FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump, Mamdani promise to work to help NYC and tackle affordability amid cordiality
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-mamdani-meet-oval-office-mayor-elect-pushes-affordability-agenda/18185786/
— Durbin: Trump’s deployment of National Guard in Illinois cost taxpayers nearly $20M
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-deployment-national-guard-illinois-cost-taxpayers-20m-sen-dick-durbin/18186965/
— Judge prohibits IRS from sharing sensitive taxpayer data with ICE to aid its immigration crackdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/judge-prohibits-irs-sharing-sensitive-taxpayer-data-ice/18187113/
NBC5
— Trump and Mamdani go from adversaries to allies after White House meeting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-mamdani-washington-dc-meeting/3854391/
CBS2
— Detained protesters accuse feds of using them as props for Kristi Noem’s visit to Broadview ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protesters-arrested-broadview-ice-kristi-noem-gregory-bovino-promotional-video/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison ends reelection bid, leaving Republican primary uncontested
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/cook-county-sean-morrison-drops-out/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison, a Republican, announced Thursday he will not run for reelection next year, leaving former Commissioner Elizabeth Doody Gorman as the only Republican candidate for his seat. Morrison has represented the 17th District, which includes a wide swath of the southwest suburbs including Orland Park, Palos Heights and Lemont, since 2015. He was appointed to replace Gorman, who held the position from 2002 to 2015 before resigning to accept a job at an accounting firm in the private sector. Gorman supported Morrison as her successor. . .Morrison was reelected in 2018 and 2022. Gorman ran to unseat Morrison once before in 2022, but lost in the primary. With Morrison dropping out and the filing deadline past, she will run uncontested in the primary. Gorman has been on the Regional Transportation Authority board since 2021, and was formerly executive director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. “I was probably just as surprised as anybody else, and, you know, wish him and his wife and kids well in their next chapter,” Gorman said Friday.)
— Takeaways from Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani visit: Both men get something they want, GOP loses a punching bag
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/takeaways-trump-mamdani-visit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Landscapers hit hard by ICE blitz, ‘accused of the crime of working’ “Operation Midway Blitz” teams might have scaled back in Chicago, but the fear — and defiance — remains. DD: The son of one of my GAO superiors started a landscaping business. But he was driven out of business by his competitors who used cheap illegal labor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/21/operation-midway-blitz-ice-landscapers-human-impact
— Cook County townships to reopen property tax appeals window. DD: Republican officials in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County were furious when I appealed the assessment of the newly built 915 Cove Court in Wheaton ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/915-Cove-Ct-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447887_zpid/ ) because of construction defects and unrecorded easements. They all denied my appeal. But the Illinois Property Tax appeal Board ( https://www.ptab.illinois.gov/ ) approved it. The home had been built by an extremely powerful major Republican donor. Since then, he and his supporters have done everything that they could to destroy me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/11/20/township-property-tax-bill-appeal
DAILY HERALD
— Immigration agencies deny responsibility for mysterious drones spotted in Wheeling
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251121/local-politics/immigration-agencies-deny-responsibility-for-mysterious-drones-spotted-in-wheeling/
WAND TV
— ‘Claytons’ Law’ calls for English requirement, citizenship verification for Illinois licenses
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/claytons-law-calls-for-english-requirement-citizenship-verification-for-illinois-licenses/article_e2576645-efc2-44f0-88a9-665f27a5d6f9.html
WGN RADIO
— Karen Conti: SAFE-T Act, man charged in CTA burning charges
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/karen-conti-safe-t-act-man-charged-in-cta-burning-charges/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-428/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says Mamdani will be ‘great mayor’ as they exchange praise in White House meeting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/21/trump-says-mamdani-great-mayor-exchange-praise-white-house-meeting/
— House votes to oppose socialist policies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/21/house-votes-oppose-socialist-policies-mamdani-meets-trump/
— Texas asks Supreme Court to allow use of new GOP-friendly map
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/21/texas-asks-supreme-court-allow-use-new-gop-friendly-map/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House Democrats split on vote denouncing socialism
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3894870/house-democrats-split-denouncing-socialism-trump-mamdani-meeting/
— Top teachers union warns educators about Republicans’ ‘arsenal of racist dog whistles’ and ‘transphobic tropes’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3895275/national-educators-association-warns-educators-republicans-transphobic-tropes/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump and Mamdani ‘giddy’ during ‘love fest’ first White House meeting, body language expert says
https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/us-news/trump-and-mamdani-look-giddy-during-first-wh-meeting-body-language-expert/
— Trump-Mamdani — the start of a beautiful friendship?
https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/opinion/trump-mamdani-the-start-of-a-beautiful-friendship/
— Trump jokes it’s OK for Mamdani to call him a ‘fascist’: ‘You can just say yes’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/us-news/trump-runs-cover-for-mamdani-after-mayor-elect-asked-to-explain-if-he-still-thinks-president-is-a-fascist-you-can-just-say-yes/
— Mamdani, Trump’s expected slugfest turns into a lovefest as president says socialist will make NYC ‘greater than ever before’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/us-news/mamdani-trumps-expected-slugfest-turns-into-a-lovefest-as-president-says-socialist-will-make-nyc-greater-than-ever-before/
— Trump says Zohran Mamdani is not a ‘jihadist’ in warm exchange during NYC mayor-elect’s White House visit
https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/us-news/trump-breaks-with-elise-stefanik-says-zohran-mamdani-is-not-a-jihadist-in-warm-exchange-during-nyc-mayor-elects-white-house-visit/
— House resolution condemning socialism splits Democrats
https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/us-news/house-passes-resolution-condemning-socialism-as-zohran-mamdani-arrives-for-trump-meeting/
— Body language expert reveals what happened during Trump and Mamdani’s meeting: ‘I was surprised’
https://nypost.com/video/body-language-expert-reveals-what-happened-during-trump-and-mamdanis-meeting-i-was-surprised/
BREITBART
— Trump Meets with Mamdani at the White House
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/21/watch-donald-trump-meets-with-zohran-mamdani-at-the-white-house/
— ICE Operation in Charlotte Exposes Huge Scale of Illegal Migration Across Construction Industry
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/21/ice-operation-in-charlotte-exposes-huge-scale-of-illegal-migration-across-construction-industry/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Nearly 100 Democrats Refuse To Condemn Socialism In Party-Shattering Vote
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/21/democrats-split-house-resolution-condemn-socialism/
DAILY SIGNAL
— 127 Democrats Refuse to Vote to Condemn ‘Horrors of Socialism’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/21/127-democrats-refuse-to-vote-to-condemn-horrors-of-socialism/
DAILY WIRE
— House Passes Anti-Socialism Resolution
https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-anti-socialism-resolution-as-mamdani-visits-white-house
FOX BUSINESS
— Mamdani’s charm may be the most ‘dangerous’ thing about him
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385423453112
FOX NEWS
— ‘Just say yes’: Trump cuts in as NYC mayor-elect Mamdani dodges on calling him a ‘fascist’ at Oval Office. Democratic socialist discusses housing crisis and public safety cooperation with president.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/just-say-yes-trump-cuts-nyc-mayor-elect-mamdani-dodges-calling-him-fascist-oval-office
— 86 Dems vote with Republicans to condemn socialism
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/86-dems-republicans-condemn-socialism-wake-mamdanis-mayoral-victory
— DOJ sues Newsom over California giving illegal immigrants college tuition benefits. Justice Department lawyers called it ‘unequal treatment’ that was ‘squarely’ at odds with federal law.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-sues-newsom-over-california-measure-giving-illegal-immigrants-college-tuition-benefits
— Big Paychecks, Bigger Problems: How a bloated bureaucracy exposes Congress’ funding failure. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the federal government grossly overpaid me, my employment benefits were far too generous, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is far too generous, and my federal retirement benefits are far too generous. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37hour when I was 16 in 1966 to $153,151/year when I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.aol.com/articles/big-paychecks-bigger-problems-bloated-003400110.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new report from a government watchdog group begs the question of why — with nearly 800,000 federal bureaucrats drawing six-figure salaries and the average payroll of the federal workforce far outpacing its size — is Washington still unable to fund the basics of government? Open The Books, a project of American Transparency, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, nonpartisan charitable organization, closely tracks government spending and released an expansive report Wednesday ahead of a looming agreement between Republicans and Democrats to reopen the government, showing the swamp has gotten bigger, richer and more secretive since 2020. The report, which analyzed all publicly disclosed federal salaries for fiscal year 2024, found a total of 2.9 million civil service employees with a total payroll of $270 billion, plus an additional 30% for benefits. While the total number of employees rose by 5% since 2020, payroll grew nearly five times as much. The current federal workforce is costing American taxpayers $673,000 per minute, $40.4 million per hour and just under $1 billion per day, according to Open The Books. This includes almost 1,000 workers who are making more than the president’s $400,000 per year salary, 31,452 non-War Department federal employees who made more than every governor of all 50 states and 793,537 people making $100,000 or more. Those making $300,000 or more have seen an 84% increase since 2020, while there has similarly been an 82% increase in those earning $200,000 or more, the report points out. During Open The Book’s investigation, the fiscal watchdog group also found that the names of 383,000 federal workers across 56 different agencies were redacted, amounting to a total of $38.3 billion in pay. According to Open The Books CEO John Hart, “You can’t have accountability without visibility.” “The Trump administration has a historic opportunity to bring much-needed transparency to the administrative state. While federal employees don’t add as much to the debt as safety net programs, defense and overall agency spending, they are an indicator of government’s growth,” Hart said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Our investigators found far too many redactions and blind spots that DOGE should have already fixed. You can’t have accountability without visibility. Taxpayers need a much clearer picture of the federal workforce than they have today.” U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has been working with Open The Books to fight for greater transparency. In a letter sent in September to Scott Kupor, the director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Ernst said she had identified “numerous examples” of full-time federal employees earning two salaries while moonlighting for other agencies or government contractors, something typically prohibited under the law. Ernst pointed out that this was being done without the approval or knowledge of these workers’ managers. “The Trump administration has a historic opportunity to bring much-needed transparency to the administrative state. While federal employees don’t add as much to the debt as safety net programs, defense and overall agency spending, they are an indicator of government’s growth,” Hart said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Our investigators found far too many redactions and blind spots that DOGE should have already fixed. You can’t have accountability without visibility. Taxpayers need a much clearer picture of the federal workforce than they have today.” U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has been working with Open The Books to fight for greater transparency. In a letter sent in September to Scott Kupor, the director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Ernst said she had identified “numerous examples” of full-time federal employees earning two salaries while moonlighting for other agencies or government contractors, something typically prohibited under the law. Ernst pointed out that this was being done without the approval or knowledge of these workers’ managers. “From 2021 to 2024, a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employee held multiple other full-time government contractor jobs, frequently billing taxpayers for more than 24 hours of work in a single day,” Ernst chronicled in her letter. “In addition to HUD, she was paid by AmeriCorps and the National Institutes of Health. Since she teleworked in all three positions, she was able to hide her overlapping jobs and get away with billing taxpayers $225,866 for hours she never worked. She claimed she worked 26 hours on 13 of the 21 workdays in a single month.” Ernst also described a second example of a human resources official at the Peace Corps who was caught falsifying time cards submitted to different agencies, which led to the employee double-billing taxpayers for tens of thousands of dollars. She laid out several other examples in the letter as well. “Until recently, outside of death and taxes, the expanding Washington bureaucracy was one of the few certainties in life,” said Ernst. “I am proud to have partnered with the Trump administration and DOGE to successfully downsize the bloated bureaucracy, but there is much more work to be done to make Washington more efficient.” One can “look no further” than the “failed Schumer shutdown,” Ernst said, pointing out that taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $12 billion in back pay for 750,000 non-essential federal employees who did not work for a month and a half. In October, Ernst introduced the Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act, aimed at providing the public with an exact accounting of how much back pay the government will be required to fork over in the case of a shutdown. The bill would require executive agencies to submit detailed reports to Congress within 30 days of a lapse in appropriations that must include the total number of employees and contractors employed by the agency at the time of the shutdown, the total salaries paid by the agency during the prior fiscal year, the number of furloughed during the lapse and their annual pay, the number of employees not furloughed and the sum of their pay and a requirement that all this information be posted publicly on the agencies’ websites.)
