion/judge-alvin-hellerstein-maduro.html
WBUR
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/07/19/trump-vance-republican-party-platform-presidency
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: I have never been a drinker. Virtually all my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took adverse actions against me and who were White, male, older, and/or veteran were big drinkers.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/in-defense-of-drinking-alone-1871fad4
— The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering. Many of us plan for our future wealth and health. Few prepare for an equally essential aspect of retirement: how to continue to feel seen and valued. DD: If you are not retired, what will you do when you are retired? If you are retired, what are you doing? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since 1999, I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Since 2000, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I served as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. I served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007. I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021. While I continue on as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes end all my other aforesaid roles. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/the-retirement-crisis-no-one-warns-you-about-mattering-380873b2
LAWFARE
— Fear-Based Governance. DD: Because I have always been a Republican, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors always wanted to get rid of me. They used their adverse actions against me, one of their extremely few Republican employees, to promote fear in my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and education deductions and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job related professional license. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female and/or veteran.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/america-s-history-of-fear-based-governance
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Potential federal employees should know that federal employees who are Republican have no Civil Service protections. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://ourpublicservice.org/blog/pendleton-act-anniversary-president-james-garfield-civil-service-act/
JASON CROW
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to get rid of Republicans.
https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-introduces-legislation-to-safeguard-against-political-harassment
POLITICO
— Judge limits ICE’s crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting. The judge’s order prevents federal agents from arresting peaceful protesters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/ice-minneapolis-arrests-judge-protests-00735416
GOOGLE AI
— DD: Under the Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your destiny is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22your+demographics+are+your+destiny
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— MAGA civil war deepens as Tucker Carlson meets with Trump in the Oval Office while teasing conservative rivals… as ADL says he should have ‘no place in the White House’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15472249/tucker-carlson-donald-trump-white-house-adl.html
Tag: illegals
January 16, 2026 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Minnesota’s “Sanctuary” Defiance Has Consequences
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/01/minnesotas-sanctuary-defiance-has-consequences/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republican governor hopefuls target JB Pritzker as Rick Heidner apologizes for past Democratic donations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/gop-governor-candidate-forum-washington-ill/
— Upstart Illinois Republican governor candidate Rick Heidner spent nearly $250,000 to get name on ballot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/illinois-gop-gov-candidate-rick-heidner-spent-nearly-250000-to-get-his-name-on-the-primary-ballot/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/upstart-illinois-republican-governor-candidate-224400024.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote crime and criminals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/jb-pritzker-clean-slate-act/
— Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota’s Tim Walz and Jacob Frey impeded immigration enforcement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/justice-department-investigating-minnesota-walz-frey-immigration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kamala Harris tells Chicago audience to ‘bear down’ and resist Trump agenda. Speaking at the annual Martin Luther King Interfaith Breakfast, the 2024 Democratic nominee for president said the country should follow Dr. King’s belief that “to love your country is to fight for your country.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/01/16/kamala-harris-mlk-breakfast-chicago
— Federal judge who challenged Bovino will supervise state’s new case against Trump’s deportation blitz. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis will continue to play a key role as local officials battle the Trump administration at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in 2026. Federal officials have warned that “Operation Midway Blitz” is not over, and U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino recently posted “we’re gonna be here for years” on social media.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/15/federal-judge-sara-ellis-challenged-bovino-supervise-states-new-case-against-operation-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage board members press for answers about county clerk investigation
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260116/local-politics/dupage-county-board-members-press-for-answers-about-county-clerk-investigation/
— Upcoming debates set for 8th Congressional District primaries. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260116/us-congress-politics/upcoming-debates-set-for-8th-congressional-district-primaries/
CBS2
— ICE’s detainee population reaches new record high of 73,000, as crackdown widens
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ices-detainee-population-record-high-of-73000/
— Public employees owe Chicago $23.5 million in debt for parking tickets, water bills, other fees
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-city-employees-debt-unpaid-fines-fees-tickets/
FOX32
— Trump’s supporters offer mixed reviews of president in latest poll
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-supporters-mixed-reviews-president-latest-poll
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Pushes To Slash ICE Funding
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-pushes-to-slash-ice-funding-and-block-gop-cuts-to-lead-removal-programs-89913.cfm
FOX ILLINOIS
— Noem urges Americans to carry proof of citizenship as ICE raids intensify
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/noem-urges-americans-to-carry-proof-of-citizenship-as-ice-raids-intensify-dhs-minneapolis-minnesota-portland-oregon-shootings-renee-nicole-good-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-federal-agents-officers-illegal-migrants
CITIES 92.9
— A newly introduced bill that would bar former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from working in state and local law enforcement in Illinois is sparking intense debate, with supporters calling it a necessary accountability measure and critics warning it could worsen police shortages and undermine public safety. DD: Potential federal employees should know that federal employees are despised/hated and that the longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job outside the federal government.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/01/16/ice-hiring-ban-bill-reignites-safe-t-act-fight-at-illinois-capitol/
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicagoreader.com/music/concert-preview/ground-control-touring-abortion-access-benefit/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-450/
— Dem Party and state Dem leaders ask to move 2028 Illinois primary to an earlier date
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/16/dem-party-and-state-dem-leaders-ask-to-move-2028-illinois-primary-to-an-earlier-date/
— Heidner makes unusual admission, Bailey says he no longer favors 401K plans for government retirees
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/16/heidner-makes-unusual-admission-bailey-says-he-no-longer-favors-401k-plans-for-government-retirees/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP gubernatorial forum set for Monday. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61b61d32-e5f1-4cd9-ae73-bf4256b3cfd9.html
WIREPOINTS
— Video of Illinois Republican candidates for Illinois governor debate. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://wirepoints.org/video-of-illinois-republican-candidates-for-illinois-governor-debate/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— MAGA is not Republican. And that’s a problem for the congressional GOP.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/maga-republican/
— Plunging birth rates threaten to change the makeup of U.S. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) destroy the traditional marriage and family and b) promote abortion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/16/editorial-plunging-birth-rates-threaten-change-makeup-us/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats — the party of lawbreaking
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/magazine-letter-from-the-editor/4420818/democrats-party-of-lawbreaking-ice-minnesota/
BREITBART
— Trump and the Department of Homeland Security are trying to start a civil war for “white supremacy,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters as Democrats escalate their rhetoric to prevent the enforcement of federal law in Democrat-controlled Minnesota. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/01/16/gov-newsom-donald-trump-wants-civil-war-for-white-supremacy/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats push anti-ICE bills nationwide after deadly Minneapolis shooting
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-push-anti-ice-bills-nationwide-after-deadly-minneapolis-shooting.print
REASON
— The Waning of Racial Preferences at American Law Schools, 2021-2025.
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/01/16/the-waning-of-racial-preferences-at-american-law-schools-2021-2025-by-my-ucla-colleague-rick-sander/
TOWNHALL
— Fraud and the ‘Fundamental Transformation’ of America
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2026/01/16/fraud-and-the-fundamental-transformation-of-america-n2669590
— New York’s Mamdani Doubles Down on Race-Based Government Policy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/16/mamdani-racial-equity-n2669591
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/politics/trump-economy-first-year-cnn-poll
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hated against White Americans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-us-government-seems-to-have-a-clear-message-for-white-nationalists/ar-AA1UgVLT%3Fcvid%3D6969e171b48c4ef38c5ca788a77f0ccc
MSN
— Bosses are firing people in their 40s. DD: While I worked for the federal government, retirement age was 55 if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like me a $25,000 buyout and early retirement. I had 25 years of federal service and I was 45 years old. The buyout expired in 1994 and the early retirement in 1997. I survived until I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/bosses-are-firing-people-in-their-40s-left-and-right-and-honestly-we-get-it/ar-AA1U83Sy
NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Governor Election 2026: Latest Polls
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/illinois-governor-election-polls-2026.html
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/college-racial-diversity-drops-again-as-trump-ramps-up-scrutiny/article_8dd837a0-1611-4119-828a-569201285586.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Threatens to Hit Countries That Oppose His Greenland Takeover With Tariffs. The president said the U.S. needs to take control of the territory to protect U.S. national security.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tariffs-greenland-23394b83?st=Vw3ugM&mod=djemwhatsnews
FOIRBES
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/01/15/trumps-approval-rating-largely-unchanged-in-first-year-but-immigration-ratings-have-plummeted/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2026/01/16/president-trump-unveils-new-great-healthcare-plan-here-are-the-unanswered-questions-and-uncertainties/
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Venezuela and its citizens.
https://fortune.com/2026/01/16/how-many-venezuelan-immigrants-in-united-states-america/
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/15/nx-s1-5678654/trump-great-healthcare-plan-video-announcement-aca-premiums
POLITICO
— Push for greater ICE training grows on some Republicans. DD: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 was in Revenue Officer training.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/ice-training-republicans-shootings-00732583
INSIDE RADIO
— Salem Media Chicago Extends Dan Proft Through 2027.
