FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— After legal setbacks, Trump says he’s dropping National Guard push in Chicago, other cities, for now
https://abc7chicago.com/post/legal-setbacks-president-donald-trump-says-hes-dropping-push-national-guard-chicago-la-portland-oregon-now/18336668/
— Trump announces National Guard to be removed from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-backs-off-efforts-maintain-control-california-national-guard-la/18336423/
— HHS freezing child care payments to all states until they prove funds ‘being spent legitimately’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hhs-says-freezing-child-care-payments-minnesota-fraud-allegations/18335717/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As federal health tax credits end, Chicago-area leaders warn about costs to Cook County and Illinois hospitals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/as-federal-health-tax-credits-end-chicago-area-leaders-warn-about-costs-to-cook-county-and-illinois-hospitals/
— Mamdani is set to be sworn in as mayor as NYC rings in the New Year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/zohran-mamdani-sworn-in-nyc-mayor/
— Merrillville on list for potential ICE facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/merrillville-potential-ice-facility/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/01/january-1-chicago-history/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use medical pot to push recreational pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251231/news/time-short-for-schaumburg-familys-quest-to-retain-access-to-daughters-medical-marijuana/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— OCTOBER 8, 2015 FLASHBACK: Don’t your collectible cars deserve their own condo? DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20151008/ISSUE03/151009833/iron-gate-motor-condos-is-a-car-collector-s-haven-in-Naperville
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— New Illinois education laws focus on immigrant rights. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/education/article314056405.html
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— APRIL 6, 2015 FLASHBACK: Discover a new place for car enthusiasts. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2015/04/06/real-news-discover-a-new-place-for-car-enthusiasts/41183
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to encourage voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I will hand-deliver a sample ballot and the campaign literature that Republican candidates provide me to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. The contested Republican races in my precinct are U.S. Senate, Illinois Governor, Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court, and DuPage County Sheriff. I will obtain from the DuPage County Election Division a PDF file to print individual mailing labels for the registered Republican and Independent voters, photocopy the sample ballot, stuff envelopes, divide them into five batches, and put them in walk order. I hope we have a mild winter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasing, the Democrat Party promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and notional origin discrimination. Ever-increasing, to get more votes from those who are the following, they give them more preference: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Democrats and according to RINOs, those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, non-rich, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time NEED PROTECTION from those who are conservative, Republican, American, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promise to provide that PROTECTION. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What happened to those who helped your career? I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office had hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you ever served on a jury? If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me? To justify their denying me a jury trial, the judge and justices hinted/implied/argued that no jury would side with me. But the trial record showed that my Democrat superiors had illegally forced me to retire so that they could my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who 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 had. In 1993, when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee who had 25 years of federal service, to get rid of their employees a) who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, b) who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and/or c) who had 25 or more years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” them a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer” expired in 4 years. They succeeded in forcing me to take the early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. Things that I had done that helped me survive those 4 years included a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earing job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you will have, and therefore, the less “justice” that you will have in courts: Republican, non-poor, non-veteran, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Federal courts would not have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO if I had been Democrat, poor, veteran, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had been in America for a long time. GAO hinted/implied/argued that because of my demographics, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action big time and that I could easily afford to pay that price. GAO’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 cut my income by $86,371/year (56%) ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year pension) in today’s dollars. Off the record, GAO stressed a) that the federal government would forever pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had no dependents, d) that we had no debts, e) that we had substantial retirement and other savings, f) that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, g) that we owned three collector cars, h) etc. Again, if I had not be denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me?- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you retired? I have been retired since I was 49 years old in 1997. If you are retired, were you forced to retire? I was. What would the rest of your employment had been like if you had not retired? If I had not retired when I did, I would not have eligible to retire for another 6 years. My Democrat GAO superiors had made it extremely clear that if I did not retire, they would make those 6 years a living hell. They would constructively if not literally demote me. They would give me adverse transfers. They would give me bad job assignments. They would give me unfair performance expectations. They would give me unfair performance appraisals. They would rank me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would treat me like they had treated me in 1989. They could do all of the aforesaid because GAO was not unionized. GAO did not unionize until 2007. I considered asking my Congressman Henry Hyde to come to my defense like I had done in 1989, but I decided not to. There were too many around Hyde who were against me. Further, my Democrat GAO superiors had taken so many big adverse actions against me, I could not see myself surviving another them for another 6 years. But nevertheless, I will always ask myself, what would have happened if I had again asked Hyde to come to my defense. His coming to my defense in 1989 enabled me to survive until 1997. It motived me to earn job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. It motived me to earn a job-related master’s degree in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ‘Grassroots’ – According to the People Who Can’t Stand Them. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization are anti-conservative, that is, they are anti-Republican. They reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Instead of defending and advancing the aforesaid planks, they talk and act like they do not exist, and if not that, like they should be officially abolished. At best, they want the Republican Party to be the Democrat-Lite Party. I should write about the aforesaid anti-Republican leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/opinion-grassroots-according-to-the-people-who-cant-stand-them.html
— The Political Agenda Behind Year-End ‘Economic Collapse’ Stories
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/opinion-the-political-agenda-behind-year-end-economic-collapse-stories.html
— FBI Steps In After Illinois Review Exposes Alleged Mail Fraud Targeting Bailey
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/fbi-steps-in-after-illinois-review-exposes-alleged-mail-fraud-targeting-bailey.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois state spending balloons as state economy stagnates
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-state-spending-balloons-as-state-economy-stagnates/
— 1-in-5 city tax dollars go to Illinois police, fire pensions
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1-in-5-city-tax-dollars-go-to-illinois-police-fire-pensions/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Democrat, is trying again with his High-Skilled Immigration Reform for Employment (HIRE) Act, first introduced in July 2023. Back then, in the middle of the worst man-made immigration disaster in U.S. history, the bill seemed tone deaf. Now, it just seems nuts. DD: If they could have, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/31/hire-bill-expand-h-1b-visas-bad-2023-worse/
— Karoline Leavitt says administration considering denaturalization for Somalis in Minnesota fraud
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/31/karoline-leavitt-says-administration-considering-denaturalization/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Border Patrol’s monthslong deployment to Chicago now expected to go on ‘for years’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4375465/border-patrol-deployment-chicago-go-on-for-years/
— Don’t grant citizenship to people who hate their countrymen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4378901/not-everyone-deserves-citizenship-alaa-abd-el-fattah/
— Appeals court revives free speech case over school DEI training
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4379004/appeals-court-revives-free-speech-case-school-dei-training/
NEW YORK POST
— Former FBI agent Nicole Parker explains how DEI split the agency and led to disaster: ‘They were hiring idiots’ DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and the Post Office 1966-1969 and I have often written about them. Their top priority always was promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/31/us-news/former-fbi-agent-nicole-parker-explains-how-dei-split-the-agency-and-led-to-disaster/
— Harvard professor torches Ivy League school over woke anti-white, anti-male culture in blistering essay
https://nypost.com/2025/12/31/us-news/harvard-professor-torches-ivy-league-school-over-woke-anti-white-anti-male-culture-in-blistering-essay/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— History professor details the decline of education in scathing review of his 40 years at Harvard
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/31/history-professor-details-the-decline-of-education-in-scathing-review-of-his-40-years-at-harvard-1613221/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams sets up $2M emergency fund for trans care on his way out the door
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/31/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-sets-up-2m-emergency-fund-for-trans-care-on-his-way-out-the-door-1613140/
BREITBART
— Lightfoot Warns Bovino His ‘Day of Reckoning Is Fast Approaching’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/31/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-warns-border-patrols-greg-bovino-his-day-of-reckoning-is-fast-approaching/amp/
CAPITOL RESEARCH CENTER
— How Left-Wing Nonprofits Exploit American Taxpayers to Fund Their Agendas
https://capitalresearch.org/article/how-left-wing-nonprofits-exploit-american-taxpayers-to-fund-their-agendas-best-of-2025/
FOX NEWS
— Lightfoot tells Border Patrol official his ‘day of reckoning is fast approaching’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-tells-border-patrol-official-his-day-reckoning-fast-approaching.print
— DEI and woke ideology are on life support under Trump’s return to DC, but could come roaring back with rebrand. American Principles Project president Terry Schilling says woke ideology could make a return following future elections.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dei-woke-ideology-life-support-under-trumps-return-dc-could-come-roaring-back-rebrand.amp
— 40-year Harvard professor pens scathing piece on school’s ‘exclusion of white males,’ anti-Western trends.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/40-year-harvard-professor-pens-scathing-piece-schools-exclusion-white-males-anti-western-trends
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Minnesota Governor Calls Somali Fraud Investigations “White Supremacy”
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/tim-walz-desperately-tries-defending-himself-amid-somali-fraud-allegations
NEWSMAX
— Trump: ‘Proud’ of Hispanic Border Patrol Officers
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-border-patrol-paul-perez/2025/12/31/id/1240292/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump: 90% of fraud in Minnesota is carried out by illegals from Somalia, with Rep. Omar being ‘one of the many scammers’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-90-of-fraud-in-minnesota-is-carried-out-by-illegals-from-somalia-with-rep-omar-being-one-of-the-many-scammers/
PJ MEDIA
— Former Chicago Mayor Lightfoot to Border Patrol Chief: ‘Your Day of Reckoning Is Coming’
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2025/12/31/former-chicago-mayor-to-border-patrol-chief-your-day-of-reckoning-is-coming-n4947761
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) Wants to Take Driver’s Licenses Away From ICE Agents, Not Illegal Aliens
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/31/eric-swalwell-wants-to-take-drivers-licenses-away-from-ice-agents-not-illegals-n4947735
— Secretary Duffy Issues Stark Warning to Newsom Over Illegal Licenses
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/31/secretary-duffy-issues-stark-warning-to-newsom-over-illegal-licenses-n4947734
TOWNHALL
— Minnesota’s Fraud Is Blowing the Lid Off a Broken Election System
https://townhall.com/columnists/josh-findlay/2026/01/01/minnesotas-fraud-is-blowing-the-lid-off-a-broken-election-system-n2668731
— If Elected CA Governor, Eric Swalwell Vows to Weaponize Government Against ICE Agents
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/31/swalwell-prosecute-federal-agents-for-kidnapping-n2668739
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Professor Quits After ‘Brilliant’ Student Rejected for Being ‘White Male’ DD: I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972.
https://www.newsweek.com/professor-quits-after-brilliant-student-rejected-for-being-white-male-11289605
NEW YORK TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump Move to Revoke Deportation Protection for Thousands of Migrants. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, non-rich, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time NEED PROTECTION from those who are conservative, Republican, American, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promise to provide that PROTECTION.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/us/politics/judge-blocks-deportation-protections.html
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— DD: To vote Democrats is to get rid of Americans who are conservative, Republican, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-policies-midterm-elections-dei-attacks-20260101.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/01/america-obsessed-with-zohran-mamdani/87941107007/
— More than 317,000 federal employees left the government in 2025. The majority of employees took voluntary buyouts and early retirements as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping efforts to downsize the government. DD: In 1993, when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee who had 25 years of federal service, to get rid of their employees a) who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, b) who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and/or c) who had 25 or more years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” them a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer” expired in 4 years. They succeeded in forcing me to take the early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. Things that I had done that helped me survive those 4 years included a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earing job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/31/317000-federal-employees-left-us-government-2025/87970708007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— MARCH 3, 2016 FLASHBACK: Iron Gate Motor Condos: Storage Units, Now With Space to Cook, Relax and Entertain. Traditional industrial park-style storage facilities are giving way to customized spaces with kitchens, reclaimed wood and stylish seating areas. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/storage-units-now-with-space-to-cook-relax-and-entertain-1457026958
FORTUNE
— Retirement DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America fora long time. I should write about that.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/31/retirement-baby-boomers-more-americans-turning-65-aging-demographics/
LEGAL NEWS LINE
— Lake County Circuit Clerk can’t undo $2.5M verdict for workers fired over politics
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/lake-co-circuit-clerk-can-t-undo-2-5m-verdict-for-workers-fired-over-politics/article_4471f879-d074-4ba4-ad15-b45d101d353c.html
FED SMITH
— OPM Issues Proposal to Narrow Federal Probationary Employee Appeal Rights. DD: Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office had hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/12/31/opm-proposal-to-narrow-probationary-employee-appeal-rights/
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5660811/the-new-challenges-obtaining-snap-benefits-for-lgbtq-recipients
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you will have, and therefore, the less “justice” that you will have in courts: Republican, non-poor, non-veteran, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Federal courts would not have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO if I had been Democrat, poor, veteran, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had been in America for a long time. To justify their denying me a jury trial, the judge and justices hinted/implied/argued that no jury would side with me. But the trial record showed that my Democrat superiors had illegally forced me to retire so that they could my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who 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 had. GAO hinted/implied/argued that because of my demographics, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action big time and that I could easily afford to pay that price. GAO’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 cut my income by $86,371/year (56%) ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year pension) in today’s dollars. Off the record, GAO stressed a) that the federal government would forever pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had no dependents, d) that we had no debts, e) that we had substantial retirement and other savings, f) that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, g) that we owned three collector cars, h) etc.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/the-importance-of-know-your-rights-education/
CONVERSATION
— DD: My critics/opponents are blacklisters. They blacklist those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect and reelect since 2000. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://theconversation.com/political-witch-hunts-and-blacklists-donald-trump-and-the-new-era-of-mccarthyism-265389
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Retiring Harvard professor says college hates brilliant white men and rejects them in favor of inferior minority candidates to boost diversity.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15422541/Harvard-Professor-white-men-rejected-minorities.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
AUTOWEEK
— The Car Condo Concept Is Still Growing. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a68815238/car-condo-concept-still-growing/
CORVETT BLOGGER
— Corvette for Sale: Two-Owner 1972 Corvette LT1 Convertible in Downers Grove for $50,000. DD: One could compare and contrast this 1972 Corvette with my 1972 Corvette which I ordered, took delivery on October 14, 1971, and continue to own. Mine is not a LT-1 or a convertible. But it has only 5,000 mile on it, it has always been garaged, covered, kept on jacks, and is like new. It is a Steele City Gray coupe with the base 350 V-8 engine, black leather interior, automatic, air conditioning, power steering, and AM-FM stereo radio.
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2025/12/31/corvettes-for-sale-two-owner-1972-corvette-lt1-convertible-offered-on-ebay/
MED CITY NEWS
— The Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) Adoption Gap Is Worse Than You Think. DD: I have type 2 diabetes. I delayed using a CGM because my Medicare and BC/BS insurance does cover it. But recently, I bought a Stelo CGM using Amazon for $100/month. It has immediately shown that my glucose spikes to over 250 after I eat, that is, I have high hyperglycemia. I am anxiously awaiting my diabetes doctor’s instructions.
https://medcitynews.com/2025/12/cgm-diabetes-healthcare/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new study found that continuous glucose monitors can cut healthcare costs by about 20% while also improving outcomes for insulin-dependent diabetes patients, largely by reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Despite these benefits and broad insurance coverage, roughly 80% of eligible patients still are not using the technology — highlighting a significant adoption gap.)
