FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Krishnamoorthi, immigration lawyer discuss Trump executive orders during virtual town hall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/25/krishnamoorthi-immigration-lawyer-discuss-trump-executive-orders-during-virtual-town-hall/
— Democratic states weigh more support for immigrants as Trump administration cracks down (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/democratic-states-immigrants-trump-administration/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/25/chicago-immigrant-advocacy-groups-sue-ice-following-week-of-tensions/
— ACLU warns University of Illinois to respect free speech after officials clamp down on climate change group and Palestinian group
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/25/aclu-warns-university-of-illinois-free-speech/
— Loyalty tests and MAGA checks: Inside the Trump White House’s intense screening of job-seekers (COMMENT: I am loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform. I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/25/trump-white-houses-job-seekers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/25/hundreds-take-to-the-streets-in-river-north-to-protest-trumps-first-week-this-isnt-the-time-to-back-down
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/25/trump-talks-about-deporting-criminal-aliens-his-anti-immigrant-agenda-doesnt-stop-there
DAILY HERALD
— Senate confirms Noem as Trump’s homeland security secretary
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250125/nation-and-world/senate-confirms-noem-as-trumps-homeland-security-secretary/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/peoples-march-justice-immigration-activists-pro-palestinian-groups-protest-trump-administration-downtown-chicago/15836823/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigrant-advocacy-groups-sue-trump-administration-immigration-customs-enforcement-planned-ice-deportation-raids/15837055/
— Trump fires 17 independent watchdogs at multiple agencies in late-night move (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with Inspector General (IG) employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-fires-17-independent-watchdogs-multiple-agencies-late-night-move/15836135/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/donald-trump-2nd-term-live-updates-more-executive-action-planned-amid-day-1-fallout/15820865/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protesters-rally-against-trumps-policies-trump-tower/
— Immigrant rights groups in Chicago sue Trump administration, seek to block mass deportation efforts (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigrant-rights-groups-lawsuit-mass-deportations-president-trump/
— Soon, if not already, under the Democrats, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) collecting welfare
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northern-illinois-food-bank-immigration-policy-concerns/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-protest-middle-east-immigration-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/trump-immigration-lawsuit-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awWRSq1ysKY
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1582835
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-chicago-protesters-march-stop-034901404.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyS6V_iCBAs
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-advocacy-groups-sue-trump-administration-ice-over-retaliatory-deportation-raids
— Trump fires inspectors general (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with Inspector General (IG) employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-fires-inspectors-general-what-know
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hate against Trump
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/25/donald-trump-immigration-deportation-threats-ice-community-schools-churches-sanctuary-chicago
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats want government to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/voters-unhappy-both-parties/3646584/
— Trump uses mass firing to remove inspectors general at a series of agencies (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with Inspector General (IG) employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-25/trump-uses-mass-firing-to-remove-inspectors-general-at-a-series-of-agencies
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly equate illegals with fugitive slaves.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/26/nx-s1-5273652/church-safe-haven-history-immigrants
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Ramaswamy’s expected run for Ohio governor would test experienced Republicans and tradition (COMMENT: Which Republicans do you want to run for U.S. Senate and Illinois statewide offices in Illinois in 2026?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-ramaswamys-expected-run-for-ohio-governor-would-test-experienced-republicans-and-tradition/
WAND
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness
https://www.wandtv.com/community/homelessness-could-no-longer-be-a-crime-under-a-new-plan-filed-in-springfield/article_79a394ea-da83-11ef-9fe1-6bb1d2e8e8f3.html
CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
— 2005 Dodge Charger (COMMENT: Have you or anyone you know driven or rode in a 2024 or 2025 Dodge Charger? If so, please ask them to contact me. I have ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html I own a red 2013 Charger R/T Max. I previously owned a blue 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a blue 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.chicagoautoshow.com/vehicles-on-display/2025/dodge/charger/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2025 Dodge Charger is a high-performance muscle car available in the two-door configurations. It competes in the sporty car segment, going head-to-head with rivals like the Ford Mustang, Nissan Z, and Toyota Supra.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Unleashing the Deep State Rat Catchers
https://johnkassnews.com/rat-catcher/
WHEATON RECORD
— Wheaton College Leads 52nd Annual March for Life in D.C.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/01/25/wheaton-leads-52nd-march-for-life/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Reports of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI pullbacks and rollbacks are false. AA and DEI are going under the table, off the books. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly argue that because they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals, it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents continue to do? My critics/opponents continue to a) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading them. They have their operative and their dupes in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization discredit me. Recently, they had them a) remove me from the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee and b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. My critics/opponent a) despise if not hate Trump, b) reject some, many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the IRP platform, and c) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have always fully supported in general elections the candidates who won Republican primaries in my precinct and who won Milton Township Republican Organization caucuses. But that is not good enough for too many of those candidates. I should write about those candidates. I would focus on those candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I am loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform. I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 and b) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986 and IRS in 1974, 1973, and 1972. My critics/opponents are overjoyed that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with Inspector General (IG) employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many agency-wide purges by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to promote the Democrat Party platform. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am amazed that I was able survive for so long. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) my earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Another black mark. Illinois has nation’s 3rd-highest corporate income tax rate.
https://wirepoints.org/another-black-mark-illinois-has-nations-3rd-highest-corporate-income-tax-rate-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
– “Madigan Is Not about Power” Really?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/madigan-is-not-about-power/
— Unemployment Higher Than Last Year, Now at 5.2%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/unemployment-higher-than-last-year-now-at-5-2/
— State Senator Asks Prison Employees to Send Her Identities of Illegal Aliens, Terri Bryant Should Also Ask Prisoners
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/state-senator-asks-prison-employees-to-send-her-identities-of-illegal-aliens-terri-bryant-should-also-ask-prisoners/
— Another Crook County Democrat Goes Down
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/another-crook-county-democrat-goes-down/
— Why 1870 Illinois State Constitution Prohibited County Treasurers to Succeed Themselves and How That Played Out in McHenry County a Century Later Resulting in Successful Real Estate Assessment Appeals
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/25/why-1870-illinois-state-constitution-prohibited-county-treasurers-to-succeed-themselves-and-how-that-played-out-in-mchenry-county-a-century-later-resulting-in-successful-real-estate-assessment-appeal/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Sa-Sh
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/22/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-sa/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Sh-St
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-sh-st/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: St-Ti
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/24/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-st/
— Reick Pension Analysis Makes Chicago Tribune
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/24/reick-pension-analysis-makes-chicago-tribune/
— Wilcox Seeks to Help Retailers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/24/wilcox-seeks-to-help-retailers/
— Reick Saddles Up for New Legislative Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/24/reick-saddles-up-for-new-legislative-session/
— Trump Comes Up with Answer to Data Centers’ Drain of Electricity from Current Users
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/trump-comes-up-with-answer-to-data-centers-drain-of-electricity-from-current-users/
— Kelli Wegener’s Secret Weapon in Her Challenge to McHenry County Board Chairman Mike Buehler
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/kelli-wegeners-secret-weapon/
— Wilcox Says GOP Opposes Attempt to Legalize Prostitution, Would Be a First in Nation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/wilcox-says-gop-opposes-attempt-to-legalize-prostitution-would-be-first-in-nation/
— House Republican Leadership Team Announced
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/23/house-republican-leadership-team-announced/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Give Trump a third term, says House Republican pushing constitutional change
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/25/rep-andy-ogles-give-trump-third-term/
— Trump considering keeping Joint Chiefs Chairman Brown despite claims he’s too woke (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I am too conservative.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/25/trump-considering-keeping-joint-chiefs-chairman-ch/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he may send nearly 90,000 newly hired IRS agents to border after issuing indefinite hiring freeze (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1-2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. My first 6 months was classroom training in the Loop.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/25/us-news/trump-mulling-fate-of-nearly-90000-newly-hired-irs-agents/
— Every nation is a nation of immigrants. Newer immigrants push out older immigrants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/opinion/trump-immigrants-deportations.html
— Trump MUST clean out the partisan rot at the Justice Department (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be working for GAO.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/25/opinion/donald-trump-must-clean-out-the-partisan-rot-at-the-doj/
— Trump ramps up dramatic daybreak immigration raids in sanctuary city LA
https://nypost.com/2025/01/25/us-news/trumps-ice-raids-for-criminal-migrants-expands-into-la/
— Rev. Al Sharpton leads Costco ‘buy-cott’ in support of company’s controversial DEI commitment (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the less likely that Costco will hire, retain, or promote you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/25/us-news/rev-al-sharpton-leads-costco-buy-cott-in-support-of-companys-controversial-dei-commitment/
— Trump defends late-night purge of executive agency inspectors general: ‘They’re not my people’ (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many agency-wide purges by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/26/us-news/trump-defends-late-night-purge-of-executive-agency-inspectors-general/
AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Thousands of illegal migrants buying land in new Texas development
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/10/thousands-of-illegal-migrants-buying-land-in-new-texas-development-report/
AMERICAN THINKER
— When US media carry water for Mexican drug cartels
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/when_us_media_carry_water_for_mexican_drug_cartels.html
BREITBART
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez: Huge ‘Disconnect’ Between Governor, Mayor and Immigrants, Immigrants Want Threats Deported
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/01/25/chicago-alderman-huge-disconnect-between-governor-mayor-and-immigrants-immigrants-want-threats-deported/
— Activists Want Grand Rapids Declared ‘Sanctuary City’ for Illegals (COMMENT: I would lead the effort to stop that in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I led the successful effort to stop video gambling and pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/25/video-activists-want-grand-rapids-declared-sanctuary-city-for-illegals-as-trump-kicks-deportations/
— ICE Taps Other Federal Agencies to Assist ‘Apprehension of Illegal Aliens’
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/01/25/ice-taps-other-federal-agencies-to-assist-apprehension-of-illegal-aliens/
— Trump Administration Cancels Biden’s ‘Temporary’ Status for Thousands of Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/25/trump-administration-cancels-bidens-temporary-status-thousands-migrants/
— Trump Restores Single-Sex Jails, Transgender Inmates Sent Back to Men’s Prisons
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/25/trump-restores-single-sex-jails-transgenders-sent-back-to-mens-prisons/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Education System Sacrifices Our Kids to the Detriment of Society
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/25/how-education-system-sacrifices-our-kids-to-the-detriment-of-society-what-trump-can-do-about-it/
EPOCH TIMES
— Mexico Accepted 4 Deportation Flights This Week (COMMENT: Of course, foreign countries dump their worse citizens on America.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/mexico-accepted-4-deportation-flights-this-week-white-house-says-5798772
FOX NEWS
— Up to 250,000 children born to illegal migrants in 2023 (COMMENT: Democrat leaders will force America to give them extreme preference.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/up-250000-children-born-illegal-migrants-2023-preliminary-report
— Trump administration needs more planes to carry out deportations (COMMENT: If I had not had conservative teachers, I would not have been able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-administration-needs-more-planes-carry-out-deportations-report
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Fires Back at Pope Francis for Calling Mass Deportations a ‘Disgrace’
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-homan-fires-back-at-pope-francis-for-calling-mass-deportations-a-disgrace/
NEW AMERICAN
— Federal Mental-health Agency Pushing Gender Ideology Could Be on Trump’s Chopping Block
https://thenewamerican.com/us/federal-mental-health-agency-pushing-gender-ideology-could-be-on-trumps-chopping-block/
NEWSMAX
— Joint Chiefs Chair Could Remain Despite Woke Purge (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many purges by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/joint-chiefs-charles-q-brown-donald-trump/2025/01/25/id/1196511/
TOWNHALL
— Mexico Blocks U.S. Military Deportation Flight, Prevents Landing (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/25/mexico-refused-a-us-deportation-flight-preventing-it-from-landing-n2651125
— Trump Wipes Out Biden’s Abortion Rights Website
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/01/25/government-abortion-website-shut-down-n2651087
— Mass Deportation Raids Have Begun in Los Angeles
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/25/deportation-raids-have-begun-in-los-angeles-n2651153
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Woke employers do not rollback their wokeness, they put their wokeness under the table, off the books.
https://www.westernjournal.com/notoriously-woke-target-announces-dei-rollback-just-days-trumps-inauguration/
— With the Stroke of a Pen Trump Just Gave Us 80% More Deportation Officers – 31,000 New Badges
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/with-the-stroke-of-a-pen-trump-just-gave-us-80-more-deportation-officers-31-000-new-badges/ar-AA1xR0n8
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are ever-increasingly furious that 77 million voted for Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/voter-reaction-trump-first-week-aotm/index.html
— Underground network readies homes to hide illegals (COMMENT: How many safe houses are there in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? How many illegals are in them?)
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/us/california-immigrant-safe-houses/index.html
MSN
— The Death of American Made: 10 Reasons We Need to Bring Back Domestic Manufacturing
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/the-death-of-american-made-10-reasons-we-need-to-bring-back-domestic-manufacturing/ss-AA1umZur
— 20 Cars We are Excited About in 2025 (COMMENT: The list included the Dodge Charger. Have you or anyone you know driven or rode in a 2024 or 2025 Dodge Charger? If so, please ask them to contact me. I have ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html I own a red 2013 Charger R/T Max. I previously owned a blue 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a blue 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-suvs/10-new-cars-we-re-excited-about-in-2025/ss-AA1qHxBK?ocid=overlayclose#image=11
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2025 Dodge Charger is anticipated to bring a bold evolution to the muscle car segment as the first all-electric muscle car. Maintaining its iconic, aggressive design, the 2025 Charger will likely offer impressive performance with a focus on speed and power, true to its muscle car heritage. Inside, the cabin is expected to combine retro styling with modern technology, including advanced infotainment and driver-assistance features. The 2025 Charger aims to appeal to driving enthusiasts who seek the thrill of high-performance driving while embracing the future of automotive technology.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly argue that because they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals, it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-simply-cannot-deport-all-unauthorized-immigrants-your-say/ar-AA1s3BHt
— White House Shares Photos As Trump Deports ‘Illegal Immigrant Criminals’ Via Military Aircraft; 538 Held So Far
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/white-house-shares-photos-as-trump-deports-illegal-immigrant-criminals-via-military-aircraft-538-held-so-far/ar-AA1xNJdA
— A decision by Donald Trump’s incoming administration to make a late-night firing of at least 12 inspectors general –– including some the president personally approved of in his first term –– is creating alarm among observers, according to a report from the Washington Post. Increasing those concerns is the fact that abrupt “purge” is likely illegal under federal law. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many agency-wide firings by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/a-widespread-massacre-observers-stunned-after-late-night-trump-purge-of-former-hires/ar-AA1xQFfS
— The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives appeared to try and avoid Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive order by switching the job title of its Chief Diversity Officer.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/gov-agency-caught-using-sneaky-tactic-to-get-around-trumps-dei-purge/ss-AA1xJ7Yt
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO employers have used the Equal Employment Opportunity Act a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstories/what-is-equal-employment-opportunity-act-of-1965-and-why-did-trump-revoke-it/ar-AA1xGaBr
MSNBC
— Why Trump’s second term populism has true conservatives like me worried. Voters rejected the failed progressive Biden-Harris agenda. But GOP populists are pushing Trump to abandon many conservative principles.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-second-term-populism-true-conservatives-rcna187528
— Democrats say “Trump’s attack on the federal workforce is an attack on the Black middle class. As the Center for American Progress has noted, the federal government has hired Black Americans at higher rates than the private sector going back a century or more.” My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 and b) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986 and IRS in 1974, 1973, and 1972. My critics/opponents are overjoyed that GAO forced me to retire in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-dei-federal-workers-civil-rights-rcna188966
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-immigration-enforcement-memo-targets-migrants-who-entered-legally-under-2025-01-24/
AOL
— Filling America’s schools with illegals is a top priority for Democrat and RINO leaders.
https://www.aol.com/california-must-fight-trump-keeping-130000132.html
ABC NEWS
— Trump takes pride in getting rid of ‘woke crap’
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates-executive-action-plans?id=117934786&entryId=118082269&cid=social_fb_tw
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/immigrants-protected-legal-status-trump-era-rcna188754
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigration-florida-deportation-fears-desantis-trump-rcna188942
— White House warns of ‘consequences’ for Republicans who don’t support all of Trump’s nominees (COMMENT: I have always fully supported in general elections the candidates who won Republican primaries in my precinct and who won Milton Township Republican Organization caucuses. But that is not good enough for too many of those candidates. I should write about those candidates. I would focus on those candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me recently.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-republicans-trump-nominees-political-consequences-rcna189288
CBS NEWS
— Army tells units to prepare for deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-tells-units-prepare-deployment-us-mexico-border-immigration/
— Trump administration suspends some funding for refugee resettlement groups
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-suspends-some-funding-for-refugee-resettlement-groups-memo/
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO employers have used the Equal Employment Opportunity Act a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-equal-employment-opportunity-revoke-1965-dei-what-it-means/
NEW YORK TIMES
— How many safe houses are there in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? How many illegals are in them?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/nyregion/nyc-migrants-neighborhoods-shelters.html
— Federal Workers Told to Inform on Colleagues Trying to Dodge D.E.I. Crackdown (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates frequently if not constantly asked me questions to confirm my conservative beliefs, that is, to get information to use against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/22/us/trump-news
— Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion. Agencies are gripped with uncertainty about how to implement the blizzard of new policies as workers frantically try to assess the impact on their lives. (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to promote the Democrat Party platform. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am amazed that I was able survive for so long. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) my earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/us/politics/trump-federal-workers.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders promote Murkowski
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/25/trump-murkowski-alaska-hegseth-republicans-defy/00ba6944-db25-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election, that is, they ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/24/immigration-raids-deportations-trump-ice/
— Woke employers do not pull back their wokeness, they put their wokeness under the table, off the books.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/23/diversity-equity-inclusion-us-companies/34286ad8-d9c2-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— Trump defends ousting at least 15 independent inspectors general in late-night purge. The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I survived many agency-wide oustings by earning two job-related master’s degrees, five job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/24/trump-fire-inspectors-general-federal-agencies/
USA TODAY
— Trump’s Education Department dismantles DEI measures, suspends staff (COMMENT: If my teachers had promoted DEI, I would not have been able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/01/23/trump-education-department-dei/77913326007/
— A Republican congressman wants Trump to get a third term. That should worry us.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/25/trump-third-term-constitutional-amendment-ogles-republicans/77921293007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating/dominating religious leaders.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/23/trump-response-bishop-budde-fox-news/77881230007/
— Trump deputizes thousands of federal agents to arrest illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/23/trump-deputizes-federal-agents-arrest-immigrants/77914576007/
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO employers have used the Equal Employment Opportunity Act a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/26/trump-dei-takeaways/77883358007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Draws Bright Line Between Sexes. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-draws-bright-line-between-sexes-headaches-are-ahead/ar-AA1xRXlw
INC.
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything that they could to make me quit. But the longer that you are a federal employee, the harder that it is to get a job in the private sector, and especially if your federal superiors have taken big adverse actions against you.
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/why-do-employees-really-quit-their-jobs-it-comes-down-to-the-same-8-words-i-often-hear-as-an-executive-coach/91110873
ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders slowed down their invasion of America to reelect Biden, but it was not enough.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/trump-cbp-one-immigration/681431/
TIME
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO employers have used the Equal Employment Opportunity Act a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://time.com/7210039/what-is-dei-trump-executive-order-companies-diversity-efforts/
TIMES OF INDIA
— Angry H-1B tweet, Hindu faith, or Musk’s wrath? Why was Vivek Ramaswamy fired from DOGE?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/angry-h-1b-tweet-hindu-faith-or-musks-wrath-why-was-vivek-ramaswamy-fired-from-doge/ar-AA1xNRuJ
— Millions of illegal immigrants, including 750,000 Indians, on tenterhooks as Trump returns to White House
https://www.msn.com/en-in/politics/government/millions-of-illegal-immigrants-including-750-000-indians-on-tenterhooks-as-trump-returns-to-white-house/ar-AA1xxedd
— 79% of Americans say transgender athletes don’t belong in women’s sport (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/politics/government/republicans-and-democrats-rare-unity-79-of-americans-say-transgender-athletes-don-t-belong-in-women-s-sport-survey/ar-AA1xvndn
Tag: inclusion
January 24, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: A federal judge temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/trump-birthright-citizenship-2/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson rejects Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-fight-trump-immigrant-threats/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Say No To Coal consortium packs Naperville council meeting to fight electric contract extension (COMMENT: If not coal, what exactly do Democrats want to be used to power their electric vehicles?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/naperville-council-coal-electricity-consortium/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrats ever-increasingly promote ranked choice
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/23/ranked-choice-voting-could-boost-election-fairness-supporters-say-but-faces-steep-uphill-climb-in-cook-county/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/letters-012425-mariann-edgar-budde-donald-trump/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/column-donald-trump-foreign-policy-tariffs-tiktok-shackelford/
— ‘Troubled’ Housing Authority of Cook County spent more than $60,000 at Six Flags
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/cook-county-housing-authority-six-flags/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/opinion-illinois-abortion-rights-donald-trump/
— Vintage Chicago Tribune: The mass deportation of Mexicans in 1954 (COMMENT: If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/23/vintage-chicago-tribune-the-mass-deportation-of-mexicans-in-1954/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Questions loom as Trump’s sweeping DEI cuts hit federal agencies in Chicago. Among the remaining questions were how the EPA’s environmental justice programs, which bring federal resources to areas heavier hit by pollution, would be impacted by the order. Federal employees on those programs were ordered to stop work Wednesday. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats, using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans was the top priority for all federal employees.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/23/donald-trump-dei-cuts-federal-agencies-chicago
— Illinois, other states win temporary block of Trump order ending birthright citizenship. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/23/federal-judge-temporary-block-president-trump-executive-order-birthright-citizenship
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/23/birthright-citizenship-president-donald-trump-constitution-mexico-asia
— Chicago Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/01/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-trump-threats-local-leaders-sanctuary-cities
— The hatred that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote them.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/24/donald-trump-christian-right-franklin-graham-idolatry-mona-charen
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/01/24/trump-wants-to-convince-you-immigrants-dont-belong-here-hes-wrong
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) issues guidance to schools on Trump immigration actions (COMMENT: The ISBE rejects Trump’s election and the rule of law.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250123/news/state-education-board-issues-guidance-to-schools-on-trump-immigration-actions/
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave preference big time to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250123/nation-and-world-politics/trump-revoked-an-antidiscrimination-hiring-rule-heres-what-it-means/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker, Johnson, Emanuel blast Trump on DEI, immigration orders (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election and reject the rule of law.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-johnson-emanuel-blast-trump-dei-immigration
ABC7
— Trump signs new executive orders
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/donald-trump-2nd-term-live-updates-more-executive-action-planned-amid-day-1-fallout/15820865/
— DHS allows US Marshals, DEA and ATF to carry out immigration enforcement
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dhs-allows-us-marshals-dea-atf-carry-immigration-enforcement/15829594/
— Chicago Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-deportations-mayor-brandon-johnson-launches-know-rights-campaign-cta-amid-fears-trump-immigration-raids/15830469/
NBC5
— Trump birthright citizenship order dealt setback on busy day for administration (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-order-jfk-assassination-busy-day/3655023/
— Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-school-districts-prepare-for-possible-immigration-enforcement-actions/3654727/
NBC5
— Immigrants in Chicago’s Chinatown on alert over Trump deportation plans (COMMENT: What percent of those in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district are in America illegally?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/immigrants-in-chicagos-chinatown-on-alert-over-trump-deportation-plans/3654847/
— Tiffany Henyard lawsuit over Thornton Township candidacy rejected by judge. Henyard will still run for reelection as mayor of Dolton later this year.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tiffany-henyard-lawsuit-dismissed-thornton-township/3655009/
CBS2
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/over-2-dozen-states-including-illinois-filing-lawsuits-over-trumps-birthright-order/
— Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/church-chicago-pilsen-immigration-crackdown-fears/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-of-chicago-to-conduct-annual-count-of-everyone-experiencing-homelessness/
— Tiffany Henyard will stay off ballot for Thornton Township, Illinois supervisor, judge rules
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tiffany-henyard-off-ballot-thornton-township-illinois/
FOX32
— Trump doubles down on immigration action – what that means for Illinois (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1581527
— Republicans praise executive order on birthright citizenship
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1581735
— Fox News reporter rides along during ICE bust under Trump. ICE has made hundreds of arrests across the country, including in Illinois.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1582047
WTTW
— Pritzker rejects Trump’s election and the rule of law
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/23/pritzker-vows-protect-illinois-residents-despite-threat-prosecution-defying-trump
— Chicago Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/23/deputy-mayor-pledges-protect-chicago-s-undocumented-immigrant-communities
WGN RADIO
— Officers outraged by President Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons
https://wgnradio.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/officers-outraged-by-president-trumps-jan-6-pardons/amp/
WBEZ
— Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2025/01/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-is-not-intimidated-after-trump-threatens-to-investigate-local-leaders-in-sanctuary-cities
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/24/research-contradicts-public-safety-rationale-for-trumps-crackdown-on-immigrants-and-sanctuary-cities
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/women-minority-entrepreneurs-proved-they-can-compete-opinion
RIVER BENDER
— The Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission Hosts Public Hearing in Evanston (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will force everyone in Illinois to disclose their ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped and then bought and operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses just north of downtown Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store.)
