Tag: political

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrats rally in St. Charles to support ban on federal immigration enforcement agencies. Democrats ever increasingly a) encourage citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/st-charles-demonstrators-rally-support-ban-federal-immigration-enforcement-agencies-denounce-ice-border-patrol/18348183/

NBC5
— Protest in Chicago after U.S. military operation in Venezuela, president captured. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Maduro’s capture “violates international law and dangerously escalates the possibility of full-scale war,” in a statement Saturday. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protest-in-chicago-after-u-s-military-operation-in-venezuela-president-captured/3870910/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/operation-midway-blitz-cost/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH BIG PICTURE: North Central University of Naperville? NCC considers name change as it grapples with brand recognition, identity. DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1970 NIU, 1976 Loyola, 1980 DePaul, and 1997 IIT degrees are worthless.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/02/north-central-college-naperville-name-change/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be a promoter of hatred.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/opinion-cancer-battle-systemic-racism/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Police chief is a top job, but not all Illinois’ top cops meet highest standards. Illinois should make certified law enforcement executive training a prerequisite to landing a job as a police chief, which could help weed out appointments based on loyalty, personal relationships or political convenience. DD: What if to be a county auditor, you had a) to have a degree in accounting, b) to have passed the CPA examination, c) to have passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination, d) to be a licensed CPA, and/or e) to have auditing work experience? I have a master’s degree in accounting. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. I became a licensed CPA. I worked for GAO as an auditor for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year. In addition, I became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter for 13 years.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/01/03/police-chief-hiring-illinois-should-require-certified-law-enforcement-executive-training-tom-weitzel
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois holds its police officers to some of the highest professional standards in the country. Officers must be trained, certified and continually retrained. Supervisors must meet additional requirements. Specialized assignments demand advanced credentials and ongoing education. Yet the most powerful position in any police department — the chief of police — can still be filled with no mandatory statewide certification at all. It is a policy failure with real consequences.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/01/03/college-career-professional-lived-within-means-unemployment-job-loss-economic-uncertainty-sarah-rand

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Uber-wealthy Illinoisans already spending big on 2026 campaigns
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260103/us-congress-politics/uber-wealthy-illinoisans-already-spending-big-on-2026-campaigns/
(FROM TRHE ARTICLE: The Uihleins  Founders of the Uline shipping- and business-supply company, the Uihleins have been among the nation’s leading Republican donors for years. They gave nearly $143.5 million to federal candidates and groups during the 2024 election cycle, records show, which placed them fourth on OpenSecrets’ nationwide list but first in their home state. So far this cycle, the Uihleins’ donations have included $7 million to a conservative political action committee called Restoration of America; $4 million to a committee called Fair Courts America; $620,200 to the National Senatorial Committee; and $620,200 to the National Republican Congressional Committee. The Uihleins also have donated to more than a dozen U.S. Senate and House candidates across the country this cycle — but none from Illinois, records show. Shirley W. Ryan  Ryan — the philanthropic wife of billionaire Aon Corp. founder Pat Ryan and the namesake of a renowned rehabilitation hospital in Chicago and other venues — donated $32.2 million to federal Republican candidates and political groups during the 2024 cycle, landing her at 19th place on OpenSecrets’ Top 100. Ryan’s donations this cycle have included $51,000 to a Republican political action committee called Secure the Senate 2026 and $24,000 to another called Uphold the Senate, as well as thousands to U.S. Senate candidates outside Illinois. Janet J. Duchossois  Oak Brook resident Janet J. Duchossois, the wife of Duchossois Group CEO and Chairman Craig Duchossois, donated $16.3 million to federal candidates and political groups in the 2024 cycle, placing her 34th on OpenSecrets’ list. Duchossois’ donations this cycle include $44,300 to the Republican National Committee, $41,300 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and $46,300 to Uphold the Senate. Like the Uihleins and Ryan, she’s also backed U.S. House and Senate candidates outside Illinois, but not here.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more video gambling. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260102/business/st-charles-again-delays-push-tax-on-video-gaming-terminals/

