FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Cubs’ Matt Shaw enters a new world with his Turning Point USA appearance
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/chicago-cubs-matt-shaw-turning-point-appearance/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/21/how-i-reported-on-immigration-as-a-daughter-of-immigrants
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— U.S. Republican Senate Candidate R. Cary Capparelli argues that the Illinois Republican Party needs new leadership.
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/12/21/republican-party-in-illinois-needs-new-grassroots-candidate-says/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge’s conviction in ICE obstruction case vindicates courthouse arrests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/judges-conviction-ice-obstruction-case-vindicates-courthouse-arrests/
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest surprises attendees with phone call from Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/nicki-minaj-donald-trump-surprise-guests-turning-points-americafest/
— House investigators probing Jeffrey Epstein case urged to unseal the Clinton impeachment files
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/20/house-investigators-probing-jeffrey-epstein-case-urged-unseal-clinton/
— Our enemy Islam has revealed all. Recent massacres reveal patterns that denial and euphemisms only worsen.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/enemy-islam-revealed/
— Seats for sale: Campaign costs skyrocket, fueling elites in politics
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/19/seats-sale-campaign-costs-skyrocket-fueling-elites-politics/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action. DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://freebeacon.com/culture/assessing-the-wreckage-of-affirmative-action/
NEW YORK POST
— Vance wades into MAGA civil war at AmericaFest, criticizes conservatives for ‘canceling each other’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/jd-vance-wades-into-maga-civil-war-decries-conservatives-canceling-each-other/
— Tucker Carlson named ‘Antisemite of the Year’ by prominent Jewish organization after alarming interviews
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/tucker-carlson-named-antisemite-of-the-year-by-jewish-organization/
— Mamdani’s early staff picks confirm NYers’ worst fears for the next four years
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/opinion/zohs-staffer-picks-are-starting-to-confirm-nyers-worst-fears-for-the-next-four-years/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Wake Up, Parents: American Library Association Is (Still) Grooming Our Kids. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/21/wake-up-parents-american-library-association-is-still-grooming-our-kids/
AMERICAN THINKER
— I thought Trump didn’t want any more federal holidays
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/i_thought_trump_didn_t_want_any_more_federal_holidays.html
BREITBART
— Vance: ‘Honor’ Charlie Kirk by Not Doing Things ‘That He Himself Refused to Do in Life’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/21/jd-vance-honor-charlie-kirk-by-not-doing-things-that-he-himself-refused-to-do-in-life/
COLLEGE FIX
— U.S. House leader questions Chicago Public Schools’ exclusion of Christian student teachers
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-s-house-leader-questions-chicago-public-schools-exclusion-of-christian-student-teachers/
— University play ‘A Gay in a Manger’ features Jesus as ‘King of Gays,’ Three Wise Men as drag queens
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-play-a-gay-in-a-manger-features-jesus-as-king-of-gays-three-wise-men-as-drag-queens/
— ‘Power Rainbow’ by Harvard grad students teaches 3rd graders about systemic oppression
https://www.thecollegefix.com/power-rainbow-by-harvard-grad-students-teaches-3rd-graders-about-systemic-oppression/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Threatening Western Civilization’: Tulsi Gabbard Slams ‘Islamist Ideology’ As America’s Greatest Threat
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/21/tulsi-gabbard-islamist-ideology-america-threat-americafest-tpusa/
— WSJ Celebrates Degeneracy Just In Time For Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/19/house-vaishnavi-nayel-talawadekar-throuple-wall-street-journal-relationship-gay-marriage/
EPOCH TIMES
— At TPUSA Event, Vance Warns Conservatives to Not Cancel Each Other. Sparks flew between Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, and other speakers at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/at-tpusa-event-vance-warns-conservatives-not-to-cancel-each-other-5961174
— How Chinese Syndicates With Ties to CCP Took Over Marijuana Black Market in US. ‘This stuff is being exported out of the country … It’s an international business for them,’ a drug enforcement expert said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-chinese-syndicates-with-ties-to-ccp-took-over-marijuana-black-market-in-us-5944843
— Safer Roads, More Work: Truckers Welcome Crackdown on Illegal Drivers. A series of fatal accidents in 2025 spurred calls for reforms and better scrutiny of non-resident foreign commercial driver’s license holders and applicants.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/safer-roads-more-work-truckers-welcome-crackdown-on-illegal-drivers-5947753
FOX NEWS
— Progressive churches in Colorado and Washington host drag Nativity, Christmas shows. Congregations in Colorado and Washington host Nativity shows through a ‘queer lens.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/progressive-churches-churches-colorado-washington-host-drag-nativity-christmas-shows
— Vance says ‘America First’ movement rejects ‘purity tests,’ welcomes critical thinkers. Vice president tells AmericaFest crowd Trump built coalition by welcoming supporters regardless of background. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their saboteurs destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-says-america-first-movement-rejects-purity-tests-welcomes-critical-thinkers
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Ben Shapiro at TPUSA: Conservative movement in danger “from charlatans who … traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/ben-shapiro-at-tpusa-conservative-movement-in-danger-from-charlatans-who-traffic-in-conspiracism-and-dishonesty/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Solved the Border Crisis Biden Claimed Was Unsolvable
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/21/trump-solved-the-border-crisis-biden-claimed-was-unsolvable-n4947344
TOWNHALL
— Vance Calls for GOP Unity, Touts Trump Agenda at AmericaFest 2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/21/jd-vance-calls-for-gop-unity-touts-trump-agenda-at-americafest-2025-n2668273
— BLM Co-founder Arrested on Domestic Assault Charges
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2025/12/21/blm-co-founder-arrested-on-domestic-assault-charges-n2668274
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Photos of Turning Point USA’s annual conservative youth conference
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/turning-point-usa-conference-photos-d99fb219f6942e16b915208e13c1b37c
CNN
— Endorsement of Vance receives mixed reactions at Turning Point USA conference
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/politics/video/turning-point-endorse-jd-vance-president-reaction-vrtc
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest is rife with infighting
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/world/video/americafest-chaos-contorno-lkl-fst-122104aseg1-cnni-world-fast
NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Girl Power Riley Gaines Shapes Turning Point USA AmericaFest
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-girl-power-shapes-turning-point-usa-americafest-11250370
NEW YORK TIMES
— $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Turning Point USA showcases the discord that Republicans like Vance will need to navigate in the future. Turning Point has endorsed Vance as the Republican nominee for the next presidential election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/21/turning-point-charlie-kirk-vance-republicans-2028/ae0bac0e-de6f-11f0-9a80-62add4d0e8ef_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Charlie Kirk’s Empire Is Lining Up Behind a Vance Presidential Bid. The vice president will speak Sunday at TPUSA’s premier event, days after Erika Kirk endorsed him for 2028 run.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/charlie-kirks-empire-is-lining-up-behind-a-jd-vance-presidential-bid-cedeb9cc
FORTUNE
— What comes after affirmative action? DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://fortune.com/2023/06/08/affirmative-action-supreme-court-harvard-unc/
— Five-year career plan. DD: What career advice did you reject? I refused to a) become a Democrat, b) glorify and praise my superiors and supervisors, c) pander to my superiors and supervisors, d) serve as an operative or as a dupe for my superiors and supervisors, and e) help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Consequently, my Democrat superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/linkedin-ceo-says-it-s-outdated-to-have-a-five-year-career-plan-it-s-a-little-bit-foolish-considering-the-pace-ai-is-changing-the-workplace/ar-AA1SBIt9
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-nativity-immigration-ice-protest-goog_l_6942ebdfe4b045d9788c63f3
AXIOS
— MAGA media mess deepens at Turning Point convention
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/maga-media-antisemitism-turning-point-usa
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TINES
— Affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. There are many things that I could/cannot afford because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.ft.com/content/d5f033e9-f9de-420d-93a1-22f2e38c6d5e
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, your health care will be free.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/21/us-healthcare-system-trump
TIMES OF INDIA
— Less than one-third of state teachers clear competency test. DD: Only about 20% of those who take the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations pass them on their first attempt like I did. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat and a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/less-than-one-third-of-state-teachers-clear-competency-test/articleshow/126097320.cms
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FROM CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/20/volunteers-bringing-holiday-bliss-to-needy-immigrant-families/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/broadview-six-protest-ice-charges/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/chicago-immigration-enforcement-raids/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/broadview-zoning-ice-center/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/illinois-accountability-commission-pritzker-border-patrol/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/column-donald-trump-kennedy-center-susie-wiles-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
–DD: What helped you earn a bachelor’s degree? For me, back in the good old days, it was my parents who provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. For me, it was the money I earned delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969. The aforesaid enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in August of 1970 and owing a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/18/in-austin-neighborhood-of-chicago-black-mentors-are-making-college-possible
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251219/lifestyle/downers-grove-woman-helps-form-operation-midway-bliss-to-assist-those-affected-by-ice/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will use Trump’s pot order to push more and more and more pot. Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1119813/after-trumps-marijuana-executive-order-will-the-dea-face-a-court-imposed-deadline-from-mmjs-writ-of-mandamus/
FROM CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Netflix’s merger threatens to push more woke dogma on Americans
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/4044489/netflix-warner-bros-merger-threatens-more-woke-dogma/
DAILY WIRE
— How Universities Divert Federal Science Grants To DEI And Administrative Bloat. 56% overhead rate funds college administrators under the guise of science grants.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-universities-divert-federal-science-grants-to-dei-and-administrative-bloat
PJ MEDIA
— The Left Offers Slavery, Nothing Else.
https://pjmedia.com/caskeet/2025/12/20/the-left-offers-slavery-nothing-else-n4947341
FROM CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Turley: Democratic despotism: The left moves from censored to compelled speech
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5657977-democratic-despotism-the-left-moves-from-censored-to-compelled-speech/
— Trump endorses GOP’s Blakeman for New York governor a day after Stefanik exits race. DD: Which of the candidates on the Republican primary ballot in your precinct a) have sought Trump’s endorsement and/or b) have gotten Trump’s endorsement?
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5658614-trump-endorses-blakeman-ny-governor/
— DD: What helped you escape liberal indoctrination? I majored in business at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976. I majored in accounting at DePaul 1976-1980. I majored in finance at IIT 1992-1997.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5601601-college-indoctrination-myth-exposed/
ABC NEWS
— Here’s what you missed at Turning Point’s chaotic convention. Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest convention has been marked by internal feuds among conservative figures. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200? I want to promote TPUSA activities. I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right coalition.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/missed-turning-points-chaotic-convention-128592455
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some of the biggest names in conservative media took turns torching each other on the main stage, spending more time targeting right-wing rivals than their left-wing opponents. The feuds could ultimately define the boundaries of the Republican Party and determine the future of President Donald Trump’s fractious coalition, which appears primed for more schisms in the months and years ahead.)
CNN
— Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order. DD: To be an employee is to be someone who obeys orders. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I never disobeyed any of their orders. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ordered me to give tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who they assigned me to supervise. All of those employees were minority, female, much younger than me, veteran, disabled, and/or had performance problems. But because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid discrimination when I was 40 years old in 1988, they wasted my career, they took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.wisn.com/article/top-lawyer-for-military-joint-chiefs-told-chairman-that-officers-should-retire-if-faced-with-an-unlawful-order/69827195
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Gender gap closing at Turning Point. Young conservative women embracing Erika Kirk at helm.
https://journalnow.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/article_b632d7be-f716-5ea6-b5f1-3ff96949bb96.html
MSN
— Career Advice. DD: What career advice did you reject? I refused to a) become a Democrat, b) glorify and praise my superiors and supervisors, c) pander to my superiors and supervisors, d) serve as an operative or as a dupe for my superiors and supervisors, and e) help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Consequently, my Democrat superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/mcdonald-s-ceo-the-career-advice-i-would-give-if-i-wasn-t-afraid-to-hurt-your-feelings/ar-AA1SxFgj
— Millions of retirees are owed Social Security money – are you one of them? DD: My critics/opponents will be furious when they learn that because of a law that Biden signed, a) my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $6,000/year, and now to $18,700/year and b) I got $3,200 and $14,000 backpay awards. Because of the law, I now can start getting 47% of my wife’s Social Security. I paid into Social security 1964-1973 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped more gasoline.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/millions-of-retirees-are-owed-social-security-money-are-you-one-of-them/ar-AA1SFaun
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Millions of public workers received a notice this year and saw something unexpected. The Social Security Administration (SSA) informed them that their Social Security checks were going up and a lump-sum payment was on the way. If you spent your career as a teacher, firefighter, police officer, or government worker and watched your Social Security get slashed by confusing rules, this is the change you’ve been waiting for. A newer law, called the Social Security Fairness Act, wipes out two long-hated penalties: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). Those rules used to cut or erase senior benefits for people who also had a pension from a job that didn’t pay into Social Security. Now they’re gone, and billions of dollars are being paid out. Here’s what the law actually does, who gets money, who doesn’t, and how much people are seeing. The Social Security Fairness Act became law on January 5, 2025, and repeals both WEP and GPO for benefits payable starting January 2024. WEP used to reduce retirement or disability benefits if you had a pension from “non-covered” work. This is a job where you didn’t pay Social Security tax. GPO reduced or wiped out spousal and survivor benefits for people with those same kinds of pensions. Together, those two rules cut benefits for more than 2.8 million people. Many of those were teachers, firefighters, police officers, and federal workers under old pension systems. Under the new law, December 2023 is the last month WEP and GPO apply. Any benefit payable for January 2024 and later must be calculated as if those penalties never existed. That means higher monthly checks going forward, and catch-up money for past qualifying months where your benefit was reduced. The new law does not help every public employee. To benefit, you must have a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security taxes. These may include: State and local teachers, firefighters, and police officers. Federal workers covered by the old Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), Some workers with foreign Social Security pensions. If your pension comes from a job where you paid Social Security tax, you will not see a change from this law. Roughly 72% of state and local public employees fall into this group. You may qualify if: You already receive a reduced retirement or disability benefit because of WEP. You get a reduced or zero spousal or survivor benefit because of GPO. You have enough Social Security credits or a spouse or ex-spouse with enough credits, but you never applied because WEP or GPO made the benefit too small to bother with. The law covers benefits on your own record and benefits as a spouse or surviving spouse. It does not change your actual pension. It only changes the Social Security piece that was being cut because of the pension. The amount depends on your situation, but the numbers can be big. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates show that eliminating WEP alone raises monthly benefits by around $360 on average for affected workers. The GPO repeal adds even more for spouses and widows. The CBO estimates an average monthly increase of $700 for spouses and $1,190 for widows. On top of higher monthly checks, there are lump-sum back payments. Because the repeal applies to benefits payable from January 2024 onward, people who were already collecting in 2024 are owed money for every month their benefit was underpaid. By early March 2025, more than 1.1 million people had already received over $7.5 billion in retroactive payments, with an average lump sum of $6,710. As implementation continued, the totals grew. By early July 2025, more than 3.1 million payments had gone out, totaling about $17 billion, five months ahead of schedule. While some people get hundreds of dollars more per month, others see a more modest increase. The size of your non-covered pension, how much GPO or WEP used to take away, and whether you’re a worker, a spouse, or a surviving spouse are all key factors in how much you’ll receive. For people who were already receiving benefits reduced by WEP or GPO, the process was mostly automatic. In 2025, SSA recalculated records and sent a one-time lump-sum payment for benefits owed back to January 2024 and increased monthly payments going out in April 2025. If you were affected by WEP or GPO and think you might be entitled to an increased benefit or a back-dated lump sum but haven’t received any money or a notice, you need to take action. Check your “my Social Security” account to see the status of your benefits and contact SSA for help if you think there’s a problem. If you never applied for retirement, spousal, or survivor benefits because WEP or GPO made the amount tiny or zero, you most likely need to file a new application. Retroactive payment rules still apply, though, so back pay could be limited to six months in many retirement and survivor cases. So don’t wait, as the longer you delay, the more money you’re losing. . .If you have a pension from work that didn’t pay into your Social Security and your benefits were cut by WEP or GPO, you’re exactly who this law was written for. You should already have received your lump-sum back pay and have been seeing your increased benefit amount since April. If you haven’t and think you’re entitled to it, check with SSA. If you never bothered to apply because WEP and GPO made the benefit tiny or non-existent, you should reconsider claiming now. With back pay potentially limited to six months, act fast to put extra cash in your pocket sooner rather than later.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. There are many things that I could/cannot afford because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/upshot/affordability-democrats-trump.html
— Turning Point’s Annual Gathering Turns Into a Gripefest. At AmericaFest, conservative leaders insulted one another, revealing serious rifts over conspiracy theories, antisemitism and who belongs in America. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200? I want to promote TPUSA activities. I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right coalition.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/turning-points-americafest-ben-shapiro.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that more and more and more candidates will use criticisms of Trump to be more and more and more anti-conservate, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older-people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-anti-indian-hate.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, your health care will be free.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/health-care-gop.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The year Trump broke the federal government. How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-federal-government-workers-doge/
FORBES
— DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their saboteurs destroy TAPROOT Republicans of the Illinois in 2012 and the Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007. I would focus on my critics/opponents who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2025/11/30/theres-a-hidden-saboteur-in-your-meetings-and-theres-only-one-person-who-can-stop-it/
FAST COMPANY
— DD: To get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors turned their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran against them.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91449043/most-leaders-misread-generational-tension-these-five-habits-resolve-it-generational-tension-workplace
TIMES RECORD
— Race-based hiring practices remain illegal. DD: How has Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI impacted you? While I was young, employers had to hire, promote, and retain based on race and gender, that is, they had to hire, promote, and retain minorities and females. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Because I am not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat superiors ever-increasingly used AA and DEI to promote over me their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. 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://www.pressreader.com/usa/times-record-ft-smith-southwest/20251221/281522232434308
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/ice-nativity-offers-boston-archbishop-leadership-opportunity-apology
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Another Mass Staffing Purge at the VA. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They used Gingrich budget cuts to purge the agency of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. They gave their managers of their Chicago office lists of employees to purge. Of course, I was on all those lists. I would not have survived for almost 18 years if I had not earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, earned more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. I should write about that.