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/the-illinois-african-descentcitizens-reparations-commission-hosts-public-hearing-in-evanston—79060.cfm?
FOX ILLINOIS
— NASA closing DEI offices, admits they ‘resulted in shameful discrimination’ (COMMENT: To give preference to members of one group is to discriminate against members of another group.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nasa-closing-dei-offices-admits-they-resulted-in-shameful-discrimination-diversity-equity-inclusion-donald-j-trump-white-house-administration-woke-washington-politics
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-23/trump-wants-to-end-birthright-citizenship-thats-easier-said-than-done
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— President Trump focuses on illegal immigration
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/president-trump-focuses-on-illegal-immigration/
— Democrats and RINOs will not stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans; they will go under the table and off the books.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-order-ending-federal-dei-programs-leaves-agencies-and-stakeholders-on-uncertain-ground/
FOX ILLINOIS
— legalizing recreational marijuana is making roads more dangerous
https://foxillinois.com/news/spotlight-on-america/is-legalizing-recreational-marijuana-making-roads-more-dangerous-impairment-law-enforcement-crashes-injury
WGLT
— Trump taps conservative media critic L. Brent Bozell III to lead global news agency
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-23/trump-taps-conservative-media-critic-to-lead-global-news-agency
WSIL TV
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/trumps-orders-to-end-dei-programs-reflect-his-push-for-a-profound-cultural-shift/article_7c56a985-c50e-58d2-b49c-1a95313bccd7.html
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave preference big time to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/trump-rescinds-measure-used-to-fight-workplace-discrimination-for-60-years/article_d16bc534-290b-5bf4-be0f-18ac50807105.html
POLSKIE RADIO
— Polish community in Chicago concerned over Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7789/Artykul/3474833,polish-community-in-chicago-concerned-over-trump%E2%80%99s-deportation-plans
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Evanston firefighters wear Trump masks at work
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/01/22/evanston-firefighters-wear-trump-masks-at-work/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-442/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-234/
— Illinois-related Trump news coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/23/illinois-related-trump-news-coverage-roundup/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Trump Kills Obama Democrat’s Nakedly Racist DEI
https://johnkassnews.com/trump-mercifully-kills-obamas-democrat-racist-dei/
WIREPOINTS
— Open borders and sanctuaries are driving Illinois’ migrant chaos, not Trump’s deportations
https://wirepoints.org/open-borders-and-sanctuaries-are-driving-illinois-migrant-chaos-not-trumps-deportations-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party’s strategies to stay in power include flooding America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, citizens of foreign countries who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance because they lack education and/or job skills and/or because they have health and/or other problems. The Democrat Party’s strategies to stay in power also include promoting dependency on government and charity, destruction of traditional marriage and family (LGBTQ), abortion, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Hate-filled Trump-hating RINOs have no problem with the aforesaid. The Democrat Party’s strategies are killing America. That is why Trump got reelected. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have always followed the rule of law. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO, Democrat Affirmative Action and DEI laws required me to give preference big time to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger than me, disabled, and/or veteran. Virtually all my subordinates were problematic one way or the other. But I nevertheless gave them big time preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. They wanted to get rid of me so that they could give my job to one of my subordinates. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in doing that when I was 49 years old in 1997. They succeeded in forcing me to retire. They gave my Democrat Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Previously, to get rid of me, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, They had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They had ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) my becoming a licensed CPA. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has race and gender based preference giving impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave preference big time to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What tests have you taken and passed? If my critics/opponents had their way, for all the many tests that I took and passed, equal percentages of Whites and minorities and equal percentages of males and females would have taken and passed those tests. But that was not the case. Far fewer minorities than Whites and far fewer females than males took and passed the tests that I did. I took and passed all the tests necessary to earn a) master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997) and b) professional certifications in accounting (1979) and internal auditing (1981). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will force everyone in Illinois to disclose their ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped and then bought and operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses just north of downtown Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you or anyone you know driven or rode in a 2024 or 2025 Dodge Charger? If so, please ask them to contact me. Monday, I ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html I own a red 2013 Charger R/T Max. I previously owned a blue 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a blue 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hegseth narrowly clears Senate test vote, poised for final confirmation on Friday
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/pete-hegseth-narrowly-clears-senate-test-vote-pois/
— Lisa Murkowski is first Republican to announce opposition to Hegseth ahead of key vote
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/lisa-murkowski-first-republican-announce-oppositio/
— Federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs promote birthright citizenship, that is, they promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/federal-judge-blocks-trump-birthright-citizenship-/
— Texas asks to be reimbursed for $11 billion spent defending border
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/texas-asks-reimbursed-11-billion-spent-defending-b/
— Marriage decline spells societal disaster (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/better-worse-marriage-decline-spells-societal-disa/
— March for Life: Defending the weakest and most vulnerable
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/23/march-life-defending-weakest-vulnerable/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump isn’t just shutting down diversity, equity, and inclusion offices across the federal government — he’s directing employees to turn in colleagues who may be practicing DEI under the radar.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3299011/trump-hardball-tactics-root-out-dei-federal-government/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— CNN Lays Off Over 200 Employees Days Into Trump’s Second Term
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/cnn-lays-off-over-200-employees-days-into-trumps-second-term/
NEW YORK POST
— NY has 670K residents who are illegal migrants — including 42,300 undocumented restaurant workers (COMMENT: While I was a junior and senior in high school in the 1960s, I washed dishes. Previously, I did yard work and delivered newspapers. Subsequently, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/ny-has-670k-residents-who-are-illegal-migrants-including-42300-undocumented-restaurant-workers/
— Trump can fix biased, bloated bureaucracy — by abolishing the civil service (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave preference big time to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/opinion/fix-biased-bloated-bureaucracy-abolish-the-civil-service/
— Trump shakes up globalists at Davos summit — instilling fear and relief while showing Sleepy Joe’s no longer at the wheel
https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/business/trump-shakes-up-globalists-at-davos-summit-instilling-fear-and-relief-while-showing-sleepy-joes-no-longer-at-the-wheel/
— Revoking 1965 Executive Order 11246: This is President Trump’s boldest move so far — even Reagan chickened out on it (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used that order a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/opinion/president-trumps-boldest-move-so-far-even-reagan-chickened-out-on-it-repealing-affirmative-action/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Mexico Scrambles to Build Tents to Handle Mass Deportations From US
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/24/morning-greatness-mexico-scrambles-to-build-tents-to-handle-mass-deportations-from-us/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ACLU sues to prevent illegals from being deported
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/23/right-on-cue-aclu-sues-to-prevent-illegals-from-being-deported-1517992/
— The usual RINO suspects set to oppose Hegseth after NBC News slime job (COMMENT: RINOs are closer to Democrats than to Republicans.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/23/the-usual-rino-suspects-set-to-oppose-hegseth-after-nbc-news-slime-job-report-1517998/
BREITBART
— Under Trump, ICE Arrests 460 Illegal Immigrants Accused of Violent Crimes in 33 Hours
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/23/report-under-trump-ice-arrests-460-illegal-immigrants-accused-of-violent-crimes-in-33-hours/
— ICE Rounds Up Gang Members, Child Predators, Suspected Terrorist as Deportation Operation Begins
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/23/ice-rounds-gang-members-child-predators-suspected-terrorist/
— Trump Deputies Seek 40,000 Beds for Migrant Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/23/trump-deputies-seek-40000-beds-for-migrant-deportations/
— Illegal Aliens Worried as Trump-Era ICE Raids Loom
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/23/illegal-aliens-worried-as-trump-era-ice-raids-loom/
CENTER SQUARE
— Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $116 billion annually. Californians, Texans, Floridians pay the most.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_77e6b26a-d9be-11ef-a20b-ef008926f5c0.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump appoints affirmative action critic to chair civil rights commission
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ending-illegal-discrimination-trump-order-may-lead-to-more-dei-cuts-in-higher-ed/
DAILY CALLER
— GOP Rep Unveils Resolution Condemning Left-Wing Bishop’s ‘Distorted Message’ During National Prayer Service
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/23/exclusive-rep-josh-brecheen-resolution-condemning-mariann-budde/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Pardons 23 Pro-Life Activists Ahead of March for Life. The protesters were convicted for blocking the entrances of abortion clinics. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-pardons-23-pro-life-activists-ahead-of-march-for-life-5797925
HOT AIR
— Violent Illegal Gang Member: “Biden Forever.” Thanks Obama “For Everything He Did For Me”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/01/23/violent-illegal-gang-member-biden-forever-thanks-obama-for-everything-he-did-for-me-n3799099
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Texas Nurse Threatens ICE, Tells Others How To Smuggle Illegals Into Their Hospitals
https://mrctv.org/blog/justine-brooke-murray/texas-nurse-threatens-ice-tells-others-how-smuggle-illegals-their
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Magnificent Blow Against DEI (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used DEI against me.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/01/trumps-magnificent-blow-against-dei/
NEWSMAX
— California Braces for Trump’s Illegal Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsmax.com/us/california-illegal-immigrants-resources/2025/01/23/id/1196290/
PJ MEDIA
— Here Are Some of the Monsters Arrested by ICE Since Trump’s Inauguration
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/23/here-are-some-of-the-monsters-arrested-by-ice-since-trumps-inauguration-n4936275
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— There Has Been A Massive Shift On Immigration, The Majority Of Americans Believe Illegals Should Be Deported
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/23/cnns_enten_there_has_been_a_massive_shift_on_immigration_the_majority_of_americans_believe_illegals_should_be_deported.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— How much success have the Democrat teachers in your school district had turning their students into good little Democrats?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/technology/teaching-or-indoctrination-us-classrooms-mirror-nationwide-divide-on-race-and-history/ar-AA1xFfQh
ABC NEW YORK
— ICE agents arrest over 500 migrants in sanctuary cities, including NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZeHXDcBeQ
NBC NEWS
— Trump issues more immigration orders on third day in office, while enforcement details remain unclear
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/trump-immigration-orders-third-day-enforcement-details-rcna188827
— Democrats and RINOs reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/faith-leaders-teachers-preparing-attack-trump-allows-immigration-arres-rcna188753
CBS NEWS
— Trump officials closing immigration offices Biden set up in Latin America
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-officials-closing-immigration-offices-biden-set-up-latin-america/
— Pete Hegseth told Sen. Elizabeth Warren he paid $50,000 to woman who accused him of sexual assault
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-paid-50000-to-woman-who-accused-him-of-sexual-assault/
— Hundreds of “illegal immigrant criminals” arrested, hundreds more flown out of U.S. by military
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-illegal-immigrant-criminals-arrested-more-flown-from-us-military-white-house-says/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily. A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-immigrants-deportation.html
— For Some Democrats, Talk of ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Has Grown Quieter. Many leaders say their policies to limit local cooperation with federal immigration officials stand. But signs of division have emerged.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/for-some-democrats-talk-of-sanctuary-cities-has-grown-quieter.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/sarah-mcbride-transgender-trump-congress.html
— FRONT PAGE: The Struggle To Make Tests A.I. Can’t Ace (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, my undergraduate degree would have been in accounting. By the time I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, the accounting profession viewed me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/technology/ai-test-humanitys-last-exam.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/01/23/schools-immigrant-families-trump-ice-raids/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/trump-immigration-ice-raids-school/866be050-d886-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— How Trump’s executive orders could affect federal workers. President Donald Trump has issued orders that send federal workers back to the office, terminate DEI positions and more. Here’s what we know so far. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI to give preference big time to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that is, they discriminated big time again their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/22/federal-workers-trump-orders-dei-return-office/
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— Mainstream media can’t cope with growing Black support for Trump
https://www.dailynews.com/2025/01/23/larry-elder-mainstream-media-cant-cope-with-growing-black-support-of-trump/
USA TODAY
— Acting VA secretary warns against disguising DEI programs targeted for termination
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/22/veterans-affairs-dei-trump/77888886007/
— Trump’s anti-DEI orders worry some federal workers
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/23/trump-dei-civil-rights/77879746007/
KSDK
— Democrats and RINOs will not stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans; they will go under the table and off the books.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/verify/donald-trump/federal-employees-report-possible-dei-jobs-trump-administration-fact-check/536-1ce97641-d9de-4c65-a8fa-bb3493fa3ac0
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Two Republican Senators Oppose Hegseth for Defense Secretary
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pete-hegseth-confirmation-vote-goes-down-to-the-wire-e91fd01f
FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs will not stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans; they will go under the table and off the books.
https://fortune.com/2025/01/23/dei-donald-trump-executive-order-presidential-action-what-it-means-for-businesses/
FORBES
— Change Your College Planning For The $1.1 Trillion Skills Gap (COMMENT: My undergraduate major should have been accounting. By the time I took graduate accounting courses, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA, I was 32 years old. The accounting profession had no use for me because I was too old and because I had bad demographics.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivalegatt/2025/01/23/change-your-college-planning-for-the-11-trillion-skills-gap/
FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
— Equality of Opportunity, Not Outcome, Is What Made America Great (COMMENT: If my critics/opponents had their way, for all the many tests that I took and passed, equal percentages of Whites and minorities and equal percentages of males and females would have taken and passed those tests. But that was not the case. Far fewer minorities than Whites and far fewer females than males took and passed the tests that I did. I took and passed all the tests necessary to earn a) master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997) and b) professional certifications in accounting (1979) and internal auditing (1981).)
https://fee.org/articles/equality-of-opportunity-not-outcome-is-what-made-america-awesome/
NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN REPARATIONS COMMISSION
— Illinois Introduces Landmark Slavery Disclosure & Redress Bill, Press Conference Set for January 28 (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will force everyone in Illinois to disclose their ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped and then bought and operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses just north of downtown Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store.)
https://reparationscomm.org/reparations-news/landmark-slavery-disclosure-and-redress-act-introduced-in-illinois/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— If you oppose giving preference to Blacks, Democrats and RINOs call you a racist.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-war-on-dei-opens-the-door-to-jim-crows-return.html
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump. How many voted for Trump in your precinct? 373 did in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. What should I do to protect them from hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters?
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/24/trumps-executive-orders-making-america-hate-again/
ADVOCATE
— Chicago Chick-fil-A will share a building with Black and trans-led LGBTQ+ group
https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-chick-fil-a-lgbtq-group
NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
— Hundreds of migrants arrested, flown out of US as part of Trump’s deportation operation
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Jan/24/hundreds-of-migrants-arrested-flown-out-of-us-as-part-of-trumps-deportation-operation
— Congressional resolution introduced for constitutional amendment to allow third term for US president
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Jan/24/congressional-resolution-introduced-for-constitutional-amendment-to-allow-third-term-for-us-president
DAILY MAIL
— Outrage as ABC7 Chicago broadcasts report telling illegal migrants how to avoid ICE capture
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14317469/abc-chicago-illegal-migrants-ice-capture.html
January 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DOJ vows to push immigration enforcement in Chicago, other sanctuary cities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-deportations-fears-raids-loom-public-schools-returns-classes-trump-authorizes-ice-target/15825308/
— Trump wipes out federal DEI programs (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted DEI.)
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/donald-trump-2nd-term-live-updates-more-executive-action-planned-amid-day-1-fallout/15820865/
— Pritzker criticizes President Trump’s courting of tech CEOs, lack of communication
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jb-pritzker-news-illinois-governor-criticizes-president-donald-trumps-courting-tech-ceos-lack-communication/15825993/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/glaad-award-nominations-agatha-abbott-shadows-celebrate-lgbtq-visibility/15826462/
NBC5
— DEI is race and gender based preference giving, that is, DEI is patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. DEI is what Democrats and RINOs use to get in power and to stay in power.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/what-is-a-dei-program-and-what-did-trump-change-heres-an-explainer/3653396/
CBS2
— U.S. border agents told to deport migrants without granting asylum hearings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/u-s-border-agents-told-to-deport-migrants-without-granting-asylum-hearings/
WGN9
— Democrats reject Trump’s election. Democrats reject the rule of law.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-immigrant-protection/
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/dei-policies-rollback-threatens-future-of-minority-women-contractors-in-illinois/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrPEuwfQkpo
FOX32
— Trump shuts down US-Mexico border as House poised to pass ‘Laken Riley Act’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1581201
— More than 1,000 active-duty troops will head to southern border
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/active-duty-troops-heading-to-southern-border
— Illinois among states impacted in ICE’s first large-scale arrest operation under Trump administration
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-ice-arrest-operation-trump
WTTW
— White House Orders Federal Government DEI Employees to be Placed on Leave Effective Immediately (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, under the Democrats, the federal government has existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/22/white-house-orders-government-dei-employees-be-placed-leave-effective-immediately
WBEZ
— What President Trump’s ‘national energy emergency” means for Illinois
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/01/22/what-president-trumps-national-energy-emergency-means-for-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago illegals stay home from work to avoid potential ICE arrests
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/daywatch-immigrants-stay-home-from-work-to-avoid-potential-ice-arrests/
— Chicago schools, churches and hospitals vow to protect migrants in US illegally after Trump lifts ban that limited immigration arrests in safe spaces (COMMENT: Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/chicago-trump-immigration-fears-deportation/
— Chicago Public Media offering buyouts to Sun-Times editorial staffers, WBEZ business employees (COMMENT: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of its older White male non-veteran employees who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$180,974/year in today’s dollars. I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service – 13 with GAO, 9 with IRS, and 3 with the Post Office. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Things that I did that helped me survive 1993-1997 include my a) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, b) my becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979, and c) my earning master’s degrees in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and in business from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/chicago-public-media-buyouts-sun-times-wbez/
— TikTok lives on. So does its harmful effect on kids.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/23/editorial-tiktok-lives-on-so-does-its-harmful-effect-on-kids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who voted for Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/01/22/bullying-hate-speech-schools-already-bad-will-worsen-second-donald-trump-era-gina-caneva
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250122/nation-and-world-politics/trump-demands-an-apology-from-bishop-who-asked-him-to-have-mercy-on-lgbtq-people-and-migrants/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A new Illinois pension reform bill would increase contributions to the state’s three largest retirement systems by a total of nearly $30 billion through fiscal year 2045, according to an actuarial impact study by Segal Group.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-tier-2-pension-reform-could-cost-30-billion-cogfa
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Labor’s dream: More money for higher pension benefits
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-labors-dream-more-money-for-higher-pension-benefits/article_f6aa7418-d83f-11ef-9621-7bd973968aa2.html
WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wcia.com/news/state-news/illinois-lgbtq-organization-responds-to-trump-executive-order-slashing-gender-identity-protections/
WREX
— To what extent do those who enforce laws in your county, township, municipality, and school district reject Trump’s election, and therefore, reject the rule of law? While I was an IRS Revenue Officer ( SEE: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/tax-collection-enforcement ) 1971-1980, I enforced federal tax laws. During my last 5 1/2 years, I worked at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.wrex.com/news/rockford-police-chief-releases-statement-explaining-stance-on-enforcing-immigration-laws/article_004bbdd8-d809-11ef-bdb4-7fe77ee28417.html
(FROM IRS: As a Revenue Officer, you will conduct tax related civil enforcement investigations, and will be trained in tax law, collection, and civil investigative techniques, to collect delinquent taxes and tax returns. Most of your work is in the field, where you will interact with taxpayers, taxpayer representatives, and third parties at their residences and/or places of business. You will protect taxpayers’ rights, counsel taxpayers on their obligations, and determine how to resolve tax delinquencies.)
WSIL TV
— DEI is race and gender based preference giving, that is, DEI is patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/what-is-dei-and-why-is-it-dividing-america/article_48a7c66a-9773-50de-bc00-4184de4955e9.html
FOX2 WCIA
— Illinois Democrat lawmakers introduce bill to decriminalize prostitution
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-decriminalize-prostitution/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/illinois-democratic-lawmakers-propose-bill-of-rights-for-sex-workers/ar-AA1xgj1Y
WPSD
— Illinois, State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis, launches petition against decriminalizing prostitution
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/illinois-rep-launches-petition-against-decriminalizing-sex-work-citing-safety-concerns/article_ec9ef8a2-d454-11ef-8452-6779cb9ef2f9.html
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Panel Discussion is planned Jan. 31. Moderated by former Illinois Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, the panel will include Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart; DuPage County States Attorney Bob Berlin, and Executive Director at Noomi’s House, Blythe Struck. The DuPage County Historical Museum is located at 102 E. Wesley Street in Wheaton. The Public is invited. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote prostitution.)
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2025/01/22/january-is-human-trafficking-prevention-month-panel-discussion-is-planned-jan-31/147476
ELMHURST PATCH
— Dennis Reboletti, supervisor of Addison Township, has seen a big increase in his pay since being elected to the position in 2016. . .His supervisor’s salary started at $54,000. Before his re-election, the board voted unanimously to increase the position’s pay to $79,990, a 48 percent increase. Earlier this month, Patch reported that the supervisor’s pay was going up to $124,900 with the new term starting after the April 1 election. . .According to the township’s latest salary resolution, the position in question is now listed as “Supervisor/Highway Commissioner.”