Tag: abortion
December 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBINE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/chicago-immigration-operation-midway-blitz-2/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/2025-in-review-immigration-enforcement-ice-operation-midway-blitz/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/opinion-2025-chicago-immigration-enforcement-raids/
— Here’s what Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2024 tax returns show
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/mayor-brandon-johnson-2024-tax-returns/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more drug abuse.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/libraries-opioid-reversal-naxalone/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/28/deported-chicago-to-mexico-husband-ice-detention-middway-blitz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/28/broadview-detainees-operation-midway-blitz-self-deporting-high-rates-analysis-finds
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Kwanzaa.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bronzeville/2025/12/27/bronzeville-kwanzaa-black-owned-businesses-fair
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: As home prices soar in the suburbs, communities struggle to meet affordable housing goals. DD: Back in the good old days, my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29 in 1978. SEE: https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528 My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious. The down payment came from my wife’s savings. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $108,978/year. I sold my one bedroom Outer Drive East condo and with the gain bought a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a new 1978 Chevrolet Chevette. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ My Democrat IRS superiors immediately disallowed my education deductions and again made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. They had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They started being furious when I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and more furious when I bought a new townhome in University Park in 1972 SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ and then condos in 1974 and 1976. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251227/news/as-home-prices-soar-in-the-suburbs-communities-struggle-to-meet-affordable-housing-goals/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led a successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/will-marijuana-be-legalized-rescheduled-in-2026/
WGN RADIO
— A college in degree in Illinois can go a long way. DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me as a Retail Store Manager in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me as a Revenue Officer in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business evening courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me as an Analyst in 1980. If I had not 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, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not been taking graduate evening finance courses, GAO would have forced me to retire when I was 45 in 1993 instead of when I was 49 in 1997.
https://wgnradio.com/outside-the-loop-radio/otl-1002-a-college-in-degree-in-illinois-can-go-a-long-way-the-secret-history-of-kitty-haywood/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/12/27/illinois-to-increase-funding-for-planned-parenthood/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/12/27/why-are-health-insurance-premiums-spiking-in-2026-heres-what-to-know/
CENTAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led a successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/will-marijuana-be-legalized-rescheduled-in-2026/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of health care. To regain the White House, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they would make healthcare free in America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-eepskjWlY
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Ivy League is manufacturing America’s adversaries. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote divisiveness. They ever-increasingly turn those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time AGAINST those who are conservative, White, male, older, have more money than others, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4362289/the-ivy-league-manufacturing-america-adversaries/
— The Chinese Communist Party poses a greater threat than Islamism. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with China and Islam.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4342568/chinese-communist-party-greater-threat-than-islamism/
— Affordability. DD: What helped you afford things? For me, it included my earning more money. The following helped me earn more money: a) my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) my earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4356814/subsidizing-demand-not-solve-affordability/
NEW YORK POST
— Musk slams Mamdani’s appointment of Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY commissioner over lack of experience. DD: How have your superiors treated your experience? All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government 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. The leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) ever-increasingly ignore/dismiss/belittle the experience I have gained serving a) as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and b) as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and the experience I previously gained serving a) as an American Association of Political Consultant Midwest Chapter director for 3 years, b) as the MTRO webmaster for 6 years, c) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee officer for 4 years, d) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman for 7 years, and e) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks for 16 years.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/us-news/elon-musk-slams-mamdanis-fdny-commissioner-pick-over-lack-of-experience-people-will-die/
— LA Mayor Karen Bass calls it ‘sad’ that Hispanics are joining Border Patrol – suggests they’re desperate for money. DD: When were you most desperate for money? For me, it was when my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I was 22 years old in 1971. My application for a financial hardship draft deferment was pending and I was helping support my mother and brother. His firing me directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/us-news/la-mayor-karen-bass-calls-it-sad-that-hispanics-are-joining-border-patrol/
— Mamdani-backed Queens Assembly candidate hates American holidays like Veterans Day, July 4th. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have done the most to harm Wheaton’s Independence Day parades since 1978. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes end my service as the Republican fundraiser for the parades in 2021.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/us-news/mamdani-backed-queens-assembly-candidate-hates-american-holidays-like-veterans-day-july-4th/
— ‘Unlucky’ illegal immigrant runs red light, crashes straight into ICE vehicle
https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/us-news/unlucky-illegal-immigrant-allegedly-runs-red-light-and-crashes-into-ice-vehicle/
— Mamdani gives advice to thwart, evade ICE in video message calling to ‘stand up’ to feds
https://www.aol.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-gives-advice-thwart-205026199.html
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Antisemitism is surging worldwide, but Jews must stay proud, courageous, and vigilant against threats to their people and faith. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, they had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/28/never-again-is-always/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Veiled threat? Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey warns ICE agents they could get killed if they enforce immigration law
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/veiled_threat_minneapolis_mayor_jacob_frey_warns_ice_agents_they_could_get_killed_if_they_enforce_immigration_law.html
— Kid with cell phone exposes $110 million in Somali fraud in Minnesota
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/kid_with_cell_phone_exposes_110_million_in_somali_fraud_in_minnesota.html
— Conservatism through reason and analysis
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/conservatism_through_reason_and_analysis.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As a California resident, I have seen firsthand the mirage that is leftism. Democrats appeal to emotion by espousing the good intentions of their proposed policies (and, more recently, the evil intent of Republicans — e.g., “kill Grandma”). Their policies always lead to disaster. Affirmative action, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity, Social justice policing, Appeasement abroad, Free trade (resulting in the destruction of our middle class), Universal public education, No-risk college loans, SNAP benefits for the poor, Medicaid for All (including illegal aliens), Free buses, Rent control, Gun control, Abortion, or the deceptively named “reproductive rights,” Transing of children, or the deceptively named “gender-affirming care,” Mass unfettered illegal immigration, Bend down the (health care) cost curve, If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, and Climate change and the urbanization of the populace into smart cities. Wonderful ideas — in theory. In practice, the outcome of these policies has been disastrous, particularly for those who have bought in to the lie. Inner cities are rife with drugs, crime, and homelessness.)
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— South Pacific island to take deportees in exchange for millions in US foreign aid
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/27/south-pacific-island-to-take-deportees-in-exchange-for-millions-in-us-foreign-aid-1612489/
— Debbie Wasserman Schultz claims America ‘can’t afford’ to spend millions deporting illegal aliens
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/27/dws-claims-america-cant-afford-to-spend-millions-deporting-illegal-aliens-1612451/
— Walz’s daughter extends warm Christmas greetings to illegal aliens ‘terrorized’ by ICE
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/27/walzs-daughter-extends-warm-christmas-greetings-to-illegal-aliens-terrorized-by-ice-1612387/
DAILY SIGNAL
— How Illegal Immigration and Government Failure Fuel Identity Theft
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/27/how-illegal-immigration-and-government-failure-fuel-identity-theft/
— Why Western Leaders Won’t Acknowledge ‘Radical Islam’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/22/leaders-fail-when-the-threat-of-radical-islam-is-ignored/
— The Left Framed Trump on ‘Affordability’ Crisis. Here’s What Trump Must Do Now.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/23/the-left-framed-trump-on-affordability-crisis-heres-what-trump-must-do-now/
DAILY WIRE
— Kristi Noem’s Gift? ICE Discloses List Of ‘Worst Of The Worst’ It Arrested On Christmas. The list includes murderers, gang members, and drug traffickers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homans-gift-ice-discloses-list-of-worst-of-the-worst-it-arrested-on-christmas
FOX NEWS
— ‘Unlucky’ Honduran woman arrested after allegedly running red light and crashing into ICE vehicle
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/unlucky-honduran-woman-arrested-allegedly-running-red-light-crashing-ice-vehicle
PJ MEDIA
— Biden Administration Helped Illegals Take Americans’ Housing
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/27/biden-admin-helped-illegals-take-americans-housing-sec-turner-says-n4947576
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump calls for release of any Epstein files naming Democrats: “Embarrass them”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-for-release-epstein-files-naming-democrats/
NBC NEWS
— How tracking blood sugar with continuous glucose monitoring may be helpful. Some experts claim that reducing fluctuations throughout the day can help protect against heart disease, even for people who don’t have diabetes. DD: I have started using Stelo by Dexcom to continuously monitor my blood sugar level. If you have type 2 diabetes like I do and use Stelo, please phone me at 630-653-0462.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/glucose-monitoring-blood-sugar-tracking-continuous-non-diabetic-know-rcna189881
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Is there a benefit for healthy people to track their blood sugar? Measuring blood sugar has joined sleep and exercise tracking as wellness trends, with some longevity experts claiming that reducing fluctuations throughout the day can help protect against heart disease, even for people who don’t have diabetes. Continuous glucose monitors, or CGMs, are small devices that track blood sugar in real time and can tell wearers how their bodies are reacting to stress, food, sleep or exercise. New versions attach to a user’s arm and can pair with a smartphone to give blood sugar readings throughout the day. CGMs, which the Food and Drug Administration first approved in 1999, have traditionally been prescribed only to patients with diabetes. More recently, the FDA has approved two blood sugar monitors for over-the-counter use, making them available to anyone without prescriptions.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— The U.S. Must Break China’s Chokehold on Our Economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/opinion/the-us-must-end-chinas-rare-earth-dominance.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opinion/trump-weaker-resistance-stronger.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/opinion/voter-preferences-polls.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/doge-musk-trump-analysis.html
— How to Tell Your Adult Kids the Bank of Mom and Dad Is Closed. DD: I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. I helped support my mother and brother 1970-1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/business/retirement-supporting-adult-kids.html
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— How to Use an MBA to Advance in Your Field or Change Careers. DD: The IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 gave weight to my taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola during that time. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.
https://www.usnews.com/education/articles/how-to-use-an-mba-to-advance-in-your-field-or-change-careers
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— How to find a career with a purpose. DD: What about the importance of what employers do? The importance of what the Post Office does (deliver mail), what Firestone does (sell tires and automotive services), what IRS does (collect federal taxes), and what GAO does (audit federal agencies) motivated me to not only to accept their job offers, but to withstand tremendous efforts to get rid of me by my Democrat superiors.
https://www.ajc.com/herstory/2025/12/how-to-find-a-career-with-a-purpose-this-atlanta-executive-charted-a-path/
COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN
— When Nixon ended the draft it changed the course of my life. DD: How did the Vietnam War draft impact you? It had a tremendous impact on me. I avoided the draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971. Because of my draft lottery number, the likelihood of my being drafted decreased in 1971. But the draft did not end until 1973. Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait because I was 1-A for the draft. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. That severely harmed my job search. When I graduated from NIU in 1970, I took the only job offer that I got. It was for a job that did not really require a college degree. I was rudely fired from that job because I had accepted a job offer. But that job offer was withdrawn. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS in 1971. But I soon learned that my Democrat IRS superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They despised/hated Republicans like me who avoided the draft. They got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They made it ever-increasingly clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. The aforesaid resulted in my transferring to GAO in 1980. But I soon learned that my Democrat GAO superiors who were veterans also blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, They delayed my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/local_columnists/when-nixon-ended-the-draft-50-years-ago-it-changed-the-course-of-my-life/article_20c863b8-98d7-11ed-8e1c-2b19c458cdaf.html
NPR
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5369550/trump-federal-workers-schedule-f
MS NOW
— DD: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities and at females that older Republican White males discriminate against them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUy-mDTryPk
FAST COMPANY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91460622/trump-mass-deportation-campaign-in-2025-devastating-photos
JILL SCHLESINGER
— Labor Market Slowdown: Young Grads Feel the Squeeze. DD: What harmed your job search? Potential employers viewed me as being draft bait because I was 1-A for the draft. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. That severely harmed my job search. I avoided the draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971. Because of my draft lottery number, the likelihood of my being drafted decreased in 1971. But the draft did not end until 1973. When I graduated from NIU in 1970, I took the only job offer that I got. It was for a job that did not really require a college degree.
https://www.jillonmoney.com/blog/labor-market-slowdown-young-grads-feel-the-squeeze
BANKRATE
— 9 myths about home equity. DD: When I sold my Outer Drive East studio condo in 1976, I used the equity to buy a one bedroom condo in that building. When I sold that one bedroom condo in 1978, I used the equity to buy a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a new 1978 Chevrolet Chevette. When my wife and I sold 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton and my townhome in University Park in 1984, we used the equities to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton.
https://www.bankrate.com/home-equity/myths-about-home-equity-what-homeowners-often-get-wrong/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/final-schedule-f-regulations-describe-civil-service-protections-unconstitutional-overcorrections/409616/
NFFE & FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nffe.org/press-release/trump-administration-creates-new-schedule-g-to-reward-political-lackeys-and-undercut-civil-service-protections/
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/trump-administration-estimates-50000-federal-employees-will-lose-civil-service-protections/
GALLUP
— One in Four U.S. Employees Lack Advancement Opportunities. DD: Democrats run the federal government. To advance in the federal government you have to be a Democrat and the more of the following that you are, the faster that you can advance: minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, IRS never promoted me beyond GS-12 and GAO never promoted me beyond GS-13 even though I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-relate professional license.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/695996/one-four-employees-lack-advancement-opportunities.aspx
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.naacpldf.org/five-rights-federal-workers/
MOTHER JONES
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I dad.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/elon-musk-the-fdny-veteran-who-worked-9-11-and-covid-isnt-qualified-to-lead-the-department/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
— Why being good at your job doesn’t guarantee career growth. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors have always used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems a) to favor their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) to disfavor their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. The aforesaid ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related a) bachelor’s degree, b) three master’s degrees, c) six professional certifications, and d) professional license.
https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/education/article/why-being-good-at-your-job-doesnt-guarantee-career-growth
OTHER SOIURCES
CNET
— Continuous Glucose Monitors for Easy Tracking. DD: I have started using Stelo by Dexcom to continuously monitor my blood sugar level. If you have type 2 diabetes like I do and use Stelo, please phone me at 630-653-0462.
https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/best-continuous-glucose-monitors-according-to-experts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stelo was the first over-the-counter CGM available in the US when it received FDA approval in 2024. The small sensor sits on the back of your arm and tracks your glucose levels 24/7. You can view your blood sugar levels within the app. . .Each sensor lasts up to 15 days, it’s pretty low maintenance and it’s an easy way to see how your stress, meals and daily habits influence your glucose levels. One pack of two will cost you $99 (lasts about a month) but if you subscribe that price will drop to $89 a month. The pack comes with everything you need: the sensors, applicator and overpatch to secure the sensor in place. Over the two weeks I tested the Stelo, I noticed which habits (like taking a walk after dinner) affected my blood sugar the most. I find this tool helpful for those curious about their overall health and probably not for those with a diabetes diagnosis as it doesn’t send safety alarms when your glucose levels are too high or too low. If you have a diagnosis and would like to try Stelo, I recommend speaking to your doctor to ensure it will give you the insights and alerts you need.)
