Tag: LGBTQ

January 22, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago organization says thousands more homeless in 2024 than city data show. DD: The Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it promotes homelessness.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-coalition-end-homelessness-says-thousands-more-were-homes-2024-city-data-show/18445257/
— Chicago paid $26.5M in overtime to employees who may not have been eligible. DD: Have you worked overtime? I worked all the overtime hours that I could while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. That helped me pay for my UIC and NIU expenses and to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. I graduated from NIU debt-free owning that Charger in 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbTnWxL9Ic

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can a) to flood America with their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/22/opinion-ice-immigration-pope-cardinals/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, childcare will be free.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/22/opinion-universal-child-care-chicago-affordability/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mentoring. DD: What happened to those who helped you? My Democrat IRS superiors forced the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 to transfer to Dallas in 1975. My Democrat GAO superiors forced the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986 to retire in 1987.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sponsored-content/2026/01/21/sponsored-mercy-home-one-on-one-mentoring-program

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260121/submitted-content/support-over-stigma-mobilizes-community-for-mlk-day-of-service/

RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly fights against everything that Trump says and does.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-reiterates-call-for-joint-investigation-into-ice-violence-in-chicago-and-minneapolis—90062.cfm

SAUK VALLEY
— Bailey talks faith, family, future at Sterling campaign stop
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/news/government/2026/01/22/bailey-talks-faith-family-future-at-sterling-campaign-stop/

STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Bailey/Del Mar ticket visit Princeton Wednesday
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/bailey-del-mar-ticket-visit-princeton-wednesday/article_7e7f4db4-6026-45b4-ab49-750ee8730fcb.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats take a road trip through Trump country to hear what MAGA voters say about his second term.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-21/a-road-trip-through-trump-country-to-hear-what-maga-voters-say-about-his-second-term
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-22/some-voters-who-backed-trump-say-ice-is-going-too-far
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-22/trumps-provocative-rhetoric-about-greenland-threatens-long-standing-world-order
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-22/trump-vs-u-s-allies-how-will-this-end

WQAD
— Tony McCombie: Affordability cannot exist without government oversight. DD: While I worked for IRS in 1971, my superiors had me make phone calls for 2 weeks as part of Nixon’s “Wage & Price Freeze” program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK93H-Lu8Dg

WCIA
— New laptops given to people in need in Central Illinois. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO in the 1990s, my Democrat superiors blamed Republican lawmakers for their not having enough money to give my coworkers and subordinates computers. They were furious when I used my own money to buy a computer system for me to use in my office. They were even more furious when I used my own money to buy an upgraded system. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my doing that a) gave me an unfair advantage and b) proved that I was grossly overpaid.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/new-laptops-given-to-people-in-need-in-central-illinois/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois House Dems torch Trump. Illinois House Democrats used the chamber floor to advance a slate of resolutions aimed at the Trump administration and its policies, including immigration enforcement. In a series of party-line votes, the Democratic-led House approved measures condemning what House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s team described as “illegal and corrupt actions undone by the Trump administration,” while Republicans uniformly opposed the effort. . .U.S. Senate race: GOP candidate Don Tracy is out with a list of endorsements, including from top Springfield Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/22/illinois-house-torches-trump-00740688

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rick Heidner Campaign for Republican Nomination for Governor Surfaces in the Mailbox
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/21/rick-heidner-campaign-for-republican-nomination-for-governor-surfaces-in-the-mailbox/
— McHenry County GOPAC is the largest Political Action Committee in McHenry County.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/mchenry-county-gopac-biggest-kahuna-in-county/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Organizer of GoFundMe for ‘agitating the Nazis’ involved in anti-ICE uprising at Minneapolis church. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly flood their churches with their illegals.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4427561/organizer-of-gofundme-for-agitating-the-nazis-involved-in-anti-ice-uprising-at-minneapolis-church/
— Memo authorizes ICE officers sweeping power to forcibly enter homes. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. While I seized taxpayers’ homes, I never had to forcibly enter their homes while they were there. According to Google AI: IRS Revenue Officers are specialized, field-based personnel who handle high-priority, complex, and delinquent tax cases, exercising broad, legally authorized enforcement powers to secure payments. These officers possess greater discretion and authority compared to automated systems, allowing them to take direct, in-person action. Core Collection Powers  Levies and Seizures: They can place levies on bank accounts, investment funds, and wages, and have the authority to seize property to satisfy tax debts. Summons Authority: Under IRC 7602(a), they may issue a summons to the taxpayer or third parties (banks, employers, etc.) to produce books, papers, or testimony, a power upheld by the Supreme Court. Liens: They can file a Notice of Federal Tax Lien, which acts as a public claim against a taxpayer’s property. Direct Interaction: They can visit a taxpayer’s home or place of business to demand payment or investigate financial situations. Employment Tax Enforcement: They are specifically assigned to cases involving unpaid payroll tax deposits.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4428622/memo-ice-officers-power-forcibly-enter-homes/

BREITBART
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly flood their churches with their illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/01/21/jeffries-on-shutdown-over-ice-well-demand-changes-including-making-churches-off-limits/
— Immigration Agents Sweep Across Maine with Local Police Help
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/21/immigration-agents-sweep-across-maine-with-local-police-help-despite-dem-govs-orders-to-stop/amp/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— NYT Tries to Measure Trump II ‘Deportations’
https://cis.org/Arthur/NYT-Tries-Measure-Trump-II-Deportations
— Home  Op-ed  A 1996 law prevented migrants from getting welfare — it’s been ignored for 30 years. A 1996 law prevented migrants from getting welfare — it’s been ignored for 30 years.
https://cis.org/Oped/1996-law-prevented-migrants-getting-welfare-its-been-ignored-30-years
— Undoing Clinton’s Sabotage of Restrictions on Immigrant Welfare Use. Here’s what President Trump can do.
https://cis.org/Report/Undoing-Clintons-Sabotage-Restrictions-Immigrant-Welfare-Use

DAILY SIGNAL
— Last year, the median age of the first-time homebuyer in America hit 40 years old. In the 1980s, the average age of the first-time homebuyer in America was just 28. DD: Back in the good old days, I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24 years old in 1972. SEE:  https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/21/how-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-became-unaffordable/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Maryland Legislators Seek to Handcuff Law Enforcement Officers
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/maryland-legislators-consider-handcuffing-law-enforcement-officers

NEW AMERICAN
— The REAL Reason the Dems and Media Hate ICE. They’ve illegally imported enough people over the decades to steal a multitude of seats and elections.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/hidden-agenda-this-is-the-real-reason-the-dems-and-media-hate-ice/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Helping Americans break free from government dependency. DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more dependency on government and charity.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5673996-benefits-cliff-poverty-trap/

NBC NEWS
— Democratic lawmaker to introduce bill to cripple DHS’ ability to detain immigrants. Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., is proposing the legislation as a number of Democratic candidates become increasingly vocal in their calls to rein in or eliminate ICE.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democratic-lawmaker-bill-crippling-dhs-detain-immigrants-rcna254998

CNN
— ICE Agents Have Power To Enter Homes Without Judge’s Warrant
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/laura-coates-live/episodes/93bcce1c-b5a4-11f0-a02e-0ff607258b89
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/politics/video/ice-memo-officers-have-power-to-enter-homes-without-judges-warrant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FcRWztkWj4

CNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. DD: While I worked for IRS in 1971, my superiors had me make phone calls for 2 weeks as part of Nixon’s “Wage & Price Freeze” program. What has helped you deal with inflation? For me, it has been COLAs, step increases, and promotions. I have gotten federal wage, Civil Service Retirement System pension, and/or Social Security COLAs almost every year since 1966. I got step increases in 1967, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983-1985, and 1987-1996. I got promotions in 1972 (GS-9), 1973 (GS-11), 1974 (GS-12), 1981 (GS-11), 1982 (GS-12), and 1986 (GS-13).
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/trump-inflation-defeated.html

MSN
— The 20 best conservative places to live in America. DD: Wheaton being conservative and Republican was a big reason why my wife and I a) bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and b) had one built in Wheaton in 1984. But as more and more and more liberals, moderates, and Democrats have moved into Wheaton to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that conservatives and Republicans created in Wheaton, Wheaton is less and less and less prosperous and safe, in relative terms, if not absolute terms. Since 1984, my precinct has gone from being majority Republican to majority Democrat.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-20-best-conservative-places-to-live-in-america-according-to-data/ss-AA1UGf1d

NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois U.S. Senate Election 2026: Latest Polls
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/illinois-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn minorities against Whites and turn women against men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/republicans-ice-white-women.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/heritage-foundation-women.html
— DD: With my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, I aggregate government and political news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. I am conservative. I am Republican. I am independent. All the time and money to put the newsletters together and to send them out comes from me, from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, from my Social Security, and from my retirement savings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/business/media/mediaite-media-newsletter.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/trump-europe-greenland.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ, they will destroy you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/heated-rivalry-gay-prejudice.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Supreme Court Seems Poised to Reject Trump’s Attempt to Immediately Fire a Fed Governor. During arguments, key justices appeared concerned that the president’s efforts to oust Lisa Cook could imperil the central bank’s independence. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts approved my Democrat superior’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-fed-cook.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois faces federal defunding for state law requiring abortion referrals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/01/21/illinois-abortion-referral-law-hhs-violation/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders run the mainstream news media. They ever-increasingly succeed in getting those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or noncitizen to protest against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or American.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/20/protests-ice-america-250/88180390007/
— The average 50-something American is now worth $1.4 million. DD: My net worth is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/01/19/average-net-worth-1-million-50-year-olds/88202093007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rove: Is Trump Trying to Lose the Midterms? He spent much of his first year back in office undermining his political interests.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-trump-trying-to-lose-the-midterms-dde04b81
— Amazon Launching Its Largest-Ever Store in Orland Park
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/amazon-launching-its-largest-ever-store-c94920d8
— Democrats’ Nonprofit Problem. A vast, monied network of activist groups keeps the public inflamed.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-nonprofit-problem-dad76d2c

MONEY
— Education Department Delays Garnishing Pay From Student Loan Borrowers in Default. DD: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? The money to pay for my bachelor’s degree in 1970 and for my master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997 came from what I earned a) doing yard work 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers 1962-1966, c) washing dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaning golf shoes and chipping slag in 1966, e) pumping gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972, f) delivering mail 1966-1969, g) working on an automobile assembly line in 1970, h) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances in 1971 and 1972, i) collecting delinquent taxes for IRS 1971-1980, and j) auditing federal agencies for GAO 1980-1997.
https://money.com/student-loan-garnishment-delay/

FEDERAL NEW NETWORK
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. 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. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974 would not have promoted me if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, something that virtually none of my coworkers had done. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1986 would not have promoted me if I had not a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and e) became a licensed CPA in 1981, things that virtually none of my coworkers had done.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/01/opm-details-expectations-for-the-rule-of-many-in-federal-hiring/

POLITICO
— Rahm Emanuel calls for mandatory retirement age of 75 for public officials. DD: While I worked for the federal government, the retirement age was 55 a) if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like I had a $25,000 buyout if they took and early retirement. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally did promote me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, and I had been assigned to audits of IRS in 1986. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/rahm-emanuel-calls-for-mandatory-retirement-age-for-public-officials-including-him-00739398

C-SPAN
— Health Insurance CEOs Testify on Health Care Affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, you will get free healthcare. The federal government paying for 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and for my wife since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.c-span.org/event/house-committee/health-insurance-ceos-testify-on-health-care-affordability/439735

PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. While I worked for IRS in 1971, my superiors had me make phone calls for 2 weeks as part of Nixon’s “Wage & Price Freeze” program. What has helped you deal with inflation.? For me, it has been COLAs, step increases, and promotions. I have gotten federal wage, Civil Service Retirement System pension, and/or Social Security COLAs almost every year since 1966. I got step increases in 1967, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983-1985, and 1987-1996. I got promotions in 1972 (GS-9), 1973 (GS-11), 1974 (GS-12), 1981 (GS-11), 1982 (GS-12), and 1986 (GS-13).
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-affordability-crisis-has-evolved-since-trumps-return

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Google launches free practice tests for SAT exam in Gemini. DD: What was your ACT score? My critics/opponents have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24. My score would have been higher if I had studied instead of spending 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965 washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/google-launches-free-practice-tests-for-sat-exam-in-gemini-101769050099631-amp.html

January 21, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7 & FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. My benefitting from traditional marriage and family enabled me to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-lgbtq-sports-hall-fame-inductees-announced-center-halsted-lakeview-chicago/18440051/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/billie-jean-king-jason-collins-among-those-honored-lgbtq-sports-hall-fame-2026

NBC5
— Students at a Wheaton Warrenville South walked out of class on Tuesday as part of a nationwide protest over immigration enforcement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6D1KMkQpdY
— Illinois leaders evaluate first year of President Trump’s second term. Among what President Trump highlighted as his first-year accomplishments was the recent arrests in Minnesota during immigration enforcement.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/illinois-leaders-evaluate-first-year-of-president-trumps-second-term/3878954/

