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FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— At least 4 people killed, 3 injured in weekend shootings in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-january-16-19-2026/

FOX32
— Pritzker’s $25M to his own campaign dwarfs GOP rivals’ cash totals. Ted Dabrowski and Rick Heidner led the GOP field with a little over $1M in the bank, each.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-25m-2026-campaign

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/18/martin-luther-king-day-immigration-status-law-pretext-ice
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities and at females that their employers discriminate against them because they are minorities and/or females. All the many minorities and females who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/01/19/illinois-equal-pay-public-schools-absenteeism-donald-trump-ice-protests-greenland

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260118/transportation/skys-the-limit-black-pilots-group-looks-at-successes-challenges-50-years-after-chicago-founding/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260118/news/leaders-honor-legacy-of-dr-king-at-56th-annual-remembrance-dinner-in-palatine/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. According to Democrat leaders, you cannot succeed in America without massive government assistance and especially if you are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260118/news/kane-county-aims-to-train-2000-people-in-mental-health-first-aid/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois GOP U.S. Senate candidate Pamela Denise Long is a DEI consultant who’s far from a “woke” Republican
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/illinois-gop-u-s-senate-candidate-long-is-a-dei-consultant-whos-far-from-a-woke-republican/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Photos show anti-ICE crowd chase off pro-ICE demonstrators from Minneapolis streets. DD: How many anti-ICE activists are Democrat leaders mustering to fight ICE in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/photos-show-anti-ice-crowd-chase-off-pro-ice-21300994.php

WAND TV
— ’60 Minutes’ airs report on Trump deportations that was suddenly pulled a month ago. “60 Minutes” says it will air a report Sunday on Trump administration deportations, a version of which was abruptly pulled from its broadcast a month ago.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/60-minutes-airs-report-on-trump-deportations-that-was-suddenly-pulled-a-month-ago/article_5443580d-83e0-5f4b-a83f-784642ce82c3.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— New GOP-introduced bill sets to denaturalize fraudsters and terrorists
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/new-gop-introduced-bill-sets-to-denaturalize-fraudsters-and-terrorists

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, you will get free healthcare. 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.nprillinois.org/2026-01-18/martin-luther-king-jr-had-a-dream-about-health-care

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Ives investigates tax dollars for NGOs; Republicans say Pritzker raising energy prices
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-ives-investigates-tax-dollars-152600992.html

WIREPOINTS
— Scam NGOs: Illinois’ ‘Constellation Problem’
https://wirepoints.org/scam-ngos-illinois-constellation-problem-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Liberal media side with Democrats to turn Renee Good into next George Floyd. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been turning Renee Good into George Floyd in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/18/liberal-media-side-democrats-turn-renee-good-next-george-floyd/
— The battle of Minneapolis and the war for America
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/18/battle-minneapolis-war-america/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Americans identify as independents at record high as younger generations spurn party labels. DD: I will be hand-delivering sample ballots and campaign literature to all the residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or Independent voter.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/4414627/americans-identify-independent-record-high-younger-generations-spurn-party-labels/
— The Heritage Foundation still leads the conservative movement. DD: Who leads the conservative movement in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4421947/heritage-foundation-still-leads-conservative-movement/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC socialists mustering army of 4,000 anti-ICE activists to bring Minnesota tactics to Big Apple. DD: How many anti-ICE activists are Democrat leaders mustering to fight ICE in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://nypost.com/2026/01/18/us-news/nyc-socialists-mustering-army-of-4000-anti-ice-activists-to-bring-minnesota-tactics-to-big-apple/

BREITBART
— Anti-ICE protesters invaded a church in Minnesota on Sunday, accusing the pastor of being an ICE agent.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/18/watch-sanctuary-city-radicals-invade-church-sanctuary/
— U Visas: Another Path to Citizenship Mired in Fraud and Abuse
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/18/u-visas-another-path-to-citizenship-illegal-migrants-have-mired-in-fraud-and-abuse-report-says/amp/

CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— This Week In Waste. DD: Lots of government waste occurred during the last week of September of 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old. They flushed down their toilets what I had leaned a) working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, c) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979, d) becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and e) earning master’s degrees in finance in 1997, accounting in 1980, and business in 1976. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female and/or veteran. They would not have done that if I had not been an active member in a class action lawsuit against them since 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.cagw.org/this-week-in-waste-january-16-2026/

