January 28, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Pritzker speaks on growing calls to reform or abolish ICE after Pretti killing
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-shooting-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-speaks-growing-calls-reform-abolish-ice-killing-alex-pretti/18495453/

WGN9
— Arlington Heights GOP office vandalized again, second incident in 2 months
https://wgntv.com/news/arlington-heights/arlington-heights-gop-office-vandalized-again-second-incident-in-2-months/

FOX32
— Duckworth clashes with Rubio in tense Senate hearing
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/duckworth-clashes-rubio-tense-senate-hearing

WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders use Pretti to get nurses and veterans a) to promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/27/chicago-area-nurses-and-veterans-honor-alex-pretti-who-was-killed-federal-agents
— DD: Democrat leaders get faith leaders to do their bidding.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/27/cardinal-blase-cupich-us-foreign-policy-uplifting-dignity-immigrants

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson tells DC crowd he will ‘set up a pathway’ to prosecute Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with their illegals against Americans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/mayor-brandon-johnson-hold-bovino-accountable/
— DD: Per IPI: 44K international migrants offset 40K Illinoisans leaving last year. Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/27/illinois-population-census/
— Illinois’ universities graduate a workforce that still sets the state apart. DD: I have graduate degrees from Loyola (busuness-1976), DePaul (accounting 1980), and IIT (finance-1997).  According to my Democrat GAO superiors, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-illinois-universities-graduate-workforce-110000597.html
— No need for a mandatory retirement age in Washington. The voters can do what’s needed. DD: Federal employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran do not oppose their superiors using “up-or-out” for federal employees because they use it only to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and non-veteran.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/editorial-age-limit-washington-eleanor-holmes-norton-nancy-pelosi-rahm-emanuel/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Mayor Johnson ever-increasingly calls ICE employees criminals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/01/28/mayor-brandon-johnson-ice-agents-accountability-criminal-conduct-minneapolis-alex-pretti-renee-good
— Duckworth, Illinois Democrats blast Vance for likening senator to ‘Forrest Gump’  Vance wrote on X, “Watching Tammy Duckworth obsessively interrupt Marco Rubio during this hearing is like watching Forest Gump argue with Isaac Newton.” Illinois Democrats are calling the comparison an “ableist insult.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/01/28/tammy-duckworth-marco-rubio-jd-vance-forrest-gump-remark-illinois-democrats
— Paywall-free news coverage of ICE raids, deportation campaign aids those who need it most. Paywalls create a two-tiered citizenry — one that can afford to be informed, and one that cannot. DD: www.gopillinois.com has never been paywalled, and it never will be. Further, GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have always been free and with no advertising or donation requests, and they always will be. All the time and money needed for the newsletters and website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, Social Security, and retirement savings. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/01/28/ice-raids-government-crackdowns-news-paywall-free-immigrants-low-income-first-amendment-john-cusack
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get those who are the following to protest: anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-gun owners, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/27/minneapolis-shootings-america-250-birthday-freedom-ben-jealous
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Russia and China against America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/01/22/donald-trump-greenland-ambitions-scorn-allies-could-wreck-20th-century-pacts-heflin-tufts

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Russia and China against America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260128/syndicated-columnists/as-president-disses-our-allies-smith-offers-a-recap/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/immigration-decline-slows-illinois-population-growth-census

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DD: Democrat mayors ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/mayors-warn-that-trump-s-hardline-immigration-21320812.php

DAILY LINE
— Bailey increases fundraising in fourth quarter, still trails behind Dabrowski, Heidner
https://www.thedailyline.com/bailey-increases-fundraising-fourth-quarter-trails-behind-dabrowski-heidner

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Pritzker expands abortion access with Prairie State Access Fund. Fund is described as a philanthropic public-private partnership.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-guv-expands-abortion-access-with-prairie-state-access-fund/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting hatred against ICE, that is, against Trump.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/abolish-ice-submitted-9200-times-for-chicago-snowplow-naming-contest-records-show/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-457/
— Republican organizations respond to Lapinski Holocaust denier story
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/28/only-one-republican-organization-responds-to-holocaust-denier-story/
(FROM THE POSTING: Isabel reached out to both Cook County party and state party organizations, legislative leaders in both parties, all the major gubernatorial and US Senate candidates, etc. for comment on our Ed Lapinski Holocaust denialism story. Lapinski is an Illinois House candidate, a Cook County Republican township committeeperson and sits on the county party’s executive committee. Isabel reached out to both Cook County party and state party organizations, legislative leaders in both parties, all the major gubernatorial and US Senate candidates, etc. for comment on our Ed Lapinski Holocaust denialism story. Lapinski is an Illinois House candidate, a Cook County Republican township committeeperson and sits on the county party’s executive committee.)
— IPI dumps Republican candidate after Holocaust denial evidence surfaces. The Illinois Policy Institute confirmed this week it no longer supports 56th House District Republican candidate Ed Lapinski.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/28/ipi-dumps-republican-candidate-after-holocaust-denial-evidence-surfaces/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— ‘GO ICE’ social media post sparks GOP-Dem clash in West Chicago
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_90589712-6565-4297-af67-f04867d9b5b6.html
— State rep questions Pritzker move to ‘expand and expand and expand’ on abortion
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3b7e4f11-7cc1-498d-88ea-28705977caa1.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 44K international migrants offset 40K Illinoisans leaving last year
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/44k-international-migrants-offset-40k-illinoisans-leaving-last-year/
— Waste watch: Illinois spends $700K on decolonization activism
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-spends-700k-on-decolonization-activism/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Gun rights advocates counter Trump team’s shot at Alex Pretti’s pistol
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/28/gun-rights-advocates-counter-trump-teams-shot-alex-prettis-pistol/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Duckworth Claims Trump Admin Is Torturing and Deporting ‘Innocent People’ in Heated Exchange With Rubio
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/28/duckworth-claims-trump-admin-is-torturing-and-deporting-innocent-people-in-heated-exchange-with-rubio/

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Want To Keep Illegals In America To Rig The Census And Congressional Apportionment
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/28/democrats-want-to-keep-illegals-in-america-to-rig-the-census-and-congressional-apportionment/

YELLOWHAMMER NEWS
— Majority of Americans want illegals to be deported, despite the onslaught of biased media coverage
https://yellowhammernews.com/a-majority-of-americans-want-illegals-to-be-deported-despite-the-onslaught-of-biased-media-coverage/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Duckworth fires back at Vance over Forrest Gump quip
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5711910-duckworth-responds-to-vance/

CBS NEWS
— Video appears to show Pretti in scuffle with federal agents 11 days before his death
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-alex-pretti-scuffle-federal-agents-minneapolis-11-days-before-his-death/

NEW YORK TIMES
— 2 Agents Who Shot Pretti Are on Leave
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/28/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice-minnesota
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/trump-administration-lawsuits.html

January 28, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago nurses join labor, faith leaders in vigil for Alex Pretti, killed by Border Patrol in MN.  DD: I was a federal employee union member for almost 12 years.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alex-pretti-minneapolis-minnesota-shooting-chicago-nurses-join-labor-faith-leaders-prayer-vigil-jesse-brown-va-hospital/18488293/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The vigil brought together health care workers at the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago alongside many others who may have never met Pretti but who, through their work, see themselves in him.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Anti-transgender Democrats sue Illinois over law requiring political party approval for nonprofit names
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/27/illinois-political-party-names-lawsuit/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Pretti to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/letters-012826-alex-pretti/
— Alex Pretti’s killing highlights the complex intersection of our 1st and 2nd Amendment rights
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/opinion-alex-pretti-border-patrol-ice-concealed-carry-second-amendment-free-assembly/
— DD: Democrats promote race-based voting. According to Democrats, you are a racist if you do not vote for Democrat candidates who are minority.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/column-chicago-danny-davis-jason-freidman-congress-primary-black-politics-washington/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: West Chicago teacher put on leave over pro-ICE comment. DD: Democrats run Illinois. The Democrat Party platform promotes illegal immigration. The Republican Party platform promotes compliance with America’s immigration laws. The more that you do to promote compliance with America’s immigration laws, the more that Democrats do to get rid of you.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260127/news/west-chicago-teacher-put-on-leave-over-pro-ice-comment/
— After Minneapolis shootings, GOP governor candidates talk about police, protester divide
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260127/illinois-state-politics/after-minneapolis-shootings-gop-governor-candidates-talk-about-police-protester-divide/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois’ Democratic US Senate primary heats up over ICE
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2026/01/28/illinois-democratic-us-senate-primary-heats-up-over-ice/88382530007/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Wisconsin gun owners slam Trump, Noem over comments on Pretti’s shooting
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2026/01/28/gun-owners-slam-trump-officials-over-saying-alex-prettwho-say-someone-cannot-come-to-a-protest-armed/88382762007/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Good and Pretti against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/trump-administration-s-trust-and-credibility-21317178.php

WAND TV
— Trump wants ‘honest’ investigation into ‘very sad’ killing of Minneapolis protester. President Donald Trump says a “big investigation” is underway into the killing of protester and ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. DD: Soon, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will resume flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-latest-federal-judge-orders-ice-chief-to-court-to-explain-why-detainees-are-denied/article_58a0377a-3b23-5f39-8def-1cfbd7ccef9c.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Judge finds Virginia Democrats’ redistricting resolution illegal; new Maryland map advances
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-judge-finds-virginia-democrats-redistricting-resolution-illegal/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-28/trump-tried-to-turn-attention-back-to-the-economy-in-iowa-did-it-work

WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders report on their success in promoting hatred against Trump. How much success have Democrat leaders had promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I will get a measure of that in my precinct when I hand-deliver sample ballots and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Not Affiliated registered voter.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-01-27/conservative-minnesota-pastor-on-how-he-went-from-trump-supporter-to-member-of-the-resistance

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso To Battle Ex-Hinsdale D86 Law Firm. He has been hired to defend the district against its former attorney’s lawsuit.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-battle-ex-hinsdale-d86-law-firm

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Jesse Jackson Jr. testing voters
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/28/jesse-jackson-jr-testing-voters-00751677

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-668/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois GOP Accused of Illegal Postage Scheme to Protect Norine Hammond From Conservative Challenger
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/illinois-gop-accused-of-illegal-postage-scheme-to-protect-norine-hammond-from-conservative-challenger.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats request money while consoling after Minneapolis deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4435956/democrats-raising-money-off-minneapolis-deaths-alex-pretti-renee-good/

NEW YORK POST
— Alex Pretti was ‘known’ to feds, and had rib broken in anti-ICE protest a week before he was killed by Border Patrol
https://nypost.com/2026/01/27/us-news/alex-pretti-known-to-feds-had-rib-broken-in-anti-ice-protest-a-week-before-he-was-killed-by-border-patrol/
— Minnesota cop union boss slams local officials for blocking cooperation with ICE: ‘There would have been no loss of life’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/28/us-news/police-union-head-slams-minn-as-gov-walz-agrees-to-have-top-cop-work-with-border-czar/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Trump Administration’s NEH Agenda. Having failed to dismantle the endowment, the administration is now seeing whether it can be used to promote its own ideological projects.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-trump-administrations-neh-agenda/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Look to Virginia to see what the Democrats could win in 2028. Virginia defines trends in American politics, and it would behoove Republicans to consider this a warning.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/look_to_virginia_to_see_what_the_democrats_could_win_in_2028.html
— Europe Cannot And Never Will Be Able To Compete With The United States. For decades, Europe has pursued economic, social, and environmental policies that have degraded its material and human capacity, possibly beyond recovery.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/europe_cannot_and_never_will_be_able_to_compete_with_the_united_states.html
— Britain and the Crisis of National Identity. Britain is committing suicide before the eyes of the world—the nation that once produced the culture and institutions to support a worldwide empire.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/britain_and_the_crisis_of_national_identity.html

BLAZE
— More than 100 outraged Democrat West Chicago community members denounce elementary school teacher over 2-word post about ICE. DD: Democrats run Illinois. The Democrat Party platform promotes illegal immigration. The Republican Party platform promotes compliance with America’s immigration laws. The more that you do to promote compliance with America’s immigration laws, the more that Democrats do to get rid of you.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/two-word-ice-post-teacher

BREITBART
— Minnesota Jails Refuse to Hand Over Hundreds of Illegal Aliens to ICE Agents Every Year. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with their foreign criminals over Americans.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/27/fact-check-minnesota-jails-refuse-to-hand-over-hundreds-of-illegal-aliens-to-ice-agents-every-year/

CAL COAST NEWS
— With open borders, there can be no welfare
https://calcoastnews.com/2026/01/with-open-borders-there-can-be-no-welfare/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: History has demonstrated that many countries have had problems with immigration. I am briefly describing one example. In about 376 Common Era, when The Roman Empire was divided into the Western and Eastern Empires, Goths (Germans) were trying to cross the river on the northern border of the Roman Empire. Huns were chasing and slaughtering the Goths. They wanted Roman protection. Valens, the Roman Emperor, didn’t want to let the Goths in, but he finally made a bargain with the leader of the Goths. The deal was in return for admission into the empire, the Goths would provide soldiers for the Roman army, which was fighting a war in the East of the Empire. The Romans would provide welfare to the Goths. After about 40 years, the Goths wanted to keep their own culture and stopped providing soldiers. The Romans cut off welfare. The Visigoths, one the Goth tribes, sacked Rome in 410 Common Era. This act effectively destroyed the Western Roman Empire. Quoting Milton Friedman in 1776: “A country can have open borders with no welfare. A country can have closed borders with welfare. If a country has open borders and welfare the country will disappear.” This history is a good lesson for our time. I got this information from “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” written by Edward Gibbon in 1776.)

CENTER SQUARE
— K-12 schools, higher ed institutions prevail in diversity litigation. DD: To send your child to a public school is to make your child a good little Democrat.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/virginia/article_efd1d11f-a036-43aa-b299-d7a4498b8565.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Law school rejects petition to remove ICE from career fair, employers withdraw. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I will get a measure of that in my precinct when I hand-deliver sample ballots and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Not Affiliated registered voter.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/law-school-rejects-petition-to-remove-ice-as-employers-withdraw-from-career-fair/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Student petition signed by 1,200 calls ICE ‘fascist organization’  George Washington University Law School refused to disinvite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from its career fair Friday after over 1,200 students and organizations signed a petition to have the federal agency removed.  The petition called on GW Law and the Georgetown University Law Center to remove ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from “all current components and future renditions” of the law schools’ joint event.  “ICE is a fascist organization, tasked with carrying out ethnic cleansing, family separation, and extreme brutality and violence,” the petition states.  It also states that “The government created ICE only 23 years ago to violently remove people from the United States, violating the human rights of immigrant communities and obfuscating the fact that the United States is a country stolen from Indigenous communities and built by enslaving Black people.” The students added that “Working for DHS or ICE is antithetical to what it means to be a lawyer serving the public interest.” Further, they stated that other law schools, such as New York University and American University’s Washington College of Law, have blocked “recruitment efforts” by DHS and ICE. “We remain adamant that regardless of immigration status, ICE’s actions grossly violate human rights, and we stand with immigrant communities everywhere in the fight against state violence,” the petition states.  Dean Dayna Matthew met with the students who spearheaded the petition to discuss their concerns, and later sent an email stating the GW Law administrators decided not to rescind ICE’s invitation, The GW Hatchet reported. The dean cited free expression and university policy. The university is “committed to principles that protect all students’ right to ideological expression,” she stated. Matthew added that recruitment programs must remain open to all employers, even if some view their actions as objectionable. “In my view, providing PSRP access to an employer does not signal endorsement or support of that employer’s work or values,” Matthew stated. “My decision does support and endorse GW Law students’ right to express opposition to an employer consistent with the university’s freedom of expression policy,” she stated. After administrators declined to remove ICE, at least 20 employers pulled out of the career fair. However, the petition did have some impact. ICE’s Office of the Principal Legal Advisor withdrew from the event while the agency’s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center remained involved. Still, students were disappointed. “To bring an organization whose sole mission is to divide people, make people feel unwelcome, remove people from spaces and create a sense of unsafety and unrest into that space — a space that so many people in this community have worked so hard to curate — was very insulting to the people who have tried to make this such a welcoming place,” said student Anapaula Pérez-Gaitan, who is the program manager at the school’s public interest center. Last week, ICE withdrew from participating in an Arizona State University Law School event following a student-led petition, The College Fix reported. ICE had planned to host a table at the Government and Public Interest Table Talks event until 650 people signed a petition to protest the federal law enforcement agency’s participation.)

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Trump Can Use Federal Authority in Minneapolis as Eisenhower Once Did in Little Rock
https://www.creators.com/read/star-parker/01/26/trump-can-use-federal-authority-in-minneapolis-as-eisenhower-once-did-in-little-rock

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says He Wants to De-escalate in Minnesota. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino was replaced by White House border czar Tom Homan this week to lead the ongoing illegal immigration enforcement. DD: Soon, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will resume flooding America with their illegals.
Zuckerberg’s Meta blocks info on ICE agents: Instagram, Facebook, Threads censor links as backlash grows

FOX NEWS
— You can never have law and order in sanctuary cities
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388412186112
— Trump laments shooting deaths of Good and Pretti, insists Minnesota personnel shuffle is not a ‘pullback’  President calls Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings ‘terrible,’ vows to ‘de-escalate’ operations in Minnesota. DD: Soon, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will resume flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-laments-shooting-deaths-good-pretti-insists-minnesota-personnel-shuffle-not-pullback
— Trump’s anti-DEI wins are temporary as colleges ‘wait out’ admin
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ivy-league-watchdog-warns-trumps-anti-dei-wins-temporary-colleges-wait-him-out.print

JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Go ICE”: West Chicago Teacher Put on Leave for Two Words Posted on Facebook.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/01/27/go-ice-chicago-area-teacher-put-on-leave-for-two-words-posted-on-facebook/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Higher Ed DEI is in “hunker-down mode… trying to wait out the Trump administration”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/01/higher-ed-dei-is-in-hunker-down-mode-trying-to-wait-out-the-trump-administration/

SALEM NEWS
— Leftists Don’t Care About The Crimes Illegals Commit
https://salemnewschannel.com/watch/leftists-dont-care-about-the-crimes-illegals-commit-697963412b5a24ee6ac90c2c

