FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DHS shutdown seems certain as funding talks between White House and Democrats stall
https://abc7chicago.com/post/upcoming-2026-dhs-shutdown-seems-certain-federal-government-funding-talks-between-white-house-democrats-stall/18592318/
WGN RADIO
— Should students be able to protest without penalty?
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-students-be-able-to-protest-without-penalty/#/questions
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 3 Illinois GOP rivals for US Senate sidestep criticizing President Donald Trump in debate but note differences
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/illinois-gop-senate/
— Preckwinkle calls for charges against federal immigration agents in local shootings
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/toni-preckwinkle-charges-federal-immigration-agents-local-shootings/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Voters cast ballots at Loop Supersite as early voting kicks off. DD: I want to know the number ballots cast each day and cumulatively in DuPage County broken out by Republican, Democrat, and N/P.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/02/12/voters-cast-ballots-at-loop-supersite-as-early-voting-kicks-off-everythings-at-stake
— DePaul and Loyola accused of pushing low-income families toward hefty loans while favoring wealthier students. DD: I paid for my tuition and books for my graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and my graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980 with my IRS salary 1972-1979 and my GAO salary in 1980.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/02/12/depaul-and-loyola-chicago-accused-of-pushing-low-income-families-toward-hefty-loans-while-favoring-wealthier-students
DAILY HERALD
— Many — but not all — 9th Congressional District Democratic candidates say abolish ICE.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260212/us-congress-politics/many-but-not-all-9th-congressional-district-democratic-candidates-say-abolish-ice/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois leads states’ lawsuit challenging Trump’s $600M health grant cuts
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-sues-trump-over-600-health-grant-cuts
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/02/12/trust-has-been-lost-ice-cbp-officials-questioned-on-enforcement-tactics-during-senate-oversight-hearing/
STATELINE & UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation, that is, they ever-increasingly encourage citizens of American to think of themselves as being members of racial, sexual, age, religious, national origin, etc. groups, and not as being citizens of America.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/new-bill-requires-illinois-schools-to-teach-latin-american-history-and-culture/
https://news.illinois.edu/study-demographic-forms-census/
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article314644715.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting illegal immigration, that is, their success in destroying America.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/just-8-percent-in-us-see-immigration-as-biggest-problem-gallup/
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois senator’s bill on transgender ‘mental illness’ sparks debate.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/02/12/illinois-senators-bill-on-transgender-mental-illness-sparks-debate/
WGLT
— LaHood sticks with president despite concerns about tariffs
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-02-12/lahood-sticks-with-president-despite-concerns-about-tariffs
NPR ILLINOIS & CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Rick Heidner casts himself as ‘Trump Republican’ in bid to unseat Pritzker. The Barrington Hills businessman has been criticized for past donations to Democrats.
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2026-02-12/rick-heidner-casts-himself-as-trump-republican-in-bid-to-unseat-pritzker
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/rick-heidner-casts-himself-as-trump-republican/
ILLINOIZE
— “Too little, too late?” as Heidner Dumps More Money into Governor Campaign
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/too-little-too-late-heidner
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois on track to lose another congressional seat
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-on-track-to-lose-another-congressional-seat/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats’ demands for immigration enforcement changes should be DOA
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/12/democrats-demands-immigration-enforcement-changes-doa/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Bad Bunny halftime show wasn’t for you or me
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4447991/bad-bunny-halftime-show-not-for-you-or-me/
— Fueling the transgender persecution complex is getting people killed
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4456357/fueling-transgender-persecution-complex-is-getting-people-killed/
NEW YORK POST
— Handcuffing ICE will cost Americans big-time — and not just in crime
https://nypost.com/2026/02/12/opinion/handcuffing-ice-will-cost-americans-big-time-and-not-just-in-crime/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Are there any voting-age citizens who don’t have a photo ID? Shouldn’t the GOP make the Democrats defend their ridiculous, racist lies?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/are_there_any_voting_age_citizens_who_don_t_have_a_photo_id.html
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Houston asks faculty to pledge against indoctrination. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination while I earned my four college degrees by majoring in management, business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-houston-asks-faculty-pledge-indoctrination/29401University of Houston asks faculty to pledge against indoctrination
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Want To Stop Illegal Alien Deportations By Shutting Down DHS. It’s That Simple
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/12/democrats-want-to-stop-illegal-alien-deportations-by-shutting-down-dhs-its-that-simple/
— Anti-Truth Media Bend Over Backward To Call Canadian Trans School Shooter By His Preferred Pronouns
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/12/anti-truth-media-bend-over-backward-to-call-canadian-trans-school-shooter-by-his-preferred-pronouns/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-analysis-words-voters-describe-republicans-democrats/
— Judge blocks Pentagon from downgrading Sen. Mark Kelly’s military rank, pay
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-pentagon-from-downgrading-sen-mark-kellys-military-rank-pay/
TIME
— Why These Democratic Governors Are Boycotting the White House Dinner
https://time.com/7377722/democratic-governors-boycott-white-house-dinner-nga-meeting/
POLITICO
— Federal court blocks Hegseth effort to punish Democratic senator. The judge said the Pentagon had “trampled” on Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms. DD: To win, Hegseth should cite Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/12/court-hegseth-kelly-senator-00778449
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly train their protesters to harass ICE.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/immigration-officials-defend-officers-and-tactics-as-public-backlash-grows
HR DRIVE
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/dei-initiatives-impact-employees-executives-conference-board/812070/
Tag: rino
February 5, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Elgin HS students stage walkout to protest ICE. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/elgin-high-students-walkout-protest-ice/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/05/opinion-immigration-crime-statistics-public-safety/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ahead of midterms, Illinois’ GOP members of Congress question the state’s ‘election integrity.’ In a letter sent to the Illinois State Board of Elections, Reps. Mike Bost, Mary Miller and Darin LaHood urged the state to provide more information about how voting records are vetted. DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/02/04/illinois-voter-rolls-challenge-republicans-bost-miller-lahood-state-board-of-elections-trump
NBC5
— As Trump promises ‘softer touch’ on immigration, Chicago residents stay wary. There is some concern in Chicago that agents leaving Minneapolis could be redeployed, including back to Illinois. DD: Any hint of a “softer touch” reopens the floodgates.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/as-trump-promises-softer-touch-on-immigration-chicago-residents-stay-wary/3886839/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump taking steps toward installing a Columbus statue near the White House. DD: How strongly anti-Italian are the Democrats in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-taking-steps-toward-installing-a-columbus-statue-near-the-white-house/article_601745f2-a8ce-5179-be61-e7bc90cba9b6.html
WEEK
— Trump proposal to ‘nationalize’ elections sparks debate. DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/02/05/trump-proposal-nationalize-elections-sparks-local-debate/?outputType=amp
WAND TV
— Democrats demand ‘dramatic changes’ for ICE, including masks, cameras and judicial warrants. Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement. DD: Democrats want to stop deportation of their illegals. But failing that, they want to cripple, disable, hinder, impede, hamstring, and undermine ICE.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/what-democrats-are-demanding-in-the-fight-over-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-funding/article_269f32b5-2ab4-51c7-9434-93e6c26bf320.html
— Illinois bill could ban ICE agents from working as state, local police. DD: Have you been banned? By their wasting my career, by their taking many big adverse actions against me, and by their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat superiors in the federal government banned me from getting any kind of employment appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-bill-could-ban-ice-agents-from-working-as-state-local-police/article_f91d9a48-14ad-49d0-958d-573344840d4a.html
DAILY ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/student-organizations/2026/02/03/illini-democrats-illini-republicans-ice-statement/
DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Loaded Gun Found Stashed Under Child’s Car Seat During Traffic Stop In Naperville. A Downers Grove man is being held in DuPage County Jail after Tuesday night’s incident.
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/loaded-gun-found-stashed-under-childs-car-seat-during-traffic-stop-naperville
HINDSDALE PATCH
— Hinsdale-Based Conservative Group Concerned Parents of Illinois Denounced At Meeting. It was called a hate group that hurts youth and the LGBTQ community. DD: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups. I served as an ICRC officer 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. My critics/opponents succeeded in having their operatives and their dupes destroy ICRC in 2007 and TAPROOT in 2012. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and c) gerrymander my precinct in 2015.