https://prospect.org/2025/12/18/another-mass-staffing-purge-at-va/
WYOMING NEWS
— Two U.S. senators blast Trump’s nominee to be the federal attorney for Wyoming as being unqualified. DD: Were you promoted too fast? IRS promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. My Democrat and RINO critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was promoted too fast, that is, that I was unqualified. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me. To get rid of me, they disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, they disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and they never promoted me again. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my earning an MBA when I was 27 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I should write about that.
https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/senators-blast-wyoming-s-u-s-attorney-as-unqualified-maga-loyalist-jan-6-supporter/article_8d8a98f8-6f07-44ee-b0db-45b0a4a75c8a.html
MITCH JACKSON
— How an Unqualified, Conspiracy Driven Loyalist Gained Power Inside the Department of Justice. DD: Were you promoted too fast? IRS promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. My Democrat and RINO critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was promoted too fast, that is, that I was unqualified. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me. To get rid of me, they disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, they disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and they never promoted me again. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my earning an MBA when I was 27 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I should write about that.
https://mitchthelawyer.substack.com/p/ed-martin-how-an-unqualified-conspiracy
ATLANTIC
— America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/america-marriage-decline/681518/
NPR
— Inside Turning Point USA’s uneasy moment after Charlie Kirk. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200? I want to promote TPUSA activities. I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right coalition.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/20/nx-s1-5648806/inside-turning-point-usas-uneasy-moment-after-charlie-kirk
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIAN EXPRESS
— Is the young, white male being pushed out? A new article is latest lightning rod in US culture wars. ‘The Lost Generation’, an article published in Compact magazine last week, alleges that DEI practices have squeezed young, white men out of prestige jobs in sectors such as media and television. It has reignited the debate on representation as the Trump administration goes after DEI programs.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/young-white-male-us-10431501/
December 20, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kane state’s attorney confirms she’s investigating Elgin ICE complaints
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/elgin-kane-investigation-ice-agents/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WIH BIG PICTURE: Trump administration threatens to withhold $50M from CTA, calling its plan to add police ‘materially deficient.’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/cta-security-plan-fta/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/editorial-greg-bovino-susie-wiles-donald-trump-immigration-home-depot-deportations/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/chicago-immigration-enforcement-raids/
— Some Carl Sandburg students speak out against a Turning Point USA club. DD: Your attitude toward Charlie Kirk and his assassination say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/carl-sandburg-students-oppose-turning-point-usa-club/
— Young conservative women find a home in Turning Point USA: ‘If Erika can do it, I can do it’. DD: Your attitude toward Charlie Kirk and his assassination say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/turning-point-usa-erika-kirk/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/19/border-control-body-cameras-videos-midway-blitz-albany-park
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251219/lifestyle/im-so-thankful-salvation-army-delivers-gifts-food-to-needy-suburban-families/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251219/nation-and-world/pope-names-pro-immigrant-pastor-bishop-of-florida-diocese-where-trumps-mar-a-lago-is-located/
ABC7
— Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president in 2028
https://abc7chicago.com/post/erika-kirk-endorses-jd-vance-president-2028/18300896/
— Concern grows over health care costs in Chicago area as ACA premiums could double in January
https://abc7chicago.com/post/concern-grows-health-care-costs-chicago-area-affordable-act-premiums-could-double-january/18301472/
WTTW
— Push for Chicago Teen Curfew to Control Large Gatherings Faces Uncertain Future. DD: How prepared is your municipality for Democrat teen takeovers?
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/19/push-chicago-teen-curfew-control-large-gatherings-faces-uncertain-future
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/12/19/border-control-body-cameras-videos-midway-blitz-albany-park
25 NEWS NOW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/12/20/peoria-dispensary-manager-sees-trump-order-boost-cannabis-research-ease-stigma/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-441/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What Politico Thinks Is Worth Reporting about 9th Congressional District Hopeful Daniel Biss
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/20/what-politico-thinks-is-worth-reporting-about-9th-congressional-district-hopeful-daniel-biss/
— Chicago Gets the Ride, Everyone Else Gets the Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/20/chicago-gets-the-ride-everyone-else-gets-the-bill/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Why Abortions Are Rising Despite the Fall of Roe
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/dr-mohler-why-abortions-are-rising-despite-the-fall-of-roe/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats won’t give up on child gender transitions
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3926401/democrats-will-not-give-up-child-gender-transitions/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump officials slam Minneapolis police chief’s ‘absurd’ use of Nativity story to criticize ICE raids
https://nypost.com/2025/12/19/us-news/trump-officials-slam-minneapolis-police-chiefs-absurd-use-of-nativity-story-to-criticize-ice-raids/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Dem leaders fume when Chicago Bears mull business-friendly Indiana for new stadium
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/19/illinois-dem-leaders-fume-when-chicago-bears-mull-business-friendly-indiana-for-new-stadium-1611374/
BLAZE
— Trump DOJ slams door on welfare for illegal aliens, ends Clinton-era loophole draining taxpayer dollars
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-doj-slams-door-on-welfare-for-illegal-aliens-ends-clinton-era-loophole-draining-taxpayer-dollars
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— WSJ Article Shows Why the ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Debate Is Overdue. The world, technology, and immigration have changed a lot since the 19th century, and the ultimate question is whether the Constitution can keep up.
https://cis.org/Arthur/WSJ-Article-Shows-Why-Birthright-Citizenship-Debate-Overdue
CITY JOURNAL
— Rescheduling Marijuana Is the Wrong Call. Trump’s move sacrifices public decency to big business.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-reschedule-marijuana-pot
DAILY CALLER
— Can The Dark Ages Return? DD: The most recent dark ages were the years Biden was President.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/19/victor-davis-hanson-dark-ages-western-civilization-tradition-mass-migration/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illegals on Interstates: Must States Recognize Deadly Drivers’ Licenses? DD: All this harkens back to George Ryan.
https://www.fairus.org/issue/states-giving-drivers-licenses-dangerous-illegal-aliens
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s marijuana order pushes a dangerous lie about drugs. As a society we seem to have become desensitized to the potentially horrific consequences of drug use. We should not be. We must not be.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/alex-berenson-trumps-marijuana-order-pushes-dangerous-lie-about-drugs
— Trump administration touts ‘most secure border in history’ as 2.5 million migrants exit US. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says administration delivered ‘most historic achievements in presidential history. DD: illegals came to America because Democrat and RINO leaders invited them. Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders because RINO leaders want cheap labor.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-touts-secure-border-history-2-5-million-migrants-exit-us
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Sanctuary Policies Release Thousands of Violent Criminal Aliens
https://www.judicialwatch.org/sanctuary-policies-release-thousands-of-violent-criminal-aliens/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— One Nation Under Siege. Radicals assail our constitutional republic from the left and the right.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/02/one-nation-under-siege/
— DD: Pot is poison
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/why-rescheduling-cannabis-falls-short/amp/
NEW AMERICAN
— Cowed by the Left, Chick-fil-A Stands by DEI Despite Culture Shift
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/faith-and-morals/cowed-by-the-left-chick-fil-a-stands-by-dei-despite-culture-shift/
PJ MEDIA
— Milwaukee Judge Convicted for Protecting Illegal Alien From Arrest
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/19/judge-convicted-for-protecting-illegal-alien-from-arrest-n4947277
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Rage After Woke Trans Surgeries Targeted by Trump Administration
https://townhall.com/videos/2025/12/19/dems-rage-after-woke-trans-surgeries-targeted-by-trump-administration-n2668215
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— Young conservative women find a home in Turning Point with Charlie Kirk’s widow at the helm. Young women who have grown emboldened in their conservative beliefs are attending the annual conference held by Turning Point USA. DD: My outstanding wife’s first job after she earned her high school diploma was working for the FBI. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. She became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/19/turning-point-kirk-conservative-women/f52251ca-dc9d-11f0-b484-4459fa8e79e5_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— After Charlie Kirk’s Death, MAGA Battles Over Free Speech. Ben Shapiro rebuked Tucker Carlson at the Turning Point USA conference over an interview with a white nationalist. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/maga-turning-point-usa-americafest-b4d16632
— Trump Goes for the Stoner Vote. Rescheduling pot sends the wrong message to vulnerable young brains.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-marijuana-reschedule-drugs-cdc-fda-6b30bf00
— DD: Pot is poison
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/potomac-watch-strassel/wsj-opinion-donald-trump-order-to-relax-marijuana-restrictions/8DAD1240-E948-4CBA-B335-B2212C60CF91
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyCf6W9P6fk
— Kristen Waggoner’s Legal Crusade for Conservative Christian Values. Her advocacy group has tallied 16 wins before the Supreme Court and is preparing for two transgender sports cases in January.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/kristen-waggoner-alliance-defending-freedom-supreme-court-conservative-christians-19be5bda
— Why My Generation Is Turning to ‘Financial Nihilism.’ It might seem reckless for Gen Z to gamble money on meme coins and sports, but many of us have lost confidence in the traditional ladder of success.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/financial-nihilism-gen-z-gambling-meme-stocks-options-kyla-scanlon-7ae4f2aa
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Early career roles have eroded too. Entry-level jobs have thinned out due to automation and cost pressures, with only 30% of 2025 college graduates able to find entry-level jobs in their field, an 11% drop since 2024, according to the Cengage Group’s 2025 Graduate Employability Report. Just this week the nation’s job report showed that the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds is at a postpandemic high of 10.6%. That instability hits at the exact moment when people are supposed to take their first steps on the economic ladder. And then there is homeownership: Only about 32% of 27-year-olds owned a home in 2024, a number that hasn’t budged in two years, according to the real-estate brokerage company Redfin. It’s a tough story compared to generations past—almost 40% of boomers and Gen Xers owned a home when they were 27. The price-to-income ratio for a median home now is nearly double what it was when their parents and grandparents were buying in the 1980s and 1990s. The specifics vary by region, but the broader reality is that the entry point into ownership has moved farther out of reach.)
FORTUNE
— The job market is so bad that people in their 40s are resorting to going back to school instead of looking for work. DD: How many people do you know who earned their third master’s degree in their 40s like I did? I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48 in 1997. I did that because my Democrat GAO supervisor wanted/demanded that. I did that because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS. In addition, I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor when I was 47 in 1996. But they flushed the aforesaid down their toilets when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/16/job-market-so-bad-people-age-40-going-back-to-school/
FORBES
— DD: Rubio promotes merit over DEI at the State Department.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDlnMxnB3dU
— DD: Unfair Advantages. DD: According to your critics/opponents, what unfair advantages do you have? According to my critics/opponents, the unfair advantages that I have include the following. I was born a healthy White male in 1948. My parents sent me to religious schools K-8 1953-1962. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. The federal government employed me 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and promoted me in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986. I was able to work my way through college and a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) earn job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) earn job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) earn a job-related professional license in 1981. I got married in 1978. My wife had good jobs. We gave up trying to have children. We did not adopt. We did not become foster parents. I have had a COLA-adjusted Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997. Because I am a federal retiree, the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthgotian/2022/07/19/you-might-be-overlooking-your-unfair-advantage-heres-how-to-find-it/
— How To Get Promoted Faster At Work. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that IRS promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25 and that GAO promoted me when I was 38. According to them, all those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. According to my critics/opponents, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianehamilton/2025/02/11/how-to-get-promoted-faster-at-work-the-one-skill-leaders-notice-most/
CONCORD MONITOR
— DD: Duckworth and other Democrat leaders decry that the Army never promoted Hegseth beyond the rank of Major. IRS promoted me to GS-12 when I was 25 in 1974. The equivalent Army rank is Captain. GAO promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. The equivalent Army rank is Major. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed what I did as an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980 and as a GAO Analyst 1980-1997.
https://www.concordmonitor.com/2025/12/19/my-turn-hegseth-dod-leadership-tillis/
MONEY WISE
— DD: GAO finds rampant Obamacare waste, fraud, abuse, but Democrat and RINO leaders ignore/dismiss/belittle that.
https://moneywise.com/news/rampant-waste-fraud-abuse-fake-obamacare-accounts-got-2350month-from-us-taxpayers-watchdog-finds
YOU GOV
— What are the best decades of Americans’ lives? Many say their 20s or 30s. DD: What were your best years? Mine include a) when I bought new cars when I was 17 in 1966, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. b) when I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. c) when I earned college degrees when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48, d) when I earned professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, e) when I became a licensed CPA when I was 32, f) when I got hired when I was 18, 21, 22, and 31, g) when I got promoted when I was 23, 24, 25, and 38, h) when I got married when I was 29, i) when I worked on audits of IRS when I was 38, 39, and 40, j) when I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators when I was 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, and 48, k) etc.
https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/53769-what-are-the-best-decades-of-americans-lives-many-say-their-20s-or-30s
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/blaming-immigrants-is-jd-vance-answer-for-every-problem.html
DEMOCRACY SOS
— Imagine if Congress was elected by Proportional Representation. Illinois’ 110-yr history with a form of PR resulted in more voter choice, more bipartisanship, less bitter polarization and better representation—a lesson for our times. DD: Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with minorities.
https://democracysos.substack.com/p/imagine-if-congress-was-elected-by-796
TALKING POINTS MEMO
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-the-trump-administration-is-quietly-resegregating-the-american-workforce
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want the following to be free for their illegals: housing, food, clothing, healthcare, education, transportation, childcare, etc.
https://www.aol.com/articles/why-republicans-falsely-claiming-democrats-161259456.html
DAILY KOS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled conservative-hating Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Kirk. Your attitude toward Kirk and toward his assignation says more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/19/2359155/-Wife-of-murdered-bigot-endorses-Vance-for-2028
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INTERNATIONAL TIMES
— Retirement Planning Is a Public Health Issue and a Personal Responsibility. DD: My having been in line for a Civil Service Retirement System pension since I was 18 years old in 1966 has had a big positive impact on me.
https://www.ibtimes.com/retirement-planning-public-health-issue-personal-responsibility-3793251
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retirement readiness in America is increasingly about basic well-being and even longevity itself. Research shows that adults with low incomes and limited financial stability die nearly a decade earlier on average than those with greater wealth. This is not about luxury. It is about stress, access to healthcare, and the ability to live independently as we age. Too many Americans are entering retirement without a plan that accounts for healthcare costs, rising longevity, market uncertainty, taxes, and evolving federal policy. The consequences of that uncertainty extend far beyond individual portfolios. They touch federal programs, the healthcare system, and the economic stability of families and communities.)
