FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump is welcomed by Macron to Paris with presidential pomp and joined by Zelenskyy for their talks
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-macron-paris-zelenskyy/3618711/?os=fuzzscanazstr%26ref%3Dapp&ref=app
— At least 8 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-gun-violence-city-police-department/15627082/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico
— Chicago’s ‘do not hire’ policy puts employees at risk for political payback. The current version of the city’s “do not hire” policy can hurt the careers of good employees who are put on the list for political retribution. City Council members are rightly calling for changes to fix that. (COMMENT: Constructively, my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors put me on their do not hire lists with the adverse actions that they took against me. That hurt my career tremendously. Constructively, they rendered worthless a) my bachelor’s degree and my three master’s degrees, b) my six professional certifications, c) my professional license, and d) the experience that I gained working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years. Employers do not want to hire people who were forced into early retirement, who were passed over for promotions, who had always been ranked in the bottom half of their coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, who had been forced to take a $22,996/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to make an internal transfer, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/12/07/do-not-hire-chicago-scott-waguespack-gilbert-villegas-ronnie-reese-editorial
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/06/indian-prairie-school-district-204-seeing-rapid-growth-in-students-who-need-language-help-officials-say/
— Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegal immigration in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/donna-vickroy-wheaton-teens-dedicated-to-helping-refugees-resettle-in-chicago-area/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that Muslims have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/08/illinois-muslim-voters-presidential-election/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241207/gambling/how-illinois-generated-2-billion-in-tax-revenue-from-gamblers-in-the-last-fiscal-year/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2024/12/07/trump-mass-deportations-immigration-chicago-court-asylum-venezuela-mexico
WAND TV
— Trump isn’t back in office but he’s already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leaders
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-isnt-back-in-office-but-hes-already-pushing-his-agenda-and-negotiating-with-world/article_ac36e915-dbbd-5e3a-9415-43c08159e2f4.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Schools react to loss of state funding for after-school programs (COMMENT: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents have always used my mother being able to stay home and raise my brother and me to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my father as being filthy rich. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, most commonly, playing music, working in a fast food restaurant, and delivering eggs. He did not buy a new car until he was 45 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/schools-react-to-loss-of-state-funding-for-after-school-programs#
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— April 1, 2025, Consolidated Election UNOFFICIAL Candidate List
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/candidate_information/candidate_listings.php
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Groups react to appeals court keeping IL’s gun ban in place pending appeal
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ad6d36c8-b40e-11ef-89b4-4bdd8c2c70dd.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Mainstream Media’s Tariff Fear Mongering Leading to Hoarding
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/mainstream-medias-tariff-fear-mongering-leading-to-hoarding/
— Republicans Nominate McHenry Township Candidates at Caucus
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/08/republicans-nominate-mchenry-township-candidates-at-caucus/
— Out of Office, But Kenneally Still Sought as Chicago Media Source, This Time on Faulty Pot Testing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/07/out-of-office-but-kenneally-still-sought-as-chicago-media-source-this-time-on-faulty-pot-testing/
— Crystal Lake Doc Makes Tribune Front Page in Story about State’s Attorney Offices’ Reporting Duty
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/06/crystal-lake-doc-makes-tribune-front-page-in-story-about-states-attorney-offices-reporting-duty/
— New State’s Attorney Randi Freese Follows in Modest and Self-Confident Footsteps of Circuit Clerk Kathy Keefe and Robb Tadelman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2024/12/05/new-states-attorney-randi-freese-follows-in-modest-and-self-confident-footsteps-of-circuit-clerk-kathy-keefe/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In what ways are you a minority? I am a minority in the following political jurisdictions because I voted for Trump: a) my precinct because 478 voted for Harris but only 373 voted for Trump, b) DuPage County because 251,000 voted for Harris and only 191,00 voted for Trump, and c) Illinois because 3 million voted for Harris and only 2.4 million voted for Trump. Further, I am a minority in the following organizations because I am conservative, that is, because I am a platform Republican: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Further, I am ever-increasingly becoming a minority if not one already because of my demographics: White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly take adverse actions against me to make me leave, but I am not going to leave. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Syria civil war live updates: Trump says Assad fled Syria when Putin was ‘no longer interested’ in protecting dictator
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/world-news/syria-civil-war-live-updates-syrian-army-announces-assads-rule-has-ended/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— With Trump’s Victory, America’s Long National Nightmare is Over. On January 20, 2025, our long national nightmare will finally be over—unburdened by what has been.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/12/08/with-trumps-victory-americas-long-national-nightmare-is-over/
BREITBART
— Dem Rep. Jonathan Jackson: Chicago Citizens Need to Vote on Sanctuary Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/12/07/dem-rep-jonathan-jackson-chicago-citizens-need-to-vote-on-sanctuary-policy/
CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Democratic cities attempting to fund abortion services met with lawsuits
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_0465f06e-b4b9-11ef-8801-9bb09b81883e.html
CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— We want your opinion on where President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should start slashing wasteful federal spending as it gets up and running. (COMMENT: I hope that DOGE focuses on cutting federal spending that promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.)
