FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/02/operation-midway-blitz-parents-children-immigration-detention-mental-health
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Admitting unprepared students into college isn’t equity
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/05/opinion-college-admissions-sat-act-test-scores-unprepared-students/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump warns Venezuela’s vice president of dire consequences if she defies US expectations. DD: I never defied orders from my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors to give preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, and/or veteran. All those who they assigned me to supervise were the aforesaid. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough. I suffered dire consequences a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-warns-venezuelas-vice-president-of-dire-consequences-if-she-defies-us-expectations
JC POST
— Recent college graduates face a world with fewer jobs — and loan payments are due soon. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. If I had gotten a student loan, I would not have had to work my way through college. My GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. My ACT score would have been higher. My postal management test score would have been higher. My Federal Service Entrance Examination score would have been higher. I would have gotten a job that required a college degree sooner after I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970.
https://jcpost.com/posts/dfed9403-4b0d-4569-bdd9-15d13e018886
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— 2026 predictions
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/05/2026-predictions-venezuela-vibes-00710459
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Congressional/County Board Debate at MCC on January 22nd. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/05/republican-congressional-county-board-debate-at-mcc-on-january-22nd/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Red alert in NYC as nearly 60% of voters support Mamdani socialism
https://nypost.com/2026/01/04/us-news/red-alert-in-nyc-as-nearly-60-of-voters-support-mamdani-socialism-poll/
— Rubio mocks Kamala Harris for shocking double-standard after she criticized Maduro arrest
https://nypost.com/2026/01/04/us-news/rubio-mocks-kamala-harris-for-shocking-double-standard-after-she-criticized-maduro-arrest/
AMERICAN THINKER
— It’s 2026: Your Race Card Has Expired. Politics is simply gifting your supporters with tax money and grants and government regulations so that the grateful supporters will contribute to your next campaign.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/it_s_2026_your_race_card_has_expired.html
— The Devil wears blue. When policies consistently produce death, chaos, division, and decline — yet are defended with religious fervor — it is reasonable to ask whether something far darker than mere politics is at work.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/the_devil_wears_blue.html
— The Kinetic War on Drugs. This last few weeks, Donald Trump changed the war on drugs. He made it kinetic.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/the_kinetic_war_on_drugs.html
— Exposing the deep state fraud system. This time, they may have gone too far.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/exposing_the_deep_state_fraud_system.html
BLAZE
— Minnesota’s fraud scandal exposes a dangerously loose election system
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/minnesotas-fraud-scandal-exposes-a-dangerously-loose-election-system
BREITBART
— Newsom Defies Transportation Sec. Duffy, Extends Migrant Trucking Licenses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/04/gov-newsom-defies-transportation-sec-extends-migrant-trucking-licenses/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democratic Lawmaker Says She Feels Guilty For Being White And Kids Should Too. DD: My critics/opponents agree with her. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, unmarried, parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-citizen, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for as long as mine have been. In my defense, 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://www.aol.com/articles/democratic-lawmaker-says-she-feels-182204161.html
EEOC
— Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against The Law. DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.eeoc.gov/discrimination-against-american-workers-against-law
FOX BUSINESS
— Starlink provides free internet to Venezuela following US arrest of Maduro
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/starlink-provides-free-internet-venezuela-following-us-arrest-nicolas-maduro
FOX NEWS
— Trump says Cuba is ‘ready to fall’ after capture of Venezuela’s Maduro. President Trump predicted Cuba’s communist government is “ready to fall” following the U.S.-led capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-says-cuba-ready-fall-after-capture-venezuelas-maduro
— Maduro and ‘Lady Macbeth’ Cilia Flores marriage spells ‘worst case’ custody scenario. Flores described as ‘original Chavista’ who helped construct Chávez’s revolutionary project before marrying Maduro in 2013.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/maduro-wife-face-manhattan-arraignment-expert-calls-us-custody-worst-case-scenario