DAILY WIRE
— Florida Identifies Dozens Of Programs That Illegally Mandate Racial Preferences. DD: I was born in 1948. Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing tremendous pressure to give more preference to those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-citizen, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, if I had been born later than I was, I would not have gotten the jobs that I got, and therefore, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-identifies-dozens-of-progams-that-illegally-mandate-racial-preferences

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says He Will Sue JPMorgan Chase Over Debanking. The bank responded by saying that it does not debank individuals over political beliefs. DD: What does JPMorgan Chase think of you?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-hes-suing-jpmorgan-chase-over-debanking-5972779

FEDERALIST
— Child Abusers Top ICE’s Latest List Of ‘Worst Of The Worst’ Illegal Aliens. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint their illegals as being GOD-LIKE.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/16/exclusive-child-abusers-top-ices-latest-list-of-worst-of-the-worst-illegal-aliens/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Abigail Spanberger’s First Act Is to End Virginia’s Cooperation With ICE. DD: To vote for Democrats is to not only vote for illegals, but to vote for the destruction of America.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/abigail-spanbergers-first-act-is-to-end-virginias-cooperation-with-ice/amp/
— California Higher Ed Hispanic Only “Puente Project” Challenged by Equal Protection Project. “The Puente Project’s actual purpose is to benefit Hispanic/Latinx students to the exclusion of non-Hispanic/Latinx students.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/california-higher-ed-hispanic-only-puente-project-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Counter protesters chase off conservative influencer Jake Lang during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
https://www.cbs17.com/news/national-news/counter-protesters-chase-off-conservative-influencer-jake-lang-during-minneapolis-immigration-crackdown/
— DD: Have you been fired? My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, forced me to retire, when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/inside-firings-shaken-trump-justice-050519243.html

CBS NEWS
— Trump administration’s claims of reverse discrimination upend DOJ Civil Rights Division. DD: To give preference to minorities and females is to discriminate against Whites and males.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-reverse-discrimination-civil-rights-division/
— Microsoft giving workers unlimited time off. DD: While worked for Firestone Stores in 1971, for IRS 1972-1980, and for GAO 1980-1981 and 1992-1997, I spend many evenings taking graduate evening classes and some Saturday classes in business, accounting, internal auditing, and finance at UIC, Loyola, DePaul, Becker CPA Review, Roosevelt, Institute of Internal Auditors, and IIT.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-giving-workers-unlimited-time-off/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/dhs-cities-bush-sept-11.html
— National Anger Spills Into Target Stores, Again. Videos of immigration officers dragging an employee out of a store near Minneapolis, the retailer’s hometown, set off renewed political debate after years of boycotts. DD: How soon will Target officially ban customers who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time to attract more customers who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, Libertarian, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/target-immigration-minneapolis.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) encourage students to take out loans and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that if they vote for Democrats, they will never have pay those loans back.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/your-money/tax-refunds-student-loans-default.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Renee Good to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/opinion/renee-good-civil-rights-constitution.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/opinion/mlk-voting-rights-act.html
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Cuba against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/world/americas/cuba-venezuela-oil-power-blackouts.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the success that Democrat and RINO leaders have had in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-01-18/meritocracy-diversity-equity-inclusion

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pentagon Places 1,500 Soldiers on Alert for Possible Minnesota Deployment. Move comes as Trump has threatened to invoke Insurrection Act in response to widespread protests.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pentagon-places-1-500-soldiers-on-alert-for-possible-minnesota-deployment-officials-say-d4f8f22f
— Even MBAs From Top Business Schools Are Struggling to Get Hired. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/even-mbas-from-top-business-schools-are-struggling-to-get-hired-11f4a167
— Big Government Won’t Help President Trump on Affordability. A concerted push for Mamdani Republicanism makes neither economic nor political sense. DD: To afford more things, you need to earn more money. What did you do to afford more things? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (1970). I earned three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997). I earned six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997). I earned a job-related professional license (1981).
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/big-government-wont-help-president-trump-on-affordability-df39198f
— White-Collar Workers Shouldn’t Dismiss a Blue-Collar Career Change. It’s time for those struggling with a midcareer slump to consider another path. DD: Who do you know who took a pay cut and why?  I took a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980 because my Democrat IRS superiors had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13, currently $118,984/year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/white-collar-workers-shouldnt-dismiss-a-blue-collar-career-change-32dfa69e