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-politician-sees-pay-rise-lot
BLACK PRESS
— In a historic step toward economic justice and accountability, Illinois State Representative Sonya Harper has introduced HB1227 to create the Enslavement Era Disclosure and Redress Act, marking a major milestone in the fight for reparative justice. This legislation means that any corporation or institution with ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade discloses its historical involvement and provides redress if it wishes to do business with the State of Illinois. (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will force everyone in Illinois to disclose their ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped and then bought and operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses just north of downtown Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store.)
https://blackpressusa.com/press-room-illinois-introduces-landmark-slavery-disclosure-and-redress-bill-hb1227-press-conference-set-for-january-28/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Icing out ICE at the DMV. Nearly 180,000 people have taken advantage of a new law allowing them to apply for a driver’s license or state ID that does not identify their immigration status. The secretary of state by law isn’t sharing the paperwork.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/23/illinois-drivers-licenses-dont-identify-undocumented-people-00200187
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-441/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-233/
— Illinois-related Trump coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/22/illinois-related-trump-coverage-roundup/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you live in Illinois? Did you vote for Trump? If you live in Illinois and you voted for Trump, what are you doing to protect yourself from Pritzker? Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he is going to get rid of the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump. What makes you more vulnerable? The less money that you have, the more vulnerable that you are. The fewer who voted for Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct, the more vulnerable that you are. In my precinct, only 373 voted for Trump, but 478 voted for Harris. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Everyone knows that virtually all asylum and refugee claims are false. Everyone knows that citizens of foreign countries come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally because Democrat and RINO leaders want them to and because they know that Democrat and RINO leaders will give free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, free etc., Everyone knows a) that virtually all illegals want/need/demand tremendous government assistance, b) that virtually all illegals lack education and/or job skills, and c) that many if not most illegals have health and/or other problems. Democrat leaders want illegals because sooner or later, if not already, illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPONTS
— 45% of Illinoisans voted for Trump, those voters can be powerful base of advocates for change
https://wirepoints.org/theres-45-of-people-that-voted-for-trump-those-voters-can-be-powerful-base-of-advocates-for-change-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-newstalkstl/
— Trump’s deportations won’t create ‘chaos,’ Illinois’ sanctuary policies already create chaos
https://wirepoints.org/trumps-deportations-wont-create-chaos-illinois-sanctuary-policies-already-create-chaos-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— Trump brings Stellantis jobs to Illinois. Pritzker takes credit.
https://wirepoints.org/trump-brings-stellantis-jobs-to-illinois-pritzker-takes-credit-wirepoints-quickpoint/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Richard Tado Sends Postcard Advancing His Candidacy for Algonquin Township Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/22/richard-tado-sends-postcard-advancing-his-candidacy-for-algonquin-township-supervisor/
— Political Money Poured into Democrat Kelli Wegener’s Campaign to Head McHenry County Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/22/political-money-poured-into-democrat-kelli-wegeners-campaign-to-head-mchenry-county-board/
— Wilcox Questions Need for New State Flag
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/22/wilcox-questions-need-for-new-state-flag/
— 300 Republicans Celebrate Inauguration in Marengo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/republicans-celebrate-inauguration-in-marengo/
— Feds Accuse Pot Exec, Golf Buddies of Insider Trading
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/feds-accuse-pot-exec-golf-buddies-of-insider-trading/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Re-Sa
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-re-sa/
— Concealed Carry for Visitors May Be Mandated by Republican Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/concealed-carry-for-visitors-may-be-mandated-by-republican-congress/
— Tribune Continues to Protect Biden
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/tribune-continues-to-protect-biden/
— Trump Presidential Source Documents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/trump-presidential-source-documents/
— How Did Democrat Kelli Wegener Spend $71,000 on Her Campaign to Head County Board after September?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/how-did-democrat-kelli-wegener-spend-71000-on-her-campaign-to-head-county-board-after-september/
— Resentment of “Black Boys” Expressed by Southern Illinois State Rep. Who Voted for MLK Holiday Bill for Lack of Reciprocity on Mineral Extraction Tax Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/black-boy-resentment-expressed-by-southern-illinois-state-rep-who-voted-for-mlk-holiday-bill-for-lack-of-reciprocity-on-mineral-extraction-tax-bill/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WHITE HOUSE
— GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order that suspends the physical entry of aliens engaged in an invasion of the United States through the southern border.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-protects-the-states-and-the-american-people-by-closing-the-border-to-illegals-via-proclamation/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump agency says employees are free to say ‘illegal’ and ‘alien’ again
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/dhs-agency-cancels-mayorkas-ban-using-words-like-i/
— Future of DEI up in the air after Trump strips it out of the federal government (COMMENT: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/future-dei-air-donald-trump-strips-federal-governm/
— Trump orders 1,500 troops to border
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/trump-orders-1-500-troops-border/
— Russia is turning Latin America against the U.S. with veiled propaganda. Little attention has been paid to the damage Moscow is causing in America’s hemisphere. (COMMENT: In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America? Those countries are ever-increasingly using their citizens to invade, infiltrate, infest, and destroy America.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/russia-turning-latin-america-u-veiled-propaganda/
— Cracking down on illegal immigration will raise wages for lower-income Americans (COMMENT: Illegals drive wages down. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/cracking-illegal-immigration-would-raise-wages-low/
— Blitz on illegal immigration underway with troops to border, DOJ investigating sanctuary cities
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/blitz-illegal-immigration-underway-troops-border-d/
— Trump saves the whales in ‘green energy’ showdown. President bans leases for offshore wind farms blamed for deaths of endangered species.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/trump-saves-whales-green-energy-showdown/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s new policy bans BLM and LGBT pride flags at US embassies and outposts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3297968/new-policy-bans-blm-lgbt-pride-flags-us-embassies/
— Trump deals a heavy blow to DEI — hopefully it’s lethal (COMMENT: If my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not had Affirmative Action and DEI to use against me, I would have made Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. Extremely few of my Democrat coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, or professional licenses. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3297779/trump-deals-heavy-blow-dei-hopefully-lethal/
— Top anti-abortion lawyer talks strategy for new Trump administration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3297679/top-anti-abortion-lawyer-strategy-new-trump-administration/
NEW YORK POST
— Foot traffic drops 50% in busy Chicago shopping district known as ‘Mexico of the Midwest’ as Trump immigration raids loom
https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/us-news/foot-traffic-drops-50-in-bustling-chicago-shopping-district-as-trump-immigration-raids-loom/
— ICE arrested 308 illegal migrants — including attempted murderer and a child molester —on Trump’s first full day in office
https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/us-news/ice-arrested-308-illegal-migrants-on-trumps-first-day-in-office-border-czar-tom-homan-says/
— Trump rips ‘idiot’ Gov. Gavin Newsom over sanctuary cities, management of Calif. before devastating LA wildfires
https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/us-news/trump-rips-gov-gavin-newsom-for-not-managing-california-forests-before-devastating-la-wildfires-like-a-nuclear-weapon-went-off/
— Egomaniacal Bishop Budde’s woke rant just makes her another liberal pawn aiming to cut down Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/opinion/miranda-devine-egomaniacal-bishop-buddes-woke-rant-just-makes-her-another-liberal-pawn-aiming-to-cut-down-trump/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Donald Trump’s inauguration has revealed the existence of two realities inhabiting the same plane of existence. Normal Americans—largely but not exclusively Republicans—inhabit actual, objective, scientifically examined reality. Democrat/socialist/communist (D/s/c) reality is a Bizzarro World/backward existence where Normal American victims are aggressors and D/s/c aggressors are victims. It’s a world of self-delusion, raging, drooling, and terminal Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/donald_trump_and_alternate_reality.html
AMMOLAND
— Trump Shuts Down Biden’s White House Office of Gun Control
https://www.ammoland.com/2025/01/president-trump-shuts-down-bidens-white-house-office-of-gun-control/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump gives DEI staffers orders to exit by EOD Wednesday, merit-based hiring resumes immediately (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have long since dumped meritocracy to advance Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/22/trump-gives-dei-staffers-orders-to-exit-by-eod-wednesday-merit-based-hiring-resumes-immediately-1517729/
BLAZE
— 2,000 immigrants from Southern Mexico join caravan in hope of entering US despite Trump’s orders
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-caravan-mexico-new
BREITBART
— Durbin: We Should ‘Encourage’ Government Agencies to Defy Trump DEI Order (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/01/23/durbin-we-should-encourage-government-agencies-to-defy-trump-dei-order/
CENTER SQUARE
— Trump’s ‘invasion’ order includes provisions to implement mass deportation plan. Order puts in place processes for mass deportation, prosecutions, targets sanctuary cities.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3574f1c8-d8ef-11ef-ba1d-a797bb57ca54.html
DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez Says ‘Left’ Is Out For Blood After He Criticized Chicago’s Shielding Of Illegal Migrants From ICE
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/20/chicago-dem-says-left-coming-after-him/
DAILY WIRE
— America’s Golden Age Starts, And The Left Still Goes Woke. Wokeness is now the core philosophy of the Democratic Party.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/americas-golden-age-starts-and-the-left-still-goes-woke
— Woke Bishop’s Anti-Trump Sermon Is The End Result Of A Marxist Plot. Budde used a nonpartisan prayer service to lecture Trump about illegal immigrants, transgenderism.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/woke-bishops-anti-trump-sermon-is-the-end-result-of-a-marxist-plot
— Fake Feminist ‘Bishop’ Turns Inaugural Prayer Service Into Woke Anti-Trump Lecture
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mws-ep-1520
— Crazed Priestess Berates Trump On Wokeness
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1657
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Orders 1,500 More US Troops to Southern Border
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-orders-1500-more-us-troops-to-southern-border-5797029
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump is waging a campaign for meritocracy (COMMENT: My critics/opponents oppose meritocracy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5pPtskcZkg
— Federal workers should be hired based on meritocracy (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. If they had promoted employees based on meritocracy, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. Extremely few of my Democrat coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, or professional licenses. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6367529292112
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s ICE racks up hundreds of arrests, including illegal immigrants arrested for horror crimes. Over 460 arrests were made in the first 33 hours of the administration.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-ice-racks-up-hundreds-arrests-including-illegal-immigrants-arrested-horror-crimes
— Judge Jeanine reacts to woke bishop: Where’s the separation of church and state?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJfke_54KeM
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Mass Deportation Operation Begins with Over 300 Criminal Aliens Rounded Up on Day One
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trumps-mass-deportation-operation-begins-with-over-300-criminal-aliens-rounded-up-on-day-one/
— Trump Speaks with Hannity About Resounding Electoral Victory, Start to Second Term
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-speaks-with-hannity-about-resounding-electoral-victory-start-to-second-term/
NEW AMERICAN
— ICE Collars Hundreds of Illegal-alien Criminals; Summary Deportations at Border Begin
https://thenewamerican.com/us/ice-collars-hundreds-of-illegal-alien-criminals-summary-deportations-at-border-begin/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Is Sure to Infuriate the Left With His Latest Offensive Against ‘Wokeness’ in Government (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors ever-increasingly became woke influencers.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/01/22/state-department-bans-pride-and-black-lives-matter-flags-from-embassies-with-one-flag-policy-n2650957
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration fired another shot at “woke” influences in the federal government by targeting the display of Black Lives Matter and Pride flags. Newly-appointed State Department Secretary Marco Rubio issued an order establishing a “One Flag Policy” which prohibits the display of any flag other than the American flag on U.S. outposts on American soil and abroad.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pentagon is sending 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the US-Mexico border
https://apnews.com/article/troops-border-deploy-active-duty-09324578d2b89db5c44e0ba08f42df47
CNN
— US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics/us-military-troops-southern-border/index.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/us/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-explained/index.html
NEWSWEEK
— White House Gun Violence Prevention Website Goes Offline
https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-gun-violence-prevention-website-offline-2018801
NBC NEWS
— Trump moves to fire or force out thousands of federal employees (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors ever-increasingly focused on firing their Republican employees.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd5FrLtdd5g
CBS NEWS
— Trump calls bishop a “hater” after sermon directed at president about LGBTQ rights, immigration (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to promote more hatred against Trump and against those who voted for Trump. 77 million voted for Trump last year.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-calls-bishop-a-hater-after-sermon-directed-at-president-about-lgbtq-rights-immigration/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Those who voted for Harris/Walz eject Trump’s election and reject the rule of law. 3 million voted for Harris/Walz in Illinois.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/sanctuary-cities-trump-immigration.html
— To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are Democrat, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those who are Republican, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/trump-order-discrimination-federal-hiring.html
— Border, Asylum, Citizenship: Trump Kicks Off Vast Immigration Changes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-border-asylum-immigration.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/business/trump-dei-corporate-reaction.html
— CNN Plots Major Overhaul as It Enters a New Trump Era (COMMENT: 77 million Americans voted for Trump last year.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/business/media/cnn-layoffs-mark-thompson.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump to fight invasion by sending 10,000 troops to the southern border. Illegals are invading, not seeking asylum.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/22/trump-asylum-border-troops-immigration/
— Trump targeted federal workers in his opening act, starting with DEI employees. President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders aimed at overhauling the federal workforce, but the details will determine who is affected and how. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted DEI big time, that is, they promoted hatred against their Republican employees big time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/federal-workers-trump-remote-work/
How Trump’s executive orders could affect federal workers
— Trump has issued orders that terminate DEI positions. Here’s what we know so far. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted DEI big time, that is, they promoted hatred against their Republican employees big time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/22/federal-workers-trump-orders-dei-return-office/
— Layoffs loom as Trump administration orders leave for federal DEI workers. Employees of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are to be placed on administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Agencies were told to make plans for layoffs. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they all ever-increasingly became DEI workers.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/dei-federal-employees-trump/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/22/anti-lgbtq-politics-youth-mental-health-laws/77858409007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Threatens Sanctions, Tariffs on Russia if Putin Won’t End War in Ukraine. The president urged the Russian leader to make a deal.
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-war-truth-social-316f0fe5
— Trump Gives Gun, Drug Agents Deportation Power
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-gives-gun-drug-agents-deportation-power-a62903b4
NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans want to deport all immigrants, both legal and illegal.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5268920/chicago-braces-for-ice-crackdown
— Trump calls DEI programs ‘illegal’ and ‘immoral’. Here’s how he’s ending them. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote DEI.)
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/23/nx-s1-5271588/trump-dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-federal-workers-government
— How To Survive College When You’re Paying Your Own Way (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always known that I had to work my way through college. But they have nevertheless always outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich.)
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/05/729906856/survive-college-when-youre-paying-your-own-way
TASK & PURPOSE
— Two officers were fired for bucking their chain of command. Now they’re going to work at the Pentagon. Along with Trump’s nominee for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, both men have criticized military diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, or DEI. (COMMENT: Since at least the 1960s, the federal government has been a Democrat Party patronage machine. Because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, their reverse discrimination, and their age discrimination, and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997. Previously, they had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me in 1986, kept me off audits of IRS for all by 3 years (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472 pay cut (21%) in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, because of my aforesaid opposition, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. Previously, because of my aforesaid opposition, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969.)
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/trump-pentagon-scheller-lohmeier/
REASON
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump and everyone who voted for him are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly get rid of the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump last year.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/01/22/calling-someone-white-supremacist-in-online-debate-is-opinion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Calling Someone “White Supremacist” in Online Debate Is Opinion and thus not actionable defamation, unless defendant “implies undisclosed facts by insinuating that the plaintiff” engaged in specific racist acts or made (undisclosed) racist statements. This is the standard view under American defamation law; it had in the past been applied to allegations of Communism, Socialism, etc., but more recently has often been applied to allegations of racism, sexism, white supremacy, etc.)
PBS
— Trump administration moves to begin cutting all federal DEI staff (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, under the Democrats, the federal government has existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-moves-to-begin-cutting-all-federal-dei-staff
POLITICO
— Federal DEI websites go dark after Trump order and threat of ‘consequences’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/dei-web-pages-cms-nih-go-dark-00200123
SALON
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/donald-on-dei-is-not-about-merit/
GUARDIAN
— DOJ says it will prosecute officials who resist Trump’s immigration crackdown (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump is cracking down on all those in America who do not share Trump’s demographics, and especially those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/22/justice-department-trump-immigration
DAILY MAIL
— Steve Bannon demands reparations for U.S. tech workers in MAGA row (COMMENT: What about reparations for the non-veteran older Republican White male employees a) who GAO wasted the careers of and got rid of 1980-1997, b) who IRS wasted the careers of and got rid of 1971-1980, and c) who the Post Office wasted the careers of and got rid of 1966-1969?)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/steve-bannon-demands-reparations-for-us-tech-workers-in-maga-row/ar-AA1wJm7s
INDIAN EXPRESS
— Trump says there are only 2 sexes: The transgender debate in sports (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.)
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-sports/trump-2-sexes-the-transgender-debate-in-sports-9794638/
January 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Fears of raids loom as CPS returns to classes and Trump authorizes ICE to target schools, churches
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-deportations-fears-raids-loom-public-schools-returns-classes-trump-authorizes-ice-target/15825308/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-1/22/2025
— Fears over Trump administration immigration raids impacting Little Village businesses (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-deportation-plans-fears-donald-trump-administration-ice-raids-impacting-little-village-businesses/15822610/
— So-called Elgin tent city for homeless being cleared out after $2.5M contract approved. Elgin officials have arranged to move residents to nearby Lexington hotel. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/city-elgin-news-called-tent-homeless-cleared-recent-fires-residents-will-move-lexington-hotel/15822634/
— Thornton Township board fills interim trustee position; Supervisor Tiffany Henyard skips meeting
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-thornton-township-supervisor-skips-meeting-stephanie-wiedeman-voted-interim-trustee/15824222/
NBC5
— Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave. The memo directs agencies to place DEI office staffers on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-directs-all-federal-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-staff-be-laid-off/3652814/
— Illinois joins states filing suit over Trump order ending birthright citizenship
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-joins-states-filing-suit-over-trump-order-ending-birthright-citizenship/3652353/
— Trump Administration shuts down White House Spanish-language page, social media
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-shuts-down-white-house-spanish-language-page-social-media/3652891/
CBS2
— Pritzker slams Trump for trying to end birthright citizenship, demands apology from Musk for gesture compared to Nazi salute
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-birthright-citizenship-elon-musk-hand-gesture-nazi-salute/
WGN9
— Pritzker, Chicago officials vow to protect immigrant communities amid Trump’s deportation pledge (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-immigrant-protection/
— Chicago police reminded they can’t cooperate with deportations
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/chicago-police-reminded-they-cant-cooperate-with-deportations/
FOX32
— Trump’s ICE teams already on the ground in cities like Chicago. So far, the president has ordered the deployment of the military to the southern border and Trump’s new border czar says ICE raids could begin as early as Tuesday.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1580574
WTTW
— Illinois Sues Over Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order as Pritzker Says No Word on Raids Targeting Chicago
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/21/illinois-sues-over-trump-s-birthright-citizenship-order-pritzker-says-no-word-raids
WBEZ
— Chicago Public Schools does not allow immigration officers into schools without a criminal warrant. Experts weigh in on how to talk to your children about the days ahead.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/01/22/what-can-cps-schools-and-parents-do-in-the-face-of-donald-trumps-mass-deportation-threat
— Illinois joins 21 other states in legal challenges to Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s lawsuit claims President Donald Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional. (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/01/21/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-lawsuit-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Illegals are hiding. Chicago illegals stay home from work to avoid potential ICE arrests.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/immigrants-skip-work-amid-ice-fears/
— Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/trump-administration-directs-all-federal-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-staff-be-put-on-leave/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois joins in lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/birthright-citizenship-lawsuit/
— Democrats say “Disengagement is no answer to Trumpian excess.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/editorial-donald-trump-opposition-engagement/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration and LGBTQ .
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/21/bishop-trump-lgbtq-migrants/
— Some parents fed up with CPS and CTU battles: ‘I feel like politics is taking over our children having the best education’
https://news.yahoo.com/news/parents-fed-cps-ctu-battles-110000082.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave. On his first day in office Trump signed an order dismantling the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners. Trump has called the programs “discrimination.” (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2025/01/21/trump-administration-directs-all-federal-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-staff-be-put-on-leave
— Illinois joins 21 other states in legal challenges to Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s lawsuit claims President Donald Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/21/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-lawsuit-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order
— What percent of those who read the Chicago Sun-Times are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/01/21/donald-trump-reelection-inauguration-jan-6-rioters-pardon-executive-orders-felon-chicago-america
— Pritzker blasts Elon Musk’s straight-arm salute and predicts that under Trump, antisemitism will rise. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said, “Illinois is going to continue to be a beacon of policies that are antithetical to the retrograde policies of a Trump administration.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/21/gov-jb-pritzker-elon-musk-straight-arm-salute-donald-trump-antisemitism
— Chicago spared immigration raids Tuesday, but Pritzker warns feds may target ‘2,000 people’ After weeks of preparation by Chicago’s immigrant communities, and a weekend full of fear amid multiple reports that the city would serve as the first major raid, there were no reports of immigration enforcement on Tuesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/01/21/chicago-immigration-raids-jb-pritzker-tom-homan-donald-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250122/nation-and-world-politics/justice-department-directs-prosecutors-to-probe-local-efforts-to-obstruct-immigration-enforcement/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: ‘Individual rights are under attack’: Pritzker, Illinois lawmakers assess Trump’s first two days (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250121/nation-and-world-politics/individual-rights-are-under-attack-pritzker-illinois-lawmakers-assess-trumps-first-two-days/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker says feds targeting 2,000 in Chicago for deportation (COMMENT: How many illegals are there in your county, township, municipality, and school district? What are your Democrat and RINO elected officials doing to keep them there?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-says-feds-targeting-2000-chicago-deportation
— Activist Edward Blum is targeting another diversity effort in Illinois, this time suing over a new state law that requires many nonprofit organizations to publicly disclose aggregate data about race, gender and other demographics of their board members and officers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/activist-mounts-legal-challenge-another-illinois-diversity-law
— Suburban office vacancy begins 2025 at record-high 32%
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/suburban-office-vacancy-begins-2025-record-high
— Doctors and police top list of highest-paid state employees in Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/data-center/highest-paid-state-employees-illinois
JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/how-dei-boogeyman-elwood-watson-20036265.php
SOUTHERN
— Trump renames Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ among 1st executive orders
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/21/trump-renames-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-among-1st-executive-orders/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration and LGBTQ .
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/21/trump-criticizes-sermon-asking-him-to-show-mercy-toward-lgbtq-people-immigrants/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat laws stymie cooperation with immigration authorities
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-ice-raid-cooperation-hampered-state-law-20046794.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— Feds will arrest illegal immigrants in churches, schools under new DHS directive
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/feds-will-arrest-illegal-immigrants-in-churches-schools-under-new-dhs-directive-trump-department-of-homeland-security-ice-trump-border-crisis-migrants-criminals-gangs
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration puts federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff on leave (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-21/trump-administration-puts-federal-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-staff-on-leave
— Trump defends his decision to pardon January 6 rioters
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-21/trump-defends-his-decision-to-pardon-january-6-rioters
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Local agencies reassure immigrants, emphasizing state law over federal threats (COMMENT: Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/local-agencies-and-police-reassure-immigrants-emphasizing-state-law-over-federal-threats#
THE 74
— Public Schools Added 121,000 Employees Last Year, Even as They Served 110,000 Fewer Students. Alderman: New data show school staffing levels continue to hit all-time highs.
https://www.the74million.org/article/public-schools-added-121000-employees-last-year-even-as-they-served-110000-fewer-students/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois is the resistance
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/22/illinois-lawmakers-attack-trump-on-deportation-plans-00199873
LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Democrats crow about their success in making students hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters.
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/01/loyola-students-amongst-the-thousands-who-braved-the-chicago-cold-to-protest-trumps-inauguration/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-440/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-232/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— JB Pritzker: Another Grandstanding, Sanctimonious Democrat
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
WIREPOINTS
— Trump’s deportations won’t create ‘chaos,’ Illinois’ sanctuary policies already create chaos
https://wirepoints.org/trumps-deportations-wont-create-chaos-illinois-sanctuary-policies-already-create-chaos-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
JOHN KASS
— Trump, the Golden Age of America and the Forgotten Man
https://johnkassnews.com/trump-the-golden-age-and-the-forgotten-man/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Because they used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to waste the careers of and to get rid of Republican employees, if I was still working for them and because of Trump’s recent DEI actions, they would kill me figuratively if mot literally. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. If I had had a qualified coworker who was the aforesaid in 1986, my Democrat GAO superiors would have promoted her/him instead of me. If I had had qualified coworkers who were the aforesaid in 1972, 1973, and 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors would have promoted them instead of me. I doubt that GAO would have promoted me in 1986 if I had not a) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, b) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) worked for IRS 1971-1980 and the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, d) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) earned an MBA in 1976. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, federal jobs should be given to Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for becoming a federal employee and for staying a federal employee. Because of negative federal employee stereotypes, once you become a federal employee, it is very difficult if not impossible to get a job in the private sector. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment test and if I had not passed it. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if had not been unemployed and needed a job to help support my mother and brother. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I would not have become a GAO employee in 1980 if my IRS superiors had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and made it clear that they would never promote me beyond GS-12. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Affirmative Action started out with giving preference to minorities and to females if they were equally qualified with Whites and men. But under the Democrats and under the RINOs, it soon evolved into ever-increasingly giving minorities and females more and more and more preference no matter what. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do you share my interest in cars? What is your attitude toward cars? Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-American nameplate cars, if not just plane anti-car. The cars that you own/owned say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. My daily driver is a 2018 Chevy Cruze LS. Other cars that I own are: 1972 Chevy Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2005 Corvette, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max, 2019 Ford Escape Titanium, 2021 Malibu Premier, and 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium. I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. Previously, I owned a 1958 Chevy Bel Air, 1962 Bel Air, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Charger R/T, 1969 Charger SE, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1993 Thunderbird, 1997 Chevy Cavalier, and 2003 Cavalier LS. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WHITE HOUSE
— GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/guaranteeing-the-states-protection-against-invasion/
— REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reforming-the-federal-hiring-process-and-restoring-merit-to-government-service/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump fires four Biden officials, promises to ax ‘many more’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/21/trump-fires-four-biden-officials-promises-ax-many/
— ‘Terror threat to America is alive and persistent’ — New House GOP report warns of jihadist danger
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/house-gop-report-warns-jihadist-danger/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Inside State-Run ‘Bias-Response Hotlines,’ Where Fellow Citizens Can Report Your ‘Offensive Joke’
https://freebeacon.com/policy/inside-state-run-bias-response-hotlines-where-fellow-citizens-can-report-your-offensive-joke/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump announces purge of over 1,000 Biden appointees: ‘YOU’RE FIRED!’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/us-news/trump-to-remove-over-1000-biden-appointees-youre-fired/
— Dem bishop who called for Trump to be replaced delivers woke sermon on illegal immigrants, LGBT issues at National Prayer Service
https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/us-news/dem-dc-bishop-lectures-trump-on-migrants-during-prayer-service-irking-the-don/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden-Era CBP One App Received 166M Requests in Two Years
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/21/biden-era-cbp-one-app-received-166m-requests-in-two-years/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A Bishop Insults Trump
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/a_bishop_insults_trump.html
BREITBART
— Woke-Scold Pastor Lectures Trump About Trans Kids, Illegals at National Prayer Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pklpiJowZHw
— General Mark Milley’s Portrait Down at the Pentagon 10 Days After It Was Put Up
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/21/general-mark-milleys-portrait-down-pentagon-10-days-after-put-up/
CENTER SQUARE
— White college enrollment has been dropping disproportionately (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you are White, your future is ever-increasingly bleak, and especially if you are also conservative, Republican, American, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_66cf4d64-d803-11ef-a373-7b7a1d6670a0.html
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin To Put All Federal DEI Officials On Leave By End Of Day Tomorrow. “President Trump campaigned on ending the scourge of DEI from our federal government,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-to-put-all-federal-dei-officials-on-leave-by-end-of-day-tomorrow
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Administration Directs All Federal DEI Employees Be Put on Leave. The memo directs agencies to place DEI employees on paid leave by 5 p.m. on Jan. 22.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-administration-directs-all-federal-dei-employees-be-put-on-leave-5796747
FEDERALIST
— Trump Uproots Biden DEI Initiatives From Federal Institutions, Starting With The Coast Guard
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/21/trump-uproots-biden-dei-initiatives-from-federal-institutions-starting-with-the-coast-guard/
— Four GOP States Sue To Stop Federal Government From Counting Illegals In Census
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/22/four-gop-states-sue-to-stop-federal-government-from-counting-illegals-in-census/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker bashes Trump order on birthright citizenship: ‘We will not follow an unconstitutional order’ Pritzker said Illinois will not follow Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-bashes-trump-order-birthright-citizenship-we-not-follow-unconstitutional-order
— Trump fires back at ‘woke’ bishop for far-left church lecture: ‘Ungracious’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6367490626112
— Pray or Prey on the president? Woke bishop lectures Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6367474006112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Begins Purge of 1,000 Biden Appointees by Firing General Milley
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-begins-purge-of-1000-biden-appointees-by-firing-general-milley/
— ‘Strict Meritocracy’: Marco Rubio Launches Counter-DEI Push on His First Day at the State Department
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/strict-meritocracy-marco-rubio-launches-counter-dei-push-on-his-first-day-at-the-state-department/
NEW AMERICAN
— Trump has made clear that he aims to trump Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) schemes. Democrats aim to trump him and keep them alive. And while the president will very likely win the current battle, in the federal political realm, what of the war? Is this just a matter of killing programs?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/trump-may-kill-dei-in-name-but-it-will-live-on-unless/
NEWS BUSTERS
— The Media Resume Their Total War Against Pete Hegseth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/01/22/media-resume-their-total-war-against-pete-hegseth
NEWSMAX
— Trump Halts Court Dates for ‘Aliens’
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-admin-southern-border-aliens/2025/01/21/id/1195917/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics/refugee-flights-canceled/index.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Asylum seekers with CBP One appointments turned away in Mexico after Trump’s inauguration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec73osXyo7w
— US adults want border security action but mostly oppose arrests in schools, churches
https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-us-adults-want-border-security-action-but-mostly-oppose-arrests-in-schools-churches-ap-norc-poll/
REUTERS
— US and India discuss concerns about ‘irregular immigration
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-india-discuss-concerns-about-irregular-immigration-state-department-says-2025-01-22/
— Democrats and RINOs reject equal opportunity, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, that is, they promote Affirmative Action, DEI, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/01/22/trump-escalates-campaign-against-diversity-threatens-private-sector-probes/
CBS NEWS
— Trump executive order says federal government only recognizes “two sexes”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-executive-order-says-federal-government-only-recognizes-two-sexes/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/lgbtq-community-reacts-to-trumps-order-regarding-gender/
NEWSWEEK
— Musk Responds to Nazi Salute Accusations
https://www.newsweek.com/roman-salute-elon-musk-nazi-gesture-2018109
— In Frigid Chicago, Businesses Struggle to Open Amid Fears of ICE Raids
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-waiting-immigration-raids-ice-donald-trump-2018555
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in manipulating and dominating religious leaders.
