December 3, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Student groups, political leaders divided over Northwestern’s federal funding deal with Trump admin.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jewish-student-advocates-political-leaders-divided-northwestern-universitys-federal-funding-deal-trump-administration/18246627/

NBC5
— Trump says he will roll back fuel efficiency standards for vehicles
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-says-he-will-roll-back-fuel-efficiency-standards-for-vehicles/3858427/
— Evanston church puts up immigration-themed Nativity scene with baby Jesus in zip ties. DD: The Democrat Party’s conquering of religion will soon be complete.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/evanston-church-puts-up-immigration-themed-nativity-scene-with-baby-jesus-in-zip-ties/3858423/

CBS2
— Trump administration seeks detailed information on SNAP recipients from democratic states, including Illinois
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-government-wants-democratic-states-to-hand-over-detailed-information-snap-recipients/

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders use cold temperatures to blast Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2025/12/03/chicago-homelessness-trump-housing-policies

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Extremely dangerous for the citizens’: Harvey Fire Department staffing down to 40% after new layoffs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/harvey-fire-department-layoffs-danger/
— Evanston church’s Nativity depicts baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents. DD: The Democrat Party’s conquering of religion will soon be complete.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/evanston-nativity-baby-jesus-zip-tied-ice-agents/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Venezuela.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/opinion-donald-trump-venezuela-war-chapman/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: The Democrat Party is the party of vice.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/12/03/millions-of-dollars-spent-on-these-gambling-machines-in-springfield/87276299007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker has all the advantages as he looks ahead to 2026
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzker-has-all-the-advantages-as-he-looks-ahead-to-2026/article_0aeaf64d-16ca-4e87-b833-441bdd4f0b59.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump calls Somali migrants ‘garbage’ as administration reportedly plans ICE operation in Minnesota
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-03/trump-calls-somali-migrants-garbage-as-administration-reportedly-plans-ice-operation-in-minnesota

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-431/
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly takes the lead in promoting more hatred against Trump.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/03/pritzker-says-he-has-no-regrets-about-wearing-bullet-proof-vest-on-jimmy-kimmel-show-to-mock-trumps-statements-on-chicago-crime/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker encourages protests as feds challenge use of force lawsuit
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_08633185-3b06-4a71-956a-4b163e474a40.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois has the highest pension debt per capita. Even if the state spent an extra $1 million a day, your distant descendants would still be paying in 2600.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1-million-a-day-x-600-years-to-fill-illinois-pension-hole/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. wasted billions trying to fix Afghanistan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/3/us-wasted-billions-trying-fix-afghanistan-says-acting-inspector/
— GAO finds dead people, fabricated applications collected Obamacare tax credit
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/3/audit-finds-dead-people-fabricated-applications-collected-obamacare/

NEW YORK POST
— AT&T vows to scrap DEI policies — including worker training that called racism ‘uniquely white trait.’ DD: To get more votes from non-Whites,  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/business/atampt-vows-to-scrap-dei-policies-including-worker-training-that-called-racism-uniquely-white-trait/
— Dems’ fake rage at Pete Hegseth is their latest stab at toppling Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/opinion/dems-fake-rage-at-pete-hegseth-is-their-latest-stab-at-toppling-trump/

BREITBART
— Illinois Law Granting Student Financial Aid to Illegal Aliens Goes into Effect January 1. DD: The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly reject federal law.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/03/illinois-law-granting-student-financial-aid-illegal-aliens-goes-effect-january-1/

EPOCH TIMES
— Rubio Says Venezuelan Government a ‘Transshipment Organization’ for Drug Trafficking. The secretary of state’s comments come amid an escalating pressure campaign against Venezuela and the Maduro regime in recent weeks.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/rubio-says-venezuelan-government-a-transshipment-organization-for-drug-trafficking-5953140

NEWSMAX
— Illinois to Open State Scholarships to Illegal Migrants in 2026
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-immigrants-illinois-state-scholarships/2025/12/03/id/1236975/

PJ MEDIA
— Illegal Alien Hanover Park Policeman Busted by ICE… Returns to Duty?!
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/03/illegal-alien-policeman-busted-by-ice-returns-to-duty-n4946666

TOWNHALL
— CNN Boosts Anti-ICE Activists Again — This Time by Promoting ‘Whistle Alerts’ for Illegals
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/03/new-orleans-ice-whistles-cnn-tracker-n2667309
— Guess How Many Illegal Immigrants Received Social Security Numbers From the Biden Administration
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/02/guess-how-many-illegal-immigrants-received-social-security-numbers-from-the-biden-administration-n2667250

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Charlie Kirk, that is. against conservatives.
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2025/12/03/letter-why-do-people-believe/

POLITICO
— Pentagon watchdog says Hegseth’s Signal use put troops at risk. DD: There never has been anything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and there never will be anything that was not already in the public realm and/or that Democrats did not already know.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/03/pentagon-watchdog-says-hegseths-signal-use-put-troops-at-risk-00674547

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats and RINOs punish all Republicans for everything that Trump says or does that they do not like.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/trump-refugee-collective-punishment/685115/

ADVOCATE
— Here’s what Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor
https://www.advocate.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-lgbtq-campaign-promises

December 3, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Under the Illinois Democrats, more and more and more Illinois residents are on SNAP
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicago-kicks-off-annual-feed-love-campaign-snap-benefits-limbo-millions-how-donate/18113025/

WGN9
— Chicago tops US cities in vehicle congestion
https://wgntv.com/news/traffic/chicago-worst-vehicle-congestion/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/03/group-sues-trump-administration-for-south-shore-raid-footage-that-fed-propaganda-videos-apartment-ice-border-patrol-bovino
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/02/federal-appeals-judge-questions-validity-order-free-hundreds-ice-custody
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for healthcare costs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/12/03/affordable-care-act-aca-premium-tax-credits-prostate-cancer-la-shawn-ford
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/12/03/chicago-homelessness-trump-housing-policies

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG POCTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/operation-midway-blitz-criminal-record/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/first-ice-raided-their-chicago-apartment-building-now-theyre-being-forced-to-vacate-it/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/attorneys-dismiss-lawsuit-restricting-use-of-force-immigration/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/im-shocked-chicago-appeals-judge-rips-lower-courts-ruling-to-release-immigration-arrestees/
— Ray LaHood, former GOP congressman and Obama’s transportation secretary, named head of Edgar Fellows program
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/ray-lahood-head-edgar-fellows/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Hanover Park police officer detained by ICE returns to active duty
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/news/hanover-park-police-officer-detained-by-ice-returns-to-active-duty/
— DuPagePads receives historic $5 million grant from Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez Bezos. DD: Of course, this will attract homeless people to DuPage County.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/news/dupagepads-receives-historic-5-million-grant-from-jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-bezos/

WTVO
— Illinois extends financial aid to undocumented students starting January 1st, 2026. DD: Under its Democrat leaders, Illinois ever-increasingly reject federal law. That is what the Confederate states did.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/illinois-extends-financial-aid-undocumented-110200612.html

WAND TV
— Giving Tuesday – A lifeline for non-profits. DD: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to anyone who wants to read them free of charge, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. Since 2004, they have included links to almost 530,000 articles.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/giving-tuesday—a-lifeline-for-non-profits/article_7d1d7292-368e-42d9-a40b-f562a0957ba2.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump says he doesn’t want Somalis in the U.S., urges them to go back to their homeland and fix it
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-02/trump-says-he-doesnt-want-somalis-in-the-u-s-urges-them-to-go-back-to-their-homeland-and-fix-it
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-03/the-use-and-misuse-of-the-word-ideology

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.nctv17.org/spotlight/bridge-communities-helps-families-break-the-cycle-of-homelessness/amp/

DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. Durbin ever-increasingly leads the Democrat Army.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-to-republican-colleagues-what-if-operation-midway-blitz-comes-to-your-state-or-hometown

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-640/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon reacts to plans for permanent guaranteed income
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-reacts-to-plans-for-permanent-guaranteed-income-am560/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Riley Gaines to headline Concerned Parents of Illinois annual gala on Jan. 31, 2026
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/676601776-riley-gaines-to-headline-concerned-parents-of-illinois-annual-gala-on-jan-31-2026
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Concerned Parents of Illinois is proud to announce that Riley Gaines, a nationally recognized women’s rights advocate and former NCAA athlete, will serve as the keynote speaker at this year’s Annual Gala, to be held on January 31, 2026, at Gibsons Oak Brook.)

CITY JOURNAL
— Chicago Transit Doesn’t Need Another Bailout. Declining ridership shouldn’t be rewarded with more taxpayer dollars.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/chicago-transit-authority-bailout

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Trying to Out-Left-Flank Each Other in 9th Congressional District, Which Covers All of Algonquin Township
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/03/democrats-trying-to-out-left-flank-each-other-in-9th-congressional-district-which-covers-all-of-algonquin-township/
— Woman Set Afire on CTA Makes London Paper
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/02/woman-set-afire-on-cta-makes-london-paper/
— In 9th, Only Justin Ford Favors Stopping Unlimited Immigration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/02/in-9th-only-justin-ford-favors-stoppage-of-rampant-immigration/
— Illinois Dems Decide to Tax Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/01/illinois-dems-decide-to-tax-tips/
— Dem Mass Transit Tax Hikers Repeat 51-Year Old RTA Promise
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/01/dem-mass-transit-tax-hikers-repeat-51-year-old-rta-promise/
— County Board Set to Approve 3% Automatic Annual Raises Starting in 2030, End of Free Family Health Insurance for Those Elected in 2028
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/29/county-board-set-to-approve-3-automatic-annual-raises-starting-in-2030-end-of-free-family-health-insurance-for-those-elected-in-2028/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Left-wing group pushes Mamdani-style minimum wage hike to boost Democrats in 2026
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/left-wing-group-pushes-mamdani-style-minimum-wage-hike-boost/
— Judge orders ICE to stop most warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/judge-orders-ice-stop-warrantless-immigration-arrests-dc/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialist candidate for DC mayor beats record to meet donation requirements. DD: What percent of Democrats who are the following are socialists: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3903922/janeese-lewis-george-candidate-dc-mayor-beats-record-donation-requirements/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani stokes Italian American outrage after resurfaced tweet shows socialist giving the finger to Christopher Columbus statue: ‘Take it down’
https://www.aol.com/mamdani-stokes-italian-american-outrage-014926956.html
— Michael Goodwin: How NY followed Biden’s, Dems’ charge in harboring illegal immigrant criminals
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/opinion/michael-goodwin-how-ny-followed-bidens-dems-charge-in-harboring-illegal-immigrant-criminals/
— Chilling new details emerge about ‘killer’ illegal migrants sprung from NY jails instead of being handed off to ICE
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/chilling-new-details-emerge-about-killer-illegal-migrants-sprung-from-ny-jails-instead-of-being-handed-off-to-ice/
— Trump freezes immigration applications from 19 countries — and blacklist could expand to more than 30
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/us-news/trump-freezes-immigration-applications-from-19-countries-and-blacklist-could-expand-to-more-than-30/

AMAC
— Liberals Side with Bloodthirsty Narcoterrorists in Crusade to “Get Trump”
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/liberals-side-with-bloodthirsty-narcoterrorists-in-crusade-to-get-trump/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal alien remittances: Bessent says ‘follow the money’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/illegal_alien_remittances_bessent_says_follow_the_money.html

FOX NEWS
— Vance, Trump unleash on Democrats’ affordability ‘scam’: ‘Fixing what [they’ve] broken’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-trump-unleash-democrats-affordability-scam-fixing-theyve-broken.print

LEGAL INSURRECTIOIN
— Discrimination Against American-Born Students In Three California University Systems Challenged By Equal Protection Project. Our Complaint to DOJ: DACA/“Undocumented” programs operating at 138 colleges and universities in the University of California, California State University, and California Community College systems systemically discriminate against American-born students on the basis of national origin.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/discrimination-against-american-born-students-in-three-california-university-systems-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

NEWSMAX
— ICE-Busted Illinois Cop in US Illegally Back on Duty
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-cop-illinois/2025/12/02/id/1236826/
— D.C. Socialist Mayoral Candidate Sets Fundraising Record. DD: What percent of Democrats who are the following are socialists: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-janeese-lewis-george-washington-d-c/2025/12/02/id/1236810/
— Mamdani’s Big Government Ideas Have No Place in GOP
https://www.newsmax.com/traviskorson/durbin-hawley-sanders/2025/12/02/id/1236756/

PJ MEDIA
— Disparate Impact. Disparate impact rules say any policy or test in which some races or sexes do better than others is illegal discrimination, even if the policy or test has nothing to do with race or sex.
https://pjmedia.com/john-stossel/2025/12/02/disparate-impact-n4946648

WHITE HOUSE
— A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They have their operatives and their dupes monitor my newsletters closely for anything that the following do not like: a) Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders, b) conservative leaders, and c) religious leaders. To turn the aforesaid against me, they bring what they find to the attention of the aforesaid.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/12/a-call-to-action-submit-media-bias-tips/
(FROM THE POSTING: The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies, purposely omitted context, and outright left-wing lunacy of the Fake News Media — a tall task that demands the help of everyone who believes in facts and accuracy over Fake News. That’s why the White House is calling on everyday Americans to support the truth and hold the Fake News accountable. By visiting whitehouse.gov/biastips , anyone can submit biased or undeniably false articles, and valid submissions will be used to keep the Media Bias Portal updated. So-called “journalists” have made it impossible to identify every false or misleading story, which is why help from the American people is essential. The days of the Fake News Media controlling the narrative with lies, fake anonymous sources, and willful bias are over. If the legacy media won’t honor their responsibility to accurately inform the public, we know the American people will.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Illinois officials warn rental car companies that it is illegal for immigration agents to swap license plates. The secretary of state sent a cease and desist letter to ICE head Todd Lyons, citing “multiple reports of federal ICE agents illegally swapping out the license plates displayed on vehicles.” DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. Durbin ever-increasingly leads the Democrat Army.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-rental-car-license-plates-immigration-agents-illegal-rcna246115

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers in settlement as ongoing strike draws Mamdani and Sanders to picket line. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, 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.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/starbucks-to-pay-35m-to-nyc-workers-in-settlement-as-ongoing-strike-draws-mamdani-and-sanders-to-picket-line

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/trump-affordability-economy-messaging.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump calls Minnesota’s Somali community ‘garbage’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-calls-minnesotas-somali-community-garbage/2025/12/02/e7d1d0c1-4d64-4358-9cc0-dbd9e02ede4e_video.html

USA TODAY
— DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? For me, it came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/28/trump-50-year-mortgage-home-ownership-gen-z/87352889007/