CBS2
— Naperville City Council votes against proposed data center plan
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/naperville-city-council-to-vote-on-controversial-data-center/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Daily Herald, longtime suburban Chicago newspaper, notifies state of potential sale
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/daily-herald-suburban-newspaper-potential-sale/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a Jan. 6 letter to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Paddock Publications said it was notifying the state and its employees 120 days before the potential sale, a requirement of a new law to support the dwindling number of local news outlets across Illinois. Executives at Paddock Publications did not respond to a request for comment, and the name of the prospective buyer was not disclosed in the filing. Founded in 1872 as the Cook County Herald, the suburban Chicago newspaper has grown into the third largest daily print publication in Illinois, with a current circulation of 52,410, according to its website. Owned by the Paddock family for more than a century, the newspaper was converted to an employee stock ownership plan in 2018. . .The legislation cites the declining number of local newspapers and reporters across the state and the need to combat misinformation and provide trusted news sources as the impetus for the required advance sale disclosure. Local newspapers have been in steep decline during the new millennium as digital competition eats away the legacy print model, creating an increasing number of “news deserts” with no local news outlets. The number of newspapers in the U.S. has declined by nearly 3,500 over the past 20 years, while the industry has lost more than three-quarters of its jobs, according to the 2025 State of Local News report by Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Illinois has lost nearly 48% of its local newspapers since 2005, the ninth largest decline in the U.S., according to the study. Meanwhile, more than 200 newspapers changed hands across the U.S. last year, according to the study. Fewer than 15% of daily newspapers remain independently owned, as large chains increasingly dominate the media landscape, the Medill report found.)
— DD: I escaped liberal indoctrination while I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees my majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/opinion-college-liberal-higher-education-free-speech/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting young people a) to promote illegal immigration and b) to fight deportation of illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/21/chicagoans-send-whistles-ice-immigration
— Slightly smaller share of Chicago families choosing CPS for their children. While a dip in births is still a big factor in the district’s sliding enrollment, CPS served nearly 5% less of the city’s school-age children in 2023 than it did in 2018. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. Because my parents did that, my critics/opponents have always painted them as having been filthy rich. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/01/20/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-cps-birth-rates-private-school-kids-first

DAILY HERALD
— ‘365 days of chaos’: Illinois Democrats reflect on Trump’s year
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260120/illinois-state-politics/365-days-of-chaos-illinois-democrats-reflect-on-trumps-year/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— ‘An uphill climb’: Four Republicans make their case in Illinois’ heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/01/21/city/an-uphill-climb-four-republicans-make-their-case-in-illinois-heavily-democratic-9th-congressional-district/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Reince Priebus, ex-White House chief of staff, has new job at Fox News
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/20/reince-priebus-former-wisconsin-gop-leader-new-job-at-fox-news/88268019007/

SHAW LOCAL
— 3 GOP governor candidates to visit Bradley. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-journal/2026/01/20/3-gop-governor-candidate-to-visit-bradley/

WCIA
— Republican lawmakers push for new changes to controversial SAFE-T Act
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/republican-lawmakers-push-for-new-changes-to-controversial-safe-t-act/

WICB
— Why Young Americans Are Abandoning Party Labels. Gen Z and millennials are identifying as independents at historic levels. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a Loyola student 1972-1976 and/or a DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://wibc.com/852988/why-young-americans-are-abandoning-party-labels/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump speaks at length with reporters before heading off to Davos
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-01-20/trump-speaks-at-length-with-reporters-before-heading-off-to-davos

IPM NEWS
— Protesters in Champaign join a national walkout on the anniversary of Trump’s inauguration
https://ipmnewsroom.org/protesters-in-champaign-join-a-national-walkout-on-the-anniversary-of-trumps-inauguration/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois primary push reignites Pritzker 2028 speculation
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/20/illinois-primary-early-pritzker-2028-democrat-president-trump

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Chicago mayor’s race: wink, wink
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/21/chicago-mayors-race-wink-wink-00738602

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-663/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP governor candidates forum highlights from Monday evening’s Illinois State Rifle Association Republican gubernatorial candidates forum at GAT Guns in East Dundee. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ff0c56b1-9612-42ea-8785-da2c9b9129e9.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Republican Party Has Less Than $17,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/21/mchenry-county-republican-party-has-less-than-17000/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How successful have Democrat leaders been in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, non-White, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America a long time AGAINST those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Waste watch: Illinois grants $4M to private theaters
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-grants-4m-to-private-theaters/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Trump touts ‘worst of the worst’ criminal migrants captured in Minnesota thanks to ‘patriot’ ICE agents
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/worst-of-the-worst-criminal-migrants-arrested-in-minnesota-trump/
— DOJ says it will ‘pursue charges’ against Don Lemon, anti-ICE protesters for St. Paul church invasion
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/doj-hints-at-charges-against-don-lemon-for-st-paul-church-invasion/
— Woke Brooklyn College course lectures students about ‘weaponizing whiteness,’ requires BuzzFeed privilege quiz
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/woke-brooklyn-college-course-lectures-students-about-weaponizing-whiteness-requires-buzzfeed-privilege-quiz/

DAILY SIGNAL
— In Trump’s First Year He’s Delivering on His Signature Promise
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/20/in-trumps-first-year-hes-delivering-on-his-signature-promise/amp/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Remittances Continue to Grow at America’s Expense. DD: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They never sent one penny back there. My grandfather on my father’s side fought Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.fairus.org/issue/remittances-us-loses-more-than-200-billion-dollars
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. loses at least $200 billion per year from our economy in remittances. This number is likely even higher now as the last reliable, bilateral data were published in 2021. At least 134 countries received remittances from the U.S. in 2021, with amounts ranging from a few thousand dollars to tens of billions of dollars. In 2021, the top five recipient countries of remittances from the U.S. were: Mexico ($52.6 billion), India ($15.8 billion), Guatemala ($14.7 billion), the Philippines ($12.8 billion), and China ($12.7 billion). Some of these totals have grown significantly even since 2021. U.S. remittances account for around 20 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of multiple countries in Central America, including Honduras and El Salvador. Billions of dollars sent in remittances to Mexico are potentially linked to cartels. Some of these funds are in the form of cryptocurrency, making them even harder to trace than conventional funds.)

FOX NEWS
— Trump says criminal illegal aliens ‘make Hells Angels look like the sweetest people on Earth.’  President credits tougher border enforcement for what he calls ‘reverse migration’ during White House briefing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-criminal-illegal-aliens-make-hells-angels-look-like-sweetest-people-earth
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388005886112
— Trump urges DHS, ICE to publicize arrests, says crackdown is ‘saving many innocent lives.’  Trump’s Truth Social post comes after anti-ICE agitators stormed a St Paul church chanting ‘Justice for Renee Good.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-urges-dhs-ice-publicize-arrests-says-crackdown-saving-many-innocent-lives
— The media sees what it wants to see
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388021894112
— Reince Priebus criticizes Virginia governor’s immigration policy
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388017661112

NEWSMAX
— Minnesota Blocks Arrests of 1,360 Criminal Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-minnesota-arrests/2026/01/20/id/1242904/

PJ MEDIA
— ICE Arrests 3,000 Illegal Alien Criminals in Minneapolis
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/20/ice-arrests-3000-illegal-alien-criminals-in-minneapolis-n4948516
— Woman Explains How She Helps Illegal Aliens Bribe Ohio Judges
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/20/shocking-video-indicates-illegal-aliens-bribed-ohio-judges-n4948517

POST MILLENNIAL
— Ohio woman bribes immigration judges to help illegal aliens get papers
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-ohio-woman-bribes-immigration-judges-to-help-illegal-aliens-get-papers-report

TOWNHALL
— The GOP Is Restoring the American Dream of Homeownership. DD: University Park was created by HUD. Ever since a bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my buying that townhome improperly/unethically stopped a Black and/or a female from buying that townhome.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chloe-trapanotto/2026/01/13/the-gop-is-restoring-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-n2669398

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— Trump continues to play kingmaker in Republican primaries. DD: Which candidates in contested Republican primary races on the ballot in your precinct a) have sought Trump’s endorsement and/or b) have gotten Trump’s endorsement?
https://rollcall.com/2026/01/20/republican-primary-elections-trump-endorsement/

THE HILL
— GOP fears Trump’s foray into nation-building in Venezuela
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5673712-republican-backlash-trump-venezuela/
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Nothing but mourning for the anniversary of Trump 2.0.”  DD: Who has demonized, denigrated, and condemned you as being a failure and for what? My critics/opponent had their operatives and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012 as being an unmitigated failure. They demonized, denigrated, and condemned the speakers who I recruited for TAPROOT events. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that anyone could have recruited higher profile speakers that would have resulted in more people attending TAPROOT events. I should list the more than 100 who spoke at the 78 TAPROOT events while I was its chairman 2005-2012. The list includes many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. My critics/opponents stressed those candidates who lost elections. They blamed TAPROOT for those losses.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5696234-trump-second-term-failures/
— GOP rebels showcase party shift on labor issues. DD: I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents despise/hate unions and union members.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/5693623-labor-unions-gop-populism/amp/

NBC NEWS
— Trump expresses frustration and says his team has made ‘some mistakes’ after one year in office. DD: According to your critics/opponents, what were your biggest political mistakes? According to my critics/opponents, my biggest political mistake was backing Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary. To this day, my critics/opponents blame me for Ryan losing to Blagojevich.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-frustration-team-mistakes-one-year-office-rcna255059

NEWSWEEK
— Who Is William Kelly? Anti-ICE Minnesota Church Protester Speaks Out.
https://www.newsweek.com/william-kelly-activist-anti-ice-church-protest-speaks-out-11388874USA TODAY

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— IRS head announces a shake-up on the eve of the 2026 tax season
https://apnews.com/article/treasury-irs-tax-season-fd379f43d501d064cdad046eb32fb9f6

YAHOO NEWS
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/does-mean-woke-term-used-093518146.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. My benefitting from traditional marriage and family enabled me to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6987614/2026/01/20/bill-kennedy-lgbtq-sports-hof-collins-welts-roberts-2/

USA TODAY
— Trump tackles affordability … by channeling Democrats?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/21/trump-credit-card-interest-rates-housing-prices-economy/88213924007/

WAAY TV
— Trump starts briefing by showing mugshots of ‘criminal illegal aliens’
https://www.waaytv.com/video/donald-trump-starts-briefing-by-showing-mugshots-of-criminal-illegal-aliens/video_792a7095-9759-5904-9817-c0db55db3c9e.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: The rest of the world, with some exceptions, ever-increasingly acts like it wants to run by China and Russia.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-to-destroy-trumps-presidency-018b1353

BARRON’S
— White House Affordability Strategy Comes Even as Trump Derides Issue as ‘Fake’
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/trump-davos-speech-affordability-housing-greenland/card/white-house-affordability-strategy-comes-even-as-trump-derides-issue-as-fake–FVg3bfOy5NFB4ko9cQYK

CROWELL & MORING
— Federal Government Challenges Minnesota Law Requiring Affirmative Action in State Government. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action to get rid of me.
https://www.crowell.com/en/insights/client-alerts/federal-government-challenges-minnesota-law-requiring-affirmative-action-in-state-government

LAWFARE
— The Merit System Protection Board’s Independence Is Dead, DD: Of course, the MSPB sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-merit-system-protection-board-s-independence-is-dead

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Illegal DEI? Understanding Compliance, Risk, and the Real Focus of Enforcement. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they followed laws that required them to a give preference to their employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, that they followed laws that required them to discriminate against their employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://natlawreview.com/article/illegal-dei-understanding-compliance-risk-and-real-focus-enforcement

CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. While I worked for IRS in 1971, my superiors had me make phone calls for 2 weeks as part of Nixon’s “Wage & Price Freeze” program. What has helped you deal with inflation.? For me, it has been COLAs, step increases, and promotions. I have gotten federal wage, Civil Service Retirement System pension, and/or Social Security COLAs almost every year since 1966.  I got step increases in 1967, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1987-1996. I got promotions in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/a-year-in-review-how-the-trump-administrations-economic-policies-made-life-less-affordable-for-americans/

404 MEDIA
— Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE
https://www.404media.co/feds-create-drone-no-fly-zone-that-would-stop-people-filming-ice/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Yale College has purged every Republican supporter from its faculty. DD: I should write about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government purged their employees who were Republican. I should write about how RINO leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township purged their members who were conservative.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/yale-college-has-purged-every-republican-supporter-from-its-faculty-disturbing-new-analysis-shows/ar-AA1UnFom

AL JAZEERA
— Trump undermined antiwar vows in first year. Will Democrats seize on this? Party leaders vow to hammer Trump on affordability in months ahead, with Venezuela, Greenland their latest cudgels.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/20/trump-undermined-antiwar-vows-in-first-year-will-democrats-seize-on-this 