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/hinsdale-based-conservative-group-denounced-meeting
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— In IL-09, friendly forum turns fierce
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/05/in-il-09-friendly-forum-turns-fierce-00766712
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— A proposal backed by Illinois Democrats to expand voter registration opportunities for high school students is raising concerns among some parents and education advocates, who argue the measure could add strain to already overburdened schools and open the door to partisan influence.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a3232f6f-2a97-4346-8084-b284ed21d740.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far? If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats reveal 10-point list of demands for ICE reforms. Topping the list are bans on ICE officers wearing masks to hide their identities, and new rules barring immigration arrests near hospitals, schools, churches, courts, child-care facilities and other “sensitive locations.” The 10-point list also calls for new limits on use of force, and would explicitly give state and local authorities a veto over “large-scale” immigration operations. DD: Democrats want to stop deportation of their illegals. But failing that, they want to cripple, disable, hinder, impede, hamstring, and undermine ICE.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/4/democrats-reveal-ice-reform-demands-continue-funding-homeland/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Some Crying Kids Are Way Cooler Than Others. This week’s illegal immigrant poster boy is 5-year-old Liam Ramos.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/some-crying-kids-are-way-cooler-than-others/
BLAZE
— The West’s forbidden truth: Ethnic cleansing is now official policy. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-wests-forbidden-truth-ethnic-cleansing-is-now-official-policy
BREITBART
— Left-Wing Teachers Across the Country Are Forcing Kids to Protest ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/02/04/left-wing-teachers-across-the-country-are-forcing-kids-to-protest-ice/
CENTER SQUARE
— Federal Way council pres & teacher urging students to walk out in ICE protest
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_c62e2923-4eba-4972-a631-e3b2344ccc2f.html
FOX NEWS
— Greg Abbott threatens arrests for violent student protesters, funding cuts for schools allowing walkouts. Texas governor says schools allowing ‘disruptive walkouts’ should be treated as ‘co-conspirators’ after Kyle incident.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/greg-abbott-threatens-arrests-violent-student-protesters-funding-cuts-schools-allowing-walkouts
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Sanctuary City Cooperation & The President’s ‘Softer Touch’ Immigration Approach. DD: Any hint of a “softer touch” reopens the floodgates.
https://radio.foxnews.com/2026/02/05/sanctuary-city-cooperation-the-presidents-softer-touch-immigration-approach/
PJ MEDIA
— Shocking Cost of Migrant Crime
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/02/04/estimating-the-cost-of-illegal-alien-crimes-n4949119
— Texas Sues County for Using Taxpayer Cash to Pay Illegal Aliens’ Lawyers
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/04/texas-sues-county-for-using-taxpayer-cash-to-pay-illegal-aliens-lawyers-n4949122
TOWNHALL
— Democrats’ Demands for DHS Funding Are Here—They Would Destroy ICE As We Know It. DD: Democrats want to stop deportation of their illegals. But failing that, they want to cripple, disable, hinder, impede, hamstring, and undermine ICE.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/04/democrats-demands-for-dhs-funding-are-herethey-would-destroy-ice-as-we-know-it-n2670714
— Immigration Enforcement Should Not Be Limited to the ‘Worst of the Worst’
https://townhall.com/columnists/dalewilcox/2026/02/05/immigration-enforcement-should-not-be-limited-to-the-worst-of-the-worst-n2670707
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump says he does not believe his team is good at public relations on immigration
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5723686-trump-administration-immigration-handling-public-relations/amp/
— Trump says Good, Pretti were ‘not angels’ but their actions didn’t justify fatal shootings
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5723664-good-pretti-shooting-trump/amp/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Good and Pretti to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5723685-public-skepticism-trump-ice-pretti-good-poll/amp/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/arts/music/super-bowl-bad-bunny-puerto-rico-nfl.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/eeoc-nike-white-employee-discrimination.html
— Educators Sue to Keep Immigration Agents From Schools and Bus Stops. The lawsuit is challenging a Trump administration policy allowing federal agents near locations such as schools, churches and hospitals. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly fill their schools, churches, and hospitals with their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/minnesota-educators-immigration-agents-lawsuit-schools-bus-stops.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/ice-lawsuits-states.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/us/politics/border-patrol-history-aggression.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use children to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/minneapolis-children-ice-schools.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/02/05/super-bowl-bad-bunny-turning-point-usa-halftime-show/88509842007/
CBS NEWS
— Hundreds of Ann Arbor high school students walk out in protest of ICE. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/ann-arbor-high-school-students-walk-out-ice-operations/
ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— Thousands of East Bay high school students walk out to protest ICE enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://abc7news.com/post/thousands-east-bay-high-school-students-walk-protest-ice-enforcement/18544017/
INDY STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2026/02/05/organizing-ice-walkouts-meet-indianapolis-students-risking-writeups/88365956007/
https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/hamilton-county/noblesville/2026/02/05/noblesville-high-school-students-walkout-in-protest-of-ice/88478191007/
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— Local leaders demand faster ICE withdrawal from Minnesota. DD: Any hint of a withdrawal reopens the floodgates.
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
FOX AUSTIN
— Texas student walkouts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/texas-student-walkouts-elgin-isd-protest-ice-operations
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA
— Texas state leaders target school walkouts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2026/02/04/542549/ice-protest-houston-school-tea/
KXXV
— Texas Education Agency says students, schools could face serious consequences for walkouts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/texas-education-agency-releases-new-guidelines-on-student-ice-walkouts
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Negotiators Say Talks to Restore ACA Subsidies Likely Dead. New, higher health-insurance bills are kicking in for many households. DD: Because I am a retired federal employee, the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. The 28% that we pay just increased from $600/month to $700/month.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/negotiators-say-talks-to-restore-aca-subsidies-likely-dead-a9c710b4
MONEY WISE
— DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems a) to delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13 and b) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat IRS superiors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to never promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to force me to resign when I was 20 in 1969.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/employers-set-to-give-peanut-butter-raises-in-place-of-merit-based-pay-bumps-in-2026-here-s-what-it-means-for-your-paycheck-and-budget/ar-AA1VEjYO
HRD MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/news/general/nike-investigated-for-discrimination-against-white-people/564287
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/diversity-inclusion/dei-goes-dark-employers-retreat-from-transparency-not-inclusion/564336
AFSCME
— Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.afscme.org/blog/what-a-century-of-black-history-month-teaches-us-about-todays-fight-for-working-people
January 29, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Man faces federal assault charge in attack against Rep. Ilhan Omar during town hall
https://abc7chicago.com/post/man-faces-federal-assault-charge-attack-rep-ilhan-omar-during-town-hall/18501894/
— DD: Democrat leaders use Springsteen to promote hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bruce-springsteen-sings-president-donald-trump-new-song-streets-minneapolis/18500061/
CBS2
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/new-snap-work-requirements-food-stamps-pantries-increased-demand/
WTTW
— Illinois Has Filed 51 Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration. Here’s Where They Stand. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Democrat federal judges to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/29/illinois-has-filed-51-lawsuits-against-trump-administration-here-s-where-they-stand
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/29/minnesota-immigration-crackdown-border-czar-tom-homan/
— DD: Democrat and RINO businesses want illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/29/minnesota-minnesota-chamber-of-commerce-alex-pretti-renee-good-business-leaders/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Pretti against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/29/alex-pretti-death-ice-agents-minneapolis-donald-trump-last-straws
— Gun rights groups not buying justification for Pretti’s killing. Gun rights groups, who often side with the Trump administration on most matters, are rebelling at the notion that carrying a firearm is threatening, illegal or an invitation to police violence.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/29/alex-pretti-minneapolis-gun-rights-groups-donald-trump-jacob-sullum
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/29/trumps-losses-doge-tarriffs-immigration-ice-minnesota-economy-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board urges Congress to investigate immigration enforcement efforts; withhold DHS funding. The county board voted 11-5 to add the resolution to its legislative agenda. All the “no” votes were cast by Republicans. The resolution approved Tuesday also urges an end to immigration enforcement activities without a judicial warrant. DD: To withhold DHS funding is to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260129/local-politics/dupage-county-board-urges-congress-to-investigate-immigration-enforcement-efforts-withhold-dhs-fund/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans who voted against the resolution said they could not support withholding funding from the Department of Homeland Security, noting that immigration is just one aspect of the department. “There are so many aspects of homeland security that protect U.S. citizens that I could never vote to deny funding to that department,” county board member Kari Galassi, a Hinsdale Republican, said. Republicans also said Democrats should ask congressmen to organize a local hearing regarding immigration enforcement efforts.)