NEWSMAX
— Dozens of House Dems Join GOP to Denounce Socialism
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/socialism-house-mamdani/2025/11/21/id/1235535/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— House votes to condemn the ‘horrors of socialism’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/house-votes-to-condemn-the-horrors-of-socialism-ahead-of-trumps-meeting-with-mamdani/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Jeffries votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism after backing socialist Mamdani for NYC mayor
https://thepostmillennial.com/jeffries-votes-to-denounce-horrors-of-socialism-after-backing-socialist-mamdani-for-nyc-mayor
TOWNHALL
— House Votes to Condemn Socialism
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/11/21/house-debates-resolution-denouncing-socialism-n2666828
— Big Dem Donor Had Major Stake in Pot Company Busted Using Illegals, Kids in Operation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomknighton/2025/11/21/big-dem-donor-had-major-stake-in-pot-company-busted-using-illegals-kids-in-operation-n2666830
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Warren: Trump ‘trying to take a little of the shine that Zohran Mamdani has’
https://thehill.com/homenews/5618262-warren-trump-mamdani-meeting/
NEWSWEEK
— Full List of Democrats Voting to Condemn Socialism
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-of-democrats-voting-to-condemn-socialism-as-mamdani-comes-to-town-11088383
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-democrats-video-executed-seditious-11089044
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/president-trump-accuses-democratic-lawmakers-seditious-behavior-127755514
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-democrats-sedition-death-threat-military-rcna245156
CBS NEWS
— Trump praises Mamdani after White House meeting: “I want him to do a great job”
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live-updates/trump-mamdani-meeting-white-house-new-york/
— Full video of Trump-Mamdani meeting as president says they “agree on a lot more” than he thought
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/watch-full-video-trump-mamdani-meeting/
— Top 4 takeaways from the Trump-Mamdani meeting
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/trump-mamdani-white-house-meeting-takeaways/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Heaps Praise on Mamdani and New York’s Future
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/21/us/trump-news
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/20/katie-wilson-seattle-mayor-mamdani-socialism-democrats/87323706007/
— DD: Compared to our peers, my wife and I spent far less of our income for immediate pleasures and saved far more of our income for our retirement. My critics/opponents stress that we would not have been able save as much for our retirement if we had children.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/09/12/retirement-savings-4-tips-save-more-spend-less/1201342002/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/21/trump-threatens-death-six-democrats-sedition/87397313007/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/11/21/trump-claims-sedition-post-not-threatening-democrats/87401336007/
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Affordability Crisis Deepens: 7 In 10 Americans Say Raising Kids Is Unaffordable, Driving Down Birth Rates. DD: According to my Democrat GAO superiors, if my wife and I had children, a) I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, earn a master’s degree in accounting, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, become a licensed CPA, earn four more professional certifications, or earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading, b) my wife would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance, and c) we would not have been able to have a new home built, save lots of money for our retirement, buy collector cars. etc.
https://www.aol.com/news/affordability-crisis-deepens-7-10-194250298.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation. Workers growing tired of economy in which everything seems to get more expensive.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/the-middle-class-is-buckling-under-almost-five-years-of-persistent-inflation-4d783aee
FORBES
— Speaker Johnson Says He’s ‘Very Interested In Raising The Threshold’ To Censure Members. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEcB9RiaAzA
FORBES
— House Passes Resolution To Denounce Socialism’s ‘Horrors’ With 98 Dems Voting Against
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvUr17ulnwM
ATLANTIC
— Gas-Station Weed Is Fighting for Its Life. DD: Weed is poison.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/11/thc-marijuana-hemp-loophole/685016/
POLITICO
— House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/21/congress/house-denounces-horrors-of-socialism-00664412
ACLU
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/trumps-attempt-to-roll-back-key-civil-rights-enforcement-tool
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIAN EXPRESS
— Trump-Mamdani Meeting Live Updates: Trump praises NYC mayor-elect Mamdani in Oval Office meeting, says they ‘agreed on a lot’
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/live-updates-donald-trump-is-set-to-meet-with-zohran-mamdani-at-white-house-10378890/
Tag: democrat
November 21, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Black pastors from Illinois endorse Raja Krishnamoorthi in US Senate race. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, have financial, health, and/or other problems, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/black-pastors-illinois-endorse-raja-235844817.html
CBS2
— Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison won’t run for reelection in 2026
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cook-county-commissioner-sean-morrison-not-running-2026/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/11/21/defend-trump-maga-tucker-carlson-nazi-megyn-kelly-epstein-s-e-cupp
— Many Chicago suburbs not meeting state’s affordable housing requirements, report finds. The Illinois General Assembly passed the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act in 2003 to help create more affordable housing in the state.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/11/21/chicago-suburbs-illinois-affordable-housing-requirements-impact-equity
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The communities that didn’t submit plans this year include: Barrington Hills, Campton Hills, Elmhurst, Inverness, Lake Forest, Oak Brook, Prairie Grove, South Barrington, Geneva, Hawthorn Woods, Lily Lake, River Forest and Third Lake. The majority of these communities also didn’t submit plans in the last cycle, which was 2020. The jurisdictions whose plans were noncompliant include: Deerfield, Deer Park, Frankfort, Glencoe, Glenview, Homer Glen, Lake Bluff, Lakewood, Lincolnshire, Lincolnwood, Long Grove, North Barrington, Spring Grove, Timberlane, Tower Lakes, Wayne, Western Springs, Wilmette and Winnetka. Homer Glen submitted its plan late, and it’s under review. Deer Park, Glencoe, Lakewood and Lincolnwood submitted second plans that are under review.)
DAILY HERALD
— 9th District candidate’s gift bag stunt sets a disturbing tone
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251121/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-no-laughing-matter-9th-district-candidates-gift-bag-stunt-sets-a-disturbin/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders want their illegals to get SNAP
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-calls-on-usda-to-correct-unlawful-snap-eligibility-guidance-88442.cfm
— Durbin: The Senate Has A Responsibility To Help Americans Afford Their Health Insurance. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-the-senate-has-a-responsibility-to-help-americans-afford-their-health-insurance-88431.cfm
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump lashes out at reporter, highlighting a pattern of attacking press he dislikes. DD: My critics/opponents do not attack me publicly. Instead, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-20/trump-lashes-out-at-reporter-highlighting-a-pattern-of-attacking-press-he-dislikes
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-20/president-trumps-latest-attacks-on-the-free-press
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Ballot brawls heat up
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/21/ballot-brawls-heat-up-00664302
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-637/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Journalism Standards, Anyone?
https://johnkassnews.com/journalism-standards-anyone/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do your critics/opponents blame their problems on? My critics/opponents blame their problems on those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and paise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them personally. They destroy those like me who refuse to be blindly loyal to them. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who were unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who have lots of clout and had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity. According to Democrats, if Whites and men do better at something, it is because they benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned four other job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. Because few minorities and females have done that, Democrats have especially shouted at minorities and at females that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females. In my defense, I stress that neither of my parents attended college. That my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Google ‘Turned a Blind Eye’ to Defamatory AI Content Against Conservatives
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/21/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-google-turned-blind-eye-defamatory-ai-content/
— Pro-Palestinian Activists Besiege NYC Synagogue: ‘Mamdani Era Has Already Begun’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/20/pro-palestinian-activists-besiege-nyc-synagogue-mamdani-era-begun/
— Treasury Dept. Issues Rule to Prevent Illegals from Securing Income Tax Credits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/20/exclusive-treasury-dept-issues-historic-rule-prevent-illegal-aliens-securing-income-tax-credits/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— DD: Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/med-schools-need-alternative-strategies-to-evade-affirmative-action-ban-doctor-says/
DAILY CALLER
— Teachers’ Union Leader Claims Only Stuffing Diversity Programs Down Americans’ Throats Will Prevent Fascism
https://ijr.com/teachers-union-leader-claims-only-stuffing-diversity-programs-down-americans-throats-will-prevent-fascism/
FEDERALIST
— DD: Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/disparate-impact-is-equal-outcome-the-same-as-equal-opportunity
FOX BUSINESS
— Why Mamdani’s policies ‘won’t work’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBjziIpIuSU
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani is the ‘North Star’ of the Democratic Party
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385374193112
— When Trump meets Mamdani: Five capitalist messages the democratic socialist should hear. When Trump sits down with Mamdani, I hope he doesn’t lecture him. I hope he teaches him with examples of what’s worked in this country for nearly 250 years. DD: My critics/opponents blame capitalism for their problems.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/when-trump-meets-mamdani-five-capitalist-messages-democratic-socialist-should-hear
— Socialist mayor-elect reveals why she embraced her parents giving her money as a 43-year-old. DD: My parents lacked money. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-mayor-elect-reveals-why-she-embraced-her-parents-giving-her-money.print
— Top teachers union guiding gender transitions, bashing conservatives
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/uncovered-docs-show-top-teachers-union-guiding-gender-transitions-bashing-conservatives-insane-asylum.print
ONE NEWS PAGE
— We Desperately Need ICE Agents Protected So They Can Deport All Illegals
https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20251121/17585646/The-JD-Rucker-Show-We-Desperately-Need-ICE.htm
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani has promised that the NYPD will never again cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He vowed to permanently sever the partnership that allows local and federal agencies to remove dangerous offenders who are in the country illegally and commit crimes on New York streets. To the progressive activists cheering this on—it’s a victory. To anyone who cares about public safety, law, logic, or the lives of ordinary New Yorkers, it is reckless beyond measure.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2025/11/20/the-mayor-whod-prefer-you-to-die-n2666762
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Republicans Working to End Biden-era Regulation That Funded Travel for Illegal Alien Minors Who Were Getting Abortions
https://www.westernjournal.com/republicans-working-end-biden-era-regulation-funded-travel-illegal-alien-minors-getting-abortions/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you might defy Trump: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, have less money than others, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozer, gambler, stoner, and/or criminal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5616442-maga-women-trump-gop-leadership/
— The damaging effects of shifting from equal opportunity to ‘equal outcomes’ DD: Democrat leaders fight for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity. To fight for equal outcome is to fight against equal opportunity.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/529262-the-damaging-effects-of-shifting-from-equal-opportunity-to-equal-outcomes/
ROLL CALL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://rollcall.com/2025/11/20/democratic-hawks-defiant-after-trump-accuses-them-of-seditious-act/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Veteran FBI employee sues bureau after being fired over displaying a pride flag. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, they fired me, because since 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. SEE: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:1987cv03538/26664/433/
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-progress-pride-flag-lawsuit-83c0d9750e9bf6a11a11b858420750a2
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote sedition.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/hang-democrats-trump-seditious-behavior
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/video/rep-deluzio-responds-seditious-behavior
— Bipartisan push to reform censure process emerges in Congress after flurry of complaints brought against lawmakers. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who almost succeeded in getting their operatives and dupes to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I would focus on my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bipartisan-push-to-reform-censure-process-emerges-in-congress-after-flurry-of-complaints-brought-against-lawmakers/ar-AA1QQB0r
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors turned my subordinates against me. They not only assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees, demanded that I give them big time preference, and demanded that I improve their performance. They did everything that they could to turn them against me. All the employees who they assigned me to supervise were minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had major health and/or other problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/trump-democrats-sedition-death-punishment.html
— DD: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/immigration-poll-trump-crackdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump: Democrats ‘traitors’ for telling military not to follow unlawful orders. The president said lawmakers who appeared in a video committed “seditious behavior” and should be arrested and put on trial for treason. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors turned my subordinates against me. They not only assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees, demanded that I give them big time preference, and demanded that I improve their performance. They did everything that they could to turn them against me. All the employees who they assigned me to supervise were minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had major health and/or other problems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/20/trump-democrats-seditious-behavior/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How much success have Democrats had destroying those in the following who do not promote LGBTQ: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/11/03/inside-stonewall-inn-bar/86853750007/
FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES
— Socialism may be the rage in NYC, but not in Fairfax County! DD: How successful will Democrats be making America, Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality socialist? Socialism rewards blind loyalty to government leaders over everything else. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors demanded blind loyalty to them personally. Even though I refused to give them that, I survived as a Post Office employee for almost 3 years, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years, and as a GAO employee for almost 18 years. I would not have been able to do that if I had not a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/socialism-may-be-the-rage-in-nyc-but-not-in-fairfax-county/article_af12e222-e6c0-4d44-a9d0-becfcf3a2237.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Socialism has arrived in New York, but is it wanted in Fairfax County? That question is presented to voters in the county’s Braddock District as they consider the candidates for an open seat on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in the upcoming Dec. 9 special election.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For Americans, Family Comes First—or Does It? A new survey finds that for most of us, especially the young, personal well-being matters more. DD: How big is your family? I had one sibling, he never married, he had no children, and he has died, My parents have died. My father had one sibling, she never married, she had no children, and she has died, My mother had three siblings and they have died. Only three children of my mother’s siblings survive.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/for-americans-family-comes-firstor-does-it-61d44cae
FED SMITH
— Federal Pay Skyrockets: New Open The Books Report Shows 24% Payroll Surge Since 2020. Federal pay surged during the Biden years as locality pay areas grew, driving six‑figure salaries higher despite modest workforce growth and rising telework.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/11/19/federal-pay-skyrockets-since-2020/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report shows that the civilian federal workforce (excluding DOD and Postal Service) reached roughly 2.9 million employees and had a disclosed payroll of $270 billion in FY 2024. That’s a 24% jump from FY 2020, when payroll stood near $217 billion. The size of the federal workforce grew by about 5% during that period. . .The biggest change is not in hiring. It is the compensation structure. The number of employees earning six-figure salaries has exploded since 2020. Federal workers earning $100,000+ jumped 49%. Those earning $200,000+ soared 82%. The number above $300,000 rose 84%. In 117 of 127 major agencies (and in the White House as well), the average salary at the time the data were calculated exceeded $100,000. As noted above, OPM data as of March 2025 showed an average federal salary of almost $110,000. The report highlights a striking trend in the federal workforce: the number of highly compensated federal employees has grown significantly. The report highlights several items, including the highest federal salaries. In FY 2024, 956 federal employees made more than the President of the United States, who has had a salary of $400,000 since 2001. There are more employees earning more than $400,000 than ever before in Open The Books’ payroll records dating back to 2010. 939 of the employees who out earned the president were medical officers at the Veterans Health Administration. Four of the employees listed are dentists. 15 doctors at the National Institutes of Health earn more than $400,000, including the four highest-paid employees in the entire federal workforce. The director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute was paid $519,246, breaking his own record for the highest federal salary in American history. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was the federal employee of the year in 2020, once held the record for being the highest-paid federal employee with a $480,654 salary in 2022. An additional 36 federal employees earned exactly $400,000, the same salary as the president. A few years ago, it was rare for any federal employee to earn more than the president. In 2019, only three federal employees made more than $400,000. Why Federal Pay Has Gone Up)
POLITICO
— In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards. The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked. DD: I should write about the success that Democrats have had in Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200. I have lived in it since 1978.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/culture-war-democrats-school-boards-00663699
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BBC
— Is the new Pope woke? DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, those who ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc.