January 20, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for all the problems that Blacks have. My Democrat superiors in the federal government  always blamed Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have. They wasted my career, forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-organizations-celebrate-martin-luther-king-jrs-legacy-events-area-morgan-park-high-dusable-museum/18431515/

NBC5
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-leaders-criticize-trump-admin-ice-during-mlk-events/3878342/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In freezing conditions, hundreds gather downtown to protest ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/19/mlk-day-protest-ice/
—  FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: They voted for Trump. But one year into his second term, they have grave concerns.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/they-voted-for-trump-one-year-presidency-grave-concerns/
— The number of Americans who feel politically homeless is rising. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. As the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization dump more and more and more planks in that platform, I feel more and more and more politically homeless.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/gallup-realclearpolling-independents-politics-partisan-polarized-midterms/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/19/protesters-martin-luther-king-jr-day
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Video gambling establishments see alarming spike in burglaries, $2.7 million stolen in 2025. At least 473 burglaries were reported in Illinois last year at businesses offering video gambling — compared to 358 in 2024, when $1.9 million was stolen. Many incidents involve crews of masked bandits smashing through front doors and windows, wielding sledgehammers and other tools. In the first two weeks of January, there were 40 cases. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/01/20/video-gambling-establishments-spike-burglaries-illinois-gaming-board-chicago-suburbs

DAILY HERALD
— Where do GOP candidates sit with fundraising as Pritzker war chest grows?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/illinois-state-politics/where-do-gop-candidates-sit-with-fundraising-as-pritzker-war-chest-grows/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With just eight weeks until the March 17 primary, campaign finance records show two Republican gubernatorial newcomers with more cash on hand than the party’s 2022 standard-bearer. Meanwhile, Gov. JB Pritzker continues to lead the pack with $23.3 million in the bank as of Dec. 31. The Chicago Democrat also gave $25.5 million to his campaign last quarter, according to Illinois State Board of Elections filings. Former state Sen. Darren Bailey of Xenia, who won the 2022 GOP primary but lost to Pritzker in the general election, raised $151,371 between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, spent $139,400, and ended the year with about $35,000 in the bank. Fellow Republican hopefuls Ted Dabrowski of Wilmette and Rick Heidner of Barrington Hills each reported more than $1 million in funds as of Dec. 31.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation to consolidate ever-increasing minority power.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/news/somebody-had-to-do-it-civil-rights-pioneer-speaks-about-desegregating-school/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: A ‘data center next to homes?’ near Naperville and Warrenville roads.  Naperville council weighs Karis development.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/news/a-data-center-next-to-homes-naperville-council-weighs-karis-development/
— Nervous Europe working to end reliance on American security. DD: In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America? The countries that believe that Russia and China will win will side with Russia and China.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/nation-and-world-politics/nervous-europe-working-to-end-reliance-on-american-security/

WFIW
— ILLINOIS GOP GOVERNOR CANDIDATES PUSH UNITY, TARGET PRITZKER AND “SANCTUARY” POLICIES. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wfiwradio.com/2026/01/20/illinois-gop-governor-candidates-push-unity-target-pritzker-and-sanctuary-policies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Four Republican candidates for Illinois governor—Darren Bailey, Ted Dabrowski, Rick Heidner and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick—shared a stage for the first time at a central Illinois forum last Thursday in Tazwell County, largely avoiding attacks and urging party unity ahead of early voting and the March 18 primary.

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump supporters share confusion and anger over the president’s focus on Greenland
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-20/trump-supporters-share-confusion-and-anger-over-the-presidents-focus-on-greenland

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Dem Senate primary turns fierce, fast
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/20/dem-senate-primary-turns-fierce-fast-00736135

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-662/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP hopefuls seek support, blast Pritzker at IL gubernatorial candidate forum. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wfiwra
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_14f1b42c-0ea2-4954-8bdd-25bd4e2f4d71.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to turn out the vote for the March 17, 2026 Republican primary in your precinct? I have a) obtained a PDF file from the DuPage County Election Division of the mailing labels for the 800 Republican and Not Affiliated voters in my precinct, b) printed out those mailing labels, c) affixed those labels on 400 GOP envelopes provided by the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), d) affixed my return address labels on those envelopes, e) sorted those envelopes into five batches, and f) put those envelopes in walk-order. As soon as the sample ballot is available, I will print it out 400 times and stuff the envelopes with those sample ballots along with campaign literature that Republican candidates provide me through the MTRO and a MTRO-provided flyer. I will then hand-deliver those envelopes one batch at a time. I hope that we are going to have a mild winter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrat-run states want to monitor automobile mileage to reduce car use, raise revenue.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/12/democrat-run-states-want-monitor-automobile-mileage-reduce-car-use/

NEW YORK POST
— Kristi Noem announces more than 10K arrests of illegal migrants in Minnesota, rips Walz, Frey for ‘protecting criminals’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/19/us-news/kristi-noem-announces-more-than-10k-arrests-of-illegal-migrants-in-minnesota-rips-walz-frey-for-protecting-criminals/
— How many racists does Mayor Mamdani mean to hire?
https://nypost.com/2026/01/19/opinion/how-many-racists-does-mayor-mamdani-mean-to-hire/

BREITBART
— Trump Confronts Hollywood’s Cultural Cartel
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/01/19/exclusive-corey-lewandowski-trump-confronts-hollywoods-cultural-cartel/amp/
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, the following have never existed: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. According to my critics/opponents, all the problem that liberals/moderates, Democrats, RINOs, Libertarians, minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and citizens of foreign countries have are caused by conservatives, Republicans, Whites, males, older people, Protestants, German Americans, and citizens of America.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/01/19/hostin-trump-admins-opposition-to-dei-based-on-white-male-grievance/amp/

CENTER SQUARE
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_97f19b90-cc41-44ad-8c83-3a0b4ec73692.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Who’s Responsible for Demonizing ICE So Much That Agitators Invaded a Church Service?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/19/thanks-lefts-extreme-rhetoric-anti-ice-agitators-now-invading-church-services/

DAILY WIRE
— Vast Majority Of Illegals Arrested By ICE Have Criminal Records. “This statistic doesn’t account for those wanted for violent crimes in their home country or another country.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/vast-majority-of-illegals-arrested-by-ice-have-criminal-records

FOX NEWS
— Noem hammers Walz, Frey for ignoring 1,360 ICE detainers for criminal illegal aliens. DHS says federal agents arrested over 10,000 illegal aliens in Minneapolis in recent months.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-hammers-walz-frey-ignoring-1360-ice-detainers-criminal-illegal-aliens

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Student Exposes ‘Systematic’ Liberal Bias Among Faculty Members. DD: I escaped liberal indoctrination while I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees my majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/harvard-student-exposes-systematic-liberal-bias-among-faculty-members/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5693222-trump-attacks-civil-rights-legacy/

CBS NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/democratic-leaders-speak-out-against-trump-ice-at-annual-rainbow-push-mlk-breakfast/
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-martin-luther-king-jr-day-has-changed-under-the-trump-administration/

NEWSWEEK
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-announces-mlk-day-proclamation-after-facing-backlash-11383692

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/politics/trump-mlk-day-proclamation.html
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates promise to use government to give them more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/opinion/democrats-racial-politics.html
— Prominent Architecture Firm Is Accused of Illegally Ousting Employees. A federal labor regulator says the firm, Snohetta, laid off eight employees in retaliation for trying to unionize. DD: My critics/opponents hate unions and hate past, present, and future union members. I was a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/business/snohetta-nlrb-complaint.html

WASHINGTON POST
— -DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/19/mlk-trump-march-parade/

USA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/19/donald-trump-doesnt-acknowledge-martin-luther-king-jr-day/88252240007/
— DD: For federal employees, their salaries always have been and will forever be public record.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2026/01/13/should-you-inflate-current-salary-job-interview/88157386007/
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/19/vance-trump-mlk-white-people-apologize/88203684007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Trump’s first year back: How Americans see the president’s actions. Love him or hate him, President Donald Trump has had a profound impact on the lives of many Americans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/18/a-year-into-trump-second-term-america/88037566007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America? The countries that believe that Russia and China will win will side with Russia and China.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-greenland-war-of-2026-europe-trump-tariff-e27b8b98

JD SUPRA
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, the following have never existed: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. According to my critics/opponents, all the problem that liberals/moderates, Democrats, RINOs, Libertarians, minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and citizens of foreign countries have are caused by conservatives, Republicans, Whites, males, older people, Protestants, German Americans, and citizens of America.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/u-s-supreme-court-denies-certiorari-in-8677028/
— HUD moves to eliminate disparate impact rules under Fair Housing Act. DD: University Park was created by HUD. Ever since a bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my buying that townhome improperly/unethically stopped a Black from buying that townhome.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/hud-moves-to-eliminate-disparate-impact-7410495/

NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
— DD: Everything is a zero-sum game. What is given to members of one group of people because of their demographics is not given to members of another group of people because of their demographics. What is given to people because they 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 not given to people because they are Republican, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or  have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. All the promotions that I did not get were given to my coworkers because they were 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. They all 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.
https://nul.org/news/trump-says-dei-civil-rights-policies-hurt-white-people-do-they

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/19/king-trump-day/

AXIOS
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/19/mlk-day-martin-luther-king-trump

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use MLK against Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/mlk-day-celebrations
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/19/dr-martin-luther-king

LEGAL AFFAIR
— Merit Is Not a Guarantee: Promotion Can Be Deferred When Disciplinary Appeal Is Pending. DD: In 1974, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers. They used that disallowance to stop me from being promoted to GS-13. I fought that disallowance. I won. But I did not win until 1977. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11-0  By then, they had destroyed my IRS career. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://thelegalaffair.com/news/merit-is-not-a-guarantee-promotion-can-be-deferred-when-disciplinary-appeal-is-pending-rules-calcutta-high-court/

January 19, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago Cardinal Cupich issues rare moral warning as tensions rise over Greenland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cardinal-blase-cupich-other-catholic-leaders-issue-rare-moral-warning-tensions-rise-greenland/18433455/

NBC5
— The U.S. political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday. The political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights icon’s legacy. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/us-political-climate-spurs-efforts-reclaim-mlk-holiday/3878257/

CBS2
— Democratic leaders speak out against Trump, ICE at annual Rainbow PUSH MLK Breakfast
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/democratic-leaders-speak-out-against-trump-ice-at-annual-rainbow-push-mlk-breakfast/

FOX32
— Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich joins clerics denouncing Trump admin’s foreign policy
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cupich-denounces-trump-foreign-policy
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-area-students-pack-meals-fight-hunger
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-yoioixfebmxpslyf

WBEZ
— Chicago leaders invoke MLK’s teachings against Trump’s immigration policies. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/2026/01/19/chicago-mlk-day-trump-immigration-policies

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Mayor Johnson ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/19/brandon-johnson-don-lemon-trump-mlk-breakfast/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago leaders invoke MLK’s teachings against Trump’s immigration policies. Political and community leaders honored the civil rights icon at a breakfast held by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on MLK Day. They reminded audience members to keep his teachings in mind when fighting the Trump administration’s agenda, specifically its immigration policies and aggressive deportation tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/19/chicago-mlk-day-trump-immigration-policies

DAILY HERALD
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, the following have never existed: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. According to my critics/opponents, all the problem that liberals/moderates, Democrats, RINOs, Libertarians, minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and citizens of foreign countries have are caused by conservatives, Republicans, Whites, males, older people, Protestants, German Americans, and citizens of America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/nation-and-world/the-current-us-political-climate-is-spurring-a-reclaim-and-rallying-on-the-mlk-holiday/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260119/submitted-content/elmhurst-area-aauw-offers-scholarships-for-women/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the year since Donald Trump’s second inauguration fell on King Day, the Republican president has gone scorched earth against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and targeted mostly Black-led cities for federal law enforcement operations, among other policies that many King admirers have criticized.)

RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Introduces Bill to Maintain Integrity of Independent Government Watchdogs. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I often worked with the Chicago offices of inspector generals. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-introduces-bill-to-maintain-integrity-of-independent-government-watchdogs—89993.cfm?

