FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly concede that they will never retake control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House without a) illegally bringing in more citizens of foreign countries to America and b) illegally keeping those illegals in America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/opinion-chicago-ice-agents-schools-whistles-operation-midway-blitz/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker asks Noem to pause ICE enforcement for Halloween. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly concede that they will never retake control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House without a) illegally bringing in more citizens of foreign countries to America and b) illegally keeping those illegals in America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/29/gov-pritzker-letter-kristi-noem-ice-enforcement-pause-chicago-halloween
CBS2
— 2 Illinois National Guard members say they won’t obey Trump’s orders to deploy in Chicago. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS’s and GAO’s Chicago offices for almost 27 years, all my subordinates who they assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me. I always followed their orders and I always gave them preference big time. But that was not enough for them. They wanted my subordinates to have my job. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they succeeded in forcing me to retire so that they could give my job to my Black subordinate, and that is what they did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N_GeaKZWa0
RIVER BENDER
— Durbin Slams Republicans For Having No Plan To Reduce Health Care Costs For Americans. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health care insurance premiums since 1966 and paying 72% of my wife’s health care insurance premiums since 1978 helped me endure my Democrat superiors wasting my career, taking many big adverse actions against me, and forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-slams-republicans-for-having-no-plan-to-reduce-health-care-costs-for-americans-87708.cfm?
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— GOP criticizes Democratic push for Illinois redistricting
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/end-gerrymandering-illinois-republican/amp/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/peoria-republican-criticizes-move-to-change-maps-in-illinois/11214959/
— 6 ways the government shutdown could get worse for Americans
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/here-are-six-ways-the-shutdown-could-get-worse-for-americans/amp/
WDRB
— Louisville airport among several in US feeding federal workers during government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. Federal workers have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisville-airport-among-several-in-us-feeding-federal-workers-during-government-shutdown/article_500daabe-2f8a-487e-893b-3af0c904e7a9.html
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their ever-increasing success in getting college students promote illegal immigration, that is, to do their bidding, that is, to serve as their operatives and their dupes. I graduated from NIU in 1970. All my employers before and after that would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://northernstar.info/129580/opinion/opinion-theyre-humans-not-aliens-dont-use-dehumanizing-language/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-622/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Those who are the following ever-increasingly vote for Democrats because Democrats ever-increasingly give them more preference over Republicans: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, and/or are in America illegally. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
DUPAGE REPUBLICANS
— 2026 Primary Candidate Petitions DD: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I used to always collect 30 petition signatures from registered Republican voters in my precinct for all the candidates who wanted to be on Republican primary ballots in my precinct. That took a lot of time and effort. But I stopped doing that because ever-increasingly, Republican candidates om ballots in my precinct who lost elections blamed me for their loses. They blame what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They blame what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. They blame what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. They blame what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019.
https://dupagegop.com/primary-candidate-petitions/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Feds Press Release on Kat’s et al Indictment for Conspiracy against ICE and More
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/feds-press-release-on-kats-et-al-indictment-for-conspiracy-against-ice-and-more/
— UPDATE: Kat Gets More Free Publicity by Getting Arrested for Pounding on ICE Vehicle, Tribune and NORTHWEST HERALD, PART OF INDICTMENT
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/kat-gets-more-free-publicity-by-getting-arrested-for-pounding-on-ice-vehicle/
— Jan Schakowsky Replacement Hopeful Comments on Opponent Kat’s Arrest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/29/jan-schakowsky-replacement-hopeful-comments-on-opponent-kats-arrest/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois House Democrats push first-in-the-world wealth tax, streaming, concert taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-house-democrats-push-first-in-the-world-wealth-tax-streaming-concert-taxes-in-1-5-billion-tax-hike/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Shutdown reveals how out of control illegal immigration has become. Democrats welcome foreign freeloaders while punishing taxpayers.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/29/editorial-shutdown-reveals-control-illegal-immigration-become/
AMERICAN THINKER
— More than the National Guard is needed in US cities
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/more_than_the_national_guard_is_needed_in_us_cities.html
— Immigration: The Impending Inferno
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/immigration_the_impending_inferno.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Biden administration opened the border, allowing millions of unvetted foreign nationals to enter the country illegally. Biden may not have comprehended the extent of this policy but the figurative politburo that operated the autopen fully understood the scope, scale, and repercussion of their actions. Democrat politicians walk the party line contrived by this politburo. This is clarified by the efforts of Democrat mayors and governors to keep the millions that illegally entered the country safely ensconced in their sanctuary cities and states. Maintenance of these sanctuaries comes at a high cost. The open border attracted criminal aliens like moths to a flame. Stories of murder, rape, child molestation, deadly DUI driving, prostitution, and drug trafficking are so numerous they have become cliche. Newsweek estimates illegal immigration costs taxpayers $150 billion annually. Why do Democrats defend a policy that presents so much danger at such great expense to the American people? Many Democrats don’t consider illegal entry into the country to be criminal behavior. Kamala Harris said, “An undocumented immigrant is not a criminal.” Be assured, though, that if illegal aliens were entering the country clamoring to support conservative causes, Democrats would insist that all entrants possess proper identification and carefully follow the laws of the United States. Behind the gentle façade that Democrats expose to the public lies a political motivation. The number of House representatives that states send to Congress is based on the state’s population. The U.S. Census has traditionally counted individuals in the country regardless of citizenship status. During his first term, President Trump changed this in a memorandum saying, “For the purpose of the reapportionment of representatives following the 2020 Census, it is the policy of the United States to exclude from the apportionment base aliens who are not in a lawful immigration status under the Immigration and Nationality Act.” Biden revised Trump’s immigration policies and made sure illegal aliens were included in the 2020 Census. Blue state governors and mayors attract illegal aliens to their sanctuaries with promises of cash, health care, food, and shelter. The more illegal immigrants that reside in a state, the more representatives the state will receive. Electoral votes are based on the number of representatives a state has, so presidential elections are also impacted. Democrats will admit illegal aliens, verse them in liberal activism, and make them citizens who vote for their Democrat sponsors. In his farewell address, President Washington warned of a dangerous political faction attempting, “to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government”. The American people elected President Trump to defend the republic from the Democrats’ subversive scheme. During the 2024 campaign, Trump promised the largest deportation effort in U.S. history. Democrats now fight the government to keep their scheme in place and bring it to fruition. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is “willing to fight to the death” to protect illegal aliens in his state. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker draws moral equivalence between Trump’s immigration policies and Hitler sending Jews to death camps. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called ICE agents, “a modern day Gestapo.” These governors and a plethora of other Democrat politicians are toeing the party line. The politburo ordered the border open and allowed millions of aliens into the country. Democrats spent hundreds of billions of dollars to attract these aliens even though they overwhelmed the legal and social infrastructure of their states. Yet one of the primary reasons for Democrats’ loss to Trump was their inane immigration policy. After expending huge sums of money and political capital, Democrats are now using all available means to keep illegal aliens in their sanctuaries. ICE and other federal agents enforcing immigration law find themselves in difficult situations. Democrats have threatened to release an app that tracks the movement of ICE agents. Blue state politicians are not only undermining ICE but call on their constituents to actively interfere with the work of federal agencies. This is obstruction of justice. More seriously, Democrats are inviting liberal activists to engage in violent behavior to assure illegal aliens remain in their states. A cross-sectional group that has worn Che t-shirts and clutched Mao’s Little Red Book believing that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” while visions of the Weather Underground dance in their heads is a group willing to do whatever it takes to advance the cause. Far left groups search for reasons to launch a revolution. When Democrat politicians paint Trump as a fascist who will suspend the 2028 election and make himself king, leftist lunatics will resolve the matter with violence. At least two attempts have been made to assassinate Trump. Charlie Kirk, the bright future of the conservative movement, was killed by an assassin who etched “hey, fascist! CATCH!” on bullet casings found with the gun used to kill him. Mexican drug cartels have placed bounties on the heads of ICE agents. A Minnesota man was recently arrested for posting an offer of $45,000 for the death of Attorney General Pam Bondi on the internet. Radical leftists have attacked ICE facilities all over the country. The John Brown Gun Club is a Marxist organization dedicated to the proposition of revolution. After Kirk’s assassination, the Club’s Washington DC branch advertised with a flyer reading, “Hey, fascist! Catch” to attract new members. Willem van Spronsen, a member of the Puget Sound branch, was killed in Seattle in 2019 while attacking an ICE detention facility with Molotov cocktails, armed with a semiautomatic rifle. Van Spronsen proudly proclaimed, “I am antifa.” Leftist groups will riot against any version of oppression anyone can conjure. Last year it was Palestine, this year immigration, who knows what comes next? They are the gasoline that leftist politicians, educators, and media have distilled. A cadre of Democrat politicians play with fire, striking matches as they dance blithely around their volatile followers. The basis of our political system is the rule of law. Enforcement of immigration law is the responsibility of the federal government. Democrats have thumbed their noses at the law and demand that Trump do the same. Trump will enforce the law because it is the right thing to do and enforcement fulfills a promise he made to the American people. It is likely Democrats will continue to ratchet up the pressure. They will either fan the flames of violence or ignite the inferno of insurrection. Their dance continues. The matches they strike are in the air.)
— “Walking nightmare” is what President Trump’s White House Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, called AOC after she spewed a nonsensical word salad calling him “short.” Miller is five-foot-ten, and looks like a kick-your-butt-Bruce-Willis character from one of the RED movies. Recently Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) explained her weirdo-dislike for men she calls “short”, even though they are taller than her. She hurled insults at Steven Miller saying, “Laugh at them. Steven Miller is a clown. I’ve never seen that guy in real life, but he looks like he’s like, four-ten. And he looks like he is angry about the fact that he is four-ten.” What a bizarre rambling.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/does_the_o_in_aoc_represent_her_walking_nightmare_mouth.html
BREITBART
— Chicago Mobs Throw Rocks, Shoot Fireworks at Police
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/29/watch-chicagos-pro-migrant-mobs-throw-rocks-shoot-fireworks-harass-law-enforcement-officers/amp/
FOX NEWS
— DHS shares ‘video evidence’ to justify Border Patrol’s tear gas use during chaotic Chicago immigration raid. The video shows up to 100 protesters confronting agents, with some throwing rocks at them.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-shares-video-evidence-justify-border-patrol-tear-gas-use-chaotic-chicago-immigration-raid
— Top medical school moved DEI office to secret location as it tries to ‘evade accountability.’ Washington University School of Medicine has long been criticized for promoting a ‘woke’ agenda.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-medical-school-moved-dei-office-secret-location-tries-evade-accountability-legal-group.amp
NEWSMAX
— SNAP’s Empty Plates Will Feed Unimaginable Violence. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are in America, you are “entitled” to free housing, free food, free clothing, free healthcare, free transportation, free education, free etc.
https://www.newsmax.com/briggenblaineholt/patriot-hoover-dulles/2025/10/29/id/1232283/
TOWNHALL
— At Berkeley, 1619 Lives on As Part of US Immigration Policy
https://townhall.com/columnists/iramehlman/2025/10/30/at-berkeley-1619-lives-on-as-part-of-us-immigration-policy-n2665659
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrats not swayed by call to end shutdown from largest federal workers’ union. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. Federal workers have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrats-not-swayed-call-end-225109821.html
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Admin Makes Abrupt Change to Thousands of Immigrant Work Permits. DD: Will Trump a) identify the bad jobs in America that Americans ever-increasingly refuse to take and b) let those illegals who take those bad jobs stay in America? According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.newsweek.com/uscis-ending-work-authorization-ead-automatic-extensions-10958565
NEW YORK POST
— Nearly 37,000 VA employees furloughed or working without pay amid government shutdown
https://nypost.com/2025/10/30/us-news/department-of-veterans-affairs-furloughs-37000-employees-part-of-government-shutdown/
WASHINGTON POST
— How much baggage can voters forgive? DD: Candidates should disclose all their baggage before they run.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/how-much-baggage-can-democratic-voters-forgive/2025/10/29/96db19e0-d449-46ea-bb3f-679a77f2d6ae_video.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Evidence Backs the Transgender Social-Contagion Hypothesis. The share of young people claiming another ‘gender identity’ exploded. Now surveys show it is receding. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been getting everyone in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct to be sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/evidence-backs-the-transgender-social-contagion-hypothesis-40937876
— Are Women to Blame for Wokery? American society has been transformed in the last half century by the entry into the workforce of large numbers of women. Equal gender opportunity has commanded a large consensus for most of that time, but there are some dissenters. DD: All the many women who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they want that.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/opinion-free-expression/are-women-to-blame-for-wokery/b531e7b6-3c29-4628-a794-0042dc8308b6
USA TODAY
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, boys are ever-increasingly failing. Because of Affirmative Action and DEI, the more of the following that boys are, the bleaker that their futures are: White, conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/12/boys-falling-behind-girls-school-parenting/86422169007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to The Brookings Institution, “Girls outperform boys in reading by 40% of a grade level in every state.” On our recent national writing exam, only 18% of eighth-grade boys were considered proficient writers. According to the Pew Research Center, 44% of college students ages 18-24 are men, and that percentage is dropping. When we take a look at the mental health of young men, we see real tragedy. Among men ages 18-23, two-thirds say no one really knows them well. Men are four times as likely to die from suicide as women. In a study of men ages 18-45, nearly 50% say their online lives are “more engaging and rewarding” than their offline lives.
