FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-spotted-church-rogers-park-chicago-gov-pritzker-speaks-national-guard-ruling-broadview-protests-continue/17994356/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/trump-immigration-blitz-chicago-wards/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/chicago-marathon-immigration-illinois-pilsen/
— Residents cope with food deserts in Harvey, Chicago Heights, Richton Park and Park Forest. DD: I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes in Harvey 1972-1973. My father worked in Chicago Heights 1941-1969. I was born in Chicago Heights in 1948.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/food-deserts-harvey-chicago-heights-richton-park/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/13/chicago-fugitive-slave-act-ice-fuentes-immigration-claudia-fegan-linda-rae-murray
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/13/poll-chicagoans-national-guard-policing-deportation-campaign-norc-university-of-chicago
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield now faces the $2B question: How much to invest in mass transit’s future. DD: I used mass transit in 1971 and then 1973-1997. A major reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984 was their being in walking distance of Wheaton train stations.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/springfield-weighs-2b-fix-chicago-transit-system
STATELINE
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
WHEATON PATCH
— 12 Wheaton Students Named Semifinalists For National Merit Scholarships. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. In my defense, during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, I spent far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/12-wheaton-students-named-semifinalists-for-national-merit-scholarships/ar-AA1NirxA
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Appeals Court rejects Trump administration bid to lift TRO in Illinois’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6cec4a79-4cac-42fa-b104-2943ffcddc4b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Kash Patel severs FBI’s ties with James Comey-backed Anti–Defamation League after group ripped Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA
https://www.aol.com/news/kash-patel-severs-fbi-ties-205327655.html
— Biden admin weaponized DOJ to target Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA to put movement ‘out of business’
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-claims-biden-admin-weaponized-104731208.html
BREITBART
— Truckers Gain Wages as ICE Detains Highway Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/12/truckers-gain-wages-as-ice-detains-highway-illegals/
— DHS Reveals New York City Gave Indian Illegal Alien ‘No Name Given’ Commercial Driver’s License
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/dhs-reveals-new-york-city-gave-illegal-alien-no-name-given-drivers-license/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Biden DOJ Sought Direction From Leftist Group That Put Turning Point USA on a ‘Hate Map’ Shortly Before Charlie Kirk’s Assassination. However Bad You Think Biden’s DOJ Was, New Documents Show It Was Even Worse
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/12/biden-doj-sought-direction-splc-leftist-group-that-put-turning-point-usa-hate-map-shortly-before-charlie-kirks-assassination/
FOX NEWS
— Students are more motivated than ever to continue Charlie Kirk’s mission. DD: Who is leading TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382659911112
— Harvard charging $13K for DEI certificate on ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’ Classes include ‘Understanding Race and Racism’ and ‘Power and Privilege in Systems’ DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/harvard-charging-13k-dei-training-bias-privilege
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/harvard-launches-13k-dei-certificate-on-bias-and-privilege-is-it-a-valuable-career-move-or-an-overpriced-ideological-course/articleshow/124508068.cms
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Demented Democrats
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/demented-democrats-week-at-legal-insurrection/
NEWSMAX
— Tuesday, October 14: National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/charlie-kirk-national-day/2025/10/12/id/1230016/
— Trump Moves to Purge ‘Woke’ Ideology From Colleges. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to blame your problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-college-dei/2025/10/12/id/1230043/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ is Tuesday, October 14, 2025
https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5527054-national-day-of-remembrance-for-charlie-kirk-is-this-week-what-to-know/
YAHOO
— Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois for being overweight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-national-guard-troops-replaced-153000480.html
AOL
— Harvard Quietly Ends ‘Minority Recruitment Program’ Amid Battle With Trump Admin. DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualified minority, female, and/or veteran to accept.
https://www.aol.com/articles/harvard-quietly-ends-minority-recruitment-175414037.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame conservatives for all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/business/economy/black-unemployment-federal-layoffs-diversity-initiatives.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Kirk-hating Kirk-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/27/us/politics/charlie-kirk-debate.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly prefer international students over American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/06/upshot/us-international-student-travel.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drugs.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/09/world/americas/drug-trafficking-venezuela.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More People Feel the Strain Of a Shutdown. DD: How dependent on federal spending are those in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/government-shutdown-effects.html
USA TODAY
— How To Choose The Right College Major. DD: My biggest career mistake was not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously believed that because I was not strong in math, I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession viewed me as being much too old. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/16252/how-to-choose-the-right-college-major-student-career-decision-guide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Assessment first: Use personality tests, skills evaluations, and values assessments to understand natural strengths before picking a major. Research reality: Look beyond salary figures to examine job market trends, daily responsibilities, and long-term career satisfaction rates in chosen fields. Timing matters: The 15-25 age window offers optimal decision-making opportunities before life circumstances make career changes more difficult. Avoid pressure: Don’t let parental expectations, peer choices, or social media influence override personal interests and natural abilities. Get expert help: Professional career advice can provide structured guidance to help students make confident decisions within weeks rather than years of trial and error.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Is the One Trait That Makes for a Great Manager? DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/manager-strengths-rellocating-talent-f0add2da
— Giving Career Advice to Kids Has Never Been Harder. DD: Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/career-advice-children-ai-148983e5
— DD: I owned a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971. I have owned my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max since 2012. I have owned my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus since March of this year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/the-texan-who-scored-a-1968-cincinnati-bengals-themed-dodge-charger-d1753412
MUST READ ALASKA
— Anchorage Republican Women’s Club Gives $1,000 to Turning Point USA
https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-republican-womens-club-gives-1000-to-turning-point-usa-uaa/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Government Accountability Office Issues Scathing Report on Army Readiness
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/government-accountability-office-issues-scathing-report-on-army-readiness/ar-AA1O5tBT
POLITICO
— Inside Uthmeier’s path to a critical Trump endorsement in Florida. DD: Of the candidates on the Republican primary ballot in your county, which ones are seeking Trump’s endorsement?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/12/uthmeier-florida-trump-endorsement-00603089
— The impending retirement that could rock Capitol Hill. The director of the Government Accountability office will step down in a few short months, leaving a void atop the agency that has found the White House guilty of violating congressional spending law. DD: GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/gao-trump-impoundment-spending-00569967
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— Good old days. DD: When were your good old days? Mine included 1971-1981 when a) I bought new cars in 1971, 1973, and 1978, b) IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, c) I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) I got married in 1978, e) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, g) I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt in 1981, and h) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. They include 1986-1988 when a) GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and b) promoted me in 1986.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22good+old+days%22
Tag: ancestors
October 12, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders: What to know about National Guard deployments in other cities after plans stalled in Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-know-national-guard-deployments-memphis-other-cities-trumps-plans-stalled-chicago-portland/17993154/
FOX32
— Trump plans whirlwind trip to Israel, Egypt before rushing back for Charlie Kirk honor
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-israel-egypt-trip-gaza-peace-deal
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/pritzker-vance-national-guard-illinois/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/ice-fears-chicago-school-districts/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/gov-jb-pritzker-national-guard-trump-levers-of-power/
— Vance warns ‘deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/jd-vance-federal-workers-shutdown/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/12/ice-chicago-albany-park-tear-gas
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County looks to regulate short-term rental properties with annual fee, inspection
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251012/news/dupage-county-looks-to-regulate-short-term-rental-properties-with-annual-fee-inspection/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders get 400 in Rogers Park to protest ICE
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/12/400-rogers-park-neighbors-rally-after-ice-arrests-4-including-tamale-vendor/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Celebrate Columbus Day, reject those who try to divide us
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/colombusday-323?e=c4ad197eda
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Lakewood Plans Affordable Housing Near Intersection of Routes 47 and 176 In Woodstock School District 200
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/12/lakewood-plans-affordable-housing-near-intersection-of-routes-47-and-176-in-woodstock-school-district-200/
— Armed Alleged Antifa Northeastern Illinois Professor Arrested, Homeland Security Press Release That Won’t End Up in the Mainstream Media
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/11/armed-alleged-antifa-professor-arrested/
— A New Finding Concerning Chicago’s Depopulation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/12/a-new-finding-concerning-chicagos-depopulation/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Federal Officials: WGN Producer Arrested for Assaulting ICE Agents, Not for Reporting
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/federal-officials-wgn-producer-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-ice-agents-not-for-reporting.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vance criticizes Pritzker over Chicago violence
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/12/jd-vance-vice-president-criticizes-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-chicago/
— Neither side flinches as shutdown pain intensifies, thousands of federal workers lose their jobs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/12/neither-side-flinches-shutdown-pain-intensifies-thousands-federal/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker says Trump can’t invoke Insurrection Act unless there is ‘rebellion’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3847381/pritzker-trump-insurrection-act-rebellion/
— Europe continues to guzzle Russian gas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3846371/europe-continues-guzzle-russian-gas/
NEW YORK POST
— Spoiled leftists despise Columbus Day— but what they really hate is America
https://nypost.com/2025/10/12/opinion/spoiled-leftists-despise-columbus-but-really-just-hate-america/
— Illinois State Police CONFRONT Aggressive Anti-ICE Protesters in Broadview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbHZgrAfz-c
BLAZE
— PBS tries to destroy notion of black 2-parent households
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/fearless-with-jason-whitlock/black-family
BREITBART
— Illinois State Police Arrest Unlawful Anti-ICE Protesters in Broadview
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/12/illinois-state-police-arrest-unlawful-anti-ice-protesters/
DAILY CALLER
— Corporate Fact Checkers Keep Ignoring Key Facts When Denying Dems Want To Give Illegals Free Healthcare