WQAD
— Few fireworks as Illinois GOP governor hopefuls share stage for first time. The four Republican candidates trained their fire on Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois’ immigration policies.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/illinois-gop-governor-forum-capitol-news/526-708a02de-1382-4d33-a067-b4b56f018234

ISTHMUS
— College Republicans of Wisconsin receives $1 million in Uihlein money. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a Loyola student 1972-1976 and a DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://isthmus.com/news/news/college-republicans-of-wisconsin-receives-1-million-in-uihlein-money/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fueled by pills, the rate of abortions nationwide keeps rising after Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/fueled-pills-number-abortions-nationwide-keep-rising-supreme-courts/
— Republican state AGs use MLK holiday to dismantle affirmative action, DEI policies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/republican-state-ags-use-mlk-holiday-dismantle-affirmative-action-dei/
— Trump calls for Rep. Ilhan Omar to be jailed or deported, says she is linked to fraud in Minnesota
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/trump-calls-rep-ilhan-omar-jailed-deported-says-linked-fraud/
— DD: I have never been a drinker. Virtually all my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took adverse actions against me and who were White, male, older, and/or veteran were big drinkers.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/new-alcohol-guidelines-reject-fearmongering/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic mobs are the ones bringing fascism to Minneapolis’s streets
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4424360/democratic-mobs-are-bringing-fascism-minneapolis-streets/
— Greenland fantasy is hurting Republicans and harming America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4423721/greenland-fantasy-hurting-republicans-harming-america/
— Why we must support the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4421885/why-support-preserving-a-sharia-free-america-act/
— HUD terminates Biden-era DEI deal that ‘forced racial preferencing’ in home appraisal industry
https://nypost.com/2026/01/19/us-news/hud-terminates-biden-era-dei-deal-that-forced-racial-preferencing-in-home-appraisal-industry/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Morning Greatness: ‘Sanctuary City’ Radicals Invade Minneapolis Church
https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/19/morning-greatness-sanctuary-city-radicals-invade-minneapolis-church/
— Liberalism vs. Progressivism: Thoughts on MLK Day. The left still invokes MLK’s name, but having traded liberalism’s moral law for progressivism’s power worship, it now repudiates the very legacy it claims to honor.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/01/19/liberalism-vs-progressivism-thoughts-on-mlk-day/

AMERICAN THINKER
— As history has shown, communists go for the churches first. History repeats itself…again, and again, and again. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/as_history_has_shown_communists_go_for_the_churches_first.html
— Tools for Winning Your Primary – and Winning Your Election. DD: I will be hand-delivering campaign literature that I receive from Republican candidates to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/tools_for_winning_your_primary_and_winning_your_election.html

BLAZE
— ‘Total RINO’: Trump vows to oust Indiana Republican leader over redistricting betrayal. DD: My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes oust me as a) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, c) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and e) an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/total-rino-trump-vows-to-oust-indiana-republican-leader-over-redistricting-betrayal
— Minnesota nurses’ union calls on members to join ‘economic blackout’ to protest ICE raids
https://www.theblaze.com/news/minnesota-nurse-anti-ice-protest

BREITBART
— Ten Shot, Five Fatally, During Weekend in Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/01/19/ten-shot-five-fatally-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/
— GOP Probes How Dems Use Illegals and Refugees to Rig Elections
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/19/nolte-gop-probes-how-democrats-use-illegals-and-refugees-to-rig-elections/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Take Over State, Immediately Move To Soften Crime Laws
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/19/democrats-virginia-abigail-spanberger-crime-theft-robbery-parole/
— Erika Kirk Demands Speedy Trial, Alleges ‘Undue Delay’ In Case Involving Her Husband’s Alleged Assassin
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/19/erika-kirk-speedy-trial-tyler-robinson/

DAILY WIRE
— Women Are More Likely To Support Political Assassinations
https://www.dailywire.com/news/women-are-more-likely-to-support-political-assassinations-poll-shows

FEDERALIST
— Like Don Lemon, Our Entire Corporate Press Is Literally Just Doing Far-Left Activism
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/like-don-lemon-our-entire-corporate-press-is-literally-just-doing-far-left-activism/
— Trump’s Do-Nothing Minnesota Response Is A Weak Embarrassment
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/trumps-do-nothing-minnesota-response-is-a-weak-embarrassment/
— Only Government Force Can Stop Democrats From Plunging America Into Darkness
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/only-government-force-can-stop-democrats-from-plunging-america-into-darkness/
— The Propaganda Press Keeps Trying To Turn Radical Anti-ICE Agitators Into Victims
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/the-propaganda-press-keeps-trying-to-turn-radical-anti-ice-agitators-into-victims/
— Trump Has A Real Insurrection On His Hands In Minnesota
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/trump-has-a-real-insurrection-on-his-hands-in-minnesota/
— ‘ICE Watch’ Activists Aren’t ‘Legal Observers,’ They’re Criminal Obstructors
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/ice-watch-activists-arent-legal-observers-theyre-criminal-obstructors/
— Why Leftist White Women Are Leading Domestic Terrorism In Minnesota
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/why-leftist-white-women-are-leading-domestic-terrorism-in-minnesota/
— Democrat Witness Lies About The Abortion Pill’s Dangerous Side Effects
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/19/democrat-witness-lies-about-the-abortion-pills-dangerous-side-effects/

FOX NEWS
— House Republicans call Minnesota fraud probe ‘tip of the iceberg’ as more blue states face scrutiny. Republicans say states like New York and California should be next.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-call-minnesota-fraud-probe-tip-iceberg-more-blue-states-face-scrutiny

NATIONAL REVIEW
— It’s Time to Ditch ‘Disparate Impact Theory’ — and Biden’s Weaponization of Civil Rights Law
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/its-time-to-ditch-disparate-impact-theory-and-bidens-weaponization-of-civil-rights-law/
— Thousands Flock to ICE Watch Training as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Encourages Residents to Track Agents
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/thousands-flock-to-ice-watch-training-as-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-encourages-residents-to-track-agents/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ Airs Predictably Partisan, Pro-Mob Story on ICE in Minneapolis
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2026/01/19/cbss-60-minutes-airs-predictably-partisan-pro-mob-story-ice

TOWNHALL
— Illinois’ Answer to Career Criminals: Seal Their Records
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/19/clean-slate-act-n2669702

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ, that is, about their success in destroying traditional marriage and family. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/makes-lgbtq-community-growing-population/story?id=110435387

CBS NEWS
— DOJ is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-probing-protesters-group-that-disrupted-services-at-church-with-ice-pastor/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Independent Voters Are Not Necessarily Moderate. DD: In Illinois, to vote in a primary election is to declare your political affiliation for 2 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/party-affiliation-independents-midterms.html
— DD: My critics/opponents have their operative and their dupes scour my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to get information to use to discredit me.  Previously they had their operatives and their dupes attend TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition events to get information to use to discredit me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/kash-patel-grassley-payback.html

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/01/19/mlk-jr-minneapolis-george-floyd-renee-good/88202503007/WFIN

WFIN
— House Republicans call Minnesota fraud probe ‘tip of the iceberg’ as more blue states face scrutiny
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/house-republicans-call-minnesota-fraud-probe-tip-of-the-iceberg-as-more-blue-states-face-scrutiny/

PBS
— How key groups of Americans voted in 2024. DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates promise to use government to give them more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/interactive-how-key-groups-of-americans-voted-in-2024-according-to-ap-votecast

DEFENSE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
— Musk’s politics cost Tesla millions of US car sales. DD: Because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers, b) disallowed my education deductions, and c) failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-12. Because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10 to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) did not promote me to GS-13 until I was 38 years old in 1986, d) failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me even though a) I earned an MBA in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, f) I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and g) I earned a specialized master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://news.ssbcrack.com/elon-musks-politics-cost-tesla-millions-of-us-car-sales-yale-study/

January 18, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Large crowds return to Broadview ICE facility, protesting against immigration enforcement operations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj7rt2x9oS0

NBC5
— Protesters brave bitter cold for mass demonstration at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTFAI6DJhkk

WGN9
— Demonstrators brave cold in Broadview to protest ICE actions
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/no-kings-protest-broadview-ice-shooting-minneapolis/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8tqIYrzNiU

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/18/column-ice-immigrants-minnesota-native-americans-page/
— An expressway that went nowhere. Massive citizen revolt spelled doom for Richard J. Daley’s Crosstown Expressway dream. DD: During the early 1980s, I worked for GAO of a year on an audit of how the money from the withdrawal of the Crosstown Expressway was being spent. Rostenkowski killed the audit. No audit report was issued.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/15/vintage-tribune-crosstown-expressway-richard-j-daley/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/17/naperville-student-shat-empower-food-english/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who are the following against those who are not the following: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-citizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/18/martin-luther-king-mission-uniting-poor-across-racial-lines-remains-unfinished-ben-jealous

DAILY HERALD
— Paprocki: Illinois needs spending restraint to help businesses thrive in 2026
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260117/business/illinois-needs-spending-restraint-to-help-businesses-thrive-in-2026/

SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat leaders want to impeach Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/01/17/democrats-grapple-with-rising-clamor-for-trump-impeachment-ahead-of-midterms/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Escalating tensions in Minnesota
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-17/escalating-tensions-in-minnesota

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— In Illinois, women earn about 91-93 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts, while Black and Hispanic workers each earn 6-10% less than comparable white workers. DD: I am a White male Republican. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my coworkers were Democrats. All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me and who were minority and/or female 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. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976 when I was 27, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-wage-inequities-improve-slightly-persist-despite-transparency-efforts-report/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Vallas: The Radical Left’s Moral Inversion: From Class Politics to Identity Dogma Is a Trojan Horse with Dangerous Consequences
https://johnkassnews.com/the-radical-lefts-moral-inversion-from-class-politics-to-identity-dogma-is-a-trojan-horse-with-dangerous-consequences/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— Pritzker signs bill to allow criminals to hide their records. Pritzker puts criminals, not the public, first.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/in_illinois_gov_pritzger_signs_bill_to_make_it_easier_for_criminals_to_hide_their_records.html

BREITBART
— Chuck Schumer Says Democrats Will Restore Most of’ DOGE Cuts. DD: Republicans gutted GAO, but Democrats have never restored GAO.  GAO is just a shell of what it once was.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/17/chuck-schumer-says-democrats-will-reverse-most-of-doge-cuts/amp/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s Why There Are More ICE Raids in Blue States. DD: How many illegals have Democrats brought into Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/17/heres-why-there-are-more-ice-raids-in-blue-states/

FOX NEWS
— Trump has authority to send troops to Minneapolis to stop attacks on ICE. Trump’s power to invoke the Insurrection Act is manifest, but the wisdom of doing so may not be.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gregg-jarrett-trump-has-authority-send-troops-minneapolis-stop-attacks-ice.amp

NEW AMERICAN
— Immigrant Congressman With Trouble Speaking English Introduces Bill to Abolish ICE
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/immigrant-congressman-with-trouble-speaking-english-introduces-bill-to-abolish-ice/

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Hits Mamdani for Slighting Blacks in His New Mayoral Regime
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2026/01/17/new-york-times-hits-mamdani-slighting-blacks-his-new-mayoral-regime

PJ MEDIA
— Will Minnesota Lose a Congressional Seat After Illegal Alien Deportations? DD: How many illegals have Democrats brought into Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/17/will-minnesota-lose-a-congressional-seat-after-illegal-alien-deportations-n4948410

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Is there really an ‘affordability’ crisis? So why do people feel like so many things are unaffordable? It’s not because of the things they need to afford. It’s the things they want to afford. DD: When I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, I  ‘wanted’ to buy before I graduated a new car that I would use to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete to classes at UIC. I succeeded in doing that. In May of 1966 I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ). But to do that, and to pay for my UIC expenses, instead of studying, I worked 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965 washing dishes in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights. Obviously, that Pontiac was a ‘want’ and not a need. What if I had not had that ‘want?’ My spending all those hours washing dishes instead of studying harmed my ACT score and GPA, but UIC accepted me anyway. Then, I ‘wanted’ a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_442 ); I sold the Pontiac and bought one in December of 1967. Then, I ‘wanted’ a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE ( https://www.americansteelclassiccars.com/vehicles/186/1969-dodge-charger-se ); I sold the Oldsmobile and bought one in December of 1968. But to buy the aforesaid new cars and to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses, instead of studying, I worked as many part-time hours that I could during the 1966-1969 school years and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969 delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. Obviously, that Oldsmobile and that Dodge were ‘wants’ and not needs. Not studying harmed my GPA. Nevertheless, I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning that Dodge. What if I had not had the aforesaid new car ‘wants?’
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5691609-wages-inflation-debate/

CNN
— Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/17/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-protests-renee-good-hnk

ABC NEWS
— Israel to honor Charlie Kirk with award for fighting antisemitism
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-honor-charlie-kirk-award-fighting-antisemitism-129233134

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. But Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-inflation-cbs-news-poll/
— CBS News poll finds more Americans say ICE being too tough; Republicans feel protesters have gone too far
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-trump-greenland-trump-poll/

NEWSWEEK
— ICE To Be Abolished Under New Proposed Bill, DHS Responds. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there be no need for DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job related professional license. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female and/or veteran.
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-abolished-new-bill-dhs-responds-11376322
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill states that since “President Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem have taken office, ICE has been weaponized to inflict terror and hysteria amongst American immigrant and non-immigrant communities. ICE has been deployed to major cities [to] aggressive enforcement policies that have brought fear to Americans. It is clear that ICE is not an organization bound by the rule of law, is past the point of reform, and must be abolished.”)

