FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Large crowds return to Broadview ICE facility, protesting against immigration enforcement operations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj7rt2x9oS0
NBC5
— Protesters brave bitter cold for mass demonstration at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTFAI6DJhkk
WGN9
— Demonstrators brave cold in Broadview to protest ICE actions
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/no-kings-protest-broadview-ice-shooting-minneapolis/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8tqIYrzNiU
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/18/column-ice-immigrants-minnesota-native-americans-page/
— An expressway that went nowhere. Massive citizen revolt spelled doom for Richard J. Daley’s Crosstown Expressway dream. DD: During the early 1980s, I worked for GAO of a year on an audit of how the money from the withdrawal of the Crosstown Expressway was being spent. Rostenkowski killed the audit. No audit report was issued.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/15/vintage-tribune-crosstown-expressway-richard-j-daley/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/17/naperville-student-shat-empower-food-english/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who are the following against those who are not the following: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-citizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/18/martin-luther-king-mission-uniting-poor-across-racial-lines-remains-unfinished-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— Paprocki: Illinois needs spending restraint to help businesses thrive in 2026
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260117/business/illinois-needs-spending-restraint-to-help-businesses-thrive-in-2026/
SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat leaders want to impeach Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/01/17/democrats-grapple-with-rising-clamor-for-trump-impeachment-ahead-of-midterms/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Escalating tensions in Minnesota
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-17/escalating-tensions-in-minnesota
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— In Illinois, women earn about 91-93 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts, while Black and Hispanic workers each earn 6-10% less than comparable white workers. DD: I am a White male Republican. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my coworkers were Democrats. All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me and who were minority and/or female a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976 when I was 27, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-wage-inequities-improve-slightly-persist-despite-transparency-efforts-report/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: The Radical Left’s Moral Inversion: From Class Politics to Identity Dogma Is a Trojan Horse with Dangerous Consequences
https://johnkassnews.com/the-radical-lefts-moral-inversion-from-class-politics-to-identity-dogma-is-a-trojan-horse-with-dangerous-consequences/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— Pritzker signs bill to allow criminals to hide their records. Pritzker puts criminals, not the public, first.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/in_illinois_gov_pritzger_signs_bill_to_make_it_easier_for_criminals_to_hide_their_records.html
BREITBART
— Chuck Schumer Says Democrats Will Restore Most of’ DOGE Cuts. DD: Republicans gutted GAO, but Democrats have never restored GAO. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/17/chuck-schumer-says-democrats-will-reverse-most-of-doge-cuts/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s Why There Are More ICE Raids in Blue States. DD: How many illegals have Democrats brought into Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/17/heres-why-there-are-more-ice-raids-in-blue-states/
FOX NEWS
— Trump has authority to send troops to Minneapolis to stop attacks on ICE. Trump’s power to invoke the Insurrection Act is manifest, but the wisdom of doing so may not be.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gregg-jarrett-trump-has-authority-send-troops-minneapolis-stop-attacks-ice.amp
NEW AMERICAN
— Immigrant Congressman With Trouble Speaking English Introduces Bill to Abolish ICE
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/immigrant-congressman-with-trouble-speaking-english-introduces-bill-to-abolish-ice/
NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Hits Mamdani for Slighting Blacks in His New Mayoral Regime
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2026/01/17/new-york-times-hits-mamdani-slighting-blacks-his-new-mayoral-regime
PJ MEDIA
— Will Minnesota Lose a Congressional Seat After Illegal Alien Deportations? DD: How many illegals have Democrats brought into Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/17/will-minnesota-lose-a-congressional-seat-after-illegal-alien-deportations-n4948410
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Is there really an ‘affordability’ crisis? So why do people feel like so many things are unaffordable? It’s not because of the things they need to afford. It’s the things they want to afford. DD: When I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, I ‘wanted’ to buy before I graduated a new car that I would use to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete to classes at UIC. I succeeded in doing that. In May of 1966 I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ). But to do that, and to pay for my UIC expenses, instead of studying, I worked 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965 washing dishes in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights. Obviously, that Pontiac was a ‘want’ and not a need. What if I had not had that ‘want?’ My spending all those hours washing dishes instead of studying harmed my ACT score and GPA, but UIC accepted me anyway. Then, I ‘wanted’ a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_442 ); I sold the Pontiac and bought one in December of 1967. Then, I ‘wanted’ a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE ( https://www.americansteelclassiccars.com/vehicles/186/1969-dodge-charger-se ); I sold the Oldsmobile and bought one in December of 1968. But to buy the aforesaid new cars and to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses, instead of studying, I worked as many part-time hours that I could during the 1966-1969 school years and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969 delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. Obviously, that Oldsmobile and that Dodge were ‘wants’ and not needs. Not studying harmed my GPA. Nevertheless, I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning that Dodge. What if I had not had the aforesaid new car ‘wants?’
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5691609-wages-inflation-debate/
CNN
— Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/17/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-protests-renee-good-hnk
ABC NEWS
— Israel to honor Charlie Kirk with award for fighting antisemitism
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-honor-charlie-kirk-award-fighting-antisemitism-129233134
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. But Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-inflation-cbs-news-poll/
— CBS News poll finds more Americans say ICE being too tough; Republicans feel protesters have gone too far
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-trump-greenland-trump-poll/
NEWSWEEK
— ICE To Be Abolished Under New Proposed Bill, DHS Responds. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there be no need for DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job related professional license. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female and/or veteran.
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-abolished-new-bill-dhs-responds-11376322
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill states that since “President Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem have taken office, ICE has been weaponized to inflict terror and hysteria amongst American immigrant and non-immigrant communities. ICE has been deployed to major cities [to] aggressive enforcement policies that have brought fear to Americans. It is clear that ICE is not an organization bound by the rule of law, is past the point of reform, and must be abolished.”)
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party’s top priority is regaining control of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010647503/will-2026-be-the-year-voters-pull-the-emergency-brake.html
— DD: The more anti-American a state is, the more that Democrat leaders promote that state.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/magazine/minnesota-liberalism-trump-ice.html
— DD: Of course, according to my critics/opponents, all the adverse actions that they had their operatives and dupes take against me were justified. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opinion/editorials/trump-second-term-vengence.html
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opinion/donald-trump-conservatism-nationalism.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making those who do not share Trump’s demographics hate him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/republicans-ice-white-women.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/us/politics/white-women-conservatives.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: The more anti-American a state is, the more that Democrat leaders promote that state.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-01-17/in-twin-cities-immigration-crackdown-has-made-chaos-new-normal
USA TODAY
— Media did Biden’s bidding. Now they freak out over Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/29/trump-news-media-bias-biden/77968482007/
CARDINAL NEWS
— Spanberger rescinds Youngkin immigration enforcement order, issues orders on affordability.
https://cardinalnews.org/2026/01/17/spanberger-rescinds-youngkin-immigration-enforcement-order-issues-orders-on-affordability/
BANKRATE
— Homeownership: Dream vs. Reality. DD: Back in the good old days, I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/realities-of-homeownership/
GAO
— Reflections from Gene L. Dodaro, the 8th Comptroller General of the United States and Head of GAO. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), three job-related master’s degrees business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job related professional license (CPA). They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female and/or veteran.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/guest-spotlight-reflections-gene-l-dodaro-8th-comptroller-general-united-states-and-head-gao
USA JOBS
— Federal Internships. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors outrageously and disgustingly succeeded in forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10) to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 year old in 1980. But they really wanted me to take a $72,701/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-4 Step 1) to transfer, that is, to transfer as an intern. By doing the aforesaid, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors flushed down their toilets and rendered worthless what I had learned a) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and d) earning an MBA in 1976. The aforesaid monumentally damaged my GAO career. Nevertheless, GAO finally let me work on audits of IRS in 1986-1988, promoted me to GS-13 in 1986, and let me work until I was 49 years old in 1997. But that was not until after I had a) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and a master’s degree in finance in 1997, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) earned a professional certification in fraud examination in 1990, government financial management in 1994, financial services auditing in 1996, and forensic accounting in 1997. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female and/or veteran.
https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/Results?k=internships
LGBTQ NATION
— Landmark commission unanimously approves church’s rainbow steps: “This is religious expression.” The church is responding after a nearby Pride crosswalk was forcibly removed. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/landmark-commission-unanimously-approves-churchs-rainbow-steps-this-is-religious-expression/
FROM OTHER SOURSES
REMAX
— FOR SALE: 1219 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $625,000 DD: This home is in my precinct.
https://ronlewis.remax.com/holp/listing/103/12467706?key=apurp5tiZWKjrqqgXmRnnKmq
Tag: Precinct
January 17, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Large crowds return to Broadview ICE facility, protesting against immigration enforcement operations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-protest-today-expected-draw-thousands-renee-good-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota/18421001/
NBC5
— Protesters stage demonstration against federal agents outside Broadview ICE facility. Among the speakers was a young woman from Miami who told NBC Chicago her father was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in October.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-stage-demonstration-against-federal-agents-outside-broadview-ice-facility/3877638/
CBS2
— “No Kings” protest held near Broadview ICE facility on Saturday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-broadview-ice-facility-saturday/
FOX32
— Greenland latest: Trump charging tariff to 8 European countries
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/greenland-trump-control-us-tariff-european-countries-oppose
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hundreds return to Broadview to denounce federal agents’ killings in Minneapolis, Chicago area
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/17/hundreds-return-to-broadview-to-denounce-federal-agents-killings-in-minneapolis-chicago-area/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds brave freezing temps at protest outside Broadview ICE facility. Protesters called for an end to immigration enforcement actions that have sparked protests nationwide, including over the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/17/broadview-protest-ice-renee-good
— Illinois Democrats join growing calls to ‘Abolish ICE’ Once a dicey political proposition, an increasing number of established Democrats are calling for a dissolution of the federal Immigration and Customs and Enforcement agency.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/17/abolish-ice-movement-illinois-democrats-delia-ramirez-juliana-stratton-patty-garcia
FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) criticizes Trump’s ICE tactics, compares them to Nazi raids and slave patrols
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/crockett-criticizes-trumps-ice-tactics-compares-them-to-nazi-raids-and-slave-patrols-ice-renee-good-trump-administration
NEW CHANNEL 20
— House Republicans launch investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar’s finances
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/house-republicans-launch-investigation-into-rep-ilhan-omars-finances-wealth-money-probe-report-minnesota-fraud-somali-community-ethics-house-oversight-committee-gop-republicans-democrats-politicians
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats bent on destruction pivot from ‘defund police’ to ‘defund ICE’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/16/democrats-bent-destruction-pivot-defund-police-defund-ice/
DAILY CALLER
— Biden-Appointed Judge Limits ICE Tactics To Avoid ‘Retaliating’ Against Minnesota Protestors
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/17/joe-biden-appointed-federal-judge-limits-immigration-customs-enforcement-tactics-avoid-retaliating-minnesota-protestors/
EPOCH TIMES
— $4 Billion in Healthcare Fraud in California
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbn0sONnd_E
PJ MEDIA
— This Is How the Minneapolis Sanctuary City Policy Is Getting People Shot
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/01/17/this-is-how-minneapolis-sanctuary-city-policy-is-getting-people-shot-n4948417
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Since the Civil War, to get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5693043-trump-reversing-mlk-legacy/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Help Wanted at the Obama Presidential Center. Here are some jobs the center should offer to provide a more complete picture of the Obama administration’s record.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/help-wanted-at-the-obama-presidential-center-6bbbe42c
FORBES
— Career success. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what could you have done, but you did not do, to avoid career setbacks? I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. I could have enlisted, but I did not. I could have become a Democrat, but I did not. I could have given even more preference to my subordinates because they were Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, but I did not. I could have not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, but I did. I could have not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988, but I did. Consequently, my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Further, I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I could have become a RINO, but I did not. I could nave not become the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, but I did. I could have supported in Republican primaries only those candidates who my Republican leaders endorsed, but I did not. I could have not served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, but I did. I could have not served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, but I did. I could have not served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, but I did. Consequently, I have never been asked to serve as an officer of the Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/03/06/why-career-success-depends-on-embracing-failure/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: AFL-CIO sides with illegals against Americans.