JOURNAL COURIER
— More than half of Illinois to continue paying 1% grocery tax
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-1-grocery-tax-continuing-2026-half-state-21266702.php

LINCOLN COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.lincolncourier.com/story/news/local/2026/01/04/central-illinois-protests-against-trumps-military-action-in-venezuela/88007076007/

NPR ILLINOIS & WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-03/maduro-faces-drug-charges-in-u-s-even-as-trump-freed-others-convicted-of-trafficking
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/capture-of-maduro-and-us-claim-it-will-run-venezuela-raise-new-legal-questions/article_2bb82f1d-411d-5fc5-b34d-e86160b408bd.html

CWB CHICAGO
— He attacked and robbed pregnant woman in the Loop while on electronic monitoring
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/01/he-attacked-and-robbed-pregnant-woman-in-the-loop-while-on-electronic-monitoring-officials-say.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL U.S. Senate candidates differ on Affordable Care Act tax credits
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d61bb46b-4e18-4b90-9717-b727d0588844.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— U.S. Indictment Accuses Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro and Wife of Running Decades-Long Cocaine Empire Targeting America
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/u-s-indictment-accuses-venezuelan-dictator-nicolas-maduro-and-wife-of-running-decades-long-cocaine-empire-targeting-america.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani and the new collectivists. DD: My critics/opponents are collectivists.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/mamdani_and_the_new_collectivists.html

DAILY CALLER
— MAGA World Speaks Out On Trump’s Maduro Operation
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/03/make-america-great-again-reacts-donald-trump-nicolas-maduro-venezuela-military-operation/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 7 Left-Wing Groups to Watch in 2026. DD: RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (CRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have always demonized. denigrated, and condemned TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) as being right-wing groups and even worse things. They have always blamed TAPROOT and ICRC for losses suffered by the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. They had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT in 2012 and ICRC in 2007. I should write about those RINO IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/03/7-left-wing-groups-watch-2026/amp/

EPOCH TIMES
— 9 Takeaways From Trump’s Address on Operation to Capture Maduro. The U.S. president previewed heavy investment in the nation’s oil industry to rebuild infrastructure and increase production.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/9-takeaways-from-trumps-address-on-operation-to-capture-maduro-5965704
(FROM THE ARTICLE: US to Run Venezuela Until Transition. . .US Will Tap Venezuela’s Oil Reserves. . . Threat of 2nd Attack. . .Operation Executed at Trump’s Direction. . .A Spectacular Assault. . .No Troops Killed, No Equipment lost. . .Maduro Was Given Many Chances. . .Monroe Doctrine. . .Cuba Next?)

FOX NEWS
— Maduro arrives in New York after capture, arraignment expected Monday.
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-strikes-venezuela-maduro-captured-january-3-2026
— Venezuelan leader Maduro, wife arrive at Brooklyn detention facility after capture by US forces. Venezuelan leader faces narco-terrorism conspiracy charges along with his wife.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/venezuelan-leader-maduro-lands-new-york-after-being-captured-us-forces-drug-conspiracy-charges
— How a socialist cell in the US mobilized pro-Maduro foot soldiers within 12 hours. DD: How many socialist cells are there in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/second-front-how-socialist-cell-us-mobilized-pro-maduro-foot-soldiers-within-12-hours
— Maduro capture echoes Noriega takedown that used rock music as psychological warfare against dictator. Both operations proceeded without congressional authorization and targeted leaders accused of drug trafficking.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/maduro-capture-echoes-noriega-takedown-used-rock-music-psychological-warfare-dictator
— Black Republican calls for total, permanent abolition of DEI: ‘I want to earn every opportunity on merit.’ DD: My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with when I was 49 years old in 1997 a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.aol.com/news/black-republican-calls-total-permanent-151042227.html

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Trump Administration Shuts Down Minnesota’s Childcare Money Machine in Fraud Crackdown
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/trump-minnesota-fraud-child-care-money