INDIANA GAZETTE
— The case for a pause on all immigration
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/cal-thomas-the-case-for-a-pause-on-all-immigration/article_290c0787-35a7-477c-8eb5-7461ae23afcd.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— The dreaded performance review is, well, under review. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use performance reviews to get rid of their Republican employees. They paint their Democrat employees as positively as they can and they paint their Republican employees as negatively as they can. In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. None of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (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 promoted 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.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/magazine/transforming-performance-reviews-workplace/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Great American Baby Shortage. With marriage on the decline, U.S. fertility has slipped well below the replacement rate.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-great-american-baby-shortage-9d2efa16

BUZZFEED
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, the Pope is woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bellaarnold/conservative-backlash-to-pope
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/honey-people-mad-pope-being-000549348.html

CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Embrace of Cancel Culture
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-dangerous-embrace-of-cancel-culture/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FEDERAL
— Illegal Indian immigrant involved in fatal US crash, 4th case in as many months
https://thefederal.com/category/news/illegal-indian-immigrant-involved-in-fatal-us-crash-4th-case-in-as-many-months-218934

MEAWWW
— Trump slams reporter, says Americans getting ‘fake news from guys like you’ on affordability crisis. Donald Trump argued that affordability concerns were a ‘hoax’ started by Democrats, who he said were responsible for rising prices and inflation.
https://news.meaww.com/trump-slams-reporter-says-americans-getting-fake-news-from-guys-like-you-on-affordability-crisis

November 28, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump says he’s terminating all orders Biden signed with autopen
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-says-hes-terminating-orders-joe-biden-signed-autopen/18223066/

NBC5
— Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/national-guard-member-fighting-for-his-life-after-dc-ambush-shooting/3856695/

WGN9
— The typical retail worker earns $16.56/hour — less than half of the roughly $34.13/hour needed to rent a typical unit, according to a new Redfin analysis. DD: In today’s dollars, I earned $19.37hour working for the Post Office when I was 16 in 1966, $26.85/hour working for IRS when I was 22, $32.83/hour when I was 23, 39.74/hour when I was 24, and $47.63/hour when I was 25. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 and I was taking graduate evening business courses when I was 25.
https://wgntv.com/news/retail-workers-earn-less-than-half-of-what-they-need-to-afford-rent/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says he wants to ‘permanently pause’ migration to the US from poorer countries
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/trump-permanently-pause-migration-poorer-countries/
— Trump administration to halt all asylum decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/trump-administration-halts-asylum-decisions/
— Evanston police bodycams show chaos after Halloween clash between Border Patrol agents and community
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/evanston-halloween-border-patrol-video/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/immigration-chicago-blitz-ice-deportation-uptown/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/bodycam-footage-from-operation-midway-blitz-released/

DAILY HERALD
— Kevin Coyne, Chairman, DuPage GOP: A call for public hearing, election integrity
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251128/letters-to-the-editor/a-call-for-public-hearing-election-integrity/
(FROM THE LETTER: The DuPage GOP calls for an immediate public hearing on the topic of election integrity, our voter rolls, and the process by which vote by mail ballots are being distributed, collected and counted. We believe our DuPage County Clerk’s Office should make itself available to participate and to answer respectful questions about these questions, all of which will pertain to election integrity. We welcome the participation of the League of Women Voters and DuPage’s Democratic Party in this public hearing should it proceed. Confidence in the integrity of our elections is at an all-time low. It’s abundantly clear that there are a great many DuPage voters (as in tens of thousands) who do not trust vote by mail voting and who believe games are being played with how these ballots are distributed, collected and counted. General questions about our voter rolls also continue to persist. Let’s talk about these concerns openly, transparently and publicly. We will keep all questions respectful and sincere. We hope this call is accepted by the clerk’s office. We also hope that the other mentioned stakeholders participate. We call on this hearing to take place within 90 days and before the 2026 Primary.)
— Chicago train attack prompts Trump criticism of Illinois no-cash bail
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251128/nation-and-world-politics/chicago-train-attack-prompts-trump-criticism-of-illinois-no-cash-bail/

WSIU
— States sue the Trump administration over major homelessness spending cuts
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-11-28/states-sue-the-trump-administration-over-major-homelessness-spending-cuts

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says all of Biden’s auto-penned actions are canceled, threatens Biden with perjury charges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/28/trump-says-bidens-auto-penned-actions-canceled-threatens-biden/
— House GOP eyes bill to add citizenship question to census
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/28/house-gop-eyes-bill-add-citizenship-question-census/
— How a wave of Muslim politicians came to power across the United States
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/28/wave-muslim-politicians-came-power-across-united-states/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What drove the DC shooter?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3901532/what-drove-the-dc-shooter-byron-york/
— Why Democrats aren’t thankful for America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3898682/why-democrats-are-not-thankful-for-america/

NEW YORK POST
— How alleged DC terrorist Rahmanullah Lakanwal was welcomed into the US after CIA vetting — and then turned against it
https://nypost.com/2025/11/28/us-news/how-alleged-dc-terrorist-rahmanullah-lakanwal-was-welcomed-into-the-us-and-then-turned-against-it/
— Top Trump intel official reveals DC terror suspect wasn’t vetted for entry to US
https://nypost.com/2025/11/28/us-news/top-trump-intel-official-reveals-dc-terror-suspect-rahmanullah-lakanwal-wasnt-vetted-for-entry-to-us/
— Marine vet tells The Post why some Afghans ‘turn on’ US forces they fight with: ‘Happens a lot more than people suspect’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/28/us-news/marine-vet-tells-the-post-why-some-afghans-turn-on-us-forces-they-fight-with-happens-a-lot-more-than-people-suspect/
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moves to ‘cut off’ illegal migrants from tax benefits, cross-border money transfers: ‘No place for you in our financial system’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/28/us-news/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-moves-to-cut-off-illegal-migrants-from-tax-benefits-and-cross-border-money-transfers/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chicago mayor says imprisoning violent criminals is racist and immoral
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/chicago_mayor_says_imprisoning_violent_criminals_is_racist_and_immoral.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Black Chicago activist takes Brandon Johnson to the woodshed for his race-baiting political games
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/28/black-chicago-activist-takes-brandon-johnson-to-the-woodshed-for-his-race-baiting-political-games-1606452/

NEWSMAX
— GOP Bill Adds New Penalties for Hiring Illegals. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gop-bill-hiring/2025/11/28/id/1236352/

TOWNHALL
— The College of DuPage in Illinois is warning students that they will be punished if they report illegal alien students to authorities. This seems like a straight-up violation of the First Amendment and obstruction of federal laws.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/28/il-college-will-punish-students-who-report-illegals-to-ice-n2667103
— Heartland America: After the Collapse of Democrat’s EV Socialism, Bipartisan Protectionism Emerges
https://townhall.com/columnists/henrypayne/2025/11/28/heartland-america-after-the-collapse-of-democrats-ev-socialism-bipartisan-protectionism-emerges-n2667125

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Trump vows to ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after National Guard shooting. The president called for “reverse migration” in a lengthy social media post late on Thanksgiving and said that he wanted to deport anyone “non-compatible with Western Civilization.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-pause-migration-third-world-countries-national-guard-shooting-dc-rcna246299

CBS NEWS
— Officials instructed to pause all asylum decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-guard-shooting-dc-us-asylum-decisions-pause/

NEWSWEEK
— Full List of Countries Facing Green Card Reviews After DC Shooting
https://www.newsweek.com/countries-green-card-reviews-dc-shooting-full-list-11123812

November 27, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois sues USDA to block changes to SNAP eligibility of immigrants. DD: What percent of SNAP recipients do not meet any of the new requirements?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/26/illinois-immigrant-snap-eligibility-lawsuit-raoul

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/chicago-snap-thanksgiving/
— Students at Lincoln-Way West apply to form Club America, a Turning Point USA affiliate. DD: Who heads TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/lincoln-way-west-turning-point-usa/
— Electoral Board removes one Will County board candidate, other cases pending
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/electoral-board-removal/
— Napoleon Harris, Thornton Township supervisor and state senator, challenged in committeeman race
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/napoleon-harris-thornton-township-democratic-leadership/
— Republican reversal on Indiana redistricting session leaves Dems reeling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/republican-reversal-on-redistricting-session-leaves-dems-reeling/
— DACA recipients are being arrested despite deportation protection
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/daca-recipients-arrested-deportation/

— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Illinois ‘Clean Slate’ bill that would speed sealing of many criminal convictions awaits Pritzker signature. DD: When I was 49 years old in 1997, I knew that there could be no “clean slate” for me. My Democrat GAO superiors had forced me to retire. Previously, they had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Previously, my Democrat IRS superiors had never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. Previously, my Democrat Post Office superiors had disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/illinois-convictions-clean-slate-legislation/

FOX32
— DuPage County officials accuse clerk of financial mismanagement in censure. DD: In 2006, my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes try to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They failed and they continue to refuse to put their accusations against me in writing. I should write about my critics/opponents. 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 before and after 2006.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-clerk-censure

WTTW
— Work Requirements for SNAP Are Changing. DD: What percent of SNAP recipients do not meet any of the new requirements?
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/26/work-requirements-snap-are-changing-here-s-what-know-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new requirements state that people ages 18 to 64 must work or volunteer a minimum of 80 hours per month or participate in certain training or education to receive SNAP benefits. Those who meet one of the following identifications may be exempt from the requirements: People younger than 18 or older than 64, A parent or other member of a household that includes a child under 14, People who are medically certified as physically or mentally unable to work, People who are pregnant, Some Native Americans, A parent or other member of a household with responsibility for the care of an incapacitated person, A regular participant in a drug addiction or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Anti-Trumps ever-increasingly ascribe bad/evil motives to Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-26/trumps-desire-for-recognition-legacy-drive-his-push-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine

SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/27/northern-illinois-food-bank-sees-25-increase-in-need-higher-than-pandemic-times-this-holiday-season/

CWB CHICAGO
— Boys, ages 14 and 16, charged with murdering man outside Loop pub
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/boys-ages-14-and-16-charged-with-murdering-man-outside-loop-pub.html

WHEATON PATCH
— New Video Gaming Spot On Butterfield? Wheaton Council To Weigh In. The city council will discuss a conditional use permit and zoning variances for a proposed video gaming spot at Butterfield and Route 53. DD: In 2009, I led a successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/new-video-gaming-spot-wheaton-council-weigh

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHM KASS
— I, like many, have sworn off the CTA
https://johnkassnews.com/never-again/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— From bake sales to boycotts, anti-ICE sentiment sweeps the U.S. DD: How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been promoting hatred against ICE in your county, township, municipality, and precinct? I will get a measure of that when I hand-deliver sample ballots and campaign literature to 400 residences in my precinct for the March 17, 2026 Republican primary.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/26/bake-sales-boycotts-anti-ice-sentiment-sweeps-us/
— American children can’t read. DD: Democrats run education in America. They focus on cranking good little Democrats who hate Republicans. My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/26/american-children-cant-read/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s warm embrace of Mamdani complicates 2026 GOP messaging. DD: Who has warmly embraced you? My IRS manager promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. But then, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Texas. My GAO manager arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But then, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3896671/trump-warm-embrace-mamdani-complicates-2026-gop-messaging/

BREITBART
— Disney Blasted for Calling Magic Kingdom Christmas Tree ‘Holiday Tree’ DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-Christian.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/11/26/disney-blasted-for-calling-magic-kingdom-christmas-tree-holiday-tree/amp/
— Sen. Mark Kelly Slammed for Post Responding to Shooting of National Guardsmen. In response to a now-deleted post from the Associated Press, Kelly called the shooting “horrific” and thanked the first responders for bring a “suspect into custody.” Kelly’s post came after he and several other Democrats released a video encouraging military members to disobey President Donald Trump’s orders.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/26/sen-mark-kelly-slammed-for-post-responding-to-shooting-of-national-guardsmen/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Act of Terror’: Trump Says National Guard Shooting Suspect Afghan Who Entered US Through Biden Program
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/27/trump-biden-let-in-national-guard-shooting-suspect/

DAILY WIRE
— Exposing Every Lie In The New Anti-American Documentary From Ken Burns. It is, in many respects, a very well-produced piece of propaganda.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exposing-every-lie-in-the-new-anti-american-documentary-from-ken-burns

HOT AIR
— Journalism Standards, Anyone?
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/11/25/journalkism-standards-anyone-n3809247

NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox News Highlights New York Times Sympathy for Illegal Alien ID Fraud Perpetrator. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more sympathy for their illegals.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/11/26/fox-news-highlights-new-york-times-sympathy-illegal-alien-id

NEWSMAX
— Blue State AGs Sue Trump Admin Over SNAP Cuts for Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/blue-states-lawsuit-snap-cuts/2025/11/26/id/1236176/
— Judge Expands Bond Hearing Access for Immigrants Nationwide
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-bond-hearings-dhs/2025/11/26/id/1236213/

PJ MEDIA
— The Danger of Sanctuary City Policies
https://pjmedia.com/michael-a-letts/2025/11/26/the-sudden-danger-of-sanctuary-city-policies-n4946429
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair?
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/11/26/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-retail-reparations-pt-iii-n4946418

TEXAS KENDALL COUNTY GOP
— Merry MAGA Christmas Party. DD: At the 2010 TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Christmas Party, all the Lieutenant Governor candidates spoke including Don Tracy and Jason Plummer.
https://www.kcrptx.com/

TOWNHALL
— University of MN Labels Whiteness a ‘Pandemic,’ Demands ‘Re-Education’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/27/thurs-u-mn-whitness-pandemic-n2667074

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump directs review of Afghans who entered US under Biden after National Guard shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/5624568-trump-biden-afghan-review-dc-shooting/
— Tucker Carlson eviscerates GOP establishment for straying from ‘America First.’  DD: According to Google AI, “The term America First in contemporary politics refers to a prominent conservative, nationalistic, and protectionist faction within the Republican Party, largely defined by the agenda of President Donald Trump. This ideology diverges from traditional conservative principles like internationalism and free trade.”
https://thehill.com/video/tucker-carlson-eviscerates-gop-establishment-for-straying-from-america-first-rising/11299619/
— Greene’s abrupt departure could reshape ‘America First’ debate in Congress. DD: According to Google AI, “The term America First in contemporary politics refers to a prominent conservative, nationalistic, and protectionist faction within the Republican Party, largely defined by the agenda of President Donald Trump. This ideology diverges from traditional conservative principles like internationalism and free trade.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5622686-marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-congress/

ABC NEWS
— National Guard shooting ‘act of evil,’ Trump says; suspect ID’d as Afghan national
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2-military-personnel-appearing-national-guard-shot-white/story?id=127905871

NEWSWEEK
— National Guard Shooting Halts Immigration Processing for Afghan Nationals
https://www.newsweek.com/national-guard-shooting-halts-immigration-processing-for-afghan-nationals-11118238

