FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Bailey speaks out after helicopter crash kills family members
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republican-illinois-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-speaks-montana-helicopter-crash-kills-family-members/18236452/
NBC5
— Bailey reflects on tragedy, his decision to continue gubernatorial run
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/darren-bailey-reflects-on-tragedy-his-decision-to-continue-gubernatorial-run/3857553/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Bailey resumes his quest for Illinois governor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/darren-bailey-resumes-quest-after-personal-tragedy/
— Before blaming CPD for overtime, look what this city has demanded of cops. DD: What overtime have you worked? While I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I worked lots of overtime. I always volunteered to work Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/chicago-police-overtime-snelling-cpd-staffing/
— More CPS students are graduating high school, but finishing college is a challenge. DD: What helped you finish college? For me it included my parents’ providing me with room and board in their home in Crete and my part-time Park Forest Post Office job.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/cps-graudate-high-school-college/
SOUTHERN & NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Fired federal employee sues Trump in a case that could upend civil rights laws. In Diersen v. GAO, the 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/12/01/immigration-judge-fired-by-trump-administration-files-lawsuit-claiming-discrimination/
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-01/fired-worker-sues-government-in-a-case-that-could-upend-civil-rights-laws
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tania Nemer is one of dozens of immigration judges fired by the Trump administration this year. But a new lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., suggests what happened to Nemer — and why — has the potential to scramble the federal workforce and upend foundational civil rights laws. Nemer alleges that despite top performance reviews, she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat. Those reasons, she says, are all in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the First Amendment. The government has responded by arguing that the president’s power to oversee the executive branch under Article II of the U.S. Constitution essentially overrides that core civil rights law, Nemer’s attorney said.)
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & ST. LOUIS TODAY & STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in making Illinois dependent on federal spending.
https://www.news-gazette.com/business/economy/capitol-news-illinois-report-trump-cuts-could-shrink-illinois-economy-by-10-billion/article_33b37a79-045d-4896-8fb2-09d88fee242b.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/article_c248bb2a-58c3-4ea0-b4f9-1cac8656261a.html
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-faces-up-to-10b-in-losses-due-to-trump-budget-cuts/amp/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Dabrowski and the business crowd
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/02/dabrowski-draws-business-donors-00672368
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-639/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO MORNING STAR
— Jeanne Ives Warns Chicago Is ‘Bankrupt’ Amid Debt Strain
https://chicagomorningstar.com/jeanne-ives-warns-chicago-is-bankrupt-amid-debt-strain/amp
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— When the Left Can’t Win Arguments… They Send Glitter
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/when-the-left-cant-win-arguments-they-send-glitter/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago’s Billion-Dollar “Reform” Industry
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-billion-dollar-reform-industry
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, citizens of foreign countries come to America and stay in America only for good reasons. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To vote for Democrats in Illinois is to drive out of Illinois, out of your county, out of your township, out of your municipality, out of your school district, and out of your precinct those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I have lived in Illinois since 1948 and in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200 since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. My ancestors have been in America since 1844. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who has been promoted over you? All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and had no CPA license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents want socialism. According to them, if had spent my career in the capitalist private sector instead of the socialist federal government, I never would have made $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. What if I had spent my career in the capitalist private sector? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I earned a CPA license. To advance in the socialist federal government, you have to be a Democrat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What performance reviews have you gotten? In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. Not one of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, says that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) should not exist. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. A reformed GAO would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. It would not have forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. It would not have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. It would not have delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. It would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you been fired? In Diersen v. GAO, the 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialism is popular, but government is still the problem. DD: According to my critics/opponents, they would be much better off under socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3902494/socialism-popular-government-still-problem/
— The affordability panic is real. Republicans worsen it.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3902785/affordability-panic-real-republicans-worsen-it/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani, Bernie Sanders join striking Starbucks workers
https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/us-news/zohran-mamdani-bernie-sanders-join-striking-starbucks-workers-as-city-approves-39m-deal/
— Trump says he would feel comfortable living in socialist Mamdani’s NYC. DD: According to my critics/opponents, they would be much better off under socialism.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-says-feel-comfortable-living-214542137.html
— New York released 7,000 illegal migrant criminals onto streets this year alone — including a machete-wielding maniac, a rapist and an attempted killer
https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/us-news/dhs-demands-leticia-james-hand-over-7000-illegal-migrant-criminals-new-york-is-holding/
BREITBART
— DHS: Sanctuary New York City Is Harboring 7,169 Criminal Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/01/dhs-sanctuary-new-york-city-is-harboring-7169-criminal-illegal-aliens/
FOX NEWS
— We have no idea how many illegals the Biden administration let in. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders do not just let illegals in, they invite them in.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385828061112
— Elite NYC private schools may offer financial aid to parents earning up to $800,000
https://www.foxnews.com/media/elite-nyc-private-schools-may-offer-financial-aid-parents-earning-up-800000-report
— DD: Mamdani is the new face of the Democratic Party
https://www.aol.com/articles/republicans-push-mamdani-face-democratic-173838479.html
— DHS launches ‘Cyber Monday deal’ in retro 90s holiday ad: $1,000 for illegal immigrants who self-deport. CBP Home App allows immigrants to arrange free travel home along with $1,000 bonus. DD: Yes, but what about those who will immediately come back?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-launches-cyber-monday-deal-retro-90s-holiday-ad-1000-illegal-immigrants-self-deport
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump admin fires 8 immigration judges in New York City
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-admin-fires-8-immigration-judges-in-new-york-city
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— White House doubles down on mass deportation pledge in wake of National Guard shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5628455-mass-deportations-trump-pledge/
— The director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, says that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) should not exist. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. A reformed GAO would not have wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. It would not have forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. It would not have kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. It would not have delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. It would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://www.aol.com/russ-vought-says-government-accountability-024659336.html
CNN
— Religious leaders sue to block ICE raids at houses of worship. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn religious leaders against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/world/video/religious-leaders-sue-to-block-ice-raids-at-houses-of-worship
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint Rahmanullah Lakanwal as being an exception.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-suspect-vetting-immigration/
ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani and Sanders join Starbucks picket line in Brooklyn
https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-bernie-sanders-join-starbucks-picket-line-brooklyn/18236841/
NEW YORK DAILY SUN
— Two protestors who blocked ICE in lower Manhattan charged with felony assault as cops injured
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/01/two-protestors-who-blocked-ice-in-lower-manhattan-charged-with-felony-assault-as-cops-injured/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Performance reviews. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. Not one of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/performance-review-history-future-43f6f1a7
FORBES
— Why Goldman Sachs Is Paying $2 Billion To Buy Wheaton Based Bubble Protection Firm Innovator Capital
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2025/12/01/why-goldman-sachs-is-paying-2-billion-to-buy-bubble-protection-firm-innovator-capital/
POLITICO
— Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in. DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. According to them, if had spent my career in the capitalist private sector instead of the socialist federal government, I never would have made $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. What if I had spent my career in the capitalist private sector? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I earned a CPA license. To advance in the socialist federal government, you have to be a Democrat.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/is-socialism-going-mainstream-a-new-poll-suggests-it-might-be-00564167
REASON
— Republican Socialism: Trump Is Taking Federal Stakes in Private Companies. The Trump administration’s pivot toward socialism did not come without warning. DD: Charles Bowsher came from Arthur Andersen to run GAO 1981 to 1996. According to his critics, he wanted to replace GAO with Arthur Andersen.
https://reason.com/2025/12/02/republican-socialism/
— Is Economic Anxiety Driving People to Socialism? DD: According to my critics/opponents, they would be much better off under socialism.
https://reason.com/podcast/2025/12/01/is-economic-anxiety-driving-people-to-socialism/
DAILY REPUBLIC
— Questioning military orders raises concerns. DD: I always followed all my Democrat superiors’ many orders to give preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, etc. But that was not enough for them.
https://www.dailyrepublic.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-questioning-military-orders-raises-concerns/article_6aa73254-469d-43ef-a0e4-27ec2be10118.html
PEOPLE
— Meet the Kids of Billionaire Tech Titans: From Steve Jobs’ Model Daughter to Jeff Bezos’ Rarely-Seen Son. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about them. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.aol.com/meet-kids-billionaire-tech-titans-153046325.html
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Who gets hired and promoted in your company? DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and had no CPA license like the one I had.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/platform-for-success/202512/the-meritocracy-paradox-pervades-most-companies
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
OXFORD ACADEMIC
— Too scared to share? Fear of social sanctions for political expression on social media. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents and the biggest adverse actions that they have taken against me because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/29/1/zmad041/7394121
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While social media provide opportunities for political expression, many people may be reluctant to share their opinions if they fear personal or professional repercussions for posting political views. Fear of social sanctions (FOSSs) therefore represents a promising approach to investigate why people often avoid expressing political opinions online. Using panel survey data collected during the 2020 U.S. election, this study examines the predictors of FOSSs, as well as its relationship with several forms of online political expression. Results indicate that the ideological diversity of people’s online networks fosters their FOSSs, which in turn is associated with decreases in several types of online political expression. Thus, FOSSs may be an important determinant in individuals’ calculations to express political opinions online and may also hinder lower commitment forms of political engagement. Social media allow people to publicly express their political views, but many say they do not take advantage of this opportunity because they are afraid that sharing their political opinions online could lead to negative consequences in their personal or professional lives, such as damaging their relationships with friends and family or jeopardizing their job. This study has two goals. First, we examine whether characteristics of people’s social media environments impact their fears about sharing their political views online. Second, we test whether fears about the social and professional consequences of sharing political views online actually make it less likely that people express their political opinions on social media. We find that people who have more politically diverse social media environments are more fearful of sharing their political views online. We also find that people who are more afraid of the social and professional consequences of sharing their political views on social media often engage in self-censorship, becoming less likely to share news or their political opinions online, including liking or commenting on political posts made by others. This suggests that fears about the negative consequences of sharing political views on social media can limit political expression online.)
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December 1, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he would ‘absolutely’ denaturalize some citizens if he had the power
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-he-would-absolutely-denaturalize-citizens-had-power/18233913/
WTTW
— Chicago Spent $212M on Police Overtime So Far This Year, 6% More Than New Limit Set for 2026
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/28/chicago-spent-212m-police-overtime-so-far-year-6-more-new-limit-set-2026
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Stop the steal’: Hundreds rally against redistricting as Indiana GOP unveils map
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/stop-the-steal-hundreds-rally-against-redistricting-as-indiana-gop-unveils-map/
— What do Illinois’ woes tell us about the future of higher education in America?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/opinion-columbia-college-university-of-chicago-enrollment-decline/
— Wheaton-based ETF firm Innovator sells to Goldman Sachs for $2 billion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/goldman-sachs-innovator-capital-management/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Occupying an office building emblazoned with its name on Front Street in Wheaton, Innovator has quietly been doing big business in the quaint county seat of DuPage County, perhaps best known as the academic launching pad for evangelist Billy Graham, who attended Wheaton College.)
SPRINGFIUELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Executive Ethics Commissioner Patricia “Patty” Ann Schuh cited for driving under the influence
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/accident/2025/12/01/the-ethics-commissioner-was-cited-for-an-incident-at-veterans-parkway/87455278007/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/27/northern-illinois-food-bank-sees-25-increase-in-need-higher-than-pandemic-times-this-holiday-season/
KFVS
— Medical Aid in Dying bill worries Illinois coroners
https://www.kfvs12.com/2025/11/22/medical-aid-dying-bill-worries-illinois-coroners/
IPM NEWSROOM
— DD: How dependent on federal spending is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://ipmnewsroom.org/trump-cuts-could-shrink-illinois-economy-by-10b-report/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-429/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— EV sales take a dive without taxpayer subsidies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/1/ev-sales-take-dive-without-taxpayer-subsidies/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrat ‘leaders’ everywhere are running businesses and residents out of their states—why would anyone want them for president?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/democrat_leaders_everywhere_are_running_businesses_and_residents_out_of_their_states_why_would_anyone_want_them_for_president.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Elected officials among those obstructing ICE in NYC
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/01/well-do-it-every-single-time-elected-officials-among-those-obstructing-ice-in-nyc-1607269/
BLAZE
— Chicago school district lets children ditch class over ICE fears
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-school-district-lets-children-ditch-class-over-ice-fears-report
DAILY WIRE
— Here Are Some Illegals Americans Can Be Thankful Are Off The Streets. Over 70% of ICE arrests have been of those with criminal histories.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/thanksgiving-arrests-here-are-some-illegals-americans-can-be-thankful-are-off-the-streets
— Mark Kelly Encourages Active Military To Question Orders In Real Time. Troops “may find out down the road that they did something that is illegal,” he claimed. DD: I always followed all my Democrat superiors’ many orders to give preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, etc. But that was not enough for them.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-kelly-encourages-active-military-to-question-orders-in-real-time
NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat Leaders Promote Their Mob of Anti-ICE Activists Obstructing Enforcement in New York
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/12/01/ms-now-promotes-mob-anti-ice-activists-obstructing-enforcement
PJ MEDIA
— Over 7,000 Criminal Illegals in New York Jails
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/01/over-7k-criminal-illegals-in-new-york-jails-n4946588
— History of Jihad and Crusade
https://pjmedia.com/raymond-ibrahim/2025/12/01/the-history-of-jihad-and-crusade-with-victor-davis-hanson-n4946592
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don’t comply with government rules
https://apnews.com/article/commercial-drivers-license-trucking-california-pennsylvania-96fee86df4f9bfb0ef65af20da878a57
NEW YORK TIMES
— A Councilwoman Intervened During an ICE Arrest. Then She Faced the Voters. Months before the election, Etel Haxhiaj, a councilwoman in Worcester, Mass., was charged with assaulting an officer when she stood between the police and an immigrant family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/etel-haxhiaj-ice-immigration-election-massachusetts.html
— Fine-Tune Your Feed and Get News You Can Use. Apps from Google, Apple and other companies let you customize your content so you’re always up to date on the matters you care about most. DD: I have been a news aggregator since 2000. Since 2005, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have contained links to almost 530,000 political and government news and commentary articles of interest to Illinois Republicans. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) the aforesaid articles and b) my comments on those articles. I should write about my critics/opponents. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/technology/personaltech/apple-google-news-customize.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on illegal labor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/01/trump-chicago-immigration-economy/
BARRON’S
— The great majority of wealthy parents are giving their adult children financial support. DD: I had to work my way through college. After my father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, I helped support my mother and brother.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/wealthy-parents-have-turned-into-banks-for-their-children-why-thats-a-problem-f6f1878b
BUSINESS INSIDER
— 5 ways rich parents can stop their kids from wasting the family fortune. DD: I had to work my way through college. After my father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, I helped support my mother and brother.
https://www.businessinsider.com/kathleen-grace-family-fortune-generational-wealth-children-money-lessons-advice-2025-10
CAMPUS TIMES
— The problem with standardized testing. DD: What do you attribute your test taking success/failure to? Many if not most if not virtually all of those who failed the tests that I passed did not share my demographics. Because of that, according to my critics/opponents, the tests that I passed were biased against those who did not share my demographics. 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. I passed all the tests needed to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. What should my test taking success be attributed too?
https://www.campustimes.org/2025/09/15/the-problem-with-standardized-testing/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Congress faces a packed December agenda and big decisions including the search for a new Comptroller General as Gene Dodaro retires. DD: Comptroller Generals a) work for Congress and b) run GAO. GAO audits the federal government. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/congress-faces-a-packed-december-agenda-and-big-decisions-on-healthcare-subsidies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gerton: One thing that’s got to be on lawmakers’ minds in December is the retirement of the comptroller general, the head of the government accountability office. Gene Dodaro’s term ends at the end of the month. What are you hearing in terms of the maneuvering and the nomination for his replacement? Miller: Well, I think there’s actually a lot of nervousness right now about what is going to happen with him. He has been a steady hand on the rudder, as you know, for close to fifteen years now, and there’s really a lot of discussion about how they’re going to get a successor to him. And frankly, it’s not really clear what’s going to happen. You have this panel of lawmakers that are supposed to nominate the next person, but they’re also looking for some guidance from the White House because that will have a big role in the type of person that replaces him. And the fact that this is, you know, one of the most prominent unelected positions in the federal government, the fact that this person is really responsible for rooting out waste, which Republicans have said they want to do and that they tried to do with DOGE, how much of a leash is the new head of GAO going to have? Will the White House go along with Republicans? We’ve seen Republicans starting to assert their own voice a little bit more, saying that they want some independence here, or will the White House crush that and say, you know, President Trump says I want this person and we’re gonna put them in? So I think we’re going to see a lot of maneuvering here in the next few weeks because he will be gone, as you know, later in the month. Gerton: Do you think it’s an opportunity for Congress to push back or take back some of its authority? GAO is their oversight body. Miller: Right, exactly. I think there is because whether they’re Republican or Democrat, I think the institutionalists, at least, believe that this type of leadership is necessary. And there’s no question about it, whatever political stripe you’re from, this office does root out a substantial amount of waste. I mean, they talk about something along the lines of a $160 billion in the past year. And so also these lawmakers, let’s not forget, when they’re leading various committees or subcommittees, they rely on the GAO for investigations to try to find out what do we need to fix. Everybody’s talking about what needs to be done to make federal government better. Well, this is perfectly an example of where you find the areas where there are problems that the GAO identifies and then Congress can act and react and create legislation.)