https://www.insideradio.com/free/salem-media-chicago-extends-dan-proft-through-2027/article_93cb9338-b2bb-41ce-bdf3-361b80529d63.html
ROLLING STONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have Demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-kamala-harris-lost-2024-catalist-1235344875/
SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/hate-crimes-explained/
NEWS ONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://newsone.com/6774313/trump-undermined-civil-rights-ahead-of-mlk-day/
DAILY KOS
— Blacklist ICE agents from future government work. DD: Potential federal employees should know that federal employees are despised/hated and that the longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job outside the federal government.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/15/2363464/-Great-idea-Blacklist-ICE-agents-from-future-government-work
January 16, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What the fraud in Minnesota can teach Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/opinion-fraud-minnesota-illinois-audit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/15/marijuana-recreational-drugs-gun-ownership-second-amendment-jacob-sullum
CBS2
— University of Illinois approves tuition increase for incoming freshmen, including at UIC and Urbana-Champaign. DD: I was able to work my way through college, but my critics/opponents stress that college costs were much lower back then.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-illinois-tuition-increase-uic-urbana-champaign/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Downtown office vacancy ended 2025 at another record high
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/downtown-office-vacancy-ended-2025-another-record-high
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County GOP Treasurer Chris Lauzen’s son running in Delaware – as a Democrat
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2026/01/15/kane-county-gop-treasurer-chris-lauzens-son-running-in-delaware-as-a-democrat/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Labor, voting rights groups intervene in Illinois voter data lawsuit
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/01/15/labor-voting-rights-groups-intervene-in-illinois-voter-data-lawsuit/88177670007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-what-americans-think-about-trumps-first-year-back-in-office-according-to-ap-norc-polling/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the cost of healthcare.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-15/trump-health-care-plan-doesnt-help-people-facing-skyrocketing-aca-premiums
WGLT
— GOP candidates for Governor blast sanctuary cities and SAFE-T act in Central Illinois forum. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-01-16/gop-candidates-for-governor-blast-sanctuary-cities-and-safe-t-act-in-central-illinois-forum
WMBD
— Republican candidates for governor debate at Five Points Washington. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://wmbdradio.com/2026/01/15/republican-candidates-for-governor-debate-at-five-points-washington/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders use Chad Hampton of Victoria and his mother Cheryl Hampton of Streator to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/16/drawing-a-legal-line-on-hate-00733123
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-449/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they carry water for the elephant, that is, they work for the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Organization. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22carry+water+for+the+elephant%22+republican – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Imagine Not Having to Wait 14 Days After the Election to Find Out Who Wins
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/15/imagine-not-having-to-wait-14-days-after-the-election-to-find-out-who-wins/
— Referendums on School Choice Scholarships on One-Third of Illinois Counties’ Ballots
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/16/referendums-on-school-choice-scholarships-on-one-third-of-illinois-counties-ballots/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Fiscal Conservative Ted Dabrowski Spent $181K on Consultants While $75K Went to Dan Proft’s Florida Firm
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/fiscal-conservative-ted-dabrowski-spent-181k-on-consultants-while-75k-went-to-dan-profts-florida-firm.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The real reason health care and education costs are soaring
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/real-reason-health-care-education-costs-soaring/
— Americans seize the socialism: Most say it’s government’s job to give healthcare. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, healthcare is free.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/americans-seize-socialism-say-governments-job-give-health-care/
NEW YORK POST
— Pentagon to ‘refocus’ military newspaper Stars and Stripes away from ‘woke distractions’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/15/us-news/pentagon-to-refocus-military-newspaper-stars-and-stripes-away-from-woke-distractions/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why (Traditional) Marriage Matters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-traditional-marriage-matters/
EPOCH TIMES
— Venezuela’s Machado Gifts Trump Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal. Opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the peace prize in December 2025 for her fight for democracy.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trumps-view-on-venezuelan-opposition-leader-machado-remains-unchanged-white-house-5971661
FEDERALIST
— Resisting Law Enforcement Is Violence And This Administration’s Job Is To Stop It At All Costs
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/15/resisting-law-enforcement-is-violence-and-this-administrations-job-is-to-stop-it-at-all-costs/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— States Respond to Increased Assaults Against ICE Officers with Legislation to Put Agents in Greater Danger
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/states-endanger-ice-officers-mask-prohibition
— FAIR Highlights Disastrous Consequences of Anti-ICE Rhetoric in Minneapolis
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/fair-highlights-disastrous-consequences-anti-ice-rhetoric-minneapolis
FOX NEWS
— Three Venezuelan illegals arrested after ICE officer ‘ambushed and attacked’ during traffic stop. DHS secretary calls Minneapolis incident ‘attempted murder of federal law enforcement.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/three-venezuelan-illegals-arrested-ice-officer-ambushed-attacked-traffic-stop-noem.amp
— ICE takes down illegal alien who allegedly rammed law enforcement vehicles, nearly running over officer. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin blamed pro-sanctuary politicians she said ‘have encouraged illegal aliens to evade arrest.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-ice-takes-down-illegal-alien-who-rammed-law-enforcement-vehicles-nearly-running-over-officer
— Pentagon vows to reform military newspaper Stars and Stripes, remove ‘woke distractions’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pentagon-vows-reform-military-newspaper-stars-stripes-remove-woke-distractions.print
LEGAL INSURECTION
— Walz Urges Minnesotans to Protect Illegals, Film ICE ‘Atrocities,’ ‘Resist’ in Deranged Speech
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/walz-urges-minnesotans-to-protect-illegals-film-ice-atrocities-resist-in-deranged-speech/
NEW AMERICAN
— Minneapolis Riots Heat Up; Illegals Involved in Beating of ICE Agent Are Biden “Migrants” Released at Border
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/minneapolis-riots-heat-up-illegals-involved-in-beating-of-ice-agent-are-biden-migrants-released-at-border/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Minneapolis Rioters Break Into Federal Agent’s Vehicle, Steal Weapon and Ammunition
https://www.westernjournal.com/stunning-footage-minneapolis-rioters-break-federal-agents-vehicle-steal-weapon-ammunition/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://apnews.com/video/trumps-insurrection-act-threat-stands-out-against-the-laws-long-history-ae22f8e0ca7446c8ad81a3f5e6b112ed
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4_fGiPWVOA
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-protests-01-15-26
CNBC
— Over 800,000 student loan borrowers remain in backlog for forgiveness, affordable repayment plans. DD: I was able to work my way through college, but my critics/opponents stress that college costs were much lower back then.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/student-loan-forgiveness-repayment-plan-backlog.html
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbNS4RQzM6w
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-is-the-insurrection-act-and-what-happens-if-president-trump-invokes-it/vi-AA1UjxDH
— West Point Orders All Minority Cadet Clubs Disbanded Immediately in DEI Crackdown
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/west-point-orders-all-minority-cadet-clubs-disbanded-immediately-in-dei-crackdown-report/ar-AA1yt5ZU
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/minnesota-ice-shooting-protests-trump-insurrection-act/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: According to Democrat leaders, their illegals do not vote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/noncitizen-voters-save-tool.html
— DD: The more hatred that promote against Trump, the more that the Democrat news media promotes you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/politics/minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-ice.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump launches ‘Great Healthcare Plan.’ DD: The federal government paying for 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and for my wife since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/15/trump-healthcare-plan-aca/
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/01/15/university-trump-lee-bollinger-review/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/16/ice-minneapolis-trump-insurrection-act-minnesota/88197983007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/01/15/what-is-the-insurrection-act-timeline-trump-ice-shooting-minneapolis/88197593007/
WAPT
— Defense Department says military newspaper Stars and Stripes must eliminate ‘woke distractions’
https://www.wapt.com/article/stars-and-stripes-eliminate-woke-distractions/70013027
BLOOMBERG
— George Floyd Lawyer to Represent Renée Good Family. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning Renee Good into George Floyd?
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/wake-up-call-george-floyd-lawyer-to-represent-renee-good-family
FORBES
— These 8 Sweeping Student Loan Forgiveness Changes Happen In 2026. DD: I was able to work my way through college, but my critics/opponents stress that college costs were much lower back then.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2026/01/15/these-8-sweeping-student-loan-forgiveness-changes-happen-in-2026/
FORTUNE
— Renee Good and George Floyd: 2 Minneapolis killings, 2 grieving families, one law firm. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning Renee Good into George Floyd?
https://fortune.com/2026/01/15/family-of-renee-good-hires-george-floyd-lawyer-minnesota-shooting-ice/
CAREERS IN GOVERNMENT
— DD: For Democrats, government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats.
https://www.careersingovernment.com/
GOVERNING
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.governing.com/policy/trump-threatens-to-invoke-insurrection-act-over-minnesota-ice-protests
FED SMITH
— Thrift Savings Plan Millionaires Hit New Record—Nearly 195,000 and Counting. DD: I would be a TSP millionaire if my Democrat GAO superiors had not wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/01/13/tsp-millionaires-new-record-number/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— The Faculty Merit Act Is Meritless. A proposal to mandate publication of SAT and other standardized test scores for all faculty and faculty job applicants is statistically unsound. DD: Since 1966, my critics/opponents have stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/15/faculty-merit-act-meritless-opinion
PEOPLE
— Renee Good’s Family Hires Law Firm That Previously Helped George Floyd’s Family Secure $27 Million Settlement. Romanucci & Blandin said it would launch a civil investigation into the shooting of Good by an ICE agent. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning Renee Good into George Floyd?
https://people.com/renee-good-s-family-hires-law-firm-that-once-represented-george-floyd-s-family-11886246
HUFFINGTON POST
— Federal Workers Ask Judge To Block Trump’s ‘Loyalty’ Question On Job Applications. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were not blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform and especially loyal to the platform’s Affirmative Action plank.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-ask-judge-block-215616534.html
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources. DD: GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters bring attention to Illinois government and political news and commentary that Democrat and RINO leaders do not want anyone to read.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
WORKPLACE INSIGHT
— Major surge in people working past retirement age … matched by rise in age discrimination claims. DD: While I worked for the federal government, retirement age was 55 if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like me a $25,000 buyout and early retirement. I had 25 years of federal service and I was 45 years old.
https://workplaceinsight.net/major-surge-in-people-working-past-retirement-age-matched-by-rise-in-age-discrimination-claims/
January 15, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson pushes back on Trump’s threat to cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-pushes-back-president-donald-trumps-threat-cut-off-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities/18404155/
FOX32
— Illinois sues Trump over immigration enforcement, ICE in Minnesota. Illinois sues Trump over immigration enforcement and ICE enforcement continues in Minnesota.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-vleel5roxsn3uewu
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fear and anger spread after another immigration shooting in Minneapolis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/15/immigration-shooting-minneapolis/
— Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, officials say
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/immigration-enforcement-shooting-minneapolis/
— Survey of Chicagoans: 65% say President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has ‘gone too far’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/survey-chicagoans-federal-immigration-too-far/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/14/rick-garcia-activist-who-successfully-fought-for-gay-rights-legislation-dies-at-69
— What to know if you’re one of 170,000 people in Illinois behind on student loans. The Trump administration is resuming withholding wages from student loan borrowers in default. Here are some steps you can take to prevent that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/15/what-to-know-if-youre-behind-on-student-loans-at-risk-of-default-and-wage-garnishment-in-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260115/nation-and-world-politics/trump-threatens-to-use-the-insurrection-act-to-put-an-end-to-protests-in-minneapolis/
WMBD
— DD: Everyone knows that Pritzker wants Bailey to win the 2026 Republican Party gubernatorial primary.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/darren-bailey-meets-peoria-residents-043002410.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration cuts nearly 2 billion in funding for mental health and addiction
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-14/trump-administration-cuts-nearly-2-billion-in-funding-for-mental-health-and-addiction
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois bettors pull back as online gambling costs rise. DD: Gambling is poison.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/14/illinois-betting-online-sports-gambling-draftkings-fanduel-betmgm
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-660/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which conservative principles, that is, which planks in the Republican Party platform, do your critics/opponents reject? Most commonly, my critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican candidates and elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) conservative leaders and religious leaders in the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— It would be great if leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois would encourage their members to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Why don’t they? Far too many reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Which planks in the Republican Party platform do you support/promote that your critics/opponents reject? I support/promote the equal opportunity plank (no race or gender based preference giving) and my critics/opponents who reject that plank have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because of that. Some because they have personally benefitted from race and/or gender based preference giving or want to personally benefit from it. Some because they want to curry favor with minorities and/or with females. Some for both reasons. I should write about my aforesaid critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately because I support/promote the equal opportunity plank (no race or gender based preference giving) plank. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Federal Government Drops Financial Support of McHenry County Drug Court, 20% of Cost
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/federal-government-drops-financial-support-of-mchenry-county-drug-court/
