October 7, 2025

WHITE HOUSE
— Chicago Mayor’s “ICE-Free Zones” Shield Violent Criminal Illegals, Abandon Citizens
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/chicago-mayors-ice-free-zones-shield-violent-criminal-illegals-abandon-citizens/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois National Guard to patrol Chicago area, as troops depart from Texas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-national-guard-patrol-chicago-area-troops-depart-texas-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act/17956187/
— 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/
— Trump threatens use of Insurrection Act
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-address-trumps-effort-deploy-national-guard-illinois-pentagon-authorizes-chicago-mission/17949147/

WGN9
— Federal troops headed to Illinois as lawsuit against Trump administration seeks to halt deployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmZOxBw6k7g

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago gang member solicited murder of Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/chicago-gang-member-solicited-murder-bovino/
— ‘Our people hire our people’: Long before DOJ probe into Mayor Brandon Johnson, racial politics coursed through City Hall hiring. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/25/mayor-brandon-johnson-racial-politics-city-hall-hiring/
— Chicago can’t shrug off the unease random attacks create
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/editorial-chicago-random-attacks-women-mental-health/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Their slow assimilation held them back. All my grandparents spoke German. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/cps-hispanic-heritage-month/

DAILY HERALD
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. I never became a Democrat even though I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. Democrat efforts to make me a Democrat were frustrated my majoring in management, business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/syndicated-columnists/trumps-latest-invitation-to-universities/
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/news/cold-comfort-new-cooler-freezer-help-palatine-food-pantry-fight-food-insecurity/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois diversity commission’s budget ballooning but results lag. DD: Democrats and RINOs use diversity to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_05a70ee4-5c31-4ac2-a881-96f4f779be65.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— 27 Police Officers Among Those Injured By Tear Gas During Weekend Protest, Chicago’s Top Cop Says. Police Supt. Larry Snelling also disputed the claim pushed by federal officials that Chicago police ignored calls for help during a chaotic scene Saturday afternoon in Brighton Park.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/06/27-police-officers-among-those-injured-by-tear-gas-during-weekend-protest-chicagos-top-cop-says/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-606/
— Selected press releases. DD: It would be great if Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois would include diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and their press advisory lists.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/selected-press-releases-live-updates-308/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ugaste Previews Fall Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/07/ugaste-previews-fall-veto-session/
— Press Release about Chicago ICE Arrests
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/press-release-about-chicago-ice-arrests/
— Can One Believe One’s Lying Eyes,  Officers under Attack? Did or Didn’t Chicago Police Refuse to Assist Ice
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/can-one-believe-ones-lying-eyes/
— Fox River Grove Planning To Cut Electric Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/fox-river-grove-planning-to-cut-electric-tax/
— Homeland Security Claims Pritzker Is Lying
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/homeland-security-claims-pritzker-is-lying/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois Democrats escalate confrontation with Trump’s ICE sweeps, National Guard deployments
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/6/illinois-sues-stop-trump-sending-national-guard/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Campuses Brace for Pro-Hamas Protests on Anniversary of Oct. 7
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/campuses-brace-for-pro-hamas-protests

AMAC
— Rotten Core of Public Education on Full Display With Illegal Alien Superintendent
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/rotten-core-of-public-education-on-full-display-with-illegal-alien-superintendent/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ Pope digs at Trump in call for open borders: ‘New missionary age.’ DD: Mass/illegal immigration will destroy America.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/06/woke-pope-digs-at-trump-in-call-for-open-borders-new-missionary-age-1590407/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pope Leo XIV did not mention President Trump by name, but it was clear to many who heard his address to Catholics on Sunday that he was taking a shot at U.S. immigration policies. Conservative Catholics, hopeful that the new pope, who was elected in May, would not be as far-left as his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, were sorely disappointed as Sunday’s Mass in St. Peter’s Square took on political overtones. Days after criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration policies, Leo urged the thousands gathered for the service – and Catholics around the globe – to open their “arms and hearts” to migrants, not distinguishing between legal and illegal immigration. The first pope to have been born in the United States, Leo said migrants must not be treated with “the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination.” He urged Catholics to “open our arms and hearts to them, welcoming them as brothers and sisters, and being for them a presence of consolation and hope.” “On Sunday, the pope said the global Church was experiencing ‘a new missionary age’ in which it was tasked with offering ‘hospitality and welcome, compassion and solidarity’ to migrants fleeing violence or searching for a safe place to live,” Reuters reported. “In the communities of ancient Christian tradition, such as those of the West, the presence of many brothers and sisters from the world’s South should be welcomed as an opportunity, through an exchange that renews the face of the Church,” he said, speaking from a prepared text. The Pope’s official account on X has also made his thoughts quite clear on the issue. Last week, the Pope appeared to take a jab at Trump when speaking with reporters. “Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life,” Leo said. “I would reject that there is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fired back. “There was, however, significant, inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the previous administration as they were being trafficked and raped and beaten, in many cases killed over our United States southern border.” The Pope’s latest swipe against US immigration policy earned heated criticism on social media.

BREITBART
— Abbott Defies Pritzker, Greenlights Trump’s Texas National Guard Deployment to Sanctuary States
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/abbott-defies-pritzker-greenlights-trumps-texas-national-guard-deployment-to-sanctuary-states/
— White House Highlights ‘Predators’ Taken Off Chicago Streets Thanks to ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/white-house-highlights-predators-taken-off-chicago-streets-thanks-ice/amp/

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— California law allowing anonymous abortion pill prescriptions endangers women
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266975/california-law-allowing-anonymous-abortion-pill-prescriptions-endangers-women-experts-say

COLLEGE FIX
— Colorado State U. renamed DEI programs to give ‘illusion’ of compliance
https://www.thecollegefix.com/colorado-state-u-renamed-dei-programs-to-give-illusion-of-compliance-complaint/
— Trump admin ends taxpayer-funded education scholarships, loans for illegal immigrants
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-admin-ends-taxpayer-funded-education-scholarships-loans-for-illegal-immigrants/

DAILY CALLER
— America’s Defense Giants Are Fueling Wokeness – And Undermining Our Military Readiness
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-americas-defense-giants-are-fueling-wokeness-and-undermining-our-military-readiness-dustin-devito/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago’s ‘ICE-free zones’ endanger operations, embolden protesters. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order barring ICE from using city parking lots and garages for operations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-agent-says-chicagos-ice-free-zones-endanger-operations-embolden-protesters
— DHS chief slams ‘violent anarchists,’ pledges full support for federal agents
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-fox-dhs-chief-slams-violent-anarchists-pledges-full-support-federal-agents.amp
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Boost Illegal Immigrant Students
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/ny-post-op-ed-colleges-boost-illegal-immigrant-students/

NEW AMERICAN
— Border Patrol Agents Attacked in Chicago; City Declares Rebellion Against Feds to Protect Illegals
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/border-patrol-agents-attacked-in-chicago-city-declares-rebellion-against-feds-to-protect-illegals/

NEWSMAX
— White House Slams Chicago Mayor for Creating ‘ICE-Free Zones’
https://www.newsmax.com/amp/newsfront/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker/2025/10/06/id/1229235/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Porter: Pritzker’s Gambit
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/06/pritzkers_gambit_153370.html

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Democrats Want Medicaid for Illegals. Pretend They Don’t
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/06/dems_want_medicaid_for_illegals_pretend_they_dont_1139150.html

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Livid: Says Trump Ordered National Guard to Illinois Amid Anti-ICE Violence, Likens Troops to Invaders
https://www.westernjournal.com/pritzker-livid-says-trump-ordered-national-guard-to-illinois-amid-anti-ice-violence-likens-troops-to-invaders/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Illinois sues to stop National Guard deployment as Trump escalates clash with states
https://www.reuters.com/world/illinois-sues-block-trump-deploying-national-guard-troops-chicago-2025-10-06/

MSN
— 3 Best First Jobs To Get Promoted Fast. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that IRS promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25.  During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $99,069/year in today’s dollars. My taking job-related graduate evening courses at Loyola during that time helped me get promoted. Extremely few of my coworkers took IRS-encouraged job-related graduate evening courses like I did. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my taking those courses gave me an unfair advantage. They stressed that I could afford those courses because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because did not have a wife or children to support. In my defense, I helped support my mother and brother when I was 21, 22, and 23 and I worked part-time for the Chicago Heights Firestone store while I was 22, 23, and 24.
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/money/personalfinance/3-best-first-jobs-to-get-promoted-fast/ar-AA1zabGZ