https://www.businessinsider.com/afl-cio-ice-raids-minnesota-day-truth-freedom-homeland-security-2026-1
POLITICO
— ‘Hands off Greenland’ protests sweep Denmark as Trump escalates takeover threat. DD: Of course, when Putin invades Denmark, Denmark expects Trump to drive Putin out. In WWIII, will Denmark side with Russia or America?
https://www.politico.eu/article/hands-off-greenland-protests-sweep-denmark-donald-trump-escalates-takeover-threat/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Minneapolis IN FLAMES: Anti-ICE Protests Directly Challenge Trump’s Federal Power | Streets On Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ls1COOuxM
January 17, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Thousands expected at anti-ICE protest near Broadview facility
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-protest-today-expected-draw-thousands-renee-good-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota/18421001/
CBS2
— “No Kings” protest planned near Broadview ICE facility on Saturday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-broadview-ice-facility-saturday/
— Judge rules federal agents can’t arrest or use pepper spray on peaceful protesters in Minneapolis
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-rules-federal-agents-cant-arrest-or-use-pepper-spray-on-peaceful-protesters-in-minneapolis/
FOX32
— Large ‘No Kings’ protest planned near Chicago-area ICE facility
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/broadview-no-kings-protest-1-17
— Walz, Frey to be investigated for allegedly impeding law enforcement
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/walz-frey-be-investigated-allegedly-impeding-law-enforcement-report
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy the Republican Party and to destroy Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/17/ice-laws-renee-macklin-good-minnesota-trump-mona-charen
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— ICE hiring ban bill reignites SAFE-T Act fight at Illinois Capitol
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_73963b26-4744-49eb-91b1-920c75dde2d2.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Taxpayers Stuck With $175 Million Bill for Obama Center After Pledge of “No Public Money”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/illinois-taxpayers-stuck-with-175-million-bill-for-obama-center-after-pledge-of-no-public-money.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge rules in favor of anti-ICE protesters; says they can legally shadow DHS vehicles
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/17/judge-rules-favor-anti-ice-protesters-says-legally-shadow-dhs/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin slams LA Mayor Karen Bass after she called for ICE to leave the city: ‘Doing the bidding of criminal illegal aliens’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/16/us-news/trump-admin-slams-la-mayor-after-she-called-for-ice-to-leave-the-city/
— Thousands pack lefty activist group Monarca’s anti-ICE training — where they’re urged to annoy agents ‘like a mosquito’ DD: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 was in Revenue Officer training.
https://www.aol.com/articles/minnesota-lefty-activist-group-monarca-221013106.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sitting Minnesota Dem live-posts locations and operations of ICE officers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/16/sitting-minnesota-dem-live-posts-locations-and-operations-of-ice-officers-1616418/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Is a ‘Civil War’ Brewing in Minnesota over Immigration? Either get smart or stop lying, because the mullahs are watching. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Civil-War-Brewing-Minnesota-over-Immigration
EPOCH TIMES
— Minnesota Fraud Coverup Reaches ‘Highest Levels’ of State Government. The Trump administration said it would freeze child care funds in Minnesota unless officials there provide more data about the programs.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/dr-oz-says-minnesota-fraud-coverup-reaches-highest-levels-of-state-government-5972064
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illegal Aliens Defy Removal Orders, Challenge Mandatory Fines
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/illegal-aliens-defy-removal-orders-challenge-mandatory-fines
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Texas Gave Over $1 Billion in Medical Care to Illegals in Less Than One Year
https://www.westernjournal.com/government-report-shows-red-state-gave-1-billion-medical-care-illegals-less-one-year/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Ocasio-Cortez ramps up fight with Vance amid 2028 speculation
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5692659-ocasio-cortez-presidential-bid/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default. DD: If you had gotten a student loan, how would your life been different? My ACT score and my Crete-Monee High School, UIC, and NIU GPAs would have been higher because I would have studied instead of washing dishes and delivering mail.
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2026/01/17/trump-administration-delays-plan-withhold-wages-student-loan-borrowers-default/
AOL
— Average Net Worth of 55-Year-Old Americans. DD: Ever since I was 20 years old in 1969, my net worth has always been much lower because of the many adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors took against me, and especially their forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. According to Democrats, federal jobs are for Democrats, and especially for Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/articles/heres-average-net-worth-55-163800431.html
NBC NEWS
— Duckworth introduces legislation that would put restraints on current and former political appointees to be nominated as inspectors general. The Inspector General’s Independence Act would bar Trump and future presidents from nominating political appointees who have served or are serving in their administration from serving as an inspector general. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I often worked with the Chicago offices of inspector generals. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-senators-bill-prevent-political-appointees-serving-ig/story?id=129247009
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Restricts Immigration Agents’ Actions Toward Minnesota Protesters. A federal judge ordered agents not to retaliate against people “engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity” in the state and not to stop drivers who are not “forcibly obstructing” officers. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/us/minnesota-ice-immigration-agents-protests.html
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy the Republican Party and to destroy Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/opinion/ice-shooting-trump-republicans-polling.html
— The Judge in the Maduro Case Is 92. All Eyes Will Be on His Stamina. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein was seen drifting in and out of sleep in court last year. The case of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, will test his endurance. DD: While I worked for the federal government, the retirement age was 55 a) if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like I had a $25,000 buyout if they took and early retirement. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally did promote me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, and I had been assigned to audits of IRS in 1986. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/nyregion/judge-alvin-hellerstein-maduro.html
WBUR
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/07/19/trump-vance-republican-party-platform-presidency
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: I have never been a drinker. Virtually all my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took adverse actions against me and who were White, male, older, and/or veteran were big drinkers.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/in-defense-of-drinking-alone-1871fad4
— The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering. Many of us plan for our future wealth and health. Few prepare for an equally essential aspect of retirement: how to continue to feel seen and valued. DD: If you are not retired, what will you do when you are retired? If you are retired, what are you doing? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since 1999, I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Since 2000, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I served as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. I served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007. I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021. While I continue on as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes end all my other aforesaid roles. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/the-retirement-crisis-no-one-warns-you-about-mattering-380873b2
LAWFARE
— Fear-Based Governance. DD: Because I have always been a Republican, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors always wanted to get rid of me. They used their adverse actions against me, one of their extremely few Republican employees, to promote fear in my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and education deductions and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job related professional license. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female and/or veteran.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/america-s-history-of-fear-based-governance
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Potential federal employees should know that federal employees who are Republican have no Civil Service protections. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://ourpublicservice.org/blog/pendleton-act-anniversary-president-james-garfield-civil-service-act/
JASON CROW
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to get rid of Republicans.
https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-introduces-legislation-to-safeguard-against-political-harassment
POLITICO
— Judge limits ICE’s crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting. The judge’s order prevents federal agents from arresting peaceful protesters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/ice-minneapolis-arrests-judge-protests-00735416
GOOGLE AI
— DD: Under the Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your destiny is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22your+demographics+are+your+destiny
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— MAGA civil war deepens as Tucker Carlson meets with Trump in the Oval Office while teasing conservative rivals… as ADL says he should have ‘no place in the White House’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15472249/tucker-carlson-donald-trump-white-house-adl.html
January 16, 2026 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Minnesota’s “Sanctuary” Defiance Has Consequences
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/01/minnesotas-sanctuary-defiance-has-consequences/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republican governor hopefuls target JB Pritzker as Rick Heidner apologizes for past Democratic donations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/gop-governor-candidate-forum-washington-ill/
— Upstart Illinois Republican governor candidate Rick Heidner spent nearly $250,000 to get name on ballot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/illinois-gop-gov-candidate-rick-heidner-spent-nearly-250000-to-get-his-name-on-the-primary-ballot/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/upstart-illinois-republican-governor-candidate-224400024.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote crime and criminals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/jb-pritzker-clean-slate-act/
— Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota’s Tim Walz and Jacob Frey impeded immigration enforcement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/justice-department-investigating-minnesota-walz-frey-immigration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kamala Harris tells Chicago audience to ‘bear down’ and resist Trump agenda. Speaking at the annual Martin Luther King Interfaith Breakfast, the 2024 Democratic nominee for president said the country should follow Dr. King’s belief that “to love your country is to fight for your country.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/01/16/kamala-harris-mlk-breakfast-chicago
— Federal judge who challenged Bovino will supervise state’s new case against Trump’s deportation blitz. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis will continue to play a key role as local officials battle the Trump administration at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in 2026. Federal officials have warned that “Operation Midway Blitz” is not over, and U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino recently posted “we’re gonna be here for years” on social media.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/15/federal-judge-sara-ellis-challenged-bovino-supervise-states-new-case-against-operation-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage board members press for answers about county clerk investigation
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260116/local-politics/dupage-county-board-members-press-for-answers-about-county-clerk-investigation/
— Upcoming debates set for 8th Congressional District primaries. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260116/us-congress-politics/upcoming-debates-set-for-8th-congressional-district-primaries/
CBS2
— ICE’s detainee population reaches new record high of 73,000, as crackdown widens
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ices-detainee-population-record-high-of-73000/
— Public employees owe Chicago $23.5 million in debt for parking tickets, water bills, other fees
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-city-employees-debt-unpaid-fines-fees-tickets/
FOX32
— Trump’s supporters offer mixed reviews of president in latest poll
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-supporters-mixed-reviews-president-latest-poll
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Pushes To Slash ICE Funding
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-pushes-to-slash-ice-funding-and-block-gop-cuts-to-lead-removal-programs-89913.cfm
FOX ILLINOIS
— Noem urges Americans to carry proof of citizenship as ICE raids intensify
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/noem-urges-americans-to-carry-proof-of-citizenship-as-ice-raids-intensify-dhs-minneapolis-minnesota-portland-oregon-shootings-renee-nicole-good-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-federal-agents-officers-illegal-migrants
CITIES 92.9
— A newly introduced bill that would bar former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from working in state and local law enforcement in Illinois is sparking intense debate, with supporters calling it a necessary accountability measure and critics warning it could worsen police shortages and undermine public safety. DD: Potential federal employees should know that federal employees are despised/hated and that the longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job outside the federal government.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/01/16/ice-hiring-ban-bill-reignites-safe-t-act-fight-at-illinois-capitol/
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicagoreader.com/music/concert-preview/ground-control-touring-abortion-access-benefit/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-450/
— Dem Party and state Dem leaders ask to move 2028 Illinois primary to an earlier date
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/16/dem-party-and-state-dem-leaders-ask-to-move-2028-illinois-primary-to-an-earlier-date/
— Heidner makes unusual admission, Bailey says he no longer favors 401K plans for government retirees
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/16/heidner-makes-unusual-admission-bailey-says-he-no-longer-favors-401k-plans-for-government-retirees/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP gubernatorial forum set for Monday. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61b61d32-e5f1-4cd9-ae73-bf4256b3cfd9.html
WIREPOINTS
— Video of Illinois Republican candidates for Illinois governor debate. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://wirepoints.org/video-of-illinois-republican-candidates-for-illinois-governor-debate/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— MAGA is not Republican. And that’s a problem for the congressional GOP.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/maga-republican/
— Plunging birth rates threaten to change the makeup of U.S. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) destroy the traditional marriage and family and b) promote abortion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/16/editorial-plunging-birth-rates-threaten-change-makeup-us/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats — the party of lawbreaking
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/magazine-letter-from-the-editor/4420818/democrats-party-of-lawbreaking-ice-minnesota/
BREITBART
— Trump and the Department of Homeland Security are trying to start a civil war for “white supremacy,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters as Democrats escalate their rhetoric to prevent the enforcement of federal law in Democrat-controlled Minnesota. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/01/16/gov-newsom-donald-trump-wants-civil-war-for-white-supremacy/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats push anti-ICE bills nationwide after deadly Minneapolis shooting
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-push-anti-ice-bills-nationwide-after-deadly-minneapolis-shooting.print
REASON
— The Waning of Racial Preferences at American Law Schools, 2021-2025.