December 27, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Abolish ICE’ gets early nod from Mayor Brandon Johnson in annual Chicago snowplow contest. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/abolish-ice-gets-early-nod-from-mayor-brandon-johnson-in-annual-chicago-snowplow-contest/
— Immigration-themed Nativity scene at Evanston church turns ICE agents into shepherds for a peaceful Christmas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/immigration-nativity-scene-evanston-church-ice-agents-shepherds-christmas/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Abolish ICE’ gains Mayor Brandon Johnson’s support as Chicago snowplow-naming contest returns. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/26/chicago-snowplow-naming-contest
— DD: Under Pritzker, more and more and more in Illinois will be on SNAP, that is, more and more and more will be dependent on government assistance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/12/26/illinois-hunger-congress-trump-tax-spending-law-snap-benefits-food-stamps-kate-maehr-julie-yurko
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/26/undocumented-immigrants-businesses-jobs-economy-chicago-amy-yee
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders promote Kwanzaa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/26/kwanzaa-malcolm-x-college
DAILY HERALD
— Candidate forum for 8th Congressional District Democratic primary set for Jan. 15. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Collation Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251226/news/candidate-forum-for-8th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-set-for-jan-15/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/business/article_d12558fd-a755-50c6-a98e-f3fa668efb2b.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & WGLT
— Cannabis use among teens tied to poor school performance. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, b) graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, b) earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, c) pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) earn four more professional certifications, or e) earn a professional license. I would not have been able to get jobs that enabled me to a) buy a 6-year old car when I was 16, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, d) or get married when I was 29.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-12-26/cannabis-use-among-teens-tied-to-poor-school-performance
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-12-26/marijuana-rescheduling-would-bring-some-immediate-changes-but-others-will-take-time
https://www.wglt.org/2025-12-26/cannabis-use-among-teens-tied-to-poor-school-performance
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Taking Our Islamic Enemy at His Word
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/taking-our-islamic-enemy-at-his-word/
— Open Borders, Open Jihad
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/open-borders-open-jihad/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-hunger-industrial-complex-how-america-manufactured-a-food-insecurity-crisis/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are the candidates in the contested Republican primary races on the ballot in your precinct doing to win on March 17, 2026? What are their political consultants advising them to do? Which ones are seeking or have gotten Trump’s endorsement? Which ones are you going to vote for and why? I will be hand-delivering sample Republican primary ballots and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you had adverse actions taken against you? When your critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against you, who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents continue to stress that when they had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me, virtually no one came to my defense. They had their operatives and their dupes a) rudely throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) rudely defeat my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) etc. Who have you hoped would have come to your defense, but did not? For me, it is those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect in general elections. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ radically woke employee training
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-illinois-radically-woke-employee-training-chicagos-budget-and-more-audio-wls/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— A Political Christmas Tree
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/26/a-political-christmas-tree/
— Democratic Party Infighting in Dundee Township Leads to Levy Meeting Tonight
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/26/democratic-party-infighting-in-dundee-township-leads-to-levy-meeting-tonight/
— Laws Taking Effect January 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/26/laws-taking-effect-january-1st/
— Bruce Leon Takes the Offensive in 9th Congressional District Democratic Party Race to Replace Jan Schakowsky
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=15074&action=edit
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— How the White House drew a new battle plan to take on the Washington press corps. DD: I should write about RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, and RINO party leaders who a) pander to the Democrat news media and b) take adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/26/white-house-drew-new-battle-plan-take-washington-press-corps/
— High-stakes gamble: Parents pour thousands into youth sports despite microscopic pro odds
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/26/play-pressure-hidden-toll-families-kids-professionalized-youth-sports/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California wants schools to keep parents in the dark
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4362234/california-wants-schools-keep-parents-in-the-dark/
NEW YORK POST
— Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan wears hijab in solidarity with Somalis as feds probe multibillion-dollar fraud scandal
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/us-news/minnesota-lt-gov-peggy-flanagan-wears-hijab-at-somali-market-amid-multibillion-dollar-fraud-scandal/
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/opinion/trump-makes-the-right-call-on-cannabis-after-a-40-year-wait/
— Mamdani picks his mentor: The woke, radical, anti-Israel YouTuber Ms. Rachel
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/opinion/mamdani-picks-his-mentor-the-woke-radical-anti-israel-youtuber-ms-rachel/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The calamity of illegal semi-truck drivers on the road
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_calamity_of_illegal_semi_truck_drivers_on_the_road.html
— Minnesota Gov. Walz implies that white people should have to apologize for their skin color. DD: To get more votes from nonwhites, Democrats ever-increasingly glorify and praise them, pander to them, give them more preference, and tell them that White male Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/minnesota_gov_walz_implies_that_white_people_should_have_to_apologize_for_their_skin_color.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Infuriating list of fatal car crashes caused by illegals and those who allowed them licenses
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/26/infuriating-list-of-fatal-car-crashes-caused-by-illegals-and-those-who-allowed-them-licenses-1612331/
BLAZE
— Leftist radicals doxx ICE agents with ‘WANTED’ flyers in Pennsylvania
https://www.theblaze.com/news/leftist-radicals-doxx-ice-agents-with-wanted-flyers
BREITBART
— Democrats ‘Have Adopted Illegal Aliens as Their Primary Constituents’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/26/exclusive-scott-jennings-democrats-have-adopted-illegal-aliens-as-their-primary-constituents/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Kristi Noem urges illegal immigrants to self-deport with $3K bonus or risk deportation, never returning to the US. DD: To me, $3,000 is a lot of money. In today’s dollars, during 1964, 1965, and 1966, I worked for $12.77/hour washing dishes. To earn $3,000 in today’s dollars, I had to work 235 hours.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dhs-offers-3k-holiday-stipend-for-illegal-aliens-to-self-deport.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Victor Davis Hanson Explains Why DEI Is the Most ‘Toxic Ideology’ DD: DEI destroys meritocracy.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/26/victor-davis-hanson-dei-is-most-toxic-ideology-weve-ever-experienced/
FOX NEWS
— Defiant TPUSA leader won’t quit despite intimidation, harassment after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. After a string of harassment, intimidation and destruction in the wake of the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, a leader at one of the organization’s college chapters refuses to back down. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386873781112
— Most radical courses, curriculum that received federal funding in 2025. Parents’ rights groups across the country have spoken out against far-left indoctrination over the past year. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earning a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/most-radical-courses-curriculum-received-federal-funding-2025
— Homeownership is making a comeback thanks to Trump, but there’s more to come. HUD report shows foreign-born migrants accounted for two-thirds of growth in rental demand. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My being hired in 1970 and 1971 enabled me to not only buy a new townhome in 1972, but to also buy a new Corvette in 1971 and pay for graduate evening business courses in 1972.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sec-turner-homeownership-making-comeback-thanks-trump-theres-more-come.amp
HOT AIR
— Wokeness Isn’t Dead. DD: My critics/opponents continue to promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI. They continue to deny that AA and DEI are reverse discrimination and age discrimination.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/12/26/wokeness-isnt-dead-n3810212
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Deadly Highway Crashes Prompt ICE Sweep of Illegal Alien Truckers in California
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-operation-california-highway-illegal-alien-truckers
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DEI Policies Have Caused Real Harm to Young White Men. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) reverse discrimination and age discrimination have never existed and b) older White males have caused all the world’s problems.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/dei-policies-have-caused-real-harm-to-young-white-men/amp/
NEWSMAX
— ICE: 70% Arrested Had Criminal Ties
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ice-trump-admin-illegals/2025/12/26/id/1239728/
— Discrimination Can Apply to Any Color, Any Sex, Any Race. DD: According to my critics/opponents, only those who are the following discriminate: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/bondi-dei/2025/12/26/id/1239727/
PJ MEDIA
— Laken Riley Act Arrests Reach 17,500
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/26/laken-riley-act-arrests-of-criminals-hit-17500-n4947555
— Not every Black or female is deemed more employable than a White male; only Black or female candidates who demonstrate the proper adherence to progressive values and the progressive agenda are deemed worthy. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise an older Black woman.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/12/26/theres-a-right-kind-of-black-and-a-wrong-kind-of-black-n4947548
— Woke Professor Smears ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ As Racist
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/26/woke-professor-smears-its-a-wonderful-life-as-racist-n4947551
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani’s new lesbian FDNY fire chief never worked as a firefighter. “There are some young LGBTQ members that maybe don’t see this as a possibility for them and I want them to know that there’s nothing that can stop them from finding success.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdanis-new-lesbian-fdny-fire-chief-never-worked-as-a-firefighter
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some have been critical of Bonsignore’s appointment as well as her comment, saying that she was hired only for DEI purposes.)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Feminism, Anti-Racism & the Unraveling of Western Civilization. Statistics from media, academia, and law suggest meritocracy has given way to ideology—reshaping institutions, sidelining men, and raising hard questions about the West’s long-term viability.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/12/26/feminism_anti-racism_amp_the_unraveling_of_western_civilization_681458.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters continue to promote Joe Walsh.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5664041-joe-walsh-criticizes-ice-raids/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Boston Archbishop to meet with priest over controversial “ICE was here” nativity scene. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/ice-was-here-nativity-dedham-boston/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Most Americans decide 2025 isn’t the year for charity. DD: Most if not virtually all charities promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promote even more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, and f) socialism.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/24/charitable-giving-declines-philanthropy-affordability-this-year-2025/
MSN
— US rolls out $5,000 penalty for migrants caught after illegal entry
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/us-rolls-out-5000-penalty-for-migrants-caught-after-illegal-entry/ar-AA1RSlwD
CNBC
— As the cost of living keeps climbing, Americans are trying to muscle through the affordability crisis. DD: At my and my wife’s stage in life, we deal with inflation by using our retirement savings. We have no children.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/how-americans-are-responding-to-the-affordability-crisis.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Strange Death of Make America Great Again. DD: I agree with MAGA when it promotes conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. I disagree with MAGA when it rejects conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/opinion/turning-points-americafest-maga.html
— Agriculture Department Sheds a Fifth of Its Workers. From January to June, more than 20,000 employees out of more than 110,000 left the agency, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general. DD: Because of Gingrich budget cuts, GAO shed half its workers between 1980 and 1997. I was one of them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/us/politics/trump-agriculture-department-resignations-cuts.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Tale of Two Medicaid States: Minnesota Fraud vs. Indiana Reform. More indictments in Tim Walz’s state, while Mike Braun’s reforms save hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/medicaid-fraud-minnesota-indiana-reforms-tim-walz-mike-braun-d1edb6b1
— The Bruising Reality of Searching for a Job at 65. DD: I have been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always stressed that. In my defense, my Democrat GAO forced me to retire, that is, they fired me. Before that, a) they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) they delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) they forced me to take a $23,472/year pay cut (21%) n today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Before that, my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers. Before that, my Democrat Post Office superiors, a) forced me to resign and b) disallowed my sick leave requests. The aforesaid has rendered worthless a) my work experience, b) my job-related bachelor’s degree, c) my three job-related master’s degrees, d) my six job-related professional certifications, and e) my job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-bruising-reality-of-searching-for-a-job-at-65-eed94709
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Committee Republicans advance House bill to overhaul the federal probationary period. DD: Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/committee-republicans-advance-house-bill-to-overhaul-the-federal-probationary-period/
FROM OTHER SOURSES
GOOGE AI
— Come to your defense. DD: Have you had adverse actions taken against you? When your critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against you, who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents continue to stress that when they had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me, virtually no one came to my defense. They had their operatives and their dupes a) rudely throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) rudely defeat my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) etc. Who have you hoped would have come to your defense, but did not? For me, it is those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect in general elections.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22come+to+your+defense%22
HR MORNING
— Ask these 8 questions to get difficult employees back on track. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees. They all were Democrats who were minority, female, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Further, they assigned me to work for the supervisors who they wanted to get rid of.
https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/back-on-track/
December 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration moves to overhaul how H-1B visas are granted, ending lottery system
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/24/trump-administration-h-1b-visas/
— Illinois joins states suing HHS over move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/24/illinois-lawsuit-hhs-gender-affirming-care/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with delinquent student loan borrowers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/student-loan-wages-garnished/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/24/faith-leaders-denied-broadview-facility/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/24/broadview-ice-deportation-detainees-illinois-faith-leaders-denied-access-christmas-eve-jonathan-jackson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/24/after-fleeing-war-ukraine-they-thought-they-were-safe-then-came-trumps-deportation-blitz
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane Auditor Penny Wegman named Auditor of the Year. ‘This recognition reflects the collective work of Kane County government.’
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/12/25/kane-auditor-penny-wegman-named-auditor-of-the-year/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Association of County Auditors promotes professional excellence, accountability, and best practices in county financial management, according to its website. Wegman, who was reelected to a second term in 2024, is currently seeking to become the county’s treasurer. She is vying for the Democratic Party’s nomination in a three-way race with Scott Johansen and Connie Cain in the March 17, 2026, primary election. The primary winner will face incumbent Treasurer Chris Lauzen in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. Lauzen, a Republican, is unopposed in the GOP primary while he seeks a second term.)
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/24/after-fleeing-war-ukraine-they-thought-they-were-safe-then-came-trumps-deportation-blitz
WIFR
— DOJ sues Illinois governor JB Pritzker, Kwame Raoul
https://www.wifr.com/video/2025/12/23/doj-sues-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-kwame-raoul/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-24/how-the-clergy-has-rallied-against-the-trump-administrations-immigration-policies
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Challenge to 77 Illinois Scholarships and Programs for Systematic Discrimination at Seven State Universities. DD: Did you get a scholarship? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if you did not get a scholarship, you were not college material. My critics/opponents have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/24/challenge-to-77-illinois-scholarships-and-programs-for-systematic-discrimination-at-seven-state-universities/
— Politicians Who Ended Up on Santa’s Naughty List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/24/politicians-who-ended-up-on-santas-naughty-list/
— Pritzker Replaces Lost Subsidies for Planned Parenthood with State Money. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/24/pritzker-replaces-lost-subsidies-for-planned-parenthood-with-state-money/
— Downstater Reacts to Chicago Transit Bailout from Road Fund
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/downstater-reacts-to-chicago-transit-bailout-from-road-fund/
— Feds Prosecute “Hate” Motivation, Rather Than the Crime of Arson
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/feds-prosecute-hate-motivation-rather-than-the-crime-of-arson/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Naughty list includes state lawmakers, county leaders, mayors
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/naughty-list-includes-state-lawmakers-county-leaders-mayors/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Government unions put politics before workers. Political candidates use unwitting teachers’ dues to fund campaigns. DD: Yes, but if GAO had unionized sooner, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/24/government-unions-put-politics-workers/
— Radical left Democrats’ terror-influencing strategy revealed. From attacks on Supreme Court justices to ICE assaults, a pattern emerges that party leaders refuse to confront.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/24/radical-left-democrats-terror-influencing-strategy-revealed/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ben Shapiro is right to defend conservatism. DD: My critics/opponents reject many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) principles.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4357116/ben-shapiro-is-right-to-defend-conservatism/
NEW YORK POST
— Bless our billionaires — the wealth they create makes us ALL richer. An Axios-Generation poll found, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” DD: Under socialism, you advance based on your loyalty to your superiors, not your merit. Federal employees advance based on their loyalty to the Democrat Party platform, not based on their merit. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I dad.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/24/opinion/bless-our-billionaires-the-wealth-they-create-makes-us-all-richer/
— Judge backs New York’s ‘Green Light’ Law, delivering blow to Trump admin. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/24/us-news/judge-backs-new-yorks-green-light-law-delivering-blow-to-trump-admin/
— Race bait: To skirt the law, colleges incentivize applicants to write ‘identity essays.’ DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But if I was 18, 20, 23, 27, or 43 today, because of my bad demographics, I doubt they would admit me today.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/race-bait-to-skirt-the-law-colleges-incentivize-applicants-to-write-identity-essays/
AMAC
— 2025 Will Forever Be the Year Trump Took America’s Borders Back
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/2025-will-forever-be-the-year-trump-took-americas-borders-back/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A ‘most egregious’ injustice of ‘malicious anti-White’ lawfare
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/a_most_egregious_injustice_of_malicious_anti_white_lawfare.html
— Ted Cruz: Conservative of the year
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/ted_cruz_conservative_of_the_year.html
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Trump Supersizes the Entry Ban. Countries with High Visa Overstay Rates Get Squeezed.
https://cis.org/Fishman/Trump-Supersizes-Entry-Ban
CHRISTIAN INFORMATION RADIO
— Not Marriage Material. American women have never been this resigned to staying single. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.vcy.org/viewpoints-with-kerby-anderson/2025/04/04/not-marriage-material/
DAILY CALLER
— Far-Left Democrats Celebrate Blackness Over Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/25/kwanzaa-squanzaa-aoc-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-rashida-talib-ayanna-pressley-delia-ramirez/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The War on White Men Is Real—Here’s the Proof. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/24/the-war-on-white-men-is-real-heres-the-proof/amp/
DAILY WIRE
— Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Effort To Stop New York From Giving Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses. New York Attorney General Letitia James celebrated Tuesday’s ruling, arguing that the state law promotes safety. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-strikes-down-trumps-effort-to-stop-new-york-from-giving-illegal-immigrants-drivers-licenses
— AT&T eliminates DEI programs, says hiring and advancement will now be merit-based. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. The Democrats who ran GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not 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.
https://www.aol.com/articles/t-eliminates-dei-programs-says-074116809.html
FEDERALIST
— It’s Your Civic Duty To Reject The ‘Nation Of Immigrants’ Propaganda You Learned In School. DD: Citizens of England founded America.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/24/its-your-civic-duty-to-reject-the-nation-of-immigrants-propaganda-you-learned-in-school/
FOX NEWS
— 17,500 illegal immigrants arrested under Laken Riley Act in Trump’s second term. Kristi Noem credits Trump for empowering agency to target criminal illegal immigrants including gang members.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-17500-illegal-immigrants-arrested-under-laken-riley-act-trumps-second-term.amp
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Northwestern University Releases Pro-DEI Instructions for Educators. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/northwestern-u-releases-pro-dei-instructions-for-educators/
NEWSMAX
— ‘Radical judge’ wants illegals back into the country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLMerKakDRo
— Judge Rejects DOJ Challenge to N.Y. Driver’s License Law. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/new-york-green-light-law-illegal-aliens/2025/12/24/id/1239611/
— Laken Riley Act Drives Surge in ICE Arrests Nationwide
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/laken-riley-act-dhs-ice/2025/12/24/id/1239591/
— Border Patrol Goes Nationwide to Apprehend Aliens
https://www.newsmax.com/us/border-patrol-chief-banks/2025/12/24/id/1239559/
PJ MEDIA
— ICE Operation Named for Laken Riley Claps 1,000 Criminals in Handcuffs
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/24/ice-operation-named-for-laken-riley-claps-1000-criminals-in-handcuffs-n4947480
— New York allowed to keep giving illegal aliens drivers licenses after Biden-appointed judge’s ruling. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://thepostmillennial.com/new-york-allowed-to-keep-giving-illegal-aliens-drivers-licenses-after-biden-appointed-judges-ruling
REASON
— The DOJ Assails D.C.’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban As an Arbitrary, Historically Ungrounded Gun Law. The department’s lawsuit notes that the prohibited firearms are “in common use” for “lawful purposes,” meaning they are covered by the Second Amendment. DD: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 in 1968.