ACCOUNTING
— What Does an Internal Auditor Do? DD: The internal auditing profession saw me as being too old because I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27, I did not take and pass on my first attempt the CPA examination until I was 30, I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditing examination until I was 32, and I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. The internal auditing profession ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year and 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. The internal auditing profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.accounting.com/careers/internal-auditor/
COLLEGE RECRUITER
— 20 most popular jobs upon graduation for those with business administration / management majors. DD: When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, I wanted a career in the automotive industry. But potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Consequently, I took the only job offer that I got — Retail Sales Manager for the Chicago Heights Firestone Store. The job did not really require a college degree. Advancement opportunities were bleak. The store manager disapproved of my demographics. Consequently, I 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. My store manager rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. I had to have a job. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from IRS. Surprisedly, my Firestone Store manager offered me a part-tine job pumping gasoline which I took and held until he fired me again at the end of 1972.
https://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2025/10/29/20-most-popular-jobs-upon-graduation-for-those-with-business-administration-management-majors
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Illinois has launched a statewide effort to re-enroll students who stopped out of college. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because the Post Office, IRS, and GAO grossly overpaid me, c) because of my wife’s income, and d) because we gave up trying to have children. I paid lots of money for tuition, books, and room and board to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I paid lots of money for tuition and books to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/10/30/illinois-launches-effort-re-enroll-adult-learners
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ReUp has established a re-enrollment marketplace in Illinois that will connect stopped-out learners with 19 participating community colleges and universities and provide them with live coaching and other resources. The platform will be accessible to 200,000 Illinois residents who have earned some college credits but not completed a degree. Nationwide, about 43 million Americans fall into that category.
U.S. COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS
— The Loss of America’s Truckers: The Revocation of Commercial Driver’s Licenses from Refugees and Asylees. DD: Will Trump a) identify the bad jobs in America that Americans ever-increasingly refuse to take and b) let those illegals who take those bad jobs stay in America? According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://refugees.org/the-loss-of-americas-truckers-the-revocation-of-commercial-drivers-licenses-from-refugees-and-asylees/
SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame all problems on Republicans, and especially on Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/demand-lawmakers-governors-act-shutdown-threatens-snap/
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October 28, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Judge orders CBP Chief Bovino to meet with her every day on immigration operations in Chicago. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-appear-federal-court-immigration-operations/18079810/
— Judge extends order barring the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the shutdown. DD: No judge barred Gingrich from gutting GAO 1980-1997. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/judge-extends-order-barring-trump-administration-firing-federal-workers-during-shutdown/18081764/
NBC5
— Judge demands Border Patrol appear daily, provide use of force reports. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-demands-border-patrol-appear-daily-provide-use-of-force-reports/3844774/
— Hundreds of high schoolers walk out of class to protest ICE in Chicago’s Little Village. They marched from Little Village/Lawndale High School’s campus to the Little Village Arch. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/hundreds-of-high-schoolers-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-ice-in-chicagos-little-village/3844725/
CBS2
— Judge orders Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino to meet with her daily, inform her of non-immigration arrests in Chicago. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-chicago-tear-gas-judge-sara-ellis/
— Food pantry in Pilsen expands hours as demand expected to grow due to SNAP pause. DD: How many depend on SNAP in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/instituto-del-progreso-latino-expands-hours-of-operation/
— Elgin soup kitchen delivers meals to O’Hare TSA workers as government shutdown leaves them without pay. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/elgins-holy-trinity-soup-kitchen-delivers-meals-to-tsa-at-o-hare/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-children-immigration-raids/
— Little Village Lawndale High School students walk out in protest of Operation Midway Blitz. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/little-village-lawndale-high-school-walkout-protest-operation-midway-blitz/
FOX32
— Illinois Republicans push back against Democratic plan to redraw political maps. GOP leaders criticize Democrats’ calls to counter Republican gerrymandering nationwide, arguing Illinois’ districts have long been drawn to favor Democrats.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1731399
— Chicago church packs food, supplies for residents in fear of immigration raids. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their churches do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/immigration-little-village-food-help
— Tesla reportedly phasing out AM/FM radios in 2026 standard models
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tesla-phasing-out-am-fm-radios-2026-standard-models
— Trump administration overhauls ICE leadership. DD: The top priority for managers of GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997 was getting rid of the office’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1731525
— Federal workers brace for missed paycheck as shutdown enters 5th week. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-workers-brace-missed-paycheck-shutdown-enters-5th-week
WBEZ
— Border Patrol’s Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he and federal judge talk body cams, tear gas, IDs. The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, protesters and journalists. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge orders Border Patrol boss Bovino to court daily to report use of force. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/judge-to-question-bovino-tear-gas/
— Students walk out of Little Village schools, hold march in protest of recent ICE activity. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students do more to protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/students-protest-ice/
— Gary King, DuPage County clerk for decades, dies at 78
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/gary-king-dupage-county-clerk-dies/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Remap retreat? Illinois Democrats won’t vote on redistricting effort by end of veto session.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/10/28/illinois-redistricting-hakeem-jeffries-springfield-vote
— Border Patrol’s Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he and federal judge talk bodycams, tear gas, IDs. The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, protesters and journalists. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court
— Mayor Johnson ramps up pressure on state lawmakers to help him save working people from Trump cuts
Brandon Johnson said he demonstrated his own willingness to “go first” by proposing a $16.6 billion budget that includes nearly $600 million in tax and fee increases that “challenge the ultra-rich and corporations to pay their fair share.” DD: My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/10/28/mayor-brandon-johnson-illinois-general-assembly-progressive-revenue-agenda-fall-veto-session-trump-cuts
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/10/15/trump-ice-1968-chicago-protests-judy-gumbo-frank-joyce-abe-peck-don-rose-lee-weiner
DAILY HERALD
— New state lawmaker DeLaRosa to remain on Glenbard school board
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251028/news/new-state-lawmaker-delarosa-to-remain-on-glenbard-school-board/
EVANSTON NOW
— City to respond to, document ICE sightings. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to protect their illegals.
https://evanstonnow.com/city-to-respond-to-document-ice-sightings/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump urges Americans to buy Toyota as Japanese prime minister promises $10B US investment. DD: I have always promoted American nameplate vehicle.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-urges-americans-to-buy-toyota-as-japanese-prime-minister-promises-10b-us-investment
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmaker wants to charge gun makers a licensing fee
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-10-28/illinois-lawmaker-wants-to-charge-gun-makers-a-licensing-fee
KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— From Interns to Attorneys: Two Kane County Law Interns Take the Oath and Join the State’s Attorney’s Office. DD: By way of contrast, I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, even though I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for more than a year, the accounting profession viewed me as being 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://kanecountyconnects.com/article/KaneCountyStatesAttorney-Interns-IllinoisBar
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two bright legal minds who began their journeys as interns in the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office (SAO) will soon take the next step in their careers, this time as licensed attorneys serving the same office where they got their start. On November 5, Holly Kruckenberg and Amelia O’Neal will be sworn into the Illinois Bar at an admission ceremony that also marks their first official court appearance as attorneys. Both began as Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 interns, gaining real courtroom experience under the supervision of veteran Assistant State’s Attorneys. It’s a program designed to prepare future prosecutors for the challenges and rewards of public service. “Our intern program which employs these 711 law students is an essential part of how we train the next generation of attorneys,” said State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser. “We’re proud to give law students the opportunity to develop practical skills, gain courtroom experience, and see firsthand the importance of public service. It’s incredibly rewarding to watch these interns grow into capable young lawyers, and we’re thrilled that two of them have now passed the bar and will be joining our office as Assistant State’s Attorneys.” Holly Kruckenberg, a 2025 graduate of Northern Illinois University College of Law, served as a 711 intern in the SAO for two and a half years. Now assigned to the Kane Branch Court, she handles traffic and criminal misdemeanor cases. One of her proudest moments was securing a jury trial conviction for Battery after the jury deliberated for less than 15 minutes. “I chose to stay at the SAO to ensure justice remains fair, fearless, and for everyone,” Kruckenberg said. “I believe in a justice system that protects the vulnerable, holds offenders accountable, and preserves the rule of law for all.” Amelia O’Neal, who graduated summa cum laude from NIU College of Law and served as President of the Juvenile and Family Law Association, has been with the SAO since 2023. She currently serves in the Elgin Branch Court, where she handles traffic and general misdemeanors. For O’Neal, mentorship has been the highlight of her experience. “I’m extremely grateful for the seasoned ASAs who have taken me under their wing,” she said. O’Neal said she was drawn to State’s Attorney Mosser’s emphasis on rehabilitation over retribution. “That philosophy reflects the kind of prosecutor I want to be, firm but fair, focused on outcomes that build safer communities.” Both Kruckenberg and O’Neal highlight the success of the Kane County State’s Attorney’s 711 Program, which continues to open doors for aspiring attorneys committed to public service.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-412/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCE
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL state rep: Reckless immigration policies led to fatal crash
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_eea76b81-aa8d-447a-9d72-507f6eb56637.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Sinks Cartel Boats — and the Media Cries for the Drug Runners
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/opinion-trump-sinks-cartel-boats-and-the-media-cries-for-the-drug-runners.html
— Republican gubernatorial candidate Ted Dabrowski is facing growing questions after delivering a muddled response on racial profiling and refusing to say whether he agrees with President Donald Trump’s recent call to “jail” Gov. JB Pritzker.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/ted-dabrowski-sidesteps-trumps-jail-pritzker-remark-offers-confusing-answer-on-racial-profiling-during-ice-raids.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge scolds DHS over handling of anti-ICE protests in Chicago, moves to oversee operations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/28/judge-scolds-dhs-handling-anti-ice-protests-chicago-moves-oversee/
— U.S. truck drivers sound alarm about the massive number of non-English-speaking truckers on the road
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/28/us-truck-drivers-sound-alarm-massive-number-non-english-speaking/
— Renovating the White House is OK until a Republican does it
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/28/renovating-white-house-ok-republican/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois Democrats decry Trump ‘invasion;’ GOP candidate calls out Pritzker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3865295/democrats-decry-trump-invasion-gop-candidate-calls-out-pritzker/
— Brandon Johnson’s racial obsession leaves more dead
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3866559/brandon-johnson-racial-obsession-leaves-more-dead-chicago-shootings/
NEW YORK POST
— More Americans want illegal immigrants booted out of US, even if no criminal record
https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/us-news/even-democrats-support-one-part-of-trumps-deportation-plan-poll/
BREITBART
— Republicans Move to Codify Trump Crackdown on Illegal Alien Truckers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/28/republicans-move-to-codify-trump-crackdown-on-illegal-alien-truckers/
— Over Half a Million Illegal Aliens Deported Since Trump Took Office
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/28/more-than-half-a-million-illegals-deported-since-trump-took-office/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Chicago students launch ‘ICE Tracker’ maps alerting illegal aliens of DHS raids. Student-run newspapers at Loyola University Chicago and the University of Chicago launched interactive maps to track Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sightings and arrests.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/chicago-students-launch-ice-tracker-maps-alerting-illegal-aliens-dhs-raids/28857
DAILY WIRE
— Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Killing Illinois County Official, Wife In Drunk Driving Crash. “Gov. Pritzker’s reckless policies keep putting Illinois families at risk.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-killing-illinois-county-official-wife-in-drunk-driving-crash
PJMEDIA
— Chicago Mayor on Illegal Alien Rapist: ‘Let’s Move On’
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/27/chicago-mayor-on-illegal-alien-rapist-lets-move-on-n4945314
WESTERN JOURNAL
— MSNBC Host, Pritzker Humiliated After Foolishly Saying Dems Never Called Trump Hitler – And Then the Videos Poured In
https://www.westernjournal.com/many-videos-msnbc-host-pritzker-humiliated-foolishly-saying-dems-never-called-trump-hitler-videos-poured/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Border Patrol chief ordered to meet with judge daily on Chicago immigration crackdown. CBP Chief Greg Bovino appeared before Federal Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/border-patrol-chief-ordered-meet-judge-daily-chicago/story?id=126942383
CBS NEWS
— Airlines are feeding air traffic controllers as they miss their first full paychecks. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-united-airlines-delta-jetblue/
October 27, 2025
Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage Democrats to obstruct federal law enforcement officers. ICE officers enforce federal immigration laws. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DHS defends ‘crowd control measures’ in Chicago ahead of Border Patrol chief Bovino testimony. Federal immigration agents appeared to deploy tear gas during multiple confrontations this week.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activity-dhs-defends-crowd-control-measures/18074569/
— Video shows federal agents break car window, detain occupants in Addison; protesters speak out
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/chicago-area-immigration-activity-video-shows-federal-agents-break-car-window-detain-driver-addison-protest-held/18075050/
— Democrat protestors detained by feds speak out after protesters confront agents at Aurora school, hospital. DD: Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. ICE officers enforce federal immigration laws. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activity-us-citizens-detained-federal-agents-protesters-clash-outside-aurora-elementary-school-hospital/18075042/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin issued a statement Sunday about a separate incident in Chicago, saying, “On October 25, 2025, Border Patrol conducted an operation that resulted in the arrest of, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, who has previously been arrested for assault. During the operations Border Patrol agents were surrounded and boxed in by a group of agitators. Federal law enforcement issued multiple lawful commands and verbal warnings, all of which were ignored. During the operation, two U.S. citizens were arrested for assaulting and impeding a federal officer. To safely clear the area after multiple warnings and the crowd continuing to advance on them, Border Patrol had to deploy crowd control measures. “Our officers are facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, abusers, and gang members. Secretary Noem’s message to the rioters is clear: you will not stop us or slow us down. ICE and our federal law enforcement partners will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”)
NBC5
— Video shows federal agent break car window to detain woman outside grocery store. There were multiple people in the vehicle, and it was not immediately clear how many were detained.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-shows-federal-agent-break-car-window-to-detain-woman-outside-grocery-store/3843752/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Gig workers, street vendors and day laborers hit by feds in Chicago immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/day-laborers-street-vendors-immigration/
— Federal immigration agents detained two Aurora protesters who confronted them outside an elementary school Saturday, sparking allegations of unnecessary force.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/aurora-immigration-protesters-detained-ice/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/opinion-china-us-donald-trump-xi-jinping-tariffs-exports/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/opinion-chicago-arts-culture-free-speech/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What’s the Insurrection Act — and will Trump use it to send the National Guard to Chicago? As courts grapple with President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, he could invoke a 218-year-old law to send in troops.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/27/insurrection-act-explainer-trump-national-guard-illinois
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://northernstar.info/129349/opinion/opinion-only-gun-control-can-stop-gun-violence/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare. What percent are receiving welfare in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/snap-suspension-hits-hard-families-fear-crowded-pantries-as-support-vanishes-oregon-portland-trump-administration-government-shutdown-republicans-democrats-hungry-heath-low-income-families-children
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Federal Agents Use Tear Gas, Disrupt Northwest Side Halloween Parade. Two neighbors, including a 70-year-old man, were arrested after allegedly interfering in the arrest of another man by immigration officers, neighbors said. A woman, 67, was also thrown to the ground by agents.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/federal-agents-use-tear-gas-again-this-time-in-northwest-side-confrontations/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE targets Lincoln Park nannies
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-619/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MARK GLENNON
— RIP Democratic Party or America? Historic Milestone Passed as Majority of Democrats Now Favor Socialism. Let the reality of what the Democratic Party has become fully sink in. The consequences cannot be overstated.