— GOP office in Arlington Heights vandalized with swastikas and feces
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260129/news/profoundly-hurtful-gop-office-in-arlington-heights-vandalized-with-swastikas-and-feces/
— Edward Lapinski, a Republican candidate for state house, has been removed from his post as secretary of the Cook County GOP after reportedly expressing Holocaust-denying views in a text exchange with another party official. Cook County Republican Party Chair Aaron Del Mar announced the decision late Thursday, saying he has zero tolerance for the remarks attributed to Elk Grove Township Republican Committeeman Edward Lapinski.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260129/news/republican-leaders-condemn-suburban-gop-state-house-candidate-for-holocaust-views/
— Elgin’s Civilian Review Board has recommended that an Elgin police officer be fired for comments he made about immigration enforcement on social media. Officer Jason Lentz was placed on leave in October following comments he made on Facebook that suggested places where immigration agents could find undocumented immigrants, tagging the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the end of the post. His since-deleted profile picture was an “I stand with ICE” logo.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260129/news/elgin-police-officer-should-be-fired-over-social-media-comments-about-immigration-enforcement-panel/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/michael-reese-health-trust-opens-illinois-abortion-access-fund
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sean Grayson sentenced to 20 years in fatal shooting of Sonya Massey
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/courts/2026/01/29/sean-grayson-sentenced-to-xx-years-in-fatal-sonya-massey-shooting/88281266007/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Group challenges Illinois’ restrictions on using ‘Democrat,’ ‘Republican’ in org names. The law requires nonprofits to get party’s permission to use names. DD: I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/group-challenges-illinois-restrictions-on-using-democrat-republican-in-org-names/
CHICAGO REPORTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagoreporter.com/six-years-in-has-illinois-cannabis-equity-law-delivered/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-458/
— Lapinski removed from Cook County Republican Party executive office: ‘The Holocaust is an indisputable historical fact’
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/29/lapinski-removed-from-cook-county-party-executive-office-the-holocaust-is-an-indisputable-historical-fact/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrats run Illinois. Do you stand with ICE? If you do, anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will soon get rid of you. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Lawmaker pushing bill to study insurance for gun owners
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1d07d293-4b27-42c8-bd9d-6a7578d6615c.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Surveillance, Resistance, and Lethal Force: Anatomy of the Pretti Shooting
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/surveillance-resistance-and-lethal-force-anatomy-of-the-pretti-shooting/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— New Poll Confirms Bailey’s Dominance as GOP Primary Continues to Consolidate
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/new-poll-confirms-baileys-dominance-as-gop-primary-continues-to-consolidate.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The folly of sanctuary cities
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/29/folly-sanctuary-cities/
— Scott Walker: Democrats fuel the flames of rage. In Minnesota, a needless reenactment of 2020.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/29/democrats-fuel-flames-rage/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— In 2020, it was vilify and defund the police. In 2026, it’s vilify and defund ICE
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4438583/democratic-party-2026-vilify-defund-ice/
— Ed Markey pushes Democratic leaders to advocate defunding ICE in government funding negotiations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4438634/ed-markey-pushes-democratic-leaders-advocate-defunding-ice-government-funding-negotiations/
— China is our enemy. It’s time we act like it.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4437139/china-is-our-enemy-time-we-act-like-it/
COLLEGE FIX
— Chicago schools refuse to hire Christian college student teachers despite lawsuit
https://www.thecollegefix.com/chicago-public-schools-still-isnt-letting-student-teachers-from-christian-college-in-lawyer/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Republicans Defect as Senate Funding Vote Fails, Making Shutdown Likely
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/29/breaking-republicans-defect-as-senate-funding-vote-fails-making-shutdown-likely/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrat Operatives Caution Party to Stay Focused on Trump DHS Overreach, Avoid ‘Defund-the-Police’ Repeat
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dem-operatives-caution-party-to-stay-focused-on-trump-dhs-overreach-avoid-defund-the-police-repeat/
NEWSMAX
— Homan: Sanctuary States Are Sanctuaries for Criminals
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/border-czar-tom-homan-minneapolis/2026/01/29/id/1244032/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Homan says Trump wants to ‘fix’ Minnesota operations. DD: What does fix mean?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5712489-donald-trump-tom-homan-minneapolis-immigration/
NBC NEWS
— Senators explore off-ramps to prevent a shutdown as Democrats lay out DHS reforms. Democrats are demanding major reforms after DHS agents killed a man in Minnesota and negotiating a path with the White House. Funding is scheduled to expire at the end of Friday. DD: To defund DHS is to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senators-seek-ways-prevent-government-shutdown-ice-dhs-reforms-rcna256357
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders say Republicans gave ICE a slush fund
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/ice-funding-congress.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Illegals cost taxpayers $500 million last year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/28/national-guard-deployments-cost/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want de-escalation.
https://www.wsj.com/business/what-ceos-areand-are-notsaying-about-ice-and-minneapolis-8860151b
POLITICO
— Senators block funding package amid DHS standoff. Eight Republicans joined every Senate Democrat to block sweeping government funding legislation from advancing Thursday amid ongoing negotiations around a potential offramp to avert a lengthy shutdown of several agencies. DD: To defund DHS is to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/29/senators-block-funding-package-amid-dhs-standoff-00754927
PBS
— U.S. cardinal urges defunding of ICE. DD: To defund ICE is to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/u-s-cardinal-urges-defunding-of-ice-we-need-to-see-whats-happening-in-front-of-us
PEOPLE’S WORLD
— GOP targets Chicago Teachers Union, the most anti-Trump union in America
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/gop-targets-chicago-teachers-union-the-most-anti-trump-union-in-america/
January 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey weighs in on ICE tactics
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/gubernatorial-candidate-darren-bailey-weighs-in-on-ice-tactics/
NBC5
— Durbin, Duckworth against DHS funding package without ICE reform. The duo joined a large group of Democratic senators aiming to tie reform to DHS funding. DD: For Democrats, to reform ICE is to destroy ICE. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/durbin-duckworth-against-dhs-funding-package-without-ice-reform/3881873/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Juliana Stratton takes progressive lane, only one who calls for abolishing ICE in Democratic US Senate debate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/26/illinois-senate-debate-democrats-stratton-aggressor/
DAILY HERALD
— GOP hopefuls dig into taxes, school choice at gubernatorial debate. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260126/illinois-state-politics/gop-hopefuls-dig-into-taxes-school-choice-at-gubernatorial-debate/
— Candidate’s supporters come together to knit, crochet for people in need
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260126/us-congress-politics/candidates-supporters-come-together-to-knit-crochet-for-people-in-need/
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Bailey rallies support in southern Illinois. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://dailyegyptian.com/123074/showcase/gubernatorial-candidate-darren-bailey-rallies-support-in-southern-illinois/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Vote yes that Trump should cut funding to cities and states that resist immigration enforcement. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://foxillinois.com/question-of-the-day/vote-should-president-trump-withhold-federal-funds-from-cities-and-states-that-dont-cooperate-with-immigration-enforcement-question-of-the-day-minnesota-social-services-fraud-immigration-enforcement-sanctuary-cities
IIT
— IIT in Chicago and Mumbai: Two Campuses, One Global Community
https://www.iit.edu/blog/illinois-tech-mumbai
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Stratton goes on the offense
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/27/stratton-goes-on-the-offense-00748805
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GOP response: Jeannie Evans, a GOP candidate for Senate, said the Democratic debate sounds familiar: “They still want higher taxes, open borders and a defunding of our law enforcement. Their policies make Illinois unsafe, and cause businesses, jobs and opportunities to leave the state.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4433470/kyle-rittenhouse-blasts-democrats-using-his-story-rage-bait/
NEW YORK POST
— Alex Pretti was among 50 anti-ICE protesters who confronted Border Patrol before Minneapolis shooting
https://nypost.com/2026/01/26/us-news/alex-pretti-was-among-50-anti-ice-protesters-who-confronted-border-patrol-before-minneapolis-shooting/
— FBI investigating Minnesota anti-ICE Signal chat groups. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/27/us-news/fbi-investigating-minnesota-anti-ice-signal-groups-kash-patel/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— APRIL 3, 2012 FLASHBACK: E-Verify
https://www.fairus.org/issue/e-verify
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Overseen by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), E-Verify: Is a voluntary, free online workforce verification system, Acts as a virtual wall that allows employers to compare information on an employee’s Form 1-9 with records at the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration, In partial use in 22 states, but only mandatory in Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, and Tennessee, One of the highest-rated government programs in terms of user satisfaction. WHY E-VERIFY? E-Verify is a highly-effective way to combat illegal immigration because it works to eliminate that illegal jobs magnet. Several studies show: The number of recent immigrants fell by almost 40 percent when a state had a universal E-Verify law in effect, That illegal immigration fell by as much as 50 percent in a single year in states with mandatory E-Verify laws. Mandatory E-Verify not only reduces illegal immigration, but encourages illegal workers to return home. E-Verify protects American workers by ensuring employers only hire individuals authorized to work in the United States.)
FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
— Equality of Opportunity, Not Outcome, Is What Made America Awesome. If we truly want to raise the living standards for everyone, we must promote equality of opportunity—not spend our time policing equality of outcome. DD: My critics/opponents promote equality of outcome, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, Libertarian, minority, female, younger, unmarried, have less money than others, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for as long as mine have been.
https://fee.org/articles/equality-of-opportunity-not-outcome-is-what-made-america-awesome/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats have continuously sided with criminal illegal aliens
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388358741112
— Trump admin wins court victory freeing ICE agents from Minnesota protest restrictions
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-wins-court-victory-freeing-ice-agents-minnesota-protest-restrictions.print
— Anti-ICE mobs bankrolled by ‘shadowy interests’ putting law enforcement in danger. Crowds for hire CEO calls for Trump ‘cease-fire posture’ and outlines policy recommendations to prevent further escalation.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-ice-mobs-bankrolled-shadowy-interests-putting-law-enforcement-danger-ceo-warns
HOT AIR
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2026/01/26/finding-out-what-happens-when-you-bring-a-gun-to-an-ice-fight-n3811209
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Left Is Making Huge Progress Toward Letting Illegals Stay. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/01/26/left_is_making_huge_progress_toward_letting_illegals_stay_687523.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrats say Republicans are divided on ICE tactics as shutdown looms. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5704000-senate-republicans-ice-tactics/
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5707180-gop-backlash-immigration-minneapolis/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat anti-ICE protesters clash with federal officers. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/anti-ice-protesters-clash-with-federal-officers-256627781897
— Most of the government could shut down this weekend. ICE operations would carry on. After a federal agent killed Alex Pretti in Minnesota, Democrats say they won’t vote for what was a bipartisan bill to fund most of the government, including DHS and ICE. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/government-shut-weekend-ice-operations-carry-rcna255971
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-addresses-comparisons-to-alex-pretti-11420109
https://www.newsweek.com/what-kyle-rittenhouse-has-said-about-alex-pretti-ice-shooting-11417690
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly use Pretti to promote mor hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/alex-pretti-minneapolis-shooting.html
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrats ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/pageoneplus/quote-of-the-day-economic-fear-running-deep-times-poll-says.html
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minneapolis-shooting-trump-ice-gop.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/style/alex-pretti-kyle-rittenhouse-online.html
— DD: Democrat protesters enter Minneapolis hotel. During the 1970s, Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/ice-protests-minneapolis-hotel.html
— Trump Hobbled the I.R.S. This C.E.O. Now Has to Make It Work. Frank Bisignano is the first chief executive of the I.R.S., where there’s hope he will end a chaotic stretch at the agency. The tax filing season, which started Monday, is his first test.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/trump-irs-taxes-bisignano.html
— DD: The point of college is to qualify yourself for jobs, that is, to become a productive member of society.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/opinion/college-thinking-illiberalism.html
WASHINGTON POST
— 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.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/27/donald-trump-iowa-affordability/a1088034-fb40-11f0-954b-b80c7ed67fc7_story.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/24/ice-trump-frey-police-community-relations-minneapolis/88194150007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/25/trump-ice-death-turning-point-immigration-video/88349058007/
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-minneapolis-shooting-gun-rights-border-patrol-ice/88348880007/
TENNESSEAN
— Nobody forced you to take out that student loan. DD: Did you take out a student loan? I did not even try. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I could not have gotten a student loan if I had tried. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I had not demonstrated any leadership capabilities. I had washed dishes for the minimum wage for 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years and for 40 hours a week during the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2025/05/08/nobody-forced-you-to-take-out-that-student-loan-opinion/83499281007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrats use Pretti to stop deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/minneapolis-pretti-trump-immigration-protests-068b69d4
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-48-hours-that-convinced-trump-to-change-course-in-minnesota-a91d7683
FORTUNE
— Trump’s war on immigration entangles business in PR disaster and the literal site of contested arrests
https://fortune.com/2026/01/26/business-immigration-controversy-disaster-public-relations-site-of-arrests/
FAST COMPANY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers a) will not hire you if you do not promote LGBTQ and b) will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91479625/the-reason-the-gay-glass-ceiling-hasnt-been-shattered
REDFIN
— Housing affordability by generation. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ). The down payment came from the money I earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. That money I earned also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and to pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.msadvocate.com/premium/stacker/stories/housing-affordability-by-generation,56660
TIME
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://time.com/7357961/ice-shooting-alex-pretti-guns-trump/
BEAST
— DD: Democrats say Trump’s immigration polls hit record low after “nurse killing.” During the 1970s, Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-immigration-polls-hit-record-low-after-nurse-killing/
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trigger-happy-kyle-rittenhouse-breaks-ranks-with-trump-after-nurse-killing/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— DD: Alex Pretti was part of a Democrat anti-ICE group that confronted ICE Minneapolis shooting. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://news.meaww.com/alex-pretti-part-of-anti-ice-group-that-confronted-border-patrol-before-minneapolis-shooting
January 26, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for ICE shootings. Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-shooting-anti-ice-protests-held-downtown-chicago-federal-agent-killing-alex-pretti-minnesota/18472513/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for ICE shootings. Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protesters-gather-rally-against-federal-agents-trump-admin-loop/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders use polar bears to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/26/brookfield-zoo-leads-effort-to-protect-polar-bears-as-trump-opens-arctic-refuge-to-oil-drilling/
CHICAGO SUN_TIMES
— ‘Clean Slate’ law helps former inmates find work while boosting Illinois’ economy. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors not only did not help me find work after they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they did everything that they could to stop me from finding work. It was easy for them. They stressed a) that they had always ranked me at the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) that they delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) that they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and d) that they forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/01/26/clean-slate-act-former-inmates-independents-libertarians-trump-greenland-bears
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans Nazis. I am 100% German American. I have always stressed that my grandfather on my father’s fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260125/news/remembrance-is-an-act-of-moral-courage-holocaust-memorial-sign-dedicated-in-northbrook/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, soon, your healthcare will be free.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-safety-net-hospitals/safety-net-hospitals-set-lose-critical-lifeline
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for ICE shootings. Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-01-25/videos-challenge-the-trump-administrations-account-of-the-minneapolis-killing
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-01-25/rep-lahood-calls-latest-minneapolis-shooting-deeply-concerning-and-demands-local-and-state-role-in-investigation
NAPERVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION
— DuPage County Clerk files appeal on rulings; County Board weighs in
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-clerk-files-appeal-on-rulings-county-board-weighs-in/
CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Join our People Over Billionaires action this Wednesday. DD: To get more votes from those who have less money than others, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who have more money than others. It is called class warfare.
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/join-our-people-over-billionaires-action-this-wednesday/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois faces funding threat over abortion referral law
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/26/illinois-abortion-law-trump-funding-threat
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Minnesota shooting puts Illinois politics on edge
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/26/ice-shooting-puts-illinois-politics-on-edge-00746036
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Illinois GOP governor’s race: Former state Sen. Darren Bailey and former Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski didn’t respond to a request for comment about the developments in Minneapolis. Businessman Rick Heidner’s campaign pointed to a statement he posted Jan. 15, urging Trump to “immediately invoke the Insurrection Act and restore order in Minnesota.” Sanctuary status: DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick blamed sanctuary status laws, which prevent police officers from assisting in federal immigration enforcement. He said, if ICE were allowed in Illinois’ jail system, for example, “it wouldn’t otherwise have the manpower to do proactive raids” because they would be visiting 92 correctional facilities across the state. Echoing that: President Donald Trump blamed sanctuary laws for the Minneapolis protests and late Sunday called on Congress to “immediately pass legislation to END” sanctuary status. . .Jim Oberweis and Catalina Lauf, who previously ran for congressional seats in Illinois, are running for a Florida congressional seat.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Secret recordings reveal Cruz ripping Trump and Vance to donors
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4432782/secret-recordings-ted-cruz-trump-vance-donors/
NEW YORK POST
— More martyrs for cynical Dems after fatal Alex Pretti shooting. DD: Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/opinion/miranda-devine-more-martyrs-for-cynical-dems-after-alex-pretti-shooting/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Minnesota Shows Why the Left Will Win America’s 2026 Civil War. The saddest thing about this is that the Republicans will work with the left to ensure Democrat victory. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/minnesota_shows_why_the_left_will_win_america_s_2026_civil_war.html
BREITBART
— Tim Walz Compares ICE Enforcing U.S. Immigration Laws to Nazi Germany. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their illegals with their runaway slaves and Jews in Germany under Hitler.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/25/tim-walz-compares-ice-enforcing-u-s-immigration-laws-to-nazi-germany/
— GOP Probes How Democrats Use Illegals and Refugees to Rig Elections
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/19/nolte-gop-probes-how-democrats-use-illegals-and-refugees-to-rig-elections/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump administration abandons court fight to ban DEI in schools and universities. DD: My critics/opponents have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-administration-abandons-court-fight-to-ban-dei-in-schools-and-universities/
DAILY WIRE
— Tim Walz Compares Immigration Agents To Nazis, Says Minnesota Is Home To New ‘Anne Frank’ Story. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their illegals with their runaway slaves and Jews in Germany under Hitler.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-walz-compares-immigration-agents-to-nazis-says-minnesota-is-home-to-new-anne-frank-story
FOX NEWS
— White House accuses Walz of undermining law enforcement, blocking ICE cooperation
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-accuses-walz-undermining-law-enforcement-blocking-ice-cooperation.print
— The far-left network that helped put Alex Pretti in harm’s way, then made him a martyr. Encrypted Signal messages show ‘rapid responders’ mobilized demonstrators to harass federal agents, then socialist groups capitalized on killing to foment protests. DD: Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/far-left-network-helped-put-alex-pretti-harms-way-made-him-martyr
— Greenland is ‘unsecure’ because Denmark ‘cannot afford’ to protect it.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388307346112
NEWSMAX
— Trump Issues Urgent Call: End Obstruction, Sanctuary Cities
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-ice-enforcement/2026/01/25/id/1243499/
TOWNHALL
— It’s Time to End ICE Enforcement in Blue States. DD: I vehemently disagree.