NEW YORK TIMES
— National Guard Troops Are Set to Arrive in Illinois. The mobilization includes some 200 Guard troops from Texas. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/07/us/trump-national-guard-illinois-texas
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010441484/dei-helps-everyone-white-men-included.html
— DD: I had part-time jobs while I was in high school and college during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, and 20, pay for my college expenses, and graduate debt-free from NIU when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. But my GPA suffered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/opinion/jobs-teenagers.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/stonewall-national-museum-trump-funding-cuts.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump presses sanctuary cities to work with ICE, but few are budging. Cities like Boston, Chicago and Portland are facing the threat of lawsuits and federal troop takeovers. But leaders in most “sanctuary cities” are not compromising on their promise to protect (their illegals).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/10/07/trump-portland-chicago-sanctuary-lawsuits-immigrants/

USA TODAY
— DD: Americans ever-increasingly refuse to take bad food industry jobs. What should be done? I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966. I was the only White male who washed dishes for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/02/us-immigration-border-policy-farm/86168928007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Trump Rules for Radical Schools
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-compact-higher-education-universities-7579714b
— America’s Debt to Israel. The Jewish state has taken on many U.S. enemies since Oct. 7, 2023, even as the left turned against it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-debt-to-israel-65d09527
— Discrimination Persists at the Coast Guard. It bases eligibility for scholarships on the racial demographics of applicants’ schools.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/discrimination-persists-at-the-coast-guard-efbf4414
— DD: I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) the many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican things that they have done.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/how-to-spot-when-youre-a-hypocrite-e2c3ecfc

BLOOMBERG
— DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Ever-increasingly, they do everything that they can to destroy Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/trump-puts-more-federal-civil-servants-under-president-s-control

POLITICO
— Newsom, Pritzker threaten to pull out of National Governors Association over Trump’s troop deployments
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/06/newsom-pritzker-threaten-to-pull-out-of-national-governors-association-over-trumps-troop-deployments-00595741

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They get rid of their employees who do not give tremendous preference their employees who are minority and/or female, that is, they get rid of their employees who do not discriminate against their employees who are White and/or male.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/employee-firing-first-amendment/681702/

AXIOS
— Which federal workers could lose protections under Trump order. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the fewer protections that you have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The Democrats who run the federal government get rid of federal employees who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/28/trump-executive-order-federal-workforce

October 6, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— National Guard troops traveling from Texas to Illinois Monday, DOJ lawyers confirm. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an ‘ICE free zone’ executive order.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-address-trumps-effort-deploy-national-guard-illinois-pentagon-authorizes-chicago-mission/17949147/

NBC5
— ICE ad blitz aims to recruit local law enforcement officers to join deportation efforts. The campaign is part of ICE’s $30 billion initiative to hire 10,000 more deportation officers by the end of the year to supercharge deportations. DD: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I had to have a job. I was helping support my mother and brother. Oldsmobile had withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS. What if IRS had mot offered me a job, but instead, ICE had offered me a job?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ice-ads-local-law-enforcement-trump-mass-deportation-efforts/3834043/

CBS2
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs order prohibiting use of city property for immigration enforcement
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mayor-executive-order-immigration-enforcement/

FOX32
— Federal workers brace for missed paychecks as government shutdown drags on. With federal workers unpaid and key projects on hold, senators return to vote on a temporary spending bill—amid rising tensions, stalled negotiations, and no clear end in sight.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1719713

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago police will respond to federal calls for help, Larry Snelling says, and denies cops were ordered to stand down
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/chicago-police-ice-border-patrol/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/06/academic-neutrality-critical-thinking-texas-a-m-university-melissa-mccoul-akash-belsare

CHICAGO READER
— DHS shops local. In mid-September, the federal government paid a Lake Forest–based company $1 million for launchers to shoot pepper balls like the ones now showering protesters. DD: What will you use to defend your home when Democrat mobs attack?
https://chicagoreader.com/news/pepperball-ice-immigration-protest-broadview/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/rhinestone-digest/rhinestone-digest-october-2025-drag-families/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-397/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats get rid of those who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_05a70ee4-5c31-4ac2-a881-96f4f779be65.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former State Rep. DeLoris Doederlein 100 Today, Passed Driver’s Test at 99
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/former-state-rep-deloris-doederlein-100-today/
— Two GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Coming to Wednesday, October 14th Petition Party in Fox River Grove
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/two-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-coming-to-wednesday-petition-party-in-fox-river-grove/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chicago declares ‘ICE-free’ zones as city escalates feud with Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/6/chicago-declares-ice-free-zones-city-escalates-feud-trump/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker vows to boot Noem’s ICE ‘thugs’ from Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3839552/jb-pritzker-kristi-noem-ice-thugs-chicago/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dems and their minions open new front against Hegseth
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/06/dems-and-their-minions-open-new-front-against-hegseth-1590314/

BREITBART
— Insurrectionist Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Claims Trump Supporters Want ‘Rematch of Civil War.’  Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/nolte-insurrectionist-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-claims-trump-supporters-want-rematch-of-civil-war/
— ICE Under Siege: Second Chicago Vehicle Attack in One Day
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/06/ice-under-siege-second-chicago-vehicle-attack-in-one-day/amp/
— At Least 30 Shot During Weekend In Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/10/06/at-least-30-shot-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/

HOT AIR
— Bad Bunny: If You Want to Understand the Halftime Show, ‘Learn Spanish’
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/10/06/bad-bunny-if-you-want-to-understand-the-halftime-show-learn-spanish-n3807513

NEWS BUSTERS
— Duckworth Smears ICE as ‘Gestapo’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/10/05/cbss-margaret-brennan-enables-sen-duckworth-smear-ice-gestapo

PJ MEDIA
— ICE Is Real America
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/10/06/the-morning-briefing-ice-is-real-america-n4944508

PATRIOT JOURNAL
— Pope Leo XIV Blesses Ice Block for ‘Climate Justice’ Drawing Conservative Backlash
https://pjnewsletter.com/pope-climate-justice-woke/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When American Catholics learned there would finally be an American pope, many hoped for a return to traditional faith and spiritual leadership (you know, actual theology and moral guidance). Instead, Vatican watchers witnessed yet another bizarre spectacle this week that has conservative Catholics questioning what exactly their church leadership stands for anymore. The latest episode perfectly encapsulates why so many faithful feel abandoned by Rome—and boy, did they get a doozy. While Christians face persecution across the globe—from Islamic terror groups burning churches to believers being martyred for their faith—Pope Leo XIV found time for what he apparently considers more pressing matters.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Trump floats invoking the Insurrection Act
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-floats-invoking-insurrection-act-rcna236030

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops. The president said he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to send National Guard units to Chicago and Portland, Ore., over local objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois called the mobilization “an unconstitutional invasion.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/06/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago

HISTORY
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats get rid of those who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/least-diverse-states.htm

October 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 5 dead, 25 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-oct-3-to-6/

NBC5
— Trump to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-to-deploy-texas-national-guard-troops-to-chicago-pritzker-says/3833957/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois Democratic lawmakers take on activist role amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote and protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/illinois-democratic-lawmakers-activist-role-immigration/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote and protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/05/congress-members-rally-south-shore-apartment-ice-raid

DAILY HERALD
— Scholarship brunch supports Latinx students at Elgin Community College. DD: Did you get any scholarships? My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/submitted-content/scholarship-brunch-supports-latinx-students-at-elgin-community-college/
— DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/business/prairie-food-co-op-countys-first-community-owned-grocer-opens-in-lombard/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s largest accounting firms buck a national trend as layoffs sweep the industry. DD: The accounting profession had no use for me when I became a licensed CPA in 1981 because I was too old, I was 32 years old, and because I was not a minority or a female. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I had worked for GAO since 1980. I had worked for IRS 1971-1980.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/data-center/chicagos-largest-accounting-firms-deloitte-pwc-ey-kpmg

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly blasts Trump.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-trumps-immigration-policies-offer-pritzker-a-platform/article_1e7ce828-2525-4060-9dad-848b70efb1c4.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Voting is underway in California on new maps that could swing US House control, check Trump’s power. DD: How gerrymandered is your congressional district?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-voting-is-underway-in-california-on-new-maps-that-could-swing-us-house-control-check-trumps-power/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders use Bad Bunny to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Americans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-05/snl-roasts-trump-in-season-premiere-as-bad-bunny-addresses-super-bowl-criticism

