FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— New barricades erected near Broadview ICE facility in effort to limit protesters from blocking street. Local and state authorities installed the barriers Thursday to allow room for protests but also keep the street clear. Demonstrators trying to block federal vehicles from entering and leaving the facility have been met with numerous rounds of rubber pellets and chemical agents that officials say endanger nearby residents and first responders.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/02/local-authorities-to-place-barricades-outside-broadview-ice-facility-to-protect-first-amendment-rights
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/02/cardinal-timothy-dolans-charlie-kirk-catholic-church-marc-morial
— DD: Democrats a) love it when DOJ prosecutes Republicans and b) hate it when DOJ prosecutes Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/02/trump-law-revenge-comey-adam-schiff-letitia-james-jacob-sullum
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/opinion-ice-officer-escalation-protests-chicago/
DAILY HERALD
— District 300 school board member removed as president but avoids censure for Charlie Kirk post. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251002/news/district-300-school-board-member-removed-as-president-but-avoids-censure-for-charlie-kirk-post/
— Trump administration approval of new abortion drug infuriates the right
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251002/nation-and-world-politics/trump-administration-approval-of-new-abortion-drug-infuriates-the-right/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— DD: Democrat leaders organize “No Kings” protests in DuPage County October 18
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/02/organizers-reveal-details-of-dupage-no-kings-protests/
— Woodridge cancels Hispanic Heritage event after some vendors withdraw
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/02/woodridge-cancels-hispanic-heritage-event/
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Seven questions with U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/seven-questions-senate-candidate-don-tracy-21078169.php
BELLEVILE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Local U.S. attorney deals with furloughs, questions about partisan messaging
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article312357794.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders always want to give more preference to international students over American students.
https://www.nprillinois.org/education-desk/2025-10-02/new-student-visa-rule-blasted-by-illinois-attorney-general-raoul
CHICAGO READER
— Five anti-ICE protesters face federal charges
https://chicagoreader.com/news/make-it-make-sense/ice-protest-seminary-bookstore-planetarium-union/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— The Best School Districts In Chicago-Metro Area
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/these-are-best-school-districts-chicago-metro-area-new-ranking-says
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-395/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How do you view federal employees? While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a non-essential federal employee. My critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition have always ignored, dismissed, belittled, and/or badmouthed what I did for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year and for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How do you view federal employees and federal retirees? According to my critics/opponents, the federal government grossly overpaid me and my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is much too generous. 1997, my GAO salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents stress that while my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I have gotten a $66,780/year in today’s dollars CSRS pension since then, that is, I have suffered only an $86,371/year (56%) loss of income in today’s dollars since then, that is, I have suffered only a $2.4 million loss in income since 1997. In my defense, in 1997, I had three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six-job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— From what I see, under the Democrats in Illinois and under the RINOs in Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is in Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Back in the good old days, even though I am all of the aforesaid, I was able earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. I was able to get and keep jobs that enabled me a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) get married when I was 29, d) etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Catalina Lauf Wheatley Files for Congress in Bryon Donalds’ District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/02/catalina-lauf-wheatley-files-for-congress-in-bryon-donalds-district/
— Sosnowski on Illinois Sanctuary State Policies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/02/sosnowski-on-illinois-sanctuary-state-policies/
— State Offers Electric Vehicle Subsidy as Federal Program Ends
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/01/state-offers-electric-vehicle-subsidy-as-federal-program-ends/