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/01/16/the-waning-of-racial-preferences-at-american-law-schools-2021-2025-by-my-ucla-colleague-rick-sander/
TOWNHALL
— Fraud and the ‘Fundamental Transformation’ of America
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2026/01/16/fraud-and-the-fundamental-transformation-of-america-n2669590
— New York’s Mamdani Doubles Down on Race-Based Government Policy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/16/mamdani-racial-equity-n2669591
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/politics/trump-economy-first-year-cnn-poll
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hated against White Americans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-us-government-seems-to-have-a-clear-message-for-white-nationalists/ar-AA1UgVLT%3Fcvid%3D6969e171b48c4ef38c5ca788a77f0ccc
MSN
— Bosses are firing people in their 40s. DD: While I worked for the federal government, retirement age was 55 if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like me a $25,000 buyout and early retirement. I had 25 years of federal service and I was 45 years old. The buyout expired in 1994 and the early retirement in 1997. I survived until I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/bosses-are-firing-people-in-their-40s-left-and-right-and-honestly-we-get-it/ar-AA1U83Sy
NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Governor Election 2026: Latest Polls
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/illinois-governor-election-polls-2026.html
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/college-racial-diversity-drops-again-as-trump-ramps-up-scrutiny/article_8dd837a0-1611-4119-828a-569201285586.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Threatens to Hit Countries That Oppose His Greenland Takeover With Tariffs. The president said the U.S. needs to take control of the territory to protect U.S. national security.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tariffs-greenland-23394b83?st=Vw3ugM&mod=djemwhatsnews
FOIRBES
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/01/15/trumps-approval-rating-largely-unchanged-in-first-year-but-immigration-ratings-have-plummeted/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2026/01/16/president-trump-unveils-new-great-healthcare-plan-here-are-the-unanswered-questions-and-uncertainties/
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Venezuela and its citizens.
https://fortune.com/2026/01/16/how-many-venezuelan-immigrants-in-united-states-america/
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/15/nx-s1-5678654/trump-great-healthcare-plan-video-announcement-aca-premiums
POLITICO
— Push for greater ICE training grows on some Republicans. DD: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 was in Revenue Officer training.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/ice-training-republicans-shootings-00732583
INSIDE RADIO
— Salem Media Chicago Extends Dan Proft Through 2027.
https://www.insideradio.com/free/salem-media-chicago-extends-dan-proft-through-2027/article_93cb9338-b2bb-41ce-bdf3-361b80529d63.html
ROLLING STONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace voters who have demographics that vote for Republicans with voters who have Demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-kamala-harris-lost-2024-catalist-1235344875/
SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/hate-crimes-explained/
NEWS ONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://newsone.com/6774313/trump-undermined-civil-rights-ahead-of-mlk-day/
DAILY KOS
— Blacklist ICE agents from future government work. DD: Potential federal employees should know that federal employees are despised/hated and that the longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job outside the federal government.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/15/2363464/-Great-idea-Blacklist-ICE-agents-from-future-government-work
January 12, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Vigils and protests against ICE held across Chicago and Chicagoland
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/vigils-protests-against-ice-held-across-chicago-chicagoland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBaHEJNT7PM
— Chicago demonstrators rally in solidarity with Iranian protesters. DD: What did your ancestors do after they immigrated? On my father’s side, my ancestors worked in brick factory in Chicago and then homesteaded a farm in Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-demonstrators-rally-solidarity-iranian-protesters
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Doctors: The Illinois windfall from legal marijuana has come at a price. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/opinion-illinois-legal-marijuana-health-dangers/
— FRONT PAGE: Documenting the immigration crackdown, from Chicago to Minneapolis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/12/documenting-the-immigration-crackdown-from-chicago-to-minneapolis/
DAILY HERALD
— COD offers discounted college courses for high school seniors. DD: What did you do while you were a senior in high school? Instead of studying, I spent 28 hours a week washing dishes for the minimum wage to earn money for UIC expenses and for a new car to get to/from classes there and my parent’s home in Crete. Nevertheless, I got an ACT score of 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class of 1966.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260111/submitted-content/cod-offers-discounted-college-courses-for-high-school-seniors/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/cannabis-equity-illinois-still-dream-many
— Diana Rauner stepping down from helm of education nonprofit Start Early
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/diana-rauner-stepping-down-president-start-early
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— ICE shootings prompt hundreds to protest in Rockford. Hundreds of Rockford-area residents gather in solidarity and protest after a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
https://www.rrstar.com/videos/news/2026/01/11/rockford-area-residents-protest-ice-shooting-death/88133591007/
https://www.rrstar.com/videos/news/2026/01/11/ice-shootings-prompt-hundreds-to-protest-in-rockford/88135402007/
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2026/01/11/incensed-by-ice-shootings-hundreds-of-rockford-area-residents-gather/88101594007/
https://www.rrstar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2026/01/11/hundreds-protest-in-downtown-rockford-after-ice-shootings-photos/88135188007/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Erika Harold, the executive director for the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism and 2003 Miss America, will be the guest speaker for the 51st Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast on Jan. 19.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2026/01/12/the-2003-miss-america-will-keynote-the-martin-luther-king-jr-breakfast/87961675007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— The ICE agent involved in the deadly Minnesota shooting has central Illinois ties
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2026-01-12/the-ice-agent-involved-in-the-deadly-minnesota-shooting-has-central-illinois-ties-first-listen
WAND
— A protest was held in Moline for the death of Renee Nicole Good, debating ICE agents’ actions. Protesters in Moline rallied over the death of Renee Nicole Good, citing fear and morality as the national debate continues over an ICE agent’s actions.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/protest-held-moline-death-renee-nicole-good-debating-ice-agents-actions/526-124c11b8-cff0-445e-be99-f7de5a9376c4
WQAD
— Hundreds protest against ICE in Moline for the death of Renee Good
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/local/hundreds-protest-against-ice-in-moline-for-the-death-of-renee-good/526-07dd18db-a617-49d6-830a-fcbc45301053
EVANSTON NOW
— Anti-ICE protest draws hundreds
https://evanstonnow.com/anti-ice-protest-draws-hundreds/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican candidate Ted Dabrowski is out with a digital ad on social media featuring the father of Katie Abraham, a college student killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run crash caused by an undocumented immigrant in Urbana. The father blames Gov. JB Pritzker. . .Paula Deacon Garcia, a DuPage County Board member, has been endorsed by DuPage County Chair Deb Conroy in her bid for county clerk. In a statement, Conroy cited Deacon Garcia’s record of “transparency and accountability.” Deacon Garcia is challenging incumbent County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek in the March 17 Democratic primary.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/12/bear-down-reality-roars-back-00721818
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How successful will Democrat leaders be organizing Renee Good/George Floyd protests in your county, township, and municipality? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Renee Good into George Floyd. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop bringing illegals into America and fighting to keep them in America. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I promote conservative principles with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, that is, I promote the Republican Party platform with my newsletters. Far too many Republican leaders reject far too many conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct sees how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization treat me and treat my newsletters. I should write about the aforesaid leaders, the conservative principles and planks that they reject, and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you do? I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out. What motivates you to do what you do? I am ever-increasingly motivated by the ever-increasing success that Democrat leaders are having destroying America, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I am ever-increasingly motivated by the ever-increasing failure/refusal of RINO leaders to fight back against the Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DD: A Dabrowski critic says “Dabrowski Pivoting From Property Taxes to Crime After Poll Shows Him Trailing by 26 Points.”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/ted-dabrowski-pivoting-from-property-taxes-to-crime-after-poll-shows-him-trailing-by-26-points.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Border czar Tom Homan accuses Democrats of fueling chaos as ICE shooting fallout grows
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/11/tom-homan-white-house-border-czar-accuses-democrats-fueling-chaos-ice/
NEW YORK POST
— Bronx building Mamdani used to showcase new housing commish’s talents has 200 violations — after favored nonprofit ran it into the ground
https://nypost.com/2026/01/11/us-news/bronx-building-mamdani-highlighted-to-showcase-nycs-new-housing-commissioners-talents-has-nearly-200-violations/
— Black New York homeowners blast Mamdani’s radical tenant advocate Cea Weaver. DD: Have you been a landlord? I was a reluctant landlord 1976-1984 because I could not sell my University Park townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) unless I took a big loss.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/11/us-news/black-new-york-homeowners-blast-mamdanis-radical-tenant-advocate-cea-weaver-white-supremacy-im-not-white/
— Aging NY judges challenge ancient state law that would force them to retire at 76. DD: How old are you? I am 77. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, if they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I had become a licensed CPA in 1981. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://www.aol.com/articles/aging-ny-judges-challenge-ancient-232601282.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— Federal Law is Supreme on Immigration. The states are trying to legislate immigration law.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/federal_law_is_supreme_on_immigration.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Indiana University professor back to class after complaint about linking MAGA to ‘white supremacy.’ DD: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame White male Republicans for the problems that minorities and females have.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/indiana-u-professor-back-to-class-after-complaint-about-linking-maga-to-white-supremacy/
DAILY CALLER
— Harvard Hires Drag Queen ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ As Visiting Prof For Class About ‘Sexual Dissidents’
https://www.aol.com/news/harvard-hires-drag-queen-lawhore-194557216.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Leftist Group Dodges Accountability for ‘Hate Group’ Accusation After Judge Blocks Discovery. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups that caused Republicans to lose elections. I was an ICRC officer 2003-2007 and the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy ICRC in 2007 and TAPROOT in 2012. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/10/splc-leftist-group-dodges-accountability-hate-group-accusation-after-judge-blocks-discovery/
ICE
— National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. DD: As an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, I enforced IRS tax laws.