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party’s top priority is regaining control of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010647503/will-2026-be-the-year-voters-pull-the-emergency-brake.html
— DD: The more anti-American a state is, the more that Democrat leaders promote that state.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/magazine/minnesota-liberalism-trump-ice.html
— DD: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, all the adverse actions that they had their operatives and dupes take against me were justified. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opinion/editorials/trump-second-term-vengence.html
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opinion/donald-trump-conservatism-nationalism.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making those who do not share Trump’s demographics hate him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/republicans-ice-white-women.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/us/politics/white-women-conservatives.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: The more anti-American a state is, the more that Democrat leaders promote that state.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-01-17/in-twin-cities-immigration-crackdown-has-made-chaos-new-normal

USA TODAY
— Media did Biden’s bidding. Now they freak out over Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/29/trump-news-media-bias-biden/77968482007/

CARDINAL NEWS
— Spanberger rescinds Youngkin immigration enforcement order, issues orders on affordability.
https://cardinalnews.org/2026/01/17/spanberger-rescinds-youngkin-immigration-enforcement-order-issues-orders-on-affordability/

BANKRATE
— Homeownership: Dream vs. Reality. DD: Back in the good old days, I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/realities-of-homeownership/

GAO
— Reflections from Gene L. Dodaro, the 8th Comptroller General of the United States and Head of GAO. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), three job-related master’s degrees business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job related professional license (CPA). They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female and/or veteran.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/guest-spotlight-reflections-gene-l-dodaro-8th-comptroller-general-united-states-and-head-gao

USA JOBS
— Federal Internships. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors outrageously and disgustingly succeeded in forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10) to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 year old in 1980. But they really wanted me to take a $72,701/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-4 Step 1) to transfer, that is, to transfer as an intern. By doing the aforesaid, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors flushed down their toilets and rendered worthless what I had learned a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and d) earning an MBA in 1976. The aforesaid monumentally damaged  my GAO career. Nevertheless, GAO finally let me work on audits of IRS in 1986-1988, promoted me to GS-13 in 1986, and let me work until I was 49 years old in 1997. But that was not until after I had a) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and a master’s degree in finance in 1997, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) earned a professional certification in fraud examination in 1990, government financial management in 1994, financial services auditing in 1996, and forensic accounting in 1997. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female and/or veteran.
https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?k=internships

LGBTQ NATION
— Landmark commission unanimously approves church’s rainbow steps: “This is religious expression.” The church is responding after a nearby Pride crosswalk was forcibly removed. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/landmark-commission-unanimously-approves-churchs-rainbow-steps-this-is-religious-expression/

FROM OTHER SOURSES

REMAX
— FOR SALE: 1219 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $625,000 DD: This home is in my precinct.
https://ronlewis.remax.com/holp/listing/103/12467706?key=apurp5tiZWKjrqqgXmRnnKmq

January 16, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What the fraud in Minnesota can teach Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/opinion-fraud-minnesota-illinois-audit/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/15/marijuana-recreational-drugs-gun-ownership-second-amendment-jacob-sullum

CBS2
— University of Illinois approves tuition increase for incoming freshmen, including at UIC and Urbana-Champaign. DD: I was able to work my way through college, but my critics/opponents stress that college costs were much lower back then.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-illinois-tuition-increase-uic-urbana-champaign/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Downtown office vacancy ended 2025 at another record high
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/downtown-office-vacancy-ended-2025-another-record-high

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County GOP Treasurer Chris Lauzen’s son running in Delaware – as a Democrat
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2026/01/15/kane-county-gop-treasurer-chris-lauzens-son-running-in-delaware-as-a-democrat/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Labor, voting rights groups intervene in Illinois voter data lawsuit
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/01/15/labor-voting-rights-groups-intervene-in-illinois-voter-data-lawsuit/88177670007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-what-americans-think-about-trumps-first-year-back-in-office-according-to-ap-norc-polling/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the cost of healthcare.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-15/trump-health-care-plan-doesnt-help-people-facing-skyrocketing-aca-premiums

WGLT
— GOP candidates for Governor blast sanctuary cities and SAFE-T act in Central Illinois forum. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-01-16/gop-candidates-for-governor-blast-sanctuary-cities-and-safe-t-act-in-central-illinois-forum

WMBD
— Republican candidates for governor debate at Five Points Washington. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://wmbdradio.com/2026/01/15/republican-candidates-for-governor-debate-at-five-points-washington/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders use Chad Hampton of Victoria and his mother Cheryl Hampton of Streator to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/16/drawing-a-legal-line-on-hate-00733123

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-449/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they carry water for the elephant, that is, they work for the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Organization. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22carry+water+for+the+elephant%22+republican – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Imagine Not Having to Wait 14 Days After the Election to Find Out Who Wins
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/15/imagine-not-having-to-wait-14-days-after-the-election-to-find-out-who-wins/
— Referendums on School Choice Scholarships on One-Third of Illinois Counties’ Ballots
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/16/referendums-on-school-choice-scholarships-on-one-third-of-illinois-counties-ballots/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Fiscal Conservative Ted Dabrowski Spent $181K on Consultants While $75K Went to Dan Proft’s Florida Firm
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/fiscal-conservative-ted-dabrowski-spent-181k-on-consultants-while-75k-went-to-dan-profts-florida-firm.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The real reason health care and education costs are soaring
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/real-reason-health-care-education-costs-soaring/
— Americans seize the socialism: Most say it’s government’s job to give healthcare. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, healthcare is free.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/americans-seize-socialism-say-governments-job-give-health-care/

NEW YORK POST
— Pentagon to ‘refocus’ military newspaper Stars and Stripes away from ‘woke distractions’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/15/us-news/pentagon-to-refocus-military-newspaper-stars-and-stripes-away-from-woke-distractions/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why (Traditional) Marriage Matters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-traditional-marriage-matters/

EPOCH TIMES
— Venezuela’s Machado Gifts Trump Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal. Opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the peace prize in December 2025 for her fight for democracy.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trumps-view-on-venezuelan-opposition-leader-machado-remains-unchanged-white-house-5971661

FEDERALIST
— Resisting Law Enforcement Is Violence And This Administration’s Job Is To Stop It At All Costs
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/15/resisting-law-enforcement-is-violence-and-this-administrations-job-is-to-stop-it-at-all-costs/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— States Respond to Increased Assaults Against ICE Officers with Legislation to Put Agents in Greater Danger
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/states-endanger-ice-officers-mask-prohibition
— FAIR Highlights Disastrous Consequences of Anti-ICE Rhetoric in Minneapolis
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/fair-highlights-disastrous-consequences-anti-ice-rhetoric-minneapolis

FOX NEWS
— Three Venezuelan illegals arrested after ICE officer ‘ambushed and attacked’ during traffic stop. DHS secretary calls Minneapolis incident ‘attempted murder of federal law enforcement.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/three-venezuelan-illegals-arrested-ice-officer-ambushed-attacked-traffic-stop-noem.amp
— ICE takes down illegal alien who allegedly rammed law enforcement vehicles, nearly running over officer. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin blamed pro-sanctuary politicians she said ‘have encouraged illegal aliens to evade arrest.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-ice-takes-down-illegal-alien-who-rammed-law-enforcement-vehicles-nearly-running-over-officer
— Pentagon vows to reform military newspaper Stars and Stripes, remove ‘woke distractions’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pentagon-vows-reform-military-newspaper-stars-stripes-remove-woke-distractions.print

LEGAL INSURECTION
— Walz Urges Minnesotans to Protect Illegals, Film ICE ‘Atrocities,’ ‘Resist’ in Deranged Speech
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/walz-urges-minnesotans-to-protect-illegals-film-ice-atrocities-resist-in-deranged-speech/

NEW AMERICAN
— Minneapolis Riots Heat Up; Illegals Involved in Beating of ICE Agent Are Biden “Migrants” Released at Border
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/minneapolis-riots-heat-up-illegals-involved-in-beating-of-ice-agent-are-biden-migrants-released-at-border/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Minneapolis Rioters Break Into Federal Agent’s Vehicle, Steal Weapon and Ammunition
https://www.westernjournal.com/stunning-footage-minneapolis-rioters-break-federal-agents-vehicle-steal-weapon-ammunition/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://apnews.com/video/trumps-insurrection-act-threat-stands-out-against-the-laws-long-history-ae22f8e0ca7446c8ad81a3f5e6b112ed

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4_fGiPWVOA

CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-protests-01-15-26

CNBC
— Over 800,000 student loan borrowers remain in backlog for forgiveness, affordable repayment plans. DD: I was able to work my way through college, but my critics/opponents stress that college costs were much lower back then.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/student-loan-forgiveness-repayment-plan-backlog.html

REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbNS4RQzM6w

MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-is-the-insurrection-act-and-what-happens-if-president-trump-invokes-it/vi-AA1UjxDH
— West Point Orders All Minority Cadet Clubs Disbanded Immediately in DEI Crackdown
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/west-point-orders-all-minority-cadet-clubs-disbanded-immediately-in-dei-crackdown-report/ar-AA1yt5ZU

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/minnesota-ice-shooting-protests-trump-insurrection-act/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: According to Democrat leaders, their illegals do not vote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/noncitizen-voters-save-tool.html
— DD: The more hatred that promote against Trump, the more that the Democrat news media promotes you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/politics/minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey-ice.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump launches ‘Great Healthcare Plan.’ DD: The federal government paying for 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and for my wife since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/15/trump-healthcare-plan-aca/
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/01/15/university-trump-lee-bollinger-review/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/16/ice-minneapolis-trump-insurrection-act-minnesota/88197983007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/01/15/what-is-the-insurrection-act-timeline-trump-ice-shooting-minneapolis/88197593007/

WAPT
— Defense Department says military newspaper Stars and Stripes must eliminate ‘woke distractions’
https://www.wapt.com/article/stars-and-stripes-eliminate-woke-distractions/70013027

BLOOMBERG
— George Floyd Lawyer to Represent Renée Good Family. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning Renee Good into George Floyd?
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/wake-up-call-george-floyd-lawyer-to-represent-renee-good-family

FORBES
— These 8 Sweeping Student Loan Forgiveness Changes Happen In 2026. DD: I was able to work my way through college, but my critics/opponents stress that college costs were much lower back then.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2026/01/15/these-8-sweeping-student-loan-forgiveness-changes-happen-in-2026/

FORTUNE
— Renee Good and George Floyd: 2 Minneapolis killings, 2 grieving families, one law firm. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning Renee Good into George Floyd?
https://fortune.com/2026/01/15/family-of-renee-good-hires-george-floyd-lawyer-minnesota-shooting-ice/

CAREERS IN GOVERNMENT
— DD: For Democrats, government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats.
https://www.careersingovernment.com/

GOVERNING
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote insurrection.
https://www.governing.com/policy/trump-threatens-to-invoke-insurrection-act-over-minnesota-ice-protests

FED SMITH
— Thrift Savings Plan Millionaires Hit New Record—Nearly 195,000 and Counting. DD: I would be a TSP millionaire if my Democrat GAO superiors had not wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/01/13/tsp-millionaires-new-record-number/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— The Faculty Merit Act Is Meritless. A proposal to mandate publication of SAT and other standardized test scores for all faculty and faculty job applicants is statistically unsound. DD: Since 1966, my critics/opponents have stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/15/faculty-merit-act-meritless-opinion

PEOPLE
— Renee Good’s Family Hires Law Firm That Previously Helped George Floyd’s Family Secure $27 Million Settlement. Romanucci & Blandin said it would launch a civil investigation into the shooting of Good by an ICE agent. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct turning Renee Good into George Floyd?
https://people.com/renee-good-s-family-hires-law-firm-that-once-represented-george-floyd-s-family-11886246

HUFFINGTON POST
— Federal Workers Ask Judge To Block Trump’s ‘Loyalty’ Question On Job Applications. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were not blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform and especially loyal to the platform’s Affirmative Action plank.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-ask-judge-block-215616534.html

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources. DD: GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters bring attention to Illinois government and political news and commentary that Democrat and RINO leaders do not want anyone to read.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

WORKPLACE INSIGHT
— Major surge in people working past retirement age … matched by rise in age discrimination claims. DD: While I worked for the federal government, retirement age was 55 if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like me a $25,000 buyout and early retirement. I had 25 years of federal service and I was 45 years old.
https://workplaceinsight.net/major-surge-in-people-working-past-retirement-age-matched-by-rise-in-age-discrimination-claims/

January 14, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop illegally a) flooding America with citizens of foreign countries and b) fighting their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2026/01/14/ice-documentary-chicago-shouldering-sanctuary
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/14/trump-sinking-america-economy-tariffs-venezuela-attacks-raids-criminal-ralph-martire
— Illinois joins suit after feds threaten billions in funding over Trump order targeting trans people — again
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/13/illinois-joins-suit-after-feds-threaten-billions-in-funding-over-trump-order-targeting-trans-people-again

