A law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) that will make illegal alien students eligible for state and local financial aid–which detractors say will reduce grants and scholarships for citizens and legal residents–is set to go into effect January 1, 2026.

Pritzker signed House Bill 460 into law in August. It grants illegal aliens eligibility for grants, scholarships, stipends, and other state-funded student aid.

“If you live in Illinois and are pursuing higher education, you should have access to the same opportunities as your peers,” Illinois state Sen. Celina Villaneuva (D-Chicago) stated.

Advocates for illegal aliens believe that the law will help illegal alien students, who do not qualify for federal aid because they are not in the country legally, and that the state and local aid will boost their chances of going to college and joining the state’s workforce.

MyStateLine reported:

State data estimates Illinois is home to more than 500,000 immigrants without lawful status, with 27,000 already enrolled in a public college or university.

However, on September 2nd, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Illinois, claiming that providing in-state tuition to noncitizen migrants violates federal law. The DOJ argued that Illinois is offering benefits to “illegal aliens” that are not provided to U.S. citizens from other states.

State Senate Republicans argue that expanding these benefits, which were meant for those in the country legally, would burden state-funded programs and reduce grants and scholarships for American citizens and legal residents.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/03/illinois-law-granting-student-financial-aid-illegal-aliens-goes-effect-january-1/

We saw Democrats start to go down a dangerous road with the video that six Congressional lawmakers released, encouraging members of the military to refuse illegal orders. They didn't cite any illegal orders, but many blasted the video as an attempt to incite the military.

The Department of War said it would be reviewing Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly's participation in the video.

Then Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) made a disturbing comment, saying there could be "consequences" for any military members who conducts a review of Kelly. Gallego also revealed he was supposed to be in the video and had received a "script."

Now, there are some troubling remarks from Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA). He's the Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. He appeared on Morning Joe on Wednesday. He was asked about the drug boat controversy, and about their planned questioning of Admiral Mitch Bradley.

“Remember, this is an administration that has treated the uniformed military with unprecedented disrespect when they were all brought to get a pep rally in front of Hegseth and Trump. This is an administration that’s fired, you know, uniform generals from the head of the NSA, the head of the Defense Intelligence agency. I think in many ways, the uniformed military may help save us from this president and his lame people like Hegseth, because I think their commitment is to the Constitution and obviously not to Trump. I expect Bradley to adhere to that.”

He thinks the uniformed military may "help save us from this president" - what the heck is he saying here? Save us from the duly-elected president because the party that isn't in power doesn't like him or the decisions he makes? We voted in this president. Again, you have this demonizing language, as though Trump is a threat, and the military has to do something to stop him.

Warner then said the military's commitment is "to the Constitution and obviously not to Trump." Again, what the heck is he talking about? Here's part of the Oath of Enlistment he seems to be clueless about:

I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Yes, you have an obligation to obey the orders of the president and your commanding officers.

I expect Bradley to tell the truth, regardless of what the Democrats want.

Again, just as with the video by the other six lawmakers, Warner is throwing out dangerous language.

Instead of stopping this, Democrats seem to be ramping it up.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/12/03/mark-warner-remarks-about-military-n2196784

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday ordered two Jan. 6 defendants pardoned by President Donald Trump to be refunded in full for restitution payments made and fines incurred as part of their earlier criminal cases.

It was a reversal from just months earlier, when the same judge rejected their bid for repayment.

Boasberg used a memo order Wednesday to outline the fairly complex case history for Cynthia Ballenger and her husband, Christopher Price, both of whom had been tried and convicted on misdemeanor charges in connection with events of Jan. 6, 2021, and ordered to pay hundreds of dollars in assessment fees and restitution.

Boasberg's order effectively clears the way for the government to refund them both in full.

The new decision, he said, is the result of an appeals court decision, as well as the timing of Trump's pardon, which came at the same time as their case had been pending appeal before the D.C. Circuit.

"Having viewed the question afresh, the court now agrees with the defendants," Boasberg said.

Both defendants, Ballenger and Price, had been in the process of appealing their convictions when Trump took office for a second time this year and issued a sweeping pardon for the roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants.

In July, Boasberg rejected their request to be refunded the $570 each in restitution payments and other fees paid as a part of their convictions.

They later asked the court to reconsider, clearing the way for Wednesday's new ruling.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/boasberg-reverses-course-jan-6-defendants-pardoned-trump

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