— Keicher Files 14-Foot Bill to Protect Law Enforcement and Those Targeting Them (and Inspired Demonstrators)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/01/keicher-files-14-foot-bill-to-protect-law-enforcement-and-those-targeting-them/
— Dabrowski Says Pritzker Should Prioritize Literacy Over Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/01/dabrowski-says-pritzker-should-prioritize-literacy-over-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-efforts/
— State Reps. Jeff Keicher and Joe Sosnowski Holding Thursday Huntley Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/01/state-reps-jeff-keicher-and-joe-sosnowski-holding-wednesday-huntley-fundraiser/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— How the DOJ went after Trump’s allies. Jack Smith targeted Republican movers and shakers. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/2/doj-went-trumps-allies/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Huckabee rebuts rumors that Charlie Kirk had turned anti-Israel
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watch/2363138/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Democrats Lament Lost Wages for Federal Workers as Their Paychecks Roll In
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/democrats-lament-lost-wages-for-federal
NEW YORK POST
— ICE Arrests Over 900 Illegal Migrants During Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PGkibz6Isk
— Trump sharpens ax on government shutdown day two — with ‘thousands’ of federal firings planned
https://nypost.com/2025/10/02/us-news/trump-sharpens-ax-on-government-shutdown-day-two-with-thousands-of-federal-firings-planned/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Coffee shop attacked for honoring Charlie Kirk now sees huge sales surge, ‘flooded with righteous people’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/02/coffee-shop-attacked-for-honoring-charlie-kirk-now-sees-huge-sales-surge-flooded-with-righteous-people-1589689/
— University response to students ‘thanking’ Charlie Kirk’s killer ‘very telling’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/02/university-response-to-students-thanking-charlie-kirks-killer-very-telling-1589614/
BREITBART
— Rep. Mary Miller on Chicago Crime: Democrats ‘Don’t Care About the People They Represent’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/02/exclusive-rep-mary-miller-on-chicago-crime-democrats-dont-care-about-the-people-they-represent/amp/
— Trump Pressures Elite Universities to Accept More Americans over Foreigners
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/02/trump-pressures-elite-universities-to-accept-more-americans-over-foreigners-dei/
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Hegseth’s Historic Speech, And Why Many Generals Probably Hated It. DD: My critics/opponents who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America as long as mine have been promote race and gender based preference giving, that is, they reject meritocracy, but outrageously, they attribute their personal successes to meritocracy.
https://conservativehq.com/post/pete-hegseths-historic-speech-and-why-many-generals-probably-hated-it
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meritocracy is the foundational element of being the best at anything and everything. So, why would any General or Admiral be opposed to or criticize the restoration of meritocracy in our military, and the accompanying dismantling of the social engineering and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies that have plagued our military and crippled its effectiveness for over two decades? Simple – because, after eight years of Obama and four years of Biden, many in the audience got where they are either directly through DEI policies or indirectly by being DEI cheerleaders, even as they knew deep in their hearts such policies were wrong and detrimental to the combat effectiveness of the formations they lead.)
DAILY CALLER
— Black Podcaster Explains How DEI Programs Harm Minorities. DD: All the minorities and all the females who Democrats and RINOs advanced over me a) were younger than me, b) had less experience than I had, c) had less education than I had, d) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or e) had no professional license like the one I have.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/02/black-podcaster-explains-how-dei-programs-harm-minorities/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE to Patrol Super Bowl in Response to NFL’s Pick for Halftime Show
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/02/ice-patrol-super-bowl-response-nfls-pick-halftime-show/
DAILY WIRE
— Illegal Aliens Ram Cars Into ICE Agents In Two Separate Attacks. The two attacks occurred in the Chicago area.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-illegal-aliens-ram-cars-into-ice-agents-in-two-separate-attacks-dhs-says
FOX NEWS
— Dems rage over feds targeting migrant gang members
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6380755685112
— Putin responds to American conservative’s murder: ‘A disgusting atrocity’
https://www.foxnews.com/world/russian-leader-responds-american-conservatives-murder-a-disgusting-atrocity
— Trump sees ‘unprecedented opportunity’ to cut government during shutdown. Trump to meet with OMB Director Russell Vought to identify which agencies are ‘political scam’ for potential cuts. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for a DOGE.