— 9th District Democratic Party Congressional Hopeful Mike Simmons Gains Endorsement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/9th-district-democratic-party-congressional-hopeful-mike-simmons-gains-endorsement/
— Americans for Prosperity Praise Rep. Jeff Keicher, TIF Reform Efforts Cited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/americans-for-prosperity-praise-rep-jeff-keicher-tif-reform-efforts-cited/
— Algonquin and McHenry Land $600,000 Apiece for Parks, Link to All Awards
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/algonquin-and-mchenry-land-600000-apiece-for-parks/
— On and Off Again 9th District Democrat Bruce Leon Now Out, Endorsing Phil Andrew
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/on-and-off-again-9th-district-democrat-bruce-leon-now-out-endorsing/
— Scanning Inmate Mail Approved
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/scanning-inmate-mail-approved/
— Left Bemoans Conservatives Monopolization of Urging Increasing the Birthrate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/left-bemoans-conservatives-monopolization-of-urging-increasing-the-birthrate/
— Tax Cap Will Allow 2.7% Property Tax Levy Hike in 2027
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/tax-cap-will-allow-2-7-property-tax-hike-in-2027/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IRS Receives Complaint Alleging Wirepoints Broke Federal Tax Law to Aid Dabrowski, Target Bailey
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/irs-receives-complaint-alleging-wirepoints-broke-federal-tax-law-to-aid-dabrowski-target-bailey.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/donald-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act-put-end-protests/
— Renee Good’s family hires law firm George Floyd’s family hired to look into Minneapolis ICE shooting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/family-renee-good-hires-law-firm-george-floyds-family-hired-probe/
— California’s new Democrat-dominated congressional map survives court challenge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/californias-new-democrat-dominated-congressional-map-survives-court/
— Another DHS shooting: Feds say officer was ambushed and beaten, fired to stop attack
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/another-immigration-enforcement-shooting-occurs-minneapolis-group/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Family of Renee Good hires George Floyd attorney one week after ICE shooting
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4418969/renee-good-family-hires-george-floyd-attorney-one-week-after-ice-shooting/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Kamala Harris Buys $8.2 Million Seaside Mansion After Warning ‘Sea Levels Are Rising’ Due to ‘Climate Crisis.’ Plus, Mamdani’s housing czar trashes ‘white, middle-class homeowners’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/kamala-harris-buys-82-million-seaside
NEW YORK POST
— Sanctuary cities must work with the feds — or pay a price
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/opinion/trumps-right-sanctuary-cities-must-work-with-the-feds-or-pay-a-price/
— Calif. Republicans launch plan to take down Newsom’s Prop 50
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/california-dems-score-major-prop-50-win-in-federal-court-after-republicans-said-new-map-is-racist/
— Mamdani doubles down on NYC ‘sanctuary city’ status, vows to fight Trump funding threat
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/zohran-mamdani-doubles-down-on-nyc-sanctuary-city-status-vows-to-fight-trump-funding-threat/
BREITBART
— Feds: Over $1.8 Billion in Medicaid Funds Spent on Health Care for Illegal Aliens in 8 States
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/14/feds-cms-medicaid-fraud-illegal-aliens/
CITY JOUNAL
— Want to Reduce Poverty? Teach the “Success Sequence.” DD: What put you on track for your successes? For me, it was my parents who sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My parents and my teachers promoted personal responsibility.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/poverty-success-sequence-school-employment-marriage
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Traditional Families and American Prosperity. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/01/26/traditional-families-and-american-prosperity-ae595
DAILY WIRE
— DOJ Sues Minnesota Over Affirmative Action Hiring Practices: ‘DEI Codified Into Bad State Policy.’ “The Trump Administration has no tolerance for such DEI policies.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-sues-minnesota-over-affirmative-action-hiring-practices-dei-codified-into-bad-state-policy
FOX NEWS
— Agitators clash with federal officers after another ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE is ‘creating chaos’ and not keeping people safe.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-clash-federal-officers-after-another-ice-shooting-minneapolis?lid=ymf2uwaz4i5p
— Renee Nicole Good’s family hires George Floyd legal team for civil investigation after fatal ICE shooting
https://www.foxnews.com/us/renee-nicole-goods-family-hires-george-floyd-legal-team-civil-investigation-fatal-ice-shooting
— DHS, White House mock Chicago’s lawsuit over ICE: ‘Miraculously rediscover the 10th Amendment.’ DHS official says Democrats ‘rediscover’ 10th Amendment when blocking federal enforcement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-white-house-mock-chicagos-lawsuit-over-ice-miraculously-rediscovered-10th-amendment
— Mamdani housing czar called ‘White, middle-class homeowners’ a ‘huge problem’ during 2021 podcast appearance.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mamdani-housing-czar-called-white-030734148.html
NEWSMAX
— No to Mandatory Healthcare Abortion Coverage
https://www.newsmax.com/tonyperkins/hyde-lincoln-womb/2026/01/14/id/1242133/
— Judges Reject GOP Bid to Block California Maps
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/california-congressional-maps-gop/2026/01/14/id/1242174/
— How to Destroy a Thriving Republic, Step-By-Step
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/mccain-obama-republic/2026/01/14/id/1242094/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Family of Renee Good hires George Floyd lawyer to go after federal officials. Good’s wife, parents, and siblings have retained Antonio M. Romanucci, a founding partner of the Chicago-based law firm Romanucci & Blandin.
https://thepostmillennial.com/family-of-renee-good-hires-george-floyd-lawyer-to-go-after-federal-officials
TOWNHALL
— The Woke Billionaires and Democrat-Loving Corporations Are on Their Own
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/01/15/the-woke-billionaires-and-democrat-loving-corporations-are-on-their-own-n2669459
— Justice Department Challenges Minnesota’s Affirmative Action Hiring Requirements. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me. As I complained more about that, they took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/01/14/justice-department-challenges-minnesotas-affirmative-action-hiring-requirements-n2669460
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Battling Age Discrimination. Companies are required to treat older workers no differently than younger ones. DD: How old are you? I am 77. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, if they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, and I had been assigned to audits of IRS in 1986. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/CareerManagement/story?id=4429354
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Companies are legally bound to treat older workers no differently than younger ones. The ADEA specifically prohibits the following activities: a company can’t force you to retire at a certain age (with some exceptions); can’t treat older workers worse than younger ones or target them for layoffs; can’t give younger workers higher pay, more favorable assignments or more responsibilities; and can’t make decisions based on stereotypes about older workers. For example, a company can’t refuse to allow older workers access to training programs — the you-can’t-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks rationale is illegal.)
CBS NEWS
— Renee Good’s family retains George Floyd’s legal firm after ICE agent shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/renee-good-family-george-floyd-lawyer-legal-representation-ice-agent/
MSN
— George Floyd’s family lawyer gears up to represent Renee Good’s estate after ICE death
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/george-floyd-s-family-lawyer-gears-up-to-represent-renee-good-s-estate-after-ice-death/ar-AA1UdZUD
REUTERS
— Trump Says He Has No Plans To Fire Powell As Fed Chair. DD: If you would have asked my Democrat GAO superiors if they planned to force me to retire on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old, of course, they would have denied it. But they would have stressed the many big adverse actions that they had taken against me including a) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, and d) forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. Notwithstanding he aforesaid, they falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until September 29, 2003 when I would have been 55 years old and eligible for regular retirement.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-has-no-plan-fire-feds-powell-despite-investigation-2026-01-15/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/ice-protests-activism.html
WASHINGTON POST
— ICE agent shoots man in leg as Minneapolis protests flare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/14/minneapolis-shooting-victim-ice-lawyer/
USA TODAY
— DD; Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Renee Good into George Floyd
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/14/george-floyd-minneapolis-renee-good-protests/88140745007/
— After Renee Good ICE shooting, lawyers for family launch investigation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/14/lawyers-family-renee-good-investigation/88182405007/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote more gerrymandering in California.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/01/14/federal-court-rejects-california-gops-block-of-redistricting-map-texas-proposition-50/88184353007/
SAN ANTONIO REPORT
— DD: Texas website lets college students report complaints about race and gender based preference giving. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors and supervisors always gave big time preference to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://sanantonioreport.org/texas-website-college-students-report-complaints-related-to-diversity-dei/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans when Whites do better than minorities and when men do better than women.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justice/college-racial-diversity-drops-again-as-trump-ramps-up-scrutiny
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action, DEI, wokeness, and wokeism a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://hbr.org/2026/01/five-steps-to-identify-the-right-emotional-response-for-each-moment
POLITICO
— Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after protests. His statement came just hours after a man was shot in the leg by federal law enforcement.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/trump-insurrection-act-minnesota-00730664
ROLLING OUT
— Why workplace politics matter more than skills. DD: My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://rollingout.com/2026/01/14/workplace-politics-over-skills/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Competence becomes increasingly irrelevant. The most promoted people often lack technical competence in their roles. The advancement often requires abandoning the technical excellence that qualified them. The promotion rewards political skill not expertise. The promoted person manages people rather than doing excellent work. The excellent work gets abandoned. The politics becomes primary focus. The management level requires different skills than technical level. The technical excellence becomes liability at management level. The brilliant engineer becomes mediocre manager. The corporation accepts this tradeoff for political stability. The corporations value loyalty over competence. The person who questions decisions or suggests improvements gets labeled as not team player. The obedient mediocrity gets promoted over brilliant critics. The independent thought becomes career threat. The conformity becomes requirement for advancement. The best ideas get suppressed. The organizations become mediocre through promoting politics over excellence. The talented people recognize this pattern and leave. The remaining talent works around the system. The advancement becomes about succeeding despite the system not because of merit.)
ATLANTIC
–DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male. older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/trump-war-against-wokeness/685626/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Suspended Ford worker who heckled Trump receives $600k as woke liberals call him ‘working class hero’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15464385/amp/Suspended-Ford-worker-Trump-Gofundme.html
ONE NEWS PAGE
— Renee Nicole Good’s family hires George Floyd legal team for civil investigation after fatal ICE shooting
https://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/1ztdom2myw/Renee-Nicole-Good-family-hires-George-Floyd.htm
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Renee Good-George Floyd connection revealed as Minneapolis woman’s family hires legal team
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/renee-good-george-floyd-connection-revealed-as-minneapolis-womans-family-hires-legal-team-101768439075294.html
— Who is Antonio M. Romanucci? Renee Good’s wife, family hire lawyer who fought George Floyd case
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-antonio-m-romanucci-renee-nicole-goods-wife-family-hire-lawyer-who-fought-george-floyd-case-101768421656350.html
GUARDIAN
— Senate backs Donald Trump in Venezuela resolution as Vance casts tie-breaking vote
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/14/us-politics-live-latest-news-updates-supreme-court-donald-trump-tariffs-jd-vance-greenland
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans White supremist.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/trump-administration-white-supremacist-language
January 14, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop illegally a) flooding America with citizens of foreign countries and b) fighting their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2026/01/14/ice-documentary-chicago-shouldering-sanctuary
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/14/trump-sinking-america-economy-tariffs-venezuela-attacks-raids-criminal-ralph-martire
— Illinois joins suit after feds threaten billions in funding over Trump order targeting trans people — again
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/13/illinois-joins-suit-after-feds-threaten-billions-in-funding-over-trump-order-targeting-trans-people-again
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more video gambling. in 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to punish for that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/afternoon-briefing-chicago-video-gambling-legalization-in-flux/
DAILY HERALD
— Congressional candidates to meet in four forums. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260113/us-congress-politics/congressional-candidates-to-meet-in-four-forums/
FOX32
— Man charged with murder in stabbing at Loop CTA station: DD: How much time have you spent in downtown Chicago? I worked there in 1971 and 1973-1980 (IRS) and 1980-1997 (GAO). I lived there part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978 (Outer Drive East building). I took classes there 1966-1968 and 1971 (UIC), 1972-1976 (Loyola), 1976-1980 (DePaul), 1980-1981 (Roosevelt), and 1992-1997 (IIT). While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cta-crime-stabbing-charges-loop
WAND TV
— Advocates warn that driving high is just as dangerous as drunk driving. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/advocates-warn-that-driving-high-is-just-as-dangerous-as-drunk-driving/article_1d24ad25-d5f2-478f-903e-272b08f806af.html
25 NEWS NOW
— LaHood criticizes IL lawsuit against ICE, calls it Pritzker’s attempt to ‘undermine federal law enforcement’
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/13/lahood-criticizes-il-lawsuit-against-ice-calls-it-pritzkers-attempt-undermine-federal-law-enforcement/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Governor’s race: Joseph Severino has filed a lawsuit seeking to remain on the ballot for the March 17 Republican primary for governor. He’s asking the Cook County Circuit Court to reverse a decision by the Illinois State Board of Elections that removed him and running mate Rantch Isquith from the ballot after sustaining objections to their nominating petitions. GOP activist Terry Newsome was the objector to Severino’s signatures, but the actual challenge was orchestrated by Aaron Del Mar, the running mate for governor candidate Darren Bailey. Severino argues that thousands of signatures were improperly challenged, that objections were made in bad faith and that the board applied deadlines and evidentiary rules in a manner that violated due process. The suit asks the court to order Severino’s name restored before ballots are printed. . .Thursday: GOP gubernatorial candidates Darren Bailey, Ted Dabrowski, James Mendrick and (just announced) Rick Heidner to attend a Tazewell County GOP candidate forum.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/14/justices-path-started-in-politics-00727234
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-659/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRT COUNTY BLOG
— Left Bemoans Conservatives Monopolization of Urging Increasing the Birthrate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/left-bemoans-conservatives-monopolization-of-urging-increasing-the-birthrate/
JOHN KASS
— Two bar groups of Chicago lawyers—suits who suck up to the Democratic machine—are trying to silence a good common sense Judge James Brown for speaking the truth.