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/12/fact-checkers-wrong-on-migrant-healthcare/
EPOCH TIMES
— The Death of Personal Responsibility. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-death-of-personal-responsibility-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-freedom-5917141
FOX NEWS
— Blagojevich: Pritzker ‘doesn’t care’ that citizens are ‘less safe’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382637847112
— IL leadership’s refusal to accept help from Trump admin is out of ‘hatred of the President’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382658981112
JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— Princeton Joins Move Back to Standardized Testing. DD: How has standardized testing impacted you? UIC would not have accepted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24 and graduated in the upper 20% of my class. The Post Office would not have hired me in 1966 if I had not passed the postal employment examination and earned a high school diploma. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU. IRS would not have hired me in 1971 if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/12/princeton-joins-move-back-to-standardized-testing/
NEWSMAX
— Vance: Pritzker Should Pay for Chicago’s Failures
https://www.newsmax.com/us/jd-vance-jb-pritzker-chicago/2025/10/12/id/1230041/
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Are Quietly Pulling the Plug on Free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants. DD: For me since 1966, and for my wife and I since 1978, the federal government paying 72% of our healthcare insurance helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to get rid of me.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/10/12/democrats-are-quietly-pulling-the-plug-on-free-healthcare-for-illegal-immigrants-n4944764
TOWNHALL
— Leftist Social Media Is a Cesspool, but One We Must Be Keenly Aware About
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/10/12/sun-vip-reddit-wants-to-kidnap-gop-kids-and-reeducate-them-n2664750
TPUSA
— DHS Purchases Chicago Buildings to Support Operations
https://tpusa.com/live/dhs-purchases-chicago-buildings-to-support-operations/
— University of Chicago Condemns Violence After Professor Charged in Anti-ICE Riot
https://tpusa.com/live/university-of-chicago-condemns-violence-after-professor-charged-in-anti-ice-riot/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5551298-no-kings-protests-what-to-know/
CNN
— Protesters clash with police outside Broadview ICE facility
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/us/video/protesters-clash-police-broadview-vrtc
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/us/video/protest-clash-broadview-ice-digvid
NEWS NATION
— At least 15 arrested during protests at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/at-least-15-arrested-protests-broadview-ice-facility/
NBC NEWS
— Vance says Trump is ‘looking at all his options’ as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act. The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/vance-trump-options-invoke-insurrection-act-national-guard-rcna237060
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/opinion/mensa-ice-raids-chicago-black-citizens.html
TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Texas GOP censures five lawmakers. DD: I should write about the following who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. Most commonly, they reject the 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 would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/11/texas-gop-srec-censure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under the Texas GOP’s censure rule, lawmakers can be reprimanded for working against the state party’s legislative priorities or the broader principles outlined in the party platform and preamble.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Where Have All the Young Home Buyers Gone? Check the Stock Market. The rent vs. buy debate has taken on new meaning for Gen Z thanks to soaring share prices and more investment options.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/where-have-all-the-young-home-buyers-gone-check-the-stock-market-e79f89ad
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— ICE Broadview Facility Attacked; Dramatic Fighting
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/ice-broadview-facility-attacked-dramatic-fighting-near-chicago-fed-agents-vs-anti-trump-mob/videoshow/124496930.cms
SKY NEWS
— Immigration without assimilation labelled ‘reckless beyond belief’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Their slow assimilation held them back. All my grandparents spoke German. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1zIhHHpO8
October 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/gov-jb-pritzker-national-guard-trump-levers-of-power/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/silverio-villegas-children-foster-care-idaho/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/ice-fears-chicago-school-districts/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/opinion-donald-trump-national-guard-chicago-free-speech/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/editorial-april-perry-ice-national-guard-justice-department/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Oak Park.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/oak-park-gender-affirming-care-discussion/
— Lapel pins awarded to honor area Vietnam era veterans. DD: I should write about those who have used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft the most. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/vietnam-war-brad-schneider-pins/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Duckworth, Durbin demand feds not use Chicago Harbor Lock on river as backdrop for social media videos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/duckworth-durbin-demand-feds-not-use-chicago-harbor-lock-on-river-as-backdrop-for-social-media-videos
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly coverup their poverty and their crime in Chicago.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251011/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-celebration-of-chicago-the-disparagement-in-our-national-politics-of-our-ci/
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— DD: Fundraising success indicates electability
https://www.theintelligencer.com/opinion/article/money-shouldnt-decide-illinois-senate-race-21090956.php
MILWAUKEE COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Derek Chauvin as being a typical conservative White male Republican.
https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2025/10/11/remembering-george-floyd-we-are-the-stewards-of-his-story/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to ‘reclaim’ the explorer’s legacy
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-11/trump-issues-a-columbus-day-proclamation-to-reclaim-the-explorers-legacy
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparations. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations. To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise Blacks even more reparations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3846786/newsom-approves-agency-administer-slavery-reparations/
NEW YORK POST
— Cornell MBA council warns ‘non-marginalized’ students to avoid minority recruiting events. DD: All my critics/opponents attribute all my successes in my life to my benefitting from marginalization of minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/us-news/cornell-mba-council-warns-non-marginalized-students-to-avoid-minority-recruiting-events-report/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Renowned chef who catered for George W Bush deported, stuns Texas town. DD: I have always helped elect in general elections candidates who won Republican primary elections. Far too often, those candidates were the lesser of two evils.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/10/renowned-chef-who-catered-for-george-w-bush-deported-stuns-texas-town-1591643/
BREITBART
— Gavin Newsom Signs Bill to Build Reparations Bureaucracy. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations. To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise Blacks even more reparations.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/11/gavin-newsom-signs-bill-to-build-reparations-bureaucracy/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Michigan State University opens $38 million ‘sanctuary’ for ‘minorities’ DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have attributed my successes in my life to my benefitting from oppression of minorities and females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. All the many minorities and females who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/michigan-state-u-opens-38-million-sanctuary-for-minorities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The MSU Multicultural Center (MCC), guided by a student-developed mission, aims to provide a supportive space for students from historically oppressed backgrounds to learn, grow, and access the resources necessary to succeed and graduate from a predominantly white institution,” the room reservation page for the center states.)
FOX NEWS
— Atlantic article likens Charlie Kirk to George Floyd, sparking online fury
https://www.aol.com/news/atlantic-article-likens-charlie-kirk-151941835.html
NEWSMAX
— Trump Admin’s Immigration Raids Blamed for Potential Food Supply Crisis. DD: What percent of food industry workers are illegals? What percent of food industry jobs are bad jobs?
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-migrants-farm-workers/2025/10/11/id/1229953/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Gingrich on Trump’s shutdown layoffs: ‘He’s willing to take the heat’ DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5551386-trump-gingrich-federal-layoffs/
AOL
— NFL Removing ‘End Racism’ Message From End Zones. DD: Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have attributed my successes in my life to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. All the many minorities and females who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/nfl-removing-end-racism-message-120600237.html
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life-and-style/gay-harlem-renaissance-exhibit-new-york-historical-rcna236671
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-roslindale-restaurant-pride-flag-ripped-down/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “We’re in a Worse Place Than We Were Under Nixon.” DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors, my Democrat Firestone Store boss, and my Democrat IRS superiors who were veterans hated Nixon. They blamed Nixon for America losing the Vietnam War. They took their hatred against Nixon out against me. My Democrat Post Office superiors denied my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and my education deductions and never promoted me beyond GS-12. They were furious that I was a Republican and that I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/opinion/letitia-james-donald-trump-nixon.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say “Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration.” DD: All my Black coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. The aforesaid was true for my Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/black-leaders-trump.html
— 1 in 5 millennials, Gen Zers gifted down payment for home from their parents. DD: Where did the down payment for your first home come from? For me, back in the good old days when I was 24 in 1972, it came from what I had earned and saved a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working part-time for Firestone Stores for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. The money I earned and saved during that time also enabled me a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in October of 1971 and b) pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/realestate/parents-money-down-payment-home-buying.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump escalates his use of federal power to target Democratic states. Democrats see a pattern of inflicting pain on places that are politically unfriendly, while Trump has declared his intent to hurt liberal areas and policies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/12/trump-blue-states-target-red-states/
— DD: What percent of food industry workers are illegals? What percent of food industry jobs are bad jobs?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/11/immigration-crackdown-food-prices/
— DD:: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/10/ice-immigrants-protest-signs-dc/
— Trump is in ‘excellent’ health, White House says, amid questions about second exam. Outside physicians asked why the president was making a return trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, six months after undergoing medical tests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/11/trump-physical-doctor/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/11/lgbtq-queer-youtubers-national-coming-out-day/86569357007/
MIAMI HERALD
— Vance Responds to Joy Reid Calling Him ‘Mediocre’ DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I never got any scholarships, d) that GPAs at UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT were not that great, and d) that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that great.
https://www.newsbreak.com/miami-herald-1592483/4287110141419-vance-responds-to-joy-reid-calling-him-mediocre
WSBTV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Atlanta
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/thousands-attend-atlanta-pride-festival-piedmont-park-this-weekend/PZEZBVOW7VDHRA4C52KCZSJERE/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: What decisions did you make that were career limiting? I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was in high school instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I spent far too many hours delivering mail while I was earning my bachelor’s degree instead of studying. I should have majored in accounting. I did not become a Democrat. I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-recover-after-mistake-bad-decision-at-work-2021-9
INC.