REUTERS
— FBI probes gunman’s motive in ambush shooting of Guardsmen near White House
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-probes-gunmans-motives-ambush-shooting-guardsmen-near-white-house-2025-11-27/

CBS NEWS
— Trump administration sending 500 more National Guard troops to D.C. after shooting, Hegseth says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-500-more-national-guard-troops-washington-dc-after-shooting-hegseth/

NEW YORK TIMES
— A 29-year-old Afghan man suspected of shooting two National Guard members came to the United States in September 2021 through a program known as Operation Allies Welcome, the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, said Wednesday night.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/operation-allies-welcome-dc-shooting.html
— What We Know About the Shooting of National Guard Troops
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/national-guard-dc-shooting-suspect.html
— I’m 62. Stop Telling Me I’m Old. DD: I was 62 way back in 2010.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/opinion/aging-seniors-medicare.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Anti-Trumps stress that Trump is 79 year old and that he is aging. How old are you? I am 77. Nevertheless, I continue to have the ability, motivation, experience, time, and money to spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-13. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. I ultimately made GS-13 when I was 38, but not until after I had earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/trump-age-health.html
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on welfare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/opinion/hunger-food-insecurity-affordability.html

USA TODAY
— Media did Biden’s bidding. Now they freak out over Trump. DD: My critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me demand blind loyalty. They destroy 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. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/29/trump-news-media-bias-biden/77968482007/

KOMO NEWS
—  A federal court on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump and his former attorney Alina Habba are responsible for a nearly $1 million penalty tied to their lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and James Comey, as well as several other defendants. The court described it as a “frivolous” lawsuit, which Trump filed in 2022 in connection to Russian collusion allegations. DD: I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  GAO never succeeded in getting the court to dismiss my lawsuit. But GAO did succeed in getting the court to grant GAO summary judgment, that is, GAO succeeded in getting the court to deny me my 7th Amendment rights. GAO hinted/implied/argued/shouted that no jury would ever rule in my favor. I have very bad jury appeal. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. How bad is your jury appeal?
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/trump-and-ex-lawyer-hit-with-1m-penalty-after-losing-lawsuit-against-clinton-and-comey-alina-habba-racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organizations-act-rico-russia-russian-collusion-2016-election-politics

FORBES
— Thanksgiving Memo To Mamdani: The Pilgrims Learned The Hard Way That Socialism Doesn’t Work. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with socialism if not promote socialism. They ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VphDj-ppggI

AFL-CIO
— Tell Your Representative to Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-union. They are furious that while I was a union member 1966-1980, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I earned an MBA from Loyola. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I earned a master’s degree from DePaul.
https://aflcio.org/2025/11/20/call-tell-your-representative-pass-protect-americas-workforce-act

ATLANTIC
— America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage. Adults are significantly less likely to be married or to live with a partner than they used to be. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly 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. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/america-marriage-decline/681518/

ROLLING STONE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. They certainly used AA and DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.  When I was 49 years old in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/the-affirmative-action-decision-doesnt-have-to-do-with-meritocracy-1234782275/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Chicago’s top prosecutor turns on woke judge who freed 72-time arrestee accused of setting devout Christian woman, 26, on fire on train.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15328259/chicago-train-woman-fire-prosecutor-record.html

INDEPENDENT
— Two members of the Illinois National Guard said they would refuse orders to carry out the Trump administration’s long-stated goal of sending federal troops into Chicago. DD: Have you refused orders? I have not. Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, all of my subordinates were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, and/or had major performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. Because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly wasted my career, ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.aol.com/articles/two-illinois-national-guard-members-035249184.html

NDTV
— Amid H-1B Visa Debate, Team Trump’s Call To “Prioritize Qualified Americans”  The Trump administration said that the project aims to “safeguard the rights, wages, and job opportunities of highly skilled American workers.” DD: To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But nevertheless, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/amid-h-1b-visa-debate-team-trumps-call-to-prioritize-qualified-americans-9701889

INDIA TODAY
— Amid H-1B debate, US companies asked to hire Americans or face fines under Project Firewall. The Trump administration has vowed to ensure that employers follow H-1B visa rules and “prioritize qualified Americans” over immigrants. Under Project Firewall, federal agencies will monitor abuses such as layoffs of US workers replaced by H‑1B visa holders, or wage discrepancies. Here’s all about the initiative. DD: To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But nevertheless, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/project-firewall-explained-us-trump-admin-to-strengthen-h1b-visa-enforcement-american-workers-dol-chennai-maga-2826499-2025-11-26

TIMES OF INDIA
— Candace Owens recalls college moment she felt feminism was a lie and reveals the class blamed men for all problems. DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame men for all the problems that women have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us-streamers/candace-owens-recalls-college-moment-she-felt-feminism-was-a-lie-and-reveals-the-class-blamed-men-for-all-problems/articleshow/125576678.cms

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— MAGA vs America First threatens Trump’s agenda. DD: According to Google AI, “The term America First in contemporary politics refers to a prominent conservative, nationalistic, and protectionist faction within the Republican Party, largely defined by the agenda of President Donald Trump. This ideology diverges from traditional conservative principles like internationalism and free trade.”
https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/maga-vs-america-first-threatens-trump-s-agenda-101764172456476.html

PRESS READER
— Indian Americans face rising racism
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/garavi-gujarat-usa/20251129/281719800881916

November 26, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago city employee charged with threatening Illinois state senator from Freeport in emails
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/illinois-senator-chesney-threats-charges/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINES
— State cannabis taxes slipping as prices continue to fall. DD: To use pot is to put yourself on track to be a ward of the state.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/state-cannabis-taxes-slipping-prices-continue-fall

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— The Democrats who run Springfield ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/11/26/springfield-scored-perfectly-on-an-lgbtq-inclusivity-index/87365201007/

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— New federal rules could put formerly unhoused people back out on the streets across Illinois. The Trump administration is dramatically cutting the money available to help pay for housing for people in need, including those with mental illness or disabilities. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. That is why America produces fewer and fewer and fewer productive members of society and more and more and more people in need. That is why employers prefer noncitizens.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-new-federal-rules-could-put-formerly-unhoused-people-back-out-on-the-streets-across-illinois/
— A week later, Springfield citizens are still mad about landlord registry vote. Citizens allege corruption and racism around the horseshoe. DD: Are/were you a landlord? I was a landlord 1976-1984 because I could not sell my University Park townhome unless I took a big loss.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-a-week-later-public-still-mad-about-landlord-registry-vote/

CWB CHICAGO
— 3 Venezuelan migrant teens randomly robbed and murdered a homeless man in the Loop
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/3-venezuelan-migrant-teens-randomly-robbed-and-murdered-a-homeless-man-in-the-loop-prosecutors-say-updated.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump turns turkey pardon into Chicago attack
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/26/trump-turns-turkey-pardon-into-chicago-attack-00669501

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Eight Illinois Congressional Democrats Vote Against Bipartisan Resolution Condemning Socialism. Two Others Don’t Vote.
https://wirepoints.org/eight-illinois-congressional-democrats-voted-against-bipartisan-resolution-condemning-socialism-two-others-didnt-vote-wirepoints-quickkpoint/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Mamdani is ‘clearly the leader of the Democratic Party.’ Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Who leads the Republican Party in Illinois, in your congressional district, in your county, and in your township? What do you say about their leadership? I should write about those Republican leaders who have blamed the Republican Party’s platform for the party’s problems the most. They most commonly blame 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5622112-treasury-secretary-bessent-mamdani/amp/
— More and more and more people are becoming addicted to pot. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019. Of course, since then, those in Wheaton who want pot have done everything that they could to get rid of me. I should write about those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2019. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— DuPage County has censured its Clerk. SEE: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_board/dupage_county_board_censures_clerk_jean_kaczmarek_1590.php and https://www.dailyherald.com/20251125/local-politics/dupage-county-clerk-censured-by-county-board/  I should write about my critics/opponents who unsuccessful had their operatives and their dupes try 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 still 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 biggest/most adverse actions against me before 2006 and after 2006. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When asked “What’s a positive spin on Diersen’s role?” Google AI says: “Examining the positive aspects of an individual’s role within a political context often involves looking at their contributions to informing the public, engaging with their community, and working towards goals they believe will benefit their political party or area.  Such a role could be viewed positively by highlighting their efforts to: Inform Constituents: Curating and sharing political news and commentary can be seen as an effort to keep fellow members of a political community informed on relevant issues and perspectives. Promote Discussion: By sharing information from various sources, an individual might aim to encourage broader discussion and understanding of different viewpoints within their political group. Support Party Goals: Engaging in activities that align with a political party’s platform and working to support candidates who represent those values can be viewed as a positive contribution to the party’s objectives. Demonstrate Civic Engagement: Volunteering time and effort in political activities demonstrates a commitment to civic participation and can inspire others to get involved. Contribute to Historical Record: Long-term involvement can contribute to the institutional memory and continuity of a political organization.” SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22david+Diersen%22+republican – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How millions of illegal immigrants got jobs in the US. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3897219/how-millions-illegal-immigrants-got-jobs-us/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millions of illegal immigrants residing in the United States have managed to get jobs despite their immigration status. The fact that 8.5 million illegal immigrants have obtained work in the country is a result of employers paying workers under the table, unknowingly hiring workers who have committed document fraud, and hiring non-U.S. citizens whom the government authorizes to work temporarily. The largest number of illegal immigrants work in construction, followed by accommodation, food services, and manufacturing. Immigrants who are paid under the table are the most difficult for the federal government to track because they are often employed in person-to-person gigs. These include workers hired at home improvement stores or as house cleaners who offer their services on social media marketplaces, as well as businesses such as landscaping companies and restaurants. All employers in the U.S. are legally required to verify that new hires have completed an I-9 form, which requires the applicant’s Social Security number, proof of identity, and work authorization documentation. Select immigrants navigating immigration proceedings in court or who are temporarily protected from deportation may be issued a Social Security card for the purpose of working legally in the U.S., but this document does not confer U.S. citizenship or lawful presence. The Bipartisan Policy Center defended workers who are illegal immigrants and said many choose to file federal taxes on their own at the year’s end despite working off the books. In this case, workers without Social Security numbers use an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number issued by the IRS to report income and pay taxes on what they earn. “Many undocumented immigrants find ways to legally pay both federal income and payroll taxes even if they don’t have a Social Security number (which is normally required) and even if their income was earned by working illegally,” the BPC wrote in an analysis on illegal immigrants in the workplace. “Though there are many undocumented immigrants who are paid ‘under the table’ for their work and do not pay taxes on their income, many others do pay in the hope that it will someday help them become citizens,” the BPC analysis reads.)

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani’s Appalling Transition Team Takes Shape. Plus, Soros-funded anti-Semitism curriculum downplays anti-Semitism.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/zohran-mamdanis-appalling-transition

NEW YORK POST
— Empowering New Yorkers through affordability. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/dispatch/empowering-new-yorkers-through-affordability/
— White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s ‘criminal illegal alien’ relative detained by ICE
https://nypost.com/2025/11/26/us-news/white-house-karoline-leavitt-criminal-illegal-alien-relative-bruna-caroline-ferreira-detained-by-ice/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Donald Trump or Don Rickles? POTUS has press rolling over jab at ‘fat slob’ Pritzker
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/26/donald-trump-or-don-rickles-potus-has-press-rolling-over-jab-at-fat-slob-pritzker-1605880/

BREITBART
— Biden Admin Made Airports Less Safe by Housing Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/25/report-biden-admin-made-airports-less-safe-using-them-to-house-migrants/amp/
— Hegseth moves to sever Pentagon ties with Scouting America
https://www.breitbart.com/news/hegseth-moves-to-sever-pentagon-ties-with-scouting-america-report/amp/

CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK
— Alive and Ambulatory? Let’s Be Thankful for These Blessings. DD: I am thankful that my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have let me serve as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I am thankful that they let me serve as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-20210 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004. I am thankful that they let me stop video gambling in Wheaton in 2009 and the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019. Obviously, the aforesaid is sarcastic. I should write about my critics/opponents. According to my critics/opponents, I have never been thankful enough. According to them, I did not really earn what I have and I certainly do not disserve what I have. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and a financial hardship deferment 1966-1971; that my parents provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969; that I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE; that S.S Kresge hired me in 1964, the Post Office in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980; that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974; that GAO promoted me in 1986; that I earned master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981; that I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964 and new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc.; that I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27; that I got married in 1978 and we bought a home that year and had one built in 1984; and that we gave up trying to have children and we did not adopt or become foster parents. According to my critics/opponents, I owe everything that I have to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://cbn.com/news/health/alive-and-ambulatory-lets-be-thankful-these-blessings

COLLEGE FIX
— CUNY course requires students to engage in antifascist activism
https://www.thecollegefix.com/cuny-course-requires-students-to-engage-in-antifascist-activism-watchdog-finds/

DAILY CALLER
— Pritzker Said Cashless Bail Would Keep Cities Safe — Then A Woman Was Burned Alive
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/25/jb-pritzker-safe-t-act-cashless-bail-woman-burned-alive-72-arrests/
— Pentagon To Cut Ties With ‘Genderless’ Boy Scouts
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/25/pentagon-to-cut-ties-with-genderless-boy-scouts-leaked-docs-obtained-by-npr-show/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats Who Told Military Not to Obey ‘Illegal’ Orders Are ‘Not Being Honest’  DD: They are saying that Trump’s orders ARE illegal.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/25/victor-davis-hanson-the-french-revolutionary-jacobins-urging-the-defying-of-trump/

FOX NEWS
— Trump slams ‘liberal judges,’ governor and mayor after woman set on fire on Chicago train, vows to make city safe
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385578565112
— Trump calls Chicago ‘out of control’ after train attack left woman critically burned. The president again demanded that the National Guard be deployed to the Windy City.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-chicago-out-control-after-train-attack-left-woman-critically-burned

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The H-1B Visa Needs Drastic Reform to Put Americans First. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.heritage.org/border-security/report/the-h-1b-visa-needs-drastic-reform-put-americans-first

JUST THE NEWS
— More Democrats are leaning toward socialism. DD: By their failing/refusing to promote personal responsibility and by their promoting dependency on government, my critics/opponents make it clear that they want socialism.
https://justthenews.com/videos/are-more-democrats-leaning-towards-socialism

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Vatican issues sweeping defense of traditional marriage
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-issues-sweeping-defense-traditional-marriage-pushing-back-polygamy

NEWSMAX
— Pentagon Mulls Ending Scouts Aid Over DEI, Gender
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pentagon-boy-scouts-support/2025/11/25/id/1235962/