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Contemplating the Difficult Labor-Market Conditions for U.S.-Born Men. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly a) destroy traditional marriage and family, b) destroy personal responsibility, and c) promote dependency on government and charity.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2026/01/05/contemplating_the_difficult_labor-market_conditions_for_us-born_men_1156577.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thanks to Barack Obama’s relaxation of food stamp requirements, the number of able-bodied adults without dependents on the rolls tripled between 2007 and 2012, reaching the same number of single adults with dependent children. These patterns remained through 2023. Many also qualify for Medicaid. Thus, with government and family support, these idle men have been able to get by. The problem is that once these men are away from paid employment for an extended period, many no longer possess the behavioral requirements necessary to sustain permanent employment. This is why when some states a decade ago began to enforce very modest work-related requirements on this group, half left the rolls. This lack of appropriate behaviors helps explain why employers of semi-skilled workers, like Amazon distribution centers, often seek out immigrant workers. The controversy last year in Springfield (OH) focused on how a group of employers recruited Haitian immigrants from outside the state rather than seek local workers. Unlike many of the local young men, these immigrants were reliable: showing up for work every day, following orders, and working responsibly at their job. These immigrants may work for less, but it was their superior behavior that was crucial [editor’s emphasis]. Unfortunately, continuing to stress increasing the share of men in four-year colleges will only worsen the problem. A large share of boys has substandard 8th-grade reading and math skills. Given their weak skills, the highest-paid vocational occupations, like plumber and electricians, are beyond their reach. Instead, they unfortunately must be prepared for entry-level certificate programs as the necessary first step for future success. Only then can many of them gain the behavioral traits that will enable them to have productive lives, often by taking subsequent stackable certificates. Sadly, a significant share of these weakly-prepared high school students will not choose or be successful in these entry-level vocational efforts. They will become part of the disconnected population: neither in school nor in paid employment. Many will gravitate to the street life; relying on illegal activities. While few will end up with outcomes like George Floyd or Eric Garner, the vast majority will live a bleak existence on society’s margins.)
TOWNHALL
— The World is Cheering the Removal of Maduro, So Why are US Leftists Protesting, Supporting Mamdani?
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2026/01/05/world-cheering-the-removal-of-maduro-so-why-are-us-leftists-protesting-supporting-mamdani-n2668863
— What Do Democrats Prioritize? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, 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 national origin discrimination. RINO leaders fail/refuse to oppose the aforesaid. RINO leaders paint themselves as being Democrat Lite.
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/01/05/what-do-democrats-prioritize-n2668860
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pope Leo calls for Venezuelan independence after Maduro ouster
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5672412-pope-leo-venezuela-sovereignty/
ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani talks to Queens bus riders about plans for free service. DD: During the late 1950s and early 1960s, I paid for bus rides between Crete and Chicago Heights.
https://abc7ny.com/post/mayor-zohran-mamdani-talks-queens-bus-riders-plans-free-service/18353475/
REUTERS
— Cuba says 32 of its citizens killed in Maduro extraction
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-says-32-its-citizens-killed-maduro-extraction-2026-01-05/
MSN
— 15 smart college majors for dependable, great-paying jobs. DD: I will forever regret not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I feared that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I started taking graduate evening accounting courses when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. But by then, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. My earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 did not help.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/15-smart-college-majors-for-dependable-great-paying-jobs/ss-AA1TyP1J
— Why you don’t need a college degree to be successful in this generation. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. 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. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I got no scholarships.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/why-you-don-t-need-a-college-degree-to-be-successful-in-this-generation/ar-AA1TvxHY
NEW YORK TIMES
— Venezuela’s New Leader Softens Tone as Trump Threatens Colombia
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/04/world/trump-us-venezuela-maduro
— If You’re Struggling With Student Loans, Here’s What to Know for 2026. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. If I had gotten a student loan, I would not have had to work my way through college. My GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. My ACT score would have been higher. My postal management test score would have been higher. My Federal Service Entrance Examination score would have been higher. I would have gotten a job that required a college degree sooner after I graduated from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/business/student-loan-debt-save-plan.html
— DD: For Democrats, the purpose of education is to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/opinion/harvards-campus-speech-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Hate filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/trump-congress-power-republicans-democrats.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/health/obamacare-subsidies-higher-premiums.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump threatens Venezuela’s interim leader as Maduro is set to be arraigned