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly prefer foreign employees over American employees.
https://www.inc.com/entrepreneurs-organization/why-your-workforce-strategy-must-go-global/91248906
U.S. CENSUS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who are the following have: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html
EQUITABLE GROWTH
— America’s job-quality crisis and how to revive workers’ pay, dignity, job advancement, and economic well-being. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and b) I was always grossly overpaid. In my defense, to qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) I earned a job-related professional license (CPA). Nevertheless, I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars. The fact that few qualified minorities and women wanted the federal jobs that I had proves that they were bad jobs. Qualified minorities and females could always get better jobs in the private sector.
https://equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-quality-crisis-and-how-to-revive-workers-pay-dignity-job-advancement-and-economic-well-being/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Don Lemon Flames Hegseth As ‘Not Qualified’ To Be Defense Secretary. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21. I earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance) when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting) when I was 30 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. But by the time I earned the aforesaid, it was too late, I was views as being too old to have a successful career. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ex-cnn-host-flames-hegseth-214110998.html
October 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump asks appeals court to intervene after judge blocks National Guard deployment to Illinois. Justice Department lawyers say U.S. District Judge April Perry “impermissibly second-guessed the Commander in Chief.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/10/trump-asks-appeals-court-to-intervene-after-judge-blocks-national-guard-deployment-to-illinois
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Transgender Movement is Not Just About Men in Girls’ Sports.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/the-transgender-movement-is-not-just-about-men-in-girls-sports/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents call losers? SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=losers My critics/opponents call federal employees losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who do not make GS-13 ($117,807) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. My critics/opponents stress that I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 in 1986 and that I never made GS-14. In my defense, I stress that Democrats run the federal government and I never became a Democrat and a) that I did not earn job-related master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn job-related professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not earn a job-related professional license until I was 32. Further, my critics/opponents call Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) losers who are White, male, and/or nonveteran and who not become township party leaders, county party leaders, and Illinois Republican Party leaders. Extremely few RPCs become party leaders. My critics/opponents stress that while I have been a RPC since 1999, I have never been a party leader. In my defense, I stress that I am a conservative, that is, that I am a platform Republican. – Dave Diersen
https://www.google.com/search?q=losers
— What do your critics/opponent do? My critics/opponents increasingly make it clear that they are anti-conservative, if not conservative-haters. They ever-increasingly blame conservatives for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems. They ever-increasingly dismiss, belittle, badmouth, isolate, ostracize, marginalize, blacklist, cancel, demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives. They ever-increasingly take adverse actions against conservatives. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What has motivated anti-conservatives and conservative-haters to promote more hatred against conservatives recently? ANSWER: Trump’s successes and Kirk’s assignation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Enough of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown scam. Democrats are willing to harm Americans to safeguard illegals’ benefits.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/10/enough-chuck-schumers-shutdown-scam/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparations. DD: Affirmative Action is slavery reparations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3846786/newsom-approves-agency-administer-slavery-reparations/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Administration Lays Off Last of Minority Business Development Agency. The move effectively shutters the agency, which had already faced dramatic cuts. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, a) there would be no need for DOGE and b) I might still be a GAO employee.
https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-administration-lays-off-last-of-minority-business-development-agency/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/why-democrats-are-finally-giving-up-on-dei/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant trucker with ‘No Name Given’ on NY driver’s license ID’d, arrested in Oklahoma
https://nypost.com/2025/10/11/us-news/illegal-migrant-trucker-with-no-name-given-on-ny-drivers-license-idd-arrested-in-oklahoma/
BREITBART
— Robert De Niro Pushes Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Anti-Trump October 18 Protest Campaign
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/10/watch-robert-de-niro-pushes-nationwide-no-kings-anti-trump-protest-campaign/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Academics continue hypocritical whining about ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academics-continue-hypocritical-whining-about-freedom-and-democracy/
DAILY CALLER
— ICE Nabs Illegal Migrant Truck Driver With ‘No Name’ Listed On Driver’s License
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/ice-nabs-migrant-trucker-with-no-name/
— Migrant ‘Invaders’ Under Biden Led To Government Shutdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/c-span-caller-says-migrant-invaders-under-biden-led-to-government-shutdown/
— The Politics Of The Shutdown, Obamacare, Crime And Deportations
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/11/opinion-the-politics-of-the-shutdown-obamacare-crime-and-deportations-larry-elder/
FOX NEWS
— Biden-era ‘unvetted’ immigrants nabbed after Virginia highway gunfire as border debate hits governor’s race
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-era-unvetted-immigrants-nabbed-after-virginia-highway-gunfire-border-debate-hits-governors-race
— New York in the hot seat after ICE busts Illegal immigrant with ‘NO NAME GIVEN’ on license. ICE arrested 91 illegals who were operating commercial motor vehicles with driver’s licenses granted by sanctuary states.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-hot-seat-after-ice-busts-illegal-immigrant-with-no-name-given-license
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Cashing in on DEI With $13,760 Certificate Program. “You will gain critical knowledge and skills to address bias and marginalization and to foster an inclusive corporate culture.” DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/harvard-cashing-in-on-dei-with-13760-certificate-program/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Teacher Training and Licensure Are Serious Problems; Oklahoma Has an Unserious Solution
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/teacher-training-and-licensure-are-serious-problems-one-red-state-has-an-unserious-solution/
NEW AMERICAN
— Media’s Illegal-alien Sob Stories Are Meant to Deceive
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/manipulation-medias-illegal-alien-sob-stories-are-meant-to-deceive/
NEWSMAX
— ICE Arrests Illegal Driving Rig With N.Y. License for ‘No Name Given’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-semitruck-illegal-alien/2025/10/10/id/1229893/
— Use Shutdown for Cuts in ‘Bloated’ Washington. DD: To justify gutting GAO, Gingrich charged GAO with being bloated. My Democrat GAO superiors used that charge to deem its employees like me who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749/year and were the following as being bloat: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/marlin-stutzman-washington-shutdown/2025/10/10/id/1229790/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/lonesome-cowboys-movie-theater-police-raid-atlanta-lgbtq-movement-pride/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Blocking Chicago Guard Deployment, Judge Questions Government’s Veracity. The Trump administration’s “perceptions are not reliable,” a federal judge wrote, explaining why she has temporarily blocked the deployment of troops to the Chicago area.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/ice-national-guard.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Government Shutdown. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me for that by wasting my career, by taking adverse actions against me, and by forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/federal-layoffs-government-shutdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to get rid of Trump and everyone who voted for Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/11/trump-war-military-domestic-national-guard/
BALTIMORE SUN
— Chef who used to cater events for President George W. Bush gets deported
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/10/chef-who-used-to-cater-events-for-president-george-w-bush-gets-deported/
EL PASO TIMES
— Abbott warns against road markings seen as ‘social, political or ideological messages’
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2025/10/09/gov-abbott-directive-on-removing-political-street-markings/86599004007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders side with MIT against Trump
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-merit-and-mit-aaf4ac58
FORTUNE
— Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation. DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/10/billionaire-mackenzie-scott-doubles-down-on-dei-with-42-million-donation/
October 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago federal judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois. Ruling in effect for 14 days.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-area-thursday-federal-court-weigh-trumps-deployment-troops-protect-ice-officers-broadview/17970024/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/ruling-pausing-national-guard-deployment-draws-praise-from-illinois-officials/3836419/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/uic-students-protest-ice-detentions-after-viral-video-sparks-outrage/
FOX32
— Chicago immigration crackdown forces Argentina, Puerto Rico soccer match to relocate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em_nCqD86ZI
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/09/planned-parenthood-illinois-ceo-future-reproductive-care-amid-federal-threats
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What helped you avoid leftist indoctrination? My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My college majors were business, accounting, and finance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/06/academic-neutrality-critical-thinking-texas-a-m-university-melissa-mccoul-akash-belsare
DAILY HERALD
— Scholarship brunch supports Latinx students at Elgin Community College. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that proves that I am stupid and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/submitted-content/scholarship-brunch-supports-latinx-students-at-elgin-community-college/
WJBC
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/10/09/report-black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-national-guard-presence/
CHALKBEAT
— DD: Democrat leaders do everything that they can to flood America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/10/09/chicago-mayor-has-not-appointed-noncitizen-advisory-board/
WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage Clerk Seeks Restraining Order; Says Over $230K Owed To Election Vendors. DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is seeking a temporary restraining order for DuPage County to pay two election vendors.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-clerk-seeks-restraining-order-says-over-230k-owed-election-vendors
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-609/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who harm those who help them. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22harm+those+who+help+you%22 I should write about those who I have helped the most, but who then have harmed me the most. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago anti-ICE chaos only proves why National Guard is needed, Windy City Dem says
https://nypost.com/2025/10/09/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-chaos-proves-national-guard-is-needed-alderman-raymond-lopez/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s multicultural conquest
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/the_left_s_multicultural_conquest.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE and Military Protectors
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/09/black-chicagoans-welcome-ice-military-protectors/
BLAZE
— Turning Point USA to offer ‘All American Halftime Show’ alternative to NFL’s woke Super Bowl spectacle
https://www.theblaze.com/news/turning-point-usa-to-offer-all-american-halftime-show-as-alternative-to-nfls-deviant-super-bowl-spectacular