REASON
— To the Socialists of All Parties. DD: My critics/opponents promote dependency on government, that is, they promote socialism.
https://reason.com/2025/12/01/to-the-socialists-of-all-parties/
NIEMAN LAB
— Why people choose not to share news. DD: I should write about a) my critics/opponents, b) the articles they do not want anyone to read, and c) why they do not want anyone to read them. I would focus on those who continue to punish me for my including links in my newsletters to articles that they do not like.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/why-people-choose-not-to-share-news/
BAIN & COMPANY
— Degrees are not destiny—nearly half of college graduates earn less than a living wage. DD: In today’s dollars, while I only had a bachelor’s degree in management, my salary increased from about $50,000/year to about $100,000/year. After I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, earned master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more job-related professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in finance, my salary increased to about $153,000year.
https://www.bain.com/insights/educated-but-underprepared-closing-the-career-readiness-gap/
POLITICO
— Indiana House releases draft congressional map that could net Republicans 2 seats
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/01/indiana-house-proposed-redistricting-map-00671228
December 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora expands number of gambling machines allowed in local businesses. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/aurora-expands-number-of-gambling-machines-allowed-in-local-businesses/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people are in need.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251130/news/people-helping-people-west-suburban-community-pantry-nourishes-connections/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump issues White House invitation to families of the two National Guard members who were shot
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-west-virginia-high-school-remembers-slain-national-guard-member-as-caring-and-willing-to-help/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Council power play could reshape Chicago budget
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-638/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who disapproves of Trump? Those who want more a) welfare, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Most commonly, those who want the aforesaid are a) non-rich, b) LGBTQ, c) female and/or unmarried, d) noncitizen and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, e) liberal/moderate, f) pro-criminal, and/or g) minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How does Marjorie Taylor Greene fit in with the aforesaid? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Duckworth ever-increasingly calls those who do not share her demographics unqualified. That is, she ever-increasingly calls those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-disabled, Protestant, and/or German American unqualified. Because I am all of the aforesaid, she would certainly call me unqualified. She would stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. She would have fought the Post Office hiring me in 1966 instead of someone who shared her demographics. She would have fought IRS hiring me in 1971 and promoting me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 instead of those who shared her demographics. She would have fought GAO hiring me in 1980 and promoting me in 1986 instead of those who shared her demographics. She would stress that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. She would have applauded my Democrat Post Office, IRS and GAO superiors wasting my career. She would especially applaud my Democrat GAO superiors’ forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one (CPA) I had. In my defense, I would stress to Duckworth that 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— From which college did you earn your degree? What does that college think of you today? I earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. Since then, they all have moved dramatically to the left. Therefore, because I continue to be on the right, their opinions of me would be down. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you know who is a news aggregator? I have been a news aggregator since 2000. Since 2005, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have contained links to almost 530,000 political and government news and commentary articles of interest to Illinois Republicans. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) the aforesaid articles and b) my comments on those articles. I should write about my critics/opponents. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Socialists, that is, Democrats, want government to hand out: free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, and free everything. According to socialists, that is, according to Democrats, governments can and should do the aforesaid because Republicans can easily afford to pay for the aforesaid because Republicans are filthy rich and because they are filthy rich because they exploit Democrats who are liberal, 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs. They use my not getting any scholarships against me. They use my having to work my way through college against me. They use my not having an Ivy League degree against me. They use my having been a federal employee against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have always done everything that they could to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Previously, they blamed what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019. My critics/opponents do not blame leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), or Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) for defeats that Republican candidates have suffered. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What entitlements do you get? Of course, my critics/opponents call my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my 72% federal health insurance subsidy outrageously excessive entitlements. In my defense, I would not have become postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because of that agreement, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you defied orders? I have not. All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never defied orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors. I did object to my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I did become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who will Trump pick to be the next Comptroller General, that is, who will Trump pick to be the next head of GAO? SEE: https://www.aei.org/op-eds/senate-and-trump-on-a-collision-course-over-the-leadership-of-the-gao/ I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. During that time, if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be working for GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and not promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you attribute your test taking success/failure to? Many if not most if not virtually all of those who failed the tests that I passed did not share my demographics. Because of that, according to my critics/opponents, the tests that I passed were biased against those who did not share my demographics. 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 passed all the tests needed to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. What should my test taking success be attributed too? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Hochul backtracks, admits to ‘having conversations’ with Mamdani’s team about free NYC buses. DD: Socialists, that is, Democrats, want government to hand out: free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, and free everything. According to socialists, that is, according to Democrats, governments can and should do the aforesaid because Republicans can easily afford to pay for the aforesaid because Republicans are filthy rich and because they are filthy rich because they exploit Democrats who are liberal, 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.aol.com/news/hochul-backtracks-admits-having-conversations-145842126.html
— Largest US teachers’ union to host training that attacks Republicans as ‘racist and transphobic’
https://www.aol.com/articles/largest-us-teachers-union-host-191800627.html
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Why Have Asylum Grant Rates Been Plummeting? DD: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Asylum seekers should be advised that Democrat leaders will get rid of them if they do not happily become soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://cis.org/Report/Why-Have-Asylum-Grant-Rates-Been-Plummeting
FOX NEWS
— Want wokeness out of schools? End woke teacher training.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/want-wokeness-out-schools-end-woke-teacher-training
— Democrats who encouraged military to defy ‘illegal orders’ are ‘DESPICABLE.’ DD: Have you defied orders? I have not. All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never defied orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors. I did object to my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I did become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIQHWjtb4ak
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump’s Approval Strong With Republicans Despite Dustup With Marjorie Taylor Greene
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/trumps-approval-strong-with-republicans-despite-dustup-with-marjorie-taylor-greene/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The World According to JB Pritzker
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/01/the_world_according_to_jb_pritzker_153584.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare. The more illegals, the higher the cost of healthcare.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5624105-healthcare-affordability-concerns-rise/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A Lost Generation of News Consumers? Survey Shows How Teenagers Dislike the News Media. The profession hasn’t been popular among adults for many years, but a new survey shows the extent to which teens aged 13 to 18 feel the same way. DD: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have always done everything that they could to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Previously, they blamed what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019. My critics/opponents do not blame leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), or Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) for defeats that Republican candidates have suffered. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2025/11/a-lost-generation-of-news-consumers-survey-shows-how-teenagers-dislike-the-news-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Asked by the News Literacy Project for one word to describe today’s news media, 84% of teens responded with something negative — “biased,” “crazy,” “boring,” “fake, ”bad,” “depressing,” “confusing,” “scary.” More than half of the teens surveyed believe journalists regularly engage in unethical behaviors like making up details or quotes in stories, paying sources, taking visual images out of context or doing favors for advertisers. Less than a third believe reporters correct their errors, confirm facts before reporting them, gather information from multiple sources or cover stories in the public interest — practices ingrained in the DNA of reputable journalists. To some degree, teens reflect the attitudes they’re exposed to, particularly when the most prominent politician of their age has made “fake news” a mantra. Experts say few teens follow news regularly or learn in school about the purpose of journalism. Journalists don’t help themselves with mistakes or ethical lapses that make headlines. Opinionated reporters or commentators in an era of political division make readers wonder what to believe. “Some of this (attitude) is earned, but much of it is based on misperception,” said Peter Adams, senior vice president of research and design for the Washington-based News Literacy Project. There are ways to turn things around, but it will take work. Many of Lily Ogburn’s classmates get their information from social media. Their parents didn’t watch or read news reports as they grew up, so they didn’t pick up the habit, said Ogburn, a senior at Northwestern University’s journalism school. Ogburn is the former editor-in-chief at the well-regarded Daily Northwestern student newspaper. The newspaper’s 2023 reports on alleged hazing and racism within the school’s football program led to the ouster of its coach. Still, she found some students don’t understand the newspaper’s role; they believe it exists to protect people in power rather than hold them accountable. She frequently had to explain what she did to classmates. “There’s a lot of mistrust toward journalists,” she said. But it has firmed her resolve to stick with the profession. “I want to be a journalist that people trust,” Ogburn said, “and I want to report news that makes people believe and trust in the media.” The news industry’s financial troubles over the past two decades have hollowed out newsrooms and left fewer journalists on duty. Along with not seeing much legitimate journalism, young people frequently don’t experience it through popular culture — unlike a previous generation, which learned in detail how Washington Post reporters Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein exposed the Watergate scandal in the Academy Award-winning movie “All the President’s Men.” When the News Literacy Project asked, two-thirds of teens couldn’t think of anything when asked what movies or TV shows come to mind when they think about journalism. Those who had answers most frequently cited the “Spider-Man” franchise or the movie “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” Neither portrayal was particularly flattering. Upon retiring as editor of Newsday, Howard Schneider helped develop the State University of New York system’s first School of Journalism. But instead of teaching future writers, editors or producers, he became drawn to teaching non-journalists about being news consumers. Now the executive director of SUNY Stony Brook’s Center for News Literacy, Schneider wasn’t surprised about any of the recent survey’s findings, either. “The negativity, the feeling that news is biased, is just a reflection of how their parents feel,” Schneider said. “The more exposed to news, legitimate news, the more their attitudes turn positive.” He has developed news literacy programs for school districts. “Students will say, ‘I get my news from YouTube,’” he said. “I say, ‘No, you don’t,’” and explains where the news originates and how to be discerning about what they see.)
NEWSWEEK
— 5 Polls That Spell Trouble for Donald Trump and the Republicans
https://www.newsweek.com/5-polls-trouble-donald-trump-republicans-11131436
CBS NEWS
— Bay Area Afghan community pushes back against immigration pause
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bay-area-afghan-community-immigration-pause-reaction/
USA TODAY
— NYC, Seattle just chose socialist mayors. Wake up, America. Mamdani and Katie Wilson have put a shiny bow on their socialist ideas, and voters bought it. It’s baffling that Americans are falling for such a dangerous ideology.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/01/nyc-seattle-mayor-socialism-communism-voters/87466673007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cubicles DD: My Black Democrat CPA GAO subordinate was furious that he was in a cubicle and I had a preferred corner office. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to resign and gave him my office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the CPA license I had.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/robert-propst-inventor-cubicle-work-6c170bed
— Americans’ Long Love/Hate Relationship With Work. DD: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, because of GAO’s mission, my GAO job was ever-increasingly the focus of my life.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/america-relationship-work-6725be38
— The College Students Who Can’t Do Elementary Math. A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions. DD: My biggest career mistake was not making accounting my bachelor degree major and my first graduate degree major. I wrongly believed that because I was not strong in math, I could never pass the CPA examination. But after I started taking graduate accounting courses and the Becker CPA review, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. But by then, the accounting profession considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-college-students-who-cant-do-elementary-math-2db5e549
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Says He Has Picked His Replacement For Powell. DD: Who will Trump pick to be the next Comptroller General, that is, who will Trump pick to be the next head of GAO? SEE: https://www.aei.org/op-eds/senate-and-trump-on-a-collision-course-over-the-leadership-of-the-gao/ I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. During that time, if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be working for GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and not promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-30/fed-contender-hassett-says-market-is-ready-for-trump-chair-pick
BARRON’S
— Trump’s Approval Rating Drops to Lowest of Second Term
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/sundayshows1130/card/trump-s-approval-rating-drops-to-lowest-of-second-term-QT5J54ukNny8cDXHi6kS
MIT SLOAN
— To Reform Meritocracy, Put Character at the Center. Organizations that aspire to hire and advance employees based on merit should consider character, not just skills or performance. DD: To advance Democrats and RINOs, Democrat and RINO leaders replace objective criteria with subjective criteria.
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/to-reform-meritocracy-put-character-at-the-center/
BROWN DAILY HERALD
— Skipping college for a white-collar job can’t end well. DD: My father had a white-collar job. My father often decried his not having a college degree. He was discouraged from getting a college degree because he had brittle type 1 diabetes. The argument was that the stress would kill him.