https://reason.com/2025/12/24/the-doj-assails-d-c-s-assault-weapon-ban-as-an-arbitrary-historically-ungrounded-gun-law/
TOWNHALL
— Stephen Miller Blasts CBS for Sympathizing With Criminal Illegal Immigrants
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/24/stephen-miller-calls-for-firing-of-cbs-producers-n2668464
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Europe will be ‘unrecognizable’ in 20 years due to immigration
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/europe-will-unrecognizable-20-years-due-immigration-white-house-strate-rcna247534
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— How to Use an MBA to Advance. DD: IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986 if I had not 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.
https://www.usnews.com/education/articles/how-to-use-an-mba-to-advance-in-your-field-or-change-careers
YAHOO FINANCE
— More than 200 S&P 500 companies scrubbed ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from annual reports in 2025. DD: All my employers crowed about their success in meeting/exceeding Affirmative Action quotas/goals/targets, that is, they crowed about their success in discriminating against their employees who were conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/finance/more-200-p-500-companies-143039217.html
CBS NEWS
— Trump said early Wednesday that TV broadcast licenses should be revoked if newscasts and late-night shows are almost entirely negative about him and the GOP. DD: The mainstream news media is entirely negative about Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-broadcast-licenses-terminated-100-negative/
— H-1B visa lottery system being replaced as DHS prioritizes skilled, higher-paid foreign workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/h-1b-visas-lottery-system-being-replaced-as-process-for-granting-them-reworked/
— Duckworth calls Trump a “draft-dodging coward.” DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft with deferments. Those who have done that the most were my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors and supervisors who were veterans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/at-dnc-sen-tammy-duckworth-uses-her-personal-history-to-call-out-donald-trump/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Candace Owens Is the Conservative Movement’s Frankenstein Monster
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/opinion/candace-owens-erika-kirk.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Do you know any federal employees or federal retirees? What is your attitude toward them? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. My critics/opponents have always negatively stressed that. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that federal employees have always been grossly overpaid and their benefits have always been much too generous and b) that federal pensions and benefits have always been much too generous. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that in the private sector, I never could have earned in today’s dollars a) $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, d) $82,655/year when I was 24, e) $99,069/year when I was 25, f) $112,280/year when I was 29, g) $117,807/year when I was 38, and h) $153,151 when I was 49. Since I was 49, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been $66,780/year in today’s dollars. The federal government has paid a) 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since I was 18 and b) 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums since I was 29. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-relate professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/24/trump-federal-government-workers/
ABC SAN DIEGO
— National Guard to be sent to New Orleans, after Supreme Court blocks deployment in Chicago. The National Guard is expected to be in Louisiana through the end of February to help fight crime there.
https://www.10news.com/politics/the-president/national-guard-to-be-sent-to-new-orleans-after-supreme-court-blocks-deployment-in-chicago
FAST COMPANY
— Skills-First Hiring. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. GAO audits IRS. The skills that I had that the Democrats who ran GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran included the skills that I acquired a) working for IRS 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, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and d) earning an MBA in 1976. Much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do for GAO. GAO’s forcing me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars proves its discrimination against those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91466644/key-workforce-trends-to-watch-in-2026
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Death By Lightning Shows Why a Professional Civil Service Matters. Trump wants to bring back the spoils system. The Netflix miniseries is an entertaining tale of why we should never do that. DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to advance the Democrat Party platform. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by earning a high school diploma and passing the postal employment examination. I qualified myself for the IRS job by earning a bachelor’s degree in business and passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/19/death-by-lightning-shows-why-a-professional-civil-service-matters/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Privilege. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more wrongly privileged that you are and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/jan/29/does-your-job-depend-on-how-privileged-you-are
December 23, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-ruling-keeps-donald-trumps-chicago-national-guard-deployment-blocked-now/18309907/
— Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pope-leo-xiv-news-catholic-church-leader-disappointed-approval-assisted-suicide-legislation-home-state-illinois/18310097/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/supreme-court-trump-national-guard-illinois/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/20/november-us-consumer-goods-price-tracker/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pope disappointed by approval of Illinois’ assisted suicide legislation. Pope Leo XIV said he asked Gov. JB Pritzker not to sign legislation allowing assisted suicide in Illinois. “We were very clear about the necessity to respect the sacredness of life from the very beginning to the very end, and unfortunately … he decided to sign that bill.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2025/12/23/pope-disappointed-over-approval-of-illinois-assisted-suicide-legislation
DAILY HERALD
— Why three congressional candidates could be booted from the ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/us-congress-politics/why-three-congressional-candidates-could-be-booted-from-the-ballot/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three congressional candidates vying to serve different parts of the Northwest or West suburbs will find out early next month if they’ll appear on March 2026 primary ballots or be booted. On the hot seat are Democrat Mark J. Pasieka Sr., a Chicagoan running in the 3rd District; and two Republicans running in the 11th District, Tedora Brown of Palos Park and Michael Pierce of Naperville.)
— DuPagePads opens new warming center in Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/news/dupagepads-opens-new-warming-center-in-wheaton/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Quantifying the Tax Local Officials Did Not Vote To Impose, a “Would Have Been, Could Have Been” Article
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/quantifying-the-tax-local-officials-did-not-vote-to-impose-a-would-have-been-could-have-been-article/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court rules against Trump on deploying troops to Chicago
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/supreme-court-rules-trump-deploying-troops-chicago/
— Medicaid wasted more than $200 million on dead enrollees in single year
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/medicaid-paid-200-million-care-deceased-patients-single-year/
— White House rebuffs Catholic bishops’ appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/catholic-bishops-appeal-christmas-pause-immigration-enforcement/
— Military hits best recruiting numbers in 15 years
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/military-hits-best-recruiting-numbers-15-years-pentagon-says/
— Islam is still incompatible with America
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/december-2025-islam-still-incompatible-america/
— American families deserve real health care relief. There’s a better path than Obamacare.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/american-families-deserve-real-health-care-relief/
NEW YORK POST
— Toxic ideas fueling far-left terrorists came straight from our college campuses
https://nypost.com/2025/12/23/opinion/toxic-fuel-for-far-left-terrorists-came-straight-from-our-colleges/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The problem behind ‘affordability’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_problem_behind_affordability.html
— NBC criticizes Trump admin for claiming ‘without evidence’ that white civilization is being erased
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/more_fake_news_nbc_criticizes_trump_admin_for_claiming_without_evidence_that_white_civilization_is_being_erased.html
— The ‘affordability crisis’ myth
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_affordability_crisis_myth.html
BREITBART
— SCOTUS Rules Against Trump Sending National Guard to Sanctuary Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/23/scotus-rules-against-trump-sending-national-guard-sanctuary-chicago/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Worst 5 examples of higher ed’s pro-abortion agenda in 2025. Abortion is celebrated and promoted on college campuses.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/worst-5-examples-higher-eds-pro-abortion-agenda-2025/29167
DAILY WIRE
— TPUSA Attendees Rally Around JD Vance At AmFest. “JD Vance represents the greatest conservative movement in over forty years.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tpusa-attendees-rally-around-jd-vance-at-amfest
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Judge Strikes Down California’s Policies Hiding Gender Switches From Parents. The permanent injunction includes language that bars any employee in California’s education system from ’misleading the parent.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-strikes-down-californias-policies-hiding-gender-switches-from-parents-5961936
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani FIRES BACK after report exposes anti-Zionist appointees
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386869048112
— 20% of NYC mayor-elect Mamdani transition appointees have anti-Zionist ties
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/20-nyc-mayor-elect-mamdani-transition-appointees-have-anti-zionist-ties-adl.amp
NEWSMAX
— California Auditor Flags Newsom Admin as High Risk, Citing Billions in Exposure
https://www.newsmax.com/us/california-gavin-newsom-audit/2025/12/23/id/1239457/
PATRIOT POST
— Slouching Toward Open Season on Jews. To catalog all the recent violence against Jews in the Western world would fill a book.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/123805-slouching-toward-open-season-on-jews-2025-12-23
POST MILLENNIAL
— Vance overwhelmingly wins AmFest straw poll for 2028 GOP presidential nominee. The poll found that 84.2 percent of attendees want Vance for the spot, while no other figure in the poll received double-digit support.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-jd-vance-overwhelmingly-wins-amfest-straw-poll-for-2028-gop-presidential-nominee
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The NLRB Can Now Serve the American People, Not the Democratic Party
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/22/the_nlrb_can_now_serve_the_american_people_not_the_democratic_party_153661.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Chalks Up His Antisemitic Staff Problem As a ‘Wide Variety of Political Opinion’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/23/mamdani-radical-staffers-wide-variety-of-political-opinion-n2668370
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— US seeks to cancel thousands of asylum cases
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-seeks-cancel-thousands-asylum-cases-cbs-news-reports-2025-12-23/
CNBC
— Entry-level hiring is down 23% from March 2020. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. My salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars almost 18 years later in 1997, after I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after I became a licensed CPA in 1981, after I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/this-is-linkedins-no-1-piece-of-advice-for-entry-level-job-seekers-in-2026.html
USA TODAY
— Turning Point exposes Republican infighting when we need unity. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, those organizations would still be hosting candidate debates today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/23/turning-point-republican-infighting-conservative-movement/87855762007/
INC.
— The Top 15 Highest-Paying Jobs for 2026 That Don’t Require a College Degree. DD: Firestone Stores would not have hired me as a Retail Store Manager in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me as a Revenue Officer in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate business evening courses. GAO would not have hired me as an Analyst in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not 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.
https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/the-top-15-highest-paying-jobs-for-2026-that-dont-require-a-degree/91281103
TALKING POINTS MEMO
— GAO Has Been Calling Out Trump’s Illegal Impoundment. That May Soon Change.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/one-agency-has-been-calling-out-trumps-illegal-impoundment-that-may-soon-change
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Throughout 2025, the Trump administration has, time after time, simply refused to spend funds that Congress appropriated. The obstinacy was without precedent in modern American governance; congressional Democrats suggested it had put the country on track toward a constitutional crisis. Republicans, who controlled both chambers of Congress, largely did nothing. Piping up occasionally to affirm to those who were paying attention that they had not entirely lost their minds was a relatively small watchdog agency housed within the legislative branch: The Government Accountability Office (GAO). . .Following Dodaro’s retirement, Congress will establish a bipartisan panel to recommend a replacement to the president. President Donald Trump will then nominate a candidate subject to Senate confirmation. But experts worry that the ostensibly bipartisan process will not be enough to force Trump to appoint someone who will live up to the agency’s nonpartisan mission, which includes investigating improper, wasteful and fraudulent use of the money Congress allocates. “It is very likely that Gene Dodaro is replaced with a Trump lackey,” Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, told TPM. Kogan worries that if Dodaro is replaced by a Trump loyalist, the agency will stop doing the “important part of what they have been doing, which is investigations, public oversight and accountability.” “GAO investigations are extremely important,” Georgetown Law professor David Super told TPM. “In many respects, it provides a better and more independent version of what the inspectors general used to provide,” he said, referencing the watchdogs who sit within many executive branch agencies — and who Trump fired en masse in 2025. “Since Trump has gotten rid of the inspectors general, we don’t have that independent site,” Super continued. “So having an independent GAO looking at things is extremely important. And, certainly, Congress would have a harder time doing its job without GAO.”)
PEW RESEARCH
— The Political Gap in Americans’ News Sources. DD: Since 2000, I have worked hard to fill an ever-increasing political news and commentary gap in Illinois with my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Tragically, there are fewer and fewer and fewer conservative news and commentary sources in Illinois.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/06/10/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources/
December 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Department of Justice sues Pritzker, Raoul over law barring federal immigration actions at courthouses. The law bars immigration enforcement from taking place inside or within 1,000 feet of state courthouses. The federal government claims states can’t dictate where federal agents make arrests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/22/department-of-justice-sues-pritzker-raoul-over-law-barring-federal-immigration-actions-at-courthouses
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/federal-push-to-relax-marijuana-classification-should-help-the-industry-in-illinois-but-the-effects-for-consumers-may-take-time/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-funding-for-dupagepads-will-help-save-lives-shelter-countys-homeless/
WSPY
— Bailey says Illinois must generate more power to cut costs
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/governor-candidate-says-illinois-must-generate-more-power-to-cut-costs/article_59ee29a7-6dd5-40ee-a979-639b0413ac63.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Is Forcing Ideology on Its Employees — and Calling It ‘Training’
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-forcing-ideology-on-its-employees-and-calling-it-training-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Danielle Penman, Hopeful of Succeeding Don DeWitte in State Senate, Appears Before McHenry County GOP Central Executive Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/danielle-penman-hopeful-of-succeeding-don-dewitte-in-state-senate-appears-before-mchenry-county-gop-central-executive-committee/
– McHenry County State’s Attorney Keeps Still Another Man from Getting SAFE-T Act Get Out of Jail Free Card
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/mchenry-county-states-attorney-keeps-still-another-man-from-getting-safe-t-actget-out-of-jail-free-card/
— A New Revenue Idea for Balancing Chicago’s Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/a-new-revenue-idea-for-balancing-chicagos-budget/
— U.S. Senate Hopeful Don Tracy Appears Before McHenry County GOP Central Executive Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/u-s-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-appears-before-mchenry-county-gop-central-executive-committee/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats thrive on government fraud. DD: I became a Certified Fraud Examiner when I was 41 in 1990. I became a Forensic Accountant when I was 48 in 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted that.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/22/democrats-thrive-government-fraud/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani doesn’t care about upward mobility. DD: From what I see, for those in America who are the following, upward mobility is ever-increasingly crashing: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, I was able to do the following, but I doubt that I could if I was young today: a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) earn a job-related professional license. When I was young, the following hired me, but I doubt that they would hire me if I was young today: a) Post Office, Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO. When I was young, the following promoted me, but I doubt that they would promote me if I was young today: a) IRS and b) GAO.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/mamdani-doesnt-care-about-upward-mobility-and-his-charter-school-snub-proves-it/
— The great debate over what makes an American. DD: According to Democrat leaders, real Americans despise if not hate those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/what-makes-an-american-jd-vance-gets-it-right/
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— It’s no mystery that ‘The View’ is in the pocket of the left, but just how biased could they be? The political leanings of the show’s guests reveal the answer in stark relief, to the surprise of very few. The Media Research Center’s study of the 341 guests who visited ‘The View’ in 2025 indicates that a mere two of them are conservatives. A whopping 128 of the visitors were liberal, including 25 left-leaning politicians. DD: Since at least 2000, very few leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have been conservative.