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard Sells DEI certificate for $14k
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-sells-dei-certificate-14k/28748
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Minnesota hosts ‘Trans and Queer Strength group’ led by ‘certified queer personal trainer’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uminn-hosts-trans-and-queer-strength-group-led-by-certified-queer-personal-trainer/
DAILY CALLER
— As Pritzker Tees Up Presidential Run, Time For A Look At His Real Record
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-as-pritzker-tees-up-presidential-run-time-for-a-look-at-his-real-record-diana-rickert/
DAILY WIRE
— Social Justice Warriors Shouldn’t Control West Point. The military’s biggest problem isn’t meeting diversity quotas; it’s restoring a warrior ethos to military culture.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-justice-warriors-shouldnt-control-west-point
FOX NEWS
— Trump could make non-essential federal workers permanently non-essential. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a grossly overpaid non-essential federal employee. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6381623165112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Mayor Won’t Answer if He’d Want Illegal Alien Who’d Raped, Beaten His Wife Deported
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/chicago-mayor-wont-answer-if-hed-want-illegal-alien-whod-raped-beaten-his-wife-deported/
MERCURY
— Tolerance of violence in US cities is stoking insurrection
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20251009/281535117187362
NEWSMAX
— Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE, National Guard Presence
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-ice-national-guard/2025/10/09/id/1229739/
— Democrats Should Support Americans, Not Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/sean-duffy-government-shutdown/2025/10/09/id/1229755/
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/09/of_course_illegal_immigrants_access_public_health_benefits_1139906.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said he would fire air traffic controllers who are skipping work because of the government shutdown.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5547946-duffy-threatens-fire-air-traffic-controllers-skip-work-shutdown/amp/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/newfest-new-york-lgbtq-film-festival-rcna236232
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Blue states ever-increasingly reject federal law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/national-guard-governors.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less protected that you are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. That is because Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are aforesaid discriminate against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/opinion/anthony-kennedy-supreme-court.html
— How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers, disallowed my education deductions, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/07/us/politics/trump-enemies-justice-department-investigations.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Urban Crime Spike Is Real. A national victimization survey confirms Trump’s claim that U.S. cities have grown more dangerous.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-urban-crime-spike-is-real-555b7410
— Democrats Keep Shoveling Money at ObamaCare. It wasn’t supposed to cost hundreds of billions of tax dollars a year to make healthcare ‘affordable.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-keep-shoveling-money-at-obamacare-936c25f2
— Federal Workers and Troops to Miss Paychecks Soon. Here’s What to Know. Government shutdown means employees won’t get paid until standoff is resolved.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-shutdown-federal-employee-military-pay-72a842d1?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1
PBS
— DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? Mine attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, veterans, LGBTQers, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope-leo-condemns-economies-that-marginalize-the-poor-while-the-wealthy-live-in-a-bubble-of-luxury
October 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Chicago gang member charged with soliciting murder of Border Patrol commander
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/alleged-chicago-gang-member-charged-with-soliciting-murder-of-border-patrol-commander/3835142/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Village Mayor Gary Grasso learned law enforcement was in the area looking for someone — and he happened to witness the arrest. “I was very glad to see my government taking care of the people in Burr Ridge and keeping us safe, which is our number one job as an elected official,” Grasso said. “And when people put bounties on immigration officials or ATF officials, I mean, those people should be put in jail, and we should be cooperating with the people doing their job to put them in jail. And it’s a shame that people don’t recognize that these dedicated law enforcement people are doing their job, and now there’s bounties on them.”)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Supreme Court hears arguments in GOP Illinois congressman’s mail-in ballots suit
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/supreme-court-arguments-illinois-congressman-mail-in-ballots-suit/
— U. of C. assistant professor Eman Abdelhadi faces felony charges following arrest at Broadview ICE facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/university-chicago-professor-arrest-broadview-ice-chicago-police-trump/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Mainstream newspapers ever-increasingly exist a) to promote Pritzker and the Democrat Party platform and to elect and reelect Democrat candidates and b) to destroy Trump and the Republican Party platform and to defeat Republican candidates. For opposition research, I pay lots for money for full website access and doorstep delivery of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, New York Times (7 days a week) , Wall Street Journal (6 days a week), USA Today (5 days a week), Naperville Sun (3 days a week), and Crain’s Chicago Business (1 day a week).
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251009/columns/the-meat-of-newspaper-week-is-in-what-happens-every-day/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— DD: Democrat leaders reveal details of DuPage No Kings protests. October 18 rallies will take place at several locations.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/10/02/organizers-reveal-details-of-dupage-no-kings-protests/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Protests are planned for nine intersections on Roosevelt Road in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Lombard and Villa Park. Additionally, a rally is scheduled in La Grange from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on La Grange Road between Cossitt and Goodman avenues. In Elmhurst, protestors plan to gather from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. but the location is undisclosed. In Bartlett, a rally is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. near the Veterans Memorial at the southwest corner of Stearns and Bartlett roads. The protests are meant to show support for traditional democratic values, including fair elections, due process for all, economic equality and free speech, according to an Indivisible DuPage news release. “These values have faced ongoing challenges by the current Republican administration. Our protests are particularly meaningful at this time given the increased federal presence in Chicago and ICE raids currently taking place in the suburbs,” according to the release. Indivisible DuPage is planning the day of protests locally, along with organizations including the Glen Ellyn branch of the League of Women Voters, the College of DuPage Faculty Association and Indivisible Illinois. More than 2,000 No Kings 2.0 events are registered around the country by local pro-democracy groups, an increase from the first No Kings Day events. Other protests planned for the region include Joliet, Aurora, Bolingbrook, Geneva and Elgin.)
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DD: Democrat leaders condemn Trump’s call to jail Gov. Pritzker, Mayor Johnson
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-condemn-trumps-call-to-jail-gov-pritzker-mayor-johnson
WAND TV
— Illinois teens drinking nearly twice the national average
https://www.wandtv.com/news/study-illinois-teens-drinking-nearly-twice-the-national-average/article_8ecc4fc1-0cf0-40cf-819a-2aba661b7cee.html
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Grasso’s Name In Hinsdale D86 Legal Bills
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/burr-ridge-politicians-name-in-hinsdale-d86-legal-bills/ar-AA1JJ1Kb
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-608/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Pritzker’s reckless attack on federal law enforcement must end
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/reckless-attack-314?e=c4ad197eda
ILINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Big Lie: Pritzker’s Reckless Rhetoric
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/the-big-lie-pritzkers-reckless-rhetoric/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas authorities arrest 8 more ‘fake doctors’ in illegal abortion clinic investigation
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/8/texas-authorities-arrest-8-fake-doctors-illegal-abortion-clinic/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Shutdown: Voters say Democrats did it for illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3842338/government-shutdown-poll-democrats-illegal-immigrant-healthcare/
NEW YORK POST
— The Dems are letting Antifa take over their cities — Trump is right to send federal troops to maintain order
https://nypost.com/2025/10/08/opinion/the-dems-are-letting-antifa-take-over-their-cities-trump-is-right-to-send-federal-troops-to-maintain-order/
AMAC
— Media Smears Stay-At-Home Moms as Nazis
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/media-smears-stay-at-home-moms-as-nazis/
— Historic Trump Success on Border Continues as Illegal Crossings Reach 55-Year Low
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/breaking-historic-trump-success-on-border-continues-as-illegal-crossings-reach-55-year-low/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal aliens: Unsafe at any speed
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/illegal_aliens_unsafe_at_any_speed.html
BREITBART
— Supreme Court Could Kill Voting Rights Act’s Affirmative-Action Gerrymandering, Give GOP 19 More Seats
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/08/redistricting-could-yield-19-more-gop-house-seats-potential-supreme-court-victory/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration over allowing abortion pills to be mailed into the state from other states.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/louisiana-sues-trumps-fda-over-abortion-pill-mailing-rules.html
DAILY CALLER
— Co-Founder Of Degenerate Forum Reddit Admits It Wouldn’t Exist Without Illegal Immigration
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/08/alexis-ohanian-reddit-immigration-enforcement-censorship-donald-trump-serena-williams-comments/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Meet the ‘Worst of the Worst’ Criminals Arrested by ICE Agents Working for Free
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/08/exclusive-unpaid-ice-agents-continue-to-arrest-pedophiles-smugglers-thieves-as-shutdown-drags-on/
FOX NEWS
— Senate Democrats defy White House warnings, again block GOP bid to reopen government. Schumer says pressure on Republicans will force negotiations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-democrats-defy-white-house-warnings-again-block-gop-bid-reopen-government
— Abbott slams Pritzker for opposing National Guard deployment
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382389613112
— Texas arrests 8 in widening probe of midwife accused of illegal abortions
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-arrests-8-widening-probe-midwife-accused-illegal-abortions
NEW AMERICAN
— Corrupt Woke Science Being Peddled in Government Schools
https://thenewamerican.com/video/newman/corrupt-woke-science-being-peddled-in-government-schools/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chicago Mayor Refuses to Answer If He Would Deport an Illegal Who Beat, Raped His Own Wife – Cracks Joke Instead
https://www.westernjournal.com/video-chicago-mayor-refuses-answer-deport-illegal-beat-raped-wife-cracks-joke-instead/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Reporter William Kelly teed up Johnson’s humiliating self-own by recounting a crime that occurred last month, in which an illegal alien from Nicaragua grabbed a woman on the street, bashed her head in, and raped her. “If that had been your wife, Stacie, would you want ICE to deport … that illegal alien? Yes or no?” Kelly asked. Instead of responding, Johnson made a snarky jab, claiming Kelly’s YouTube views had dropped recently. Kelly quipped that his social-media views were much higher than the mayor’s. The reporter then asked Johnson to answer his question. “Answer the question as a man — not as a mayor — but as a man,” Kelly reiterated. “Would you want ICE to deport that rapist?” Once again, Johnson refused to respond. “No? Okay, that’s the answer,” Kelly said. Kelly also ripped Johnson for his frivolous race-baiting, saying the minorities he has spoken to are furious that their mayor prioritizes foreign invaders over Chicago residents. “The real Chicagoans that I talk to, that I communicate with — mostly black and brown, actually — tell me that you don’t seem to know the difference between illegal aliens and real Chicago citizens,” Kelly told Johnson. “They feel that you are siding with the illegal aliens over them in their communities.” As a reminder, Johnson has repeatedly claimed Trump’s move to deploy the National Guard to eradicate crime in Chicago is racist. This flippant invocation of the overused “Race Card” is ironic, since Johnson is under federal investigation for admitting he usually hires black people because they’re the “most generous race” on Earth. As is usually the case when it comes to Democrats, every accusation is a confession. So when left-wing foghorns such as Brandon Johnson call someone “racist,” they’re merely projecting their own racism onto their opponents in order to silence them. Reporter William Kelly is correct: Johnson and his Democratic comrades constantly prioritize the welfare of third-world foreign invaders over the safety of law-abiding, taxpaying American citizens. This toxic, unpatriotic trend must be stopped before this nation devolves into a third-world dumping ground for unvetted armies of illegal aliens who show open contempt for the United States.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Texas National Guard troops now protecting federal property in Chicago area