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-francis-attacked-maga-mass-deportations-2018434
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats, RINOs, and illegals reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/chicago-trump-immigrants.html
— Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/opinion/trump-immigrants-deportations.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave. President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to end affirmative action in federal contracting and is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/21/dei-trump-executive-order-diversity/1ec12706-d84c-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— Mexico sides with its drug cartels against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/21/trump-us-drug-cartels-terrorist-organizations/d97deaf8-d7b5-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
— Senate receives new allegations against Trump’s defense secretary nominee. As a Senate confirmation vote approaches, an affidavit by Pete Hegseth’s ex-sister-in-law alleges aggressive behavior and heavy drinking.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/21/hegseth-pentagon-senate-vote-allegations/
— Layoffs loom as Trump administration orders federal DEI workers on leave. Employees of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are to be placed on administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Agencies were told to make plans for layoffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/dei-federal-employees-trump/
— Trump appoints Commissioner Andrea Lucas to oversee EEOC. The Republican, a vocal critic of corporate DEI initiatives, will lead an agency that holds sway over policy for a vast swath of U.S. employers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/21/trump-appoints-eeoc-commission-andrea-lucas/
— Justice Department says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement. The directives to Justice Department employees could face fierce blowback from legal advocacy groups and officials in cities and states led by Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/22/justice-immigrantion-memo-sanctuary-cities/
LOS ANGEES TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-22/trumps-order-to-cut-off-funding-to-sanctuary-cities-could-threaten-l-a-fire-relief
USA TODAY
— Hegseth sister-in-law, in new signed testimony, says he raged at ex-wife
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/21/pete-hegseth-terrified-ex-wife-signed-affidavit/77853110007/
— What to consider before changing careers. (COMMENT: To force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors painted it as being a career change. To do that, they ignored, dismissed, and belittled the many very similar things that IRS Special Procedures Staff advisors and GAO Analysts do. They ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, b) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2024/12/31/career-change-considerations/77112110007/
CYPRUS MAIL
— Trump escalates campaign against diversity, revokes executive orders dating as far back as 1965, threatens private sector probes
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/01/22/trump-escalates-campaign-against-diversity-revokes-executive-orders-dating-as-far-back-as-1965-threatens-private-sector-probes
AIR FORCE TIMES
— Trump taps officer who blasted ‘wokeness’ for Air Force undersecretary
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/01/21/trump-taps-officer-who-blasted-wokeness-for-air-force-undersecretary/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hegseth Routinely Passed Out From Alcohol Abuse, Witness Says. Trump’s Pentagon pick has denied allegations, calling them part of a ‘smear campaign’
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pete-hegseth-affidavit-witness-drunk-passing-out-e216ca85
BUSINESS INSIDER
— McKinsey is offering some staff 9 months of pay and career-coaching services to leave the firm. Bloomberg also reported last week that McKinsey told some senior employees they had only about 2 1/2 years to be promoted — amping up the pressure on staff to move up or out. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors rudely forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since then, my critics/opponents have used that and everything around it to demonize me, to denigrate, and to condemn me. I should write about that.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/mckinsey-is-offering-some-staff-9-months-of-pay-and-career-coaching-services-to-leave-the-firm-report/ar-BB1kRezU
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— President Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration and What They Mean for Employers
https://natlawreview.com/article/president-trumps-executive-orders-immigration-and-what-they-mean-employers
NPR
— Chicago’s immigrant communities brace for immigration crackdowns (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically call their illegals “immigrants.” To promote illegals is to harm legal immigrants.)
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5268920
POLITICO
— Pritzker attacks Trump over birthright citizenship order: It’s ‘chaos’ The Illinois Democrat called the president’s plan “unconstitutional.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/pritzker-trump-birthright-citizenship-00199472
— Senate learns of new allegations against Hegseth. The Defense secretary nominee’s former sister-in-law, in an affidavit, said she witnessed his drunken aggression and that his second wife worried about her safety.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/21/hegseth-new-allegations-00199730
AXIOS
— ICE returns to calling immigrants “aliens”
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-dhs-ice-immigration-noncitizen-alien
FED SCOOP
— Trump shuts down CBP One app, closing a pathway to America
https://fedscoop.com/trump-shuts-down-border-app-cbp-one/
FEDERAL NEWS
— India to take back 18,000 illegal US immigrants to please Trump. Like several other nations, India is working behind the scenes to appease the Trump administration and avoid the brunt of its trade threats, Bloomberg said.
https://thefederal.com/category/news/india-to-take-back-18000-illegal-us-immigrants-to-please-trump-report-168028
INDIA WEST
— US To Deport 18,000 Indian Illegals
https://indiawest.com/us-to-deport-18000-indian-illegals/
INDIAN EXPRESS
— Trump to invoke Alien Enemies Act of 1798: What it says, can it be used against immigrants? Trump said the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 would help “eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to US soil”. But its use against illegal immigrants is unprecedented. Here’s what the Act is, and the 3 times it has been invoked so far.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/everyday-explainers/trump-alien-enemies-act-immigrants-9791951/
TIMES OF INDIA
— Illegal immigrants can be arrested in US schools too: Trump administration blows the protection lid off ‘
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/illegal-immigrants-can-be-arrested-in-us-schools-too-trump-administration-blows-the-protection-lid-off-sensitive-zones/articleshow/117456406.cms
DAILY POST
— Planes are ready to deport 30,000 Kenyans from the U.S. as DONALD TRUMP begins crackdown on illegal immigrants.
https://www.kenyan-post.com/2025/01/planes-are-ready-to-deport-30000.html
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
— Dodge Charger Daytona: The muscle car gets rewired with a jolt (COMMENT: Do you share my interest in American nameplate muscle cars? If so, please let me know. Monday, I ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/automakers/an-dodge-charger-daytona-ev-review/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The electric muscle car era has officially arrived. Dodge is vrooming into electric vehicles with the Charger Daytona and a double shot of the brand’s bravado. The Charger Daytona is the launch vehicle for a new STLA Large platform from Stellantis. It’s designed to be a flexible, electric-native foundation that accommodates a variety of gasoline, electric and hybrid powertrains. While the Daytona is the brand’s first EV, Dodge executives say the mission remains the same: look, sound, handle and feel like a Dodge. That’s why Charger gasoline models, powered by 3.0-liter turbocharged inline 6 engines, will follow later this year. Charger models powered by electric motors will be designated by the Daytona badge. The Daytona is coming to market initially as a coupe, with a sedan to follow in the first quarter. Two models are launching at first: The 496-hp Daytona R/T priced from $61,590 with shipping, and the 670-hp Scat Pack priced from $75,185 with shipping. Both are equipped with a 100.5-kilowatt-hour battery and dual electric-motor drive. Dodge hopes to attract new consumers to the brand by offering standard all-wheel drive — enabled by a 400-volt system — on the Charger Daytona. We’ve collected some early reviews.)
January 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Community leaders tell Chicagoans to know their rights before ICE raids begin after Trump’s inauguration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/18/community-leaders-tell-chicagoans-to-know-their-rights-before-ice-raids-begin-after-trumps-inauguration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— With Trump deportation raids expected to start in Chicago, advocates say they will safeguard immigrants. The incoming Trump administration is reportedly beginning mass deportations next week in the city and across the U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia said “the current threats are nothing new” and advocates are ready to fight for and protect the community.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/18/ice-immigration-raids-chicago-jesus-garcia-delia-ramirez-resurrection-project
DAILY HERALD
— Thousands march in Washington days before Trump takes office
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250118/nation-and-world-politics/thousands-march-in-washington-days-before-trump-takes-office/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250118/news/viator-house-marks-8-years-of-offering-safe-haven-for-young-immigrants-seeking-asylum/
ABC7
— Post-inauguration ICE raids likely to begin in Chicago, could start as soon as Tuesday. Immigration advocates host ‘know your rights’ workshops for community amid mass deportation fears.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trumps-chicago-deportation-plan-dhs-officials-confirm-city-will-target-area-incoming-admin-mass-fears-grow/15813592/
NBC5
— Chicago immigration activists prepare for possible large-scale deportation raids. NBC News reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials plan to conduct a major enforcement operation in Chicago following Trump’s inauguration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-immigration-activists-prepare-for-possible-large-scale-deportation-raids/3649994/
— Who will be at Trump’s inauguration: Performers, guests and more. From former presidents to famous musical artists, Inauguration Day will feature a number of high-profile attendees.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/who-will-be-at-trumps-inauguration-performers-guests-and-more/3649960/
CBS2
— ICE planning to ramp up arrests in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-planning-increase-arrests-undocumented-immigrants-major-u-s-cities-after-trump-takes-office/
— Chicago’s migrant community prepares for potential ICE raids after Trump takes office
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-raids-immigration-undocumented-migrants-trump-inauguration/
WGN9
— Mass deportation raids could start in Chicago as soon as Tuesday
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mass-deportation-raids-threatened-chicago/
— Most voters in new survey seek toned-down Trump agenda
https://wgntv.com/news/national/most-voters-in-new-survey-seek-toned-down-trump-agenda/
WGN RADIO
— Chicago prepares for deportation arrests targeting hundreds next week after Trump takes office
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-chicago-prepares-for-deportation-arrests-targeting-hundreds-next-week-after-trump-takes-office/
WBEZ
— With Trump deportation raids reported to start in Chicago, advocates move to safeguard immigrants. The incoming Trump administration is reportedly beginning mass deportations next week in the city and across the U.S., one of the president-elect’s campaign promises.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/01/18/ice-immigration-raids-chicago-jesus-garcia-delia-ramirez-beatriz-ponce-de-leon
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois lawmakers, delegates going to D.C.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/rockford-register-star/20250119/281852944231161
WGLT & NPR ILLINOIS
— Steve Bannon says MAGA populism will win — as Trump is surrounded by billionaires
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-19/steve-bannon-says-maga-populism-will-win-as-trump-is-surrounded-by-billionaires
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-19/steve-bannon-says-maga-populism-will-win-as-trump-is-surrounded-by-billionaires
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s influence spreads through state capitols in both substance and symbolism (COMMENT: What about Illinois?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-influence-spreads-through-state-capitols-in-both-substance-and-symbolism/
— Vance will make his mark as the first millennial vice president and the potential MAGA torchbearer
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-vance-will-make-his-mark-as-the-first-millennial-vice-president-and-the-potential-maga-torchbearer/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage illegals to stay.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-18/trump-has-promised-mass-deportations-why-some-migrants-think-its-worth-the-risk
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-19/trumps-2nd-term-represents-hope-for-the-right-and-fear-of-a-dark-era-for-others
DEPAULIA
— Corporations pour millions into inauguration Democrats plan to ditch
https://depauliaonline.com/73940/news/corporations-pour-millions-into-inauguration-democrats-plan-to-ditch/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you share my interest in American nameplate muscle cars? If so, please let me know. I am seriously considering ordering a red 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “ICE Man Cometh,” Chicago Targeted for Illegal Alien Removal Tuesday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/chicago-targeted-for-illegal-allien-removal-tuesday/
— Remembering Visiting Washington Men’s Room 70-80 Years Ago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/remembering-visiting-washington-mens-room-70-80-years-ago/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ma-Mi
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/17/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ma-mi/
— Another Example of Order of Protection Not Protecting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/another-example-of-order-of-protection-not-protecting/
Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Mi-Ne
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/18/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-mi/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Thousands turn out for anti-Trump ‘People’s March’ rally as inauguration looms
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/18/thousands-turn-anti-trump-people-march-rally-inaug/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The military needs Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3291411/military-needs-pete-hegseth/
— DEI’s obscene price tag (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3290547/dei-obscene-price-tag/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump arrives in DC with family ahead of inauguration extravaganza
https://nypost.com/2025/01/18/us-news/trump-heads-to-washington-with-melania-barron-ahead-of-inauguration-day/
ALL SIDES
— Google News Shows Strong Political Bias (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Google steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.allsides.com/blog/google-news-shows-strong-political-bias-allsides-analysis
AMERICAN THINKER
— The FBI sweeps DEI under the rug
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/the_fbi_sweeps_dei_under_the_rug.html
CENTER SQUARE
— California removes college degree requirements for nearly 30k state jobs (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females, Democrat employers have ever-increasingly eliminated job requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.aol.com/california-removes-college-degree-requirements-164900658.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— DEEP STATE GEARING UP: Nearly Half of Federal Employees in the Swamp Plan to Resist Trump (COMMENT: I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who despised/hated Republicans the most.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/13/deep-state-gearing-nearly-half-federal-employees-swamp-plan-resist-trump-poll-finds/
— I Live in Pacific Palisades and I Know Who Caused the Fire
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/14/i-live-in-pacific-palisades-and-i-know-who-caused-the-fire/
DAILY WIRE
— Air Force Official Held Event Pushing Critical Race Theory, Bemoaning ‘White Middle Class Problem. One panel member claimed that America’s public schools have ‘a white, middle class problem’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/air-force-official-held-event-pushing-critical-race-theory-bemoaning-white-middle-class-problem
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s ‘blacklist’: President-elect describes the type of people he doesn’t want to hire (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled that I would become a Democrat and lost.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-blacklist-president-elect-describes-the-type-of-people-he-doesn-t-want-to-hire/ar-AA1xjeJi
— Diversity, equity, inclusion course mandates cost taxpayers nearly $2 billion nationwide. Undergraduate students at public universities spent at least 40 million student hours satisfying DEI general education course requirements. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/diversity-equity-inclusion-course-mandates-cost-taxpayers-nearly-2-billion-nationwide-study
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Administration To Start ‘Large-Scale’ Deportations on Tuesday in Chicago
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/trump-administration-to-start-large-scale-deportations-on-tuesday-in-chicago/
NEWSMAX
— It’s time to return the United States to its rightful place as the number-one superpower in the world.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/babin-trump-us/2025/01/18/id/1195603/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Pentagon under Trump will be “about meritocracy” along with being ready and defeating the enemies of the United States, as “it should have been all along,” said Babin.”)
— GOP for Legal Immigration
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/jeff-van-drew-border-democrats/2025/01/18/id/1195599/
POWERLINE
— Mass Deportations? Well, Yes
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/01/mass-deportations-well-yes.php
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-gather-washington-protest-trump-inauguration-2025-01-18/
NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s pick for undersecretary of the Air Force, Matthew Lohmeier, was previously fired from the Space Force for criticizing what he described as critical race theory and “Marxism” in the U.S. military. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, that is, they fired me, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-air-force-matthew-lohmeier-fired-marxism-2017334
MSN
— Trump labels windmills an ‘economic and environmental disaster’
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/donald-trump-labels-windmills-an-economic-and-environmental-disaster/ar-AA1xrElK
— Trump has to undo four years of Biden administration ‘carnage’
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/donald-trump-has-to-undo-four-years-of-biden-administration-carnage/ar-AA1xru6u
— Tens of thousands to join People’s March in Washington DC against Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/tens-of-thousands-to-join-people-s-march-in-washington-dc-against-trump/ar-AA1xpHNM
— ‘First buddy’ Elon Musk is set to speak at Trump’s pre-inauguration rally. Here’s who will join.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/first-buddy-elon-musk-is-set-to-speak-at-trump-s-pre-inauguration-rally-here-s-who-will-join/ar-AA1xogyH
— Pam Bondi educational qualifications: The rise of Trump’s courtroom queen (COMMENT: I took graduate evening courses in business (Loyola 1972-1976) and accounting (DePaul 1976-1980) because that was what my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do. But my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed those courses outrageously disgustingly and unethically arguing that the courses did not relate to my job duties, that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and that they qualified me for a new trade or business.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/pam-bondi-educational-qualifications-the-rise-of-trump-s-courtroom-queen/ar-AA1xj1DD
— Massachusetts drops degree requirements from most state job listings (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females, Democrat employers have ever-increasingly eliminated job requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/governor-healey-drops-degree-requirements-from-most-state-job-listings/ar-BB1hgHCC
MSNBC
— What members of Trump’s ‘blacklist’ have in common (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/maddow-blog-what-members-of-trump-s-new-republican-blacklist-have-in-common/ar-AA1xjPWk
CNBC
— Trump vowed to declare a national energy emergency as soon as he takes office — here’s how he might do it
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/19/how-trump-could-declare-a-national-energy-emergency-.html
CBS NEWS
— Before Trump’s inauguration, thousands show up to San Francisco’s Women’s March
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-franciscos-womens-march-before-trump-inauguration/
— About 270,000 migrants waiting to enter U.S. through app Trump has vowed to end
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/270000-migrants-waiting-to-enter-u-s-through-cbp-one-app-trump-has-vowed-to-end/
NBC NEWS
— How quickly Trump will be able to carry out his mass deportation plan depends on these factors
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/quickly-trump-will-able-carry-mass-deportation-plan-depends-factors-rcna188064
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Last Migrant Caravans Before Trump’s Inauguration
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01/18/world/americas/mexico-migrants-border-trump
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Tulsa to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01/19/us/tulsa-race-massacre
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tulsa-race-massacre-survivors-demand-accountability-and-reparations-following-doj-report/ar-AA1xqT7M
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump. A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect’s plans to deport migrants and reduce America’s presence overseas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-policies-immigration-tariffs-economy.html
— For Those Deemed Trump’s Enemies, a Time of Anxiety and Fear. Donald Trump is returning to the White House vowing to seek retribution. Those in his sights are worried both about him — and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-officials-retribution.html
— Under Trump’s Big Tent, Republicans Are Starting to Clash. Donald J. Trump won his battle with establishment Republicans. Now, it’s disputes over immigration, taxes and foreign policy that will test his party’s unity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/donald-trump-inauguration-republican-party.html
— A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses. Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/trump-billionaires-washington-homes.html
WASHINGTON POST
— A dominant Trump looks to his second term to reshape, disrupt America. On the eve of his second inauguration, Donald Trump is politically stronger than ever, but huge tests await on immigration, the economy and more.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/19/dominant-trump-looks-his-second-term-reshape-disrupt-america/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Resettlement agencies race to help refugees ahead of Trump’s second term
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-18/resettlement-agencies-race-to-help-refugees-ahead-of-trumps-second-term
PHILADELPHIA INQUIER
— Demonstrators gathered for People’s March in Center City ahead of Trump’s inauguration: ‘We need people to be engaged’ A rebranded version of the Women’s March, which drew 50,000 people into the city’s streets amid Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, the People’s March was smaller but no less determined.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-peoples-march-trump-immigration-abortion-rights-20250118.html
PROPUBLICA
— How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasing drive White students out of public schools.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Progressive Chicago, Long a Trump Target, Braces for Deportations. Plans remain fluid, but there is no doubt of a push for highly visible raids in Democratic cities in the first days of the new administration
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/progressive-chicago-long-a-trump-target-braces-for-deportations-177683ac
FORBES
— Why Is It So Hard For Recent College Graduates To Find A Decent Job? (COMMENT: When I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970, I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait and that frustrated my job search big time. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, it was for a job that did not really require a college degree.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/02/15/why-is-it-so-hard-for-recent-college-graduates-to-find-a-decent-job/
BLOOMBERG
— Chicago, San Diego Brace for Fight With Trump Border Czar
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-18/chicago-san-diego-brace-for-fight-with-trump-border-czar-homan
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critic/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.businessinsider.com/twins-applied-same-college-different-merit-scholarships-2025-1
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO employers will continue to use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees but just call it a different name.
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/why-dei-should-be-here-to-stay-but-under-another-name-20250119-p5l5j3
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINP employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91113957/4-common-arguments-against-dei-and-how-to-dismantle-each-one
https://www.fastcompany.com/91261356/what-can-you-do-if-your-company-is-cutting-dei-programs
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— The benefits of ‘budgeting for results’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have always opposed budgeting.)