FROM OTHER SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— What married retirees need to know: 5 often-overlooked Social Security rules. DD: My critics/opponents will be furious when they learn that because of a law that Biden signed, a) my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $6,000/year, and now to $18,700/year and b) I got $3,200 and $14,000 backpay awards. Because of the law, I now can start getting 47% of my wife’s Social Security. I paid into Social security 1964-1973 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped more gasoline.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/what-married-retirees-need-to-know-5-often-overlooked-social-security-rules/amp_articleshow/126082641.cms
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Social Security payments usually depend on how much a person earned and paid in payroll taxes during their career. People with short or uneven work histories may get lower benefits because they paid less into the system. To help, Social Security allows married people to claim spousal benefits based on their spouse’s work history. A husband or wife can get up to 50% of their partner’s full Social Security benefit. This full amount is called the primary insurance amount (PIA).)
LIVE ACTION
— South Korea finds economic stability is key to encourage marriage and family. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.liveaction.org/news/south-korea-economic-stability-key-marriage-family
INVESTOPEDIA
— Maximize Earnings Potential with a College Education. DD: Firestone Stores would not have hired me when I was 21 in 1970 and IRS when I was 22 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business. IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. GAO would not have hired me when I was 31 if I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 31. GAO would not have promoted me when I was 38 or let me work until I was 49 if I had not a) earned master’s degrees in accounting and finance, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, c) became a licensed CPA, and d) earned four more job-related professional certifications.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/younginvestors/06/investineducation.asp
(FROM THE ARTICLE: College graduates earn significantly more over their lifetime than high school graduates. Higher degrees generally lead to greater salary potential. Choosing an in-state public college can save significantly on tuition costs. A college degree provides economic benefits beyond salary, including job security and upward mobility. College graduates often enjoy healthier lifestyles and increased physical activity.)
December 19, 2025
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton. Pot drags you down. I have never used pot and I never will. Did your classmates and coworkers use pot? What if your classmates had used pot? If my Crete-Monee High School classmates had used pot, my 1966 class ranking would have been higher. If I had used pot, my ACT score and my GPA would have been lower. UIC would not have accepted me in 1966 let alone NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. If I had used pot, I would not have passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. If I had used pot, I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had used pot, none of my employers would have hired me let alone promoted me. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. IRS would not have hired me in 1971 let alone promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 let alone promoted me in 1986. If my IRS and GAO coworkers had used pot, I would have had less competition. I would have been promoted much faster and much higher than I was. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who is more likely to use pot? From what I see, it is those who have trouble dealing with reality, who have health, financial, and/or other problems, and/or who fall for vices. From what I see, they are more likely to be liberal, Libertarian, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The more that you use pot, the sooner that you will crash and burn. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Marijuana criminals flow into Illinois prisons as president relaxes weed status. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/marijuana-criminals-flow-into-illinois-prisons-as-president-relaxes-weed-status/3865686/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/cannabis-reclassification-could-reshape-the-illinois-industry/3865691/
ABC7
— Illinois Accountability Commission holds 1st meeting on claims of abuse in ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-operation-midway-blitz-news-illinois-accountability-commission-discusses-impact-federal-agents-using-chemical/18298598/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday defended their agents actions, which they continue to say are exercised only in the face of grave threats and dangerous situations. “DHS law enforcement officers follow the law and the U.S. Constitution,” a statement from DHS read in part. “Our law enforcement show incredible restraint and professionalism in exhausting all options before any kind of non-lethal force is used.”)
CBS2
— Dozens more Chicago police officers and private security guards to begin patrolling CTA on Friday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cta-security-plan-police-officers-security-guards-patrols/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/opinion-gregory-bovino-christmas-immigration-raids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump admin ending grants for support services at many Illinois schools. The administration informed ACT Now Illinois last week that it is discontinuing its Community Schools grant, effective Dec. 31. DD: Democrat leaders use grants to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/18/act-now-illinois-community-schools-grant-trump
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/marijuana/2025/12/18/cannabis-trump-reclassify-marijuana-research
DAILY HERALD
— Elgin council meeting paused twice following interruptions from residents frustrated with federal immigration enforcement tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251218/news/elgin-council-meeting-paused-twice-following-interruptions-from-residents-frustrated-with-federal-im/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Want to talk affordability in Illinois? Start with taxes. DD: Ever-since I became an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. They were furious that I paid less federal income taxes by itemizing. They were even more furious that I paid less federal income tax by deducting my deducting my education expenses 1972-1981 and 1992-1997.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/12/19/want-to-talk-affordability-in-illinois-start-with-taxes-opinion/87827310007/
JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/business/article/cloud-lifts-over-cannabis-companies-future-amid-21250757.php
— Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shooting suspects into US
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/trump-suspends-green-card-lottery-program-that-21251664.php
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois bill would let people with past convictions run for office
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-bill-convictions-office-21248130.php
WAND TV
— EEOC urges white men to report discrimination. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/head-of-workplace-rights-agency-urges-white-men-to-report-discrimination/article_5098cb76-91e7-573c-8977-e20aeb5aad43.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-12-18/venezuelans-brace-for-hardship-as-trump-threatens-oil-blockade
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-18/fcc-chair-faces-questions-about-threats-to-broadcasters-and-agencys-independence
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— December 19, 2025
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-651/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Which Identity Is Unworthy? It Might Be Yours. DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the following identities are unworthy: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://johnkassnews.com/which-identity-is-unworthy-it-might-be-yours/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Wasn’t Paying Attention During the 1974 RTA Referendum
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/pritzker-wasnt-paying-attention-during-the-1974-rta-referendum/
— Criticism Mimics 1974 RTA Opponents’ Road Tax Diversion Arguments
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/nita-criticism-mimics-1974-rta-opponents-road-tax-diversion-arguments/
— Examples of Homeowners Who Lost Equity Through the Property Tax Sale Process
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/examples-of-homeowners-who-lost-equity-through-the-property-tax-sale-process/
— Man Charged for Lighting Women on Fire on CTA Train and Lighting Up City Hall
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/18/man-charged-for-lighting-women-on-fire-on-cta-train-and-lighting-up-city-hall/
— Republican Congress Folks Ask Trump Not to Pardon Madigan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/18/republican-congress-folks-ask-trump-not-to-pardon-madigan/
— Rep. Sue Ness Asks Constituents about Double-Dipping Elected Officials
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/rep-sue-ness-asks-constituents-about-double-dipping-elected-officials/
— Illinois Public Sector Unions Spend More on Politics Than Any Other State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/illinois-public-sector-unions-spends-more-on-politics-than-any-other-state/
— Household Income Limit for Senior Real Estate Tax Deferral Going Up to $75,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/household-income-limit-for-senior-real-estate-tax-deferral-going-up-to-75000/
— NBC Minimizes Democrats’ 60% Toll Increase
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/nbc-minimizes-democrats-60-toll-increase/
— Biss Calls for Repeal of Second Amendment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/biss-calls-for-repeal-of-second-amendment/
— Next Dems Will Make It Easier for Sgt. Dam
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/16/next-dems-will-make-it-easier-for-sgt-dam/
— Crooks in State Government
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/16/crooks-in-state-government/
— Why This Gambling Opponent Voted for the Lottery
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/15/why-this-gambling-opponent-voted-for-the-lottery/
— Discount on Lyft Rides on Christmas and New Year’s, First Come, First Serve
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/15/discount-on-lyft-rides-on-christmas-and-new-years-first-come-first-serve/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Don’t blame racism for inequality in America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal, moderate, Libertarian, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3919625/inequality-america-study-racism-american-dream/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani appointee resigns after vile antisemitic social media posts resurface
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/zohran-mamdani-appointee-catherine-almonte-da-costa-made-vile-antisemitic-comments-in-unearthed-social-media-posts/
BREITBART
— Democrats Fight for Illegals, Career Criminals, and Terrorists over Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ZcyN8VQT8
FEDERALIST
— EEOC Makes Direct Appeal To White Males Facing Workplace Discrimination. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/18/employment-commission-makes-direct-appeal-to-white-males-facing-workplace-discrimination/
— Large School Systems See Plummeting Foreign-Language Students Thanks To Immigration Enforcement. DD: What percent of the students in your school district are noncitizens?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/18/large-school-systems-see-plummeting-foreign-language-students-thanks-to-immigration-enforcement/
FOX BUSINESS
— Evanston mayor Biss makes the ‘conscious decision’ to choose illegal aliens over Americans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386677331112
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IjokWmyy7I
FOX NEWS
— A group of House Republicans is urging President Donald Trump against reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-demand-trump-reverse-course-after-strongly-considering-marijuana-executive-order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE5eDjAAp-M
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
— Comptroller General Dodaro’s Final Testimony Underscores Why Congress Needs a Strong Watchdog. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/comptroller-general-dodaros-final-testimony-underscores-why-congress-needs-a-strong-watchdog
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This week, Gene Dodaro, the outgoing Comptroller General of the United States, delivered his final testimony to Congress. After 15 years leading the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Dodaro used his closing appearance to highlight persistent high-risk areas across the federal government that expose taxpayers to waste, fraud, and abuse. He also reiterated a warning GAO has issued consistently during his tenure: without sustained leadership and reform from lawmakers, the nation’s fiscal trajectory is becoming increasingly perilous.)
NEWSMAX
— Democrat Candidates Tout Backing From Pro-Trans Ideology Group
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrats-senate-reproductive-freedom-for-all/2025/12/18/id/1238894/
TOWNHALL
— It’s No Shock Why Enrollment in These Large School Districts From Foreign-Language Students Is Down. DD: What percent of the students in your school district are noncitizens?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/18/its-no-shock-why-enrollment-in-large-school-districts-from-foreign-language-students-n2668124
— Can the Dark Ages Return?
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/12/19/can-the-dark-ages-return-n2668175
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— DD: To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites and against men.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-encourages-white-men-to-claim-discrimination-money-11235826
AOL
— About 1.5 million Americans could face soaring healthcare insurance premiums in 2026 with ACA subsidies set to expire. Will your income still qualify? DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.aol.com/finance/1-5-million-americans-could-190000891.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The subsidy cliff affects households with incomes that are above 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL). For 2026 marketplace coverage, that’s about $62,600 for a single person and $128,600 for a family of four in the contiguous U.S.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/18/us/trump-news
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats will not release the autopsy of their 2024 loss. Party leaders hope to avoid contentious fights over the party’s failing as it attempts to reboot for the 2026 midterms. DD: My critics/opponents continue to blame all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 a) on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and b) on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007, etc. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, b) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders since 2000, c) conservative leaders since 2000, and d) religious leaders since 2000. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/18/democrats-2024-harris-trump-autopsy/
USA TODAY
— White men urged by EEOC to file discrimination claims in anti-DEI escalation. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/18/trump-anti-dei-eeoc-discrimination-white-men/87830694007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/marijuana-drug-reclassify-trump-administration-db8eb9b4
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for their inflation. What has helped you deal with inflation? Ever since my wife and I got married in 1978, we a) spent money like we had only one paycheck instead of two and b) saved as much as we could for our retirement.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/potomac-watch-strassel/wsj-opinion-donald-trump-tries-to-recover-on-inflation-and-affordability/BD7DA3B4-DD5F-4300-BAAB-75CE2F90406C
WION
— DD: Biden did not “allow” 25 million illegals to come in, he brought them in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm2mC0ysRio
NPR
— Inflation cools slightly in November as worries about affordability grip Americans. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for their inflation. What has helped you deal with inflation? Ever since my wife and I got married in 1978, we a) spent money like we had only one paycheck instead of two and b) saved as much as we could for our retirement.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5647510
COLUMBIA SPECTATOR
— Yes, Columbia needs more conservative professors. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Many, most, and at times, virtually all of them were veterans who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025/12/19/yes-columbia-needs-more-conservative-professors/
NIEMAN LAB
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are the following once and for all: conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/dei-dies-in-darkness-taking-integrity-with-it/https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-dei-whiplash-continues/
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-dei-whiplash-continues/
ATLANTIC
— Rescheduling Marijuana Is an Enormous Mistake. Trump’s executive order does little more than offer a tax cut to an industry that profits from addiction. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/trump-marijuana-rescheduling-tax/685317/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GOVERNMENT AUDITING
— A Letter from the U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://intosaijournal.org/journal-entry/a-letter-from-the-u-s-comptroller-general-and-chair-of-the-intosai-journal/
FREE MALAYSIA TODAY
— Should candidate eligibility include health requirements? DD: What about additional requirements including relevant education, relevant work experience, relevant professional certifications, and relevant professional licenses? If I had run for a government office, I would have stressed my relevant education (master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance), my relevant work experience (almost 9 years working for IRS and almost 18 for GAO), my relevant professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and my relevant professional license (CPA).
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/12/19/should-candidate-eligibility-include-health-requirements
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump’s H-1B Visa Chaos: Jobs At Risk, Families Traumatized As Wait Pushed To Late 2026. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/global-pulse/trumps-h-1b-visa-chaos-jobs-at-risk-families-traumatised-as-wait-pushed-to-late-2026/videoshow/126062036.cms
— Why Is India The Hardest Hit By Donald Trump’s H-1B Visa Crackdown? DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/short-videos/briefs/why-is-india-the-hardest-hit-by-donald-trumps-h-1b-visa-crackdown-global-pulse/shorttakes/126061288.cms
December 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Illinois toll hikes one step closer to reality after Pritzker signs transit funding bill. Under the proposed increase, tolls for passenger vehicles would rise $0.45, while semi drivers would be subjected to a greater hike.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-toll-hikes-one-step-closer-to-reality-after-pritzker-signs-transit-funding-bill/3864698/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After vandals wreck anti-ICE Nativity scene, Evanston church gets creative. Lake Street Church removes the figure of the Virgin Mary wearing a gas mask, which was smashed by vandals, from the display. In its place, church staff put up a sign stating that Mary is being detained by immigration agents. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/16/lake-street-church-evanston-nativity-scene-vandalism
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and agents return to Chicago in show of force across city and suburbs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/border-patrol-activity-cicero-chicago/
— DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/17/opinion-las-posadas-holiday-christmas/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251207/news/the-u-s-citizens-getting-caught-in-trumps-immigration-crackdown/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Darin LaHood urges Trump to deny Mike Madigan’s plea for a pardon
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/lahood-urges-trump-reject-madigan-pardon/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-admin-could-reclassify-marijuana-would-that-make-it-legal-nationwide/amp/
25 NEWS NOW
— Police dispose of jars of ‘free weed’ that was left near school as holiday gift
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/12/17/police-dispose-jars-free-weed-that-was-left-near-school-holiday-gift/
WCIA
— Pritzker, Anti-Defamation League call out rising antisemitism across Illinois. DD: What percent of those who come to America are antisemites?