TOWNHALL
— Two Paths for America: Capitalism or socialism. DD: By their failing/refusing to promote personal responsibility and by their promoting dependency on government, my critics/opponents make it clear that they want socialism.
https://townhall.com/columnists/les-rubin/2025/11/26/two-paths-for-america-n2667010
— The New Yorker Vies for Worst Illegal Alien Sympathy Report Yet
https://townhall.com/columnists/bradslager/2025/11/25/the-new-yorker-vies-for-worst-illegal-alien-sympathy-report-yet-and-defending-the-defenseless-dems-video-n2667013

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— H-1B Visa Update: Department of Labor to ‘Prioritize Qualified Americans’ DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.newsweek.com/h-1b-visa-update-department-labor-americans-11104262

ABC NEWS
— Can military members refuse orders? They can refuse orders but could face consequences if the order is lawful. DD: Have you refused orders? I have not. Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, all of my subordinates were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, and/or had major performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. Because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly wasted my career, ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/explainer-military-members-refuse-orders/story?id=127865412

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Trump is right about affordability.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010540099/fact-check-is-trump-right-about-affordability.html

WASHINGTON POST
— With great presidential power comes great presidential blame. DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. My critics/opponents have more difficulty blaming me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct after they succeeded in a) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, b) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship 2005-2012, and c) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership 2003-2007.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/23/donald-trump-executive-branch-power/
— Trump got his start with $1 million loan from his father. DD: My father provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. That, along with what I earned delivering mail for the Part Forest Post Office 1966-1969, enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-fact-checking-and-analysis-of-the-final-2016-presidential-debate/fact-check-trumps-claim-that-he-built-his-company-with-1-million-loan/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Struggles to Sell MAGA on H-1Bs. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-struggles-to-sell-maga-on-h-1bs-3788449a

FORBES
— Trump’s Chummy Embrace Of Mamdani Is Sabotaging Himself And Republicans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtekRBHOBc

BANKING RATES
— Are Boomers Really To Blame for Our Money Struggles? DD: Compared to our peers, my wife and I spent far less of our income for immediate pleasures and saved far more of our income for our retirement. My critics/opponents stress that we would not have been able to save as much for our retirement if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft and if we had children.
https://www.aol.com/articles/rachel-cruze-boomers-really-blame-161605313.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Because baby boomers have lived more within their means, avoiding overly expensive vacations and things like home remodels, and sometimes staying at the same jobs for years or even decades, Cruze calls them a very “content generation.” Millennials, on the other hand, are “trying to keep up with the Joneses” and often lead unsustainably expensive lifestyles, she said. Boomers may have been more content because when they turned 30, jobs were stable and housing was affordable. Millennials reached that age amid soaring costs, student loans and fewer long-term guarantees regarding the job market. Although the U.S. today is harder to afford for young people, millennials are leading the renovation trend, with 60% planning projects in 2025, according to Housing Wire. Millennials also are one of the biggest groups that were planning to increase their spending on travel at the end of 2024, according to Deloitte. Millennials’ spending habits have landed them deeper in debt, and there has been a huge increase in members of the generation entering debt consolidation, as per USA Today. Their debt can’t be directly attributed to the boomer generation, though. Instead, it may simply be that millennials are making costlier choices than their parents, along with, of course, living in a costlier world in general.)

WEEK
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://theweek.com/news/society/958504/pros-and-cons-of-affirmative-action

PENN STATE
— Poor health is the primary driver of involuntary retirement. DD: Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination are the reasons why the Democrats who run the federal government force their employees to retire as soon as they are eligible who they have not promoted to GS-15 ($163,749-$195,200/year) and who are Republican, White, male, and/or nonveteran.  I should write about that.
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/poor-health-primary-driver-involuntary-retirement-researchers-report

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Aging New York judges lose challenge to forced retirement at 76. The suing judges, all in their 70s, intend to appeal. DD: The Democrats who run the federal government force their employees who they have not promoted to GS-15 ($163,749-$195,200/year) and who are the following to retire as soon as they are eligible: Republican, White, male, and/or nonveteran. I became eligible for early retirement when I was 45 years old in 1993. I survived until I was 49 in 1997. I would not have those 4 years if I had not earned three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), earned six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and earned a job-related professional license (1981). So far, the Democrats who run the federal government have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.)
https://courthousenews.com/aging-new-york-judges-lose-challenge-to-forced-retirement-at-76/

AXIOS
— Republicans consider quitting Congress early over death threats and infighting. DD: I will be hand-delivering sample ballots and campaign literature to the 400 homes in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter. Based on my doing that in the recent past, I anticipate/expect that I will encounter more voters who are filled with hatred against Trump, who make it clear that they will continue to vote for Democrats to punish Trump, and who will take their hatred against out on me. How should I deal with that? Many, most, if not virtually all of the voters in my precinct are insulated from the terrible problems caused by the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/25/congress-retirements-mtg-threats-censures-trump

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FINANCIAL TIMES
— DEI-linked pay awards drop sharply. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors made it clear that they would not promote their employees beyond GS-12 if they did not promote Affirmative Action and DEI big time, that is, if they did not discriminate against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran big time.  My Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that they would not promote their employees beyond GS-13 if they did not promote Affirmative Action and DEI big time, that is, if they did not discriminate against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran big time.
https://www.ft.com/content/a7640355-001e-41de-a95b-3e5c777e69dd

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES GROUP
— FY2025 H-1B Visa Approvals Surge for Top U.S. Tech Companies. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://bizlegalservices.com/2025/11/25/fy2025-h-1b-visa-approvals-surge-for-top-u-s-tech-companies/

HINDUSTAN TIMES & TIMES OF INDIA & INDIA TODAY
— ‘One district in India got 220,000 H-1B visas’: US economist alleges massive fraud in system. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because their parents had lots of money. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/one-district-in-india-got-220-000-h-1b-visas-us-economist-alleges-massive-fraud-in-system-chennai-101764128908634.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/one-district-in-india-got-220000-h-1b-visas-economist-explains-fraud-says-only-12-comes-from-china/articleshow/125572625.cms
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/h1b-visa-fraud-india-chennai-consulate-claims-exceed-cap-glbs-2825994-2025-11-26
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/h1b-industrial-scale-fraud-what-former-us-embassy-official-lawmaker-reveal-chennai-hydrabad-techie-visa-applications-2826235-2025-11-26

SKY NEWS
— Mamdani begs New Yorkers to ‘cough up’ cash for his team after ‘promising free everything’
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/mamdani-begs-new-yorkers-to-cough-up-cash-for-his-team-after-promising-free-everything/video/7945651ddef6b6a5022eff060b229fca
— Mamdani supporters disapproved seeing him ‘so chummy’ with Donald Trump
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/mamdani-supporters-disapproved-seeing-him-so-chummy-with-donald-trump/video/25c8195d478d9b9f2b6551c8d186d3ed

MEAWW
— Mamdani vows to make NY a ‘sanctuary city’ where trans youth are ‘protected and celebrated’
https://news.meaww.com/zohran-mamdani-vows-to-make-ny-a-sanctuary-city-where-trans-youth-are-protected-and-celebrated

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Karoline Leavitt’s relative detained after living in US for decades, ICE says she is criminal illegal alien from Brazil
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-karoline-leavitts-relative-detained-after-living-in-us-for-decades-ice-says-she-is-criminal-illegal-alien-from-brazil/articleshow/125582823.cms

November 24, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— $10K reward being offered for information in teen’s Loop shooting death; concerns over violence. Some Chicago leaders worry downtown violence could deter holiday tourists. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cook-county-crime-stoppers-offering-10k-reward-information-armani-floyd-downtown-chicago-shooting-concerns-violence/18202512/
— Pentagon launches review into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over video to troops.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pentagon-says-launching-review-democratic-sen-mark-kelly/18202243/
— Local advocates concerned over Trump admin. omission of nursing as professional degree program. The policy change limits access to federal loans for graduate students pursuing advanced nursing degrees.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/did-trump-sign-bill-reclassifying-nursing-chicago-area-advocates-concerned-omission-professional-degree/18204718/

FOX32
— Underwood tours Broadview ICE facility, finds ‘unacceptable’ conditions
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/underwood-broadview-ice-facility

WGN RADIO
— Could a curfew have prevented past weekend’s teen takeover in the Loop? DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/could-a-curfew-have-prevented-past-weekends-teen-takeover-in-the-loop/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Investigation continues into pair of downtown shootings, including one that took the life of ‘vibrant’ teen Friday night. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/investigation-downtown-shootings-armani-floyd/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/plan-extend-obamacare-subsidies/
— Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy ‘illegal orders.’ DD: Have you defied orders? While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. All of my subordinates were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, and/or had major performance problems. I never defied orders to give them preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. Because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly wasted my career, ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/pentagon-mark-kelly-video/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Underwood tours Broadview ICE facility and warns deportation blitz isn’t over. The Democratic congresswoman said staffing for Chicago area ICE facilities is expected to triple in coming months.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/24/lauren-underwood-broadview-ice-facility-tour-operation-midway-blitz
— Fatal Loop ‘teen takeover’ leaves families, peers reeling. After 14-year-old Armani Floyd’s death Friday, his peers at a South Shore after-school basketball group were left struggling. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/11/24/armani-floyd-teen-takeover-project-swish

SUBURBAN LIFE
— ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’. Poverty tough to overcome for some DuPage County residents. DD: The cost of living in DuPage County is very high. I bought a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972 and my salary had just increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year in today’s dollars. But if that townhome had been built in DuPage County, I could not have afforded it.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/11/24/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul-poverty-tough-to-overcome-for-many-dupage-county-residents/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There is a broad misconception that there is no poverty in DuPage County,” said Kara Murphy, president of the DuPage Health Coalition, a nonprofit that connects essential healthcare services to low-income individuals. It is true that “on balance” DuPage County is a more affluent community, “but it is also a populous community with just under one million residents,” she said at the Nov. 20 event. “There are more low-income families living in DuPage County than the entire population of 89 of the 100 counties in Illinois,” Murphy said. Murphy added that DuPage County communities must support “individuals at every income level.” “The strongest and most thriving communities create space and opportunities for people who are low-wage, medium-wage and high-wage earners. Communities that are only accessible to individuals at the highest income levels will experience incredible deficits in their ability to provide all the services that all the community needs. We need a diversity of opportunities for people in different places in their life cycles.” To determine income eligibility for assistance programs, many organizations in DuPage County utilize income levels that are 250% or even 300% of the federal poverty level. “Because the reality is the federal poverty level is dramatically inadequate to be able to meet basic needs,” Murphy said. Based 2023 data, using the 200% mark of the federal poverty level, there are 142,000 individuals living in poverty and that number is dramatically increasing, said Amy Van Polen, CEO of Bridge Communities, a nonprofit that provides transitional housing to families facing homelessness. “Those are the fastest growing numbers of our community,” Van Polen said. “Forty-four percent of renters in this county are rent burdened, meaning that they pay more than 30% of their income toward rent. That is not sustainable.” Many college educated individuals who are “20 something or 30 something” are finding it difficult to find affordable housing, she said. “Lots of $3,000-a-month, one-bedroom apartments are being built.”)

FOX ILLINOIS
— Vance is backing up Trump who called for the arrest and trial of Democratic lawmakers featured in a video calling for intelligence and military service members to defy the president’s “illegal orders.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/vance-supports-trump-calling-for-arrest-slotkin-video-stirs-rand-paul-llegal-orders-seditious-behavior

WMBD
— Illinois U.S. Senate candidate runs to end military support for Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7z5I16vV_I

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Will County Board Candidates File Dueling Election Objections, 1 Removed From Ballot. The two candidates also filed objections against each other in the precinct committeeperson race, and the other was removed from the ballot.
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/will-county-board-candidates-file-dueling-election-objections-1-removed-ballot

WHEATON RECORD
— CACE Lecture Examines Christian Nationalism and Trump’s Second Term
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/24/cace-lecture-examines-christian-nationalism-and-trumps-second-term/
— Student-Planned Panel Discusses Immigration Crackdown and Christian Response
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/24/student-planned-panel-discusses-immigration-crackdown-and-christian-response/
— “Let’s talk about Chemical Abortion”
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/24/lets-talk-about-chemical-abortion/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Amid GOP governor candidates, Dabrowski says he knows how to fix Illinois
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_788d6262-c266-4311-af6c-bc96cd216bf0.html
— State reps: Pritzker turns ‘blind eye’ to Chicago’s public safety crisis
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cfbde8b3-4965-4d7a-a0a6-d8bf61bbfc60.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pentagon says Sen. Kelly could be recalled to active duty, face court martial for video to troops
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/pentagon-says-sen-kelly-could-recalled-active-duty-face-court-martial/
— Decentralized DOGE is still buzz-sawing through government waste. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/decentralized-doge-still-buzz-sawing-government-waste/
— Associated Press asks court to restore its special access to Trump’s White House
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/associated-press-asks-court-restore-special-access-trumps-white-house/
— Blagojevich: From big shoulders to big exodus: Chicago’s collapse under leftist leadership. Once the heart of American innovation and industry, the Second City now bleeds jobs, residents and hope
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/big-shoulders-big-exodus-chicagos-collapse-leftist-leadership/
— Mamdani’s catastrophic socialist vision may herald in America’s freedom rebirth
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/24/mamdanis-catastrophic-socialist-vision-may-herald-americas-freedom/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: Noncitizens steal American jobs. All my employers would hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take the bad jobs that I had to take. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3895435/where-illegal-immigrants-find-work-in-the-us/
— Restoring the American dream of homeownership.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3897283/restoring-american-dream-homeownership/

NEW YORK POST
— Assaults on immigration agents skyrocket 1,150% since Trump took office as sanctuary city rhetoric fuels disturbing rise
https://nypost.com/2025/11/24/us-news/assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-1150-since-trump-took-office/
— NYPD needs to quash violent car-meetup ‘street takeovers’ IMMEDIATELY
https://nypost.com/2025/11/24/opinion/nypd-needs-to-quash-violent-car-meetup-street-takeovers-immediately/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Cornell grad student union backs ‘armed resistance by any means necessary’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/cornell-grad-student-union-backs-armed-resistance-means-necessary/29019

FOX NEWS
— Trump’s fight with Marjorie Taylor Greene is a warning sign for Republicans. DD: My Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party leaders vehemently disagreed with my supporting Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the Republican gubernatorial primary in 2002. I led O’Malley’s campaign in Milton Township. Even though I did everything that I could to help Ryan win the general election, they not only have never forgiven me, they continue to punish me big time. They blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Ryan’s defeat. I should write about that.
https://foxillinois.com/news/armstrong-army-strong/donald-trumps-fight-with-marjorie-taylor-greene-is-a-warning-sign-for-republicans
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican Party under Trump has always been a coalition held together by energy, grievance, and a sense of shared purpose. But coalitions — even fearsome ones — require space for internal disagreement. They require room for ideological variance, strategic differences, and the occasional intra-party critique. Without that space, a movement begins to cannibalize its own allies, mistaking loyalty for uniformity and criticism for betrayal. . .There is also a deeper strategic issue. Disagreement, when handled well, strengthens a movement. It forces reflection. It sharpens arguments. It prevents blind spots. In a party that is trying to build a durable America First agenda with real policy depth, suppressing dissent is a recipe for stagnation. Trump’s greatest strength has always been his ability to break political orthodoxies; he should not now create a new orthodoxy that is just as brittle as the one he once shattered. Republicans need a healthy internal dialogue, not a chorus line. If Trump wants a party that will govern successfully — not merely idolize him — he must recognize that even loyal supporters will occasionally challenge him. And sometimes, they should. A strong leader does not see disagreement as betrayal. A strong leader sees it as proof that the movement he built is maturing, thinking, and preparing for the responsibilities of lasting power. . .If the GOP becomes a party where dissent is punished and loyalty is the only ideology, it will implode not because of Democrats — but because of its own refusal to let its members say, “We support you, but here’s where we disagree.”

