FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Congressman Jonathan Jackson says he should be next Democratic National Committee chair
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dnc-chair-election-chicago-congressman-jonathan-jackson-says-he-should-democratic-national-committee-leader/15766225/
— McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Promotions are a zero-sum-game. All my Democrat superiors always had Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They always made their Republican employees like me pay the price of meeting those quotas, goals, and targets. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mcdonalds-latest-company-roll-back-diversity-goals-citing-us-supreme-court-decision-outlawed-affirmative-action/15766985/
NBC5
— Congress certifies Trump’s electoral college win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXtNoFI3-R4
FOX32
— Political turmoil continues in Thornton Township after Tiffany Henyard skips meeting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572421
— ‘She is the threat’: Dolton meeting gets heated as Tiffany Henyard misses meeting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1572389
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Donald Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge, in stark contrast to 2021 violence
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/trump-election-win/
— Judge restores opposition slate in Tinley Park after ‘clearly erroneous’ Electoral Board ruling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/06/tinley-together-slate-ballot/
DAILY HERALD
— Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be featured at Barrington event
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250106/nation-and-world-politics/former-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-to-be-featured-at-barrington-event/
WGN RADIO
— Why college sophomores panic (COMMENT: If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting when I transferred from UIC to NIU when I was 20 years old. IRS, GAO, and the accounting profession had no use for me a) because I did not take and pass CPA examination until I was 30, b) I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, c) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, and d) I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. I should write a book about age discrimination.)
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/why-college-sophomores-panic/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McDonald’s retires some diversity goals in latest corporate DEI retreat (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Promotions are a zero-sum-game. All my Democrat superiors always had Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They always made their Republican employees like me pay the price of meeting those quotas, goals, and targets. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-changes-dei-goals
WSPY
— Oswego Township Republican Caucus Chaos
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/oswego-township-republican-caucus-chaos/article_4d2d4c6c-cc55-11ef-be40-73b3d3a829f2.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Tom Homan gives illegal migrants warning in final days of Biden admin: ‘You’re going home’
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/tom-homan-gives-illegal-migrants-warning-in-final-days-of-biden-admin-youre-going-home-trump-border-czar-illegal-immigration-southern-border-wall
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Four More Years: What will be the fate of federal workers under new administration? (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican-led budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/four-more-years-what-will-be-the-fate-of-federal-workers-under-new-administration
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://chicagocrusader.com/the-racist-legacy-of-january-6/
CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO
— Kirk Dillard, Chairman, Regional Transportation Authority, Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025
https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5666/kirk-dillard
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Pilsen Church Moves Services Online Over Deportation Fears. Lincoln United Methodist Church moved its Spanish Sunday service online over fears it could be “a target” for mass deportations, pastor Emma Lozano said. (COMMENT: How strongly do the churches in your area promote illegal immigration?)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/06/pilsen-church-moves-services-online-over-deportation-fears/
— What Makes Day Labor So Difficult For Chicago Migrants. As asylum seekers navigate the day labor sector, labor organizations are stepping in to help them advocate for their rights.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/06/what-makes-day-labor-so-difficult-for-chicago-migrants/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Local journalism tax credit application window opens. Lawmakers approved the program last year. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I am not a journalist let alone a qualified one.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/local-journalism-tax-credit-application-window-opens/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: News organizations in Illinois can now apply to receive tax credits for journalists that were on their payroll in 2024. The application opened last week, about one year after the state’s Local Journalism Task Force proposed multiple solutions to the “local journalism crisis,” including tax credit incentives. Lawmakers approved the tax credit program last year as part of the fiscal year 2025 budget and included $5 million in funding. News outlets can apply on a first come, first served basis. “Qualified” journalists must average 30-hour work weeks and be responsible for producing original news content, according to the Illinois Department of Commerce. Outlets can apply for up to $15,000 per journalist that was employed last year and an additional $10,000 for new hires that expanded the organization’s staff. The news organization must also meet certain requirements that vary depending on what type of media it produces – television broadcast, radio, print or web. If an outlet needs help applying for the tax credit or has questions, the Illinois Press Foundation and other journalist trade groups have organized informational webinars that will include legal and accounting experts. Jeff Rogers, executive director of the IPF and founding editor at Capitol News Illinois, said in an email that the first webinar will be Tuesday, Jan. 7. For more information, contact Rogers at jrogers@capitolnewsillinois.com . Rogers said training will be available to members of the Illinois Press Association, Illinois Broadcasters Association, nonprofit news organizations, digital media, hyperlocal neighborhood news outlets and more. To apply for the tax credit program, visit the Illinois Department of Commerce’s website.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-430/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-222/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats’ Tax Hike Talking Points
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/07/democrats-tax-hike-talking-points/
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s Red Line Extension Cost Now Projected to Exceed $1 Billion Per Mile. Biden Trying to Lock it In.
