Tag: pension

March 1, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

 ABC7
— Illinois lawmakers holding urgent Humboldt Park rally against proposed Medicaid cuts
https://abc7chicago.com/post/medicaid-illinois-chicago-protest-today-proposed-cuts-held-humboldt-park-health/15966039/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-3/1/2025
— Trump and Zelenskyy key takeaways: Oval Office meeting devolves into shouting match. The bitter exchange was unlike any other in the Oval Office in modern times.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-zelenskyy-hold-high-stakes-summit-amid-tensions-peace-talks-putin/15962520/
— Ukrainians rally around Zelenskyy as defender of Ukraine’s interests after Oval Office blowout
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vance-trump-zelenskyy-meeting-ukrainians-rally-around-volodymyr-oval-office-blowout-russia-ukraine-war/15965924/
— Federal workers start to get a new email demanding their accomplishments (COMMENT: What did you accomplish last week? I put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that contained links to 572 articles.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-workers-start-get-new-email-demanding-accomplishments/15965685/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-3/1/2025

CBS2
— Pritzker, other Illinois Democrats warn Republicans against cuts to Medicaid (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-democrats-warn-against-medicaid-cuts/
— Blowup between Trump and Zelenskyy raises new concerns about Ukraine war in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-white-house-meeting-reaction-ukrainian-village/

FOX32
— Durbin condemns federal cuts, warning they endanger families (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DDGJS42Ysd5k

WTTW
— Pritzker, Democratic Congressional Members Sound Alarm Over Potential Medicaid Cuts for Nearly 770,000 Illinoisans (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/28/pritzker-democratic-congressional-members-sound-alarm-over-potential-medicaid-cuts

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker and top Illinois Democrats appeal to public in fight against potential Medicaid cuts (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/democrats-make-medicaid-appeal/
— Illinois hit by President Donald Trump’s cancellation of foreign aid contracts (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/trump-illinois-usaid-funding-terminated/
— Trump administration approves major nearly $3 billion arms sale to Israel
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/trump-administration-arms-sale-israel/
— Trump administration to slash funding for enforcement of fair housing laws
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/trump-administration-fair-housing-laws/
— Bally’s Chicago $250 million IPO stalled at SEC; casino refunding deposits of potential minority investors
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bally-chicago-250-million-ipo-211600079.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Dems call Donald Trump’s Oval Office blowup with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy a ‘national disgrace’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/02/28/illinois-democrats-reaction-trump-zelenskyy-oval-office-blowup-ukraine
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/28/deportations-schools-shootings-closures-donald-trump-ice-undocumented-immigrants-gina-caneva
— Federal layoffs of national parks, forestry workers are sloppy, dishonest, wasteful (COMMENT: During the 1980s and 1990s, virtually no one objected when the Democrats who ran GAO dealt with Republican-led budget cuts a) by protecting their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) by getting rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/28/federal-layoffs-national-park-service-forestry-trump-musk-doge-ben-jealous
— Illinois spends less on education, other services than it did 25 years ago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/28/illinois-spending-health-care-education-public-safety-payment-teacher-pensions-pritzker-rich-miller
— Northwestern University to get visit from federal antisemitism task force (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many adverse actions against me. I should write about that.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/02/28/northwestern-university-visit-federal-antisemitic-task-force

DAILY HERALD
— The Illinois State Board of Education is not telling schools to stop any diversity, equity and inclusion lessons or programs (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote more discrimination/hatred. To promote DEI is to shout at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America that all their problems are caused by those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250301/news/the-illinois-state-board-of-education-is-not-telling-schools-to-stop-any-diversity-equity-and-inclu/
— Darby Hills chosen — again — to succeed Dan McConchie in state Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250228/illinois-state-politics/darby-hills-chosen-again-to-succeed-dan-mcconchie-in-state-senate/

WGN RADIO
— LaHood: Putin should be held accountable for invading Ukraine (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for Putin invading Ukraine.)
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/rep-lahood-putin-should-be-held-accountable-for-invading-ukraine/

DEKALB COUNTY DAILY CHRONICLE
— State GOP reps. say budget should prioritize vulnerable Illinoisans first (COMMENT: According to Democrat leaders, the most vulnerable Illinoisans are Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. According to Democrat leaders, the aforesaid are marginalized oppressed victims of Republicans.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/03/01/state-gop-reps-say-budget-should-prioritize-vulnerable-illinoisans-first/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Chosen Geneva candidates stump for votes at GOP event. Mayoral, aldermanic challengers Pawlik, Bertheau stump for their positions.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/03/01/chosen-geneva-candidates-stump-for-votes-at-gop-event/

SOUTHERN
— Democrats dismayed, Republicans applaud after White House says Trump kicked out Zelenskyy (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for Putin invading Ukraine.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/28/democrats-dismayed-republicans-applaud-after-white-house-says-trump-kicked-out-zelenskyy/

RIVER BENDER
— Davidsmeyer Calls For End Of Taxpayer-Funded Health Benefits For Illegal Immigrants
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/davidsmeyer-calls-for-end-of-taxpayerfunded-health-benefits-for-illegal-immigrants-80146.cfm?

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, more and more and more people will be on welfare.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/republicans-target-snap-in-federal-spending-cuts-food-banks-brace-for-impact/amp/
— What Trump’s order making English the official language in the US could mean (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing force everyone to speak, read, and write Spanish.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-what-trumps-order-making-english-the-official-language-in-the-us-could-mean/

NPR ILLINOIS
— These National Park workers say a Trump agency fired them illegally. A judge agrees. (COMMENT: According to the judges in Diersen v. GAO, it is legal for federal employers to force their employees to retire a) because they became active members in class action lawsuits that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because they complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation, c) because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made Senior Executive Service (currently $195,20/year) by age 40, that is, that selectively-applied up-or-out is legal, and/or d) because they were Republican at a time when Republicans were imposing budget cuts.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-01/these-national-park-workers-say-a-trump-agency-fired-them-illegally-a-judge-agrees

WAND TV
— IL House Republicans announce a package of bills to give ‘relief for working families’
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-republicans-announce-a-package-of-bills-to-give-relief-for-working-families/article_a2d22af8-f553-11ef-b124-274c9203412f.html
— Pritzker: ‘Blood will be on Trumps hands’ as Medicaid cuts could pass in federal budget (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-blood-will-be-on-trumps-hands-as-medicaid-cuts-could-pass-in-federal-budget/article_3001a2ac-f610-11ef-aa9e-4bcb24ebfa9f.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/springfield-city-leadership-celebrate-diversity-achievements/article_9d1687aa-f628-11ef-ae89-2f7c57e90558.html
— Trump expected to sign order designating English as the official language of the US (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing force everyone to speak, read, and write Spanish.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-expected-to-sign-order-designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-us/article_8854bcf3-53b1-58b5-8293-314c97611ba2.html

WQAD
— Combat veteran living in Monmouth loses job amid federal workforce reductions. “I voted for Trump,” James Diaz said. “I still support a lot of his policies, but I don’t necessarily support the method that he is implementing them.” (COMMENT: I was forced to retire early from my $153,151/year federal job in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997 because of a Republican-led workforce reduction. There was no sympathy for me a) because federal employees are viewed negatively, as being nonproductive, grossly overpaid, and even worse things, b) because I got a $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension in today’s dollars, c) because the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, d) because we owned a home in Wheaton and vehicles, e) because my wife had a good job, f) because we had no debts or dependents, g) because we had retirement savings, and h) because my demographics are terrible: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wqad.com/article/life/people/federal-workforce-layoffs-impact-illinois-veteran/526-b6e7b009-802c-4c0e-b877-7a4131561d9c

WSIL TV
— 5-year-old brings marijuana to preschool in Illinois, parents arrested (COMMENT: Democrats were increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/5-year-old-brings-marijuana-to-preschool-in-illinois-parents-arrested/article_378d7ede-3af7-5c3f-9eab-3ba4c138db32.html

CWB CHICAGO
— Violent incidents soared to new highs after alderman vowed to stop talking about ‘racist’ crime
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/02/violent-incidents-soared-to-new-highs-after-alderman-vowed-to-stop-talking-about-racist-crime.html

NEW TRIER NEIGHBORS
— Department of Education launches portal to “End DEI”
https://newtrierneighbors.substack.com/p/department-of-education-launches

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-258/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Black Republicans blast Pritzker’s migrant spending, Nazi comments
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a068d1aa-f61a-11ef-acd9-0bcad6d66883.html

JOHN BIVER
— The Mystery of Richard Uihlein
https://johnbiver.com/the-mystery-of-richard-uihlein/

WIREPOINTS
— Bally’s Chicago delays controversial securities sale, offers money back to investors
https://wirepoints.org/ballys-chicago-delays-controversial-securities-sale-offers-money-back-to-investors-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more sympathy for federal employees who lose their jobs because of Republican budget cuts. I lost my federal job because of Republican budget cuts. I was forced to retire early from my $153,151/year federal job in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. There was no sympathy for me a) because federal employees are viewed negatively, as being nonproductive, grossly overpaid, and even worse things, b) because I got a $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension in today’s dollars, c) because the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, d) because we owned a home in Wheaton and vehicles, e) because my wife had a good job, f) because we had no debts or dependents, g) because we had retirement savings, and h) because my demographics are terrible: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. In defense of my former salary, I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did you accomplish last week? I put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that contained links to 572 articles. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Pritzker not only does not represent the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump, he ever-increasingly makes it clear that he despises/hates them. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly take more and bigger adverse actions against the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump. Anticipate/expect that he will ever-increasingly focus Trump voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force employers in Illinois to not hire those who are the aforesaid and to fire their employees who are the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more and more and more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO candidates. elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more hatred against Whites and men who are conservative, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
— During the 1980s and 1990s, virtually no one objected when the Democrats who ran GAO dealt with Republican-led budget cuts a) by protecting their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) by getting rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to the judges in Diersen v. GAO, it is legal for federal employers to force their employees to retire a) because they became active members in class action lawsuits that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because they complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation, c) because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made Senior Executive Service (currently $195,20/year) by age 40, that is, that selectively-applied up-or-out is legal, and/or d) because they were Republican at a time when Republicans were imposing budget cuts. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— If I Had Had to Write Five Things I Did One Week in January While I Was Working at the US Budget Bureau for DOGE…
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/if-i-had-had-to-write-five-things-i-did-one-week-in-january-while-i-was-working-at-the-us-budget-bureau-for-doge/
— The Most Comprehensive Report on Lara Trump’s Appearance at McHenry County GOPAC’s Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/the-most-comprehensive-report-on-lara-trumps-appearance-at-mchenry-county-gopacs-fundraiser/
— Dundee Township Candidates on Display Saturday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/dundee-township-candidates-on-display-saturday/
— Fuzzy Math at the Northwest Herald
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/fuzzy-math-at-the-northwest-herald/
— Premature Darby Hills’ Wikipedia Page
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/premature-darby-hills-wikipedia-page/
— Darby Hills Selected a Second Time to Replace Dan McConchie
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/darby-hills-selected-a-second-time-to-replace-dan-mcconchie/
— Ness Asks Opinions on Her Proposal to Eliminate Plastic Bags at Grocery Stores and Restaurants
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/ness-asks-opinions-on-her-proposal-to-eliminate-plastic-bags-at-grocery-stores-and-reataurants/
— Marengo Candidates’ Forum Saturday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/marengo-candidates-forum-saturday/
— Lake County & State Police Take Down Human Traffickers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/lake-county-state-police-take-down-human-traffickers/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Zelenskyy-Trump meeting unravels in heated argument at White House
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/28/zelenskyy-trump-meeting-unravels-heated-argument-white-house/
— Future of Zelenskyy, peace in Ukraine up in air after Oval Office blow-up with Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/28/future-zelenskyy-peace-ukraine-air-oval-office-blow-trump/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Northwestern University Mandatory Anti-Discrimination Training Pushes Unverified CAIR Data
https://freebeacon.com/campus/northwestern-university-mandatory-anti-discrimination-training-pushes-unverified-cair-data/

BREITBART
— Trump Kicks Zelensky Out of White House, Cancels Press Conference After Ukrainian’s Unhinged Oval Office Outburst
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/28/trump-kicks-zelensky-out-white-house-cancels-press-conference-after-ukrainians-unhinged-oval-office-outburst/
— The Collapse of Zelensky: Donald Trump, JD Vance Destroy Ukrainian Leader in Oval Office Beatdown
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/28/the-collapse-of-zelensky-donald-trump-jd-vance-destroy-ukrainian-leader-in-oval-office-beatdown/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Kicks Zelenskyy Out Of White House After Oval Office Blow Up
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/28/donald-trump-zelensky-white-house-oval-office/
— Senior White House Officials Detail How Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Meeting Went Off The Rails
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/28/white-house-officials-trump-zelenskyy-oval-office-meeting/
— Democrat Chuy Garcia Complains About ICE Arresting Migrant ‘Parent’ Outside School. Turns Out Perp Is Twice-Deported Gangbanger
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/28/garcia-rips-ice-for-criminal-ice-arrest/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting Deteriorates Into Heated Argument
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/zelenskyy-to-meet-trump-in-washington-to-sign-minerals-deal-5817851
— 5 Takeaways From the Explosive Trump–Zelenskyy Meeting
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/5-takeaways-from-the-explosive-trump-zelenskyy-meeting-5818097

TOWNHALL
— Conservatism, a Recipe for Happiness
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeremyfrankel/2025/02/28/conservatism-a-recipe-for-happiness-n2652977

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Jury finds Illinois landlord Joseph Czuba guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasing paint Czuba as being a typical Trump supporter.)
https://apnews.com/article/palestinian-family-attacked-illinois-hate-crime-trial-muslim-1834d58621cab37197407204b4104dd3

CBS NEWS
— Second “what did you do last week” email expected to go to some federal workers (COMMENT: What did you accomplish last week? I put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that contained links to 572 articles.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/second-what-did-you-do-last-week-email-expected-federal-workers/

NBC NEWS
— Pritzker amplifies his fight against Trump (COMMENT: Pritzker not only does not represent the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump, he ever-increasingly makes it clear that he despises/hates them. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly take more and bigger adverse actions against the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump. Anticipate/expect that he will ever-increasingly focus Trump voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force employers in Illinois to not hire those who are the aforesaid and to fire their employees who are the aforesaid.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-amplifies-012633301.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Homeland Security Officials Push I.R.S. for 700,000 Immigrants’ Addresses. The tax collector has so far denied the request because of concerns it violates taxpayer privacy laws.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/irs-immigrants-addresses.html
— Because of Trump, more illegals are now invading Canada instead of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/world/canada/canda-us-border-immigration.html
— How Canadians Are Making Their Anger Toward the U.S. Loud and Clear
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/world/canada/canada-us-trump-tariffs-reactions.html
— The newly released requirements for agencies to move forward with mass cuts to the federal work force have employees even more on edge. (COMMENT: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, all its employees were always on edge because of Republican-led budget cuts.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/us/politics/trump-federal-worker-layoffs.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Most Trump Supporters Also Back Ukraine. Our poll found that 69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/most-trump-supporters-also-back-ukraine-polling-russia-war-87ab141a
— Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle. Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/putin-wins-the-trump-zelensky-oval-office-spectacle-e23e9b21
— To get more and more and more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO candidates. elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more hatred against Whites and men who are conservative, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/can-white-men-finally-stop-complaining-f2b190e0
— Booz Allen Hamilton Gets 98% of Its Money From the U.S. Government. DOGE Is Coming for Firms Like It. Memo calls for review of $65 billion in contracts that go to Booz Allen Hamilton and other big firms that do government work. (COMMENT: Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. He came from Arthur Andersen. His critics/opponents charged him with gutting GAO to drive federal contracts to Arthur Andersen.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/this-company-gets-98-of-its-money-from-the-u-s-government-doge-is-coming-for-firms-like-it-79db9dc7
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-ice-immigration-crackdown-criminals-1e399e4d
— FRONT PAGE: Inside DOGE’s Federal Takeover (COMMENT: There would be no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/inside-doge-elon-musk-government-employees-b87fc17a