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— DD: As long as Democrats run education in America, they will use education to crank out good little Democrats. My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2026/01/28/race-conscious_admissions_may_not_be_totally_dead_1161361.html

TOWNHALL
— Philly’s Woke Prosecutor Says He Will ‘Hunt Down’ ICE Agents Like ‘Nazis’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/01/27/phillys-woke-prosecutor-says-he-will-hunt-down-ice-agents-like-nazis-n2670190

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump says he didn’t hear officials call Alex Pretti ‘a domestic terrorist’
https://thehill.com/homenews/5709270-trump-comments-pretti-shooting/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans Shift Tone After Killings, Criticizing Trump’s Immigration Push. With the president signaling a pivot in his crackdown, G.O.P. lawmakers have felt freer to express concern. But it’s not clear what they are willing to do about it. DD: Soon, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will resume flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/republicans-shift-tone-immigration.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Denmark against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/world/europe/mette-frederiksen-greenland-us-ally.html
— FRONT PAGE DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote illegal immigration and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/minnesota-politics-immigration-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, everything that Republicans say or do is “far right.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/white-supremacy-trump-administration-social-media.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders encourage their protesters to carry loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/27/gun-rights-alex-pretti-nra-minneapolis/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders encourage their protesters to carry loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/27/pretti-shooting-trump-clash-of-first-second-amendments/88375843007/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/01/26/ice-detained-us-citizens-minnesota-arrests/88304880007/

CBS NEWS
— Former law enforcement trainer sees “unanswered questions” in Alex Pretti’s shooting. DD: Soon, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will resume flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pretti-shooting-unanswered-questions/

NEWSWEEK
— A teacher from a West Chicago elementary school has been put on administrative leave over a social media post in support of ICE.  DD: Democrats run Illinois. The Democrat Party platform promotes illegal immigration. The Republican Party platform promotes compliance with America’s immigration laws. The more that you do to promote compliance with America’s immigration laws, the more that Democrats do to get rid of you.
https://www.newsweek.com/teacher-under-investigation-put-on-leave-for-pro-ice-post-11426402
— Donald Trump Signals Minnesota Climbdown: ‘We’re Going To De-escalate’  DD: Soon, if not already, Democrat and RINO leaders will resume flooding America with their illegals.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-signals-minnesota-climbdown-de-escalate-alex-pretti-11428294
https://www.newsweek.com/immigration-policing-loses-humanity-opinion-11419577

REUTERS
— Northwestern law school defeats lawsuit alleging anti-white faculty hiring. DD: UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1980, Roosevelt in 1980, and IIT in 1992, but I doubt they would admit today because under the Democrats, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination has gotten much worse.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/northwestern-law-school-defeats-lawsuit-alleging-anti-white-faculty-hiring-2026-01-22/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Northwestern University’s law school has persuaded a federal judge in Chicago to reject claims by a conservative group that the school discriminates against white men in faculty hiring. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis on Wednesday agreed to dismiss the lawsuit brought by a nonprofit organization called Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences (FASORP). The group is represented by prominent conservative attorney Jonathan Mitchell and by America First Legal, which was co-founded by Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller. FASORP first sued the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in July 2024, alleging it refused to consider hiring white male faculty candidates with “stellar credentials” while hiring other “mediocre” candidates from diverse racial and gender backgrounds. Ellis did not explain her reasons for dismissing the case. Northwestern had argued that FASORP did not have grounds to sue because the members it says were passed over for faculty jobs lacked the necessary credentials and had not actually applied. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three unnamed FASORP members who alleged they are ready and willing to apply for faculty posts at Northwestern’s law school but cannot compete because they are white men. The suit also accused Northwestern’s flagship law review of discriminating against white men in the selection of articles that appear in its pages. FASORP in court papers called hiring at American universities a “cesspool of corruption and lawlessness” that flouts anti-discrimination law in favor of women and minorities. The decision is the latest in a series of court setbacks for conservative legal groups targeting law schools, including unsuccessful discrimination cases against the Harvard Law Review in 2018 and the NYU Law Review in 2023.
FASORP also sued the Michigan Law Review for discrimination in June but voluntarily dismissed the case in October. Mitchell did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday, nor did a Northwestern spokesperson.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP AND FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrats and RINOs want Trump to stop deporting their illegals. Trump got elected to deport their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/fallout-from-minnesota-citizen-watchdog-claims-of-ice-retaliation-98ed9cf9
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-can-quit-while-hes-ahead-on-immigration-6ceb14ca
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-immigration-population-census-bureau-46dfac4a
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-regression-to-the-mean-011c8056

BLOOMBERG
— The New Rules of Finding a Job in 2026. DD: My peers failed/refused to take jobs like the ones I took. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997.
https://www.bloomberg.com/explainers/how-to-get-a-job-ai-tips-us-labor-market

KFVS
— Largest federal employee union calls for Kristi Noem’s firing after Alex Pretti’s death. DD: I was a federal employee union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.kfvs12.com/2026/01/28/largest-federal-employee-union-calls-kristi-noems-firing-after-alex-prettis-death/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  A federal employee union is calling for an independent investigation and for the resignation of prominent government leaders after a deadly shooting of a nurse in Minneapolis involving Border Patrol. Everett Kelley, the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said that following the killing of a fellow member, ICU nurse Alex Pretti, the group is calling for accountability.)

FED MANAGER
— OPM Rolls Out Guidance for “Rule of Many”- Promising More Flexible and Competitive Federal Hiring. DD: Democrats run the federal government. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and/or veteran who would take the job. If you get hired, but are not any of the aforesaid, the federal government will waste your career and get rid of you. Because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.fedmanager.com/news/opm-rolls-out-guidance-for-rule-of-many-promising-more-flexible-and-competitive-federal-hiring

NARFE
— NARFE mourns the tragic death of Alex Pretti, a federal employee who served as an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital. Federal employees like Pretti retain their constitutional rights as private citizens to observe and protest their government when off duty, within the confines of the law. At the same time, all federal employees — including Border Patrol agents and other federal law enforcement personnel — are required to act within the law and the U.S. Constitution in the performance of their official duties. NARFE calls for an independent and unbiased investigation into the circumstances of Pretti’s death to ensure that constitutional rights are upheld and that federal employees remain accountable to the oath of office they take. DD: I was a federal employee union member for almost 12 years.
https://narfe.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9MzUzNzY4MCZzdWJzY3JpYmVyaWQ9NTI4MzExMjM1

COMMON DREAMS
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/are-we-already-in-a-civil-war

PBS
— Minnesota confrontations mirror simulation of how civil war begins. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/minnesota-confrontations-mirror-simulation-of-how-civil-war-begins-law-professor-says

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— DD: What percent of those who come to America do so to get the tremendous benefits and preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them?
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/keeping_illegals_from_getting_benefits_important_voters_believe

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

EUROPEAN CONSERVATIVE
— Spain To Legalize More Than Half a Million Immigrants. DD: Of course, the next Democrat or RINO president will give citizenship, that is, official voting rights, to all illegals.
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/spain-to-legalize-more-than-half-a-million-immigrants/

TIMES OF INDIA
— Zuckerberg’s Meta blocks info on ICE agents: Instagram, Facebook, Threads censor links as backlash grows.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/zuckerbergs-meta-blocks-info-on-ice-agents-instagram-facebook-threads-censor-links-as-backlash-grows-over-alex-pretti-killing/articleshow/127691118.cms

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Pritzker: Noem, you will be fired next; Pritzker reacts to Greg Bovino’s removal a as Border Patrol commander-at-large. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/kristi-noem-you-will-be-fired-next-il-gov-reacts-to-greg-bovino-s-removal-as-border-patrol-commander-at-large/ar-AA1V2Wh8

HALIFAX EXAMINER
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/is-the-u-s-on-a-slow-march-to-civil-war/

January 26, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— NRA, legal experts question Trump administration stance after fatal Minnesota protest shooting
https://abc7chicago.com/post/nra-response-alex-pretti-gun-rights-groups-question-trump-administration-stance-minneapolis-minnesota-shooting/18480147/
— Comparisons drawn between Alex Pretti, Kyle Rittenhouse in renewed Second Amendment debate. Ex-Illinois House GOP Leader Durkin called the White House’s comments on the Minneapolis shooting ‘the height of hypocrisy.’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alex-pretti-shooting-minneapolis-comparisons-drawn-between-kyle-rittenhouse-renewed-second-amendment-debate/18480088/
— Congressional GOP criticism grows over Pretti shooting and Minnesota ICE operation
https://abc7chicago.com/post/congressional-gop-criticism-grows-pretti-shooting-minnesota-ice-operation/18479552/

NBC5
— Minneapolis remains on edge, ‘Border Czar’ heads to city after Pretti shooting. Protests have continued in the aftermath of Pretti’s death over the weekend.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/minneapolis-remains-on-edge-border-czar-heads-to-city-after-pretti-shooting/3881688/
— Gregory Bovino to leave Minneapolis, Border Patrol to draw back agents. NBC News confirmed reports from earlier in the day that Bovino would be leaving the Twin Cities.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gregory-bovino-to-leave-minneapolis-border-patrol-to-draw-back-agents/3881725/
— Border Patrol commander and some agents planning to leave Minneapolis, sources say. Gregory Bovino, a public face of Trump’s immigration crackdown, will leave Tuesday, while some agents plan to leave sometime this week, sources told NBC News.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/border-patrol-commander-some-agents-planning-leave-minneapolis-sources/3881752/