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2026/01/26/its-time-to-end-ice-enforcement-in-blue-states-n2670056
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Omar Calls Border Patrol Shooting ‘Execution,’ Demands ICE Give Up Arresting Violent Illegals and Leave Minnesota
https://www.westernjournal.com/omar-calls-border-patrol-shooting-execution-demands-ice-give-arresting-violent-illegals-leave-minnesota/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5705837-greene-maga-shooting-minnesota/
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for ICE shootings. Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-shooting-ice-protests-01-25-26
https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-shooting-ice-protests-01-25-26?post-id=cmktu90zl00053b6qleh6xakk
AOL
— Paycheck to paycheck: A quarter of US households struggling to cover essentials. DD: Because I have never had to struggle to cover essentials, my critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being privileged and filthy rich. In my defense, I stress that I a) did yard work 1962-1964, b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes and chipped slag in 1966, e) pumped gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972, f) delivered mail 1966-1969, g) worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, h) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in 1971 and 1972, i) collected delinquent taxes for IRS 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies for GAO 1980-1997. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.aol.com/articles/paycheck-paycheck-quarter-us-households-153346010.html
— The biggest trend in Gen Z dating is the search for a steady life with financial stability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/articles/biggest-trend-gen-z-dating-000801733.html
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for ICE shootings. Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/federal-officials-dig-minneapolis-shooting-narrative-despite-video-evidence-2026-01-25/
NEWSWEEK
— DD: To get more and more and more citizens of foreign countries to come to America, Democrat and RINO leaders give them more and more and more welfare and preference over citizens of America. Democrat leaders because they vote for Democrats. RINO leaders because they want cheap labor.
https://www.newsweek.com/benefits-stripped-non-us-citizens-proposed-bill-11411452
— Kash Patel Sparks Fury From Gun Rights Groups Over Alex Pretti Remarks
https://www.newsweek.com/kash-patel-sparks-fury-from-gun-rights-groups-over-alex-pretti-remarks-11415842
(FROM THE ARTICLE: National Association for Gun Rights questioned Patel’s comments in a post on X, writing “carrying a magazine implies nothing.” “Holsters designed to carry spare magazines are common and widely sold. Training resources and guides across the internet actively recommend it. Thousands of law-abiding Americans do this every day. This is standard, not overkill,” it said. “Claiming otherwise sets a dangerous precedent for Second Amendment rights and creates an easy backdoor argument for magazine bans and similar legislation.” The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus also countered Patel’s remarks, writing on X: “This is completely incorrect on Minnesota law. There is no prohibition on a permit holder carrying a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines at a protest or rally in Minnesota.”)
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for ICE shootings. Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/politics/minneapolis-killing-trump-defiant-response.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/politics/bill-cassidy-minneapolis-investigation.html
— America Is Waving the White Flag in the New Cold War. DD: In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/us-china-cold-war-tariffs-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for ICE shootings. Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/24/minneapolis-shooting/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/25/live-updates-minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti/
— Trump tries to reset — again — on affordability. DD: 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.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/26/trump-affordability-midterms/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn the Pope against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/21/catholic-church-trump-administration-at-odds/88275266007/
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2026/01/civil-rights-act-of-1964-is-under-attack-history-shows-why-us-still-needs-it/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Fraud Allegations That Fueled Minneapolis’s Immigration Crackdown
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti/card/the-fraud-allegations-that-fueled-minneapolis-s-immigration-crackdown-ugSjlp88fGudvEDX0Hvd
— Trump Says Administration Is ‘Reviewing Everything’ About Minneapolis Shooting
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-says-administration-is-reviewing-everything-about-minneapolis-shooting-a501f48e
— Is a Four-Year Degree Worth It? DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-a-four-year-degree-worth-it-6af09e3b
— DD: WSJ sides with Democrat leaders and with Pretti
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/time-for-ice-to-pause-in-minneapolis-e9ecf097
MINNESOTA HOUSING NEWS
— Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge. DD: How many illegals are hiding from ICE in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/23/tenant-advocates-hope-for-eviction-moratorium-during-ice-surge
FED SMITH
— DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/07/17/can-federal-employees-retire-on-600k-in-tsp/
PBS
— Supreme Court case on Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook. DD: Trump will win if the Supreme Court goes with the decision in Diersen v. GAO.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/listen-live-supreme-court-case-on-trumps-attempt-to-fire-federal-reserve-board-member-lisa-cook
HUFFINGTON POST
— Minnesota Governor Likens State’s Immigration Crackdown To Nazi Occupation. “We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside,” the governor said during a Sunday speech. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their illegals with their runaway slaves and Jews in Germany under Hitler.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-walz-anne-frank-minnesota-immigration-raids_n_69769a2de4b00d7771d76ce3
BEAST
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-civil-war-breaks-out-over-bogus-claims-about-icu-nurse/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their martyr Alex Pretti. Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/25/2365438/-I-Will-Honor-Our-Martyr-Alex-Pretti
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/25/minneapolis-shooting-ice-trump-analysis
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for ICE shootings. Those who reject America’s immigration laws use enforcement tragedies to fight America’s immigration laws.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/trump-administration-alex-pretti-shooting-statements
AL JAZEERA
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/1/25/minneapolis-live-us-federal-agents-shoot-dead-nurse-alex-pretti
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
December 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County’s top prosecutor Mosser seeks judicial seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251228/news/kane-countys-top-prosecutor-mosser-seeks-judicial-seat/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Barriers to upward mobility. DD: To get more votes from those who are minority, female, and younger, Democrat and RINO candidates and elected officials paint those who are White, male, and older as being barriers.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/study-education-still-pays-but-barriers-to-upward-mobility-persist-in-illinois/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Sickness & Hypocrisy in Academia
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/22/sickness-hypocrisy-in-academia
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have started using Stelo by Dexcom to continuously monitor my blood sugar level. If you have type 2 diabetes like I do and use Stelo, please phone me at 630-653-0462. My blood sugar spikes to over 250 after I eat. That means I have high hyperglycemia. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pence becomes unlikely face of conservative opposition to Trump and populism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4363005/pence-unlikely-face-conservative-opposition-trump-populism/
— With the impending rescheduling of marijuana in the U.S., the transportation industry is searching for answers on whether it still will legally be able to test employees before sending them on the road or in the air. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4363202/dot-realizes-road-safety-concern-with-marijuana-rescheduling/
— More Floridians, Californians moving to Texas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4363199/more-floridians-californians-moving-to-texas-than-reverse/
— A dangerous Supreme Court decision. In a short three-page decision written with little briefing and no oral argument, a 6-3 majority denied the Justice Department’s request to stay a district court restraining order preventing President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard in Chicago. The court’s holding is tenuously founded, rushed, and will endanger the lives of federal law enforcement officers.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4362312/dangerous-supreme-court-decision-national-guard/
NEW YORK POST
— Hating the rich may feel good — and win elections — but it’s self-destructive
https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/opinion/hating-the-rich-may-feel-good-and-win-elections-but-its-self-destructive/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Pence Mirage: Why the Right Isn’t Leaving Trump. The Heritage Foundation “mutiny” isn’t a conservative realignment so much as the latest anti-Trump mirage, with Mike Pence cast as a moral standard-bearer no one is following.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/28/the-pence-mirage-why-the-right-isnt-leaving-trump/