February 25, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Sick Politicians Want Killers, Rapists Roaming Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/sick-politicians-want-killers-rapists-roaming-our-streets/
— Statement on Trump White House Victory Against the Associated Press
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/02/statement-on-trump-white-house-victory-against-the-associated-press/
— New Poll Shows Massive Support for President Trump and His Agenda
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/new-poll-shows-massive-support-for-president-trump-and-his-agenda/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-backs-musk-he-roils-federal-workforce-demands-threats/15953583/
— Is Mayor Brandon Johnson is ready to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city law to Congress?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ex-congressman-luis-guttierez-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-is-ready-defend-sanctuary-city-law-congress/15954965/
— Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers’ $148 million defamation case
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rudy-giuliani-satisfies-fulton-county-election-workers-148-million-defamation-case/15952884/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Search for next US attorney in Chicago underway, again, in dramatically changed landscape  (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed that my Republican U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald appointed U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who sided with my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. Previously, Peter Fitzgerald also appointed Amy St. Eve to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois who also sided with my Democrat GAO superiors. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/search-for-next-us-attorney-in-chicago-underway-again-in-dramatically-changed-landscape/
— Democrat leaders always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are responsible for racist graffiti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/officials-promise-immediate-consequences-after-racist-graffiti-found-at-oak-park-and-river-forest-high-school/
— Social Security says higher payments are on the way for millions of former public workers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/social-security-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients who received pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public service jobs will soon see a boost in their benefits. Most people will receive their one-time retroactive payment by the end of March, and new monthly payments will begin in April, the agency says. The Social Security Administration announced it would immediately begin processing retroactive payments and will send increased monthly payments to people affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, which were rescinded in the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act that former President Joe Biden signed into law last year. The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset limited Social Security benefits for recipients if they got retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government. Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it also puts a strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis.)
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/apple-diversity-programs-2/
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/federal-employees-elon-musk/
— Elon Musk renews threat to fire federal workers despite pushback from various agencies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/elon-musk-federal-workers/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. LaHood calls Trump policies a ‘priority’ as he opens search for new top federal prosecutor. The Peoria Republican also noted that the Northern District of Illinois has gone more than 22 months without a confirmed U.S. attorney.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/25/lahood-opens-u-s-attorney-search-by-calling-trump-policies
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that rump is a Nazi. To hint/imply/argue/shout that someone is a Nazi in America today is like hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that someone is a Jew in Germany in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-comparison-nazi-hitler-academic-commentary
— With intensifying assaults on the press, is it time for a ‘NATO for news’?  To protect the free press in America, we need to agree that “an attack on one is an attack on all.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/24/president-donald-trump-assault-press-news-media-associated-press-ap-nato-news-jim-friedlich

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton College in political, religious crosshairs over congratulating Trump appointee
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/news/wheaton-college-in-political-religious-crosshairs-over-congratulating-trump-appointee/
— Some GOP lawmakers start to call out DOGE — carefully
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/nation-and-world-politics/some-gop-lawmakers-start-to-call-out-doge-carefully/
— College of DuPage to host College Poll Worker Recruitment Summit April 11
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250224/submitted-content/college-of-dupage-to-host-college-poll-worker-recruitment-summit-april-11/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who will be Chicago’s next U.S. attorney? Rep. LaHood is taking applications.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/darin-lahood-kicks-search-chicagos-us-attorney

SHAW LOCAL
— White House says it ‘will decide’ which news outlets cover Trump, rotating some traditional ones
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/02/25/white-house-says-it-will-decide-which-news-outlets-cover-trump-rotating-some-traditional-ones/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/alert-apple-shareholders-reject-proposal-to-20186932.php

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor. Here’s what to know about Casey.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-as-desantis-talks-up-his-wife-as-next-florida-governor-heres-what-to-know-about-casey/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Rollback of diversity efforts leaves teachers wondering about effects on Black History Month
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-02-25/rollback-of-diversity-efforts-leaves-teachers-wondering-about-effects-on-black-history-month

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition by invoking Nazis’ rise to power
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-positions-himself-at-forefront-of-trump-opposition-by-invoking-nazis-rise-to-power/
— Lawsuit threatens Illinois minority teachers scholarship. Conservative group seeks to overturn race-based financial aid. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuit-threatens-illinois-minority-teachers-scholarship/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Edgar disses Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/25/edgar-battles-cancer-disses-trump-00205911

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-255/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Milena McConchie, Wife of Recently Resigned State Senator Dan McConchie Succumbs to Cancer from Chernobyl Radiation, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/milena-mcconchie-wife-of-recently-resigned-state-senator-dan-mcconchie-succumbs-to-cancer-from-chernobyl-radiation-r-i-p/
— Carbondale Retreats To Keep Sidewalk Counseling Case Out of U.S. Supreme Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/carbondale-retreats-to-keep-sidewalk-counseling-case-out-of-u-s-supreme-court/
— Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy “My Way or the Highway” Funk Mails Out Newsletter Right Before Election Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-my-way-or-the-highway-funk-mails-out-newsletter-right-before-election-day/
— Schakowsky Continues Picketing Agencies Musk Targets
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/schakowsky-continues-picketing-agencies-musk-targets/
— Federal Gun Dealer Takedown
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/federal-gun-dealer-takedown/
— State Reps Reick and Keicher Set Tele-Town Hall Meeting February 26th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/state-reps-reick-and-keicher-set-tele-town-hall-meeting-february-26th/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS warns illegal immigrants to self-deport
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/25/dhs-warns-illegal-immigrants-self-deport/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago keeps electing Democrats to disastrous results
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3329826/chicago-keeps-electing-democrats-disastrous-results/
— Hospitals conducting transgender procedures on children supported by billions in taxpayer dollars
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3329731/hospitals-transgender-procedures-children-billions-taxpayer-dollars/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration ends use of controversial app to allow migrants to fly without ID
https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/us-news/trump-administration-ends-use-of-app-to-allow-migrants-to-board-flights-without-id/

CITY JOURNAL
— How Universities Get Away With Hiring Radicals. Fellow-to-faculty programs have seeded academia with activists.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/universities-fellow-to-faculty-programs-activists

DAILY WIRE
— Nearly 100 Illegals Captured In Colony Ridge Deportation Raids. Border Czar Tom Homan said “several child sexual predators” were arrested in the Texas development.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-100-illegals-captured-in-colony-ridge-deportation-raids

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Wants to Double ICE Footprint in Sanctuary Cities. Musk Is Helping Him Get There.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-homan-wants-to-double-ice-footprint-in-sanctuary-cities-elon-musk-is-helping-him-get-there/

NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Celebrates Black History Month By Promoting Discredited 1619 Project
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/02/25/view-celebrates-black-history-month-promoting-discredited

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DHS Secretary Noem Says She Discovered Some Officials ‘Tipping Off’ Illegals About Deportation Plans: ‘They Will Be Fired’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dhs-secretary-noem-says-she-discovered-some-officials-tipping-off-illegals-about-deportation-plans-they-will-be-fired/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Poetic Justice: Obama Library Delayed – Discrimination Lawsuits, Environmental Injunctions, Enrichment Allegations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations/ar-AA1zCG31

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Federal workers urge congressional lawmakers to reverse job cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-workers-urge-congressional-lawmakers-to-reverse-job-cuts/
— Case surge from fired federal workers jams federal board
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/case-surge-from-fired-federal-workers-jams-merit-systems-protection-board/

NTD
— House Hearing on ‘The Government Accountability Office’s 2025 High-Risk List’
https://www.ntd.com/live-1-pm-et-house-hearing-on-the-government-accountability-offices-2025-high-risk-list_1049779.html

WASHINGTON POST
— What has Trump done today?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-actions/

USA TODAY
— Trump pitches $5 million gold card path to citizenship for foreign investors
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/02/25/trump-pitches-gold-card-path-to-citizenship-for-foreign-investors/80355877007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don’t Join Registry. Administration plans to establish registration website as soon as this week.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-migrant-registry-jail-time-95c405a7

POLITICO
— White House says it will determine which reporters have access to the president
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001

PBS
— Elon Musk may direct more demands on federal employees to justify their work
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-may-direct-more-demands-on-federal-employees-to-justify-their-work

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Is Trump Acting Like a Dictator? 74% of Democrats Say So
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/is_trump_acting_like_a_dictator_74_of_democrats_say_so

February 15, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Cracks in a Sanctuary City: How immigration agents are making arrests based on local police data
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cracks-sanctuary-city-how-ice-immigration-agents-are-making-arrests-based-local-police-data-despite-illinois-trust-act/15908159/
— Elgin moves to ban sale of THC products  (COMMENT: Pot sellers oppose THC products because THC products compete against pot.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/elgin-thc-ban-push-city-council-grants-preliminary-approval-edibles/15905902/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/15/chicago-immigration-court-hearing/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/14/daughters-target-ceo-dei-efforts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000/year state pension suspended following conviction (COMMENT: Are you in line to get a pension? Are you getting a pension? I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. Even though it is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, it is $66,780/year. My critics/opponents have always been furious that I get the aforesaid pension. In my defense, I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years 1966-1969, IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, and GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970; job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/13/michael-madigans-state-pension-suspended/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anger, chaos, confusion as federal workers face mass layoffs. As layoff notices were sent out agency by agency, federal employees from Michigan to Florida were left reeling from being told that their services were no longer needed. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from more than 6,000 employee to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/02/14/federal-workers-mass-layoffs-trump-musk-doge
— Letter: Mayor Johnson acts like a dictator
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/02/14/mayor-brandon-johnson-dictator-president-trump-elon-musk-economy-canada-rfk-jr-doge-coders
— Corrupt voters elect corrupt candidates.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/14/illinois-lawmakers-use-your-power-to-rein-in-political-corruption

DAILY HERALD
— Barrington Hills trustee Darby Hills to fill McConchie’s seat representing Illinois’ 26th Senate District
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250214/illinois-state-politics/barrington-hills-trustee-to-fill-mcconchies-seat-representing-illinois-26th-senate-district/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hills’ background includes experience as an arbitrator, mediator and Cook County assistant state’s attorney, focusing her efforts on child welfare. She also worked as a labor and employment attorney at Jackson Lewis LLP on behalf of corporations. “Darby’s dedication to children and families, along with her experience as a prosecutor and local leader, make her an invaluable addition to our team,” said Senate Republican Leader John Curran of Downers Grove. “She brings a deeply personal perspective to the fight for Illinois’ most vulnerable children — one that will drive real change in Springfield.” As a village trustee, Hills has advocated for keeping taxes low, responsible budgeting, and accountable government. In Springfield, she will work to create a pro-business environment that supports local job creators and strengthens Illinois’ economy, according to the release.)
— Judge orders Democrat on ballot for York Township supervisor (COMMENT: In your precinct, which offices are on the April 1 ballot, who are the candidates, and which ones are Republican?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250214/local-politics/judge-orders-democrat-on-ballot-for-york-supervisor/

SHAW LOCAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2025/02/15/we-might-just-have-to-weather-the-storm-how-trump-tariffs-could-affect-the-illinois-valley/

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— How to vote in Brookfield and Riverside’s local elections. Voters will decide the makeup of local governing agencies, including village, school and library boards. (COMMENT: What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to help elect Republican candidates on the April 1 ballot in your precinct? I am going to hand-deliver their campaign literature and a marked copy of the sample ballot to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. But according to my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP), that will cause those candidates to lose many votes a) because I am “too conservative” b) because I do not share their hatred against Trump, c) because my demographics are terrible, d) because MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders have taken so many big adverse actions against me, and e) because Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken so may big adverse actions against me.)
https://www.rblandmark.com/2025/02/14/how-to-vote-brookfield-riverside-local-elections/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly say that everything that Trump says and does causes chaos.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-14/trump-firings-cause-chaos-at-agency-responsible-for-americas-nuclear-weapons
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-14/trump-has-gone-after-dei-programs-but-dei-consultants-say-demand-was-already-dropping

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors were furious that they could not use probationary employee procedures to get rid of me in 1980 because I had already survived my probationary period when I worked for IRS.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-lays-off-probationary-government-workers-warns-others-of-large-cuts-to-come/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ government-anointed electric bus maker is a bigger fiasco than we knew
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-government-anointed-electric-bus-maker-is-a-bigger-fiasco-than-we-knew-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use against Trump a) everything that he says and does, b) everything that he has said and done, and c) his demographics. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly use against me a) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000, b) my demographics, and c) what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, as a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, as the Milton Township coordinator for Pat O’Malley’s Republican gubernatorial primary campaign in 2002, and as the plaintiff in lawsuits that I have filed. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Obama, Biden endangered flights by rejecting whites for air-traffic controller jobs
https://nypost.com/2025/02/14/opinion/obama-biden-endangered-flights-by-nixing-whites-as-air-traffic-controllers/
— Hey, Congress: Make government great again — by turning Trump’s reforms into law
https://nypost.com/2025/02/14/opinion/hey-congress-make-government-great-again-by-turning-trumps-reforms-into-law/

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Homan sets DOJ probe of AOC in motion over webinar on how illegals can avoid ICE
https://americanwirenews.com/border-czar-homan-sets-doj-probe-of-aoc-in-motion-over-webinar-on-how-illegals-can-avoid-ice/

BREITBART
— FBI Points Out It Sent ‘Thousands of Agents’ to Help Deport Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/14/fbi-points-out-it-sent-thousands-of-agents-to-help-deport-illegals/

DAILY CALLER
— US Army Says It Will ‘No Longer’ Accept Transgender Applicants, Support Sex-Change Procedures
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/14/us-army-no-longer-accept-transgender-applicants-bans-sex-change-prodcedures/

DAILY SIGNAL
— F-minus: a tale of two cities’ school districts
https://readlion.com/f-minus-a-tale-of-two-cities-school-districts/

DAILY WIRE
— U.S. Army Bans Transgender-Identifying Individuals From Joining, Halting All Trans Medical Procedures. Trump and Hegseth are crushing wokeness in the military.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-army-bans-transgender-identifying-individuals-from-joining-halting-all-trans-medical-procedures

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Elon Musk prescribes LIFE IN PRISON for people who conducted transgender operations on minors! “Children cannot consent. That is why there are laws protecting minors. Those who perpetrated this evil should be in prison for life.”
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/email-letters/let-rev-bm-1776pac-2025-02-13

NEWSMAX
— Slavery Reparations Advocates Are Real Racists
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/owens-slavery-reparations/2025/02/14/id/1199188/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— White House’s Valentine’s Day Card for Would-Be Illegal Aliens Goes Viral
https://www.westernjournal.com/white-houses-valentines-day-card-illegal-aliens-goes-viral/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Latino Republicans walk tightrope between supporting Trump and advocating for ‘law-abiding’ immigrants. Florida Republicans sent letters to Trump officials over deportation worries for some immigrants but did not oppose the policies, “which in Washington is equivalent to a wink and a nod,” one strategist said. (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Of course, illegals argue that Democrats and RINOs invited them to come in illegally and to stay illegally.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-immigrants-republicans-latino-voter-concerns-deportation-rcna192029