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct723j
AL JAZEERA
— DD: America-haters ever-increasingly promote Mamdani
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/11/21/mamdanis-democratic-socialism-is-a-promise-of-true-freedom-for-all
November 20, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Appeals court temporarily blocks release of hundreds arrested in ‘Midway Blitz’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/court-temporarily-blocks-release-hundreds-arrested-operation-midway-blitz-trump-administration-appeal/18181042/
NBC5
— Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-democrats-video-message-to-military-seditious-punishable-by-death/3853922/
CBS2
— Trump condemned by Democrats after he accuses 6 lawmakers of “seditious behavior”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-democrats-seditious-behavior/
FOX32
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness because it destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/volunteers-sleep-outside-chicago-support-homeless-youth
WBEZ
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty because it destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.wbez.org/money/2025/11/19/chicago-food-pantries-unprecedented-demand-holiday-season
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dick Cheney’s funeral brings bipartisan tributes, but Trump was not invited
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/dick-cheney-funeral/
— Injunction ruling provides new look at ‘Operation Midway Blitz,’ from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/injunction-scathing-ruling-midway-blitz/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison says he won’t seek reelection. Morrison stepped down as the chair of the Cook County GOP in April, saying it was “time for new energy” in the party. This time, he said he believed public office should be “a season of contribution, not a lifetime occupation, and it is important that I lead by example.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/20/cook-commissioner-sean-morrison-reelection
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-democrats-video-message-to-military-is-seditious-behavior-punishable-by-death/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Quiet, piggy’: Trump appears to hiss insult at reporter who asks him about Epstein files
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/quiet-piggy-trump-appears-to-hiss-insult-at-reporter-who-asks-him-about-epstein-files-classified-documents-emails-financial-records-flight-information-island-president-donald-trump-bill-clinton-larry-summers
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-427/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUE
— Chicago Teachers Union radicalism is officially statewide
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-radicalism-is-officially-statewide-2/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Democrats Caught in ‘Election Manipulation’ Scandal as Chuy García Faces Bipartisan Rebuke for Blocking Voters’ Choice
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/democrats-caught-in-election-manipulation-scandal-as-chuy-garcia-faces-bipartisan-rebuke-for-blocking-voters-choice.html
— After Family Tragedy, Trump Sends Heartfelt Letter as Darren Bailey Vows to Stay in Race and ‘Fight, Fight, Fight’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/after-family-tragedy-trump-sends-heartfelt-letter-as-darren-bailey-vows-to-stay-in-race-and-fight-fight-fight.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Scott Walker: End racial discrimination in the federal government
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/end-racial-discrimination-federal-government/
— White House ready to welcome ‘communist’ Mamdani
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/white-house-ready-welcome-communist-zohran-mamdani/
— Judge rules Trump’s deployment of National Guard in D.C. was illegal
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/judge-rules-trumps-deployment-national-guard-dc-illegal/
— Dick Cheney eulogized at Washington funeral without Trump but with prominent Democrats in the pews
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/20/dick-cheney-eulogized-washington-funeral-without-trump-prominent/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump and Vance excluded from Cheney’s funeral
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3893436/trump-and-vance-excluded-from-dick-cheney-funeral/
NEW YORK POST
— Dick Cheney funeral draws big Dem names Biden, Harris, Maddow — while Trump and Vance get benched
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/dick-cheney-funeral-draws-big-dem-names-biden-harris-maddow-while-trump-and-vance-get-benched/
— Ad campaign tells seniors to call out ageism — as life expectancy rises in NYC
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/ad-campaign-tells-seniors-to-call-out-ageism-as-life-expectancy-rises-in-nyc/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Mamdani admits he committed a federal crime by having illegals participate in his campaign
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/20/mamdani-admits-he-committed-a-federal-crime-by-having-illegals-participate-in-his-campaign-1601697/
BREITBART
— Pope Leo XIV politely rebuked the many pro-migration advocates who portray him and the Catholic Church as supporters of mass migration and as opponents of deportations.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/19/pope-leo-rebukes-pro-migration-advocates/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— ‘Industrialized’ Fraud in the H-1B Visa Program
https://cis.org/Parsing-Immigration-Policy/Industrialized-Fraud-H1B-Visa-Program
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Appeals Court Blocks Release of Hundreds of Chicago-Area Immigration Detainees
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/chicago-immigration-seventh-circuit.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Calls for Arrest of Democrats Who Urged Troops to Disobey Illegal Orders. ‘You must refuse illegal orders,’ Democratic lawmakers said in video released this week.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-calls-for-arrest-of-democrats-who-urged-troops-to-disobey-illegal-orders-92a081eb
November 20, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Court temporarily blocks restrictions on use of force by federal immigration agents in Chicago area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/appeals-court-temporarily-blocks-restrictions-use-force-federal-immigration-agents-chicago-area/18176374/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago appeals court halts order restricting use of force by immigration agents, calling it ‘overbroad’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/chicago-appeals-court-halts-order-use-of-force-immigration-agents/
— Pritzker meets Pope in Rome, discussing Trump’s Chicago immigration crackdown. DD: As Democrat leaders ever-increasingly move further to the left, they increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/gov-jb-pritzker-pope-rome-trump-immigration-crackdown/
— Illinois politicians party as Black communities fall further behind
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/opinion-black-wealth-chicago-urban-league/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker and the Pope talk ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2025/11/19/jb-pritzker-pope-leo-xiv-vatican-meeting-operation-midway-blitz-chicago-beer
— Federal appeals court halts ruling that curbed use of force during immigration campaign. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called the Nov. 6 preliminary injunction from Judge Sara Ellis “overbroad,” but it also promised a quick appeal process.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/19/federal-appeals-court-halts-ruling-that-curbed-use-of-force-during-immigration-campaign
DAILY HERALD
— Arlington Heights says no to immigration agents using public spaces. DD: Doing that demonstrates gross rejection of Trump’s election.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251118/news/arlington-heights-says-no-to-immigration-agents-using-public-spaces/
— DuPage County Board approves drone purchase
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251119/news/dupage-county-board-approves-drone-purchase/
EVANSTON NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the Pope rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws, that is, that the Pope rejects America, its borders, and its laws.
https://evanstonnow.com/pritzker-and-pope-discuss-immigration-raids/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders urge troops to reject ‘illegal orders’ from Trump administration. DD: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I always followed now orders (now illegal) to give preference to my subordinates who were minority and/or female. But because I complained about reverse discrimination, my Democrat superiors wasted my career and got rid of me.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ex-cia-navy-lawmakers-urge-troops-to-reject-illegal-orders-from-trump-administration-elissa-slotkin-mark-kelly-stephen-miller-pete-hegseth
WCBU
— Former Illinois representatives (Bustos, Dold, and LaHood) point to district maps as undermining bipartisanship. DD: How gerrymandered are the political districts that you live in?
https://www.wcbu.org/local-news/2025-11-18/former-illinois-representatives-point-to-district-maps-as-undermining-bipartisanship
WIFR
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Rockford will ever-increasingly get rid of its residents who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/11/19/rockford-earns-perfect-score-lgbtq-inclusivity/
LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
— Video shows illegal immigrants running into Warren Township High School in Gurnee to flee federal agents
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/11/19/new-video-shows-illegal-immigrants-running-into-warren-township-high-school-in-gurnee-to-flee-federal-agents/
NORTHERN STAR
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hold Trump responsible for everything that is bad. What are your critics/opponents responsible for, but hold you responsible for? My critics/opponents who are responsible for electing Republican candidates in Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township hold me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter responsible for Republican defeats. My Democrat superiors in the federal government were responsible for meeting Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets and held me responsible for difficulties they encountered doing that.
https://northernstar.info/130466/opinion/opinion-donald-trump-should-be-held-accountable/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Clergy sue ICE over access
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/20/clergy-sue-ice-over-access-00661380
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-636/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-426/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Thursday, November 20, 2025
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=19fa91a7b3&u=7f97bb358e660a3d3fb24306a&id=1dff4d4ee0
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Ernst & Young Report Details Chicago’s Wasteful Spending: It’s Worse than You Think
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/ernst-young-report-chicago-wasteful-spending
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write about Democrats who falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they were Republicans to advance in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton when Republicans ran the aforesaid. I would focus on those who advanced the most. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Now that Democrats run the aforesaid, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, they will all officially become Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Appeals court rules in favor of DHS on crowd control tactics in Chicago
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/19/appeals-court-rules-favor-dhs-crowd-control-tactics-chicago/
— China using fentanyl to wage war on U.S.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/19/china-using-fentanyl-wage-war-us/
— ‘Sanctuary census’: Republicans say Democrats stole power through bogus 2020 count
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/19/sanctuary-census-republicans-say-democrats-stole-power-bogus-2020/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pope Leo XIV draws online backlash over climate, immigration and transgender outreach. DD: As Democrat leaders ever-increasingly move further to the left, they increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3891431/pope-leo-xiv-draws-online-backlash-climate-immigration-transgender-outreach/
— Enforcing immigration laws is not the moral equivalent of the Holocaust. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate illegals with runaway slaves.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3892204/enforcing-immigration-laws-not-holocaust/
— Netanyahu should call Mamdani’s bluff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3892623/netanyahu-should-call-mamdani-bluff/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats urging troops to ‘disobey’ are playing a dangerous game
https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/opinion/dems-urging-troops-to-disobey-are-playing-a-dangerous-game/
— Mamdani’s endorsement of controversial NY assembly candidate who minimized 9/11 draws backlash
https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-endorsement-of-controversial-ny-assembly-candidate-who-minimized-9-11-draws-backlash/
— Gun rights groups hail Trump’s pick to lead ATF: ‘First ever truly pro-Second Amendment nominee’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/us-news/gun-rights-groups-hail-trumps-pick-to-lead-atf-first-ever-truly-pro-second-amendment-nominee/
— Wannabe GI Jane sues Navy after her dream of becoming first female SEAL comes to a crashing end over age. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to get rid of me. According to them, if you are a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, you are out if they do not promote you to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, by age 25. Extremely few IRS employees make that aforesaid promotion deadline. I finally made GS-13 when I was 38, but not until after I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO when I was 31, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and f) became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/news/wannabe-gi-jane-sues-navy-113000336.html
— Jewish organizations enabled Mamdani
https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/opinion/jewish-orgs-enabled-mamdani-american-dream-on-hold-and-other-commentary/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Islamization Of The United States
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/the_islamization_of_the_united_states.html
— It’s not irrational to worry about mass Muslim migration
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/it_s_not_irrational_to_worry_about_mass_muslim_migration.html
BREITBART
— Sens. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are leading a bill to give the National Labor Relations Board power over investigating and prosecuting employers that hire illegal aliens. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/19/exclusive-jim-banks-leads-putting-american-workers-first-act-to-more-easily-prosecute-employers-hiring-illegal-aliens/amp/
— Trump, Mamdani to meet Friday at White House
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/20/katie-wilson-seattle-mayor-mamdani-socialism-democrats/87323706007/
COLLEGE FIX
— Notre Dame no longer asks staff to support its Catholic mission. DD: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/notre-dame-no-longer-asks-staff-to-support-its-catholic-mission/
— Students line up to listen to anti-socialist speaker on campus. DD: QUESTION: Who advances under socialism? ANSWER: Those who serve as operatives or dupes for government. QUESTION: Which of my federal coworkers advanced the most over me? ANSWER: Those who served as operatives or dupes the most for their Democrat superiors.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/students-line-up-to-listen-to-anti-socialist-speaker-on-campus/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump’s Education Dept Ends Free Tuition For Illegals. DD: I had to work my way through college. Consequently, my GPA suffered.