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republicans are criticizing Democrats’ opposition to the deployments. State Rep. John Cabello, who’s also a retired Rockford Police detective, said the governor is “more interested in protecting his personal political interests than protecting Illinois families.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/06/trump-orders-up-hundreds-of-troops-to-illinois-00594616

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-605/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— U of I scrutinized over perceived preference for international students
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bba03ae6-e5c7-4e6b-82a5-44f2c63b89cc.html

WHEATON RECORD
— Campus Community Grapples With Charlie Kirk Assassination
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/10/05/campus-community-grapples-with-charlie-kirk-assassination/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Police Ordered to ‘Stand Down’ as ICE Agent Surrounded – Legal Experts Warn of Criminal Liability
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/chicago-police-ordered-to-stand-down-as-ice-agent-surrounded-legal-experts-warn-of-criminal-liability.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Merit-based advancement is key to military excellence. DD: As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly dumped merit to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. It all culminated when I was 49 in 1997 when they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my minority subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like I did.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3836027/merit-based-advancement-key-military-excellence/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump to send 400 Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as anti-ICE protests continue to rage
https://nypost.com/2025/10/06/us-news/trump-sending-400-texas-national-guard-troops-to-illinois-as-anti-ice-protests-continue-to-rage-pritzker/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Legal Discrimination in the Aloha State Under Attack
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/legal-discrimination-in-the-aloha-state-under-attack/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chicago a war zone over ICE raids, and Illinois’s governor doesn’t think there’s a problem
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/chicago_a_war_zone_over_ice_raids_and_illinois_s_governor_doesn_t_think_there_s_a_problem.html
— The Two-Tiered Justice Sham
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/the_two_tiered_justice_sham.html

BLAZE
— Woke CEOs mocked conservatives. Now the joke’s on them.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/woke-ceos-mocked-conservatives-now-the-jokes-on-them

BREITBART
— Hegseth Blasts Woke Diversity at Navy’s 250th Anniversary
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2025/10/05/pete-hegseth-blasts-woke-diversity-at-navys-250th-anniversary/

COLLEGE FIX
— National teachers’ union leftism draws federal scrutiny, calls to revisit charter
https://www.thecollegefix.com/national-teachers-union-leftism-draws-federal-scrutiny-calls-to-revisit-charter/

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Police Told Not To Help Border Patrol Agents In Distress
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/05/chicago-police-told-not-to-help-border-patrol-agents-in-distress/

FOX NEWS
— Trump is protecting the American people from ‘terrorist states in our own hemisphere’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382079453112
— Trump ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, Oregon and other locations
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-says-trump-ordering-400-members-texas-national-guard-illinois-oregon-other-locations

HOMELAND SECURITY
— Discord, Extremism, and the Charlie Kirk Assassination: A Homeland Security Wake-Up Call
https://www.hstoday.us/perspective/perspective-discord-extremism-and-the-charlie-kirk-assassination-a-homeland-security-wake-up-call/

WESTERN JORNALISM
— Illegal Alien Who Served as School Superintendent Was Registered to Vote and Has Extensive Criminal Record
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-alien-served-school-superintendent-registered-vote-extensive-criminal-record/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pritzker says Trump officials ‘want to create the war zone.’ DD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5539424-chicago-warzone-pritzker-trump/

CNN
— DD: ‘It’s frankly evil’: Casten rips Trump’s plan to lay off employees during shutdown.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/05/politics/video/layoffs-government-shutdown-trump-blame-democrats-sean-casten-intv-nrtf

AOL
— Georgia Steak ’n Shake Owner’s Charlie Kirk Billboard Sparks National Attention
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/georgia-steak-n-shake-owner-171030026.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.aol.com/news/concerns-grow-over-continued-restriction-004400211.html
https://www.aol.com/news/durbin-overwhelmed-pope-leo-support-180707754.html
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-targets-virginia-schools-over-132607509.html

REUTERS
— White House: Mass layoffs will start if shutdown talks ‘going nowhere’
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-says-layoffs-will-start-if-trump-sees-shutdown-talks-going-nowhere-2025-10-05/

ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drugs.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-appears-reveal-strike-alleged-cartel-drug-boat/story?id=126237676

NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders continue their government shutdown. Trump is starting to use it against them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14V_9ERBqm8

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/politics/trump-caribbean-strikes-drugs-kindness.html
–DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/politics/texas-lgbtq-schools.html
— Push for Military Coverage of IVF Faces Challenge in Congress. A proposal to expand the Defense Department’s health care plan to include in vitro fertilization is moving through Congress but could die behind closed doors, again. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children without trying IVF against me big time.  They punished me in 1989 by throwing me off audits of IRS, by giving me a bad job assignment, by giving me unfair performance expectations, by giving me an unfair performance appraisal, and by ranking me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/politics/military-ivf-congress.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push LGBTQ in schools. How successful have Democrat leaders been pushing LGBTQ in your school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/politics/texas-lgbtq-schools.html
— White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes. The Trump administration forged ahead with plans to conduct mass layoffs, as the fiscal standoff appeared to intensify. DD: Because I was one of their very few if not only Republican employee and because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly punished me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/white-house-shutdown-punishment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: I should write about those who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect, but who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who blame me and who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/05/national-guard-takeover-oregon-trump-immergut/

USA TODAY
— DD: From the beginning, Democrat and RINO leaders have done everything they could to destroy Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/10/04/trump-political-enemies-comey-indictment/86451565007/

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote resistance to Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted resistance to Biden?
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/trump-resistance-ice-noncooperation-21081574.php

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— False Charges of ‘Hate’ Encourage Violence. The ADL withdrew its smear of Charlie Kirk. The SPLC should follow its example. DD: My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC officer 2003-2007.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/false-charges-of-hate-encourage-violence-d5e07919
— Hegseth Focuses on Fitness. DD: When I was 18 years old in 1966, I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft even though I could not run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. What if I had tried to enlist?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-focuses-on-fitness-even-as-pentagon-goes-high-tech-723eadfb
— Federal-Worker Buyouts Are Kicking In, Darkening the U.S. Employment Picture. About 100,000 federal workers came off the payroll this week, adding strain to an already weakening labor market. DD: I became eligible for a $25,000 early retirement buyout when I was 45 years old in 1993 because of Gingrich GAO budget cuts. The $25,000 expired in 1994 and the early retirement expired in 1997. I would not be eligible for regular retirement until 2003. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/federal-worker-buyouts-are-kicking-in-darkening-the-u-s-employment-picture-4c3f044b

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

SPECTATOR WORLD
— The shocking state of the American left. In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Democratic lawmakers and commentators found themselves in a quandary.
https://thespectator.com/topic/the-shocking-state-of-the-american-left/

DAILY MAIL
— Pritzker says Trump to deploy 400 National Guard troops from Texas to ‘invade’ liberal states
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15165203/Illinois-Governor-JB-Pritzker-Trump-National-Guard.html

TIMES OF INDIA
— How Trump’s 10-point memo directs US universities to ban race and sex in hiring and admissions
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/explained-how-trumps-10-point-memo-pushes-us-universities-to-take-race-and-sex-out-of-hiring-and-admissions/articleshow/124316871.cms

INDEPENDENT
— Trump looking to ban transgender people from having a gun and declaring them ‘mentally ill’
https://www.aol.com/trump-looking-ban-transgender-people-183556531.html

October 5, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump calling up 300 Illinois National Guard ‘immediately’ to protect ICE, buildings for 60 days
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/president-trump-calling-up-300-illinois-national-guard-immediately-to-protect-ice-buildings-for-60-days/
— Trump will celebrate the Navy’s 250th anniversary in the midst of the shutdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/trump-navys-250th-anniversary-shutdown/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The more that you oppose Trump, the more that Democrat leaders promote you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/04/broadview-mayor-katrina-thompson-ice-detention-center-arrests-kristi-noem-gregory-bovino
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/04/village-of-broadview-ice-facility-beach-street-noem-trump

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251005/chicago/using-helicopters-and-chemical-agents-immigration-agents-become-increasingly-aggressive-in-chicago/