CBS NEWS
— Protests at Stonewall National Monument after “LGBTQ” changed to “LGB” on government website
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/stonewall-national-monument-protest-trans-queer-references-removed/

REUTERS & NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY
— Nearly 10,000 fired as Trump, Musk step up assault on US agencies & Deregulation by Firings’: Breaking Down the Cuts to Financial Oversight & Trump, Musk escalate purge as thousands fired across federal workforce (COMMENT: Have you been fired? I was fired as a) a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day Parades and Fireworks in 2021, c) the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, d) a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affair Committee in 2011, e) the webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Organization in 2010 and 2004, f) a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, g) a director of the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter in 2004, h) a GAO employee in 1997, i) a Firestone Store employee in 1971, and j) a Post Office Employee in 1969. I should write about those who orchestrated the aforesaid firings and why they did that.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-fired-trump-musk-take-ax-us-government-offices-2025-02-14/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/business/trump-deregulation-firing.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/14/trump-musk-purge-thousands-federal-workers-fired/78606349007/

YAHOO NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly say that voters regret voting for Trump. I should write a book about those unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who blame me and my blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. I would focus on those candidates who blame what I did as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, c) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, and d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-farmers-teachers-latest-groups-170840726.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Vance Tells Europeans to Stop Shunning Parties Deemed Extreme (COMMENT I should write about leaders of the following who demonized TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition as being extreme: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on the aforesaid who had their operatives and their dupes destroy the aforesaid organizations.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/world/europe/vance-europe-immigration-ukraine.html
— Layoffs Expand at Federal Agencies, Part of Trump Purge. Mass firings have rocked multiple agencies as President Trump and Elon Musk ramp up plans to drastically slash and reshape the federal work force.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/energy-department-layoffs.html
— Democrats become government employees and stay government employees to advance the Democrat Party platform, pure and simple.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/nyregion/adams-prosecutor-danielle-sassoon-profile.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/opinion/immigration-republicans-democrats-crisis.html
— Trump Cracks Down on Diversity Initiatives Celebrated in His First Term
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/trump-diversity-education-department.html
— Trump Wields U.S. Power With Unclear Economic Consequences. The president sees the U.S. economy as a powerful lever against other countries but there are risks to that approach.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/trump-economy-threats.html
— State Dept. Suspends Plan to Buy Armored Teslas. Vehicles made by Elon Musk’s company were on a purchase list issued before Donald Trump was inaugurated and before Mr. Musk became one of the president’s top advisers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/state-dept-armored-teslas.html

WASHINGTON POST
— My critics/opponents despise/hate cars, and especially American nameplate cars, and more especially muscle cars, and even more especially Corvettes. I have owned my 1972 Corvette since I was 23 years old in 1971.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/01/27/debunking-the-myth-of-the-american-love-affair-with-cars/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Corey B. Brooks: Trump’s Colorblind Message Energizes Black Americans. Self-reliance, stable families and education will lift neighborhoods like mine to untold heights.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-colorblind-message-energizes-black-americans-upward-mobility-913b5206
— How Zoning Ruined the Housing Market in Blue-State America (COMMENT: My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton is extremely diverse in terms of household income and home values.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-zoning-ruined-the-housing-market-in-blue-state-america-3fa94568
— Trump Somehow Lowers the Temperature in Washington. Democrats still attack him, but they’ve reverted from catastrophizing to ordinary partisan rhetoric. (COMMENT: As I hand-deliver campaign literature and a copy of the sample ballot for the April 1 election to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter, I will assess the progress that Democrats and RINOs are having promoting more hatred against Trump.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-somehow-lowers-the-temperature-in-washington-political-rhetoric-second-term-bee3c094
— DOGE’s Federal Job Cuts Threaten Republican Districts Too. The workers Elon Musk seeks to cut are everywhere, including in politically red areas. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. To deal with budget cuts, they first get rid of their employees who are Republican, and then their employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/federal-workers-doge-job-cuts-maps-988416ec

ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders falsely claim that government employees cannot be fired for their political views. If had been a Democrat, my Democrat superiors would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 notwithstanding my being White, male, old, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/employee-firing-first-amendment/681702/

NAACP
— To get more votes from Blacks, anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly promote reparations. To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have, and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about that. I would focus on the success that my Democrat GAO superiors had turning my Black subordinate against me 1990-1997. They stressed to him that I was all of the aforesaid, and that in addition, I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. They stressed to him that his pre-GAO work experience was more directly related to our group’s financial industry audit work than mine was. They dismissed, belittled, and badmouthed a) what I had learned completing 14 graduate courses in financial markets and trading at IIT 1992-1997 and b) my having become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996.
https://naacp.org/articles/naacp-praises-reintroduction-historic-reparations-bill-during-black-history-month

February 8, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora mayoral candidates share their views on city issues at forum (COMMENT: What are the issues in your township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/aurora-mayoral-candidates-share-their-views-on-city-issues-at-forum/
— Donald Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa citing country’s land expropriation law
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/07/trump-freeze-aid-south-africa/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/community-leaders-speak-out-under-little-village-arch-hundreds-rally-for-day-of-love-and-resistance/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/nonprofit-warns-of-vigilantism-against-migrants-after-skokie-family-receives-deportation-threats/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/02/07/trump-immigration-executive-order-refugees-resettlement-united-nations-stop-work-order
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/07/illinois-jb-pritzker-revenue-squeeze-trump-congressional-gop-cut-medicaid-expansion-rich-miller

DAILY HEARLD
— Democrats far outspent GOP rivals in suburban U.S. House races — none more than Raja Krishnamoorthi (COMMENT: What discourages you from giving money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes my having less money. In today’s dollars, my federal pension a) is only 44% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 and b) less than what my IRS salary was in 1972. Further, my Social Security is dramatically less because I get a federal pension. Further, far too many unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did much to help elect blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250208/us-congress-politics/democrats-far-outspent-gop-rivals-in-suburban-u-s-house-races-none-more-than-raja-krishnamoorthi/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican candidates in northeast Illinois struggle to compete financially with their rivals across the aisle. Of the eight Republican congressional candidates who ran in the suburbs last year, the 10th District’s Jim Carris of Lake Forest spent the most — nearly $681,000. The campaign spending totals for four others — Rice in the 8th District plus James Marter in the 14th, Jerry Evans in the 11th and Niki Conforti in the 6th — were lower in the six-figure range. Ramirez’s GOP challenger in the 3rd District, John Booras, spent less than $40,000 on his campaign; the 9th District’s Seth Cohen spent less than $8,000 on his race. Postelection and year-end reports weren’t available for 5th District GOP candidate Tommy Hanson.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250208/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-in-defense-of-dei-the-phrase-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-may-sound-unga/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250207/nation-and-world-politics/latino-evangelical-churches-gear-up-to-face-possible-immigration-enforcement-in-churches/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois revs up more EV incentives amid uncertain fate of federal rebates
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-revs-more-ev-incentives-amid-federal-uncertainties
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/illinois-generates-17-billion-casino-tax-revenue

ABC7
— Trump announces plans to gut the Kennedy Center board, appoint himself chairman
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kennedy-center-president-donald-trump-says-hes-firing-board-trustees-members-naming-himself-chairman/15882171/
— Trump official’s directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-birth-rates-state-donald-trump-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-circulates-memo-tying-grants-marriage/15881663/
— Chicago Auto Show 2025: Doors open for Day 1 at McCormick Place
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-auto-show-2025-doors-open-saturday-morning-mccormick-place/15881013/

WGN TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/little-village-protest-trump-deportations/
— Illinois faces funding cut-off for electric vehicle charging stations; Pritzker vows to fight back
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/illinois-ev-funding-cuts/

FOX32
— Time magazine cover puts Elon Musk behind Trump’s desk
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/time-magazine-elon-musk-trump-desk

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/06/illinois-farm-workers-consumers-alert-amid-mass-deportation-threats

WBEZ
— Lurie Children’s Hospital pauses gender care surgeries for those younger than 19. The move comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order that said the federal government would not support these procedures.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/02/07/lurie-childrens-hospital-pauses-gender-care-surgeries-for-those-younger-than-19

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-policies-on-gender-affirming-care-and-passports-for-transgender-people-challenged-in-court/article_a7b7c426-ae4e-58d7-934b-d7c89861987a.html

SOUTHERN
— Here are all the agencies that Elon Musk and DOGE have been trying to dismantle so far
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/08/here-are-all-the-agencies-that-elon-musk-and-doge-have-been-trying-to-dismantle-so-far/

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/donald-trump-protest-edwardsville-il-20154122.php

WIFR
— Democrat leaders get high school students to promote more illegal immigration
https://www.wifr.com/gallery/2025/02/08/jefferson-high-schoolers-protest-trumps-immigration-policies/

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— IL House Leader McCombie Demands Transparency And Accountability On Immigration
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2025/02/08/il-house-leader-mccombie-demands-transparency-and-accountability-on-immigration/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-245/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders will use their mainstream news media a)  to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform, c) to elect Democrat candidates, and d) to defeat Republican candidates. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Crystal Laker Trevor Keegan in Super Bowl
mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/08/crystal-laker-trevor-keegan-in-super-bowl/
— Blago Being Talked about as Trump Pick for Ambassador to Serbia
https://wwwhttps://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/blago-being-talked-about-as-trump-pick-for-ambassador-to-serbia/
— Lakemoor Refuses Comment on $40 Million Illegal Search and Seizure Hemp Suit
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/lakemoor-refuses-comment-on-40-million-illegal-search-and-seizure-hemp-suit/
— Pritzker Flips on No New Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/pritzker-flips-on-no-new-taxes/
— Tariffs and How Value Added Taxes Are “Backdoor Tariffs”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/tariffs-and-how-value-added-taxes-are-backdoor-tariffs/
— Correcting County Administrator Pete Austin’s Salary Information — Seeking 5.3% Raise
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/correcting-county-administrator-pete-austins-salary-information/
— Major “Sin” Tax Brings in $1.5 Billion
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/07/major-sin-tax-brings-in-1-5-billion/
— Schakowsky on Trump’s Early Days as President
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/08/schakowsky-on-trumps-early-days-as-president/
— Pritzker Purports to Re-Name Lake Michigan “Lake Illinois”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/08/pritzker-purports-to-re-name-lake-michigan-lake-illinois/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says DOGE will look into more federal agencies (COMMENTL Will DOGE look into GAO?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/7/trump-says-doge-look-federal-agencies/
— Alaska lawmakers officially oppose Trump’s push to change Denali to Mount McKinley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/8/alaska-lawmakers-officially-oppose-trump-push-chan/
— Russia is using Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to create a migration crisis. The axis of evil is sending masses of illegal immigrants to flood the southwest border.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/russia-using-cuba-nicaragua-venezuela-create-migra/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump ordered Secret Service to provide ‘every bit of information’ on would-be assassins
https://nypost.com/2025/02/08/us-news/trump-ordered-secret-service-to-provide-every-bit-of-information-on-would-be-assassins/

BAPTIST NEWS
— Remember that time Wheaton College congratulated Russell Vought?
https://baptistnews.com/article/remember-that-time-wheaton-college-congratulated-russell-vought/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Want to know how controversial it was for Russell Vought to be confirmed by the Senate as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget? Just ask Wheaton College, where Vought earned a bachelor’s degree. On Friday, Feb. 7, the Christian college posted a note on its Facebook page with Vought’s photo saying, “Wheaton College congratulates and prays for 1998 graduate Russell Vought regarding his senatorial confirmation to serve as the White House Director of the Office of Management and Budget!” Then the alumni base of the Illinois school began to vent their disdain for Vought and their disbelief that their alma mater would highlight someone responsible for creating Project 2025 and saying he wants to make federal employees so miserable they all quit — among other things. By Saturday morning, the post was removed from Facebook.)

DAILY WIRE
— Wheaton College Caves to Woke Mob, Apologizes For Congratulating Alum In Trump Admin. Wheaton College posted, and then retracted, a message congratulating Russ Vought on his confirmation to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/christian-college-caves-to-woke-mob-apologizes-for-congratulating-alum-in-trump-admin

FOX NEWS
— Hegseth to look into ‘what went wrong’ in Afghanistan and pledges accountability, slams diversity motto. ‘We will find strength in unity,’ not diversity, Hegseth says.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-look-what-went-wrong-afghanistan-pledges-accountability-slams-diversity-motto
— Teachers express fears as Trump strips federal funding for schools teaching CRT. ‘Every teacher I’ve talked to is completely freaked out by it,’ one retired teacher told The Boston Globe.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/teachers-express-fears-trump-strips-federal-funding-schools-teaching-crt

NEWSMAX
— Time for Homan to Decisively Act on Defiant Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/homan-cbs-ice/2025/02/08/id/1198327/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transgender-rights-lawsuits-challenge-trump-policies/

WASHINGTON POST
— Attacks on Catholics, Lutherans suggest new Trump approach on religion. Allies of the president are leveling attacks on religious groups, including Catholics and Lutherans, and questioning their efforts to help migrants.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/08/catholic-lutheran-vance-flynn-musk-trump/
— Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed, could be resettled in the US. They say no thanks. Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority have responded to a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/08/trump-south-africa-afrikaners/ac037124-e633-11ef-ab83-bb30e4340014_story.html

REASON
— America’s enemies want mass immigration.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/02/08/trumps-cruel-assault-on-legal-immigration/

February 3, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico, Canada for a month
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-tariffs-mexico-paused-month-mexican-president-says/15860417/
— ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ protests and business closures in Chicago in opposition to Trump policies (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. I washed dishes for 18 months while I was in high school. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten that job.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/day-immigrants-chicago-business-owners-city-close-monday-protest-president-trumps-immigration-policies/15859639/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump threatens to fire more than 100 Chicago EPA workers. An email tells new employees that the agency can “immediately terminate you.” (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Because I had served my federal probationary period by working for IRS for almost 9 years, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not just fire me. However, they did force the GAO manager to retire who had arranged my transfer.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/02/03/trump-threatens-to-fire-100-chicago-epa-workers-environmental-protection-agency
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The warnings came in an email sent last week to most-recently hired workers who have not yet put in enough time to enjoy more job-protection benefits. “As a probationary/trial period employee, the agency has the right to immediately terminate you,” the email said. “The process for probationary removal is that you receive a notice of termination, and your employment is ended immediately.”)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Musk tightens grip on federal government as Democrats raise alarms
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/elon-musk-federal-government/
— Some Chicago businesses close their doors to protest immigration crackdown (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. I washed dishes for 18 months while I was in high school. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten that job.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/chicago-has-always-been-a-city-of-immigrant-workers-some-chicago-businesses-close-their-doors-to-protest-immigration-crackdown/
— South suburban business advocates warn targeting of DEI will hurt small businesses and the economy (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans like me and b) to get rid of their Republican employees like I was.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/03/south-suburban-business-advocates-dei-economy/