https://www.aol.com/exclusive-trump-education-dept-ends-123926748.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— New HHS Report on Transgender ‘Care’ for Minors Reveals Why Activists Try to ‘Silence Critics’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/19/new-hhs-report-transgender-care-minors-reveals-why-activists-try-silence-critics-contributor-says/
FEDERALIST
— We Need To Deport 1 Million Illegal Immigrants A Month
https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/19/we-need-to-deport-1-million-illegal-immigrants-a-month/
FOX NEWS
— Socialist group ‘By Any Means Necessary’ escalates campaign to ‘stop’ Turning Point USA. DD: Who heads TPUSA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-group-by-any-means-necessary-escalates-campaign-stop-turning-point-usa.amp
— Rubio orders restitution for hundreds of staffers denied promotions under Biden DEI rule.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rubio-orders-restitution-hundreds-staffers-denied-promotions-under-biden-dei-rule
— Bipartisan plan aims to make the American Dream affordable again for millions of first-time homebuyers. The median age for a first-time home buyer is now 40. DD: Back in the good old days, back in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24 years old.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bipartisan-plan-aims-make-american-dream-affordable-again-millions-first-time-homebuyers
— Socialism Destroys Everything It Touches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbSboRoEtxs
— Mamdani backs candidate who called 9/11 ‘a terror attack that a couple of people did’
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-backs-candidate-who-called-9-11-terror-attack-couple-people-did
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Need Illegal Immigrants As a Permanent Underclass. DD: Democrat leaders want illegals because they vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want illegals because they want cheap labor.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/19/jill-filippovic-illegal-slave-wages-n2666674
U.S. HOUSE
— Sanctuary Mayors Refuse to Change Policies That Obstruct Federal Immigration Enforcement and Protect Dangerous Criminal Aliens. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly obstruct enforcement of immigration laws.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-sanctuary-mayors-refuse-to-change-policies-that-obstruct-federal-immigration-enforcement-and-protect-dangerous-criminal-aliens/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals in Chicago
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sights-sounds-trumps-immigration-crackdown-chicago-127699423
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly obstruct enforcement of immigration laws.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/justice-department-immigration-enforcement.html
— DD: My critics/opponents use my being conservative, Republican, Protestant, and German American to slander me as being antisemitic. They stress the many big adverse actions that my Jewish superiors in the federal government took against me. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/opinion/right-antisemitism-yoram-hazony.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010528982/understanding-the-rights-antisemitic-turn.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Mamdani to unite voters who are the following against Republican candidates: liberal/moderate, have less money than others, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/20/build-on-mamdanis-momentum-for-lgbtq-n-y-ers/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/20/katie-wilson-seattle-mayor-mamdani-socialism-democrats/87323706007/
DESERET NEWS
— DD: QUESTION: Why are fewer and fewer and fewer people getting married? ANSWERS: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I 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
— Trump’s DEI Slayer Is Just Getting Started. EEOC head Andrea Lucas is shifting the workplace watchdog’s priorities to fighting anti-Christian bias and diversity programs. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because my Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that offer and because I needed a job because I was helping support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-eeoc-chief-andrea-lucas-is-dei-slayer-just-getting-started-2d6623a6
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As head of the federal agency that fights workplace discrimination, Andrea Lucas has said two men in particular have shaped her sense of mission. One is her father, an industrial salesman who she has said was once fired after speaking up about his faith on the job. The other is Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who led the agency—the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—from 1982 to 1990. As President Trump’s EEOC chair, Lucas is sharply shifting the agency’s focus to give priority to allegations of religious discrimination. It is bringing lawsuits on behalf of a truck driver who asked to wear a skirt on the job because of her Apostolic Christian beliefs and a ski-area employee fired after writing faith-related social-media posts. And it recently settled with a staffing agency that didn’t hire a Muslim job applicant after he asked for an accommodation to attend Friday prayer. The 39-year-old Christian conservative has opened investigations into law firms’ diversity practices and universities’ handling of antisemitism. The EEOC asked a judge this week to enforce a subpoena against the University of Pennsylvania. Lucas has said she is attacking the identity politics she believes has permeated workplaces and the broader culture. “Laying siege to the institutions and taking them back is the big-picture theme,” Lucas told the Daily Caller, a conservative news outlet, this summer. By targeting elite institutions, she said in the interview, “You change the culture.” Now she has the power to do more. During the government shutdown, the Senate confirmed a Trump nominee, Brittany Panuccio, as an EEOC commissioner. That gives Lucas a quorum—a minimum of three commissioners out of the full slate of five—after Trump fired two Democrats in January. One Democratic commissioner remains. With the agency’s full powers, Lucas can make good on promises to rescind guidance regarding protections for transgender and nonbinary workers and root out what the Trump administration views as unlawful diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Most notably, she will be able to sue employers on significant legal questions, potentially setting the stage for new precedents on civil-rights law. “Andrea is very pro-enforcement,” said Victoria Lipnic, who served as the EEOC’s acting chair during the first Trump administration. “The traditional trope of Republican administrations is that they’ll be hands-off about enforcement. That’s not her at all.” Lucas declined to comment. An agency spokesperson said Lucas “has emphasized a broad reset of agency priorities to be consistent with the President’s agenda, Supreme Court precedent, and our country’s founding principles of equality and individual rights.” While racial and sexual discrimination still make up a large share of claims that American workers file with the agency, Lucas has chosen to call attention to religious-discrimination allegations, which make up a small portion of claims. “In some cases, it’s been a direct 180,” Christopher DeGroff, a partner who represents employers at the law firm Seyfarth Shaw, said of the EEOC’s shift in focus since the Biden administration. To date, the EEOC has recovered more than $55 million for workers affected by Covid vaccine mandates, many of whom refused to get the vaccine for religious reasons. Lucas recently called the mandates “one of the greatest civil-rights violations in the last few decades.” It also secured a $21 million settlement from Columbia University as part of the Trump administration’s push against antisemitism at academic institutions—the agency’s largest public settlement in nearly two decades. This spring, senior agency officials asked EEOC attorneys around the country to identify discrimination claims in line with White House priorities, according to an email viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Those include discrimination resulting from employer DEI programs, along with antisemitism and anti-Christian or anti-American bias in workplaces. The EEOC filed 94 lawsuits in fiscal 2025, which ended Sept. 30, one of the lowest tallies in decades. One reason for the decrease, DeGroff said, is it takes time for regional offices to identify claims in line with the new priorities and with enough merit to file a federal complaint. Former colleagues describe Lucas as outspoken, dedicated and smart. “She has a really strong legal mind and was among the brightest associates I worked with over the years,” said Jason Schwartz, who as a leader of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s labor and employment team oversaw Lucas’s work early in her career. In her first EEOC commission term, which began in 2020, Lucas established a reputation as an independent thinker. She voted with the two Democrats to approve a lawsuit accusing a McDonald’s franchisee of discriminating against Black job applicants, according to the EEOC’s press release on the case. Her votes with Democrats regularly denied victories to the commission’s other two Republicans early in the Biden presidency, when Republicans held a majority of the commissioner seats. Lucas has taken a more strident tone from the start of Trump’s term, excoriating the Biden administration for what she has called “woke policies” and supporting the firing of her two Democratic colleagues on the commission. She hired Connor Clegg, a former digital-media strategist for the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to join her communications team. In a June hearing to confirm Lucas for a second term, she said she erred in 2021 when she wrote on social media that the EEOC was an independent agency. Instead, she told senators, the agency answers to the White House. Hundreds of EEOC employees have retired early, accepted buyouts or left for other jobs since the start of Trump’s term, said current and former employees. Those moves have left the agency understaffed and morale low, they said. The agency’s shift on protections for transgender workers has been a particular source of confusion—and anger—among some staffers. The agency suspended work on discrimination claims related to gender identity early this year, a move Lucas said adhered to Trump’s executive order to “defend biological reality.” EEOC officials later told agency workers that they could investigate a small subset and that Lucas’s office would review investigations if staff determined discrimination likely took place, according to an email reviewed by the Journal.)
— The Economics of Income Mobility. I believe in the American dream, but the data show that some people have an advantage in realizing it. DD: According to my critics/opponents. I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. In 1902, my great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ). My father never had a home built. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-income-mobility-c0a5bd3e
WASHINGTON STAND
— Democrats Favor Socialism. DD: My critics/opponents favor socialism. They promote dependency on government.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/surveys-dems-favor-socialism-but-definitions-differ
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Mamdani Just Showed How to Unify the Democratic Party—And Win. DD: How successful will Mamdani be in uniting non-Protestants against Protestants?
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/20/mamdani-sherrill-democratic-party-affordability-agenda/
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V6lLEUu5ZQ
— Career-Limiting. DD: My refusal to become a Democrat not only limited my career, it ended my career when I was 49 years old in 1997. It stopped me from making GS-13, currently $117,807/year until I was 38 years old in 1986. It stopped me from being promoted to GS-14.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/10/13/the-scariest-jobs-5-tips-to-face-career-limiting-fears-reader-beware/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites and males do better than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males have benefitted from discrimination against minorities and females.
https://hbr.org/2025/11/the-hidden-driver-of-workforce-polarization
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly obstruct enforcement of immigration laws.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/justice-department-directs-prosecutors-to-investigate-state-and-local-efforts-to-obstruct-immigration-enforcement
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-pressures-sanctuary-jurisdictions-by-publishing-list-of-places-deliberately-obstructing-immigration-enforcement
NPR
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly obstruct enforcement of immigration laws.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5271541/doj-immigration-trump-memo-prosecution
— House lawmakers force a vote on bill to restore federal workers’ bargaining rights. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-union if not union-haters. They are furious that while I was a union member 1971-1980, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/ear in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned an MBA, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-s1-5613344/house-lawmakers-force-a-vote-on-bill-to-restore-federal-workers-bargaining-rights
BEAST
— Pope Leo Torches Trump’s ‘Extremely Disrespectful’ Agenda. DD: 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.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-torches-trumps-extremely-disrespectful-agenda/
FOREIGN SOURCES
PRESS READER
— DD: Under the Democrats, America produces fewer and fewer and fewer contributing members of society. Under the Democrats, more and more and more Americans are dependent on government and charity.
https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-borneo-post/20251116/281771340465851
SKY NEWS
— Mamdani is ‘endorsing’ people with his same socialist views
https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/rita-panahi/zohran-mamdani-is-endorsing-people-with-his-same-socialist-views/video/0183958bde6a6b1e5ddbf787bcb90e0f
TIMES OF INDIA
— Side effects of diabetes medications. DD: All three of the diabetes medications that I take have major negative side effects.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/from-erratic-weight-changes-to-gas-5-lesser-known-side-effects-of-diabetes-medications/photostory/124545863.cms
5 PILLARS
— New York mayoral election: 90% of Muslims voted for Mamdani
https://5pillarsuk.com/2025/11/08/new-york-mayoral-election-90-of-muslims-voted-for-mamdani/
OTHER SOURCES
PSYCOLOGY TODAY
— Social isolation harms your health. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly isolate me because I promote conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evidence-based-living/202307/loneliness-harms-your-health
November 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Pritzker holds private meeting with Pope Leo XIV in Rome. “You can feel his humanity,” Pritzker said in an interview with NBC 5. “It was a special moment, even for this Jewish boy.” DD: What complaints do the Pope and Pritzker share against Trump?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nbc-5-exclusive-pritzker-holds-private-meeting-with-pope-leo-xiv-in-rome/3853221/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dabrowski: Illinois Republicans want their party to make arguments, not excuses
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/opinion-illinois-republicans-power/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20251119/281711210930928
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: What percent of illegals want/need/demand public assistance?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-18/trump-administration-rule-could-further-penalize-immigrants-for-using-benefits
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Little Village’s 26th Street Slowly Comes Back To Life After Months Of Immigration Raids. Business owners celebrated a noticeably more lively weekend after Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and many of his agents left town. “There’s feeling of a brotherhood now, of people coming out to the community to be supportive,” one business manager said. DD: How dependent on their illegals have Democrat and RINO leaders made your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/little-villages-26th-street-slowly-comes-back-to-life-after-months-of-immigration-raids/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Where’s JB: Meeting the Pope
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/19/wheres-jb-at-the-vatican-with-the-pope-00658696
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-635/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Glennon on Chicago’s property tax bills
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-chicagos-property-tax-bills-youtube-am560/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Washington Post decries the money that baby boomers have. I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What opinions on socialism do your critics/opponents have? My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has antisemitism impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump administration accuses Illinois officials of inciting ICE protests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3890533/trump-administration-accuses-illinois-officials-of-inciting-ice-protests/
— National conservatism isn’t the future of the GOP
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3890772/national-conservatism-not-gop-future/
— Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani 2028 ticket: Don’t laugh, socialism rising. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3890760/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-zohran-mamdani-2028-ticket-dont-laugh-socialism-rising/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Throws Support Behind State Assembly Candidate Who Blamed 9/11 on America. DD: Will Mamdani succeed in uniting non-Christians against Christians?