https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-troops-illinois-memphis-chicago-bbb5801b127897639ab5ae5b8c9ff766
NBC NEWS
— The policy divide between blue and red states keeps widening. Americans are facing increasingly different realities on issues ranging from vaccines to abortion to guns, based on what part of the country they live in. DD: Ever-increasingly, if you raise your children in a blue state, anticipate/expect that their Democrat teachers will make them anti-parent, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-heterosexual people, anti-married people, anti-traditional marriage and family, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, boozers. gamblers, stoners, and even worse things.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/policy-divide-blue-red-states-keeps-widening-rcna230162
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: What has helped you pay for your health insurance premiums? For me, it has been my taking federal jobs 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 that my peers ether a) failed/refused to qualify themselves for or b) simply refused to take. The federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums because I am a retired federal employee. I qualified myself for my Post Office job in 1966 by taking and passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job in 1971 by taking and passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a job-related bachelor’s degree. I qualified myself for my GAO in 1980 job by earning a job-related master’s degree and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010441604/the-gops-cynical-ridiculous-shutdown-attack.html
— Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration. Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/black-leaders-trump.html
— Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors seized on Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of GAO employees like me who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who were in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/trump-shutdown-punish-foes.html
— DD: Constructively, Blue States have declared a Second Civil War against Red states. Illegals are soldiers in the Blue State Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/national-guard-governors.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Texas National Guard troops are active in Chicago area. Around 200 Texas National Guard soldiers and 300 soldiers from the Illinois National Guard will protect ICE agents and federal property.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/09/trump-national-guard-chicago-texas-troops/
— Trump builds case for deploying National Guard to Chicago, Portland. The president said he would pursue designating antifa a “foreign terrorist organization” and called for Democratic officials in Chicago to be jailed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/08/trump-chicago-jail-johnson-pritzker/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How much success have Democrat leaders had making everyone sexually active LGBTQers in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/10/08/supreme-court-gay-conversion-therapy-trans-rights/86549177007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— High-on-pot drivers are contributing to more highway accident deaths. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/marijuana-car-crash-deaths-study-wright-state-university-0f762ca1
— Pence: Make HHS and FDA Pro-Life Again. Approval of generic mifepristone is why I warned against RFK Jr.’s appointment.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/make-hhs-and-fda-pro-life-again-ff9e1b21
— Quitters. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that my superiors took to get me to quit. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-10-08-2025/card/americans-used-to-be-quitters-k2CcwiFyVg41tbFmTAgq
— DD: As Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform, American students ever-increasingly fall further behind.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/nobel-prizes-science-american-immigrants-trump-administration-960b18e3
BUSINESS WIRE
— DD: Why did you get hired instead of others? I qualified myself for my Post Office job in 1966 by taking and passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job in 1971 by taking and passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a job-related bachelor’s degree. I qualified myself for my GAO in 1980 job by earning a job-related master’s degree and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250429970865/en/New-Research-Finds-the-Most-Likable-Candidate-Gets-the-JobEven-If-Theyre-Not-the-Most-Qualified
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Because Republicans do better when hiring, retention, and promotion decisions are merit based, Democrats oppose merit based hiring, retention, and promotion decisions. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/05/opm-merit-hiring-plan-includes-bipartisan-reforms-politicized-new-test/405687/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Government Shutdown: 49% Say Democrats Did It for Illegal Aliens
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/government_shutdown_49_say_democrats_did_it_for_illegal_aliens
ACLU
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push women into combat
https://www.aclu.org/news/womens-rights/pete-hegseth-wants-women-out-of-the-military-and-hes-not-hiding-it
NEW WAYS MINISTRY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newwaysministry.org/2025/10/09/pope-francis-lgbtq-welcome-is-needed-now-more-than-ever/
October 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Texas National Guard troops expected to deploy to Broadview ICE facility Wednesday evening. Trump says Johnson, Pritzker ‘should be in jail’ for ‘failing to protect’ ICE officers
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-national-guard-chicago-area-troops-arrive-elwood-illinois-protests-expected-city-wednesday/17962765/
— Federal workers, local leaders hold rally downtown Chicago as government shutdown continues
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-workers-chicago-area-union-political-leaders-hold-rally-downtown-loop-government-shutdown-continues/17966499/
— IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as the government shutdown enters a second week
https://abc7chicago.com/post/irs-will-furlough-half-workforce-government-shutdown-enters-second-week/17965825/
— How furloughed government workers plan to weather shutdown. Roughly 750,000 federal workers have been furloughed.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-furloughed-government-workers-plan-weather-shutdown/17963562/
CBS2
— 500 National Guard troops arrive in Chicago area amid legal battle over deployment
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texas-national-guard-members-deploy-chicago-area/
— Furloughed federal workers in Chicago rally against Trump’s threat of no back pay when government shutdown ends
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-furloughed-federal-workers-rally-against-trumps-threat-of-no-back/
— Pope Leo urges U.S. bishops to speak about Trump’s immigration crackdown after being shown migrants’ letters. DD: Those who want to destroy America promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pope-leo-trump-immigration-crackdown-migrant-letters/
— Federal judge further limits ICE ability to arrest without warrants, probable cause
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/consent-decree-ruling-ice-arrest-no-warrant-chicago/
WGN9
— Charges dismissed against 3 arrested during protest at Broadview ICE facility
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/charges-dismissed-against-3-arrested-during-protest-at-broadview-ice-facility/
FOX32
— ‘Come and get me’: Pritzker responds to Trump saying he should be in jail
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1720910
WBEZ
— Federal workers in Chicago ‘emotionally exhausted’ from government shutdown, year of uncertainty
https://www.wbez.org/work/2025/10/08/federal-workers-in-chicago-emotionally-exhausted-from-government-shutdown-year-of-uncertainty
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders seek to limit immigration enforcement in Will County
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/will-county-board-immigration-enforcement/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker responds to Trump threat to jail him, mayor over ICE: ‘Come and get me’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/08/jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-truth-social-jail-threat
— Texas National Guard expected to be deployed in Chicago area tonight. The troops will be deployed Wednesday evening to the Broadview ICE facility.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/08/texas-national-guard-broadview-illinois
— U.S. Supreme Court hears Rep. Mike Bost’s case tied to Illinois mail voting law. Conservative justices signaled their openness to allowing the downstate congressman’s challenge to proceed against the state’s mail balloting law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/10/08/supreme-court-mail-ballot-illinois-challenge
DAILY HERALD
— It was business as usual Wednesday at O’Hare International Airport, but concerns remain about a repeat of the Federal Aviation Administration’s ground delay issued Tuesday evening. Problems have erupted at a number of airports across the U.S. amid the government shutdown and a slight increase in sick calls from air traffic controllers, authorities said.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251008/transportation/the-situation-appears-to-be-deteriorating-ohare-is-back-to-normal-but-for-how-long-amid-shutdown/
WCIA
— IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as the government shutdown enters a second week
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-irs-to-furlough-nearly-half-of-its-workforce-as-shutdown-enters-second-week/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-399/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump is conservative. As Trump has more conservative successes, if you are conservative, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly anti-conservatives will ignore you, dismiss you, belittle you, badmouth you, isolate you, ostracize you, marginalize you, blacklist you, cancel you, demonize you, denigrate you, condemn you, punish you. and get rid of you. It is called displaced aggression. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster that anti-conservatives will get rid of you. In addition to being conservative, Trump is Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago mayor says businesses must pay, wants progressive revenue from state
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2c6e4257-6492-49d9-80ad-24aadbbea27e.html
TED DABROWSKI
— Lt. Gov. Candidate Mendoza Calls Pritzker’s False Nazi Comparisons Disqualifying
https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?e=c4ad197eda&u=fa4b4d821c51392600207140c&id=8adbd47aa6