https://johnkassnews.com/chicago-politicos-to-a-good-judge-shut-up-and-take-it/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Prestigious Left-Wing Money Machines That Fund the Groups Harassing ICE Agents in Minnesota. Plus, Trump tells Iranian protesters ‘HELP IS ON THE WAY’ while shutting door on diplomacy with Tehran.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/the-prestigious-left-wing-money-machines
NEW YORK POST
— The callous and cynical politics that led to Renee Good’s death. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://nypost.com/2026/01/13/opinion/why-anti-ice-protesters-are-aiming-for-death-and-mayhem/
AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— DEI Rollback Won’t Solve Problems DEI Created. A generation of White men facing workforce displacement, replacement. DD: Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO employers have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employee.
https://americanfreepress.net/Issue_1_2_AFP_2026_FP.pdf
BREITBART
— Democrat-Run Minnesota and Illinois File Lawsuits over Trump Immigration Officer Surge
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/13/democrat-run-minnesota-and-illinois-file-lawsuit-over-trump-immigration-officer-surge/
— DHS Calls on MN Gov. Walz to Release 1,360 Criminal Illegal Aliens to ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/13/dhs-calls-on-mn-gov-walz-release-1360-criminal-illegal-aliens-ice/amp/
— Mamdani ‘Outraged’ over Detention of Staffer Accused of Assault, Overstaying Visa
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/13/nycs-zohran-mamdani-outraged-over-detention-of-staffer-accused-of-assault-overstaying-visa/amp/
— Breitbart Editor In Chief Warns GOP: ‘Zero Amnesty’ for Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/01/14/breitbart-eic-warns-gop-zero-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Minneapolis School Officials Are Shielding Illegal Aliens from ICE … and Opening Themselves Up to Federal Felony Prosecutions
https://cis.org/Fishman/Minneapolis-School-Officials-Are-Shielding-Illegal-Aliens-ICE-and-Opening-Themselves
NEWS BUSTERS
— Trump: Federal Funding to Illegal Alien Sanctuaries Ends February 1
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/293485/print
PJ MEDIA
— Walz Is Protecting Not Only Fraudsters but More Than 1,000 Violent Foreign Criminals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/13/walz-is-protecting-not-only-fraudsters-but-1000-violent-foreign-criminals-n4948251
TOWNHALL
— Traditional Families and American Prosperity. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. They do that and at the same time hint/imply/argue/shout that I unfairly benefitted from being raised in a traditional family. If I had not been raised in a traditional family, I never would have been able earn enough money to pay for a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, c) a professional license, d) new cars, e) real estate, f) etc.
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2026/01/14/traditional-families-and-american-prosperity-n2669421
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5687621-quinnipiac-poll-ice-enforcement/
ABC NEWS
— ACA enrollment drops 800,000 as prices soar. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and for my wife since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/fewer-americans-sign-affordable-care-act-health-insurance-129172967
CBS NEWS
— Trump threatens to halt federal money next month not only to sanctuary cities but also their states
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/president-trump-threatens-to-halt-funding-to-sanctuary-cities/
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/immigration-advocates-push-for-protect-bills-in-baltimore-county/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maduro-jail-venezuelans-facing-immigration-limbo-feel-s-still-not-safe-rcna252365
NEW YORK TIMES
— ICE Arrested Dozens of Refugees in Minnesota and Sent Them to Texas, Lawyers Say. The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to “re-examine thousands of refugee cases.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/ice-arrests-refugees-minnesota.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Jesus despises/hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, have more money than others, etc. and b) that to get into Heaven, you have to give preference and money to those who are liberal, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, etc. How successful have Democrats been taking over your church?
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010630341/the-religious-right-uses-christianity-for-control.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow. Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups. DD: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, quitting was not an option for me. I needed/wanted money to pay for cars, college degrees, real estate, professional certifications, etc. Consequently, I carried out my Democrat superiors’ orders to give preference big time to my subordinates who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. But that was not enough for them. Because I complained about it and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40, they wasted my career and they forced me to retire when I was 49.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/trump-shooting-renee-good-ice.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/13/maryland-general-assembly-session-starts/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/14/mamdani-democrats-woke/
USA TODAY
— A yearlong birthday party. Inside America’s 250th anniversary plans. Organizers of the country’s 250th birthday envision a grassroots, community-driven celebration. How semiquincentennial plans are shaping up. DD: I remember a GAO diversity event in which we were all required to publicly disclose a) the country(s) that our ancestors immigrated from and b) the year(s) they immigrated.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/13/semiquincentennial-america-250-celebration/88068429007/
NEW YORK SUN
— Left, as With George Floyd, Exploits Death of Renee Good for Political Ends. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nysun.com/article/left-as-with-george-floyd-exploits-death-of-renee-good-for-political-ends
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://lasentinel.net/george-floyd-and-renee-good-5-years-between-minneapolis-videos-and-confusion-has-increased.html
DALLAS NEWS
— Charlie Kirk Memorial Parkway coming to North Texas
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2026/01/13/charlie-kirk-memorial-parkway-coming-to-north-texas/
MERCURY NEWS
— Harvey Milk Boulevard would be renamed for Charlie Kirk under Utah legislation
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/13/harvey-milk-charlie-kirk-utah/amp/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Affordability Problem in One Chart. Wages aren’t rising fast enough to counter still rising prices. DD: Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that I got COLAs, step increases, and promotions. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $154,682/year in 1997. In my defense, during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/economy-affordability-prices-inflation-real-wages-donald-trump-8465f37b
— How DEI Caused a Military Recruitment Crisis. The Biden administration discouraged white recruits. Secretary Hegseth’s ‘reset’ invites everyone to serve.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-dei-caused-a-military-recruitment-crisis-c86acd6e
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Trump Presses Prosecutors To Target Foes.’ DD: While worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO for almost 30 years, they had my Democrat superiors take many big adverse actions against me. I should with about that.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-blasted-federal-prosecutors-at-white-house-event-calling-them-weak-c185412b
— Before You Toss That Book. DD: I bought many books a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees and b) to pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/opinion/favorite-books-cleaning-out.html
WEEK
— DD: The longer that your ancestors have been in America and more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://theweek.com/politics/maga-heritage-americans
NOLA
— Tulane approves Turning Point USA chapter after Loyola denied the group official status. DD: Who is heading Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.nola.com/news/education/tulane-approves-turning-point-usa-chapter-after-loyola-denied-the-group-official-status/article_ab2ff84a-6a9a-4bba-b6ec-8dbb8a2bad08.html
PERSONNEL TODAY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly a) false/refuse to hire those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) replace their employees who are the aforesaid with those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/male-police-officers-replaced-by-women-were-discriminated-against-tribunal/
POLITICO
— Trump administration releases guidance on hiring federal employees. Trump has sought to reshape the federal government to align with his agenda, which has included reworking regulations governing the civil service. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. According to them, those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/13/trump-admin-releases-guidance-on-hiring-feds-00725867
NEW YORKER
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/what-comes-after-the-protests
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/model-minority-anti-ice-protests_n_68530dede4b07c6cc415c5fb
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BBC
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jepdjy256o
GUARDIAN
— DD: Unions ever-increasingly side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/union-leaders-trump-administration-white-supremacy
DAILY MAIL
— Buyers fleeing Seattle after woke mayor’s open drug use policy comes to their door
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/real-estate/article-15442259/seattle-homebuyers-flee-drug-policy.html
January 13, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds sued over ‘Occupation of Illinois’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2026/01/13/feds-ice-illinois-chicago-border-patrol-cubs-chicago-police-department
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop a) illegally bringing in citizens of foreign countries and b) illegally fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260112/illinois-state-politics/illinois-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-accuses-feds-of-violent-occupation/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/12/illinois-chicago-sue-trump-administration-over-illegal-immigration-enforcement-tactics
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you cannot afford something, it is because of Trump. What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I worked a second job for 18 months. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But my critics/opponents would stress that even though I did the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/12/budget-gap-affordability-top-mind-illinois-lawmakers-head-back-springfield
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for people having less more than others.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/13/illinois-lawmakers-return-to-springfield-eyeing-balanced-budget/88063804007/
SOUTHERN
— Illinois CPA Society announces internship preparation program scholars. DD: Do you regret the college major that you piked? I do. I should have majored in accounting from the start. I say that because I passed the CPA examination in my first attempt. But I did not do that until I was 30 years old, and by then, the accounting profession saw me as being much too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran. But nevertheless, my critics/opponents would stress that the Illinois CPA Society would never have selected me for its internship program. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Further, they would stress that while I passed all four parts of the examination on my first attempt, my scores on the parts were not that high.