CBS2
— “A terrible miscalculation”: Officials’ response to fatal Minneapolis shooting causes anger among some at DHS.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pretti-minneapolis-shooting-causes-internal-anger-dhs/

WGN9
— Republicans divided on ICE tactics as shutdown looms
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/republicans-divided-on-ice-tactics-as-shutdown-looms/

FOX32
— Senate Democrats block DHS funding, risking partial shutdown
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/senate-democrats-block-dhs-funding-risking-partial-shutdown

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s Minneapolis misadventure turns deadly for a second time
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/26/editorial-minneapolis-border-patrol-gregory-bovino-ice-alex-pretti/
— Alex Pretti’s death shows why militarized immigration raids portend lethal force
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/26/opinion-alex-pretti-minneapolis-ice-border-patrol-raids-lethal-force/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— New SNAP work rules leave unemployed Englewood man and thousands of others at risk. The new work rules for the federal food assistance program start Feb. 1 in Illinois, with state officials estimating that as many as 400,000 residents could be pushed out of the program.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/26/new-snap-work-rules-leave-unemployed-englewood-man-thousands-of-others-at-risk-food-benefits-cut-off-trump

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— House passes ICE funding bill. Here’s how Illinois lawmakers voted.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/26/house-passes-ice-funding-bill-heres-how-illinois-lawmakers-voted/88320024007/

SOUTHERN
— Trump to send border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis as admin faces outrage over Pretti shooting
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/01/26/trump-to-send-border-czar-tom-homan-to-minneapolis-as-admin-faces-outrage-over-pretti-shooting/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/01/26/americans-largely-at-odds-with-trump-administration-on-immigration-ice-tactics-polls/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump demands Congress end sanctuary cities amid rising ICE tensions
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-demands-congress-to-end-sanctuary-cities-amid-rising-ice-tensions

NPR ILLINOIS
— Amid lawsuits and protests, Trump signals changes to Minnesota immigration surge
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-26/amid-lawsuits-and-protests-trump-signals-changes-to-minnesota-immigration-surge

NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://northernstar.info/132043/opinion/opinion-with-weed-legalized-cannabis-lawbreakers-should-be-released/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-455/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The McHenry GOP Governor’s Forum That Darren Bailey Skipped
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/26/the-mchenry-gop-governors-forum-that-daren-bailey-skipped/
— Gloria Van Hoff Gets Free Ride to Re-Election to the McHenry County Board, GOP COULD SLATE SOMEONE
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/25/gloria-van-hoff-gets-free-ride-to-re-election-to-the-mchenry-county-board/
— Cynthia Schenk Makes Pitch for Dabrowski Followed by Loud Speech by Rocio Cleveland
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/cynthia-schenk-makes-pitch-for-dabrowski-followed-by-loud-speech-by-rocio-cleveland/
— State Rep. Steve Reick’s Democratic Party Opponent Thrown Off the Ballot
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/26/state-rep-steve-reicks-democratic-party-opponent-thrown-off-the-ballot/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Waste watch: Illinois spends $2.6M on tennis, pickleball
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-spends-2-6m-on-tennis-pickleball/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— With Maduro gone, Venezuelan asylum-seekers should go home. ICE must prepare for those who won’t.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/26/maduro-gone-venezuelan-asylum-seekers-go-home/
— ICE fight starts another shutdown showdown with Democrats demanding reworking of DHS funding bill
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/26/ice-fight-starts-another-shutdown-showdown-democrats-demanding/
— Democrats stoke chaos for political gain. Lawlessness and disorder.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/26/democrats-stoke-chaos-political-gain/
— The growing conservative rift risks fracturing America. Will we hang together or hang alone? DD: Who leads conservatives in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/26/growing-conservative-rift-risks-fracturing-america/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Does America have the resolve to deport illegal border crossers?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4434193/america-resolve-deport-illegal-border-crossers/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump makes 4 demands to end Minneapolis chaos, calls on Congress to ban sanctuary cities
https://nypost.com/2026/01/26/us-news/trump-makes-four-demands-to-end-minneapolis-chaos-calls-on-congress-to-ban-sanctuary-cities/
— DHS investigating whether Alex Pretti’s gun accidentally fired — and sparked deadly Minneapolis shooting
https://nypost.com/2026/01/26/us-news/dhs-investigating-whether-alex-prettis-gun-accidentally-fired-and-sparked-deadly-minneapolis-shooting-sources/
— Holocaust Museum scolds Tim Walz over ‘deeply offensive’ comparison of Trump to horrors witnessed by Anne Frank
https://nypost.com/2026/01/26/us-news/holocaust-museum-scolds-tim-walz-over-deeply-offensive-anne-frank-comparison/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Vetting of 80,000+ Afghans Brought to America Failed the National Security Test
https://www.heritage.org/border-security/report/vetting-80000-afghans-brought-america-failed-the-national-security-test

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— The race for Florida’s 19th District, which includes Fort Myers and Naples, has attracted an eclectic mix of Republican candidates who’ve run for office in other states. Among them are former North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who lost a 2022 primary after a scandal-plagued single term; former Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis, who’s made multiple unsuccessful bids for Congress; conservative activist Catalina Lauf, who ran for a suburban Chicago House seat in 2022; and businesswoman Ola Hawatmeh, a 2020 House candidate in New York. Other GOP hopefuls include businessman Jim Schwartzel and Marine veteran Mike Pedersen.
https://rollcall.com/2026/01/23/former-new-york-rep-chris-collins-pardoned-by-trump-seeks-comeback-in-florida/

MSN
— Best and worst degrees for earning money. DD: Choosing the right college major is extremely important. I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. But I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination and pass it 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 until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. But by then, the accounting profession viewed me as being too old to have a career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/best-and-worst-degrees-for-earning-money/ss-AA1V0ueo

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. Why do you have less money? I have lots less money because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/26/trump-affordability-midterms/

USA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for affordability problems. My critics/opponents have always stressed a) what I could not have afforded if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft and b) what my wife and I could not have afforded if we had children. What helped you afford more things? For me, it was my always earning money since I was 14 years old. 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.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-plays-blame-game-white-034521979.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sanctuary Cities Can Be Deadly. To reduce tension and violence, let local police departments cooperate with ICE.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/sanctuary-cities-can-be-deadly-906eec57

BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-26/ice-has-engineered-chaos-in-my-minneapolis-community

BROOKINGS
— DD: Democrat leaders say ICE expansion has outpaced accountability.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ice-expansion-has-outpaced-accountability-what-are-the-remedies/

MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— Unlike Mamdani, Most Dems Want Prosperity — Not Class Warfare
https://manhattan.institute/article/unlike-zohran-mamdani-most-dems-want-prosperity-not-class-warfare

RUSMUSSEN REPORTS
— 55% Want Penalties on Companies That Hire Illegals. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/55_want_penalties_on_companies_that_hire_illegals

January 25, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/brandon-johnson-to-speak-at-chicago-ice-out-of-everywhere-rally/3881184/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/more-protests-planned-chicago-federal-agents-kill-minneapolis-resident/
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/tim-walz-donald-trump-immigration-surge-ice-border-patrol-alex-pretti/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-police-chief-says-people-have-had-enough-after-fatal-shooting-by-federal-agents/
— Bondi seeks Minnesota voter rolls, welfare data to “help bring back law and order” in wake of shootings
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-minnesota-voter-rolls-welfare-data-walz-immigration-shootings/

FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ice-mn-updates-jan-25

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/mother-detained-ice-church-community-help/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/minneapolis-mourns-man-killed-border-patrol-agent/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/republican-investigation-minneapolis-shooting/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/democrats-homeland-security-funding-bill/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/immigration-agents-minneapolis-shooting/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/25/ice-protesters-immigration-minneapolis-loop-congress-plaza-pretti-bovino-good
— Man acquitted of Bovino murder plot taken into ICE custody. Juan Espinoza Martinez now faces deportation despite the courtroom victory Thursday by his attorneys.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/24/juan-espinoza-martinez-bovino-murder-plot-ice-custody

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260125/nation-and-world/protesters-demand-immigration-agents-leave-minneapolis-after-man-is-shot-and-killed-during-crackdown/

WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wgnradio.com/news/protesters-demand-immigration-agents-leave-minneapolis-after-man-fatally-shot/

WBEZ
— 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.wbez.org/government-politics/elections/2026/01/22/what-to-know-us-senate-debate-march-17-primary-krishnamoorthi-kelly-stratton

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-getting-to-no-europes-leaders-find-a-way-to-speak-with-one-voice-against-trump/
— DD: The more that you criticize blast Trump, the more that Democrat leaders promote you.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/republican-governor-expresses-concern-over-minneapolis-shooting-americans-dont-like-what-theyre-seeing-right-now/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise immigrants.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-25/thousands-of-new-americans-opt-for-ultimate-act-of-inclusion-despite-obstacles