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025/12/vishwakarma-29-skipping-college-for-a-white-collar-job-cant-end-well
NATION
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders fight for criminals. Illinois Republican leaders fight for victims of criminals.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cash-bail-reform-illinois/#
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of healthcare. The more illegals, the higher the cost of healthcare.
https://www.ft.com/content/beec76df-8e6d-4238-bae2-e51683b62aa4
INDIA TODAY
— Got zero help from parents: Nikki Haley’s son fires back at nepo baby jibes. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid their college expenses, and got them good jobs. They use my not getting any scholarships against me. They use my having to work my way through college against me. They use my not having an Ivy League degree against me. They use my having been a federal employee against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/got-zero-help-nikki-haley-son-nalin-fires-back-at-nepo-baby-jibes-spoiled-brat-gen-z-republican-julianna-us-politics-2828699-2025-12-01
PRESS GAZETTE
— Top 50 English-language news sites in the world in October 2025. DD: Who do you know who is a news aggregator? I have been a news aggregator since 2000. Since 2005, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have contained links to almost 530,000 political and government news and commentary articles of interest to Illinois Republicans. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) the aforesaid articles and b) my comments on those articles. I should write about my critics/opponents. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-world-monthly-2/
HR NEWS
— 6 Ways to Reduce Bias in Skills Based Hiring DD: What do you attribute your test taking success/failure to? Many if not most if not virtually all of those who failed the tests that I passed did not share my demographics. Because of that, according to my critics/opponents, the tests that I passed were biased against those who did not share my demographics. 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 passed all the tests needed to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. What should my test taking success be attributed too?
https://hrnews.co.uk/6-ways-to-reduce-bias-in-skills-based-hiring-2025-guide/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Test systems regularly for disparate impact across demographics)
November 30, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Nonpartisan think tank identifies Illinois’ most effective state legislators
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/11/30/kelly-cassidy-sue-rezin-jb-pritzker-transgender-nuclear-nonpartisan-think-tank-identifies-illinois-most-effective-state-legislators
FOX32
— Slight majority of Illinoisans approve of Pritzker as he seeks third term. DD: Who approves of Pritzker? Those who are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-jb-pritzker-poll-nov-25
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for health care costs.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/for-republicans-its-crunch-time-on-health-care/
— Lawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump’s military strikes on boats
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-lawmakers-voice-support-for-congressional-reviews-of-trumps-military-strikes-on-boats/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sen. Mark Kelly calls Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ‘unqualified’ amid video probe. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied that was not qualified to be promoted to GS-9 (currently $68,315/year) when I was 23 years old in 1972, to GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) when I was 24, and to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) when I was 25. But most of my Democrat coworkers were also promoted that fast. Further, unlike my coworkers, I was taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola. Further, they were furious that I had been selected for a high-profile developmental assignment instead of a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat superiors soon got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me those three times and had given me that assignment. They disallowed my travel vouchers and education expenses and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/30/mark-kelly-arizona-senator-calls-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth/
— Democrats’ crime policies are suicidal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/30/democrats-crime-policies-suicidal/
NEW YORK POST
— White House names and shames ‘biased’ news outlets and reporters with new website
https://nypost.com/2025/11/30/us-news/white-house-names-and-shames-biased-news-outlets-and-reporters-with-new-website/
— Over 5K Afghan migrants flagged on ‘national security’ grounds since 2021
https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/more-than-5000-afghan-migrants-flagged-on-national-security-grounds-since-2021-document-reveals/
— Mamdani-linked PAC offered Hispanic business leader job, seat on transition team if he raised $1M in 3 days
https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/mamdani-linked-pac-allegedly-offered-hispanic-business-leader-job-seat-on-transition-team-if-he-raised-1m-in-3-days/
— Americans are rightly waking up — much of higher education is now a scam
https://nypost.com/2025/11/30/opinion/more-americans-are-realizing-a-four-year-degree-is-an-expensive-scam/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Ken Burns Rejects Factual Revolutionary History In Favor Of The 1619 Project
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/ken_burns_rejects_factual_revolutionary_history_in_favor_of_the_1619_project_comments.html
BREITBART
— Critical Race Theorists Sneak Back into Red States Through ‘Media Literacy’ Campaign
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/11/30/report-critical-race-theorists-sneak-back-into-red-states-through-media-literacy-campaign/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left Goes Neo-Confederate on Immigration
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/31/the-left-goes-neo-confederate-on-immigration/
LAW ENFOREMENT TODAY
— Connecticut Teachers’ Union Teams Up With Anti-ICE Activists While Test Scores Plummet
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/connecticut-teachers-union-teams-up-with-anti-ice-activists-while-test-scores-plummet
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Indiana Reignites Redistricting Battle After Trump Lights a Fire Under Republican Leadership
https://www.westernjournal.com/red-state-reignites-redistricting-battle-trump-lights-fire-republican-leadership/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Noem says National Guard shooting suspect was ‘radicalized’ in the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/kristi-noem-radicalized-dc-national-guard-asylum-shooting-rcna246477
— Noem says all asylum claims in U.S. to be reviewed
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/sec-kristi-noem-says-all-asylum-claims-in-u-s-will-be-reviewed-253308485914
CBS NEWS
— Immigration advocates hold another rally in NYC, criticize NYPD
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/immigration-advocates-hold-another-rally-in-nyc-criticize-nypd/
CNN
— Musk spotlights cost of federal entitlements amid fear of cuts to programs
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/musk-federal-entitlements-costs
NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters Arrested After Trying to Block a Possible ICE Raid
https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000010555061/protesters-arrested-after-trying-to-block-a-possible-ice-raid.html
USA TODAY
— Trump’s approval rating hits second-term low as Republican support dips. DD: My critics/opponents have always focused on driving my approval rating down. Since 1999, they have focused on Republican voters, precinct committeemen, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Since 2000, they have focused on GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter readers and potential readers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/29/trump-approval-rating-low-gallup/87524482007/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump calls Democrats ‘traitors’ for urging military to ‘refuse illegal orders.’ DD: All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-calls-democrats-traitors-urging-214915264.html
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Refusing illegal orders is a dilemma for U.S. troops. DD: All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/refusing-illegal-orders-is-a-dilemma-for-u-s-troops/article_5d126839-c765-4bb7-b9af-c7d6ea73994b.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— About That Trump-Mamdani Love-In
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-about-that-trump-mamdani-love-in/67E92381-F2C4-4A7F-A7DC-DE73985CCEBC
BEST COLLEGES
— 58 Companies That Pay for College With Tuition Reimbursement. DD: I paid lots of my money 1966-1997 to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), three job-related masters (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic Accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). Except for some small token amounts, none of it was reimbursed. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Worse yet, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my graduate business and accounting courses even though the employee manual they gave me strongly encouraged me to take those courses. They falsely arguing that the courses were not job-related, did not maintain or improve my job skills, qualified me for a new trade or business, and were taken by me to get a job in the private sector. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/2021/09/16/top-companies-offering-tuition-reimbursement/
TIME
— New Yorkers Foil Large-Scale ICE Raid
https://time.com/7337578/ice-raid-new-york-mamdani/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
JAPAN TIMES
— Protesters disrupt federal immigration operation in Manhattan
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/world/protesters-disrupt-federal-immigration/
November 29, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kevin Coyne, Chairman, DuPage GOP: DuPage GOP wants election, vote-by-mail system review
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/letters-naperville-data-center-election-mcit-reopen/
(FROM THE LETTER: The DuPage GOP calls for an immediate public hearing on the topic of election integrity, our voter rolls and the process by which vote-by-mail ballots are being distributed, collected and counted. We believe the DuPage County clerk’s office should make itself available to participate and to answer respectful questions about election integrity. We welcome the participation of the League of Women Voters and DuPage County’s Democratic Party in this public hearing should it proceed. Confidence in the integrity of our elections is at an all-time low. It’s abundantly clear there are a great many DuPage voters who do not trust vote-by-mail and who believe games are being played with how these ballots are distributed, collected and counted. General questions about our voter rolls also continue to persist. Let’s talk about these concerns openly, transparently and publicly. We will keep all questions respectful and sincere. We hope this call is accepted by the clerk’s office. We also hope the other mentioned stakeholders participate. We call on this hearing to take place within 90 days and before the 2026 primary.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: McHenry County takes on an old client in court: ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/29/mchenry-county-court-ice-lawsuit/
CBS2
— Northwestern University to pay $75 million to federal government to settle antisemitism claims, restore frozen funds
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northwestern-university-trump-administration-settlement-antisemitism-investigation/
WRAL
— Northwestern to pay $75 million in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/d6465-northwestern-to-pay-75-million-in-deal-with-trump-administration-to-restore-federal-funding/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— If the Pilgrims Had a Lawyer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/28/if-the-pilgrims-had-a-lawyer/
— Seeing President Truman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/28/seeing-president-truman/
— Reminding Me of My Favorite Oberlin
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/28/reminding-me-of-my-favorite-oberlin-college-professor/
— Postal Inflation Since 1968
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/27/postal-inflation-since-1968/
— How Bad Is Chicago’s Financial Situation?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/how-bad-is-chicagos-financial-situation/
— Schools and Socialism
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/14321/
— Dems Authorize More Subsidies for Illegal Aliens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/dems-authorize-more-subsidies-for-illegal-aliens/
— Two More from Illinois Make “Worst of the Worst” List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/two-more-from-illinois-make-worst-of-the-worst-list/
— Hit Your Mom, No Longer Get Arrested, No House or Senate Votes in Opposition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/hit-your-mom-no-longer-get-arrested-no-house-or-senate-votes-in-opposition/
— The End of Lincoln
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/the-end-of-lincoln/
— Pritzker’s Polling above 50%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/pritzkers-polling-above-50/
— Rocio Cleveland Gains More Free Publicity in Quest to Win GOP Nomination in Jan Schakowsky’s 9th Congressional District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/rocio-cleveland-gains-more-free-publicity-in-quest-to-win-gop-nomination-in-jan-schakowskys-9th-congressional-district/
— Pritzker’s Star Wars’ Delusion
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/pritzkers-star-wars-delusion/
— A Permanent Accomplishment of Governor Dan Walker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/a-permanent-accomplishment-of-governor-dan-walker/
— Mayor Richard J. Daley’s Cary Speeding Ticket
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/26/mayor-richard-j-daleys-cary-speeding-ticket/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Evict Dangerous Illegals Before the Next Attack
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/11/deport-dangerous-illegals-before-the-next-terror-attack/
— Bethany Magee’s Critical Condition Was Preventable
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/11/bethany-magees-critical-condition-was-preventable/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Chicago needs education reform to curb youth violence epidemic
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-chicago-needs-education-reform-to-curb-youth-violence-epidemic/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— New legislation would crack down on hiring illegal immigrant workers and ‘sanctuary unions.’ DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate unions. They have never forgiven me for my being a union member for almost 12 years. According to them, my salary would never had increased from $19.37/hour (GS-4) to $112,280/year (GS-12 Step 5) in today’s dollars if I had not been a union member. But during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/28/new-legislation-would-crack-hiring-illegal-immigrant-workers/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Whiteness Pandemic
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_whiteness_pandemic_is_there_a_mask_for_that.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Disturbing poll shows majority of young voters want ‘Democrat socialist’ in the White House. DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. They focus on promoting dependency on government.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/28/disturbing-poll-shows-majority-of-young-voters-want-democrat-socialist-in-the-white-house-1606448/
BLAZE
— If conservatives will not defend capitalism, who will? DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. They focus on promoting dependency on government.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/if-conservatives-will-not-defend-capitalism-who-will
BUSINESS WIRE
— Citizens Against Government Waste Names Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson November 2025 Porker of the Month
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/citizens-against-government-waste-names-201300831.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— 4 Ways Trump Has Forced DEI Out of Higher Education. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/28/4-ways-trump-has-successfully-pressured-higher-ed-abandon-dei/
FOX BUSINESS
— Middle-income Americans pessimistic about their financial future amid persistent inflation
https://www.aol.com/articles/middle-income-americans-pessimistic-financial-180015299.html
FOX NEWS
— Trump unveils ‘reverse migration’ plan to halt ‘Third World’ immigration, revoke Biden-era entries. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the colleges that admitted me would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/trump-unveils-reverse-migration-plan-halt-third-world-immigration-revoke-biden-era-entries.print
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Plans to Suspend Third World Immigration after National Guard Shooting. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the colleges that admitted me would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-suspends-third-world-immigration-after-national-guard-shooting/
PJ MEDIA
— The War Within the Democratic Party Is Over — and AOC and Mamdani Have Won. DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. They focus on promoting dependency on government.
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/11/28/apocalypse-democrat-the-war-within-the-democratic-party-is-over-and-aoc-and-mamdani-have-won-n4946496
— Socialism Continues Its Beautiful Decline in the Western Hemisphere. DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. They focus on promoting dependency on government.
https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2025/11/28/socialism-continues-its-western-hemisphere-decline-n4946498
TOWNHALL
— DD: The Democrats who run the College of DuPage ever-increasingly make it clear that they do not want those who are the following to apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/28/il-college-will-punish-students-who-report-illegals-to-ice-n2667103
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Majority of voters say they’ve made sacrifices in past year to make ends meet. DD: Of course, Democrats blame Republicans for that.
https://thehill.com/business/economy/5585832-financial-sacrifices-survey-voters/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DACA recipients are being arrested despite deportation protection
https://www.wane.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-some-daca-recipients-have-been-arrested-in-the-trumps-immigration-crackdown/amp/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the colleges that admitted me would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/politics/trumps-response-to-shooting-shows-intensified-anti-migrant-stance.html
SEATTLE TIMES
— Workers sue WA’s biggest employers over limits on taking a second job. DD: My IRS superiors approved my working part-time for a Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1971-1972. The money I earned helped me pay for a) a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) graduate evening business courses at Loyola during 1972, and c) a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/workers-sue-was-biggest-employers-over-limits-on-taking-a-second-job/
FORTUNE
— Billionaire MacKenzie Scott once needed her college roommate’s help with a $1,000 loan. DD: Where did the money come to pay for your college degrees? DD: To pay for my undergraduate degree and for cars, I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. To pay for my graduate degrees, I worked for Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/28/mackenzie-scott-college-roommate-jeannie-tarkenton-father-loan/
— DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate DINKs. I should write about my critics/opponents. According to them, my wife and I have what we have because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/13/are-you-richer-as-a-dink-double-income-no-kids-wealth/
BANKING RATES
— 7 Signs You’re Way Above Average Financially
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rachel-cruze-7-signs-way-120053445.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You’re Debt-Free. . .You Have Money Saved. . .You’ve Planned for Retirement. . .You’re a Homeowner. . .You Can Celebrate Other People’s Wins. . .You Earn the Median Income. . .You Practice Generosity)
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY
— Do You Need a College Degree for Career Advancement? Here Are 5 Reasons You Do. DD: My father often decried his not having a college degree. If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in management, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not had an MBA, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned master’s degrees in accounting and finance, I would not have survived at GAO until 1997.
https://www.msudenver.edu/do-you-need-a-college-degree-for-career-advancement-here-are-5-reasons-you-do/
ROLLING STONE
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/snap-recipients-struggle-trump-food-assistance-1235473080/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Americans are reconsidering the college ladder: 63% say the climb isn’t worth the price. DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS in 1971. If had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not been taking graduate evening accounting courses, I would not have passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. I had not taken undergraduate and graduate internal auditing courses, I would not have passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. If I had not passed the CPA examination, earned a master’s degree in accounting, and passed the CIA examination, I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/americans-are-reconsidering-the-college-ladder-63-say-the-climb-isnt-worth-the-price/articleshow/125636272.cms
November 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What to know about so-called downtown Chicago ‘teen takeovers.’ DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover public areas in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/28/what-to-know-about-so-called-downtown-chicago-teen-takeovers
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/11/27/community-members-find-comfort-with-chosen-family-at-center-on-halsteds-thanksgiving-meal
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/daywatch-families-on-snap-celebrate-thanksgiving-amid-uncertainty/
— Trump criticizes program that brought Afghan refugees to US
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/trump-criticizes-program-afghan-refugees-taliban/
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County passes new budget with $18 million for ‘Sustainability Initiative.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251127/news/dupage-county-passes-new-budget-with-18-million-for-sustainability-initiative/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County will begin its new fiscal year with a balanced spending plan that includes funding to address food insecurity and housing affordability while supporting mental health initiatives and community services.)