HOT AIR
— Illegal Alien Stole a Man’s Identity and Made His Life Hell; New York Times Calls The Illegal a Victim
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/11/24/illegal-alien-stole-a-mans-identity-and-made-his-life-hell-new-york-times-calls-the-illegal-a-victim-n3809207

NEWSMAX
— States Need to Join Trump, Feds, to Destroy Islamic Militants
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/islamic-militants/2025/11/24/id/1235831/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Women set ablaze on Chicago train identified as Bethany MaGee—suspect has 72 prior arrests. 50-year-old Lawrence Reed has been arrested at least 72 times over the last 30 years.
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-man-charged-with-setting-woman-on-fire-has-72-prior-arrests#google_vignette

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Hit With Negative Polling in Utah
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-hit-with-negative-polling-in-staunch-republican-state-11097581
— Trump Orders Broad Vetting Review of 200,000 Refugees Admitted Under Biden
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-orders-review-biden-era-refugees-11102147

JD SUPRA
— EEOC Releases Materials on National Origin Discrimination. DD: My critics/opponents have aways stressed that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, I have always stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWI if he had not been 4-F. FROM WIKIPEDIA: “For Germany perpetrating the Holocaust and starting World War II, Germans are often stereotyped as Nazis. This stereotype, while now rare, persists to this day. After the war, the German people were often viewed with contempt because they were blamed by other Europeans for Nazi crimes. Germans visiting abroad, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, attracted insults from locals, and from foreigners who may have lost their families or friends in the atrocities. Today in Europe and worldwide (particularly in countries that fought against the Axis), Germans may be scorned by elderly people who were alive to experience the atrocities committed by Nazi Germans or by veterans who had fought against the Nazis during World War II.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-releases-materials-on-national-6164621/

November 23, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 14-year-old killed, 8 teens injured in chaotic downtown Chicago shootings during ‘teen takeover’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/five-shot-state-street-chicago-theater-police/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasing glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/chicago-children-left-behind-immigration/
— Five stages of job loss. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 continues to have a tremendous negative impact on me. I had earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 48, 31, and 27. I had earned job-related professional certifications when I was 48, 47, 45, 41, 32 and 30. I had earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I would have been eligible for regular retirement when I was 55. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less. The stigma of being forced to retire early is tremendous.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/17/jill-on-money-five-stages-of-job-loss/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Jobs create structure and routine, they provide an outlet for talent, social connection and a sense of safety and control,” she said. So even if you are prepared for a potential cut, the emotional impact is significant. Melnick invoked Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s “Five stages of grief”: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, as a way to understand why a job loss can be so devastating.)

DAILY HERALD
— The United States is not united at all. We live in two countries, divided by politics, wealth, health and education. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for all problems.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251120/syndicated-columnists/time-to-end-two-nations-split-by-health-education-and-wealth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Citizens of the red states that voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024 are far poorer than blue states that did not. Mississippi, for example, has a per capita income about half of that of Massachusetts. Nine of the top 10 states in per capita income are blue. Nine of the bottom 10 are red.

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane Electoral Board overrules objections in GOP committeeperson race. Cindy Ignoffo to remain on March 17 primary ballot. DD: My critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. She lost thanks largely to Hultgren and Roskam endorsing me. They have not been able to get someone to run against me since then. In 2015, they gerrymandered my precinct to force me to run against Ives. But the precinct lines were redrawn.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/11/23/kane-electoral-board-overrules-objections-in-gop-committeeperson-race/

NPR ILLINOIS
— A look at what led to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation and its impact. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump. Who wants you to resign? Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, my critics/opponents who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have tried very hard to get me to resign. I should write about them. MTRO rudely unsuccessfully ran one of their operatives/dupes against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. MTRO rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010. The Illinois Center Right Coalition rudely tried to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and in rudely ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007. TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely got me to not run again for chairman in 2012. Wheaton rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The Illinois Republican Party rudely ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. My Democrat Post Office superiors rudely got me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store manager rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors rudely got me to transfer to GAO in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors rudely got me to retire in 1997.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-22/a-look-at-what-led-to-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-resignation-and-its-impact

CWB CHICAGO
— ‘Complete lawlessness’: Critics slam mayor as Loop mob attack and shootings shock Chicago
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/complete-lawlessness-critics-slam-mayor-as-loop-mob-attack-and-shootings-shock-chicago.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— How a City Dies: Woman Burned Alive on CTA by a Violent Career Criminal Who Was Enabled by Democrat Judges
https://johnkassnews.com/woman-burned-alive-on-cta-democrats-brush-it-off-as-isolated/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do those who have taken adverse actions against you have in common? My critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me demand blind loyalty. They destroy 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. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Nearly 550 truck drivers cited for not understanding English in Illinois YTD
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_609f15f0-482b-4530-92ca-ef38e45ae4fa.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers again push disguised ‘retirement tax’
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-again-push-disguised-retirement-tax/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New York and Virginia Democrats prepare to advance socialism in 2026. DD: Which Democrat and RINO leaders advance socialism in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth personal responsibility. They promote dependency on government and dependency on charity.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/22/editorial-new-york-virginia-democrats-prepare-advance-socialism-2026/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why Democrats are embracing socialism. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been pushing socialism in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watch/2410397/
— State Department orders diplomats to pressure Western nations to end ‘mass migration’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3894937/state-dept-orders-diplomats-directly-pressure-western-nations-end-mass-migration/
— K-12 public spending nears $1 trillion in U.S. DD: My parents’ sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. All that notwithstanding my being viewed as not being college material. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I got no scholarships or student loans. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3895973/k-12-public-spending-1-trillion-us-study/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Chicagoans are ‘chanting bring in Trump’ after violent downtown riot leaves 8 shot, 1 dead
https://nypost.com/2025/11/23/us-news/trump-says-chicago-are-calling-for-action-after-recent-crime-wave-in-democrat-city/
— ‘Antisemitic’ activist Linda Sarsour: Mamdani mayoral win shows hating Israel can ‘send you to City Hall’ DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/22/us-news/antisemitic-activist-linda-sarsour-mamdani-mayoral-win-shows-hating-israel-can-send-you-to-city-hall/
— Homan rips violent clashes at California pot farm where illegal minors were working, blames Dems’ ‘Nazi’ rhetoric
https://www.aol.com/tom-homan-rips-violent-clashes-122949153.html
— Illegal migrants sparked riot after ramming attack on Border Patrol SUV in Chicago
https://www.aol.com/news/illegal-migrants-sparked-riot-ramming-194544289.html
— LA mayor Bass worries ICE raids will leave ‘nobody to do childcare.’ DD: How many illegals are providing childcare in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.aol.com/news/la-mayor-bass-worries-ice-104755445.html
— ICE arrests illegal immigrant selling counterfeit goods on Canal Street
https://nypost.com/2025/11/22/us-news/ice-calls-nyc-a-revolving-door-for-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/22/opinion/trumps-meeting-with-mamdani-comes-as-a-shock-and-promise-that-there-is-hope-for-nyc/

AIR FORCE ACADEMY
— Academic Excellence: Two Cadets Earn Rhodes Scholarships. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have stressed the most that I did not get any scholarships.
https://www.usafa.edu/academic-excellence-two-cadets-earn-rhodes-scholarships/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Smile that Ate the City: The parable of Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_smile_that_ate_the_city_the_parable_of_mamdani.html
— Critical Race Theory Deserves to be labeled as ‘hate speech’ DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been pushing CRT in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/critical_race_theory_deserves_to_be_labeled_as_hate_speech.html
— Is there really an affordability crisis, or is there a choice crisis? DD: Compared to our peers, my wife and I spent far less of our income for immediate pleasures and saved far more of our income for our retirement. My critics/opponents stress that we would not have been able to save as much for our retirement if we had children.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/is_there_really_an_affordability_crisis_or_is_there_a_choice_crisis.html
— House resolution condemns socialism
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/house_resolution_condemns_socialism.html
— The 10 Guiding Principles of MAGA
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/the_10_guiding_principles_of_maga.html
— The Chinese military is here and ready. Are we?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_chinese_military_is_here_and_ready_are_we.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those of us paying attention noticed that among the illegals flowing over our borders during Biden’s Handlers’ term were thousands—perhaps tens of thousands—of military aged, fit Chinese men. We also took note that no one enters or leaves China without the commie’s consent, and the people showing up at our borders didn’t walk across the Pacific. The Biden DHS was eventually forced to grudgingly admit that at least some of those guys just might be members of the Chinese military. They didn’t inform us what they did with them, so we can reasonably believe most, if not all, remain in American and we have no idea of their locations or identities. We also know China, through various cutouts, has been buying up large swaths of American farmland, and plenty of that adjacent to military installations. The Bidenites were unconcerned, even helpful to the commies. Sure, a few congressmen raised alarms, but our number one international “competitor” undergoing a massive military buildup to include intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles, continues to buy land in places that allow them to spy on our military installations—and worse. In Terrorist attacks in America: just a matter of time?  in July of last year I noted then tens or hundreds of Islamist terrorists in America would be most likely to carry out close range attacks on civilians, while the Chinese military would likely focus on sabotage of our water, electric and communication hubs and our military capabilities.  Commander Salamander points out one highly likely target: Whitman Air Force Base in Missouri. Why Whitman? It’s our sole B2 Stealth Bomber base, housing our 19 remaining B2s. One would think our CONUS–Continental US—military installations would be very secure. Most aren’t. Security consists largely of a few entrance facilities/gates guarded by a few military police officers and huge expanses of land secured only with tall chain link fences and reaction forces of military police in lightly armored vehicles. Some facilities have motion detectors and video cameras, but that’s not universal.)

BLAZE
— The radical nonprofit that is destroying state education
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-radical-nonprofit-that-is-destroying-state-education

BREITBART
— Maher: White Dems So ‘Afraid of Being Called Racist’ They Move to Fringe, Pritzker Can’t Call Out Lefty Excess as Well
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/22/maher-white-dems-so-afraid-of-being-called-racist-they-move-to-fringe-pritzker-cant-call-out-lefty-excess-as-well/

DAILY CALLER
— Homan Torches New York City For Blocking Immigration Authorities From Doing Their Jobs
https://www.aol.com/kidding-tom-homan-torches-york-153104243.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Does Mamdani Know Best? New York City Is About to Find Out. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/22/does-mamdani-know-best-new-york-city-about-find-out/

FEDERALIST
— Disparate impact is equal outcome. DD: Equal outcome is the opposite of equal opportunity. To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat and RINO leaders fight for equal outcome instead of for equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and few females have done that, Democrat and RINO leaders have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. That my mother never attended high school. That I had to work my way through college.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/disparate-impact-is-equal-outcome-the-same-as-equal-opportunity

FOX NEWS
— Trump says Chicagoans are ‘chanting bring in Trump’ after violent downtown riot leaves 8 shot, 1 dead. Several teens shot, multiple officers attacked during 300-person riot in Chicago Loop.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-chicagoans-chanting-bring-trump-after-violent-downtown-riot-8-shot-1-dead
— Mamdani doesn’t seem to understand the ‘failed history’ of socialism. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385448358112
— Trump is playing ‘four-dimensional chess’ after meeting with Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385454234112
— What’s next following the Trump-Mamdani White House meeting? DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8TRMmuJgc
— Wave of car attacks on ICE agents follows incendiary rhetoric from target-city leaders. Chicago mayor calls enforcement operations ‘terrorism’ while California officials denounce ‘cruel attacks.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wave-car-attacks-ice-agents-follows-incendiary-rhetoric-from-target-city-leaders
— Chicago crime drops sharply after federal operation targeting criminal illegal immigrants
https://www.aol.com/news/dhs-chicago-crime-drops-sharply-215538055.html
— Wave of car attacks on ICE agents follows incendiary rhetoric from target-city leaders
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wave-car-attacks-ice-agents-follows-incendiary-rhetoric-from-target-city-leaders.print
— Illegal alien kills 8-year-old girl in car crash, given license by sanctuary state
https://nypost.com/2025/11/22/us-news/illegal-alien-kills-8-year-old-girl-in-car-crash-given-license-by-sanctuary-state/

ICE
— ICE continues to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens in Chicago, including those convicted of domestic battery, aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child and armed robbery.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-continues-arrest-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-chicago-including-those

NEWSMAX
— ‘America First’ Meets Charlotte’s Left Head On
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/deportations-charlotte-foreign/2025/11/21/id/1235581/

PJ MEDIA
— ICE Arrests 3500 Criminal Illegals in Houston
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/22/ice-arrests-3500-criminal-illegals-in-houston-n4946294

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— The Great Feminization Began with Education. DD: Most of my teachers were men at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, at Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, at UIC 1966-1968 and 1971, at NIU 1969-1970, at Loyola 1972-1976, at DePaul 1976-1980. at Becker CPA Review 1978-1979, at Certified Internal Auditor review courses 1980-1981, and at IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/11/22/the_great_feminization_began_with_education_1149124.html

TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Endorses Activist Who Blamed 9/11 on ‘Capitalism’ and ‘White Supremacy’ DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/11/22/meet-mamdanis-replacement-in-the-city-council-n2666821

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

UPI
— House resolution seeks to raise threshold for censuring member to 60%. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes 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 lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/US/2025/11/22/House-resolution-seeks-raise-member-censure-60-from-majority/5681763845093/

REUTERS
— DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left on its charter. DD: There would have been no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/

CNN
— November 21, 2025 — Trump praises Mamdani, Marjorie Taylor Greene announces resignation. DD:  Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump. Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump. Who wants you to resign? Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, my critics/opponents who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have tried very hard to get me to resign. I should write about them. MTRO rudely unsuccessfully ran one of their operatives/dupes against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. MTRO rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010. The Illinois Center Right Coalition rudely tried to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and in rudely ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007. TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely got me to not run again for chairman in 2012. Wheaton rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The Illinois Republican Party rudely ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. My Democrat Post Office superiors rudely got me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969.  My Democrat Firestone Store manager rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors rudely got me to transfer to GAO in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors rudely got me to retire in 1997.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-mamdani-epstein-news-11-21-25