https://markglennon.substack.com/p/rip-democratic-party-or-america-historic
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. According to my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), I am an abject unmitigated failure because so many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have been defeated since 2000. In my defense, I stress that I have never been a MTRO, DCRCC, or IRP leader. I stress that they are responsible for defending and advancing the Republican Party platform. I stress that they are responsible for recruiting the best candidates to run. I stress that they are responsible for helping elect those candidates. I stress that far too many of them reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Ted Dabrowski Turns Charlie Kirk Memorial Into Campaign Rally, Shouts ‘G**dammit’ in Front of Children
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/ted-dabrowski-turns-charlie-kirk-memorial-into-campaign-rally-shouts-gdammit-in-front-of-children.html
— Sunday Night Chaos: Reports of Drunken Intimidation by GOP Leader Tony McCombie as Grassroots Candidates File Petitions in Springfield
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/sunday-night-chaos-reports-of-drunken-intimidation-by-gop-leader-tony-mccombie-as-grassroots-candidates-file-petitions-in-springfield.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Sean Duffy to Withhold Millions from California Over Commercial Licenses. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to promote George Ryan. I would focus on the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me lately.
https://www.newsweek.com/sean-duffy-to-withhold-millions-from-california-over-commercial-licenses-10941523
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/arnold-schwarzenegger-ex-ca-gov-criticizes-nationwide-surge/
— Trump makes the war on drugs a reality. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/trump-makes-war-drugs-reality-boat-strikes/
NEW YORK POST
— ‘No Kings’ protests composed mostly of educated white women in their 40s. DD: To get more votes from those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/us-news/no-kings-protests-composed-mostly-of-white-women-in-their-40s-experts/
AMERICAN THINKER
— America’s crisis isn’t primarily about policy. It’s about identity. We have forgotten who we are. A nation that once understood rights as God-given now treats them as government-granted privileges. Our children are taught what to think, not how to think. Our politics has devolved into tribal warfare because we’ve abandoned the moral order that transcends party loyalty. And government expands in direct proportion to our spiritual poverty. The remedy won’t come from Washington. It requires recovering three foundational truths our Founders knew but we have forgotten.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/america_s_crisis_is_spiritual.html
BREITBART
— Western Union Reports Fewer U.S. Dollars Being Sent Home by Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/26/western-union-reports-fewer-u-s-dollars-being-sent-home-by-migrants/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘10 Woke Commandments’ New Book Says Americans Should Break
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/26/new-book-offers-10-woke-commandments-americans-should-disobey/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker claims you ‘can’t believe anything ICE is doing,’ suggests it’s committing ‘felonies’
https://www.aol.com/articles/pritzker-claims-cant-believe-anything-122442695.html
— Media slams Democrats for gerrymandering hypocrisy. DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384112343112
— Chicago mayor lashes out at reporter over ‘illegal alien’ term: ‘Racist, nasty language.’ ‘Well listen, the legal term for my people were slaves. You want me to use that term too?’ Johnson asked. DD: Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-lashes-out-reporter-over-illegal-alien-term-racist-nasty-language
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson erupted at a reporter on Friday after they used the term “illegal aliens” during a press briefing, slamming the phrase as “racist” and “nasty.” In a video posted Saturday to the official Instagram account of the Chicago mayor, a reporter asked Johnson about a report on city spending related to “illegal aliens” in Chicago that he was allegedly required to file with the White House. Johnson immediately pushed back on the language. “We don’t have illegal aliens,” Johnson said to the reporter. “I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message that you wish you’ve had… Well listen, the legal term for my people were slaves. You want me to use that term too? So, look, let’s just get the language right. We’re talking about undocumented individuals that are human beings.” Johnson added that he would not “accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.” The blue city’s mayor then shifted to discuss his administration’s spending priorities, touting his $16.7 billion budget that he said invests in education, transportation, housing, environmental justice, youth employment and community safety. “And we are going to challenge the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share,” Johnson said. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., then chimed in to back Johnson’s remarks, arguing that immigration violations are not criminal offenses. “It is very important that people in Illinois and across the country understand the immigration system is a civil system,” Jayapal said. “Undocumented presence in the United States is not a criminal offense. And so thank you for the clarification on language.” Johnson has previously been outspoken in his defense of Chicago’s immigration policies and in his criticism of President Donald Trump’s approach to crime and border enforcement. Last month, the Chicago mayor delivered a fiery news conference condemning Trump’s crackdown on crime. “Jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness that has not led to safe communities,” Johnson said at the time. Last week, three illegal immigrants and six U.S. citizens were arrested in the Chicago area in what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) dubbed “one of the most violent days” of Operation Midway Blitz. Operation Midway Blitz was launched last month in honor of Katie Abraham, who was killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run allegedly caused by Julio Cucul-Bol, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala. DHS stated the goal of the operation was to “target criminal illegal aliens terrorizing Americans in sanctuary Illinois.” The Chicago mayor’s office and Rep. Pramila Jayapal did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.)
JONATHAN TURLEY
— California and Chicago Move Toward Taxation Armageddon
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/26/california-and-chicago-move-toward-taxation-armageddon/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Seattle Jail Hires Illegal Aliens as Corrections Officers in Defiance of State Law, Vows to Fight Ban. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens are far easier to exploit.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/seattle-jail-hires-illegal-aliens-as-corrections-officers-in-defiance-of-state-law-vows-to-fight-ban
NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/10/26/cbss-brennan-meekly-allows-rep-jeffries-defend-dem-gerrymandering
POST MILLENNIAL
— Seattle LGBTQ activist who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination files for protective order against journalist who exposed him. DD: My critics/opponents who do not like articles that I link to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do not take adverse actions against those who post those articles. Instead, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, the articles they do not like, and the adverse actions they had their operatives and dupes take against me.
https://thepostmillennial.com/seattle-lgbtq-commissioner-files-harassment-order-against-journalist-who-exposed-his-comments-celebrating-charlie-kirks-assassination
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS
— Democrats ask Noem for ICE recruitment data after agency lowers hiring standards. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://san.com/cc/democrats-ask-noem-for-ice-recruitment-data-after-agency-lowers-hiring-standards/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In August, Noem announced she is waiving age limits to join ICE. Previously, new hires had to be between 21 and 40 years old. Durbin said he is also concerned about other changes, like shortening the training program by five weeks and removing the Spanish language requirement. ICE is offering incentives, including $50,000 signing bonuses, student loan payment assistance, higher pay, extra overtime and enhanced retirement benefits. Durbin sees that as a draw for people who may not be as well qualified. “I’m very concerned that people are jumping at a $50,000 bonus. Would I take a job in a county in Illinois for $50,000?” Durbin said. “It’s an incentive for people to sign up who may not have a good record.” ICE said it is searching for patriotic Americans, “to arrest murderers, pedophiles, gang members, rapists, and other criminal illegal aliens from America’s streets.”)
TRANSPORTATION TODAY
— Legislation to establish English proficiency test for CDL introduced. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to promote George Ryan. I would focus on the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me lately.
https://transportationtodaynews.com/news/36569-legislation-to-establish-english-proficiency-test-for-cdl-introduced/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-redistricting-push-hits-roadblocks-indiana-kansas-republican-126874363
NBC NEWS
— Transportation secretary Sean Duffy says he will pull $160M from California over noncitizen truck licenses. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens are far easier to exploit.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/transportation-secretary-pull-160m-california-noncitizen-truck-license-rcna239962
AOL
— Trump Declares ‘Armed Conflict’ With Drug Cartels, Labeling Them ‘Unlawful Combatants’ DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-declares-armed-conflict-drug-213807833.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘No Idea How Long People Can Hold Out’: Federal Workers Feel Brunt of Shutdown. As more than one million government employees go without pay, many are turning to side jobs and food banks to make ends meet. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/politics/federal-workers-shutdown-pay.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/business/india-labor-mobility-migration-germany-japan.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/26/gerrymandering-virginia-california-texas-prop50/
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/24/trump-venezuela-maduro-cartels-war-terror/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Left Attacks the Rule of Law. Antifa terrorists, gang members and rioters are endangering federal officers in American cities. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-left-attacks-the-rule-of-law-bc1dedb1
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump awarded my friend Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom this month. As a country, we need to honor Charlie’s memory, face some hard facts and take action. Before it’s too late. Charlie’s assassination forced Americans to confront a dark truth: Leftist extremists are waging war on the rule of law, liberty and our way of life. Terrorists, gang members and rioters routinely attack federal law-enforcement officers working to reimpose order after years of chaos under the Biden administration. Our officers have been shot at and assaulted. They have faced death threats, doxxing and confrontations at their homes. Spotter networks in Chicago linked to street gangs and Mexican cartels track the movements of officers for Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, relaying locations and enabling ambushes during routine enforcement operations. This month a member of the Latin Kings gang was charged with putting a bounty on the life of Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino. The illegal alien charged with placing that bounty was arrested, has pleaded not guilty, and will face justice. The incident shows the enormous risk law-enforcement officers face to make our cities safe again. A self-styled anarchist website in Portland, Ore., encouraged supporters to use high-powered laser pointers to bring down federal helicopters in the area. In Dallas an anti-ICE terrorist opened fire on an ICE facility intending to kill officers. Instead, he killed two detainees. In Alvarado, Texas, Antifa terrorists ambushed ICE officers at a detention facility, wounding a local police officer in the neck. Despite all this, pro-crime politicians seem intent on dismissing the violence, even encouraging it by stripping protections from law-enforcement officers. That is why our officers wear masks. Protecting their identity is one way to prevent bad actors from targeting their homes and threatening their families. Some politicians want to deprive officers of this protection, knowing that doing so puts their lives in grave danger. They tell local police to stand down while federal law-enforcement officers fight for their lives. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law purporting to ban federal law enforcement from wearing masks on duty. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has threatened federal officers with prosecution for enforcing immigration law. Antifa continues its attacks on law enforcement and innocent civilians in Portland, while city “leaders” hamstring the local police. I met with Portland Mayor Keith Wilson last month to request more security measures for our law-enforcement officers who have been under attack for months in his city. Mr. Wilson responded by publishing an op-ed attacking federal law-enforcement officers for doing the job he refuses to do.)
— How to Squeeze the Most From the New SALT Cap. DD: Ever since I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. Since 1972, they have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemized and even more furious since 1978 that my wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/salt-cap-tax-deduction-guide-05756b47
— The Economy That’s Great for Parents, Lousy for Their Grown-Up Kids. Many older Americans are financially comfortable, but they worry their adult children won’t achieve the same kind of economic stability. DD: I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never worked outside the home. After I graduated from NIU in 1970, I helped support my mother and brother until September of 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/old-young-economic-divide-7a5203f0
EFFECTIVENESS ACADEMY
— How to Measure the Impact of Your Actions. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. According to my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), I am an abject unmitigated failure because so many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have been defeated since 2000. In my defense, I stress that I have never been a MTRO, DCRCC, or IRP leader. I stress that they are responsible for defending and advancing the Republican Party platform. I stress that they are responsible for recruiting the best candidates to run. I stress that they are responsible for helping elect those candidates. I stress that far too many of them reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.effectiveness-academy.com/blog/measure-the-impact-of-your-actions
WEEK
— The pros and cons of Affirmative Action (AA). Even before the Supreme Court struck it down, AA was a highly divisive practice. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used AA get rid of Republicans. My critics/opponents have always used AA against me big time. I should write about my critics/opponents and how they have used AA against me.
https://theweek.com/news/society/958504/pros-and-cons-of-affirmative-action
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
— Your rights as a federal employee: Due process, adverse actions and union representation. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) give me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, or f) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://ourpublicservice.org/blog/your-rights-as-a-federal-employee-due-process-adverse-actions-and-union-representation-federal-employee-explainer-series-webinar/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Due process protects federal employees’ right to fair procedures in personnel matters. It generally means employees get written notice of a proposed action and a chance to respond. Adverse actions—specific personnel actions like suspensions, pay cuts or removals—trigger these due process rights, which ensure fairness in the workplace and protect employees from undue harm or discrimination.)