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Cold, Confusion, and ‘Resistance’ Buttons: On the Ground at Mamdani’s Inauguration
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/cold-confusion-and-resistance-buttons-on-the-ground-at-mamdanis-inauguration/amp/

NEW AMERICAN
— Forever War — on Whites: Harvard Has Gone Full Racist
https://thenewamerican.com/us/education/forever-war-on-whites-harvard-has-gone-full-racist/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s sadly ironic that a university founded in 1636 to train clergy has embraced the devilish religion of racist dogma. But this is the case, warns 40-year Harvard history professor James Hankins. In fact, it’s so bad that he has left the school. What’s at issue is damning, Hankins warns. Harvard University not only rejects teaching Western civilization’s virtues, but also won’t hire white males — no matter their qualifications. It has instead embraced a “hate whitey” philosophy that demeans the West and the European-descent peoples who birthed it. This is merely the latest, too, in the war on white men. Just last month, for example, an aspiring Hollywood writer documented entertainment’s, media’s, and academia’s refusal to hire white males. Also revealed in December was that a university writing center had claimed that emphasizing proper English is “linguistic white supremacy.”)

PJ MEDIA
— ICE Emphasizes the Impact of Sanctuary Districts Defying Detainers
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/03/ice-emphasizes-the-impact-of-sanctuary-districts-defying-detainers-n4947836

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Warm Individualism or Cold Collectivism? DD: My critics/opponents are collectivists.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/01/03/warm_individualism_or_cold_collectivism_1156543.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Mamdani pledges to introduce ‘the Warmth of Collectivism’ DD: My critics/opponents are collectivists.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5670467-marxian-manhattan-mamdani-pledges-to-introduce-the-warmth-of-collectivism/
— Maduro capture adds to Hegseth’s combative first year at the Pentagon
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5671429-pentagon-hegseth-venezuela-maduro-capture/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Maduro’s Capture Prompts Protests and Celebrations in U.S. Cities. Opponents of the U.S. intervention in Venezuela called it illegal. Supporters celebrated the ouster of Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian president.  DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/venezuela-chicago-washington-protests.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/venezuela-asylum-seekers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/maduro-last-interview-before-capture.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders give citizens of India and Indian Americans preference over Americans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/opinion/indian-americans-trump.html
— Maduro, in Previous Stints in New York, Sought to Connect with Harlem. The self-described socialist leader tried to tie the Latin American fight against imperialism with the struggle of Black Americans against racism. DD: Maduro sounds like a typical Democrat, that is, he sounds like a typical anti-American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/nyregion/maduro-earlier-nyc-visit.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing arrest of immigrant resigns as GOP threatens impeachment. DD: Since I was 51 years old in 1999, my critics/opponents have used against me the many big adverse actions that the Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have taken against me. Since I was 49 years old in 1997, my critics/opponents have used against me my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire. Before that, they used against me their always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, their delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, their keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and their forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Before that, they used against me my IRS superiors never promoting me beyond GS-12 and their disallowing my education deductions in 1978 and my travel vouchers in 1974. Before that, they used against me my Firestone Store boss rudely firing me in 1971. Before that, they used my Post Office superiors forcing me to resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2026/01/03/wisconsin-judge-resigns-immigration-ice/b6ed69d0-e8be-11f0-ae3e-837f914c795b_story.html

USA TODAY
— Here are the charges against Nicolás Maduro after US capture
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/03/charges-against-nicolas-maduro-venezuela-president/88006801007/
— Republicans rally behind Trump’s Venezuela strikes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/03/trump-venezuela-strikes-maduro-reactions/88006247007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/03/venezuela-maduro-capture-trump-illegal/88010497007/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Many U.S. Venezuelans praise Maduro capture. DD: Democrat leaders opposed Maduro until Trump took action against him.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-01-03/many-u-s-venezuelans-praise-maduro-capture-but-some-protest-in-los-angeles

STAR TRINUNE
— DD: Hundreds of Democrats march through Minneapolis to protest Trump’s action in Venezuela.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-venezuela-protest-maduro-us-military-emmer-klobuchar/601557029