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/socialists-unite-mamdani-throws-support-behind-behind-state-assembly-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-america/
— Cal State Schools Require Students To Take DEI Classes To Graduate. Options Include ‘Queer Crip Lit’ and ‘Decolonize Your Diet.’
https://freebeacon.com/campus/cal-state-schools-require-students-to-take-dei-classes-to-graduate-options-include-queer-crip-lit-and-decolonize-your-diet/
AMAC
— Government Shutdown Exposes Massive Illegal Alien Welfare Fraud
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/government-shutdown-exposes-massive-illegal-alien-welfare-fraud/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why young Americans support democratic socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/why_young_americans_support_democratic_socialism.html
— The running gag, the leftist lie: ‘Socialism has never been tried before.’ DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_running_gag_the_leftist_lie_socialism_has_never_been_tried_before.html
BLAZE
— Charlotte school district attendance plummets after immigration raid, sparking concerns about illegal alien numbers
https://www.theblaze.com/news/charlotte-school-district-attendance-plummets-after-immigration-raid-sparking-concerns-about-illegal-alien-numbers
— Bill Maher warns Democrats the radical left is leading party to ruin. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/socialism-will-f-k-you-bill-maher-warns-democrats-the-radical-left-is-leading-party-to-ruin
BREITBART
— States Illegally Issued 194,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses to Foreign Truckers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/sean-duffy-states-illegally-issued-194000-commercial-drivers-licenses-to-foreign-truckers/
— Majority of Democrats Have Favorable View of Socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/poll-majority-of-democrats-have-favorable-view-of-socialism/amp/
— Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymandering.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-urged-gop-led-states-to-redraw-us-house-districts-now-other-states-also-are-gerrymandering/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— How America’s Biggest Socialist Group Could Get A Million Mamdanis Elected. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.aol.com/articles/america-biggest-socialist-group-could-215027342.html
— Socialist Mamdani Won’t Stop Asking His Supporters To Redistribute Wealth … To Him
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/18/zohran-mamdani-supporters-money/
DAILY WIRE
— Millions Of Illegals Are Receiving Food Stamps
https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-millions-of-illegals-are-receiving-food-stamps
FOX BUSINESS
— Republicans prepare for post-Trump era with a new generation of conservative leaders
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385262875112
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary states need crackdown as Americans pay price for illegal immigrant truckers
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-states-need-crackdown-americans-pay-price-illegal-immigrant-truckers-gop-lawmaker
NEWSMAX
— Pope Backs US Bishops in Blasting Trump Immigration Crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/pope-leo-xiv-bishops-donald-trump/2025/11/18/id/1235102/
— DHS Moves to Deny Migrants ‘Primarily Dependent’ on Govt Assistance
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-green-cards-snap/2025/11/18/id/1235042/
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Affordable Housing Fixes Hide Socialist Wish-Lists
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/19/affordable_housing_fixes_hide_socialist_wish-lists_1148276.html
— AI-Touting Technocrats Sell Socialism As Solution. DD: When my critics/opponents aren’t blaming their problems on discrimination against those who share their demographics, they blame their problems on capitalism.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/18/ai-touting_technocrats_sell_socialism_as_solution_1147989.html
TOWNHALL
— As Religion Weakens, Socialism Strengthens. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2025/11/19/as-religion-weakens-socialism-strengthens-n2666640
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The right battles to define the post-Trump GOP, just 1 year into his presidency
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/5609862-trump-future-republican-party-squabbles/amp/
— Ben Shapiro warns young people to flee New York City, socialism
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-ben-shapiro-warns-young-184716819.html
CNN
— Senate unanimously agrees to send Epstein bill to Trump’s desk
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-epstein-files-house-vote-11-18-25
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/business/prices-economy-tariff-small-business
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/immigrants-survey-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/catholic-church-immigration-trump.html
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-mcdonalds-affordability-inflation.html
WASHINGTON POST
— How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up. DD: I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/18/baby-boomer-wealth/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/18/mcdonalds-lower-income-customers/87334177007/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— The federal takeover of New York City has begun
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/the-federal-takeover-of-new-york-city-has-begun/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s Grip on Republicans Shows First Signs of Slipping
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-grip-on-republicans-shows-first-signs-of-slipping-794e3c51
— Gen Z, Socialism and the ‘Memes’ of Production. Students discuss the popularity of the far left among young people. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gen-z-socialism-and-the-memes-of-production-db3af34c
— Antisemitism Betrays America’s Heritage. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/antisemitism-betrays-americas-heritage-3fd6d3d1
BARRON’S
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-economy-prices-consumers-affordability-40464997
FORBES
— Republicans & Dems Spar Over Resolution ‘Denouncing The Horrors Of Socialism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGo527KDfMM
— DD: Republicans urge Democrats to denounce socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20hneB6DbLs
WESTLAW
— Trump is close to implementing a rule that would end long-standing legal protections for whistleblowers among senior federal employees. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/I317e0d90c4d811f08e72ef1396201407/View/FullText.html
FED WEKK
— NTEU Sues for Release of Positions Recommended for Schedule Policy/Career. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/nteu-sues-for-release-of-positions-recommended-for-schedule-policy-career/amp/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Senate Republicans Want To Charge Federal Workers Thousands Of Dollars For Job Security. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/senate-republicans-want-charge-federal-163110256.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Republicans are pursuing a plan through their “big, beautiful bill” that would force new federal employees to pay for traditional job protections, a major reform that unions have decried as “extortion.” The measure put forth late last week by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee mirrors a similar one House Republicans included in their version of the reconciliation bill that passed last month. It would require federal workers to pay thousands of additional dollars into their government retirement plans each year unless they choose to be “at-will” employees who can be fired without cause. The cost to workers is even steeper in the Senate legislation. Whereas the House version would require new hires to pay an additional 5% of their salary to avoid being at-will, the Senate version hikes it to a whopping 10%. Even those who forgo civil service protections would still have to chip in another 5% — a measure not included in the House bill. In other words, a new federal worker on a $50,000 salary would be paying an extra $2,500 into the retirement plan compared to a veteran employee. And if that new worker wanted the same job protections as the veteran, they would have to pay an extra $5,000 instead.)
AXIOS
— Pope Leo denounces “extremely disrespectful” treatment of immigrants in U.S. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/pope-leo-trump-immigration-crackdown-us-bishops-message
ACLU
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success getting in veterans to protest Trump.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dozens-of-veterans-descend-on-capitol-hill-to-oppose-military-deployments-to-u-s-cities
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NTD
— ICE to Target Employers Hiring Illegal Immigrant Workers
https://www.ntd.com/ice-to-target-employers-hiring-illegal-immigrant-workers-says-director_1108749.html
TELEGRAPH
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/why-maga-is-obsessed-with-epstein-and-why-the-21195160.php
November 18, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Protest area outside Broadview ICE facility expanding
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-area-outside-ice-facility-village-broadview-il-expanding-mayor-katrina-thompson-declares-civil-emergency/18170790/
— House reprimands Democrat Rep. Jesús ‘Chuy’ García, accused of subverting election
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-reprimands-rep-jesus-chuy-garcia-holds-chicago-seat-allegedly-subverting-election-chief-staff/18170723/
— Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-vote-full-epstein-files-release-move-johnson-fought-months/18168857/
CBS2
— House approves bill to force release of Epstein files in 427-1 vote
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/epstein-files-vote-2025/
WBEZ
— Broadview ICE facility population dwindles as feds shift focus from Chicago. A Justice Department lawyer told a judge Tuesday that only four people were being held inside the west suburban immigration holding facility; last week 20 people were there.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/11/18/broadview-ice-facility-population-dwindles-as-feds-shift-focus-from-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sharp drop in detainees at ICE facility in Broadview follows temporary restraining order
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/18/broadview-population-decrease/
— Pritzker’s Accountability Commission still ramping up as federal immigration surge starts to subside. Panel to probe immigration raids lacks public reporting system as feds pose for photos at the Bean.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/pritzker-immigration-accountability-commission/
— Illinois elections board remains deadlocked on Senate President Don Harmon fundraising case, drops $9.8M fine
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/18/elections-board-drops-harmon-fine/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Election board deadlock sinks $9.8M campaign fine against Illinois Senate President Don Harmon. A partisan vote from the Illinois State Board of Elections means the Oak Park Democrat’s political committee won’t be hit with a massive fine for allegedly accepting donations beyond campaign financing law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/11/18/don-harmon-campaign-fine-illinois-state-election-board-deadlock
— 23 House Dems join GOP in condemning Chuy Garcia’s last-minute ballot maneuver. The vote happened a day after House leaders tried unsuccessfully to kill the resolution, which ripped wide open a split in the Democratic Party trying to unite against President Donald Trump’s policies.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/11/18/jesus-chuy-garcia-ballot-maneuver-congressional-primary-patty-garcia-marie-gluesenkamp-perez-resolution
— Broadview ICE facility population dwindles as feds shift focus from Chicago. A Justice Department lawyer told a judge Tuesday that only four people were being held inside the west suburban immigration holding facility; last week 20 people were there.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/18/broadview-ice-facility-population-dwindling-as-feds-shift-focus-from-chicago
DAILY HERALD
— Suburban congressional candidate who posted antisemitic views knocked off 2026 ballot
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251118/us-congress-politics/suburban-congressional-candidate-who-posted-antisemitic-views-knocked-off-2026-ballot/
— Palatine passes resolution answering residents’ concerns about federal immigration enforcement
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251118/news/palatine-passes-resolution-answering-residents-concerns-about-federal-immigration-enforcement/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— House censures Chuy Garcia over late retirement move
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chuy-garcia-censured-house-over-late-retirement-move
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-18/poll-finds-that-immigrants-are-fearful-of-trumps-crackdown-but-still-resolved-to-stay-in-u-s
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-425/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois truckers back federal pause on non-domiciled CDLs, hope state follows suit
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5d532d72-3cee-4656-ba22-ff4c14b390e1.html
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— From NYC to Seattle Democratic Socialists Are Stinkin’ Up the Joint
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/11/18/from-nyc-to-seattle-democratic-socialists-are-stinkin-up-the-joint
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Taxpayers pay $23.6M for Chicago Public Schools vacations
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/taxpayers-pay-23-6m-for-chicago-public-schools-vacations/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TMES
— Democrats squirm amid mounting evidence of the party’s Epstein connections
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/18/democrats-squirm-amid-mounting-evidence-partys-epstein-connections/
— Democratic lawmakers urge U.S. service members to defy ‘illegal orders’ from Trump administration
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/18/democratic-lawmakers-urge-us-service-members-defy-illegal-orders/
— New York, New York, it’s a socialist town. Mamdani is up, and the centrists are down.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/18/new-york-new-york-socialist-town/
— Electorate’s misguided middle finger to GOP puts radicals in office. Get ready for ‘no-go zones.’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/18/electorates-misguided-middle-finger-gop-puts-radicals-office/
NEW YORK POST
— Muslim group CAIR cutting $1,000 checks for anti-Israel agitators who have been disciplined by colleges
https://nypost.com/2025/11/18/us-news/muslim-group-cair-cutting-1000-checks-for-anti-israel-agitators-who-have-been-disciplined-by-colleges/
— Dems’ Epstein obsession is a scandalmongering charade
https://nypost.com/2025/11/18/opinion/dems-epstein-obsession-is-a-scandalmongering-charade/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Public schools spent 70 million dollars on illegals last year in Miami-Dade ALONE!