https://thesouthern.com/news/illinois-cpa-society-announces-internship-preparation-program-scholars/article_6dd0143b-6eaa-5415-8499-43f10af03929.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— As birth rates tumble, some progressives say the Left needs to offer solutions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote abortion and b) destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-12/as-birth-rates-tumble-some-progressives-say-the-left-needs-to-offer-solutions
FOX 2
— Lawmakers advocate antisemitism bill for schools. DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Republicans were antisemites. They stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was Republican, conservative, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/lawmakers-advocate-antisemitism-bill-for-schools/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS & IPM NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuit-puts-illinois-on-offensive-against-menacing-immigration-raids/
https://ipmnewsroom.org/lawsuit-puts-illinois-on-offensive-against-menacing-immigration-raids/
— Illinois extends enrollment deadline for health insurance plans beginning Feb. 1. Expired federal subsidies cause significant price increases for millions of consumers. DD: The federal government paying for 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since I was 18 years old in 1966 and also for my wife since I was 29 years old in 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-extends-enrollment-deadline-for-health-insurance-plans-beginning-feb-1/
CRYSTAL LAKE PATCH
— McHenry County Republican Party To Host Forum. The forum will be held on January 22 at McHenry County College. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/mchenry-county-republican-party-host-forum
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The state of Illinois and City of Chicago filed suit Monday to block deployment of immigration officers in the state, alleging a pattern of unlawful enforcement tactics that officials say has endangered public safety and violated Illinois law.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/13/bears-stadium-talks-alive-00724150
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— ICE nabs child abusers, drug traffickers in Minneapolis as 1,000 more immigration agents set to deploy
https://nypost.com/2026/01/12/us-news/ice-nabs-child-abusers-drug-traffickers-in-minneapolis-as-1k-more-agents-set-to-deploy/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Florida bill would bar illegal immigrants from public colleges
https://www.campusreform.org/article/florida-bill-bar-illegal-immigrants-public-colleges/29248
FOX NEWS
— Conservative legal group targets Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mandating race, sex data in home loans. DD: Since I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argues/shouted that a minority, female, and/or veteran should have gotten the mortgage that I got to buy 774-5 Sunset Court in University Park. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-legal-group-targets-cfpb-rule-mandating-race-sex-data-home-loans.print
HOMELAND SECURITY
— As Americans Enjoyed Their Weekend, ICE Law Enforcement Risked Their Lives to Arrest the Worst of Worst Criminal Illegal Alien Murderers, Rapists, Pedophiles, and Gang Members. DD: I support the work of law enforcement. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/12/americans-enjoyed-their-weekend-ice-law-enforcement-risked-their-lives-arrest-worst
— A Message from Secretary Noem on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. DD: I support the work of law enforcement. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://www.dhs.gov/employee-resources/news/2026/01/12/message-secretary-noem-law-enforcement-appreciation-day
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
— National Fraternal Order of Police Calls on Americans to Support the Work of Law Enforcement. DD: I support the work of law enforcement. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://fop.net/2026/01/national-fraternal-order-of-police-calls-on-americans-to-support-the-work-of-law-enforcement/
NEWSMAX
— Lawmakers Launch Bipartisan Process to Select New GAO Head. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. In 1981, Charles Bowsher took over the agency and ran it for 15 years. Bowsher had a dramatic negative impact on me and on GAO employees who shred my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, accounting degree holders, CPAs, licensed CPAs, those who did not have an Ivy League degree, those who did not start their careers with GAO, etc. Under Bowsher, GAO shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/congress-gao-gene-dodaro/2025/12/30/id/1240180/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bipartisan congressional leaders are set to recommend candidates to President Donald Trump to replace Gene Dodaro, the comptroller general of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), for the first time in nearly 20 years, Politico reported Tuesday. Orice Williams Brown, a longtime GAO employee, is stepping in to lead the more than 3,000-person agency in an acting capacity as Congress searches for a sober and judicious nominee to serve the 15-year term. If approved by the Senate, the new comptroller general would oversee the agency as it investigates whether the Trump administration illegally withheld billions of dollars in 2025. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told the outlet that lawmakers will be looking for “someone who’s honest.” “I think it would be a mistake to get somebody who’s been real active in political processes,” Paul said. By law, Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, holds a seat on a bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers responsible for recommending at least three possible candidates for the president to nominate. Although Paul and several Republican colleagues have expressed appreciation for the GAO’s work, the comptroller general has recently faced pressure to sue the Trump administration over withheld federal funds. That pressure intensified after the Supreme Court suggested this fall that the GAO head may be the only party with legal standing under long-running impoundment law. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who will also serve on the panel, outlined his expectations for the role earlier this month, saying the next comptroller general must be “willing to call balls and strikes regardless of which party occupies the White House.” Peters added that Dodaro is leaving behind “a legacy of tremendous credibility, integrity, and independence.” The Senate panel will include Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.; Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who serves as president pro tempore. The House delegation will feature Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.; Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the panel’s ranking Democrat. Comer also praised Dodaro earlier this month, saying in a House speech that he is “deeply respected across the government and the oversight community for his integrity, candor, and dedication.”)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN & REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/world/video/ebof-john-bolton-venezuela-regime-wikipedia
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/us/minnesota-illinois-lawsuits-trump-immigration
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/number-prisoners-released-venezuela-rises-41-says-rights-group-2026-01-12/
AOL
— Number of Americans working multiple jobs hits a 25 year high. DD: Have you ever worked a second job? I did during the first 18 months that I worked for IRS in Chicago and then in Harvey 1971-1972. I pumped gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.aol.com/news/number-americans-working-multiple-jobs-170734867.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/world/americas/venezuela-political-prisoners-amnesty.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/briefing/your-venezuela-questions.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/nyregion/immigration-policy-new-jersey.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/border-patrol-minnesota-surge.html
— What Applicants Are Including in Their College Admissions Essays. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors knew full-well that as I stated in my 1972 Loyola graduate business school application and in my 1976 DePaul graduate accounting school application that maintaining and improving my required job skills was my reason for taking the courses. But my Democrat IRS superiors nevertheless outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in 1978 to disallow the courses that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and that the courses qualified me for a new trade or business.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/college-admissions-essays-affirmative-action-racial-identity.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/12/nyc-council-arrest-mamdani-ice/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/12/minnesota-immigration-lawsuit-ice-dhs/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrats want their illegals to be counted for the 2030 census. How many illegals do Democrats have in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct? Illegals are future Democrat voters if not current Democrat voters.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-01-12/lawsuits-by-trump-allies-could-shape-how-2030-census-is-done-who-will-be-counted
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: There is nothing center about the Democrat Party. It is all left.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/11/mamdani-trump-battle-voters-2026-midterms/87990507007/
— DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination have never existed. Democrats and RINOs use the aforesaid to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/01/12/dei-civil-rights-trump-white-people/88147329007/
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/black-america-documents-what-others-try-to-erase/article_3cd7c803-802c-4897-8a1b-19401cf49446.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats See Path to House Control in 2026. Trump’s low approval ratings, plus GOP retirements and a razor-thin majority, show risks for Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrats-house-control-midterms-2026-35bf9726
— In Pivot on Affordability, Trump Unveils Barrage of Proposals to Address Costs. President pitches ideas to lower costs and boost spending power that could bring big changes to housing markets, the oil industry and finance. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I worked a second job for 18 months. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But my critics/opponents would stress that even though I did the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/in-pivot-on-affordability-trump-unveils-barrage-of-proposals-to-address-costs-961e4343
BLOOMBERG
— How Each of Trump’s Cabinet Picks Made Their Wealth. DD: Everyone in politics, government, and journalism should be required to fully disclose their sources of income. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. All my income comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-trump-cabinet-wealth/
24/7 WALL STREET
— 33% of Americans Think They Need $1.5 Million+ to Retire, Yet 33% Have Under $50K Saved
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/01/10/33-of-americans-think-they-need-1-5-million-to-retire-yet-33-have-under-50k-saved/
— Why Social Security’s COLA Formula Is Failing Baby Boomers in 2026
https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/12/28/why-social-securitys-cola-formula-is-failing-baby-boomers-in-2026/
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/trump-threatens-keep-too-cute-exxon-out-of-venezuela/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/13/faculty-are-often-unprepared-teach-about-race-opinion
PBS
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning Renee Good into George Floyd in your county, township, and municipality?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/5-years-between-george-floyd-and-renee-good-videos-confusion-has-increased
— According to Democrats and according to RINOs, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination have never existed. Democrats and RINOs use the aforesaid to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-administration-posts-echo-rhetoric-linked-to-extremist-groups
PBS & NPR & TIME
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuela and Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/venezuelans-in-the-u-s-torn-between-joy-and-worry-after-maduros-ousting
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-minnesota-sues-feds-to-stop-immigration-enforcement-surge
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/nx-s1-5672608/maduros-gone-but-venezuelas-human-rights-crisis-remains
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/nx-s1-5672535/venezuela-releases-political-prisoners-days-after-u-s-removes-nicolas-maduro
https://time.com/7345310/trump-venezuela-maduro-machado/
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning Renee Good into George Floyd in your county, township, and municipality?
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/12/how-the-murder-of-good-changes-the-stakes-for-good/
ROLLING STONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Renee Good to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jon-stewart-ice-renee-good-killing-venezuela-raid-trump-1235498652/
SALON
— Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans who were White and/or male. I should write about how my Democrat Post Office superiors (1966-1969), IRS superiors (1971-1980), and GAO superiors (1980-1997) did that. I should write about how my RINO superiors since 1997 did that.
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/12/white-men-were-treated-very-badly-trump-says-civil-rights-led-to-reverse-discrimination/
January 12, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago, state sue Trump admin. seeking to limit immigration agents’ authority in Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-immigration-customs-enforcement-news-chicago-illinois-sue-trump-admin-seeking-limit-agents-authority-state/18392657/
— Minnesota, Minneapolis, Saint Paul file lawsuit to stop ICE’s ‘federal invasion’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minnesota-twin-cities-sue-federal-government-stop-immigration-crackdown/18392572/
— Sen. Mark Kelly files lawsuit against Pete Hegseth after censure
https://abc7chicago.com/post/sen-mark-kelly-files-lawsuit-pete-hegseth/18392248/
NBC5
— Illinois, Chicago file lawsuit against Trump administration over ‘unlawful’ immigration enforcement tactics
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-chicago-file-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-over-unlawful-immigration-enforcement-tactics/3875020/
CBS2
— Chicago, Illinois sue Department of Homeland Security, Trump administration for dangerous tactics, unlawful use of force by ICE and Border Patrol agents
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-chicago-lawsuit-trump-homeland-security-immigration-raids/
WGN9
— Bailey talks Bears, immigration crackdown and family tragedy amid new gubernatorial bid
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/darren-bailey-talks-bears-immigration-crackdown-and-family-tragedy-amid-new-gubernatorial-bid/
WTTW
— Needling Trump as 2028 Looms: Inside JB Pritzker’s All-of-the-Above Media Strategy
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/12/needling-trump-2028-looms-inside-jb-pritzker-s-all-above-media-strategy
WGN RADIO
— Dabrowski, candidate for Illinois Governor
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/ted-dabrowski-candidate-for-illinois-governor/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois extends Affordable Care Act open enrollment, as fate of subsidies remains uncertain
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/illinois-affordable-care-act-open-enrollment/
— Illinois and Chicago sue DHS over ‘militarized’ immigration-enforcement tactics
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/state-city-sue-dhs-over-militarized-immigration-enforcement-tactics-in-chicago-area/
— Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/minnesota-twin-cities-dhs-lawsuit/
— Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly sues the Pentagon over attempts to punish him, declaring it unconstitutional
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/mark-kelly-sues-pentagon/
— Unions make life pricey in Illinois’ political machine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/opinion-illinois-unions-increase-cost-of-living/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration hit with federal lawsuit over ‘occupation of Illinois and Chicago.’ The new lawsuit makes claims about the feds’ capture of biometric data, warrantless arrests, immigration enforcement at “sensitive locations” like courthouses and schools, the swapping of license plates and trespassing on private property.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/12/illinois-chicago-sue-trump-administration-over-organized-bombardment-under-noem-bovino
— Chicago to weigh paying $875K to settle claims tied to police handling of George Floyd protests. The proposed settlement is tied to a lawsuit that contends Chicago cops “responded to these protests with brutal, violent, and unconstitutional tactics that were clearly intended to injure and silence protesters.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/01/12/george-floyd-protests-chicago-police-department-response-lawsuit-proposed-settlement
— What questions do you have for Illinois political candidates this primary election season? Our journalists will pose some of your questions to the people running for office in 2026.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/01/12/what-questions-do-you-have-for-illinois-political-candidates-this-primary-election-season
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/illinois-lending-social-equity-cannabis-tops-62-million
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/cannabis-industry-deserves-time-and-patience-mature-opinion
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/illinois-cannabis-law-needs-evolve-industry-opinion
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2026/01/12/how-illinois-may-be-impacted-by-1b-in-frozen-child-care-funds/88105068007/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-447/
— Pritzker spent far more time on national news, podcasts in 2025 than ever before
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/12/todays-chart-pritzker-spent-far-more-time-on-national-news-podcasts-in-2025-than-ever-before/
— Will changes actually be made to SAFE-T Act?
