FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— More than 3,000 Illinois workers have received layoff notices in last 90 days. Layoff notices were filed in accordance with the Illinois WARN Act, including more than 300 at a Momence book distribution center.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/more-than-3000-illinois-workers-have-received-layoff-notices-in-last-90-days/3839118/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Videos of ‘targeted’ immigration raids in Carpentersville circulate online, including activity near village hall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/15/carpentersville-immigration-ice/
— DD: Since the 1960s, Democrat leaders have ever-increasingly pressured/forced colleges to admit Democrats who were minority and/or female. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualified Democrat minority or female to admit. I qualified myself for UIC by getting an ACT score of 24 and graduating in the upper 20% of my high school class. I qualified myself for NIU by completing courses at UIC. I qualified myself for Loyola by earning a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU and passing the GMAT. I qualified myself for DePaul by earning an MBA from Loyola. I qualified myself for IIT by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, becoming a licensed CPA, and becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/opinion-college-admissions-merit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What to know about PIT, the driving maneuver feds used in Southeast Side car chase. After Border Patrol agents rammed a car they were pursuing, causing it to spin and crash, on Tuesday, the Chicago community raised questions and concerns about the controversial tactic.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/15/pit-maneuver-feds-car-chase
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/15/no-kings-protest-is-set-for-springfield-this-weekend-what-to-know/86687883007/
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2025/10/16/no-kings-protest-will-be-held-in-peoria-illinois-on-oct-18/86712282007/
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article312512734.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-supreme-court-case-could-lead-to-loss-of-black-representation-in-congress-but-the-scope-is-unknown/amp/
KSDK
— Pride event organizers face fresh pushback over drag show in Greenville, Illinois
https://www.ksdk.com/video/news/local/pride-event-organizers-face-fresh-pushback-over-drag-show-in-greenville-illinois/63-3690c32a-6dd5-4da8-8559-664d8092724e
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Danny Davis calls for resistance
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/16/danny-davis-calls-for-resistance-00611177
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Announces Strong Fundraising Quarter — $6.5 Million Cash on Hand
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/16/lahood-builds-hefty-campaign-fund/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani revives DEI goal of ending gifted and talented program in NYC schools
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/15/zohran-mamdani-revives-dei-goal-ending-gifted-talented-program-nyc/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— A group of prominent Democratic women, including several members of Congress and former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, is blasting EMILY’s List for endorsing Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the state’s open U.S. Senate race, accusing the group of caving to “money and influence” from Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D-IL) political machine.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3852570/emilys-list-endorsement-illinois-senate-race/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Minneapolis High Schools Bar White and Asian Students From ‘BLACK Culture’ Classes
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/minneapolis-high-schools-bar-white
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrants sparked riot after ramming attack on Border Patrol SUV in Chicago
https://nypost.com/2025/10/15/us-news/illegal-migrants-arrested-over-attack-on-border-patrol-suv-in-chicago-officials/
— Woke Los Angeles politicians declare state of emergency over ICE raids — sparking outrage
https://nypost.com/2025/10/15/us-news/la-county-declares-state-of-emergency-for-ice-raids-in-region/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago becomes warzone between DHS agents and leftists after illegal alien rammed car into Border Patrol
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/15/chicago-becomes-warzone-between-dhs-agents-and-leftists-after-illegal-alien-rammed-car-into-border-patrol-1592712/
— Los Angeles County declares state of emergency in response to ICE raids, will provide financial relief to illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/15/la-county-declares-state-of-emergency-in-response-to-ice-raids-will-provide-financial-relief-to-illegals-1592685/
BLAZE
— ICE accuses LA officials of giving ‘a middle finger to the law’ after county paves way for illegal aliens to receive funding
https://www.theblaze.com/news/la-emergency-ice-response-deport
BREITBART
— Slowed Job Growth Is Due to 2 Million Deportations; Americans Are ‘Doing Quite Well’ Getting Jobs. DD: If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take jobs when they were young, let alone take bad jobs, because their parents had lots of money. To have money to buy cars and to pay for college expenses a) I did yard work 1962-1964, b) I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) I washed dishes 1964-1966, d) I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) I delivered mail 1966-1969, and f) I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/10/15/scott-bessent-slowed-job-growth-due-to-2-million-deportations-americans-doing-quite-well-getting-jobs/
