FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Judge grants fired CPS CEO Pedro Martinez restraining order (COMMENT: The defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed and their attorneys continue to take adverse actions against me. I should have gotten retaining orders against them.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/fired-chicago-public-schools-cps-ceo-pedro-martinez-case-board-court-tuesday/15701839/
NBC5
— CPS CEO Pedro Martinez granted temporary restraining order against school board (COMMENT: The defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed and their attorneys continue to take adverse actions against me. I should have gotten retaining orders against them.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cps-ceo-pedro-martinez-granted-temporary-restraining-order-against-school-board/3631918/
SOUTHERN
— Democrats use reports of anonymous letters to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/12/24/letter-urging-residents-to-report-brown-folks-condemned-by-oregon-officials/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump’s deportation plans spark fear in construction industry (COMMENT: What percent of construction workers are illegals?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/president-elect-donald-trumps-deportation-plans-spark-fears-in-construction-industry-border-czar-tom-homan-immigrant-labor
WCIA
— Five years after legalization, what’s next for Illinois’ marijuana market? (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/five-years-after-legalization-whats-next-for-illinois-marijuana-market/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Unsafe Area West Of Elmhurst, With Large Crowds
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/unsafe-area-west-elmhurst-large-crowds-police
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/unsafe-area-west-of-elmhurst-with-large-crowds-police/ar-AA1wnWWD
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislators return Jan. 4 for ‘lame duck’ session
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d00e3540-c15d-11ef-8cdf-3fa42b87d0f5.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Summary of the Madigan Corruption Trial So Far
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/24/summary-of-the-madigan-corruption-trial-so-far/
— MODIFICATION: Christmas Eve Present for SOME Federal Employees
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/23/christmas-eve-present-for-federal-employees/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois to make $2.5B from alcohol, other sin taxes. You might celebrate the holiday season by indulging in not-so-healthy habits. State lawmakers are encouragingly discouraging you for the sake of their budget. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/eggnog-tax-illinois-to-make-2-5b-from-alcohol-other-sin-taxes/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Pope urges the faithful to embrace hope in Christmas Mass sermon. What are some things that you hoped for that did not happen? My dashed hopes include a) continuing to work for the Park Forest Post Office beyond 1969, b) getting a job that required a bachelor’s degree when I graduated from NIU in 1970, c) getting hired by Oldsmobile in 1971 and having a successful career in the automotive industry, d) getting promoted beyond GS-12 by IRS, e) being treated fairly by Money Magazine in its 4-page article on me in February of 1978, f) getting a promotion to GS-13 to transfer from IRS to GAO instead of having to take a downgrade in 1980, g) being assigned to audits of IRS during my entire GAO career instead of just 3 years 1986-1988, h) getting promoted sooner by GAO and beyond GS-13, i) being allowing to work at least to my regular retirement age of 55 in 2003, j) the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and TAPROOT Republicans to be run by conservatives, and k) Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America to be run by conservatives. Some things that I did hope for that did happen include my a) my earning a bachelor’s degree (1970) and three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, 1997), b) my earing six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), c) my earning a professional license (1981), d) my being married to my outstanding wife since 1978, e) my buying new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., f) my buying real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, g) my wife and I buying a home in Wheaton in 1978 and having one built in Wheaton in 1984. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Avoiding the coming demographic cliff. Young couples are having children in states where religious faith is strong.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/24/avoiding-coming-demographic-cliff/
— U.S. needs a saner approach to immigration. Illegal aliens make up half of farmworkers, care for children and older adults. (COMMENT: Younger Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Having bad jobs on your resume harms your ability to get good jobs.)
https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/dec/24/u-needs-saner-approach-immigration/
NEW YORK POST
— Incoming border czar Tom Homan says Trump admin will need $86B to ‘start’ mass deportations
https://nypost.com/2024/12/24/us-news/incoming-border-czar-tom-homan-says-trump-admin-will-need-86-billion-to-start-mass-deportations/
— Watchdogs target shadowy PAC with potential leftwing ties that worked to sabotage GOP candidates
https://nypost.com/2024/12/24/us-news/watchdogs-target-shadowy-pac-with-potential-leftwing-ties-that-worked-to-sabotage-gop-candidates/
— Ivy League schools silent as Trump packs his Cabinet with their grads
https://nypost.com/2024/12/22/opinion/ivy-league-schools-silent-as-trump-packs-his-cabinet-with-their-grads/
— Bill Maher torches DEI efforts as meaningless ‘virtue signaling’ left uses to ‘make themselves feel better’ (COMMENT: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of conservatives like me who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should start writing about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/24/media/bill-maher-torches-dei-efforts-as-meaningless-virtue-signaling-left-uses-to-make-themselves-feel-better/
— Rand Paul’s annual ‘Festivus’ list of outrageous government waste (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since 1997, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.8 million in today’s dollars.)