RIVER BENDER
— Federal judge expands access to bond hearings for detained immigrants nationwide. DD: I wanted a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO, but Democrat and RINO judges and justices denied that, that is, they denied me my 7th Amendment rights. I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf GAO never succeeded in getting the courts to dismiss my lawsuit. But GAO did succeed in getting the courts to grant GAO summary judgment, that is, GAO succeeded in getting the courts to deny me my 7th Amendment rights. GAO hinted/implied/argued/shouted that no jury would ever rule in my favor. I have very bad jury appeal. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. How bad is your jury appeal?
https://www.riverbender.com/topnews/details.cfm?id=499063
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats and RINOs glorify and praise anyone and everyone who wants to come to America.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-28/trump-vows-to-permanently-pause-migration-from-poor-nations-in-social-media-screed
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-28/the-dot-says-it-wants-to-make-trucking-safer-but-some-see-an-immigration-raid
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago tenant groups call for eviction moratorium amid ICE raids. DD: Are/were you a landlord? I was a landlord 1976-1984 because I could not sell my University Park townhome unless I took a big loss.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_90331baf-5a99-4ff5-819d-2d9e3059c854.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Federal aid feeds over 1M Illinois families this Thanksgiving. DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) having out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/federal-aid-feeds-over-1m-illinois-families-this-thanksgiving/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Thankful that Democrats aren’t in charge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/27/thankful-democrats-arent-charge/
— More incumbent House Democrats hit with primary challenges from younger socialist candidates
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/27/incumbent-house-democrats-hit-primary-challenges-younger-socialist/
— Court upholds $1 million fine for Trump’s ‘frivolous’ Hillary Clinton lawsuit. DD: I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf GAO never succeeded in getting the court to dismiss my lawsuit. But GAO did succeed in getting the court to grant GAO summary judgment, that is, GAO succeeded in getting the court to deny me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. GAO hinted/implied/argued/shouted that no jury would ever rule in my favor. I have very bad jury appeal. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS0vkuHaPKU
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Homeland Security Thanksgiving video offers ‘No second helpings for illegal aliens’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3901253/homeland-security-video-no-second-helpings-illegal-aliens/
NEW YORK POST
— Lefty politicians for months have loudly condemned the deployment of National Guard troops in crime-ridden Democrat-run cities as “authoritarian” and an “invasion” leading up to Wednesday’s heinous ambush attack that left two guardsmen fighting for their lives.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/26/us-news/dc-national-guard-shooting-follows-months-of-democrats-stoking-fear-about-an-invasion/
— Mamdani’s radical-rich transition team bodes ill for public safety. DD: Under the Democrats, crime will ever-increasingly increase. What are you doing to protect your personal safety?
https://nypost.com/2025/11/27/opinion/zohran-mamdanis-radical-rich-transition-team-bodes-ill-for-public-safety/
— Mamdani says Trump is still a ‘fascist, despot’
https://www.aol.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-says-trump-still-150105762.html
— DC National Guard shooting follows months of Democrats’ stoking fear about military ‘invasion’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/26/us-news/dc-national-guard-shooting-follows-months-of-democrats-stoking-fear-about-an-invasion/
— Pam Bondi rips ‘progressive left idiots’ for fueling hatred towards National Guard
https://nypost.com/2025/11/27/us-news/pam-bondi-rips-progressive-left-idiots-for-fueling-hatred-towards-national-guard/
— Biden’s messy Operation Allies Welcome program failed to monitor Afghans entering US, damning report found
https://nypost.com/2025/11/27/us-news/bidens-operation-allies-welcome-program-failed-to-monitor-afghans-entering-us-report/
— GOP lawmakers long warned of security risks of Biden-era Afghan resettlement program used by alleged National Guard shooter
https://nypost.com/2025/11/26/us-news/gop-lawmakers-long-warned-of-security-risks-of-biden-era-afghan-resettlement-program-used-by-alleged-national-guard-shooter/
— Let’s give thanks — for not living under socialism
https://nypost.com/2025/11/27/opinion/lets-give-thanks-for-not-living-under-socialism/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The highway’s hidden hazards
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_highway_s_hidden_hazards.html
BREITBART
— ICE Continues to Arrest Violent Illegal Migrants in Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/27/ice-continues-to-arrest-violent-illegal-migrants-in-chicago/amp/
— There’s no reason to let unvetted people from hotbeds of terrorism into America unless you want a terror attack, right? There’s no reason to fight tooth and nail against deportations unless you want undesirables in the country, right? There’s no reason to relentlessly smear National Guardsmen trying to keep the peace as Nazis who will shoot civilians and follow illegal orders unless you want them murdered, right?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/27/nolte-on-this-thanksgiving-democrats-are-grateful-two-national-guardsmen-got-shot-by-an-afghan-refugee/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— New rankings score colleges on merit, academic rigor, free speech. DD: My getting four college degrees did not turn me into a Democrat. I majored in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/new-rankings-score-colleges-merit-academic-rigor-free-speech/28937
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to protect medical residents from coercive abortion training
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/268109/prince-albert-ii-of-monaco-blocks-legalization-of-abortion-citing-catholic-identity
DAILY CALLER
— Legacy Media Goes From Ignoring To Endorsing Illegal Immigrant Crime.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/27/migrant-criminal-illegal-nascimento-blair-orville-etoria-romeo-perez-bravo-dan-kluver/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Chicago Train Burning Shows How Too Much Leniency to the Guilty Is Cruelty to the Innocent
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/26/chicago-train-burning-shows-how-too-much-leniency-guilty-cruelty-innocent/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Invites Illegal Immigrants To Use the CBP Home app to Head Home For The Holidays By Self-Deporting.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-invites-illegal-immigrants-to-get-home-for-the-holidays-by-self-deporting
— Thanksgiving Under Siege: Choose Gratitude Over Woke Outrage. Thanksgiving is about more than a history lesson—it’s about what makes America … well, America.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/thanksgiving-under-siege-choose-gratitude-over-woke-outrage
FOX NEWS
— National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom dead after DC shooting: ‘Highly respected.’ The second wounded service member, Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still ‘fighting for his life.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/national-guard-member-sarah-beckstrom-dead-after-dc-shooting-highly-respected
— Former agent says Afghan evacuee vetting was a ‘free-for-all.’ Ex-FBI special agent explains Afghan vetting failures in wake of National Guard ambush: ‘Ticking time bomb.’ Tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated to the U.S. in the wake of the withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover of the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ex-fbi-special-agent-explains-afghan-vetting-failues-wake-national-guard-ambush-ticking-time-bomb
— Cook County in Illinois establishes permanent guaranteed income program
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cook-county-illinois-establishes-permanent-guaranteed-income-program
NEWSMAX
— Asylum System Exploited by Fraud
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/todd-lyons-asylum-somalia/2025/11/27/id/1236307/
OPM
— Annual headcount plans. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They gave headcount plans, that is, they gave hit lists, to the managers they sent to run GAO’s Chicago office. Of course, I was on all those lists. The more of the following that employees were, the higher that they were on those lists: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I never would have survived until 1997 if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.opm.gov/news/secrets-of-opm/everyone-has-a-plan-until-you-step-into-the-ring/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For most of this year, the government has been operating under a series of hiring initiatives. Most notably, the president set a target of four reductions for every one new hire into government. We exceeded this goal – the government hired roughly 68,000 people this year, while approximately 317,000 employees left the government. . .First, we want to make sure the government has the right talent focused on the key priorities of the administration and that we are eliminating wasteful taxpayer expenses in areas that are inefficient, no longer required, or in direct contradiction of administration priorities. Simply put, we want agencies to focus their headcount resources on the most critical objectives that deliver maximum value to the taxpayer.)
TURNING POINT USA
— New Report Ranks Universities by Commitment to Free Speech, Meritocracy. DD: My getting four college degrees did not turn me into a Democrat. I majored in business, accounting, and finance.
https://tpusa.com/live/new-report-ranks-universities-by-commitment-to-free-speech-meritocracy/
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
— Project Firewall partnership leads to enhanced federal enforcement against discriminatory hiring practices. DD: To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But nevertheless, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20251124
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Liberal Women Role Play as Illegals, Teach Volunteers How to Impede ICE
https://www.westernjournal.com/liberal-women-role-play-illegals-teach-volunteers-impede-ice/
— National Guard Shooter Shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ During DC Attack.
https://www.westernjournal.com/report-national-guard-shooter-shouted-allahu-akbar-dc-attack/
— Medical School Rebrands DEI Department to Circumvent Trump Administration, Continuing Troubling Trend in Academia
https://www.westernjournal.com/medical-school-rebrands-dei-department-circumvent-trump-administration-continuing-troubling-trend-academia/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump orders green cards from Somalia, other countries of “concern” be reexamined
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/trump-orders-green-cards-somalia-countries-concern-reexamined/
AOL
— Charlie Kirk Didn’t Seem Concerned For Safety Before Fatal Shooting. DD: Under the Democrats, crime will ever-increasingly increase. What are you doing to protect your personal safety?
https://www.aol.com/articles/charlie-kirk-didnt-seem-concerned-080027549.html
NEWSWEEK
— Full List of Lawmakers Who Voted To Increase Visas for Afghan Nationals
https://www.newsweek.com/afghan-nationals-us-national-guard-shooting-11119679
— Trump Admin Sends Striking Thanksgiving Message to ‘Illegal Aliens’
https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-thanksgiving-video-illegal-aliens-immigrants-message-11122455
— Trump Admin Changes Housing Rules for Immigrants
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-changes-housing-rules-for-immigrants-11119836
MSN
— News from outside disappears in North Korea. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have worked the hardest since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/news-from-outside-disappears-in-north-korea/ar-AA1R50NS
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to jail if caught listening. Lee’s Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio station has tried for two decades to give real-time news to North Korea’s 26 million people. But Lee says she now feels a sense of crisis about her work as big government-funded broadcasters in the United States and South Korea have fallen silent this year because of major funding cuts and policy changes. “Our frustrations with the U.S. and South Korean governments are growing over their suspensions of radio broadcasts,” said Lee, a defector who heads the small, nongovernmental FNK radio station. “We’re afraid that they’ve abandoned North Korean residents.” Major channels broadcasting into North Korea fall silent. In North Korea, all radio and TV sets are fixed to state-run channels. But defectors have testified that they modified their radios or used smuggled ones to covertly tune in to foreign broadcasts at night for news their government didn’t want them to hear. That includes outside perspectives of the North’s ruling Kim dynasty, more affluent and freer Western lifestyles, and success stories about defectors.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Reviews Biden Asylum Cases After Shooting. A Homeland Security Department spokeswoman accused the previous administration of failing to vet asylum applicants “on a massive scale.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/us/politics/biden-asylum-cases-shooting.html
— DD: Democrat leaders side with America-hating Afghans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/us/politics/afghans-immigrants-fearful-guard-shooting.html
— DD: Democrats and RINOs glorify and praise anyone and everyone who wants to come to America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/us/politics/trump-national-guard-shooting.html
USA TODAY
— John Fogerty ‘troubled’ by President Trump’s use of ‘Fortunate Son,’ issues cease and desist. DD: Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me big time my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. I was classified 1-A for the draft in 1966, but I got student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. But I was not a fortunate son. I had to work my way through college. To have money for college and for cars I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I did not appeal my 1-A draft classification, but what if I had done that? I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had red/green color blindness.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/16/john-fogerty-troubled-president-trump-fortunate-son/3686095001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fogerty went on to explain that “Fortunate Son” is ironically an anti-war-movement anthem that criticizes privileged people who used their money and status to defer from the Vietnam War draft. The song has been treated as a patriotic working-class anthem, but listen past its star-spangled opening lines — “Some folks are born made to wave the flag/Ooh, they’re red, white and blue” — for Fogerty’s anti-establishment storytelling about how the poor were sent to fight and die in Vietnam while the wealthy were spared.)
— DD: Not all Americans agree on free speech. My critics/opponents certainly do not. According to my Democrat superiors in the federal government, I was not free to speak out against their patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. According to RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, I am not free to speak out against Democrat promotion of dependency on government, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, illegal drugs, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/25/free-speech-first-amendment-fire-poll/87397191007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Disobeying Military Orders Is Full of Risk. The military code strongly favors obedience. Orders are presumed to be lawful. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, I never disobeyed their orders to give preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not good enough for my Democrat superiors. Because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly wasted my career, ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/disobeying-military-orders-is-full-of-risk-c6167724?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
FORBES
— What We Know About Rahmanullah Lakanwal: D.C. Shooting Suspect
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/11/27/dc-shooting-suspect-was-granted-asylum-in-april-what-we-know/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Gen Z money problems. DD: What were able to accomplish by the time you 28? I earned a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and an MBA when I was 27. I bought a car when I was 16 and new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27. I was able to do the aforesaid because I took bad jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes starting in 1971. But according to my critics/opponents, I was only able to accomplish the aforesaid starting when I was 18 in 1966 because I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.businessinsider.com/dave-ramsey-millennials-gen-z-debt-personal-finance-money-wealth-2025-4
TIME
— DD: My critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://time.com/7337211/trump-new-term-for-loyal-republicans-gop-maga-divisions/
PENN LIVE
— Trump’s cabinet of clones: When loyalty replaces competence. DD: My critic/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025/11/trumps-cabinet-of-clones-when-loyalty-replaces-competence-pennlive-letters.html
PBS
— Conservatives move to red states and liberals move to blue as the country grows more polarized. DD: As more and more and more Democrats infiltrate, invade, infest, conquer, and destroy DuPage County, more and more and more Republicans leave DuPage County.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/conservatives-move-to-red-states-and-liberals-move-to-blue-as-the-country-grows-more-polarized
NPR
— Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own. DD: As more and more and more Democrats infiltrate, invade, infest, conquer, and destroy DuPage County, more and more and more Republicans leave DuPage County.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/18/1081295373/the-big-sort-americans-move-to-areas-political-alignment
HUFFINGTON POST
— Federal Workers Ask Judge To Block Trump’s ‘Loyalty’ Question On Job Applications. DD: My critic/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-ask-judge-block-215616534.html
SIRM
— EEOC Issues Technical Assistance on Protecting US Workers. DD: How bad are your demographics? My demographics are very bad. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.
https://www.shrm.org/advocacy/eeoc-issues-technical-assistance-on-protecting-us-workers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a technical assistance document titled “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against the Law.” Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is unlawful to discriminate against people based on race, color, sex, national origin, or religion — collectively known as protected characteristics. This is part of the EEOC’s continued focus on bias against U.S. workers. On Feb. 19, Andrea Lucas, then-acting chair of the EEOC, stated, “The EEOC is putting employers and other covered entities on notice: if you are part of the pipeline contributing to our immigration crisis or abusing our legal immigration system via illegal preferences against American workers, you must stop.” The EEOC’s new technical assistance highlights that anti-American national origin discrimination is prohibited under Title VII. The document outlines that employment policies, programs, or practices may be unlawful if motivated, in whole or in part, by people’s national origin, even that of U.S. citizens. Examples include discriminatory job advertisements that favor certain visa holders; unequal treatment in hiring, firing, promotions, or assignments; and workplace harassment that creates a hostile or abusive environment. For HR professionals, this technical assistance document reinforces the agency’s focus on enforcing national origin discrimination under Title VII, even though the underlying law has not changed. Employers should review policies and practices that may previously have gone unnoticed. The EEOC’s updated materials provide an opportunity for HR professionals to revisit policies, training, and communications to mitigate compliance risk.)