DAILY HERALD
— ‘We’re all humans’: Immigrant advocates rally in West Chicago to protest mass deportations (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250203/nation-and-world-politics/were-all-humans-immigrant-advocates-rally-in-west-chicago-to-protest-mass-deportations/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Carrying signs with slogans including “FIGHT IGNORANCE NOT IMMIGRATION,” a crowd of more than 150 people gathered in West Chicago to protest mass deportations Monday, saying the policy unfairly targets Latino residents. “We’re all humans at the end of the day. No one is illegal,” West Chicagoan Jessica Garnica said. “This is a new civil rights movement,” Casa DuPage Workers Center Executive Organizer Cristobal Cavazos said. He helped organize the Day Without Immigrants March and Rally, intended to demonstrate the importance of the Chicago area’s Latino community. Multiple Latinos are “not going to work, not going to school, not buying anything. The majority of people (at the rally) are essential workers in the factories, in the warehouses, in the restaurants,” Cavazos said. Drivers in passing cars and semitrucks honked as participants gathered at Route 59 near Route 38 before marching to the West Chicago City Hall. Mexican immigrants “bring a lot of diversity and culture to the U.S.” but are often treated with disrespect, university student Ajimelec Garcia of West Chicago said. As well as in Chicago, ICE actions have been reported in Deer Park, Elgin, Palatine, Round Lake, Waukegan and West Chicago as part of President Donald Trump’s deportation ramp-up. Federal authorities said their priority is arresting criminals but protesters feared longtime residents with jobs and families will be swept up. “A lot of people are worried,” Garcia said. “I feel they don’t really honestly care if you have papers, in a way. As long as you’re Mexican they don’t want you here.” On Fox News Sunday, Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan cited a 93% decrease in illegal border crossings. “We can’t have strong national security if we don’t have border security. We need to know who’s coming in, what’s coming in, where it’s coming in and why it’s coming in.” About 5,000 arrests were made in the first week, with the majority being criminals, Homan said. He added “noncriminals are (being) arrested in sanctuary cities because you force us into the community rather than arresting the bad guy in jail. And, when we find that criminal, he’s most likely with others, and they’re going to go, too. “If you want to be a sanctuary city, you’re going to get exactly what you don’t want — more agents in the city and more noncriminals arrested,” Homan said. Marcher Alejandra Jacobo of West Chicago said she’s concerned about loved ones. “They’ve worked so hard, most of the time for minimum wage,” Jacobo said. “I know they’re (ICE) doing their jobs, but do not take our good people. Just take the bad ones. These are the ones you should be chasing after.” Handmade signs sported slogans including “MEXICANS MAKE AMERICA GR8,” MY PARENTS ARE NOT CRIMINALS FOR WANTING A BETTER LIFE,” AND “AMERICA WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE.” Marchers included seniors, teens and kids in strollers. “We’re staying strong as a community,” Garnica said. “When you believe in God, he’s the one who’s going to guide us through.” The rally was organized by the Casa DuPage Workers Center and DuPage Immigrant Solidarity.)
— Canada Follows Mexico in Reaching Deal to Delay Trump Tariffs. The leaders of Mexico and Canada each said they had struck agreements to pause tariffs for 30 days, but levies on products from China were still set to take effect just after midnight. (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T that will be built in Canada.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/03/us/trump-tariffs
— DuPage County keeps federal lobbyist
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250203/news/dupage-county-keeps-federal-lobbyist/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How are Chicago schools responding to increased immigration enforcement? Here are five examples. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/how-chicago-schools-are-responding-immigration-enforcement

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL EWGISTER
— Pritzker calls Trump ‘incompetent’, says Illinois families will feel impact of new tariffs
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/02/03/gov-pritzker-is-vocal-about-pres-trump-calls-him-incompetent/78181424007/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Restaurants shutter nationwide for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protests (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. I washed dishes for 18 months while I was in high school. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten that job.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/restaurants-shutter-nationwide-for-day-without-immigrants-protests-trump-mass-deporations-immigration-policies-washington-dc-utah-florida-california

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-241/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— From what I see, Democrats have decided to not only reject Trump’s presidency, but to end it. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— McCombie urges cohesion amid party in fighting
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/illinois-quick-hits-mccombie-urges-cohesion-amid-party-in-fighting-conservation-group-raises-bird-flu-concerns/ar-AA1yl60B
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The head of Illinois House Republicans is responding to calls for her to step down from her leadership role. The Illinois Freedom Caucus, made up of six state representatives and one senator, is accusing House Minority Leader Tony McCombie of playing “silly games” after she denied several services at the Capitol for not voting for her as leader. McCombie said the suspension of certain caucus-specific services does not affect any legislator’s ability to serve constituents, and the focus should be on “fighting Democrat policies that are failing Illinois families, not each other.”)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mexico’s president blames U.S. for arming cartels (COMMENT: From what I see, Mexico will side with America’s enemies in WWIII.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/3/mexico-president-claudia-sheinbaum-blames-u-arming/

NEW YORK POST
— NJ Gov. Phil Murphy reveals he’s housing a migrant at his residence — and tells feds ‘good luck’ trying to get her. (COMMENT: Murphy wants to be a modern day George Wallace.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/nj-gov-phil-murphy-reveals-hes-housing-a-migrant-at-his-residence-and-tells-feds-good-luck-trying-to-get-her/

FEDERALIST
— Former Mexican Consulate Lawyer Coaches Illegals To Lie To ICE (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/03/report-former-mexican-consulate-lawyer-coaches-illegals-to-lie-to-ice/

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Minnesota charges up to $1,575 for online DEI certificate (COMMENT: I should add up all the money that I paid for tuition and books to earn a) a bachelor’s degree (NIU-management-1970), b) three master’s degrees (Loyola- business-1976, DePaul-accounting 1980, and IIT-finance-1997), and two professional certifications CPA-1979 and Certified Internal Auditor-1981) and adjust that money to today’s dollars.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-minnesota-charges-1575-online-dei-certificate/27386

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Celebrities Put on a Parade of Wokeness at Grammys, Proving They Didn’t Learn Their Lesson in 2024 (COMMENT: From what I see, Democrats have decided to not only reject Trump’s presidency, but to end it. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.)
https://www.westernjournal.com/celebrities-put-parade-wokeness-grammys-proving-didnt-learn-lesson-2024/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Education Dept. to probe antisemitism at 5 universities, including Columbia, Northwestern, Berkeley
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/education-dept-antisemitism-universities-columbia-northwestern-berkeley/

NEWSWEEK
— National ’50 States’ Anti-Trump Protest Planned for Feb 5: What to Know (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— ACLU Sues Over Trump Ban on Asylum at U.S.-Mexico Border (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-03/aclu-sues-over-trump-ban-on-asylum-at-u-s-mexico-border

WASHINGTON POST
— Immigrant advocates file lawsuit challenging Trump asylum shutdown. The Trump administration has claimed there is an “invasion” on the U.S.-Mexico border to justify summarily expelling migrants without giving them a chance to apply for asylum. (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/03/aclu-lawsuit-asylum-border/
— Here’s who’s been ousted from FBI, Justice Dept. so far. Will it stand? (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors ousted me, that is, they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have no problem with that. Actually, they are furious that I have gotten a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since then. Currently it is $66,680/year. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1.8 million.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/03/fbi-justice-firings-removals-due-process/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Another Thing Musk Hates About Germany: Absentee Workers at His Tesla Plant (COMMENT: While I was a student at NIU in 1970, Chrysler hired me to work in its Belvidere plant on Mondays because that was when absenteeism was highest.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-german-tesla-factory-workers-0317574f
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elon Musk was taken aback last fall by reports of high absenteeism at Tesla’s TSLA -5.17%decrease; red down pointing triangle factory near Berlin. “This sounds crazy. Looking into it,” the company’s workaholic chief executive wrote last September on X, the social-media platform he owns, responding to a tweet citing a sickness rate above 15%. The number of workers calling in sick has long been a flashpoint at the facility, where managers are battling to preserve the freewheeling spirit of an American tech company amid union pressure to hew closer to more worker-friendly European practices. The culture clash offers corporate context for Musk’s increasingly frequent interjections on European politics, including his recent endorsement of the far-right Alternative for Germany party.)

ACLU
— Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Efforts to Completely Shut Down Asylum at the Border (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrats’ invading army.)
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/immigrants-rights-advocates-sue-trump-administration-over-efforts-to-completely-shut-down-asylum-at-the-border

ACCOUNTNG TODAY
— Illinois lawmakers propose alternative paths to CPA license (COMMENT: Because my becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981 was my biggest professional accomplishment, my critics/opponents have ignored/dismissed/belittled that the most. None of my GAO Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, or subordinates were licensed CPAs.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-propose-alternative-paths-to-cpa-license

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 77% of Likely U.S. Voters believe that requiring photo ID to vote is a reasonable measure to protect the integrity of elections – up from 74% in 2021. Just 17% disagree.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/election_integrity_77_favor_voter_id

January 27, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— ICE makes arrests in Chicago, suburbs as part of nationwide immigration raids
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-raids-today-ice-agents-make-arrests-city-suburbs-donald-trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-town/15840132/
— Trump’s border czar: ‘If you’re in the country illegally, you got a problem’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-if-youre-country-illegally-problem-fears-ice-raids/15838467/
— ICE says ‘targeted operations’ are underway in Chicago; feds target at least 2 Albany Park buildings
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mass-deportation-acting-deputy-attorney-general-emil-bove-chicago-observe-immigration-enforcement-ops-doj-tells-abc/15838277/

NBC5
— ICE confirms ‘enhanced targeted operations’ in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/ice-confirms-enhanced-targeted-operations-in-chicago-this-weekend/3656457/
— Trump ‘border czar’ in Chicago as immigration enforcement crackdown begins. The number of federal agencies involved showed President Donald Trump’s willingness to use federal law enforcement beyond the Department of Homeland Security to carry out his mass deportations.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-border-czar-visits-chicago-as-immigration-enforcement-crackdown-begins/3656546/

CBS2
— Targeted immigration enforcement efforts under way in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/acting-deputy-attorney-general-emil-bove-chicago-immigration/

WTTW
— Donald Trump’s ‘Border Czar,’ Other Top Officials in Chicago for Start of Immigration Enforcement Crackdown
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/26/donald-trump-s-border-czar-other-top-officials-chicago-start-immigration-enforcement

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE begins ‘targeted’ immigration arrests in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/26/trumps-border-czar-top-doj-official-arrive-in-chicago-to-observe-immigration-enforcement-operations/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/26/trumps-border-czar-top-doj-official-arrive-in-chicago-to-observe-immigration-enforcement-operations/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/26/trump-chicago-immigration-deportation-fear/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Trump officials join federal agents — and Dr. Phil — for immigration arrests in Chicago. A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a range of federal agencies conducted “enhanced targeted operations” in Chicago on Sunday “to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/26/dhs-immigration-raids-chicago-sunday-live-file
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/26/donald-trump-transgender-identity-executive-order-rocky-horror-picture-show

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Inside a Chicago deportation raid at dawn
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-immigration-raids-begin-pre-dawn-action

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Some Illinois residents are able to file taxes for free this year. (COMMENT: Have you ever phoned IRS with a tax question? If you did during the 1974 filing season, the IRS employee who answered your call was one of my subordinates. Back then, as a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) IRS Revenue Officer, I supervised all of the IRS employees, which included a rotating staff of about 90 IRS Revenue Agent trainees, in IRS’s new downtown Chicago office who answered taxpayer questions using IRS’s new CentiPhone system. Because of my job performance, the IRS manager who had given me that developmental opportunity and who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973 promoted me to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) in 1974. But my Democrat IRS superiors soon got rid of him because they were furious that he given me that developmental opportunity and promoted me instead of one of my Democrat coworkers who was minority, female, and/or veteran. My Democrat superior who led the successful effort to get rid of him was a veteran who was furious that I had avoided the Vietnam War draft.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/01/27/some-illinois-residents-can-file-taxes-for-free-this-year/77930985007/

WREX
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly divide those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.wrex.com/news/politics/trump-divided-america-as-a-candidate-so-far-he-s-doing-the-same-as-president/article_6fede2e6-9f04-527d-a760-01e1f0a57dda.html

WGLT
— Trump issues order to halt US foreign aid
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-25/trump-issues-order-to-halt-us-foreign-aid

LOYOLA
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Republicans as being racists.
https://www.luc.edu/history/stories/archive/werefuseaforcefulhistoryofblackresistancewithdrkelliecarterjackson.shtml

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/27/ice-has-arrived-along-with-dr-phil-00200692

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILINOIS
— Reports of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI pullbacks and rollbacks are false. AA and DEI are going under the tale, off the books. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly argue that because they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals, it is futile to deport any of them. They will simply immediately return. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election and the rule of law. They ever-increasingly reject Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. What are the Democrat leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district going to do to stop deportation of illegals? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How successful have Democrat leaders in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct been promoting more hatred against Trump? I will get a measure of that in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton when I hand-deliver campaign literature and a copy of the sample ballot for the April 1, 2025 election to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal, minority, female, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been replacing those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats? I should write about their replacement success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders use government to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats. The less income that voters have, the more likely that they vote for Democrats. How successful have Democrat leaders been in driving household income down in relative terms if not absolute terms in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about that Democrat success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to promote the Democrat Party platform. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am amazed that I was able survive for so long. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) my earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you want to be the next Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois? Since 2002, I have worked hard to elect in general elections all the candidates who won Republican U.S. Senate primary elections: Kathy Salvi (2022), Mark Curran (2020), Mark Kirk (2016), Jim Oberweis (2014), Mark Kirk (2010), Steve Sauerberg (2008), Jack Ryan and Alan Keyes (2004), and Jim Durkin (2002) .- Dave Diersen
http://www/gopillinois.com
— Who do you want to be the next Republican Illinois governor? Since 2002, I have worked hard to elect in general elections all the candidates who won Republican gubernatorial primary elections: Darren Bailey (2022), Bruce Rauner (2014 & 2018), Bill Brady (2010), Judy Baar Topinka (2006), and Jim Ryan (2002).- Dave Diersen
http://www/gopillinois.com

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Who Invited the Apostate Bishop to Lecture President Trump?
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/01/24/who-invited-the-apostate-bishop-to-lecture-president-trump

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE announces crackdown on illegal immigrants in Chicago; averaging 470 arrests a day nationwide
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/26/ice-announces-crackdown-illegal-immigrants-chicago/
— Colombia to take back its deported citizens after Trump threatens tariffs, visa restrictions (COMMENT: What do you say to countries that dump their bad apples on America?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/26/donald-trump-places-tariffs-visa-restrictions-colo/
  — Vance scolds U.S. Catholic bishops after criticism of Trump on immigration
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/26/j-d-vance-vice-president-scolds-u-catholic-bishops/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— SEPTEMBER 2024 FLASHBACK: Biden halts parole program amid fraud claims after admitting 500,000 migrants. (COMMENT: Everyone has always known that Biden’s parole programs were illegal.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-dhs-halts-immigration-program-amid-fraud-claims-after-admitting-500000-migrants/ar-BB1r6B2w

NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker vows to ‘stand in way’ of certain Trump deportation policies, protect ‘law-abiding’ illegal migrants (COMMENT:  Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes insurrection. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Everyone has always known that Biden’s parole programs were illegal.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/26/us-news/gov-jb-pritzker-vows-to-stand-in-way-of-certain-trump-deportation-policies/

BREITBART
— Trump’s Blow to Federal DEI Programs Places Hundreds of Bureaucrats on Leave, Slashes $420M in Contracts (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) getting rid of their Republican employees, and especially their Republican employees like me who were White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/26/trumps-blow-federal-dei-programs-places-hundreds-bureaucrats-leave-slashes-420m-contracts/
— Colombia Agrees to Trump’s Terms on Taking Back Illegal Migrants, U.S. Pauses Sanctions, Tariffs
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/26/colombia-agrees-trump-terms-taking-back-illegal-migrants-us-pauses-sanctions-tariffs/

CENTER SQUARE
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes insurrection.
https://www.aol.com/watch-pritzker-unafraid-immigration-actions-215600686.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump’s Aggressive Response Pressures South American Country to Finally Accept Criminal Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/26/trump-makes-aggressive-move-colombia-south-american-country-that-refuses-accept-criminal-illegal-aliens/