https://americanwirenews.com/tally-of-the-view-guests-in-2025-include-128-liberals-and-guess-how-many-conservatives/
BREITBART
— Dems Demand Trump Continue Welfare-Dependent Immigration to U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/22/democrats-demand-trump-continue-welfare-dependent-immigration-to-u-s/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Michigan State to host ‘Queering Racial Justice Summit’ highlighting ‘intersections of queer and racial identity’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/michigan-state-host-queering-racial-justice-summit-highlighting-intersections-queer-racial-identity/29183
FOX BUSINESS
— Healthcare problems today are 100% caused by Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuQVUNmci_s
FOX NEWS
— Turning Point poll reveals conservatives ‘all in’ for JD Vance 2028 presidential run. DD: I conducted many straw polls for the Milton Township Republican Organization and for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I should write about those candidates who did not win those polls. I would focus on those candidates who blamed me for that and who had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/turning-point-poll-reveals-conservatives-all-in-jd-vance-2028-presidential-run
NEWSMAX
— Ban Welfare for Immigrants
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/randy-fine-ilhan-omar-somalia/2025/12/22/id/1239360/
TOWNHALL
— The Trump Admin Just Gave Illegal Aliens Even More Reason to Self-Deport
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/22/the-trump-administration-offers-a-christmas-gift-to-illegals-n2668301
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cannabis-use-is-up-46-among-american-seniors-as-trump-signs-an-order-to-reclassify-marijuana-are-you-positioned-to-profit-if-pot-stocks-surge/ar-AA1SQmC3
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A nerdy economics essay recently went viral. It asserted that the federal measure for the poverty line was woefully outdated and that for a family of four, the income needed today to function in American society was $140,000. The essay, by Michael Green, a financial market strategist, struck a nerve and set off another round of debate about affordability, focused this time on whether people with six-figure incomes should feel strapped. DD: I did not make $140,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 45 in 1993 and I had earned master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, and 41, and a professional license when I was 32.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/middle-class-us-economy-affordability.html
USA TODAY
— Federal judge rules US must give due process to deported Venezuelans. DD: The federal justices and judges in Diersen v. GAO denied me due process. They denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They would not have done that if Republicans had been the discriminators and I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/22/trump-administration-venezuelan-migrants-alien-enemies-act/87890359007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/12/20/immigrant-woman-detained-months-judge-orders-deportation/87813683007/
SACRAMENTO BEE
— As health care premiums soar, Democrats are eager to blame Republicans
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article313895932.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Heritage Foundation Blows Up. Its conservative scholars jump to Mike Pence’s policy shop after being stifled at the think tank.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/heritage-foundation-staff-exodus-mike-pence-kevin-roberts-c4ba0b7c
— AI Means the End of Entry-Level Jobs. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. My salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars almost 18 years later in 1997, after I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after I became a licensed CPA in 1981, after I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ai-means-the-end-of-entry-level-jobs-6b268661
— Rove: Democrats’ Lessons From 2024? Never Mind. Hoping its problems have solved themselves, the party won’t release its ‘after-action report.’ DD: From what I see, the Democrat plan for retaking the White House, Senate, and House is to continue to a) destroy Trump and all those who voted for him, b) flood America with illegals and keep them in America, c) promote even more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, and d) promote socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-lessons-from-2024-never-mind-a8f93bca
— The Year the Job Market Hit a Wall. Unemployment rose and wage growth shrank this year, potentially setting up an even rougher 2026. DD: When I was 18 in 1966, the Post Office would not have offered me a job if it had not gotten a budget increase to deal with the 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/2025-jobs-unemployment-charts-f231bdef
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal government has led this year’s job cutting, as the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency quickly moved to downsize the federal workforce early in 2025. Rounds of layoffs, the deferred-resignation plan and other voluntary departure programs, including an early-retirement push, slashed the number of civil servants in the federal workforce to its smallest in more than a decade as of November.)
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2025/12/22/mike-levin-warns-of-healthcare-insurance-hikes-when-2026-hits-previews-next-steps-on-aca/
FAST COMPANY
— LGBTQ+ fans express disappointment in Nicki Minaj after she appears with Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA event. The star, who once positioned herself as a queer ally, is generating quite an intense reaction from admirers who feel betrayed.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91464983/nicki-minaj-erika-kirk-turning-point-usa-queer-fans-express-disappointment
NERD WALLET
— How to Pay for Grad School in 2025. DD: I paid lots of money for tuition and books to earn an MBA from Loyola (16 courses) in 1976 when I was 27, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul (12 courses) in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT (14 courses) in 1997. That money came from what I earned working for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/student-loans/learn/ask-brianna-paying-graduate-school
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average cost of a master’s degree was $62,820 in 2024, according to the Education Data Initiative. But the cost of graduate school can vary by school, type of degree and program. Regardless of which university’s name will be on your diploma, you may need to pay for your degree with graduate student loans. But before taking on debt, use these strategies to reduce how much you borrow.)
BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/health-costs-rise-everywhere-in-2026-not-just-with-obamacare
FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION
— Congress Should Reform GAO for the Twenty-First Century. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They wasted my career, they took many big adverse actions against me, and they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They did that because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid in 1988. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.thefai.org/posts/congress-should-reform-the-government-accountability-office-for-the-twenty-first-century
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Comptroller General Gene Dodaro’s 15-year term leading the Government Accountability Office will end later this month. Mr. Dodaro’s tenure of public service spans more than 50 years. Few Americans have made more contributions to the federal government, and his leadership has resulted in considerable savings for American taxpayers. The end of his term begins a process to fill the vacancy: a bipartisan congressional commission recommends a slate of candidates, the president nominates from that list, and the Senate provides advice and consent, including possible rejection. The process of recommending, nominating, and confirming a new Comptroller General in 1996 and 2008 took about two years, often with irregularities. The upcoming vacancy and looming debate provide an opportunity for Congress—and GAO itself—to reimagine the organization for the twenty-first century. GAO’s more-than-a-century-long history has involved several transformations. During the twentieth century, the organization’s original focus—auditing government payment vouchers–transitioned into broader financial oversight, program evaluations, and directed work on behalf of Congress. Congress started layering on additional responsibilities. In 1974, Congress directed GAO to police impoundments, and in 1996, it gave GAO a role in reviewing regulations. In the 1990s, GAO faced steep budget cuts and staffing reductions, prompting a new comptroller general, David Walker, to refocus the organization’s mission heading into the 2000s—including rebranding the organization to focus on its modern mission of government accountability and delivering a return on investment for American taxpayers in terms of government savings. Over the past quarter-century, GAO’s work has produced roughly $1.5 trillion in financial benefits for the U.S. government. Over the past 15 years, GAO’s annual reviews of duplication and waste across federal programs have resulted in more than $700 billion in financial benefits. As a trusted, nonpartisan institution within the legislative branch, GAO continues to provide substantial value to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Nevertheless, GAO is now at a crossroads. GAO and the current comptroller general have faced increasing opposition from the Trump administration and some congressional Republicans. OMB Director Russ Vought has stated, “We’re not big fans of GAO,” and called the organization “something that shouldn’t exist.” This opposition is primarily due to concerns about GAO’s recent actions related to its congressionally mandated responsibilities under the Impoundment Control Act and the Congressional Review Act. On Capitol Hill, some members and staff question the usefulness of GAO’s reports and recommendations. During the 117th Congress, a bipartisan select committee passed a recommendation that called for a review of congressional satisfaction with GAO’s work. Some evidence indicates that GAO’s work is not having the intended impact. At least a quarter of GAO’s recommendations are routinely ignored. As of December 2025, more than 5,200 open recommendations remain unaddressed. GAO maintains a “high risk list” of “government operations with serious vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, or in need of transformation,” which currently includes 37 areas, including nine items identified in the last century. Some question whether GAO is overly cautious in its approach to evaluating federal programs and activities. There is a long-running joke among congressional staff and even GAO employees and alumni that its reports typically include a balanced framing, such as “progress made, challenges remain,” which requires Congress to probe deep into the reports page and footnotes to actually understand potential problems identified through program evaluations. GAO’s own metrics show a declining impact. As of December 2025, GAO’s own performance metrics reveal a recent decline in the organization’s return on investment and in its ability to encourage federal agencies to implement its recommendations promptly between 2019 and 2024. This decline has occurred despite bipartisan reforms enacted by Congress over the past decade to increase GAO’s ROI and effectiveness. Some question whether these trends are linked to GAO’s transition to widespread remote work, which persists today and was codified by a 2023 agreement with its labor union, and to a headquarters building that is often largely empty, according to GAO staff. . .The upcoming nomination of a new comptroller general offers a chance to put GAO back on the right track. GAO itself should propose reforms and process changes to address these concerns. As Congress and President Trump prepare to recommend and nominate the next comptroller general, we recommend the following reforms to strengthen GAO’s effectiveness and value for Congress and the American people. 1. Reaffirm GAO’s core mission and explicitly prioritize fiscal stewardship…2. Empower the next comptroller general with authority, autonomy, resources, and a mandate for institutional renewal…3. Remove politically charged enforcement duties—especially under the Impoundment Control Act—and maintain strict neutrality under the Congressional Review Act…4. Direct GAO to focus on high-impact audits and program evaluations, supported by transparent performance metrics and independent review…5. Require GAO to produce more precise and actionable recommendations for Congress and federal agencies…6. Strengthen structured collaboration between GAO and Congress and embed GAO expertise within committees…7. Establish a statutory requirement for annual comptroller general recommendations on rescissions and fiscal savings opportunities…8. Expand GAO’s partnership capacity with federal agencies and state governments to strengthen program integrity and reduce mismanagement…9. Require federal departments and agencies to cooperate with GAO’s oversight and information requests fully…10. Expect the next comptroller general to restore bipartisan credibility by avoiding unnecessary political conflict…Throughout GAO’s long history, Congress has recognized the need to review and reform GAO’s mission to meet the times. In 2026, Congress should consider how to focus GAO’s work and use its $900 million in annual funding and more than 3,500 employees to meet the needs of the legislative branch and the American people. As Congress and President Trump work to identify, nominate, and confirm the next comptroller general, Congress should hold hearings and reauthorize GAO to update its mission for the twenty-first century.)
TAX NOTES
— IRS Criminal Investigation Division Lists Top 10 Cases of 2025. DD: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/ggd-88-61.pdf and https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41
https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/other-documents/other-irs-documents/irs-criminal-investigation-division-lists-top-10-cases-2025/7tf2c
MOTLEY FOOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/12/22/trump-rescheduling-marijuana-pot-stocks-plunged/
NPR
— Under Trump, 317,000 workers are out of the government. Here are 3 of their stories. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Because I am none of the aforesaid and because I complained about their discrimination, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5626822/trump-federal-workers-firing-civil-servants
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD despises, if not hates, if not condemns those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD rejects the concepts of countries, borders, governments, and laws. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD wants socialism and then communism. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a Democrat.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-reason/2025/12/22/trump-die-catholic-social-teaching/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SPECTATOR
— Could a degree make you less employable? DD: Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate business evening courses. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not 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.
https://spectator.com/article/could-a-degree-make-you-less-employable/
INDEPENDENT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/expiring-healthcare-subsidies-could-cost-you-2-050-more-each-month/ar-AA1SxPIC
ECONOMIC TIMES
— US triples self-deportation stipend till year end, offers $3000, free flight to illegal immigrants. DD: In 1993, to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and who had 25 years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO offered a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/us-triples-self-deportation-stipend-till-year-end-offers-3000-free-flight-to-illegal-immigrants/articleshow/126134067.cms
December 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. DuPage County is a prime example. Democrats have flooded DuPage County since I moved to it in 1978. Poverty and crime have ever-increasingly increased in relative terms if not absolute terms. As time goes on, the Democrats who move have lower and lower and lower incomes. Democrats vote for Democrats. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. It destroys personal responsibility. It promotes dependency on government and charity. It promotes vices. I destroys traditional marriage and family. It promotes LGBTQ and abortion. It destroys equal opportunity. It promotes Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, it promotes race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. It promotes hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251221/news/neighbors-in-need-glen-ellyn-nonprofit-provides-families-a-bridge-to-a-better-place/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CEO of the Glen Ellyn-based nonprofit, Bridge Communities, said more than 3,000 DuPage County schoolchildren are registered as homeless. Van Polen said about 44% of county renters are “rent-burdened,” paying more than 30% of their income for rent. Expenses rise, she said, and wages don’t keep up. . .A typical client, who averages a little over two years working with Bridge mentors while living in one of the 25 apartment buildings Bridge owns countywide, is a single mother in her late 20s with one to three children, Van Polen said. She works, but her job doesn’t provide a living wage. So she has her children stay with relatives while she may live out of her car. There might be a history of domestic violence.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inexperienced, poorly trained ICE and border patrol agents could face legal trouble. DD: IRS hired me when I was 22 years old in 1971 as a GS-7, currently $55,850/year, Revenue Officer. I spend my first 6 months in classroom training. See below from Google AI. IRS promoted me to GS-9, currently $68,315/year, in 1972, to GS-11, currently $82,655/year, in 1973, and to GS-12, currently $99,069/year, in 1974. My Democrat IRS superiors got more and more and more furious at the GAO manager who promoted me. According to them, those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. They forced him to transfer to Dallas, and to get rid of me, they disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and they made it clear that they would never promote me to GS13. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. The aforesaid led to my transferring to GAO in 1980.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20251222/281719800932521
(FROM GOOGLE AI: IRS revenue officer (RO) training involves extensive on-the-job training in tax law, collection techniques, and civil investigative methods. The program typically spans up to a year and includes a series of in-person training units held in various cities. Training Details On-the-Job Focus: New hires receive substantial on-the-job training, which can last anywhere from several months to a year. Structured Units: The training is often delivered in multiple units (e.g., Unit 1 through Unit 4) in various locations. Trainees have reported traveling to different cities for these multi-week sessions. Core Curriculum: The curriculum is designed to educate officers in the specifics of tax law and the techniques necessary for collecting delinquent taxes and securing delinquent returns. This includes: Conducting research, interviews, and investigations. Analyzing financial information for assigned cases. Understanding business law, including laws governing fraudulent transfers and secured debts. Learning how to interact with taxpayers and their representatives, often in the field at homes or businesses. Assessment: Training involves open-book tests, and satisfactory completion of the required levels is often a prerequisite for continued employment and promotion. Continuing Education: Once initial training is complete, officers must stay current with changes in the tax code and enforcement procedures throughout their careers. Post-Training Work Environment After successfully completing the initial training year, revenue officers may be eligible for frequent telework up to four days a week, depending on performance and management discretion. Application Process and Requirements To become an IRS revenue officer, a bachelor’s degree in any major is generally required, or a combination of education and specialized experience. While the IRS doesn’t specify a major, degrees in accounting or finance can be advantageous. . .Key Responsibilities Collection of Delinquent Taxes: The primary duty is to collect unpaid taxes, typically for cases with significant, long-ignored debt. Securing Delinquent Returns: They survey for and secure unfiled tax returns. Taxpayer Interaction: They contact and interview taxpayers (or their representatives) face-to-face or by phone, often at the taxpayer’s home or business, to discuss their financial situation and resolve the debt. Financial Analysis: They analyze financial information, often using IRS Form 433-A, Collection Information Statement, to determine a taxpayer’s ability to pay. Negotiation and Resolution: They educate taxpayers on their rights and obligations and work to resolve liabilities through various means, including: Setting up installment payment agreements. Considering Offers in Compromise (OIC). Suspending collection due to financial hardship (currently not collectible status). Enforcement Actions: If a taxpayer is uncooperative, they can take enforcement actions, which may include recommending the imposition of liens, garnishing wages, levying bank accounts, and seizing assets. Referrals: They can make referrals to IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) if they suspect tax fraud or other criminal violations.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans who are the following bigots: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-22/vance-refuses-to-set-red-lines-over-bigotry-at-turning-point-usas-convention
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich budget cuts to removed thousands of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-removes-nearly-30-career-diplomats-from-ambassadorial-positions/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— State rep Nicole La Ha, R-Homer Glen, calls out violent rhetoric after Pritzker commission rips federal officers
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/state-rep-calls-out-violent-rhetoric-after-pritzker-commission-rips-federal-officers/article_c8457e75-49c3-4733-9024-4d9d8d178871.html
DES PLAINES PATCH
— Du Page Democrats hosted the annual holiday party. Du Page Democrats hosted the annual holiday party. Large numbers members of the Chicago community Elected prominent figures in attendance.