MSN
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Releases Resignation Video; Hits Out At Republicans, Democrats. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh7gdd-h6FQ

NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Next Move? What Polls Tell Us. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greenes-next-move-polls-11094626

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Heaps Praise on Mamdani.  DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump. What if I had heaped praise on my critics/opponents? If I had, would they have not had their operatives and their dupes take so many big adverse actions against me? My critics/opponents heap praise on each other. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/21/us/trump-news
— The Surprise Ending to the Trump-Mamdani Buddy Movie Has Heads Spinning. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/nyregion/mamdani-trump-reaction-meeting.html
— Back Home, Voters Stand by Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Stood Up to Trump. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/us/georgia-marjorie-taylor-greene-voters.html
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/university-higher-education-trump-politics.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/opinion/ice-immigration-green-card-detention.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. Thousands of undocumented workers rely on fraudulent Social Security numbers. DD: How many fraudulent Social Security numbers are being used in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/undocumented-worker-stolen-identity-dan-kluver.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Exit by Greene Sign of Future for GOP. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. My critics/opponents have more difficulty blaming me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct after they succeeded in a) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, b) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship 2005-2012, and c) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership 2003-2007.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/23/donald-trump-executive-branch-power/
— AOC built her own political machine. Now she’s deciding her next move. Seven years after she leapt onto the national stage as an outsider, she’s learned an inside game and is considering a run for Senate or president.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/22/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-senate-president-democrats/
— How billionaires took over American politics. The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics. DD: Pritzker has taken over Illinois.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/billionaires-politics-money-influence/
— What Trump and Mamdani have said about each other — then and now. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/22/trump-mamdani-quotes-white-house-insults/
— Administration again denies FEMA disaster relief for Illinois, Pritzker says. Officials in jurisdictions led by Democrats have viewed the denials of aid as politically driven. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. All their employment decisions  were politically driven. 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. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 so that they could hire a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran to replace me. My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me to GS-13 so that they could promote one of my Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran coworkers instead of me. My Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me to GS-14 so that they could promote one of my Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran coworkers instead of me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me resign in 1997 so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/22/fema-aid-illinois-pritzker/
— Trump-Marjorie Taylor Greene breakup shakes MAGA: ‘Mom and Dad are separated’ DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ar-AA1QNCdX

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Congress Turns Chaotic as Lawmakers Target Each Other. House leaders want to change the rules to rein in censure votes after week of fighting. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes 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 lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-representatives-censure-votes-chaos-db3a33b7

USA TODAY
— Mamdani defends DEI alongside Al Sharpton at civil rights event
https://www.aol.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-defends-dei-alongside-203740622.html

BLOOMBERG
— Wall Street Wants Everyone Using AI Except Job Applicants. 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.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/wall-street-wants-everyone-using-ai-except-its-job-applicants?embedded-checkout=true

FORTUNE
— Trump defends socialism in Mamdani meeting the same day House GOP passes resolution condemning it. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/22/trump-socialism-zohran-mamdani-bernie-sanders-fdr/
— When should I refinance my mortgage? DD: As interest rates came down, my wife and I refinanced our mortgages several times.
https://fortune.com/article/when-to-refinance-mortgage/

FORBES
— Mamdani Grilled On His Past Shock Statements About Trump. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yl2TAL2raE

INC.
— Most Gen-Z Employees See Traditional Career Paths Coming to an End. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government denied me traditional career paths. They would not have done that is I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/most-gen-z-employees-see-traditional-career-paths-coming-to-an-end/91255920

LAW 360
— Meet The Judge Weighing EEOC Disparate Impact Cases. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get more votes from minorities and from women. They fight for equal outcome instead of for equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and few females have done that, Democrat and RINO leaders have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/2409090/meet-the-judge-weighing-eeoc-disparate-impact-cases

TIME
— Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Resignation Laments MAGA’s Failures. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.aol.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-resignation-laments-150319232.html

HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. Of course, according to Democrat leaders, there is no such thing as an illegal. According to Democrat leaders, anyone and everyone in the world can and should come into America and stay in America. Democrats leaders will use them to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/why-republicans-falsely-claiming-democrats-161259456.html
— DD: What do your critics/opponents stress about you to discredit you? Mine stress the success that they have had getting their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.  In 2024, they rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2012, they rudely ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship. In 2010 and 2004, they rudely ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster. In 2007, they rudely ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership. In 2006, they almost got ICRC to rudely censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In 2004, they rudely defeated me (69 to 13) when I ran for an open MTRO Treasurer position. In 2004, they rudely ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. MTRO rudely unsuccessfully ran one of their operatives/dupes against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. In 1997, my critics/opponents forced me to retire when I was 49 years old. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would stress what they have in common.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-demagoguery-political-strategy_l_68069b30e4b052543c13a003

AXIOS
— Inside Trump and Mamdani’s surprising bond of convenience. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump. Leaders of poor people want to unite the poor against the non-poor. Leaders of minorities want unite minorities against Whites. Leaders of younger people want unite the young against the old. Leaders of non-Protestants want to unite non-Protestants against Protestants.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/22/trump-zohran-mamdani-new-york-bond

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— Trump addresses Marjorie Taylor Greene feud after dubbing her a ‘traitor’ as MAGA faithful turn on each other. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump. Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-administration-news-today-mamdani-mtg-b2870472.html

WION
— Trump Says He’d Love to See Greene Returns to Politics. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GeyXWoniA0

MEAWW
— Trump is obviously in love with Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://news.meaww.com/trumps-obviously-in-love-with-mamdani-ms-no-ws-nicolle-wallace-after-oval-office-meeting

AL JAZEERA
— Mamdani says Israel is ‘committing genocide’ in Gaza at Trump meeting. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.  DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/11/22/mamdani-says-israel-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza-at-trump-meeting
— ‘Really great mayor’: Trump showers Mamdani with praise. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/11/22/really-great-mayor-trump-showers-zohran-mamdani-with-praise
— Trump again slams Democrats who urged US troops to refuse illegal orders. Despite outcry over earlier attack, Trump doubles down and calls for rivals who issued message to military to be jailed. DD: According to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, all of Trump’s orders are illegal. According Vietnam War protesters, the Vietnam War was illegal. I was not a Vietnam War protestor. I went in for my physical in 1966 and I was deemed 1-A. I did not appeal that even though I could not run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20-20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. Nevertheless, since 1966, my critics/opponents have painted me as being a Vietnam War protestor because  I got four student deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/23/trump-again-slams-democrats-who-urged-us-troops-to-refuse-illegal-orders

JERUSALEM POST
— Greene considers 2028 White House run as she quits Congress amid Trump feud. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/greene-considers-2028-white-house-092856292.html
— The US political right’s rising hostility to Israel cannot be ignored. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. That my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. That my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, I stressed that while I was a Lutheran, I was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, not a more conservative Wisconsin Synod Lutheran.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-874790

JEWISH BREAKING NEWS
— Schumer Pushes Senate Resolution Condemning Neo-Nazi Influencer Nick Fuentes. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Fuentes to destroy Republicans.
https://jewishbreakingnews.com/schumer-pushes-senate-resolution-condemning-neo-nazi-influencer-nick-fuentes/

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Marjorie Taylor Greene pension: Laura Loomer slams ‘greedy woman’; how much will Congresswoman get after resignation? DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/marjorie-taylor-greene-pension-laura-loomer-slams-greedy-woman-how-much-will-congresswoman-get-after-resignation/ar-AA1QXqWl

HANS INDIA
— ‘Great honour’: Says Trump after meeting Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.thehansindia.com/news/international/great-honour-says-trump-after-meeting-mamdani-1025536

TIMES OF INDIA
— Is Vance jealous of Mamdani? Fox News anchor says Trump prefers the socialist as his ‘running mate.” DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/125506636.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/is-jd-vance-jealous-of-zohran-mamdani-fox-news-anchor-says-trump-prefers-the-socialist-as-his-running-mate/articleshow/125506636.cms
— ‘Good boy’ Mamdani and Trump ‘in control’: Body language expert decodes White House meeting. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/good-boy-mamdani-and-trump-in-control-body-language-expert-decodes-white-house-meeting/articleshow/125507481.cms
— Trump-Mamdani love-fest lights up US politics. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trump-mamdani-love-fest-lights-up-us-politics/articleshow/125507231.cms

TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Surging LGBTQ enrollment in Jewish seminaries signals ‘astounding’ shift in US rabbinate
https://www.timesofisrael.com/surging-lgbtq-enrollment-in-jewish-seminaries-signals-astounding-shift-in-us-rabbinate/amp/

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Laura Loomer seethes over Mamdani’s surprisingly smooth Oval office meeting with Trump. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/laura-loomer-seethes-over-zohran-mamdanis-surprisingly-smooth-oval-office-meeting-with-trump/articleshow/125507358.cms

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— Trump Now ‘Comfortable’ With Socialist Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-now-comfortable-socialist-zohran-mamdani-who-fumbled-fascist-question-1757199

BUSINESS TIMES
— Trump’s Praise of Mamdani Sparks GOP Revolt as Conservatives Warn of ‘Normalizing Communism.’ DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/176010/20251122/donald-trump-praise-of-mamdani-sparks-gop-revolt-as-conservatives-warn-of-normalizing-communism.htm

BUSINESS INSIDER
— ‘Entitled,’ ‘complacent,’ and ‘sloppy’: Inside the workplace tension at the world’s largest HR organization. DD: Human resource management was a) my undergraduate major at NIU 1969-1970 and b) my area of concentration for my 1976 MBA from Loyola. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, they both should have been accounting.
https://www.aol.com/articles/entitled-complacent-sloppy-inside-workplace-101301246.html

November 21, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Black pastors from Illinois endorse Raja Krishnamoorthi in US Senate race. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, have financial, health, and/or other problems, 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.yahoo.com/news/articles/black-pastors-illinois-endorse-raja-235844817.html

CBS2
— Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison won’t run for reelection in 2026
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cook-county-commissioner-sean-morrison-not-running-2026/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/21/defend-trump-maga-tucker-carlson-nazi-megyn-kelly-epstein-s-e-cupp
— Many Chicago suburbs not meeting state’s affordable housing requirements, report finds. The Illinois General Assembly passed the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act in 2003 to help create more affordable housing in the state.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/11/21/chicago-suburbs-illinois-affordable-housing-requirements-impact-equity
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The communities that didn’t submit plans this year include: Barrington Hills, Campton Hills, Elmhurst, Inverness, Lake Forest, Oak Brook, Prairie Grove, South Barrington, Geneva, Hawthorn Woods, Lily Lake, River Forest and Third Lake. The majority of these communities also didn’t submit plans in the last cycle, which was 2020. The jurisdictions whose plans were noncompliant include: Deerfield, Deer Park, Frankfort, Glencoe, Glenview, Homer Glen, Lake Bluff, Lakewood, Lincolnshire, Lincolnwood, Long Grove, North Barrington, Spring Grove, Timberlane, Tower Lakes, Wayne, Western Springs, Wilmette and Winnetka. Homer Glen submitted its plan late, and it’s under review. Deer Park, Glencoe, Lakewood and Lincolnwood submitted second plans that are under review.)

DAILY HERALD
— 9th District candidate’s gift bag stunt sets a disturbing tone
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251121/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-no-laughing-matter-9th-district-candidates-gift-bag-stunt-sets-a-disturbin/

RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders want their illegals to get SNAP
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-calls-on-usda-to-correct-unlawful-snap-eligibility-guidance-88442.cfm
— Durbin: The Senate Has A Responsibility To Help Americans Afford Their Health Insurance. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-the-senate-has-a-responsibility-to-help-americans-afford-their-health-insurance-88431.cfm

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump lashes out at reporter, highlighting a pattern of attacking press he dislikes. DD: My critics/opponents do not attack me publicly. Instead, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-20/trump-lashes-out-at-reporter-highlighting-a-pattern-of-attacking-press-he-dislikes
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-20/president-trumps-latest-attacks-on-the-free-press

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Ballot brawls heat up
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/21/ballot-brawls-heat-up-00664302

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-637/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Journalism Standards, Anyone?
https://johnkassnews.com/journalism-standards-anyone/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents blame their problems on? My critics/opponents blame their problems on those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and paise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them personally. They destroy those like me who refuse to be blindly loyal to them. I should write about my critics/opponents.  I would focus on those who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who have lots of clout and had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrats, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and females have done that, Democrats have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREITBART
— Google ‘Turned a Blind Eye’ to Defamatory AI Content Against Conservatives
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/21/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-google-turned-blind-eye-defamatory-ai-content/
— Pro-Palestinian Activists Besiege NYC Synagogue: ‘Mamdani Era Has Already Begun’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/20/pro-palestinian-activists-besiege-nyc-synagogue-mamdani-era-begun/
— Treasury Dept. Issues Rule to Prevent Illegals from Securing Income Tax Credits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/20/exclusive-treasury-dept-issues-historic-rule-prevent-illegal-aliens-securing-income-tax-credits/amp/

COLLEGE FIX
— DD: Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/med-schools-need-alternative-strategies-to-evade-affirmative-action-ban-doctor-says/

DAILY CALLER
— Teachers’ Union Leader Claims Only Stuffing Diversity Programs Down Americans’ Throats Will Prevent Fascism
https://ijr.com/teachers-union-leader-claims-only-stuffing-diversity-programs-down-americans-throats-will-prevent-fascism/

FEDERALIST
— DD: Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/disparate-impact-is-equal-outcome-the-same-as-equal-opportunity

FOX BUSINESS
— Why Mamdani’s policies ‘won’t work’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBjziIpIuSU

FOX NEWS
— Mamdani is the ‘North Star’ of the Democratic Party
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385374193112
— When Trump meets Mamdani: Five capitalist messages the democratic socialist should hear. When Trump sits down with Mamdani, I hope he doesn’t lecture him. I hope he teaches him with examples of what’s worked in this country for nearly 250 years. DD: My critics/opponents blame capitalism for their problems.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/when-trump-meets-mamdani-five-capitalist-messages-democratic-socialist-should-hear
— Socialist mayor-elect reveals why she embraced her parents giving her money as a 43-year-old. DD: My parents lacked money. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-mayor-elect-reveals-why-she-embraced-her-parents-giving-her-money.print
— Top teachers union guiding gender transitions, bashing conservatives
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/uncovered-docs-show-top-teachers-union-guiding-gender-transitions-bashing-conservatives-insane-asylum.print

