FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrats participate in Democrat-led nationwide strike against immigration crackdown. Across the U.S. they call for a national shutdown that includes ‘no shopping, no school, and no work’ on Friday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/demonstrators-chicago-protest-ice-border-patrol-shootings-immigration-crackdown-businesses-participate-general-strike/18508608/
— IL Accountability Commission on Midway Blitz calls for rogue federal officers to face prosecution
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-operation-midway-blitz-illinois-accountability-commission-report-calls-rogue-federal-officers-face-prosecution/18510463/
CBS2
— DD: Democrats participate in Democrat-led nationwide “ICE Out” strike day opposing Trump immigration crackdown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/general-strike-ice-out-chicago-business-donations/
— FBI now leading investigation into fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pretti-shooting-fbi-investigation/
FOX32
— Chicago early voting opens soon as voters choose Durbin’s successor. Early voting in the 2026 midterms starts in Chicago in two weeks. Among the choices on your ballet, selecting a replacement for longtime Illinois Senator Dick Durbin.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-12ncwirt13bcshej
WTTW
— Park District Asks Chicagoans to Decide What Statue Should Replace Columbus in Little Italy
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/30/park-district-asks-chicagoans-decide-what-statue-should-replace-columbus-little-italy
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Experts describe overreach from federal immigration agents at Illinois commission hearing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/30/pritzker-illinois-accountability-commission-border-patrol/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump backs down when there’s resistance. So keep fighting.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/30/trump-resistance-minneapolis-ice-border-patrol-republicans-mona-charen
— Suburban teen brothers on ICE watch in Minneapolis: ‘This is nothing like Chicago. This is so much worse.’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/30/suburban-teen-brothers-on-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-this-is-nothing-like-chicago-this-is-so-much-worse
— Democratic Senate candidates use debates to rev engines in race
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/01/30/democratic-senate-debates-krishnamoorthi-stratton-kelly-rich-miller
DAILY HERALD
— Judge: GOP candidate shouldn’t be on 11th District ballots due to signature shortage
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260130/us-congress-politics/judge-gop-candidate-shouldnt-be-on-11th-district-ballots-due-to-signature-shortage/
— ‘He knows what our interests are in Washington’: DuPage County to pay D.C. lobbyist up to $96K
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260130/local-politics/he-knows-what-our-interests-are-in-washington-dupage-county-to-pay-d-c-lobbyist-up-to-96k/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/01/29/illinois-accountability-commission-should-probe-senior-trump-administration-officials
SOUTHERN
— GOP gubernatorial hopefuls outline priorities at forum. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://thesouthern.com/news/gop-gubernatorial-hopefuls-outline-priorities-at-forum/article_68543cbe-b4c8-5019-b69a-86a18a358558.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Homan plans to pull agents from Minnesota. DD: That encourages more citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-30/homan-plans-to-pull-agents-from-minnesota-and-senate-strikes-short-term-funding-deal
— When a college degree isn’t enough. DD: My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 helped me get hired by GAO in 1980. My earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981 helped me get promoted by GAO in 1986.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-01-30/statewide-when-a-college-degree-isnt-enough
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. I did not even try to get one. 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 potential. I washed dishes 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years and 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://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/student-loan-borrowers-in-illinois-could-face-federal-state-tax-bomb-in-2026/
STATE OF ILLINOIS
— DD: The Democrat Party platform causes homelessness.
https://dph.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idph/publications/idph/data-and-statistics/homelessness/hmmr-2.pdf
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-459/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What career limiting decisions have you made? I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I refused to become a Democrat. I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I become an active participant in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago homelessness on rise
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2daebf6c-4295-4335-96a8-9f46f5020a08.html
— IL Accountability Commission chair: “People need to be prosecuted”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b8ef049e-107a-4071-8aac-ee6cf5931089.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— SAVE America Act would require voter ID to vote
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/30/save-america-act-would-require-voter-id-vote/
— Leftists sought violence in Minneapolis, and they got it. Frey, Walz invited and directly contributed to heightened danger.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/29/leftists-sought-violence-minneapolis-got/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE officers in Minnesota told not to interact with ‘agitators’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/29/us-news/ice-officers-in-minnesota-told-not-to-interact-with-agitators/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illinois Sanctuary Law Before Seventh Circuit. FAIR shows TRUST Act interferes with federal law enforcement.
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/illinois-sanctuary-law-seventh-circuit
NEWSMAX
— Noem Shares Video of Victims Killed by Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/us/kristi-noem-ice-illegal-aliens/2026/01/30/id/1244281/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— West Chicago Teacher Under Investigation, Put on Leave for Pro-ICE Post
https://www.newsweek.com/teacher-under-investigation-put-on-leave-for-pro-ice-post-11426402
WILMINGTON BIZ
— Chances Or Choices? DD: Life is a series of choices. What are the biggest workplace choices that you made? Mine include a) my not becoming a Democrat, b) my complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) my becoming an active participant in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.wilmingtonbiz.com/insights/tommy_taylor/chances_or_choices/2816
FLORIDA POLITICS
— Oberweis starts 2026 with nearly $3M cash on hand for CD 19 race
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/777050-jim-oberweis-starts-2026-with-almost-3m-cash-on-hand-for-cd-19-race/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— West Chicago teacher suspended for writing ‘Go ICE’… months after woke educator in Windy City went unpunished for mocking Charlie Kirk assassination.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15505483/Chicago-teacher-suspended-ICE-support-Facebook-Gary.html