https://patch.com/illinois/desplaines/du-page-democrats-hosted-annual-holiday-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Friday, December 12, 2025, the DuPage County Democratic Party celebrated its yearly holiday party under the leadership of County Chairman Reed McCollum. Many members of the Muslim community, as well as a number of Muslim elected officials and upcoming Muslim candidates, were there. Ashfaq Hussain, a member of the Naperville City Council; Saba Haider, a member of the DuPage County Board; Syed Hussain, a candidate for US Congress District 8th Junaid; former Glendale Heights Mayor Chaudhry Asif Khokar; Mahnoor Ahmed, a candidate for the DuPage County Board; and a number of other attendees attended the annual holiday dinner. The yearly holiday party was held by the DuPage Democrats. With a large number of community members and public leaders present, the event was a huge success. The occasion took place on Friday, December 12, 2025. Dinner and activities started at 6:30 PM after the doors were opened at 5:30 PM. Abbington Distinctive Banquets hosted the event. The purpose of the event was to generate money, honor the party’s accomplishments, and unite candidates and elected leaders. Christian Mitchell, the upcoming Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, gave the event’s keynote address. To assist local families, the DuPage Young Democrats organized a holiday supply drive in tandem with the event. Bringing together elected officials, party candidates, volunteers, and community members to promote partnerships and camaraderie was one of the event’s main goals. Honoring Success: The party’s recent achievements, especially its wins in the April elections, were honored at the ceremony. Additionally, the party utilized the event as a fundraiser to support the election of Democrats in DuPage County. Along with outlining the party’s future objectives and tactics, participants also talked on the opportunities and difficulties for the upcoming year. The recent DuPage Democrats’ annual event featured a number of keynote speakers, including: The event’s keynote speaker, Christian Mitchell, will be Illinois’s next lieutenant governor. Dr. Robin Kelly was present at the ceremony and gave a speech. She commended Reed McCollum, the chairman of the DuPage County party, for his attempts to change DuPage County from being “red” (with a Republican majority) to “blue” (with a Democratic majority). Among the prominent sponsors and speakers were Illinois Lieutenant Governor Julina Stratton and US Congress candidate Junaid Ahmed. Along with these keynote speakers, the audience was addressed by over eighty other elected officials, candidates for the Senate and Congress, and local leaders. The main political goal of Julina Stratton is to represent Illinois in the US Senate. Currently serving as Illinois’ lieutenant governor, she has formally begun her campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2026. She discusses focusing on the concerns of middle-class families, increasing wages, and making life more affordable. She stated that she is in favor of ideas like “Medicare for All” and increasing access to healthcare. She Furth mentioned supporters of federal protection of voting and reproductive rights, as has been done in Illinois. Her campaign focused heavily on opposing former President Donald Trump and promoting Illinois’s accomplishments across the country. She was the first major Democratic candidate to enter the race, supported by Governor J.B. Pritzker. Junaid Ahmed, a Muslim candidate for Congress, focuses on fighting to create an effective and equitable economy. ensuring that every citizen has access to high-quality, affordable healthcare. attaining environmental justice and combating the climatic problem. He emphasized fighting for fair justice and civil rights even more.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Republicans Decide Not to Have Rod Blagojevich as Lincoln Day Dinner Speaker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/mchenry-county-republicans-decide-not-to-have-rod-blagojevich-as-lincoln-day-dinner-speaker/
— What Ever Happened to Lee Daniels?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/what-ever-happened-to-lee-daniels/
— Comparing Wealth Across Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/comparing-wealth-across-illinois/
— Sue Rezin on Assisted Suicide Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/sue-rezin-on-assisted-suicide-law/
— Capparelli Endorsed for U.S. Senate by Italian Group
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=15317&action=edit
— Woodstock Cited as One of Six Best Places to Retire in Illinois, What Are the Other Five?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/15314/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Major signs of another coming Dark Age — collapsing the West could make history repeat.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/opinion/major-signs-of-another-coming-dark-age-collapsing-the-west-could-make-history-repeat/
FOX NEWS
— Leaked University of Illinois lecture material blames Trump for ‘white supremacy,’ embraces far-left activism. Leaked PowerPoint slides show EDUC 201 course promotes far-wing talking points on immigration and race.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/leaked-university-illinois-lecture-material-blames-trump-white-supremacy-embraces-far-left-activism
— Radical wokeism threatens American liberty
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386808265112
— White House teases major housing affordability plan as prices squeeze Americans. DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? Back in the good old days, mine came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months, working part-time for a Firestone Store for 21 months, and working for that store full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new town home in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in September of 1972. Zillow estimates it to be worth $90,800 today. IRS had just promoted me and my salary had increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year in today’s dollars. I had bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. I had paid tuition for three graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-teases-major-housing-affordability-plan-prices-squeeze-americans
JONATHAN TURLEY
— Yale No Longer Has a Single Republican Professor Across 27 Departments. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Many, most, and at times virtually all of them were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/12/21/study-yale-has-eliminated-all-republican-faculty-from-27-departments/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— New Orleans Exposes Media Lies About ICE Enforcement
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/new-orleans-operation-catahoula-crunch-exposes-media-lies-about-ice-enforcement
NEWSMAX
— Homan: Politicians’ Rhetoric Will Bring More Bloodshed for ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-homan-ice-immigration/2025/12/21/id/1239170/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Vance rallies conservatives, honors Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA convention. Earlier this week, Erika Kirk endorsed Vance for president in 2028.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vice-president-jd-vance-rallies-conservatives-honors-charlie/story?id=128605789
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Turning Point convention’s young attendees praise VP Vance’s closing speech and 2028 outlook
https://apnews.com/video/turning-point-conventions-young-attendees-praise-vp-vances-closing-speech-and-2028-outlook-6c047838edd643c0b0691e8217a03e53
CNN
— Turning Point exposed a brewing MAGA civil war. Can Vance unite it? DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their saboteurs destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/turning-point-exposed-a-brewing-maga-civil-war-can-jd-vance-unite-it/ar-AA1SMRCm
NEW YORK TIMES
— Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me. DD: Who wants you to pay more taxes and why? Starting when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay more taxes because I was an overpaid federal employee, I avoided the Vietnam War draft, I itemized, my wife had good-paying jobs, we itemized, we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, we did not become foster parents, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/romney-tax-the-rich.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. There are many things that I could/cannot afford because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/upshot/affordability-democrats-trump.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans who are the following bigots: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/politics/vance-republicans-trump-antisemitism.html
–DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/trump-marijuana-policy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The diversity overcorrection in the workplace. Discrimination against young White men was an open secret in hiring. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974 promoted me because I was better qualified than my Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and veteran coworkers. I was taking graduate evening business courses. The Democrats who ran GAO 1986 promoted me because I was better qualified than my Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and veteran coworkers. I had earned an MBA in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/21/diversity-hiring-white-men/
NBC PHOENIX
— Vance closes out Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix. The conference drew more than 30,000 people to downtown Phoenix.
https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/vice-president-jd-vance-closes-out-turning-points-annual-americafest-conference-in-phoenix-arizona/75-d864ef69-d5ff-4c98-858a-8f4b23ea575d
— Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix draws ‘counterpoint’ protest. DD: My critics/opponents oppose/despise/hate not only Kirk and Turning Point, they oppose/despise/hate conservatives like me. Should I write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious/government/political/financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.12news.com/video/news/politics/turning-points-annual-americafest-conference-in-phoenix-draws-counterpoint-protest/75-359c4cfa-d554-4045-87a6-81cc04185ce7
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— By All Means Raise Mitt Romney’s Taxes. But please spare the middle class trying to become rich like him.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/by-all-means-raise-mitt-romneys-taxes-5e936cf6
— Would You Let Claude Do Your Taxes? Preparing a return is the kind of task AI ought to be good for. DD: I use and recommend Quicken and TurboTax.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/would-you-let-claude-do-your-taxes-d7517b52
— What to Do if You Suspect You’re About to Be Laid Off. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors deliberately misled me into believing that they were going to let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003. But they succeeded in suddenly forcing me to retire when I was 49 in September of 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/holiday-layoff-signs-workers-81df9d0e
— The True Meaning of Empathy
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-true-meaning-of-empathy-5b93dfca
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some people are performers. In June 2020, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer led a group kneeling in the U.S. Capitol wearing African kente stoles. National Football League end zones say “Choose Love” and “It Takes All of Us.” Empathy? More like images over action. Then there are coddlers. They paternalistically throw money at problems: welfare, drug programs, ObamaCare. They create rules and regulations to protect “marginalized” groups: Title IX, affirmative action and federal contract set-asides. To pay for it, they rationalize redistribution of wealth so the world can be “fair” for everyone. This progressive playbook often fails. See low-income housing, preferential college admissions and rising insurance premiums. Is letting men on women’s swim teams and in women’s bathrooms empathy? I can’t get there. . .New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is a coddler: “We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” Yikes. Is that empathy or a threat? Sadly, we know how the latter ends. Lately there has been talk of a $140,000 poverty line for a family of four. See what I mean? Economist Milton Friedman put it best: “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” Intentions like “social justice” inevitably lead to organizing and activism and raised taxes—empathy is expensive!—and redistribution of wealth, without solving the underlying problems. For me, empathy and that elusive righteousness is about restoring lost dignity. And that often means setting up rules and then getting out of the way and letting freedom and free markets do their magic. There is little political credit for that whole “freedom” thing. Just results. The American way is: Do what you want, but respect the dignity of others. An essential part of respect is to not be pitied. Freedom is dignity. That’s true empathy.)
FORBES
— Healthcare Demand Is Rapidly Growing. DD: How good has your health been? My critics/opponents have always been envious of my relative good health. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I cannot run because I have a bone disease, my eyesight cannot be corrected to 20/20, and I have partial red/green color blindness. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, my health would never have been as good.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2025/12/21/healthcare-demand-is-rapidly-growing/
NIEMAN LAB
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/dei-dies-in-darkness-taking-integrity-with-it/
FREE PRESS
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) those who are the following have never been discriminated against: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) those who are the aforesaid discriminate against those who are not the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.thefp.com/p/should-we-feel-sorry-for-white-men
NPR
— Shopping for pricy ACA health plans? Some cheaper options come with trade-offs. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/12/21/nx-s1-5649902/aca-health-plans-costs-alternatives
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— You don’t have to apologize for being white anymore. DD: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO candidates promote more hatred against Whites and against males.
https://news.meaww.com/jd-vance-says-trump-ended-dei-you-dont-have-to-apologize-for-being-white-anymore
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— CEO’s take on merit, privilege and success divides internet. DD: Because I was able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother attended high school, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/90-of-life-is-ceo-s-take-on-merit-privilege-and-success-divides-internet/ar-AA1SMc3r
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A LinkedIn post by Rohan Verma, CEO and co-founder of Breathe Well-being, has sparked a discussion online about privilege, merit and the role of luck in shaping life outcomes. In his post, Verma argued that educational pedigree and family background play a decisive role in determining future success. He claimed that those who attend elite institutions such as Ivy League universities or India’s IITs and IIMs are far more likely to see their children enter top colleges and corporate leadership roles, while people engaged in low-paid or manual labor largely come from poor families, irrespective of talent or hard work. “If you went to an Ivy League or the IIT/IIM route, your kids will likely attend a good college. And there is zero chance that they will end up doing manual labor. If you are a billionaire, your kids will 100% attend Yale, Stanford, or Harvard (or something similar). And they will later become Board Chairmen and CEOs,” Verma wrote in his post. “On the other hand, – 100% of people doing lowly paid jobs or manual labor come from poor families — regardless of their IQ, talent, or propensity for hard work,” he continued. “This is how privilege persists over generations,” Verma wrote, adding that many manual laborers could have been corporate leaders “had they been born differently”. He concluded by saying that “probably 90% of life is luck,” with only a small fraction accounting for inspirational stories of people who rise against all odds. True humility and awareness, he added, come from recognizing which parts of one’s life fall into that 90%.
FROM OTHER SOURCES
HARPER COLLEGE
— Accounting Program DD: I will forever regret not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I wrongly believed that I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, my IRS and GAO superiors and the accounting profession considered me to be far too old. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976.
https://www.harpercollege.edu/academics/business/accounting/index.php
(FROM THE POSTING: Start your accounting career at Harper College. Take the first steps toward becoming an accountant, bookkeeper, or financial auditor. Harper’s Accounting Program offers several courses of study, including certificate programs that prepare students for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam and entry-level roles in business and finance. Associate degrees with transfer options are also available, with Advising Services to help students plan the transfer process and provide information on what accounting classes would fit best with the student’s academic and career goals. Students will learn practical knowledge and skills essential to succeed in business careers. Harper’s Accounting courses are designed to equip students with a strong foundation in auditing, financial and managerial accounting, and business law. For professional accounting students, Harper’s Accounting Program offers an exam preparation certificate that meets Illinois Board of Examiners (ILBOE) requirements for the Uniform CPA Exam. Whether you are earning the first two years of your bachelor’s degree in accounting or if you are developing your skills as a current professional, Harper College’s Accounting Program is a valuable stepping stone toward a successful career in accounting and business finance. Get started today by exploring the Harper’s degree and certificate offerings.