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-red-line-extension-cost-now-projected-to-exceed-1-billion-per-mile-biden-trying-to-lock-it-in-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Don’t Be Surprised If There Is a Springfield Lame Duck Pension Grab (COMMENT: Federal employees like me who were hired before 1989 get Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions. But those hired after 1989 get Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) pensions. Because FERS pensions are less generous than CSRS pensions, FERS employees despise if not hate CSRS employees.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/06/dont-be-surprised-if-there-is-a-springfield-lame-duck-pension-grab/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump accuses Biden of sabotaging presidential transition
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/donald-trump-accuses-joe-biden-sabotaging-presiden/
— Trump, seizing on Trudeau’s resignation, says Canada should merge with U.S. into a ‘great nation’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/trump-seizing-trudeau-resignation-says-canada-merg/
— ‘Woke’ American Medical Association ices out health care professionals with differing views (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, everyone in health care will be Democrats who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/6/woke-american-medical-association-ices-health-care/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Lawmakers introduce legislation to recall elected officials in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3277876/lawmakers-introduce-legislation-to-recall-elected-officials-in-illinois/
— Biden to leave having failed to get pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3258408/biden-failed-pathway-citizenship-millions-illegal-immigrants/
— McDonald’s rolls back DEI programs due to ‘shifting legal landscape’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3278414/mcdonalds-rolls-back-dei-programs/
NEW YORK POST
— New York is seeing the hidden toll of legal weed: violence, psychosis and mayhem (COMMENT: Pot is poison.)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/opinion/hidden-toll-of-nys-legal-weed-violence-psychosis-and-mayhem/
— GOP set to send ‘low-hanging fruit’ border security bills to Trump right out of gate
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/us-news/gop-set-to-send-low-hanging-fruit-border-security-bills-to-trump-right-out-of-gate/
— Trump border czar Tom Homan floats ‘weekly White House briefings’ to share migrant arrest and deportation numbers (COMMENT: How strongly will the Democrats and RINOs who run your county, township, municipality, and school district fight deportations?)
https://nypost.com/2025/01/06/us-news/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-floats-weekly-white-house-briefings-to-share-migrant-arrest-and-deportation-numbers/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Here Are Trump’s Options for Venezuelan Illegals. Will the administration be able to avoid past mistakes?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/here-are-trumps-options-for-venezuelan-illegals/
— Can Trump Stop the ‘Baby Factories’? Changing the enforcement and jurisprudence around the 14th Amendment has been a high priority for the president-elect.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/can-trump-stop-the-baby-factories/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Soros and Hillary deserve Biden’s tainted medals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/soros_and_hillary_deserve_biden_s_tainted_medals.html
BLAZE
— Biden downplays Quranic call to kill: ‘He was an American’
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/biden-downplays-quranic-call-to-kill-he-was-an-american
— Indiana Republicans want to extend ban on males in female sports to college athletics (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.theblaze.com/fearless/indiana-republicans-want-to-extend-ban-on-males-in-female-sports-to-college-athletics
BREITBART
— Chicago Archbishop: Deportation of Illegals ‘Would Be Intolerable’ (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/07/chicago-archbishop-deportation-of-illegals-would-be-intolerable/
CATHOLIC CITIZENS
— Abortion Was the Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2024, Killing 73 Million People
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/109295/abortion-was-the-leading-cause-of-death-worldwide-in-2024-killing-73-million-people/
DAILY CALLER
— Immigration A Cash Cow For Latin America. Trump’s Crackdown Could Crash The Party
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/06/remittances-immigration-latin-america-trump/
DAILY WIRE
— Majority Of American Parents Oppose Teaching Kids Transgender Ideology
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-majority-of-american-parents-oppose-teaching-kids-transgender-ideology
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Chicagoans Ask, “Where Have All the Dollars Gone?”