DAILY WIRE
— Meet The Fierce DEI Critic Leading Trump’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. “My priorities will include rooting out unlawful DEI-motivated race and sex discrimination,” the new acting chair of Trump’s EEOC says. (COMMENT: How has EEOC impacted you? I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971 because my Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me. He did that because I had told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-fierce-dei-critic-leading-trumps-equal-employment-opportunity-commission
— ‘We Will Never Back Down’: Pete Hegseth Delivers Message To U.S. Forces. Hegseth said that the military will focus on “lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards, and readiness.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-will-never-back-down-pete-hegseth-delivers-message-to-u-s-forces

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says He ‘Immediately Halted’ Hiring of New IRS Agents (COMMENT: I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971 because my Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me. He did that because I had told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-he-immediately-halted-hiring-of-new-irs-agents-5799047

FOX NEWS
— Homan warns daily migrant arrests will ‘steadily increase’ as Trump admin targets nonviolent illegal aliens. Trump’s admin deported 500 illegal immigrants on day one, and that number is set to rise.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/homan-warns-daily-migrant-arrests-steadily-increase-trump-admin-targets-non-violent-illegal-aliens
— Trump’s border ground game is off to a fast start. To guarantee change Congress must do 3 things. Though this has been an incredible week of action around immigration and border security, much more needs to be done.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-border-ground-game-off-fast-start-guarantee-change-congress-must-do-3-things
— Hegseth says ‘no more DEI at Department of Defense’: ‘No exceptions’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-says-no-more-dei-department-defense-no-exceptions
— Trump to reinstate service members discharged for not getting COVID-19 vaccine. Service members will receive back pay. (COMMENT: Will Trump reinstate with backpay federal employees like me who were forced to retire early because they opposed Democrat political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination? I would get $2,368,142 in backpay. In today’s dollars, that is 329 months times my lost pay of $12,763/mo. minus the $5,565/mo. pension I got.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-reinstate-service-members-discharged-not-getting-covid-19-vaccine?lid=5h2wwaxg7lnb
— Demoralized Democrats admit they’ve lost public trust as they seek new anti-Trump strategy. ‘Resistance’ to Trump like in first term won’t work, operatives say in new report.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/demoralized-democrats-admit-lost-public-trust-seek-new-anti-trump-strategy

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NY Times Erases Biden’s Wokeification of the Military in Article Bashing Trump
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/ny-times-erases-bidens-wokeification-of-the-military-in-article-bashing-trump/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Affirmative Action Is Still Alive and Well. Trump Can Kill It (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/01/affirmative-action-is-still-alive-and-well-trump-can-kill-it/
— Speak Loudly and Carry a Big Stick
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/speak-loudly-and-carry-a-big-stick/
— Lindsey Graham Says Pardons for January 6 Violent Offenders Send the ‘Wrong Signal’ (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That sent a tremendous signal that the federal government does not want federal employees who share my demographics, will waste the careers of federal employees who share my demographics, and will get rid of federal employees who share my demographics. My democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and got rid of me even though I earned a) three job-related masters degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/lindsey-graham-says-pardons-for-january-6-violent-offenders-send-the-wrong-signal/

PJ MEDIA
— Between 225,000 and 250,000 children born to illegal immigrants were born in the U.S. in 2023, accounting for approximately 7% of all births that year. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/26/can-you-guess-how-many-children-were-born-to-illegal-in-the-united-states-n4936375

TOWNHALL
— With MAGA in Charge, New ‘RINO Removal Project’ Targets Sellout Republicans  (COMMENT: Who will lead that effort in Illinois?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2025/01/27/with-maga-in-charge-new-rino-removal-project-targets-sellout-republicans-n2651177

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Colombian President Loses Game of Chicken with Trump
https://www.westernjournal.com/colombian-president-loses-game-chicken-trump-offers-fly-back-illegals-plane-6-minutes-later/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES


THE HILL
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes insurrection.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5107330-pritzker-immigration-raids/
— Trump tells federal employees, ‘You’re fired!’ But wait — not so fast. (COMMENT: If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/5107846-federal-employees-civil-service-system/
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5108190-morning-report-trump-colombia-spar-then-reach-migrant-deal/

CNN
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes insurrection.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/video/sotu-pritzker-on-planned-chicago-immigration-raids
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pritzker-on-planned-immigration-raids-in-chicago-i-m-very-afraid-that-they-will-not-follow-the-law/vi-AA1xTB9r
— Trump administration launches immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-launches-immigration-enforcement-172629537.html

MSN
— Everyone has always known that Biden’s parole programs were illegal.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/miami-migrants-fear-deportation-as-u-s-targets-humanitarian-parole-program/ar-AA1xRPuG
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/the-dei-hire-myth-and-the-new-american-meritocracy/ar-AA1xGkVW
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/how-a-president-s-death-helped-kill-washington-s-spoils-system/vi-AA1xTf9L#details

ABC NEWS
— Trump 2nd term live updates: ICE arrests 956 undocumented immigrants on Sunday
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates-executive-action-plans/?id=117934786

NBC NEWS
— Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump ‘broke the law’ by firing 18 inspectors general (COMMENT: What helped you survive purges? While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, a) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1980 (accounting) and 1997 (finance), b) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1981 (internal auditing), 1990 (fraud examination), 1994 (government financial management), 1996 (financial services auditing), and 1997 (forensic accounting), and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA). I should write about each of the GAO Chicago office managers 1980-1997 and the purge lists that they were given. Of course, I was at the top of each of those lists.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/adam-schiff-trump-broke-law-firing-inspectors-general-rcna189327

NEWSWEEK
— Fox News Host Confronts Tom Cotton With GOP Concerns About Trump’s IG Purge  (COMMENT: What helped you survive purges? While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, a) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1980 (accounting) and 1997 (finance), b) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1981 (internal auditing), 1990 (fraud examination), 1994 (government financial management), 1996 (financial services auditing), and 1997 (forensic accounting), and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA).  I should write about each of the GAO Chicago office managers 1980-1997 and the purge lists that they were given. Of course, I was at the top of each of those lists.)
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-host-confronts-tom-cotton-gop-concerns-about-trumps-ig-purge-2021015

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: India, a Big Source of Illegal Migration, Hopes to Navigate the Trump Storm. Fear and uncertainty are rippling through India, which sends more undocumented migrants to the United States than any other country outside Latin America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/world/asia/india-illegal-immigration-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion. Agencies are gripped with uncertainty about how to implement the blizzard of new policies as workers frantically try to assess the impact on their lives. (COMMENT: If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/us/politics/trump-federal-workers.html
— Trump Administration Begins Immigration Arrests in Chicago. The number of arrests there was uncertain. Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/us/politics/chicago-deportation-emil-bove-trump.html
— Colombia Agrees to Accept Deportation Flights After Trump Threatens Tariffs
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/world/americas/colombia-us-deportation-flights.html
— Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily. A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people. (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Everyone has always known that Biden’s parole programs were illegal.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-immigrants-deportation.html
— To get citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to give birth in America, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more and more free housing, free food, free clothing, free healthcare, free transportation, free education, free etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/opinion/trump-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats are splintered on immigration and how to respond to Trump (COMMENT: Democrat leaders in Illinois are not splintered. They are all hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters. They all side with foreign countries against America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/26/congress-immigration-trump-laken-riley-democrats-deport/3d64a168-dbe6-11ef-8889-d5c3924edafd_story.html

USA TODAY
— Liberals want to erase women. Trump is standing up for our most basic rights. Donald Trump’s executive action gets to the heart of why it’s so important to uphold the rights of women, which are under threat when gender identity is allowed to supersede one’s biological sex.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/26/trump-executive-order-gender-biological-sex/77903998007/

DALLAS EXPRESS
— Pro-Illegal Immigration Protesters Cause Chaos On Dallas City Streets
https://dallasexpress.com/metroplex/shocking-pro-illegal-immigration-protesters-cause-chaos-on-dallas-city-streets/

BOSTON HERALD
— GOP backs Trump’s IG purge (COMMENT: What helped you survive purges? While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, a) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1980 (accounting) and 1997 (finance), b) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1981 (internal auditing), 1990 (fraud examination), 1994 (government financial management), 1996 (financial services auditing), and 1997 (forensic accounting), and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA).  I should write about each of the GAO Chicago office managers 1980-1997 and the purge lists that they were given. Of course, I was at the top of each of those lists.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/01/26/gop-backs-trumps-ig-purge/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/27/business/trump-dei-contracting/

FORBES
— Democrat Leaders Object to Trump’s ‘Mass Deportation’ Plans: ICE Planning Over 1,200 Daily Arrests
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/01/26/everything-to-know-about-trumps-mass-deportation-plans-ice-planning-over-1200-daily-arrests-report-says/

BARRON’S
— New Migrant Caravan En Route To US Border Despite Trump Clampdown
https://www.barrons.com/news/new-migrant-caravan-en-route-to-us-border-despite-trump-clampdown-b8056648

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Vance criticizes US bishops over immigration (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/26/congress-immigration-trump-laken-riley-democrats-deport/3d64a168-dbe6-11ef-8889-d5c3924edafd_story.html

POLITICO
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes insurrection.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/26/jb-pritzker-trump-deportation-efforts-00200630

NOTUS
— The Race for Dick Durbin’s Senate Seat Has Already Begun. The senator said he’s still determining whether to run for reelection. Multiple Democrats are angling for the seat if he retires. (COMMENT: Who do you want to be the next Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois? Since 2000, I have worked hard to elect in general elections all the candidates who won Republican U.S. Senate primary elections including Kathy Salvi (2022), Mark Curran (2020), Mark Kirk (2016), Jim Oberweis (2014), Mark Kirk (2010), Steve Sauerberg (2008), Jack Ryan and Alan Keyes (2004), and Jim Durkin (2002).)
https://www.notus.org/senate/illinois-dick-durbin-senate

IRISH TIMES
— As Trump’s deportations begin, what now for the undocumented Irish?
https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/as-trumps-deportations-begin-what-now-for-irish-illegals-in-america/

INDIA TODAY
— Trump’s Cops Visit Five Gurdwaras in New York and New Jersey, Hunt for ‘Illegal Aliens’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUKZqFfcMs

GUARDIAN
— Are government workers going to stand up to Trump? (COMMENT: If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/government-workers-trump

January 24, 2025 Evening Edition

POST MILLENNIAL
— Pete Hegseth CONFIRMED by Senate as defense secretary. Vice President JD Vance was called up to cast the tie-breaking vote.
https://thepostmillennial.com/pete-hegseth-confirmed-senate

TOWNHALL
— Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Secretary of Defense
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/24/hegseth-confirmed-n2650817

WHITE HOUSE
— ENFORCING THE HYDE AMENDMENT
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/enforcing-the-hyde-amendment/
— I hereby revoke the Presidential Memorandum of January 28, 2021 . . . and reinstate the Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017 . . . (The Mexico City Policy). I direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to the extent allowable by law, to implement a plan to extend the requirements of the reinstated Memorandum to global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies. I further direct the Secretary of State to take all necessary actions, to the extent permitted by law, to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/memorandum-for-the-secretary-of-state-the-secretary-of-defense-the-secretary-of-health-and-human-services-the-administrator-of-the-united-states-for-international-development/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Evanston investigating photo of firefighters wearing Trump masks at work (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors were furious that I attended a Bob Dole rally in Wheaton in 1996.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-city-evanston-investigating-photo-202200410.html
— A reported sighting of immigration agents attempting to enter an elementary school on Chicago’s Southwest Side on Friday was actually U.S. Secret Service agents investigating a threat.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/immigration-enforcement-hamline-elementary/
— Illinois State Senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) asks prison workers to contact her about undocumented immigrants: ‘I won’t rat you out’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/state-senator-asks-prison-workers-to-contact-her-about-undocumented-immigrants-i-wont-rat-you-out/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Homeless tent camp on track to be removed from Gompers Park on Northwest Side. Ald. Samantha Nugent says the city promised to begin a process next month to help move unhoused people from the park into shelters. (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect homeless tent camps in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/01/24/chicago-homeless-tent-camp-removed-gompers-park-northwest-side-samantha-nugent-brandon-johnson

ABC7
— Target is ending its diversity goals as a strong DEI opponent occupies the White House
https://abc7chicago.com/post/target-is-ending-diversity-goals-strong-dei-opponent-occupies-white-house/15834406/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mass-deportations-school-attendance-declines-parts-illinois-amid-fears-trump-immigration-raids-gov-pritzker-speaks/15834048/
— US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents. Chicago Public Schools officials initially claimed they denied ICE entry to Hamline Elementary Friday morning.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-immigration-customs-enforcement-agents-denied-entry-hamline-elementary-school-back-yards-cps-officials/15833738/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mass-deportations-school-attendance-declines-parts-illinois-amid-fears-trump-immigration-raids-gov-pritzker-speaks/15834048/
— Illinois authorities divided on TRUST Act forbidding federal immigration enforcement collaboration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trust-act-controversy-illinois-authorities-divided-law-forbidding-collaboration-federal-immigration-enforcement-raids/15834612/
— Trump vows to fight for abortion restrictions in March for Life remarks
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/donald-trump-2nd-term-live-updates-more-executive-action-planned-amid-day-1-fallout/15820865/
— Trump says military planes will deport migrants every day
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-border-czar-tells-abc-military-planes-will-deport-migrants-every-day/15834350/

NBC5
— CPS says ICE agents ‘showed up’ at Chicago school, Secret Service says it was them. A spokesperson for ICE, however, said “this was not an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement encounter,” however.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-agents-showed-up-at-chicago-school-amid-heightened-concerns-of-raids/3655459/
— Target announces major company changes following Trump’s diversity orders. Target, which operates nearly 2,000 stores nationwide, explained it already had planned to end the racial program this year.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/target-announces-major-company-changes-following-trumps-diversity-orders/3655681/
— Judge finds Dolton mayor in ‘indirect criminal contempt’ in liquor license case
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-finds-dolton-mayor-in-indirect-criminal-contempt-in-liquor-license-case/3655764/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/voters-unhappy-both-parties/3646584/

CBS2
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-public-schools-martinez-cupich-immigration-raid-worries/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use poor people to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northern-illinois-food-bank-immigration-policy-concerns/
— Chicago Democrats reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mayor-johnson-immigration-rights-announcement/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump and Vance join March for Life anti-abortion activists in celebrating the movement’s gains. President Donald Trump and his vice president, JD Vance, are celebrating gains in the anti-abortion movement with activists in the annual March for Life/
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-and-vance-join-march-for-life-anti-abortion-activists-in-celebrating-the-movements-gains/article_c22d1d39-93fc-54d5-827b-67e023017820.html

SOUTHERN
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thesouthern.com/news/illinois-schools-prepare-for-immigration-enforcement-state-board-issues-guidance-after-trump-rescinds-biden-era/article_47c02031-d3c1-5998-a107-91095f03946d.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Federal agencies begin removing DEI guidance from websites in Trump crackdown
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-federal-agencies-begin-removing-dei-guidance-from-websites-in-trump-crackdown/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Local governments across U.S. signal they won’t aid Trump migrant crackdown (COMMENT: To what extent do those who run your county, township, municipality, and school district reject Trump’s election, that is, to what extent do they reject the rule of law?)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-24/local-governments-across-u-s-signal-they-wont-aid-trump-migrant-crackdown
— U.S. puts virtually all foreign aid on 90-day hold
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-24/u-s-puts-virtually-all-foreign-aid-on-90-day-hold-issues-stop-work-order