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Protester killed Saturday in clash with ICE agents had Sig Sauer high-capacity 9mm pistol
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/25/protester-killed-saturday-clash-ice-agents-sig-sauer-high-capacity/
— Second Minnesota killing by U.S. officials sparks showdown between Trump admin, community leaders
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/25/second-minnesota-killing-us-officials-sparks-showdown-trump-admin/
— Spanberger and Democrats work overtime to turn Virginia into Venezuela
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/25/spanberger-democrats-work-overtime-turn-virginia-venezuela/
— After Trump, Republicans face a reckoning over conservatism. A personality-driven movement leaves unanswered questions about what comes next. DD: Who leads conservatives in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/25/trump-republicans-face-reckoning-conservatism/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Bondi offers path to end ‘chaos’ in Minnesota in letter to Walz seeking voter rolls
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4432820/bondi-letter-walz-minnesota-ice-pretti-shooting/

NEW YORK POST
— Tim Walz compares Trump’s ICE crackdown in Minnesota to Nazi occupation told by Anne Frank
https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/us-news/tim-walz-compares-trumps-ice-crackdown-to-nazi-occupation/
— Top Trump lieutenants join in blasting Dems Tim Walz and Jacob Frey for ‘inciting’ protesters
https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/us-news/trump-noem-blast-dems-tim-walz-and-jacob-frey-for-inciting-protesters-like-alex-pretti/
— Enrollment declines in major city school districts as parents seek better options. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/22/media/enrollment-declines-in-major-city-school-districts-as-parents-seek-better-options/
— Bessent trashes Canada’s PM as Trump bemoans China ‘completely taking over’ US neighbor
https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/us-news/scott-bessent-trashes-canadas-pm-as-president-trump-bemoans-china-completely-taking-over-us-neighbor/
— How Zohran Mamdani’s ignorance could drive New York to ruin
https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/opinion/how-zohran-mamdanis-ignorance-could-drive-new-york-to-ruin/
— Sorry, AOC — protest culture is un-American
https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/opinion/sorry-aoc-protest-culture-is-un-american/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats threaten to shut down government to protect illegal alien criminals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/democrats_threaten_to_shut_down_government_to_protect_illegal_alien_criminals.html
— The facts show that Alex Pretti died to protect fraud and other illegality. There’s something very wrong with Americans who will fight to the death for this.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/the_facts_show_that_alex_pretti_died_to_protect_fraud_and_other_illegality.html

BREITBART
— Barack Obama Urges More Street Protests, Blames Trump for Minneapolis Shooting
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/01/25/obama-urge-more-protests-blames-trump-after-minneapolis-shooting/
— Vance: ‘Engineered Chaos’ in Minneapolis Is Consequence of Leftists Working with Local Officials
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/25/jd-vance-engineered-chaos-in-minneapolis-is-consequence-of-leftists-working-with-local-officials/
— Noem: It Is ‘Breaking the Law’ in Minnesota to ‘Conceal Carry Without an ID on You’
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/01/25/kristi-noem-it-is-breaking-the-law-in-minnesota-to-conceal-carry-without-an-id-on-you/
— Chicago’s police chief delivered a blunt warning amid rising confrontations with federal immigration officers, reminding residents in October that ICE and HSI personnel are “law enforcement officers” and that attacking or obstructing them is a criminal act. He cautioned that emotional disagreement with federal operations does not give anyone license to interfere, adding that Chicago police “do not interfere with the duties and responsibilities of federal agents” and are committed to keeping them safe.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/01/24/chicago-police-chief-federal-agents-are-officers/

EPOCH TIMES
— Homeland Security Seeks to Restrict Immigrants From Relying on Welfare. Changes to the public charge rule aim to reduce incentives to illegal immigration and discourage immigrants from relying on public benefits. DD: How strongly do illegals use food pantries in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/homeland-security-seeks-to-restrict-immigrants-from-relying-on-welfare-5949944

FOX NEWS
— Tim Walz compares Minnesota ICE actions to Holocaust and Anne Frank: ‘Hiding in their houses.’  Minnesota governor says children are ‘hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside’ following fatal ICE shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tim-walz-compares-minnesota-ice-actions-holocaust-anne-frank-hiding-houses
— Walz blasts Trump and federal agents, likens immigration sweep in Minneapolis to the Holocaust
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388299124112
— Anti-ICE agitators adopt Palestinian tactics, including martyrdom. Alex Pretti brought gun and extra ammunition before allegedly intervening in immigration arrest.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-anti-ice-agitators-adopt-palestinian-tactics-including-martyrdom

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— Pritzker Defines Tipping Off ICE as Illegal ‘Discrimination.” Landlord who tipped off ICE about illegal alien gang members faces investigation. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/gov-pritzker-defines-tipping-off-ice-as-illegal-discrimination/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Canadian Media Outlets Help Whip Up U.S. Invasion Fears
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/canadian-media-outlets-help-whip-up-u-s-invasion-fears/

NEW AMERICAN
— 76 Republicans Vote to Fund Abortions & “Trans” Procedures
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/congress/76-republicans-vote-to-fund-abortions-trans-procedures/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Gavin Newsom Looks Like The Media’s 2028 Candidate
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2026/01/24/gavin-newsom-looks-medias-2028-candidate

PJ MEDIA
— The Left Doesn’t Want You to Know This About Alex Pretti, the Man the Border Patrol Shot
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/01/25/the-left-doesnt-want-you-to-know-this-about-the-man-shot-by-border-patrol-n4948728
— Suicide by ICE: Leftist Masterminds Are Getting What They Wanted
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/01/25/suicide-by-ice-n4948732

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Local sanctuary policies are creating chaos for communities
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5704178-immigration-policy-national-law/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Immigration policy is not a local preference. It is not a city ordinance. It is not a state experiment. Under the Constitution and federal statute, immigration law is national law under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4. It is written by Congress, enforced by the executive branch, and applied uniformly across the country. City councils and statehouses do not get to decide immigration policy for the rest of the nation. Congress does. That distinction matters, because much of what now defines the immigration debate is not coming from Congress. It is coming from municipalities and state governments attempting to carve out “sanctuary” regimes that limit cooperation with federal enforcement, restrict information sharing, and in some cases actively obstruct federal immigration operations. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not a private agency. It is an enforcement arm of the federal government. Entering the U.S. without inspection is a federal offense. Overstaying a visa is a civil violation. In both cases, the legal remedy established by Congress is removal from the country.)

ABC NEWS
— DD: Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/republicans-express-concern-tactics-minnesota-urge-shooting-investigation-129543773

NEWSWEEK
— DD: Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.newsweek.com/abolish-ice-republican-support-minnesota-11414059
— Pritzker Should ‘Beg’ Trump for Natl Guard in Chicago
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/peter-navarro-jb-pritzker-chicago/2026/01/25/id/1243463/

WFIN
— DD: Pritzker and other Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/pritzker-urges-unified-response-from-democrat-republican-governors-after-cpb-fatally-shoots-man/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sen. Graham Proposes Bill Ending Sanctuary Cities
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti/card/sen-graham-proposes-bill-ending-sanctuary-cities-GARbkK0QRNjCJrzXEdK2
— These Developers Stand to Win in Trump’s Housing-Investor Crackdown. The build-to-rent business looks poised to take off after Trump exempted this industry from his regulations on large investors. DD: Homeownership should be everyone’s goal. People take better care of what they own than what they rent.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/these-developers-stand-to-win-in-trumps-housing-investor-crackdown-fed348a7
— ICE’s Expanding Authority Under Trump. DD: Trump was elected to stop illegal immigration and to deport the illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/ices-expanding-authority-under-trump/2575bda6-8a92-4e8f-ae80-d80f91120f1e

BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-25/mamdani-vows-to-use-all-options-to-keep-ice-out-of-new-york-city?srnd=phx-politics

FORTUNE
— DD: Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://fortune.com/2026/01/25/republican-critics-trump-minnesota-tragedy-disturbing-ice-shooting/

BANKING RATES
— 6 Things the Upper Middle Class Won’t Be Able To Afford in 5 Years. DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed a) what could not have afforded if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft and b) what my wife and I could not have afforded if we had children. What helped you afford more things? For me, it was my always earning money since I was 14 years old. 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.
https://www.aol.com/articles/6-things-upper-middle-class-215505196.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Single-Family Homes in Many Cities, Childcare, New Cars, International Vacations, Retirement

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Trump fascist.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

IRELAND INDEPENDENT
— Wealthy Amer­ic­ans flee­ing here in grow­ing num­bers. Over 380 visas issued last year to US res­id­ents with sub­stan­tial income and funds to buy own house.
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/sunday-independent-ireland/20260125/281569477140860

January 24, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago leaders, protesters react after Illinois-born nurse killed by federal agents in Minneapolis
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-shooting-chicago-area-illinois-leaders-protesters-speak-man-shot-killed-federal-agents-minnesota/18464838/
— Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over its China trade deal, escalates feud with Carney
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-threatens-canada-100-tariff-china-trade-deal-escalates-feud-prime-minister-mark-carney/18465052/

NBC5
— Chicagoans protest against deadly Minneapolis ICE operations in sub-zero cold. A flyer advertising the protest said the “emergency action” to “stop ICE terror” was “in response to another shooting by CBP [U.S. Customs and Border Protection].”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagoans-protest-against-deadly-minneapolis-ice-operations-in-sub-zero-cold/3880970/
— ICU nurse killed by federal officer in Minneapolis was born in Illinois. His parents, who live in Wisconsin, recently told him to be careful while protesting.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/icu-nurse-killed-by-federal-officer-in-minneapolis-was-born-in-illinois/3880952/
— An off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was charged with attacking a protester last month at a gas station in west suburban Brookfield, according to officials and the alleged victim of the attack.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-officer-charged-with-attacking-immigrant-rights-activist-in-chicago-suburb/3881010/