AFGE
— AFGE Secures Historic 218 Signatures via Bipartisan House Coalition to Force Vote Protecting Federal Workers’ Union Rights. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-union. They are furious that while I was a union member 1966-1980, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I earned an MBA from Loyola. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.afge.org/article/afge-secures-historic-218-signatures-via-bipartisan-house-coalition-to-force-vote-protecting-federal-workers-union-rights/
GALLUP
— Personal Safety Fears at Three-Decade High in U.S. DD: Under the Democrats, crime will ever-increasingly increase. What are you doing to protect your personal safety?
https://news.gallup.com/poll/544415/personal-safety-fears-three-decade-high.aspx
PEW RESEARCH
— Facebook Top Source for Political News. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly promote Facebook. They ever-increasingly discourage everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2015/06/01/facebook-top-source-for-political-news-among-millennials/
FROM FOREIGN SOURSES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Nikki Haley’s son Nalin distances himself from Indian roots, says ‘makes no sense to have foreign workers…’ DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/nikki-haleys-son-nalin-distances-himself-from-indian-roots-says-makes-no-sense-to-have-foreign-workers-/amp_articleshow/125627367.cms
TIMES OF INDIA
— H-1B row: What is Project Firewall? Initiative warns companies to hire Americans first or face penalties. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO In 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/h-1b-row-what-is-project-firewall-initiative-warns-companies-to-hire-americans-first-or-face-penalties-for-favouring-foreigners/articleshow/125618445.cms
— Mamdani set to become New York mayor: What are his educational qualifications? DD: My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle my earning three master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a professional license (CPA). They actually use the aforesaid against me by stressing that I never made more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars and that I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/zohran-mamdani-set-to-become-new-york-mayor-what-are-his-educational-qualifications/articleshow/125108856.cms
OTHER SOURCES
INVESTOPEDIA
— Best Financial Certifications for Career Growth and ROI. DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS when I was 30 in 1979. I became licensed CPA while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO when I was 32 in 1981. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid because I am a Republican, White, male, older, and non-veteran, that is, because I am not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Further, leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid because I am conservative, White, male, older, and non-veteran, that is, because I am not a RINO, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1012/financial-certifications-with-the-best-roi.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Certifications like CPA and CFA require rigorous exams and experience, but can lead to career advancement. . .Mastering the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) License. Though technically not a certification, the certified public accountant (CPA) license is a powerful differentiator in tax preparation, business planning, and financial analysis. A CPA can represent clients before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), typically a privilege reserved for attorneys or enrolled agents. Additionally, certified public accountants often pursue significant operational roles in companies. These roles may be the chief financial officer (CFO) or the chief operating officer (COO). Finally, CPAs are well-versed in the double-entry system of accounting, making them highly proficient in financial statement analysis.)
November 27, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois sues USDA to block changes to SNAP eligibility of immigrants. DD: What percent of SNAP recipients do not meet any of the new requirements?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/26/illinois-immigrant-snap-eligibility-lawsuit-raoul
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/chicago-snap-thanksgiving/
— Students at Lincoln-Way West apply to form Club America, a Turning Point USA affiliate. DD: Who heads TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/lincoln-way-west-turning-point-usa/
— Electoral Board removes one Will County board candidate, other cases pending
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/electoral-board-removal/
— Napoleon Harris, Thornton Township supervisor and state senator, challenged in committeeman race
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/napoleon-harris-thornton-township-democratic-leadership/
— Republican reversal on Indiana redistricting session leaves Dems reeling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/republican-reversal-on-redistricting-session-leaves-dems-reeling/
— DACA recipients are being arrested despite deportation protection
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/daca-recipients-arrested-deportation/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Illinois ‘Clean Slate’ bill that would speed sealing of many criminal convictions awaits Pritzker signature. DD: When I was 49 years old in 1997, I knew that there could be no “clean slate” for me. My Democrat GAO superiors had forced me to retire. Previously, they had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Previously, my Democrat IRS superiors had never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. Previously, my Democrat Post Office superiors had disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/27/illinois-convictions-clean-slate-legislation/
FOX32
— DuPage County officials accuse clerk of financial mismanagement in censure. DD: In 2006, my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes try to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They failed and they continue to refuse to put their accusations against me in writing. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me before and after 2006.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-clerk-censure
WTTW
— Work Requirements for SNAP Are Changing. DD: What percent of SNAP recipients do not meet any of the new requirements?
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/26/work-requirements-snap-are-changing-here-s-what-know-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new requirements state that people ages 18 to 64 must work or volunteer a minimum of 80 hours per month or participate in certain training or education to receive SNAP benefits. Those who meet one of the following identifications may be exempt from the requirements: People younger than 18 or older than 64, A parent or other member of a household that includes a child under 14, People who are medically certified as physically or mentally unable to work, People who are pregnant, Some Native Americans, A parent or other member of a household with responsibility for the care of an incapacitated person, A regular participant in a drug addiction or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Anti-Trumps ever-increasingly ascribe bad/evil motives to Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-26/trumps-desire-for-recognition-legacy-drive-his-push-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/27/northern-illinois-food-bank-sees-25-increase-in-need-higher-than-pandemic-times-this-holiday-season/
CWB CHICAGO
— Boys, ages 14 and 16, charged with murdering man outside Loop pub
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/boys-ages-14-and-16-charged-with-murdering-man-outside-loop-pub.html
WHEATON PATCH
— New Video Gaming Spot On Butterfield? Wheaton Council To Weigh In. The city council will discuss a conditional use permit and zoning variances for a proposed video gaming spot at Butterfield and Route 53. DD: In 2009, I led a successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/new-video-gaming-spot-wheaton-council-weigh
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHM KASS
— I, like many, have sworn off the CTA
https://johnkassnews.com/never-again/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— From bake sales to boycotts, anti-ICE sentiment sweeps the U.S. DD: How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been promoting hatred against ICE in your county, township, municipality, and precinct? I will get a measure of that when I hand-deliver sample ballots and campaign literature to 400 residences in my precinct for the March 17, 2026 Republican primary.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/26/bake-sales-boycotts-anti-ice-sentiment-sweeps-us/
— American children can’t read. DD: Democrats run education in America. They focus on cranking good little Democrats who hate Republicans. My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/26/american-children-cant-read/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s warm embrace of Mamdani complicates 2026 GOP messaging. DD: Who has warmly embraced you? My IRS manager promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. But then, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Texas. My GAO manager arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But then, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3896671/trump-warm-embrace-mamdani-complicates-2026-gop-messaging/
BREITBART
— Disney Blasted for Calling Magic Kingdom Christmas Tree ‘Holiday Tree’ DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-Christian.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/11/26/disney-blasted-for-calling-magic-kingdom-christmas-tree-holiday-tree/amp/
— Sen. Mark Kelly Slammed for Post Responding to Shooting of National Guardsmen. In response to a now-deleted post from the Associated Press, Kelly called the shooting “horrific” and thanked the first responders for bring a “suspect into custody.” Kelly’s post came after he and several other Democrats released a video encouraging military members to disobey President Donald Trump’s orders.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/26/sen-mark-kelly-slammed-for-post-responding-to-shooting-of-national-guardsmen/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Act of Terror’: Trump Says National Guard Shooting Suspect Afghan Who Entered US Through Biden Program
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/27/trump-biden-let-in-national-guard-shooting-suspect/
DAILY WIRE
— Exposing Every Lie In The New Anti-American Documentary From Ken Burns. It is, in many respects, a very well-produced piece of propaganda.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exposing-every-lie-in-the-new-anti-american-documentary-from-ken-burns
HOT AIR
— Journalism Standards, Anyone?
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/11/25/journalkism-standards-anyone-n3809247
NEWS BUSTERS
— Fox News Highlights New York Times Sympathy for Illegal Alien ID Fraud Perpetrator. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more sympathy for their illegals.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/11/26/fox-news-highlights-new-york-times-sympathy-illegal-alien-id
NEWSMAX
— Blue State AGs Sue Trump Admin Over SNAP Cuts for Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/blue-states-lawsuit-snap-cuts/2025/11/26/id/1236176/
— Judge Expands Bond Hearing Access for Immigrants Nationwide
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-bond-hearings-dhs/2025/11/26/id/1236213/
PJ MEDIA
— The Danger of Sanctuary City Policies
https://pjmedia.com/michael-a-letts/2025/11/26/the-sudden-danger-of-sanctuary-city-policies-n4946429
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair?
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/11/26/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-retail-reparations-pt-iii-n4946418
TEXAS KENDALL COUNTY GOP
— Merry MAGA Christmas Party. DD: At the 2010 TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Christmas Party, all the Lieutenant Governor candidates spoke including Don Tracy and Jason Plummer.
https://www.kcrptx.com/
TOWNHALL
— University of MN Labels Whiteness a ‘Pandemic,’ Demands ‘Re-Education’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/27/thurs-u-mn-whitness-pandemic-n2667074
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump directs review of Afghans who entered US under Biden after National Guard shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/5624568-trump-biden-afghan-review-dc-shooting/
— Tucker Carlson eviscerates GOP establishment for straying from ‘America First.’ DD: According to Google AI, “The term America First in contemporary politics refers to a prominent conservative, nationalistic, and protectionist faction within the Republican Party, largely defined by the agenda of President Donald Trump. This ideology diverges from traditional conservative principles like internationalism and free trade.”
https://thehill.com/video/tucker-carlson-eviscerates-gop-establishment-for-straying-from-america-first-rising/11299619/
— Greene’s abrupt departure could reshape ‘America First’ debate in Congress. DD: According to Google AI, “The term America First in contemporary politics refers to a prominent conservative, nationalistic, and protectionist faction within the Republican Party, largely defined by the agenda of President Donald Trump. This ideology diverges from traditional conservative principles like internationalism and free trade.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5622686-marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-congress/
ABC NEWS
— National Guard shooting ‘act of evil,’ Trump says; suspect ID’d as Afghan national
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2-military-personnel-appearing-national-guard-shot-white/story?id=127905871
NEWSWEEK
— National Guard Shooting Halts Immigration Processing for Afghan Nationals
https://www.newsweek.com/national-guard-shooting-halts-immigration-processing-for-afghan-nationals-11118238
REUTERS
— FBI probes gunman’s motive in ambush shooting of Guardsmen near White House
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-probes-gunmans-motives-ambush-shooting-guardsmen-near-white-house-2025-11-27/
CBS NEWS
— Trump administration sending 500 more National Guard troops to D.C. after shooting, Hegseth says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-500-more-national-guard-troops-washington-dc-after-shooting-hegseth/
NEW YORK TIMES
— A 29-year-old Afghan man suspected of shooting two National Guard members came to the United States in September 2021 through a program known as Operation Allies Welcome, the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, said Wednesday night.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/operation-allies-welcome-dc-shooting.html
— What We Know About the Shooting of National Guard Troops
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/national-guard-dc-shooting-suspect.html
— I’m 62. Stop Telling Me I’m Old. DD: I was 62 way back in 2010.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/opinion/aging-seniors-medicare.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Anti-Trumps stress that Trump is 79 year old and that he is aging. How old are you? I am 77. Nevertheless, I continue to have the ability, motivation, experience, time, and money to spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to be promoted to GS-13. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. I ultimately made GS-13 when I was 38, but not until after I had earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/trump-age-health.html
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on welfare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/opinion/hunger-food-insecurity-affordability.html
USA TODAY
— Media did Biden’s bidding. Now they freak out over Trump. DD: My critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/29/trump-news-media-bias-biden/77968482007/
KOMO NEWS
— A federal court on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump and his former attorney Alina Habba are responsible for a nearly $1 million penalty tied to their lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and James Comey, as well as several other defendants. The court described it as a “frivolous” lawsuit, which Trump filed in 2022 in connection to Russian collusion allegations. DD: I sued GAO in 1998. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf GAO never succeeded in getting the court to dismiss my lawsuit. But GAO did succeed in getting the court to grant GAO summary judgment, that is, GAO succeeded in getting the court to deny me my 7th Amendment rights. GAO hinted/implied/argued/shouted that no jury would ever rule in my favor. I have very bad jury appeal. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. How bad is your jury appeal?
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/trump-and-ex-lawyer-hit-with-1m-penalty-after-losing-lawsuit-against-clinton-and-comey-alina-habba-racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organizations-act-rico-russia-russian-collusion-2016-election-politics
FORBES
— Thanksgiving Memo To Mamdani: The Pilgrims Learned The Hard Way That Socialism Doesn’t Work. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with socialism if not promote socialism. They ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VphDj-ppggI
AFL-CIO
— Tell Your Representative to Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-union. They are furious that while I was a union member 1966-1980, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I earned an MBA from Loyola. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I earned a master’s degree from DePaul.
https://aflcio.org/2025/11/20/call-tell-your-representative-pass-protect-americas-workforce-act
ATLANTIC
— America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage. Adults are significantly less likely to be married or to live with a partner than they used to be. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/america-marriage-decline/681518/
ROLLING STONE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. They certainly used AA and DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/the-affirmative-action-decision-doesnt-have-to-do-with-meritocracy-1234782275/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Chicago’s top prosecutor turns on woke judge who freed 72-time arrestee accused of setting devout Christian woman, 26, on fire on train.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15328259/chicago-train-woman-fire-prosecutor-record.html
INDEPENDENT
— Two members of the Illinois National Guard said they would refuse orders to carry out the Trump administration’s long-stated goal of sending federal troops into Chicago. DD: Have you refused orders? I have not. Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, all of my subordinates were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, and/or had major performance problems. I never refused orders to give them preference. I gave them lots of preference. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. Because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly wasted my career, ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, and ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.aol.com/articles/two-illinois-national-guard-members-035249184.html
NDTV
— Amid H-1B Visa Debate, Team Trump’s Call To “Prioritize Qualified Americans” The Trump administration said that the project aims to “safeguard the rights, wages, and job opportunities of highly skilled American workers.” DD: To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But nevertheless, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/amid-h-1b-visa-debate-team-trumps-call-to-prioritize-qualified-americans-9701889
INDIA TODAY
— Amid H-1B debate, US companies asked to hire Americans or face fines under Project Firewall. The Trump administration has vowed to ensure that employers follow H-1B visa rules and “prioritize qualified Americans” over immigrants. Under Project Firewall, federal agencies will monitor abuses such as layoffs of US workers replaced by H‑1B visa holders, or wage discrepancies. Here’s all about the initiative. DD: To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But nevertheless, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/project-firewall-explained-us-trump-admin-to-strengthen-h1b-visa-enforcement-american-workers-dol-chennai-maga-2826499-2025-11-26
TIMES OF INDIA
— Candace Owens recalls college moment she felt feminism was a lie and reveals the class blamed men for all problems. DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame men for all the problems that women have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us-streamers/candace-owens-recalls-college-moment-she-felt-feminism-was-a-lie-and-reveals-the-class-blamed-men-for-all-problems/articleshow/125576678.cms
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— MAGA vs America First threatens Trump’s agenda. DD: According to Google AI, “The term America First in contemporary politics refers to a prominent conservative, nationalistic, and protectionist faction within the Republican Party, largely defined by the agenda of President Donald Trump. This ideology diverges from traditional conservative principles like internationalism and free trade.”