https://www.wcia.com/news/sangamon-county/pritzker-anti-defamation-league-call-out-rising-antisemitism-across-illinois/
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— A college degree is most ‘promising path’ to a good job in Illinois
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/16/illinois-research-identifies-most-promising-pathways-to-good-jobs/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Border patrol returns, tensions rise
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/17/border-patrol-returns-tensions-rise-00694628
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: MADIGAN MOVES: Illinois Republican Congress members have written a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to reject former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s request for a presidential pardon. “Granting clemency in this case would not only reward a lifetime of unethical behavior but also embolden other public officials to exploit their offices for personal gain,” wrote Congress members Darin LaHood (IL-16), Mary Miller (IL-15) and Mike Bost (IL-12). Their letter is here.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-650/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump declares Venezuelan government a ‘terrorist’ organization; orders oil tanker blockade
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/trump-orders-blockade-sanctioned-oil-tankers-venezuela-ramping/
— Trump administration urged to review Netflix’s LGBT content for kids as part of merger deal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/concerned-women-america-netflix-childrens-shows-41-lgbtq-content/
— Netflix and the near-complete woke Hollywood takeover. Filmmaking’s future depends on studio independence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/16/netflix-near-complete-woke-hollywood-takeover/
ALABAMA
— College scholarship in honor of Charlie Kirk created at University of Alabama. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district? Your attitude toward Kirk and toward his assassination say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.
https://www.al.com/news/2025/12/college-scholarship-in-honor-of-charlie-kirk-created-at-university-of-alabama.html
AMAC
— Deport Illegal Aliens – Laws Require It
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/deport-illegal-aliens-laws-require-it/
BLAZE
— ‘Enough white guys already’: The war on white men because of DEI in the working world exposed in damning report. DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and males do better at something than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males benefitted from discrimination against minorities and females.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/damning-report-highlights-the-systematic-erasure-of-white-men-from-various-industries
BREITBART
— Cotton Introduces Bills Enforcing Strict Asylum Seeker Standards, Ending In-State Tuition for Illegal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/16/exclusive-sen-tom-cotton-introduces-bills-enforcing-strict-asylum-seeker-standards-ending-in-state-tuition-for-illegal-migrants/amp/
— Private sector job growth has shifted to native-born Americans rather than foreigners, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer celebrated on Tuesday. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/12/16/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-private-sector-job-growth-going-to-native-born-americans/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times universities gave scholarships and resources to illegal aliens in 2025. Campus Reform uncovered multiple examples of colleges providing scholarships, legal services, and other resources to illegal alien students even as American students faced rising costs.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-universities-gave-scholarships-resources-illegal-aliens-2025/29082
CHRISTIAN POST
— How critical theory paved the way for Nick Fuentes
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/how-critical-theory-paved-the-way-for-nick-fuentes.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Anti-Turning Point USA professor used class time to plot disruption
https://www.thecollegefix.com/anti-turning-point-usa-professor-used-class-time-to-plot-disruption-report/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— The Left Hijacked the US Education System. It’s Time to Take It Back.
https://www.creators.com/read/ken-buck/12/25/the-left-hijacked-the-us-education-system-its-time-to-take-it-back
DAILY CALLER
— New York Voters Warm To Mamdani, His Socialist Policies
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/16/zohran-mamdani-favorability-policies-siena-poll/
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— Justice Department Sues the Virgin Islands Police Department for Unconstitutional Practices Resulting in Effective Denials of Gun Permits. DD: When will Democrats officially announce that they will abolish the Second Amendment, confiscate all firearms and ammunition from Republicans, and get rid of Republicans once and for all?
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-virgin-islands-police-department-unconstitutional-practices
FOX BUSINESS
— White House AI czar blasts blue states for inserting ‘woke ideology’ into artificial intelligence. David Sacks targets Colorado’s algorithmic discrimination law as Trump administration moves to cut AI regulations. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use AI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/white-house-ai-czar-blasts-blue-states-inserting-woke-ideology-artificial-intelligence
FOX NEWS
— Vance tells blue state they ‘might try hiring Americans before suing over Trump’s visa fee explosion. Oregon leads 18 states challenging Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee as unlawful. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-tells-blue-state-might-try-hiring-americans-before-suing-over-trumps-visa-fee-explosion
— Border Patrol commander returns to Chicago as agents deploy pepper balls in immigrant neighborhood. Gregory Bovino’s appearance draws protests in Little Village neighborhood as Operation Midway Blitz escalates. DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-commander-returns-chicago-agents-deploy-pepper-balls-immigrant-neighborhood.amp
NEWSMAX
— Democrat Control Leads to Socialism
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/markwayne-mullin-gavin-newsom-democrats/2025/12/16/id/1238618/
— Bill Would Bar In-State Tuition for Noncitizens
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-cotton-immigration-college-tuition/2025/12/16/id/1238584/
NUMBERS USA
— Twenty Years Ago Today: House Passed Bipartisan Immigration Reduction and Enforcement Legislation
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/twenty-years-ago-today-house-passed-bipartisan-immigration-reduction-and-enforcement-legislation/
TOWNHALL
— The November Jobs Numbers Are Here, and It’s Good News for American Workers. Since September the private sector has gained 121,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the government has lost 168,000 jobs. DD: Ever since I became a government employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had been a private sector employee, I never would have had the career successes that I had. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that career advancement in government is much easier than it is in the private sector, but nevertheless, I never earned more than $153, 151/year in today’s dollars notwithstanding the fact that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/16/jobs-numbers-n2667959
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump condemns antisemitism after Bondi Beach shooting. DD: What percent of those who come to America are antisemites?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/politics/video/donald-trump-bondi-beach-antisemitism-condemn-vrtc-digvid
ABC NEWS
— Maryland to consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overridden. DD: In my defense, I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/maryland-slavery-reparations-after-gov-wes-moores-veto-128464864
CBS NEWS
— As food insecurity rises in Georgia, a Stone Mountain pet pantry struggles to keep up with growing demand
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/as-food-insecurity-rises-in-georgia-a-stone-mountain-pet-pantry-struggles-to-keep-up-with-growing-demand/
ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— Dozens of protesters arrested after chaining themselves in front of San Francisco ICE building. SF’s ICE building cancels appointments; 44 protesters arrested after chaining themselves to entrances. DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://abc7news.com/post/dozens-protesters-faith-communities-block-entrances-san-francisco-ice-building/18292234/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Johnson Rules Out House Vote to Extend Health Insurance Subsidies. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/obamacare-subsidies-house.html
— New Yorkers Back Mamdani’s Push for Free Child Care. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly decried the cost of raising their children. They ever-increasingly punished me for my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) to become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/nyregion/mamdani-child-care-poll.html
— DD: To give preference to one demographic is to discriminate against another demographic. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens. That is, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/young-white-men-discrimination.html
— Our Kids Are the Least Flourishing Generation We Know Of. DD: What motivated you when you were young? Did you have the American Dream? I did. That motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But if I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I would not have that motivation because of ever-increasing discrimination against those who share my demographics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jonathan-haidt.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in every high school. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-16/texas-launches-plan-to-open-turning-point-usa-chapters-in-every-high-school
MIAMI TIMES
— Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions. DD: Because Black and Hispanic parents have lower incomes than White parents, colleges use income as a proxy for race.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/education/without-affirmative-action-elite-colleges-are-prioritizing-economic-diversity-in-admissions/article_9e22ccca-396d-4d8d-82e7-2c6d42613a47.html
USA TODAY
— Mamdani’s NYC win sparks secession talk by Staten Island Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/17/mamdani-nyc-staten-island-republicans-secession/87340414007/
— Agents are right to file lawsuit against FBI. DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/11/fbi-agents-fired-kneeling-first-amendment-lawsuit/87691940007/
FORBES
— DHS Tells Churches To ‘Get A Grip’ As Nativity Scenes Used To Protest ICE. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/12/16/dhs-tells-churches-to-get-a-grip-as-nativity-scenes-used-to-protest-ice/
FAST COMPANY
— DD: If you would ask my Democrat GAO superiors what their greatest successes were, they would include their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91460876/how-trumps-anti-dei-policies-are-hurting-black-workers
ENTREPRENEUR
— McDonald’s CEO Warns That His Career Advice May ‘Hurt Your Feelings.’ In a new Instagram video, Kempczinski urged professionals to take full responsibility for their careers instead of waiting for someone else to give them an opportunity. Kempczinski’s message frames career growth as a personal responsibility, not a passive undertaking. DD: None of my Democrat Post Office superiors urged me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree. None of my Democrat Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors urged me to earn job-related master’s degrees, job-related professional certifications, or a job-related professional license. In fact, they discouraged me from doing the aforesaid big time. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/mcdonalds-ceo-this-career-advice-may-hurt-your-feelings/500931
PROPLE
— DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://people.com/why-churches-taking-stand-anti-ice-nativity-scenes-11864296
UNITED METHODIST NEWS
— In a Nativity scene at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas, Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus are depicted being held in a detention center, as a protest of how immigrants are being treated in the United States. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.umnews.org/en/news/nativity-scenes-art-spotlight-immigration
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Turning Point USA’s Student Membership Keeps Growing. DD: Who leads Turning Point USA in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/12/17/turning-points-student-membership-keeps-growing
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Vance: “Try hiring Americans as states challenge Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee.” DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/jd-vance-says-try-hiring-americans-as-states-challenge-trump-s-100-000-h-1b-visa-fee/ar-AA1SjoUN
PRESS GAZETTE
— Top 50 news websites in the US in November: Ten newsbrands down by over 40% in a year. DD: The mainstream news media is ever-increasingly nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/
December 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Housing Authority subject of HUD audit citing immigration and criminal activity. The CHA is one of a handful of housing authorities across the country being audited.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/15/chicago-housing-authority-hud-oig-audit-immigration-criminal-activity
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/15/meet-the-chicago-teens-raising-money-to-help-classmates-with-parents-in-immigration-detention
— UChicago, Northwestern students receive prestigious Marshall scholarship. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me. They have always stressed that I would not have had to do that if I had gotten scholarships. They have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/11/uchicago-northwestern-students-receive-prestigious-marshall-scholarship
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/the-chicago-immigrant-orchestra-is-defiant-in-the-wake-of-recent-raids/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: CPS lunchroom workers near six months without a contract: ‘No one sees us.’ DD: Which of your jobs put you out of sight? I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966. I worked 28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965. All during that time, I worked alone for 20 hours every week. My next job was working alone cleaning golf shores at the Flossmoor County Club. But I soon had to resign because my allergies were killing me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/cps-lunchroom-workers-contract-negotiations/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, everyone gets free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free childcare, free transportation, free education, free everything. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, you do not have to work unless you want to. More and more and more in America are falling for that.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251214/news/medical-care-is-a-human-right-st-charles-clinics-meet-the-needs-of-kane-countys-uninsured/
FOX32
— Two-thirds of Americans say government should ensure health care for all. DD: Big step toward socialism, communism, and dictatorship. America-haters ever-increasing destroy personal responsibility and blame capitalism for all problems.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-thirds-americans-believe-government-should-ensure-health-care-all-poll
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legal marijuana? Critics asking people to re-think the issue. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-legal-marijuana-critics-asking-people-to-re-think-the-issue/article_91c740f6-21e3-4738-9b42-7484b749cd3a.html
— Illinois’ abortion policy places Carbondale in a hot spot
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-illinois-abortion-policy-places-carbondale-in-a-hot-spot/article_8c21faab-ea8c-4bf2-bc3f-2c4a16805a03.html
WAND TV
— As gerrymandering battles sweep country, supporters say partisan dominance is ‘fair.’ DD: According to Democrat leaders, political jurisdictions should be gerrymandered to favor voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Democrats include minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/as-gerrymandering-battles-sweep-country-supporters-say-partisan-dominance-is-fair/article_f074880c-f23d-5dfb-8060-2a2b6c7f381c.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— For Americans, the love for chain restaurants runs deep. DD: I became a McDonald’s fan when one of my relatives became financially successful selling eggs to McDonalds starting in 1960s.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-15/for-americans-the-love-for-chain-restaurants-runs-deep
WHEATON RECORD
— A Conversation on Trump Administration’s Handling of Immigration
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/a-conversation-on-trump-administrations-handling-of-immigration/
— McManis-Evans Women’s Floor Becoming a Male Dorm. DD: Wheaton College being conservative was a reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/mcmanis-evans-womens-floor-becoming-a-male-dorm/
— Three Illinois Christian Institutions Announced Closures in Recent Years
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/three-illinois-christian-institutions-announced-closures-in-recent-years/
— New Class Coming this Spring: “The Bible, Slavery and Liberation”
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/new-class-coming-this-spring-the-bible-slavery-and-liberation/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Presumptuous Pritzker Signs Away the Lives of More Illinoisans
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/11/presumptuous-pritzker-signs-away-the-lives-of-more-illinoisans
— American “Educators” and Somali-alia
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/10/american-educators-and-somali-alia
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Newly-Elected Democratic Party Dundee Township Supervisor Shefali Shah Acts As If She Is All-Powerful. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have taken against me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/newly-elected-democratic-party-dundee-township-supervisor-shefali-shah-acts-as-if-she-is-all-powerful/
— Illinois Review Takes Down Darby Hills for Taking a Walk on Illegal Alien Vote
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/illinois-review-takes-down-darby-hills-for-taking-a-walk-on-illegal-alien-vote/
— Charlie Brown Christmas Available Free Saturday & Sunday on Apple+
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/charlie-brown-christmas-available-free-saturday-sunday-on-apple/
— Blackface in Easton, Maryland
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/blackface-in-easton-maryland/
— Illinois Ranks High on Lawsuit Abuse. DD: All my critics/opponents side with the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed. I should write about those lawsuits, the defendants, their lawyers, and the big adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/13/14853/
— U.S. Treasury Secretary Calls Out Illinois for Refusing to Stop Taxing Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/u-s-treasury-secretary-calls-out-illinois-for-refusing-to-stop-taxing-tips/
— Bailey Attacks Pritzker on Refusing to Stop Taxing Tips in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/bailey-attacks-pritzker-on-refusing-to-stop-taxing-tips-in-illinois/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigration embraced by progressive evangelicals pushes America toward cultural suicide. Recycled ’70s Marxism isn’t real Christianity. DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/14/illegal-immigration-embraced-progressive-evangelicals-pushes-america/
NEW YORK POST
— The woke have seized control of NYC’s ‘affordable housing’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/14/opinion/the-woke-have-seized-control-of-nycs-affordable-housing/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Is the Indiana Redistricting Debacle the Future of MAGA?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-the-indiana-redistricting-debacle-the-future-of-maga/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Wisconsin Supreme Court takes on the Supremacy Clause. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly reject federal law. That is what the Confederates did.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_wisconsin_supreme_court_takes_on_the_supremacy_clause.html
CHRISTIAN POST
— Why the woke right is winning Gen Z: A look inside the machine
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-the-woke-right-is-winning-gen-z-a-look-inside-the-machine.html
COLLEGE FIX
— White professor still fighting in court, alleging ‘racially hostile’ environment at Penn State. DEI trainings gave ‘signals to white and Asian employees that they are not going to be treated equally.’ DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I worked in an ever-increasingly hostile environment. Gingrich ever-increasingly cut the agency’s budget. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly used those cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. That all culminated in their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in September of 1997.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/white-professor-still-fighting-in-court-alleging-racially-hostile-environment-at-penn-state/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Would ICE Have Deported Jesus at Christmas? AWAY WITH THE MANGER: How the Left Tries to Weaponize Christmas Against Trump. DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/14/would-ice-have-deported-jesus-christmas/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This year, Catholics in Massachusetts are protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies by swapping “Away in a Manger” for “Away With the Manger.” This marks yet another instance of Trump opponents weaponizing the Christmas story to demonize immigration enforcement by claiming Jesus was a refugee and suggesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement would have arrested and deported the Christ child in the manger. The Catholic priest at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, set up a classic nativity scene with shepherds, sheep, wise men, and … a sign reading “ICE was here” in the place where Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus would normally be. While the Catholic leadership opposed this “divisive political messaging,” the Rev. Stephen Josoma blamed the Trump administration for any division. Meanwhile, Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois, put baby Jesus in zip ties and an emergency blanket, and placed gas masks on the faces of Mary and Joseph. The church said this symbolizes the conditions of ICE detention facilities and the use of tear gas on “peaceful protesters, journalists, and community members advocating for immigration reform.” “The Holy Family were refugees,” the church posted on Facebook. “By witnessing this familiar story through the reality faced by migrants today, we hope to restore its radical edge, and to ask what it means to celebrate the birth of a refugee child while turning away those who follow in that child’s footsteps.” Was Jesus a Refugee? These strained analogies rest on a kernel of truth. According to Matthew 2:13-23, an angel appeared to Joseph, warning him to flee to Egypt because King Herod the Great aimed to kill Jesus. Herod ordered the slaughter of male children in Bethlehem, but Jesus survived in Egypt. God sent another angel to Joseph later, advising him to return to Israel because “those who sought the child’s life are dead.” Jesus arguably fit the definition of a refugee: someone forced to leave his or her country to escape war or persecution. However, anyone seeking to tie Jesus’ sojourn in Egypt to the plight of refugees or illegal aliens in America today will at once encounter a plethora of problems. Herod, the king who sought to kill Jesus, owed his position to the Roman Senate. Jesus fled Roman-ruled Judea to reside in Roman-ruled Egypt, and then returned to Roman-ruled Judea. Politically, Jesus’ flight to Egypt resembles a conservative family fleeing New York for Florida, or a liberal family moving from Texas to Illinois, more than it does a Somali refugee seeking asylum in the U.S. Jesus did not immigrate to Egypt and did not seek to become a citizen there. Furthermore, the Roman Empire at the time did not grant most of the population the right to vote, and it did not award government benefits to Jewish refugees in Egypt. Modern Western democratic welfare states need to regulate immigration more heavily than ancient empires did, partly because immigrants and refugees often claim benefits from the public purse, and these aliens may also seek to influence politics by voting or other means. Merely shouting, “Jesus was a refugee!” does nothing to address the serious concerns that illegal immigration poses. Caring for ‘The Least of These’ Christians should, of course, heed the Matthew 25 parable in which Jesus says God will reward us for helping “the least of these.” We should care for the sick, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked, to the best of our ability. These commands to love our neighbor do not extend to using the force of the state to redistribute funds, however. Jesus calls on us to love our neighbors, not to bully our neighbors into forking over cash so the government can then serve other neighbors. That parable urges us to see Jesus in the least fortunate, and Christians are right to provide aid to those who are struggling. That doesn’t mean, however, that we must sacrifice national sovereignty or oppose the enforcement of immigration law. In our globalized world, Christians can and should help those in other countries before they seek to enter the U.S., and it would be grotesque for Christians to prioritize aid for those who violated the law to come to America over legal immigrants or the poor people who are still struggling in their own countries. Contrary to the suggestion of the Evanston church, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were not political activists. Yes, Jesus came to usher in a new kingdom—but when the Jews sought to make him a king, he refused. Jesus did not set himself up as a political leader. Rather, he and his followers urged Jews and Christians to pay their taxes and to submit to the ruling authorities, knowing that the spiritual freedom of the gospel matters far more than any political cause. Jesus knew of political movements against Roman oppression, and he did not endorse them. Jesus’ decision not to lead a political rebellion against Rome likely contributed to the Jewish leaders’ scheme to have him executed. None of this is to say that Christians cannot support political causes, but it does mean that Mary and Joseph likely would not have joined the agitators who seek to block ICE from enforcing immigration law. Perhaps more importantly, ICE would not have removed Jesus from the manger—any more than it would remove conservative New Yorkers from Florida or liberal Texans from Illinois. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, not an excuse to demonize law enforcement. It’s high time for St. Susanna Parish to put the Christ child back in the center of the nativity scene where he belongs.)