LUMINA FOUNDATION
— America is slipping in higher education. The slide starts long before college. American students are less likely to complete college on time, and more likely to leave school burdened by debt without a degree. DD: I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Because of much higher college costs today, I doubt that I could do that today if I was young today. Further, I doubt that I could buy the cars that I did. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with the money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 with the money I earned delivering mail for 13 months. I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE with the money I earned delivering mail for 12 months.
https://www.luminafoundation.org/news-and-views/america-is-slipping-in-higher-education-the-slide-starts-long-before-college/
REASON
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/26/why-fentanyl-smuggling-isnt-war-and-cannot-justify-extrajudicial-killing/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-real-target-of-trumps-war-on-drug-boats
BLACK ENTERPRISE
— Spike Lee Urges African Americans To ‘Come Back To The Motherland’ In Africa. DD: I am 100% German American. In my defense, I have always stressed a) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, b) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and c) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/spike-lee-african-americans-motherland-benin-africa/
SALON
— DD: Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.salon.com/2025/10/26/trumps-deportation-raids-ensnare-chicagos-everyday-workers/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIST
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/10/23/donald-trump-has-turned-the-war-on-drugs-into-a-real-war
October 26, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Naperville is the second-safest city in the United States for kids going trick-or-treating this Halloween. DD: Yesterday, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville hosted an outstanding major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners opened their doors. The event drew more than 400 children.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pair-of-chicago-suburbs-among-safest-cities-in-u-s-for-trick-or-treating/3843733/
CBS2
— Federal agents break car window, detain 2 people during traffic stop in Addison
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2-people-detained-by-federal-agents-during-traffic-stop-addison/
— Federal agents deploy tear gas, detain delivery worker in separate operations on Northwest Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-agents-deploy-tear-gas-detain-delivery-worker-northwest-side/
— Federal food aid will not go out starting Nov. 1 amid government shutdown. DD: What percent depend on federal food aid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-food-aid-govenrment-shutdown/
— Demonstrators face off with federal agents at hospital in Aurora
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/demonstrators-face-off-with-federal-agents-at-hospital-in-aurora-illinois/
WGN9
— SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people. DD: What percent depend on federal food aid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/snap-funding-expiration-set-to-hit-40-million-people/
FOX32
— Outrage after federal agents use tear gas just before Halloween parade in Old Irving Park
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/outrage-after-federal-agents-use-tear-gas-just-before-halloween-parade-old-irving-park
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1. DD: What percent depend on federal food aid in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/trump-administration-federal-food-aid-nov-1/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump makes the war on drugs a reality
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/trump-makes-war-drugs-reality-boat-strikes/
— Senators demand answers as Trump expands campaign against drug cartels
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/senators-demand-answers-trump-expands-military-campaign-drug-cartels/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats try to keep up with Republicans in national redistricting war
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3863824/democrats-try-to-keep-up-with-republicans-in-national-redistricting-war/
NEW YORK POST
— How Democrats threw a government shutdown and no one cared
https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/opinion/how-democrats-threw-a-government-shutdown-and-no-one-cared/
— It’s Cuomo or catastrophe for New York
https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/opinion/its-cuomo-or-catastrophe-for-new-york/
BREITBART
— America Will Have More Zohran Mamdanis if We Do Not Secure Border, Send Illegal Aliens Back
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/26/exclusive-nate-morris-america-will-have-more-zohran-mamdanis-if-we-do-not-secure-border-send-illegal-aliens-back/
DAILY CALLER
— Republican lawmakers are pushing for permanent fixes to address the startling number of illegal migrant truckers wreaking havoc on American highways. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/26/gop-locking-in-on-truck-driver-crackdown/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Predominance of One Demographic at ‘No Kings’ Protests
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/expert-notes-the-predominance-of-one-demographic-at-no-kings-protests-draws-an-amusing-conclusion/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— Frustrations rise as federal workers miss first full paycheck of government shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/frustrations-rise-as-federal-workers-miss-first-full-paycheck-of-government-shutdown-250633797991
MSN
— There’s a war on the bachelor’s degree. Can anything replace it? DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970, I would not have been able to a) earn an MBA in 1976, b) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or e) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/ar-AA1PaQoQ
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ever since the government began tracking the share of the American population with a bachelor’s degree, that figure has grown. At last count, about 2 million people across the country were receiving one each year. But a loose-knit movement has emerged that wants to dramatically reduce the number of these degrees issued by U.S. colleges and universities. Republican politicians and conservative firebrands have made that goal explicit. Christopher Rufo, whose ideas have been a driving force behind the Trump administration’s assault on higher education, told the Wall Street Journal that he wants to see the number of Americans enrolling in four-year colleges cut in half. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has said Americans should be rethinking the role of a four-year degree in American life — perhaps reserving it to train people for a small number of professions. The message is also coming from elsewhere. Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, which is strongly aligned with Democrats, urged New York Times readers to “stop trying to make everyone go to college.” During her presidential campaign, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris said that if elected, she would get rid of any unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs. And it’s not just rhetoric. Congress recently opened up more government funding for students who want to pursue very short-term programs. In its settlement with the White House, Brown University agreed to pay $50 million to workforce-development organizations. President Donald Trump has said he’d like an agreement with Harvard University to include funding for trade schools. In a document laying out their workforce strategy, Trump administration officials said “the ‘college for all approach’ has failed” and pledged to use the might of the government and its funds to bolster alternatives. A growing number of colleges and universities are looking to appeal to those who doubt the value of a traditional bachelor’s degree by offering three-year programs. In a perhaps more subtle attack on college-going, changes coming from the Republican megabill passed this summer will, for many people, make student loans harder to repay. The war on the bachelor’s degree is the culmination of a broad skepticism of higher education that has been building for years. Factors like rising student debt and high-profile examples of people becoming successful without a degree have helped fuel questions about the value that colleges and universities deliver. Peter Thiel, the prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist, has been paying high-achieving kids to skip college through his fellowship program since 2011. There’s reason to be concerned. About half of students who earn a bachelor’s degree from a public or private nonprofit four-year college use debt to finance it, borrowing roughly $30,000 on average, according to the College Board. That’s manageable if you have a job, but the unemployment rate for young college graduates is the highest it’s been in more than a decade, outside of the pandemic, and colleges broadly don’t appear equipped to prepare students for a labor market powered by artificial intelligence. Still, the proponents of tearing down the bachelor degree from its prominent role in American life offer few viable substitutes that can be applied broadly today, experts say. The absence of widely available good alternatives to achieving financial stability means a bachelor’s degree remains the best shot at a decent financial life for many Americans. In the next seven years, the U.S. will need 4.5 million more workers with at least a bachelor’s degree, according to Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce. Right now, more than 500,000 students from the top half of their high school class don’t go on to complete a college credential every year, the center found. “All else being equal, getting a bachelor’s degree is still going to be the best return on investment for most students,” said Rajeev Darolia, an economist at the University of Kentucky who is studying the returns for alternatives to the bachelor’s degree like shorter-term programs. “It also leads to potentially more flexible and lucrative career paths.” He added: “What worries me is that we could be diverting students away from investments, longer-term degrees that are likely to have higher returns,” noting that he’s particularly concerned about poorer students being pushed toward the cheaper option.)
AOL
— 15 Highest-Paying Jobs with a Bachelor’s Degree DD: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. My starting IRS salary in 1971 was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. But my salary was $112,280/year in 1980 in today’s dollars after I earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.aol.com/15-highest-paying-jobs-bachelor-150000628.html
CBS NEWS
— Continued government shutdown could be “devastating” to federal workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/continued-government-shutdown-could-be-devastating-to-federal-workers-union-rep-says/
FOX DC
— Federal workers line up for food assistance. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1730138
BLOOMBERG
— Will Foreign MBAs Win or Lose With Trump’s H-1B Reforms? DD: My Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or younger. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me were minority, female, and/or younger than me and they had no master’s degree.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-24/trump-s-h-1b-visa-reforms-will-have-mixed-effect-on-mbas
GREELEY TRIBUNE
— Where are you on the wealth ladder?
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2025/10/26/money-matters-where-are-you-on-the-wealth-ladder/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You begin in the Building the Foundation stage when your net worth is less than your annual salary. . .When your net worth exceeds your annual salary, you reach Early Accumulation. . .At around three times your salary, you enter Rapid Accumulation. . .You reach Financial Independence once your investments equal about seven times your annual spending. . .At 10 times annual spending, you move into Conservation, where work becomes optional depending on age, obligations and access to Social Security or a pension. )
POST GAZETTE
— Is college worth the cost? DD: It certainly was for me. But I spent lots on money for tuition and books to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2025/10/26/is-college-worth-the-cost-universities-work-to-show-the-return-on-investment-of-a-degree/stories/202510260005
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: What do your critics/opponents use to justify their taking adverse actions against you? My critics/opponents use my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, to glorify or paise them, to pander to them, to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, to cover up their wrong doing, and/or to give them money. Consequently, they have their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://newrepublic.com/article/202187/trump-republican-party-rise-politics-revenge
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— No dual citizens in US Congress: Republican leader’s new bill in ‘America First’ push
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/no-dual-citizens-in-us-congress-republican-leaders-new-bill-in-america-first-push/articleshow/124829573.cms
October 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago police find themselves in difficult spots as wave of federal immigration enforcement continues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/cpd-federal-immigration-enforcement/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly not only protect, but glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/federal-arrest-man-naperville-apartment-sons/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Naperville City council OKs its Special Events and Community Arts program review after McBroom raises concerns about nonprofits’ political advocacy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/naperville-staff-review-seca-mcbroom/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/heidi-stevens-jose-olivarez/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville named second safest city in America for trick-or-treating. DD: Yesterday, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville hosted an outstanding major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners opened their doors. The event drew more than 400 children.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/naperville-safest-trick-treating-us/
DAILY HERALD
— Aurora mayor investigating feds’ arrest of protester
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251025/news/aurora-mayor-investigating-feds-arrest-of-protester/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s spat with McCombie reveals high tension of our time
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-governors-spat-with-gop-leader-reveals-high-tension-of-our-time/article_46a71827-5ce8-479b-b439-63163769bac9.html
MY RADIO LINK
— Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Hosts the 2025 Midwest Occupational Licensing Summit. DD: I became the only licensed CPA in GAO’s Chicago Office when I was 32 years old in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or younger. They had previously ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) my earning an MBA in 1976, and e) my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year in today’s dollars. They ignored, dismissed, and belittled the aforesaid because the Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger coworkers who they wanted to promote over me lacked the aforesaid.
https://www.myradiolink.com/2025/10/25/idfpr-hosts-the-2025-midwest-occupational-licensing-summit/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are retired and if you had retired later than you did, what would you have not done? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I was not eligible for regular retirement when was 55 in 2003. If I had not retired until 2003, I would not have filed a lawsuit against GAO in 1998. I would not have become a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999. I would not have become the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2000. I would not have attended the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield as a delegate in 2000. I would not have become the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. I would not have served on the MTRO Oktoberfest fundraiser committees in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. I would not have become a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Director in 2000. I would not have become an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter Board Member in 2001. I would not have become Pat O’Malley’s gubernatorial primary campaign coordinator for Milton Township in 2001. I would not have become an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2003. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal alien charged in death of three failed CDL test 10 times, English proficiency misrepresented. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/illegal-alien-charged-in-death-of-three-failed-cdl-test-10-times-english-proficiency-misrepresented-1595425/
— Seattle’s King County Jail illegally hired non-citizens, refuses to terminate them. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/seattles-king-county-jail-illegally-hired-non-citizens-refuses-to-terminate-them-report-1595365/
DAILY CALLER
— We Need To Defeat Socialism In NYC. How Did We Get Here?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/25/opinion-we-need-to-defeat-socialism-in-nyc-how-did-we-get-here-virginia-prodan/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason Behind Democrats’ Government Shutdown
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/24/the-democrats-are-stuck-in-a-shutdown-doom-loop/
— California University Drops Race-Based Scholarship in Big Blow to DEI. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. During my junior and senior years in high school, I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/25/california-school-drops-race-based-scholarship-big-blow-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Spazzes Out Over ‘Racist’ Term ‘Illegal Alien’ “The last thing that I’m going to do is accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-spazzes-out-over-racist-term-illegal-alien
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, unloaded on a reporter for asking about illegal aliens, which is a legal term for a person who is illegally in America. Johnson called the term “racist” and sarcastically suggested that he should also call black people “slaves.” The reporter asked Johnson about his apparent refusal to file a report to the White House detailing his city’s spending on illegal aliens. “What has happened with that?” the reporter asked. “We don’t have illegal aliens,” Johnson told the reporter while shaking his head. “I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message for which you’ve had.” When the reporter explained that he was merely using a legal term for a person illegally in the country, Johnson made a comparison to slavery. “Listen, the legal term for my people were slaves,” the Democrat said. “You want me to use that term, too?” “Let’s just get the language right,” the mayor continued. “We’re talking about undocumented individuals that are human beings. The last thing that I’m going to do is accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.” Johnson posted the moment to his Instagram account on Saturday and captioned the post, “This isn’t a sci-fi show. These are human beings. We will not abandon our humanity to score cheap political points.” Johnson has made it a priority to limit the ability of federal law enforcement to detain people who are in the country illegally. Earlier this month, for example, he signed an executive order to create “ICE free zones” in Chicago, which is already a sanctuary city, The Daily Wire previously reported.)