CBS2
— Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson respond to deadly Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-johnson-minneapolis-shooting-alex-jeffrey-pretti/
— Federal agents fatally shoot another Minneapolis resident; BCA says feds deny access to shooting scene
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/reported-shooting-south-minneapolis-federal-agents-protesters/

FOX32
— Minneapolis shooting today: Reaction pours in after man killed by border agent
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/minneapolis-shooting-today-border-patrol-ice-reaction-protests

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Johnson calls to abolish ICE after Minneapolis shooting as Pritzker urges funding halt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/24/brandon-johnson-abolish-ice-pritzker-funding-minnesota/
— Indiana Senate OKs bill allowing police to enforce immigration laws
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/23/indiana-senate-oks-bill-allowing-police-to-enforce-immigration-laws/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker, Johnson call for ICE to be abolished after second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/24/pritzker-johnson-call-for-ice-to-be-abolished-after-second-fatal-shooting-by-federal-agents-in-minneapolis

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker calls for abolishing ‘Trump’s ICE’ after fatal shooting in Minnesota
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260124/news/pritzker-calls-for-abolishing-trumps-ice-after-fatal-shooting-in-minnesota/
— Why pro-Israel lobbying group has been targeted by progressive candidates
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260124/us-congress-politics/why-pro-israel-lobbying-group-has-been-targeted-by-progressive-candidates/

WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their noncitizens.
https://wgnradio.com/outside-the-loop-radio/otl-1006-borderless-magazine-tells-the-story-of-immigrants-in-chicago-the-connection-between-school-attendance-and-successful-students/

SHAW LOCAL
— GOP governor hopefuls pledge unity
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-journal/2026/01/24/united-front-gop-governor-hopefuls-pledge-unity/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats describe massive immigration sweep on the ground in Minneapolis
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-23/reporters-describe-covering-a-massive-immigration-sweep-on-the-ground-in-minneapolis

WCIA
— Gubernatorial Republican candidates Darren Bailey and Aaron Del Mar stopped in Danville and Champaign on Jan. 23. At Papa Del’s, the two shared why they decided to enter the race and issues they’re focused on statewide.
https://www.wcia.com/news/local-news/gubernatorial-republican-candidates-stop-in-central-illinois-as-part-of-tour/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump blames Minnesota officials for ‘inciting insurrection’ with fatal shooting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/24/trump-blames-minnesota-officials-inciting-insurrection-fatal-shooting/
— ‘America First’ means ‘China Out’  Trump’s post-Maduro vision for the hemisphere is clear
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/22/america-first-means-china/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats push to blacklist ICE agents from future government jobs. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blacklisted me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4430445/democrats-push-to-blacklist-ice-agents-from-future-government-jobs/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls out Clarence Thomas while defending city’s reparations task force. DD: Democrats push for reparations to get more votes from Blacks.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/23/media/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-calls-out-clarence-thomas-while-defending-citys-reparations-task-force/
— Officer ‘will lose finger’ after unhinged Minnesota rioters bite him during protests
https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/unhinged-rioters-face-off-against-feds-as-anger-violence-in-minneapolis-spirals-out-of-control/
— Chilling new video reveals new angle of fed shooting armed anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis
https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/chilling-new-video-reveals-new-angle-of-fed-shooting-armed-anti-ice-protester-in-minneapolis/
— AOC urges US Senate to block ICE funding after armed protestor fatally shot in Minneapolis
https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/aoc-urges-senate-to-block-ice-funding-after-armed-protestor-is-shot-in-minneapolis/
— Mamdani urges ‘abolish ICE’ after armed protester shot in Minneapolis
https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/mamdani-urges-abolish-ice-after-armed-protester-shot-in-minneapolis-abolish-ice/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What happened in Minneapolis today? No one in the public really knows, but the narratives are already in place.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/what_happened_in_minneapolis_today.html

BREITBART
— Agent in Minneapolis Fired ‘Defensive Shots’ in Fear for His Life
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/01/24/dhs-agent-in-minneapolis-fired-defensive-shots-in-fear-for-his-life/amp/
— More Protests in Minneapolis After Federal Officers Shoot Armed Man
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/01/24/more-protests-in-minneapolis-after-federal-officers-shoot-armed-man/amp/
— The media are going to bat for Maine employers who are upset that their pool of cheap migrant labor has been put at risk by the immigration operation that was launched this week.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/23/maine-media-outlets-nyt-guardian-shill-for-employers-who-want-cheap-labor/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— Pro-Life Movement Sends A Clear Message About A Political Liability For Republicans
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/24/opinion-pro-life-movement-sends-a-clear-message-about-a-political-liability-for-republicans-david-bereit/

EPOCH TIMES
— US Homeland Security Secretary Holds Press Conference
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/replay-us-homeland-security-secretary-holds-press-conference-5975950

FOX NEWS
— Trump cites armed suspect, lack of police support following fatal Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis. President claims federal agents ‘had to protect themselves’ without local police support during fatal Minneapolis shooting.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-cites-armed-suspect-lack-police-support-following-fatal-border-patrol-shooting-minneapolis
— Senate Dems revolt against DHS funding bill amid Minneapolis chaos, hiking government shutdown risk. Minneapolis man Alex Pretti was fatally shot by border patrol agent during immigration enforcement operation on Saturday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-dems-revolt-against-dhs-funding-bill-amid-minneapolis-chaos-dramatically-hiking-government-shutdown-ri
— Walz sending National Guard to Minneapolis after standby period
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388249896112

TOWNHALL
— Border Patrol Does Not Mince Words With Their Statement About the Recent Shooting in Minneapolis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/01/24/border-patrol-comes-in-hot-with-this-statement-about-the-recent-shooting-in-minneapolis-n2670022
— Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino Set the Record Straight on the Minneapolis Shooting in This Presser
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/01/24/border-patrol-commander-greg-bovino-just-set-the-record-straight-in-this-presser-n2670031

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— FBI agent in Minneapolis involved in Renee Good probe resigns. DD: When my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government came under pressure to waste my career and to take adverse actions against me including forcing me to retire, none of them resigned, none of them came to my defense.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-agent-minneapolis-renee-good-resigns/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mergen left the FBI “in part due to the pressure on her to reclassify/discontinue the (Good) investigation,” a source with knowledge of her departure told CBS News. Another FBI source said Mergen “would not bow to pressure” from leadership.

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE’s recruiting push.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/ice-new-h

January 22, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Vance lands in Minneapolis blaming the ‘far left’ for turmoil over White House deportation efforts
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vance-heads-minneapolis-says-far-left-should-stop-resisting-immigration-enforcement/18449071/

FOX32
— Illinois congressional candidate acknowledges past domestic violence charge
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-congressional-candidate-acknowledges-past-domestic-violence-charge

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More Illinois parents are rejecting their public schools. The silence from Springfield is deafening.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/22/enrollment-chicago-public-schools-enrollment-decline-private-schools-school-choice/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/01/22/antonio-king-chicago-first-ever-lgtbq-affairs-director-mayor-brandon-johnson-appointment

DAILY HERALD
— Vance’s message in Minneapolis: Local officials must cooperate with the immigration crackdown
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260122/nation-and-world-politics/vances-message-in-minneapolis-local-officials-must-cooperate-with-the-immigration-crackdown/
— 3 people involved in a Minnesota church protest are arrested, as judge refuses to charge Don Lemon
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260122/nation-and-world-politics/3-people-involved-in-a-minnesota-church-protest-are-arrested-as-judge-refuses-to-charge-don-lemon/
— ‘I got loud’: DuPage undersheriff disputes reports of bar brawl
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260122/news/i-got-loud-dupage-undersheriff-disputes-reports-of-bar-brawl/
— EEOC scraps anti-harassment guidance, citing Trump’s orders
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260122/business/workplace-rights-agency-scraps-anti-harassment-guidance-citing-trumps-orders/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois targeted in Trump review of federal funds to Democratic states
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-targeted-trump-review-federal-funding

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Republican groups host GOP candidates at McHenry County forums Thursday and Sunday
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2026/01/22/republican-groups-host-gop-candidates-at-mchenry-county-forums-thursday-and-sunday/

MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/illinois-lawmakers-2026-theme-affordability/20260122071403/