https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/maga-vs-america-first-threatens-trump-s-agenda-101764172456476.html
PRESS READER
— Indian Americans face rising racism
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/garavi-gujarat-usa/20251129/281719800881916
November 24, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/chicago-immigrants-border-patrol-operation-midway-blitz/
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they prefer foreign students over American students.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/international-student-enrollment-declines-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/24/signs-mark-ice-arrests-immigration-operation-midway-blitz
BLOCK CLUIB CHICAGO
— Boy Killed, 8 Teens Wounded In Downtown Shootings As Mayor Condemns ‘Unauthorized Events.’ The two shootings were tied to a so-called “teen takeover” near the Christmas tree lighting in Millennium Park. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information in the case.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/22/1-teen-killed-8-others-injured-in-downtown-shootings-friday-night/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/24/ice-raids-poised-to-shift-latino-voters-00666719
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: PAGING DR. CASSIDY: Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy was in Oak Brook for a GOP holiday gathering talking about health-care reform. After the event, the Republican senator offered some advice for Illinois Republicans who find themselves at odds within their ranks. “Let me quote a good Illinoisan: ‘United we stand. Divided we fall,’” he said, referring to the biblical quote that Abraham Lincoln espoused. “The question is to find what unites us. I think this whole health care issue should unite us.” Also at the party: Former Congressman Bob Dold, GOP Senate Leader John Curran, GOP House Leader Tony McCombie, State Sens. Sue Rezin and Andrew Chesney, Hinsdale Village President Greg Hart, DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin, RTA Chair Kirk Dillard, former Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, businessman Jay Bergman, Lee County Industrial Development Association’s Tom Demmer, attorney and former state Rep. Keith Wheeler, grassroots activist Bill Hogan, Walgreens VP of Government Affairs Joel Baise, political operative David Walsh, fundraiser Lisa Wagner, Illinois RNC National Committeewoman Rhonda Belford and former national committee members Demetra DeMonte and Richard Porter, who was also feted for his birthday.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Gotta Pry Leftists’ Death Grip Loose from Public Education
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/11/21/gotta-pry-leftists-death-grip-loose-from-public-education
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Most Dangerous Public Service Announcement in American Politics: Democrats Hint at Mutiny Against Trump
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/the-most-dangerous-psa-in-american-politics-democrats-hint-at-mutiny-against-trump.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— From loyalist to dissenter: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exit raises questions about MAGA’s future
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/23/loyalist-dissenter-marjorie-taylor-greenes-exit-raises-questions/
— Mamdani keeps Trump ‘fascist’ label after White House meeting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/23/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-elect-keeps-trump-fascist-label-white-house/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani: A socialist scavenger
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3896107/zohran-mamdani-a-socialist-scavenger/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani vows to keep NYC a sanctuary city just days after rosy 1-on-1 with Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/11/23/us-news/zohran-mamdani-vows-to-keep-nyc-a-sanctuary-city-just-days-after-rosy-1-on-1-with-trump/
— Jasmine Crockett roasts Marjorie Taylor Greene for quitting: ‘You can’t take the heat.’ DD: I continue to take the heat to serve as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, a role that I have had since 2000. But my critics/opponents ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, a role that I had since 2005. They ended my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, a role that I had since 2005. They ended my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, a role that I had since 2003. They ended service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, roles that I had since 2008 and 2000.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/23/us-news/jasmine-crockett-roasts-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-quitting-you-cant-take-the-heat/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Insurrection Chic. Democrats now celebrate the very nullificationist tactics they once decried, embracing a neo-Confederate defiance of federal authority to undermine a president they despise.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/11/24/insurrection-chic/
AMERICAN THINKER
— NYC and Seattle: they’re going to get it good and hard
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/nyc_and_seattle_they_re_going_to_get_it_good_and_hard.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago victim who was lit on fire by criminal with 72 priors identified as churchgoing with Bible professor dad
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/24/victim-who-was-lit-on-fire-by-criminal-with-72-priors-identified-as-churchgoing-with-bible-professor-dad-1605139/
— Leftist losers clog Home Depot lines by buying and returning ‘ICE scrapers’ in idiotic protest
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/24/leftist-losers-clog-home-depot-lines-by-buying-and-returning-ice-scrapers-in-idiotic-protest-1605146/
BLAZE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a socialist.
https://www.theblaze.com/align/leftist-heresy-this-bible-pitch-sounds-holy-until-you-spot-the-socialist-trick
BREITBART
— When Democrats Get into Power, They Will Pack Supreme Court, Grant Amnesty to Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/23/nate-morris-moment-democrats-get-into-power-they-will-pack-supreme-court-grant-amnesty-to-illegal-aliens/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Notre Dame professor distributes contraceptives to students in violation of Catholic teaching
https://www.campusreform.org/article/notre-dame-professor-allegedly-distributes-contraceptives-students-violation-catholic-teaching/29006
CATHOLIC VOTE
— EEOC issued new guidance this week warning employers not to favor foreign nationals over American workers in violation of federal law. DD: All my employers would have hire noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://catholicvote.org/feds-release-new-guidelines-aimed-at-curbing-anti-american-hiring-bias/
DAILY CALLER
— The greatest long-term cause of the affordability problem is the cost of health insurance. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/23/opinion-health-the-biggest-affordability-challenge-newt-gingrich/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Rank-and-File Doctors Oppose ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/24/most-florida-doctors-oppose-trans-treatment-for-minors/amp/
DAILY WIRE
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that the Trump administration’s economic strategy is centered on fixing “the three I’s: immigration, interest rates, and inflation,” adding that Americans are traumatized by Biden-era inflation.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bessent-trump-admin-targeting-three-is-to-restore-affordability
— Mamdani Insists He Can Work With ‘Fascist’ Trump Even Though He’s ‘Threat To Democracy’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-insists-he-can-work-with-fascist-trump-even-though-hes-threat-to-democracy
FOX NEWS
— Chicago public schools blow millions on travel expenses while students can’t read at grade level. Travel expenses jumped 2,467% from 2021 as just 30.5% of students grades 3-8 show reading proficiency.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-public-schools-blow-millions-travel-expenses-while-students-cant-read-grade-level
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy identifies Chicago train victim as 26-year-old Bethany MaGee while blasting city’s ‘carelessness’ and criticizes city’s crime policies.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/duffy-identifies-chicago-train-victim-26-year-old-bethany-magee-while-blasting-citys-carelessness?lid=tlfrlljfxmia
— Chicago tree lighting takes DEADLY turn as 300+ riot, attack cops. DD: How soon are Democrats going to riot in your downtown?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ygWBelX9ao
— Trump claims GOP has ‘never been so united,’ calls Greene and other Republicans ‘lowlifes’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-gop-has-never-been-so-united-calls-greene-other-republicans-lowlifes.print
— Trump says he’d ‘love to see’ Greene return to politics despite recent attacks
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-says-hed-love-see-greene-return-politics-despite-recent-attacks.amp
— Trump’s wild Mamdani flip — the insults that came before the love fest
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-wild-mamdani-flip-insults-came-before-love-fest.print
— The dangers of socialism as ‘socialist ideas gain traction’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385498384112
— GOP lawmakers sound alarm on socialism as Americans struggle with soaring costs
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385494007112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Classroom Indoctrination Is Alive and Well, Unfortunately
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/1896200/
PJ MEDIA
— The New Definition of Blackness: When Race Stops Meaning Race
https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/11/23/the-new-definition-of-blackness-when-race-stops-meaning-race-n4946320
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani stands by calling Trump ‘fascist’, says he will work with him anyway
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-stands-by-calling-trump-a-fascist-says-first-meeting-with-trump-was-productive
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Erosion of College Readiness
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/11/23/the_ideological_erosion_of_college_readiness_1149189.html
TOWNHALL
— Greene Is Gone
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2025/11/24/greene-is-gone-n2666897
TPUSA
— Purdue University Northwest Professor Interrupts TPUSA Meeting, Calls Students ‘Fascist’
https://tpusa.com/live/purdue-university-northwest-professor-interrupts-tpusa-meeting-calls-students-fascist/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump: ‘Republican Party has never been so united’
https://thehill.com/homenews/5619902-trump-gop-unity-party/amp/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Tucker Carlson to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.aol.com/articles/tucker-carlson-becomes-litmus-test-110000673.html
NEWSWEEK
— Republican Realignment Matrix: The Fight to Control Post-Trump MAGA.
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-realignment-matrix-the-fight-to-control-post-trump-maga-11089630
NEW YORK TIMES
— Back Home, Voters Stand by Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Stood Up to Trump. Ms. Greene’s resignation blindsided her conservative Georgia district, which had stuck by her through ups and downs, including her split with the president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/us/georgia-marjorie-taylor-greene-voters.html
— Mamdani’s Meeting With Trump Scrambled the MAGA-Sphere
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/style/mamdani-trump-reactions-fuentes-bannon.html
— DD: Democrat leaders have always shouted at everyone that Republicans are antisemites. My Democrat superiors in the federal government stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/politics/republicans-antisemitism-carlson-fuentes-trump.html
— Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors and their Democrat DOJ attorneys argued that all the adverse actions that GAO took against me were legal. They stressed that Democrat/RINO laws required them to give preference to GAO employees who were minority, female, and/or veteran, that is, that they were required to discriminate against GAO employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/trump-illegal-war.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Soldiers do not have to follow illegal orders. . .Which orders are illegal?)
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/jobs-report-immigration-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use Greene’s resignation against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/23/trump-maga-congress-greene-gop/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/24/sanctuary-cities-new-york-homan-trump-immigration/
USA TODAY
— Top earners are saving more for retirement. Everyone else is saving less. DD: Compared to our peers, my wife and I spent far less of our income for immediate pleasures and saved far more of our income for our retirement. My critics/opponents stress that we would not have been able to save as much for our retirement if we had children.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/19/top-earners-saving-more-401k-retirement-income/87340925007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Generation C as in ‘Confused’ Lucidity will come when they figure out that capitalism will solve their problems. DD: Under socialism, to advance, you have to be blindly loyal to your superiors. I have never been blindly loyal to my superiors. Nevertheless, I was able get promoted to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) when I was 25 in 1974, to GS-13 (currently $117,807/year) when I was 38, and GS-13 Step 10 (currently $153,151/year) when I was 49.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/generation-c-as-in-confused-7d224d24
— The Meaning of Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia isolationist isn’t likely to go quietly, as JD Vance may discover in 2028.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-meaning-of-marjorie-taylor-greene-1face47f?mod=opinion_lead_pos2
— Looking for Something to Do in Retirement. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and b) made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. Because of that, I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/adventure-racing-new-job-retirement-1b21318f
— 10 Subtle Signs That You Are Ready to Retire. DD: None of these 10 have ever applied to me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Earlier in 1997, I earned my sixth job-related profession certification and my third job-related master’s degree. In 1996, I earned my fifth job-related professional certification. In 1994, I earned my fourth job-related professional certification. In 1990, I earned my third job-related professional certification.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/retirement-ready-when-signs-d0c99bd3
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267993/priest-walks-from-illinois-to-new-york-against-inhumane-immigration-enforcement
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: To defeat Republican candidates, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/the-changing-demographic-composition-of-voters-and-party-coalitions/
HRD MAGAZINE
–DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hcamag.com/asia/news/general/have-a-dei-policy-well-report-you/557531
https://www.hcamag.com/ca/news/general/human-decisions-in-recruitment-mirror-ai-bias/557046
KNIGHT KRIER
— What does your future hold? The pressures of choosing future careers in high school. DD: My father often decried his not having a college degree. That put me on track to getting one. I majored in management at UIC, NIU, and Loyola. But in retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting. I did not because I erroneously thought I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate 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 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 to be too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://knightkrier.com/8605/features/what-does-your-future-hold/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Because those who have demographics that vote for Republican do better on standardized tests than those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders want to get rid of standardized tests.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/11/24/why-sat-poor-fit-public-universities-opinion
PSY POST
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://www.psypost.org/the-psychological-link-between-whiteness-and-americanness-begins-in-childhood/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY TELEGRAPH
— ‘Doesn’t exist’: Trump kills off Musk’s DOGE. The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has quietly disbanded, ending a controversial initiative that was once headed up by tech billionaire Elon Musk.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/
MIRROR
— Boy, 14, dies and 6 other teens shot after riot erupts at Christmas light event. DD: How soon are Democrats going to riot in your downtown?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/breaking-boy-14-dies-6-36024964
INDEPENDENT
— Trump claims people in Chicago are chanting his name and demanding he send in troops to crush ‘crime and rioting.’ President’s comments come as the Windy City suffers another violent weekend. DD: How soon are Democrats going to riot in your downtown?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-chicago-crime-national-guard-troops-b2870815.html
INDIA TODAY
— Mamdani repeats Trump is a ‘fascist, despot’ after friendly White House meeting
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us-news/story/mamdani-repeats-trump-fascist-despot-after-white-house-meeting-glbs-2824836-2025-11-24
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump To ‘BRING IN’ Troops In Chicago? Drops Bombshell After Teens Run Riot, Kill 1 & Shoot 8. DD: How soon are Democrats going to riot in your downtown?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/trump-to-bring-in-troops-in-chicago-drops-bombshell-after-teens-run-riot-kill-1-shoot-8/videoshow/125524309.cms
— ‘LOWLIFES’: Trump Blasts Marjorie Greene, Rand Paul & Massie In Explosive Attack On GOP ‘Rebels’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/lowlifes-trump-blasts-marjorie-greene-rand-paul-massie-in-explosive-attack-on-gop-rebels/videoshow/125530795.cms
— Caste Discrimination in US. DD: What Caste were you born into? My parents never 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://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/caste-discrimination-in-us-dalit-activist-thenmozhi-soundararajans-groundbreaking-survey-and-advocacy/articleshow/125523137.cms
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. When Republicans cut federal budgets, Democrats use those cuts to get rid of their Republican employees starting with those who are White, male, older, or nonveteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans ever-increasingly cut GAO’s budget. I never would have survived for almost 18 years if I had not earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.businessinsider.com/military-spouse-retire-early-doge-trump-regret-vote-2025-4
November 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 14-year-old killed, 8 teens injured in chaotic downtown Chicago shootings during ‘teen takeover’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/five-shot-state-street-chicago-theater-police/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasing glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/chicago-children-left-behind-immigration/
— Five stages of job loss. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 continues to have a tremendous negative impact on me. I had earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 48, 31, and 27. I had earned job-related professional certifications when I was 48, 47, 45, 41, 32 and 30. I had earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I would have been eligible for regular retirement when I was 55. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less. The stigma of being forced to retire early is tremendous.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/17/jill-on-money-five-stages-of-job-loss/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Jobs create structure and routine, they provide an outlet for talent, social connection and a sense of safety and control,” she said. So even if you are prepared for a potential cut, the emotional impact is significant. Melnick invoked Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s “Five stages of grief”: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, as a way to understand why a job loss can be so devastating.)
DAILY HERALD
— The United States is not united at all. We live in two countries, divided by politics, wealth, health and education. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for all problems.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251120/syndicated-columnists/time-to-end-two-nations-split-by-health-education-and-wealth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Citizens of the red states that voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024 are far poorer than blue states that did not. Mississippi, for example, has a per capita income about half of that of Massachusetts. Nine of the top 10 states in per capita income are blue. Nine of the bottom 10 are red.