FOX NEWS
— Democrat rhetoric fueling attacks on ICE agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384027037112
— ‘No Kings’ protests largely comprised of people from one demographic. At last weekend’s “No Kings” protest in Washington, D.C., inflatable chickens bobbed above a crowd that, according to demographic research, was made up mostly of educated White women in their 40s.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/no-kings-protests-largely-comprised-people-from-one-demographic-experts
— Democrats ‘Demonize’ ICE Agents As ‘Nazis’ and ‘Gestapo’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trump-ice-chief-fox-dems-195605927.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Deports Guatemalan Illegal Alien Despite Defiance From Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/chicago-ice-deports-guatemalan-illegal-alien-despite-defiance-from-mayor-johnson-and-gov-pritzker
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Wokeness is Feminization
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/helen-andrews-wokeness-is-feminization/
NEW AMERICAN
— “Woke Is Dead”? In Reality, the Monster Looms, Waiting to Deliver the West’s Coup de Grâce. DD: My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, they promote discrimination against 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 should write about my critics/opponents.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/woke-is-dead-in-reality-the-monster-looms-waiting-to-deliver-the-wests-coup-de-grace/
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— DEI Defiance at the War Department? DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/10/20/dei_defiance_at_the_war_department_1141969.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Harvard’s unblinking hypocrisy: Dean denounces ‘evil’ police, ‘whiteness’
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5572628-harvards-unblinking-hypocrisy-dean-denounces-evil-police-whiteness/amp/
AOL
— How to become a ‘sponsor’ at work and help someone’s career take off. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors forced the GAO manager to retire who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/finance/become-sponsor-help-someones-career-150029691.html
CBS NEWS
— 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.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/people-of-color-career-fair-happening-this-tuesday/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. RINO leaders not only do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform, they destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/moderation-strategy-democrat-republican-center.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/trump-spanish-kavanaugh-stops-language.html
— DD: All my Democrat superiors in the federal government were married, had spouses who had little or no income, and/or had children. They all decried the tremendous cost of raising children. They all painted themselves as being grossly underpaid. They all were envious/jealous of my wife’s income and savings. They all used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children against me big time. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/opinion/pregnancy-birth-children.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/white-house-boats-law.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/opinion/trump-boat-strikes-office-legal-counsel.html
–Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/opinion/trump-diversity-culture-founders.html
USA TODAY
— After Robert De Niro called Stephen Miller a ‘Nazi’ DD: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that you should anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will call you a Nazi. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/10/24/stephen-miller-robert-de-niro-nazi-comment/86875292007/
DES MOINES REGISTER
— Plans for a traditional marriage parade in Iowa town spark culture clash. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote traditional marriage. Reasons include their being LGBTQers and their not being in traditional marriages. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, and coworkers were furious when I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978 because they knew my being married would help me immensely. They were extremely envious/jealous of my wife’s income and savings.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/08/18/ottumwa-iowa-traditional-marriage-parade-culture-clash/85648677007/
RIPON PRESS
— 16,000 semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship program. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. During my junior and senior years in high school, I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.riponpress.com/news/sean-kinder-national-merit-scholar/article_dde0fcb7-3216-4e54-8be6-7cceec8b6c78.html
BANKRATE
— How to avoid buyer’s remorse with your new home. DD: I should write the new townhome in University Park that I bought when I was 24 in 1972. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/buyers-remorse/
KIPLINGER’S
— Laid Off at 59. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they succeeded in cutting my income by $86,371/year (56%) in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $66,780/year (44%). If they had let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003, my CSRS pension would have been much higher. The many adverse actions that they had taken against me has made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/retirement-planning/i-got-laid-off-at-59-with-an-usd800-000-401-k-what-are-my-options
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Losing a job can be a devastating financial blow at any age. But when you’re older, it can hit especially hard. Although it’s illegal to discriminate against job candidates due to older age, it’s a hard thing to prove. And unfortunately, many older workers inevitably fall victim to age discrimination. That’s why a layoff at 59 can be downright brutal.)
GALLUP
— Personal Safety Fears at Three-Decade High in U.S. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/544415/personal-safety-fears-three-decade-high.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 40% are afraid to walk alone at night near home, highest in three decades. Worry about being victimized by specific crimes remains near record highs. Fear of crime deters most Americans from doing some routine activities.)
NEWS BREAK
— The Changing Face of American Suburbs Since the 1950s. DD: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I should write about the Democrat invasion and takeover of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://www.newsbreak.com/everyday-states-316335350/4312721687264-the-changing-face-of-american-suburbs-since-the-1950s
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Picture this: you’re driving through a suburban neighborhood that your grandparents might have once called home. But instead of the predictable white picket fences and matching demographics of the 1950s, you’re seeing something entirely different. American suburbs were first populated by white families in the 1950s, and their demographics remained largely unchanged until recently. In 1990, 20% of suburbanites were people of color. By 2020, that number had more than doubled to 45%. The suburbs that once symbolized exclusivity have become melting pots of diversity, completely flipping the script on what suburban America looks like.)
TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
— The IRS announced it is ending the practice of unannounced visits from its Revenue Officers. The policy change is due to the rise in tax scams and taxpayer confusion over verifying an IRS employee’s identity, leading to safety concerns for both taxpayers and IRS employees. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/news/nta-blog/nta-blog-collection-part-two-end-of-the-irs-revenue-officer-pop-in-visit/2023/09/
TAX NOTES
— A New Era: How Revenue Officers Went From Cowboys to Desk Jockeys. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.taxnotes.com/featured-news/new-era-how-revenue-officers-went-cowboys-desk-jockeys/2023/09/25/7hcqg
NTEU
— H.R. 1228 20-Year Retirement Eligibility For IRS Revenue Officers and U.S. Customs Service Inspectors and Canine Enforcement Officers. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I was a NTEU member during all that time. NTEU came to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers to get rid of me. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.nteu.org/legislative-action/congressional-testimony/hr-1228-20year-retirement-eligibility-fo
CONVERSATION
— Four strategies to make your neighborhood safer. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://theconversation.com/four-strategies-to-make-your-neighborhood-safer-199550
MEDIAITE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors/champions of those who are citizens of foreign countries, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/gavin-newsom-rips-key-trump-vibe-being-anti-woke-is-just-anti-black/
ATLANTIC
— The Liberals Who Won’t Acknowledge the Crime Problem
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/us-city-violent-crime-rate-perception/661337/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
EURASIA REVIEW
— How To Recognize Critical Race Theory. DD: My critics/opponents promote CRT, that is, they promote discrimination against 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 should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/26102025-how-to-recognize-critical-race-theory-oped/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First, CRT is always concerned with some form of “racial subordination.” The main blame for subordination is not placed on anyone in particular, but on what are often described as institutions, systems, or structures. . .The second key indicator of CRT is the role played by “white supremacy” in explaining all political, social, and economic problems. As Lew Rockwell has observed, the Marxist theory “of the substructure, or base, and the superstructures of society” has been loosely incorporated into critical race theory to explain the role of white supremacy in racial oppression.)
October 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UArzAIw14Oc
NBC5
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-rules-in-case-of-chicago-father-detained-amid-daughters-cancer-battle/3843328/
CBS2
— Federal immigration agents target North Side neighborhoods. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/federal-immigration-agents-target-north-side-neighborhoods/
WGN9
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ze_OQguc4
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/24/pritzker-illinois-will-never-back-down-on-protecting-reproductive-health-care
DAILY HERALD
— Elgin joins communities looking to ban use of their property for ICE activities. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/elgin-joins-communities-looking-to-ban-use-of-their-property-for-ice-activities/
— Batavia considers ban on ICE using city property. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/batavia-considers-ban-on-ice-using-city-property/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare,
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/24/central-illinois-foodbank-braces-for-potential-halt-of-snap-program/86859388007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— The new leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers says state lawmakers should consider raising taxes on the wealthy. DD: Ever since I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. Since 1972, they have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemed and even more furious since 1978 that my wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized. Further, they want my wife and I to pay more taxes because we gave up trying to have children. According to them, because we have never had to pay the tremendous cost of raising children, we can and should pay more taxes. Further, according to them, if my wife and I had children, I never would have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or d) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/education/article_e6c39b1a-4822-43aa-b5e7-ee2c0489dc0c.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Champaign County Board passed $25,000 support for reparations commission. How much in reparations do Democrats want you to pay? Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://foxillinois.com/newsletter-daily/champaign-county-board-passed-25000-support-for-reparations-commission
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-24/as-strikes-on-alleged-drug-boats-grow-so-do-questions-about-their-legality-and-goal
COUNTRY HERALD
— Downtown Naperville annual Halloween Hop is this Sunday, October 26. DD: Today, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville is hosting a major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners will be opening their doors. The event is limited to 400 children.
https://countryherald.com/news/naperville-il-traffic-alert-downtown-roads-closing-for-halloween-hop-sunday/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— A Not-So-Special Report with Governor Pritzker. Excuses, Deflection, and Denial
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/a-not-so-special-report-with-jb-pritzker/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Swim Against the Current. This year’s keynote speaker, as you may have already seen, is Riley (Gaines) Barker – a 12-time All-American swimmer, 2-time Olympic Trial Qualifier, and 5-time SEC Champion.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/swim-against-the-current/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.37/hour in 1966 to $20.67/hour in 1969. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary increased from $55,850/year in 1971 to $112,280/year in 1980. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary increased from $88,808/year in 1980 to $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time have always benefitted from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions take up money that should go to Illinois classrooms. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-take-up-money-that-should-go-to-illinois-classrooms/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Chicago Activists Accuse Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino of Violating Judge’s Use of Force Ban After He Deploys Tear Gas at Violent Anti-ICE Rioters
https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/24/chicago-activists-accuse-border-patrol-chief-gregory-bovino-of-violating-judges-use-of-force-ban-after-he-deploys-tear-gas-at-violent-anti-ice-rioters/
BREITBART
— Federal Workers Line Up at Food Banks After Dem Whip Calls Them ‘Leverage’ DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/federal-workers-line-up-at-food-banks-after-dem-whip-calls-them-leverage/
— AG Pam Bondi Warns Pelosi, Democrats for Threatening ICE Officers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/ag-pam-bondi-warns-pelosi-democrats-as-they-threaten-ice-officers/amp/
FEDERALIST
— New York High Court Blocks Race-Grifters From Using Courts To Indoctrinate Children
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/new-york-high-court-blocks-race-grifters-from-using-courts-to-indoctrinate-children/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker’s message to Chicago is ICE agents are the bad guys. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years. I should write about how people view/treat IRS Revenue Officers.
https://www.aol.com/news/jb-pritzkers-message-chicago-ice-172229482.html
— DD: Democrats question Border Patrol tactics in Illinois
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383825294112
— 1.4 million federal employees without a paycheck as shutdown continues. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/news/1-4-million-federal-employees-221605085.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Federal workers form line down the block for food pantry as shutdown hits third-week mark. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-form-line-down-234055064.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders cause the shutdown and then blame it on Republican leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/mike-johnson-speaker-congress.html
— Immigration Crackdown Spreads Through Chicago, Including Wealthy Neighborhoods
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/trump-immigration-crackdown-chicago-lakeview.html
— Trump Administration Plans a Shake-Up at ICE to Speed Deportations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-deportations-ice.html
NBC NEWS
— Federal workers line up at food banks ahead of first missed check since shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp-video/mmvo250607173910
— Federal workers flock to D.C. food bank as they miss first full paycheck of shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-workers-dc-food-bank-miss-first-full-paycheck-shutdown-rcna239698
NBC WASHINGTON
— Furloughed feds miss first full paycheck amid shutdown standoff, surge at food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/government-shutdown/furloughed-feds-miss-first-full-paycheck-amid-shutdown-standoff-surge-at-food-banks/4006398/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Tensions Mount as Agents, Including Gregory Bovino, Clash With Chicagoans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/gregory-bovino-chicago-immigration.html
— Food Banks Offer Groceries for Furloughed Federal Workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/food-banks-federal-workers-trump.html
WKYC
— Get a job, get married: Ohio Senate passes ‘Success Sequence’ bill focused on poverty prevention in schools. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote personal responsibility. From the beginning, because my father had brittle type 1 diabetes, I knew that his days were numbered. That, and the fact he lacked money, put me on track when I was 16 years old in 1964 to work my way through college. To buy a new car to commute to/from classes at UIC, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. In bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. SEE: https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-senate-success-sequence-bill-poverty-prevention-schools/95-73b9bf47-cf6c-4ef0-b2e9-179180fee773
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What’s the Future of Racial Gerrymandering? The problem lies not with the statute but with Thornburg v. Gingles’s (1986) framework for vote dilution. DD: The Illinois 3rd Congressional District is racially gerrymandered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whats-the-future-of-racial-gerrymandering-vra-court-maps-47f3a5f8
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans White supremacists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkzL4maY3D0
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZB1TmRPV8
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: My Democrat superiors in federal government used the extreme subjectivity in their performance evaluation systems a) to favor their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) to disfavor their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors were furious when I did the following because it frustrated their efforts to disfavor me: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them
SIRM
— DD: If you are a Republican, anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will not hire you. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, or younger person who would take the job. The Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO wrongly anticipated/expected that I would become a Democrat.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/fired-political-affiliation-activity
ATLANTIC
— DD: Hopefully, my Crete-Monee High School class of 1966 will have its 60th reunion next year. Sadly, my interaction with my classmates was dramatically reduced because I could not run because I had a bone disease and because I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. Further, I was not viewed as being college material. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/09/high-school-reunion-attendance/684097/
PBS
— As federal workers miss paychecks, many turn to food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.pbs.org/video/shutdown-impact-1761339544/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Furloughed federal employees seek help at food banks amid govt shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/its-a-challenge-furloughed-federal-employees-seek-help-at-dc-food-bank-amid-govt-shutdown/amp_podcast/124797922.cms
I PAPER
— I’m scared the state pension age could rise to 70 – both my parents died younger. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/i-m-scared-the-state-pension-age-could-rise-to-70-both-my-parents-died-younger/ar-AA1P9Jd8?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
October 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren killed in Montana helicopter accident
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/illinois-republican-governor-candidate-darren-baileys-son-daughter-law-2-grandchildren-killed-montana-helicopter-crash/18060844/
FOX32
— Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren killed in helicopter crash
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/darren-bailey-family-killed
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Republican State Sen. Darren Bailey and his wife are mourning the loss of their son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren who were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana. Their 10-year-old grandson was not on board and is safe, according to the family. The Baileys are asking for privacy as they grieve.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Pritzker and GOP House leader McCombie bickered in texts after conservative influencer filmed Pritzker’s home
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/jb-pritzker-texts-gop-house-leader-influencer/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: The ever-increasing demand for free food in Illinois proves the ever-increasing failure of Democrat leadership in Illinois. Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251022/nation-and-world-politics/less-food-for-more-people-thousands-could-lose-snap-benefits-amid-shutdown-advocates-warn/
STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can a) to flood America with their illegals and b) to keep their illegals in America.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/pritzker-i-dont-support-open-borders-but-slams-trumps-immigration-tactics/
MOKENA PATCH
— The Will County Republican Central Committee will be hosting a “Freedom Day Dinner.”