https://citizens-against-government-waste.revv.co/doge-survey
FOX NEWS
— Trump welcomed by world leaders at Notre Dame reopening ceremony in ‘presidential’ fashion. This was Trump’s his first international trip since winning the 2024 presidential election.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-welcomed-world-leaders-notre-dame-reopening-ceremony-presidential-fashion
— Conservative group compiles list of ‘woke’ senior officers they want Pete Hegseth to fire. The American Accountability Foundation says the ‘woke takeover’ of the military is a major threat to our national security. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats for almost 30 years, because I have always been a Republican, I was always on their lists to be fired. Further, my being the following moved me up on their lists: conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. The following helped me survive: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my earning six job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-compiles-list-woke-senior-officers-want-pete-hegseth-fire
— Congress eyes 14.5% pay hike for junior troops, limits on transgender treatment in $895B defense bill. The 1,800-page bill also includes anti-DEI and anti-CRT measures.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-pay-hike-junior-troops-limits-transgender-treatment-895-2b-defense-bill.amp
— DOGE chief Musk bashes massive government spending on illegal immigrants: ‘Boggles the mind!’
https://www.aol.com/doge-chief-musk-bashes-massive-205030946.html
MRC TV
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Joe Walsh to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/287072/print
NEWSMAX
— US Colleges Dismantling DEI Initiatives (COMMENT: UIC accepted me when I was 18 years old in 1966 because I had graduated in the upper 20% of my class and had an ACT score of 24 notwithstanding my not being a minority or a female.)
https://www.newsmax.com/us/colleges-dei-programs/2024/12/07/id/1190750/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Opposition to Woke Progressivism Energizes Trump Coalition
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/08/opposition_to_woke_progressivism_energizes_trump_coalition_152061.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Young Democrats of America host first DNC chairman race candidates forum (COMMENT: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. I should write about my critic/opponents who blamed me the most for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct during and after that period.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5028484-young-democrats-of-america-host-first-dnc-chairman-race-candidates-forum/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The four candidates running are Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin, Wisconsin Party Chair Ben Wikler, former Maryland Gov. and Social Security Administrator Martin O’Malley (D), and New York State Senator James Skoufis (D).)