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane Electoral Board overrules objections in GOP committeeperson race. Cindy Ignoffo to remain on March 17 primary ballot. DD: My critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. She lost thanks largely to Hultgren and Roskam endorsing me. They have not been able to get someone to run against me since then. In 2015, they gerrymandered my precinct to force me to run against Ives. But the precinct lines were redrawn.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/11/23/kane-electoral-board-overrules-objections-in-gop-committeeperson-race/
NPR ILLINOIS
— A look at what led to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation and its impact. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump. Who wants you to resign? Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, my critics/opponents who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have tried very hard to get me to resign. I should write about them. MTRO rudely unsuccessfully ran one of their operatives/dupes against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. MTRO rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010. The Illinois Center Right Coalition rudely tried to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and in rudely ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007. TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely got me to not run again for chairman in 2012. Wheaton rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The Illinois Republican Party rudely ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. My Democrat Post Office superiors rudely got me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store manager rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors rudely got me to transfer to GAO in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors rudely got me to retire in 1997.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-22/a-look-at-what-led-to-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-resignation-and-its-impact
CWB CHICAGO
— ‘Complete lawlessness’: Critics slam mayor as Loop mob attack and shootings shock Chicago
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/complete-lawlessness-critics-slam-mayor-as-loop-mob-attack-and-shootings-shock-chicago.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— How a City Dies: Woman Burned Alive on CTA by a Violent Career Criminal Who Was Enabled by Democrat Judges
https://johnkassnews.com/woman-burned-alive-on-cta-democrats-brush-it-off-as-isolated/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do those who have taken adverse actions against you have in common? My critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Nearly 550 truck drivers cited for not understanding English in Illinois YTD
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_609f15f0-482b-4530-92ca-ef38e45ae4fa.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers again push disguised ‘retirement tax’
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-again-push-disguised-retirement-tax/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— New York and Virginia Democrats prepare to advance socialism in 2026. DD: Which Democrat and RINO leaders advance socialism in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth personal responsibility. They promote dependency on government and dependency on charity.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/22/editorial-new-york-virginia-democrats-prepare-advance-socialism-2026/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why Democrats are embracing socialism. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been pushing socialism in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watch/2410397/
— State Department orders diplomats to pressure Western nations to end ‘mass migration’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3894937/state-dept-orders-diplomats-directly-pressure-western-nations-end-mass-migration/
— K-12 public spending nears $1 trillion in U.S. DD: My parents’ sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. All that notwithstanding my being viewed as not being college material. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I got no scholarships or student loans. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3895973/k-12-public-spending-1-trillion-us-study/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says Chicagoans are ‘chanting bring in Trump’ after violent downtown riot leaves 8 shot, 1 dead
https://nypost.com/2025/11/23/us-news/trump-says-chicago-are-calling-for-action-after-recent-crime-wave-in-democrat-city/
— ‘Antisemitic’ activist Linda Sarsour: Mamdani mayoral win shows hating Israel can ‘send you to City Hall’ DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/22/us-news/antisemitic-activist-linda-sarsour-mamdani-mayoral-win-shows-hating-israel-can-send-you-to-city-hall/
— Homan rips violent clashes at California pot farm where illegal minors were working, blames Dems’ ‘Nazi’ rhetoric
https://www.aol.com/tom-homan-rips-violent-clashes-122949153.html
— Illegal migrants sparked riot after ramming attack on Border Patrol SUV in Chicago
https://www.aol.com/news/illegal-migrants-sparked-riot-ramming-194544289.html
— LA mayor Bass worries ICE raids will leave ‘nobody to do childcare.’ DD: How many illegals are providing childcare in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.aol.com/news/la-mayor-bass-worries-ice-104755445.html
— ICE arrests illegal immigrant selling counterfeit goods on Canal Street
https://nypost.com/2025/11/22/us-news/ice-calls-nyc-a-revolving-door-for-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/22/opinion/trumps-meeting-with-mamdani-comes-as-a-shock-and-promise-that-there-is-hope-for-nyc/
AIR FORCE ACADEMY
— Academic Excellence: Two Cadets Earn Rhodes Scholarships. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have stressed the most that I did not get any scholarships.
https://www.usafa.edu/academic-excellence-two-cadets-earn-rhodes-scholarships/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Smile that Ate the City: The parable of Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_smile_that_ate_the_city_the_parable_of_mamdani.html
— Critical Race Theory Deserves to be labeled as ‘hate speech’ DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been pushing CRT in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/critical_race_theory_deserves_to_be_labeled_as_hate_speech.html
— Is there really an affordability crisis, or is there a choice crisis? DD: Compared to our peers, my wife and I spent far less of our income for immediate pleasures and saved far more of our income for our retirement. My critics/opponents stress that we would not have been able to save as much for our retirement if we had children.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/is_there_really_an_affordability_crisis_or_is_there_a_choice_crisis.html
— House resolution condemns socialism
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/house_resolution_condemns_socialism.html
— The 10 Guiding Principles of MAGA
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/the_10_guiding_principles_of_maga.html
— The Chinese military is here and ready. Are we?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_chinese_military_is_here_and_ready_are_we.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Those of us paying attention noticed that among the illegals flowing over our borders during Biden’s Handlers’ term were thousands—perhaps tens of thousands—of military aged, fit Chinese men. We also took note that no one enters or leaves China without the commie’s consent, and the people showing up at our borders didn’t walk across the Pacific. The Biden DHS was eventually forced to grudgingly admit that at least some of those guys just might be members of the Chinese military. They didn’t inform us what they did with them, so we can reasonably believe most, if not all, remain in American and we have no idea of their locations or identities. We also know China, through various cutouts, has been buying up large swaths of American farmland, and plenty of that adjacent to military installations. The Bidenites were unconcerned, even helpful to the commies. Sure, a few congressmen raised alarms, but our number one international “competitor” undergoing a massive military buildup to include intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles, continues to buy land in places that allow them to spy on our military installations—and worse. In Terrorist attacks in America: just a matter of time? in July of last year I noted then tens or hundreds of Islamist terrorists in America would be most likely to carry out close range attacks on civilians, while the Chinese military would likely focus on sabotage of our water, electric and communication hubs and our military capabilities. Commander Salamander points out one highly likely target: Whitman Air Force Base in Missouri. Why Whitman? It’s our sole B2 Stealth Bomber base, housing our 19 remaining B2s. One would think our CONUS–Continental US—military installations would be very secure. Most aren’t. Security consists largely of a few entrance facilities/gates guarded by a few military police officers and huge expanses of land secured only with tall chain link fences and reaction forces of military police in lightly armored vehicles. Some facilities have motion detectors and video cameras, but that’s not universal.)
BLAZE
— The radical nonprofit that is destroying state education
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-radical-nonprofit-that-is-destroying-state-education
BREITBART
— Maher: White Dems So ‘Afraid of Being Called Racist’ They Move to Fringe, Pritzker Can’t Call Out Lefty Excess as Well
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/22/maher-white-dems-so-afraid-of-being-called-racist-they-move-to-fringe-pritzker-cant-call-out-lefty-excess-as-well/
DAILY CALLER
— Homan Torches New York City For Blocking Immigration Authorities From Doing Their Jobs
https://www.aol.com/kidding-tom-homan-torches-york-153104243.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Does Mamdani Know Best? New York City Is About to Find Out. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/22/does-mamdani-know-best-new-york-city-about-find-out/
FEDERALIST
— Disparate impact is equal outcome. DD: Equal outcome is the opposite of equal opportunity. To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat and RINO leaders fight for equal outcome instead of for equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and few females have done that, Democrat and RINO leaders have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. That my mother never attended high school. That I had to work my way through college.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/disparate-impact-is-equal-outcome-the-same-as-equal-opportunity
FOX NEWS
— Trump says Chicagoans are ‘chanting bring in Trump’ after violent downtown riot leaves 8 shot, 1 dead. Several teens shot, multiple officers attacked during 300-person riot in Chicago Loop.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-chicagoans-chanting-bring-trump-after-violent-downtown-riot-8-shot-1-dead
— Mamdani doesn’t seem to understand the ‘failed history’ of socialism. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385448358112
— Trump is playing ‘four-dimensional chess’ after meeting with Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385454234112
— What’s next following the Trump-Mamdani White House meeting? DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8TRMmuJgc
— Wave of car attacks on ICE agents follows incendiary rhetoric from target-city leaders. Chicago mayor calls enforcement operations ‘terrorism’ while California officials denounce ‘cruel attacks.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wave-car-attacks-ice-agents-follows-incendiary-rhetoric-from-target-city-leaders
— Chicago crime drops sharply after federal operation targeting criminal illegal immigrants
https://www.aol.com/news/dhs-chicago-crime-drops-sharply-215538055.html
— Wave of car attacks on ICE agents follows incendiary rhetoric from target-city leaders
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wave-car-attacks-ice-agents-follows-incendiary-rhetoric-from-target-city-leaders.print
— Illegal alien kills 8-year-old girl in car crash, given license by sanctuary state
https://nypost.com/2025/11/22/us-news/illegal-alien-kills-8-year-old-girl-in-car-crash-given-license-by-sanctuary-state/
ICE
— ICE continues to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens in Chicago, including those convicted of domestic battery, aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child and armed robbery.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-continues-arrest-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-chicago-including-those
NEWSMAX
— ‘America First’ Meets Charlotte’s Left Head On
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/deportations-charlotte-foreign/2025/11/21/id/1235581/
PJ MEDIA
— ICE Arrests 3500 Criminal Illegals in Houston
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/22/ice-arrests-3500-criminal-illegals-in-houston-n4946294
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— The Great Feminization Began with Education. DD: Most of my teachers were men at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, at Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, at UIC 1966-1968 and 1971, at NIU 1969-1970, at Loyola 1972-1976, at DePaul 1976-1980. at Becker CPA Review 1978-1979, at Certified Internal Auditor review courses 1980-1981, and at IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/11/22/the_great_feminization_began_with_education_1149124.html
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Endorses Activist Who Blamed 9/11 on ‘Capitalism’ and ‘White Supremacy’ DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/11/22/meet-mamdanis-replacement-in-the-city-council-n2666821
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
UPI
— House resolution seeks to raise threshold for censuring member to 60%. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/US/2025/11/22/House-resolution-seeks-raise-member-censure-60-from-majority/5681763845093/
REUTERS
— DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left on its charter. DD: There would have been no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/
CNN
— November 21, 2025 — Trump praises Mamdani, Marjorie Taylor Greene announces resignation. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump. Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump. Who wants you to resign? Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, my critics/opponents who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have tried very hard to get me to resign. I should write about them. MTRO rudely unsuccessfully ran one of their operatives/dupes against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. MTRO rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010. The Illinois Center Right Coalition rudely tried to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and in rudely ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007. TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely got me to not run again for chairman in 2012. Wheaton rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The Illinois Republican Party rudely ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. My Democrat Post Office superiors rudely got me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store manager rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors rudely got me to transfer to GAO in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors rudely got me to retire in 1997.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-mamdani-epstein-news-11-21-25
MSN
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Releases Resignation Video; Hits Out At Republicans, Democrats. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh7gdd-h6FQ
NEWSWEEK
— Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Next Move? What Polls Tell Us. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greenes-next-move-polls-11094626
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Heaps Praise on Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump. What if I had heaped praise on my critics/opponents? If I had, would they have not had their operatives and their dupes take so many big adverse actions against me? My critics/opponents heap praise on each other. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/21/us/trump-news
— The Surprise Ending to the Trump-Mamdani Buddy Movie Has Heads Spinning. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/nyregion/mamdani-trump-reaction-meeting.html
— Back Home, Voters Stand by Marjorie Taylor Greene After She Stood Up to Trump. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/us/georgia-marjorie-taylor-greene-voters.html
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/university-higher-education-trump-politics.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/opinion/ice-immigration-green-card-detention.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. Thousands of undocumented workers rely on fraudulent Social Security numbers. DD: How many fraudulent Social Security numbers are being used in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/undocumented-worker-stolen-identity-dan-kluver.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Exit by Greene Sign of Future for GOP. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-republicans.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. My critics/opponents have more difficulty blaming me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct after they succeeded in a) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, b) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship 2005-2012, and c) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership 2003-2007.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/23/donald-trump-executive-branch-power/
— AOC built her own political machine. Now she’s deciding her next move. Seven years after she leapt onto the national stage as an outsider, she’s learned an inside game and is considering a run for Senate or president.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/22/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-senate-president-democrats/
— How billionaires took over American politics. The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics. DD: Pritzker has taken over Illinois.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/billionaires-politics-money-influence/
— What Trump and Mamdani have said about each other — then and now. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/22/trump-mamdani-quotes-white-house-insults/
— Administration again denies FEMA disaster relief for Illinois, Pritzker says. Officials in jurisdictions led by Democrats have viewed the denials of aid as politically driven. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. All their employment decisions were politically driven. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 so that they could hire a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran to replace me. My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me to GS-13 so that they could promote one of my Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran coworkers instead of me. My Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me to GS-14 so that they could promote one of my Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran coworkers instead of me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me resign in 1997 so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/22/fema-aid-illinois-pritzker/
— Trump-Marjorie Taylor Greene breakup shakes MAGA: ‘Mom and Dad are separated’ DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ar-AA1QNCdX
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Congress Turns Chaotic as Lawmakers Target Each Other. House leaders want to change the rules to rein in censure votes after week of fighting. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-representatives-censure-votes-chaos-db3a33b7
USA TODAY
— Mamdani defends DEI alongside Al Sharpton at civil rights event
https://www.aol.com/articles/zohran-mamdani-defends-dei-alongside-203740622.html
BLOOMBERG
— Wall Street Wants Everyone Using AI Except Job Applicants. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-20/wall-street-wants-everyone-using-ai-except-its-job-applicants?embedded-checkout=true
FORTUNE
— Trump defends socialism in Mamdani meeting the same day House GOP passes resolution condemning it. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/22/trump-socialism-zohran-mamdani-bernie-sanders-fdr/
— When should I refinance my mortgage? DD: As interest rates came down, my wife and I refinanced our mortgages several times.
https://fortune.com/article/when-to-refinance-mortgage/
FORBES
— Mamdani Grilled On His Past Shock Statements About Trump. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yl2TAL2raE
INC.