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/18/public-schools-spent-70-million-dollars-on-illegals-last-year-in-miami-dade-alone-1601121/
PJ MEDIA
— Sec. Duffy Slams ‘CDL Mills’, Woke Judges Saving Trucking Jobs for Illegals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/18/sec-duffy-slams-cdl-mills-woke-judges-saving-trucking-jobs-for-illegals-n4946127
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5611168/doj-records-show-hundreds-of-immigrants-arrested-in-chicago-had-no-criminal-histories
November 18, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Mayor declares ’emergency order’ amid death threats against Broadview officials
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-illinois-declares-civil-emergency-order-amid-death-threats-mayor-katrina-thompson-fbi-investigating/18165937/
— Coalition of organizations working to help communities rebuild after Chicago-area immigration raids
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-coalition-organizations-meets-humboldt-park-works-help-communities-impacted-immigration-raids/18166454/
NBC5
— Reprimand of Rep. ‘Chuy’ García over election withdrawal advances in House
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/reprimand-of-rep-chuy-garcia-over-election-withdrawal-advances-in-house/3852636/
FOX32
— Broadview mayor declares ‘civil emergency’ after out-of-town protesters threaten violence amid anti-ICE unrest. Katrina Thompson cites ‘serious and credible’ threats following protests at ICE facility that led to 21 arrests.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-mayor-declares-civil-emergency-after-out-of-town-protesters-threaten-violence-amid-anti-ice-unrest
WTTW
— Decision to Send Texas National Guard Home Represents ‘Unconditional Surrender’: Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/17/decision-send-texas-national-guard-home-represents-unconditional-surrender-mayor-brandon
— Illinois Public Universities See Highest Enrollment Levels in a Decade
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/17/illinois-public-universities-see-highest-enrollment-levels-decade
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker deposits $25.5M of his own money into campaign fund as he ramps up bid for third term
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/pritzker-25-million-2026-campaign/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS: Republican 9th Congressional District candidate Rocio Cleveland confronts Democratic rival Kat Abughazaleh with prison-themed gift bag at event
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251117/us-congress-politics/republican-congressional-candidate-confronts-democratic-rival-with-holy-water-and-prison-themed-gift/
— DD: Democrats push pot in Elburn. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251116/business/cannabis-dispensary-coming-to-elburn/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Dems clash over García rebuke
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-424/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump. What did you do to help you afford things? I took bad jobs that my critics/opponents would never have stooped to take. 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. My critics/opponents remain furious a) that I could afford the expenses to earn the aforesaid degrees, b) that I could afford to buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when I was 16 in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20, a new 1972 Corvette when I was 23, etc., and c) that I could afford to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What stopped you from affording more things? For me, it was my Democrat superiors wasting my career and getting rid of me. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store boss fired me when I was 22. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer when I was 31. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Trump says that America does not have plenty of talent. Do you have talent? According to my critics/opponents, I do not. What do you stress that shows your talent? I stress that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, that I became a licensed CPA, that I earned four other job-related professional certifications, and that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I stress that despite my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me, I survived as a postal employee for almost 3 years, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years, and as a GAO employee for almost 18 years. I stress that my Democrat IRS superiors promoted me to GS-12 Step 5, currently $112,280/year and that my Democrat GAO superiors promoted me to GS-13 Step 10, currently $153,151/year.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. Almost 18 years later, after earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, after earning four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, my salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you know who voluntarily took a pay cut? I voluntarily took a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, that is, a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Why did I do that? My Democrat IRS superiors had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 even though I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. The GS-15 GAO Staff Manager (Bill) who arranged for my transfer assured me that I would be assigned to audits of IRS and soon promoted back up to GS-12 Step 5 and soon to GS-13. But almost immediately, Bill was replaced with a new Staff Manager (Dave) who despised me, if not hated me. Dave kept me off audits of IRS, gave me bad job assignments, gave me unfair performance expectations, and gave me unfair performance appraisals. Dave delayed my promotions back up to GS-11 Step 10 and to GS-12 Step 5. Dave stopped me from being promoted to GS-13. But then, in late 1985, Dave went on extended sick leave. That enabled Bill to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But then, Dave came back. Dave forced Bill to retire in 1987. Dave threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance in 1989. Dave took the aforesaid adverse actions against me a) even though I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. Dave would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. Dave would not have been able to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me if GAO had been unionized. GAO did not unionize until 2007. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans’ message not reaching younger generation enamored with socialism
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/17/republicans-message-reaching-younger-generation-enamored-socialism/
— Illegal immigrant used gun-show loophole to traffic firearms
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/17/illegal-immigrant-used-gun-show-loophole-traffic-firearms-feds/
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/17/trump-praises-affordability-policies-mcdonalds-impact-summit/
— Judge threatens DHS program that lets states scrub noncitizens from voter lists
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/17/judge-threatens-dhs-program-lets-states-scrub-noncitizens-voter-lists/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Foreign-funded socialist group behind anti-ICE uprising in Charlotte
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3889926/foreign-funded-socialist-group-behind-anti-ice-uprising-charlotte/
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/3890125/trump-affordability-message-mcdonalds-summit/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3889645/watch-live-trump-affordability-speech-mcdonalds-impact-summit/
NEW YORK POST
— Massive drop in Latino support for Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/us-news/massive-drop-in-latino-support-for-trump-stuns-cnns-harry-enten/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— L.A. Mayor Karen Bass faces socialist Mamdani-like-challenger
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/17/and-so-it-begins-mayor-karen-bass-faces-socialist-mamdani-like-challenger-1600800/
CENTER SQUARE
— Average cost of family insurance nears $27,000 a year. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_4d30b633-d1f0-4f95-a085-967734edb4de.html
DAILY CALLER
— Mamdani’s West Coast ‘Sister’ May Spark Cascade Of Socialist Politicians
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/17/katie-wilson-zohran-mamdani-socialist-analysts/
— Mamdani-Loving Queer Socialist Primaries Hakeem Jeffries
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/17/chi-osse-hakeem-jeffries-democratic-primary-zohran-mamdani-new-york/
EPOCH TIMES
— Appeals Court Halts DOT Restrictions on Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/appeals-court-halts-dot-restrictions-on-commercial-drivers-licenses-for-immigrants-5945727
FOX BUSINESS
— Dems ‘embracing socialism’ amid leadership turmoil
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385212204112
— Congress is looking at every tool to address the affordability crisis. DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump. What did you do to help you afford things? I took bad jobs that my critics/opponents would never have stooped to take. 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.youtube.com/watch?v=cyJiyXlOfjA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWuSUxCPpzQ
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385224326112
FOX NEWS
— Sean Hannity: This socialist contagion is ripping through the Democratic Party
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385230892112
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385226053112
NEW AMERICAN
— The Real Affordability Agenda
https://thenewamerican.com/opinion/the-real-affordability-agenda/
NEWSMAX
— We Need to Make America, America Again. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have no problem with citizens of foreign countries taking over America.
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/india-roosevelt/2025/11/17/id/1234861/
— Dems to Push Housing Crisis on Trump in ’26
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrats-housing-affordability/2025/11/17/id/1234875/
— GOP Presses Abortion Limits in ACA Subsidy Talks
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/gop-abortion-limits-aca-subsidies/2025/11/17/id/1234869/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu7wA8OVR4w
CNN
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/politics/trump-mcdonalds-economy-tariffs-rebate-checks-inflation-analysis
NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s surprising shift on legal immigration — from welcoming 600,000 Chinese students to endorsing more H-1B visa holders — triggered outrage among MAGA supporters who saw it as a betrayal of his “America First” stance. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. All the colleges that admitted me would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q42JhZN8zxw
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mcdonalds-affordability-inflation-tariffs-updates-11062285
— Trump Admin Revoking Tens of Thousands of Visas
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-revoking-tens-of-thousands-of-visas-stephen-miller-11063811
— Social Security COLAs To Be Capped for High Earners Under New Proposal
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-cola-capped-high-earners-11057294
MSN
— ‘We don’t need low-wage servants…’: Vance sparks row amid H-1B visa debate, takes U-turn from Trump’s stance.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/we-don-t-need-low-wage-servants-jd-vance-sparks-row-amid-h-1b-visa-debate-takes-u-turn-from-donald-trump-s-stance/ar-AA1QtOza
AOL
— 12 Remote Entry-Level Jobs That Pay at Least $50,000 a Year. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. Almost 18 years later, after earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, after earning four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, my salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.aol.com/articles/12-remote-entry-level-jobs-110500241.html
MS NOW
— Trump faces blowback from MAGA base over defense of H-1B visas and ‘America First’ agenda
https://www.ms.now/katy-tur/watch/trump-faces-blowback-from-maga-base-over-defense-of-h-1b-visas-and-america-first-agenda-252086853892
— DD: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that my critics/opponent reject, the harder that they work against me.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/republican-party-platform-trump-project-2025-rcna161259
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/nyregion/mamdani-trump-meeting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-mcdonalds-affordability-inflation.html
USA TODAY
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/17/trump-mcdonalds-affordability-taxes/87329117007/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-the-chutzpah-of-democrats-and-the-affordability-theme-3583011/
WEEK
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://theweek.com/politics/affordability-trump-answer
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Affordability Costs a Bundle. Republicans need a free-market answer to Democrats’ turn toward socialism. DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/affordability-costs-a-bundle-057bb0ee
— Trump, Affordability and Growth. The economy has rebounded smartly; the end of tariff fights could ignite a boom. DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-affordability-and-growth-c8e5a50a
— Identity Politics, Seattle Edition. Mayor-elect Katie Wilson lays out her cabinet priorities.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/seattle-mayor-elect-katie-wilson-progressives-2slgbtquia-cabinet-0eb657c8
— Why Ford Can’t Find Mechanics. Forget about reshoring manufacturing without more skilled workers. DD: What did you do to maintain and improve your job skills? I earned thee job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ford-motor-ceo-jim-farley-mechanic-shortage-autos-skilled-workers-334ae52d
BLOOMBERG
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-17/tariffs-and-trump-and-affordability
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/trump-hails-mcdonald-s-extra-value-meals-in-affordability-pitch
FOIRBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/11/17/top-us-technology-companies-dominate-h-1b-visa-list-in-2025/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvhz58D0KYQ
FORTUNE
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/17/zohran-mamdani-donald-trump-affordability-meeting/
— Work-life balance finally outranks pay as a top motivator for job seekers. DD: Who do you know who voluntarily took a pay cut? I voluntarily took a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, that is, a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Why did I do that? My Democrat IRS superiors had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 even though I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. The GS-15 GAO Staff Manager (Bill) who arranged for my transfer assured me that I would be assigned to audits of IRS and soon promoted back up to GS-12 Step 5 and soon to GS-13. But almost immediately, Bill was replaced with a new Staff Manager (Dave) who despised me, if not hated me. Dave kept me off audits of IRS, gave me bad job assignments, gave me unfair performance expectations, and gave me unfair performance appraisals. Dave delayed my promotions back up to GS-11 Step 10 and to GS-12 Step 5. Dave stopped me from being promoted to GS-13. But then, in late 1985, Dave went on extended sick leave. That enabled Bill to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But then, Dave came back. Dave forced Bill to retire in 1987. Dave threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, and ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance in 1989. Dave took the aforesaid adverse actions against me a) even though I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. Dave would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. Dave would not have been able to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me if GAO had been unionized. GAO did not unionize until 2007.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/17/work-life-balance-outranked-pay-top-perk-peoeple-choosing-a-job/
POLITICO
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/trump-says-americans-are-damn-lucky-hes-in-office-in-first-affordability-pitch-00655751
HARVARD CRIMSON
— Harvard Students Hate Capitalism — Until Recruiting Season. DD: My critics/opponents hint/imply that under socialism, they would have been more successful.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/18/isaac-harvard-hates-capitalism/
BEAST
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-favorite-food-is-failing-the-affordability-test/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democratic Socialism 2028? Most Young Voters Say ‘Yes’ DD: My critics/opponents hint/imply that under socialism, they would have been more successful.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/democratic_socialism_2028_most_young_voters_say_yes
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
— ‘Have ordinary skills but can be easily controlled’: Indian-origin US professor on H-1B visa workers. According to Hira, it is a “no-brainer” for corporations to opt for H-1B employees because while they have “ordinary skills”, that are widely available in the US job market, they are still favored due to economic advantages, such as legally being underpaid as compared to American workers.