WREX
— Federal agencies told to move to eliminate DEI offices and positions within 60 days (COMMENT: What if Trump had been elected earlier, much earlier?  In Diersen v. GAO, to justify its forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, GAO argued that it was just following orders. GAO used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of its Republican employees, and especially those who were conservative, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I was all of the aforesaid.)
https://www.wrex.com/news/politics/federal-agencies-told-to-move-to-eliminate-dei-offices-and-positions-within-60-days/article_1c625fdb-9e6e-58db-9fd1-a3c70ed32bc2.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-235/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What if Trump had been elected earlier, much earlier?  In Diersen v. GAO, to justify its forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, GAO argued that it was just following orders. GAO used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of its Republican employees, and especially those who were conservative, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I was all of the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump is finally firing people (COMMENT: If was still working for the Democrats who run GAO, they would kill me figuratively if not literally.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/24/trump-finally-firing-people/
— Repealing the climate hoax
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/24/editorial-repealing-climate-hoax/

NEW YORK POST
— Mexico refuses to accept US deportation flight as Trump’s immigration overhaul gets into full swing
https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/us-news/mexico-refuses-to-accept-us-deportation-flight-as-trumps-immigration-overhaul-gets-into-full-swing/
— Trump’s Education Department sacks ‘book ban coordinator,’ tosses complaints over removal of ‘sexually explicit’ material
https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/us-news/trumps-education-department-eliminates-book-ban-coordinator/

CENTER FOR FAMILY & HUMAN RIGHTS
— Trump Eradicates Gender Ideology on Week One
https://c-fam.org/friday_fax/trump-eradicates-gender-ideology-on-week-one/

DAILY CALLER
— Illegal Aliens ‘Endanger Our Own People’: Democratic Alderman Raymond Lopez of Chicago Lays Into Governor Pritzker Seeking To Block ICE Raids
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/24/chicago-dem-pritzker-trump-block-ice-raids/

GINGRICH
— President Trump Acts Decisively on Illegal Immigration (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be working for GAO.)
https://gingrich360.com/2025/01/24/president-trump-acts-decisively-on-illegal-immigration/

TOWNHALL
— Senate Republican Announces Bill to Finish Building Donald Trump’s Border Wall
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/01/24/house-republican-to-reintroduce-bill-to-finish-building-trumps-wall-n2651080

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Interior Department says Gulf of Mexico now renamed to Gulf of America, Denali to Mount McKinley
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/interior-department-gulf-of-mexico-america/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students and religious people to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/ice-activity-new-york-new-jersey-schools-places-of-worship/

REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/some-migrants-turn-pricey-smugglers-or-riskier-routes-after-trump-clampdown-2025-01-24/

NEWSWEEK
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who voted for Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-immigrants-fearing-trump-ice-deportation-raids-stay-home-2019296

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-24/some-migrants-turn-to-pricey-smugglers-or-riskier-routes-after-trump-clampdown

NEW YORK TIMES
— At Trump Luncheon, Billionaires Cozy Up to Policymakers
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000009942342/at-trump-luncheon-billionaires-cozy-up-to-policymakers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/immigration-mexico-trump/eab0c612-da10-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/24/immigration-raids-deportations-trump-ice/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/24/trump-dei-rollback-inequality/

USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republican and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/01/24/health-wildfire-los-angeles-madison-keys-trump-dei/77922903007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A ‘Pay Penalty’ Is Keeping Men Out of Classrooms. Male teachers can help struggling boys, but few men choose to go into teaching.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/education-low-pay-male-teachers-8c3bfa30
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The typical college-educated man made $95,000 in 2023, compared with $65,000 for male teachers—a $30,000 pay gap, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of census data stored at the University of Minnesota. The comparable gap for women was $12,000.)

FORTUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://fortune.com/2025/01/24/migrants-us-asylum-appointments-canceled-trump-crossing-border/

BARRON’S
— America’s enemies ever-increasingly send their citizens to America illegally.
https://www.barrons.com/news/asylum-access-universally-recognised-right-un-says-after-trump-halts-arrivals-9c5a8983

INC.
— Since the 1960s, Democrats have ever-increasingly used their anti-discrimination laws to discriminate against Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/trump-federal-contracting-order-reverses-60-years-of-anti-discrimination-progress/91130572

AARP
— 10 Sneaky Retirement Expenses You May Not See Coming (COMMENT: The list includes: Health care/wellness, Home maintenance and modifications, Home and car insurance, Utilities, Taxes, and Staying connected. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is a) only 44% of what my salary was when I was 49 in 1997 and b) less than what my salary was when I was 23 in 1972.)
https://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-2023/most-common-underestimated-expenses.html

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— What’s Next for OFCCP? Agency Issues First Statement After President Trump’s Revocation of EO 11246
https://natlawreview.com/article/whats-next-ofccp-agency-issues-first-statement-after-president-trumps-revocation-eo

AMERICAN LAWYER
— The Justice Department rescinded job offers to dozens of law school students who were set to join the agency this year, while attorneys already in the government are worried about the risk of losing their jobs. (COMMENT: When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That had a tremendous impact on the rest of my life.)
https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2025/01/24/government-attorneys-face-reassignment-rescinded-job-offers-in-first-days-of-trump-administration/

LAW 360
— Convenience store chain Circle K requires store managers to make trips to other locations to pick up out-of-stock items but doesn’t reimburse them for the costs associated with this travel.  (COMMENT: Prior to Diersen v. IRS ( SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 ) IRS used a purposely vague definition of “commuting area” to reward and to punish its employees.)
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2288288/circle-k-fails-to-pay-for-travel-costs-manager-says

RASMUSSON REPORTS
— 45% View China as Enemy of U.S.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/45_view_china_as_enemy_of_u_s



January 5, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington receive the highest US civilian honor. With just days left in the Presidential office, Biden has issued awards and medals to valiant military veterans, courageous law enforcement officials and exceptional Americans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/joe-biden-medal-of-freedom/3637832/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago leaders, we have an antisemitism problem (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my Jewish supervisors to take adverse actions against me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/05/opinion-chicago-antisemitism-problem/
— Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/04/reminders-jan-6-attack-capitol-as-trump-retakes-power/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/01/04/homelessness-rate-chicago-migrants-affordable-housing

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote the “Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.” Democrat and RINO leaders do not want Trump to deport their illegals. Democrats and RINO leaders have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army. Democrat and RINO leaders exploit illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250104/news/whats-the-role-of-local-police-in-feds-mass-deportations/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote the “Immigrant Solidarity DuPage.” Democrat and RINO leaders do not want Trump to deport their illegals. Democrats and RINO leaders have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army. Democrat and RINO leaders exploit illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250104/news/prepared-for-the-worst-suburban-immigrants-brace-for-mass-deportations/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, mass violence ever-increasingly grows.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250104/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-staying-positive-determined-well-be-in-a-really-bad-place-if-we-accept-ma/

WGN RADO
— Democrat and RINO leaders do not want Trump to deport their illegals. Democrats and RINO leaders have declared war on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat/RINO Army. Democrat and RINO leaders exploit illegals.
https://wgnradio.com/lets-get-legal/will-president-trump-have-the-power-to-deport-illegal-immigrants/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Illinois Taxpayers to Pay Millions in Damages for Pritzker’s “Gender Affirming” Politics (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been promoting LGBTQ in your school district?)
https://johnkassnews.com/illinois-taxpayers-will-pay-millions-in-damages-for-pritzkers-gender-affirming-theme-parks/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the ones I took. But would illegals stoop to take the bad jobs that I took? I doubt it. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are/were you overpaid? According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, I earned $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, $55,850/year in 1971, $68,315/year in 1972, $82,655/year in 1973, $99,069/year in 1974, $112,280/year in 1980, $117,807/year in 1986, and $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois drops to No. 39 in wages for entry level workers  (COMMENT: When were you an entry level worker? GAO audits IRS. Much of what IRS Revenue Officers and GAO Analysts do is very similar. My Democrat GAO superiors let me transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, but only if I would take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut, that is, only if I would transfer in as an entry level worker. That shouted to my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that they considered the following to be worthless: a) what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) my almost having completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1093e1b8-ca06-11ef-a80b-277ed6c5f901.html
— State Rep. Chris Miller, R-Oakland, criticizes $20 million in tax funds for electric buses
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_451f691e-c9f9-11ef-948c-0b7882cdd2a8.html

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Drury, Proft reach deal to end 10-year-long defamation suit over campaign ads (COMMENT: My critics/opponents openly defame me less because I have filed lawsuits. Instead, they have their judgement proof operatives and dupes do their dirty work.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/667398636-drury-proft-reach-deal-to-end-10-year-long-defamation-suit-over-campaign-ads

WIREPOINTS
— It’s everyday Chicagoans that get hit by the new city budget. More taxes, more fees, more fines. (COMMENT: Have you lived and/or worked in Chicago? I lived in Chicago in 1971 and then 1974-1978. I worked in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. I took college courses in Chicago 1966-1968, 1971-1980, and 1992-1997.)
https://wirepoints.org/its-everyday-chicagoans-that-get-hit-by-the-new-city-budget-more-taxes-more-fees-more-fines-wirepoints-on-univision-chicago/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Honduran president threatens to boot US military if Trump deports its citizens
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3276439/honduran-president-threatens-to-boot-us-military-if-trump-deports-its-citizens/
— U-Haul report places Illinois near the bottom of places people are moving to. (COMMENT: The Democrats who run Illinois attract Democrats to Illinois a) who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally and/or b) who have severe health, financial, and/or other problems, lack education and/or work experience, and/or want/need/demand massive government assistance. The Democrats who run Illinois drive Republicans out of Illinois who are White, male, older, conservative, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3276470/u-haul-report-places-illinois-near-the-bottom-of-places-people-are-moving-to/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden honors Dem donor George Soros, Hillary Clinton with Presidential Medal of Freedom, sparking outrage: ‘A national disgrace’
https://nypost.com/2025/01/04/us-news/joe-biden-bestows-presidential-medal-of-freedom-to-george-soros-hillary-clinton/

BREITBART
— Mexican President Changes Mind on Receiving Deported Migrants from Other Countries
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/01/04/mexican-president-warms-to-possibility-of-receiving-deported-migrants-from-other-countries/

HOT AIR
— Trump and Musk Are Right: Legal Immigrants a Boon to US Economy (COMMENT: All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.)
https://hotair.com/stephen-moore/2025/01/05/trump-and-musk-are-right-legal-immigrants-a-boon-to-us-economy-n3798463

PJ MEDIA
— The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) reportedly drafted its standards of “care” with advice from members of a fetish forum founded by a convicted pedophile. Turns out all of us “conspiracy theorists” who said transgenders are sexually grooming kids were right.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/01/04/trans-health-assoc-took-advice-from-pedo-fetish-forum-n4935671

TOWNHALL
— Mexican President Shifts Stance on Accepting Deported Illegal Immigrants
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/04/mexican-president-changes-course-about-receiving-deported-illegal-immigrants-from-other-countries-n2649983

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— What the visa feud says about the coming Trump administration (COMMENT: My critics/opponents a) want H-1B, that is, they want cheap labor and b) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been overpaid.)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/politics/trump-musk-h1b-visa-analysis/index.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— The Pros and Cons of Working While in College (COMMENT: I should write about the pros and cons of my working all the part-time hours that I could while I was a student at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969. The pros include my graduating debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. The cons include my GPA suffering.)
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/weighing-the-pros-and-cons-of-working-while-in-college

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/opinion/biden-trump-government-dei-diversity.html
— The Failures of the Health Insurance System (COMMENT: Because of my federal employment and retirement, since 1966 (except September 1969-June 1971), the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance, and since 1978, 72% of my wife’s health insurance. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/opinion/letters/health-insurance-failures.html
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most biggest adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/opinion/trump-loyalty-cabinet-presidents.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California’s tech titans say H-1B visas are vital. Will Trump defy MAGA and support them? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents a) want H-1B, that is, they want cheap labor and b) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been overpaid.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-31/its-musk-vs-maga-on-immigrant-worker-visas-what-will-trump-do-on-the-h-1b
— Honduras leader suggests ending cooperation with U.S. military over Trump deportation threat
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-04/honduras-leader-suggests-ending-cooperation-with-u-s-military-over-trump-deportation-threat

BALTIMORE SUN
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/04/gop-must-not-be-held-hostage-by-right-wing-fringes-editorial/

FORBES
— 10 Jobs That Pay Six Figures In 2024 (COMMENT: I did not start earning $100,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 25 in 1974. By then, I had worked for IRS for 3 years and I had completed ten graduate evening business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/07/25/six-figure-salary-jobs/

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
— Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector Employees (COMMENT: My GAO salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars when was 49 years old in 1997. What would my salary have been if I had a private-sector job? I had a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and c) became a licensed CPA in 1981. I had earned a) an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and c) a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I had become a Certified a) Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I had worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years and for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years before that.)
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60235
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal government employs about 2.3 million civilian workers—or 1.4 percent of the U.S. workforce—in jobs that represent over 650 occupations at more than 100 agencies. It competes with private-sector employers for people who possess the mix of attributes needed to do the work of its various agencies. In fiscal year 2022, the federal government spent roughly $271 billion to compensate those civilian employees. About 60 percent of that total was spent on civilian personnel working in the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Homeland Security. Compared with private-sector workers, federal workers tend to be older, more educated, and more concentrated in professional occupations. To account for those differences, the Congressional Budget Office limited its comparisons to employees with a set of similar observable characteristics—education, occupation, years of work experience, geographic location, size of employer, veteran status, and certain demographic characteristics (sex, race, ethnicity, marital status, immigration status, and citizenship)—in this report. Even so, the estimates do not show precisely what federal workers would earn if they were employed in comparable positions in the private sector. Even among workers with similar observable characteristics, federal and private-sector employees may differ in other traits, such as motivation or natural ability, that are not easy to measure but that can greatly affect individuals’ compensation.)