https://www.ice.gov/national-law-enforcement-appreciation-day
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Noem defends ‘domestic terrorism’ assessment in Minneapolis ICE shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5683488-noem-defends-ice-shooting/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend/promote Maduro
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5682340-trump-administration-maduro-venezuela-un-charter/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased
https://apnews.com/article/video-minneapolis-immigration-good-ice-george-floyd-9dc5b1f19af644f861963f0a041516f4
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend/promote Maduro
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-migrants-maduro-ouster-tps-deportation-2b00b6057435fafe1828a06bd1e7a14c
CNN
— Hundreds of immigration officers headed to Minneapolis as tensions flare amid protests
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/12/us/minneapolis-immigration-officers-mobilizing-protests
REUTERS
— DHS to send more officers to Minnesota after ICE shooting protests
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW596512012026RP1/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/homeland-security-send-hundreds-more-officers-minnesota-noem-says-2026-01-11/
— With Venezuela raid, US tells China to keep away from the Americas
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/with-venezuela-raid-us-tells-china-keep-away-americas-2026-01-11/
MSN
— NYC mayoral aide who says whites owning homes is racist sobs when asked about mom’s $1.4m home
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/nyc-mayoral-aide-who-says-whites-owning-homes-is-racist-sobs-when-asked-about-mom-s-1-4m-home/ar-AA1TKzVO
NEWSWEEK
— Noem Signals Federal Surge in Minnesota
https://www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-signals-federal-surge-minnesota-11342319
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Renee Good into George Floyd.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protests-continue-in-minneapolis-amid-ice-operations/
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/minneapolis-renee-good-ice-shooting-minnesota-bca-investigation/
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/colorado/news/rally-colorado-ice-facility-centennial-renee-good-shooting/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/anti-ice-protest-takes-place-over-a-dallas-highway/
NBC MARYLAND
— Bill could bar some ICE agents, officers from MD state law enforcement jobs. DD: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, Republicans ran Illinois. Even though I was highly qualified for many state jobs, they had no use for me. I had worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year. I had worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. I was a licensed CPA. I was a certified public accountant, internal auditor, fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant. I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. Since 1997, my critics/opponents have stressed that the Republicans who ran Illinois had no use for me.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/bill-could-bar-some-ice-agents-officers-from-md-state-law-enforcement-jobs/4040702/
CBS NEWS LOS ANGELES
— “ICE Out for Good” protest hits streets of Hollywood
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/ice-out-for-good-protest-hits-streets-of-hollywood/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/11/us/trump-news
— Agents in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Have Fired at Vehicles at Least 10 Times. The confrontations over the last four months have left two people dead and prompted criticism of federal agencies for allowing officers to open fire on moving vehicles.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/immigration-agents-shooting-vehicles.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Somalians.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/somalis-fled-civil-war-and-built-a-community-now-they-are-a-target.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Hundreds in D.C. protest at ICE headquarters over Minneapolis killing. Protesters filled Independence Avenue in downtown D.C. Sunday chanting, “ICE kills moms” and calling masked U.S. Immigration and Enforcement agents “cowards.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/11/dc-ice-protest-renee-good/
— More federal officers headed to Minnesota; officials point fingers over ICE shooting. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem remained adamant that Renée Good was responsible for her own death, as Democrats insisted that on a full investigation before drawing conclusions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/11/rene-good-ice-shooting-investigation/
USA TODAY
— Don’t call me a Republican. I’m a conservative. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I promote conservative principles with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, that is, I promote the Republican Party platform with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Far too many Republican leaders reject far too many conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Everyone in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct sees how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about the aforesaid leaders, the conservative principles and planks that they reject, and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me since 2000.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/11/trump-republican-party-maga-conservative/83481933007/
— DD: Virtually all illegals are non-White.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/12/27/ice-arrests-racial-profiling-deportation/87473441007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/08/ice-shooting-minneapolis-use-of-force/88082677007/
KPRC HOUSTON
— George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/anti-ice-protest-takes-place-over-a-dallas-highway/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Inside Minneapolis’s Sprawling Network of ICE Watchers. Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google documents to shadow federal agents.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/inside-minneapoliss-sprawling-network-of-ice-watchers-2c286b6d
— Bread Lines in Mamdani’s New York. A protest at a synagogue and a union drive against ‘genocide’ at a bakery.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/breads-lines-in-mamdanis-new-york-4532ba80
— How Mamdani and Cea Weaver Plan to End Private Housing. DD: To get elected and reelected, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promise free housing, free food, free clothing, free healthcare, free transportation, free college degrees, free everything.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-mamdani-and-cea-weaver-plan-to-end-private-housing-c1bec4e7
— About That ‘Disappearing’ Middle Class. Yes, the middle class is hollowing out—because more are rising upward. DD: What helped you rise upward? For me, it was my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/about-that-disappearing-middle-class-54948a18
— Is Mexico Slouching Toward Venezuela? President Sheinbaum topples democratic institutions and cozies up to Cuba.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-mexico-slouching-toward-venezuela-36ed9042
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Safeguarding the federal merit system at the Office of Special Counsel. DD: OSC failed/refused to protect me when my Democrat GAO superiors forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/01/safeguarding-federal-merit-system-office-special-counsel/410590/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Transparency and accountability are cornerstones of trust in government. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel exists to protect those values. As we begin a new year, it is worth revisiting what OSC is, why it exists and how its work makes a difference. Established by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, OSC is an independent investigative and prosecutorial agency that safeguards the merit system by protecting employees from prohibited personnel practices, especially whistleblower retaliation. It also enforces the Hatch Act, provides a forum for employees to disclose government wrongdoing and protects veterans’ job rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
INDEX BOX
— Dangers of Early Retirement. DD: I should write about being forced to retire early. It is extremely devastating. If you are forced to retire early, your critics/opponents will use that against you viciously. My critics/opponents side with my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. According to them, their motives for doing that were a) not to retaliate against me because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) not because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination. reverse discrimination, and age discrimination since I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) not because I was one of their few remaining Republican employees and Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget, and d) not because they were under tremendous Affirmative Action pressure and they wanted to give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.indexbox.io/blog/the-hidden-dangers-of-early-retirement-financial-strains-and-emotional-consequences/
NPR
— Celebrities wear pins protesting ICE at the Golden Globes
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g-s1-105659/celebrities-pins-protesting-ice-golden-globes
AXIOS
— Noem defiant, vows more ICE agents as Dems allege coverup
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/11/noem-minneapolis-shooting-renee-good-jonathan-ross
RAW STORY
— Kinzinger calls on Republicans to rebel against the recent economic decisions made by Trump.
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-economy-2674873887-2674873887
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ARAB NEWS
— Niki Conforti, the Republican candidate for the Illinois 6th Congressional District, has told Arab News that she will not accept campaign funds from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2629038/amp
GUARDIAN
— Council member who lost eye in George Floyd protest sees echo in Ice killing. Soren Stevenson says Minneapolis shooting ‘reminiscent in a scary way’ – but he and his neighbors are feeling activated.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/11/minneapolis-ice-killing-george-floyd
INDEPENDENT
— Minneapolis ICE shooting latest: Trump admin sending ‘hundreds’ of federal agents to Minnesota as protests continue. Minneapolis mayor has said the presence of ICE officers has made the community less safe.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ice-shooting-minneapolis-victim-renee-good-live-updates-b2898294.html
— Celebrities protest ICE on Golden Globes red carpet
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/golden-globes-anti-ice-protest-pins-b2898480.html
MEAWW
— Celebrities protest ICE on Golden Globes red carpet with ‘Be Good’ pins. Hollywood stars including Mark Ruffalo and Wanda Sykes honored Renee Good with anti-ICE pins after her killing in Minneapolis.
https://news.meaww.com/celebrities-protest-ice-on-golden-globes-red-carpet-with-be-good-pins
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— What’s happening in Minneapolis? Car window smashing, ICE arrests, protest videos emerge after Renee Good shooting. ICE and border patrol operations in Minneapolis continue even after the Wednesday shooting that killed Renee Nicole Good.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/whats-happening-in-minneapolis-car-window-smashing-ice-arrests-protest-videos-emerge-after-renee-good-shooting-101768158336831.html
AL JAZEERA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend/promote Maduro
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom-line/2026/1/11/after-maduro-is-the-us-driving-global-instability
January 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have Democrats flood Elgin immigration forum
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/immigration-town-hall-elgin-ice/
CBS2
— Illinois files lawsuit challenging child care funding freeze as Chicago-area parents grapple with anxiety. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/08/child-care-funding-freeze-causes-anxiety-for-chicago-area-parents
WTTW
— Four Illinois Sheriff’s Offices Ignored Sanctuary Laws by Transferring People Into Federal Custody
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/08/four-illinois-sheriff-s-offices-ignored-sanctuary-laws-transferring-people-federal
DAILY HERALD
— Trump store moving to Crystal Lake after eviction proceedings in Huntley
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260108/business/trump-store-moving-to-crystal-lake-after-eviction-proceedings-in-huntley/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A generation gives up on homeownership. That’s not the only thing they’re giving up on. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 17 in 1966, I was able to buy a new car ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) with the money that I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months. Further, when I was 24, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) with the money that I earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/housing-despair-affects-work-and-family-choices-paper-finds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Once they give up on the hope of homeownership, a person might “no longer be willing to pursue long hours of work in pursuit” of a big paycheck, the authors wrote, and may “reduce labor supply,” AKA work less and care less about it, as a kind of “reoptimization toward work-life balance.” This attitude of making work a lower priority is visible worldwide. The authors wrote that in South Korea, young people use the term “Sampo Generation.” In China, it’s “lying flat,” and in Japan, it’s the “Satori Generation.” In this country, the authors told Crain’s, “we do not know the best term to describe the situation.” In response to a suggestion from a Crain’s reporter in his mid-60s that an old familiar term could be revived, they wrote, “we prefer not to call them ‘slacker.’ “)
STATELINE
— DHS accuses ‘sanctuary’ leaders of fueling anti-ICE violence with rhetoric
https://www.mystateline.com/news/dhs-accuses-sanctuary-leaders-of-fueling-anti-ice-violence-with-rhetoric/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Is Pritzker trying — again — to pick GOP opponent in November election?