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/12/will-changes-actually-be-made-to-safe-t-act/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump to antisemites: You’re not welcome in MAGA
https://nypost.com/2026/01/12/us-news/trump-to-antisemites-youre-not-welcome-in-maga/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Myth, Narratives, and the Death of Renee Good
https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/12/myth-narratives-and-the-death-of-renee-good/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Federal Law is Supreme on Immigration. The states are trying to legislate immigration law again.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/federal_law_is_supreme_on_immigration.html
— Dictators are Bad – Unless Trump Stops Them. The double standards are through the roof.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/dictators_are_bad_unless_trump_stops_them.html
BREITBART
— Trump Cancels Biden Rules Forcing Banks to Give Loans to Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/12/trump-cancels-biden-rules-forcing-banks-to-give-loans-to-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— Trump declares himself Venezuela’s ‘acting president’ in online post after Maduro ouster. Trump previously has indicated that the US would run Venezuela for years.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-himself-venezuelas-acting-president-online-post-after-maduro-ouster
NEWSMAX
— Civil rights protections resulted in white people being “very badly treated,” Trump said in a recent interview.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-civil-rights-whites/2026/01/12/id/1241767/
TOWNHALL
— The Reasoning Behind Minnesota’s Anti-ICE Lawsuit Against the Federal Government
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/01/12/minnesota-is-suing-the-trump-administration-over-ice-operationsand-the-reasoning-is-a-total-circus-n2669355
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump slaps 25% tariffs on any countries that do business with Iran
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-countries-iran/
January 12, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Vigils and protests against ICE held across Chicago and Chicagoland
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/vigils-protests-against-ice-held-across-chicago-chicagoland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBaHEJNT7PM
— Chicago demonstrators rally in solidarity with Iranian protesters. DD: What did your ancestors do after they immigrated? On my father’s side, my ancestors worked in brick factory in Chicago and then homesteaded a farm in Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-demonstrators-rally-solidarity-iranian-protesters
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Doctors: The Illinois windfall from legal marijuana has come at a price. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/opinion-illinois-legal-marijuana-health-dangers/
— FRONT PAGE: Documenting the immigration crackdown, from Chicago to Minneapolis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/documenting-the-immigration-crackdown-from-chicago-to-minneapolis/
DAILY HERALD
— COD offers discounted college courses for high school seniors. DD: What did you do while you were a senior in high school? Instead of studying, I spent 28 hours a week washing dishes for the minimum wage to earn money for UIC expenses and for a new car to get to/from classes there and my parent’s home in Crete. Nevertheless, I got an ACT score of 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class of 1966.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260111/submitted-content/cod-offers-discounted-college-courses-for-high-school-seniors/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/cannabis-equity-illinois-still-dream-many
— Diana Rauner stepping down from helm of education nonprofit Start Early
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/diana-rauner-stepping-down-president-start-early
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— ICE shootings prompt hundreds to protest in Rockford. Hundreds of Rockford-area residents gather in solidarity and protest after a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
https://www.rrstar.com/videos/news/2026/01/11/rockford-area-residents-protest-ice-shooting-death/88133591007/
https://www.rrstar.com/videos/news/2026/01/11/ice-shootings-prompt-hundreds-to-protest-in-rockford/88135402007/
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2026/01/11/incensed-by-ice-shootings-hundreds-of-rockford-area-residents-gather/88101594007/
https://www.rrstar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2026/01/11/hundreds-protest-in-downtown-rockford-after-ice-shootings-photos/88135188007/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Erika Harold, the executive director for the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism and 2003 Miss America, will be the guest speaker for the 51st Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast on Jan. 19.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2026/01/12/the-2003-miss-america-will-keynote-the-martin-luther-king-jr-breakfast/87961675007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— The ICE agent involved in the deadly Minnesota shooting has central Illinois ties
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2026-01-12/the-ice-agent-involved-in-the-deadly-minnesota-shooting-has-central-illinois-ties-first-listen
WAND
— A protest was held in Moline for the death of Renee Nicole Good, debating ICE agents’ actions. Protesters in Moline rallied over the death of Renee Nicole Good, citing fear and morality as the national debate continues over an ICE agent’s actions.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/protest-held-moline-death-renee-nicole-good-debating-ice-agents-actions/526-124c11b8-cff0-445e-be99-f7de5a9376c4
WQAD
— Hundreds protest against ICE in Moline for the death of Renee Good
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/local/hundreds-protest-against-ice-in-moline-for-the-death-of-renee-good/526-07dd18db-a617-49d6-830a-fcbc45301053
EVANSTON NOW
— Anti-ICE protest draws hundreds
https://evanstonnow.com/anti-ice-protest-draws-hundreds/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican candidate Ted Dabrowski is out with a digital ad on social media featuring the father of Katie Abraham, a college student killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run crash caused by an undocumented immigrant in Urbana. The father blames Gov. JB Pritzker. . .Paula Deacon Garcia, a DuPage County Board member, has been endorsed by DuPage County Chair Deb Conroy in her bid for county clerk. In a statement, Conroy cited Deacon Garcia’s record of “transparency and accountability.” Deacon Garcia is challenging incumbent County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek in the March 17 Democratic primary.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/12/bear-down-reality-roars-back-00721818
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Renee Good/George Floyd protests in your county, township, and municipality? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Renee Good into George Floyd. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop bringing illegals into America and fighting to keep them in America. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I promote conservative principles with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, that is, I promote the Republican Party platform with my newsletters. Far too many Republican leaders reject far too many conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct sees how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization treat me and treat my newsletters. I should write about the aforesaid leaders, the conservative principles and planks that they reject, and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you do? I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out. What motivates you to do what you do? I am ever-increasingly motivated by the ever-increasing success that Democrat leaders are having destroying America, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I am ever-increasingly motivated by the ever-increasing failure/refusal of RINO leaders to fight back against the Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DD: A Dabrowski critic says “Dabrowski Pivoting From Property Taxes to Crime After Poll Shows Him Trailing by 26 Points.”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/ted-dabrowski-pivoting-from-property-taxes-to-crime-after-poll-shows-him-trailing-by-26-points.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Border czar Tom Homan accuses Democrats of fueling chaos as ICE shooting fallout grows
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/11/tom-homan-white-house-border-czar-accuses-democrats-fueling-chaos-ice/
NEW YORK POST
— Bronx building Mamdani used to showcase new housing commish’s talents has 200 violations — after favored nonprofit ran it into the ground
https://nypost.com/2026/01/11/us-news/bronx-building-mamdani-highlighted-to-showcase-nycs-new-housing-commissioners-talents-has-nearly-200-violations/
— Black New York homeowners blast Mamdani’s radical tenant advocate Cea Weaver. DD: Have you been a landlord? I was a reluctant landlord 1976-1984 because I could not sell my University Park townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) unless I took a big loss.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/11/us-news/black-new-york-homeowners-blast-mamdanis-radical-tenant-advocate-cea-weaver-white-supremacy-im-not-white/
— Aging NY judges challenge ancient state law that would force them to retire at 76. DD: How old are you? I am 77. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, if they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I had become a licensed CPA in 1981. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://www.aol.com/articles/aging-ny-judges-challenge-ancient-232601282.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— Federal Law is Supreme on Immigration. The states are trying to legislate immigration law.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/federal_law_is_supreme_on_immigration.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Indiana University professor back to class after complaint about linking MAGA to ‘white supremacy.’ DD: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame White male Republicans for the problems that minorities and females have.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/indiana-u-professor-back-to-class-after-complaint-about-linking-maga-to-white-supremacy/
DAILY CALLER
— Harvard Hires Drag Queen ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ As Visiting Prof For Class About ‘Sexual Dissidents’
https://www.aol.com/news/harvard-hires-drag-queen-lawhore-194557216.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Leftist Group Dodges Accountability for ‘Hate Group’ Accusation After Judge Blocks Discovery. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups that caused Republicans to lose elections. I was an ICRC officer 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy ICRC in 2007 and TAPROOT in 2012. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/10/splc-leftist-group-dodges-accountability-hate-group-accusation-after-judge-blocks-discovery/
ICE
— National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. DD: As an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, I enforced IRS tax laws.