https://patch.com/illinois/mokena/calendar/event/20251024/b0cca7c9-21da-4322-9435-6bad4a579968/fellow-republicans-join-us-for-an-evening-of-patriotism
ILLINOIZE
— Harmon and Welch Say “No Plans” to Redraw Congressional Map
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/harmon-welch-no-plans-redraw
WINDY CITY TIMES
— Illinois State Treasurer celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with awards
https://windycitytimes.com/2025/10/22/illinois-state-treasurer-celebrates-lgbtq-history-month-with-awards/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Will Illinois Democrat gerrymandering succeed in defeating all Republican candidates in Illinois?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/23/black-caucus-briefed-on-a-remap-00619532
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-617/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Pritzker gambling winnings show how divorced he is from everyday Illinoisans
https://mailchi.mp/9fed811d3020/pritzkers-gambling-winnings-342?e=0db6d48fb8
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House backs controversial ‘Equality for Every Family’ bill after Pritzker changes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_38e3827b-9b24-43ef-8ec3-e6df25e797a1.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: David Smith, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute, is an opponent of the bill. “Lawmakers have once again chosen left-wing ideology over integrity,” Smith said. “It redefines what it means to be a mother, father and family. It doesn’t promote equality, it erases the natural and moral distinctions that God Himself ordained.”)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pritzker compares Trump’s ICE raids to Nazi Germany. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly use Illinois government to get rid of Republicans in Illinois who are share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— 70% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. Democrat leaders have decided that the only way that they can regain control of the federal government is a) to flood America with their illegals, b) to keep their illegals in America, and c) give their illegals the right to vote. Illegals vote for Democrats because they want/need/demand massive government assistance. To promote diversity is to get rid of 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. My critics/opponents promote diversity. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who did you compete against for promotions? While I worked the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I competed against for promotions were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I am an unmitigated loser if not worse things. They use against me my having been passed over so many times for promotions even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. According to them, that further proves that I am an unmitigated loser, if not worse things. Further, they use against me the fact that those who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors a) never gave any preference to my Democrat coworkers and b) never discriminated against me. Further, according to them, IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 and GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Picking the right college major is extremely important. I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it 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 the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession was not interested me because I was too old. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority or female. I erroneously did not major in accounting from the beginning because I erroneously believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “PillowGate” Scandal Deepens: New Evidence Ties GOP Leader Norine Hammond Directly to Her Husband’s Taxpayer-Funded Decorating Firm
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/pillowgate-scandal-deepens-new-evidence-ties-gop-leader-norine-hammond-directly-to-her-husbands-taxpayer-funded-decorating-firm.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats escalate anti-ICE efforts, devise strategies to ‘blow the whistle’ on officers. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/22/democratic-leaders-escalate-anti-ice-efforts-online-ice-tracker/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal agents deploy to San Francisco area in latest illegal immigration crackdown
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3860951/federal-agents-deploy-to-san-francisco-area-in-latest-illegal-immigration-crackdown/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE nabs crew of illegal migrants with disturbing rap sheets during raid of NYC’s Chinatown
https://nypost.com/2025/10/22/us-news/ice-nabs-crew-of-illegal-migrants-with-disturbing-rap-sheets-in-nyc-raid/
AMAC
— Media Unwittingly Aids Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/media-unwittingly-aids-trumps-deportation-agenda/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pritzker makes ‘shameless’ Holocaust comparison to illegals being deported HOME
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/23/j-b-pritzker-makes-shameless-holocaust-comparison-to-illegals-being-deported-home-1594802/
BLAZE
— DHS reveals ‘violent rap sheets’ of illegal aliens arrested on NYC’s Canal Street
https://www.theblaze.com/news/dhs-reveals-violent-rap-sheets-of-illegal-aliens-arrested-on-nyc-s-canal-street
BREITBART
— ICE Arrests 9 Illegal Aliens with ‘Violent Rap Sheets’ in NYC Operation
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/22/dhs-ice-arrests-9-illegal-aliens-violent-rap-sheets-including-robbery-domestic-violence-canal-street-operation/amp/
— Illegal Alien Child Rapist Received Thousands in Taxpayer-Funded Medicaid Benefits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/22/hhs-illegal-alien-child-rapist-received-thousands-in-taxpayer-funded-medicaid-benefits/
COLLEGE FIX
— MIT, Georgia Tech and Caltech deeply embedded with DEI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/mit-georgia-tech-and-caltech-deeply-embedded-with-dei-research-finds/
FOX BUSINESS
— The safest way to pick up criminal illegal immigrants is straight out of jail
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6383539801112
FOX NEWS
— Chicago schools silent on punishment or public condemnation of teacher who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death. The Chicago-area teacher went viral mocking Kirk’s death on Saturday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-schools-silent-on-punishment-or-public-condemnation-of-teacher-who-mocked-charlie-kirks-death
— Schumer blocks 12th GOP bid to reopen government
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-blocks-12th-gop-bid-reopen-government-trump-says-democrats-lost-negotiation
NEW AMERICAN
— Texas Finds Thousands of Potential Illegals on Voter Rolls
https://thenewamerican.com/us/texas-finds-thousands-of-potential-illegals-on-voter-rolls/
NEWSMAX
— ICE Agents Storm NYC Counterfeit Goods Market, Arrest 9 Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-agents-storm-nyc-counterfeit-goods-market/2025/10/22/id/1231425/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— NYC Agitators Pay a Price of Their Own After Trying (and Failing) to Block ICE from Arresting Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/nyc-agitators-pay-price-trying-failing-block-ice-arresting-illegals/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Cruz says government shutdown inflicting pain on federal workers “for no point whatsoever”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ted-cruz-government-shutdown-federal-workers/
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders use an Illinois mom to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/katie-abraham-mom-rejects-operation-midway-blitz-chicago-10923287
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/nyregion/nyc-canal-street-fear-anger.html
— DD: Democrat leaders try to get Black Chicagoans to hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-black-chicago.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage White males from getting college degrees. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/value-of-higher-education-attainment-rates-graduation.html
— Harvard Records an Increase in Asian Students and a Drop in Black Students
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/harvard-admissions-data-black-asian-latino-students.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Black, Latino and international student enrollment drops at Harvard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/23/harvard-diversity-enrollment/
USA TODAY
— Saving money for retirement helps you live longer. DD: My wife and I saved much more for retirement than our peers. My critics/opponents stress that our giving up trying to have children helped us do that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/18/money-wealth-live-longer-study/86677603007/
BUSINESS
— Workplace competition. DD: Who did you compete against for promotions? While I worked the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I competed against for promotions were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I am an unmitigated loser if not worse things. They use against me my having been passed over so many times for promotions even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. According to them, that further proves that I am an unmitigated loser, if not worse things. Further, they use against me the fact that those who were promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to my critics/opponents, my Democrat superiors a) never gave any preference to my Democrat coworkers and b) never discriminated against me. Further, according to them, IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 and GAO should not have promoted me in 1986. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.business.com/articles/gal-rimon-workplace-competition/
GALLUP
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of 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. My critics/opponents promote diversity. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/696221/fewer-americans-diversity-business-priority.aspx
CPA JOURNAL
— One of the more significant crises currently facing the accounting field is the large and long-term year-over-year decline in the number of college students majoring in accounting. DD: I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it 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 the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession was not interested me because I was too old. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority or female.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/10/22/the-disproportionate-effects-of-declining-interest-within-different-accounting-fields/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 70% of Democrats Want Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants. DD: Democrat leaders have decided that the only way that they can regain control of the federal government is a) to flood America with their illegals, b) to keep their illegals in America, and c) give their illegals the right to vote. Illegals vote for Democrats because they want/need/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/70_of_democrats_want_amnesty_for_illegal_immigrants
MEDIATE
— Pritzker Compares Trump’s ICE Raids to Nazi Germany. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly use Illinois government to get rid of Republicans in Illinois who are share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/jb-pritzker-compares-trumps-ice-raids-to-nazi-germany-this-is-how-authoritarian-regimes-do-it/amp/
October 20, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal immigration agents attacked while trying to arrest man in Bolingbrook
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-immigration-agents-attacked-trying-arrest-man-100-block-williamsburg-lane-bolingbrook-illinois-police/18040229/
CBS2
— 4 killed, 14 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/weekend-shootings-oct-17-to-20-2025/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/immigration-raid-mount-prospect-neighbors/
— CTU’s Stacy Davis Gates elected head of Illinois teachers union
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/stacy-davis-gates-illinois-teachers-union/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS: Race to succeed U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky is attracting millions in campaign cash
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251019/us-congress-politics/race-to-succeed-u-s-rep-jan-schakowsky-is-attracting-millions-in-campaign-cash-records-show/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans Rocio Cleveland of Island Lake and Mark Su of Chicago also are running. . .Polan entered the race in late August. His campaign subsequently received $343,412, which included a $275,000 loan from the candidate and $5,000 from former Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s Country First PAC.)
WQAD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Moline.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/local/atlas-collective-hosts-queer-spooky-blood-drive-in-moline-empowering-lgbtq-donors/526-cfe686e0-1b3b-43ef-99c4-b11789fe54b5
ILLINOIS PATCH
— ISU Teaching Assistant Tips Turning Point USA Table, Faces Charges
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/isu-teaching-assistant-tips-turning-point-usa-table-faces-charges-police
BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Immigration Agents Attacked By 2 Females During Arrest In Bolingbrook. The females and the man being arrested all fled into a nearby home.
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/amp/33094155/immigration-agents-attacked-by-2-females-during-arrest-in-bolingbrook-police
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Stacy Davis Gates framing of standardized testing as “junk science rooted in white supremacy” fueled a national backlash, while her comment comparing a former schools CEO to a special education student triggered bipartisan outrage. She later apologized. DD: How have standardized tests impacted you? If I had not passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, or IIT in 1992, b) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980, c) I would not have become a CPA in 1979 or a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/20/stacy-davis-gates-power-move-00615110
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-614/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Two at Crystal Lake No Kings Demonstration Hope for Trump’s Death
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/20/two-at-crystal-lake-no-kings-demonstration-hope-for-trumps-death/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrant cop sparks debate about migrants’ access to guns
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/19/illegal-immigrant-cop-sparks-debate-migrants-access-guns/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant on TikTok offers $10K for every ICE agent killed
https://nypost.com/2025/10/19/us-news/illegal-migrant-on-tiktok-offers-10k-for-every-ice-agent-killed-feds/
— DD: How have standardized tests impacted you? If I had not passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, or IIT in 1992, b) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980, c) I would not have become a CPA in 1979 or a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/opinion/princeton-reinstates-sat-requirement-making-stubborn-columbia-the-last-test-optional-ivy/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Sanctuary Cities, Drug Cartels, and No Kings
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/sanctuary_cities_drug_cartels_and_no_kings.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Are Mad Kings
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/democrats_are_mad_kings.html
CAMPUS REFORM
— Yale prof hired under DEI remains in her post, teaches ‘Socialist, Anti-Imperialist Lens’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/yale-prof-hired-dei-remains-post-teaches-socialist-anti-imperialist-lens/28796
COLLEGE FIX
— DD: How have standardized tests impacted you? If I had not passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, or IIT in 1992, b) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980, c) I would not have become a CPA in 1979 or a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/princeton-brings-back-standardized-test-requirement-after-five-year-review/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Three Fundamental Differences That Are Dividing Americans
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/19/why-we-cant-resolve-debates-that-divide-america/
FOX NEWS
— Des Moines school district sues firm behind hiring of illegal alien superintendent
https://www.aol.com/articles/des-moines-school-district-sues-203624273.html
— Turning Point leader demands repercussions for University of Chicago professor arrested at anti-ICE rally. DD: Who is leading Turing Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.aol.com/articles/turning-point-leader-demands-repercussions-161608797.html
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & BRITANNICA
— DD: Democrat leaders reject equal opportunity because equal opportunity does not produce equal outcome, that is, Democrat leaders reject equal opportunity because with equal opportunity, in many ways, if not in most ways, Republicans do better than Democrats, conservatives do better than liberals and moderates, Whites do better than minorities, men do better than women, older people do better than younger people, Protestants do better than non-Protestants, German Americans do better than non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time do better than those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents, I owe my successes in life not to equal opportunity, but to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are Democrat, liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for less time than my ancestors. For example, they stress that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, those who took the examinations with me who did not pass were overwhelming one or more of the aforesaid.