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-is-pritzker-trying-again-to-pick-gop-opponent-in-november-election/article_1b795094-694c-4e96-94f6-3c1cf5f5459b.html
— Champaign County auditor fails to qualify for state comptroller’s race
https://www.news-gazette.com/election/2026/election-2026-champaign-county-auditor-fails-to-qualify-for-state-comptrollers-race/article_c2b65d92-a1c2-45fa-8da7-1af38491e5fb.html
NEWS 25 NOW
— GOP strategist Collin Corbett: Tracy amongst top contenders for Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/09/gop-strategist-tracy-amongst-top-contenders-durbins-us-senate-seat/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ‘Undecided’ dominates new poll
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/09/undecided-dominates-new-poll-00718575
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-656/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— “Warmth of Collectivism” Signals Erosion of Property Rights and Public Accountability
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-warmth-of-collectivism-signals-erosion-of-property-rights-and-public-accountability-am560/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— First Major GOP Poll Shows Bailey Surging Ahead of Dabrowski, 34–8 DD: Politics is nasty/vicious. Anticipate/expect that my critics/opponents will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Dabrowski that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters harm is campaign. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that my at newsletters cause all their problems. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I do not paint candidates like their political consultants want them to be painted. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that articles that they do not like that I include links to in my newsletters cause their defeats. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at Dabrowski’s September 29, 2025 press conference in Wheaton. Previously, they had their operatives and their dupes come down hard on me at DeSantis’ February 20, 2023 press conference in Elmhurst.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/first-major-gop-poll-shows-bailey-surging-ahead-of-dabrowski-34-8.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vehicles become weapons for anti-ICE protesters. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/8/automobiles-become-weapons-anti-ice-protesters/
NEW YORK POST
— Lefty comrades rush to defend Zohran Mamdani’s woke tenant advocate Cea Weaver — claiming NYC is ‘lucky’ to have her
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/dsa-rushes-to-defend-zohran-mamdanis-woke-nyc-tenant-advocate/
— Here’s who’s really behind the Minneapolis ICE resistance movement
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/heres-whos-really-behind-the-minneapolis-ice-resistance-movement/
— Trump’s emotional reaction to watching footage of ICE shooting — as he defends immigration officer
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/president-trumps-emotional-reaction-to-watching-footage-of-ice-shooting-as-he-defends-immigration-officer/
— My doctor gave me a shot of socialism with my annual exam — and yours might, too
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/opinion/why-my-doctor-gave-a-shot-of-socialism-with-my-annual-exam/
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “democracy” a) to get rid of Republicans once and for all, b) to make America a socialist country, and c) to destroy America once and for all. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with citizens of foreign countries, that is, with future Democrat voters, who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance and are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or non-Protestant. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promise those who have demographics that vote for Democrats that Democrat leaders will use government to ever-increasingly give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/democratic-base-socialist-democratic-zohran-mamdani-medicare-for-all/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Sex-ed curriculums steeped in ‘privilege’ propaganda and gender ideology persist in California
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/08/sex-ed-curriculums-steeped-in-privilege-propaganda-and-gender-ideology-persist-in-cali-1614825/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Mainstream media ICE shooting commentary is manipulating you
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/mainstream-media-ice-shooting-commentary-is-manipulating-you.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard removes dean who bashed Trump, Rush Limbaugh, and ‘whiteness’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-removes-dean-who-bashed-trump-rush-limbaugh-and-whiteness/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Deadly Consequences of Democrats’ War on ICE Enforcement. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/08/democrat-politicians-created-the-conditions-that-led-to-ice-shooting/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Want To Turn The ICE Shooting Into Another George Floyd Moment. There have been more than 100 incidents where criminals in vehicles have targeted ICE and Border Patrol agents. DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-want-to-turn-the-ice-shooting-into-another-george-floyd-moment
FOX NEWS
— Noem alleges woman killed in ICE shooting ‘stalking and impeding’ agents all day
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-alleges-woman-killed-ice-shooting-stalking-impeding-agents-all-day
— Socialist groups chant ‘Killer Kristi’ while escalating nationwide anti-ICE protests. Protesters yelled, ‘Go to hell, Kristi Noem.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/socialist-groups-ramp-up-nationwide-anti-ice-protests-target-noem-nyc
— Gov Walz authorizes National Guard staging following fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Minnesota governor’s warning to federal government prompts Republican lawmakers to urge invoking Insurrection Act.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gov-walz-authorizes-national-guard-staging-following-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis
— ICE agents report ‘unprecedented’ 3,200% surge in car attacks last year. DD: Are Democrat leaders training Democrats on using vehicles as weapons? If not, will they?
https://www.wrganews.com/2026/01/08/ice-agents-report-unprecedented-3200-surge-in-car-attacks-last-year/
LIFE NEWS
— Speaker Mike Johnson: “We’re Not Going to Authorize Taxpayer Funding for Abortion”
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/01/07/speaker-mike-johnson-were-not-going-to-authorize-taxpayer-funding-for-abortion/
TOWNHALL
— Minnesota Democrats Are Testing How Woke Is Too Woke
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2026/01/09/minnesota-democrats-are-testing-how-woke-is-too-woke-n2669144
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DEI has no place in our K-12 classrooms
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5673073-radical-activism-dei-antiracism/
— Trump says US will start hitting drug cartels on land
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5680747-trump-land-strikes-drug-cartels/amp/
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-brings-back-painful-memories-for-community/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/george-floyd-s-aunt-reacts-to-fatal-ice-shooting-in-minneapolis/vi-AA1TQM8k
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-hnk
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ICE officer who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has served decades in military and law enforcement
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-minnesota-jonathan-ross-b9ce88da676d74ec6a1ab36aa55fbda1
NEW YORK TIMES
— Amid Protests, ICE Told Agents to Take ‘Decisive Action’ if Threatened. The guidance comes as immigration officers have been met with increasingly hostile protesters in cities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/homeland-security-ice-protests-warning.html
— Noem Defends Officer in Minneapolis Killing and Attacks Mamdani
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/nyregion/kristi-noem-ice-minneapolis.html
— Mamdani Is Promising Universal Child Care. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/nyregion/mamdani-nyc-mayor-free-childcare.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Minnesota leaders escalate dispute over federal handling of ICE shooting. State officials criticized the Trump administration for taking sole command of the investigation, saying state investigators were being blocked from evidence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/08/minnesota-ice-shooting-protests/
USA TODAY
— Vance promises that the immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/08/jd-vance-promises-aggressive-immigration-enforcement/88086884007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Move over Dry January. Gen Z is already stepping away from alcohol. Physical and mental health, social media, financial hardship and marijuana legislation are several factors of Gen Z sobriety. DD: I have never been a drinker. Most if not virtually all of my critics/opponents who are White, male, and/or older are/were big drinkers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/01/01/dry-january-gen-z-alcohol-young-adults-sobriety/87886388007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/04/gen-z-drinking-less-dry-january/87995639007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ICE Shooting in Minnesota Raises Rare Legal Questions. Incident has created unusual legal rift between federal and local law enforcers.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/ice-shooting-in-minnesota-raises-rare-legal-questions-47d17797
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/why-is-minnesota-the-target-trump-ice-george-floyd-somalia/
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/what-to-know-about-the-minneapolis-shooting-just-a-mile-from-where-police-killed-george-floyd-in-2020/
FORBES
— How To Become A CPA: Education And Licensure Requirements. DD: Choosing the right college major is extremely important. If I had majored in accounting from the beginning, my career would have far more successful. But I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors and the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting because of my bad demographics, I was not a minority or female. When I was in high school, I erroneously believed that I could never pass the CPA examination.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/business-and-marketing/become-a-cpa/#how-to-become-a-cpa
BLOOMBERG
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action to promote over me my Democrat coworkers who were the following: minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-30/trump-eeoc-lawyer-suggests-employers-refresh-affirmative-action-plans
WIRED
— ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-agent-jonathan-ross-renee-good-shooting-firearms-trainer-testimony/
ISSUES & INSIGHTS
— Migration Trends: The Great Divorce Continues
https://issuesinsights.com/2026/01/08/the-great-divorce-continues/
BROOKINGS
— DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination in college by majoring in business at UIC, NIU, and Loyola 1966-1976, accounting at DePaul 1976-1980, and finance 1992-1997. Previously my parents helped me escape Democrat indoctrination my sending me to Missouri Lutheran grade schools 1953-1962 and Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-politics-of-free-speech-in-us-schools-today/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Mark Kelly has retirement pay cut by Pentagon over ‘illegal orders video.’ DD: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is drastically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, 80% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 is $123,746. But my CSRS pension is only $68,640. That is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972. They would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, or c) if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://www.aol.com/articles/mark-kelly-retirement-pay-cut-151533237.html
DAILY MAIL
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15445595/Minneapolis-rioters-smash-courthouse-door.html
INDIA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders want to make Renee Nicole Good George Floyd 2
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/ice-shooting-poet-mother-justice-for-renee-good-whom-donald-trump-administration-called-a-domestic-terrorist-minneapolis-2848904-2026-01-08
January 8, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will 2026 be the year Illinois GOP primary voters learn politics? DD: Which candidate in the March 17, 2026 Republican gubernatorial primary do you predict will get the most votes in your precinct, township, county, and Illinois and why? What percent of the registered voters in your precinct do you predict will vote in the primary and why? What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing/going to do to maximize Republican turnout?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/08/opinion-illinois-gop-politics-midterms/
— Only in Chicago, do you get targeted for ‘leaking’ a public meeting. DD: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-only-chicago-targeted-leaking-110000167.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: ICE agent fatally shoots woman during immigration operation in Minneapolis. Live video posted online showed a large presence of federal and local officers, yellow police tape and cars that had been in a crash. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/07/shooting-is-reported-in-minneapolis-where-the-feds-are-conducting-an-immigration-crackdown
— Protesters march in Little Village after ICE killing in Minneapolis. The group marched more than a mile and rallied in front of a mural of the Virgin Mary before disbanding with calls for people to get involved with rapid responder groups. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/07/little-village-protest-ice-minneapolis
CBS2
— Welch: Affordability takes priority in Illinois General Assembly’s spring session. DD: That should include urging everyone in Illinois to follow conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) to buy a 6-year old car when I was 16 with money I earned delivering newspapers and doing yard work, b) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. with money I earned washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies, d) to pay for tuition and books to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48 with money I earned doing the aforesaid, f) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. with money I earned doing the aforesaid, g) to get married when I was 29, h) to earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and i) to earn a professional license when I was 32. Admittedly, inflation makes doing the aforesaid more difficult. But not everything is more expensive. I paid $600 in 1972 for a TV that is primitive by today’s standards. That $600 is almost $5,000 in today’s dollars. My wife and I paid $7,000 in 1982 for a computer system that is primitive by today’s standards. That $7,000 is more than $23,000 in today’s dollars. What does it mean to follow conservative principles? It means focusing on making yourself a productive member of society, focusing on making the most of your potential, complying with all laws, avoiding all vices, minimizing immediate pleasures, always being employed even if that means taking bad jobs, saving as much of what you earn that you can, and focusing on earning college degrees, getting married, and earning professional certifications, and professional licenses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1kjHb7skqM
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders continue to treat Pat Brady like he is still the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-minneapolis-ice-shooting/