https://www.ice.gov/national-law-enforcement-appreciation-day
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Noem defends ‘domestic terrorism’ assessment in Minneapolis ICE shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5683488-noem-defends-ice-shooting/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend/promote Maduro
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5682340-trump-administration-maduro-venezuela-un-charter/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased
https://apnews.com/article/video-minneapolis-immigration-good-ice-george-floyd-9dc5b1f19af644f861963f0a041516f4
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend/promote Maduro
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-migrants-maduro-ouster-tps-deportation-2b00b6057435fafe1828a06bd1e7a14c
CNN
— Hundreds of immigration officers headed to Minneapolis as tensions flare amid protests
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/us/minneapolis-immigration-officers-mobilizing-protests
REUTERS
— DHS to send more officers to Minnesota after ICE shooting protests
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW596512012026RP1/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/homeland-security-send-hundreds-more-officers-minnesota-noem-says-2026-01-11/
— With Venezuela raid, US tells China to keep away from the Americas
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/with-venezuela-raid-us-tells-china-keep-away-americas-2026-01-11/
MSN
— NYC mayoral aide who says whites owning homes is racist sobs when asked about mom’s $1.4m home
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/nyc-mayoral-aide-who-says-whites-owning-homes-is-racist-sobs-when-asked-about-mom-s-1-4m-home/ar-AA1TKzVO
NEWSWEEK
— Noem Signals Federal Surge in Minnesota
https://www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-signals-federal-surge-minnesota-11342319
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Renee Good into George Floyd.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protests-continue-in-minneapolis-amid-ice-operations/
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/minneapolis-renee-good-ice-shooting-minnesota-bca-investigation/
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/colorado/news/rally-colorado-ice-facility-centennial-renee-good-shooting/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/anti-ice-protest-takes-place-over-a-dallas-highway/
NBC MARYLAND
— Bill could bar some ICE agents, officers from MD state law enforcement jobs. DD: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, Republicans ran Illinois. Even though I was highly qualified for many state jobs, they had no use for me. I had worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year. I had worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. I was a licensed CPA. I was a certified public accountant, internal auditor, fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant. I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. Since 1997, my critics/opponents have stressed that the Republicans who ran Illinois had no use for me.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/bill-could-bar-some-ice-agents-officers-from-md-state-law-enforcement-jobs/4040702/
CBS NEWS LOS ANGELES
— “ICE Out for Good” protest hits streets of Hollywood
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/ice-out-for-good-protest-hits-streets-of-hollywood/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/11/us/trump-news
— Agents in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Have Fired at Vehicles at Least 10 Times. The confrontations over the last four months have left two people dead and prompted criticism of federal agencies for allowing officers to open fire on moving vehicles.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/immigration-agents-shooting-vehicles.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Somalians.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/somalis-fled-civil-war-and-built-a-community-now-they-are-a-target.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Hundreds in D.C. protest at ICE headquarters over Minneapolis killing. Protesters filled Independence Avenue in downtown D.C. Sunday chanting, “ICE kills moms” and calling masked U.S. Immigration and Enforcement agents “cowards.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/11/dc-ice-protest-renee-good/
— More federal officers headed to Minnesota; officials point fingers over ICE shooting. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem remained adamant that Renée Good was responsible for her own death, as Democrats insisted that on a full investigation before drawing conclusions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/11/rene-good-ice-shooting-investigation/
USA TODAY
— Don’t call me a Republican. I’m a conservative. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I promote conservative principles with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, that is, I promote the Republican Party platform with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Far too many Republican leaders reject far too many conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct sees how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about the aforesaid leaders, the conservative principles and planks that they reject, and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me since 2000.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/11/trump-republican-party-maga-conservative/83481933007/
— DD: Virtually all illegals are non-White.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/12/27/ice-arrests-racial-profiling-deportation/87473441007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/08/ice-shooting-minneapolis-use-of-force/88082677007/
KPRC HOUSTON
— George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/anti-ice-protest-takes-place-over-a-dallas-highway/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Inside Minneapolis’s Sprawling Network of ICE Watchers. Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google documents to shadow federal agents.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/inside-minneapoliss-sprawling-network-of-ice-watchers-2c286b6d
— Bread Lines in Mamdani’s New York. A protest at a synagogue and a union drive against ‘genocide’ at a bakery.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/breads-lines-in-mamdanis-new-york-4532ba80
— How Mamdani and Cea Weaver Plan to End Private Housing. DD: To get elected and reelected, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promise free housing, free food, free clothing, free healthcare, free transportation, free college degrees, free everything.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-mamdani-and-cea-weaver-plan-to-end-private-housing-c1bec4e7
— About That ‘Disappearing’ Middle Class. Yes, the middle class is hollowing out—because more are rising upward. DD: What helped you rise upward? For me, it was my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. 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://www.wsj.com/opinion/about-that-disappearing-middle-class-54948a18
— Is Mexico Slouching Toward Venezuela? President Sheinbaum topples democratic institutions and cozies up to Cuba.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-mexico-slouching-toward-venezuela-36ed9042
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Safeguarding the federal merit system at the Office of Special Counsel. DD: OSC failed/refused to protect me when my Democrat GAO superiors forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/01/safeguarding-federal-merit-system-office-special-counsel/410590/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Transparency and accountability are cornerstones of trust in government. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel exists to protect those values. As we begin a new year, it is worth revisiting what OSC is, why it exists and how its work makes a difference. Established by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, OSC is an independent investigative and prosecutorial agency that safeguards the merit system by protecting employees from prohibited personnel practices, especially whistleblower retaliation. It also enforces the Hatch Act, provides a forum for employees to disclose government wrongdoing and protects veterans’ job rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
INDEX BOX
— Dangers of Early Retirement. DD: I should write about being forced to retire early. It is extremely devastating. If you are forced to retire early, your critics/opponents will use that against you viciously. My critics/opponents side with my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. According to them, their motives for doing that were a) not to retaliate against me because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) not because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination. reverse discrimination, and age discrimination since I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) not because I was one of their few remaining Republican employees and Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget, and d) not because they were under tremendous Affirmative Action pressure and they wanted to give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.indexbox.io/blog/the-hidden-dangers-of-early-retirement-financial-strains-and-emotional-consequences/
NPR
— Celebrities wear pins protesting ICE at the Golden Globes
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g-s1-105659/celebrities-pins-protesting-ice-golden-globes
AXIOS
— Noem defiant, vows more ICE agents as Dems allege coverup
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/11/noem-minneapolis-shooting-renee-good-jonathan-ross
RAW STORY
— Kinzinger calls on Republicans to rebel against the recent economic decisions made by Trump.
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-economy-2674873887-2674873887
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ARAB NEWS
— Niki Conforti, the Republican candidate for the Illinois 6th Congressional District, has told Arab News that she will not accept campaign funds from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2629038/amp
GUARDIAN
— Council member who lost eye in George Floyd protest sees echo in Ice killing. Soren Stevenson says Minneapolis shooting ‘reminiscent in a scary way’ – but he and his neighbors are feeling activated.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/11/minneapolis-ice-killing-george-floyd
INDEPENDENT
— Minneapolis ICE shooting latest: Trump admin sending ‘hundreds’ of federal agents to Minnesota as protests continue. Minneapolis mayor has said the presence of ICE officers has made the community less safe.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ice-shooting-minneapolis-victim-renee-good-live-updates-b2898294.html
— Celebrities protest ICE on Golden Globes red carpet
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/golden-globes-anti-ice-protest-pins-b2898480.html
MEAWW
— Celebrities protest ICE on Golden Globes red carpet with ‘Be Good’ pins. Hollywood stars including Mark Ruffalo and Wanda Sykes honored Renee Good with anti-ICE pins after her killing in Minneapolis.
https://news.meaww.com/celebrities-protest-ice-on-golden-globes-red-carpet-with-be-good-pins
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— What’s happening in Minneapolis? Car window smashing, ICE arrests, protest videos emerge after Renee Good shooting. ICE and border patrol operations in Minneapolis continue even after the Wednesday shooting that killed Renee Nicole Good.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/whats-happening-in-minneapolis-car-window-smashing-ice-arrests-protest-videos-emerge-after-renee-good-shooting-101768158336831.html
AL JAZEERA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend/promote Maduro
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom-line/2026/1/11/after-maduro-is-the-us-driving-global-instability
January 11, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Protests held in Chicago over ICE shooting in Minneapolis, Trump admins military action in Venezuela. A major one held in the city temporarily brought the Magnificent Mile to a halt.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protests-held-in-chicago-ice-shooting-military-action-venezuela/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers return to Capitol facing $2.2B budget gap while pushing election-year affordability message
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/illinois-spring-legislative-session-2026/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/editorial-dont-blame-chicago-cops-for-ice-and-border-patrol-misconduct/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/07/charles-selle-column-immigrant-raids/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their Venezuelans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/venezuela-chicago-maduro-immigration/
— DD: How soon will Democrats try to impeach Trump again?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/column-donald-trump-midterms-impeachment-venezuela-jan-6-page/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrats call for arrest of ICE agent in fatal shooting. Will they succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2026/01/10/protesters-in-springfield-called-for-the-arrest-of-an-ice-agent/88110144007/
SOUTHERN
— Illinoisans speak out amid childcare funding freeze. DD: Back in the good old days, my father earned enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://thesouthern.com/news/we-cant-afford-to-do-this-illinoisans-speak-out-amid-child-care-funding-freeze/article_8f04a803-7a56-5ac1-8c7e-2d09b799bd37.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize against Republicans those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. When will Republican leaders come to their defense? When will Republican leaders organize those who are the aforesaid? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinopis.com
JOHN KASS
— Democrats in the Cheeze Barrel with Walz
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-in-the-barrel-with-walz/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pro-Life Leader David Smith Endorses Dabrowski Even as Pro-Choice Democrat Donors Linked to Pritzker, Johnson Bankroll His Campaign
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/pro-life-leader-david-smith-endorses-dabrowski-even-as-pro-choice-democrat-donors-linked-to-pritzker-johnson-bankroll-his-campaign.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Elite colleges are admitting Asian students at incredible rates, post affirmative action. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, Blacks and Hispanics have problems because Republicans discriminate against them. Do Asians succeed because Republicans do not discriminate against them?
https://www.aol.com/articles/elite-colleges-admitting-one-student-201500181.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— Local and state officials are complicit in attacks against ICE. Life has become increasingly difficult for ICE officers all over the country.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/local_and_state_officials_are_complicit_in_attacks_against_ice.html
— New York Dems’ childcare focus isn’t about the children. When both Hochul and Mamdani start doing the “it’s for the children” shtick, anyone even slightly cynical would question their motives. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools in Crete and Park Forest 1953-1962 and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966 put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/a_cynic_s_guess_that_the_new_york_dems_childcare_focus_isn_t_about_the_children.html
DAILY CALLER
— Mamdani’s Socialist Child Care Plan And The American Baby Bust. DD: Back in the good old days, my father earned enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/10/opinion-mamdanis-socialist-child-care-plan-and-the-american-baby-bust-andrew-moran/
FOX NEWS
— Washington Post rips Chicago Teachers Union for pursuing social justice initiatives as students struggle. The Post’s editorial board slammed the union for focusing on social justice initiatives ‘in a school district that can hardly teach kids to read and write.’ DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools in Crete and Park Forest 1953-1962 and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966 put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-rips-chicago-teachers-union-pursuing-social-justice-initiatives-students-struggle
— ICE arrests in Minnesota surge include numerous convicted child rapists, killers. Criminal illegal immigrants had deportation orders dating back decades.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-arrests-minnesota-surge-include-numerous-convicted-child-rapists-killers
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Rand Paul Highlights Government Waste. DD: Paul should highlight how the Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO wasted my career and forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They wasted what I learned earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rand-paul-highlights-wild-government-waste-in-annual-festivus-report/
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Childcare Subsidy Fraud Makes Childcare Unaffordable. DD: Back in the good old days, my father earned enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/01/10/childcare_subsidy_fraud_makes_childcare_unaffordable_1158018.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Omar rallies crowd at anti-ICE protest. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/11/us/video/ilhan-omar-mn-minneapolis-minnesota-ice-protest-renee-good-vrtc-digvid
MSN
— As average Americans cut back on vacations, luxury travel is booming. DD: My critics/opponents stress that because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, I could and did take vacations in 1969 and 1970 (Florida), 1971 (Bahamas), and 1973-1977 (Hawaii, Mexico, Jamaica, Bahamas, and Washington DC). They stress that because I got married in 1978 and my wife had a good job, we took vacations following her four business trips to luxury resorts across America each year 1978-1992. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, and subordinates were furious about the aforesaid.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/as-average-americans-cut-back-on-vacations-luxury-travel-is-booming/ar-AA1Qi3g2
NEW YORK TIMES
— As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows. DD: Who heads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/politics/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-high-schools.html
— 220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opinion/renee-good-minnesota-shooting-ice.html
— DD: How successful will Democrat leaders be making the Pope anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than others, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-etc.?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/opinion/pope-leo-trump-world-order-peace.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, soon, healthcare will be free for Democrats
https://healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/nyt-can-we-really-afford-to-let-health
WASHINGTON POST
— Thousands protest ICE presence in Minneapolis and cities nationwide. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/10/nationwide-ice-protests-minneapolis-shooting/
— Trump’s 2026 affordability message. DD: What has helped you afford things? For me it includes a) my following conservative principles, b) my taking bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take, c) my working my way through college, d) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, e) my earning three job-related master’s degrees, f) my earning six job-related professional certifications, and gf) my earning a job-related professional license. But according to my critic/opponents, the following has helped me far more than the aforesaid: a) my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and against females and b) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/10/trump-affordability-gop-midterms/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2026/01/10/dating-with-intention/
— More workers are stuck in part-time jobs in warning for the economy. The share of workers with multiple jobs is at its highest level in more than 25 years, as Americans cobble together new work arrangements. DD: My pumping gasoline part-time for a Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1971-1972 while I worked for IRS in Chicago and then in Harvey helped me a) help support my mother and brother 1971-1972, b) buy a new Corvette in 1971, c) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and d) buy and furnish a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/08/multiple-part-time-jobs-economy/
FOX CAROLINA
— Lawmakers target housing affordability as top 2026 priority. DD: Where did your first down payment come from? For me, back in the good old days, it came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972. In addition, I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and I paid for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972. According to Zillow, if that townhome was for sale today, you could buy it for $92,200. In today’s dollars, when I bought it in 1972, my IRS salary was $68,999/year.