https://nypost.com/2024/12/24/us-news/cocaine-for-moody-rats-and-climate-focused-drag-show-on-ice-top-rand-pauls-annual-festivus-list-of-outrageous-government-waste/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal immigrants forming ‘action plans’ in response to planned Trump crackdown
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/24/illegal-immigrants-forming-action-plans-in-response-to-planned-trump-crackdown-1511898/
— ‘Daniel Penny effect’: Help never came for woman set ablaze on NYC subway by illegal migrant (COMMENT: Republicans help victims of crime, Democrats help criminals. If you try to help a crime victim, anticipate/expect that Democrats will prosecute you.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/24/daniel-penny-effect-help-never-came-for-woman-set-ablaze-on-nyc-subway-by-illegal-migrant-1511779/
— Top automakers to donate $1M to Trump inauguration
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/12/24/times-are-achanging-top-automakers-to-donate-1m-to-trump-inauguration-1511925/
BLAZE
— 12 times leftists have sought to twist, hijack, and stomp on
https://www.theblaze.com/news/blaze-news-original-12-times-leftists-have-sought-to-twist-hijack-and-stomp-on-christmas
BREITBART
— We Also Have to Go After Sanctuary Campuses, Not Just Cities
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/24/gop-rep-tenney-we-also-have-to-go-after-sanctuary-campuses-not-just-cities/
— Subway Killer Got Benefits the Homeless Aren’t
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/12/24/homan-suspected-subway-killer-got-benefits-the-homeless-arent/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 examples of government waste in higher education
https://www.campusreform.org/article/2024-5-examples-government-waste-higher-education/26998
DAILY CALLER
— Removing Millions Of Illegal Immigrants Is Possible — Tom Homan Can Do It
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/24/millions-illegal-immigrants-deportations-logistics-tom-homan-border-czar-donald-trump/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden Ramps Up Search for DEI Hires Ahead of Trump Administration (COMMENT: All my superiors and supervisors who took adverse actions against me were Democrats who were minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write a book about them and the adverse actions that they took against me.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/24/biden-ramps-up-search-for-dei-hires-ahead-of-trump-administration/
FOX BUSINESS
— Homan says $86B from Congress will help ‘start’ protecting the border
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6366413377112
— Homan fired up over migrant crime: ‘You don’t want to help… don’t be pushing back against us’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n-mV8Isdl8
FEDERALIST
— Shunning Friends And Family For Their Political Beliefs Is An Affront To The Spirit Of Christmas
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/24/shunning-friends-and-family-for-their-political-beliefs-is-an-affront-to-the-spirit-of-christmas/
FOX NEWS
— ‘SNL’ faces backlash for audience cheers over suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366411823112
— Illinois city sparks complaints, petition by limiting Hanukkah menorah display to just a few hours. More than 6,500 sign petition calling for Lake Forest to allow a longer Hanukkah display.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-city-sparks-complaints-petition-limiting-hanukkah-menorah-display-just-few-hours
— NY Republican compares sanctuary states to Confederacy: ‘We had a Civil War’ over federal law.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ny-republican-compares-sanctuary-states-173058878.html
— Critics warn of ‘Daniel Penny effect’ after woman burned alive on NYC subway car as bystanders watched. Video of the horrifying murder showed several people standing by as the woman burned. (COMMENT: Republicans help victims of crime, Democrats help criminals. If you try to help a crime victim, anticipate/expect that Democrats will prosecute you.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/critics-warn-daniel-penny-effect-after-woman-burned-alive-nyc-subway-car-bystanders-watched
— Government waste report uncovers more than $1 trillion spent by Biden admin (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since 1997, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.8 million in today’s dollars.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/government-waste-report-uncovers-more-than-1-trillion-spent-by-biden-admin/vi-AA1wr7FK
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Non-detained illegal immigrants have convicted homicide rate 13 times higher than U.S.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/report-non-detained-illegal-immigrants-have-convicted-homicide-rate-13-times-higher-than-u-s
LEGAL INSURECTION
— Younger Generation Support for Luigi Mangione Reflects “A Strong Anti-Capitalist Trend on Campuses” (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/younger-generation-support-for-luigi-mangione-reflects-a-strong-anti-capitalist-trend-on-campuses/
NEWSMAX
— Newsom Mulls ‘Immigrant Support Network’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gavin-newsom-california-illegal/2024/12/24/id/1192788/