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— McHenry County GOP Rift: Move to Oust MAGA Committeewoman Draws Comparisons to Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un-Style Censorship. DD: I should write about how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have treated me since 1999.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/mchenry-county-gop-rift-move-to-oust-maga-committeewoman-draws-comparisons-to-xi-jinping-and-kim-jong-un-style-censorship.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In McHenry County, a storm is brewing inside the Republican Party – not against Democrats, but against one of its own. Jacqueline Garretson, a proud precinct committeewoman, conservative activist, and unapologetic supporter of President Donald Trump, is under attack from within her own ranks. Garretson has dedicated years of service to expanding the conservative movement in Illinois. She volunteers tirelessly – knocking on doors, organizing events, and raising funds to elect Republicans who actually stand for Republican values. She has become a trusted voice for the grassroots, a leader unafraid to challenge corruption or cowardice — no matter which side of the aisle it comes from. But that honesty has made her a target. Now, RINOs inside the McHenry Township Republican Organization are reportedly moving to remove Garretson from her elected position as precinct committeewoman. Her so-called “offense?” Speaking truth and calling out fake Republicans who use the GOP label but push Democrat-lite policies once in power. This isn’t just an attack on one woman – it’s an attack on the entire grassroots conservative movement. Garretson’s fight mirrors a broader pattern happening across Illinois, where establishment insiders have tried to muzzle anyone who dares to question their grip on power. Illinois Republican leaders have even attempted to silence Illinois Review – the largest conservative news publication in the state, known for exposing corruption, holding politicians accountable, and giving a voice to the forgotten Republican base. Illinois Review has been shared by President Donald Trump himself on Truth Social – a testament to its reach and credibility among real conservatives. Yet instead of embracing this powerful platform, party insiders tried to shut it down, block it from events, and cut off communication – all because it refused to play along with their backroom politics. This type of censorship is something Americans expect from dictators like Vladimir Putin, Nicolas Maduro, Kim Jong-Un, and Xi Jinping – not from Republican leaders in the Land of Lincoln. In those regimes, anyone who challenges authority is silenced, punished, and jailed. Now, that same authoritarian mindset is creeping into the Illinois GOP. The move to remove Garretson – and to silence Illinois Review – is nothing short of an assault on the First Amendment. It sends a chilling message: if you speak out, if you expose hypocrisy, if you stand with President Trump and the MAGA movement, you’ll be targeted. Grassroots conservatives in McHenry County see what’s happening, and they’re not fooled. They know that Garretson’s real “crime” is refusing to bow to establishment pressure. They know she represents a new generation of Republicans – bold, patriotic, and fiercely loyal to America First values. If the McHenry Township Republican Organization follows through with its plan to remove her, it won’t just be ousting a precinct leader – it will be signaling to every patriot in Illinois that free speech and conservative conviction are no longer welcome. But history has shown that attempts to silence the truth only make it louder. Just ask Donald Trump.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Uncle Sam ends fiscal year 2025 $1.8 trillion in the red
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/8/uncle-sam-ends-fiscal-year-2025-18-trillion-red/
— America’s children are getting dumber
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/8/americas-children-getting-dumber/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats’ blue-state failures are becoming a political problem
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3821729/democrats-blue-state-failures-political-problem/
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE
— The Radical Left’s Shutdown Puts Americans Last, Illegals First
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/the-radical-lefts-shutdown-puts-americans-last-illegals-first
BREITBART
— 2.2 Million Decline in Foreign Population Thanks to Record Low Illegal Immigration and Migrants Returning Home
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/08/golden-age-2-2-million-decline-foreign-population-thanks-to-record-low-illegal-immigration-migrants-returning-home/
DAILY SIGNAL
— White House Memo Exposes Democrats’ History of Pushing Health Care for Illegals
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/08/exclusive-white-house-memo-exposes-democrats-history-expanding-health-care-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— Trump calls Chicago mayor and Illinois governor ‘grossly incompetent’ in new White House video
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor-grossly-incompetent-new-white-house-video
— DHS fact-checks Pritzker’s claims about ICE as Texas National Guard troops arrive in Illinois
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382290226112
— Pritzker hurls ‘dementia’ claim at Trump amid National Guard feud despite defending Biden’s mental fitness. Illinois governor previously defended Biden’s mental fitness after special counsel report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-hurls-dementia-claim-trump-amid-national-guard-feud-despite-defending-bidens-mental-fitness
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ending Affirmative Action Will Take More Than Supreme Court Decisions
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/ending-affirmative-action-will-take-more-than-supreme-court-decisions/
NEWSMAX
— US Bishops Say Pope Urging Them to Speak Up for Illegals. DD: Those who want to destroy America promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/pope-catholic-church/2025/10/08/id/1229449/
— Chicago Mayor Should Be Jailed for Not Protecting ICE Agents
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rudy-giuliani-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson/2025/10/07/id/1229431/
PATRIOT POST
— Chicago Mayor Hoping His ICE-Free Zones Work Better Than His Gun-Free Zones
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/121552-chicago-mayor-hoping-his-ice-free-zones-work-better-than-his-gun-free-zones-2025-10-08
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Porter: Illinois is “One Step Short of Insurrection” Simply to Advance Pritzker’s Career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2YenOQZJo
TOWNHALL
— Don’t Believe Google’s Claim That It’s Done Blacklisting Conservatives
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryschilling/2025/10/08/dont-believe-googles-claim-that-its-done-blacklisting-conservatives-n2664599
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pritzker Has Had it With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump. The Illinois governor, a potential presidential candidate, is fighting the presence of National Guard troops and the activities of ICE agents in Chicago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/pritzker-trump-national-guard-chicago.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court seems ready to revive GOP challenge to Illinois mail-in ballot law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/08/supreme-court-mail-ballots-republican-elections-trump/c559219c-a47d-11f0-a79e-ccb5b1f59130_story.html
TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Texas GOP to consider blocking lawmakers from 2026 primary ballot in first test of new censure rule
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/08/texas-republican-party-censures-rule-44-primary-ballot/
https://myparistexas.com/texas-gop-to-consider-blocking-lawmakers-from-2026-primary-ballot-in-first-test-of-new-censure-rule/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican Party of Texas’ governing board is set to meet in the state Capitol on Saturday to consider censuring state representatives who party leaders deem insufficiently conservative to bear the GOP brand, potentially banning them from the 2026 Republican primary ballot. The tribunal will be the first of its kind, a daylong meeting to determine whether 10 Texas House Republicans tried to thwart GOP priorities during the Legislature’s 140-day session earlier this year. Although many Republicans lauded the 2025 session as the most conservative ever, some party activists believe members of House leadership scuttled long-sought GOP priorities and should be barred from the primary ballot under an untested rule adopted at the Texas GOP’s 2024 convention. . .The effort comes after delegates at last year’s convention expanded Rule 44 — the part of the Texas GOP’s rulebook dealing with censures — to bar officials from the primary ballot if they have been censured within the last two years. Lawmakers can be reprimanded for working against the state party’s legislative priorities or the broader principles outlined in the party platform and preamble. For members facing censures Saturday, the transgressions include voting for Burrows as speaker and approving this year’s House rules package, which banned Democrats from serving as committee chairs but left them with other means of influence. Activists in the party initially teased a more sweeping effort to censure the 36 House Republicans who joined with Democrats to elevate Burrows to the speakership in January. But enthusiasm within the party to invoke Rule 44 has waned after the Burrows-led House shepherded numerous conservative bills to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk, and as Abbott and President Donald Trump have thrown their support behind the first-term speaker. Some within the party have argued the infractions don’t merit such a drastic maneuver as denying ballot access, which critics have long framed as an illegal tactic that runs afoul of democratic norms. “Rule 44 is not a campaign strategy, it is not a substitute for the primary,” SREC member Rolando Garcia wrote on social media recently. “It is an extraordinarily penalty intended to be used sparingly on only the most egregious cases.” How Rule 44 came to be In 2023, the divide between the business-oriented establishment and the socially conservative grassroots of the Texas GOP reached a boiling point. However, those tensions had been simmering for years. The Texas GOP first defined Rule 44 at the party’s 2016 convention in Dallas, allowing local party leaders to initiate censures against their elected officials for three violations of the party platform. The language also allowed the state party and local parties to campaign against a censured official.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Bad Blood Between Trump and Pritzker Goes Back Decades. The president and Illinois governor have had a tense relationship their entire political careers.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-pritzker-illinois-governor-relationship-9db5ab09
DAILY KOS
— DD: To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that minorities have.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/8/2347596/-This-Is-White-Privilege-at-Its-Most-Dangerous
October 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gov-jb-pritzker-says-president-233400557.html
— DD: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative haters dominate Illinois. Anticipate/expect that they will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/opinion-fired-social-media-posts-charlie-kirk-cancel-culture/
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/column-charles-selle-banned-booksrevolutionary-act/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Lake County Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/news/great-fear-and-uncertainty-lake-county-leaders-speak-out-against-escalating-ice-operations/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/editorials/daily-herald-editorial-a-war-of-words-we-need-leaders-to-tone-down-the-rhetoric-before-things-get/
ABC7
— Insurrection Act explained: How 1807 law could be used as Trump deploys National Guard in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-is-insurrection-act-1807-us-president-donald-trump-threatens-law-heres-how-been-used-could-work-2025/17959363/
FOX32
— Trump says Johnson, Pritzker ‘should be in jail’ for not protecting ICE
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-brandon-johnson-pritzker-ice
GO PRIDE CHICAGO
— Protest planned Oct. 8 downtown Chicago as Texas troops enter Illinois
https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/139873329
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-607/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Confederate Chaos in Chicago
https://johnkassnews.com/confederate-chaos-in-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Cuban-led caravan en route to Mexico City as Trump policies deter migrants from US
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/world-news/cuban-led-caravan-en-route-to-mexico-city-as-trump-policies-deter-migrants-from-us/
— Parents flex their power with anti-woke ‘Cancel Netflix’ boycott
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/opinion/parents-flex-their-power-with-anti-woke-cancel-netflix-boycott/
AMAC
— HIJACKED: The Radical Left Takeover of the Democrat Party
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/hijacked-the-radical-left-takeover-of-the-democrat-party-amac-magazine-exclusive/
— Charlie Kirk: America Must Choose: MAGA or Mamdani-ism
https://publication.amac.us/view/864872783/8/
— Netflix in Crisis as Subscribers Flee Over Woke Kids Shows
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/netflix-in-crisis-as-subscribers-flee-over-woke-kids-shows/
BLAZE
— 8 things Chicago has done to put illegal immigrants first
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-helping-illegal-aliens-history
BREITBART
— Speaker Johnson Shows What Democrats Are Demanding in Order to Reopen Government: Taxpayer-Funded Illegal Alien Health Care, $1.5 Trillion in Partisan Spending
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/speaker-johnson-shows-what-democrats-are-demanding-to-reopen-government-taxpayer-funded-illegal-alien-health-care-1-5-trillion-partisan-spending/
— Democrat Spending Proposal Funds Woke Programs, Upends Trump Executive Order to End Crime, Fix Homeless Crisis
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/07/democrat-spending-proposal-funds-woke-programs-upends-trump-executive-order-to-end-crime-fix-homeless-crisis/
FOX NEWS
— Trump drives the shutdown coverage, but leaderless Democrats have broken through with healthcare message. White House stays above the fray as congressional leadership dukes it out.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-drives-shutdown-coverage-leaderless-democrats-have-broken-through-healthcare-message
— You never see the left fight this hard for Americans
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382230908112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump Calls for Chicago Mayor, Illinois Governor to Be Jailed
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-10-08/trump-calls-for-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor-to-be-jailed
ASSOCIAED PRESS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly side with their criminals and with their illegals against America.