ABC7
— Pentagon authorizes Illinois National Guard mission in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-news-donald-trump-plans-federalize-300-troops-illinois-similar-plan-portland-oregon-blocked/17944659/
— A woman who was shot by a federal agent on Chicago’s Southwest Side on Saturday morning is among two people facing charges in the alleged vehicle-ramming incident that happened moments before shots were fired, according to federal prosecutors.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/brighton-park-shooting-marimar-martinez-shot-border-patrol-agent-anthony-ian-santos-ruiz-charged-39th-kedzie-incident/17944177/
— Trump will celebrate the Navy’s 250th anniversary in the midst of the shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-will-celebrate-navys-250th-anniversary-midst-shutdown-naval-station-norfolk-virginia/17943233/
— Car crashes into campaign office in Dolton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/car-crashes-campaign-office-dolton-village-trustee-kiana-belcher-video-shows/17943462/

NBC5
— Multiple arrests reported amid clashes between protesters, police in Broadview. An earlier shooting in Chicago led to more protests that were dispersed with chemical agents
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/multiple-arrests-reported-amid-clashes-between-protesters-police-in-broadview/3833773/
— 2 charged after ramming Border Patrol vehicle prior to Chicago shooting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-charged-after-allegedly-ramming-border-patrol-vehicle-prior-to-chicago-shooting/3833858/
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly blasts Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-pritzker-opposes-guard-deployment-because-hes-afraid-for-his-life/3833889/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Bad Bunny
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/bad-bunny-snl-51st-season-super-bowl-critics/3833800/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Duckworth
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/duckworth-federalizing-and-deploying-illinois-national-guard-misuse/

WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker’s war against Trump
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/wgn-exclusive-pritzker-gears-up-for-legal-battle-with-trump-over-federal-troops-responds-to-personal-insults/

FOX NEWS
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly blasts Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/outrageous-un-american-pritzker-slams-trumps-national-guard-chicago-order

ENEWS PARK FOREST
— Intoxicated Man Fires Gun Near School
https://www.enewspf.com/law-and-order/local-park-forest-police-blotter/police-intoxicated-man-fires-gun-near-school/#gsc.tab=0

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Leftists in the Ivies & Wheaton College
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/10/02/leftists-in-the-ivies-wheaton-college

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Why People Should Run for Precinct Committeeman, Oops, Committeeperson  DD: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I should write about how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have treated me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/05/why-people-should-run-for-precinct-committeeman-oops-committeeperson/
— Keicher and Sosnowski Hold Huntley Joint Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/05/keicher-and-sosnowski-hold-huntley-joint-fundraiser/
— Former State Rep. DeLoris Doederlein Celebrating 100th Birthday Sunday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/former-state-rep-deloris-doederlein-celebrating-100th-birthday-sunday/
— Woman Wielding Semi-Automatic Weapon Shot During Incident Where Protestors Boxed in ICE Vehicle with Ten Vehicles – ICE Press Release
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/woman-wielding-semi-automatic-weapon-shot-during-incident-where-protestors-boxed-in-ice-vehicle-with-ten-vehicles/
— U.S. Attorney Comments on Shooting of Woman Armed with a Semi-Automatic by ICE Officer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/u-s-attorney-comments-on-shooting-of-woman-armed-with-a-semi-automatic-by-ice-officer/
— Remembering Bill Cellini in Galena
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/remembering-bill-cellini-in-galena/
— North Carolina Goes in Opposite Direction from Cashless Bail Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/04/north-carolina-goes-in-opposite-direction-from-cashless-bail-illinois/
— Two Involved in Boxing in ICE Agents Arrested
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/05/two-involved-in-boxing-in-ice-agents-arrested/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Newsom knows: Control the textbooks, control the state
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/5/newsom-knows-control-textbooks-control-state/
— Liberals’ politicization of everything exposes their contempt for faith and American traditions
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/5/liberals-politicization-everything-exposes-contempt-faith-american/

NEW YORK POST
— Google scraps Gmail ‘blacklist’ that labeled GOP fundraiser emails ‘dangerous’ — and sent them directly to spam.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/15/business/google-scraps-gmail-blacklist-that-labeled-gop-fundraiser-emails-dangerous/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Too Many Republicans are capitulating in the wake of Charlie Kirk
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/too_many_republicans_are_capitulating_in_the_wake_of_charlie_kirk.html

BREITBART
— Duckworth Accuses ICE Agents of Using ‘Gestapo Tactics’ in Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/05/duckworth-accuses-ice-agents-of-using-gestapo-tactics-in-chicago/
— Democrats Giving Health Care to Illegal Aliens to Buy Votes
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/05/exclusive-rep-joe-wilson-never-been-clearer-democrats-giving-healthcare-to-illegal-aliens-to-buy-votes/

DAILY CALLER
— CNN Panelists Clash Over Federal Funding For Illegal Immigrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/05/cnn-state-union-democrat-republican-congressmen-buddy-carter-debbie-dingell-clash-illegal-immigrants-funding-healthcare-government-shutdown/
— Charlie Kirk’s Death Exposes Democrats As The Amnesiac Cherry Pickers They Are
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/15/rooke-charlie-kirk-death-far-left-shapiro-hortman-hoffman-party-democrats/

NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
— National FOP and Illinois State FOP Condemn Reports that Chicago Police Officers Were Barred from Assisting ICE Agents
https://fop.net/2025/10/national-fop-and-illinois-state-fop-condemn-reports-that-chicago-police-officers-were-barred-from-assisting-ice-agents/

NEWSMAX
— Inside the Leftist Push to Label Charlie Kirk’s Assassin a Conservative Christian
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/charlie-kirk-assassination-killing/2025/09/16/id/1226576/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Federalizing 300 Illinois National Guard Members
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/10/05/trump-federalizing-300-illinois-national-guard-members-n2664484

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly blasts Hegseth
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5539883-tammy-duckworth-pete-hegseth-women-military/

CNN
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly blasts Noem
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtQW8iXo4v6k

October 5, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— We strongly support this bipartisan plan to fix Illinois’ broken state elections
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/fair-maps-gerrymandering-bill-daley-ray-lahood-constitutional-amendment/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. Under Biden, Democrat leaders had tremendous success bringing in their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/in-chicago-immigrants-who-thought-they-were-following-the-legal-path-are-also-facing-deportation-under-trump-crackdown/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/heidi-stevens-immigration-crackdown/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds gather in the Loop to mark two years of the Israel-Hamas war
https://chicago.suntimes.com/war-in-gaza/2025/10/04/gaza-protest-downtown-chicago

CHAMPIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump-caused fiscal chaos a chance for Illinois to reform itself
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/ralph-martire-trump-caused-fiscal-chaos-a-chance-for-illinois-to-reform-itself/article_3fc1b443-6e4c-4af4-af70-52f34607a324.html

WCIA
— Reparations committee hosts public hearing event in Urbana. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery, and therefore, the more that you should pay reparations, that is, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant. German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. In my defense, while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/reparations-committee-hosts-public-hearing-event-in-urbana/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— All my critics/opponents are disciples of Saul Alinsky. I should write about them. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What were your plans to earn a college degree? Because my parents lacked money, my plan to earn a college degree while I was a freshman and sophomore in high school was to enlist and to get one with the GI Bill. But when I started my junior year, I decided to earn a bachelor’s degree at UIC while living with my parents in Crete. I took a job washing dishes in Chicago Heights to earn money to buy a new car to commute in. I took college preparatory courses. I got an ACT score of 24. I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. UIC accepted me. I got a job working for the Park Forest Post Office. I took courses at UIC 1966-1968. I transferred to NIU in 1969. I graduated debt-free from NIU owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What was/is your career development plan? Mine included a) taking college preparatory courses in high school, b) getting the best grades and ACT score that I could, c) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and job-related master’s degrees, d) earning job-related professional certifications, and e) earning a job-related professional license. My career was harmed a) because I did not earn an MBA until I was 27, b) because I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, e) because I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32, f) because I did not earn additional professional certifications until I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and g) because I did not earn a master’s degree in finance until I was 48. I did not accomplish the aforesaid sooner because I took only one graduate evening course at a time earning the aforesaid master’s degrees. I took only one course at a time because that was what I could afford and I wanted my Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO jobs to be my main focus.  I completed 16 graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, 12 graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and 14 graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Minorities vote for Democrats. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace Whites with minorities. My Democrat employers would have hired and promoted minorities instead of me if they could have. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO hired me because they could not find a qualified minority who would take the job. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 instead of minorities because of my performance appraisals and because I was taking graduate evening business courses while none of my minority coworkers were doing that. GAO promoted me in 1986 instead of a minority because of my performance appraisals and because I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981 while none of my minority coworkers had done that. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and replaced me with a minority. He had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I did. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New York City Democrats think cracking down on public sex is homophobic
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3836690/new-york-city-cruising-crackdown-not-homophobic/
–DD:  Democrats and RINOs fight assimilation. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Their slow assimilation held them back. All my grandparents spoke German. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watch/2363897/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Commercial Drivers Licenses in sanctuary states
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/cdl_sanctuary_states.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Portland’s ‘highly questionable’ police actions draws DOJ scrutiny: ‘Whims of criminals and woke cops’ DD: Portland today, your municipality tomorrow. How much progress have Democrats had destroying your municipality?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/04/portlands-highly-questionable-police-actions-draws-doj-scrutiny-whims-of-criminals-and-woke-cops-1590118/