— Sen. Paul’s 2024 ‘Festivus’ Report Shows $1T in Waste (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since 1997, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.8 million in today’s dollars.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rand-paul-government-waste-festivus/2024/12/24/id/1192782/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump’s Deportations Will Help U.S. Economy And American Workers
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/trumps-deportations-will-help-u-s-economy-and-american-workers/
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— While Navy Pushes DEI, 37% of Attack Subs Are out of Order
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2024/12/24/while_navy_pushes_dei_37_of_attack_subs_are_out_of_order_1080641.html
REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— Divisive DEI Chief Gets Raise Instead of Demotion (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/12/25/waste_of_the_day_divisive_dei_chief_gets_raise_instead_of_demotion_1080812.html
TOWNHALL
— The Best Christmas Gift of All: Trump Saved The United States of America
https://townhall.com/columnists/douglasmackinnon/2024/12/25/the-best-christmas-gift-of-all-trump-saved-the-united-states-of-america-n2649446
— Illegal immigrant Charged in NYC Subway Murder Was Previously Deported (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that deported illegals will immediately return.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/12/24/illegal-immigrant-charged-in-nyc-subway-murder-was-deported-from-us-in-2018-n2649528
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump border czar: 100K beds, more ICE agents needed for deportations
https://www.aol.com/trump-border-czar-100k-beds-160027709.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are going to do everything that they can to stop deportation of illegals. Anticipate/expect that they will help deported illegals to immediately return.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5051636-trump-immigration-crackdown-southern-border-mass-deportation/
YAHOO
— Pope urges faithful to embrace hope in Christmas Mass sermon (COMMENT: What are some things that you hoped for that did not happen? My dashed hopes include a) continuing to work for the Park Forest Post Office beyond 1969, b) getting a job that required a bachelor’s degree when I graduated from NIU in 1970, c) getting hired by Oldsmobile in 1971 and having a successful career in the automotive industry, d) getting promoted beyond GS-12 by IRS, e) being treated fairly by Money Magazine in its 4-page article on me in February of 1978, f) getting a promotion to GS-13 to transfer from IRS to GAO instead of having to take a downgrade in 1980, g) being assigned to audits of IRS during my entire GAO career instead of just 3 years 1986-1988, h) getting promoted sooner by GAO and beyond GS-13, i) being allowing to work at least to my regular retirement age of 55 in 2003, j) the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and TAPROOT Republicans to be run by conservatives, and k) Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America to be run by conservatives. Some things that I did hope for that did happen include my a) my earning a bachelor’s degree (1970) and three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, 1997), b) my earing six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), c) my earning a professional license (1981), d) my being married to my outstanding wife since 1978, e) my buying new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., f) my buying real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, g) my wife and I buying a home in Wheaton in 1978 and having one built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pope-urges-faithful-embrace-hope-203224651.html
MSNBC
— The mainstream news media is ever-increasingly an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-free-speech-hypocrisy-rcna184445
MSN
— 12 Companies Under Fire for Their ‘Woke’ Decisions (COMMEMT: All my employers were woke, that is, they all gave preference big time to their employees who were liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, that is, they all discriminated big time against their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/12-brands-that-have-suffered-after-going-woke/ss-BB1muPms
— Trump Admin Expected to Fire Federal Employees Targeted by DOGE (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors force me to resign when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, they fired me. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to reign in 1969 when I was 20 years old, that is, they fired me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admin-expected-to-fire-federal-employees-targeted-by-doge/ss-AA1worHc?ocid=00000000
NEW YORK TIMES
— If You’re Worried About the Future of Our Country, Do Something About It. Involvement in issues beyond the immediate scope of one’s personal life and work, undertaken for the greater good, is more important than ever. (COMMENT: I put a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter together and send it out every morning.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/opinion/civil-society-importance.html
— Trump and Musk Want to Cut Billions From the Budget. It Won’t Be Easy. (COMMENT: During the 1990s, Gingrich cut GAO’s budget dramatically. The Democrats who ran GAO used those cuts to get rid of the agency’s few remaining Republican employees including me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/business/trump-musk-ramaswamy-doge-government-spending.html