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/investing-abroad-have-ordinary-skills-but-can-be-easily-controlled-indian-origin-us-professor-on-h-1b-visa-workers-4047556/
NDTV
— Indian-Origin Howard Professor Explains Why US Companies Prefer H-1B Workers: “Cheaper And Controllable” He explained that US companies favor the program because it lets them hire workers at lower wages who are tied to their employers, limiting job mobility.
https://www.ndtv.com/feature/indian-origin-howard-professor-explains-why-us-companies-prefer-h-1b-workers-cheaper-and-controllable-9651274
— H-1B Visa Holders Are Replacing US Workers
https://www.ntd.com/panel-discussion-are-h-1b-visa-holders-replacing-us-workers_1108457.html
INDIA
— Trump: “US doesn’t have plenty of talent.” DD: Do you have talent? According to my critics/opponents, I do not. What do you stress that shows your talent? I stress that I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, that I became a licensed CPA, that I earned four other job-related professional certifications, and that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I stress that despite my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me, I survived as a postal employee for almost 3 years, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years, and as a GAO employee for almost 18 years. I stress that my Democrat IRS superiors promoted me to GS-12 Step 5, currently $112,280/year and that my Democrat GAO superiors promoted me to GS-13 Step 10, currently $153,151/year.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/white-house-issues-clarification-on-h-1b-visa-programme-after-trump-admits-us-doesnt-have-plenty-of-talent/ar-AA1QkxDV
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/busting-myths-donald-trump-h-1b-visa-holders-are-not-cheap-labour-why-foreign-workers-are-important-for-us/articleshow/125403553.cms
— Musk under fire for claiming Americans can’t do challenging physical work amid H-1B row
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/elon-musk-under-fire-for-claiming-americans-cant-do-challenging-physical-work-amid-h-1b-row/articleshow/125387130.cms
DAILY MAIL
— DD: If you have trouble affording things, Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-returns-to-mcdonald-s-golden-arches-to-sell-affordability/ar-AA1QCRo2?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Chicago workers speak out against ICE neighborhood arrests
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/17/kupj-n17.html
November 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Melissa Conyears-Ervin: Chicago will not help fund Donald Trump’s terror
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/opinion-chicago-treasurer-boycott-us-treasury-securities/
— Gen Z can’t afford Chicago’s affordable housing mandate. DD: What did you do to afford things before you were 28 years old? Back in the good old days, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. That enabled me a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25, b) to graduate debt-free from college owning a 20-month old car, and c) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/opinion-chicago-gen-z-affordable-housing/
— Thornton Township District 205 giving teachers $5,000 bonuses for good attendance. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, I used dramatically fewer sick days than my coworkers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/thornton-township-district-205-teacher-bonuses/
DAILY LINE
— Democratic primary for Illinois Comptroller, Republican primary for governor proving to be most competitive statewide races
https://www.thedailyline.com/forms/shares/new?page_id=37974
WHEATON RECORD
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/11/16/the-voices-shouting-no-kings/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker pumps $25.5M into 2026 bid
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/17/pritzker-pumps-25-5m-into-2026-bid-00654117
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Americans for Prosperity is out with its Prairie State Policy Champions recognizing state lawmakers who advocate for “reining in” government spending. The honorees, all Republicans, are: House Leader Tony McCombie, Senate Leader John Curran, state Reps. Norine Hammond, Blaine Wilhour, Adam Niemerg and Dan Swanson, state Sens. Chapin Rose and Andrew Chesney, and House Republican spokesperson on education Amy Elik.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-633/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Fake Bailey Campaign Postcard Could Trigger a Felony Carrying up to 20 Years in Federal Prison
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/weaponizing-the-u-s-mail-fake-bailey-campaign-postcard-could-trigger-a-felony-carrying-up-to-20-years-in-federal-prison.html
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/11/a-2022-postcard-becomes-the-center-of-a-political-hoax-targeting-the-bailey-campaign.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks primary challenges against Indiana state lawmakers who defy redistricting demands. DD: In 2000, my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) critics/opponents succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to challenge me for Republican Precinct Committeeman, but not since then. But they have succeeded in stopping me from becoming a MTRO committee chairman or officer since then. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010. They gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. They threw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. My MTRO critics/opponents ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 and b) for all of MTRO’s other problems. I should write about my MTRO critics/opponents.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/trump-seeks-primary-challenges-indiana-state-lawmakers-defy/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP must hold its ground on enhanced subsidies — now more than ever. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3888607/gop-hold-ground-on-enhanced-subsidies/
NEW YORK POST
— Portland’s socialist disaster should be a wake-up call for Mamdani, NYC voters
https://www.aol.com/articles/portland-socialist-disaster-wake-call-120000780.html
— Socialist Mamdani called for abolition of private property. DD: Being able to own cars and real estate has always motived me. I bought my first car when I was 16 and news cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, etc.
https://www.aol.com/socialist-zohran-mamdani-called-abolition-222326729.html
— Vile antisemitic graffiti scrawled on Mexico’s top court during protests against country’s first Jewish president
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/world-news/antisemitic-graffiti-scrawled-on-mexicos-top-court-during-protests-against-countrys-first-jewish-president/
— Champagne Socialist Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment despite wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about the advantages that gave them. My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me.
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUE
— Democrats are galloping to the left. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.aei.org/articles/why-the-democrats-can-move-to-the-left/
BREITBART
— MTG: Trump Calling Me a Traitor Puts ‘My Life in Danger’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/16/mtg-trump-calling-me-a-traitor-puts-my-life-in-danger/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— AOC Screams At Top Of Her Lungs, Panders To As Many Minority Groups As Possible In 38 Seconds. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been uniting those who are the following in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct against Republicans: liber/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time?
https://www.aol.com/articles/aoc-screams-top-her-lungs-152613565.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Midterms Shaping Up to Be a War Over Delivering Affordability for Gen Z. DD: What did you do to afford things before you were 28 years old? Back in the good old days, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. That enabled me a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, and 25, b) to graduate debt-free from college owning a 20-month old car, and c) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/midterms-shaping-up-to-be-a-war-over-delivering-affordability-for-gen-z/
DAILY WIRE
— Rooting Out Fraud: Trump Admin To Make Food Stamp Recipients Reapply For Benefits
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rooting-out-fraud-trump-admin-to-make-food-stamp-recipients-reapply-for-benefits
EPOCH TIMES
— Socialism Preferred by One-Third of Churchgoers. DD: Democrats are ever-increasingly taking over and destroying religion.
https://prescottenews.com/2025/11/17/new-study-finds-socialism-preferred-by-one-third-of-churchgoers-the-epoch-times/
FOX NEWS
— Socialist wave reaches West Coast as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass gets a Mamdani-like challenger
https://www.foxnews.com/media/socialist-wave-reaches-west-coast-los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-gets-mamdani-like-challenger
— Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files: ‘We have nothing to hide.’ President calls controversy a ‘Democrat hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics’ in Truth Social post. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-house-republicans-vote-release-epstein-files-we-have-nothing-hide
NEWSMAX
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Still Supports Trump. DD: I have always supported the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, including those who blame me for their defeats and/or who have taken big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/epstein-files-marjorietaylorgreene/2025/11/16/id/1234766/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump urges house Republicans to ‘vote to release the Epstein files’
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-president-trump-urges-house-republicans-to-vote-to-release-the-epstein-files
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— From CRT to Campus Protest: The Making of a Mamdani Voter. DD: How many Mamdani voters are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.aol.com/articles/crt-campus-protest-making-mamdani-115612569.html
— The Rise of City Leftists: Mamdani, Wilson and the Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/17/the_rise_of_city_leftists_mamdani_wilson_and_the_democrats.amp.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump on H-1B visas: US lacks enough ‘talented people.’ DD: Are you talented? According to my critics/opponents, I am not. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, that while I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, my GPAs were not that great, and that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examinations on my first attempt, my scores could have been better. They stress that I did not earn my master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, that I did not take the CPA examination until I was 30 and the CIA examination until I was 32, and that while I became a licensed CPA, it was not until I was 32. But more than the aforesaid, they stress the many big adverse actions a) that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me and b) that my Republican superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois took against me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-h-1b-visas-us-135445060.html
ABC NEWS
— How Hegseth’s newly proposed military fitness standards compare to existing tests. DD: I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. My critics/opponents have always used against me big time my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. Did you try to enlist? I did not. But if I had, would my not being able to run because I had a bone disease, my eyesight not being correctable to 20/20, and my partial red/green color blindness have disqualified me? What if I had stressed the aforesaid when I got my physical examination for the Vietnam War draft when I was 18 in 1966?
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/hegseths-newly-proposed-military-fitness-standards-compare-existing/story?id=126110550
AOL
— US inflation rate climbs to 3% in September; highest this year
https://www.aol.com/finance/us-inflation-rate-climbs-3-124724769.html
— How Does the 2.8% COLA for 2026 Compare Historically? DD: My critics/opponents continue to be furious a) that I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as federal retiree since 1997. My critics/opponents a) would never stoop to take a federal job or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for my GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.aol.com/finance/does-social-securitys-2-8-084400236.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— In Israel, Adams Raises Doubts About Safety of Jews in New York. Mayor Eric Adams painted an alarming picture of his city under his successor, Mamdani, saying, “If I were a Jewish New Yorker, I’d be concerned about my children.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/nyregion/eric-adams-israel-safety-mamdani.html
— Trump, in Reversal, Urges House to Approve Releasing Epstein Files
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/16/us/trump-news
WASHINGTON POST
— In shift, Trump says House should vote to release Epstein files
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/house-epstein-discharge-petition-trump/
— Seattle’s coming socialist experiment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/16/seattle-socialist-mayor-katie-wilson-mamdani/
KQED
— DD: As Enforcement Intensifies, Churches Become Sanctuaries for illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD condemns the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. How much success are Democrat leaders having in your church?
https://www.kqed.org/news/12063793/as-enforcement-intensifies-churches-become-sanctuaries-for-immigrants-seeking-peace
KTRH
— Mamdani Win Shows Legal Immigration Is As Harmful As Illegal Immigration
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2025-11-14-mamdani-win-shows-legal-immigration-is-as-harmful-as-illegal-immigration/
FORTUNE
— Meta is hiring entry-level roles that pay up to $290,000 a year and require little prior experience. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst, The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/17/meta-hiring-200k-dollars-six-figure-entry-level-software-engineer-jobs-gen-z-careers-tech-industry-dwindling-opportunities/
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
— Hiring Trends: Skills, Credentials and Potential. DD: Meeting and exceeding Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets was always my employers’ top priority. 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. As they came to realize that I was not going to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly wasted my career and they succeed in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They ever-increasingly wasted my work experience and what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://patimes.org/hr-hiring-trends-skills-credentials-and-potential/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recruiting and retaining a well-qualified workforce is a critical concern for public administrators. To provide effective, efficient and responsive services, employees must be carefully selected for their roles. There is a long-standing debate about whether hiring should focus on their skills developed through experience, formal credentials or their potential. The Society for Human Resource Management has reported that employers practicing skills-based hiring increased from 56% in 2022 to 81% in 2024. While the short-term trend is clear, public administrators should be cognizant of both the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.)
