FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Protests continue at Broadview ICE facility in day of tense standoffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt1-qppOjq8
— Chicago federal intervention: Tracking surge in immigration enforcement operations
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
NBC5
— 5 arrested during protests outside Broadview ICE Processing Center
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/5-arrested-during-protests-outside-broadview-ice-processing-center/3833553/
WGN9
— Noem visits Broadview ICE facility as protestors pushed into new ‘free speech zone’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u74_Wdu4kug
WBEZ
— Are Illinois State Police helping ICE in Broadview? Top Illinois Democrats have said for months that local police won’t participate in immigration investigations, but they also won’t stand in the way.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/10/03/are-illinois-state-police-helping-ice-in-broadview
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Arrests made at ICE facility in Broadview as feds put on show of strength
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/broadview-ice-facility-protest/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/04/america-racial-inequity-spirit-76-confederate-union-petersburg-ben-jealous
CWB CHICAGO
— TikToks show South Shore building in ruin long before ICE raided it this week
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/10/exclusive-tiktoks-show-south-shore-building-in-ruin-long-before-ice-raided-it-this-week.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DHS blames ‘sanctuary’ politicians for ICE violence
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7529613f-71b7-4667-9175-46d26956fb96.amp.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Woke Broadview Police Chief Threatens to Demolish Fence Protecting ICE Facility
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/03/woke-suburban-chicago-police-chief-threatens-demolish-fence-protecting-ice-facility/amp/
— Antifa Scuffles with Police at Illinois ICE Facility
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/03/watch-you-nazis-antifa-scuffle-with-police-at-broadview-ice-facility/
— Dems’ Plan Funds More for Illegal Aliens Emergency Care via Medicaid than for America’s Most Vulnerable
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/03/leavitt-dems-plan-funds-more-for-illegal-aliens-emergency-care-via-medicaid-than-for-americas-most-vulnerable/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Hyde Amendment’s impact affected by state Medicaid programs, abortion law changes
https://www.christianpost.com/news/hyde-amendment-impact-affected-by-state-medicaid-programs.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Harvard student paper argues – again – that lack of right-leaning professors is no big deal
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-student-paper-argues-again-that-lack-of-right-leaning-professors-is-no-big-deal/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Says Violence in Broadview Is Fueled by Local Rioters
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-responds-to-broadview-mayor-who-claims-agency-is-at-war-with-community
WESTERN JOURNAL
— ICE Will Patrol Super Bowl Halftime Show Featuring Woke Puerto Rican Singer to Arrest Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/ice-will-patrol-super-bowl-halftime-show-featuring-woke-puerto-rican-singer-arrest-illegals/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Lawmakers have left Washington with no end to government shutdown in sight
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/government-shutdown-news-10-04-25
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/politics/trump-refugee-admissions-south-africa.html
— Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes. The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/trump-shutdown-punish-foes.html
— DD: Hate-filled Hegseth-hating Hegseth-haters promote hatred against Hegseth. All the women who Democrats and RINOs advanced over me were minorities, younger than me, had less experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or e) had no professional license like the one I have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/women-military-hegseth-physical-standards.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats’ defiance on shutdown shows a new, tougher approach to Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/04/democrats-trump-shutdown-obamacare/
— Trump sees shutdown as tool to shrink government, target foes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/04/trump-shutdown-strategy/
— Trump pushes definition of national security to expand tariffs on goods. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want America to be dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/04/trump-tariffs-national-security/
— For beleaguered federal workers, shutdown is last straw. Staffers are working without pay or on furlough — all after months of job cuts, and amid the president’s vows to slash more agencies. DD: Ever-increasingly, while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency shrank because of Gingrich budget cuts. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates took their ever-increasing anger against Gingrich out on me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/04/government-shutdown-federal-workers/
FOX UTAH
— Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s defense could cost Utah taxpayers ‘eight figures’
https://www.fox8tv.com/alleged-charlie-kirk-assassin-tyler-robinsons-defense-could-cost-utah-taxpayers-eight-figures-experts/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: A hate-filled Hegseth-hating Hegseth-hater promotes hatred against Hegseth
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-embarrassing-pete-hegseth-e8e1e910
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employer use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaedwards-dashti/2025/10/03/what-businesses-lose-without-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
SHRM
— 4th Circuit Reversal Says Job Reassignment Can Be Adverse Action. DD: Adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors said that they would take against me if I did not retire included adverse job transfers, adverse job assignments, and demotions. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/4th-circuit-reversal-says-job-reassignment-can-be-adverse
NEWS BREAK
— Illinois Shines in U.S. News Rankings With Four Elite Colleges DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from Ivy League colleges are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://www.newsbreak.com/century-homes-america-322339187/4271522330593-illinois-shines-in-u-s-news-rankings-with-four-elite-colleges
OTHER SOURCES
CLASSIC CARS JOURNAL
— It’s Been 20 Years Since the C6 Corvette Debuted. A look back at how America’s Sports Car has evolved and stayed traditional. DD: I have owned my 2005 Corvette since I bought it new 2005.
https://journal.classiccars.com/2025/01/11/its-been-20-years-since-the-c6-corvette-came-out/