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— 7 in 10 Managers Say Supervising Gen Z Feels Like Babysitting or Parenting. About 61% say their Gen Z reports require frequent hand-holding, while 52% say they struggle to follow basic instructions. DD: All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/07/22/7-in-10-managers-say-supervising-gen-z-feels-like-babysitting-or-parenting/165375/
PWC
— DD: PWC wants to hire an experienced internal auditor who is a CPA and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). Should I apply? Just kidding. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned an MBA in 1976. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://talentexchange.pwc.com/bp-audit-support-contractor-jobs/31211
December 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Housing Authority subject of HUD audit citing immigration and criminal activity. The CHA is one of a handful of housing authorities across the country being audited.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/15/chicago-housing-authority-hud-oig-audit-immigration-criminal-activity
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/15/meet-the-chicago-teens-raising-money-to-help-classmates-with-parents-in-immigration-detention
— UChicago, Northwestern students receive prestigious Marshall scholarship. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me. They have always stressed that I would not have had to do that if I had gotten scholarships. They have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/11/uchicago-northwestern-students-receive-prestigious-marshall-scholarship
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/the-chicago-immigrant-orchestra-is-defiant-in-the-wake-of-recent-raids/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: CPS lunchroom workers near six months without a contract: ‘No one sees us.’ DD: Which of your jobs put you out of sight? I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966. I worked 28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965. All during that time, I worked alone for 20 hours every week. My next job was working alone cleaning golf shores at the Flossmoor County Club. But I soon had to resign because my allergies were killing me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/cps-lunchroom-workers-contract-negotiations/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, everyone gets free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free childcare, free transportation, free education, free everything. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, you do not have to work unless you want to. More and more and more in America are falling for that.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251214/news/medical-care-is-a-human-right-st-charles-clinics-meet-the-needs-of-kane-countys-uninsured/
FOX32
— Two-thirds of Americans say government should ensure health care for all. DD: Big step toward socialism, communism, and dictatorship. America-haters ever-increasing destroy personal responsibility and blame capitalism for all problems.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-thirds-americans-believe-government-should-ensure-health-care-all-poll
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legal marijuana? Critics asking people to re-think the issue. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-legal-marijuana-critics-asking-people-to-re-think-the-issue/article_91c740f6-21e3-4738-9b42-7484b749cd3a.html
— Illinois’ abortion policy places Carbondale in a hot spot
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-illinois-abortion-policy-places-carbondale-in-a-hot-spot/article_8c21faab-ea8c-4bf2-bc3f-2c4a16805a03.html
WAND TV
— As gerrymandering battles sweep country, supporters say partisan dominance is ‘fair.’ DD: According to Democrat leaders, political jurisdictions should be gerrymandered to favor voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Democrats include minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/as-gerrymandering-battles-sweep-country-supporters-say-partisan-dominance-is-fair/article_f074880c-f23d-5dfb-8060-2a2b6c7f381c.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— For Americans, the love for chain restaurants runs deep. DD: I became a McDonald’s fan when one of my relatives became financially successful selling eggs to McDonalds starting in 1960s.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-15/for-americans-the-love-for-chain-restaurants-runs-deep
WHEATON RECORD
— A Conversation on Trump Administration’s Handling of Immigration
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/a-conversation-on-trump-administrations-handling-of-immigration/
— McManis-Evans Women’s Floor Becoming a Male Dorm. DD: Wheaton College being conservative was a reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/mcmanis-evans-womens-floor-becoming-a-male-dorm/
— Three Illinois Christian Institutions Announced Closures in Recent Years
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/three-illinois-christian-institutions-announced-closures-in-recent-years/
— New Class Coming this Spring: “The Bible, Slavery and Liberation”
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/new-class-coming-this-spring-the-bible-slavery-and-liberation/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Presumptuous Pritzker Signs Away the Lives of More Illinoisans
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/11/presumptuous-pritzker-signs-away-the-lives-of-more-illinoisans
— American “Educators” and Somali-alia
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/10/american-educators-and-somali-alia
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Newly-Elected Democratic Party Dundee Township Supervisor Shefali Shah Acts As If She Is All-Powerful. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have taken against me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/newly-elected-democratic-party-dundee-township-supervisor-shefali-shah-acts-as-if-she-is-all-powerful/
— Illinois Review Takes Down Darby Hills for Taking a Walk on Illegal Alien Vote
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/illinois-review-takes-down-darby-hills-for-taking-a-walk-on-illegal-alien-vote/
— Charlie Brown Christmas Available Free Saturday & Sunday on Apple+
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/charlie-brown-christmas-available-free-saturday-sunday-on-apple/
— Blackface in Easton, Maryland
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/blackface-in-easton-maryland/
— Illinois Ranks High on Lawsuit Abuse. DD: All my critics/opponents side with the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed. I should write about those lawsuits, the defendants, their lawyers, and the big adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/13/14853/
— U.S. Treasury Secretary Calls Out Illinois for Refusing to Stop Taxing Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/u-s-treasury-secretary-calls-out-illinois-for-refusing-to-stop-taxing-tips/
— Bailey Attacks Pritzker on Refusing to Stop Taxing Tips in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/bailey-attacks-pritzker-on-refusing-to-stop-taxing-tips-in-illinois/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigration embraced by progressive evangelicals pushes America toward cultural suicide. Recycled ’70s Marxism isn’t real Christianity. DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/14/illegal-immigration-embraced-progressive-evangelicals-pushes-america/
NEW YORK POST
— The woke have seized control of NYC’s ‘affordable housing’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/14/opinion/the-woke-have-seized-control-of-nycs-affordable-housing/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Is the Indiana Redistricting Debacle the Future of MAGA?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-the-indiana-redistricting-debacle-the-future-of-maga/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Wisconsin Supreme Court takes on the Supremacy Clause. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly reject federal law. That is what the Confederates did.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_wisconsin_supreme_court_takes_on_the_supremacy_clause.html
CHRISTIAN POST
— Why the woke right is winning Gen Z: A look inside the machine
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-the-woke-right-is-winning-gen-z-a-look-inside-the-machine.html
COLLEGE FIX
— White professor still fighting in court, alleging ‘racially hostile’ environment at Penn State. DEI trainings gave ‘signals to white and Asian employees that they are not going to be treated equally.’ DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I worked in an ever-increasingly hostile environment. Gingrich ever-increasingly cut the agency’s budget. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly used those cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. That all culminated in their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in September of 1997.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/white-professor-still-fighting-in-court-alleging-racially-hostile-environment-at-penn-state/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Would ICE Have Deported Jesus at Christmas? AWAY WITH THE MANGER: How the Left Tries to Weaponize Christmas Against Trump. DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/14/would-ice-have-deported-jesus-christmas/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This year, Catholics in Massachusetts are protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies by swapping “Away in a Manger” for “Away With the Manger.” This marks yet another instance of Trump opponents weaponizing the Christmas story to demonize immigration enforcement by claiming Jesus was a refugee and suggesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement would have arrested and deported the Christ child in the manger. The Catholic priest at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, set up a classic nativity scene with shepherds, sheep, wise men, and … a sign reading “ICE was here” in the place where Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus would normally be. While the Catholic leadership opposed this “divisive political messaging,” the Rev. Stephen Josoma blamed the Trump administration for any division. Meanwhile, Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois, put baby Jesus in zip ties and an emergency blanket, and placed gas masks on the faces of Mary and Joseph. The church said this symbolizes the conditions of ICE detention facilities and the use of tear gas on “peaceful protesters, journalists, and community members advocating for immigration reform.” “The Holy Family were refugees,” the church posted on Facebook. “By witnessing this familiar story through the reality faced by migrants today, we hope to restore its radical edge, and to ask what it means to celebrate the birth of a refugee child while turning away those who follow in that child’s footsteps.” Was Jesus a Refugee? These strained analogies rest on a kernel of truth. According to Matthew 2:13-23, an angel appeared to Joseph, warning him to flee to Egypt because King Herod the Great aimed to kill Jesus. Herod ordered the slaughter of male children in Bethlehem, but Jesus survived in Egypt. God sent another angel to Joseph later, advising him to return to Israel because “those who sought the child’s life are dead.” Jesus arguably fit the definition of a refugee: someone forced to leave his or her country to escape war or persecution. However, anyone seeking to tie Jesus’ sojourn in Egypt to the plight of refugees or illegal aliens in America today will at once encounter a plethora of problems. Herod, the king who sought to kill Jesus, owed his position to the Roman Senate. Jesus fled Roman-ruled Judea to reside in Roman-ruled Egypt, and then returned to Roman-ruled Judea. Politically, Jesus’ flight to Egypt resembles a conservative family fleeing New York for Florida, or a liberal family moving from Texas to Illinois, more than it does a Somali refugee seeking asylum in the U.S. Jesus did not immigrate to Egypt and did not seek to become a citizen there. Furthermore, the Roman Empire at the time did not grant most of the population the right to vote, and it did not award government benefits to Jewish refugees in Egypt. Modern Western democratic welfare states need to regulate immigration more heavily than ancient empires did, partly because immigrants and refugees often claim benefits from the public purse, and these aliens may also seek to influence politics by voting or other means. Merely shouting, “Jesus was a refugee!” does nothing to address the serious concerns that illegal immigration poses. Caring for ‘The Least of These’ Christians should, of course, heed the Matthew 25 parable in which Jesus says God will reward us for helping “the least of these.” We should care for the sick, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked, to the best of our ability. These commands to love our neighbor do not extend to using the force of the state to redistribute funds, however. Jesus calls on us to love our neighbors, not to bully our neighbors into forking over cash so the government can then serve other neighbors. That parable urges us to see Jesus in the least fortunate, and Christians are right to provide aid to those who are struggling. That doesn’t mean, however, that we must sacrifice national sovereignty or oppose the enforcement of immigration law. In our globalized world, Christians can and should help those in other countries before they seek to enter the U.S., and it would be grotesque for Christians to prioritize aid for those who violated the law to come to America over legal immigrants or the poor people who are still struggling in their own countries. Contrary to the suggestion of the Evanston church, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were not political activists. Yes, Jesus came to usher in a new kingdom—but when the Jews sought to make him a king, he refused. Jesus did not set himself up as a political leader. Rather, he and his followers urged Jews and Christians to pay their taxes and to submit to the ruling authorities, knowing that the spiritual freedom of the gospel matters far more than any political cause. Jesus knew of political movements against Roman oppression, and he did not endorse them. Jesus’ decision not to lead a political rebellion against Rome likely contributed to the Jewish leaders’ scheme to have him executed. None of this is to say that Christians cannot support political causes, but it does mean that Mary and Joseph likely would not have joined the agitators who seek to block ICE from enforcing immigration law. Perhaps more importantly, ICE would not have removed Jesus from the manger—any more than it would remove conservative New Yorkers from Florida or liberal Texans from Illinois. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, not an excuse to demonize law enforcement. It’s high time for St. Susanna Parish to put the Christ child back in the center of the nativity scene where he belongs.)
EPOCH TIMES
— 1 in 4 Unemployed Americans Has a Degree—The Future of White-Collar Jobs. DD: I have been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997 despite my having a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Why is that? It is because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and because of the many additional adverse actions that they took against me before that because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and because I became an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/1-in-4-unemployed-americans-has-a-degree-the-future-of-white-collar-jobs-5950378
— Want a Job? Ditch the Degree and Pick Up a Trade. The future belongs to trades and hands-on skills. DD: Doctors discouraged my father from seeking a college degree because he had brittle type 1 diabetes. According to them, the stress would kill him. So he got an office job. He often decried his not having a degree. He was often passed over for promotions. He blamed his not having a degree for that, but his health problems were also a big factor. That led me to earn four degrees. A bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. An MBA from Loyola when I was 27. A master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. And a master’s degree in finance from IIT when I was 48. That also led me to pass the CPA examination on first attempt when I was 30. To pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. To become a licensed CPA when I was 32. And to earn four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/want-a-job-ditch-the-degree-and-pick-up-a-trade-5939262
FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigrant truck driver accused in fatal Washington crash released on $100,000 bond
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-accused-fatal-washington-crash-released-100000-bond.print
JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Hatemongers, Homophobes, Fascists, Racists, Flag-Waving Proud Racists”: Fired Radio Host Has Meltdown Over Cubs Infielder Matt Shaw Going to Kirk Funeral. DD: People’s reactions to Kirk’s assassination say a lot about them.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/12/14/hatemongers-homophobes-fascists-racists-flag-waving-proud-racists-fired-radio-host-has-meltdown-over-cubs-infielder-matt-shaw-going-to-kirk-funeral/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Opposing the Hypocrisy of Woke Establishments
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/opposing-the-hypocrisy-of-woke-establishments/amp/
NEWSMAX
— Party Label Drives Voters More Than Policy. DD: Democrats run the news media, education, and just about everything else in America. Democrats exist to advance the liberal/socialist Democrat Party platform and to get rid of Republicans once and for all. To vote for Democrats is to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that Republicans are, the more that they should focus on their personal defense.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/politico-poll-party/2025/12/14/id/1238288/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Illegal immigrant trucker charged in Washington fatal crash was released into US under Biden—then freed again despite ICE detainer
https://thepostmillennial.com/illegal-immigrant-trucker-charged-in-washington-fatal-crash-was-released-into-us-under-biden-then-freed-again-despite-ice-detainer
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Immigration and Deportation Conundrums
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/15/the_immigration_and_deportation_conundrums_153629.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— The Weekend’s Gun Tragedies Show Why You Must Buy (Even More) Guns. DD: As Democrats gain more power, they will try to confiscate firearms and ammunition from Republicans.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/12/15/the-weekends-gun-tragedies-show-why-you-must-buy-even-more-guns-n2667868
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Without affirmative action, some colleges focus on economics. DD: Because Black and Hispanic parents have lower incomes than White parents, colleges use income as a proxy for race.
https://yorknewstimes.com/news/nation-world/education/article_5c7a93e6-cfb9-50be-a071-a40bdb92d096.html
— DD: The New York Times exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/trump-dei-funding-deaf-blind.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Do Democrats need their own billionaire? Pritzker is betting on it. The Illinois governor has tapped his wealth to climb the political ladder, moving toward a White House run while presenting himself as a champion for everyday people. DD: Does Pritzker champion for you? If so, you must be liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/billionaires-pritzker-democrats-president-trump/
— DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/14/supreme-court-ftc-trump-firing/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Higher cost, worse coverage: Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-14/higher-cost-worse-coverage-affordable-care-act-enrollees-say-expiring-subsidies-will-hit-them-hard
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Worried about paying for college? There are affordable options. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me. They have always stressed that I would not have had to do that if I had gotten scholarships. They have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.ajc.com/education/2025/12/worried-about-paying-for-college-there-are-affordable-options/
USA TODAY
— Looking for a big raise or promotion in 2026? Don’t get your hopes up. DD: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents were ever-increasingly furious a) that the Post Office hired me in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, b) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) that GAO promoted me in 1986, d) that I got COLAs, e) that I got step increases, f) that 72% of my and wife’s healthcare insurance premiums were subsidized, g) that I got lots of sick leave and vacation time, h) etc. According to my critics/opponents, all of the aforesaid should have been given to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/12/10/raise-promotion-chances-2026/87676414007/
— Why retirees could face a financial shock from Social Security in 2026. Many retirees are struggling with their finances, and things could get worse next year if they aren’t prepared for this reality about Social Security.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2025/12/10/financial-shock-social-security-2026/87683527007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Disparate-Impact Theory Is Unconstitutional. It purports to combat discrimination but in practice ends up encouraging it. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/disparate-impact-theory-is-unconstitutional-2664133d
— FRONT PAGE: The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate. Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them. DD: With birthright citizenship, the future of America is ever-increasingly bleak. Ever-increasingly, citizens of foreign countries that despise/hate America and despise/hate Americans are taking over America.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chinese-billionaires-surrogacy-pregnancy-7fdfc0c3
— Does MAHA Stand for ‘Make America High Again’? Reclassifying marijuana flies in the face of Trump and RFK Jr.’s professed concern about health. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-maha-stand-for-make-america-high-again-ff356532
— Say Goodbye to the Billable Hour. DD: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had to account for each and every hour that I worked. I had to fill out forms each and every day with the number of hours that spent working on “job codes” and then submit those forms every 2 weeks.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-goodbye-to-billable-hours-cba198fe
FORBES
— The CPA Shortage. DD: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee in 1979 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. My passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was a 32-year-old GAO employee in 1981 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesfinancecouncil/2025/05/12/disruption-in-accounting-the-cpa-shortage-meets-the-rise-of-ai/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CPA pipeline has been weakening for years. Fewer accounting majors are sitting for the CPA exam, and the industry is seeing a mass exodus of Baby Boomers without enough young professionals to replace them. According to estimates from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, around 75% of all licensed CPAs reached retirement age by 2019.
PUNCHBOWL NEWS
— Indiana flop muddies Dem redistricting push. DD: I anticipate/expect that Pritzker could say/has said that he has the power to redistrict so that no Republican will ever be elected in Illinois.
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/redistricting-dems/
PROVIDER MAGAZINE
— How to Keep Up with the Jones. DD: Did your parents have trouble keeping up with the Jones? Mine sure did. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. My mother, who never attended high school, never worked outside of the home until after he died because of her limited earning potential. I had to work my way through college. I remember in 1958 when our neighbor to the north owned a top of the line 1958 Oldsmobile, our neighbor to the south owned a top of the line 1957 Pontiac, and we owned a bottom of the line 1951 Plymouth.
https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles/Pages/How-to-Keep-Up-with-the-Jones-to-Attract-Residents-.aspx
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Only those federal employees who are the following have Civil Service protections: Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/final-schedule-f-regulations-describe-civil-service-protections-unconstitutional-overcorrections/409616/
CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
— The ‘Do My Own Research’ Voter Has a New Research Assistant. DD: If I did not spend so much time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out, I would do opposition research. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://campaignsandelections.com/voices/the-do-my-own-research-voter-has-a-new-research-assistant/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I spent years moderating focus groups, and I lost count of how many voters proudly said they “did their own research.” What that really meant was typing a candidate’s name into Google, glancing at ten blue links and, more often than not, closing the browser without clicking a thing. Now, voters searching for a candidate or issue are often getting a single neatly packaged answer assembled by artificial intelligence from whatever sources it finds most credible and clearly written. And if it answers their question, their “research” is done. That’s great if your campaign is one of those sources. If not, it’s a problem.)