ONE NEWS PAGE
— We Desperately Need ICE Agents Protected So They Can Deport All Illegals
https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20251121/17585646/The-JD-Rucker-Show-We-Desperately-Need-ICE.htm

TOWNHALL
— Mamdani has promised that the NYPD will never again cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He vowed to permanently sever the partnership that allows local and federal agencies to remove dangerous offenders who are in the country illegally and commit crimes on New York streets. To the progressive activists cheering this on—it’s a victory. To anyone who cares about public safety, law, logic, or the lives of ordinary New Yorkers, it is reckless beyond measure.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2025/11/20/the-mayor-whod-prefer-you-to-die-n2666762

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Republicans Working to End Biden-era Regulation That Funded Travel for Illegal Alien Minors Who Were Getting Abortions
https://www.westernjournal.com/republicans-working-end-biden-era-regulation-funded-travel-illegal-alien-minors-getting-abortions/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you might defy Trump: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, have less money than others, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozer, gambler, stoner, and/or criminal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5616442-maga-women-trump-gop-leadership/
— The damaging effects of shifting from equal opportunity to ‘equal outcomes’ DD: Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/529262-the-damaging-effects-of-shifting-from-equal-opportunity-to-equal-outcomes/

ROLL CALL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://rollcall.com/2025/11/20/democratic-hawks-defiant-after-trump-accuses-them-of-seditious-act/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Veteran FBI employee sues bureau after being fired over displaying a pride flag. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, they fired me, because since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. SEE: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:1987cv03538/26664/433/
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-progress-pride-flag-lawsuit-83c0d9750e9bf6a11a11b858420750a2

CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/hang-democrats-trump-seditious-behavior
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/video/rep-deluzio-responds-seditious-behavior
— Bipartisan push to reform censure process emerges in Congress after flurry of complaints brought against lawmakers. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes 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 lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bipartisan-push-to-reform-censure-process-emerges-in-congress-after-flurry-of-complaints-brought-against-lawmakers/ar-AA1QQB0r

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors turned my subordinates against me. They not only assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees, demanded that I give them big time preference, and demanded that I improve their performance. They did everything that they could to turn them against me. All the employees who they assigned me to supervise were minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had major health and/or other problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/trump-democrats-sedition-death-punishment.html
— DD: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/immigration-poll-trump-crackdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump: Democrats ‘traitors’ for telling military not to follow unlawful orders. The president said lawmakers who appeared in a video committed “seditious behavior” and should be arrested and put on trial for treason. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors turned my subordinates against me. They not only assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees, demanded that I give them big time preference, and demanded that I improve their performance. They did everything that they could to turn them against me. All the employees who they assigned me to supervise were minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had major health and/or other problems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/20/trump-democrats-seditious-behavior/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How much success have Democrats had destroying those in the following who do not promote LGBTQ: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/11/03/inside-stonewall-inn-bar/86853750007/

FAIRFAX  COUNTY TIMES
— Socialism may be the rage in NYC, but not in Fairfax County!  DD: How successful will Democrats be making America, Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality socialist? Socialism rewards blind loyalty to government leaders over everything else. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors demanded blind loyalty to them personally. Even though I refused to give them that, I survived as a Post Office employee for almost 3 years, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years, and as a GAO employee for almost 18 years. I would not have been able to do that if I had not a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/socialism-may-be-the-rage-in-nyc-but-not-in-fairfax-county/article_af12e222-e6c0-4d44-a9d0-becfcf3a2237.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Socialism has arrived in New York, but is it wanted in Fairfax County? That question is presented to voters in the county’s Braddock District as they consider the candidates for an open seat on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in the upcoming Dec. 9 special election.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For Americans, Family Comes First—or Does It? A new survey finds that for most of us, especially the young, personal well-being matters more. DD: How big is your family? I had one sibling, he never married, he had no children, and he has died, My parents have died. My father had one sibling, she never married, she had no children, and she has died, My mother had three siblings and they have died. Only three children of my mother’s siblings survive.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/for-americans-family-comes-firstor-does-it-61d44cae

FED SMITH
— Federal Pay Skyrockets: New Open The Books Report Shows 24% Payroll Surge Since 2020. Federal pay surged during the Biden years as locality pay areas grew, driving six‑figure salaries higher despite modest workforce growth and rising telework.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/11/19/federal-pay-skyrockets-since-2020/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report shows that the civilian federal workforce (excluding DOD and Postal Service) reached roughly 2.9 million employees and had a disclosed payroll of $270 billion in FY 2024. That’s a 24% jump from FY 2020, when payroll stood near $217 billion. The size of the federal workforce grew by about 5% during that period. . .The biggest change is not in hiring. It is the compensation structure. The number of employees earning six-figure salaries has exploded since 2020. Federal workers earning $100,000+ jumped 49%. Those earning $200,000+ soared 82%. The number above $300,000 rose 84%. In 117 of 127 major agencies (and in the White House as well), the average salary at the time the data were calculated exceeded $100,000. As noted above, OPM data as of March 2025 showed an average federal salary of almost $110,000. The report highlights a striking trend in the federal workforce: the number of highly compensated federal employees has grown significantly. The report highlights several items, including the highest federal salaries. In FY 2024, 956 federal employees made more than the President of the United States, who has had a salary of $400,000 since 2001. There are more employees earning more than $400,000 than ever before in Open The Books’ payroll records dating back to 2010. 939 of the employees who out earned the president were medical officers at the Veterans Health Administration. Four of the employees listed are dentists. 15 doctors at the National Institutes of Health earn more than $400,000, including the four highest-paid employees in the entire federal workforce. The director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute was paid $519,246, breaking his own record for the highest federal salary in American history. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was the federal employee of the year in 2020, once held the record for being the highest-paid federal employee with a $480,654 salary in 2022. An additional 36 federal employees earned exactly $400,000, the same salary as the president. A few years ago, it was rare for any federal employee to earn more than the president. In 2019, only three federal employees made more than $400,000. Why Federal Pay Has Gone Up)

POLITICO
— In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards. The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked. DD: I should write about the success that Democrats have had in Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200. I have lived in it since 1978.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/culture-war-democrats-school-boards-00663699

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

BBC
— Is the new Pope woke? DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, those who ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc.
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct723j

AL JAZEERA
— DD: America-haters ever-increasingly promote Mamdani
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/11/21/mamdanis-democratic-socialism-is-a-promise-of-true-freedom-for-all

November 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Pritzker holds private meeting with Pope Leo XIV in Rome. “You can feel his humanity,” Pritzker said in an interview with NBC 5. “It was a special moment, even for this Jewish boy.” DD: What complaints do the Pope and Pritzker share against Trump?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nbc-5-exclusive-pritzker-holds-private-meeting-with-pope-leo-xiv-in-rome/3853221/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dabrowski: Illinois Republicans want their party to make arguments, not excuses
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/opinion-illinois-republicans-power/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20251119/281711210930928

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: What percent of illegals want/need/demand public assistance?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-18/trump-administration-rule-could-further-penalize-immigrants-for-using-benefits

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Little Village’s 26th Street Slowly Comes Back To Life After Months Of Immigration Raids. Business owners celebrated a noticeably more lively weekend after Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and many of his agents left town. “There’s feeling of a brotherhood now, of people coming out to the community to be supportive,” one business manager said. DD: How dependent on their illegals have Democrat and RINO leaders made your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/little-villages-26th-street-slowly-comes-back-to-life-after-months-of-immigration-raids/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Where’s JB: Meeting the Pope
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/19/wheres-jb-at-the-vatican-with-the-pope-00658696

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-635/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Glennon on Chicago’s property tax bills
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-chicagos-property-tax-bills-youtube-am560/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Washington Post decries the money that baby boomers have. I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What opinions on socialism do your critics/opponents have? My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has antisemitism impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump administration accuses Illinois officials of inciting ICE protests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3890533/trump-administration-accuses-illinois-officials-of-inciting-ice-protests/
— National conservatism isn’t the future of the GOP
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3890772/national-conservatism-not-gop-future/
— Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani 2028 ticket: Don’t laugh, socialism rising. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3890760/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-zohran-mamdani-2028-ticket-dont-laugh-socialism-rising/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Throws Support Behind State Assembly Candidate Who Blamed 9/11 on America. DD: Will Mamdani succeed in uniting non-Christians against Christians?
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/socialists-unite-mamdani-throws-support-behind-behind-state-assembly-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-america/
— Cal State Schools Require Students To Take DEI Classes To Graduate. Options Include ‘Queer Crip Lit’ and ‘Decolonize Your Diet.’
https://freebeacon.com/campus/cal-state-schools-require-students-to-take-dei-classes-to-graduate-options-include-queer-crip-lit-and-decolonize-your-diet/

AMAC
— Government Shutdown Exposes Massive Illegal Alien Welfare Fraud
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/government-shutdown-exposes-massive-illegal-alien-welfare-fraud/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why young Americans support democratic socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/why_young_americans_support_democratic_socialism.html
— The running gag, the leftist lie: ‘Socialism has never been tried before.’  DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_running_gag_the_leftist_lie_socialism_has_never_been_tried_before.html

BLAZE
— Charlotte school district attendance plummets after immigration raid, sparking concerns about illegal alien numbers
https://www.theblaze.com/news/charlotte-school-district-attendance-plummets-after-immigration-raid-sparking-concerns-about-illegal-alien-numbers
— Bill Maher warns Democrats the radical left is leading party to ruin. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/socialism-will-f-k-you-bill-maher-warns-democrats-the-radical-left-is-leading-party-to-ruin

BREITBART
— States Illegally Issued 194,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses to Foreign Truckers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/sean-duffy-states-illegally-issued-194000-commercial-drivers-licenses-to-foreign-truckers/
— Majority of Democrats Have Favorable View of Socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/poll-majority-of-democrats-have-favorable-view-of-socialism/amp/
— Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymandering.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-urged-gop-led-states-to-redraw-us-house-districts-now-other-states-also-are-gerrymandering/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— How America’s Biggest Socialist Group Could Get A Million Mamdanis Elected. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.aol.com/articles/america-biggest-socialist-group-could-215027342.html
— Socialist Mamdani Won’t Stop Asking His Supporters To Redistribute Wealth … To Him
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/18/zohran-mamdani-supporters-money/

DAILY WIRE
— Millions Of Illegals Are Receiving Food Stamps
https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-millions-of-illegals-are-receiving-food-stamps

FOX BUSINESS
— Republicans prepare for post-Trump era with a new generation of conservative leaders
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385262875112

FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary states need crackdown as Americans pay price for illegal immigrant truckers
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-states-need-crackdown-americans-pay-price-illegal-immigrant-truckers-gop-lawmaker

NEWSMAX
— Pope Backs US Bishops in Blasting Trump Immigration Crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/pope-leo-xiv-bishops-donald-trump/2025/11/18/id/1235102/
— DHS Moves to Deny Migrants ‘Primarily Dependent’ on Govt Assistance
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-green-cards-snap/2025/11/18/id/1235042/

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Affordable Housing Fixes Hide Socialist Wish-Lists
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/19/affordable_housing_fixes_hide_socialist_wish-lists_1148276.html
— AI-Touting Technocrats Sell Socialism As Solution. DD: When my critics/opponents aren’t blaming their problems on discrimination against those who share their demographics, they blame their problems on capitalism.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/18/ai-touting_technocrats_sell_socialism_as_solution_1147989.html

TOWNHALL
— As Religion Weakens, Socialism Strengthens. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2025/11/19/as-religion-weakens-socialism-strengthens-n2666640

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— The right battles to define the post-Trump GOP, just 1 year into his presidency
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/5609862-trump-future-republican-party-squabbles/amp/
— Ben Shapiro warns young people to flee New York City, socialism
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-ben-shapiro-warns-young-184716819.html

CNN
— Senate unanimously agrees to send Epstein bill to Trump’s desk
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-epstein-files-house-vote-11-18-25
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/business/prices-economy-tariff-small-business

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/immigrants-survey-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/catholic-church-immigration-trump.html
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-mcdonalds-affordability-inflation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up. DD: I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/18/baby-boomer-wealth/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/18/mcdonalds-lower-income-customers/87334177007/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— The federal takeover of New York City has begun
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/the-federal-takeover-of-new-york-city-has-begun/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s Grip on Republicans Shows First Signs of Slipping
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-grip-on-republicans-shows-first-signs-of-slipping-794e3c51
— Gen Z, Socialism and the ‘Memes’ of Production. Students discuss the popularity of the far left among young people. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gen-z-socialism-and-the-memes-of-production-db3af34c
— Antisemitism Betrays America’s Heritage. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/antisemitism-betrays-americas-heritage-3fd6d3d1

BARRON’S
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-economy-prices-consumers-affordability-40464997

FORBES
— Republicans & Dems Spar Over Resolution ‘Denouncing The Horrors Of Socialism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGo527KDfMM
— DD: Republicans urge Democrats to denounce socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20hneB6DbLs

WESTLAW
— Trump is close to implementing a rule that would end long-standing legal protections for whistleblowers among senior federal employees. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/I317e0d90c4d811f08e72ef1396201407/View/FullText.html

FED WEKK
— NTEU Sues for Release of Positions Recommended for Schedule Policy/Career. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/nteu-sues-for-release-of-positions-recommended-for-schedule-policy-career/amp/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Senate Republicans Want To Charge Federal Workers Thousands Of Dollars For Job Security. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/senate-republicans-want-charge-federal-163110256.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Republicans are pursuing a plan through their “big, beautiful bill” that would force new federal employees to pay for traditional job protections, a major reform that unions have decried as “extortion.” The measure put forth late last week by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee mirrors a similar one House Republicans included in their version of the reconciliation bill that passed last month. It would require federal workers to pay thousands of additional dollars into their government retirement plans each year unless they choose to be “at-will” employees who can be fired without cause. The cost to workers is even steeper in the Senate legislation. Whereas the House version would require new hires to pay an additional 5% of their salary to avoid being at-will, the Senate version hikes it to a whopping 10%. Even those who forgo civil service protections would still have to chip in another 5% — a measure not included in the House bill. In other words, a new federal worker on a $50,000 salary would be paying an extra $2,500 into the retirement plan compared to a veteran employee. And if that new worker wanted the same job protections as the veteran, they would have to pay an extra $5,000 instead.)