https://thefga.org/video/gov-mike-braun-on-how-merit-excellence-and-innovation-replaced-dei-in-indiana/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Equal-Rights-Amendment
HUMOR
— The Age Gap in Equity: Why Toddlers Deserve a Seat on the School Board (Obviously) If representation is the ultimate moral good, then surely the diaper demographic deserves a voice at the table, too. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://vocal.media/humor/the-age-gap-in-equity-why-toddlers-deserve-a-seat-on-the-school-board-obviously
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There is a glaring underrepresentation of infants, toddlers, and young children on school boards and in government. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies are clearly ageist, discriminating against these groups and preventing them from representing themselves. Millions of children are affected by decisions made without anyone who “looks or sounds like them” at the decision-making table. If DEI logic is taken seriously, that representation should mirror population percentages rather than qualifications or experience, then toddlers have every right to demand inclusion. After all, they make up a sizable demographic, they are directly affected by policy, and they have very strong opinions on juice boxes, nap schedules, and the universal injustice of bedtime. Imagine a two-year-old on the school board. Meetings might begin with finger painting and end in tears, but at least they would be authentic. Lunch breaks would feature an assortment of animal crackers and pouches of applesauce. Committee debates would be passionate and loud, though perhaps less hypocritical than those of some adults. When discussions stall, one member could dramatically throw their sippy cup to the floor, signaling that it is time for a recess, a literal one. The irony, of course, is that this absurd scenario perfectly illustrates the flaw in the ideology of enforced representational equity. When equal outcomes become the standard of justice, logic ceases to matter. There is no limit to the number of categories one can divide humanity into, nor to the demands that each be represented proportionally in every institution. But representation alone does not create justice or competence. A government made up of every possible demographic box in perfect statistical alignment would still fail if it lacked wisdom, discipline, and moral integrity. The best ideas are not born of diversity quotas; they are born of reason, virtue, and experience, things toddlers, despite their charm, have not yet developed. Equality of opportunity means that anyone, regardless of background, has the chance to pursue a role if they earn it. Equality of outcome means everyone must end up in the same place, regardless of effort or capability. The former encourages excellence, while the latter destroys it. It replaces earned achievement with administrative engineering, a moral sleight of hand that values appearance over substance. Equity, as often practiced, treats disparities as evidence of discrimination rather than as a reflection of natural variation in interest, skill, or choice. Not every imbalance is an injustice. There are more male mechanics and more female nurses not because of oppression, but because of differing inclinations and strengths. Demanding identical results in every field requires denying human diversity itself, the very diversity DEI claims to celebrate. When every outcome must be equal, merit becomes secondary. The question shifts from “Who is most capable of leading?” to “Who checks which box?” And when identity takes precedence over ability, the system inevitably drifts toward incompetence masked as virtue. That is how institutions that once prized excellence become bureaucracies obsessed with optics. In that light, appointing toddlers to school boards is not as far-fetched as it sounds. It is simply the logical endpoint of representation without restraint. If lived experience is the highest credential, who could possibly understand the kindergarten experience better than a preschooler? If empathy and visibility are the keys to justice, should not those directly affected by nap policies have a seat at the table? Of course, we all know why that is ridiculous. Children are not developmentally ready to make such decisions. Yet this simple truth, that some people are not yet equipped for certain responsibilities, applies beyond age. Competence matters. Readiness matters. Pretending otherwise in the name of representation undermines the very institutions that keep society functional. The goal of a just system should not be to guarantee identical results, but to ensure open doors and the freedom to walk through them when one is ready. Anything beyond that, no matter how well-intentioned, veers into moral absurdity. Governance should prioritize wisdom, expertise, and the pursuit of the common good, not a demographic checklist. And if that means the toddlers must wait a few years before joining the school board, I suspect the republic will survive.)
JOHNATHAN TURLEY
— DD: How have standardized tests impacted you? If I had not passed standardized tests, a) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, or IIT in 1992, b) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980, c) I would not have become a CPA in 1979 or a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or Forensic Accountant in 1997, and d) I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/12/princeton-joins-move-back-to-standardized-testing/
NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Buries Criminal Record of Illegal Alien Arrested in Chicago
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/10/19/msnbcs-soboroff-buries-criminal-record-illegal-alien-arrested
NEWSMAX
— Cartels ‘Desperate’ at Border
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/johntorres-ice-cartels/2025/10/19/id/1231001/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders and their Democrat news media will ever-increasingly paint Santos as being a typical conservative Republican.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/george-santos-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-prison-release-250197573749
CNN
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders and their Democrat news media will ever-increasingly paint Santos as being a typical conservative Republican.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/politics/george-santos-interview-prison-commuted-pardon
MSN
— Republican farmers says immigration raids are decimating their work force. DD: Because fewer and fewer and fewer Americans take bad jobs like the ones I took, should America give citizens of foreign countries more work permits for those who take bad jobs like the ones I took? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1971-1972. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and b) I was grossly overpaid for those jobs and my pension and retirement benefits are much too generous.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/republican-farmer-says-immigration-raids-are-decimating-his-work-force/ar-AA1OMg8i
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders and their Democrat news media will ever-increasingly paint Santos as being a typical conservative Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/nyregion/santos-cnn-fox-prison-release.html
— Social Media, Pleas From Allies and Prison Essays: How Santos Won His Freedom
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/nyregion/george-santos-prison-trump.html
— DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/business/economic-divide-spending-inflation-jobs.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/10/15/chicago-war-ice-national-guard-protests/86606913007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How to Choose the Right Volunteer Work in Retirement. With thousands of choices to pick from, the trick is narrowing it down to the ones that make the most sense for you. DD: If you are retired, what are you doing? I am putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, that is, I am promoting conservative principles, that is, I am promoting planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-volunteer-work-search-51885118
— DD: How wealthy were your parents? My critics/opponents have always painted my parents as having been filthy rich. To prove that false, I have always stressed that I had to work my way through college, that my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, that my mother never worked outside of the home until after he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, 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. My critics/opponents stress that I bought a new car when I was 17. But I bought that car with money I earned washing dishes for 18 months for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/wealthy-families-are-writing-mission-statements-to-avoid-fights-lost-fortunes/ar-AA1OMeXN
FORBES
— Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. DD: Republican students should seek Republican employers. Because I am a Republican, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/education/psychology-and-counseling/cacrep-accreditation/
NEWS9
— Heavy security in place as Turning Point USA Tour stop at University of Oklahoma. DD: Who is leading Turing Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.news9.com/story/68f16b3fbaa31af84a7c2e3f/heavy-security-in-place-as-turning-point-usa-tour-stops-at-ou
https://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-statement-turning-point-usa-signs-removal-joseph-harroz-jr/article_983d0b9b-4304-4d3f-8553-01db7d184b30.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thousands are expected to gather on the University of Oklahoma’s campus Thursday night for the “This is The Turning Point Tour.” Due to safety concerns, the event was moved to Lloyd Noble Center. The center can hold about 11,000 people, and about two-thirds of the seats are expected to be filled. Multiple law enforcement agencies are on site. The Norman Police SWAT Team, OU Police, Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office and Turning Point USA’s security detail are at the event to ensure safety. Thursday morning, officers conducted a K-9 sweep and also checked the roof. Everything being brought into the venue will be thoroughly screened, including bags, equipment and even water. No bags (including clear), food or drink will be allowed in the event. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and guest speakers include: Gov. Kevin Stitt, actor Russel Brand and social media influencer Savannah Chrisley. Seating is first-come, first-served.)
NEWS BREAK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsbreak.com/everyday-states-316335350/4301029789075-10-key-moments-in-the-fight-for-lgbtq-rights
POLITICO
— Speaker Johnson defends Trump’s decision to commute Santos sentencing. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders and their Democrat news media will ever-increasingly paint Santos as being a typical conservative Republican.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/19/speaker-johnson-defends-trumps-decision-to-commute-santos-sentencing-00614954
PEOPLE
— DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders use Derek Chauvin to promote more hated against Republicans. Then again, Democrats ever-increasingly use everything to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/5-years-george-floyds-murder-173241930.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DHS keeps paying 70,000 law enforcement officials amid shutdown. DD: I was a law enforcement officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. As an IRS Revenue Officer, I enforced federal tax laws.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/dhs-to-keep-paying-70000-law-enforcement-officials-amid-shutdown-using-reconciliation-law/
— Half of Americans worried about impacts of federal employee layoffs. DD: Who do you know who is/was a federal employee or a federal retiree? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. I should write a book about how people view and treat federal employees and federal retirees. I would focus on those a) who believe that federal employees are overpaid and their benefits are much too generous and/or b) who believe that federal pensions and retirement benefits are much too generous. I would focus on those who would never stoop to take a federal job. I would focus on those who lack qualifications for federal jobs. I would focus on those who look down on federal employees and retirees, if not despise them, if not hate them.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/half-of-americans-worried-about-impacts-of-federal-employee-layoffs/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— The Chicago mayor accused President Donald Trump of wanting a ‘Civil War’ rematch during a No Kings protest. Mayor Brandon Johnson ignited the crowd on Saturday by telling liberals to be ‘ready to defend this democracy’ and to be ‘ready to fight fascism.’ ‘Are you prepared to destroy authoritarianism once and for all? We’ll let the world hear you, no kings!’ he said in an impassioned speech.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15204165/no-kings-protests-national-guard.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: My church-going critics/opponents act like they believe that they will get into heaven by destroying those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my church-going critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/explained-why-donald-trump-thinks-his-father-isnt-in-heaven-and-he-also-wont-go-there/articleshow/124685317.cms
FROM OTHER SOURCES
AUTO GUIDE
— The Price Of A New Car Has Officially Become Unthinkable. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 17 in 1966, I was able to earn and save enough washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint. SEE: https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/auto-news/the-price-of-a-new-car-has-officially-become-unthinkable-44626426
October 18, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/no-kings-chicago-protest/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/photos-no-kings-protest-in-downtown-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/aurora-no-kings-protest/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like-valparaiso-no-kings-protest-draws-more-than-1000-people/
— DD: Democrat leaders fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/will-county-immigration-enforcement-ban/
— 11 arrested in second immigration raid at O’Hare rideshare lot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/ice-arrests-ohare-rideshare/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://chicago.suntimes.com/live/2025/10/17/no-kings-protests-chicago-suburbs-trump
— DD: Democrat leaders fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/18/to-stand-up-to-ice-agents-some-chicagoans-are-arming-themselves-with-whistles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/10/18/ice-latino-immigrants-maga-trump-racism-indian-rummana-hussain
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251018/nation-and-world-politics/no-kings-protests-against-trump-bring-a-street-party-vibe-as-gop-calls-them-hate-america-rallies/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://abc7chicago.com/post/no-kings-protest-chicago-today-thousands-gather-grant-park-oppose-donald-trump-administration-ice-arrests/18031765/
— Federal agents appear to detain landscaping company employees in Lake County
https://abc7chicago.com/post/video-appears-show-federal-agents-taking-landscaping-company-employees-custody-lake-county-illinois/18031654/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/illinois-gov-pritzker-addresses-no-kings-rally-in-chicago-250167365576
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/large-crowds-expected-at-no-kings-protests-in-chicago-across-us/3840235/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/no-kings-protests-against-trump-expected-saturday-in-dc-and-nationwide/3840241/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-chicago-protest-grant-park-saturday/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/no-kings-trump-rallies-protests-october/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/protesters-march-in-chicago-for-no-kings-day/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-kings-protesters-pack-grant-park-to-protest-against-trump-administration
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1726456
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/18/protesters-gather-downtown-chicago-part-national-no-kings-day-action
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-no-kings-protests-against-trump-planned-nationwide-in-what-the-gop-calls-hate-america-rallies/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/10/18/no-kings-protests-trump-deportation-ice-border-patrol-grant-park
— Democrat leaders fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/18/to-stand-up-to-ice-agents-some-chicagoans-are-arming-themselves-with-whistles
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/no-kings-protests-against-trump-bring-a-street-party-vibe-as-gop-calls-them-hate/article_c6d234c3-1856-5e65-8c74-84fd6b707f31.html
https://www.pjstar.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/10/18/hundreds-gather-along-war-memorial-drive-for-peoria-no-kings-protest/86774578007/
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/18/we-need-unity-1000-protesters-take-part-in-springfield-no-kings-rally/86773833007/
HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/10/18/immigrants-built-this-country-no-kings-day-protests-in-joliet-bolingbrook-draw-thousands/
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/no-kings-protests-against-trump-bring-a-street-party-vibe-as-gop-calls-them-hate/article_7866fe40-0340-56e9-a505-1034a935e381.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/defiant-democrats-embrace-no-kings-rallies-as-american-as-motherhood-baseball-and-apple-pie/amp/
LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings protests
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/10/18/well-over-15000-people-in-lake-mchenry-counties-attend-no-kings-protests-against-president-trump/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Teachers Union dues support 54 bosses making over $100K
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-dues-support-54-bosses-making-over-100k/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Hundreds, Maybe More Than a Thousand, Demonstrate Disaffection with Trump on Route 14 in Crystal Lake, More Photos Than You’ll Find Anywhere Else
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/hundreds-maybe-more-than-a-thousand-demonstrate-disaffection-with-trump-on-route-14-in-crystal-lake/
— Don Tracy Reports $2 Million in Bank for U.S. Senate Run
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/don-tracy-reports-2-million-in-bank-for-u-s-senate-run/
— Fox River Grove Petition Event on October 21 in El Sombrero
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/fox-river-grove-petition-event-on-october-21-in/