DEKALB CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders organize a rally in DeKalb 5 years after January 6, 2021. Dozens protest against Trump’s military operation in Venezuela and his plans there.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2026/01/07/dekalb-rally-draws-dozens-against-us-military-operation-in-venezuela/
RIVER BENDER
— Raoul Wins Civil Hate Crime Lawsuit Against Two Carroll County Residents. DD: Democrat leaders always hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you commit hate crimes: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat leaders do that to get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-wins-civil-hate-crime-lawsuit-against-carroll-county-residents-who-engaged-in-racebased-intimidation-89644.cfm
POLITICO
— Illinois Dems say Noem must go DD: For Democrat leaders, their top priorities include a) flooding America with citizens of foreign countries, b) keeping them in America, and c) officially giving them the right to vote ASAP.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/08/illinois-dems-say-noem-must-go-00715867
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-655/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— ‘Here We Go Again’: Pritzker Launches Repeat of Meddling in Illinois Republican Primary
https://wirepoints.org/here-we-go-again-pritzker-launches-repeat-of-meddling-in-illinois-republican-primary-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Implicit bias’ training mandate among new health care-related laws in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4410081/implicit-bias-training-mandate-among-new-health-care-laws-illinois/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump pulls US out of ‘racist’ UN forum that pushed ‘global reparations agenda.’ DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push reparations.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/07/us-news/trump-pulls-us-out-of-racist-un-forum-that-pushed-global-reparations-agenda/
DAILY CALLER
— Brown University Learned Nothing From Campus Assassination Of Conservative Student
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/07/brown-university-shooting-dei-christina-paxton-matthew-guterl/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Conservative Lawmakers Unveil Blueprint to Balance Budget, Execute Trump Agenda
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/07/exclusive-conservative-lawmakers-unveil-blueprint-to-balance-budget-execute-trump-agenda/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Maduro’s Policies Contributed to the U.S. Border Crisis
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/fair-shows-how-maduros-policies-contributed-us-border-crisis
FOX NEWS
— Woman Rams ICE Agents, Gets Shot. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://radio.foxnews.com/2026/01/08/woman-rams-ice-agents-gets-shot/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump: ‘Venezuela is Going to be Purchasing Only American Made Products.’ “In other words, Venezuela is committing to doing business with the United States of America as their principal partner.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/trump-venezuela-is-going-to-be-purchasing-only-american-made-products/
NEWSMAX
— Ramaswamy Gets Gov. DeWine Endorsement in Ohio Race. DD: I might very well have not been elected a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000 if Roskam and Hultgren had not endorsed me in that contested race. Because of their endorsements, anti-conservative RINO candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, etc. in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have viciously punished Roskam and Hultgren ever since. They were furious when Hultgren made me the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2000. Their vicious punishment of Roskam and Hultgren got even worse after I supported Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. They cringed that I raised $2,000 on very short notice for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in Wheaton’s 2007 Independence Day parade. Of course, they blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Roskam’s and Hultgren’s defeats in 2018. They stress their success in stopping Roskam and Hultgren from coming to my defense when the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, MTRO, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Park District leaders took big adverse actions against me.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/vivek-ramaswamy-ohio-mike-dewine/2026/01/07/id/1241238/
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— DEI Resurfaces in the Marine Corps
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2026/01/07/dei_resurfaces_in_the_marine_corps_1157261.html
TOWNHALL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that when Whites and males succeed, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against non-Whites and females.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/01/07/why-do-they-try-to-make-bad-things-cool-n2668946
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5677863-woman-shot-minneapolis-ice/
— GOP backlash to Omar earmark slows government-funding bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5676884-gop-opposition-justice-empowerment/amp/
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/ice-related-shooting-occurred-minnesota-governor/story?id=128984401
CBS NEWS
— Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly filing articles of impeachment for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/robin-kelly-impeachment-kristi-noem-ice-shooting/
ACSSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-enforcement-shooting-crackdown-surge-173e00fa7388054e98c3b5b9417c1e5a
CNN
— Large crowd gathering in Minneapolis following shooting of woman less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/us/video/minneapolis-ice-woman-shot-george-floyd-digvid
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minnesota-fraud-state-reps-testify-01-07-26
ABC NEWS
— Minneapolis shooting by ICE agent brings debate over police force and moving vehicles back in focus. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/minneapolis-shooting-ice-agent-brings-debate-police-force-129000719
ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://abc7news.com/post/protest-held-san-francisco-following-deadly-ice-shooting-37-year-old-renee-nicole-good-minneapolis/18370169/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-law-enforcement-involved-ice-related-shooting-minneapolis-rcna252812
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/minnesota-ice-shooting-live-updates-rcna252852
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/minneapolis-federal-agents-protesters-clash-portland-avenue/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/07/us/minnesota-shooting-ice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/ice-minneapolis-somalis-immigration.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified. DD: Some on my critics/opponents are gone, but their operatives and their dupes continue to take big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/world/americas/venezuela-repression.html
— Fixing Affordability Isn’t Easy. Here Are Four Suggestions. Fixing affordability should include urging everyone to follow conservative principles. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) to buy a 6-year old car when I was 16 with money I earned delivering newspapers and doing yard work, b) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. with money I earned washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies, d) to pay for tuition and books to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48 with money I earned doing the aforesaid, f) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. with money I earned doing the aforesaid, g) to get married when I was 29, h) to earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and i) to earn a professional license when I was 32. Admittedly, inflation makes doing the aforesaid more difficult. But not everything is more expensive. I paid $600 in 1972 for a TV that is primitive by today’s standards. That $600 is almost $5,000 in today’s dollars. My wife and I paid $7,000 in 1982 for a computer system that is primitive by today’s standards. That $7,000 is more than $23,000 in today’s dollars. What does it mean to follow conservative principles? It means focusing on making yourself a productive member of society, focusing on making the most of your potential, complying with all laws, avoiding all vices, minimizing immediate pleasures, always being employed even if that means taking bad jobs, saving as much of what you earn that you can, and focusing on earning college degrees, getting married, and earning professional certifications, and professional licenses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/affordability-health-care-housing-prices-costs.html
— FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees because of Gingrich budget cuts. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time for that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/climate/fema-staff-cuts-1000-workers.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/07/minneapolis-shooting-ice/
— Democrats call Trump’s freeze of childcare funds an act of retribution. The administration is freezing more than $10 billion in grants to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York. Some Democrats called it political retribution. DD: Since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have used against me the fact that my father made enough money that my mother could stay home a raise me and my brother. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/07/child-care-grants-frozen-democrats/
— Why America stopped building the ‘starter home.’ DD: Back in the good old days, I was able to buy a new starter home, that is, a new townhome, in University Park when I was 24 in 1972. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/05/starter-home-disappearance/
FOX MINNEAPOLIS
— Minneapolis ICE shooting occurred roughly 1 mile from George Floyd killing. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.fox29.com/video/fmc-yotuwnpsbu7cfiz7
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use vehicles against ICE officers?
https://www.startribune.com/she-was-an-amazing-human-being-mother-identifies-woman-shot-killed-by-ice-agent/601559922
WEAU
— ICE guidance restricts shooting at moving vehicles, GAO report shows. DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use cars against ICE officers?
https://www.weau.com/2026/01/07/ice-guidance-restricts-shooting-moving-vehicles-gao-report-shows/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ICE’s directive page was temporarily unavailable online, but a 2023 Government Accountability Office report quotes ICE’s guidance directly. The GAO quote reads: “Firearms shall not be discharged solely to disable moving vehicles, vessels, aircraft or other conveyances, except when deadly force is authorized or under the limited circumstances in the policy.” That language mirrors guidance used by the Department of Justice and the FBI, which also say officers should not discharge firearms solely to disable moving vehicles and may do so only when occupants present an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm and no reasonable alternative exists. Law enforcement experts say shooting at moving vehicles raises high risks of ricochet and collateral harm and is widely discouraged except in narrow, life‑threatening circumstances. Federal guidance aims to limit such discharges and require documentation and review when they occur.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Tax Me,’ Mitt Romney Says, Pointing at You. His proposals begin with a huge hike on salarymen—strivers who earn income of the sort he doesn’t. DD: My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes and especially since I became an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tax-me-mitt-romney-says-pointing-at-you-27e7f47f?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
BLOOMBERG TAX
— Big Four Accounting firms Diverge on Diversity as Culture War Hits Accounting. DD: The accounting profession had no use for me a) because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27, b) because I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, e) because I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and f) because I was not a minority and/or a female.
https://news.bloombergtax.com/financial-accounting/big-four-diverge-on-diversity-as-culture-war-hits-accounting
NPR
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans discriminate against Blacks and that is why Blacks should forever be given more tremendous preference. My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that I discriminated against my Black subordinate and that justified their forcing me to retire and giving him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Of course, in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), they did not argue that I discriminated against him because I did not discriminate against him. I gave him lots of preference.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/08/nx-s1-5646525/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Trump goes on defense after seeing footage of agent fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good in the head. The FBI is investigating the ICE shooting of the mother-of-three, which Trump administration officials have described as an act of self defense
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/renee-nicole-good-minneapolis-ice-shooting-live-updates-b2896627.html
MEAWW
— Mamdani slams ICE raids following Minneapolis shooting: ‘Cruel and inhumane’ DD: Democrat leaders are always looking to repeat the success that they had with George Floyd. Will Democrats ever-increasingly use cars against ICE officers?
https://news.meaww.com/zohran-mamdani-slams-ice-raids-following-minneapolis-shooting-cruel-and-inhumane
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— You can’t take that away from me. DD: My father often decried his not having a college degree. That had a tremendous impact on me. It motivated me to make earning a job-related bachelor’s degree by the time I was 21 my top priority. It motivated me to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. My father was discouraged from going to college because he had brittle type 1 diabetes. The belief was that the stress would kill him.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22can%27t+take+that+away+from+me%22+%22college+degree%22
(FROM Google AI: The phrase “You can’t take that away from me” is often used in the context of a college degree or an education to express that the knowledge, skills, and accomplishment gained are permanent personal assets that no one can rescind or devalue, regardless of external circumstances like job loss, economic shifts, or others’ opinions. This sentiment highlights several key aspects of earning a degree: Permanent Value The core knowledge, critical thinking skills, and personal growth achieved through education provide a lasting foundation for life and career, unlike material possessions or job titles that can be lost. Personal Achievement Earning a degree often involves significant effort, discipline, and perseverance. The pride and self-worth associated with this accomplishment are inherent and cannot be diminished by others. Career Mobility While specific job markets fluctuate and some question the universal necessity of a degree in the modern world, a college education typically increases an individual’s chances for better career opportunities and provides a base level of credentialing that can open doors. Empowerment The understanding that one’s education is a secure, internal asset can be empowering, especially when facing life’s challenges, such as workplace demotions, financial difficulties, or societal limitations. This perspective suggests that even if external factors like student debt or an unpredictable job market make the journey difficult, the intrinsic value of the education itself is unassailable.)