NEWSWEEK
— Greg Abbott Boasts of ‘Border Security Blueprint’ for US
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-operation-lone-star-blueprint-immigration-1997139
— Prince William’s Reaction to Meeting Donald Trump Goes Viral
https://www.newsweek.com/prince-william-reaction-donald-trump-meeting-viral-1997282
REUTERS
— Kremlin, on Trump call for Ukraine peace talks, says Moscow is open to negotiations on certain terms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-trump-call-ukraine-peace-120527821.html
MSN
— Woke Policies Drive Customers Away
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/have-woke-policies-driven-customers-away/ss-AA1voi1d
NBC NEWS
— Texas aims to become key part of Trump’s immigration plans. Already the state has offered up a ranch on the Rio Grande as a potential site for detention facilities, and it is ready to share its playbook for muscling through immigration policy changes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-aims-become-key-part-trumps-immigration-plans-rcna182852
NEW YORK TIMES
— University of Michigan Ends Required Diversity Statements (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/university-of-michigan-dei-diversity-statemements.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump’s purge. Career civil servants are scrubbing social media, changing job titles and looking for private sector work over fear that Trump might fire them. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors purged me when I was 49 years old in 1997. I was one of their last Republican employees in their office. They would have succeeded sooner if I had not a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/federal-employees-trump-fear-purge/
USA TODAY
— This anti-‘woke’ investor is fighting DEI in the S&P 500. His first target: Starbucks
https://www.aol.com/anti-woke-investor-wooing-trump-182347747.html
— Want a VIP invitation to Donald Trump’s inauguration? That’ll cost you — a lot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/vip-invitation-donald-trump-inauguration/76822535007/
— Trump calls for ‘immediate’ cease-fire in Russia-Ukraine war after meeting with Zelenskyy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/08/trump-ukraine-ceasefire-russia-zelenskyy/76849858007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s election helped him with his criminal cases” and ask “What about the civil lawsuits he faces?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/donald-trump-election-victory-civil-cases-lawsuit/76261850007/
— Democrats say “Trump’s private club is ground zero for a disruption-themed second term: Inside Mar-a-Lago. Mar-a-Lago, a Mediterranean-styled estate a cereal heiress a half-century ago envisioned as a presidential retreat, is today the heady and giddy center of the American political universe.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/07/trump-mar-a-lago-elon-musk-rfk/76708006007/
— ‘He knows his generation’: Melania Trump praises Barron’s role in 2024 White House race.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/melania-barron-trump-2024-election/76819492007/
— Bahamas ‘firmly rejected’ Trump proposal to deport immigrants from other countries there (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1970s, I went on two vacations to the Bahamas.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/06/bahamas-trump-deportation-repatriation/76821076007/
UNION BULLETIN
— University of Michigan will no longer use diversity statements in faculty hiring, promotion, tenure. (COMMENT: Constructively, if not literally, federal employees have to submit diversity statements to get promoted. To promote diversity is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/university-of-michigan-will-no-longer-use-diversity-statements-in-faculty-hiring-promotion-tenure/article_517527cf-53d6-5c24-a7fe-0d5b64528392.html
KANSAS CITY STAR
— Certified Internal Auditor Requirements (COMMENT: I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 year old in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious because that frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. That same year, I became a licensed CPA. I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. Subsequently, I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and I earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.)
https://www.kansascity.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-requirements/
SACRAMENTO BEE
— Certified Internal Auditor Exam Guide: What You Need to Know
https://www.sacbee.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-exam/
ARKANSAS BUSINESS
— CPA Licensing: The Path, the Test and the Numbers (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.)
https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/arkansas-cpa-licensing-reforms-120-hour-pathway/
FOX23
— Southwest Airlines agrees to avoid hiring ‘quotas’ after accusations of ‘discriminatory’ practices. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always had quotas to fill, that is, they always had to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://fox23maine.com/news/nation-world/southwest-agrees-to-avoid-hiring-quotas-after-accusations-of-discriminatory-practices-southwest-airlines-america-first-legal-discrimination-complaint-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Prepares for Legal Fight Over His ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Curbs
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-battle-0900a291
FORBES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “If You Want UnitedHealthcare To Cover Everything, Talk To Trump Or Your Employer.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2024/12/08/if-you-want-unitedhealthcare-to-cover-everything-talk-to-trump-or-your-employer/
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/12/03/how-to-boost-the-number-of-women-in-leadership-in-2025/
DEADLINE
— Trump Sits Down With “Big Man” Prince William In Paris And Shares Memories Of Queen
https://deadline.com/2024/12/donald-trump-big-man-prince-william-paris-macron-zelensky-1236197559/
AXIOS DC
— Biden wants to raise the pay of civilian federal employees by an average of 2% — and workers say that ain’t cutting it. Why it matters: The White House’s proposal is much less than the 7.4% pay boost sought by Democrats in Congress. A 2% raise is essentially a pay cut for federal workers. (COMMENT: I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and three job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/09/09/federal-worker-pay-raise-biden
INDEPENDENT
— Can you pass the Trump test? Prospective administration members asked to prove their loyalty. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress the many demographics that I share with Trump and demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. But they know full-well that I would fail any Trump loyalty test. They know that I am loyal to the Republican Party platform and not to any individual.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pass-trump-test-prospective-administration-042027918.html