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Carbondale residents discuss race, identity at National Day of Racial Healing
https://dailyegyptian.com/122997/showcase/carbondale-residents-discuss-race-identity-at-national-day-of-racial-healing/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-453/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Resolution condemning federal immigration law enforcement sparks debate
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_28915364-aa79-4cf6-87d7-d1b841066cb0.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Cynthia Schenk Makes Pitch for Dabrowski Followed by Loud Speech by Rocio Cleveland
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/cynthia-schenk-makes-pitch-for-dabrowski-followed-by-loud-speech-by-rocio-cleveland/
— 9th District Democrat Bushra Amiwala Speaks to McHenry County Democratic Central Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/9th-district-democrat-bushra-amiwala-speaks-to-mchenry-county-democratic-central-committee/
— 9th District Democrat Phil Andrew Hits the Airwaves
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/9th-district-democrat-phil-andrew-hits-the-airwaves/
— Richard Behof Selected McHenry County Public Defender
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/richard-behof-selected-mchenry-henry-county-public-defender/
— Citizen Action Illinois Endorsed Daniel Biss for Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/citizen-action-illinois-endorsed-daniel-biss-for-congress/
— Brad Schneider Opponent Releases Endorsements
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/brad-schneider-opponent-releases-endorsements/
— Kat Tells of Having Chronic Disease Narcolepsy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/kat-tells-of-having-chronic-disease-narcolepsy/
— Two Candidates for GOP Nomination for Governor in McHenry at Vixen Sunday Afternoon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/two-candidates-for-gop-nomination-for-governor-in-mchenry-at-vixen-sunday-afternoon/
— Sports’ Luminaries Endorse R. Cary Capparelli for GOP U.S. Senate Nomination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/sports-luminaries-endorse-r-cary-capparelli-for-gop-u-s-senate-nomination/
— Four Vie for Republican Suicide Run in 9th Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/four-vie-for-republican-suicide-run-in-9th-congressional-district/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Woke never really died, it’s coming back with a vengeance — and we should be terrified
https://nypost.com/2026/01/22/opinion/woke-is-returning-with-a-vengeance-with-minneapolis-mamdani/
— Target employees skip work as ICE crackdown rattles Minnesota stores
https://nypost.com/2026/01/22/business/target-employees-skip-work-as-ice-crackdown-rattles-minnesota-stores-report/

BLAZE
— ‘We Mexicans are reclaiming our territory’: Peter Schweizer drops bombshell on Glenn Beck about Mexico’s invisible coup
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/we-mexicans-are-reclaiming-our-territory-peter-schweizer-drops-bombshell-on-glenn-beck-about-mexicos-invisible-coup

FOX NEWS
— Vance tells Minneapolis to ‘stop fighting’ ICE as White House doubles down on crackdown
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-tells-minneapolis-stop-fighting-ice-white-house-doubles-down-crackdown.print
— Trump uses Davos to showcase American strength and shake the global order
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/morning-glory-trump-uses-davos-showcase-american-strength-shake-global-order

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Sues Chicago Treasurer Over Plan to Halt U.S. Treasury Purchases
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-sues-chicago-treasurer/

PJ MEDIA
— Pope Leo Taps Pro-LGBT Archbishop for Key Clergy Role, Raising Alarms Among Faithful
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2026/01/22/pope-leo-taps-pro-lgbt-archbishop-for-key-clergy-role-raising-alarms-among-faithful-n4948636

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Vance in Minneapolis Calls for Local Cooperation on ICE Crackdown. Vice president blames left-wing protesters and mayor for chaos in the city where opposition to immigration policies has led to public clashes with federal agents.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/vance-in-minneapolis-calls-for-local-cooperation-on-ice-crackdown-72a45988
— Trump Sues JPMorgan for $5 Billion for Closing His Bank Accounts. The president alleges the bank and Jamie Dimon made ‘woke’ political decision to shut down family-business accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/president-trump-sues-jpmorgan-for-5-billion-for-closing-his-bank-accounts-17892253
— JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Reaps $43 Million in Pay for Last Year. The pay package for the 69-year-old is a 10% increase from the previous year.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-reaps-43-million-in-pay-for-last-year-8a0d0f5b

POLITICO
— Abortion opponents demand more as Trump targets Planned Parenthood, foreign aid and fetal tissue research. The administration moves, timed around the annual March for Life, may not win back frustrated groups.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/abortion-opponents-demand-more-as-trump-targets-planned-parenthood-foreign-aid-and-fetal-tissue-research-00741765

January 21, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DHS increasing self-deportation stipend from $1,000 to $2,600. DD: How many will come to America illegally to get a stipend to go back home?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dhs-increasing-deportation-stipend-1000-2600/18444117/

NBC5
— Here’s who’s running for governor of Illinois in the 2026 election
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/heres-whos-running-for-governor-of-illinois-in-the-2026-election/3879200/
— ICE officers authorized to enter homes without a judge’s warrant ICE memo says. The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ice-officers-enter-homes-without-warrant-memo/3879382/

CBS2
— U.S. Rep. for Illinois Robin Kelly has introduced an amendment to the defense funding  bill to prevent President Trump from taking over Greenland.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-rep-robin-kelly-amendment-prevent-trump-greenland-takeover/
— Bremen High School students in Midlothian launch closet to help students in need. DD: Back in the good old days, back in the 1950s and 1960s, extremely few of my grade school and high school classmates were in need. Virtually all of them, if not all of them, were products of traditional marriages.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bremen-high-school-midlothian-closet-students-in-need/

FOX32
— Chicago’s homeless population far higher than official count
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/report-chicago-homeless-population-far-higher-than-official-count

CHICAGO TRIBUNE & CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & WTTW
— Immigration Officers Assert Sweeping Power to Enter Homes Without a Judge’s Warrant. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. According to Google AI: IRS Revenue Officers are specialized, field-based personnel who handle high-priority, complex, and delinquent tax cases, exercising broad, legally authorized enforcement powers to secure payments. These officers possess greater discretion and authority compared to automated systems, allowing them to take direct, in-person action. Core Collection Powers  Levies and Seizures: They can place levies on bank accounts, investment funds, and wages, and have the authority to seize property to satisfy tax debts. Summons Authority: Under IRC 7602(a), they may issue a summons to the taxpayer or third parties (banks, employers, etc.) to produce books, papers, or testimony, a power upheld by the Supreme Court. Liens: They can file a Notice of Federal Tax Lien, which acts as a public claim against a taxpayer’s property. Direct Interaction: They can visit a taxpayer’s home or place of business to demand payment or investigate financial situations. Employment Tax Enforcement: They are specifically assigned to cases involving unpaid payroll tax deposits.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/immigration-officers-entering-homes-warrant/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/21/immigration-customs-enforcement-warrant-memo
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/21/immigration-officers-assert-sweeping-power-enter-homes-without-judge-s-warrant-memo-says
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly flood their day care centers and their churches with their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/minnesota-st-paul-cities-church-renee-good-protesters/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge denies former Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau’s attempt to dismiss order regarding his political blog
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/judge-denies-orland-park-mayor-keith-pekau/
— Chicago paid $26.5M in OT to ineligible employees
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/chicago-26-5-million-overtime-ineligible-employees/
— New Melissa Conyears-Ervin ad in Illinois’ 7th District race highlights federal campaign spending loophole
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/melissa-conyears-ervin-loophole-federal-campaign-spending/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— More than 58,000 Chicagoans were homeless in 2024. DD: The Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it promotes homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2026/01/21/more-than-58-000-chicagoans-experienced-homelessness-new-report-says
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/01/21/new-snap-work-requirements-cook-county-warn-health-consequences-cut-off-congress-donald-trump-food-stamps
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/01/21/congress-must-pass-older-americans-act-reauthorization-meals-services-caregivers-michael-pessman

DAILY HERALD
— What’s the holdup?: Six months in, county is still waiting for an attorney’ general’s ruling with widespread implications
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260121/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-whats-the-holdup-six-months-in-county-is-still-waiting-for-an-attorney-ge/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County Board members had good reason to grumble last week as they reflected on a sluggish response from the state attorney general’s office to an appeal regarding the county clerk’s refusal to abide by county purchase and accounting policies. The county’s hit on the legal bills in this yearslong standoff has reached nearly $280,000 and counting, the county already has a judge’s ruling in its favor and the Attorney General’s Office has been doing whatever it is doing in its investigation since last July — without yet even having interviewed the central figure in the case, DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek.)
— Davis, Rice try to differentiate themselves at debate in 8th Congressional District GOP primary
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260121/us-congress-politics/davis-rice-try-to-differentiate-themselves-at-debate-in-8th-congressional-district-gop-primary/

JOURNAL COURIER
— GOP governor hopefuls in unison against sanctuary policies, state spending
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/governor-candidates-sanctuary-policies-state-21307412.php

SOUTHERAN
— DHS increasing self-deportation stipend from $1,000 to $2,600
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/01/21/dhs-increasing-self-deportation-stipend-from-1000-to-2600/

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— GOP: You won’t find ‘affordability’ in Dem-run Illinois. McCombie: IL spends big bucks on illegal immigrants while inflation is down 70 percent under Trump.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-gop-you-wont-find-affordability-in-dem-run-illinois/

DAILY ILLINI
— Champaign protesters rally against Trump administration
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/champaign-urbana/2026/01/21/champaign-protestors-trump-administration/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-452/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago parents expect Chicago Public Schools educators to teach reading, writing, and critical thinking skills — not to use classrooms as staging grounds for foreign and domestic political activism.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/cant-spell-sign-dont-wave-chicago-schools

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Jeanne Ives Condemned the Irvin Playbook, Now She’s Using It In The Dabrowski Campaign
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/jeanne-ives-condemned-the-irvin-playbook-now-shes-using-it-in-the-dabrowski-campaign.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Weaponized Compassion: How Federal Food Programs Undermine Culture
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/weaponized-compassion-how-federal-food-programs-undermine-culture/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump calls for ‘immediate’ talks to acquire Greenland. Says Denmark couldn’t defend it in WWII, and can’t protect it now.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/21/trump-calls-immediate-talks-acquire-greenland/
— Vance to visit Minneapolis as tensions rise over ICE operations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/21/jd-vance-visit-minneapolis-tensions-rise-ice-operations/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— New York Times Hiring a Reporter To Cover US Jews. Expert understanding of Judaism required. DD: What do you have an expert understanding of? I have an expert understanding of how the leaders of the following treat conservatives: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/new-york-times-hiring-a-reporter