— Highways Safer as Oklahoma Troopers, ICE Arrest 91 Illegal Alien Commercial Truckers
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/15/highways-safer-as-oklahoma-troopers-ice-arrest-91-illegal-alien-commercial-truckers/amp/
— Newsom wants House probe of young Republicans’ offensive chat messages
https://www.breitbart.com/news/newsom-wants-house-probe-of-young-republicans-offensive-chat-messages/
CAMPUS REFORM
— West Virginia University hosts ‘Alphabet Soup Series’ celebrating identities in ‘LGBTQ+’ acronym
https://www.campusreform.org/article/wvu-hosts-alphabet-soup-series-celebrating-identities-lgbtqacronym/28773
DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles County Declares Emergency Over ICE Raids, Pledges To Provide Rent Assistance. ICE sources told The Daily Wire that politicians in Los Angeles “keep shielding illegals and putting Americans and legal residents second.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-county-declares-emergency-over-ice-raids-pledges-to-provide-rent-assistance
FEDERALIST
— Trump Border Czar Asks Indiana To Help Send Biden’s Millions Of Border Crossers Home
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/15/trump-border-czar-asks-indiana-to-help-send-bidens-millions-of-border-crossers-home/
— Trump Deserves A Nobel Peace Prize For Securing America’s Border
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/15/trump-deserves-a-nobel-peace-prize-for-securing-americas-border/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Governor Reynolds Signs E-Verify Executive Order in Iowa
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/governor-reynolds-signs-e-verify-executive-order-iowa
— Democrats Fight for Illegal Alien Healthcare Benefits as Government Shutdown Continues
https://www.fairus.org/news/congress/democrats-fight-illegal-alien-healthcare-benefits-government-shutdown-continues
FOX NEWS
— Hannity: Democratic candidates are woke, a joke and want constituents broke
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382820514112
— Charlie Kirk woke up a generation to fight for family, faith and the flag
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382814702112
— Turning Point USA shares ’31 ways to live like Charlie Kirk’ tribute on his birthday. Conservative organization touts Kirk’s love of family, faith. DD: Ways I live like Kirk include #s 2, 5, 6, 13, 18, 23, 29, and 31.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/turning-point-usa-shares-31-ways-live-like-charlie-kirk-tribute-his-birthday
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
— Gov. Mike Braun on how merit, excellence, and innovation replaced DEI in Indiana
https://thefga.org/video/gov-mike-braun-on-how-merit-excellence-and-innovation-replaced-dei-in-indiana/
— Loopholes Fueling Illegal Alien Medicaid and ObamaCare Benefits
https://thefga.org/research/loopholes-fueling-illegal-alien-medicaid-obamacare-benefits/
— Congress Can Fight Back Against Partisan Bureaucrats and Shrink the Federal Workforce. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. I should write a book about how Gingrich could have and should have reformed GAO. I would base the book on what I learned a) working 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, b) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) becoming a licensed CPA, and d) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://thefga.org/research/congress-can-fight-back-against-partisan-bureaucrats-shrink-federal-workforce/
NEWS BUSTERS
— NBC News Guts Woke Journalism as Split Looms
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/10/15/not-so-important-work-nbc-news-guts-woke-journalism-split
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Storm the Capitol — Again — After Shutting It Down
https://pjmedia.com/maureen-steele/2025/10/15/democrats-storm-the-capitol-again-after-shutting-it-down-n4944905
POST MILLENNIAL
— Venezuelan illegal immigrants arrested for ramming Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago
https://thepostmillennial.com/venezuelan-illegal-immigrants-arrested-for-ramming-border-patrol-vehicle-in-chicago
TOWNHALL
— White House Reveals Dozens of Criminal Illegal Immigrants Received Medicaid. DD: How many illegals get Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/15/wh-reveals-illegal-immigrants-who-received-healthcare-n2664994
— Dems Question Legality of President Trump Helping Americans Weather the Schumer Shutdown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/15/democrats-threaten-to-sue-over-trump-paying-troops-funding-wic-n2664995
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/opinion/trump-compact-universities-rowan.html
— Not Even Congress Knows How Much Money DOGE Cut. Elon Musk’s team started a behind-the-scenes push for White House control over federal spending that is now an undercurrent of the government shutdown. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. I should write a book about how Gingrich could have and should have reformed GAO. I would base the book on what I learned a) working 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, b) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) becoming a licensed CPA, and d) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/upshot/congress-doge-cuts-mystery.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their Saturday October 18 No Kings protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/16/no-kings-protests-trump-what-to-know/86694507007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups. Effort would install Trump ally at agency’s criminal unit who has drawn up list of investigative targets.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-investigations-left-leaning-groups-democratic-donors-612a095e