December 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District to elect Ramirez
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2022-election-results-delia-ramirez-illinois-3rd-congressional-district/12434540/
WGN9
— New law protects public officials’ personal info from disclosure
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/new-law-protects-public-officials-personal-info-from-disclosure/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/12/nativity-displays-deportation-lake-street-urban-village-church
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251212/lifestyle/letter-writing-campaign-spreads-pride-and-holiday-cheer/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Under Pritzker, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251113/news/we-need-to-act-now-dupage-county-to-shift-funds-to-help-food-pantries-amid-snap-crisis/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— As Pritzker opens door to SAFE-T Act revisions, McHenry County sheriff, state’s attorney want input
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/12/12/as-pritzker-opens-door-to-safe-t-act-revisions-mchenry-county-sheriff-states-attorney-want-input/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats always want to do more to promote abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-13/fewer-characters-on-tv-had-abortions-this-year-and-more-stories-reinforced-shame
ELMHURST COLLEGE
— Four Career Benefits to Completing Your Degree. DD: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if I had not been taking job-related graduate evening courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Further, if I had not earned a second job-related master’s degree, two job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://www.elmhurst.edu/blog/four-career-benefits-to-completing-your-degree/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Unlocking Higher Earning Potential. . .Access to Specialized Roles. . .Staying Competitive in a Changing Job Market. . .Expanding Your Professional Network)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Narco-Ranching Fuels Disease, Corruption, and Border Instability — And President Trump Is the Only Leader Treating It as a National Security Crisis
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/narco-ranching-fuels-disease-corruption-and-border-instability-and-president-trump-is-the-only-leader-treating-it-as-a-national-security-crisis.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BRETBART
— Musk Slams Newsom, Says Transgenderism Is ‘Evil Woke Mind Virus’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/12/elon-musk-gavin-newsom-transgenderism-evil-woke-mind-virus/amp/
DAILY WIRE
— Here Are The Illegals Arrested As Anti-ICE Protesters Disrupted Noem’s Testimony
https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-illegals-arrested-as-anti-ice-protesters-disrupted-noems-testimony
FEDERALIST
— Deportation Is The Only ‘Due Process’ Illegal Aliens Deserve
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/12/deportation-is-the-only-due-process-illegal-aliens-deserve/
FOX NEWS
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.aol.com/articles/illinois-church-nativity-shows-baby-131613906.html
— Kentucky lawmaker sparks firestorm for saying she doesn’t ‘feel good about being White’
https://www.aol.com/news/kentucky-lawmaker-sparks-firestorm-saying-180016752.html
NEWSMAX
— Journalists Can NOT Locate a ‘Far Left’ Anywhere. DD: To get rid of me, my critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being not only far right, but as being too far right. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. They most commonly reject the platform’s personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. 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) conservative leaders, and d) religious leaders.
https://newsbusters.org/node/293164/print
— Trump Allies Put Ind. GOP on Primary Radar After Map Loss. DD: In 2000, my critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman, but not since then. In 2015, they drew me into the same precinct with Ives, but that redrawing was rescinded.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/indiana-senate-redistricting-2026-elections/2025/12/12/id/1238162/
PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker Signs Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2025/12/12/pope-fan-boy-gov-jb-pritzker-signs-bill-legalize-assisted-suicide-n4947003
— Another Illegal Alien Truck Driver Causes Deadly Crash
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/12/another-illegal-alien-truck-driver-causes-deadly-crash-n4947005
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump’s Indiana primary threats risk fracturing GOP
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5647183-trump-primaries-indiana-republicans/
— GOP unveils health bill without ACA subsidies. DD: Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5647134-gop-unveils-health-bill-without-aca-subsidies/amp/
REUTERS
— Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-draws-legal-challenge-california-other-states-2025-12-12/
NEW YORK TIMES
— 20 States Sue to Block $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/us/politics/states-lawsuit-h1b-visas.html
— $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? DD: Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Pot is poison. If I had been a pot user, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, c) to earn a professional license, d) to buy news cars, e) to buy real estate, f) to get married, g) to etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/12/cannabis-marijuana-rescheduling-trump-administration/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-12/church-nativity-scenes-add-zip-ties-gas-masks-ice-to-protest-immigration-raids
— Is $140,000 really a poverty income? Clearly not, but the viral debate underscores the ‘affordability’ issue. DD: I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars. According to my critics/opponents, that proves both a) that I was grossly overpaid and b) that was a career failure because I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/hiltzik-is-140000-really-a-poverty-income-clearly-not-but-the-viral-debate-underscores-the-affordability-issue/ar-AA1S4nOJ
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a wealth manager named Michael Green published a Substack post arguing that a $140,000 income is the new poverty level for a family of four in America, where the official poverty line is $32,150. The post promptly went viral. One would hope that economic commentators coast-to-coast mentioned Green as their “person I’m most thankful for” at their family gatherings that week, because he gave them something to masticate ever since. On the spectrum from left to right, countless pundits have rerun Green’s numbers to deride or validate his argument.)
USA TODAY
— House narrowly voted against formally reprimanding a Democrat. DD: Censures and attempts to censure are always big news. I should write about the unsuccessful attempt by my critics/opponents to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrat-texted-epstein-avoids-censure-164814919.html
CNBC
— Affordability is the ‘beating heart’ of the ACA enhanced subsidy debate. DD: Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/12/aca-enhanced-subsidies-democrats-republicans-health-care-plan.html
EL PASO TIMES
— Push to exclude noncitizens from redistricting could have big effect in Texas. DD: How many illegals are in the political jurisdictions that you live in?
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2025/12/12/how-texas-could-fare-if-redistricting-excludes-noncitizens/87731753007/
DESERT NEWS
— Why are Americans growing indifferent to marriage? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971.
https://www.deseret.com/special-series/2025/11/14/american-family-survey-marriage-indifference-needed-family/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The New College Unemployment Line. DD: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if I had not been taking job-related graduate evening courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Further, if I had not earned a second job-related master’s degree, two job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-new-college-unemployment-line-2556ad81
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Prioritizing work-life balance is not a recipe for success — it’s a red flag. DD: While I worked for Firestone Stores in 1971, IRS 1972-1979, and GAO in 1981 and 1992-1997, I took only one graduate business, accounting, internal auditing, or finance course at a time. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, that was a BIG mistake. By the time I 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, became a licensed CPA in 1981, earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997, IT WAS TOO LATE.
https://www.businessinsider.com/skims-cofounder-emma-grede-work-life-balance-your-problem-2025-5
BLOOMBERG LAW
— ICE Detainees Successfully ‘Swarm’ Courts Seeking Due Process. DD: Illegals are not entitled to due process.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/ice-detainees-successfully-swarm-courts-seeking-due-process
AXIOS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/trump-economy-inflation-affordability
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HRD AMERICA
— Starbucks sued for alleged racial quotas in hiring. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always had Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They used those quotas, goals, and targets to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.hcamag.com/nz/news/general/starbucks-sued-for-alleged-racial-quotas-in-hiring/560027
GAUARDIAN
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/church-jesus-nativity-scenes-mock-ice-trump
December 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Duckworth slams troop deployment. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1755268
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois Democrats applaud as GOP-led Indiana Senate rebuffs President Trump’s push for new redistricting map. DD: Will Indiana be the next red state to turn blue and crash and burn?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/illinois-democrats-applaud-as-gop-led-indiana-senate-rebuffs-president-trumps-push-for-new-redistricting-map/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding. The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/jesus-zip-ties-taken-evanston-church-updates-nativity/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots. As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border” set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts causing turmoil in Chicago and elsewhere, he sees himself as the good guy. Not everyone agrees.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/12/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-deportation-elcentro-california-blowing-rock-boone-north-carolina-migrants-immigration
DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker Military Foundation helps carry on Chicago’s historic tradition of holiday giving. DD: Soon, under Pritzker, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/submitted-content/pritzker-military-foundation-helps-carry-on-chicagos-historic-tradition-of-holiday-giving/
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/news/elgin-police-refute-dhs-account-of-violence-during-immigration-enforcement/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251211/news/he-doesnt-deserve-to-be-treated-like-a-criminal-effort-underway-on-behalf-of-man-detained-by-ice/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump aims to cut curbs on marijuana via exec order: report. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-aims-cut-curbs-marijuana-exec-order-report
JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois bill would let state inmates work remote jobs for pay
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-incarcerated-remote-jobs-21236922.php
NPR ILLINOIS
— Foreign-born population shrinks as Trump administration pressures immigrants to go. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have,
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-11/foreign-born-population-shrinks-as-trump-administration-pressures-immigrants-to-go
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-12/trump-struggles-to-find-his-economic-messaging-amid-voter-skepticism
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-racist-comments-towards-immigrants-in-senate-judiciary-committee-executive-meeting
DAILY LINE
— Two candidates running in open Republican primary in Illinois’ 33rd Senate District
https://www.thedailyline.com/two-candidates-running-republican-primary-illinois-33rd-senate-district
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois pauses after Indiana rejects map
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/12/illinois-pauses-as-indiana-rejects-map-00688582
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Threatens Mid-Decade Power Grab to Wipe Out GOP Seats After Indiana Redistricting Move. DD: When will the last Republican leave Illinois?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/pritzker-threatens-mid-decade-power-grab-to-wipe-out-gop-seats-after-indiana-redistricting-move.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— $1B, unneeded tax hike coming to a tollway near you?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1b-unneeded-tax-hike-coming-to-a-tollway-near-you/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Gubernatorial Hopeful Ted Dabrowski at Marengo Library Today 2-4
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/gop-gubernatorial-hopeful-ted-dabrowski-at-marengo-library-today-2-4/
— A Democratic Party Governor Favoring School Choice Financed by Private Donations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/a-democratic-party-governor-favoring-school-choice-financed-by-private-donations/
— Court Seeks New Public Defender as Mark Cook Retires
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/court-seeks-new-public-defender-as-mark-cook-retires/
— McHenry County’s Top Law Enforcement Officials Willing To Offer Pritzker Input on Revising SAFE-T Act
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/mchenry-countys-top-law-enforcement-officials-willing-to-offer-pritzker-input-on-revising-safe-t-act/
— Ugaste Reminds Pritzker That He Already Gerrymandered Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/ugaste-reminds-pritzker-that-he-already-gerrymandered-illinois/
— Porch Thefts in Chicago and Locally
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/11/porch-thefts-in-chicago-and-locally/
— Suggestions for Making Illinois’ No Cash Bail Law Work Better
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/suggestions-for-making-illinois-no-cash-bail-law-work-better/
— Crooked Suburban Police Chief Goes Down
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/crooked-suburban-police-chief-goes-down/
— Sheriff Hiring Bailiffs, Retired Police Sought for Full and Part-Time Work
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/sheriff-hiring-bailiffs-retired-police-sought-for-full-and-part-time-work/
— CORRECTION: Riley Grade School District Announces 103% Tax Increase AFTER MAJOR TAX CUT LAST YEAR TO SPEND DOWN SURPLUS
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/riley-grade-school-district-announces-3-tax-increase/
— State Rep. Candidate Bailey Templeton Quantifies Blagojevich Era Allowance of Illegal Alien Kids on Medicaid
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/state-rep-candidate-bailey-templeton-quantifies-blagojevich-era-allowance-of-illegal-alien-kids-on-medicaid/
— Dems Forget Federal Supremacy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/dems-forget-federal-supremacy/
— Tax Sale Law Ruled Unconstitutional in Federal Cook County Suit, Logic Will Affect All Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/10/tax-sale-law-ruled-unconstitutional-in-federal-cook-county-suit-logic-will-affect-all-counties/
— UPDATE: Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake, Refers to Excessive SNAP (Food Stamp) Fraud
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump advocates for primary against Indiana GOP leader who rejected redrawn congressional map
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/trump-calls-primary-indiana-gop-leader-rodric-bray-rejected-redrawn/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Yes, Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/yes-ilhan-omar-married-her-brother
NEW YORK POST
— Trump: Biden administration weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk to put the Turning Point USA movement ‘out of business.’ DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html
BLAZE
— Mamdani dares ICE to come get him — and throws the Constitution in the trash
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/mamdani-dares-ice-to-come-get-him-and-throws-the-constitution-in-the-trash
COLLEGE FIX
— Turning Point USA leaders forced off campus at Olivet Nazarene university after death threats. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.thecollegefix.com/turning-point-usa-leaders-forced-off-campus-at-illinois-university-after-death-threats/
DAILY SIGNAL
— LGBTQ Activists Hound Debate Venue to Cancel Christian Leader. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting conservative speakers.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/11/were-not-canceling-ohio-venue-stands-for-christian-leaders-free-speech/
FOX NEWS
— GOP accuses Democrats of manufacturing affordability crisis as Obamacare subsidy fight nears deadline. Senate Republicans say Democrats manufactured affordability crisis to score political points in 2026 midterms.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-accuses-democrats-manufacturing-affordability-crisis-obamacare-subsidy-fight-nears-deadline
— Bovino urges Pritzker to follow the example of Louisiana when it comes to ICE. Bovino comments on the consequences of the Biden administration border crisis and threats against ICE agents on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386360430112
— House Dem to force Trump impeachment vote on 2 articles. Rep Al Green, D-Texas, has forced House vote on impeachment articles within two legislative days.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dem-force-trump-impeachment-vote-2-articles
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— New California Law Puts ICE Agents at Risk While Violent Protesters Stay Hidden
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/california-law-newsom-police-unmasked
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Turning Point USA Leaders at Olivet Nazarene U. Forced Off Campus Due to Death Threats. “At no time is this sort of behavior acceptable in our society and certainly not at Olivet, and it will be handled accordingly.” DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/turning-point-usa-leaders-at-olivet-nazarene-u-forced-off-campus-due-to-death-threats/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Trump’s $1 million ‘Gold Card’ immigration application plan launches. The program will fast-track residency and citizenship for wealthy immigrants. DD: When your ancestors immigrated, how much money did they have? On my father’s side, they immigrated in 1844. They worked in brick factory in Chicago for 10 years to be eligible to homestead a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854. On my mother’s side they immigrated in the 1850s and sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-1-million-gold-card-immigration-application-plan/story?id=128320787
— Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions. Some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges have been enrolling record numbers of low-income students as campuses prioritize economic diversity in the wake of a ban on affirmative action. DD: Because the parents of Black and Hispanic students have less income than the parents of White students, colleges use income as a proxy to give preference to Black and Hispanic students. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/affirmative-action-elite-colleges-prioritizing-economic-diversity-admissions-128303327
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In legal memos, the White House has alleged that prioritizing students based on earnings or geography amounts to a “racial proxy” in violation of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision against affirmative action. In a June letter, Trump officials accused the University of California-Los Angeles of “race-based admissions in all but name.” It criticized UCLA for considering factors like applicants’ family income, ZIP code and high school profile. Colleges often weigh that kind of information in admissions decisions. Yet the Trump administration has declared that the Supreme Court decision outlaws a wide range of long-accepted education practices, including scholarships targeting students in underserved areas.)
ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani answers questions on his universal child care plan. DD: Ever since I was born in 1948, my critics/opponents have falsely unethically used my mother staying home to raise me and my brother to paint my mother and father as being filthy rich. Because my mother never attended high school, the belief was that her earning potential was very limited. She never worked outside of the home until after my father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-answers-questions-universal-child-care-plan/18276590/
CBS NEWS
— Abbott announces statewide push to expand Turning Point USA chapters in Texas high schools. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/gov-abbott-announces-statewide-push-to-expand-turning-point-usa-chapters-in-texas-high-schools/
NBC NEWS
— Republican-led House votes to overturn Trump executive order on federal employee bargaining rights. The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to overturn an executive order from President Donald Trump this term. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many adverse actions against me that they did including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-led-house-votes-overturn-trump-executive-order-bargaining-r-rcna248767
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Press Noem on Harsh Immigration Tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010582298/noem-house-hearing-immigration-crackdown.html
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/opinion/trump-approval-rating-affordability.html
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you cannot afford something, it is because of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/trump-affordability-democrats.html
WASHINGTON POST
— A Democratic upset in Miami’s mayoral runoff this week is a wakeup call for Trump heading into the midterms. DD: What is the likelihood that the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct will win?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/11/miami-election-mayor-higgins-democrats/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote IVF to give themselves cover to promote abortion. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me used against me my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. In 1989, to punish me, they rudely threw me off audits of IRS, rudely gave me a bad 6-month audit assignment in Iowa, rudely gave unfair performance expectations, rudely gave me an unfair performance appraisal, and rudely ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. I should write about the aforesaid. Of course, Duckworth would applaud the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/10/ndaa-ivf-coverage-military-families/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrats fight for criminals. Republicans fight for the victims of criminals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/11/20/sepsis-deaths-lawsuits-prisons-jails-infection-investigation/85755243007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/11/trump-affordability-poll-news/87623654007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rise of the Mamdani Clones. After the 2024 humiliation, the left is back. It could hurt the party in 2026.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rise-of-the-mamdani-clones-28d0db8b
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3bRTO00IcI
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Immigrant Workers and the Childcare Crisis. DD: What percent of childcare workers are illegals?
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/immigrant-workers-childcare-crisis/
NATIONAL JURIST
— Northwestern Pritzker Law scholarship fund reaches $1 million to support public service careers. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. They always stressed that I wanted a career in the automotive industry and that none of my four degrees are in public service. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://nationaljurist.com/northwestern-law-scholarship-fund-reaches-1-million-to-support-public-service-careers/
EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give minorities more preference.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/trump-admin-accuses-minneapolis-schools-of-racism-in-protecting-minority-teachers/2025/12
PBS
— DD: To illegally bring a child into a country illegally and/or to illegally keep a child in a country illegally is child abuse.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-the-u-s
AXIOS
— Ramirez is pressing the House Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment hearings against Noem.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/kristi-noem-impeachment-democrat-dhs-rfk-trump