— Let Americans Choose Their Cars—Not the Government. EVs aren’t failing because consumers don’t want them, but because tariffs block affordable competition—leaving Americans stuck with costly choices the rest of the world has outgrown. DD: I bought a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV early this year. If it had been offered with a Hemi V-8, I would have bought that. I have owned a 2013 Charger R/T Max since 2012. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/26/let-americans-choose-their-cars-not-the-government/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Third World cultures have a corruption problem, and Democrats capitalize on it
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/third_world_cultures_have_a_corruption_problem_and_democrats_capitalize_on_it.html
— The dangerous cost of erasing Western wisdom
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/victor_davis_hanson_on_the_dangerous_cost_of_erasing_western_wisdom.html
— Blue states surrendering to Somalis, Islam, and diversity
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/blue_states_surrendering_to_somalis_islam_diversity.html
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
— Federal workers with a professional degree or doctorate—about 10 percent of the federal workforce—earned about 29 percent less, on average, than their private-sector counterparts. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. I earned an MBA in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I passed Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a master’s in finance in 1997. In today’s dollars, IRS paid me $112,280/year in 1980 and GAO paid me $153,151/year in 1997.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60235
BREITBART
— TPUSA Continuing Campus Debates Nationwide
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/28/we-are-not-afraid-erika-kirk-says-tpusa-continuing-campus-debates-nationwide/
— Indian Government Protests Rubio’s Visa Curbs That Help Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/27/indian-government-protests-rubios-visa-curbs-that-help-americans/
DAILY CALLER
— Minnesota’s Lt Gov Takes Pandering To Somalis To The Next Level
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/26/minnesota-lt-gov-peggy-flanagan-hijab-somali-migrants/
LIFE NEWS
— New York and Illinois Glorify Suicide in the Name of Compassion
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/12/28/new-york-and-illinois-glorify-suicide-in-the-name-of-compassion/
TOWNHALL
— FBI Teases Denaturalizing, Deporting Eligible Minnesota Fraudsters
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/28/fbi-teases-denaturalizing-deporting-minnesota-fraudsters-n2668553
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— You cannot be America first and pro-Russia
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5664765-turner-russia-war-aggression-ukraine/
CNN
— It’s time for Republicans to start thinking about 2028 and the post-Trump era
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/28/politics/2028-presidential-election-republicans-vance-rubio-analysis
NBC NEWS
— Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-federal-job-cuts-trump-musk-dei-middle-class-rcna191704
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GOP coalescing behind Vance as Trump privately dismisses third-term run
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-28/gop-coalescing-behind-vance-as-trump-privately-dismisses-third-term-run
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Companies Are Outlining Plans for 2026. Hiring Isn’t One of Them. Large employers indicate that they either want to maintain the size of their teams next year or let go of workers; ‘Everybody’s afraid for their jobs’
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/2026-job-hiring-growth-plans-10bc3470
— Pritzker’s Illinois Political Clout Faces Test in Senate Primary. Billionaire governor is backing his lieutenant governor in a Democratic face-off, but she has struggled to outshine two top rivals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/jb-pritzkers-illinois-political-clout-faces-test-in-senate-primary-4140cfa1
— You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore. DD: Back in the good old days, I worked my way through college. The money came from what I earned washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, and working on an automotive assemble line in 1970. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home 1966-1968, my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. I graduated debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in August of 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I had bought new in 1968.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-cant-work-your-way-through-college-anymore-1521239612
FORBES
— OK, Boomer: Are Baby Boomers Preventing The Upward Mobility Of Younger Employees? DD: I am a baby boomer. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2019/11/08/ok-boomer-are-baby-boomers-preventing-the-upward-mobility-of-younger-employees/
FORTUNE
— These 10 companies offer workers the best chance to advance. DD: Democrats run the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. To advance in the federal government you have to be a Democrat. The more of the following that Democrats are, the faster that they can advance: minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://fortune.com/2022/10/13/american-opportunity-index-best-places-to-work-worker-career-advancement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1) AT&T, 2) American Express, 3) Cisco, 4) PG&E, 5) Microsoft, 6) Fiserv, 7) HF Sinclair, 8) Liberty Mutual, 9) International Paper, 10) Southwest Airlines)
HR DAILY ADVISOR
— Steps to Foster Internal Promotions and Career Advancement. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they focused on making room at the top, that is, they focused on getting rid of their employees who they had not promoted to Senior Executive Service (currently $195,200/year) by age 40 and who were White, male, and/or non-veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), my six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and my job-related professional license (1981).
https://hrdailyadvisor.com/2025/04/23/4-steps-to-foster-internal-promotions-and-career-advancement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Create Room at the Top. A promotion pipeline’s useless if there’s nowhere to go. Stagnant org charts—where tenured folks squat in senior roles—kill mobility. Some firms hoard headcount, afraid to expand; others cling to “we’ve always done it this way” structures. Shake that up. Regularly audit roles: Are they still relevant? Can they split or scale? A bloated middle management layer might need pruning to open slots above. Turnover is not the enemy here—natural attrition (retirements, lateral exits) can unclog the system. Encourage it gracefully—exit packages or sabbaticals for long-timers can free space without bad blood. And don’t fear invention. If a star performer’s outgrowing their role, craft a new one. A tech firm once turned a standout engineer into a “solutions architect” rather than lose her to a rival. Flexibility beats rigidity.)
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DAILY
— Upward mobility: Unlocking career advancement opportunities. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my having the aforesaid and my never having earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars and my being forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 proves that I am seriously flawed, an abject failure, and even worse things.
https://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/75364/upward-mobility-unlocking-career-advancement-opportunities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Access to education is a major deciding factor in determining someone’s eligibility for upward mobility. Society members with access to the best schools and universities will find it easier to find higher-paying jobs and qualify for promotions. Lower-income areas in the United States often have subpar educational facilities, making it more difficult for graduates to pursue upward mobility in society.)
HARVARD MAGAZINE
— The Upward Mobility Problem. Most Americans earn less than their parents did. DD: My father often decried his not having a college degree. That motivated me 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.harvardmagazine.com/faculty/features-upward-mobility-problem
WHARTON
— How Social Class Affects the Career Ladder. DD: What class were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/knowledge-at-wharton-podcast/how-social-class-affects-the-career-ladder/
FORDHAM INSTITUTE
— Is military enlistment a pathway to upward mobility? DD: Because my parents lacked money, my plan to earn a college degree was to enlist and use the GI Bill. But because I was able to earn high enough grades taking college preparatory courses, to get an ACT score of 24, and to graduate in the upper 20% of my class, UIC accepted me in 1966. I worked my way through college. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I got student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.
https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/military-enlistment-pathway-upward-mobility
TUFTS
— Upward mobility is becoming obsolete. DD: Back in the good old days, even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school, I was able to work my way through college and earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But because of my bad demographics, I doubt that I could do that today.
https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/10/coffee-table-socioeconomics-upward-mobility-is-becoming-obsolete
BROOKINGS
— The American Dream in crisis: Helping low-wage workers move up to better jobs. DD: Back in the good old days, I was a low-wage worker. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (1970). I earned three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997). I earned six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997). I earned a job-related professional license (1981).