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2018/nov/not-for-profit-budgeting-for-results.html
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
— The Demographic Outlook: 2025 to 2055 (COMMENT: From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, fewer and fewer and fewer of those in American will be productive members of society, citizens of America, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61164
MAC DAILY NEWS
— Apple CEO Cook’s total salary set to rise by $10 million for 2024 (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I stress that I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://macdailynews.com/2025/01/13/apple-ceo-cooks-total-salary-set-to-rise-by-10-million-for-2024-dependent-on-shareholder-approval/
HIRING LAB
— Educational Requirements Are Gradually Disappearing From Job Postings (COMMENT: To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat and RINO minorities and more young Democrat and RINO females, Democrat and RINO employers have ever-increasingly eliminated job requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.)
https://www.hiringlab.org/2024/02/27/educational-requirements-job-postings/
PRESS GAZETTE
— Should I stop including links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to websites that paywall or have cookies or popups? My critics/opponents are furious that I have the money, time, ability, experience, and motivation to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning free of charge and without any advertising, donation requests, cookies, or popups.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/
MS MAGAZINE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://msmagazine.com/2025/01/18/dei-trump-diversity/
POLITICO
— National Guard troops worry Trump will deploy them for mass deportations (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs side with illegals against America.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/19/trump-national-guard-mass-deporations-fears-00199063
NEW YORKER
— Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.
https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/whats-really-behind-the-house-bill-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-school-sports
HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Posts ‘Blacklist’ Online And Critics Fear The Same Thing (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-posts-blacklist-online-and-critics-fear-the-same-thing/ar-AA1xiGK9
INDEPENDENT
— Trump names and shames 11 people on his White House blacklist for second administration (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.aol.com/trump-names-shames-11-people-141013448.html
DAILY MAIL
— Rural Midwesterners fight to split Illinois in two after years of Democrat chaos
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14293995/rural-midwest-counties-secede-failed-blue-state.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From peaceful southern Illinois, Chicago can look like a crime-ridden hellhole that’s welcomed far too many asylum seekers and is driving the state off a financial cliff and into a $3.2 billion deficit. No surprise, then, that Illinois lost 83,839 residents in 2023, its 10th straight year of decline — as people and businesses flee across state lines seeking lower taxes and less red tape. Now, separatists say rural counties should wave goodbye to Chicago and surrounding Cook County, and forge the state of ‘New Illinois.’ Their mantra is: ‘Leave Illinois without moving.’ American history is littered with examples of states and counties trying to redraw maps — and most often they’re doomed. But Illinois’ separatists have the wind in their sails after winning nonbinding ballot resolutions in 33 of the state’s 102 counties. Neighboring Indiana has taken notice, offering to shift its western border and absorb disgruntled parts of Illinois. G.H. Merritt, chairman of New Illinois State, says she expects Illinois to soon ‘crash and burn’ due to the progressive tax-and-spend policies of Chicago’s political elite. A lot of businesses have left the state,’ Merritt told DailyMail.com. ‘They leave Chicago because it’s dangerous, and the taxes are too high. Over the course of a few years, we’ve lost a million residents.’ Those leaving often point to Brandon Johnson of Chicago, whose abysmal approval ratings have made him ‘America’s most hated mayor.’ He’s struggled to accommodate the tens of thousands of immigrants and asylum seekers who turned up in Chicago, seeking jobs, homes, and schools after crossing the southern border. Others slam Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker for running up a $3.2 billion deficit in his 2026 budget and overseeing a staggering $144 billion pension debt, according to Illinois Policy, a think tank. Critics note that Pritzker only won his 2022 election through victories in the heavily-weighted counties around Chicago. Illinois is ‘on the verge of bankruptcy,’ warns Merritt. ‘If we can’t make New Illinois happen, you’re going to see a lot more people leave Illinois and go to states where they feel they’ll have a voice.’ It’s not clear that New Illinois would have better finances after jettisoning Cook County. Chicago is surrounded by several wealthy blue counties — and their taxes subsidize poorer areas down south, says research from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. The separatist movement was launched in 2018, but it’s started making real progress in recent months. It echoes efforts in Colorado, California and Oregon, where vast swaths of red, rural counties are dominated by a few blue cities. The divide between urban and rural America has long been a fault line in the world’s biggest economy. President-elect Donald Trump played up tensions on the campaign trail as he railed against large Democratic-run cities. Now, animated separatist groups see his second administration as friendly to sparsely-populated red areas that get pushed about by metropolitan liberals. Late last year, Merritt’s group passed the first draft of a new constitution, and counts support in 68 counties. A sister organization, Illinois Separation Referendum, has secured support from voters on ballot initiatives in 33 counties. In November, even Madison County, a metropolitan area and suburb of St. Louis, approved the symbolic referendum about splitting from the Chicago area and forming a new state. Still, it’s a daunting process, requiring the consent of the state legislature and Congress, says the US Constitution. It’s only happened a handful of times, including the formation of Kentucky, with the consent of Virginia, and Maine, which once belonged to Massachusetts. The most recent example was West Virginia, which left Virginia during the Civil War — 162 years ago. Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have since vaunted the idea of becoming a 51st state. Meanwhile, Texas, California, and some other states have efforts to split from the US entirely. In Oregon, a group called Greater Idaho wants to redraw state lines so its eastern conservative rural counties can join Idaho. Though Illinois’ separatists have support among a dozen lawmakers, they have little succor among the elites in Chicago and Springfield, the state capital. ‘We’re one state,’ Gov Pritzker told reporters before last year’s election. ‘The idea that someplace in Illinois wants to kick out another place in Illinois should not be on the ballot.’ This month, Illinois politics got messier once again, with neighboring Indiana joining the ruckus. Republicans in Indianapolis introduced a bill to launch a boundary commission to redraw state lines and absorb disgruntled parts of Illinois. It would ’embrace neighboring counties that want to join low-tax, low-cost Indiana,’ says the bill. Indiana Republican House Speaker Todd Huston said: ‘Instead of seceding and creating a 51st state, they should just join us.’ Still, even with support in Indiana, that effort would need to win over Springfield and Washington DC — another long-shot. Pritzker has rejected Indiana’s move as a ‘stunt’ and advised his residents against joining a ‘low-wage state’ with few worker protections and shoddy healthcare. Still, for Merritt, who lives near Chicago in Lake County, it’s a more a question of how much of Illinois that Indiana would be willing to absorb. ‘If it were to work, I’d say ‘great’,’ she told DailyMail.com. ‘But I wouldn’t want Indiana to grab 33 counties in southeastern Illinois, because then the rest of us would get left behind.’)
January 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— Candidate listings
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Early voting begins in Aurora area for primary election
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/early-voting-begins-in-aurora-area-for-primary-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Early voting began Thursday for the primary election on Feb. 25, Aurora area officials said. In Kane County, there are primary races for mayor in Aurora, which is a non-partisan election, and for three Aurora Township races featuring Democrats, which are partisan contests.)
— Early voting begins in Lake County; ‘It’s very important to … vote so your voice can be heard’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/early-voting-begins-in-lake-county-its-very-important-to-vote-so-your-voice-can-be-heard/
— House bill threatens to dissolve Indiana township government
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/house-bill-threatens-to-dissolve-indiana-township-government/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/opinion-refugees-asylum-seekers/
— Trump’s outsider Cabinet picks are rapidly gaining support for confirmation
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/trump-cabinet-picks-confirmation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for inflation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/trump-prices/
— Evanston rejects Trump’s election and the rule of law
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/opinion-evenston-illinois-immigration-deportation/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/latinos-trump-business-immigrants/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats ever-increasingly unite against Republicans those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/trump-protest-march-2017-and-now/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democrat leaders a) reject Trump’s election and b) ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. Anticipate/expect that Illinois Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly take more adverse actions against the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2025/01/16/illinois-house-speaker-chris-welch-donald-trump
— University of Chicago students cancel decades-old school tradition in protest of student’s arrest. Mamayan Jabateh, a senior at the University of Chicago, was arrested, removed from campus and suspended from classes in December following a pro-Palestinian protest in October.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/01/16/university-of-chicago-students-cancel-decades-old-school-tradition-in-protest-of-students-arrest
— White nationalist Nick Fuentes files motion to seal records in criminal case, citing safety concerns. Fuentes “asserts here that the posting of his personal information, on the electronic docket and the physical court file, has created a dangerous and unsafe living condition for the defendant,” states a motion filed Wednesday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/01/16/white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-seal-records-safety-concerns
DAILY HERALD
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250116/news/county-dupage-foundation-raise-almost-400k-to-help-shelter-homeless-this-winter/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly unite against Republicans those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250116/news/noted-civil-rights-attorney-to-headline-i-have-a-dream-unity-breakfast-in-dupage-county/
NBC5
— The SALT cap harms those who pay lots of state and local taxes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/these-republicans-are-ready-to-derail-trumps-tax-cuts-over-the-salt-cap/3648107/
WGN9
— DISGUSTING: Some Indiana Republicans introduce bill to legalize recreational marijuana
https://wgntv.com/news/indiana/some-indiana-republicans-introduce-bill-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/?nxsparam=1
FOX32
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Duckworth’s hatred against Hegseth
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tammy-duckworth-pete-hegseth-vote
WTTW
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote protests outside Chicago’s Trump Tower on Inauguration Day
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/16/activists-protest-outside-chicago-s-trump-tower-inauguration-day
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Trump’s inauguration is Monday. Here are the Illinois lawmakers that will, won’t attend.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/01/16/what-illinois-lawmakers-will-attend-trumps-inauguration/77520532007/
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Challenges Against Northfield Township Democratic Slate, Caucus Process Dismissed
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/challenges-against-northfield-township-democratic-slate-caucus-process-dismissed/#google_vignette
JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-defends-dreamers-healthcare-20038141.php
STATELINE
— Illinois man accused of repeatedly throwing cat feces in yards of Trump supporters
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-man-accused-of-repeatedly-throwing-cat-feces-in-yards-of-trump-supporters/
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Freedom Caucus stifled by state GOP
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-to-the-editor-illinois-freedom-caucus-stifled-by-state-gop/article_cc467298-d449-11ef-b4c9-332f0a791a93.html
WNOI
— FREEDOM CAUCUS SHUT OUT (COMMENT: I should write about leaders of the following who shut out conservatives: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.)
http://wnoi.com/onlinenews/wnoinews.exe?ID=53155
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite public comments to the contrary, the Illinois House Minority Leader has telegraphed her unwillingness to heal the fractured Illinois Republican Party by rejecting serious efforts from the Illinois Freedom Caucus to promote party unity. During a recent exchange, the Minority Leader declared her unwillingness to accommodate or collaborate with this influential conservative wing and has even refused to give the Illinois Freedom Caucus a voice in the decision-making process. The Illinois Freedom Caucus, which represents a substantial contingent of principled conservatives across the state, champions fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, and accountability in government. Its members and allies are dedicated to upholding the values shared by many Illinois families and voters who feel abandoned by establishment politicians. The refusal of leadership to engage with the Freedom Caucus signals a troubling disregard for the diversity of thought and values within the Illinois House Republican Caucus. At a time when voters are demanding a unified and effective opposition to the radical left’s political agenda in Illinois, this decision undermines efforts to collaborate and build a stronger, more robust party. “Leadership requires listening to all voices within our party, especially those who bring energy, passion, and principled conservatism. By sidelining the Freedom Caucus, the Minority Leader is not only silencing the voices of conservative lawmakers, but also the voters we represent. This is a disservice to the people of Illinois and a missed opportunity for true unity and accountability. Moving forward, the Illinois Freedom Caucus will continue to fight for the principles that resonate with grassroots voters statewide, and the true base of the Illinois Republican Party. While the Minority Leader’s actions may seek to silence conservative voices, the Freedom Caucus will not be deterred in its mission to advance common-sense policies and stand as a bold voice for the people of Illinois.” The Illinois Freedom Caucus is comprised of State Representatives Chris Miller, chairman; Blaine Wilhour, vice-chairman; Adam Niemerg; Brad Halbrook; Jed Davis; David Friess and State Senator Andrew Chesney. The members of the Illinois Freedom Caucus are members of the Illinois General Assembly who are advocating for limited government, lower taxes and accountability, and integrity in government.)
WPSD
— Illinois State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis, launches petition against decriminalizing sex work (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote prostitution.)
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/illinois-rep-launches-petition-against-decriminalizing-sex-work-citing-safety-concerns/article_ec9ef8a2-d454-11ef-8452-6779cb9ef2f9.html
WSIU
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-01-16/the-checkup-pregnant-in-an-abortion-ban-state-heres-how-to-prepare-for-an-emergency
WCIA
— Complaint against U of I Board of Trustees alleges employment discrimination
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/complaint-against-u-of-i-board-of-trustees-alleges-employment-discrimination/
WSIL TV
— Trump taps the leader of his personal detail to run the US Secret Service
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/trump-taps-the-leader-of-his-personal-detail-to-run-the-us-secret-service/article_d117064c-b79c-5d70-b294-e23c8d33630a.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-more-than-a-dozen-democratic-ags-say-theyll-defend-gun-regulations-ahead-of-trumps-2nd-term/
SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.
https://southsideweekly.com/illinois-lawmakers-say-theyre-ready-to-stand-up-for-undocumented-residents/
SENATOR DURBIN
— Loyalty Above All Else: Pam Bondi Passed Donald Trump’s Loyalty Test To Weaponize the Justice Department (COMMENT: The “Republican” DOJ under Bush sided with the Democrat GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, the “Republican” DOJ promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/loyalty-above-all-else-pam-bondi-passed-donald-trumps-loyalty-test-to-weaponize-the-justice-department
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-438/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-230/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Why did you vote for Trump? I voted for Trump because the Republican Party platform is conservative and Trump ran as a Republican. I owe all my successes in life to my following conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I would not have been able to buy a new town home when I was 24 and condos when I was 25 and 27. I would not have been able to get married and buy a home with my wife when I was 29 and have one built with her when I was 35. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— While S&P downgrades Chicago, Mayor Johnson and city officials deny failures
https://wirepoints.org/while-sp-downgrades-chicago-mayor-johnson-and-city-officials-deny-failures-wirepoints/
— Make no mistake, Illinois politicians will spend money from a progressive tax hike on covering deficits, not property tax relief
https://wirepoints.org/make-no-mistake-illinois-politicians-will-spend-money-from-a-progressive-tax-hike-on-covering-deficits-not-property-tax-relief-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Cap Limit for Real Estate Taxes Due in 2026 Set at 2.9%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/16/tax-cap-limit-for-real-estate-taxes-due-in-2026-set-at-2-9/
— McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett Reports $53,500 to Start the Year, Most from Car Dealers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/mchenry-mayor-wayne-jett-reports-53500-to-start-the-year/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mayorkas’ final tally: $3 billion in extra vacation time for DHS employees
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/16/alejandro-mayorkas-final-tally-3-billion-extra-vac/
— Pro-terror Islamic organizations in the U.S. are active and growing. The long-running Islamist campaign to radicalize Americans and undermine our country.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/pro-terror-islamic-organizations-u-active-growing/
— Blue state bungles put Democrats’ governing competency in question
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/16/blue-state-bungles-put-democrats-governing-compete/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The competency crisis is among us (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3288425/the-competency-crisis-is-among-us/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump demands FBI’s ‘corrupt’ shuttered DEI office ‘retain all records’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are proud of their success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/16/us-news/fbi-shuttered-its-dei-office-after-trumps-election-win/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Illinois Poised to Become Even Worse. Illinois Democrats’ push to decriminalize prostitution risks fueling exploitation, trafficking, and abuse, prioritizing profit over the safety of women and children. (COMMENT: To vote for Democrats is to promote prostitution.)
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/17/illinois-poised-to-become-even-worst/
AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Chicago blocks cops from working with ICE to detain criminal illegal immigrants
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/01/chicago-blocks-cops-from-working-with-ice-to-detain-criminal-illegal-immigrants/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden’s farewell letter is full of classic Biden whoppers
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/joe_biden_s_farewell_letter_is_full_of_classic_biden_whoppers.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— A breath of fresh air
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/16/ben-shapiro-a-breath-of-fresh-air-1516371/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth explained that it was time to “bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense.” His laser focus would be on “warfighting, lethality, meritocracy, standards and readiness.” To do that, Hegseth pledged to eviscerate so-called diversity, equity and inclusion standards, explaining, “The strength of our military is our unity — our shared purpose — not our differences.”)
— Freedom Caucus presents Trump with budget overhaul detailed proposal
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/16/freedom-caucus-presents-trump-with-budget-overhaul-detailed-proposal-1516524/
BLAZE
— Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging: A new name for the same game
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-a-new-name-for-the-same-game
BREITBART
— More Indian Migrant Truck Drivers Caught Trafficking Drugs Across Border with Canada
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/01/16/more-indian-migrant-truck-drivers-caught-trafficking-drugs/
CENTER SQUARE
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Because of that, the federal government will continue to be weaponized against Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c160c6f6-d38d-11ef-8690-fff551a2b0a4.html
DAILY CALLER
— Homan Says Great Replacement Theory Could Backfire On Dems And Ramp Up Trump Support (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been in your county, township, municipality, and school district replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats?)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/tom-homan-great-replacement-theory-dems/
— ‘These Democrats Are Just Liars’: Rod Blagojevich Says Dems Are ‘Paying The Price’ For All Their ‘Lies’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/rod-blagojevich-democrats-price-lying-joe-biden/
— Parents Are Chomping At The Bit To Retake America’s Classrooms With Trump’s Imminent Return
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/parents-to-retake-americas-classrooms-trumps-return/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Demands FBI Retain All Records From DEI Office It Closed (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are proud of their success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-demands-fbi-retain-all-records-from-dei-office-it-closed
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Love Censorship Because They Know They’d Lose Without It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/16/democrats-love-censorship-because-they-know-theyd-lose-without-it/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs decry the FBI closing its DEI office. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-closed-dei-office-december-agency-says
— California firefighters ‘lowered standards’ with DEI efforts (COMMENT: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-firefighters-lowered-standards-with-dei-efforts-michael-shellenberger-says/vi-AA1xkWbM
— Zuckerberg, other moguls say they’re backing off ESG and DEI but are they for real? Corporations need to clean house in HR to focus on value creation rather than racial identity politics or costly virtue-signaling.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/zuckerberg-other-moguls-say-theyre-backing-off-esg-dei-real
— Biden commutes nearly 2,500 more sentences in final days of presidency. Biden has issued more individual pardons and commutations than any other US president.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-commutes-nearly-2500-more-sentences-final-days-presidency
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— What Second Amendment? Illinois governor to sign gun confiscation law into effect
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/illinois-governor-to-sign-gun-confiscation-law-into-effect-domestic-order-of-protection-now-voids-the-second-amendment
NATIONAL REVIEW
— FBI Shuttered Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office in December (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are proud of their success in using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fbi-shuttered-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-office-in-december/
— Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Union Preps Teachers to Fight Against Incoming Trump Admin
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/nations-largest-teachers-union-preps-teachers-to-fight-against-incoming-trump-admin-born-for-this/
NEW AMERICAN
— House Votes to Deport Illegal-alien Rapists; 145 Dems Vote to Keep Them Here
https://thenewamerican.com/us/house-votes-to-deport-illegal-alien-rapists-145-dems-vote-to-keep-them-here/
NEWSMAX
— LA fire chief was more focused on woke nonsense than putting out fires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3uqb62WuXs
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Vote Against Deportation of Illegals Convicted for Violent Crimes Against Women, Children
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/01/16/democrats-vote-against-preventing-violence-against-women-by-illegal-aliens-act-n2650663
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats and RINOs decry the FBI closing its DEI office. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5090257-fbi-shuttered-dei-office-december/
— Democrats take ‘class war’ to Trump’s Cabinet picks (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs always demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as having too much money. I should write about those Democrats and RINOs who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most for my having too much money. In my defense, I stress that I earned 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://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5090255-evening-report-democrats-take-class-war-to-trumps-cabinet-picks/
CNN
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/costco-pushing-back-hard-against-201119831.html
MSN
— Reasons Gen Z Is Getting Fired From The Workplace (COMMENT: What has demonstrated your work ethic? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/health-news/reasons-gen-z-is-getting-fired-from-the-workplace-psychologist-explains/ar-AA1xkVuF
CNBC
— $49 billion in medical debt will be wiped off Americans’ credit reports (COMMENT: One reason to put up with the many negatives of being a federal employees and retiree is the federal government pays 72%of your and your spouse’s health insurance.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/credit-cards/49-billion-in-medical-debt-will-be-wiped-off-americans-credit-reports-what-you-need-to-know/ar-BB1ro8c4
CBS NEWS
— Trump names Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone his special envoys to Hollywood
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mel-gibson-jon-voight-sylvester-stallone-special-envoys-hollywood/
— Judgment in Trump’s New York fraud case stands at $502 million ahead of inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-new-york-fraud-case-502-million-inauguration/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-dei-costco-diversity/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden to Commute Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push pot. If I had smoked pot, I would not have been able to earn a) a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, or d) a professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/biden-commute-sentences-drug-offenders.html
— The Decline in Geriatric Care Hurts Us All (COMMENT: From what I see, everyone should be on track to have at least $1 million saved for their retirement.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/opinion/health-care-geriatrics-boomers-aging.html
— Resist or Coexist? Democrats Rethink Their Approach to Trump and G.O.P. Elected officials across the party are engaging in a balancing act, signaling they have heard voters’ demands for change while grappling with when to oppose Donald Trump. (COMMENT: How strongly are RINO leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district resisting Trump?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/democrats-resist-trump-administration.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Musk’s DOGE weighs recommendations to cut federal diversity programs. In private talks, the nongovernmental fiscal-efficiency group is deliberating policies that would counteract initiatives assailed by opponents as “DEI” programs. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/16/musk-ramaswamy-diversity-doge-dei/
— Trump’s ongoing loyalty test (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/can-he-do-that/why-trumps-cabinet-nominees-will-be-confirmed/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/interactive/2025/trump-immigrants-mass-deportations/
— How resistance to Trump may look different in his second administration. Inauguration protests are expected to draw fewer people than in 2017, but activists say they are gearing up to oppose the new president with a movement that goes beyond marches.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/17/women-peoples-march-trump-inauguration-protests/
USA TODAY
— No experience? No problem. Trump’s Cabinet raises concerns about government dysfunction.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/16/donald-trump-cabinet-government-dysfunction-concerns/76741545007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/01/16/immigration-rights-groups-protest-trump-deportation-threats/77743400007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Can Make Russia Pay to Rebuild Ukraine. The West has frozen $300 billion of Moscow’s assets, but Europe has stood in the way of using them.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-can-make-russia-pay-to-rebuild-ukraine-g7-assets-8874a79c
FORBES
— What Is Agenda47? What To Know About Trump’s Policy Agenda Before His Inauguration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/01/17/what-is-agenda47-what-to-know-about-trumps-policy-agenda-before-his-inauguration/
WION
— Democrats and RINOs decry the FBI closing its DEI office. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wionews.com/world/fbi-closes-its-diversity-office-ahead-of-donald-trumps-return-to-white-house-us-president-elect-alleges-corruption-8629574
HUFFINGTON POST
— I should write about those who blacklist me.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maggie-haberman-donald-trump-blacklist-omission_n_678a1d84e4b08e65fddd83cd
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.splcenter.org/racial-justice-issues/strengthening-democracy/
TIMES
— Fifth of Harvard MBA class still jobless (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/fifth-of-harvard-mba-class-still-jobless-sjw63k8mz
GUARDIAN
— Biden did many illegal things to get illegals into America illegally.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/16/trump-deportation-cbp-one-app-migration
January 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Evanston ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/evanston-illinois-modifies-welcoming-city-ordinance-immigrants/
— Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-council-vote-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/family-calls-for-end-to-violence-in-mexico-after-rockford-illinois-man-was-killed/ar-AA1x0YcM
WGN9
— The Illinois National Guard will send 110 soldiers and 30 airmen to help with security at the presidential inauguration next week in Washington, D.C.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-national-guard-trump-inauguration/
FOX32
— Indiana governor signs executive order eliminating DEI initiatives from state government (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/indiana-governor-dei-executive-order
WTTW
— Black Illinois Residents Are Experiencing Homelessness at Higher Rates (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/15/black-illinois-residents-are-experiencing-homelessness-higher-rates-report
— Chicago City Council Votes 39-11 to Reject Push to Scale Back Protections for Undocumented Immigrants (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/15/chicago-city-council-votes-39-11-reject-push-scale-back-protections-undocumented
WBEZ
— Chicago Police will not help with deportations after the city council rejects changes to sanctuary status. The council voted 39-11 against a proposal meant to allow Chicago police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2025/01/15/chicago-police-will-not-help-with-deportations-after-the-city-council-rejects-changes-to-sanctuary-status
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: City Council sides with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Chicago’s sanctuary city dispute (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/15/city-council-johnson-preserve-chicago-sanctuary-city-ordinance/
— DECEMBER 15, 2000 FLASHBACK: GOP CHOOSES SLATE FOR MILTON TOWNSHIP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/12/15/gop-chooses-slate-for-milton-township/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wednesday night, Heidorn ran uncontested, as expected, for township supervisor to replace Hank Kruse, who chose not to run again. Current township trustees Ken McNatt and Barbara Murphy also were selected by committeemen to run for another term. However, two-term incumbent trustee John Garrow was edged out by challengers Jim Flickinger and Don Sender, both of Wheaton. Flickinger, a longtime precinct committeeman, has been a fixture at Wheaton-Warrenville District 200 board meetings and ran unsuccessfully for a school board seat in 1997. Sender, also a committeeman and a retired history teacher at Wheaton Central High School, recently resigned as a caseworker for Milton Township. He and Kruse have been instrumental in the cleanup in the last several years of two abandoned cemeteries in the township, St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Carol Stream and Pleasant Hill Cemetery in unincorporated Wheaton. Although a township caucus, which functions as a primary, will take place Jan. 9, no opposition to the Republican slate is expected, and all the candidates and the township’s 108 Republican committeemen agreed Wednesday night to support the Republican slate. No Democratic candidates have surfaced for the April election, although several Republican committeemen said they expect Democratic opposition.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/16/opinion-dont-backtrack-diversity-commitments-affirmative-action/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace to remedy transit funding crisis. Chicago’s transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The Regional Transit Authority now proposes a middle route, asking lawmakers to grant it more authority over CTA, Metra and Pace.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/01/15/rta-cta-metra-pace-fiscal-cliff-kirk-dillard
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: My hate-filled Trump-hating U.S. Representative Delia Ramirez, along with Casten, Krishnamoorthi, and Schakowsky, will boycott Trump’s inauguration. How strongly does your Democrat U.S. Representative hate Trump and hate their constituents like me who voted for Trump?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250115/nation-and-world-politics/i-would-feel-unsafe-some-suburban-reps-plan-to-skip-trumps-inauguration/
— Brad Stephens named to Republican leadership post in state House
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250115/illinois-state-politics/stephens-named-to-leadership-post-in-state-house/
— DECEMBER 5, 2024 FLASHBACK: Milton Township Democrats select full slate of candidates for spring election
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241205/submitted-content/milton-township-democrats-select-full-slate-of-candidates-for-spring-election/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Effort to weaken ‘welcoming city’ protections thwarted at City Council (COMMENT: Chicago ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/push-weaken-chicagos-welcoming-city-protections-fails
INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— ‘A low-wage state’: How Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responded to Indiana’s secession bill
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/15/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-responds-indiana-secession-bill-todd-huston/77728099007/
— I’m more qualified than Pete Hegseth for defense secretary. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/01/16/pete-hegseth-resume-trump-nomination-defense/77721020007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hegseth’s military service ended as a major without having qualified for retirement. I, too, was an infantry officer. I rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. I was awarded a single Bronze Star medal and two Commendation Medals for that service, along with a lot of other awards. I led a platoon, a company and commanded as a lieutenant colonel. My service included a peacekeeping tour and combat in Desert Storm, serving as a regular army soldier in an elite army division. My last staff position was as chief of plans of U.S. Army Japan. I spent three times as long serving in the regular Army and twice as long in the Reserve Forces – and qualified for retirement. I commanded ten times more soldiers than Hegseth did before I was even promoted to captain. For the critical position of secretary of defense, based on military experience, I easily beat Hegseth. That moves me to a commanding lead of 3-1 on the major resume items for SECDEF. All this comes with a caveat: I’m not remotely qualified to be defense secretary. I am, however, smart enough to recognize that.)