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/national-guard-deployment-portland-chicago-084e526027510d3f7501f475f737bc81
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drugs.
https://apnews.com/article/trinidad-us-military-venezuela-strikes-fishing-fcd24c441f58162b811a24b247334fc5
REUTERS
— Trump’s threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-threat-invoke-insurrection-act-escalates-showdown-with-democratic-cities-2025-10-07/
CNN
— Trump compares Democrats to ‘insurrectionists’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twCZMMIp4IQ
— India has a festival where a Hindu goddess slays a demon. This year the demon is Trump. DD: In WWIII, will India side with China and Russia or with America?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/india/india-hindu-festival-demon-trump-intl-hnk-dst
MSNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Neighbors push back as Trump’s ICE army terrorizes Chicago suburbs.” Those who run the mainstream news media are Democrat leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dx266qOOic
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/fear-ice-chicago.html
— National Guard Troops Assemble in Chicago Area as Trump Officials Make Visits. Troops from Texas arrived in Illinois and are expected to deploy in the Chicago area on Wednesday, a U.S. military official said. Officials there and in Portland, Ore., are trying to block the deployments in court.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/07/us/trump-national-guard-illinois-texas
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-h-1b-visa-fee-universities.html
— Supreme Court to Consider Illinois Mail-In Balloting Lawsuit. The case, one of several challenges to mail-in ballot rules lodged by allies of President Trump, involves an effort to exclude votes received after Election Day.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/supreme-court-mail-ballots-illinois.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/us/politics/texas-lgbtq-schools.html
— Shutdown Politics Has G.O.P. Singing Government’s Praises. As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/shutdown-republicans-trump-government.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump declares English the official language
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/08/trump-univision-youtube/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and abortion
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/09/16/trump-immigration-14th-amendment-supreme-court/85977588007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: $1.5M is a retirement ‘magic number.’ Here’s how long it lasts in every state. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the deferral government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/10/06/retirement-savings-social-security-florida-arizona/86550681007/
BOSTON HERALD
— Democrats’ dream, America’s nightmare
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/08/howie-carr-democrats-dream-americas-nightmare/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Oct. 7 Warning for the U.S. on China. Israel got complacent, thinking war would never come. Are we doing the same with Taiwan?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-oct-7-warning-for-the-u-s-on-china-5a60023a
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— 6 Red Flags That Keep Good Candidates from Getting Hired. DD: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who had been in America for a lone time. I should write about that.
https://hbr.org/2025/10/6-red-flags-that-keep-good-candidates-from-getting-hired
INC.
— DD: What did you do that your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not do? Mine did not earn job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. Instead. they focused on helping their superiors get rid of their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a lone time. I should write about that. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.inc.com/roy-dekel/stop-caring-about-college-degrees-when-youre-hiring/91249033
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Trump Officials Reportedly Discussing Selling Off Student Loans. DD: If you got a student loan, a) you did not work your way through college, b) your GPA should have been higher, c) you should have gotten a job that required a college degree faster, and d) your pay should have been higher. I did not get a student loan. My GPA was lower because I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. I did not get a job that required a college degree until 10 months after I graduated and my salary was only $55,850/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/10/08/trump-officials-reportedly-discussing-selling-student-loans
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) three job related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and d) a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2025/10/08/how-trumps-compact-threatens-higher-ed-funding
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Republicans advance plan to undermine civil service protections. DD: If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the fewer protections that you have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The Democrats who run the federal government get rid of federal employees who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/04/house-republicans-advance-plan-cut-federal-worker-benefits-and-undermine-civil-service-protections/404969/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that conservatives cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/7/2347210/-Black-Kos-It-doesn-t-have-to-be-Black-History-month-to-learn-and-celebrate-Black-History
AXIOS
— DD: Do you know any past or present federal employees or retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for 28 years. I should write about the attitude that people have toward federal employees and retirees. Overwhelmingly, they believe that federal employees are overpaid, their benefits are too generous, and that federal pensions are too generous. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, 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. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. My Civil Service Retirement System Pension is $66,780/year.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/07/government-shutdown-federal-workers
October 7, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— Chicago Mayor’s “ICE-Free Zones” Shield Violent Criminal Illegals, Abandon Citizens
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/chicago-mayors-ice-free-zones-shield-violent-criminal-illegals-abandon-citizens/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois National Guard to patrol Chicago area, as troops depart from Texas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-national-guard-patrol-chicago-area-troops-depart-texas-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act/17956187/
— Tracking surge in immigration enforcement operations
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
— Trump threatens use of Insurrection Act
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-address-trumps-effort-deploy-national-guard-illinois-pentagon-authorizes-chicago-mission/17949147/
WGN9
— Federal troops headed to Illinois as lawsuit against Trump administration seeks to halt deployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmZOxBw6k7g
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago gang member solicited murder of Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/chicago-gang-member-solicited-murder-bovino/
— ‘Our people hire our people’: Long before DOJ probe into Mayor Brandon Johnson, racial politics coursed through City Hall hiring. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/25/mayor-brandon-johnson-racial-politics-city-hall-hiring/
— Chicago can’t shrug off the unease random attacks create
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/editorial-chicago-random-attacks-women-mental-health/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Their slow assimilation held them back. All my grandparents spoke German. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/cps-hispanic-heritage-month/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. I never became a Democrat even though I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees. Democrat efforts to make me a Democrat were frustrated my majoring in management, business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251007/syndicated-columnists/trumps-latest-invitation-to-universities/
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more poverty and crime.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251006/news/cold-comfort-new-cooler-freezer-help-palatine-food-pantry-fight-food-insecurity/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois diversity commission’s budget ballooning but results lag. DD: Democrats and RINOs use diversity to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_05a70ee4-5c31-4ac2-a881-96f4f779be65.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— 27 Police Officers Among Those Injured By Tear Gas During Weekend Protest, Chicago’s Top Cop Says. Police Supt. Larry Snelling also disputed the claim pushed by federal officials that Chicago police ignored calls for help during a chaotic scene Saturday afternoon in Brighton Park.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/06/27-police-officers-among-those-injured-by-tear-gas-during-weekend-protest-chicagos-top-cop-says/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-606/
— Selected press releases. DD: It would be great if Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois would include diersen@aol.com on their press release lists and their press advisory lists.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/07/selected-press-releases-live-updates-308/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ugaste Previews Fall Veto Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/07/ugaste-previews-fall-veto-session/
— Press Release about Chicago ICE Arrests
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/press-release-about-chicago-ice-arrests/
— Can One Believe One’s Lying Eyes, Officers under Attack? Did or Didn’t Chicago Police Refuse to Assist Ice
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/can-one-believe-ones-lying-eyes/
— Fox River Grove Planning To Cut Electric Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/fox-river-grove-planning-to-cut-electric-tax/
— Homeland Security Claims Pritzker Is Lying
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/homeland-security-claims-pritzker-is-lying/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois Democrats escalate confrontation with Trump’s ICE sweeps, National Guard deployments
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/6/illinois-sues-stop-trump-sending-national-guard/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Campuses Brace for Pro-Hamas Protests on Anniversary of Oct. 7
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/campuses-brace-for-pro-hamas-protests
AMAC
— Rotten Core of Public Education on Full Display With Illegal Alien Superintendent
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/rotten-core-of-public-education-on-full-display-with-illegal-alien-superintendent/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ Pope digs at Trump in call for open borders: ‘New missionary age.’ DD: Mass/illegal immigration will destroy America.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/06/woke-pope-digs-at-trump-in-call-for-open-borders-new-missionary-age-1590407/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pope Leo XIV did not mention President Trump by name, but it was clear to many who heard his address to Catholics on Sunday that he was taking a shot at U.S. immigration policies. Conservative Catholics, hopeful that the new pope, who was elected in May, would not be as far-left as his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, were sorely disappointed as Sunday’s Mass in St. Peter’s Square took on political overtones. Days after criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration policies, Leo urged the thousands gathered for the service – and Catholics around the globe – to open their “arms and hearts” to migrants, not distinguishing between legal and illegal immigration. The first pope to have been born in the United States, Leo said migrants must not be treated with “the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination.” He urged Catholics to “open our arms and hearts to them, welcoming them as brothers and sisters, and being for them a presence of consolation and hope.” “On Sunday, the pope said the global Church was experiencing ‘a new missionary age’ in which it was tasked with offering ‘hospitality and welcome, compassion and solidarity’ to migrants fleeing violence or searching for a safe place to live,” Reuters reported. “In the communities of ancient Christian tradition, such as those of the West, the presence of many brothers and sisters from the world’s South should be welcomed as an opportunity, through an exchange that renews the face of the Church,” he said, speaking from a prepared text. The Pope’s official account on X has also made his thoughts quite clear on the issue. Last week, the Pope appeared to take a jab at Trump when speaking with reporters. “Someone who says I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life,” Leo said. “I would reject that there is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fired back. “There was, however, significant, inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the previous administration as they were being trafficked and raped and beaten, in many cases killed over our United States southern border.” The Pope’s latest swipe against US immigration policy earned heated criticism on social media.