BREITBART
— Democrats are not fighting for the American people. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders fight for citizens of foreign countries. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Citizens of foreign countries are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/04/exclusive-sen-markwayne-mullin-democrats-arent-fighting-for-the-american-people/amp/
— Hegseth fires Navy chief of staff
https://www.breitbart.com/news/hegseth-fires-navy-chief-of-staff/

COLLEGE FIX
— 32 scholarships at Florida State University discriminate on race, gender. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarship. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my not getting any scholarships proves a) that I am stupid and b) that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/complaint-alleges-32-scholarships-at-florida-state-u-discriminate-on-race-gender/

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Trump Exposed the UN’s Hidden Agenda
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/01/silenced-at-the-un-trump-faced-broken-escalator-teleprompter-outage-and-more/

DAILY WIRE
— Woke Movie promotes VIOLENCE against ICE. DD: To promote wokeness is to promote hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ben-shapiro-reviews-one-battle-after-another

FOX NEWS
— Democrats want $200B in taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382050322112
— California using back door to get federal funds for illegal immigrant healthcare
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-using-backdoor-get-federal-funds-illegal-immigrant-health-care-gop-says-dems-say-nonsense
— ICE arrest of Des Moines superintendent exposes fake degrees, drug convictions
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/school-chief-suspect-ice-arrest-des-moines-superintendent-exposes-fake-degrees-drug-convictions
— Portland’s dystopia delusion coming to a city near all of us. Residents in denial about how awful their once-great city has become. DD: Portland today, your municipality tomorrow. How much progress have Democrats had destroying your municipality?
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-portlands-dystopia-delusion-coming-city-near-all-us

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Hegseth’s War On Military ‘Wokeness’ DD: To promote wokeness is to promote hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/10/04/extra-sec-hegseths-war-on-military-wokeness/

HOT AIR
— Chicago’s Rules for Radicals Spread Out Across America. DD: All my critics/opponents are disciples of Saul Alinsky. I should write about them. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/10/04/chicagos-rules-for-radicals-spread-out-across-america-n3807444

NEWSMAX
— Federal Judge to Decide on Alleged ICE Violations in Chicago
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-dhs/2025/10/04/id/1229040/

PJ MEDIA
— Critical Thinking Has Been Hijacked: How the Left Quietly Rewired the Way We Teach Reason. DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/10/04/critical-thinking-has-been-hijacked-how-the-left-quietly-rewired-the-way-we-teach-reason-n4944479

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Journalists Are Furious Over the New Anti-Woke Pick to Lead CBS News
https://www.westernjournal.com/8-journalists-furious-new-anti-woke-pick-lead-cbs-news/
— Fireworks Erupt After City Councilwoman Is Confronted for Mocking Charlie Kirk’s Murder
https://www.westernjournal.com/fireworks-erupt-city-councilwoman-confronted-mocking-charlie-kirks-murder/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want the military to focus on hiring, retaining, and promoting young minorities and females.
https://www.kget.com/news/politics/ap-the-us-military-has-long-been-an-engine-of-social-change-hegseths-approach-runs-counter-to-that/amp/

ABC NEWS
— Supreme Court to consider overturning Hawaii law regulating where guns can be carried
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/supreme-court-overturning-strict-hawaii-law-regulating-people-126180985

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: To promote Bad Bunny is to promote hatred against ICE
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/opinion/bad-bunny-super-bowl-democrats.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/stonewall-national-museum-trump-funding-cuts.html
— What Charlie Kirk Could Mean for the Future of Marriage and Family. Erika Kirk said her husband aspired to “revive the American family.” Conservative activists wonder if Charlie Kirk’s legacy will lend new urgency to White House policy discussions. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders destroy traditional marriage and family. I owe my successes in life to my parents’ traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/charlie-kirk-erika-family-marriage-children.html
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/pete-hegseth-speech-dei.html
— This Program Rescued Army Recruiting. DD: Because my parents lacked money, my plan to earn a college degree while I was a freshman and sophomore in high school was to enlist and to get one with the GI Bill. But when I started my junior year, I decided to earn a bachelor’s degree at UIC while living with my parents in Crete. I took a job washing dishes in Chicago Heights to earn money to buy a new car to commute in. I took college preparatory courses. I got an ACT score of 24. I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. UIC accepted me. I got a job working for the Park Forest Post Office. I took courses at UIC 1966-1968. I transferred to NIU in 1969. I graduated debt-free from NIU owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/army-recruiting-trump.html

USA TODAY
— Conservatives furious as FDA approves new generic abortion pill. DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/conservatives-furious-as-fda-approves-new-generic-abortion-pill/ar-AA1NLfnv

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Did Pot Make the Dallas ICE Shooter Psychotic?  Joshua Jahn was far from alone in using marijuana heavily before committing serious acts of violence. DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/did-pot-make-the-dallas-ice-shooter-psychotic-1022e627
— Trump Authorizes Sending National Guard to Illinois
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-authorizes-sending-national-guard-to-illinois-fb9f06e4

FORBES
— How To Create A Career Development Plan. DD: What was/is your career development plan? Mine included a) taking college preparatory courses in high school, b) getting the best grades and ACT score that I could, c) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and job-related master’s degrees, d) earning job-related professional certifications, and e) earning a job-related professional license. My career was harmed a) because I did not earn an MBA until I was 27, b) because I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, e) because I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32, f) because I did not earn additional professional certifications until I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and g) because I did not earn a master’s degree in finance until I was 48. I did not accomplish the aforesaid sooner because I took only one graduate evening course at a time earning the aforesaid master’s degrees. I took only one course at a time because that was what I could afford and I wanted my Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO jobs to be my main focus.  I completed 16 graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, 12 graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and 14 graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/career-development-plan/

BULWARK
— Can a Repentant, Regretful Republican Thrive as a Dem? Geoff Duncan isn’t just running for governor of Georgia as a Democrat. He’s testing how wide the party’s ‘big tent’ can stretch. DD: Sooner or later, all my “Republican” critics/opponents will become Democrats.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/can-a-repentant-regretful-republican-thrive-as-a-democrat-geoff-duncan-georgia

REASON
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly prefer hiring citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/04/lawsuit-challenges-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/better-and-happier/202509/lead-inclusively-by-harnessing-the-power-of-joy/amp

FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY POST
— DD: Minorities vote for Democrats. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace Whites with minorities. My Democrat employers would have hired and promoted minorities instead of me if they could have. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO hired me because they could not find a qualified minority who would take the job. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 instead of minorities because of my performance appraisals and because I was taking graduate evening business courses while none of my minority coworkers were doing that. GAO promoted me in 1986 instead of a minority because of my performance appraisals and because I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981 while none of my minority coworkers had done that. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and replaced me with a minority. He had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I did.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-post-newcastle/20251005/282501484821549

October 4, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker says Donald Trump is calling up 300 Illinois National Guard members against his objections
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/04/pritzker-donald-trump-national-guard/
— Broadview challenges ICE security fence in federal court
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/04/broadview-ice-fence-in-federal-court/

DAILY HERALD
— After spending millions on Bailey in 2022, GOP megadonor Uihlein backs Dabrowski for governor
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251004/illinois-state-politics/after-spending-millions-on-bailey-in-2022-gop-megadonor-uihlein-backs-dabrowski-for-governor/
— Pritzker rejects Trump’s ultimatum to call up Illinois National Guard
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251004/illinois-state-politics/gov-pritzker-rejects-trumps-ultimatum-to-call-up-illinois-national-guard/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251004/news/you-are-not-alone-more-than-100-people-rally-in-west-chicago-protesting-ice-raids/

ABC7
— Federal agents shoot, injure armed woman in Brighton Park during alleged vehicle ramming, DHS says. Border Patrol agents ‘boxed in’ by 10 vehicles, DHS says; 2 taken into custody, US Attorney’s Office says
https://abc7chicago.com/post/armed-woman-injured-brighton-park-chicago-shooting-today-39th-kedzie-involving-federal-agents-dhs-says/17938577/
— Kash Patel fires FBI trainee who displayed pride flag
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kash-patel-fires-fbi-trainee-displayed-pride-flag-sources-tell-abc-news/17938961/