JOURNAL COURIER
— Newly elected Republican Rep. Kyle Moore joins Illinois Legislative Audit Commission (COMMENT: Democrats run IRS and GAO. They do not want Republicans like me to audit IRS. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980 after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. The Democrats who run IRS and GAO succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. In 1992, because they had assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators and because it had become all too clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS, I started taking graduate evening courses in financial markets and trading at IIT and I earned a master’s degree in that in 1997. Also, I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996. But later in 1997, they forced to retire and flushed all that down their toilet.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/kyle-moore-joins-legislative-audit-commission-20034612.php
— Davidsmeyer reappointed as assistant minority leader
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/cd-davidsmeyer-illinois-assistant-minority-leader-20033597.php
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Evanston promotes DEI, that is, Evanston promotes more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/01/14/evanston-public-library-seeks-applicants-for-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-committee/
TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Chesney: Illinois lame-duck sessions unnecessary and dangerous
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/opinion/article_1262294a-cfa7-11ef-aa4d-c3a7cecba88a.html
HYDE PARK HEARLD
— Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025 (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed their family responsibilities and they decried that I did not have any. According to them, if I had family responsibilities like they did, I would not have been able to earn the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I did.)
https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/nearly-300-new-illinois-laws-take-effect-in-2025/article_0d2b8422-c16e-11ef-a4dd-5771787037f4.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Caregiver discrimination House Bill 2161 adds family responsibilities to the list of categories protected from discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. The new law prevents employers from taking adverse action against employees because of their responsibilities as a caregiver for a family member, which could cause them to miss work. Bill sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, told a House committee in April that pregnant women are a good example of who the bill is designed to help. He said pregnant women shouldn’t be passed up for a promotion or face other consequences at work in anticipation that they will be taking time off to care for their baby. Guzzardi stressed the bill does not protect employees who fail to meet job performance requirements.)
FOX2
— ‘State of New Illinois’ committee continues push to secede from Cook County
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/state-of-new-illinois-committee-continues-push-to-secede-from-cook-county/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrats, activists push to decriminalize prostitution in Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/democrats-activists-push-to-decriminalize-sex-work-in-illinois/article_1424f858-d294-11ef-aca5-dfa77669c426.html
— Elik returns to leadership post
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/elik-returns-to-leadership-post/article_a50c465e-d367-11ef-96c1-af0fa800bc7c.html
WCIA
— Illinois Democrat lawmakers propose ‘Bill of Rights’ for prostitutes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-democratic-lawmakers-propose-bill-of-rights-for-sex-workers/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois counties should secede and join Indiana, its House speaker says
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-01-15/illinois-counties-should-secede-and-join-indiana-its-house-speaker-says
— Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for inflation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-15/inflation-remains-stubbornly-high-for-many-americans-could-it-get-worse-under-trump
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois medical debt relief program wipes out debt for over 52,000 residents (COMMENT: One reason to put up with the many negatives of being a federal employee and retiree is that the federal government pays 72% of your and your spouse’s health insurance.)
https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/illinois-medical-debt-relief-program-wipes-out-debt-for-over-52000-residents#
CWB CHICAGO
— Pickpockets are prowling downtown Chicago restaurants
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/01/pickpockets-are-prowling-downtown-chicago-restaurants-police-say.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-shelter-alliance-calls-for-100m-state-funding-boost-to-fight-homelessness/
SPRINGFIELD PATCH
— Giannoulias Aims To Offer Digital Driver’s Licenses By End Of Year For Apple Users Only. Despite blown deadlines, Patch has obtained a confidential agreement with Apple executives signed by the secretary of state in August 2024.
https://patch.com/illinois/springfield-il/illinois-aims-offer-digital-ids-end-year-apple-users-only
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MILTON TOWNSHIP
— Indivisible Illinois Kicks Off the New Year with an Inspiring Fundraiser!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/141390082555472
https://www.facebook.com/indivisibleillinois/videos/573923788749308
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over 90 passionate supporters gathered in Downers Grove to celebrate grassroots activism and civic engagement at our New Year Kickoff Fundraiser. We were honored to hear powerful remarks from U.S. Representatives Sean Casten and Raja Krishnamoorthi, alongside a stellar lineup of speakers including former U.S. Rep. Marie Newman, Appellate Justice Linda Davenport, Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog, Asian American Caucus Chair Holly Kim, State Senators Cristina Castro and Mark Walker, State Representative Nicole Grasse, DuPage County Forest Preserve President Daniel Hebread, DuPage County Board Members Sadia Covert, Yeena Yoo, and Saba Haider, DuPage County Dems Chair Reid McCollum, Lisle Township Supervisor Diane Hewitt, and Operation Swing State/ New Trier Dems President Patrick Hanley. Additional community figures in attendance included nearly appointed DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Christina Kye, Wheaton City Council Member Erica Bray-Parker, Hanover Park Village Trustee Yasmeen Bankole, College of DuPage Trustee Flo Appel, Glenbard District 87 Board President Margaret DeLaRosa, Township High School District 211 Board Vice President Steven Rosenblum, and District 99 Board Member Christopher Espinoza. Special thanks to all the incredible community leaders and supporters who joined us to reflect on our accomplishments and commit to the work ahead. Together, we are building a stronger, more inclusive future. Let’s continue to make a difference in 2025!)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-437/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-229/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— DECEMBER 4, 2024 FLASHBACK: PRESS RELEASE: Last night the Milton Township Republican Organization held its Township Caucus
https://www.facebook.com/MiltonRepublicans/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois state Rep. David Friess, R-Red Bud, also a veteran: Duckworth ‘shameful’ for behavior during Hegseth hearing
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b527e95e-d35c-11ef-a373-f7c6b9e67f84.html
WIREPOINTS
— Nobody’s defending Chicagoans against more tax hikes for CPS
https://wirepoints.org/nobodys-defending-chicagoans-against-a-tax-hike-for-cps-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tell the Sun-Times Why You Voted For or Against Trump Today (COMMENT: I voted for Trump because the Republican Party platform is conservative and Trump ran as a Republican. I owe all my successes in life to my following conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I would not have been able to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27. I would not have been able to get married when I was 29 and buy a home with my wife when I was 29 and have one built with her when I was 35.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/tell-the-sun-times-why-you-voted-for-or-against-trump-today/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ju-Ko
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ju-ko/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ko-La
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ko-la/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: La-Le
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-la-le/
— Trump’s Using Left-Wing Strategies to Change the Status Quo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/trumps-using-left-wing-strategies-to-change-the-status-quo/
— Keicher Makes Another Run at Equalizing Old Folks’ Driver’s Test to All Other States
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/15/keicher-makes-another-run-at-equalizing-old-folks-drivers-test-to-all-other-states/
— Chinese Firm Admits to Trying to Steal Digital Mobile Radio Technology from Motorola
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/chinese-firm-admits-to-trying-to-steal-digital-mobile-radio-technology-from-motorola/
— Mike Shorten Denounces Nepotism in Announcement of Run for Nunda Township Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/mike-shorten-denounces-nepotism-in-announcement-of-run-for-nunda-township-supervisor/
— Ness Introduces Bill to Ban Plastic and Paper Bags for Restaurants and Grocery Stores
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/ness-introduces-bill-to-ban-plastic-and-paper-bags-for-restaurants-and-grocery-stores/
— Tribune Editorial Cartoonist Finally Draws an Anti-Biden Cartoon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/tribune-editorial-cartoonist-finally-draws-an-anti-biden-cartoon/
— Bill To Be Introduced to Take Prostitution Out of Criminal Code
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/bill-to-be-introduced-to-take-prostitution-out-of-criminal-code/
— Padiddle May Have Let to Pot Charge
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/padiddle-may-have-let-to-pot-charge/
— Rep. Keicher Re-Appointed GOP House Conference Chairman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/14/rep-keicher-re-appointed-gop-house-conference-chairman/
— DeWitt Points Out Pritzker’s Seeming Encouragement of Voter Registration of Illegal Aliens, Seeks Protections
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/dewitt-points-out-pritzkers-seeming-encouragement-of-voter-registration-of-illegal-aliens/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Tim Ozinga Resigns from Illinois Republican State Central Committee Amid Ongoing Party Struggles (COMMENT: Who represents you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? What does he/she think of you? How does he/she treat you? I should write about how my representatives on the IRP SCC have treated me since 2000.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/tim-ozinga-resigns-from-illinois-republican-state-central-committee-amid-ongoing-party-struggles.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pam Bondi pledges to end era of America’s weaponized federal government (COMMENT: Because virtually all federal employees are Democrats, the federal government is weaponized against Republicans. I should write a book about that. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me while I worked for them for almost 30 years.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/pam-bondi-pledges-end-era-america-weaponized-feder/
— Women’s March rebrands as ‘People’s March’ in bow to inclusion ahead of Trump inaugural
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/15/women-march-rebrands-people-march-bow-inclusion-ah/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Duckworth says standards are ‘being lowered’ for Hegseth (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrat minorities and more Democrat females.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3288268/tammy-duckworth-standards-being-lowered-pete-hegseth/
NEW YORK POST
— Ex-Los Angeles sheriff blasts wokeness crippling city’s wildfire response: ‘Disaster is not the fires, it’s this ideology’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/us-news/ex-la-sheriff-blasts-wokeness-crippling-wildfire-response/
— Biden’s final border lie: That hundreds of thousands of migrants can’t be deported
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/opinion/bidens-final-border-lie-that-hundreds-of-thousands-of-migrants-cant-be-deported/
ACLJ
— Springfield City Council Bans Rosanna Pulido’s Trump Shirt in Blatant Violation of the First Amendment
https://aclj.org/free-speech/illinois-city-council-bans-trump-shirt-in-blatant-violation-of-the-first-amendment
AMERICAN SYSTEM NOW
— In April 1775, the Americans took the international lead against slavery by establishing the first formal anti-slavery organization ever recorded. (COMMENT: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://americansystemnow.com/1775-americans-take-the-lead-against-slavery/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How Can Trump Overcome the Resistance?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/how_can_trump_overcome_the_resistance.html
BREITBART
— Vatican Promises Stiff Penalties for Illegal Aliens Crossing its Border
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/01/16/vatican-promises-stiff-penalties-for-illegal-aliens-crossing-its-border/
— Illegal Migrant Suspected of Arson in L.A. Wildfires Faced ‘Multiple Encounters’ with Law Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/15/illegal-migrant-suspected-arson-la-wildfires-faced-multiple-encounters-law-enforcement/
CENTER SQUARE
— Survey of best states to live places Illinois near bottom
https://www.aol.com/survey-best-states-live-places-211700535.html
DAILY CALLER
— Pam Bondi Tells Senators ‘Partisan Weaponization’ Of DOJ Will End On Her Watch (COMMENT: The “Republican” DOJ under Bush sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, it promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/pam-bondi-senators-partisan-weaponization-justice-department-will-end/
— Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell downplays Hegseth’s military service (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always downplayed my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/scott-jennings-erupts-wapo-columnist-hegseths-fox-news-secdef/
— China Blacklists Four US Companies Over Arms Sales To Taiwan (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who blacklist me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/china-blacklists-four-us-companies-over-arms-sales-to-taiwan/
— Republicans All Bark, No Bite On Top Culture War Battle
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/15/republicans-transgender-athletes-gop-house-bill-woke/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago blocks proposal that’d allow law enforcement to cooperate with ICE on targeting criminal migrants. Ald. Ray Lopez of the 15th ward and Ald. Jessica Tabares of the 26th ward first introduced the measure in 2023.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-blocks-proposal-thatd-allow-law-enforcement-cooperate-ice-targeting-criminal-migrants
LIFE NEWS
— Liberal Media Trashes Pro-Life Christians
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/01/15/liberal-media-trashes-pro-life-christians-theyre-trying-to-take-over-the-country/
LIVE ACTION
— Is the abortion industry supporting Illinois lawmakers’ move to decriminalize ‘sex work’?
https://www.liveaction.org/news/abortion-industry-illinois-lawmakers-decriminalize-sex-work/
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— DEI Statements Erode the Diversity That Matters. Qualified Candidates Can’t Get Jobs. (COMMENT: To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/01/16/dei-statements-erode-the-diversity-that-matters-qualified-candidates-cant-get-jobs/
NEW AMERICAN
— Government Spent Millions on “Indigenous Knowledge” to Fight California Wildfires
https://thenewamerican.com/us/government-spent-millions-on-indigenous-knowledge-to-fight-california-wildfires/
TOWNHALL
— California Politicians Cut Fire Department Funding Because of These Three Things
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/16/you-could-probably-guess-where-ca-diverted-the-funds-they-cut-from-the-fire-department-n2650630
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Bondi faces a skeptical reception from Democrats at confirmation hearing over her loyalty to Trump (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/world-national/bondi-faces-a-skeptical-reception-from-democrats-at-confirmation-hearing-over-her-loyalty-to-trump/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/01/some-immigrants-are-already-leaving-the-us-in-self-deportations-as-trumps-threats-loom/
MSNBC
— Those slanderous hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who ever-increasingly slander Hegseth as being unqualified should be sued for slander.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/hegseth-hearing-trump-cabinet-gop-affirmative-action-rcna187822
MSN
— Hiring Managers Say Gen Z Workers ‘Lack Work Ethic’ (COMMENT: What has demonstrated your work ethic? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/career/hiring-managers-say-gen-z-workers-lack-work-ethic/ar-AA1xgwFT
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/migrants-frontline-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-2025-01-16/
AOL
— Bill proposing women register for draft not signed into law (COMMENT: When I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970, I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait and that frustrated my job search big time. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, it was for a job that did not really require a college degree.)
https://www.aol.com/bill-proposing-women-register-draft-100410621.html
ABC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/immigrants-leaving-us-deportations-trumps-threats-loom-117734619
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://www.newsweek.com/self-deportation-us-immigrants-amid-trump-presidency-2015850
NEW YORK TIMES
— Drunkenness, Women and Wokeness: A Dramatic Confirmation Hearing for Pete Hegseth (COMMENT: Almost all my GAO superiors were Democrats. Almost all of them were older, White, and male. Almost all of them were big drinkers. They did not approve of me being a non-drinker at all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/podcasts/the-daily/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats’ crisis of the future: the biggest states that back them are shrinking. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. (COMMENT: To be a Democrat is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/16/electoral-college-democrats-2030-census-election-republican/4407e308-d3c7-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/15/corporare-dei-retrenchment-worrisome/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/01/16/immigration-self-deportation-trump/c416fb9e-d3cf-11ef-9835-51843d9371d6_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-16/mexico-braces-trump-mass-deport-remain-in-mexico
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs. The latest crop of elite business-school graduates are taking months to find new jobs. (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/harvard-mba-employment-rate-job-hunt-difficulty-addfc3ec
— Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Balances Loyalty and Independence During Hearing (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/on-the-news/trump-ag-pick-pam-bondi-balances-loyalty-and-independence-during-hearing/BFB4D8E0-6D3A-4222-AE12-F6AE75BAC7EE
— To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/you-blamed-dei-for-hurting-your-career-now-what-6150c575
FORBES
— Duckworth tries to offset her raw viciousness by complementing Rubio. Duckworth had her thugs throw me out of her 2006 press conference in Wheaton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC8UfYsiZdc
— DeSantis Unveils Plan To Stymie Illegal Immigrants Sending Remittances To Their Nations Of Origin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxvasgYIW-4
FED SMITH
— Federal Employees Face Hiring Freeze on Trump’s First Day (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-led promotion freezes. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. They took their anger out on me, one of the very few Republican employees in the office.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/01/11/telework-hiring-freeze-likely-first-day-trump-administration/
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Will Progressive and Mainstream Audiences Keep Switching off the News? (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media promotes more hatred against Trump, and therefore, more hatred against the 77 million who voted for him.).
https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/progressive-mainstream-righting-news-deserters-avoidance-trump-bump.php
MS MAGAZINE
— How I Broke Through the Fertility Industry’s False Promises to Become a Mom at 44 (COMMENT: I should write about how and why my Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF in the 1980s.)
https://msmagazine.com/2025/01/16/ivf-fertility-older-women-age-black-brown-pregnancy-maternal-health/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Students who graduated from an Illinois high school, no matter where they’re currently enrolled, will soon be guaranteed transfer admission to any University of Illinois system institution—including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which has a regular acceptance rate below 50 percent. (COMMENT: UIC accepted in 1966 because I had graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class and my ACT score was 24.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/01/16/illinois-guarantees-transfer-all-state-high-school-grads
NEWS ONE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly analogize illegals to fugitive slaves.
https://newsone.com/5851343/what-were-the-slave-narratives/
NEW PRESS
— The more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrat and RINO leaders want you to pay: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thenewpress.com/blog/book-excerpts/read-excerpt-from-price-they-paid
NEWS BUG
— Boomers Own 36.0% of Illinois Homes, 11th Fewest in the U.S. (COMMENT: I am a boomer. I have owned real estate in Illinois since I was 24 years old in 1972. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, and a one bedroom condo there in 1976. My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.newsbug.info/news/national/illinois/boomers-own-36-0-of-illinois-homes-11th-fewest-in-the-u-s/article_02e438ab-9339-57b3-a05b-f33c01e379bb.html
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that some of their illegals are self-deporting.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/will-trumps-mass-deportation-depend-on-self-deportation.html
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/racial-justice-issues/dismantling-white-supremacy/
CATO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cato.org/blog/biden-didnt-cause-border-crisis-part-1-summary
CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/letting-asylum-seekers-work-not-pull-factor
January 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Zuckerberg to cohost reception with Republican billionaires for Trump inauguration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-cohost-reception-republican-billionaires-trump-inauguration/15800259/
— High-stakes Thornton Township meeting happening Tuesday as political standoff continues
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-high-stakes-thornton-township-meeting-happening-tuesday-political-standoff-continues/15800428/
— Democrat leaders want federal aid for LA fire victims to be unconditional.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-speaker-mike-johnson-suggests-conditions-needed-federal-aid-los-angeles-wildfire-victims/15797835/
— High-stakes Thornton Twp. meeting abruptly ends in chaos, blindsiding Henyard: ‘Call the police!’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tiffany-henyard-news-high-stakes-thornton-township-meeting-happening-tuesday-political-standoff-continues/15800428/
NBC5 & CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution. Soon, if not already, they will be teaching prostitution in schools and they will be offering associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in prostitution.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-could-become-first-state-to-decriminalize-sex-work-under-proposed-law/3646041/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SEUKkAJSNM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/proposed-illinois-legislation-decriminalize-sex-155600339.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/illinois-state-lawmakers-propose-legalizing-consensual-sex-work/ar-BB1rrBcl
NBC5
— Who will be at Trump’s inauguration? Notable names on – and off – the guest list
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/who-will-be-at-trumps-inauguration-notable-names-on-and-off-the-guest-list/3646197/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supervisor Tiffany Henyard sues two Thornton Township trustees over meeting absences
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/14/supervisor-tiffany-henyard-sues-thornton-township-trustees/
— Eight candidates vying for Calumet Township trustee (COMMENT: Who are the candidates running for Supervisor, Clerk, Highway Commissioner, Assessor, and Trustee in your township?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/14/eight-candidates-vying-for-calumet-township-trustee-gary-councilman-no-longer-running/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Duckworth, other female senators grill Defense nominee Hegseth on his objections to women in combat. Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth told Pete Hegseth he was “wholly unprepared” to be confirmed as defense secretary: “You’re not qualified, Mr. Hegseth, you’re not qualified.” (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/14/tammy-duckworth-defense-secretary-nominee-pete-hegseth-senate-confirmation-hearing
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTIRE: Elgin launches new webpage to keep residents informed on ‘Tent City,’ homelessness initiatives (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, there will be tent cities in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250114/news/elgin-launches-new-webpage-to-keep-residents-informed-on-tent-city-homelessness-initiatives/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: What’s in Giannoulias’ plan to end road test for drivers 86 and younger? Let families report at-risk drivers.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250114/transportation/whats-in-giannoulias-plan-to-end-road-test-for-drivers-86-and-younger-let-families-report-at-risk/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— City Council to mull weakening ‘welcoming city’ law that made Chicago a target of immigration hawks (COMMENTS Illegals destroy municipalities, townships, counties, states, and countries.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/city-council-mull-weakening-chicago-welcoming-city-law
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— A bill introduced in the Indiana legislature by its Republican House Speaker would create a commission to embrace 33 Illinois counties that have voted for a symbolic measure to leave Illinois and create a new state. (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
Read more at: https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article298546833.html#storylink=cpy
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article298546833.html
— $120K per year working for Illinois? Check out state jobs open now & what they pay. (COMMENT: I did not earn $120,000/year in today’s dollars until I a) had worked for GAO for almost 8 years, b) had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, c) had a CPA license for more than 6 years, d) had been a Certified Internal Auditor for more than 6 years, e) had a master’s degree in accounting for more than 7 years, f) had been a CPA for more than 8 years, and g) had an MBA for more than 11 years.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article298116288.html
INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Should Illinois counties be able to secede and join Indiana? Indiana speaker says yes (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/14/indiana-general-assembly-bill-allows-illinois-counties-succeed-join-indiana/77696471007/
FOX59
— Lawmakers announce intent to redraw boundary between Indiana, Illinois (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://fox59.com/news/politics/lawmakers-announce-intent-to-redraw-boundary-between-indiana-illinois/
CBS4
— Indiana bill looks to absorb Illinois counties into Indiana (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0fMLJvBbE
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Ivanka Trump: Politics ‘a very dark, negative business’ (COMMENT: Politics and government are nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about my critics/opponents and their judgement-proof operatives and dupes.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ivanka-trump-politics-a-very-dark-negative-business/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— IL Guide To Donald Trump’s Inauguration As 47th President. Swearing-in ceremonies begin about noon local time Monday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/il-guide-donald-trump-s-inauguration-47th-president
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Indiana makes a play for Illinois counties (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/15/indiana-makes-a-play-for-illinois-counties-00198336
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-436/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-228/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— The Republican Party of Illinois has announced that Tim Ozinga has resigned from his position as State Central Committeeman for the 1st Congressional District on January 12th. (COMMENT: Who represents you on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC)? What does he/she think of you? How does he/she treat you? I should write about how my representatives on the IRP SCC have treated me since 2000.)