— Government Shutdown? No, an Efficiency Audit. Based on data from past closings, roughly 25% of the federal workforce could be permanently cut. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. I should write a book about how Gingrich could have and should have reformed GAO. I would base the book on what I learned a) working 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, b) earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) becoming a licensed CPA, and d) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/government-shutdown-no-an-efficiency-audit-6dcc4917
— Republicans, Ditch MAGA and Return to the Basics. The GOP traditionally stood for the rule of law, limited government and unity. It should again.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/republicans-ditch-maga-and-return-to-the-basics-1a3d3073
— Canada Threatens Stellantis With Legal Action Over Jeep Move to U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canada-threatens-stellantis-with-legal-action-over-jeep-move-to-u-s-24f5b293
FORBES
— Speaker Johnson Rails Against Democrats As Shutdown Enters 15th Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A7dtUNg9AI
— You Want To Put Illegals Over Americans!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8mjOvnwAVA
— The culture that killed Charlie Kirk won’t be changed by politics. Only personal responsibility can cure it. DD: My critics/opponents reject personal responsibility. According to them, if you have problems, it is because those who are the following discriminate against you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2025/09/17/the-only-cure-for-this-age-of-rage-individual-response-ability/
BARRON’S
— The Wealthy Are Paying Their Adult Kids’ Bills. Some of Them Are Starting to Worry. A new survey released by Ameriprise shows that about three-quarters of affluent parents are helping to fund their kids’ homes, cars, and health insurance. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. My critics/opponents did not have to take jobs when they were young, let alone take bad jobs, because their parents were wealthy. To have money to buy cars and to pay for college expenses a) I did yard work 1962-1964, b) I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, c) I washed dishes 1964-1966, d) I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, e) I delivered mail 1966-1969, and f) I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.barrons.com/advisor/articles/wealthy-pay-adult-children-bills-worry-59b19561
CITY JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of Republicans and they always will. Ever-increasingly, Republican candidates on ballots in Illinois and leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization a) promote AA and DEI and/or b) are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/justin-driver-fall-affirmative-action-supreme-court-race-college-admissions
DESK
— NBC News eliminates DEI-focused news teams amid layoffs
https://thedesk.net/2025/10/nbc-news-dei-groups-closed/
NEWSDAY
— Paying for college: What to know about scholarships. DD: I never got any scholarships and my critics/opponents have always used that against me big time. They stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. In my defense, I stress that I spent far too many hours washing dishes during my junior and senior years instead of studying. Further, 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. Further, I never could run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight has never been corrected to 20/20, and I have always had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/paying-for-college-financial-aid-scholarships-o1gbw338
SHRM
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, if employees who are the following do not get promoted, it is because they lack merit: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents. employees who are the aforesaid have always gotten tremendous preference and have always benefitted from tremendous discrimination against employees who are: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/tools/toolkits/empowering-employee-growth-building-dynamic-career-paths
ED LEDGER
— Trump Expands Anti-DEI Higher Ed Compact to All Colleges Nationwide
https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15769428/trump-expands-antidei-higher-ed-compact-to-all-colleges-nationwide
ED SURGE
— Parents Think Their Kids Are Getting a Good Education. The Public Disagrees. DD: My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Missouri Synod Grade School in Crete and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod. That put me on track a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) to earn a job-related professional license. One could compare and contrast the educational, professional, and other successes that my peers had whose parents sent them to Crete Elementary Grade School. One could focus on my peers who share the most demographics with me but whose parents sent them to Crete Elementary School. My Crete-Monee High School 60th reunion is next year.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-10-16-parents-think-their-kids-are-getting-a-good-education-the-public-disagrees
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DECCAN HERALD
— DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/elite-india-and-the-costs-of-caste-denial-3765728