NBC5
— Officials restrict Chicago airspace, citing ‘credible threat’ of attacks on agents. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed a temporary flight restriction was put in place “at the request of the Department of Homeland Security.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-airspace-restricted-threats-agents-faa-homeland-security-rcna235482
— Trump to nationalize 300 Illinois National Guard members, Pritzker says
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-to-nationalize-300-illinois-national-guard-members-pritzker-says/3833653/

CBS2
— Federal agents shoot woman in Broadview after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agents-shoot-woman-broadview-ice-facility/

WGN9
— Protesters rally at ICE facility in Broadview amid growing tensions
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/protesters-rally-at-ice-facility-in-broadview-amid-growing-tensions/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROf4s0LlZWM

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
–Evanston pastor pushed by agents at Broadview protest
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/04/evanston-pastor-pushed-broadview-protest/

OAK PARK
— Muñoz, Oak Park township trustee and participant in Friday protest at ICE’s Broadview facility, detained and released by ICE
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/10/04/munoz-op-township-trustee-detained-and-released-by-ice/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— For the US military, the standard is excellence. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrat minorities and more Democrat females. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All the many minorities and females who my Democrat superiors promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3836851/for-military-standard-is-excellence/

NEW YORK POST
— Hegseth’s demand that troops be fit — not fat — is essential to US military readiness
https://nypost.com/2025/10/03/opinion/pete-hegseths-demand-that-troops-be-fit-not-fat-is-key-to-military-readiness/

FOX NEWS
— DHS says ICE agents in Broadview ‘boxed in by 10 cars’ as tensions escalate. One of the drivers was reportedly armed, and officers fired defensive shots.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-says-ice-agents-chicago-suburb-boxed-10-cars-tensions-escalate

HOT AIR
— Hegseth Restores Warrior Ethos After Years of Woke Pentagon Rot
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/10/03/hegseth-restores-warrior-ethos-after-years-of-woke-pentagon-rot-n3807442

PJ MEDIA
— ICE Agents Ambushed, Fired Upon in Chicago Suburb
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/10/04/breaking-ice-agents-boxed-in-fired-upon-in-chicago-suburb-n4944472

TOWNHALL
— Gunfire Erupts in Broadview: Armed Woman Targets DHS Agents
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/10/04/immigration-officers-rammed-near-chicago-n2664481

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Oklahoma Governor Warns Illegals with Sanctuary State Trucking Licenses After State Teams Up with ICE to Arrest 125
https://www.westernjournal.com/oklahoma-governor-warns-illegals-sanctuary-state-trucking-licenses-state-teams-ice-arrest-125/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— To what extent are Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district dependent on federal spending?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/65-year-old-furloughed-by-government-shutdown-i-could-lose-the-house-i-could-lose-my-car-i-could-lose-everything/ar-AA1NQQVU
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/federal-job-cuts-add-strain-to-weakening-labor-market-in-u-s/ar-AA1NQYAt
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/government-shutdown-leaves-federal-workers-torn/ar-AA1NJ8KI

FORBES
— Protestors Demonstrate Outside Broadview ICE Facility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HRB2aKk0l0

FEDWEEK
— Most Federal Workers Say Finances Are One of Their Top Day-to-Day Stressors. DD: According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are grossly overpaid and federal retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/new-survey-shows-most-federal-workers-say-finances-are-one-of-their-top-day-to-day-stressors/

POLITICO
— Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard, Pritzker says. “This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum,” Pritzker said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/04/trump-national-guard-illinois-00594266

October 4, 2025

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/

October 3, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DHS secretary at Broadview ICE facility as protesters clash with agents; village files lawsuit
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-facility-protest-kristi-noem-gregory-bovino-demonstrators-speak-chicago-raids/17929942/
— Chicago alderperson says federal agents handcuffed her at Humboldt Park medical facility. Local leaders speak out on ‘militarized’ immigration enforcement in Humboldt Park area.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-aldermen-speak-militarized-enforcement-humboldt-park-area/17931599/
— At least 5 arrested as protesters and federal agents clash outside Broadview ICE facility. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino were seen on the ICE facility’s roof just before 8 a.m.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-ice-facility-protest-kristi-noem-gregory-bovino-demonstrators-speak-chicago-raids/17929942/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-aldermen-speak-militarized-enforcement-humboldt-park-area/17931599/
— Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tps-supreme-court-lets-trump-strip-protections-more-300000-venezuelan-migrants/17932606/
— Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects, affecting CTA Red Line extension. CTA Red, Purple Modernization Project on North Side also on hold.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-pauses-21b-chicago-infrastructure-projects-leveraging-shutdown-pressure-democrats/17929713/

NBC5
— Kristi Noem denied entry to Broadview building
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kristi-noem-denied-entry-to-broadview-building-in-video-city-says-thats-not-the-full-story/3833371/
— Tear gas deployed by federal agent in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tear-gas-deployed-by-federal-agent-in-chicagos-logan-square-neighborhood/3833507/
— Chicago alderperson says she was handcuffed by federal agents at hospital
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-alderperson-says-she-was-handcuffed-by-federal-agents-at-hospital/3833439/

CBS2
–DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly rejects the federal government
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-noem-illinois-accountability-friday-visit-reports/
— Broadview ICE facility protest draws hundreds, several arrested
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protest-broadview-ice-facility-police-noem/
— Federal agent throws tear gas canister from SUV on busy Chicago street
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-immigration-agent-throws-tear-gas-canister-logan-square-street/
— Chicago alderwoman arrested by ICE agents while checking on detainee at hospital in Humboldt Park
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ald-jessie-fuentes-arrested-ice-agents-humboldt-park-hospital/

WGN9
— Video shows ICE agents handcuffing Chicago alderwoman inside Humboldt Park hospital
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/chicago-alderwoman-handcuffed-ice/

FOX32
— Rep. Davis voices support for Broadview mayor
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1718021

WTTW
— Local, State Police Set Up Designated Protest Areas Outside Broadview ICE Facility as Demonstrations Continue
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/03/local-state-police-set-designated-protest-areas-outside-broadview-ice-facility

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Drone use restricted over Chicago after ‘credible threat’ to aircraft involved in immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/drones-chicago-customs-border-patrol/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote mote abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/juliana-stratton-abortion-rights-group-backing/
— Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near school on busy Northwest Side street
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/ice-agents-tear-gas-school-street/
— US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says ‘we’re here to stay,’ indicating ICE may expand in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/kristi-noem-broadview-says-were-here-to-stay/
— DePaul University to cut spending after 30% drop in international students
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/depaul-university-spending-cuts-international-students/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As Kristi Noem visits Broadview, protesters arrested but not teargassed as Illinois takes over crowd control. Dozens of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies were on the scene in Broadview, with ICE agents largely in the background, to quell protests that had gotten extremely intense in recent weeks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/03/clashes-erupt-between-state-police-protesters-at-broadview-ice-facility
— 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://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/10/03/are-illinois-state-police-helping-ice-in-broadview
— Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: ‘My eyes are burning’  Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/03/federal-agent-chemical-irritants-rico-fresh-logan-square
— How we photographed ICE agents arresting people in the Loop and River North. And 30 other great photos from this week in news.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/photography/2025/10/03/how-we-photographed-ice-agents-arresting-people-loop-river-north
— Ald. Jessie Fuentes handcuffed by ICE while asking agents for patient’s warrant at Humboldt Park hospital. Video shows two ICE agents detaining Fuentes Friday afternoon inside Humboldt Park Health as she repeatedly asked them if they had a warrant for a man they detained. The man broke his leg while being chased by ICE agents, who brought him to the hospital.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/03/ald-jessie-fuentes-detention-ice-agents-humboldt-park-hospital

DAILY HERALD
— Protesters at ICE facility object to barricades, agents detain multiple people
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251003/nation-and-world-politics/protesters-at-ice-facility-object-to-barricades-agents-detain-multiple-people/
— Trump pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251003/chicago/trump-pauses-2-1b-for-chicago-infrastructure-projects-leveraging-shutdown-to-pressure-democrats/
— ‘Unconstitutional’: Congressmen, Pritzker call out White House freeze on CTA projects
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251003/transportation/unconstitutional-congressmen-pritzker-call-out-white-house-freeze-on-cta-projects/