AXIOS
— Pope Leo denounces “extremely disrespectful” treatment of immigrants in U.S. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/pope-leo-trump-immigration-crackdown-us-bishops-message

ACLU
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success getting in veterans to protest Trump.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dozens-of-veterans-descend-on-capitol-hill-to-oppose-military-deployments-to-u-s-cities

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

NTD
— ICE to Target Employers Hiring Illegal Immigrant Workers
https://www.ntd.com/ice-to-target-employers-hiring-illegal-immigrant-workers-says-director_1108749.html

TELEGRAPH
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/why-maga-is-obsessed-with-epstein-and-why-the-21195160.php

November 14, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders created the shutdown and used the shutdown to harm Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-believes-government-shutdown-will-help-democrats-2026-midterm-elections-republicans-disagree/18152720/

NBC5
— ISIS terror plot exposed against 2024 Chicago Pride Parade
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-exclusive-isis-terror-plot-exposed-against-2024-chicago-pride-parade/3851338/

WTTW
— Chicago Will Remain a Sanctuary City, Despite Donald Trump’s Threats, Mayor Brandon Johnson Says. DD: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who obstructs justice.
https://news.wttw.com/2024/11/12/chicago-will-remain-sanctuary-city-despite-trump-s-threats-mayor-brandon-johnson-says

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin boycotting US Treasuries is a foolish political stunt funded by Chicago taxpayers. Boycotting Treasuries? You don’t hurt Trump. You hurt the US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/editorial-treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-treasury-bonds-boycott-trump/
— Attorneys visit ‘black box’ ICE processing center in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/broadview-judge-site-visit/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals,
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/chicago-youth-operation-midway-blitz-ice/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/14/trump-maga-no-kings-protests-2026-elections-ice-democrats-republicans-mona-charen

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage County clerk’s request for more money denied; board member suggests censure
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251113/news/dupage-county-clerks-request-for-more-money-denied-board-member-suggests-censure/
— The penny’s demise brings nostalgia and a call for patience. DD: While I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966, I worked for 125 pennies an hour washing dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer in between. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint  ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May of 1966 that I used to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and summer jobs during the summer of 1966 and then classes at UIC and my Park Forest Post Office job that started in November of 1966. I used that car to deliver mail.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251114/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-our-two-cents-the-pennys-demise-brings-nostalgia-and-a-call-for-patience/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Dems push back at DHS. DD: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/14/illinois-dems-push-back-at-dhs-00651650

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Pritzker’s Angry Violent Left Kills Any Hope of Immigration Compromise
https://johnkassnews.com/hard-jacobin-left-kills-hope-of-immigration-compromise/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Democratic Party Precinct Committee Candidates Vastly Outnumber Republican’s, 89-67, WITH JACQUELINE GARRETSON REBUTTAL DD: Who has filed to be your Republican Precinct Committeeman?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/mchenry-county-democratic-party-precinct-committee-candidates-vastly-outnumber-republicans-90-67/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What have Democrat leaders told their Democrat candidates to promote to get elected? ANSWER: More hatred against Trump, more socialism, more dependency on government and charity, more LGBTQ, more abortion, more mass/illegal immigration, more booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and more Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. QUESTION: What have RINO leaders told their RINO candidates to promote? ANSWER: The aforesaid, but not so strongly, that is, to be Democrat Lite. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform. RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly function as though they are Democrat plants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Starbucks union launches strike in over 40 cities. DD: I was a NTEU member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3886358/red-cup-day-rebellion-starbucks-union-strike-over-40-cities/

NEW YORK POST
— Obama accused of destroying national landmark to build brutalist monument — to himself
https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/us-news/barack-obama-accused-of-destroying-national-landmark-to-build-monument-to-himself/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Disparate Impact Is on the Ropes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, those who are not the following, standardized tests, and everything else discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are the aforesaid.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/disparate_impact_is_on_the_ropes.html

BLAZE
— Leftist county is helping illegal aliens fight deportation — and Texas taxpayers are left holding the bag
https://www.theblaze.com/news/leftist-county-is-apparently-helping-illegal-aliens-fight-deportation-and-texas-taxpayers-are-left-holding-the-bag

BREITBART
— Leftist Group in California Putting Up Anti-ICE Signs: ‘ICE Stole Someone Here’
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/11/13/leftist-group-in-california-putting-up-anti-ice-signs-ice-stole-someone-here/amp/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— H-1B: End It, Don’t Mend It. Its harmful effects are a feature, not a bug. DD:  All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Miano/H1B-End-It-Dont-Mend-It

FOX NEWS
— Vance faults Dems for previously rejecting ‘exact deal’ that reopened the government: ‘All for nothing’  The VP argued the far left is willing to ‘burn down’ America to get to Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vance-faults-dems-previously-rejecting-exact-deal-reopened-government-all-nothing
— Immigrant math teacher says he was branded ‘traitor’ to people of color for questioning woke lessons. Chinese immigrant educator draws parallels between Mao’s Cultural Revolution, modern social justice activism in US schools in new memoir.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/immigrant-math-teacher-says-he-branded-traitor-people-color-questioning-woke-lessons
— Arkansas public university offers course in ‘queer childhoods’ taught by fairy tale scholar. University of Central Arkansas instructor specializes in children’s literature and fairy tale performance studies.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-public-university-offers-course-queer-childhoods-taught-fairy-tale-scholar.amp
— University of Chicago faculty unions demand school end ‘inaction’ against ICE raids. University professors demanded the school offer more protections against immigration enforcement.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/university-chicago-faculty-unions-demand-school-end-inaction-against-ice-raids

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Inflated Federal Pay: How Americans Are Overtaxed to Overpay the Civil Service. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/inflated-federal-pay-how-americans-are-overtaxed-overpay-the-civil-service

NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox News Highlights Anti-ICE Attack in Chicago and Illegal Alien Gunman
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/11/13/fox-news-highlights-anti-ice-attack-chicago-and-illegal-alien

TOWNHALL
— Confronting Anti-Ellis Island immigration
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/11/13/confronting-anti-ellis-island-immigration-n2666440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S. — or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and given rudimentary health exams. They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, without exception, legally. With the gradual decline of such great influxes, Ellis Island finally ceased operating roughly 71 years ago. Yet Ellis Island’s successful tenure offers a sharp contrast to the failures of our recent open-border catastrophes. Americans will never know how many immigrants swarmed the southern border between 2021 and 2025, when former President Joe Biden and his impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas destroyed federal immigration law as we once knew it. By design, they allowed between 10 and 12 million foreign nationals to make a mockery of federal immigration laws by swarming the southern border. Many crossers grew violent at any sign of even meek efforts by ICE officers to enforce the law. Border Patrol officers were often mocked, threatened, and assaulted by arriving illegal aliens. Officers were unsure as to what was worse: the occasional violence from illegal immigrants or retaliation from the Biden administration if they sought to enforce federal law and block illegal entrants. So the Biden administration pulled off the near impossible. In a mere four years, it had invited in almost as many illegal immigrants as had entered through Ellis Island legally over seven decades. But unlike past immigrants, we now witness organized violence against ICE officials. We see Orwellian scenes of mobs burning the American flag — the flag of the country they demand to stay in — while waving the flags of the countries they have no desire or intention of returning to. In sum, three generations ago, a smaller, poorer, but wiser America properly solved its immigration problem at Ellis Island — welcoming in immigrants orderly and legally with health and background screenings. In contrast, during the Biden years, we, in our arrogance and affluence, engaged in a great experiment — or rather misadventure. Never in our history has the U.S. been home to roughly 53 million foreign-born residents. Never have immigrants comprised nearly 16 percent of the population. Never has California had 27% of its residents not born in the U.S. Never have we allowed in up to 10,000 aliens a day, with little concern for whether they carried fentanyl, had criminal records, were sick, were unvaccinated, were traffickers, or belonged to violent gangs. Worse still, the Biden administration made zero effort to acculturate, integrate, and assimilate this massive influx. In fact, they did the very opposite of Ellis Island’s protocols, which fostered pro-American values, melting-pot integration, and respect for American history and culture. Once upon a time, new arrivals were all expected to become Americans — or why else had they come? Now, the moment an illegal alien has entered the U.S., he likely senses that his ethnicity or race will be essential to his identity. In the minds of the ruling DEI commissariat, claiming a tribal identity offers an easy pathway to generous housing, food, healthcare, legal, and educational entitlements. So, under Biden’s immigration non-policy, almost all illegal immigrants were immediately categorized as victims in the Marxist binary ledger that now divides America into the oppressed vs. the oppressors. If one devised a plan to damage America, he could not have done better than further dividing us by tribal chauvinism, overwhelming our fragile social services so essential to struggling Americans, and fueling the already dangerous neo-Confederate state and local nullifications of federal law and the growth of “sanctuary cities.” Daily, we witness performance-art mayors and governors boasting of how they “resist” federal law enforcement. These modern rebels pose as if they are our own era’s versions of mini-Confederate states. They now brag of states’ rights as they dare the federal government to protect its own property and enforce federal laws within their parochial jurisdictions. Why did Biden — or whoever was making policy in his place — destroy the border? What was his utterly mad intent? To alter the nation’s demography by importing future Democratic constituents dependent on state largesse? To bow to the demands of his DEI base? To mindlessly do the opposite of the prior Trump administration, which had closed the border and returned to legal-only immigration? Virtue signaling while waving illegal aliens across an open border is easy. But trying to close the border and return millions who entered unlawfully to their homelands is nearly impossible. It is surreal that those who claimed moral superiority while systemically destroying federal law now condemn as immoral those striving to restore it.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: RINO leaders want cheap labor. They ever-increasingly make it clear that they not only have an extremely low opinion of Americans, they despise/hate Americans. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5604244-trump-defends-h1b-visa/
— Democrats pivot to affordability. DD: What did you do to be able to afford things? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5605092-democrats-pivot-affordability/

ABC NEWS
— Mamdani calls Democratic governors for advice on issues, dealing with Trump
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mamdani-calls-democratic-governors-advice-issues-dealing-trump/story?id=127494745

NBC NEWS
— As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative. Premiums for millions of Americans in red and blue states are expected to more than double on average next year unless Congress finds a solution. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/health-insurance-bills-rise-republicans-seeking-obamcare-alternative-rcna243332

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails-texts-inner-circle/

CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/politics/donald-trump-epstein-political-danger

NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Floats Bill to End H-1B Visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-floats-bill-to-end-h-1b-visas-11045491
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-h-1b-visa-headache-11039249

REUTERS
— US hires 50,000 federal workers under Trump, boosting immigration roles. DD: When I was 18 years old, the Post Office hired me in November of 1966 because it got a budget increase to deal with 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/us-hires-50000-federal-workers-under-trump-boosting-immigration-roles-2025-11-14/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-hires-50-000-federal-033635127.html

AOL
— Federal Jobs That Pay $90K.  DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.aol.com/articles/13-government-jobs-pay-90k-133500982.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal. Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/seattle-mayor.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/arts/television/late-night-trump-epstein-emails.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway. Like many on Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a limited partnership to avoid Medicare taxes. Unlike the others, he’s now overseeing the I.R.S. DD: Since 1972, my critics/opponents have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemized. They have been especially furious that I deducted my education expenses, mortgage interest, and real estate taxes. I deducted tuition and books for graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid, my employee benefits were much too generous, my federal pension is much too generous, and my federal retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/scott-bessent-irs-loophole.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/11/13/trump-epstein-statue-busboys-poets/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/13/s-e-cupp-donald-trumps-epstein-mess-keeps-getting-worse/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/12/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-emails/87230452007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/14/trump-epstein-emails-democrats-release/87246541007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Seattle Elects Mamdani West. Mayor-elect Katie Wilson is soft on crime but tough on businesses.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/seattle-katie-wilson-mayor-democratic-socialists-of-america-zohran-mamdani-new-york-9284589f
— The Epstein Follies Return. First order of business after the shutdown: Emails from the grave!
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-emails-ghislaine-maxwell-donald-trump-congress-1d45dbd3?mod=opinion_lead_pos1

CFO
— Serious issues in the CPA pipeline. DD: The accounting profession ever-increasingly considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass on my first attempt until was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not became a licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://www.cfo.com/news/new-aicpa-data-signals-serious-issues-in-the-cpa-pipeline-150-hour-requirement-audit-big-four-pe-/804085/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://natlawreview.com/article/state-employment-law-some-states-have-broader-anti-discrimination-protections

MIT SLOAN
— Meritocracy. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were furious when I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license because the aforesaid frustrated their efforts to waste my career and to get rid of me. Therefore, they hinted/implied that I had serious performance problems, that I was a very bad person, and even worse things. They hinted/implied that the aforesaid justified the many adverse actions that they took against me including their a) forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) forcing me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, f) disallowing my education deductions, g) disallowing my travel vouchers, h) forcing me to resign as a postal employee, and i) disallowing my sick leave requests.
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/to-reform-meritocracy-put-character-at-the-center/

ASSOCIATED PRESS & CBS NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES & WAMU & BARRON’S & NBC WASHINGTON
— DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-workers-health-care-b05ab519c57743ae2da10424f8fb50b6
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/11/federal-workers-question-whether-the-longest-government-shutdown-was-worth-their-sacrifice/
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/one-of-the-most-trying-times-atlanta-federal-workers-await-back-pay-after-42-day-shutdown/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/shutdown-federal-workers-aftermath.html
https://wamu.org/story/25/11/13/dc-government-shutdown-feeding-federal-workers/
https://www.barrons.com/news/hope-it-won-t-happen-again-us-federal-workers-return-post-shutdown-4cddc58c
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/government-shutdown/opm-says-federal-agencies-are-open-thursday-as-shutdown-ends/4015562/

GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INSTITUTE & FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 rears. During the shutdown, Democrat leaders glorified and praised their federal employees. But otherwise, federal employees have been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid and as having benefits that are much too generous. But I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars even though had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. When I had only one job-related master’s degree and only one job-related professional certification, my salary was only $88,808/year in today’s dollars.
https://gai.georgetown.edu/how-we-think-about-federal-employees-and-the-federal-government-and-why-its-important/
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2024/11/federal-pay-rates-are-falling-nearly-25-short-of-the-private-sector/

UNIVERSITY BUSINESS
— DEI hiring, recruiting was surging through 2024. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that you future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://universitybusiness.com/dei-hiring-recruiting-was-surging-through-2024-can-it-last/

CATO & CAP
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.cato.org/news-releases/expert-available-h-1b-visa-policy-trumps-defense-skilled-foreign-workers
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-hostility-to-legal-immigration-harms-americas-global-leadership-in-innovation/

REASON
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://reason.com/2025/11/13/democrats-are-beating-trump-on-affordability-will-he-keep-pretending-otherwise/

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/jeffrey-epstein-trump-emails/684926/

NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-epstein-scandal-is-now-a-chronic-disease-of-the-trump-presidency

AXIOS
— These fired federal workers are starting new roles opposing the Trump administration. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud that. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/trump-federal-workforce-lawsuits
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/trump-epstein-files-fiasco

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

SKY NEWS
— Illinois Speaker of the House called out for ‘bizarre comparison’ of immigrants to black slaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVvT3LXR1P4

INDIA NEWS NETWORK
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.indianewsnetwork.com/en/trump-shift-h-1b-visas-highlights-america-skills-shortage-20251114