— Republican Don Tracy Goes After Pritzker and Potential U.S. Senate Opponent Stratton
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/republican-don-tracy-goes-after-pritzker-and-potential-u-s-senate-opponent-stratton/
— Is There Still Another Running for the GOP Nomination for Governor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/is-there-still-another-running-for-the-gop-nomination-for-governor/
— Dombrowski Takes Lead in Fundraising
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/dombrowski-takes-lead-in-fundraising/
— Looking at Finances for GOP DeWitte Replacement Hopefuls
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/looking-at-finances-for-gop-dewitte-replacement-hopefuls/
— State Senator Says It’s Time to Build More Nuclear Power Plants
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/18/12761/
— State Rep. Jeff Keicher Says He Doesn’t Trust Billionaires
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/state-rep-jeff-keicher-says-he-doesnt-trust-billionaires/
— Gerrymandering Louisiana vs. Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/gerrymandering-louisiana-vs-illinois/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Johnson Protected by 150 Chicago Cops While Claiming City Is ‘Safe’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/mayor-johnson-protected-by-150-chicago-cops-while-claiming-city-is-safe.html
— Norine Hammond Sided with Democrats on Climate Bank Bill That Could Hike Local Property Taxes
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/norine-hammond-sided-with-democrats-on-climate-bank-bill-that-could-hike-local-property-taxes.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Illinois State University faculty member flips Turning Point USA tables on campus: ‘Jesus did it’
https://nypost.com/2025/10/18/us-news/illinois-state-university-faculty-member-flips-turning-point-usa-tables-on-campus/
— New NY math guidelines tell teachers to stop testing kids on problem-solving speed to curb ‘anxiety’
https://nypost.com/2025/10/18/us-news/new-ny-state-math-guidelines-tell-teachers-to-stop-grading-kids-on-speed-solving-problems-because-it-causes-math-anxiety/
— Democrats are skewing crime stats ahead of the midterm elections
https://nypost.com/2025/10/18/business/trumps-doj-found-evidence-dems-are-skewing-crime-stats-ahead-of-the-midterm-elections/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois leaders accused of being ‘pro-illegal immigrant’ after cop arrested for living in U.S. illegally
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382931779112
NEWSMAX
— ICE Targeting Rideshare Drivers in Chicago
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-chicago-rideshare/2025/10/18/id/1230918/
TOWNHALL
— Feds Nab Illegal Alien Who Placed $10,000 Bounty on ICE Agents
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/10/18/illegal-alien-who-offered-10000-bounties-to-murder-ice-agents-arrested-in-dallas-n2665152
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— New Illinois Campaign Wants To Split State: ‘This Is Not Secession’
https://www.newsweek.com/new-illinois-campaign-wants-to-split-state-this-is-not-secession-10883726
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-ice-director-says-trump-immigration-crackdown-putting-agents-in-terrible-position/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Orders Some Federal Agents to Turn on Body Cameras in Chicago Area
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/chicago-ice-body-cameras.html
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army/
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010465573/trump-is-waging-war-on-americans-with-ice.html
GALLUP & BALTIMORE SUN & FORBES
— One in four workers lack advancement opportunities. DD: What did you do to advance your career? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I became a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. Nevertheless, my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 and my Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me beyond GS-13. If I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, they would have promoted me GS-14, GS-15, and Senior Executive Service.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/695996/one-four-employees-lack-advancement-opportunities.aspx
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/17/feeling-stuck-one-in-four-workers-lack-advancement-opportunities-survey-finds/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mariagraciasantillanalinares/2025/10/16/majority-of-americans-lack-quality-jobs-report-finds/
October 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal agents take people into custody at Back of the Yards flea market, protesters detained nearby
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ice-activity-federal-agents-make-arrests-north-side-flea-market-demonstrators-detained-sw-bp-gas-station/18022110/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/17/no-kings-protests-chicago-ice/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/naperville-no-kings-rally-protest-downtown/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/elgin-no-kings-trote-skeletons-saturday/
— Chicago’s civic-minded business leaders are just fat cats to Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-chicago-civic-minded-business-100000467.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Chicago federal appeals court upholds block on National Guard deployment. While President Donald Trump insists the troops are needed to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities and personnel, Illinois attorneys allege the deployment is really meant to punish states with policies Trump opposes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/16/chicagos-federal-appeals-court-upholds-block-national-guard-deployment-political-opposition-not-rebellion
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/10/16/president-donald-trump-upcoming-no-kings-protest-dowtown-chicago
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251016/news/no-kings-protests-and-rallies-scheduled-all-around-chicago-suburbs-on-saturday/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH & SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/weather/2025/10/17/no-kings-rallies-oct-18-weather-forecast-for-illinois-chicago-springfield-peoria-rockford/86731294007/
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_7bf3a54d-1b27-5be5-a7af-637afb81e20c.html
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/15/no-kings-protest-is-set-for-springfield-this-weekend-what-to-know/86687883007/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-10-16/no-kings-protests-planned-across-northern-illinois
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-17/no-kings-organizers-project-a-massive-turnout-for-this-weekends-protests
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & WJOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/10/16/illinoisans-could-stop-receiving-snap-benefits-starting-nov-1/86732959007/
https://www.wjol.com/illinois-governor-calls-on-congressional-republicans-to-preserve-snap-benefits/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote international students over American students.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/10/17/fewer-international-students-studying-at-some-illinois-universities
OAK PARK
— Oak Park changes enforcement of gas leaf blower ban over ICE activity. The village plans to issue tickets only to property owners, not contractors, amid fears over immigration enforcement
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/10/16/oak-park-change-enforcement-gas-leaf-blower-ban-ice-activity/
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois releases draft numeracy plan to improve math education. DD: One reason why I transferred from UIC to NIU when I was 20 years old in 1969 was my having trouble understanding math instructors whose English was not their first language.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/10/16/illinois-releases-draft-numeracy-plan/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-613/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County GOPAC’s Kirk Remembrance and Petition Party Where Two Gubernatorial Candidates Spoke. DD: What Kirk events have the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization hosted? If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would have hosted a major Kirk event by now. If I was still an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, the organization would have hosted a major Kirk event by now.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/17/mchenry-county-gopacs/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Krishnamoorthi spends $450K per week on TV ads in Senate race. Stratton, Kelly struggle to keep pace with Krishnamoorthi’s prolific fundraising.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/krishnamoorthi-spends-450k-per-week-on-tv-ads-in-senate-race/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Far too many a) become major Republican donors, b) become Republican Precinct Committeemen, c) become leaders in Republican organizations, and/or d) become Republican elected officials to strike the following planks from the Republican Party platform: 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). The aforesaid are not just RINOs, they are Democrat plants. I should write about the aforesaid in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes tale the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Norine Hammond’s Campaign in Crisis: McCombie Sends Paid Knockers as Voters Revolt, Refuse to Sign Petitions
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/norine-hammonds-campaign-in-crisis-mccombie-sends-paid-knockers-as-voters-revolt-refuse-to-sign-petitions.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden’s DHS let migrants on bogus documents claim asylum
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/16/bidens-dhs-catching-releasing-migrants-bogus-documents-audit/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE arrests illegal immigrant serving as Chicago-area police officer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3853891/ice-illegal-immigrant-chicago-police-officer/
— Blue-city blues: Democratic mismanagement is not limited to the biggest urban centers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3852252/blue-city-blues-democratic-mismanagement-baltimore-detroit-portland/
ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Illegal DEI Tactics Live On
https://aim.org/2025/10/16/washington-times-illegal-dei-tactics-live-on-aim-president-warns/
AIR FORCE TIMES
— Air Force Academy alumni board to vote on honoring Charlie Kirk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/air-force-academy-alumni-board-221633529.html
BREITBART
— Shutdown Driven by Democrat Desire for Free Health Care for Illegals, Schumer’s ‘Political Crisis’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/10/16/cruz-shutdown-driven-by-democrat-desire-for-free-health-care-for-illegals-schumers-political-crisis/
— Newsom Jokes That People Compare Him to God
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/10/16/newsom-jokes-that-people-compare-him-to-god/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard’s rebranded DEI office gets more cash than all DEI centers it replaced
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvards-rebranded-dei-office-gets-cash-dei-centers-replaced/28782
DAILY WIRE
— Florida Sues California Over Sanctuary Policies, Trucker Licenses For Illegal Immigrants. “They care more about their love affair with illegals than protecting American citizens.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-sues-california-over-sanctuary-policies-trucker-licenses-for-illegal-immigrants
ICE
— ICE arrests illegal alien serving as a local police officer in Suburban Chicago. Hanover Park Police Department authorized illegal alien to carry a firearm in violation of federal law. DD: All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-serving-local-police-officer-suburban-chicago
NEW AMERICAN
— ICE Arrests Illegal-alien Hired as Cop in Pritzker’s Illinois
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-hired-as-cop-in-pritzkers-illinois/
RED STATE
— Cook County, IL, Slides Toward Full-Blown Insurrection As Judges Try to Stop Immigration Enforcement
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/10/16/cook-county-il-slides-toward-full-blown-insurrection-as-judges-try-to-stop-immigration-enforcement-n2195121
TOWNHALL
— Schumer Shutdown Is a National Security Concern
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/10/16/rsc-chair-cooks-dems-explains-how-schumer-shutdown-is-a-national-security-concern-n2665033
U.S. HOUSE
— Democrats’ Failed Health Care Policies: Shut Down Government to Restore Taxpayer Subsidies for Illegal Immigrants’ Health Care
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/10/16/democrats-failed-health-care-policies-shut-down-government-to-restore-taxpayer-subsidies-for-illegal-immigrants-health-care/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Alien Found Working as a Police Officer in Suburban Chicago
https://www.westernjournal.com/ice-agents-arrest-illegal-alien-found-working-police-officer-suburban-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Appeals court declines to lift order blocking Trump from deploying National Guard in Illinois, finding scant evidence of ‘rebellion’ “Political opposition is not rebellion,” the judges wrote in their decision.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/appeals-court-declines-lift-order-blocking-trump-deploying/story?id=126599445
— DD: Democrat leaders gerrymander to defeat Republicans.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/supreme-court-case-lead-loss-black-representation-congress-126566427
CBS NEWS
— Mental health among LGBTQ youth is worsening. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/mental-health-among-lgbtq-youth-is-worsening-report-finds/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders gerrymander to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/15/us/supreme-court-voting-rights
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasing paint Trump-supporters who are German American as being Nazis and especially German Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or Protestant.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/opinion/defiance-nazi-germany.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/no-kings-protest.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Why racial redistricting might go the way of affirmative action. The Supreme Court seems poised to address the discrepancy between two rulings on racial preferences. DD: My critics/opponents have always given preference to those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/16/supreme-court-affirmative-action-race-redistricting/
— Do you need a better job? Answer these five questions to find out. Accounting for such metrics as schedule stability and advancement opportunities, few people have jobs that meet all their needs, a Gallup survey of 18,400 workers finds. DD: Fewer and fewer and fewer citizens America will take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they did not have to take bad jobs because they are much better than me. To add insult to injury, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I have always been grossly overpaid and b) that my pension benefits are much too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/16/quality-job-workers-gallup/
BALTIMORE SUN
— Feds warn of antifa infiltration, hidden funding ahead of ‘No Kings’ protests
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/17/feds-warn-of-antifa-infiltration-hidden-funding-ahead-of-no-kings-protests/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/15/no-kings-protests-trump-oct-18-turnout/86627101007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chamber of Commerce Sues Over Trump’s New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee. The business lobby is entering the fight over a move it says will hurt employers. DD: All employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-h1b-visa-fee-lawsuit-chamber-of-commerce-2c55f183
— Didn’t Get That Promotion? How to Turn ‘No’ Into Opportunity. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors delayed my promotions and refused to promote me beyond GS-13. What did you do to get promotions? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. But nevertheless, all my coworkers who were promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/didnt-get-that-promotion-how-to-turn-no-into-opportunity-caf0f66f
ACCOUNTING TODAY
— The myth of meritocracy. DD: The accounting profession had no interest in me even after a) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) I earned a master’s degree in accounting, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) became a licensed CPA, e) worked for IRS, and f) worked for GAO. The accounting profession would have had great interest in me if I had been a minority, female, and/or younger.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/the-myth-of-meritocracy-in-accounting
FED WEEK
— Trump Orders New Hiring Committees to Approve Creation, Filling of All Posts. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and an earning a bachelor’s degree in management. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/trump-orders-new-hiring-committees-to-approve-creation-filling-of-all-posts/
YALE INSIGHTS
— DD: According to my critics/opponents a) they owe their successes to meritocracy and b) I owe my successes to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for less time than my ancestors. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/how-meritocracy-worsens-inequality-and-makes-even-the-rich-miserable
MERCURY NEWS
— Federal government to withhold $40 million from California for not enforcing trucker English requirements. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. I should write about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blame me the most for George Ryan’s problems. They stress what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress what I did as Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township campaign coordinator in 2001 and 2002. They stress what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007. They stress what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/16/federal-government-to-withhold-40m-from-california-for-not-enforcing-trucker-english-requirements/amp/
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-no-kings-protests-october_n_68f120eae4b0ab08d3194190?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001
TEEN MAGAZINE
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents are woke.
https://www.theteenmagazine.com/woke-shouldn-t-be-a-derogatory-term
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Woke Illinois Dem. Governor JB Pritzker has added $1.4m in GAMBLING winnings to his vast $4bn fortune
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15198961/amp/jb-pritzker-illinois-democrat-governor-vegas.html