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/01/10/lawmakers-target-housing-affordability-top-2026-priority/
DESERET NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that to succeed in America if you are a minority or a female, you have to get massive government preference and assistance, and that if you do not succeed, it is because older White male Republicans discriminated against you. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that at everyone around them.
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2026/01/10/upward-mobility-act-benefit-cliffs-state-welfare/
EXPRESS NEWS
— Repaying student loans is a personal responsibility
https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/letters-editor/article/personal-responsibility-student-loans-21282640.php
BLOOMBERG
— Why stay on the job when you can clearly retire? Staying on the job despite being able to retire often comes down to personal fulfillment, purpose or practical considerations. You may love your work, finding it meaningful or energizing, and retiring might feel like losing a part of your identity. Financially, staying employed can further boost your already substantial savings, delay you tapping into retirement funds, or maintain benefits such as health insurance, which is projected to increase significantly. DD: When I was 45 years old In 1993, to get rid of their employees like me who had 25 or more years of federal service, who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service (currently $197,200/year), and were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” us a $25,000 ($55,600 in today’s dollars) buyout if we took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer’ in 4 years. I survived until their early retirement offer expired when I was 49 on September 30, 1997. Being forced to retire early is devastating. I should write about that.
https://www.boomermagazine.com/ready-for-retirement/
FORBES
— Forbes America’s Best Employers For Company Culture 2025. DD: Culture is code for politics. If you do not share your employer’s politics, your employer will waste your career and get rid of you. The federal government is Democrat employer. It wastes the careers of its Republican employees and gets rid of its Republican employees. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because I was not active in Republican politics and they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. As they ever-increasingly realized that I would never become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly wasted my career. It all culminated in their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/employers-culture/
— 90% Of Companies Make Better Hires Based On Skills Over Degrees. DD: GAO audits IRS. To outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely justify forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled what I had learned a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) earning an MBA in 1976. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that what much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is every similar to what GAO Analysts do. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cynthiapong/2024/12/26/90-of-companies-make-better-hires-based-on-skills-over-degrees/
FED SMITH
— Can OPM Make Federal Service ‘Cool’ Again? Lessons from JFK for Today’s Workforce. President Kennedy made federal service aspirational in the 1960s. OPM Director Scott Kupor is trying to do the same today—modernizing government to attract the next generation. DD: What is your attitude toward federal employees and federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. Anyone considering working for the federal government should be advised that they will be despised/hated by virtually everyone. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/01/07/can-opm-make-federal-service-cool-again/
HR MAGAZINE
— Benefits of being an equal opportunity employer. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are the opposites of equal opportunity. Democrat and RINO employers use AA and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/corporate-wellness/benefits-of-being-an-equal-opportunity-employer/420021
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
— The Racist Beginnings of Standardized Testing. From grade school to college, students of color have suffered from the effects of biased testing. DD: My critics/opponents oppose meritocracy. According to them, meritocracy is not why those who share my demographics have successes in life. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I passed the following tests because standardized tests are biased in favor of those who share my demographics: a) the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) the ACT test with a score of 24 in 1966, c) all the tests that I needed to pass and to graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class in 1966, d) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, e) all the tests that I needed to pass to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, f) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. and g) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. 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.
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/racist-beginnings-standardized-testing
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— ‘She could have been any of us’: Faith leaders mourn Renee Good in Minneapolis. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.ncronline.org/news/she-could-have-been-any-us-faith-leaders-mourn-renee-good-minneapolis
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
AL JAZEERA
— Rallies across US after ICE agent kills Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Protests erupt after ICE agent fatally shoots mother of three, fueling anger at Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/1/11/rallies-across-us-after-ice-agent-kills-renee-nicole-good-in-minneapolis
DAILY MAIL
— Anti-ICE protests explode across the country as irate demonstrators flood Austin and LA streets after Renee Good’s death. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15453195/Anti-ICE-protests-explode-country-irate-demonstrators-flood-Austin-LA-streets-Renee-Goods-death.html
INDEPENDENT
— Protests erupt across the country after Renee Good’s death as new footage of shooting released. Demonstrations, named ‘ICE Out for Good’ demand accountability for ICE officers and remember Renee Good. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ice-shooting-minneapolis-victim-video-live-updates-b2898038.html
OBSERVER
— Pensioners have been cushioned for too long. It’s time for Labour to get off the sofa on welfare. DD: Are you a pensioner? Ever since my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I have gotten a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension of $68,640/year in today’s dollars. That is $1.95 million in today’s dollars. If I was still working for GAO, I would gotten none of that $1.95 million and I would have paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS all that time.
https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/pensioners-have-been-cushioned-for-too-long-its-time-for-labour-to-get-off-the-sofa-on-welfare
January 10, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from freezing child care funding in Illinois, 4 other states. The temporary ruling comes a day after Illinois and the four other Democrat-led states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the federal government’s intention to freeze funding for social services programs in the states.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/09/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-administration-from-freezing-child-care-funding-in-illinois-4-other-states
— Feds agree to halt proposed national youth gender care ban while court weighs motion. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agreed to hold off on communicating its new regulations regarding gender-affirming care, per documents filed this week in an ongoing suit from officials from 20 states, including Illinois, and Washington, D.C.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/01/09/feds-agree-to-halt-proposed-national-youth-gender-care-ban-while-court-weighs-motion
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRATY
— Trump admin to garnish wages of delinquent student loan borrowers, including IL residents. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I did not try to get one. My critics/opponents would a) hint/imply/argue/shout that I was not college material and b) stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% percent of my class, and that I displayed no leadership potential.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article314265869.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders say fractures are starting to show in Trump’s GOP at the start of this election year.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-fractures-are-starting-to-show-in-trumps-gop-at-the-start-of-this-election-year/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Weaponizing Tragedy: The Left’s War on Law and Order
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/open-borders-political-stunts-and-the-cost-in-innocent-lives/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago gets lowest employment score since 2009
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-gets-lowest-employment-score-since-2009/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Renee Good is a cautionary tale on the dangers of the Left’s cult of ideology. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4412656/renee-good-cautionary-tale-dangers-left-cult-ideology/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin blocked from freezing $10B in child care, social services funding to NY, 4 other blue states. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-freezing-10b-in-child-care-social-services-funding-to-five-blue-states/
BREITBART
— Seattle’s Socialist Mayor to Illegals: ‘This Is Your City’
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/01/09/seattles-socialist-mayor-to-illegals-this-is-your-city/
DAILY CALLER
— How American Leftist Groups Collaborated With Maduro For Over A Decade
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/09/maduro-venezuela-trump-black-lives-matter-blm-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-chavez-socialismmaduro-venezuela-trump-black-lives-matter-blm-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-chavez-socialism/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Minnesota Somali Fraud, Illegal Trucking Scandals Share One Thing: DEI
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/09/minnesota-somali-fraud-illegal-trucking-scandals-share-one-thing-dei/amp/
EPOCH TIMES
— Behind the Group That Controls Chinese Students in America. ‘Fight with all their might for the motherland.’ Chinese students are pressured into advancing Beijing’s interests in America.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/behind-the-group-that-controls-chinese-students-in-america-5962330
FOX NEWS
— NAACP posts split image comparing ICE agents to KKK members: ‘Different mask, same agenda’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/naacp-posts-split-image-comparing-ice-agents-kkk-members-different-mask-same-agenda.print
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387438147112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— School Must Allow Parent to Opt Kindergarten Student Out of LGBTQ+ Lessons, Court Rules. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/school-must-allow-parent-to-opt-kindergarten-student-out-of-lgbtq-lessons-court-rules/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Scenes from Last Night’s Anti-ICE Protest in D.C. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/scenes-from-last-nights-anti-ice-protest-in-d-c/
NEWSMAX
— Judge Blocks Trump Freeze on Child Care Funds in 5 States. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/child-care-funding-freeze/2026/01/09/id/1241549/
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Voters Shrug at Venezuelan Immigrant’s Warning Against Socialism
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/01/09/venezuelan-immigrants-vs-pro-mamdani-new-yorkers-n2669100
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/protests-ice-planned-us-after-shootings-minneapolis-portland-129078604
NBC NEWS
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/protests-ice-planned-us-after-shootings-minneapolis-portland-129078604
REUTERS
— Fatal ICE shooting of Minneapolis activist sets stage for national protests. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis-activist-sets-stage-national-protests-2026-01-10/
MSN
— ‘You’re just an unqualified yes man’: Hegseth sat in silence as Duckworth gave a lengthy speech lambasting him. DD: Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you were unqualified? My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, workers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was unqualified when an IRS manager a) promoted me in when I was 23 and 24, b) gave me a very high-profile developmental assignment when I was 25, and c) promoted me because of my performance on that assignment when I was 25. According to them, those promotions and that assignment should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were veterans. They all blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They all stressed that I got student draft deferments when I was 18-21 and a financial hardship draft deferment when I was 21-22. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the real reason why I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 was to avoid the Vietnam War draft. According to them, if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been a able to a) earn that degree, b) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola when I was 23-27 and accounting courses at DePaul when I was 27-31, c) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., d) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and e) get married when I was 29. To punish me, they a) forced my aforesaid IRS manager to transfer to Dallas, b) disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, c) disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me again. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my earning an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) my earning a master’s degree from DePaul when I was 31, d) etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/you-re-just-an-unqualified-yes-man-pete-hegseth-sits-in-silence-as-tammy-duckworth-gives-lengthy-speech-putting-him-in-his-place/vi-AA1TTm4h
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/09/us/trump-news
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-minnesota-food-stamps-usda.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-child-care-funding-freeze.html
— What Happens if Federal Agents and Local Officers Stop Getting Along? DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/us/federal-agents-law-enforcement-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2026/01/10/ice-protests-shootings-minneapolis-portland/f9fc2cd4-ede6-11f0-91a9-9928b22be817_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fast-food workers make $20 an hour. California’s other low-wage earners ask: What about us? DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $19.57/hour when I was 18 in 1966 and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. To get that job, I had passed the postal employment examination, earned a high school diploma, passed a physical examination, passed a background investigation, had a driver’s license, and had a car to use to deliver mail.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-09/fast-food-workers-now-make-20-an-hour-californias-other-low-wage-earners-ask-what-about-us
USA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/10/trump-ousted-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-immigrants-safety/88034921007/
FORTUNE
— Did your career get a bad start? My career in the federal government sure did. My Democrat Post Office supervisor a) disapproved of my getting student draft deferments and b) disapproved of my being Protest, German American, and a Crete resident. He was a veteran who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. He disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969. According to him, I got student deferments to avoid the Vietnam War draft. I passed the test to get into a postal management program, but my score was not high enough to get into the program. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used the aforesaid against me.
https://fortune.com/2015/03/31/four-successful-business-tycoons-first-jobs/
PBS
— Shootings in Minneapolis and Portland spur protests over federal enforcement operations. — DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/shootings-in-minneapolis-and-portland-spur-protests-over-federal-enforcement-operations-after
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://newrepublic.com/article/205067/renee-good-george-floyd-minneapolis-resistance-violence
NEW YORKER
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/an-ice-killing-puts-minneapolis-on-the-brink
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.creators.com/read/mona-charen
AXIOS
— Liberal media tries to curry favor with Trump. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who since 2000 have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/19/liberal-media-trump-favor-effort
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Six years after George Floyd, we must stand against an ICE killing in Minneapolis. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/george-floyd-ice-killing-minneapolis