PROPUBLICA
— If You’re Over 50, Chances Are the Decision to Leave a Job Won’t be Yours. A new data analysis by ProPublica and the Urban Institute shows more than half of older U.S. workers are pushed out of longtime jobs before they choose to retire, suffering financial damage that is often irreversible. (COMMENT: Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is a) only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars and b) less than what my IRS salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.propublica.org/article/older-workers-united-states-pushed-out-of-work-forced-retirement

REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://reason.com/2025/01/05/the-fragile-u-s-refugee-resettlement-system/

KFF
— Key Facts about the Uninsured Population (COMMENT: Because of my federal employment and retirement, since 1966 (except September 1969-June 1971), the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance, and since 1978, 72% of my wife’s health insurance. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.kff.org/uninsured/issue-brief/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/

COMMON DREAMS
— Americans Are Angry About Their Health Insurance (COMMENT: Because of my federal employment and retirement, since 1966 (except September 1969-June 1971), the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance, and since 1978, 72% of my wife’s health insurance. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/americans-angry-health-insurance

January 4, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— IL Dems warn sanctuary city funding to support immigrants could be stripped if GOP rules bill passes. Illinois Democrats also preparing for possible mass deportations, starting with people who have criminal records
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-democrats-warn-sanctuary-city-funding-support-immigrants-could-stripped-republican-rules-package-passes/15749348/
— Thornton Township stops bus service for senior citizens amid government shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/thornton-township-stops-bus-service-senior-services-amid-government-shutdown-tiffany-henyard-trustees-remain-stalemate/15748891/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Donald Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/03/mexico-receiving-non-mexican-deportees-trump/
— Downers Grove library board tables controversial proposal on leadership structure
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/03/downers-grove-library-board-tables-controversial-proposal-on-leadership-structure/
— Orland Park pastor indicted with Trump sees ‘eventual case collapse’ with Georgia court ruling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/03/orland-park-pastor-trump-georgia-case/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republican Rep. Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote. Johnson was able to flip two remaining holdouts who switched to support him, drawing applause from Republicans. The final tally: 218 to 215.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/03/republican-rep-mike-johnson-reelected-house-speaker-in-dramatic-floor-vote

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Soldier who blew up Tesla at Trump hotel left note saying blast was to be a ‘wakeup call’ for US. A highly decorated Army soldier who fatally shot himself just before an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was a stunt to serve as “wake up call” for the country’s ills.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/soldier-who-blew-up-tesla-at-trump-hotel-left-note-saying-blast-was-to-be/article_ed4ab416-6eaa-583f-924a-60c88d04eb1c.html

25 NEWS NOW
_ Illinois Democrat leaders mix in “reproductive healthcare decisions” to promote abortion.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/01/04/new-state-law-aims-prevent-discrimination-based-abortion-fertility-care/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-reminders-of-jan-6-attack-fade-in-the-capitol-as-trump-retakes-power/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Electric vehicle adoption rate slams into reverse in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/electric-vehicle-adoption-rate-slams-into-reverse-in-illinois-wirepoints-quickpoint/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What Republicans Are Doing in the U.S. House of Representatives
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/03/what-republicans-are-doing-in-the-u-s-house-of-representatives/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Johnson wins speaker’s gavel again on first vote in new Congress
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/mike-johnson-wins-house-speaker-gavel-delayed-firs/
— How Democrats, mainstream media used and abused Jan. 6 ‘insurrection’  Congress will again certify Electoral College result.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/democrats-mainstream-media-used-abused-jan-6-insur/
— Washington’s new majority party needs to stop acting like the minority party
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/3/editorial-washington-new-majority-party-needs-stop/

AMERICAN THINKER
— 1,100 anchor babies born every day in US
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/2024_1_100_anchor_babies_born_every_day_in_us.html
— The Immigration Battle Begins
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/the_immigration_battle_begins.html
— The Whites Who Deserve Reparations
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/the_whites_who_deserve_reparations.html
— Walt Disney Corporation: The journey from Fantasia to transgenderism
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/walt_disney_corporation_the_journey_from_fantasia_to_transgenderism.html

COMPACT MAGAZINE
— How the H-1B System Undercuts American Workers
https://www.compactmag.com/article/no-there-arent-good-h-1b-visas/

DAILY CALLER
— Judge Orders Trump Sentencing Before Inauguration Day
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/03/judge-orders-trump-sentencing-before-inauguration-day/

EPOCH TIMES
— Johnson Re-elected Speaker on 1st Ballot. In a 218–215 vote, Johnson was elected on the first ballot in spite of short-lived hiccups early in the vote.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/johnson-elected-speaker-on-1st-ballot-5785811
— New York Judge Orders Trump’s Sentencing for Jan. 10. New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss the case.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/new-york-judge-orders-trumps-sentencing-for-jan-10-post-5785959
— US Health Insurance: What Are Its Problems and Potential Solutions?  An overview of the chief complaints, root causes, and possible solutions to the United States’ health insurance dilemma. (COMMENT: Since 1966 (except September 1969-June 1971), the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance, and since 1978, 72% of my wife’s health insurance. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/us-health-insurance-what-are-its-problems-and-potential-solutions-5777354

FOX NEWS
— ‘Radical’ FBI practices on DEI ‘endangered’ Americans, Blackburn says in letter demanding answers from Wray. ‘Put simply, your focus on woke DEI initiatives at the FBI has endangered our national security and the lives of all Americans,’ Blackburn wrote to the FBI director. (COMMENT: Promoting DEI always was my Democrat superiors’ top priority.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/radical-fbi-practices-dei-endangered-americans-blackburn-says-letter-demanding-answers-from-wray
— Biden ripped for repeatedly saying ‘White supremacy’ is America’s greatest threat (COMMENT: To get more votes from minorities, Democrats ever-increasingly shout at minorities that Republicans are White supremacists.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366665849112

NEW AMERICAN
— Honduran President Will Close U.S. Military Base If Trump Deports Honduran Illegals
https://thenewamerican.com/world-news/honduran-president-will-close-u-s-military-base-if-trump-deports-honduran-illegals/

NEWSMAX
— Scalise Calls Out DEI in Law Enforcement Following Attack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/scalise-dei-fbi/2025/01/03/id/1193818/

TOWNHALL
— Mexican Immigration Officials Is Helping Illegals Enter US Through Taxi Scheme
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/01/03/report-mexican-immigration-officials-helping-illegals-enter-us-through-taxi-scheme-n2649942
— The West Does Not Even Know That It Is Committing Suicide
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2025/01/04/the-west-does-not-even-know-that-it-is-committing-suicide-n2649945

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump rips Biden for honoring Cheney, Thompson with ‘Fake Medals’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5065950-trump-biden-cheney-medal/
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5063897-black-americans-victims-crime/

NBC NEWS
— Trump is fixated on Abe Lincoln. The president-elect’s habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one at that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fixated-abe-lincoln-rcna183475

REUTERS
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-RACE/USA/nmopajawjva/

MSN
— Generation Z Members Need a $500K-Plus Salary To Feel Successful (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being over grossly paid. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional licenses, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.msn.com/en-my/money/markets/one-generation-needs-a-500k-plus-salary-to-feel-successful-does-that-track-with-the-economy/ar-AA1wVM16
— Take a look inside a historic 54-room Gilded Age (1870-1910) mansion that belonged to one of America’s richest families (COMMENT: During the Gilded Age, my ancestors on my father’s side ran Crete’s only hardware store. In 1902, they had the 4,030 sq. ft. 1285 Main Street built in Crete ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). My ancestors on my mother’s side bought a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/take-a-look-inside-a-historic-54-room-gilded-age-mansion-that-belonged-to-one-of-america-s-richest-families/ss-AA1nVP4N

AOL
— IRS cuts make Uncle Sam lose money — Reducing the enforcement budget is bad policy. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts first to get rid of their employees who are Republican and then those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.aol.com/editorial-irs-cuts-uncle-sam-090000923.html

CBS NEWS
— Social Security Fairness Act set to get Biden’s signature
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-fairness-act-biden/

USA TODAY
— Democrats always blur the distinction between legal and illegal immigrants.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/02/trump-musk-immigration-h1b-visa-jobs/77317795007/
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/15/systemic-racism-what-does-mean/5343549002/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Has Reeled in More Than $200 Million Since Election Day
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/trump-inaugural-donations.html
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opinion/racism-christianity.html
— How the Democrats Lost the Working Class (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. My critics/opponents despise/hate the working class.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/democrats-working-class.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Harris to oversee electoral count, restoring norm that Trump shattered. The vice president on Monday is scheduled to certify the victory of a man she repeatedly called unfit for office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/04/harris-oversees-certification-trump-victory/
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-covid-19-world-systemic-racism-is-deadly/2020/07/14/aabe1672-c601-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html

BALTIMORE SUN
— Trump won despite the tremendous amount of hatred that the Democrat mainstream news media promoted against him.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/03/nation-badly-needs-a-better-informed-electorate-reader-commentary/

DESERT SUN
— Top 10 H-1B visas issued by California employers in 2024 (COMMENT: The list includes Google, Meta, Apple, Cisco, Qualcomm, and LinkedIn.)
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/nation/california/2025/01/03/who-were-top-california-employers-for-h-1b-visa-workers-in-2024/77414421007/

HERALD REVIEW
— Trump’s Secret Weapon for Mass Deportations: E-Verify (COMMENT: How many illegals are employed in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?)
https://www.myheraldreview.com/opinion/commentary/trumps-secret-weapon-for-mass-deportations-e-verify/article_a8468824-c9f4-11ef-9ee7-e32b924f3c4e.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Banning TikTok Would Violate America’s Free Speech Tradition, It’s up to the Supreme Court whether the U.S. will join China, Afghanistan and other authoritarian countries that have barred their citizens from using the popular social media app. (COMMENT: Back when I was young, that is, back in the good old days, I was able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) earn master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, d) get married when I was 29, e) pass the CPA examination when I was 30, and f) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/banning-tiktok-would-violate-americas-free-speech-tradition-a27bd88a
— What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up? As American 30-somethings increasingly bypass the traditional milestones of adulthood, economists are warning that what seemed like a lag may in fact be a permanent state of arrested development.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/what-happens-when-a-whole-generation-never-grows-up-d200e9ef
— I Traded My News Apps for Rumble, the Right-Wing YouTube. Here’s What I Saw.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/13/business/rumble-trump-bongino-kirk.html
— Musk’s Misinformation About Tech Visas
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/opinion/musk-h1b-visas.html

FORBES
— Government and politics are nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2020/06/29/systemic-racism-in-the-workplace-how-to-move-from-acknowledgment-to-lasting-change/

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— My Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in pay-for-performance (PFP) first to get rid of their employees who were Republican and then their employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors had been in America for a long time. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP purposes.
https://hbr.org/2024/10/research-pay-for-performance-doesnt-have-to-stress-workers-out

YAHOO FINANCE
— Net Worth for Retirees: How To Tell Whether You’re Poor, Middle Class or Rich (COMMENT: Since we got married in 1978, my wife and I always saved as much as we could for our retirement. We always lived on just one of our paychecks. My Democrat GAO superiors knew that and used that to justify in their minds forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. According to them, we could afford our losing $86,371/year (56%) annual income in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year and my Civil Service Retirement System pension would be 44% of it or $66,780/year. They knew my wife’s salary, how much we had saved for our retirement, and how much more we were on track to save. They knew we had no dependents or debts. They knew we owned 915 Cove Court in Wheaton. They knew we owned three collector cars. They knew that the federal government would continue to pay 72% of our health insurance.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/net-worth-retirees-tell-whether-155106510.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Poor retirees: Poor retirees are in the lower 20th percentile, and may have a net worth of around $10,000. This is often without property ownership, forcing many to rely mainly on Social Security or minimal pensions. Middle-class retirees: Making up the 50th percentile, with a median net worth of approximately $281,000, this group usually includes home equity, retirement savings and a 401(k) plan. Upper-middle-class retirees: These retirees possess a net worth between $201,800 and $608,900. They have diversified assets and enjoy a comfortable retirement cushion. Rich retirees: In the 90th percentile, with net worth starting at $1.9 million, this group has much more financial freedom and is able to afford luxuries and legacy planning.)

WORKLIFE
— Can favoritism at work be a motivator? (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and supervisors required me to give preference big time to my Democrat coworkers and subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.worklife.news/leadership/can-favoritism-at-work-be-a-motivator/

TIME
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://time.com/5851855/systemic-racism-america/

BROOKINGS
— Government and politics are nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/women-are-advancing-in-the-workplace-but-women-of-color-still-lag-behind/

ACLU
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/ending-systemic-racism-requires-ensuring-systemic-equality

PBS
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/annual-report-shows-systemic-racism-continues-to-bring-down-black-peoples-quality-of-life
— Government and politics are nasty/vicious. Democrats are nasty/vicious. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government a) stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time and b) hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/what-the-pandemic-taught-us-about-racism-at-work-and-how-to-handle-going-back-to-the-office

BROOKINGS
— Ever since the Civil War, Democrats have ever-increasingly shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/learning-to-live-together-how-education-can-help-fight-systemic-racism/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— A slightly more sanguine view of the Department of Government Efficiency
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2024/12/a-slightly-more-sanguine-view-of-the-department-of-government-efficiency/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Absolutely. And that’s why Ramaswamy saying we’re going to eliminate 75% of federal employees is absurd, and frankly, won’t save much money. If you really do an efficiency examination of every agency you will find certain agencies that are actually understaffed. Like you mentioned, the IRS. Try calling the IRS and getting through. It’s nearly impossible. The IRS is likely understaffed and may need more employees. On the flip side, I would argue the Department of Agriculture is overstaffed with about 100,000 employees. So really you have to go agency by agency. You can’t just start out with a goal: I’m going to get rid of this many employees and do a good job. You really have to determine after reforming each agency. Do we need more or fewer people to do this work?)

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write my critics/opponents and their biggest bullies.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/resilience-to-bullying/202412/why-dr-phil-said-trump-is-not-a-bully

DAILY KOS
— Anticipate/expect that that Democrats and RINOs will do everything that they can to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/4/2294706/-10-Suggestions-for-Surviving-the-Second-Trump-Regime

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago on verge of bankruptcy thanks to ultra-generous public sector pension scheme (COMMENT: I have been getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $66,780/year) since I was 49 years old in 1997 and my Democrat GAO superiors forced me into early retirement. To get that pension, I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a professional license in 1981.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14238303/chicago-pension-crisis-debt-public-sector.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Midwestern city has fostered a rocky financial situation by offering extremely generous retirement benefits to public workers.)

December 22, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 8 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-6-shot-2-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/15687569/
— Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/senate-passes-social-security-benefits-boost-many-public-service-retirees/15686425/
— CPS CEO Pedro Martinez plans to fight board’s decision to fire him. Lawyers for Martinez told ABC7 they plan to go to court to reverse the decision to fire him without cause. (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, my attorney Walter T. Charlton ( https://www.lawyer.com/walter-charlton.html ) filed Diersen v. GAO in Washington DC in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  The suit was transferred to Chicago in 2000.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cps-board-meeting-today-pedro-martinez-responds-mayor-johnsons-interim-boards-vote-fire-chicago-public-schools-ceo/15685626/

WTTW
— Government Shutdown is Averted Just After Deadline as Congress Rejects Trump’s Debt Limit Demands
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/21/government-shutdown-averted-just-after-deadline-congress-rejects-trumps-debt-limit
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters blame Trump for Amazon and Starbucks Strikes
https://news.wttw.com/2024/12/21/amazon-and-starbucks-workers-are-strike-trump-might-have-something-do-it

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/21/senate-passes-social-security-benefits/
— Tax reform, deficit reduction and a functional IRS all go hand in hand (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $115,439-$123,136/year.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/editorial-tax-reform-deficit-reduction-and-a-functional-irs-all-go-hand-in-hand/
— Corruption has burdened Illinois since its earliest days. But change is possible. Here’s how.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/illinois-corruption-solutions/?clearUserState=true

DAILY HERALD
— Trump taps West suburban Catholic school leader as next Vatican ambassador
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241220/nation-and-world/trump-taps-west-suburban-catholic-school-leader-as-next-vatican-ambassador/
— Illinois is ending its 1% tax on groceries. Will your town replace it?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241221/news/illinois-is-ending-its-1-tax-on-groceries-will-your-town-replace-it/
— Trump’s popularity is rising; what will the resistance do?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241222/syndicated-columnists/trumps-popularity-is-rising-what-will-the-resistance-do/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— As Trump looks to cut electric vehicle aid, Illinois is charging forward
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/as-trump-looks-to-cut-electric-vehicle-aid-illinois-is-charging-forward/article_134148ea-b8f1-11ef-bdfb-cfdbcc70af43.html

CITIES 92.9
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.
https://www.cities929.com/2024/12/21/state-immigration-advocates-plot-strategy-for-trumps-deportation-plans/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Now that Trump has won, how do you predict that the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Illinois, your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct will react? Will their hatred against Trump grow and grow and grow? From what I see, Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are the easiest targets for their hatred. How strongly will the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county/township/ward organizations come to their defense? I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. 478 voted for Harris in my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who will Trump appoint to be the next U.S. Comptroller General, that is, who will Trump appoint to be the next head of GAO?  The U.S. Comptroller General’s term of office is set statutorily at 15 years and they are not eligible for reappointment. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GAO’S WEBSITE at https://www.gao.gov/about/comptroller-general : How the Comptroller General is Selected  The Congress established the current procedure for nominating a Comptroller General when it passed the GAO Act of 1980. Under the act, the Comptroller General is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. When a vacancy occurs in the office of the Comptroller General, the Congress establishes a commission to recommend individuals to the President. The commission consists of the following: The Speaker of the House of Representatives, The President Pro Tempore of the Senate,
The majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate, The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The commission must recommend at least three individuals to the President, and the President may request that the commission recommend additional individuals. The President then selects an individual from those recommended to nominate as the new Comptroller General. The President’s nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. Comptrollers general are appointed for one nonrenewable 15-year term. The commission process has thus been followed three times now, leading to the President’s nomination, and the Senate’s confirmation, of the sixth Comptroller General, Charles A. Bowsher in 1981; the seventh Comptroller General, David M. Walker, in 1998; and the eighth Comptroller General, Gene Dodaro, in 2010.)
— About GAO. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $115,439-$150,075/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GAO’S WEBSITE AT https://www.gao.gov/about :GAO, often called the “congressional watchdog,” is an independent, non-partisan agency that works for Congress. GAO examines how taxpayer dollars are spent and provides Congress and federal agencies with objective, non-partisan, fact-based information to help the government save money and work more efficiently. For example, we identified about $67.5 billion in financial benefits for the federal government in fiscal year 2024—a return of approximately $76 for every dollar invested. GAO’s average return on investment for the past 6 years is $123 to $1. We also identified 1,232 other benefits that led to program and operational improvements across the government. To learn more, read our press release about our fiscal year 2024 performance. . .GAO provides Congress, the heads of executive agencies, and the public with timely, fact-based, non-partisan information that can be used to improve government and save taxpayers billions of dollars. Our work is done at the request of congressional committees or subcommittees or is statutorily required by public laws or committee reports, per our Congressional Protocols. . .GAO employees make a difference every day by providing Congress and federal agencies with objective, nonpartisan, fact-based information to help the government save money and work more efficiently on a wide range of issues and topics. Our work has national and international impact. We talk directly to the decision makers who can improve government and implement change.)