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/04/us-venezuela-trump-maduro/
USA TODAY
— Many retirees aren’t taking required distributions. It can cost them.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2025/12/28/retirees-dont-take-required-withdrawals-tax/87907996007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Venezuela’s Vice President Calls on U.S. to Release Maduro
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/venezuela-strikes/card/venezuela-s-vice-president-calls-on-u-s-to-release-maduro-qPGSe7dZLohY9ljvVSNx
— The Scandal of American Welfare Goes Beyond Fraud. California spends billions on programs that enrich insiders and don’t help the needy—and it’s all legal.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-scandal-of-american-welfare-goes-beyond-fraud-befdbeb4
— Elite Colleges Are Back at the Top of the List for Company Recruiters. As white-collar hiring slows down and corporate DEI goals vanish, where you went to college matters again. DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1970 NIU, 1976 Loyola, 1980 DePaul, and 1997 IIT degrees are worthless.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/elite-colleges-are-back-at-the-top-of-the-list-for-company-recruiters-ad9526ac
BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Ouster of Maduro Shows America’s New World Order Is Here
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-05/trump-s-ouster-of-venezuela-s-maduro-puts-spotlight-on-cuba-greenland
FORTUNE
— Teen prodigy Kairan Quazi is ditching SpaceX for billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities. DD: Were you a teen prodigy? I certainly was not. My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I got no scholarships, and d) that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-s-teen-prodigy-kairan-quazi-is-ditching-spacex-for-billionaire-ken-griffin-s-citadel-securities/ar-AA1KONTW
MONDAQ
— EEOC Issues New Guidance Regarding Anti-American Discrimination. DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-rights-labour-relations/1724842/the-eeoc-issues-new-guidance-regarding-anti-american-discrimination
JD SUPRA
— EEOC Highlights Discrimination Risks With New Anti-American Bias Guidance. DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-highlights-discrimination-risks-5393104/
FED SCOOP
— OPM ‘loyalty question’ pushes potential applicants away. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://fedscoop.com/federal-agency-jobs-trump-loyalty-question-opm-lawsuit/
ATLANTIC
— Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s. The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else. DD: I never defied orders from my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors to give preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, and/or veteran. All those who they assigned me to supervise were the aforesaid. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough. I suffered dire consequences a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 years old in 1988.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/trump-venezuela-maduro-delcy-rodriguez/685497/?taid=695aa2ba1534bb0001d4bb54
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
POST
— Making a career choice that defines future you. DD: I will forever regret not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I feared that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I started taking graduate evening accounting courses when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. But by then, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. My earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 did not help.
https://thepost.co.za/features/2026-01-05-making-a-career-choice-that-defines-future-you/
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Venezuela vice president Rodriguez in Russia, 4 sources say
https://www.tbsnews.net/world/venezuela-vice-president-rodriguez-russia-four-sources-say-1325481
TIMES
— Vladimir Putin may be seeking more secure lodgings. The US military operation in Venezuela might have the Russian dictator fidgeting nervously.
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/vladimir-putin-may-be-seeking-more-secure-lodgings-zbdnvh23h
— The pension crisis. DD: My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious a) that I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and b) that the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance. In my defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. I paid 7% of my salary into the CSRS. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Further, my CSRS pension is dramatically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Further, CSRS pensions can be as high as 80% of your ending salary. In today’s dollars, 80% of my $154,682/year ending salary would be $123,746/year. But my CSRS pension is only $68,640/year. that is, it is less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972.
https://www.thetimes.com/money/pensions/article/the-pensions-crisis-isnt-ruining-just-your-savings-0h93rrc3v
INDEPENDENT
— ICE targets frustrated officers in fresh recruitment drive. DD: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I had to have a job. My Firestone Store boss had fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My financial hardship draft deferment application was pending. My father had died suddenly. I was helping support my mother and brother. IRS offered me a job which I took. But what if IRS had not offered me a job, but ICE did?
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-targets-frustrated-officers-fresh-142336483.html