EPOCH TIMES
— 1 in 4 Unemployed Americans Has a Degree—The Future of White-Collar Jobs. DD: I have been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997 despite my having a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Why is that? It is because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and because of the many additional adverse actions that they took against me before that because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and because I became an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/1-in-4-unemployed-americans-has-a-degree-the-future-of-white-collar-jobs-5950378
— Want a Job? Ditch the Degree and Pick Up a Trade. The future belongs to trades and hands-on skills. DD: Doctors discouraged my father from seeking a college degree because he had brittle type 1 diabetes. According to them, the stress would kill him. So he got an office job. He often decried his not having a degree. He was often passed over for promotions. He blamed his not having a degree for that, but his health problems were also a big factor. That led me to earn four degrees. A bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. An MBA from Loyola when I was 27. A master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. And a master’s degree in finance from IIT when I was 48. That also led me to pass the CPA examination on first attempt when I was 30. To pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. To become a licensed CPA when I was 32. And to earn four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/want-a-job-ditch-the-degree-and-pick-up-a-trade-5939262
FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigrant truck driver accused in fatal Washington crash released on $100,000 bond
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-accused-fatal-washington-crash-released-100000-bond.print
JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Hatemongers, Homophobes, Fascists, Racists, Flag-Waving Proud Racists”: Fired Radio Host Has Meltdown Over Cubs Infielder Matt Shaw Going to Kirk Funeral. DD: People’s reactions to Kirk’s assassination say a lot about them.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/12/14/hatemongers-homophobes-fascists-racists-flag-waving-proud-racists-fired-radio-host-has-meltdown-over-cubs-infielder-matt-shaw-going-to-kirk-funeral/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Opposing the Hypocrisy of Woke Establishments
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/opposing-the-hypocrisy-of-woke-establishments/amp/
NEWSMAX
— Party Label Drives Voters More Than Policy. DD: Democrats run the news media, education, and just about everything else in America. Democrats exist to advance the liberal/socialist Democrat Party platform and to get rid of Republicans once and for all. To vote for Democrats is to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that Republicans are, the more that they should focus on their personal defense.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/politico-poll-party/2025/12/14/id/1238288/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Illegal immigrant trucker charged in Washington fatal crash was released into US under Biden—then freed again despite ICE detainer
https://thepostmillennial.com/illegal-immigrant-trucker-charged-in-washington-fatal-crash-was-released-into-us-under-biden-then-freed-again-despite-ice-detainer
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Immigration and Deportation Conundrums
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/15/the_immigration_and_deportation_conundrums_153629.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— The Weekend’s Gun Tragedies Show Why You Must Buy (Even More) Guns. DD: As Democrats gain more power, they will try to confiscate firearms and ammunition from Republicans.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/12/15/the-weekends-gun-tragedies-show-why-you-must-buy-even-more-guns-n2667868
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Without affirmative action, some colleges focus on economics. DD: Because Black and Hispanic parents have lower incomes than White parents, colleges use income as a proxy for race.
https://yorknewstimes.com/news/nation-world/education/article_5c7a93e6-cfb9-50be-a071-a40bdb92d096.html
— DD: The New York Times exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/trump-dei-funding-deaf-blind.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Do Democrats need their own billionaire? Pritzker is betting on it. The Illinois governor has tapped his wealth to climb the political ladder, moving toward a White House run while presenting himself as a champion for everyday people. DD: Does Pritzker champion for you? If so, you must be liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/billionaires-pritzker-democrats-president-trump/
— DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/14/supreme-court-ftc-trump-firing/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Higher cost, worse coverage: Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-14/higher-cost-worse-coverage-affordable-care-act-enrollees-say-expiring-subsidies-will-hit-them-hard
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Worried about paying for college? There are affordable options. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me. They have always stressed that I would not have had to do that if I had gotten scholarships. They have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.ajc.com/education/2025/12/worried-about-paying-for-college-there-are-affordable-options/
USA TODAY
— Looking for a big raise or promotion in 2026? Don’t get your hopes up. DD: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents were ever-increasingly furious a) that the Post Office hired me in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, b) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) that GAO promoted me in 1986, d) that I got COLAs, e) that I got step increases, f) that 72% of my and wife’s healthcare insurance premiums were subsidized, g) that I got lots of sick leave and vacation time, h) etc. According to my critics/opponents, all of the aforesaid should have been given to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/12/10/raise-promotion-chances-2026/87676414007/
— Why retirees could face a financial shock from Social Security in 2026. Many retirees are struggling with their finances, and things could get worse next year if they aren’t prepared for this reality about Social Security.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2025/12/10/financial-shock-social-security-2026/87683527007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Disparate-Impact Theory Is Unconstitutional. It purports to combat discrimination but in practice ends up encouraging it. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/disparate-impact-theory-is-unconstitutional-2664133d
— FRONT PAGE: The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate. Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them. DD: With birthright citizenship, the future of America is ever-increasingly bleak. Ever-increasingly, citizens of foreign countries that despise/hate America and despise/hate Americans are taking over America.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chinese-billionaires-surrogacy-pregnancy-7fdfc0c3
— Does MAHA Stand for ‘Make America High Again’? Reclassifying marijuana flies in the face of Trump and RFK Jr.’s professed concern about health. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-maha-stand-for-make-america-high-again-ff356532
— Say Goodbye to the Billable Hour. DD: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had to account for each and every hour that I worked. I had to fill out forms each and every day with the number of hours that spent working on “job codes” and then submit those forms every 2 weeks.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-goodbye-to-billable-hours-cba198fe
FORBES
— The CPA Shortage. DD: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee in 1979 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. My passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was a 32-year-old GAO employee in 1981 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesfinancecouncil/2025/05/12/disruption-in-accounting-the-cpa-shortage-meets-the-rise-of-ai/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CPA pipeline has been weakening for years. Fewer accounting majors are sitting for the CPA exam, and the industry is seeing a mass exodus of Baby Boomers without enough young professionals to replace them. According to estimates from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, around 75% of all licensed CPAs reached retirement age by 2019.
PUNCHBOWL NEWS
— Indiana flop muddies Dem redistricting push. DD: I anticipate/expect that Pritzker could say/has said that he has the power to redistrict so that no Republican will ever be elected in Illinois.
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/redistricting-dems/
PROVIDER MAGAZINE
— How to Keep Up with the Jones. DD: Did your parents have trouble keeping up with the Jones? Mine sure did. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. My mother, who never attended high school, never worked outside of the home until after he died because of her limited earning potential. I had to work my way through college. I remember in 1958 when our neighbor to the north owned a top of the line 1958 Oldsmobile, our neighbor to the south owned a top of the line 1957 Pontiac, and we owned a bottom of the line 1951 Plymouth.
https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles/Pages/How-to-Keep-Up-with-the-Jones-to-Attract-Residents-.aspx
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Only those federal employees who are the following have Civil Service protections: Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/final-schedule-f-regulations-describe-civil-service-protections-unconstitutional-overcorrections/409616/
CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
— The ‘Do My Own Research’ Voter Has a New Research Assistant. DD: If I did not spend so much time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out, I would do opposition research. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://campaignsandelections.com/voices/the-do-my-own-research-voter-has-a-new-research-assistant/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I spent years moderating focus groups, and I lost count of how many voters proudly said they “did their own research.” What that really meant was typing a candidate’s name into Google, glancing at ten blue links and, more often than not, closing the browser without clicking a thing. Now, voters searching for a candidate or issue are often getting a single neatly packaged answer assembled by artificial intelligence from whatever sources it finds most credible and clearly written. And if it answers their question, their “research” is done. That’s great if your campaign is one of those sources. If not, it’s a problem.)
December 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District to elect Ramirez
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2022-election-results-delia-ramirez-illinois-3rd-congressional-district/12434540/
WGN9
— New law protects public officials’ personal info from disclosure
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/new-law-protects-public-officials-personal-info-from-disclosure/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/12/nativity-displays-deportation-lake-street-urban-village-church
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251212/lifestyle/letter-writing-campaign-spreads-pride-and-holiday-cheer/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Under Pritzker, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251113/news/we-need-to-act-now-dupage-county-to-shift-funds-to-help-food-pantries-amid-snap-crisis/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— As Pritzker opens door to SAFE-T Act revisions, McHenry County sheriff, state’s attorney want input
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/12/12/as-pritzker-opens-door-to-safe-t-act-revisions-mchenry-county-sheriff-states-attorney-want-input/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats always want to do more to promote abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-13/fewer-characters-on-tv-had-abortions-this-year-and-more-stories-reinforced-shame
ELMHURST COLLEGE
— Four Career Benefits to Completing Your Degree. DD: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if I had not been taking job-related graduate evening courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Further, if I had not earned a second job-related master’s degree, two job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://www.elmhurst.edu/blog/four-career-benefits-to-completing-your-degree/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Unlocking Higher Earning Potential. . .Access to Specialized Roles. . .Staying Competitive in a Changing Job Market. . .Expanding Your Professional Network)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Narco-Ranching Fuels Disease, Corruption, and Border Instability — And President Trump Is the Only Leader Treating It as a National Security Crisis
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/narco-ranching-fuels-disease-corruption-and-border-instability-and-president-trump-is-the-only-leader-treating-it-as-a-national-security-crisis.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BRETBART
— Musk Slams Newsom, Says Transgenderism Is ‘Evil Woke Mind Virus’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/12/elon-musk-gavin-newsom-transgenderism-evil-woke-mind-virus/amp/
DAILY WIRE
— Here Are The Illegals Arrested As Anti-ICE Protesters Disrupted Noem’s Testimony
https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-illegals-arrested-as-anti-ice-protesters-disrupted-noems-testimony
FEDERALIST
— Deportation Is The Only ‘Due Process’ Illegal Aliens Deserve
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/12/deportation-is-the-only-due-process-illegal-aliens-deserve/
FOX NEWS
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.aol.com/articles/illinois-church-nativity-shows-baby-131613906.html
— Kentucky lawmaker sparks firestorm for saying she doesn’t ‘feel good about being White’
https://www.aol.com/news/kentucky-lawmaker-sparks-firestorm-saying-180016752.html
NEWSMAX
— Journalists Can NOT Locate a ‘Far Left’ Anywhere. DD: To get rid of me, my critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being not only far right, but as being too far right. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. They most commonly reject the platform’s personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) conservative leaders, and d) religious leaders.
https://newsbusters.org/node/293164/print
— Trump Allies Put Ind. GOP on Primary Radar After Map Loss. DD: In 2000, my critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman, but not since then. In 2015, they drew me into the same precinct with Ives, but that redrawing was rescinded.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/indiana-senate-redistricting-2026-elections/2025/12/12/id/1238162/
PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker Signs Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2025/12/12/pope-fan-boy-gov-jb-pritzker-signs-bill-legalize-assisted-suicide-n4947003
— Another Illegal Alien Truck Driver Causes Deadly Crash
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/12/another-illegal-alien-truck-driver-causes-deadly-crash-n4947005
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump’s Indiana primary threats risk fracturing GOP
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5647183-trump-primaries-indiana-republicans/
— GOP unveils health bill without ACA subsidies. DD: Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5647134-gop-unveils-health-bill-without-aca-subsidies/amp/
REUTERS
— Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-draws-legal-challenge-california-other-states-2025-12-12/
NEW YORK TIMES
— 20 States Sue to Block $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/us/politics/states-lawsuit-h1b-visas.html
— $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? DD: Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Pot is poison. If I had been a pot user, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, c) to earn a professional license, d) to buy news cars, e) to buy real estate, f) to get married, g) to etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/12/cannabis-marijuana-rescheduling-trump-administration/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-12/church-nativity-scenes-add-zip-ties-gas-masks-ice-to-protest-immigration-raids
— Is $140,000 really a poverty income? Clearly not, but the viral debate underscores the ‘affordability’ issue. DD: I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars. According to my critics/opponents, that proves both a) that I was grossly overpaid and b) that was a career failure because I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/hiltzik-is-140000-really-a-poverty-income-clearly-not-but-the-viral-debate-underscores-the-affordability-issue/ar-AA1S4nOJ
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a wealth manager named Michael Green published a Substack post arguing that a $140,000 income is the new poverty level for a family of four in America, where the official poverty line is $32,150. The post promptly went viral. One would hope that economic commentators coast-to-coast mentioned Green as their “person I’m most thankful for” at their family gatherings that week, because he gave them something to masticate ever since. On the spectrum from left to right, countless pundits have rerun Green’s numbers to deride or validate his argument.)