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-american-dream-in-crisis-helping-low-wage-workers-move-up-to-better-jobs/
POLITICO
— The 2028 Race Has Begun. Here’s Who’s Winning. White House hopefuls in both parties are maneuvering for the post-Trump era. Here’s where they stand at the end of 2025.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/28/presidential-race-2028-candidates-analysis-00695164
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why History Points to Huge 2026 Losses for Trump’s GOP
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-history-points-to-huge-2026-losses-for-trumps-gop.html
December 18, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/reclassification-weed-president-donald-trump-signs-executive-order-today-would-reclassify-marijuana-less-dangerous/18298372/
— Trump administration moves to cut off gender-affirming care for transgender youth
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-moves-cut-off-gender-affirming-care-transgender-youth-new-hhs-restrictions/18298513/
— Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trumps-handpicked-board-votes-rename-washington-performing-arts-center-trump-kennedy/18298307/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) bring in more illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/new-illinois-laws-will-impact-thousands-of-students-in-the-new-year/3865125/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/buffalo-grove-volunteers-send-handwritten-support-cards-lgbtq-people-nationwide
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Donald Trump signs order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/trump-executive-order-reclassify-marijuana/
— New Trump administration proposals could further reduce gender-affirming care for minors in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/gender-affirming-care-trump-proposals/
— State commission highlights ‘unjustified’ uses of tear gas, pepper spray by federal immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/illinois-accountability-commission-pritzker-border-patrol/
— President Donald Trump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over sensitive state voter data
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/illinois-voter-data-lawsuit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin, Duckworth seek criminal probe of Chicago’s immigration blitz — even after Trump leaves office
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/18/durbin-duckworth-criminal-investigation-operation-midway-blitz-ice-tactics
— New state panel takes shot at holding Trump immigration blitz to account: ‘We will not forget’ The chairman of the newly formed Illinois Accountability Commission acknowledged their eventual recommendations are likely to “fall on deaf ears” in the Trump administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/18/illinois-accountability-commission-trump-immigration-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— Palatine Township trustees this week approved a $1.65 million tax levy for its community mental health board.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251218/local-politics/a-good-thing-for-people-palatine-township-levies-first-tax-for-community-mental-health-board/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Justice Department sues for access to Illinois voter rolls
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/justice-department-sues-access-illinois-voter-rolls
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-signals-marijuana-rescheduling-tax-relief-ahead
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged white men to report workplace discrimination based on race or sex. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/head-of-workplace-rights-agency-urges-white-men-to-report-discrimination/article_6026fc17-ba43-52f4-98bc-f22f3c675724.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-17/with-costs-a-growing-worry-for-americans-trump-seeks-to-defend-his-economic-record
NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY
— North Park University Invites Dreamers to Apply for TheDream.US Scholarship. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.northpark.edu/stories/north-park-university-invites-dreamers-to-apply-for-thedream-us-scholarship/
DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth-Led Provisions to Protect Rock Island Arsenal. DD: During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-led-provisions-to-protect-rock-island-arsenal-support-illinois-quantum-technology-research-and-safeguard-care-for-veterans-passes-congress-awaits-presidents-signature
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By Constructing a Child Development Center at Rock Island Arsenal: The bill authorizes $50 million in Major Construction funds for a new addition to the Child Development Center at Rock Island Arsenal and to consolidate the existing facilities and make upgrades to meet DoD guidelines and safety requirements, ensuring that eligible families at Rock Island Arsenal have a safe, modern facility for childcare.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-440/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker disputes Trump claims, says Illinois GOP backs president ‘100%’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_594bb86c-7336-490e-936f-3e3c69b17fc0.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pritzker-disputes-trump-claims-says-160400287.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani says free buses means fewer assaults over ‘fare collection’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3926075/mamdani-free-buses-fewer-assaults-fare-collection/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani appointee made vile antisemitic comments in unearthed social media posts
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/zohran-mamdani-appointee-catherine-almonte-da-costa-made-vile-antisemitic-comments-in-unearthed-social-media-posts/
— NYC Council pushes bill to create Zohran Mamdani’s $1B ‘safety’ agency that would pull cops off some 911 calls
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/nyc-council-pushes-bill-to-create-zohran-mamdanis-1b-safety-agency-that-will-pull-cops-off-some-911-calls/
BREITBART
— ‘It’s Open Season’: Antisemitic Attacks in NYC Highlight Broader Threat, ‘This is Mamdani’s NY’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/18/its-open-season-antisemitic-attacks-in-nyc-highlight-broader-threat-this-is-mamdanis-ny/
— Inflation Unexpectedly Tumbles To 2.7%, Much Better Than Expected, Core Inflation Falls to Lowest Since Early 2021
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/18/inflation-unexpectedly-tumbles-to-2-7-much-better-than-expected/
DAILY SIGNAL
— EEOC Urges White Males to Report Discrimination—And Promptly. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/18/eeoc-urges-white-males-report-discrimination-promptly/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: White males who have faced discrimination should file a federal complaint, the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. In a video posted on social media Thursday, EEOC Acting Chairwoman Andrea Lucas advised potential victims of discrimination to file complaints in a timely manner. “Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex?” Lucas said. “You may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws.” The Trump administration has opposed diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in the government, and terminated DEI federal grants. A person has a deadline of 180 days from the alleged discrimination to make a complaint, according to the EEOC. “Contact the EOC as soon as possible. Time limits are typically strict for filing a claim,” Lucas continued. “The EOC is the federal agency charged with enforcing federal antidiscrimination law against businesses and other private sector employers.” “The EOC is committed to identifying, attacking, and eliminating all forms of race and sex discrimination, including against white male applicants, and employees,” Lucas clarified. The EEOC website says the 180-day deadline can be extended up to 300 days if a state or local agency enforces a law that prohibits employment discrimination on the same basis, and would have to first hear the case. Although the EEOC has frequently taken up discrimination cases on behalf of minority groups, earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that someone who belongs to a “majority group” can sue for discrimination, in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. That case involved a straight woman who alleged she was passed over for employment due to her sexual identity, but the “majority group” principle would likely apply for a white male. During his first term, President Donald Trump appointed Lucas—a former labor and litigation lawyer at the firm of Gibson Dunn—to the EEOC, and the Senate confirmed her in 2020. After Trump returned for a second term in January, he designated her as the acting chair of commission. [Lucas is not related to The Daily Signal reporter who wrote this news story.] Lucas has not been confirmed by the Senate as chair. But, as previously noted in The Daily Signal, as acting chair she forced major law firms to stop using DEI to discriminate based on race. She further ordered the EEOC to be evenhanded in its enforcement priorities. Lucas made it easier for employees to report DEI discrimination and made it a priority to protect Americans from religious discrimination. This is move is a Trump administration “stunt,” said Markus Batchelor, national political director at People For the American Way, a liberal activist group. “Stunts like this demonstrate the lengths Trump is willing to go to dismantle institutions meant to do good and make them tools that once again unbalance the scales in favor of privilege and white supremacy,” Batchelor told The Grio. “A call for ‘color-blind, merit-based’ employment falls flat from a White House that is overwhelmingly white, wealthy, and unqualified to govern.”)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more foreign truck drivers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-immigrants-trucks.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s unconvincing argument on affordability. Hyperbole is not a plan. DD: What did you do to help you afford things? To help me afford cars, college expenses, real estate, etc., I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I a) did yard work 1962-1964. b) delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) washed dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) delivered mail 1966-1969, f) worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, i) collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and j) audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I was able to do the aforesaid even though I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I have never been able to run because I have a bone disease. My eyesight has never been correctable to 20/20. I have always had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been stupid. They stress that I got no scholarships or student loans and that had to work my way through college. One could argue that if I could do the aforesaid with the limitations that I had, just about anyone could do what I did academically and professionally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/18/trump-speech-tariffs-economy-checks/
— How the end of extra Affordable Care Act subsidies could affect you. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/18/affordable-care-act-subsidies-expire/
FORTUNE
— Mamdani gets 74,000 resumes in sign of New York City’s job-market misery
https://fortune.com/2025/12/17/mamdani-gets-74000-resumes-in-sign-of-new-york-citys-job-market-misery/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— FCC chair suggests agency is not independent amid fears of Trump power-grab. Brendan Carr’s declaration raises concerns amid Trump efforts to exert greater control over independent agencies. DD: GAO is not an independent agency. Congress funds it. It works for Congress.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/trump-fcc-brendan-carr
December 16, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— RESTRICTING AND LIMITING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO PROTECT THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and agents return to Chicago in show of force across city and suburbs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-activity-cicero-chicago/
— Maryland will consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overridden. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/maryland-will-consider-slavery-reparations-after-gov-wes-moores-veto-is-overridden/
— Illinois could be only 5 years away from electricity shortages, higher bills
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/illinois-electricity-report-shortages-bills/
— Napoleon Harris to appear on ballot in Democratic committeeman race after objections struck down
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/napoleon-harris-ballot-democratic-committeeman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Bovino’s back: Border Patrol commander leads fresh round of immigration raids in Chicago area. Gregory Bovino returned to Little Village Tuesday after playing a key role in the early phases of Operation Midway Blitz, the immigration enforcement campaign that has stoked fear among Chicago’s immigrant communities and led to thousands of arrests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/16/greg-bovino-chicago-border-patrol-president-donald-trump-deportation-immigration
ABC7
— Trump to address nation Wednesday night
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-address-nation-wednesday-night/18292669/
— Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids
https://abc7chicago.com/post/church-nativity-scenes-add-zip-ties-gas-masks-ice-protest-immigration-raids-evanston-illinois/18292813/
— Multiple immigration arrests caught on camera as Border Patrol Chief Bovino returns to Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-chicago-today-federal-immigration-agents-seen-little-village-cicero-tuesday-video-shows/18292411/
CBS2
— Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino in Chicago as federal agents detain people in Little Village, Cicero and Berwyn
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-chicago-little-village-cicero-midway/
FOX32
— Illinois approves $1.5B boost to rescue, revamp Chicago-area transit
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-transit-bill
WTTW
— Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Back in Chicago as Federal Immigration Operations Ramp Back Up
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-back-chicago-federal-immigration-operations-ramp-back
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/eric-zorn-trump-immigration-policy-is-unpopular/
WBEZ
— Bovino’s back: Border Patrol commander leads fresh round of immigration raids in Chicago area. Gregory Bovino returned to Little Village Tuesday after playing a key role in the early phases of Operation Midway Blitz, the immigration enforcement campaign that has stoked fear among Chicago’s immigrant communities and led to thousands of arrests.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/16/greg-bovino-chicago-border-patrol-president-donald-trump-deportation-immigration
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-437/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Freedom Caucus raises new questions about noncitizen police officer
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2b70c989-c57f-4e79-a8fe-ea72f04e2625.html
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Crime, Courts, and Taxes Under Fire as Critics Question City Leadership – Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon Interviewed on Dan Proft’s Morning Answer
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-crime-courts-and-taxes-under-fire-as-critics-question-city-leadership-wirepoints-mark-glennon-interviewed-on-dan-profts-morning-answer/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-hunger-industrial-complex-how-america-manufactured-a-food-insecurity-crisis/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Campaign Starts with Illegal Robocalls — Repeating Rauner’s $1 Million Mistake. Political robocalls to cell phones without prior express consent are illegal under federal law.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/dabrowski-campaign-starts-with-illegal-robocalls-repeating-rauners-1-million-mistake.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That warning makes Dabrowski’s misstep even more striking given who is advising him. Dabrowski’s top campaign advisor is Jeanne Ives, a longtime and outspoken political enemy of Bruce Rauner. Ives built her reputation opposing Rauner’s brand of establishment Republican politics, frequently criticizing his judgment, leadership, and campaign decisions. Yet now, the Dabrowski campaign finds itself ensnared in the very same legal problem that cost Rauner’s campaign $1 million. Illinois law compounds the risk. The state’s Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-9.5) requires political calls to identify the sponsoring committee and prohibits blocking caller ID. Violations are a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail and fines up to $1,500. The State Board of Elections may also impose civil penalties and refer cases for prosecution.)