— Assist or Resist: Local Officials Debate Trump’s Mass Deportation Threat. Communities are divided on how much to cooperate with immigration agents. In San Diego, the sheriff has vowed to defy a new policy protecting migrants. (COMMENT: Will the leaders of your county, township, and municipality assist or resist deportation efforts?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/us/trump-deportations-migrants-san-diego.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Texas puts up billboards warning of rape, kidnapping to deter migrants
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/24/texas-billboards-migrants-central-america-mexico/
USA TODAY
— Ford is latest company to kick in cash ($1 million) for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/23/donald-trump-inauguration-ford/77178326007/
BOSTON GLOBE
— In pricey Boston, choosing between your pet and housing is heartbreakingly common (COMMENT: One reason why I have more money is that I have never had pets. Pets are very time-consuming and expensive. Instead of pets, I invested my time and my money into earing a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/23/magazine/harsh-economics-of-pet-ownership-boston/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will Trump Invade Panama? The President-elect threatens to retake the canal, but how?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-panama-canal-shipping-china-jose-raul-mulino-8e7729da
BARRON’S
— America Built the Panama Canal. Trump Wants It Back.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/panama-canal-trump-history-2bdd1b22
FORBES
— Trump’s Net Worth Rose $3.6 Billion This Year—Despite Wild Fluctuations In His Wealth
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenpastis/2024/12/25/trumps-net-worth-rose-36-billion-this-year-despite-wild-fluctuations-in-his-wealth/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2024/12/24/dei-isnt-going-anywhere-why-practitioners-are-doing-more-despite-backlash/
— Trump Repeatedly Warns Illegal Immigrants That Historic Deportation Effort Is Coming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAtl-kRGiL8
FORTUNE
— Gen Zers may not have a house or kids, but data shows they’re spoiling their pets more than any other generation instead (COMMENT: One reason why I have more money is that I have never had pets. Pets are very time-consuming and expensive. Instead of pets, I invested my time and my money into earing a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://fortune.com/2024/12/25/gen-zers-may-not-have-a-house-or-kids-but-data-shows-theyre-spoiling-their-pets-more-than-any-other-generation-instead/
BUSINESS JOUNAL
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2024/12/24/dei-efforts-2024-backlash-tips-advice.html
MIT NEWS
— Empowering systemic racism research (COMMENT: My critics/opponents shout at those who are the following that me and those who share my demographics cause all their problems: moderate/liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://news.mit.edu/2024/empowering-systemic-racism-research-mit-and-beyond-1104
KFF HEALTH NEWS
— Putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every morning causes me to relive the many big adverse actions that my critics/opponents have taken against me. Should I start writing about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me?
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/lgbtq-aging-adults-going-it-alone-relive-trauma/
INNER BALANCE
— Blaming Others When Things Go Wrong (COMMENT: My critics/opponents blame their problems not only on me, they also blame their problems on those who share my demographics.)
https://innerbalanceaz.com/blog/blaming-others-when-things-go-wrong
QUORA
— Who should I blame for all my problems? (COMMENT: My critics/opponents blame their problems not only on me, they also blame their problems on those who share my demographics.)
https://www.quora.com/Who-should-I-blame-for-all-my-problems
NIEMAN LAB
— Can AI help local newsrooms streamline their newsletters? ARLnow tests the waters. (COMMENT: GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are 100% generated by me. I use what I learned a) putting those letters together and sending them out since 2000, b) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, c) serving as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades 2005-2019, d) serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, e) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, f) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, g) serving as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, h) working for GAO 1980-1997, i) etc.)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/05/can-ai-help-local-newsrooms-streamline-their-newsletters-arlnow-tests-the-waters/
RASMUSSEN
— 41% Blame Mental Health for Mass Shootings
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/41_blame_mental_health_for_mass_shootings
DAILY MAIL
— DOGE insider reveals the wildest government spending splurges in the sights of Elon’s agency (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since 1997, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.8 million in today’s dollars.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14214261/doge-insider-reveals-wildest-government-spending-splurges-sights-Elons-agency.html