— Most Gen-Z Employees See Traditional Career Paths Coming to an End. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government denied me traditional career paths. They would not have done that is I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/most-gen-z-employees-see-traditional-career-paths-coming-to-an-end/91255920
LAW 360
— Meet The Judge Weighing EEOC Disparate Impact Cases. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get more votes from minorities and from women. They fight for equal outcome instead of for equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and few females have done that, Democrat and RINO leaders have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/2409090/meet-the-judge-weighing-eeoc-disparate-impact-cases
TIME
— Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Resignation Laments MAGA’s Failures. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.aol.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-resignation-laments-150319232.html
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. Of course, according to Democrat leaders, there is no such thing as an illegal. According to Democrat leaders, anyone and everyone in the world can and should come into America and stay in America. Democrats leaders will use them to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/why-republicans-falsely-claiming-democrats-161259456.html
— DD: What do your critics/opponents stress about you to discredit you? Mine stress the success that they have had getting their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. In 2024, they rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2012, they rudely ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship. In 2010 and 2004, they rudely ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster. In 2007, they rudely ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership. In 2006, they almost got ICRC to rudely censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In 2004, they rudely defeated me (69 to 13) when I ran for an open MTRO Treasurer position. In 2004, they rudely ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004. MTRO rudely unsuccessfully ran one of their operatives/dupes against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. In 1997, my critics/opponents forced me to retire when I was 49 years old. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would stress what they have in common.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-demagoguery-political-strategy_l_68069b30e4b052543c13a003
AXIOS
— Inside Trump and Mamdani’s surprising bond of convenience. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump. Leaders of poor people want to unite the poor against the non-poor. Leaders of minorities want unite minorities against Whites. Leaders of younger people want unite the young against the old. Leaders of non-Protestants want to unite non-Protestants against Protestants.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/22/trump-zohran-mamdani-new-york-bond
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Trump addresses Marjorie Taylor Greene feud after dubbing her a ‘traitor’ as MAGA faithful turn on each other. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump. Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-administration-news-today-mamdani-mtg-b2870472.html
WION
— Trump Says He’d Love to See Greene Returns to Politics. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GeyXWoniA0
MEAWW
— Trump is obviously in love with Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://news.meaww.com/trumps-obviously-in-love-with-mamdani-ms-no-ws-nicolle-wallace-after-oval-office-meeting
AL JAZEERA
— Mamdani says Israel is ‘committing genocide’ in Gaza at Trump meeting. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/11/22/mamdani-says-israel-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza-at-trump-meeting
— ‘Really great mayor’: Trump showers Mamdani with praise. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/11/22/really-great-mayor-trump-showers-zohran-mamdani-with-praise
— Trump again slams Democrats who urged US troops to refuse illegal orders. Despite outcry over earlier attack, Trump doubles down and calls for rivals who issued message to military to be jailed. DD: According to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, all of Trump’s orders are illegal. According Vietnam War protesters, the Vietnam War was illegal. I was not a Vietnam War protestor. I went in for my physical in 1966 and I was deemed 1-A. I did not appeal that even though I could not run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20-20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. Nevertheless, since 1966, my critics/opponents have painted me as being a Vietnam War protestor because I got four student deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/23/trump-again-slams-democrats-who-urged-us-troops-to-refuse-illegal-orders
JERUSALEM POST
— Greene considers 2028 White House run as she quits Congress amid Trump feud. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/greene-considers-2028-white-house-092856292.html
— The US political right’s rising hostility to Israel cannot be ignored. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government stressed to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. That my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. That my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, I stressed that while I was a Lutheran, I was a Missouri Synod Lutheran, not a more conservative Wisconsin Synod Lutheran.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-874790
JEWISH BREAKING NEWS
— Schumer Pushes Senate Resolution Condemning Neo-Nazi Influencer Nick Fuentes. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Fuentes to destroy Republicans.
https://jewishbreakingnews.com/schumer-pushes-senate-resolution-condemning-neo-nazi-influencer-nick-fuentes/
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Marjorie Taylor Greene pension: Laura Loomer slams ‘greedy woman’; how much will Congresswoman get after resignation? DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Greene to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/marjorie-taylor-greene-pension-laura-loomer-slams-greedy-woman-how-much-will-congresswoman-get-after-resignation/ar-AA1QXqWl
HANS INDIA
— ‘Great honour’: Says Trump after meeting Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.thehansindia.com/news/international/great-honour-says-trump-after-meeting-mamdani-1025536
TIMES OF INDIA
— Is Vance jealous of Mamdani? Fox News anchor says Trump prefers the socialist as his ‘running mate.” DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/125506636.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/is-jd-vance-jealous-of-zohran-mamdani-fox-news-anchor-says-trump-prefers-the-socialist-as-his-running-mate/articleshow/125506636.cms
— ‘Good boy’ Mamdani and Trump ‘in control’: Body language expert decodes White House meeting. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/good-boy-mamdani-and-trump-in-control-body-language-expert-decodes-white-house-meeting/articleshow/125507481.cms
— Trump-Mamdani love-fest lights up US politics. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trump-mamdani-love-fest-lights-up-us-politics/articleshow/125507231.cms
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Surging LGBTQ enrollment in Jewish seminaries signals ‘astounding’ shift in US rabbinate
https://www.timesofisrael.com/surging-lgbtq-enrollment-in-jewish-seminaries-signals-astounding-shift-in-us-rabbinate/amp/
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Laura Loomer seethes over Mamdani’s surprisingly smooth Oval office meeting with Trump. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/laura-loomer-seethes-over-zohran-mamdanis-surprisingly-smooth-oval-office-meeting-with-trump/articleshow/125507358.cms
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— Trump Now ‘Comfortable’ With Socialist Mamdani. DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-now-comfortable-socialist-zohran-mamdani-who-fumbled-fascist-question-1757199
BUSINESS TIMES
— Trump’s Praise of Mamdani Sparks GOP Revolt as Conservatives Warn of ‘Normalizing Communism.’ DD: Those who promote Mamdani want to destroy Trump.
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/176010/20251122/donald-trump-praise-of-mamdani-sparks-gop-revolt-as-conservatives-warn-of-normalizing-communism.htm
BUSINESS INSIDER
— ‘Entitled,’ ‘complacent,’ and ‘sloppy’: Inside the workplace tension at the world’s largest HR organization. DD: Human resource management was a) my undergraduate major at NIU 1969-1970 and b) my area of concentration for my 1976 MBA from Loyola. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, they both should have been accounting.
https://www.aol.com/articles/entitled-complacent-sloppy-inside-workplace-101301246.html
November 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they have determined that they cannot retake the federal government unless they illegally bring more illegals into America and illegally keep them in America illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/chicago-border-patrol-resistance/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/senator-ruben-gallego-chicago-immigration/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/illinois-national-guard-housed-at-state-site-as-questions-about-trump-deployment-costs-grow/
— How do we support young people’s desire to serve society? DD: I wanted a career in the automotive industry. I would not become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I would not have become a GAO employee in 1980 if my Democrat superiors had not made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/opinion-idealism-human-service-job-training/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I never imagined that after graduating from college and working in the offices of a respected consulting firm in the Midwest, one day I would walk away from what looked like a secure and enviable path. But after months spent helping companies squeeze out higher profits, I began to wonder, like Leo Tolstoy, whether a life devoted entirely to success could ever feel meaningful. So I left. I traded corporate perks for the uncertainty of a spiritual vocation and committed myself to religious leadership, social entrepreneurship, adult education, academia and activism. In the years since, I have founded nonprofits, launched incubators, taught thousands of students and worked alongside people confronting some of the most pressing injustices of our time. Such decisions are rare, exposing an unsettling moral decline in American life. The issue isn’t talent but moral guidance. Many capable youths chase high pay, influenced by peers, families and looming debt. Fields such as tech, finance and medicine are vital, but fewer opt for work that benefits the human spirit, such as teaching, supporting vulnerable populations or advocating for justice.)
CITIES 92.9
— Pritzker suggests he’s open to tweaking SAFE-T Act after train passenger fire
https://www.cities929.com/2025/11/21/pritzker-suggests-hes-open-to-tweaking-safe-t-act-after-train-passenger-fire/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Epstein Scandal Rocks Pritzker Orbit – IL GOP Leaders, Campaigns Remain Quiet
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/epstein-scandal-rocks-pritzker-orbit-il-gop-leaders-campaigns-remain-quiet.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Facing Federal Criminal Probe on Thornley Matter: We Have All the Background.
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-facing-federal-probe-on-thornley-matter-we-have-all-the-background-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Destructive Myth of Gender Affirming Care
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/the-destructive-myth-of-gender-affirming-care/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Republicans Call Out ‘Despicable’ Democrats After Majority Refuse to Condemn Socialism
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/21/gop-calls-out-despicable-democrats-after-majority-refuse-to-condemn-socialism/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Why Americans are fleeing public schools
https://www.thecollegefix.com/why-americans-are-fleeing-public-schools-a-case-study/
DAILY CALLER
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly equate Mamdani’s socialist beliefs with the teachings of Jesus.
https://www.aol.com/articles/cnn-panelist-compares-zohran-mamdani-163023099.html
— Liberal Women Role Play As Illegal Immigrants And Teach Volunteers How To Resist ICE
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/21/charlotte-role-play-dilworth-united-methodist-church/
DAILY CITIZEN
— Clarence Thomas Becomes Nation’s Fifth Longest-Serving Supreme Court Justice
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/clarence-thomas-becomes-nations-fifth-longest-serving-supreme-court-justice/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Investor Arrested After Bringing Up Epstein, Ratchets Up Lawsuit Against Berkshire Hathaway
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/21/investor-arrested-after-bringing-up-epstein-ratchets-up-lawsuit-against-berkshire-hathaway/
EPOCH TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/5-key-takeaways-from-trumps-white-house-meeting-with-mamdani-5948367
FEDERALIST
— Illegal Aliens Are A Major Constituency Of The Democrat Party
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-illegal-aliens-are-a-major-constituency-of-the-democrat-party/
FOX NEWS
— Federal probe demands Chicago Teachers Union explain missing financial audits since 2020
https://www.foxnews.com/media/education-committee-demands-chicago-teachers-union-explain-missing-financial-audits-since-2020
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myzhwe7hQKk
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385430766112
NEWSMAX
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtdPOaQvRZE
PJ MEDIA
— DOJ Takes on California’s Loans, Scholarships for Illegal Aliens. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships or student loans.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/21/doj-takes-on-californias-loans-scholarships-for-illegal-aliens-n4946258
— California Gave Illegals Goodies While Abandoning Palisades Fire Victims
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/21/california-gave-illegals-goodies-while-abandoning-palisades-fire-victims-n4946270
TOWNHALL
— Republicans Cannot Prevail by Offering a ‘Soft’ Version of Socialism
https://townhall.com/columnists/juliorivera/2025/11/22/republicans-cannot-prevail-by-offering-a-soft-version-of-socialism-n2666867
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV8OIajrctc
— Trump defends sedition accusation over video by Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5XMuAWplq8
CBS NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/first-meeting-between-trump-mamdani-is-cordial-complimentary/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-zohran-mamdani-mayor-meeting-1770204af103afa00ee9b5d97cd401c7
CNN
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/politics/trump-mamdani-oval-office-meeting
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-mamdani-epstein-news-11-21-25
MSN
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/trump-expresses-great-confidence-in-mamdani-in-oval-office-lovefest/ar-AA1QUQUg
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/donald-trump-congratulates-democratic-socialist-zohran-mamdani-on-his-election-victory/vi-AA1QUMUl
NEWSWEEK
— Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a ‘Professional Degree’ by Trump Admin
https://www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-professional-degree-trump-admin-11079650
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Democrats’ Video to Military ‘Punishable by Death’
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/20/us/trump-news-epstein-cheney
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January. DD: Who wants you to resign? Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, my critics/opponents who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have tried very hard to get me to resign. I should write about them. My Democrat Post Office superiors rudely got me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store manager rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors rudely got me to transfer to GAO in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors rudely got me to retire in 1997. MTRO rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010. The Illinois Center Right Coalition rudely tried to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and in rudely ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007. TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely got me to not run again for chairman in 2012. Wheaton rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The Illinois Republican Party rudely ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-resigns.html
— Most Immigrants Support Border Enforcement, but Not Mass Deportations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/politics/immigrants-poll-enforcement.html
— Trump’s All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas. Once the symbol of the president’s immigration policies, the wall has been eclipsed by his deportation efforts, but with $46.5 billion from Congress, construction is ramping up on the Rio Grande.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/politics/trump-border-wall-laredo-texas.html
— A fertility agenda that can unite left and right. DD: In 1988, my Democrat GAO superiors adopted a fertility agenda to get rid of me. Duckworth would have loved that agenda. They used my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents to hint/imply/argue/shout that I lied about our trying to have children. Since 1980, I had requested to be assigned to in-town audits to help our trying to have children. In 1989, to punish me, they threw me off in-town audits, assigned me to a bad 6-month out-of-town audit, gave me unfair performance expectations, gave me an unfair performance appraisal, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://nytimes.pressreader.com/the-new-york-times
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/21/zohran-mamdani-donald-trump-oval-office/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/21/trump-mamdani-oval-office/
WCNC
— Questions raised over Charlotte landscaper’s arrest by CBP. DD: The son of one of my GAO superiors started a landscaping business. But he was driven out of business by his competitors who used cheap illegal labor.
https://www.wcnc.com/video/news/local/questions-raised-over-charlotte-landscapers-arrest-by-cbp/275-4bdd5b4e-3e62-4dbe-836c-51d28f38c0c1
FORBES
— Socialism: The Antithesis Of The American Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axGRJ_TmDz4
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-21/trump-and-mamdani-find-common-ground-in-their-goals-for-nyc
POLITICO
— Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns from Congress after clash with Trump. The former Trump loyalist said she will step down Jan. 5. DD: Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, my critics/opponents who dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have tried very hard to get me to resign. I should write about them. My Democrat Post Office superiors rudely got me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store manager rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors rudely got me to transfer to GAO in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors rudely got me to retire in 1997. MTRO rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010. The Illinois Center Right Coalition rudely tried to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and in rudely ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007. TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois rudely got me to not run again for chairman in 2012. Wheaton rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. The Illinois Republican Party rudely ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/marjorie-taylor-greene-resigns-from-congress-after-clash-with-trump-00665972
NATION
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mamdani-trump-white-house-meeting-analysis/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/trump-mamdani-white-house-meeting/685028/
DAILY BEAST
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-runs-to-fox-news-to-salvage-donald-trumps-mamdani-humiliation/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-anchor-brian-kilmeade-gobsmacked-by-donald-trumps-mamdani-meeting/
AXIOS
— House members want to make it harder to censure each other. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/house-censure-mills-plaskett-mike-johnson
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GLOBE AND MAIL
— To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrats, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and females have done that, Democrats have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-globe-and-mail-alberta-edition/20251122/282424175508626
BBC
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgqd42gl0qo
CBC
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6988856
DAILY MAIL
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15315513/Insider-Trump-soft-Mamdani-socialist-Oval-Office.html
INDEPENDENT
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mamdani-meeting-white-house-new-york-b2870222.html
INDIA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/trending-news/story/plot-twist-of-2025-the-trump-mamdani-collab-internet-was-not-expecting-2824206-2025-11-22
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/fascist-jihadist-next-to-each-other-trump-mamdani-grilled-at-wh-meet-watch-viral-moment/amp_articleshow/125497916.cms
INDIAN EXPRESS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/trump-mamdani-oval-office-meeting-defence-communist-lunatic-to-very-rational-10379584/
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/fascist-vs-jihadist-old-remarks-brought-up-in-cordial-trump-mamdani-meet-key-moments-101763780241501.html
SKY NEWS
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://news.sky.com/story/trump-epstein-files-vote-release-saudi-crown-prince-mbs-khashoggi-latest-live-us-politics-13471576
https://news.sky.com/story/anyone-expecting-a-showdown-when-trump-met-mamdani-got-a-pretty-big-surprise-13473803
JERUSALEM POST
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-874761
ONE NEWS PAGE
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20251122/17586736/He-Is-Different-Trump-Promises-MASSIVE-Support.htm
https://www.onenewspage.com/n/India/1zs8c647hx/Did-peace-deals-Trump-repeats-role.htm
AL JAZEERA
— Hate-filled America-hating America-haters are overjoyed with and emboldened by the Trump-Mamdani meeting.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/22/great-meeting-key-takeaways-from-trump-mamdani-white-house-meeting