WGN RADIO
— Noem visits Chicago area ICE facility as agents detain multiple protesters outside
https://wgnradio.com/news/ap-protesters-at-ice-facility-object-to-barricades-agents-detain-multiple-people/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders say “Trump uses shutdown to troll Democrats with deepfake memes, threatening targeted cuts.”
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/10/03/trump-uses-shutdown-to-troll-democrats-with-deepfake-memes-threatening-targeted-cuts/

FOX ILLINOIS
— White House defends FDA’s approval of second generic abortion pill amid GOP criticism
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/white-house-defends-fdas-approval-of-second-generic-abortion-pill-amid-gop-criticism

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— IRS is stepping up enforcement against gig workers and self-employed individuals who fail to make required quarterly tax payments. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1073995/irs-targets-gig-workers-who-skip-quarterly-payments-clear-start-tax-shares-how-to-stay-compliant/

WMOI
— Illinois County Clerk Delegation in Washington DC to Talk Election Infrastructure
https://977wmoi.com/2025/10/illinois-county-clerk-delegation-in-washington-dc-to-talk-election-infrastructure/

CWB CHICAGO
— Chief judge warns of random Loop attacks as accused man walks free under cashless bail system he supports
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/10/chief-judge-warns-of-random-loop-attacks-as-accused-man-walks-free-under-cashless-bail-system-he-supports.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-396/
— Pritzker defends using state troopers in Broadview
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/03/pritzker-defends-using-state-troopers-in-broadview/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— District 300 Board President Nancy Zettler, Active Democrat, Ousted from Top Spot
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/03/district-300-board-president-nancy-zettler-ousted-from-top-spot/
— Food Stamp (SNAP) Fraud Resulting from Poor Pritzker Will Cost Big Bucks
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/03/food-stamp-snapfraud-warning/
— Health Insurance Language Democrats Want Repealed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/02/health-insurance-language-democrats-want-repealed/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trillion-dollar search giant Google admits it secretly censored conservatives for years
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/3/editorial-trillion-dollar-search-giant-google-admits-secretly/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrants arrested for trying to ram ICE officers in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3835625/illegal-immigrants-arrested-for-allegedly-trying-to-ram-ice-officers-in-illinois/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Outlets Cut Coverage of Speaker Johnson’s G&A on Healthcare for Illegals
https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/03/media-outlets-cut-coverage-of-speaker-johnsons-ga-on-healthcare-for-illegals/

BREITBART
— Judge Rules Against Sanctuary Cities, Will Not Stop Trump from Cutting Off Federal Funds
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/03/judge-rules-against-sanctuary-cities-will-not-stop-trump-cutting-federal-funds/
— Newsom Threatens to Cut Funds from Universities that Sign Trump ‘Compact’ for ‘Civil Discourse,’ Fighting Antisemitism
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2025/10/03/newsom-threatens-to-cut-funds-from-universities-that-sign-trump-compact-for-civil-discourse-fighting-antisemitism/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Hits Illinois Democrats With $2.1 Billion in Cuts to Chicago Infrastructure Projects
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/03/trump-hits-illinois-democrats-2-1-billion-cuts-chicago-infrastructure-projects/

DAILY WIRE
— Over 1,000 Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Trump’s ‘Operation Midway Blitz’  ‘Our patriotic law enforcement officers are making these arrests despite working [without] pay because of the Democrats’ shutdown.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-1000-illegal-immigrants-arrested-in-trumps-operation-midway-blitz

FOX NEWS
— ICE officers in Illinois targeted by illegal immigrants who used ‘vehicles as weapons.” Illegal aliens Miguel Escareno De Loera and Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes accused of ramming vehicles at ICE.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-officers-illinois-targeted-illegal-immigrants-who-used-vehicles-weapons-officials-say
— DHS Secretary Noem ‘blocked’ from bathroom at Broadview Municipal Building as Pritzker feud heats up. Incident occurred as federal agents fired pepper balls at protesters outside Broadview ICE facility. DD: Will Broadview change its name to Fort Sumter?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-secretary-noem-blocked-bathroom-illinois-government-building-pritzker-feud-heats

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center DD: SPLC exists to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5537453-fbi-kash-patel-splc-cuts-ties/

REUTERS
— Police scuffle with protesters outside Chicago ICE facility, arrest several
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/scuffles-arrests-outside-chicago-ice-facility-that-has-been-protest-focus-2025-10-03/

NBC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected immigration status for thousands of Venezuelans
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-revoke-tps-immigration-venezuelans-rcna234537

CBS NEWS
— U.S. to offer migrant teens $2,500 if they agree to voluntarily leave the country
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-immigration-migrant-teens-2500-self-deportation/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Those who are the following are ever-increasingly negatively profiled: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/us/politics/supreme-court-immigration-racial-profiling.html

POLITICO
— Trump targets Chicago transit money in latest shutdown fight salvo
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/03/trump-targets-chicago-transit-money-shutdown-00592722

October 3, 2025

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

October 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/ice-courthouses-petition/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/02/editorial-broadview-ice-immigration-protests-pritzker-katrina-thompson/
— FRONT PAGE: Northwestern students boycotting antibias training. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997. They forced all their employees, including me, to take such “training.” All that training was designed to promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/northwestern-university-students-boycott-bias-training/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Micol Bez has three weeks to make a choice. The Northwestern University graduate student has spent years studying political epistemology and abolitionism. Now, she is prepared to risk everything — her Ph.D. dissertation, her student status and her visa — in an act of protest she calls “a question of moral clarity.” Bez is part of a group of students boycotting Northwestern’s controversial antibias training video, which critics say conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. Those who refuse to complete the online training will be unable to enroll in fall classes, the university said, which could jeopardize their academic standing if they miss the final course registration deadline. “I’m in a profound moral crisis,” said Bez, who is a member of the student group Northwestern Graduate Workers for Palestine. Her refusal to engage in the training, which makes it “impossible to structurally critique Israel, its policies, the apartheid and the ongoing genocide,” she said, is her taking a stand against Northwestern serving “misinformation to thousands of students.”)
— What a federal government shutdown means for Illinois. . .while government offices continue to stay open for their most important operations, so-called nonessential work is suspended, paychecks are not issued and many workers are furloughed until Congress approves a new funding plan. President Donald Trump has amped up the threats this time around, saying he plans to fire employees, rather than just furlough them, a move he says will hurt Democrats. DD: I was a federal worker in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans who IRS hired. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired. If I was still a federal worker, to punish Trump, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively, if not literally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/what-a-federal-government-shutdown-means-for-illinois/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois federal workers heavily stressed as government shutdown yanks paychecks. For federal workers living paycheck to paycheck, the shutdown could mean choosing between paying for groceries or prescriptions, says National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) National President Doreen Greenwald. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. While I was a NTEU member 1971-1980, my IRS salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/10/01/government-shutdown-impact-illinois-chicago-federal-workers
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/broadview-immigration-processing-center-detention-ice-dhs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/01/raoul-student-visa-rule

NBC5
— Chicago’s federal workers face uncertainty amid government shutdown. The City of Chicago has more than 33,000 federal workers. DD: I was a federal worker in Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans who IRS hired. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired. If I was still a federal employee, to punish Trump, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively, if not literally.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-federal-workers-face-uncertainty-amid-government-shutdown/3832531/

WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady as being the spokesman for all Republicans in Illinois. I should write about the many anti-conservative actions he has taken.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-trumps-military-meeting-government-shutdown-and-more/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— In a posting Wednesday on the Kane GOP Facebook page, party chairman Andro Lerario and Aurora Township Republican Danny Souri announced their candidacy for Illinois governor and lieutenant governor. DD: Facebook is a Democrat website.  Credible Republican candidates in Illinois a) have websites, b) issue press releases and media advisories, and c) include diersen@aol.com on their press release and media advisory email lists.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/10/02/kane-gop-chairman-says-hell-run-for-illinois-governor-in-2026/

LINCOLN COURIER
— New program looks to address lawyer shortage in Illinois
https://www.lincolncourier.com/story/news/state/2025/10/02/new-program-would-address-lawyer-shortage-in-illinois/86345520007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-voted-for-a-shutdown-now-they-have-to-find-a-way-out/amp/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders get the Pope to equate illegals with unborn babies.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/01/nx-s1-5560169/pope-leo-xiv-says-inhuman-treatment-of-immigrants-in-the-u-s-isnt-pro-life