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what are the biggest things that you would have done differently? I would NOT have succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. I would have fought it. The sigma of being forced to retire early is tremendous. Beyond the tremendous financial loss that I continue to suffer, my critics/opponents in the following continue to use it against me: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, conservative organizations, and religious organizations. They continue to hint/imply/argue/shout that I must be an extremely bad person if not even worse things because of the qualification that I had when GAO got rid of me: a) a job-related professional license, b) six job-related professional certifications, c) three job-related master’s degrees, d) almost 18 years of GAO work experience, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, and e) almost 9 years of IRS work experience, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Further, if I had not retired early, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party could not have blamed me for George Ryan’s problems, for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich, or for Andy McKenna losing to Jack Ryan. – Dave Diersen
http:///www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Salary freezes, firings and school closings are needed to get CPS finances back on track
https://wirepoints.org/salary-freezes-firings-and-school-closings-are-needed-to-get-cps-finances-back-on-track-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pete Hegseth still on track to lead Defense Department after confirmation hearing
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/14/pete-hegseth-still-track-lead-defense-department-c/
— Democrats skipping Trump’s inauguration aren’t calling it a boycott (COOMENT: The leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee boycotted the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/14/democrats-skipping-donald-trump-inauguration-aren-/
— Biden ends term with nearly 11 million illegal border crossers (COMMENT: How many illegals are in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Illegals drag everything down.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/14/joe-biden-ends-term-nearly-11-million-illegal-bord/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s open border aided terrorists and made America unsafe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3285965/biden-open-border-aided-terrorists/
— Hegseth and Republican defenders bash Pentagon’s DEI efforts (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3286409/pete-hegseth-republicans-bash-pentagon-dei-efforts/
— Hegseth fights back against ‘smear campaign’ as Democrats charge he is unqualified to lead Pentagon (COMMENT: In 2004, my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) critics/opponents blamed me for George Ryan’s problems, for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich, and for Andy McKenna losing to Jack Ryan. Because of that, they did not want me to serve as the MTRO Treasurer. Because I was highly qualified to serve as the MTRO Treasurer, they did not attack my qualifications. Instead, they slandered me and defamed me. I should write about that.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3285801/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-senate-trump-defense-nominee/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Hegseth Emerges From Committee Hearing Unscathed. Senate Armed Services Committee staffers expect vote to advance would-be defense sec’s nomination next week.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/hegseth-emerges-from-committee-hearing-unscathed/
NEW YORK POST
— Hegseth confirmation hearing live updates: Trump’s defense secretary nom slams ‘anonymous smears’ at Senate grilling (COMMENT: In 2004, my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) critics/opponents blamed me for George Ryan’s problems, for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich, and for Andy McKenna losing to Jack Ryan. Because of that, they did not want me to serve as the MTRO Treasurer. Because I was highly qualified to serve as the MTRO Treasurer, they did not attack my qualifications. Instead, they slandered me and defamed me. I should write about that.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/us-news/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-for-defense-secretary-live-updates-reactions-more/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Border Agents Discover “Sophisticated” Illegal Immigrant Tunnels Built During Biden Administration
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/14/border-agents-discover-sophisticated-illegal-immigrant-tunnels-built-during-biden-administration/
— Hegseth Fires Back at Contentious Hearing
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/15/morning-greatness-hegseth-fires-back-at-contentious-hearing/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dem senator plumbs the ‘despicable’ depths by using Pete Hegseth’s young daughter to smear him
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/15/dem-senator-plumbs-the-despicable-depths-by-using-pete-hegseths-young-daughter-to-smear-him-1516100/
BLAZE
— Wokeness/wokeism is not going away, it is going under the table, off the books.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/blaze-news-tonight/wokeness
BREITBART
— House Passes Bill to Shield K-12 Sports from Transgenderism
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/14/house-passes-bill-shield-k-12-sports-transgenderism/
— Exiting Border Chief Mayorkas’ Parole Inflow to Hit 1.5 Million Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/15/mayorkas-parole-programs-near-1-5-million-migrants/
DAILY CALLER
— Bush-Era Republicans Flourished As Anti-Trumpers — Scott Jennings Took A Different Path (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are anti-Trumpers.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/14/scott-jennings-cnn-bush-anti-trump-path-profile/
— ‘It’s Weakening Our Military’: Marine Vet Defends Hegseth, Says Military’s Push For Diversity Undermines Recruitment
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/14/pete-hegseth-military-dei/
— Dem Rep Distraught That Immigrants Who Already Broke Law By Crossing Border Could Be Detained Under Laken Riley Act
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/dem-rep-distraught-that-immigrants-who-already-broke-law-by-crossing-border-could-be-detained-under-laken-riley-act/ar-BB1rnMf5
DAILY CITIZEN
— Hegseth Promises to Reinstate Unfairly Discharged Servicemembers With Back Pay (COMMENT: Have you been fired? To force me to resign, my Democrat Post Office superiors falsely claimed that I was not available to work enough part-time hours in 1969. To fire me, my Democrat Firestone Store boss used my accepting a job-offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. To fire me, that is, to force me to retire at least 6 years early, my Democrat GAO superiors made it all too clear to me that they could and that they would have made my next 6 years beyond a living hell if I did not retire when I was 49 in 1997. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should stayed and fought them. Being forced to retire carries with it tremendous stigmas.)
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/pete-hegseth-promises-to-reinstate-unfairly-discharged-servicemembers-with-back-pay/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Praises DeSantis For Leading On His Agenda, Urges Other Governors To Follow. The special session focuses largely on implementing Trump’s agenda on illegal immigration.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-praises-desantis-for-leading-on-his-agenda-urges-other-governors-to-follow
— As Trump 2.0 Approaches, NGOs Continue To Fund Mass Migration With U.S. Tax Dollars. New U.N. planning docs show billions of dollars budgeted for debit cards, transportation, shelter, food and cash.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-trump-2-0-approaches-ngos-continue-to-fund-mass-migration-with-u-s-tax-dollars
EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Key Takeaways From Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing. Hegseth was the first of roughly a dozen Trump’s appointees slated to go before Senate committees this week.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/key-takeaways-from-pete-hegseths-confirmation-hearing-5791992
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Beclown Themselves At Hegseth Confirmation Hearing
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/15/jag-off-day-in-a-word-democrats-beclown-themselves-at-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hegseth Shuts Down Warren: ‘I’m Not a General, Senator’ Generals cannot work in the defense industry until 10 years after retirement. How can Hegseth make a pledge to do that when he’s not a general!? (COMMENT: In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of Major. My critics/opponents stress that my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 Step 5 (currently $112,280/year) and that my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year). GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/hegseth-shuts-down-warren-im-not-a-general-senator/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Military rank is relevant because Hegseth’s proposed rule applies only to general and flag officers leaving US military service. The rule doesn’t apply to him because he was only a major.)
NEWSMAX
— Tuberville: Military Is Weakest It’s Ever Been
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tommy-tuberville-military-weak/2025/01/14/id/1195084/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Biden Announces One-Time $770 Payments For Calif. Fire Victims
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/biden-announces-one-time-770-payments-for-calif-fire-victims/
RED STATE
— Duckworth Went Full Lunatic During the Hegseth Hearing and Completely Beclowned Herself (COMMENT: My critics/opponents continue to blame me for Roskam almost losing to Duckworth in 2006. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/01/14/tammy-duckworth-went-full-lunatic-during-pete-hegseth-hearing-and-ended-up-playing-the-fool-n2184336
TOWNHALL
— Laken Riley Act Is Not Enough
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2025/01/15/laken-riley-act-is-not-enough-n2650550
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Cut smart, not blind: How DOGE should be approaching government waste (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) because I was a Republican with bad demographics and b) because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5083499-cut-smart-not-blind-how-doge-should-be-approaching-government-waste/
ABC NEWS
— Duckworth hones in on Hegseth’s alleged budgeting inexperience (COMMENT: Since 1999, I have unsuccessfully encouraged the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party to budget, that is, to prepare a budget each year, to get it approved, and to follow it.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/sen-tammy-duckworth-hones-hegseths-alleged-budgeting-inexperience-117668174
CBS NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more discrimination against Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/walmart-dei-policies-meta-mcdonalds-ford/
— Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg to attend Trump’s inauguration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bezos-elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-trump-inauguration/
MSN
— How The Chevy Impala Became Chevrolet’s Best-Selling Car for Decades (COMMENT: I owned a 1962 Impala SS collector car 1989-2005. I owned a 1962 Bel Air 1971-1978.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/how-the-chevy-impala-became-chevrolet-s-best-selling-car-for-decades/ar-BB1rd3qV
— Looking for a job? (COMMENT: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will find a job that is appropriate for your work experience, education, professional certifications, and/or professional license: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/looking-for-a-job-tips-for-the-2025-job-market/vi-BB1rrDIu
MSNBC
— My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I got promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I got promoted in 1986.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pete-hegseths-confirmation-hearing-brings-overlapping-failures-focus-rcna187754
WASHINGTON POST
— Hegseth said he wants a military rooted in a meritocracy because it is now rooted in diversity, equity and inclusivity nonsense.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/14/robin-givhan-pete-hegseth-hearing/
USA TODAY
— According to Democrats and to RINOs, when Democrat and RINO candidates win, they have a mandate, but when Republican candidates win, they do not.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/13/trump-presidency-mandate-maga-republicans/77563407007/
CBS12
— Meta cutting 5% of lowest-performing staff in company’s latest shakeup (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO instituted pay-for-performance in 1989. They used its subjectivity to get rid their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers.)
https://cbs12.com/news/nation-world/meta-cutting-5-of-lowest-performing-staff-in-companys-latest-shakeup-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-instagram-tech-social-media
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hegseth Says U.S. Troops Will ‘Rejoice’ After Ending ‘Woke’ Policies
https://www.wsj.com/video/pete-hegseth-says-us-troops-will-rejoice-after-ending-woke-policies/F1B84CFE-F9A5-4F38-AF0A-A06E50231401
— What Has Hegseth Said About ‘Wokeness’ and Diversity Programs? (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/card/what-has-pete-hegseth-said-about-wokeness-and-diversity-programs–ChQmNCwZrdZT6gCkxAm8
— Hegseth Weathers Fiery Senate Hearing, Putting Confirmation on Stronger Footing. Democrats called Trump’s Pentagon pick unqualified, but Republicans said he would bring a needed change to the Defense Department. (COMMENT: You go with what you got. I have always stressed my qualifications. I stress my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, my job-related professional license, my almost 18 years working for GAO, and my almost 9 years working for IRS. My critics/opponents stress the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-trump-cabinet-b569c525
— Make America Ageless: Trump’s Health Picks Take Longevity Movement Mainstream. Antiaging scientists and entrepreneurs hope the new administration will make it easier to develop treatments. (COMMENT: I am 76 years old. I have fought age discrimination since I was 25 years old in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. To fight age discrimination, I a) earned an MBA from Loyola in when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, e) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and f) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48. Further, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with age discrimination when I was 40. Further, I sued GAO for age discrimination when I was 49.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/anti-aging-longevity-maha-movement-5ee62310
FORBES
— Hegseth Lambasts DEI & Critical Race Theory In The Military During Questioning (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs4bZ0Rt4QM
BLOOMBERG
— A $78 Billion Affirmative Action Policy Set for Legal Attack (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/federal-contracting/a-78-billion-affirmative-action-policy-set-for-legal-attacks
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Hegseth says troops forced out of the military over the COVID vaccine could be ‘re-recruited’ with back pay and an apology (COMMENT: Will Trump say that Republican federal employees like me who were forced to retire early should be re-recruited with back pay and an apology?)
https://www.businessinsider.com/pete-hegseth-backs-trump-plans-for-military-covid-vaccine-refusers-2025-1
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/cardinal-cupich-advocates-inclusion-and-listening-lgbtq-catholics
NEWS NATION NOW
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are solders in the Democrat Army.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/perfectly-legal-if-sanctuary-cities-dont-help-with-mass-deportations-law-scholar-says/
POLITICO
— Trump praises DeSantis, urges other governors to follow his lead on immigration. DeSantis has called for a special session, but legislative leaders in the state have pushed back. (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will call a special session to get rid of Illinois Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/donald-trump-florida-special-session-00000339
— Trump inauguration ‘potential target’ for threats, agencies warn. The possible threats detailed in a security assessment ahead of the inauguration reflect the heightened political — and potentially violent — environment in which Trump will assume power.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/14/trump-inauguration-security-threats-00198275
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
— Pam Bondi to face questions on loyalty to Trump (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/pam-bondi-face-questions-loyalty-trump-lobbying-ties-117640295
AXIOS INDIANAPOLIS
— Indiana House speaker proposes annexing Illinois counties (COMMENT: Crete Township borders Indiana. I lived in Crete Township 1948-1976.)
https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2025/01/14/indiana-annexing-illinois-counties
HR DRIVE
— Illinois law banning caregiver employment discrimination takes effect (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed their caregiver responsibilities and they decried that I did not have any. According to them, if I had caregiver responsibilities like they did, I would not have been able to earn the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I did.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/illinois-caregiver-leave-law/736411/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— L.A. Wildfires: 77% of Democrats Blame Climate Change (CIOMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/l_a_wildfires_77_of_democrats_blame_climate_change
January 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Immigration activists hold protest in Pilsen against President-elect Trump’s deportation plans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activists-hold-protest-pilsen-president-elect-donald-trumps-mass-deportation-plans/15793472/
— At least 14 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-10-shot-3-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15792886/
NBC5
— States are preparing to help or thwart Trump’s second-term plans. Political party identification often has come to define public policy. (COMMENT: What is Trump going to do to turn Illinois red again?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/states-prepare-help-thwart-trump-plans/3643922/
CBS2
— Democrats protest President-elect Trump’s plan for mass deportations
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicagoans-protest-president-elect-trumps-plan-for-mass-deportations/
— Chicago Police issue alert about crash-and-grab burglars on Northwest, Southwest sides
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-police-alert-crash-grab-burglars-northwest-southwest-sides/
FOX32
— Mayor Johnson issues ICE guidelines; City Council to take up key vote next week
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mayor-johnson-issues-ice-guidelines-city-council-vote-welcoming-city-ordinance
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Congressional Democrats plot ways to blunt policies after Trump takes office (COMMENT: Illinois Democrats and RINOs reject Trump’s election, that is, they reject the rule of law.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/illinois-congressional-democrats-trump-policies/
— MAY 14, 2019 FLASHBACK: Election analysis: On the edge of Illinois’ urban-rural divide (COMMENT: What is Trump going to do to turn Illinois red again?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/11/17/election-analysis-on-the-edge-of-illinois-urban-rural-divide/
— Illinois House speaker to Mayor Brandon Johnson: Get ready to hear ‘no’ a lot in Springfield
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/speaker-welch-mayor-johnson-session/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES: Can Chicago make its streets safe for students to walk and bike to school? (COMMENT: I walked to/from school 1953-1964 except between November of 1961 and May of 1962.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/13/chicago-school-safety-zones/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Seniors have safe driving records overall, and should be treated that way
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/12/senior-citizens-driver-tests-illinois-secretary-state-safety-editorial
— Mike Madigan had a rough childhood. It should have no bearing on outcome of his trial. Just stick with the evidence, a Gage Park reader says. Others offer praise for Donald Trump, criticism of the Illinois GOP and thoughts on philanthropy. (COMMENT: Don Anderson of Oak Park wants Republican leaders to be Democrat Lite, RINO, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, if not Democrat. My critics/opponents are the aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/01/13/michael-madigan-trial-donald-trump-news-conferences-illinois-republicans-philanthropy-headline-puns
DAILY HERALD
— Another fire breaks out at Elgin homeless encampment, as city moves closer to relocating residents (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, if not already, there will be homeless encampments in your municipality.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250112/news/another-fire-breaks-out-at-elgin-homeless-encampment-as-city-moves-closer-to-relocating-residents/
— Illinois licensing reform (COMMENT: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 a) are among my biggest accomplishments in life and b) have been ignored/dismissed/belittled the most by my critics/opponents.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250113/columns/illinois-licensing-reform-has-improved-employment-reduced-crime/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURES: Suburban school districts slowly rolling out electric school buses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250112/transportation/suburban-school-districts-slowly-rolling-out-electric-school-buses/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Contractors brace for the demise of diversity initiatives (COMMENT: How many employers in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality exist because of race and gender based preference giving?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/dei-programs-face-death-blows-stream-court-cases
— Mike Ditka lands buyer for Florida home as Chicago Bears legend moves back to Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/chicago-bears-legend-mike-ditka-lands-buyer-florida-home
— Springfield flunked the hemp test — and tougher tests are coming (COIMMENT: Pot pushers want hemp to be regulated because hemp competes against pot.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/editorial/hemp-products-delta-8-should-be-regulated-editorial
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/dei-rollback-efforts-are-shortsighted-and-unproductive-opinion
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/dei-will-remain-relevant-demographics-change-opinion
WBEZ
— Cook County judge who shared racist meme faces state probe, reassignment and bias training. Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman is in trouble for allegedly circulating a meme of a Black boy with an electronic ankle monitor.
https://www.wbez.org/cook-county/2025/01/12/cook-county-judge-who-shared-racist-meme-faces-state-probe-reassignment-and-bias-training
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois’ turbulent lame duck session foreshadows challenges ahead
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/brenden-moore-turbulent-days-in-springfield-may-foreshadow-political-challenges-ahead/article_4c057d46-cf66-11ef-a358-47d8d2228265.html
SOUTHERN
— Majority Whip Emmer says ‘We’re going to put the Trump agenda in place’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/12/majority-whip-emmer-says-were-going-to-put-the-trump-agenda-in-place/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Texas, the law-and-order land of guns, God and capital punishment, is awash in cannabis. A loophole in a law allowing farmers to grow non-intoxicating hemp has been exploited, and now intoxicating hemp products are everywhere.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-01-13/despite-strict-laws-texas-is-awash-in-intoxicating-cannabis
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump Defense nominee Hegseth is ‘dangerously unqualified,’ Duckworth says (COMMENT: What are your qualifications? Mine include a CPA license (inactive), passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, and working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$$112,280/year. GS-12 is equivalent to Major in the military and GS-13 is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the military.)
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-01-10/duckworth-trump-defense-nominee-peter-hegseth-dangerously-unqualified
TRIBE
— New lawsuits against ComEd allege racist and retaliatory behavior (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, GAO stated that no minorities or females in its Chicago office had filed discrimination complaints.)
https://thetriibe.com/2025/01/new-lawsuits-against-comed-allege-racist-and-retaliatory-behavior/
CWB CHICAGO
— Illinois expected to change the word ‘prostitute’ to ‘person engaged in the sex trade’ in state laws (COMMENT: How soon will Illinois Democrat leaders legalize prostitution in Illinois?)
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/01/illinois-expected-to-change-the-word-prostitute-to-person-engaged-in-the-sex-trade-in-state-laws.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-434/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. What Republicans do you know who have worked for Democrats? I worked for Democrats for almost 30 years. 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. They gambled that I would become a Democrat and lost. What Republican employees do you know who have complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination? I ever-increasing complained about the aforesaid after my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and disallowed my education deductions in 1978. I complained even more after my Democrat GAO superiors forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and had been finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988. My attorney Walter T. Charlton filed Diersen v. GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I never would have survived for almost 3 years at the Post Office, 9 years at IRS, and 18 years at GAO if I had not a) taken job-related college courses 1966-1969, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) earned a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: Why do people promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, that is, why do they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? ANSWER: They are Democrats or RINOs. They have personally benefitted from, are personally benefitting from, and/or want to personally benefit from AA and DEI. Their spouse, children, and/or grandchildren have benefitted from, are benefitting from, and/or will benefit from AA and DEI. They blame those who are the following for their problems: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To benefit from AA or DEI is to benefit from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI is to reject Trump’s election. How strongly do the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and the leaders your Republican county and township/ward party organizations promote AA and DEI, that is, how strongly do they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? Anticipate/expect that fewer and fewer and fewer Republican party leaders, elected officials, candidates, and precinct committeemen/captains in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality will be conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that they will be lesser and lesser and lesser qualified for their positions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— The Woke Fires Turning California Red
https://johnkassnews.com/fire-turns-california-red/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Pushing Back Against Perversion: Good News Stories from Illinois and Florida
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/01/09/pushing-back-against-perversion-good-news-stories-from-illinois-and-florida
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Public Schools should reject union demands for 9% yearly raises and implement a salary freeze instead.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-public-schools-should-reject-union-demands-for-9-yearly-raises-and-implement-a-salary-freeze-instead-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Candidate Deploys Sign in Front of Former Commissioner Bob Miller’s Home
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/12/gop-algonquin-township-road-commissioner-candidate-deploys-sign-in-front-of-from-commissioner-bob-millers-home/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ho-Ju
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=DmwnWrRnXVPZqCDJjXQVPTSdSDFWTmtDWVDrdPJdLJPLKwXrLjHRgHkscnspwMmKdZJdcMHqjzqL
— Retiring State Rep. Brad Holbrook Takes on Taking Guns Away without Due Process
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/12/retiring-state-rep-brad-holbrook-takes-on-taking-guns-away-without-due-process/
— What Do You Want Illinois’ Flag to Look Like?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/11/what-do-you-want-illinois-flag-to-look-like/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Ha-Ho
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/11/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-ha-ho/
— Republican on Winnebago County Board Arrested for DUI
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/11/republican-on-winnebago-county-board-arrested-for-dui/
— Illinois Estimated to Have Fifth Highest Number of Illegal Aliens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/11/illinois-estimated-to-have-fifth-highest-number-of-illegal-aliens/
— Illinois House Speaker Says It’s Time to Be “Sensitive” to Voters on Taxes, 80 Degree Weather, Massive Earthquake Also Expected
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/13/illinois-house-speaker-says-its-time-to-be-sensitive-to-voters-on-taxes-80-degree-weather-massive-earthquake-also-expected/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump rails against California officials as wildfire spreads in and around Los Angeles
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/donald-trump-rails-california-officials-wildfire-s/
— Vance says those who were violent on Jan. 6 ‘obviously’ should not receive pardons
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/vice-president-elect-j-d-vance-says-violent-jan-6-/
— Biden moves to block Trump by renewing ‘temporary’ migrant amnesty
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/joe-biden-moves-block-donald-trump-renewing-tempor/
— Politics, not science, caused destructive California wildfires
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/politics-science-caused-destructive-california-wil/
— Arson arrests grow as Los Angeles battles sprawling blaze
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/12/arson-arrests-grow-los-angeles-battles-sprawling-b/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Oswego school district hit with civil rights complaint for ‘unconscionable’ racial discrimination
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3284011/illinois-school-district-hit-with-civil-rights-complaint/
NEW YORK POST
— New Biden water heater ban will drive up energy prices for poor, seniors
https://nypost.com/2025/01/05/us-news/biden-water-heater-ban-to-drive-up-energy-prices-for-seniors-poor/
— Here’s where the Los Angeles wildfires currently stand — after leveling area more than twice the size of Manhattan
https://nypost.com/2025/01/12/us-news/heres-where-the-los-angeles-wildfires-currently-stand-after-leveling-area-more-than-twice-the-size-of-manhattan/
— LAFD’s $300K-per-year diversity chief sparks fury for defending DEI by blaming the victim: ‘He got himself in the wrong place’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/12/us-news/lafds-diversity-chief-sparks-fury-for-defending-dei-by-blaming-the-victim/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Newsom, Bass, and Negligent Homicide
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/newsom_bass_and_negligent_homicide.html
— Illegal Immigration Is Killing Small Towns
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/illegal_immigration_is_killing_small_towns.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Media does PR for Newsom in scramble to save Dems’ golden boy
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/13/insider-media-does-pr-for-newsom-in-scramble-to-save-dems-golden-boy-1515494/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern University to offer course on ‘Unsettling Whiteness’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/northwestern-university-offer-course-unsettling-whiteness/27275
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Ends Term With Fewer Americans Employed Than Five Years Ago As Foreign-Born Job Numbers Continue To Soar
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/biden-term-ends-716000-fewer-jobs-foreign-born-employment-soars/
— ‘Gross Mismanagement’: Petition Calling For LA Mayor’s Recall Sees Nearly 100,000 Signatures Amid Devastating Fires
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/11/petition-recall-los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-fires/
— ‘We Are Ready To Talk’: Greenland Reportedly Communicating With Trump Team About Cooperating With US
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/11/greenland-denmark-trump-military-us-don-jr/
— ‘Meritless’: In Its Dying Days, Biden DOJ Sues GOP-Led City Council For Not Being … Hispanic Enough
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/11/exclusive-former-doj-attorney-rips-biden-admin-lawsuit-claiming-pa-elections-racist/
— LA County Residents Blast Dem Leadership As Fires Compound Litany Of Failed Policies
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/11/los-angeles-wildfires-gavin-newsom-karen-bass-california/
— Zuckerberg Tells Joe Rogan That Biden Admin Screamed And Cursed At Meta Employees To Censor True Content (COMMENT: I should write my critics/opponents and the articles that I linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they disapproved/despised/hated the most.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-biden-admin-censorship/
— ‘I Warned, I Rang The Bell’: LA Fire Chief Details How ‘Devastating’ Cuts Led To ‘Horrific’ Wildfire
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/kristin-crowley-los-angeles-fire-department-wildfire/
— Liberal Journalists Getting Axed At Several Major Outlets (COMMENT: All mainstream news media reporters and journalists are liberal.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/journalists-fired-layoffs-cuts-washington-post-vox-huffpost-msnbc-ratings/
— As Violent Venezuelan Gang Plagues US, Biden DHS Issues Deportation Protections For Migrants From … Venezuela
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/joe-biden-extends-tps-to-venezuelans/
— Celebrities Share Crazy Footage, Frantic Updates As Wildfires Consume Their Homes
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/08/celebrities-homes-burned-california-wildfires-los-angeles-james-woods/
— Looters On Scooters Attempting To Ransack Evacuated LA Homes As Wildfires Rage
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/scooter-looter-gangs-evacuated-los-angeles-homes-wildfires/
— California’s Bad Ideas Spread Like Wildfires
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/12/opinion-administrative-arson-californias-bad-ideas-spread-like-wildfires-frank-ricci/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Climate Change Isn’t Responsible for Disastrous Wildfires
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/12/climate-change-isnt-responsible-disastrous-wildfires/
— Reversing the Long March Through the Institutions. Sometimes, ostensibly discrete global events (including Trump’s election) come into focus and form a unified pattern. When that happens, the world suddenly starts making sense.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/12/reversing-long-march-through-institutions/
— 1 in 8 Christians Worldwide Is Persecuted ‘Because of Faith in Jesus’ (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my having been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. It is called religious discrimination.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/12/report-1-in-8-christians-worldwide-is-persecuted-because-of-faith-in-jesus/
DAILY WIRE
— Man Detained With Blowtorch Near Wildfire ID’d As Illegal Immigrant, Not Charged With Arson
https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-detained-with-blowtorch-near-wildfire-idd-as-illegal-immigrant-not-charged-with-arson-report
FOX NEWS
— Our long national Biden nightmare is almost over. Trump Invictus is now liberated. Joe Biden, our weakest president is soon to be followed by Donald Trump our most audacious president.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/victor-davis-hanson-our-long-national-biden-nightmare-almost-over-trump-invictus-now-liberated
— The H-1B policy was created to bring the “best and brightest” to America and address labor shortages in specialized fields. On paper, it sounds noble. In practice, however, it has been wildly abused and undercuts American workers in tech jobs no one can credibly argue Americans don’t want to do. . .A 2021 U.S. Census Bureau study found that as many as 72% of STEM graduates in America aren’t even working in STEM-related fields. So, is this really about labor shortages or is it about corporate profits at the expense of citizens who can’t compete with cheap foreign labor? Who can forget what happened at Disney in 2014 when IT workers were laid off and forced to retrain their foreign-born replacements if they wanted to receive their severance check? Americans aren’t opposed to bringing in more geniuses like Musk. But let’s not pretend Disney’s foreign replacements were all budding Einsteins. These workers come on restrictive terms, are paid less, work longer hours, and are unable to leave their jobs without risking deportation. They also come with the hope of becoming citizens and bringing their families over through chain migration. It’s a rigged game, designed to create cheap labor and make it impossible for American citizens to compete.