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more video gambling. in 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to punish for that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/afternoon-briefing-chicago-video-gambling-legalization-in-flux/

DAILY HERALD
— Congressional candidates to meet in four forums. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260113/us-congress-politics/congressional-candidates-to-meet-in-four-forums/

FOX32
— Man charged with murder in stabbing at Loop CTA station: DD: How much time have you spent in downtown Chicago? I worked there in 1971 and 1973-1980 (IRS) and 1980-1997 (GAO). I lived there part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978 (Outer Drive East building). I took classes there 1966-1968 and 1971 (UIC), 1972-1976 (Loyola), 1976-1980 (DePaul), 1980-1981 (Roosevelt), and 1992-1997 (IIT). While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cta-crime-stabbing-charges-loop

WAND TV
— Advocates warn that driving high is just as dangerous as drunk driving. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/advocates-warn-that-driving-high-is-just-as-dangerous-as-drunk-driving/article_1d24ad25-d5f2-478f-903e-272b08f806af.html

25 NEWS NOW
— LaHood criticizes IL lawsuit against ICE, calls it Pritzker’s attempt to ‘undermine federal law enforcement’
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/13/lahood-criticizes-il-lawsuit-against-ice-calls-it-pritzkers-attempt-undermine-federal-law-enforcement/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Governor’s race: Joseph Severino has filed a lawsuit seeking to remain on the ballot for the March 17 Republican primary for governor. He’s asking the Cook County Circuit Court to reverse a decision by the Illinois State Board of Elections that removed him and running mate Rantch Isquith from the ballot after sustaining objections to their nominating petitions. GOP activist Terry Newsome was the objector to Severino’s signatures, but the actual challenge was orchestrated by Aaron Del Mar, the running mate for governor candidate Darren Bailey. Severino argues that thousands of signatures were improperly challenged, that objections were made in bad faith and that the board applied deadlines and evidentiary rules in a manner that violated due process. The suit asks the court to order Severino’s name restored before ballots are printed. . .Thursday: GOP gubernatorial candidates Darren Bailey, Ted Dabrowski, James Mendrick and (just announced) Rick Heidner to attend a Tazewell County GOP candidate forum.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/14/justices-path-started-in-politics-00727234

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-659/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRT COUNTY BLOG
— Left Bemoans Conservatives Monopolization of Urging Increasing the Birthrate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/left-bemoans-conservatives-monopolization-of-urging-increasing-the-birthrate/

JOHN KASS
— Two bar groups of Chicago lawyers—suits who suck up to the Democratic machine—are trying to silence a good common sense Judge James Brown for speaking the truth.
https://johnkassnews.com/chicago-politicos-to-a-good-judge-shut-up-and-take-it/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Prestigious Left-Wing Money Machines That Fund the Groups Harassing ICE Agents in Minnesota. Plus, Trump tells Iranian protesters ‘HELP IS ON THE WAY’ while shutting door on diplomacy with Tehran.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/the-prestigious-left-wing-money-machines

NEW YORK POST
— The callous and cynical politics that led to Renee Good’s death. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://nypost.com/2026/01/13/opinion/why-anti-ice-protesters-are-aiming-for-death-and-mayhem/

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— DEI Rollback Won’t Solve Problems DEI Created. A generation of White men facing workforce displacement, replacement. DD: Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO employers have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employee.
https://americanfreepress.net/Issue_1_2_AFP_2026_FP.pdf

BREITBART
— Democrat-Run Minnesota and Illinois File Lawsuits over Trump Immigration Officer Surge
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/13/democrat-run-minnesota-and-illinois-file-lawsuit-over-trump-immigration-officer-surge/
— DHS Calls on MN Gov. Walz to Release 1,360 Criminal Illegal Aliens to ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/13/dhs-calls-on-mn-gov-walz-release-1360-criminal-illegal-aliens-ice/amp/
— Mamdani ‘Outraged’ over Detention of Staffer Accused of Assault, Overstaying Visa
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/13/nycs-zohran-mamdani-outraged-over-detention-of-staffer-accused-of-assault-overstaying-visa/amp/
— Breitbart Editor In Chief Warns GOP: ‘Zero Amnesty’ for Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/01/14/breitbart-eic-warns-gop-zero-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Minneapolis School Officials Are Shielding Illegal Aliens from ICE … and Opening Themselves Up to Federal Felony Prosecutions
https://cis.org/Fishman/Minneapolis-School-Officials-Are-Shielding-Illegal-Aliens-ICE-and-Opening-Themselves

NEWS BUSTERS
— Trump: Federal Funding to Illegal Alien Sanctuaries Ends February 1
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/293485/print

PJ MEDIA
— Walz Is Protecting Not Only Fraudsters but More Than 1,000 Violent Foreign Criminals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/13/walz-is-protecting-not-only-fraudsters-but-1000-violent-foreign-criminals-n4948251

TOWNHALL
— Traditional Families and American Prosperity. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. They do that and at the same time hint/imply/argue/shout that I unfairly benefitted from being raised in a traditional family. If I had not been raised in a traditional family, I never would have been able earn enough money to pay for a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, c) a professional license, d) new cars, e) real estate, f) etc.
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2026/01/14/traditional-families-and-american-prosperity-n2669421

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5687621-quinnipiac-poll-ice-enforcement/

ABC NEWS
— ACA enrollment drops 800,000 as prices soar. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and for my wife since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/fewer-americans-sign-affordable-care-act-health-insurance-129172967

CBS NEWS
— Trump threatens to halt federal money next month not only to sanctuary cities but also their states
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/president-trump-threatens-to-halt-funding-to-sanctuary-cities/
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/immigration-advocates-push-for-protect-bills-in-baltimore-county/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maduro-jail-venezuelans-facing-immigration-limbo-feel-s-still-not-safe-rcna252365

NEW YORK TIMES
— ICE Arrested Dozens of Refugees in Minnesota and Sent Them to Texas, Lawyers Say. The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to “re-examine thousands of refugee cases.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/ice-arrests-refugees-minnesota.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Jesus despises/hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, have more money than others, etc. and b) that to get into Heaven, you have to give preference and money to those who are liberal, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, etc. How successful have Democrats been taking over your church?
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010630341/the-religious-right-uses-christianity-for-control.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow. Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups. DD: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, quitting was not an option for me. I needed/wanted money to pay for cars, college degrees, real estate, professional certifications, etc. Consequently, I carried out my Democrat superiors’ orders to give preference big time to my subordinates who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. But that was not enough for them. Because I complained about it and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40, they wasted my career and they forced me to retire when I was 49.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/trump-shooting-renee-good-ice.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/13/maryland-general-assembly-session-starts/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/14/mamdani-democrats-woke/

USA TODAY
— A yearlong birthday party. Inside America’s 250th anniversary plans. Organizers of the country’s 250th birthday envision a grassroots, community-driven celebration. How semiquincentennial plans are shaping up. DD: I remember a GAO diversity event in which we were all required to publicly disclose a) the country(s) that our ancestors immigrated from and b) the year(s) they immigrated.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/13/semiquincentennial-america-250-celebration/88068429007/

NEW YORK SUN
— Left, as With George Floyd, Exploits Death of Renee Good for Political Ends. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nysun.com/article/left-as-with-george-floyd-exploits-death-of-renee-good-for-political-ends

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://lasentinel.net/george-floyd-and-renee-good-5-years-between-minneapolis-videos-and-confusion-has-increased.html

DALLAS NEWS
— Charlie Kirk Memorial Parkway coming to North Texas
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2026/01/13/charlie-kirk-memorial-parkway-coming-to-north-texas/

MERCURY NEWS
— Harvey Milk Boulevard would be renamed for Charlie Kirk under Utah legislation
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/13/harvey-milk-charlie-kirk-utah/amp/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Affordability Problem in One Chart. Wages aren’t rising fast enough to counter still rising prices. DD: Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that I got COLAs, step increases, and promotions. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $154,682/year in 1997. In my defense, during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/economy-affordability-prices-inflation-real-wages-donald-trump-8465f37b
— How DEI Caused a Military Recruitment Crisis. The Biden administration discouraged white recruits. Secretary Hegseth’s ‘reset’ invites everyone to serve.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-dei-caused-a-military-recruitment-crisis-c86acd6e
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD:  ‘Trump Presses Prosecutors To Target Foes.’ DD: While worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO for almost 30 years, they had my Democrat superiors take many big adverse actions against me. I should with about that.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-blasted-federal-prosecutors-at-white-house-event-calling-them-weak-c185412b
— Before You Toss That Book. DD: I bought many books a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees and b) to pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/opinion/favorite-books-cleaning-out.html

WEEK
— DD: The longer that your ancestors have been in America and more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://theweek.com/politics/maga-heritage-americans

NOLA
— Tulane approves Turning Point USA chapter after Loyola denied the group official status. DD: Who is heading Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.nola.com/news/education/tulane-approves-turning-point-usa-chapter-after-loyola-denied-the-group-official-status/article_ab2ff84a-6a9a-4bba-b6ec-8dbb8a2bad08.html

PERSONNEL TODAY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly a) false/refuse to hire those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) replace their employees who are the aforesaid with those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/male-police-officers-replaced-by-women-were-discriminated-against-tribunal/

POLITICO
— Trump administration releases guidance on hiring federal employees. Trump has sought to reshape the federal government to align with his agenda, which has included reworking regulations governing the civil service. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. According to them, those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/13/trump-admin-releases-guidance-on-hiring-feds-00725867

NEW YORKER
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/what-comes-after-the-protests

HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/model-minority-anti-ice-protests_n_68530dede4b07c6cc415c5fb

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

BBC
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been equating Renee Good with George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jepdjy256o

GUARDIAN
— DD: Unions ever-increasingly side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/union-leaders-trump-administration-white-supremacy

DAILY MAIL
— Buyers fleeing Seattle after woke mayor’s open drug use policy comes to their door
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/real-estate/article-15442259/seattle-homebuyers-flee-drug-policy.html

January 11, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— Protests held in Chicago over ICE shooting in Minneapolis, Trump admins military action in Venezuela. A major one held in the city temporarily brought the Magnificent Mile to a halt.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protests-held-in-chicago-ice-shooting-military-action-venezuela/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers return to Capitol facing $2.2B budget gap while pushing election-year affordability message
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/illinois-spring-legislative-session-2026/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/editorial-dont-blame-chicago-cops-for-ice-and-border-patrol-misconduct/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/07/charles-selle-column-immigrant-raids/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their Venezuelans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/venezuela-chicago-maduro-immigration/
— DD: How soon will Democrats try to impeach Trump again?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/column-donald-trump-midterms-impeachment-venezuela-jan-6-page/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrats call for arrest of ICE agent in fatal shooting. Will they succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2026/01/10/protesters-in-springfield-called-for-the-arrest-of-an-ice-agent/88110144007/

SOUTHERN
— Illinoisans speak out amid childcare funding freeze. DD: Back in the good old days, my father earned enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://thesouthern.com/news/we-cant-afford-to-do-this-illinoisans-speak-out-amid-child-care-funding-freeze/article_8f04a803-7a56-5ac1-8c7e-2d09b799bd37.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize against Republicans those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. When will Republican leaders come to their defense? When will Republican leaders organize those who are the aforesaid? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinopis.com

JOHN KASS
— Democrats in the Cheeze Barrel with Walz
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-in-the-barrel-with-walz/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pro-Life Leader David Smith Endorses Dabrowski Even as Pro-Choice Democrat Donors Linked to Pritzker, Johnson Bankroll His Campaign
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/pro-life-leader-david-smith-endorses-dabrowski-even-as-pro-choice-democrat-donors-linked-to-pritzker-johnson-bankroll-his-campaign.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Elite colleges are admitting Asian students at incredible rates, post affirmative action. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, Blacks and Hispanics have problems because Republicans discriminate against them. Do Asians succeed because Republicans do not discriminate against them?
https://www.aol.com/articles/elite-colleges-admitting-one-student-201500181.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— Local and state officials are complicit in attacks against ICE. Life has become increasingly difficult for ICE officers all over the country.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/local_and_state_officials_are_complicit_in_attacks_against_ice.html
— New York Dems’ childcare focus isn’t about the children. When both Hochul and Mamdani start doing the “it’s for the children” shtick, anyone even slightly cynical would question their motives. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools in Crete and Park Forest 1953-1962 and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966 put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/a_cynic_s_guess_that_the_new_york_dems_childcare_focus_isn_t_about_the_children.html

DAILY CALLER
— Mamdani’s Socialist Child Care Plan And The American Baby Bust. DD: Back in the good old days, my father earned enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/10/opinion-mamdanis-socialist-child-care-plan-and-the-american-baby-bust-andrew-moran/