January 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner: When it comes to K-12 education, Illinois families deserve high standards and proven policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/opinion-illinois-k-12-education-standards/
— Vallas: Maduro is not just a corrupt leader. He’s also a direct threat to US security.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/opinion-venezuela-war-powers-venezuela-nicolas-maduro/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/06/column-venezuela-us-maduro-trump-depetris/
DAILY HERALD
— Every Chicago suburb should strive to meet the state’s affordable housing requirements. DD: How diverse is housing affordability in your precinct? There is tremendous diversity in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260106/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-group-effort-every-chicago-suburb-should-strive-to-meet-the-states-afforda/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2026/01/06/venezuela-occupation-not-good-for-venezuela-america-chicago-uchicago-professor-says
WAND TV
— Illinois bans life insurance companies from discriminating against people with criminal records. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly encourage people to engage in bad behavior.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-bans-life-insurance-companies-from-discriminating-against-people-with-criminal-records/article_e4b3f956-51fe-4289-a221-9dd7d5d0934c.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Heightened security in DC after capture of Maduro
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nicolas-maduro-court-capture-venezuela-strikes-president-trump-washington-dc-heightened-security-white-house-embassy-us-military-delta-force-team-narco-terrorism-marco-rubio-venezuelans-pete-hegseth
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Maduro against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-05/trump-opposed-regime-change-but-now-he-says-the-u-s-is-in-charge-of-venezuela
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-05/former-trump-administration-officials-calls-on-president-to-let-venezuelans-run-their-country
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Giannoulias cash surge fuels City Hall buzz
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/06/giannoulias-cash-surge-fuels-city-hall-buzz-00712205
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-653/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Could $1.5 Million in Congressional Pork for DuPage County’s Prairie Food Co-op Inspire Woodstock’s Food Shed To Request the Same?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/06/could-1-5-million-in-congressional-pork-for-dupage-countys-prairie-food-co-op-inspire-woodstocks-food-shed-to-request-the-same/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to encourage voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I will hand-deliver a sample ballot and the campaign literature that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) provides me to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. The contested Republican races in my precinct are U.S. Senate, Illinois Governor, Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court, and DuPage County Sheriff. I have obtained a PDF file from the DuPage County Election Division and printed individual mailing labels for the 800 registered Republican and Independent voters in my precinct. I have asked MTRO for 400 envelopes. As soon as the sample ballot is available, I will photocopy it and stuff the envelopes with them and the campaign literature that MTRO provides me with, put them in walk order, divide them into five batches, and hand-deliver them. I hope we have a mild winter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What discourages people from visiting websites? Paywalls, advertising, popups, cookie permission requests, donation requests, and/or lack of full disclosure of sources, who is paying for the website, and who is running then. Visitors to http://www.gopillinois.com have never seen any of the aforesaid and they never will. But sadly, the many websites that I have to visit to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together are ever-increasingly full of the aforesaid. Because news and commentary websites are overwhelming fronts for the Democrat and Libertarian parties, my having to visit them for opposition research is ever-increasingly stressful, painful, and disgusting. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you conservative? Are you Republican? I am. How hard have Democrat and RINO leaders tried to get you to leave Illinois? They have tried extremely hard to get me to leave Illinois. But I am not leaving. My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in northeast Illinois since 1948, in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978, and in Wheaton’s West District and my precinct since 1984. My parents, brother, uncles, aunts, virtually all my relatives have died. I earned my four college degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license in Illinois. Hopefully, Democrat and RINO caused poverty and crime will not increase as much as I fear. I should write about those Democrat and RINO leaders who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me to get me to leave Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative. RINO leaders have chosen. They have chosen to make the Republican Party the Democrat Lite Party, that is, they have chosen to dump conservative principles and virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They have chosen to drive conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the Republican Party. They have chosen to destroy the Republican Party. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— How Illinois has changed under Pritzker
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/presidential-profile-how-illinois-has-changed-under-pritzker/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Fraud Targeting Children Went Unchecked for Years in Minnesota as Pritzker Praises Walz. DD: I became Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990 and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a licensed CPA in 1981. While I worked for IRS as Revenue Officer 1971-1980, I referred cases to IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for investigation. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/fraud-targeting-children-went-unchecked-for-years-in-minnesota-as-pritzker-praises-walz.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/us-news/gavin-newsom-slams-donald-trump-for-nicolas-maduro-arrest/
— CIA concluded Maduro’s lackeys more likely to maintain order in Venezuela than opposition leader
https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/world-news/pro-maduro-thugs-ordered-to-hunt-down-us-collaborators-as-tension-fills-venezuelan-streets/
— Illegal immigrant trucker accused of causing fatal crash appears in court wearing turban he requested
https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/us-news/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-accused-in-fatal-crash-appears-in-court-wearing-turban/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump freezes $10 billion in childcare social services funds for five blue states
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/01/06/trump-freezes-10-billion-in-childcare-social-services-funds-for-five-blue-states-1614170/
FOX NEWS
— Bondi says Trump ‘saved countless lives’ in Venezuelan dictator Maduro capture operation. Attorney general defends military operation as ‘well within’ presidential authority after Democratic criticism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bondi-says-trump-saved-countless-lives-venezuelan-dictator-maduro-capture-operation
— The ‘Jewish question’ was a needless distraction at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest
https://www.aol.com/articles/david-marcus-jewish-becomes-needless-184821505.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for some people having less money than others.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-laser-focused-affordability-trump-softens-tariff-strategy.print
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Seize Private Property’: Mamdani and Lieutenants Were Serious About the Socialist Thing
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/05/seize-private-property-mamdani-and-lieutenants-were-serious-about-the-socailist-thing/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Illinois Hosted State-Funded Committee Meeting Where Professors Advocated for Reparations. “They shared with White workers labor exploitation. That is the hallmark of capitalism: theft.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/u-illinois-hosted-state-funded-committee-meeting-where-professors-advocated-for-reparations/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Crowd Cheered Ramaswamy. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative. RINO leaders have chosen. They have chosen to make the Republican Party the Democrat Lite Party, that is, they have chosen to dump conservative principles and virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They have chosen to drive conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the Republican Party. They have chosen to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-crowd-cheered-ramaswamy/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICE: Vivek Ramaswamy’s speech at Turning Point USA’s flagship event last month is worth watching — both for the content of the Ohio gubernatorial candidate’s remarks, and for the reaction of the crowd. Because of their growing numbers and influence, some on the right seem to believe that the political success of the GOP playing footsie with racists, bigots, and antisemites. But not Ramaswamy, who accurately argued that the political right currently faces a time for choosing: It is the American dream that makes American exceptionalism possible. And the answer of what it means to be a conservative — this is what it’s up to us to answer. It is a fork in the road for the future of the conservative movement right now. What does it mean to be a conservative? It means we conserve those ideals that define our country. And now is a moment, a time for choosing in the future of our conservative movement to determine with clarity who’s actually on that team of conserving the ideals versus who actually is not.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DEI has no place in our K-12 classrooms
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5673073-radical-activism-dei-antiracism/
— Trump moves to dominate Western Hemisphere
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5674161-trump-venezuela-foreign-policy/
— Venezuelans praise Trump for taking out Maduro
https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5673039-us-forces-oust-venezuelan-dictator/amp/
— Twenty-five years ago, Gallup began asking Americans if they were proud of their country. Nine out of 10 said yes, they were extremely or very proud of the United States. Things have changed. National pride has sunk to 58 percent, an all-time low. The response among young people is especially telling. Gallup found that the members of each new generation since 2001 have been less likely than the previous one to say they are very proud to be Americans. Only 41 percent of the Gen Z, the latest generation to reach adulthood, feels that way today. DD: Ever-increasingly since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have replace meritocracy with race and gender based preference giving.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5668737-we-need-a-program-of-national-service/amp/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Anti-Americans ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-united-nations-maduro-trump-waltz-1433e10bbb800fb41b21a70c7501ad88
ABC NEWS
— DD: Anti-Americans ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-donroe-doctrine-seeks-influence-western-hemisphere-citing/story?id=128926397
CBS NEWS
— 2,000 federal agents deploying to Minneapolis in immigration crackdown, fraud probe. DD: I became Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990 and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a licensed CPA in 1981. While I worked for IRS as Revenue Officer 1971-1980, I referred cases to IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for investigation. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-federal-agents-crackdown/
NBC NEWS
— DD: What percent of Venezuelans in America support Maduro?
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/venezuelan-americans-react-to-nicolas-maduro-s-removal-255445061938
NEW YORK TIMES
— Maduro’s Gesture Was Not Just a Peace Sign. The captured authoritarian leader flashed a symbol that many took to be a defiant peace sign. Loyal lawmakers repeated the gesture at a session in Caracas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/americas/maduro-gesture-peace-sign.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/06/nytfrontpage/scan.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/europe/trump-venezuela-china-russia.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/congress-venezuela-maduro.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/americas/maduro-new-york-arraignment-venezuela-protest.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/trump-venezuela-maduro-clausewitz-aquinas.html
— Hegseth Starts Proceedings Against Sen. Mark Kelly Over His Remarks. DD: I got no proceedings when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. If GAO had been unionized, there would have been.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/hegseth-mark-kelly.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/05/maduro-arraignment-international-law-trump-justified/
— Trump officials bar Head Start providers from using ‘women’ and ‘race’ in grant applications. The Trump administration is telling Head Start providers to avoid dozens of terms in federal grant applications, including “race,” “belonging” and “pregnant people.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/05/head-start-dei-women-race/79c256b0-ea80-11f0-91a9-9928b22be817_story.html
USA TODAY
— So now Democrats are mad that Trump ousted a dictator? Kudos to President Donald Trump and our military. I hope the president can finish the job and reinstate democracy to the Venezuelan people.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/01/05/democrats-criticize-trump-capture-maduro-venezuela/88017748007/
— Are opposing political views a bad thing at work? DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates ever-increasingly asked me questions to get me to defend my conservative beliefs, to remind me that I was not welcome.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/12/30/how-to-address-clashing-political-viewpoints-work/87896476007/
— Is the 4% rule too stingy for your retirement? Try spending 5%. DD: My retirement savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/30/4-percent-rule-retirement-savings-spending/87922293007/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Maduro action not without historical precedent
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-maduro-action-not-without-historical-precedent-3604261/
WGME
— Noem: Venezuelan migrants under TPS can apply for asylum in the US
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/venezuelan-migrants-under-tps-can-apply-for-asylum-in-the-us-noem-nicolas-maduros-migrant-joe-biden-threat-deportation
KSL
— Utah County GOP censures County Commissioner. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes try to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government. political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.ksl.com/article/51428753/utah-county-gop-censures-county-commissioner-amelia-powers-gardner
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Dow Jumps to Record After U.S. Captures Venezuela’s Maduro. Blue-chips close near 49000; gold, silver and copper rally.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-01-05-2026
— Welfare Fraud Takes Out Tim Walz. Minnesota’s Governor ends his re-election run as the scandal bites. DD: I became Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990 and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a licensed CPA in 1981. While I worked for IRS as Revenue Officer 1971-1980, I referred cases to IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for investigation. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-walz-ends-campaign-minnesota-welfare-fraud-7b276269
— Trump Administration to Freeze Social-Service Funds in More Democratic States. Government is pausing funds for child care and poor families in California, Colorado, Illinois and New York; expanding pause in Minnesota.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-to-freeze-social-service-funds-in-more-democratic-states-bcb35c1d
BLOOMBERG
— Venezuela Swears in Rodríguez After Maduro Capture
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-06/venezuela-swears-in-rodriguez-after-maduro-capture
— Venezuela Regroups With New Leader, Old Repression Tactics
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-05/maduro-s-son-backs-rodriguez-even-as-she-extends-hand-to-trump
— Trump Asks Rubio to Lead Venezuela Overhaul After Maduro Arrest
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/trump-asks-rubio-to-lead-venezuela-overhaul-after-maduro-arrest?embedded-checkout=true
FORTUNE
— Trump’s strike on Venezuela gives the U.S. 30% of the world’s oil reserves on paper and a $100 billion rebuilding job in reality
https://fortune.com/2026/01/05/how-much-oil-is-in-venezuela-trump-maduro-jpmorgan-outlook/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— ICE more than doubled its workforce in 2025. The Trump administration has reconfigured its onboarding and training process to quickly deploy agents into the field.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/01/ice-more-doubled-its-workforce-2025/410461/?oref=ge-featured-river-top
NPR
— Amid fraud claims, Trump admin announces more changes to federal child care funding. DD: I became Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990 and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I became a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a licensed CPA in 1981. While I worked for IRS as Revenue Officer 1971-1980, I referred cases to IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for investigation. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/05/nx-s1-5667019/hhs-child-care-federal-funding
OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