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/01/07/chicagoans-ask-where-have-all-dollars-gone
— ICE Shuts Down Programs that Spent “Tens of Millions” on Services for Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/ice-shuts-down-programs-spent-tens-millions-services-illegal-aliens
— Mike Johnson Reelected as Speaker, Charts Upcoming Immigration Agenda
https://www.fairus.org/news/congress/mike-johnson-reelected-speaker-charts-upcoming-immigration-agenda
— Honduran President Threatens Non-Cooperation over Mass Deportations
https://www.fairus.org/news/misc/honduran-president-threatens-non-cooperation-over-mass-deportations
FOX BUSINESS
— Costco board member defends DEI practices, rebukes companies scrapping policies. Jeff Raikes, who sits on Costco’s board, called for ‘maximizing’ DEI policies at US companies. (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/costco-board-member-defends-dei-practices-rebukes-companies-scrapping-policies
FOX NEWS
— New guide helps parents protect kids against ‘woke’ ideologies in schools. Anti-CRT website unveils new ‘roadmap’ for concerned parents to take action.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-guide-helps-parents-protect-kids-against-woke-ideologies-schools
MRC TV
— Biden Snaps at Reporters In Profane, Bizarre Outburst
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/biden-snaps-reporters-profane-bizarre-outburst
TOWNHALL
— Delusional New Yorkers Celebrate Congestion Pricing Despite Subways Serving As a Death Trap
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/01/06/delusional-new-yorkers-celebrate-congestion-pricing-as-subways-are-a-death-trap-n2650055
— 2024 Election Certification Obliterates Another Anti-Trump Talking Point
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/06/2024-results-officially-certified-n2650052
— Michigan Democrat Blasts America for ‘Hinduphobia’ Over H-1B Visa Controversy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/06/michigan-democrat-blasts-america-for-hinduphobia-over-h-1b-visa-controversy-n2650042#google_vignette
TRUTH ABOUT GUNS
— Exposing the Bizarre Lack of Logic Behind the Illinois Assault Weapon Ban
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/federal-appeals-court-reviews-bizarre-illinois-assault-weapon-ban/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump transition falling short of hiring goals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-transition-falling-short-hiring-goals/
MSN
— Many if not most of my Democrat GAO supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic. They held it against me big time that I volunteered to work for and did work for the office’s only Jewish group leader 1990-1997. They were furious when I got her a leadership position in IIT’s graduate financial markets and trading program. Needless-to-say, they did not come to my defense when she forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-term-antisemitism-is-being-weaponised-and-stripped-of-meaning-and-that-s-incredibly-dangerous/ar-AA1wUJQV
NEWSWEEK
–Map Shows Top 10 States for Illegal US Immigration (COMMENT: Illinois is included. How many illegals are in your county, township, municipality, and school district? Anticipate/expect that your Democrat and RINO leaders will fight tooth and nail to keep them there.)
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-illegal-immigration-2010192
NEW YORK TIMES
— Under the Democrats and under the RIINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the breaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors had been in America for a long time. I was born in 1948. If I had been born later, I doubt that I would have been able to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/us/politics/trump-us-disaster-numbers.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Lots to blame for Harris’ dismal finish, including blunders by Obama and Biden (COMMENT: Who blames you and for what? I knew that I did not have the votes to be the Milton Township Republican Central Organization (MTRO) Treasurer in 2004, but I ran anyway. I got only 13 votes while my opponent got 69. Back then, my fellow MTRO members blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my Illinois TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership, and blamed my Illinois Center Right Coalition leadership a) for George Ryan’s problems, b) for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich, c) for Andy Mckenna’s primary loss to Jack Ryan, d) for etc. I should write about those MTRO leaders back then who promoted the most hatred against me. I would focus on those who continue to promote hatred against me.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-10/skelton-on-presidential-race-2024-election
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Unemployed Office Workers Are Having a Harder Time Finding New Jobs. More than 1.6 million unemployed workers have been job hunting for at least six months. (COMMENT: Since I was 49 years old in 1997, the following has frustrated my search for a job appropriate for someone with my job-related work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) prior to that, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (2!%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, c) none of my demographics help employers meet their Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, an targets, d) I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, e) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and d) I sued GAO fin 1998 or political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/job-search-workers-unemployment-months-5a4cfcee
— The Case for Subsidizing Electric Vehicles. Ending the tax credits would cede global leadership to China. (COMMENT: I am interested in the new Dodge Charger EV. If you share my interest, please let me know.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-case-for-subsidizing-electric-vehicles-47c76825
INC
— Best Workplaces: Kick Off the New Year by Showcasing Your Workplace (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Because GAO gives tremendous preference to its employees who are the following, they should want to showcase GAO: Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. But because virtually all GAO employees are many if not most of the aforesaid, when things go bad, GAO needs scapegoats to blame its problems on. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors used me as a scapegoat.)
https://inc-bestworkplaces.secure-platform.com/a
ECONOMIST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow a) that they have flooded America with so many millions of their illegals that it is futile to deport any of them, b) that they will immediately return, and c) that America is ever-increasingly dependent on them.)
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/06/can-americas-economy-cope-with-mass-deportations
HIGHER EDUCATION DRIVE
— House Republicans prioritize bill to restrict transgender students’ sports participation. Lawmakers reintroduced a proposal that would prevent transgender women from competing on college sports teams aligning with their gender identity. (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete only against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.highereddive.com/news/house-republications-bill-limit-transgender-women-sports/736603/
DAILY BEAST
— Trump Struggles to Staff Ranks After Using Loyalty Tests to Vet Candidates (COMMENT: I take it as a badge of honor that my critics/opponents say that “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about them. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and c) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most biggest adverse actions against. I would focus on the pretexts that they use.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-struggles-staff-ranks-using-224500350.html
DAILY KOSS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage government employees to hate Trump. I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who despised/hated Republicans like me the most.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/6/2295499/-An-open-letter-to-America-s-Civil-Servants
INDIA TODAY
— Indian tech firms in US secure 20% of H-1B visas in 2024, Infosys leads
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/indian-tech-companies-secured-one-fifth-of-h1b-visas-issued-us-infosys-tcs-hcl-america-2660866-2025-01-07
INDEPENDENT
— Bernie Sanders accuses Musk of seeking cheaper, not brainier, immigrant labor with H-1B visas
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-accuses-musk-seeking-013103992.html