FAST COMPANY
— How to make progress on your career goals. DD: What did you do to meet your career goals? When I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, I soon learned a) that Democrats ran the federal government and b) that they used up-or-out to get rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or nonveteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $118,984/year) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $140,604/year) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $165,386/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $197,200/year) by age 40. To meet those promotion deadlines, a) I took the postal management test when I was 21, b) I took the Federal Service Entrance Examination (FSEE) when I was 21, c) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, d) I started taking job-related graduate evening courses when I was 22, e) I earned a job-related master’s degree when I was 27, d) I earned a job-related professional certification when I was 30, f) I earned a second job-related master’s degree when I was 31, g) I earned a second job-related professional certification when I was 32, and h) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. But obviously, I did not earn the aforesaid fast enough. Things that slowed me down were a) my not majoring in accounting from the beginning, b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forcing me to resign when I was 20, c) my not getting higher scores on the postal management test and the FSEE when I was 21, and d) my taking only one job-related graduate evening course at a time. Consequently, a) the Post Office never offered me a management job and b) IRS did not offer me a job until I was 22 and it was only at the GS-7 Level. I did not make GS-9 until I was 23, GS-11 until I was 24, and GS-12 until I was 25. By then, it was far too late for someone like me with my bad demographics. I did make GS-13 when I was 38. But again, by then, it was far too late for someone like me with my bad demographics.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91382022/how-to-make-progress-when-youre-in-a-slump

FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— 3 efforts federal employees should track from Trump’s management agenda: Future federal staffing plans, Accountability of federal employees, and Merit-based workforce reforms. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/01/3-efforts-federal-employees-should-track-from-trumps-management-agenda/

FED WEEK
— A provision in the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) guaranteeing certain veterans rights to compete for federal jobs does not apply to those who already are federal employees and are seeking merit promotions, a federal appellate court has ruled. DD: I am not a veteran. Even worse than that, I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. While I was a Post Office employee 1966-1969, an IRS employee 1971-1980, and a GAO employee 1980-1997, my many Democrat superiors  and supervisors who were veterans gave tremendous preference to their many employees who were veterans. That is, they discriminated tremendously against their non-veteran employees who were Republican like me and who were White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time like me. I should write about that. Charles Bowsher, a veteran, who ran GAO 1981-1996 assured that GAO employees who were veterans would not suffer any adverse impacts from Gingrich’s massive budget cuts. My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War and b) used the VEOA to punish their Republican non-veteran employees.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/veoa-rights-dont-apply-to-merit-promotions-court-holds/

POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against America.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezuela-democrats-2028-president-00709912

EDUCATION NEXT
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and dependency charity, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That motivated to work my way through college and earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.educationnext.org/whats-wrong-with-personal-responsibility/

AOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.aol.com/finance/crippling-financial-anxiety-leading-gen-204426436.html

MEDIUM
— DD: What is your position on traditional marriage? According to my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, if I had not gotten married when I was 29 years old in 1978, I would not have been able to a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) etc. Further, we would not have been able a) to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, b) to buy two new cars in 1978, c) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, d) etc.  SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/  My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors painted my marriage as giving me tremendous unfair advantages in life.
https://medium.com/@tessjenner/the-shocking-truth-about-traditional-marriage-roles-thats-breaking-modern-families-2aa5008c6f79

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

VARSITY
— The myth of meritocracy. DD: My critics/opponents oppose meritocracy. According to them, meritocracy is not why those who share my demographics have successes in life.  They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I passed the following tests because standardized tests are biased in favor of those who share my demographics: a) the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) the ACT test with a score of 24 in 1966, c) all the tests that I needed to pass to graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class in 1966, d) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, e) all the tests that I needed to pass to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, f) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. and g) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://thevarsity.ca/2026/01/04/the-myth-of-meritocracy-2/

FROM OTHER SOURCES

REMAX
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https://ronlewis.remax.com/holp/listing/103/12488277
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