https://www.aol.com/america-first-people-profits-181639060.html
— Los Angeles wildfires: Returning Santa Ana winds threaten to expand deadly blazes
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-hurst-active
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Progressives Fiddle While Los Angeles Burns
https://www.heritage.org/press/heritage-senior-environmental-policy-fellow-highlights-need-proactive-forest-management
LEGAL INSURECTION
— Chicago Theological Seminary to Offer ‘Queer Womanist Preaching’ Course. “This course will expose students to the queering of religious concepts such as redemption and salvation.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/chicago-theological-seminary-to-offer-queer-womanist-preaching-course/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— People Are Not Fleeing States with Strong Pro-Life Laws (COMMENT: Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-people-are-not-fleeing-states-with-strong-pro-life-laws/
NEWSMAX
— Apple Wants to Keep Diversity Programs Disavowed by Other US Firms (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/apple-dei/2025/01/12/id/1194733/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says U.S. should “allow legitimate refugees to come here” (COMMENT: Sooner or later, everyone outside of America will claim to be “legitimate refugees.” Democrat and RINO leaders provide refugees with free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, free etc.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-says-u-s-should-allow-legitimate-refugees-to-come-here/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich-says-u-s-should-allow-legitimate-refugees-to-come-here/vi-BB1rkC0V
CNN
— Fire department funding and recruitment policy come under scrutiny as deadly Los Angeles blazes rage on (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/12/us/fire-department-los-angeles-wildfires/index.html
— Anti-Americans were poised to remake America in their image under Harris/Walz
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/white-christian-nationalists-are-poised-to-remake-america-in-their-image-during-trump-s-second/article_0d2a708d-e5b7-561e-8e0d-2fc3ce2096c9.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Americans have dimmer view of Biden than they did of Trump or Obama as term ends (COMMENT: Biden got votes in 2020 because he falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that he would govern as a centrist/moderate.)
https://apnews.com/article/biden-poll-low-ratings-obama-trump-390f25a858bf4cdec28719a2fe17b525
— Democrat use the California wildfires to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/01/12/the-california-wildfires-could-be-leaving-deeper-inequality-in-their-wake-2/
MSN
— Woke politics hamper rescue efforts during California wildfires
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/did-woke-politics-hamper-rescue-efforts-during-california-wildfires/ar-BB1r9s48
MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/blame-los-angeles-wildfires-scapegoat-rcna187126
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.inc.com/reuters/apples-board-of-directors-encourages-dei-program-retention/91106364
NEWSWEEK
— Steve Bannon Vows to Take Down Donald Trump Ally Elon Musk
https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-vows-take-down-donald-trump-ally-elon-musk-2013663
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Encourages GOP Lawmakers To Find “Fair Number” For SALT Deduction Limit (COMMENT: My wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized. We now pay more federal income tax because of Republican SALT deduction limits.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/politics/trump-salt-tax-new-york-new-jersey.html
— Big Tech’s Big Bet on Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/podcasts/the-daily/big-techs-trump-andreessen.html
— Trump’s Inaugural Celebration Will Kick Off at His Golf Club in Virginia
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/politics/trump-golf-club-virginia-inaugural-events.html
— What percent of illegals are paid in cash and work oof the book and under the table?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/social-security-undocumented-immigrants.html
— College Can’t Be Only for the Rich (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always held it against me that I did not get any scholarships and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/pell-grants-college-universities.html
— Melania Trump Says She Plans to Be at White House Full Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/politics/melania-trump-white-house.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/13/china-trump-trade-hacks/
— China’s exports jump to record high in rush to beat Trump tariffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/13/china-exports-trump-tariffs/
— Steve Bannon derides Elon Musk, vowing to limit influence over Trump. His comments reflect an intensifying battle over Musk’s West Wing sway as Trump prepares to take office. (COMMENT: My brother lost several metal fabricating jobs because his employers moved to Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor there.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/12/bannon-musk-trump-maga/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That split was crystallized last month in the fight over the visa program permitting foreigners with technical skills to work in the United States for up to six years. Bannon and many far-right Trump supporters such as Laura Loomer attacked the “tech bros” as dependent on cheap foreign labor that undermines U.S. workers, while Musk and Ramaswamy defended the program as necessary to protect the competitiveness of U.S. tech firms.)
— Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/13/trump-inauguration-protests-safety-dc/
USA TODAY
— A firefighter with Parkinson’s lost her health benefits. Supreme Court weighs if she can sue (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and the same for my wife since 1978.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/12/supreme-court-americans-with-disabilities-act-retirees/77491061007/
SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/01/12/zuckerberg-welcomes-trolls-says-wiener/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Dirty Work of Clean Energy. The scale of global mining required as part of the ‘energy transition’ has staggering environmental implications.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/power-metal-review-the-dirty-work-of-clean-energy-4b8683c5
— SALT in Tax Reform’s Wounds. Raising the $10,000 cap on the state and local deduction is bad tax policy and could be bad politics too.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/salt-in-tax-reforms-wounds-trump-new-york-deduction-bill-ec1b76fe
— How the Left Turned California Into a Paradise Lost. Gavin Newsom promised to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State. If only he’d fireproofed it instead.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-the-left-turned-california-into-a-paradise-lost-government-policy-wildfires-48b88d6a
— Bad Policy Served as Kindling for California’s Wildfires. Bad forest and water management, misplaced priorities and price controls all played a role.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/bad-policy-served-as-kindling-for-californias-wildfires-forest-water-management-social-justice-c5b94a4f
— Outlook Brightens for job seekers. (COMMENT: At least in Democrat-run Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your job prospects are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-hunting-2025-hiring-5924a1d7
— Justice Department Report Aims to Correct Record on 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Deadly rampage was a coordinated, military-style effort to destroy prosperous Black neighborhood. (COMMENT: What were your ancestors doing in 1921? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. Anticipate/expect that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that Democrat leaders want you to pay.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/justice-department-report-aims-to-correct-record-on-tulsa-race-massacre-3e8fcfb1
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2025/01/12/understanding-the-real-cost-of-metas-policy-changes/
FORTUNE
— How successful have Democrats been promoting LGBTQ in your school district?
https://www.aol.com/finance/fleeing-country-rationing-testosterone-transgender-173540254.html
BARRON’S
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/apple-wants-to-keep-diversity-programs-disavowed-by-other-us-firms-bcb6b7a8
AICPA
— CPA Exam Pass Rates (COMMENT: What percent of those who pass the CPA examination are Republican v. Democrat? My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had either not taken the examination or had failed to pass it.)
https://www.aicpa-cima.com/certifications/article/24q1-cpa-exam-pass-rates
GOOGLE
— There are several factors that can affect a candidate’s performance on the CPA exam (COMMENT: What percent of those who pass the CPA examination are Republican v. Democrat? My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had either not taken the examination or had failed to pass it.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22CPA+examination%22+pass+demographics
BRYCE WALKER
— Top 100 CPA exam statistics (COMMENT: What percent of those who pass the CPA examination are Republican v. Democrat? My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had either not taken the examination or had failed to pass it.)
https://crushthecpaexam.com/deep-dive-top-100-cpa-exam-statistics/
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW REVIEW
— Fugitive Slaves and Undocumented Immigrants (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint their illegals as being fugitive slaves.)
https://repository.law.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4603&context=umlr
PALLADIUM MAGAZINE
— Complex Systems Won’t Survive the Competence Crisis (COMMENT: To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/06/01/complex-systems-wont-survive-the-competence-crisis/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The core issue is that changing political mores have established the systematic promotion of the unqualified and sidelining of the competent. This has continually weakened our society’s ability to manage modern systems. At its inception, it represented a break from the trend of the 1920s to the 1960s, when the direct meritocratic evaluation of competence became the norm across vast swaths of American society.)
POLITICO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/12/trump-military-immigration-domestic-deployment-00195609
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare in America will be Democrat, citizens of foreign countries, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/01/13/post-affirmative-action-new-med-students-are-less-diverse
JD SUPRA
— Illinois Expands Employee Access to Personnel Records (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always highlighted in my personnel record the many adverse actions that they took against me.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/illinois-expands-employee-access-to-3222169/
GEORGE W. BUSH
— While he was President, George W. Bush promoted mass/illegal immigration from Mexico big time. That helped elect Obama.
https://www.bushcenter.org/publications/reforming-our-immigration-system
AXIOS
— Trump inauguration 2017 vs. 2025: What’s changed.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/13/donald-trump-inauguration-2017-vs-2025
— DNC launches new rapid response social media ahead of Trump’s return to office
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/13/dnc-social-media-trump-kamalahq
DAILY MAIL
— A shocking video shows the leader of diversity, equity and inclusion at the Los Angeles Fire Department appear to blame fire victims as massive blazes continue to tear through the City of Angels. (COMMENT; Democrat and RINO leaders blame Whites for all the problems that non-Whites and everyone else have.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14276655/Los-Angeles-Fire-Department-Kristine-Larson-diversity-fire-victims.html
GUARDIAN
— Democratic states train non-doctors on providing abortions to expand US access
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/13/abortion-access-healthcare-workers-democratic-states
January 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Chicago’s mayor can’t be recalled under Illinois law. A new bill aims to change that. Rep. LaShawn Ford has been trying to get such a mechanism on the books since 2015, in the wake of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by then-Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-mayor-cant-be-recalled-under-illinois-law-a-new-bill-aims-to-change-that/3643166/
— Meta announces end of DEI programs. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents continue to promote DEI big time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/read-the-memo-meta-announces-end-of-its-dei-programs/3642960/
— According to my critics/opponents, conservative candidates on ballots in my precinct cannot win. According to my critics/opponents, a) I paint Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct as being more conservative than they want to be painted, b) I promote Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who are too conservative to win, and c) therefore, I cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose. They stress that 10 of the 13 Republican candidates on the November 5, 2024 ballot in my precinct lost. In my defense, I stress that 11 of the 13 Republican candidates on that ballot in my precinct got more votes than their Democrat opponents got.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/dillard-too-conservative-to-be-electable/1932061/
FOX32
— Illinois Attorney General urges Walmart to continue DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXyii4RDI64
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump is planning 100 executive orders starting Day 1 on border, deportations and other priorities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-100-executive-orders-day-1-border-deportations/
— Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/trump-can-vote-turn-over-dna-sample/
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-and-inclusion-program-trump-administration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Meta nixes diversity and inclusion program as it prepares for second Trump administration. Other companies that have ended DEI programs recently include McDonald’s, automaker Ford, Walmart and Moline-based farm equipment maker John Deere.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/technology/2025/01/10/meta-nixes-diversity-inclusion-program-prepares-second-trump-administration
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage Forest Preserve District earns top S&P rating
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250110/submitted-content/dupage-forest-preserve-district-earns-top-sp-rating/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— For Chicago, bankruptcy is not the answer
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-should-not-follow-detroits-path-bankruptcy-op-ed
— Illinois AG pushes back on Walmart’s plans to roll back DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/workplace/illinois-ag-urges-walmart-keep-dei-programs
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— DECEMBER 6, 2024 FLASHBACK: Del Mar To Step Down Next Year As State GOP Co-Chair To Seek Statewide Office
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-to-step-down-next-year-as-state-gop-co-chair-to-seek-statewide-office/
INDIANA GAZETTE
— The military that cried ‘White supremacy’
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/ann-coulter-the-military-that-cried-white-supremacy/article_ce27e03b-594b-50a3-94f3-de89339ab21b.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Sen. Rand Paul highlights government waste in annual Festivus Report
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/senator-rand-paul-highlights-government-waste-annual-festivus-report-pickleball-border-science-experiments-cats-paraguay-trump-doge
KCCI
— Group files lawsuit against Des Moines Register for ‘misleading subscribers’ with Iowa Poll (COMMENT: My critics/opponents disapprove of if not hate many, most, if not virtually all of the articles linked in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter, and especially articles that promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, discouragement of vices, Second Amendment rights, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other conservative principles.)
https://www.kcci.com/article/des-moines-register-iowa-poll-class-action-lawsuit-2024/63361223
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A lawsuit has been filed against the Des Moines Register for “misleading subscribers” with its final 2024 Iowa Poll that showed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris leading Republican nominee — and eventual election winner — Donald Trump among likely voters just days before the election. The Center for American Rights, a Chicago-based nonprofit law firm, filed the suit in Polk County on behalf of a West Des Moines resident who “felt like the Register was disserving him and other readers when [the poll] ran and when its results were compared to the final outcome.” In a news release, the center states it is seeking certification as a class action lawsuit on behalf of all Des Moines Register subscribers. The complaint filed in Polk County alleges there are approximately 40,000 Des Moines Register subscribers on Sundays, the day the results of the final poll were published. The poll showed Harris with a lead of 3 percentage points among likely Iowa voters. Trump won the state with 57% of the vote to Harris’ 43%. The lawsuit alleges the Register “utterly failed to live up to” its mission statement of being a trustworthy news organization and says the Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer ignored red flags that should have indicated the results would be inaccurate. It cites a section of Iowa Code about consumer fraud. President-elect Trump filed a similar lawsuit against the Register regarding consumer fraud last month.)
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/01/10/immigration-advocates-warn-a-proposal-for-chicago-police-to-help-ice-could-be-illegal
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-10/as-los-angeles-burned-latino-immigrants-rushed-in-to-put-out-fires
ELMHURST PATCH
— 56% Raise For Addison Township Supervisor. The official is taking over township roads, something voters weren’t told about before a recent referendum.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/56-raise-addison-township-supervisor
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/ivf-patients-in-illinois-worry-feel-uncertain-about-access-and-treatments-as-trump-returns-to-office/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-226/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Independent candidate for Milton Township Supervisor John Monino efforts failed to boot the eight Republican Township candidates from the April 1, 2025 Milton Township ballot based on late filing of their petitions. But Michael Nachman’s effort succeeded in booting the assessor candidate based on late filing of his qualifications statement. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To prove slander, a plaintiff must usually establish the following elements: Defamatory statement: The statement was false and intended to harm the plaintiff’s reputation: Publication: The statement was communicated to at least one other person; Harm: The plaintiff’s reputation was damaged; Fault: The defendant was at least negligent in publishing the statement; Special damages: The plaintiff suffered actual harm, such as financial loss, being fired, or losing customers. (SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=slander+prove+elements ) Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes slander me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on my critics/opponents who falsely hint/imply/argue/shout to others that I share information with Democrats that harm Republicans. In 2006, because the Roskam campaign feared that it would lose to Duckworth, its scapegoating members falsely and maliciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I shared information with the Democrat news media and with the Duckworth campaign that harmed the Roskam campaign. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— A congestion tax for Chicago would be a terrible and uncompetitive idea
https://wirepoints.org/a-congestion-tax-for-chicago-would-be-a-terrible-and-uncompetitive-idea-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois home to fifth most illegal immigrants in country
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4c94066c-cf73-11ef-8d4d-c32bd379ee48.html
— Thirteen states’ attorneys general question Walmart’s retreat from DEI (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d5642886-cf79-11ef-acb4-7f61eaea621c.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Addison Township voters at the April 1 election will tell state lawmakers where they stand on legislative map gerrymandering and state leaders making demands without providing money. Nearly 650,000 Illinoisans’ concerns about major state issues will be represented by these votes.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/voters-near-ohare-to-take-up-gerrymandering-unfunded-mandates/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DeVore Files Lawsuit Against McCombie, Says GOP Leader Violated First Amendment Rights by Blocking, Deleting Comments on Official Facebook Page
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/01/devore-files-lawsuit-against-mccombie-says-gop-leader-violated-first-amendment-rights-by-blocking-deleting-comments-on-official-facebook-page.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Biden admin announces sweeping deportation shield for nearly 1M migrants (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/biden-admin-announces-sweeping-deportation-shield-for-nearly-1m-migrants/
— Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court — again — for defaming Georgia election workers. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/us-news/rudy-giuliani-found-in-contempt-of-court-for-defaming-georgia-election-workers/
— Foreign leaders desperately jockeying for invite to Trump’s inauguration: ‘They’re all going crazy’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/11/us-news/foreign-leaders-jockeying-for-invite-to-trump-inauguration-theyre-all-going-crazy/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— President-elect Trump Plans Many Ambitious Executive Orders on Immigration
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/10/report-president-elect-trump-plans-many-ambitious-executive-orders-on-immigration/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A few suggestions for California Republicans
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/a_few_suggestions_for_california_republicans.html
BLAZE
— Trump doesn’t need Congress to suspend immigration
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-brutal-truth-trump-doesnt-need-congress-to-suspend-immigration
— NYC spent $50M on lawyers for illegal aliens — including criminals — while city agencies faced budget cuts (COMMENT: Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyc-spent-50m-on-lawyers-for-illegal-aliens-including-criminals-while-city-agencies-faced-budget-cuts-report
— Republican Buddy Carter introduces bill to eliminate IRS and income tax — but replace it with 23% national sales tax
https://www.theblaze.com/news/buddy-carter-fairtax-act-2025
DAILY CITIZEN
— DEI Not Dead Yet
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/hrc-lgbt-corporate-equality-index/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Deport Millions, Finish the Wall, Tax Remittances, and End Birthright Citizenship
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/10/deport-millions-finish-wall-tax-remittances-birthright-citizenship/
FOX NEWS
— LA County cut fire budget while spending heavily on DEI, woke items
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-county-cut-fire-budget-while-spending-heavily-dei-woke-items-midnight-stroll-transgender-cafe
— Schools nationwide brace for Trump, including measures compelling teachers not to cooperate with ICE. Several K-12 school districts are training teachers how to interact with ICE. (COMMENT: How anti-Trump, that is, how anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American is your school district?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schools-nationwide-brace-trump-including-measures-compelling-teachers-not-cooperate-ice
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Second Circuit Revives Sarah Palin’s Defamation Suit Against The New York Times (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://natlawreview.com/article/second-circuit-revives-sarah-palins-defamation-suit-against-new-york-times
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although Palin ultimately succeeded on appeal, Palin’s broader efforts to have the Supreme Court revisit the “actual malice” requirement set by New York Times v. Sullivan may have hit a dead end. Public-figure defamation plaintiffs need to prove actual malice, which requires showing that an allegedly defamatory statement was made “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” Sullivan, 376 U.S. at 280. In St. Amant v. Thompson, the Supreme Court explained that proof that a defamatory article was published “recklessly, though not knowingly” is not sufficient to prove actual malice. Rather, the evidence must show that the defendant had “an awareness…of the probable falsity” of the publication. Later, in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., the Court defined “reckless disregard of the truth” to mean “subjective awareness of probable falsity.” On appeal, Palin argued that “the actual malice standard is either no longer good law or should not apply to her case.” The Second Circuit rejected these arguments as barred by the “law of the case” doctrine because they were ripe for review at the time of Palin’s initial appeal but were not raised. Additionally, Palin challenged the district court’s ruling that, regardless of the First Amendment, she was required to prove actual malice as an element of her claim under New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP law, N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 76-a. The November 2020 amendment to New York’s Anti-SLAPP law imposes an actual malice fault standard in any action concerning the “exercise of the constitutional right of free speech in connection with an issue of public interest.” However, “because the First Amendment and New York’s amended Anti-SLAPP Statute share the same substantive requirement (that a public-figure defamation plaintiff must prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence),” the Second Circuit stated, “we need not decide—and do not decide—whether the Anti-SLAPP Statute’s amendment applies retroactively.”)
NEW AMERICAN
— NYC Spent Millions on Deportation Defense for Migrants — Who Were Crippling the City
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/nyc-spent-millions-on-deportation-defense-for-migrants-who-were-crippling-the-city/
PJ MEDIA
— Two Chicago Officials Want to Tighten up the City’s Sanctuary Status
https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2025/01/10/two-chicago-officials-want-to-tighten-up-the-citys-sanctuary-status-n4935870
— This One Video Exposes Everything Wrong With DEI
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/10/this-one-video-exposes-everything-wrong-with-dei-n4935854#google_vignette
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Dems Push to Undo Sanctuary Law, Aid Trump in Deporting Criminals
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/10/chicago-democrats-take-trumps-side-n2650345#google_vignette
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— SALT-focused Republicans to meet with Trump as they threaten to hold up bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5079670-salt-focused-republicans-to-meet-with-trump-as-they-threaten-to-hold-up-bill/
CBS NEWS
— Biden extends legal status of nearly 1 million immigrants covered by program in Trump’s crosshairs (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-temporary-protected-status-tps-extended/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/ar-BB1rfGqa
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/federal-probe-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-says-no-avenue-for-criminal-case-in-connection-to-attack/
MSN
— ‘Woke’ L.A. Fire Department Blew Seven-Figure Sums on DEI Before Deadly Wildfires
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/woke-l-a-fire-department-blew-seven-figure-sums-on-dei-before-deadly-wildfires/ss-BB1reSK1
MSNBC
— ‘Humiliation’: Trump’s now the first president-elect to be a convicted felon (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors humiliated me big time when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets me and my job-related professional license, my six job-related professional certifications, my three job-related master’s degrees, my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, and my almost 9 years of IRS work experience.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtIMY-UKA5o
NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office. The move allows hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela to stay in the country temporarily. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/biden-temporary-protected-status-immigration.html
— Judge Finds Giuliani in Contempt for Continued Defamation of Election Workers (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/politics/giuliani-contempt-defamation-election-workers.html
— To advance minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or b) had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/ramaswamy-meritocracy.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: With Sentence, Trump Will Now Be First Felon To Occupy Oval Office. Penalty Carries Stigma but No Jail Time. (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous stigma of being forced to retire early. The more qualifications that you have, the greater the stigma. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/nyregion/trump-hush-money-sentencing-convicted-felon.html
— As L.A. Fires Rage, Trump and Newsom’s Hostilities Resurface. California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and President-elect Donald J. Trump have long feuded. Can the rancor be set aside to help a devastated city recover?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/us/politics/los-angeles-fires-trump-newsom.html
— Republicans Can Slow but Not Stop Electric Vehicles. More car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/business/energy-environment/trump-republicans-electric-vehicles-automakers.html
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
— Youngkin backs push for cutting federal workforce, spending (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining employees who are Republican and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/youngkin-trump-doge/article_e2d17acc-cf93-11ef-a44e-1f234deb1288.html
DAILY BEAST
— A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected Fox Corp’s attempt to be dismissed from Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the media company and its Fox News network. (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents have their judgement-proof operatives and their judgement-proof dupes defame me. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-loses-last-ditch-effort-to-stop-27-billion-smartmatic-defamation-lawsuit/