USA TODAY
— House narrowly voted against formally reprimanding a Democrat. DD: Censures and attempts to censure are always big news. I should write about the unsuccessful attempt by my critics/opponents to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrat-texted-epstein-avoids-censure-164814919.html
CNBC
— Affordability is the ‘beating heart’ of the ACA enhanced subsidy debate. DD: Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/12/aca-enhanced-subsidies-democrats-republicans-health-care-plan.html
EL PASO TIMES
— Push to exclude noncitizens from redistricting could have big effect in Texas. DD: How many illegals are in the political jurisdictions that you live in?
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2025/12/12/how-texas-could-fare-if-redistricting-excludes-noncitizens/87731753007/
DESERT NEWS
— Why are Americans growing indifferent to marriage? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971.
https://www.deseret.com/special-series/2025/11/14/american-family-survey-marriage-indifference-needed-family/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The New College Unemployment Line. DD: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if I had not been taking job-related graduate evening courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Further, if I had not earned a second job-related master’s degree, two job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-new-college-unemployment-line-2556ad81
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Prioritizing work-life balance is not a recipe for success — it’s a red flag. DD: While I worked for Firestone Stores in 1971, IRS 1972-1979, and GAO in 1981 and 1992-1997, I took only one graduate business, accounting, internal auditing, or finance course at a time. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, that was a BIG mistake. By the time I earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997, IT WAS TOO LATE.
https://www.businessinsider.com/skims-cofounder-emma-grede-work-life-balance-your-problem-2025-5
BLOOMBERG LAW
— ICE Detainees Successfully ‘Swarm’ Courts Seeking Due Process. DD: Illegals are not entitled to due process.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/ice-detainees-successfully-swarm-courts-seeking-due-process
AXIOS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/trump-economy-inflation-affordability
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HRD AMERICA
— Starbucks sued for alleged racial quotas in hiring. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always had Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets to meet. They used those quotas, goals, and targets to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.hcamag.com/nz/news/general/starbucks-sued-for-alleged-racial-quotas-in-hiring/560027
GAUARDIAN
— DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/church-jesus-nativity-scenes-mock-ice-trump
December 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Alderman pushes to hold social media companies accountable for teen takeovers. DD: What about parental responsibility?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/alderman-pushes-to-hold-social-media-companies-accountable-for-teen-takeovers/3861508/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson doesn’t understand what Ken Griffin and Citadel meant for Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/editorial-citadel-ken-griffin-mayor-brandon-johnson-head-tax-headquarters/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois National Guard still federalized as President Trump extends order, despite troops sitting idle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/illinois-national-guard-still-federalized-as-president-trump-extends-order-despite-troops-sitting-idle/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/elgin-venezuela-ice-tren-de-aragua/
— Aldermen forge ahead with counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget, push new Chicago teen curfew plan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/chicago-teen-curfew-plan-12-hour-notice-police/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/10/federal-grand-jury-rejects-another-midway-blitz-case-this-time-against-laugh-factory-manager
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for high grocery prices.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/10/trump-affordability-hoax
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: DuPage County lauds latest ruling in ongoing legal battle with county clerk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/news/a-win-for-fiscal-responsibility-dupage-county-lauds-latest-ruling-in-ongoing-legal-battle-with-co/
— Krishnamoorthi donates campaign cash from Trump adviser Shyam Sankar to immigrant rights groups
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/nation-and-world-politics/krishnamoorthi-donates-campaign-cash-from-trump-adviser-shyam-sankar-to-immigrant-rights-groups/
— Wheeling Township board approves long-awaited mental health tax
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/news/a-nice-holiday-gift-wheeling-township-board-approves-long-awaited-mental-health-tax/
— Foreigners allowed to travel to the US without a visa could soon face new social media screening
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/nation-and-world-politics/foreigners-allowed-to-travel-to-the-us-without-a-visa-could-soon-face-new-social-media-screening/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why there’s little enthusiasm for an Illinois congressional remap
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/why-illinois-may-redraw-congressional-districts
WGN RADIO
— DD: The Democrat news media continues to treat Pat Brady as though he still leads the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-madigan-files-for-pardon/
RIVER BENDER
— Republican Don Tracy Explains Positions in Illinois Senate Race. Tracy stresses the need for strong GOP leadership in Illinois Senate race.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/republican-don-tracy-explains-positions-in-illinois-senate-race-88959.cfm
— Dr. Pamela Long Enters Illinois Senate Race With Bid. Former Newsweek columnist files candidacy aiming to break Republican statewide drought since 2014 and make history as first legacy Black Republican woman senator in Illinois. DD: If you ran for U.S. Senate, what would you stress? I would stress that GAO works for Congress and that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I would stress that I earned master’s degrees business, accounting, and finance. I would stress that I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I would stress that I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/dr-pamela-long-enters-illinois-senate-race-with-bid-88433.cfm
FOX ILLINOIS
— Mace introduces bill to name DC’s former Black Lives Matter Plaza after Charlie Kirk
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/mace-introduces-bill-to-name-dcs-former-black-lives-matter-plaza-after-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-tpusa-blm-freedom-of-speech-mayor-bowser-washington-president-donald-trump-june-2020-george-floyd
DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Victorious Once Again in Dispute with Clerk
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_board/dupage_county_victorious_once_again_in_dispute_with_1599.php
ILLINOIZE
— Board of Elections Begins Candidate Removals
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/board-elections-begins-candidate-removals
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-646/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Ugaste: Pritzker already ‘gamed the system’ with redistricting
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ea424c9a-c0ef-43ce-a51e-cbfc77ae717f.html
— Cabello: ICE enforcement on streets wouldn’t happen if IL cooperated
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e54aff35-7d50-4adb-9e5b-5f210f2a2f5e.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, have less money than others, have more health problems than others, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, married, have more money than others, have fewer health problems than others, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Those who have demographics that vote for Democrats want the Democrat Party platform, that is, they want more dependency on government and charity, that is, socialism and communism, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling. pot, and other vices, and/or diminishment of Second Amendment rights. Those who have demographics that vote for Republicans want the Republican Party platform that is, they want personal responsibility, that is, capitalism, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, avoidance of vices, and Second Amendment rights. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. The Republican Party platform promotes prosperity and safety. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform. Republican Party leaders ever-increasingly fail/refuse to promote the Republican Party platform. That has resulted in Democrat victories, Republican defeats, and Republicans leaving Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— We already know how socialist redistributionism will end In New York City
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/already-know-socialist-redistributionism-end-new-york-city/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Assimilation is a winning message for Republicans. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Sadly, they did not assimilate as fast as they could/should have. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3912759/assimilation-winning-message-republicans/
— We’re getting fewer births, not just later births. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) destroy traditional marriage and family and b) promote abortion.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3913326/fewer-births-not-just-later-births/
NEW YORK POST
— Dems’ win in Miami is ‘wake-up call’ for GOP ahead of 2026, GOP mayors leader warns
https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/us-news/dallas-mayor-eric-johnson-tells-post-that-dems-win-in-miami-is-wake-up-call-for-gop-ahead-of-2026/
— Media leap to defend Minnesota’s Somali fraudsters — but trip over the awful truth
https://nypost.com/2025/12/09/opinion/media-leaps-to-somali-fraudsters-defense-but-trips-over-the-awful-truth/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Targets Democrat-Enabled Crime
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/trump_targets_democrat_enabled_crime.html
— The Democrat party’s deadly choice. DHS has revealed that Pritzker’s sanctuary policies have led to the release of over 1,700 criminal illegal aliens since January 2025.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_democrat_party_s_deadly_choice.html
BERTBART
— Minnesota: ‘Nearly Every’ Somali Household with Children Is on Welfare
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/10/data-81-percent-somali-households-in-minnesota-are-on-welfare/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Dictionary of Depravity’ – DHS unveils website detailing ‘worst of the worst’ illegal aliens
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/10/dictionary-of-depravity-dhs-unveils-website-detailing-worst-of-the-worst-illegal-aliens-1609373/
— ‘Send her back!’ Trump suggests Ilhan Omar is an illegal alien, mocks ‘little turban’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/10/send-her-back-trump-suggests-ilhan-omar-is-an-illegal-alien-mocks-little-turban-1609319/
BLAZE
— Mamdani dares ICE to come get him — and throws the Constitution in the trash
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/mamdani-dares-ice-to-come-get-him-and-throws-the-constitution-in-the-trash
CENTER SQUARE
— DHS has launched a new website for Americans to use to search and locate criminal foreign nationals who’ve been arrested in their neighborhoods.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dhs-website-shows-americans-noncitizens-161200386.html
CHRISTIAN POST
— A petition written by a group of ethnic-minority pastors within the Presbyterian Church in America went viral this week after accusing the largest conservative Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. of being spiritually abusive, sidelining women and “demonizing” gay people, among other grievances.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastors-accuses-pca-of-demonizing-lgbtq-sidelining-women.html
DHS
— New DHS Website Provides Public Access to Data on Individuals Removed Through ICE Operations
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/border-security/new-dhs-website-provides-public-access-to-data-on-individuals-removed-through-ice-operations/
DAILY CALLER
— Rainbow-Clad Female Reverend Compares ICE Supporters To Judas. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/10/rainbow-clad-female-reverend-compares-ice-supporters-to-judas/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Tells Rally Crowd: Every New Job Goes To American Workers, Biden Failed To Deliver. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I did. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-tells-rally-crowd-every-new-job-goes-to-american-workers-biden-failed-to-deliver
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary cities are just ‘Airbnbs for felons’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386298711112
— Homan vows to continue to flood sanctuary cities with agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386302757112
HANNITY
— Trump: 100% of Net Job Creation Has Gone to American Citizens’ Since He Took Office. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I did. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://hannity.com/media-room/america-first-trump-says-100-of-net-job-creation-has-gone-to-american-citizens-since-he-took-office-watch/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Inflated Federal Pay: How Americans Are Overtaxed to Overpay the Civil Service. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) the federal government grossly overpaid me, b) my employment benefits were far too generous, c) my Civil Service Retirement System pension is far too generous, and d) my federal retirement benefits are far too generous. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour when I was 16 in 1966 to $153,151/year when I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, during that time, I a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. b) earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) earned six job-related professional certifications, and d) earned a job-related professional license. How much would someone with my aforesaid qualifications have earned in the private sector?
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/inflated-federal-pay-how-americans-are-overtaxed-overpay-the-civil-service
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Medical School Module at Drexel U. Makes ‘Antiracism’ and CRT Part of Doctors’ Ethical Duty. “The school’s effort to present ideological indoctrination as medical education is unacceptable and dangerous.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/medical-school-module-at-drexel-u-makes-antiracism-and-crt-part-of-doctors-ethical-duty/
NEWSMAX
— DHS Reports More Than 2.5M Illegal Aliens Gone
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-ice-cbp/2025/12/10/id/1237855/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mamdani: NYPD Will Not Assist ICE In Immigration Enforcement, They Will Be “Following The Policies Of Sanctuary City Law.” DD: What is your mayor’s position on assisting ICE?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/12/10/mamdani_nypd_will_not_assist_ice_in_immigration_enforcement_they_will_be_following_the_policies_of_sanctuary_city_law.html
TOWNHALL
— Trump Admin Says Biden’s Migrant Surge is to Blame for Sky-High Housing Prices
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/09/housing-and-urban-development-secretary-says-the-biden-admin-is-to-blame-for-unaffordability-n2667614
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/us-tourists-social-media-history-5-years-trump/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Egypt and Iran complain about planned World Cup ‘Pride’ match in Seattle
https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-seattle-egypt-iran-lgbtq-pride-4372288ea3c4465fd985e686a6cccf3c
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DD: Democrat colleges ever-increasingly give more preference to low income students because low income students are overwhelmingly minority, that is, are overwhelming Democrat. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Crete-Monee High School, the Democrats who ran the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended UIC and NIU, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Loyola and DePaul, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-11/without-affirmative-action-elite-colleges-are-prioritizing-economic-diversity-in-admissions
— DD: To illegally bring a child illegally into a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-11/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-the-us
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders turn women against Republican men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/republican-women-misogyny-sexism.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/science/nobel-prize-immigrants-science.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Egypt and Iran protest being drawn to play in World Cup gay pride match. Seattle’s plan for the June 26 game to be a “Pride Match” was made before the World Cup draw. Egypt said the move may “provoke cultural and religious sensitivities.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/10/world-cup-pride-match-egypt-iran/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/10/pam-bondi-justice-disparate-impact-regulations/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for high grocery prices.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/shopping/2025/12/03/grocery-price-tracker/87486126007/
— Liberals aren’t having kids, conservatives are. That matters. The implications of the ideological divide on having children and family are significant to the future of the country.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/10/birth-rate-liberals-conservatives-prioritize-family/87621223007/
— Many workers will get a minimum wage bump in 2026. DD: I worked for the minimum wage part-time during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time the summer in between 1964-1966. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May or 1966.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/09/heres-where-minimum-wage-will-rise-2026/87624268007/
— More shoppers admit to stealing from self-checkout. What do they take?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/2025/12/08/self-checkout-theft-shoplift-increase/87608261007/
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/10/new-york-mayor-elect-mamdani-ice/87708427007/
FORBES
— ‘Ilhan Omar And The People From Somalia—They Hate Our Country’: Trump Viciously Attacks Somalians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-LjntZ34c
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal employees face lingering uncertainty. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they were ever-increasingly angry/furious with Gingrich budget cuts. They ever-increasingly took their anger/fury out on the agency’s few remaining Republican employees. I should write about that.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/federal-employees-face-lingering-uncertainty-shutdown-rifs-are-reversed/409571/
FED SMITH
— Merit, Accountability, and Job Cuts: What the 2025 President’s Management Agenda Means for Federal Employees. DD: Democrats run the federal government. According to them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. They use budget cuts and everything else that they can to get rid of federal employees who are not the aforesaid.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/12/10/merit-accountability-and-job-cuts-what-the-2025-pma-means-for-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fostering a Merit-Based Federal Workforce. The second major workforce priority is to strengthen merit-based hiring and accountability. This initiative lists four objectives: Hire the best based on skills and merit, Implement all employee performance and accountability Presidential directives, Implement the President’s Executive Orders to address labor-management relations, Recruit exceptional talent to defend the border. . .Unions have been fighting the Executive Orders in court, and those legal challenges will no doubt continue given the new PMA’s stated objectives. How successful some of the administration’s objectives for the federal workforce will ultimately be depend upon the final outcomes of the legal challenges. . .Downsizing the Federal Workforce. The PMA explicitly calls for reducing the size of the federal workforce. It outlines these three objectives: Eliminate jobs in non-essential, non-statutory functions, Remove poor performers, Strategically hire only for essential jobs The Trump administration believes that the federal government has reached historic highs in civilian employment, spending, and debt. Downsizing is framed as a way to cut waste and restore efficiency.)