— Return to Innocence: A Generation Caught Between Digital Overload and the Erosion of Boundaries, Imagination and Innocence
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/return-to-innocence-a-generation-caught-between-digital-overload-and-the-erosion-of-boundaries-imagination-and-innocence.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— IRS law enforcement expanded reach in 2025: Helped ICE, policed D.C. streets
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/irs-law-enforcement-expanded-reach-2025-helped-ice-policed-dc-streets/
— Netflix and the near-complete woke Hollywood takeover. Filmmaking’s future depends on studio independence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/netflix-near-complete-woke-hollywood-takeover/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Never, ever give up your guns
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3918225/never-ever-give-up-your-guns/
AMAC
— Deport Illegal Aliens – Laws Require It
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/deport-illegal-aliens-laws-require-it/
BRETBART
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: Mass Deportations Are Bringing Rents Down for Working-Class Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/16/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-mass-deportations-are-bringing-rents-down-working-class-americans/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago ‘lost its mind’ financially under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Washington Post warns. Washington Post criticizes Chicago’s financial ‘gimmicks’ under Johnson.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-lost-its-mind-financially-under-mayor-brandon-johnson-washington-post-warns
PJ MEDIA
— Newsom Brags About Giving Illegals Healthcare
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/16/newsom-brags-about-giving-illegals-healthcare-n4947140
TOWNHALL
— GOP Lawmakers Slam Critics of Airstrikes Against Venezuelan Boats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/12/16/gop-lawmakers-slam-critics-of-airstrikes-against-venezuelan-boats-n2667972
— These RINO Senators Backed a Bill Seeking to Overturn Trump Executive Order on Federal Unions
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/16/two-republican-senators-back-bill-seeking-to-overturn-trump-executive-order-n2667997
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Even the Washington Post Agrees: Chicago’s Leftism Has Doomed City
https://www.westernjournal.com/even-wapo-agrees-chicagos-leftism-doomed-city/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Illinois Law Generates $1.5B to Save Public Transit From Fiscal Calamity
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-16/illinois-law-generates-1-5b-to-save-public-transit-from-fiscal-calamity
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Leaders See No Chance of ACA Deal by Deadline. Centrists’ proposals stall in House, while Senate leader Thune says agreement could come next month
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-gop-aca-obamacare-subsidies-57add6a6
CFO
— How CPA licensure became a CFO issue in 2025. What started as a professional standards debate became a CFO concern tied to audit quality and hiring. DD: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that.
https://www.cfo.com/news/how-cpa-licensure-accounting-talent-became-a-cfo-issue-in-2025/807987/
NEWSONE
— How Descendants Of Enslavers Are Repairing Ancestral Damage. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://newsone.com/6689508/how-descendants-enslavers-are-repairing-ancestral-damage/
December 15, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nearly 23% of Illinois high school students say they drink. DD: If I had been a drinker, a) S.S. Kresge would not have hired me to wash dishes, b) my ACT score would have been lower, c) I would not have made it into the upper 20% of my class, and d) UIC would not have accepted me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/alcohol-report-illinois-department-of-health/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/12/15/gov-pritzker-announces-2m-in-state-funding-to-help-with-unhoused/87774489007/
WSIL TV
— Illinois’ first report on alcohol use reveals concerning trends
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/illinois-first-report-on-alcohol-use-reveals-concerning-trends/article_87bae20e-07b9-4e2e-8eea-86410235228b.html?
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Freedom Caucus raises new questions about noncitizen police officer
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/15/watch-illinois-freedom-caucus-raises-new-questions-about-noncitizen-police-officer/
CWB CHICAGO
— Man wearing ankle monitor attacked 3 women days after judge refused to detain him
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/12/man-wearing-ankle-monitor-attacked-3-women-days-after-judge-refused-to-detain-him-documents-show.html
DAILY ILLINI
— Trump administration moves to end student loan forgiveness program. DD: I could not have gotten a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. I was not a minority or a female.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/2025/12/15/trump-student-loan-forgiveness/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-436/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FREEDOMS JOURNAL
— Symbolism Is Not Salvation: A Black Conservative Response to Chicago’s Reparations Push
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2025/12/15/symbolism-is-not-salvation-a-black-conservative-response-to-chicago-s-reparations-push
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Reclassifying Marijuana Ignores Science and Endangers Families
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/reclassifying-marijuana-ignores-science-and-endangers-families/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservatives line up against Trump’s marijuana downgrade. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/15/conservatives-line-trumps-marijuana-downgrade/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Reclassifying marijuana will not make America great again. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3917642/reclassifying-marijuana-will-not-make-america-great-again/
— Democrats blame guns, not evil, for Bondi Beach and Brown University shootings
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3917487/democrats-blame-guns-not-evil-bondi-beach-brown-shootings/
BLAZE
— ‘Rents will come down’ — but not in sanctuary cities
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rents-come-down-sanctuary-cities
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times higher ed pushed socialism in 2025
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-higher-ed-pushed-socialism-in-2025/29080
FOX BUSINESS
— Sanctuary cities accused of shielding dangerous offenders from ICE enforcement
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386509733112
FOX NEWS
— Leaked lessons from first-year University of Illinois education course show extreme left bias: ‘Just so wrong.’ Student whistleblower shares PowerPoints from first semester education class riddled with far-left messaging.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/leaked-lessons-from-first-year-university-illinois-education-course-show-extreme-left-bias-just-so-wrong
FOX SPORTS
— Chicago radio host rips Cubs player for Turning Point event attendance, likens it to ‘Nazi-adjacent pep rally.’ Matt Shaw attended Kirk’s funeral during the season. DD: People’s attitudes toward Kirk and toward his assassination say a lot about them.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chicago-radio-host-rips-cubs-player-turning-point-event-attendance-nazi-adjacent-pep-rally
TOWNHALL
— NBC News Stirs the ‘Systemic Racism’ Pot
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/15/nbc-news-systemic-racism-in-certain-activities-n2667899
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chick-fil-A Doubles Down on Wokeness After Getting Backlash for Gay ‘Marriage’ Stunt
https://www.westernjournal.com/chick-fil-doubles-wokeness-getting-backlash-gay-marriage-stunt/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago has lost its mind. The city’s fiscal situation is dire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is determined to make things worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/15/chicago-budget-brandon-johnson-taxes/
FORBES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQiCy48UMhQ
BANKING RATES
— 5 Expensive Items Everyone Should Sell Before Retiring. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I owned two collector cars, a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS and 1968 Dodge Charger R/T. I held on to them until 2005. I wish I still owned them.
https://www.aol.com/finance/5-expensive-items-everyone-sell-000608065.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “One of the first things I suggest to clients is to take a hard look at their vehicles,” said Kevin Marshall, CPA and personal finance professional at Amortization Calculator. That dream car in the garage or the second SUV might have been exciting at one point, but it also carries weight — insurance premiums, maintenance costs, and repairs that never come cheap. “Retirement often brings fewer commutes and a slower pace, so why keep paying for something that spends most of its time sitting still?” He’s seen people sell an extra car and use the money to fund an entire year of travel or home improvements. “It’s not about downsizing — it’s about reallocating your resources to what actually brings you joy now.”)
JD SUPRA
— DOJ Promulgates Final Rule Removing Disparate Impact Regulations Under Title VI. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/doj-promulgates-final-rule-removing-7150551/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/12/15/growing-shares-say-the-trump-administration-is-doing-too-much-to-deport-immigrants-in-the-us-illegally/
MOTHER JONES
— Trump Is Hellbent on Crushing Federal Unions, But They’re Still Kicking. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees, and especially those who are, were, or might be union members. I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/trump-doge-layoffs-federal-unions-busting-resistance-strike-protest-collective-bargaining-rights/