BREITBART
— Abbott Defies Pritzker, Greenlights Trump’s Texas National Guard Deployment to Sanctuary States
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/abbott-defies-pritzker-greenlights-trumps-texas-national-guard-deployment-to-sanctuary-states/
— White House Highlights ‘Predators’ Taken Off Chicago Streets Thanks to ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/white-house-highlights-predators-taken-off-chicago-streets-thanks-ice/amp/
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— California law allowing anonymous abortion pill prescriptions endangers women
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266975/california-law-allowing-anonymous-abortion-pill-prescriptions-endangers-women-experts-say
COLLEGE FIX
— Colorado State U. renamed DEI programs to give ‘illusion’ of compliance
https://www.thecollegefix.com/colorado-state-u-renamed-dei-programs-to-give-illusion-of-compliance-complaint/
— Trump admin ends taxpayer-funded education scholarships, loans for illegal immigrants
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-admin-ends-taxpayer-funded-education-scholarships-loans-for-illegal-immigrants/
DAILY CALLER
— America’s Defense Giants Are Fueling Wokeness – And Undermining Our Military Readiness
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/07/opinion-americas-defense-giants-are-fueling-wokeness-and-undermining-our-military-readiness-dustin-devito/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago’s ‘ICE-free zones’ endanger operations, embolden protesters. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order barring ICE from using city parking lots and garages for operations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-agent-says-chicagos-ice-free-zones-endanger-operations-embolden-protesters
— DHS chief slams ‘violent anarchists,’ pledges full support for federal agents
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-fox-dhs-chief-slams-violent-anarchists-pledges-full-support-federal-agents.amp
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Boost Illegal Immigrant Students
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/ny-post-op-ed-colleges-boost-illegal-immigrant-students/
NEW AMERICAN
— Border Patrol Agents Attacked in Chicago; City Declares Rebellion Against Feds to Protect Illegals
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/border-patrol-agents-attacked-in-chicago-city-declares-rebellion-against-feds-to-protect-illegals/
NEWSMAX
— White House Slams Chicago Mayor for Creating ‘ICE-Free Zones’
https://www.newsmax.com/amp/newsfront/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker/2025/10/06/id/1229235/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Porter: Pritzker’s Gambit
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/06/pritzkers_gambit_153370.html
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Democrats Want Medicaid for Illegals. Pretend They Don’t
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/10/06/dems_want_medicaid_for_illegals_pretend_they_dont_1139150.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Livid: Says Trump Ordered National Guard to Illinois Amid Anti-ICE Violence, Likens Troops to Invaders
https://www.westernjournal.com/pritzker-livid-says-trump-ordered-national-guard-to-illinois-amid-anti-ice-violence-likens-troops-to-invaders/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Illinois sues to stop National Guard deployment as Trump escalates clash with states
https://www.reuters.com/world/illinois-sues-block-trump-deploying-national-guard-troops-chicago-2025-10-06/
MSN
— 3 Best First Jobs To Get Promoted Fast. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that IRS promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $99,069/year in today’s dollars. My taking job-related graduate evening courses at Loyola during that time helped me get promoted. Extremely few of my coworkers took IRS-encouraged job-related graduate evening courses like I did. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my taking those courses gave me an unfair advantage. They stressed that I could afford those courses because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because did not have a wife or children to support. In my defense, I helped support my mother and brother when I was 21, 22, and 23 and I worked part-time for the Chicago Heights Firestone store while I was 22, 23, and 24.
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/money/personalfinance/3-best-first-jobs-to-get-promoted-fast/ar-AA1zabGZ
NEW YORK TIMES
— National Guard Troops Are Set to Arrive in Illinois. The mobilization includes some 200 Guard troops from Texas. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/07/us/trump-national-guard-illinois-texas
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010441484/dei-helps-everyone-white-men-included.html
— DD: I had part-time jobs while I was in high school and college during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, and 20, pay for my college expenses, and graduate debt-free from NIU when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. But my GPA suffered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/opinion/jobs-teenagers.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/stonewall-national-museum-trump-funding-cuts.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump presses sanctuary cities to work with ICE, but few are budging. Cities like Boston, Chicago and Portland are facing the threat of lawsuits and federal troop takeovers. But leaders in most “sanctuary cities” are not compromising on their promise to protect (their illegals).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/10/07/trump-portland-chicago-sanctuary-lawsuits-immigrants/
USA TODAY
— DD: Americans ever-increasingly refuse to take bad food industry jobs. What should be done? I washed dishes for the minimum wage 1964-1966. I was the only White male who washed dishes for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/02/us-immigration-border-policy-farm/86168928007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Trump Rules for Radical Schools
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-compact-higher-education-universities-7579714b
— America’s Debt to Israel. The Jewish state has taken on many U.S. enemies since Oct. 7, 2023, even as the left turned against it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-debt-to-israel-65d09527
— Discrimination Persists at the Coast Guard. It bases eligibility for scholarships on the racial demographics of applicants’ schools.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/discrimination-persists-at-the-coast-guard-efbf4414
— DD: I should write a book about a) my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) the many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican things that they have done.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/how-to-spot-when-youre-a-hypocrite-e2c3ecfc
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Ever-increasingly, they do everything that they can to destroy Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/trump-puts-more-federal-civil-servants-under-president-s-control
POLITICO
— Newsom, Pritzker threaten to pull out of National Governors Association over Trump’s troop deployments
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/06/newsom-pritzker-threaten-to-pull-out-of-national-governors-association-over-trumps-troop-deployments-00595741
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They get rid of their employees who do not give tremendous preference their employees who are minority and/or female, that is, they get rid of their employees who do not discriminate against their employees who are White and/or male.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/employee-firing-first-amendment/681702/
AXIOS
— Which federal workers could lose protections under Trump order. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. If you are a federal employee, the more of the following that you are, the fewer protections that you have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The Democrats who run the federal government get rid of federal employees who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/28/trump-executive-order-federal-workforce
October 6, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— National Guard troops traveling from Texas to Illinois Monday, DOJ lawyers confirm. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an ‘ICE free zone’ executive order.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-address-trumps-effort-deploy-national-guard-illinois-pentagon-authorizes-chicago-mission/17949147/
NBC5
— ICE ad blitz aims to recruit local law enforcement officers to join deportation efforts. The campaign is part of ICE’s $30 billion initiative to hire 10,000 more deportation officers by the end of the year to supercharge deportations. DD: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I had to have a job. I was helping support my mother and brother. Oldsmobile had withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS. What if IRS had mot offered me a job, but instead, ICE had offered me a job?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/ice-ads-local-law-enforcement-trump-mass-deportation-efforts/3834043/
CBS2
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs order prohibiting use of city property for immigration enforcement
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mayor-executive-order-immigration-enforcement/
FOX32
— Federal workers brace for missed paychecks as government shutdown drags on. With federal workers unpaid and key projects on hold, senators return to vote on a temporary spending bill—amid rising tensions, stalled negotiations, and no clear end in sight.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1719713
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago police will respond to federal calls for help, Larry Snelling says, and denies cops were ordered to stand down
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/chicago-police-ice-border-patrol/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/06/academic-neutrality-critical-thinking-texas-a-m-university-melissa-mccoul-akash-belsare
CHICAGO READER
— DHS shops local. In mid-September, the federal government paid a Lake Forest–based company $1 million for launchers to shoot pepper balls like the ones now showering protesters. DD: What will you use to defend your home when Democrat mobs attack?
https://chicagoreader.com/news/pepperball-ice-immigration-protest-broadview/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/rhinestone-digest/rhinestone-digest-october-2025-drag-families/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-397/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats get rid of those who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_05a70ee4-5c31-4ac2-a881-96f4f779be65.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former State Rep. DeLoris Doederlein 100 Today, Passed Driver’s Test at 99
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/former-state-rep-deloris-doederlein-100-today/
— Two GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Coming to Wednesday, October 14th Petition Party in Fox River Grove
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/06/two-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-coming-to-wednesday-petition-party-in-fox-river-grove/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chicago declares ‘ICE-free’ zones as city escalates feud with Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/6/chicago-declares-ice-free-zones-city-escalates-feud-trump/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker vows to boot Noem’s ICE ‘thugs’ from Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3839552/jb-pritzker-kristi-noem-ice-thugs-chicago/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dems and their minions open new front against Hegseth
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/06/dems-and-their-minions-open-new-front-against-hegseth-1590314/
BREITBART
— Insurrectionist Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Claims Trump Supporters Want ‘Rematch of Civil War.’ Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/06/nolte-insurrectionist-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-claims-trump-supporters-want-rematch-of-civil-war/
— ICE Under Siege: Second Chicago Vehicle Attack in One Day
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/10/06/ice-under-siege-second-chicago-vehicle-attack-in-one-day/amp/
— At Least 30 Shot During Weekend In Democrat-Run Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/10/06/at-least-30-shot-during-weekend-in-democrat-run-chicago/
HOT AIR
— Bad Bunny: If You Want to Understand the Halftime Show, ‘Learn Spanish’
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/10/06/bad-bunny-if-you-want-to-understand-the-halftime-show-learn-spanish-n3807513
NEWS BUSTERS
— Duckworth Smears ICE as ‘Gestapo’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/10/05/cbss-margaret-brennan-enables-sen-duckworth-smear-ice-gestapo
PJ MEDIA
— ICE Is Real America
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/10/06/the-morning-briefing-ice-is-real-america-n4944508
PATRIOT JOURNAL
— Pope Leo XIV Blesses Ice Block for ‘Climate Justice’ Drawing Conservative Backlash
https://pjnewsletter.com/pope-climate-justice-woke/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When American Catholics learned there would finally be an American pope, many hoped for a return to traditional faith and spiritual leadership (you know, actual theology and moral guidance). Instead, Vatican watchers witnessed yet another bizarre spectacle this week that has conservative Catholics questioning what exactly their church leadership stands for anymore. The latest episode perfectly encapsulates why so many faithful feel abandoned by Rome—and boy, did they get a doozy. While Christians face persecution across the globe—from Islamic terror groups burning churches to believers being martyred for their faith—Pope Leo XIV found time for what he apparently considers more pressing matters.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Trump floats invoking the Insurrection Act
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-floats-invoking-insurrection-act-rcna236030
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Threatens to Use Emergency Powers to Bypass Courts and Deploy Troops. The president said he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to send National Guard units to Chicago and Portland, Ore., over local objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois called the mobilization “an unconstitutional invasion.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/06/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago
HISTORY
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats get rid of those who are the aforesaid because they vote for Republicans.
https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/least-diverse-states.htm