— Just Following Orders. DD: I never failed to follow orders from my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors to give preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All those who they assigned me to supervise were the aforesaid. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough. They punished me severely a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://outsidethebeltway.com/just-following-orders/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Venezuela detains journalists and seizes communication devices after Maduro’s removal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/venezuela-detains-journalists-after-nicolas-maduros-captured
CBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpQ_Rp1YDRQ
AL JAZERRA
— US critics and allies condemn Maduro’s abduction at UN Security Council
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/6/us-critics-and-allies-condemn-maduros-abduction-at-un-security-council
— Americans evenly split on Maduro’s abduction
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/6/americans-evenly-split-on-maduros-abduction-poll-shows
— DD: Anti-Americans ever-increasingly promote Maduro.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/1/6/live-un-security-council-members-slam-us-abduction-of-venezuelas-maduro
January 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured and flown out of country
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-venezuela-news-strikes-country-says-venezuelan-president-nicols-maduro-captured-wife/18346121/
CBS2
— U.S. launches military strikes on Venezuela, Trump says Maduro captured and flown out of the country
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US strikes Venezuela and says leader Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of the country
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/03/us-strikes-venezuela-nicolas-maduro/
DAILY HERALD
— New laws: Illinois expands job-protected leave for parents with a newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260102/business/new-laws-illinois-expands-job-protected-leave-for-parents-with-newborns-in-nicu/
— Illinois’ electric grids may soon face power shortages and further price increases as fossil fuel plants go offline and data centers fueling the rise of artificial intelligence demand ever-increasing amounts of power.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260102/business/as-state-regulators-warn-of-impending-energy-shortfalls-capacity-prices-rise-again/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Morgan Republicans plan meet-and-greet with gubernatorial candidate. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/morgan-republicans-set-gathering-gubernatorial-21272921.php
NPR ILLINOIS
— Naps, bruising, cognitive tests: Trump addresses aging questions. DD: How old are you? I am 77. What do you stress to defend your age? I stress the GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that I put together and send out. Putting those newsletters together and sending them out takes lots of time and focus.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-02/naps-bruising-cognitive-tests-trump-addresses-aging-questions
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump tries to beat back questions about health: Key takeaways.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-tries-to-beat-back-questions-about-health-key-takeaways/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 9th Congressional District Democratic Party Hopeful Bushra Amiwala Joins Others in Attacking the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/03/9th-congressional-district-democratic-party-hopeful-bushra-amiwala-joins-others-in-attacking-the-american-israel-public-affairs-committee/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois local governments lose out on $10.9B in state taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-local-governments-lose-out-on-10-9b-in-state-taxes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— 41 Percent of Netflix Shows for Children Contain LGBTQ+ Content in 2025
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/01/02/report-says-41-percent-of-netflix-shows-for-children-contain-lgbtq-content-in-2025/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Mamdani’s inaugural address: ‘Godless, rancid ideology’
https://www.christianpost.com/news/top-responses-zohran-mamdani-inaugural-address.html
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down California Ban on Open Carry of Firearms
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-california-ban-on-open-carry-of-firearms-5965490
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani ignites fierce backlash on day one in office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdL7ph03298
— Mamdani’s inauguration fuels debate over Gen Z shift toward socialism, away from free markets. Zohran Mamdani’s first moments in office embraced ‘collectivism’ as Republicans warn Gen Z is rejecting free markets.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdanis-inauguration-fuels-debate-over-gen-z-shift-toward-socialism-away-from-free-markets.amp
— Redistricting battles brewing across the country as parties compete for power ahead of 2026 midterms
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/redistricting-battles-brewing-across-country-parties-compete-power-ahead-2026-midterms.print
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Horse Therapy, Gender-Neutral Bathrooms, and Hate Crime Work Leave: The Wild Blue State Laws of 2025
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/horse-therapy-gender-neutral-bathrooms-and-hate-crime-work-leave-the-wild-blue-state-laws-of-2025/amp/
— Mamdani to Establish New ‘Office of Mass Engagement’ Led by Veteran Socialist Organizer
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mamdani-to-establish-new-office-of-mass-engagement-led-by-veteran-socialist-organizer/
— Let’s Hire Professors Purely on Merit. DD: My critics/opponents 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://www.nationalreview.com/corner/lets-hire-professors-purely-on-merit/
TOWNHALL
— Socialism in the City
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/01/03/socialism-in-the-city-n2668789
— Pritzker’s Pretzels
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2026/01/02/pritzkers-pretzels-n2668747
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump insults Pritzker with AI-generated social media post
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5670567-trump-pritzker-ai-image-feud/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Mamdani Acts on Vow to Protect Renters With Move Against a Big Landlord. DD: Have you been a landlord? I was reluctant landlord 1976-1984 because I could not sell my University Park townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) unless I took a big loss.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/nyregion/mamdani-pinnacle-housing.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: 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://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/business/us-immigration-trump-1920s.html
YAHOO
— Nobody Cares About Your Career. DD: During my federal career working for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, 1997, only two of my superiors cared about my career. I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nobody-cares-career-mcdonalds-ceo-000116698.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Corruption of the Welfare State
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/minnesota-welfare-fraud-immigrants-government-handouts-8076eb83
— Your Key Survival Skill for 2026: Critical Ignoring. DD: My critics/opponents want everyone to ignore my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus those who were/are a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) elected Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/critical-ignoring-social-media-7e236f52
FORBES
— Should An Experienced Professionals Take Internships To Change Careers? DD: Have you changed careers? Have you wanted to change careers? I have not. Due to circumstances, I have wanted to be a career federal employee since I was 18 years old in 1966. However, to waste my federal career and get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically panted a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) my earning job-related masters degrees when I was 27 in 1976, 31, and 48, c) my earning job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) my earning a job-related professional license when I was 32 a) as being efforts by me to change my career and get a job in the private sector, b) as being justification to disallow my job-related education deductions in 1978, and c) to force me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. I should write about the aforesaid
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecenizalevine/2025/06/25/should-an-experienced-professional-take-internships-to-change-careers/
EDUCATION
— Professional Certifications Worth It in 2026. DD: What is your position on professional certifications? I sought and obtained professional certifications to defend/advance my federal career. I became a CPA when I was 30 in 1979, a Certified Internal Auditor when I was 32, a licensed CPA when I was 32, a Certified Fraud Examiner when I was 41, a Certified Government Financial Manager when I was 45, a Certified Financial Services Auditor when I was 47, and a Certified Forensic Accountant when I was 48. But my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that a) because I was a Republican who complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://vocal.media/education/is-investing-in-professional-certifications-worth-it-in-2026
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Karoline Leavitt calls out Mamdani’s wife as White House quits playing nice with ‘communist’ mayor
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/karoline-leavitt-calls-out-mamdani-s-wife-as-white-house-quits-playing-nice-with-communist-mayor/ar-AA1Ttrwy
— Mamdani unveils plan conservatives claim will usher in communism
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15429711/amp/zohran-mamdani-warmth-collectivism-socialist.html
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Mamdani takes action against Israel with his oath?
https://www.tbsnews.net/videos/tbs-stories/mamdani-takes-action-against-israel-his-oath-1325186
NDTV
— “Antisemitic Gasoline On Open Fire”: Israel vs Mamdani Over Revoked Orders
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/zohran-mamdani-vs-israel-over-revoked-order-on-antisemitism-definition-10237972
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Anti-Zionism Was Never Harmless. Now It Governs. DD: Have your critics/opponents painted you as being an antisemite? Democrats have always painted Republicans as being antisemites. Because of my demographics, Democrats have especially painted me as being an antisemite. Needless-to-say, my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors’ efforts to paint me as being an antisemite were stymied when I volunteered to work for their only Jewish group manager in late 1989. In 1989, to get rid of me because in late 1988, I had become the office’s only active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, they had a) thrown me off the group that audited IRS, b) gave me a very bad job assignment, c) gave me unfair performance expectations, d) gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and e) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. She managed the office’s group that audited federal financial industry regulators. She reluctantly had to accept me a) because very few of my coworkers would work for her because she was Jewish, b) because I had previously worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators, c) because I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, d) because I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) because I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and d) because I had earned an MBA in 1976. She was very demanding. But beyond that, my coworkers were intimidated a) by her having an MBA from the University of Chicago, b) by her having passed the CPA examination on her first attempt, c) by her being wealthy, d) by her being younger, and e) by her being attractive. Because she demanded that her subordinates have master’s degrees in finance, I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. I succeeded in making her a member of IIT’s advisory group for that graduate program. Further, I became certified fraud examiner in 1990, government financial manager in 1994, financial Services Auditor in 1996, and forensic accountant in 1997. I was her only defender/promoter in the office. But nevertheless, when my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors decided to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, she took the lead in doing that. I should write about the foresaid.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/anti-zionism-was-never-harmless-now-it-governs/
January 2, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/02/federal-employees-trump-administration-ban-gender-affirming-care/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/02/lesbian-couple-makes-history-as-cook-countys-first-marriage-of-2026/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/02/ice-detention-conditions-rey-estrada-broadview-michigan-landscapers
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/02/first-wedding-cook-county-melissa-nunez-elizabeth-brenske
FOX32 & WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cook-county-first-marriage-2026
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/historic-first-female-couple-receives-cook-countys-first-marriage-license-of-2026/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/01/02/operation-midway-blitz-parents-children-immigration-detention-mental-health
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State keeps more tax revenue, locals get less
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_998815d3-0067-4fa4-80e4-18c3c8f9a2c2.amp.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Spending Way Up under Pritzker, But Economic Growth Lags
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/state-spending-way-up-under-pritzker-but-economic-growth-lags/
— John Kass Endorses Ted Dombrowski
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/john-kass-endorses-ted-dombrowski/
— Richmond Cemetery District Spends $36,300 on “Special Services”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/richmond-cemetery-district-spends-36300-on-special-services/
— Hearing Officer Recommends Severino Ticket Be Thrown Off GOP Gubernatorial Ballot
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/hearing-officer-recommends-severino-ticket-be-thrown-off-gop-gubernatorial-ballot/
— Here’s a First: GOP Committeeperson Hosting Gubernatorial and Other Candidates Event DD: In 2003, all five of the announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates (John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andrew McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) attended a picnic that I organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. More than 200 attended. Back then, I was the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, and an officer of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter. I organized a major MTRO straw poll later in 2003 that Ryan won. The Illinois GOP Establishment wanted McKenna to win that primary and blamed me for Ryan winning it instead. The Illinois GOP Establishment also blames me for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich. Also, later in 2003, and in 2004, I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/heres-a-first-gop-committeeperson-hosting-gubernatorial-and-other-candidates-event/
— New McHenry County Administrator Scott Hartman Takes Office
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/02/new-county-administrator-takes-office/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Over 600 Chicago teachers hit Sin City on taxpayers’ dime
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/over-600-chicago-teachers-hit-sin-city-on-taxpayers-dime/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani’s first moves as NYC mayor: Revoke Eric Adams’ orders, create task forces on housing
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/2/zohran-mamdanis-first-moves-mayor-revoke-eric-adams-orders-create/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tim Walz has been playing the ‘race card’ in the Somali fraud scandal
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4398065/tim-walz-playing-race-card-somali-fraud-scandal-joe-concha/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani, wife Rama Duwaji dressed for inauguration by controversial ‘anti-Israel’ stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson
https://nypost.com/2026/01/02/us-news/zohran-mamdani-and-wife-rama-duwaji-dressed-for-inauguration-by-anti-israel-stylist/
BREITBART
— 2,274 Shooting Incidents in Brandon Johnson’s Chicago During 2025
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/01/02/2274-shooting-incidents-in-brandon-johnsons-chicago-during-2025/amp/
— Database Searches Show Somali Fraudsters Funding Democrat Politicians
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/02/database-searches-show-somali-fraudsters-funding-democrat-politicians/
DAILY CALLER
— Liberal Media Already Poking Holes In Mamdani’s Socialist Savior Story
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/02/washington-post-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-socialists/
FOX NEWS
— Harvard alum blasts DEI policies after ‘woke’ values drive longtime professor’s exit. Shabbos Kestenbaum echoes concerns from professor James Hankins who left after 40 years over woke values.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/harvard-alum-blasts-dei-policies-after-woke-values-drive-longtime-professors-exit
NATIONAL REVIEW
— One Man’s ‘Warmth of Collectivism’ Is Another’s Inferno
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/one-mans-warmth-of-collectivism-is-anothers-inferno/
NEWSMAX
— We must stop socialism now, or it will spread across America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uCb9IBzEM
TOWNHALL
— The Woke Collapse of Harvard Continues
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/02/harvard-prof-torches-school-over-woke-anti-white-policies-n2668759
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Mamdani vows to enact democratic socialist agenda
https://www.reuters.com/world/mamdanis-inauguration-new-york-new-year-new-mayor-2025-12-31/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/nyregion/mamdani-israel-executive-orders.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tesla Falls Behind China’s BYD as Vehicle Sales Drop for Second Year. End of U.S. subsidy for electric vehicles and flagging European demand dented global EV sales.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-sales-drop-for-second-year-in-a-row-958dec20