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/01/12/dei-civil-rights-trump-white-people/88147329007/

FORBES
— DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2026/01/18/how-to-pivot-your-dei-strategy-when-the-playbook-changes/

NEXT 25
— Marriage hit new lows: 4 key reasons emerging. Marriage rates continue dropping to historic lows as economic pressures, changing values and new relationship models reshape American life. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986.
https://rollingout.com/2026/01/18/marriage-hit-low-accelerating-reasons/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Economic pressures have fundamentally altered when and whether people can afford marriage. . .2. Educational and career opportunities for women have transformed relationship dynamics and priorities. . .3. Changing social attitudes have removed the stigma once attached to remaining unmarried or having children outside marriage. . .4. The rise of alternative relationship structures provides options that previous generations lacked. . .5. Heightened expectations for marital satisfaction mean people will only marry if they find truly exceptional partnerships. . .This marriage decline carries significant consequences for society. Married couples tend to accumulate more wealth through combined incomes and shared expenses. Children raised in stable two-parent households generally experience better outcomes across education, health and economic measures. Communities with higher marriage rates often demonstrate greater social cohesion.)

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal Hiring. 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 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/2023/12/heading-into-2024-opm-fundamentally-rethinking-federal-hiring/

SILCON CANALS
— 8 value differences between lower middle class and upper class people. DD: What class were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://siliconcanals.com/r-bt-8-value-differences-between-lower-middle-class-and-upper-class-people-that-neither-side-realizes-exist/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Security versus optionality. . .2. The purpose of education. . .3. Networking versus merit. . .4. Money talk and financial transparency. . .5. Time versus money trade-offs. . .6. The meaning of ambition. . .7. Community versus independence. . .8. Risk and entrepreneurship. . .These differences aren’t about intelligence or character. They’re rational responses to different circumstances, transmitted across generations in ways we barely notice. The real tragedy isn’t that these differences exist. It’s that we don’t know they exist. We judge each other’s choices without understanding the values behind them. We talk past each other, each side thinking the other is being deliberately obtuse. Class gets ignored too often as a way of understanding what’s happening in our society. We’re comfortable talking about cultural differences between countries but squeamish about acknowledging them between classes in our own nation. Maybe if we recognized these value differences, we could have more honest conversations about inequality, opportunity, and what success really means. At minimum, we might stop assuming everyone who makes different choices is either stupid or selfish. They might just be optimizing for a different world than the one you know.)

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders want to replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those demographics are want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and job skills, have health problems, minority, female, younger, and non-Protestant.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/trump-legal-immigration/685649/

DAILY KOS
— 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.dailykos.com/story/2026/1/18/2364157/-The-World-According-to-Trump

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

WION
— US to deploy 1,500 troops to Minnesota protest site if situation escalates
https://www.wionews.com/world/us-to-deploy-1-500-troops-to-minnesota-protest-site-if-situation-escalates-reports-1768729884941/amp

DAILY MAIL
— Yale University did not have a single professor donate to a Republican candidate in 2025 as ideological diversity on Ivy League campuses remains under scrutiny. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, very few of my coworkers and subordinates were Republicans and virtually none of my superiors and supervisors were Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/yale-college-has-purged-every-republican-supporter-from-its-faculty-disturbing-new-analysis-shows/ar-AA1UnPGD

TIMES OF INDIA
— Change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you have power over. DD: When I was in high school, it was my decision to earn a college degree. That was overwhelmingly driven by my father often decrying his not having a college degree. No one saw me as being college material. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. But my decision to earn a college degree motivated me to take job washing dishes for the minimum wage during my junior and senior years and the summer in between a) to have money to pay for my UIC expenses and b) buy a new car to commute to/from my parent’s home in Crete and classes at UIC.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/harnessing-personal-power-inspiring-insights-by-steve-maraboli/articleshow/126588738.cms