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DHS employees face mandatory reassignments. DD: When I was 49 years old in 1997 a) after I had worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 8 years, b) after I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and c) after I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted that they might let me work until I would be eligible for regular retirement in 6 years if I happily agreed to be resigned to other types of audits.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/10/dhs-employees-face-mandatory-reassignments/
NEWSONE
— Texas Plans To Put Turning Point USA Chapters In Every State High School. DD: Who heads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://newsone.com/6674353/texas-wants-turning-point-usa-every-high-school/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— DD: Democrat leaders decry that Noem spent $143m on six Boeing 737s to deport illegals.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15371947/kristi-noem-boeing-jet-deportations.html
INDIA TODAY
— Seattle’s Pride game with anti-LGBTQ nations Egypt and Iran creates problems for FIFA
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/fifa-world-cup-2026-usa-seattle-pride-game-egypt-vs-iran-anti-lgbtq-problems-2834313-2025-12-11
TIMES OF INDIA
— Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determination what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. The aforesaid frustrates their efforts to paint me as being stupid and lazy. They stress a) that I did not earn my master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn my professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting from the beginning and I would have taken more than one graduate evening course at a time.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/quote-of-the-day-by-lou-holtz-ability-is-what-youre-capable-of-doing-motivation-determines/articleshow/125744527.cms
December 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asks Trump to pardon him after bribery conviction
https://chicago.suntimes.com/madigan-trial-news/2025/12/09/former-illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigan-asks-trump-for-pardon
— As Indiana Republicans move toward redistricting, Pritzker warns Illinois ‘won’t stand idly by’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/12/09/indiana-redistricting-illinois-pritzker-congressional-map
— Pritzker, Johnson slam Trump admin threat to cut funding over CTA safety issues: ‘Action has been taken.’ Federal officials ordered the CTA to develop an enhanced security plan by next week in response to the burning of a woman aboard a Blue Line train last month.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/12/09/trump-administration-cta-crime-federal-funding-threat-jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/12/09/guadalupe-little-village-epiphany-catholic
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/09/tammy-duckworth-senate-hearing-illegal-dhs-arrests-chicago-woman-testimony
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn women against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/gallup-young-women-move-abroad/
DAILY HERALD
— Krishnamoorthi, Mendrick survive challenges, but some candidates knocked out
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251209/illinois-state-politics/krishnamoorthi-mendrick-survive-challenges-but-some-candidates-knocked-out/
STATELINE
— 50% of Illinois residents would move if they could. DD: What keeps you in Illinois? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. All four of my degrees are from Illinois Universities.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-residents-want-to-leave-state/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders do not want any of their illegals to be deported, and especially those who do not have a criminal record yet. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-10/about-a-third-of-people-arrested-by-ice-had-no-criminal-record-new-data-shows
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fill their schools with illegals. What percent of the students in your school district are illegals?
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/09/illinois-governor-signs-bill-on-immigrants-at-child-care-centers-colleges/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On the GOP side, attorney Jeannie Evans has officially entered the fray, launching her U.S. Senate campaign by presenting herself as a consumer advocate and working mom who has spent her career challenging major corporations. She steps into a marquee Republican primary against former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy. “There are important issues that demand leadership,” Evans said in her announcement. “Illinoisans deserve a fresh voice in Washington. I’m a political outsider and working mother who has taken on powerful corporations to help lower the cost of living.” Her résumé includes time at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, co-founding a litigation firm, and serving as a partner at plaintiff-side class-action firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro. Evans is also active in the Federalist Society and says she’s committed to working with President Donald Trump on lowering costs, reducing crime, and expanding education and job opportunities.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/10/union-tip-toes-around-endorsing-00684291
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-645/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s Leadership Fixates on Police Use-of-Force While Violent Crime and Fiscal Crisis Deepen
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-leadership-fixates-on-police-use-of-force-while-violent-crime-and-fiscal-crisis-deepen-wirepoints-mark-glennon-warns-am560-interview/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL Statehouse candidate finds 20,000 kids without SSNs getting Medicaid
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_12d4062d-013c-430a-b4f7-402511a179d1.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Transit sales tax hike makes suburbs pay for Chicago problems
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/transit-sales-tax-hike-makes-suburbs-pay-for-chicago-problems/
— Illinois’ $143.5 billion state pension debt saw a tiny dip, but meaningful reform is needed to stop threats to taxpayers and protect state retirees.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-alone-lets-state-pension-debt-top-100b/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What keeps you in Illinois? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. All four of my degrees are from Illinois Universities. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— A growing number of Americans are taking on second, third and even fourth jobs to offset inflation and stagnant wages. Have you worked second jobs? I did when I worked for IRS when I was 22-24 years old 1971-1972. I pumped gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Socialists argue that socialist employers, that is, Democrat employers, pay their employees more than capitalist employers, that is, Republican employers, do. Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the following because the Democrat federal government paid me far more than Republican employers would have: a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., c) pay my expenses to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, d) pay my review course expenses to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 31, and become a licensed CPA when I was 31, e) get married when I was 29, f) etc. In your opinion, if I had worked for Republican employers, how much would I have been paid? In today’s dollars, the Democrat federal government paid me a) $19.37/hour when I was 18, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153,151/year when I was 49. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Under the Democrats, the future for White males in America is ever-increasingly bleak. Fewer and fewer and fewer of them seek college degrees. Why is that? They are discouraged. Under the Democrats, non-Whites and females ever-increasingly get more and more and more preference, and especially non-White females who are Democrat, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What have your critics/opponents used to discredit your accomplishments? To discredit my accomplishments. my critics/opponents have always outrageously disgustingly unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47, I was 21, and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you have less money than your peers, it is because of Trump. I have way less money than my peers who earned college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. But I have way less money because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders use “disparate impact’ to hint/imply/argue/shout that if something results in Whites or males doing better at something than minorities or females, that it is because that something discriminates against minorities and females. Using that, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion standards in the federal government. 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— A growing number of Americans are taking on second, third and even fourth jobs to offset inflation and stagnant wages. DD: Have you worked second jobs? I did when I worked for IRS when I was 22-24 years old 1971-1972. I pumped gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/25/americans-polyworking-offset-inflation-stagnant-wages/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrat Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor race, ending 28 years of GOP control
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3912830/democrat-eileen-higgins-miami-mayor/
— Gen Z socialists (DD: Socialists argue that socialist employers, that is, Democrat employers, pay their employees more than capitalist employers, that is, Republican employers, do. Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the following because the Democrat federal government paid me far more than Republican employers would have: a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., c) pay my expenses to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, d) pay my review course expenses to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 31, and become a licensed CPA when I was 31, e) get married when I was 29, f) etc. In your opinion, if I had worked for Republican employers, how much would I have been paid? In today’s dollars, the Democrat federal government paid me a) $19.37/hour when I was 18, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153,151/year when I was 49.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/videos/3912567/inside-scoop-jim-antle-gen-z-socialists-christmas-reading-utah-redistricting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “A lot of younger people today don’t have any stake in the capitalist system because they don’t have any capital,” Antle said. “They study in college, they accumulate a lot of debt to pay off their student loans, and then they are not in a position where they can afford to buy a home when they graduate, so they’re perennially renting. They don’t really feel like they benefit from a lot of aspects of the free enterprise system.” Antle highlights the appeal of socialist candidates, such as newly elected New York Mayor-elect Mamdani. “He ran on an explicitly Democratic Socialist platform,” Antle said. “Many of the people who voted for him were younger professionals making six-figure salaries, but in an expensive city like New York, and in a place where they’re very unlikely to own their own homes, own any of their own property. They really feel the crushing burden of how expensive everything is in the city, and they don’t see how the free market system is really benefiting them.”)
NEW YORK POST
— Citizens are fed up with Dem-invited migrants who have disdain for US law and culture
https://nypost.com/2025/12/09/opinion/citizens-are-fed-up-with-dem-invited-migrants-that-have-disdain-for-us-law-and-culture/
— Send Her Back’: MAGA Crowd Erupts as Trump Claims Ilhan Omar is ‘Here Illegally’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEtkoidi01E
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DOJ restores equal treatment for all in civil rights enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders use “disparate impact’ to hint/imply/argue/shout that if something results in Whites or males doing better at something than minorities or females, that it is because that something discriminates against minorities and females. Using that, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion standards in the federal government. 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://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/10/doj-restores-equal-treatment-for-all-in-civil-rights-enforcement-1609269/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Signs Bill Preventing ICE from Arresting Illegal Aliens near Courthouses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/09/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-signs-bill-preventing-ice-arresting-illegal-aliens-courthouses/
— Trump Approval Rating up as Republicans Applaud Focus on Affordability
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/09/trump-approval-rating-up-as-republicans-applaud-focus-on-affordability/
FEDERALIST
— ‘Gold-Standard’ Immigration Enforcement Bill Lagging In Indiana As Redistricting Sucks Oxygen
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/10/gold-standard-immigration-enforcement-bill-lagging-in-indiana-as-redistricting-sucks-oxygen/
FOX NEWS
— Japan rejects same-sex marriage to save itself from demographic collapse. Tokyo court upholds traditional marriage while G7 nations face plummeting fertility rates.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/japan-rejects-same-sex-marriage-save-itself-from-demographic-collapse
— DHS blasts Newsom over taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegals as California ambulance costs may soar 382%. California governor faces federal criticism over Medi-Cal benefits as transport costs jump from $339 to potentially $1,637.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-blasts-newsom-taxpayer-funded-healthcare-illegals-california-ambulance-costs-may-soar-382-percent
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Slams Pritzker as Illinois Releases 1,700 Criminal Illegal Aliens — Including Rapists and Pedophiles
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-slams-gov-pritzker-as-illinois-releases-1700-criminal-illegal-aliens-including-rapists-and-pedophiles
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Man Behind App That Helps Illegals Evade ICE Now Suing Bondi, Noem, Homan After Apple Took it Down
https://www.westernjournal.com/man-behind-app-helps-illegals-evade-ice-now-suing-bondi-noem-homan-apple-took/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-ice-arrested-his-mom-18-year-old-citizen-now-caring-for-his-sister-worries-he-could-be-next/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-russia-ukraine-trump-pope-leo-60c898afe3241ff67552f417a06900b0
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Europe ‘Decaying’ and ‘Weak’ President Trump criticized his European counterparts over their defense and Ukraine policies during an interview with Politico. The president also suggested that it was time for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to compromise in the cease-fire talks.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010577149/trump-europe-decaying-weak-ukraine.html
— The Latest Trump Resistance Is Within the Indiana G.O.P. Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/indiana-redistricting-trump-republicans.html
— Nancy Mace: What’s the Point of Congress?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/opinion/nancy-mace-congress-republicans.html
— Despite Red-State Efforts, Abortion Rate Nationwide Still Climbs. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/states-new-abortion-laws.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Under the Democrats, the future for White males in America is ever-increasingly bleak. Fewer and fewer and fewer of them seek college degrees. Why is that? They are discouraged. Under the Democrats, non-Whites and females ever-increasingly get more and more and more preference, and especially non-White females who are Democrat, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/12/04/trump-dei-ban-college-men/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Economics of Immigration. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens drive wages down. Noncitizens vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-immigration-9b4a5b9d
— Potheads Head for the Emergency Room. Two new studies show that the ill effects of THC are increasing. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/marijuana-referendum-massachusetts-pot-users-emergency-rooms-68fa22cd
FORTUNE
— Americans can’t agree on what ‘middle class’ means anymore. DD: To discredit my accomplishments. my critics/opponents have always outrageously disgustingly unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47, I was 21, and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.aol.com/finance/americans-t-agree-middle-class-204839884.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pew Research Center defines middle class as falling between two-thirds and double the median household income—which can vary in U.S. metro areas from about $53,000 to $161,000 annually. . .With the median household income coming to roughly $83,000 as of September 2025, and steadily climbing as inflation has pushed up household costs.”)
KFF HEALTH NEWS
— Online Abortion Pill Access Up In Early 2025, Despite GOP Efforts to Restrict It
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/online-abortion-pill-access-up-in-early-2025-despite-gop-efforts-to-restrict-it/
POLITICO
— As Pope Leo’s MAGA criticism builds, Trump suggests he’d meet Catholic leader.
https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-maga-criticism-donald-trump-meeting/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you have less money than your peers, it is because of Trump. I have way less money than my peers who earned college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. But I have way less money because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/poll-affordability-cost-of-living-00678076
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— 200 DOJ employees who left under Trump say admin is making ‘coordinated effort’ to undermine career staff. The Justice Department is actively pushing out career employees working on civil rights, they say. DD: According to Democrats, the federal government exists to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/12/200-doj-employees-who-left-under-trump-say-admin-making-coordinated-effort-undermine-career-staff/410052/
SUSTAINABILITY
— Why Microsoft Has Scaled Back DEI in its Performance Reviews. DD: To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because I opposed that discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/why-microsoft-has-scaled-back-dei-in-its-performance-reviews
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ASAM NEWS
— Duckworth becomes a voice for Asian America. DD: Who is a voice for those who share your demographics?
https://asamnews.com/2025/12/09/hegseth-defense-secretary-controversy-duckworth-response-war-crime-allegations/
NTD
— Documentary Exposes How People Opposed to Critical Race Theory Were Put on Lists. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders promote CRT to get more votes from Blacks.
https://www.ntd.com/documentary-exposes-how-people-opposed-to-critical-race-theory-were-put-on-lists_1112910.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Mamdani’s new address: Iconic $100 million Gracie Mansion
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/zohran-mamdanis-new-address-all-about-iconic-100-million-gracie-mansion-the-226-year-old-residence-in-new-york/articleshow/125882778.cms
TELEGRAPH
— Mamdani to move into $100 million mansion after becoming New York mayor, cites family safety, Mamdani, who prominently featured the issue of affordability in his election campaign, has sparked discussion with his decision to move into this $100 million mansion.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/zohran-mamdani-to-move-into-100-million-gracie-mansion-after-becoming-new-york-mayor-cites-family-safety/cid/2137078
TIMES OF INDIA
— Illinois Shields ‘ILLEGAL ALIENS’, Pritzker Unleashes Direct Attack On Trump, Noem, Bovino
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/illinois-shields-illegal-aliens-pritzker-unleashes-direct-attack-on-trump-noem-bovino-watch/videoshow/125879701.cms
— Parents’ income puts candidate in creamy layer, Karnataka high court upholds rejection. DD: My parents’ income never put me in the creamy layer. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never worked outside of the home until he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. 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.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/parents-income-puts-candidate-in-creamy-layer-karnataka-high-court-upholds-rejection/articleshow/125840555.cms
December 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois educators are applauding weak school achievement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/opinion-illinois-students-achievement-china/
— Lake County immigrants relieved, but wary as arrests subside: ‘They’re still afraid.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/lake-county-immigration-enforcement/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: ICE arrests suspect after standoff between agents, protesters in Elgin
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251208/crime/ice-arrests-suspect-after-standoff-between-agents-protesters-in-elgin/
— Crowded U.S. Senate race could slim down as state board rules on objections
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251208/illinois-state-politics/crowded-senate-race-could-slim-down-as-state-board-rules-on-objections/
NBC5
— Feds threaten to withhold funding after violent incidents on CTA property. The federal government demanded that the CTA take multiple steps to improve safety on its system.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/feds-threaten-to-withhold-funding-after-violent-incidents-on-cta-property/3860623/
WGN9
— Nativity scenes around Chicagoland opt for political theme during holiday season. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/north-suburbs/nativity-scenes-around-chicagoland-opt-for-political-theme-during-holiday-season/
— Immigration raids cast shadow over Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/immigration-raids-cast-shadow-over-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe/
FOX32
— Here’s how much your family needs to earn to have a stay-at-home parent. DD: In Illinois, it is $79,102/year. My mother was a stay-at-home parent. The belief was that because she never attended high school, her earning potential was very limited. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21 and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/how-much-family-needs-earn-stay-at-home-parent
WTTW
— Johnson Warns Chicago is Headed for Shutdown Amid Budget Deadlock
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/08/johnson-warns-chicago-headed-shutdown-amid-budget-deadlock
— CPD Should Revise Promotions Policy After Officer Under Investigation Promoted. DD: IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. According to my critics/opponents, that was much too fast. But I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/08/cpd-should-revise-promotions-policy-after-officer-under-investigation-promoted-johnson
STATELINE
— DHS demands Illinois honor ICE detainers for over 4,000 criminal aliens. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/dhs-demands-illinois-honor-ice-detainers-for-over-4000-criminal-aliens/
SHAW LOCAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for the cost of living.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/12/08/how-illinois-democratic-us-senate-candidates-plan-to-address-economic-issues/
NPR ILLINOIS
— FBI agents sue after being fired for kneeling during racial justice protest. DD: Trump could cite Diersen v. GAO. The 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-08/fbi-agents-sue-after-being-fired-for-kneeling-during-racial-justice-protest
ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois. DD: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee in 1979 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. My passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was a 32-year-old GAO employee in 1981 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.icpas.org/endowmentfund/gift/donation.aspx
(FROM THE LETTER: Every CPA remembers what it took to get there—long nights, financial strain, moments of doubt, and people who stepped in at just the right time. Today’s aspiring CPAs are facing those same moments when continuing to pursue their dream feels just out of reach. More students than ever before are turning to us for scholarships, guidance, and reassurance that the profession has their back.)