FOX NEWS
— Washington Post rips Chicago Teachers Union for pursuing social justice initiatives as students struggle. The Post’s editorial board slammed the union for focusing on social justice initiatives ‘in a school district that can hardly teach kids to read and write.’ DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools in Crete and Park Forest 1953-1962 and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966 put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-rips-chicago-teachers-union-pursuing-social-justice-initiatives-students-struggle
— ICE arrests in Minnesota surge include numerous convicted child rapists, killers. Criminal illegal immigrants had deportation orders dating back decades.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-arrests-minnesota-surge-include-numerous-convicted-child-rapists-killers

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Rand Paul Highlights Government Waste. DD: Paul should highlight how the Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO wasted my career and forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They wasted what I learned earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rand-paul-highlights-wild-government-waste-in-annual-festivus-report/

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Childcare Subsidy Fraud Makes Childcare Unaffordable. DD: Back in the good old days, my father earned enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/01/10/childcare_subsidy_fraud_makes_childcare_unaffordable_1158018.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Omar rallies crowd at anti-ICE protest. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or  municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/11/us/video/ilhan-omar-mn-minneapolis-minnesota-ice-protest-renee-good-vrtc-digvid

MSN
— As average Americans cut back on vacations, luxury travel is booming. DD: My critics/opponents stress that because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, I could and did take vacations in 1969 and 1970 (Florida), 1971 (Bahamas), and 1973-1977 (Hawaii, Mexico, Jamaica, Bahamas, and Washington DC). They stress that because I got married in 1978 and my wife had a good job, we took vacations following her four business trips to luxury resorts across America each year 1978-1992. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, and subordinates were furious about the aforesaid.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/as-average-americans-cut-back-on-vacations-luxury-travel-is-booming/ar-AA1Qi3g2

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows. DD: Who heads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/politics/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-high-schools.html
— 220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opinion/renee-good-minnesota-shooting-ice.html
— DD: How successful will Democrat leaders be making the Pope anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than others, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-etc.?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/opinion/pope-leo-trump-world-order-peace.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, soon, healthcare will be free for Democrats
https://healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/nyt-can-we-really-afford-to-let-health

WASHINGTON POST
— Thousands protest ICE presence in Minneapolis and cities nationwide. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or  municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/10/nationwide-ice-protests-minneapolis-shooting/
— Trump’s 2026 affordability message. DD: What has helped you afford things? For me it includes a) my following conservative principles, b) my taking bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take, c) my working my way through college, d) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, e) my earning three job-related master’s degrees, f) my earning six job-related professional certifications, and gf) my earning a job-related professional license. But according to my critic/opponents, the following has helped me far more than the aforesaid: a) my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and against females and b) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/10/trump-affordability-gop-midterms/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2026/01/10/dating-with-intention/
— More workers are stuck in part-time jobs in warning for the economy. The share of workers with multiple jobs is at its highest level in more than 25 years, as Americans cobble together new work arrangements. DD: My pumping gasoline part-time for a Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1971-1972 while I worked for IRS in Chicago and then in Harvey helped me a) help support my mother and brother 1971-1972, b) buy a new Corvette in 1971, c) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and d) buy and furnish a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/08/multiple-part-time-jobs-economy/

FOX CAROLINA
— Lawmakers target housing affordability as top 2026 priority. DD: Where did your first down payment come from? For me, back in the good old days, it came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972. In addition, I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and I paid for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972. According to Zillow, if that townhome was for sale today, you could buy it for $92,200.  In today’s dollars, when I bought it in 1972, my IRS salary was $68,999/year.
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/01/10/lawmakers-target-housing-affordability-top-2026-priority/

DESERET NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that to succeed in America if you are a minority or a female, you have to get massive government preference and assistance, and that if you do not succeed, it is because older White male Republicans discriminated against you. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that at everyone around them.
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2026/01/10/upward-mobility-act-benefit-cliffs-state-welfare/

EXPRESS NEWS
— Repaying student loans is a personal responsibility
https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/letters-editor/article/personal-responsibility-student-loans-21282640.php

BLOOMBERG
— Why stay on the job when you can clearly retire? Staying on the job despite being able to retire often comes down to personal fulfillment, purpose or practical considerations. You may love your work, finding it meaningful or energizing, and retiring might feel like losing a part of your identity. Financially, staying employed can further boost your already substantial savings, delay you tapping into retirement funds, or maintain benefits such as health insurance, which is projected to increase significantly. DD: When I was 45 years old In 1993, to get rid of their employees like me who had 25 or more years of federal service, who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service (currently $197,200/year), and were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” us a $25,000 ($55,600 in today’s dollars) buyout if we took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer’ in 4 years. I survived until their early retirement offer expired when I was 49 on September 30, 1997. Being forced to retire early is devastating. I should write about that.
https://www.boomermagazine.com/ready-for-retirement/

FORBES
— Forbes America’s Best Employers For Company Culture 2025. DD: Culture is code for politics. If you do not share your employer’s politics, your employer will waste your career and get rid of you. The federal government is Democrat employer. It wastes the careers of its Republican employees and gets rid of its Republican employees. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because I was not active in Republican politics and they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. As they ever-increasingly realized that I would never become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly wasted my career. It all culminated in their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/employers-culture/
— 90% Of Companies Make Better Hires Based On Skills Over Degrees. DD: GAO audits IRS. To outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely justify forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled what I had learned a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) earning an MBA in 1976. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that what much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is every similar to what GAO Analysts do. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cynthiapong/2024/12/26/90-of-companies-make-better-hires-based-on-skills-over-degrees/

FED SMITH
— Can OPM Make Federal Service ‘Cool’ Again? Lessons from JFK for Today’s Workforce. President Kennedy made federal service aspirational in the 1960s. OPM Director Scott Kupor is trying to do the same today—modernizing government to attract the next generation. DD: What is your attitude toward federal employees and federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. Anyone considering working for the federal government should be advised that they will be despised/hated by virtually everyone. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/01/07/can-opm-make-federal-service-cool-again/

HR MAGAZINE
— Benefits of being an equal opportunity employer. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are the opposites of equal opportunity.  Democrat and RINO employers use AA and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/corporate-wellness/benefits-of-being-an-equal-opportunity-employer/420021

NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
— The Racist Beginnings of Standardized Testing. From grade school to college, students of color have suffered from the effects of biased testing.  DD: My critics/opponents oppose meritocracy. According to them, meritocracy is not why those who share my demographics have successes in life. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I passed the following tests because standardized tests are biased in favor of those who share my demographics: a) the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) the ACT test with a score of 24 in 1966, c) all the tests that I needed to pass and to graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class in 1966, d) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, e) all the tests that I needed to pass to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, f) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. and g) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/racist-beginnings-standardized-testing

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— ‘She could have been any of us’: Faith leaders mourn Renee Good in Minneapolis. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or  municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.ncronline.org/news/she-could-have-been-any-us-faith-leaders-mourn-renee-good-minneapolis

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

AL JAZEERA
— Rallies across US after ICE agent kills Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Protests erupt after ICE agent fatally shoots mother of three, fueling anger at Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or  municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/1/11/rallies-across-us-after-ice-agent-kills-renee-nicole-good-in-minneapolis

DAILY MAIL
— Anti-ICE protests explode across the country as irate demonstrators flood Austin and LA streets after Renee Good’s death. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or  municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15453195/Anti-ICE-protests-explode-country-irate-demonstrators-flood-Austin-LA-streets-Renee-Goods-death.html

INDEPENDENT
— Protests erupt across the country after Renee Good’s death as new footage of shooting released. Demonstrations, named ‘ICE Out for Good’ demand accountability for ICE officers and remember Renee Good. DD: If/when ICE comes to your county, township, and/or  municipality, how successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Democrat protests?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ice-shooting-minneapolis-victim-video-live-updates-b2898038.html

OBSERVER
— Pensioners have been cushioned for too long. It’s time for Labour to get off the sofa on welfare. DD: Are you a pensioner? Ever since my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I have gotten a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension of $68,640/year in today’s dollars. That is $1.95 million in today’s dollars. If I was still working for GAO, I would gotten none of that $1.95 million and I would have paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS all that time.
https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/pensioners-have-been-cushioned-for-too-long-its-time-for-labour-to-get-off-the-sofa-on-welfare

January 10, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from freezing child care funding in Illinois, 4 other states. The temporary ruling comes a day after Illinois and the four other Democrat-led states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the federal government’s intention to freeze funding for social services programs in the states.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/09/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-administration-from-freezing-child-care-funding-in-illinois-4-other-states
— Feds agree to halt proposed national youth gender care ban while court weighs motion. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agreed to hold off on communicating its new regulations regarding gender-affirming care, per documents filed this week in an ongoing suit from officials from 20 states, including Illinois, and Washington, D.C.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/01/09/feds-agree-to-halt-proposed-national-youth-gender-care-ban-while-court-weighs-motion

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRATY
— Trump admin to garnish wages of delinquent student loan borrowers, including IL residents. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I did not try to get one. My critics/opponents would a) hint/imply/argue/shout that I was not college material and b) stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% percent of my class, and that I displayed no leadership potential.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article314265869.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders say fractures are starting to show in Trump’s GOP at the start of this election year.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-fractures-are-starting-to-show-in-trumps-gop-at-the-start-of-this-election-year/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Weaponizing Tragedy: The Left’s War on Law and Order
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/01/open-borders-political-stunts-and-the-cost-in-innocent-lives/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago gets lowest employment score since 2009
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-gets-lowest-employment-score-since-2009/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Renee Good is a cautionary tale on the dangers of the Left’s cult of ideology. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4412656/renee-good-cautionary-tale-dangers-left-cult-ideology/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin blocked from freezing $10B in child care, social services funding to NY, 4 other blue states. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/09/us-news/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-freezing-10b-in-child-care-social-services-funding-to-five-blue-states/

BREITBART
— Seattle’s Socialist Mayor to Illegals: ‘This Is Your City’
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/01/09/seattles-socialist-mayor-to-illegals-this-is-your-city/

DAILY CALLER
— How American Leftist Groups Collaborated With Maduro For Over A Decade
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/09/maduro-venezuela-trump-black-lives-matter-blm-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-chavez-socialismmaduro-venezuela-trump-black-lives-matter-blm-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-chavez-socialism/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Minnesota Somali Fraud, Illegal Trucking Scandals Share One Thing: DEI
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/09/minnesota-somali-fraud-illegal-trucking-scandals-share-one-thing-dei/amp/

EPOCH TIMES
— Behind the Group That Controls Chinese Students in America. ‘Fight with all their might for the motherland.’ Chinese students are pressured into advancing Beijing’s interests in America.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/behind-the-group-that-controls-chinese-students-in-america-5962330

FOX NEWS
— NAACP posts split image comparing ICE agents to KKK members: ‘Different mask, same agenda’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/naacp-posts-split-image-comparing-ice-agents-kkk-members-different-mask-same-agenda.print
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387438147112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— School Must Allow Parent to Opt Kindergarten Student Out of LGBTQ+ Lessons, Court Rules. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/school-must-allow-parent-to-opt-kindergarten-student-out-of-lgbtq-lessons-court-rules/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Scenes from Last Night’s Anti-ICE Protest in D.C. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/scenes-from-last-nights-anti-ice-protest-in-d-c/

NEWSMAX
— Judge Blocks Trump Freeze on Child Care Funds in 5 States. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/child-care-funding-freeze/2026/01/09/id/1241549/

TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Voters Shrug at Venezuelan Immigrant’s Warning Against Socialism
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/01/09/venezuelan-immigrants-vs-pro-mamdani-new-yorkers-n2669100

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/protests-ice-planned-us-after-shootings-minneapolis-portland-129078604

NBC NEWS
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/protests-ice-planned-us-after-shootings-minneapolis-portland-129078604

REUTERS
— Fatal ICE shooting of Minneapolis activist sets stage for national protests. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis-activist-sets-stage-national-protests-2026-01-10/

MSN
— ‘You’re just an unqualified yes man’: Hegseth sat in silence as Duckworth gave a lengthy speech lambasting him. DD: Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you were unqualified? My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, workers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was unqualified when an IRS manager a) promoted me in when I was 23 and 24, b) gave me a very high-profile developmental assignment when I was 25, and c) promoted me because of my performance on that assignment when I was 25. According to them, those promotions and that assignment should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were veterans. They all blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They all stressed that I got student draft deferments when I was 18-21 and a financial hardship draft deferment when I was 21-22. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the real reason why I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 was to avoid the Vietnam War draft. According to them, if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been a able to a) earn that degree, b) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola when I was 23-27 and accounting courses at DePaul when I was 27-31, c) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., d) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and e) get married when I was 29. To punish me, they a) forced my aforesaid IRS manager to transfer to Dallas, b) disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, c) disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me again. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my earning an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) my earning a master’s degree from DePaul when I was 31, d) etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/you-re-just-an-unqualified-yes-man-pete-hegseth-sits-in-silence-as-tammy-duckworth-gives-lengthy-speech-putting-him-in-his-place/vi-AA1TTm4h

NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to provide social services to Democrats, that is, to provide welfare to Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/09/us/trump-news
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-minnesota-food-stamps-usda.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-child-care-funding-freeze.html
— What Happens if Federal Agents and Local Officers Stop Getting Along? DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/us/federal-agents-law-enforcement-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2026/01/10/ice-protests-shootings-minneapolis-portland/f9fc2cd4-ede6-11f0-91a9-9928b22be817_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fast-food workers make $20 an hour. California’s other low-wage earners ask: What about us? DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $19.57/hour when I was 18 in 1966 and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. To get that job, I had passed the postal employment examination, earned a high school diploma, passed a physical examination, passed a background investigation, had a driver’s license, and had a car to use to deliver mail.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-09/fast-food-workers-now-make-20-an-hour-californias-other-low-wage-earners-ask-what-about-us

USA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/10/trump-ousted-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-immigrants-safety/88034921007/

FORTUNE
— Did your career get a bad start? My career in the federal government sure did. My Democrat Post Office supervisor a) disapproved of my getting student draft deferments and b) disapproved of my being Protest, German American, and a Crete resident. He was a veteran who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. He disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969. According to him, I got student deferments to avoid the Vietnam War draft. I passed the test to get into a postal management program, but my score was not high enough to get into the program. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used the aforesaid against me.
https://fortune.com/2015/03/31/four-successful-business-tycoons-first-jobs/

PBS
— Shootings in Minneapolis and Portland spur protests over federal enforcement operations. — DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/shootings-in-minneapolis-and-portland-spur-protests-over-federal-enforcement-operations-after

NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://newrepublic.com/article/205067/renee-good-george-floyd-minneapolis-resistance-violence

NEW YORKER
— DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/an-ice-killing-puts-minneapolis-on-the-brink

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.creators.com/read/mona-charen

AXIOS
— Liberal media tries to curry favor with Trump. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who since 2000 have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/19/liberal-media-trump-favor-effort

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— Six years after George Floyd, we must stand against an ICE killing in Minneapolis. DD: Will Democrat leaders succeed in making Renee Good George Floyd 2?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/george-floyd-ice-killing-minneapolis

January 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have Democrats flood Elgin immigration forum
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/immigration-town-hall-elgin-ice/

CBS2
— Illinois files lawsuit challenging child care funding freeze as Chicago-area parents grapple with anxiety.  DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/08/child-care-funding-freeze-causes-anxiety-for-chicago-area-parents

WTTW
— Four Illinois Sheriff’s Offices Ignored Sanctuary Laws by Transferring People Into Federal Custody
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/08/four-illinois-sheriff-s-offices-ignored-sanctuary-laws-transferring-people-federal

DAILY HERALD
— Trump store moving to Crystal Lake after eviction proceedings in Huntley
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260108/business/trump-store-moving-to-crystal-lake-after-eviction-proceedings-in-huntley/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A generation gives up on homeownership. That’s not the only thing they’re giving up on. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 17 in 1966, I was able to buy a new car ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) with the money that I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months. Further, when I was 24, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) with the money that I earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/housing-despair-affects-work-and-family-choices-paper-finds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once they give up on the hope of homeownership, a person might “no longer be willing to pursue long hours of work in pursuit” of a big paycheck, the authors wrote, and may “reduce labor supply,” AKA work less and care less about it, as a kind of “reoptimization toward work-life balance.” This attitude of making work a lower priority is visible worldwide. The authors wrote that in South Korea, young people use the term “Sampo Generation.” In China, it’s “lying flat,” and in Japan, it’s the “Satori Generation.” In this country, the authors told Crain’s, “we do not know the best term to describe the situation.” In response to a suggestion from a Crain’s reporter in his mid-60s that an old familiar term could be revived, they wrote, “we prefer not to call them ‘slacker.’ “)

STATELINE
— DHS accuses ‘sanctuary’ leaders of fueling anti-ICE violence with rhetoric
https://www.mystateline.com/news/dhs-accuses-sanctuary-leaders-of-fueling-anti-ice-violence-with-rhetoric/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Is Pritzker trying — again — to pick GOP opponent in November election?
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-is-pritzker-trying-again-to-pick-gop-opponent-in-november-election/article_1b795094-694c-4e96-94f6-3c1cf5f5459b.html
— Champaign County auditor fails to qualify for state comptroller’s race
https://www.news-gazette.com/election/2026/election-2026-champaign-county-auditor-fails-to-qualify-for-state-comptrollers-race/article_c2b65d92-a1c2-45fa-8da7-1af38491e5fb.html

NEWS 25 NOW
— GOP strategist Collin Corbett: Tracy amongst top contenders for Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/09/gop-strategist-tracy-amongst-top-contenders-durbins-us-senate-seat/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ‘Undecided’ dominates new poll
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/09/undecided-dominates-new-poll-00718575

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-656/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— “Warmth of Collectivism” Signals Erosion of Property Rights and Public Accountability
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-warmth-of-collectivism-signals-erosion-of-property-rights-and-public-accountability-am560/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— First Major GOP Poll Shows Bailey Surging Ahead of Dabrowski, 34–8  DD: Politics is nasty/vicious. Anticipate/expect that my critics/opponents will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Dabrowski that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters harm is campaign. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that my at newsletters cause all their problems. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not paint candidates like their political consultants want them to be painted. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that articles that they do not like that I include links to in my newsletters cause their defeats. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at Dabrowski’s September 29, 2025 press conference in Wheaton. Previously, they had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at DeSantis’ February 20, 2023 press conference in Elmhurst.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/first-major-gop-poll-shows-bailey-surging-ahead-of-dabrowski-34-8.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vehicles become weapons for anti-ICE protesters. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/8/automobiles-become-weapons-anti-ice-protesters/

NEW YORK POST
— Lefty comrades rush to defend Zohran Mamdani’s woke tenant advocate Cea Weaver — claiming NYC is ‘lucky’ to have her
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/dsa-rushes-to-defend-zohran-mamdanis-woke-nyc-tenant-advocate/
— Here’s who’s really behind the Minneapolis ICE resistance movement
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/heres-whos-really-behind-the-minneapolis-ice-resistance-movement/
— Trump’s emotional reaction to watching footage of ICE shooting — as he defends immigration officer
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/president-trumps-emotional-reaction-to-watching-footage-of-ice-shooting-as-he-defends-immigration-officer/
— My doctor gave me a shot of socialism with my annual exam — and yours might, too
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/opinion/why-my-doctor-gave-a-shot-of-socialism-with-my-annual-exam/

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “democracy” a) to get rid of Republicans once and for all, b) to make America a socialist country, and c) to destroy America once and for all. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with citizens of foreign countries, that is, with future Democrat voters, who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance and are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promise those who have demographics that vote for Democrats that Democrat leaders will use government to ever-increasingly give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/democratic-base-socialist-democratic-zohran-mamdani-medicare-for-all/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sex-ed curriculums steeped in ‘privilege’ propaganda and gender ideology persist in California
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/08/sex-ed-curriculums-steeped-in-privilege-propaganda-and-gender-ideology-persist-in-cali-1614825/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Mainstream media ICE shooting commentary is manipulating you
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/mainstream-media-ice-shooting-commentary-is-manipulating-you.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard removes dean who bashed Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and ‘whiteness’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-removes-dean-who-bashed-trump-rush-limbaugh-and-whiteness/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Deadly Consequences of Democrats’ War on ICE Enforcement. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/08/democrat-politicians-created-the-conditions-that-led-to-ice-shooting/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Want To Turn The ICE Shooting Into Another George Floyd Moment. There have been more than 100 incidents where criminals in vehicles have targeted ICE and Border Patrol agents. DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-want-to-turn-the-ice-shooting-into-another-george-floyd-moment

FOX NEWS
— Noem alleges woman killed in ICE shooting ‘stalking and impeding’ agents all day
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-alleges-woman-killed-ice-shooting-stalking-impeding-agents-all-day
— Socialist groups chant ‘Killer Kristi’ while escalating nationwide anti-ICE protests. Protesters yelled, ‘Go to hell, Kristi Noem.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/socialist-groups-ramp-up-nationwide-anti-ice-protests-target-noem-nyc
— Gov Walz authorizes National Guard staging following fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Minnesota governor’s warning to federal government prompts Republican lawmakers to urge invoking Insurrection Act.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gov-walz-authorizes-national-guard-staging-following-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis
— ICE agents report ‘unprecedented’ 3,200% surge in car attacks last year. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.wrganews.com/2026/01/08/ice-agents-report-unprecedented-3200-surge-in-car-attacks-last-year/

LIFE NEWS
— Speaker Mike Johnson: “We’re Not Going to Authorize Taxpayer Funding for Abortion”
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/01/07/speaker-mike-johnson-were-not-going-to-authorize-taxpayer-funding-for-abortion/

TOWNHALL
— Minnesota Democrats Are Testing How Woke Is Too Woke
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/01/09/minnesota-democrats-are-testing-how-woke-is-too-woke-n2669144

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DEI has no place in our K-12 classrooms
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5673073-radical-activism-dei-antiracism/
— Trump says US will start hitting drug cartels on land
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5680747-trump-land-strikes-drug-cartels/amp/

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-brings-back-painful-memories-for-community/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/george-floyd-s-aunt-reacts-to-fatal-ice-shooting-in-minneapolis/vi-AA1TQM8k

CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-hnk

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ICE officer who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has served decades in military and law enforcement
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-minnesota-jonathan-ross-b9ce88da676d74ec6a1ab36aa55fbda1

NEW YORK TIMES
— Amid Protests, ICE Told Agents to Take ‘Decisive Action’ if Threatened. The guidance comes as immigration officers have been met with increasingly hostile protesters in cities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/homeland-security-ice-protests-warning.html
— Noem Defends Officer in Minneapolis Killing and Attacks Mamdani
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/nyregion/kristi-noem-ice-minneapolis.html
— Mamdani Is Promising Universal Child Care. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/nyregion/mamdani-nyc-mayor-free-childcare.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Minnesota leaders escalate dispute over federal handling of ICE shooting. State officials criticized the Trump administration for taking sole command of the investigation, saying state investigators were being blocked from evidence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/08/minnesota-ice-shooting-protests/

USA TODAY
— Vance promises that the immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/08/jd-vance-promises-aggressive-immigration-enforcement/88086884007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Move over Dry January. Gen Z is already stepping away from alcohol. Physical and mental health, social media, financial hardship and marijuana legislation are several factors of Gen Z sobriety. DD: I have never been a drinker. Most if not virtually all of my critics/opponents who are White, male, and/or older are/were big drinkers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/01/01/dry-january-gen-z-alcohol-young-adults-sobriety/87886388007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/04/gen-z-drinking-less-dry-january/87995639007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ICE Shooting in Minnesota Raises Rare Legal Questions. Incident has created unusual legal rift between federal and local law enforcers.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/ice-shooting-in-minnesota-raises-rare-legal-questions-47d17797

FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/why-is-minnesota-the-target-trump-ice-george-floyd-somalia/
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/what-to-know-about-the-minneapolis-shooting-just-a-mile-from-where-police-killed-george-floyd-in-2020/

FORBES
— How To Become A CPA: Education And Licensure Requirements. DD: Choosing the right college major is extremely important. If I had majored in accounting from the beginning, my career would have far more successful. But I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting because of my bad demographics, I was not a minority or female. When I was in high school, I erroneously believed that I could never pass the CPA examination.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/business-and-marketing/become-a-cpa/#how-to-become-a-cpa

BLOOMBERG
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action to promote over me my Democrat coworkers who were the following: minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all 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.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-30/trump-eeoc-lawyer-suggests-employers-refresh-affirmative-action-plans

WIRED
— ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-agent-jonathan-ross-renee-good-shooting-firearms-trainer-testimony/

ISSUES & INSIGHTS
— Migration Trends: The Great Divorce Continues
https://issuesinsights.com/2026/01/08/the-great-divorce-continues/

BROOKINGS
— DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination in college by majoring in business at UIC, NIU, and Loyola 1966-1976, accounting at DePaul 1976-1980, and finance 1992-1997. Previously my parents helped me escape Democrat indoctrination my sending me to Missouri Lutheran grade schools 1953-1962 and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-politics-of-free-speech-in-us-schools-today/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— Mark Kelly has retirement pay cut by Pentagon over ‘illegal orders video.’ DD: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is drastically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, 80% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 is $123,746. But my CSRS pension is only $68,640. That is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972. They would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, or c) if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://www.aol.com/articles/mark-kelly-retirement-pay-cut-151533237.html

DAILY MAIL
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15445595/Minneapolis-rioters-smash-courthouse-door.html

INDIA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/ice-shooting-poet-mother-justice-for-renee-good-whom-donald-trump-administration-called-a-domestic-terrorist-minneapolis-2848904-2026-01-08