NEW YORK POST
— House committee finds Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after skipping Epstein depositions
https://nypost.com/2026/01/21/us-news/house-committee-finds-bill-and-hillary-clinton-in-contempt-of-congress-after-skipping-epstein-depositions/

BREITBART
— Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Tries to Stop Sheriffs from Turning Criminal Illegal Aliens Over to ICE Agents
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/21/minnesota-ag-keith-ellison-tries-to-stop-sheriffs-from-turning-criminal-illegal-aliens-over-to-ice-agents/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Right About Arctic Security
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/trump-right-about-arctic-security-natos-rutte-says-5974139

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Americans Pay Over a Billion Dollars a Year to Subsidize Illegal Aliens’ College Education. DD: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? The money to pay for my bachelor’s degree in 1970 and for my master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997 came from what I earned a) doing yard work 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers 1962-1966, c) washing dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaning golf shoes and chipping slag in 1966, e) pumping gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972, f) delivering mail 1966-1969, g) working on an automobile assembly line in 1970, h) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances in 1971 and 1972, i) collecting delinquent taxes for IRS 1971-1980, and j) auditing federal agencies for GAO 1980-1997.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/subsidize-illegal-aliens-education/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MOTLEY FOOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. While I worked for IRS in 1971, my superiors had me make phone calls for 2 weeks as part of Nixon’s “Wage & Price Freeze” program. What has helped you deal with inflation.? For me, it has been COLAs, step increases, and promotions. I have gotten federal wage, Civil Service Retirement System pension, and/or Social Security COLAs almost every year since 1966. I got step increases in 1967, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1987-1996. I got promotions in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2026/01/18/im-not-counting-on-social-security-colas-to-carry/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— New Duckworth Senate bill would bar administration officials from serving as an inspector general. Most IGs confirmed since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term have experience working in his administration. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I often worked with the Chicago offices of inspector generals. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/01/new-senate-bill-would-bar-administration-officials-serving-inspector-general/410829/?oref=ge-author-river

NPR
— How ICE grew to be the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5674887/ice-budget-funding-congress-trump

January 20, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump’s record set to be major talking point in Illinois gubernatorial race
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-midterms-ahead-primary-election-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-republican-hopeful-darren-bailey-field-trump-talk/18439825/

WGN9
— Trump touts accomplishments in first year, Illinois critics point to failures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV4ga81sj-M

FOX32
— Trump says he’ll cut funding to ‘sanctuary’ states like Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAwa7oDJH8M

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican hopeful Ted Dabrowski defends TV ad likening Gov. JB Pritzker to communist Poland, Ecuador turmoil
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/ted-dabrowski-defends-tv-ad-pritzker-communist/
— Gov. JB Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raoul look back on first year of Trump 2.0
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/pritzker-raoul-trump-one-year/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— One year and 51 lawsuits later, Illinois Democrats lament ‘chaos’ of second Trump administration. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said he’s “optimistic” heading into Year Two of sweeping legal fights with the White House.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/01/20/trump-one-year-kwame-raoul-illinois-lawsuits-jb-pritzker

25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois lawmakers’ 2026 theme: affordability. Democrats seeking to capitalize on Trump-driven chaos during election year session.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/01/20/illinois-lawmakers-2026-theme-affordability/

WSIU
— Darren Bailey/Aaron Del Mar launch ‘Take Back Illinois’ Bus Tour
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2026-01-20/darren-bailey-aaron-del-mar-launch-take-back-illinois-bus-tour

ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage Candidates To Take Questions In Elmhurst. County Board, clerk, sheriff and forest preserve hopefuls are expected to attend the local League of Women Voters forum.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/dupage-candidates-take-questions-elmhurst

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-451/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNT BLOG
— Senator Darby Hills on Human Trafficking Panel
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/20/senator-darby-hills-on-human-trafficking-panel/
— Dems Have $50,000 in the Bank
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/19/dems-have-50000-in-the-bank/
— Democratic Party $50,000 Not the Only Available Money
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/20/democratic-party-50000-not-the-only-available/
— McLaughlin Critiques Dems’ Energy Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/19/mclaughlin-critiques-dems-energy-law/
— Democrat Rolls Out Tax Sale Solution
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/19/democrat-rolls-out-tax-sale-solution/
— Illinois Budget Has Risen Five Times Our Economic Growth
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/19/illinois-budget-has-risen-five-times-our-economic-growth/
— Governor Jim Edgar’s Pension Timebomb
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/19/governor-jim-edgars-pension-bomb/
— Ted Dabrowski’s First and Second TV Ad During Bear’s Games
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/18/ted-dabrowskis-second-tv-ad-during-bears-game/
— Mandatory Mental Health Screening in Schools (Passed in Illinois) Found to Make No Difference
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/18/mandatory-mental-health-screening-in-schools-passed-in-illinois-found-to-make-no-difference/
— Kat TV Ad
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/17/kat-tv-ad/
— UPDATE: Referendums on School Choice Scholarships on One-Third of Illinois Counties’ Ballots WITH MAP
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/17/referendums-on-school-choice-scholarships-on-one-third-of-illinois-counties-ballots/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your position on equal opportunity? As time goes on, it is ever-increasingly clear that my critics/opponents have always and continue to reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, they have always and continue to promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, that is, they have always and continue to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. That ever-increasingly explains why they have had their operatives and their dupes take so many big adverse actions against me. They have personally benefitted from AA and DEI and/or want to personally benefit from AA and DEI and/or have used AA and DEI to curry favor with minorities and/or females and/or want to use AA and DEI to curry favor with minorities and females. They applaud my Democrat superiors in the federal government for their wasting my career and their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I opposed their race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump settles scores in epic review of year in office
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/20/trump-settles-scores-epic-review-year-office/
— 100,000 illegal immigrants have taken DHS’ self-deportation bonus. DHS official says ‘foreign interference’ is fueling anti-ICE protests.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/20/100000-illegal-immigants-taken-dhs-self-deportation-bonus/
— Newly sworn-in Gov. Spanberger turns Virginia into a sanctuary state
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/19/editorial-newly-sworn-gov-spanberger-turns-virginia-sanctuary-state/
— China owns America. From your food to your alma mater, the CCP is omnipresent.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/20/china-owns-america/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minnesota and the battle to cripple ICE
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4425299/minnesota-battle-cripple-immigration-customs-enforcement/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani calls to abolish ICE
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/zohran-mamdani-calls-to-abolish-ice-in-gushing-interview-on-the-view/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Compassion Cannot Be The Basis Of Immigration Policy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/compassion_cannot_be_the_basis_of_immigration_policy.html

FEDERALIST
— Because Libraries Push Racism And Queer Extremism, They Deserve Their Massive Federal Funding Cuts
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/20/because-libraries-push-racism-and-queer-extremism-they-deserve-their-massive-federal-funding-cuts/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago kids are dying while Mayor Johnson fights Trump, ICE and reality. Rooftop Revelations: Surrendering our values to elite agendas leaves nothing for the rest of us. Only folks like Mayor Johnson benefit. Our kids deserve leaders who fight for them
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/chicago-kids-dying-while-mayor-johnson-fights-trump-ice-reality.amp

STEVE SCALISE
— Scalise Highlights Democrats’ Radical Agenda, Trump’s Record of Delivering for American People
https://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/scalise-highlights-democrats-radical-agenda-trumps-record-of-delivering-for-american-people

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump touts first-year accomplishments in lengthy White House briefing
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-white-house-press-briefing-davos-greenland/
— Republican senators demand end to visa program they say encourages Chinese “birth tourism”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-birth-tourism-visa-waiver-program-republican-senators/

VILLAGES NEWS
— Illegals are criminals because they are here illegally
https://www.villages-news.com/2026/01/20/illegals-are-criminals-because-they-are-here-illegally/

GAO
— Financial Audit: IRS’s FY 2025 Financial Statements
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107977
(FROM THE REPORT: The Internal Revenue Service collects taxes to fund federal programs and services. In FY25, IRS collected more than $5.3 trillion in taxes and paid out about $639 billion in tax refunds, credits, and other payments. We audit and issue opinions annually on IRS’s financial statements and on related internal controls (e.g., processes to reasonably assure that transactions are properly authorized and recorded). In FY25, we found the statements were reliable and that controls over financial reporting were effective—although some controls over unpaid assessments could be improved.)

NEW YORKER
— DD: How successful have Democrats been taking over your church?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/can-american-churches-lead-a-protest-movement-under-trump

January 18, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— In Illinois, women earn about 91-93 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts, while Black and Hispanic workers each earn 6-10% less than comparable white workers. DD: I am a White male Republican. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my coworkers were Democrats. All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me and who were minority and/or female a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976 when I was 27, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-wage-inequities-improve-slightly-persist-despite-transparency-efforts-report/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM OTHER SOURSES

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

January 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