IPM NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/standing-up-to-ice-in-the-suburbs-the-peoples-patrol-puts-its-faith-in-resistance/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— According to state estimates, more than 153,000 federal workers in Illinois will be affected by the shutdown, with as many as 45,000 potentially furloughed. While essential services like Social Security and mail delivery will continue, other programs — including some supporting public health, housing and a veterans hotline — face disruption.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/02/shutdown-showdown-pritzker-blames-trump-00591582

ILLINOIZE
— Why Darren Bailey is Running Again
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/why-darren-bailey-running-again

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-603/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— $725,000 in Democrat Cash Fuels Ted Dabrowski’s GOP Governor Run
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/725000-in-democrat-cash-fuels-ted-dabrowskis-gop-governor-run.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats go all in on health care, betting it’s still a winning message for their flailing party
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/1/democrats-go-health-care-betting-still-winning-message-flailing-party/

NEW YORK POST
— Kash Patel severs FBI’s ties with James Comey-backed Anti–Defamation League after group ripped Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA
https://nypost.com/2025/10/01/us-news/kash-patel-cuts-fbis-ties-with-the-anti-defamation-league-after-group-called-charlie-kirks-turning-point-usa-extremist/

AMAC
— New Poll Shows Big Problems for Democrats
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/new-poll-shows-big-problems-for-democrats/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Red states rising
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/red_states_rising.html

BLAZE
— Did the FBI SHADOW BAN Charlie Kirk? Censorship EXPOSED
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-coverup/did-the-fbi-shadow-ban-charlie-kirk-censorship-exposed

BREITBART
— Musk: ‘Cancel Netflix for the Health of Your Kids’
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/01/elon-musk-cancel-netflix-for-the-health-of-your-kids/
— ADL Drops ‘Glossary of Extremism’ over One-Sided Criticism of Charlie Kirk. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being an extremist. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/01/adl-drops-glossay-of-extremism-over-one-sided-criticism-of-charlie-kirk/amp/

FOX NEWS
— Musk joins Netflix exodus over pro-trans cartoon, whose creator was accused of condemning Charlie Kirk
https://www.foxnews.com/media/musk-joins-netflix-exodus-over-pro-trans-cartoon-whose-creator-accused-condemning-charlie-kirk
— Here’s what Trump wants to do to reshape the federal government during the shutdown. President says shutdown allows administration to cut ‘vast numbers of people’ and programs.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/heres-what-trump-wants-do-reshape-federal-government-during-shutdown?lid=vhfrpzikofy0

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Descendants of Former Slaves Given College Admissions Preferences Under California Legislation. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during 1840s and 1850s, they have always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/descendents-of-former-slaves-given-college-admissions-preferences-under-california-legislation/

NEW AMERICAN
— What Killed Charlie Kirk? “Trans” Ideology Did — and It’s Killing America, Too. DD: My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/what-killed-charlie-kirk-trans-ideology-did-and-its-killing-america-too/

NEWSMAX
— Musk Calls SPLC ‘Evil,’ Says Group Should Be Shut Down
https://www.newsmax.com/us/elon-musk-splc-propaganda/2025/10/02/id/1228730/

PJ MEDIA
— Creator of Netflix Transgender Cartoon Gets Shredded for Smearing Charlie Kirk As a ‘Nazi’
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2025/10/01/creator-of-netflix-transgender-cartoon-gets-shredded-for-smearing-charlie-kirk-as-a-nazi-n4944356

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Musk becomes first person to hit $500 billion net worth
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/musk-becomes-first-person-hit-net-worth-500-billion-2025-10-01/

NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders get to Pope to equate innocent unborn with guilty killers
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leos-abortion-comment-sparks-backlash-10812905

MSN
— Musk Doubles Down On ‘Cancel Netflix’ Calls Over Trans Character And Director’s Charlie Kirk Post
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/musk-doubles-down-on-cancel-netflix-calls-over-trans-character-and-director-s-charlie-kirk-post/ar-AA1NFpvw

YAHOO
— LGBTQ-promoters say “MAGA Rages at Netflix Thanks to Triggered Elon Musk Post.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-rages-netflix-thanks-triggered-084853769.html

REUTERS
— US Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump bid to fire Fed’s Cook; leaves her in job for now. DD: I succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats and took their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997. What if I had stayed on the job? Who had standing to come to my defense? It would have been my Republican U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives. It would have been Speaker Hastert. It would have been Bush.
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-supreme-court-hear-arguments-over-trump-bid-fire-feds-cook-2025-10-01/

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders get to Pope to equate innocent unborn with guilty killers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-abortion-pro-life-death-penalty/

NEW YORK TIMES
— After Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Vows to Go On. That May Be Easier Said Than Done. Despite a surge in new campus chapters, there is a void left by Charlie Kirk’s murder that has implications for the entire MAGA movement. DD: Will hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hates assassinate the next Turning Point leader too?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/charlie-kirk.html
— Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads. A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies. DD: Facebook is a Democrat website. Credible Republican candidates in Illinois a) have websites, b) issue press releases and media advisories, and c) include diersen@aol.com on their press release and media advisory email lists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/technology/facebooks-political-ads-deepfakes-scams.html
— Trump is seeking to deprive millions of Americans of their health insurance.  DD: Knowing that the federal government would pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums for life if I could survive until retirement helped me endure my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/opinion/government-shutdown-health-care-democrats.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration seeks to exert control over government shutdown. Officials canceled projects in Democratic states, posted partisan messages on government websites and warned that federal layoffs will begin soon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/01/government-shutdown-deadline-congress-funding/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/30/citizens-seek-damages-after-violent-ice-arrests/86419733007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote more hatred against Trump and Hegseth.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/09/30/trump-training-grounds-us-cities-military/86438472007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/10/02/government-shutdown-trump-republicans/86459131007/

MIAMI TIMES ONLINE
— DD: All the many minorities and females that were promoted over me were Democrats or RINOs a) who had less experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like the one I had, and/or e) who were younger than me, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/opinion/charlie-kirk-vs-elite-black-women-a-case-of-insecurity-or-racism/article_6ac5020b-3d89-4a78-a710-01e2397897b8.amp.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can the Democrat Party Break Free from the Left? DD: Can the Republican Party break free from RINOs?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/can-democrats-break-free-of-the-left-dc202c58
— FRONT PAGE: America’s Most Dog-Friendly City Has Had Enough. In San Francisco, pets put their paws on cafe counters, roam sports bars and lick gym-goers during sit-ups.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americas-most-dog-friendly-city-has-had-enough-6c0ec18b

AUDACY
— DD: America should focus on meritocracy. If my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors had focused on meritocracy instead of Affirmative Action and DEI, I might still be a federal employee. In my opinion, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, before I was 40. But instead, they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/local/why-shouldnt-our-military-return-to-a-focus-on-meritocracy

HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters hate Kirk.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charlie-kirk-fired-lawsuits_n_68dc38f1e4b0f3800bccf07e

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Hundreds of federal agents flood Chicago to dismantle Tren de Aragua gang
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DF22rN0Df4ZE
— Trump to bar funding of entities that do diversity work abroad. DD: To promote diversity is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/trump-to-bar-funding-of-entities-that-do-diversity-work-abroad-report/amp_articleshow/124268586.cms
— White House sets hiring, foreign enrolment terms for colleges to get funding advantage
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/white-house-sets-hiring-foreign-enrolment-terms-for-colleges-to-get-funding-advantage-report/amp_articleshow/124268312.cms
— ‘Serve Americans, not illegal aliens’: VP Vance slams Democrats
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/serve-americans-not-illegal-aliens-vp-vance-slams-democrats-calls-it-a-democratic-shutdown/videoshow/124264700.cms?from=mdr

INDIA TIMES
— Netflix allegedly loses $15.1 billion after Elon Musk calls out ‘transgender woke agenda’; streamer faces mass subscription cancellations
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/netflix-allegedly-loses-15-1-billion-after-elon-musk-calls-out-transgender-woke-agenda-streamer-faces-mass-subscription-cancellations/articleshow/124271627.html

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Damning report on Tyler Robinson’s roommate, Lance Twiggs’s troubled past
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/charlie-kirk-shooting-damning-report-on-tyler-robinsons-roommate-lance-twiggss-troubled-past-101759354868809.html
— Why Musk wants you to cancel Netflix subscription
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/why-elon-musk-wants-you-to-cancel-netflix-subscription-charlie-kirk-shooting-hamish-steele-101759381964593.html