IPM NEWSROOM
— Republican Senate Candidate Don Tracy on Israel, ICE, and the future of MAGA and the GOP
https://ipmnewsroom.org/republican-senate-candidate-don-tracy-on-israel-ice-and-the-future-of-maga-and-the-gop/
— Champaign’s only low-barrier shelter is at risk of closing. DD: Chicago Democrat leaders use to send many of their homeless to Wheaton. Big homeless problems in Wheaton diminished after PADS raised its requirements.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/champaigns-only-low-barrier-shelter-is-at-risk-of-closing-some-guests-are-worried/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the only low-barrier shelter in the area, Strides does not have sobriety or abstinence requirements, and does not conduct criminal background checks before accepting guests.
TRACE
— DD: Democrat leader ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors of those who are noncitizens, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, have health problems, non-rich, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, etc.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/12/chicago-ice-school-safe-passage-violence/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-644/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-434/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Statement by Ted Dabrowski on illegals over citizens: Now for college aid
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/student-aid-for-illegals
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— New Data Exposes Illinois GOP Crisis: Millions of Republicans Aren’t Voting, Party Leaders to Blame. DD: Illinois Republicans see how Illinois Republican leaders have treated me and have treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I should write about those Illinois Republican leaders who have blamed conservatives like me, that is, who have blamed platform Republicans like me, for Republican losses in Illinois the most since 2000. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform ins conservative. Far too many Illinois Republican leaders fail/refuse to defend and advance far too many planks in that platform.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/new-data-exposes-illinois-gop-crisis-millions-of-republicans-arent-voting-party-leaders-to-blame.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New voter-participation data circulating among Illinois conservatives is highlighting what many now argue is the real and long-running crisis inside the Illinois Republican Party: collapsing enthusiasm, shrinking turnout, and a leadership class that has failed the base for more than two decades. Illinois has 12.5 million residents, with roughly 10 million old enough to vote. About 8 million are registered. Yet only 6 million typically vote in a presidential cycle, and just 4 million show up for midterms. According to attorney Tom DeVore, who has studied the numbers closely, the picture for Republicans is even worse. . .For twenty years, the Illinois GOP establishment has presided over shrinking maps, shrinking turnout, shrinking relevance, and a stunning refusal to engage real voters on real issues. “You can complain about the Democrats all day long, but at the end of the day they just want it more badly than Republicans,” DeVore said. “We have a voter-enthusiasm problem in Illinois Republican politics. The party sucks, so Republicans don’t vote.” He argues the problem is not Democrat strength — it’s Republican failure. “Republicans not voting allows bad Republican leaders to stay in office,” he said. “It’s a vicious circle that only a group of people with real courage and talent can resolve.” And while party insiders often bristle at criticism, DeVore says the truth is simple: “They want to blow smoke and tell you it’s the Democrats’ problem, when in reality it’s Republican leadership’s failures.” Democrats already dominate every level of state government, and without a significant shift in Republican engagement, 2026 would simply reinforce the trend. The emerging data shows a participation gap, not a population gap — and unless those millions of inactive Republican-leaning voters reenter the process, Illinois’ political landscape is likely to remain exactly where it has been for the past two decades.)
— Illinois Republicans Lose Focus as Property Taxes Dominate Their Messaging — Despite Having Little Power to Change Them
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/illinois-republicans-lose-focus-as-property-taxes-dominate-their-messaging-despite-having-little-power-to-change-them.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/
— Homeland Security Reveals 1,700+ Illegal Aliens Released from Prison into Society Instead of Given to ICE for Deportation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/homeland-security-reveals-1700-illegal-aliens-released-from-prison-into-society-instead-of-given-to-ice-for-deportation/
— Senate Republicans Seek to Mirror Federal End to Tax on Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/senate-republicans-seek-to-mirror-federal-end-to-tax-on-tips/
— Bruce Leon Gains Support from Orthodox Jewish Leaders for 9th District Democratic Party Nomination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/bruce-leon-gains-support-from-orthodox-jewish-leaders/
— What Homeland Security Says Happened in Elgin
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/what-homeland-security-says-happened-in-elgin/
— Pay Gap Between Men and Women Lessens: “Women Earn About 91–93 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by Men in Comparable Roles.” DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors paid all my female coworkers more than they paid me. All those who they 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 I had.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/pay-gap-between-men-and-women-lessens-women-earn-about-91-93-cents-for-every-dollar-earned-by-men-in-comparable-roles/
— Our U.S. Senator Not Doing Her Homework
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/our-u-s-senator-not-doing-her-homework/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani should open his mayor’s mansion to illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/9/zohran-mamdani-open-mayors-mansion-illegal-immigrants/
— Conservatives outpace liberals in marrying and having children. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/8/conservatives-outpace-liberals-marrying-children/
— The new American dream starts with a college search. Choose a school and degree that will make you a success. DD: Choosing the right major is just as important. I should have chosen accounting from the beginning. I didn’t because I erroneously thought I could not pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditing examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/new-american-dream-starts-college-search/
— How multiculturalism and open borders brought Muslims’ religious war from Nigeria to America. Will Americans celebrate Christmas in 100 years? DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Christianity will die in America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/multiculturalism-open-borders-brought-muslims-religious-war-nigeria/
— Jewish Americans must get on right side of immigration debate. The direct link between leftist leaders, arrivals of unvetted foreigners. DD: My Democrat leaders in the federal government used/forced my many Jewish superiors to take many adverse actions against me. They used/forced my Jewish Post Office superiors to disallow my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and to force me to resign in 1969. They used/forced my Jewish IRS superiors to disallow my travel vouchers in 1974, to disallow my education expenses in 1978, and to not promote me beyond GS-12. They used/forced my Jewish GAO superiors to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, to delay my promotions and to not promote me beyond GS-13, to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/jewish-americans-must-get-right-side-immigration-debate/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE puts pressure on Illinois attorney general to honor illegal immigrant detainers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3910538/ice-pressure-illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-illegal-immigrant-detainers/
— How Democrats treat illegal immigrants better than US citizens
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3909088/how-democrats-treat-illegal-immigrants-better-than-us-citizens/
NEW YORK POST
— Furious anti-ICE protesters threw snowballs at feds to protect Chicago Tren de Aragua gangbanger
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-protesters-threw-snowballs-at-feds-to-protect-tren-de-argua-gangbanger-dhs-says/
— We’re raising kids who can’t do the math — making them easy to manipulate
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/opinion/were-raising-kids-who-cant-do-the-math-making-them-easy-to-manipulate/
— Woke Protesters Support Trans Instructor On Leave For Religious Discrimination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp9g013RqVQ
BLAZE
— Illinois, Pritzker has released almost 1,800 violent illegal aliens back onto the streets in defiance of ICE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-have-released-almost-1800-violent-illegal-aliens-back-onto-the-streets-in-defiance-of-ice-dhs-says
BREITBART
— Migrant Crime Soared in Obama’s ‘Welcoming Cities’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/08/report-migrant-crime-soared-obama-welcoming-cities/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Chick-Fil-A waffles on wokeness with same-sex marriage post and DEI focus
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/chick-fil-a-waffles-on-wokeness-with-same-sex-marriage-post.html?mobile=false
CRISIS MAGAZINE
— Young Americans Are Turning to Socialism—They Deserve Better
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/young-americans-are-turning-to-socialism-they-deserve-better
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Administration Has Found 62,000 Children, Some Victims of Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/08/trump-administration-found-62000-children-some-victims-sex-trafficking-forced-labor/
— Illegals Plague Our Highways and Our Health Care
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/09/its-road-warrior-out-there/
FEDERALIST
— American Taxpayers Are Paying Somalis Millions To Not Assimilate. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Sadly, they did not assimilate as fast as they could/should have. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/08/american-taxpayers-are-paying-somalis-millions-to-not-assimilate/
FOX NEWS
— ICE warns Illinois is releasing violent criminal illegal aliens despite detainers, risking public safety. State has released 1,768 criminal aliens with active detainers since January 2025.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-warns-illinois-releasing-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-despite-detainers-risking-public-safety
— Inside ‘Little Mogadishu’: Minnesota’s beleaguered Somali community under a cloud of fraud and Trump attacks. Fox News Digital visited ‘Little Mogadishu’ in Minneapolis to hear from Somali residents as national debates over integration and welfare fraud intensify.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/inside-little-mogadishu-minnesotas-somali-community-its-push-belonging
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Paid Internship For “Students of Color” Challenged by Equal Protection Project
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/harvard-paid-internship-for-students-of-color-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
MRC TV
— Fox News Special Report Is The Only Nightly Newscast To Cover Mamdani’s ‘How To’ ICE Video For Illegals
https://mrctv.org/videos/fox-news-special-report-only-nightly-newscast-cover-mamdanis-how-ice-video-illegals
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders created affordability problems and now they blame Trump for those problems.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5640001-trump-speech-pennsylvania-economy/
ROLL CALL
— Congress must become a champion guard dog to defend its watchdog. A hostile executive branch could be in charge of the legislative branch’s investigations. DD: My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my having been a GAO employee for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. They have also ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) my becoming a licensed CPA. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present Republican a) federal candidates and elected officials and b) Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township party leaders.
https://rollcall.com/2025/12/08/congress-must-become-a-champion-guard-dog-to-defend-its-watchdog/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Dec. 29, the 15-year term of Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro will end, leaving the Government Accountability Office without a Senate-confirmed leader. The Trump administration has made no secret of its hostility toward GAO, and this creates a dangerous opening for the executive branch to undermine or even capture the agency that exists for one purpose: to help Congress do its job. The current president and his allies in Congress have publicly targeted GAO, recognizing that a weakened watchdog means weakened oversight of executive action. GAO support to Congress extends beyond any single administration. If GAO is captured or hollowed out, the damage will outlast the current presidency. Rebuilding independent investigative capacity takes decades. Losing it takes a moment of inattention. At stake is the legislative branch authority and responsibility set forth in Article I of the Constitution to oversee the executive branch. Congress must act immediately to protect GAO during the transition. This means forming a visible, bipartisan, bicameral coalition — backed by constitutional experts—to reject any executive interference with the legislative branch agency. Any attempt by the current president to appoint, nominate, or direct GAO leadership should be challenged publicly and legally. The message must be unambiguous: GAO belongs to Congress. Most Americans have never heard of GAO. That’s by design. The agency operates as Congress’s nonpartisan, nonpolitical right hand — conducting audits, evaluations, and investigations that give legislators the facts they need to oversee federal programs and hold the executive branch accountable. GAO doesn’t make policy or substitute its judgment for Congress’s. It provides the independent, professional analysis that makes genuine oversight possible.)
ABC NEWS
— Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE. The New York City mayor-elect posted a video explaining immigrants’ rights.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/zohran-mamdani-tells-immigrant-new-yorkers-comply-ice-128194280
CBS NEWS
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h1-b-visa-fees-rural-health-care-hospitals/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Three Years After Dobbs, the State Divide Over Abortion Deepens. DD: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/states-new-abortion-laws.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Because minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, gerrymandering is by definition racial gerrymandering. The Democrats’ 3rd Congressional District in Illinois is a prime example.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/is-this-electoral-map-based-on-race-or-partisanship/2025/12/08/6e43e5bd-7be2-4983-bed5-8e4bcdb01ec5_video.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/09/young-adults-religion-campuses-kirk/
USA TODAY
— College students less comfortable expressing beliefs after Kirk death
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/08/charlie-kirk-assassination-students-free-speech-poll/87623920007/
LAW AND THE WORPKPLACE
— EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on National Origin Discrimination DD: I am 100% German national origin and a Missouri Synod Lutheran. All my employers would have hired noncitizens and/or non-German Americans instead of me if they could have. There are many negative German stereotypes. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Germans I lived in Crete 1948-1972 when it was overwhelmingly German American and Lutheran. While I was a Firestone Store employee for more than 2 years and a federal employee for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times virtually all of my supervisors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had loved ones who were killed by Germans. In my defense, I stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany, they all immigrated way back in 1840s and 1850s. I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. I stressed that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. I stressed that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.lawandtheworkplace.com/2025/12/eeoc-issues-updated-guidance-on-national-origin-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The EEOC has issued a one-page technical assistance document, “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against the Law” and updated its national origin discrimination landing page, reinforcing national origin discrimination protections with a focus on immigration-related issues. The latest guidance follows the EEOC’s previous 2016 Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination, which remains in effect. Title VII, which is enforced by the EEOC, prohibits employment discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and applies to most private employers with 15 or more employees. Under Title VII, discrimination based on national origin with respect to compensation and other terms and conditions of employment is unlawful, and employers are prohibited from limiting, segregating or classifying employees in a way that could deprive them of opportunities based on their national origin. The new technical assistance document defines national origin discrimination as “treating employees or applicants unfavorably or favorably because they are from a particular country or part of the world, because of ethnicity or accent, or because they appear to be of a certain ethnic background.” The landing page emphasizes that Title VII protects all workers, “including Americans,” and explains that national origin discrimination can include preferring foreign workers, including workers with certain visa statuses, over American workers. It further highlights that discrimination can occur when the victim and the person engaging in the discrimination are of the same national origin.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The GOP Can’t Agree on a Healthcare Plan. Some Republicans Are Panicking. Senate is expected to vote this week on Democratic-backed measure to extend enhanced healthcare subsidies. DD: Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-gop-cant-agree-on-a-healthcare-plan-some-republicans-are-panicking-76b6d89e
— China Is Gearing Up for a Potential Invasion of Taiwan
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/how-china-chinese-invasion-taiwan-ba7e3916
FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/12/08/a-diverse-hire-not-a-diversity-hire/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/final-schedule-f-regulations-describe-civil-service-protections-unconstitutional-overcorrections/409616/
POLITICO
— Supreme Court seems likely to let Trump fire independent agency heads. DD: Trump could cite Diersen v. GAO. The 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/supreme-court-slaughter-trump-firings-00681078
NPR
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly creates more homelessness by destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5637407/homelessness-in-the-new-gilded-age
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5637259/placeless-author-traces-the-roots-and-realities-of-mass-homelessness-in-america
— Americans facing unaffordable healthcare costs if ACA subsidies end share concerns. DD: Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5634778/americans-facing-unaffordable-healthcare-costs-if-aca-subsidies-end-share-concerns
HR ZONE
— DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government made it clear that they believed that the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://hrzone.com/2025-12-are-staff-surveys-making-employees-too-entitled/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Disturbing truth about Somalis in America that no Democrat will ever confront
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15356833/somali-americans-usa-stats-expert.html
— Woke school gives kids as young as 11 tips on how to ‘come out as trans.’ DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15364609/maryland-westland-middle-school-transgender-binding-lessons.html
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— US tech co-founder says he’ll pay $100,000 per day for H-1B talent: ‘Will set up recurring payment.’ DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/us-tech-co-founder-says-hell-pay-100-000-per-day-for-h-1b-talent-will-set-up-recurring-payment-101765206308941.html
ZOOM BANGLA
— Caste Discrimination a Major Drag on India’s Economy. DD: What Caste were you born into? 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.
https://inews.zoombangla.com/caste-discrimination-a-major-drag-on-indias-economy-argues-prominent-economist/
ECONOMIC TIMES
— H-1B visa appointments cancelled for many applicants as US expands social media vetting. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/work/h1b-visa-appointments-cancelled-for-many-applicants-as-us-expands-social-media-vetting/articleshow/125865253.cms