While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, they ever-increasingly use Gingrich’s cutting GAO’s budgets to get rid of not only its few remaining Republican employees, but its employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-sees-unprecedented-opportunity-cut-government-during-shutdown
HOMELAND SECURITY
— Two Vehicles Used as Weapons Against ICE Officers in Operation Midway Blitz in Separate Incidents
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/02/two-vehicles-used-weapons-against-ice-officers-operation-midway-blitz-separate
NEWS BUSTERS
— NY Times Sides with Anti-Kirk Ghouls Against Libs of TikTok ‘Smear Campaigns’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/10/02/ny-times-sides-anti-kirk-ghouls-against-libs-tiktok-smear-campaigns
NEWSMAX
— 2 ‘Criminally Deranged’ Illegals Ram ICE Officers With Cars in Chicago
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dhs-illegal-immigrants-ice/2025/10/03/id/1228874/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Johnson, Pritzker and Chicago’s Rules for Radicals. DD: My critics/opponents are disciples of Saul Alinsky.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/10/02/johnson_pritzker_and_chicagos_rules_for_radicals_654450.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Patel terminates FBI’s relationship with ADL amid fallout from Kirk shooting
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5535569-kash-patel-fbi-adl/amp/
MSNBC
— We are ‘angry at being treated as political pawns’: Furloughed USDA worker. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a non-essential federal employee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlC-wsVkKMg
MSN
— The 50 colleges with the biggest surge in applicants over the past 5 years. DD: UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if minorities and/or females had applied, they would been accepted instead of me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/the-50-colleges-with-the-biggest-surge-in-applicants-over-the-past-5-years/ss-AA1NJKNG
CNBC
— Musk is telling his followers to cancel Netflix subscriptions
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/elon-musk-calls-for-canceling-netflix-whats-happening.html
— What the government shutdown means for federal workers—hundreds of thousands are required to keep working without pay. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a non-essential federal employee.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/what-the-government-shutdown-means-for-federal-workers.html
NBC NEWS
— Federal workers share shutdown anxieties
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-workers-share-shutdown-anxieties-young-trump-supporters-expres-rcna235348
NBC BOSTON
— Financial resources for furloughed federal employees. If you are a furloughed federal employee worried about paying your bills, there are some options out there to help. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the federal government grossly overpaid me and my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is much too generous. 1997, my GAO salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents stress that while my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I have gotten a $66,780/year in today’s dollars CSRS pension since then, that is, I have suffered only an $86,371/year (56%) loss of income in today’s dollars since then, that is, I have suffered only a $2.4 million loss in income since 1997. In my defense, in 1997, I had three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six-job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.nbcboston.com/investigations/consumer/financial-resources-furloughed-federal-employees/3819639/
NEW YORK TIMES
— How the Shutdown Is Affecting Federal Services and Workers. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a non-essential federal employee.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/30/us/politics/government-shutdown-furloughs.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Departments also designated some employees, such as federal law enforcement officers, active-duty troops and air traffic controllers, as “essential.” Many will work without pay while the shutdown persists. . .Activities that will cease. . .Non-essential research and data collection.
WASHINGTON POST
— The shutdown is only proving Trump’s point. The president argues that the federal bureaucracy is useless. Shutdowns tend to reinforce that view.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/03/government-shutdown-trump-democrats-politics/
USA TODAY
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise them.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/01/looming-layoffs-federal-workers/86456233007/
MIAMI HERALD
— House members have voted to table a censure resolution against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) over her comments following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.newsbreak.com/miami-herald-1592483/4270538385687-four-gop-lawmakers-join-democrats-in-214-213-vote
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOIP OF FOLD: Trump Threatens Far-Reaching Cuts at Federal Agencies. President to meet with budget chief to discuss cuts, says shutdown gave him an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ to slash government’s size.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-to-meet-with-budget-chief-to-discuss-cuts-to-agencies-0ac5a7cb
BARRON’S
— Shutdown Layoffs Could Hit ‘Thousands’ of Federal Workers
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/government-shutdown-news-100325/card/shutdown-layoffs-could-hit-thousands-of-federal-workers-white-house-says-ojM7zWAyKDRvrzSJF8fZ
FORBES
— Netflix Stock Drops Again—Now Down 2.4% Since Musk’s Call For Cancellations
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/10/02/netflix-stock-drops-again-now-down-24-since-musks-call-for-cancellations/
LAW 360
— Illinois Panel Backs Whistleblower’s $3.5M Retaliation Verdict. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2395319/ill-panel-backs-whistleblower-s-3-5m-retaliation-verdict-
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with drug cartels.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/02/trump-administration-caribbean-drug-cartels