MARTIN LUTHER KING REPUBLICANS
— Why Birthright Citizenship Distorts the Spirit of 14A
martinlutherkingrepublicans.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— FOID Card Constitutionality Case at Appellate Court Level
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/21/foid-card-constitutionality-case-at-appellate-court-level/
— RTA Subsidies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/21/rta-capital-subsidies-by-county-chicago/
— Small Business Hurting in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/21/small-business-hurting-in-illinois/
— Looks as if Illegal Aliens Boosted Illinois Population
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/21/looks-as-if-illegal-aliens-boosted-illinois-population/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois holiday shoppers pay sales taxes as high as 11.5%
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-holiday-shoppers-pay-sales-taxes-as-high-as-11-5-2/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump sues to stop Biden’s sale of border wall gear
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/21/donald-trump-sues-stop-joe-biden-sale-border-wall-/
— Senate gives final approval to restore Social Security benefits to government workers (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/19/senate-gives-final-approval-restore-social-securit/

NEW YORK POST
— White House aides were hiding Biden’s mental decline, but we all saw it in plain sight
https://nypost.com/2024/12/21/opinion/michael-goodwin-white-house-aides-were-hiding-bidens-mental-decline-but-we-all-saw-it-in-plain-sight/
— Spending mess shows Dems will try to stop Trump every step of the way — which is why he must act fast
https://nypost.com/2024/12/20/opinion/dems-will-try-to-stop-trump-every-step-of-the-way-which-is-why-he-must-act-fast/
— Native-born US workforce totals dipped — as immigrant labor figures rose
https://nypost.com/2024/12/21/us-news/native-born-us-workforce-totals-dipped-as-immigrant-labor-figures-rose-report/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The unbounded arrogance of America’s illegal aliens and their allies
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/12/the_unbounded_arrogance_of_america_s_illegal_aliens_and_their_allies.html

BREITBART
— Biden’s Legacy: 390,000 Fewer Illegals Deported from U.S. than Under Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/21/biden-legacy-390000-fewer-illegals-deported-u-s-than-under-trump/
— Census Bureau: Biden’s Mass Immigration Drives U.S. Population to Over 340 Million
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/21/census-bureau-bidens-mass-immigration-drives-u-s-population-to-over-340-million/

FOX NEWS
— Report highlights prevalence of DEI at Ivy League institutions: ‘Dominant ideology’  A new report documented how the elite schools use DEI (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/report-highlights-prevalence-dei-ivy-league-institutions-dominant-ideology

NEW AMERICAN
— Deportation: Do We “Please Migrants” — or Muster Up the Guts to Save America?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/deportation-do-we-please-migrants-or-muster-up-the-guts-to-save-america/

REAL CLEAR POLLONG
— Demographics Are Never Destiny (COMMENT: From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-reminder-that-demographics-are-never-destiny/ar-AA1weCIw

TOWNHALL
— Doing Some Last Minute Christmas Shopping? Make Sure to Avoid Woke Companies.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/12/21/avoiding-woke-christmas-companies-n2649262

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats’ hard 2024 lesson: Demographic change and identity politics aren’t enough (COMMENT: To win future elections, anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly a) promote more hatred against Republicans and b) promise even more preference for voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, have health, financial, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5012659-democratic-party-alienating-minorities/

NBC NEWS
— The year of newly minted Indian American GOP stars. Indian Americans are the perhaps most well represented minority in the Trump administration this cycle. Some find that surprising, but experts say the group has long been poised to slip into the current Republican mold.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indian-americans-most-represented-minority-trump-2024-administration-rcna183503

CBS NEWS
— Lara Trump says she’s removing herself from consideration for Marco Rubio’s Florida Senate seat
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lara-trump-removing-herself-from-consideration-marco-rubio-florida-senate-seat/

CNN
— Liberal leaders say they have a plan for a new, more effective anti-Trump resistance in 2025
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/22/politics/resistance-trump-liberal-groups/index.html

REUTERS
— Trump says he might demand Panama hand over canal
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-he-might-demand-panama-hand-over-canal-2024-12-22/

NEWSWEEK
— Elon Musk’s Journey from Obama to Trump Aligns With Many Americans
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-journey-obama-trump-aligns-americans-2004490

AP & U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Isolated Chicago Communities Secure Money for a Coveted Transit Project Before Trump Takes Office (COMMENT: If Crete had commuter rail service like Wheaton has, I might still be a Crete resident. If Crete had commuter rail service, I would have used it to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and UIC classes 1966-1968. Because Crete did not have commuter rail service, I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and the summer in between 1964-1966 to earn enough money to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and UIC classes 1966-1968.)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-transit-infrastructure-grant-roseland-7ff01930f390300db86877428c37bf89
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2024-12-22/isolated-chicago-communities-secure-money-for-a-coveted-transit-project-before-trump-takes-office

NEW YORK TIMES
— Congress Approves Full Social Security Benefits for Public Sector Retirees. The popular measure gives full benefits to millions of people who currently receive them at a reduced level. Critics warn the $196 billion cost will speed up the program’s insolvency. (COMMENT: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension. I paid into Social Security for 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, and sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/congress-social-security.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill eliminates two provisions set up decades ago to shore up Social Security’s solvency. Projections show the Social Security fund will run out of money in 2038 and, if no action is taken before then, beneficiaries would see a 27 percent cut in benefits. Passage of the measure speeds up that timeline by six months. Twenty-seven Republicans joined Democrats in support. The two provisions were designed to prevent what is known as “double dipping” on retirement benefits by certain public employees and their relatives. It primarily affects two groups. One is public employees who receive pensions that are exempt from Social Security payroll taxes, but who also worked at least 10 years in jobs that required them to pay into the system. Such workers appear in the Social Security system as though they earned far less over their lifetimes than they actually did, and since the program pays out a higher proportion of low earners’ incomes in benefits, they receive a larger retirement benefit than they otherwise would. Another is people who receive public pensions but also become eligible for Social Security survivor benefits upon the death of a spouse or family member. Under the current law, both groups face a reduction in their benefits. The legislation on its way to enactment would allow them to receive the full amount. “We have spent decades working to pass this legislation, and tonight is a victory for all the public servants who will finally get the Social Security they have earned,” said Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat who was a lead co-sponsor of the bill. The bill marked Mr. Brown’s final legislative achievement, after he lost a brutal and expensive re-election bid last month. “Tonight, Congress ensured that police officers, firefighters, teachers and public servants across Ohio will be able to retire with the Social Security they spent their lives paying into,” he said. Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine and a lead sponsor of the measure, framed the issue as a “long overdue” matter of fairness affecting teachers, firefighters and police officers as well as some federal employees who were hired before 1984, when the federal pension system was brought under the Social Security system. In a floor speech Wednesday, Ms. Collins cited one of her constituents, a retired female schoolteacher who had to return to work at age 72 after her husband’s death to make financial ends meet. The woman’s husband was a Navy veteran who paid into Social Security for 40 years, but since she received a public pension from the school system, her surviving spousal benefits through Social Security were reduced by two-thirds. “This is an unfair, inequitable penalty,” Ms. Collins said. Public sector workers who are currently being penalized, she said, “have earned these benefits.” Public sector retirees and their allies on Capitol Hill in both parties have pressed for the measure for decades. It has sailed through Congress over the last several weeks, bypassing the usual committee process after proponents in the House collected 218 signatures on a so-called “discharge petition” to force it to the floor. Senate leaders also skipped committee consideration. But it faced vocal pushback in the Senate from fiscal conservatives. Several senators, mostly Republicans, warned that the bill could set off a chain reaction of unintended consequences by eliminating the two provisions. “We all agree the status quo is unfair, and it penalizes millions of hardworking Americans,” said Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, an independent who railed against the federal debt. “But we also have an obligation to honor our promises to ensure that Social Security is going to be there for the people who have paid into it and have earned it, and also those generations who come after.” Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, argued that a bill affecting the financial integrity of Social Security was too important to rush through at the end of the year without debate. The nearly $200-billion setback for the trust fund, he argued, would only make it more difficult to fix the longer-term issue of Social Security’s solvency. “There’s so much riding on us getting this right and having the courage to fix Social Security over the next few years,” he said. Other Republicans said the legislation righted a wrong that should have been addressed a long time ago. “I’m just glad we’re finally getting it done,” said Senator Markwayne Mullin, Republican of Oklahoma and a close ally of Mr. Trump’s. “It should have been resolved years ago.” Senator John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, said he had pushed the issue for 30 years in Congress and has repeatedly heard lawmakers promise, “We’ll fix it next year.” “They never have,” Mr. Kennedy said in an interview Wednesday. “People are entitled to receive every penny that they earn, and the way the law works now, they’re not.”)
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/opinion/democrats-trump-opposition.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will exploit their illegal employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/immigration-undocumented-workers-jobs.html
— Justice Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Luxury Trips (COMMENT: While I worked for IRS 1978-1980 and for GAO 1980-1992, I went on many luxury trips with my wife in conjunction with her business travel. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were extremely envious of that if not furious about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/politics/clarence-thomas-trips-disclosure-investigation.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote mor illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/us/politics/biden-trump-deportation-protection.html
— Trump Moves to Replace Officials Whom New Presidents Traditionally Leave Alone. Congress devised some positions to stay on during changes in administrations. But Donald Trump has declared his intent to replace at least three; the director of the F.B.I., the commissioner of the I.R.S. and the director of Voice of America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/us/politics/trump-replace-officials.html
— Illegals Take Dangerous Jobs to Feed America (COMMENT: None of the jobs that I had were dangerous, but according to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid and all the jobs that I had were bad jobs a) that they would never stoop to take and b) that should have been given to young minorities and to young females. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/immigration-undocumented-workers-jobs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/23/nicholas-eberstadt-demographics-united-states-immigration/
— Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media. Press freedom advocates say they fear that the second Trump administration will ramp up pressure on journalists, in keeping with the president-elect’s combative rhetoric. (COMMENT: How does the Trump Administration view GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? Of course, my critics/opponents shout at the Trump Administration that my newsletters cause all the administration’s problems in Illinois including getting only 2.4 million votes in Illinois.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/22/trump-abc-news-settlement-george-stephanopoulos/
— Elon Musk’s wish list for DOGE (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts to get rid of any remining Republican employees. Then they get rid of their employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/20/elon-musk-doge-priorities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ‘Delete’ the IRS  As Trump supporters have pushed for a broad overhaul of the Internal Revenue Service — or to eliminate the tax collector entirely — Musk polled his followers on X about the future of the agency, asking whether the IRS’s budget should be increased, maintained, decreased or “deleted.” Among more than 200,000 respondents, “deleted” won handily, though the poll didn’t exactly use rigorous methodology. Eliminating the IRS would be a radical move. IRS tax collections are the primary source of federal funding. In fiscal 2023, when spending approached $6.2 trillion, the IRS collected nearly $4.7 trillion in gross taxes. So without the IRS, Washington would need a different source of cash. Like a lot of ideas Musk muses about, this change would need approval by Congress. . .shrink the federal payroll  Musk and Ramaswamy have repeatedly emphasized their desire to bring federal workers back to the office full-time. Musk has long been an opponent of remote work, telling employees of his companies to report to the office or resign well before pandemic telework habits ended at many firms. “Those who farm or build or drive can’t work from home and will be very sympathetic to this requirement,” Musk posted recently. Musk and Ramaswamy have also pledged “mass headcount reductions” in the federal workforce, saying they would work to “identify the minimum number of employees” needed to carry out essential functions. The goal isn’t to save money, Ramaswamy recently told the Aspen Security Forum. It’s to align the size of government with its functions — which Musk and Ramaswamy hope to greatly reduce.)

TAMPA BAY
— America is not a meritocracy because it gives tremendous preference to those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or are citizens of foreign countries and those who have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less work experience, less education, and/or no or fewer professional certifications and licenses than others, etc.
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024/12/22/america-meritocracy-is-eye-beholder-letters/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— If/when Hispanics start voting for Republicans, Democrats will dump them like a hot potato.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/latino-voters-trump-marijuana-texas-elon-musk-19900039.php

SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD
— More than 40,000 people in S.F. face deportation. Here’s how we can — and must — protect them. San Francisco must bolster its defenses to protect vulnerable immigrants. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders reject Trump’s election.)
https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2024/12/21/how-sanctuary-cities-can-prepare/

MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Bad Jobs (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, was grossly overpaid and all the jobs that I had were bad jobs a) that they would never stoop to take and b) that should have been given to young minorities and to young females. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://muddyrivernews.com/opinion/daily-dirt-think-your-job-is-bad-maybe-you-should-try-being-an-odor-judge-or-pet-food-taster/20241219065000/

WIFN
— Report highlights prevalence of DEI at Ivy League institutions: ‘Dominant ideology’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://wfin.com/fox-national-news/report-highlights-prevalence-of-dei-at-ivy-league-institutions-dominant-ideology/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump’s Agenda Has New Enforcers: Charlie Kirk and a Legion of Influencers. On podcasts, posts and college campuses, conservatives push their worldview and the president-elect’s policies.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-trump-3f2dd898

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2024/12/21/the-dismantle-dei-act-of-2024-is-here-what-to-know–6-ways-to-win/

PATHEOS
— Listen to Your Employees to Achieve DE&I Goals (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors always listened to their Democrat employees. Those Democrat employees wanted their superiors to get rid of their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/intentionalinsights/2024/12/listen-to-your-employees-to-achieve-dei-goals/