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM seeks fast-track removal of federal employees for ‘suitability’ reasons in proposed rule. DD: According to Democrats, to be suitable for a federal job, you must be a Democrat who is minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/06/opm-seeks-fast-track-removal-of-federal-employees-for-suitability-reasons-in-proposed-rule/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why Are IQ Scores Suddenly Falling?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/american-adult-lower-iq-scores-cognitive-decline-technology-flynn-effect.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SPECTATOR
— Far left is the new face of the Democratic Party. DD: Ever-increasingly, because of Democrat victories, just about everyone around me is moving to the left. What does that say about them?
https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/far-left-is-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/
INDEPENDENT
— Fox News host Jesse Watters blames single women for Mamdani’s socialist takeover in New York. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family. Affirmative Action and DEI discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.aol.com/news/fox-news-host-jesse-watters-015034229.html
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Mamdani slammed after raising $1 million for transition
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/new-york-city-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-slammed-after-raising-1-million-for-transition-affordability-is-expensive-101763315207921.html
INDIA TODAY
— Why buying health insurance should be your first move in personal finance. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/other/why-buying-health-insurance-should-be-your-first-move-in-personal-finance/ar-AA1QzayW
November 16, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Staffer held at knifepoint at state Senate leader’s Oak Park office. Scott Loeffler, 35, allegedly pulled a knife on an employee in state Sen. Don Harmon’s office and stole her phone. He was charged with armed robbery and ordered detained Sunday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-suburbs/2025/11/16/staffer-held-knifepoint-don-harmon-oak-park-office
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders to protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/16/clergy-arrests-broadview-ice
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Palatine ever-increasingly blasts ICE.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251116/news/palatine-leaders-hope-to-rebuild-trust-in-wake-of-immigration-arrests/
ABC7
— DHS leaves command center at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/department-homeland-security-leaves-midway-blitz-command-center-naval-station-great-lakes-north-chicago-city-officials/18162361/
— Many House Republicans will back bill to release Epstein files
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-republicans-will-back-bill-blow-open-epstein-files-effort-leaders-say-pres-trump-calls-clinton-investigation/18162601/
CBS2
— Border Patrol commander has left Chicago, but some communities remain on edge
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/border-patrol-chief-left-chicago-communities-remain-on-edge/
— Staffer robbed at knifepoint at Illinois Sen. Don Harmon’s Oak Park office; suspect charged
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/staffer-robbed-at-knifepoint-at-don-harmons-oak-park-office-suspect-charged/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/immigration-crackdown-chicago
— 2 out of 5 younger women want to leave US for good
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-out-5-younger-women-want-leave-us-good-poll-finds
HERALD REVIEW
— Illinois residents face high health insurance prices, with Obamacare subsidies still in limbo after shutdown
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/business/health-care/article_4b261e0b-75c3-5e3f-a1bd-0aa5509730af.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WSIU & WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-republican-party-insists-theres-no-affordability-crisis-and-dismisses-election-losses/article_f77d0898-0fd2-58d9-ba45-0b3d3362defe.html
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-11-15/white-house-pivots-to-affordability-as-president-trump-confronts-voter-discontent
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trumps-republican-party-insists-theres-no-affordability-crisis-and-dismisses-election-losses/article_bb2918e2-14ad-58da-939f-c3e9662f7666.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Malefactor Deathmatch: Socialists vs. Groypers
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/11/13/malefactor-deathmatch-socialists-vs-groypers
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks primary challenges against Indiana state lawmakers who defy redistricting demands
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/trump-seeks-primary-challenges-indiana-state-lawmakers-defy/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson insists President Trump has ‘clean hands’ in Epstein case
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/mike-johnson-house-speaker-insists-president-trump-clean-hands/
— Right-wing antisemitism betrays conservatism. Antithetical to the Judeo-Christian ethic. DD: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemitic. They were furious when I volunteered to work for a GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year, Jewish manager in 1990. They were intimidated/envious of her having an MBA from the University of Chicago and passing the CPA examination on her first attempt.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/right-wing-antisemitism-betrays-conservatism/
— California yanks illegal immigrants’ trucker’s licenses; Newsom says migrant status not a factor
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/california-yanks-illegal-immigrants-truckers-licenses-newsom-says/
— Where’s the violence? Look to the left. Conservatives aren’t assassinating the opposition.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/16/wheres-violence-look-left/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The woke war on standards is destroying higher education
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3887586/woke-war-on-standards-destroying-higher-education/
— Trump debuts new ‘Marjorie Taylor Brown’ nickname for MTG after pair fall out. DD: I should write about those who have dumped me. I would focus on Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3888374/trump-debuts-new-marjorie-taylor-brown-nickname-for-mtg-after-pair-fall-out/
— Epstein’s resentment toward Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3888590/jeffrey-epstein-resentment-toward-donald-trump/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump fumes at ‘politically correct’ Indiana state GOP pols over stalled redistricting push
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/us-news/trump-fumes-at-indiana-state-gop-pols-over-redistricting-push/
— Bigwig on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team railed against Jews
https://nypost.com/2025/11/16/us-news/bigwig-on-zohran-mamdanis-transition-team-railed-against-jews-questioned-gay-rights/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How many illegal aliens are in our country?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/wait_a_minute_how_many_illegal_aliens_are_in_our_country_again.html
BREITBART
— Companies Abusing H-1B Program to Save Labor Costs
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/11/15/schweizer-companies-abusing-h-1b-program-to-save-labor-costs/
CENTER SQUARE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs slam Vance’s call for less legal immigration. If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealth parents who bought them cars, paid for their college education, and got them jobs.
https://www.aol.com/articles/advocates-slam-vances-call-less-165900388.html
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Just Doesn’t Work And Has Never Worked’: Bill Maher Slams Democrats’ Shift Towards Socialism
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/16/bill-maher-socialism-destroy-democrats-real-time-mamdani-dsa/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani Is a Warning for Western Civilization
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/mamdani-is-a-warning-for-western-civilization/
— Midterms Shaping Up to Be a War Over Delivering Affordability for Gen Z
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/16/midterms-shaping-up-to-be-a-war-over-delivering-affordability-for-gen-z/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Bill Maher Rips Democratic Socialism, Warns Dems They’re Going Too Far Left
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/bill-maher-rips-democratic-socialism-warns-dems-theyre-going-too-far-left/
NEWSMAX
— Trump Withdraws Support for MTG’s Reelection
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-donald-trump/2025/11/16/id/1234774/
— Trump’s Healthcare Plan Lowers Premiums, Costs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/bill-cassidy-trump-healthcare/2025/11/16/id/1234767/
PJ MEDIA
— Charlotte Grocery Store Offers Illegals Free Delivery to Avoid ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/16/charlotte-grocery-store-offers-illegals-free-delivery-to-avoid-ice-n4946053
TOWNHALL
— Trump Threatens To Replace RINO Indiana Republicans Who Won’t Redistrict
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/11/16/trump-threatens-to-replace-rino-indiana-republicans-who-wont-redistrict-n2666525
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially name itself the Socialist Party?
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5606186-socialism-gaining-popularity-affordability/
— Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) claimed Sunday that President Trump is “losing his MAGA base” over files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as controversy surrounding the disgraced financier heats up.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5608012-khanna-trump-epstein-files/
— Greene says Trump administration ‘infuriating people’ by ‘gaslighting’ them on affordability
https://www.aol.com/articles/greene-says-trump-administration-infuriating-191429637.html
CNN
— Trump feuds with Marjorie Taylor Greene as House vote on releasing Epstein files looms
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-epstein-files-11-16-25
REUTERS
— US House speaker says ‘nothing to hide’ in Epstein files
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-says-nothing-hide-epstein-files-2025-11-16/
AOL
— While on NYC’s slowest bus, Mamdani says he’d as mayor bike, ride public transit to work
https://www.aol.com/articles/while-nyc-slowest-bus-mamdani-234400932.html
NBC NEWS
— Epstein vote a Democratic attempt to make Trump a ‘lame duck’
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/sen-barrasso-says-epstein-vote-a-democratic-attempt-to-make-trump-a-lame-duck-full-interview-252146245958
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat Leaders Say Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/opinion/trump-pope-leo-maga-christianity.html
— Marjorie Taylor Greene Extends an Olive Branch to Trump. The Georgia Republican, long a loyal Trump ally, had come under attack by the president after showing independence, notably on the government’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-epstein-files.html
— Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/style/epstein-emails-reveal-a-lost-new-york.html
WASHINGTON POST
— GOP-led Epstein probe in House creates political friendly fire for Trump. The Republican side of the committee investigating Epstein has kept pushing out troves of emails and documents, and Trump’s name keeps coming up.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/epstein-emails-republicans-trump/
— Despite Trump’s ire, House gaining support on Epstein files vote. Lawmakers pushing for the release of more files are planning a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday alongside victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/house-epstein-discharge-petition-trump/
— GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed. Here’s what lawmakers propose now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/16/gop-healthcare-plans-trump/
USA TODAY
— What Epstein’s emails reveal about the rich and famous who sought his advice. Financial and political intel? Sure. But there was so much more that Bold Face Names sought from the disgraced sex offender and former Trump friend.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/jeffrey-epsteins-emails-advice-to-rich-and-famous/87274450007/
DALLAS EXPRESS
— Trump Plans To Bring Foreign Experts To Train American Workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dallasexpress.com/national/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-says-trump-plans-to-bring-foreign-experts-to-train-american-workers/
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
— Catholic leaders across U.S. issue ‘special message’ condemning Trump’s deportations. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.silive.com/nation/2025/11/catholic-leaders-across-us-issue-special-message-condemning-trumps-deportations.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Affordability Agenda
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-trump-affordability-agenda/4BBBC550-1217-497D-AAB8-62CD32E5B7C1
— White House Hunts for Ways to Lower the Cost of Living. Aside from reducing tariffs, Trump has a limited ability to bring down prices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/trump-cost-of-living-prices-8e08798d
— He’s Called ‘Little Trump,’ and His Tactics Are Rankling White House Top Brass. Bill Pulte, head of the agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has been making big waves from his low-profile post. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have lots of clout, who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, and who have worked harder against me than me than against any Democrat. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/bill-pulte-profile-d000c844
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told the president he had identified leakers who were undermining the administration. He was carrying a “Ghostbusters”-style poster that featured pictures of administration officials and outside allies, outlined by red circles with lines through their faces, according to officials familiar with the meeting. For many in the West Wing, it was classic Pulte: an attention-grabbing move to burrow into President Trump’s good graces by attacking the president’s perceived enemies. . .Pulte has routinely made waves from that low-profile post, digging up opposition research on the president’s foes, ousting legal and ethics watchdogs who investigated the FHFA director’s conduct, and lashing out at companies in the housing world.)
— Trump Withdraws Support for Once Staunch Backer Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican has recently criticized the administration on several issues including affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-withdraws-support-for-once-staunch-backer-marjorie-taylor-greene-89798ddf
FORTUNE
— The exact amount of money ($619,178/year) you need to earn to be among New York’s ultra-wealthy club has been revealed—and it’s 7x the average wage ($84,578/year).
https://www.aol.com/finance/exact-amount-money-earn-among-161519963.html
PBS
— As Enforcement Intensifies, Churches Become Sanctuaries for Immigrants. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12063793/as-enforcement-intensifies-churches-become-sanctuaries-for-immigrants-seeking-peace
AXIOS
— These cities have the highest entry-level wage growth. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst, The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/16/entry-level-wage-growth-cities
RAW STORY
— Trump rages at GOP ‘friend’ for not following his orders. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of clout and had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-friend-gop-power-grab/
COMMON DREAMS
— Mamdani Backers Rally to ‘Tax the Rich’ as Transition Raises $1 Million in 10 Days From 12,000 Donors
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani-tax-the-rich
SALON
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/16/faith-under-attack-more-clergy-arrested-at-ice-facility-protest/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— The Trump Organization looked to bring in nearly 200 foreign workers on visas this year to staff its golf clubs and businesses — the highest total to date, according to figures from the Department of Labor. This year, the company sought to hire 184 foreign workers for temporary positions at the family’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and a winery in Virginia through H-2A and H-2B visas, Forbes first reported. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-organization-asked-foreign-visas-151152895.html
GUARDIAN
— The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalized him
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/16/jeffrey-epstein-powerful-friends
November 16, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Federal immigration agents accused of racial profiling. What percent of illegals are non-White?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/latino-us-citizens-racially-profiled-immigration-chicago/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein to destroy Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/column-jeffrey-epstein-files-maga-page/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for high health insurance rates. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 72% health insurance subsidy a) that I got when I was federal employee 1966-1997, b) that my wife got when she was a federal employee 1968-1970, c) that I will always get as a federal retiree, and d) that my wife has gotten since we got married in 1978 and will always get. My critics/opponents either a) would never have stooped to take a federal job and/or b) failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs. In my defense, I would not become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/16/health-insurance-obamacare-subsidies-aca/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/local/they-were-just-arresting-people-family-seeks-release-of-longtime-des-plaines-resident-detained-by/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS AND GRAPHIC: Why do so many Democratic U.S. House members in the suburbs have primary challengers?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/us-congress-politics/why-do-so-many-democratic-u-s-house-members-in-the-suburbs-have-primary-challengers/
— Families in need line up early for distribution of 1,000 holiday meals in Elgin. DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people are “in need.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/news/families-in-need-line-up-early-for-distribution-of-1000-holiday-meals-in-elgin/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Advocates celebrate Glen Ellyn affordable housing development
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251115/news/a-fundamental-issue-advocates-celebrate-glen-ellyn-affordable-housing-development/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: If you cannot afford something, Democrats want you to blame Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-15/white-house-pivots-to-affordability-as-president-trump-confronts-voter-discontent
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who demand blind loyalty? My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In what ways are you becoming a minority in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? I am increasingly becoming a minority in the aforesaid because I am conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in northeast Illinois for a long time. 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. Ever-increasingly, those who share my demographics are not moving to where I live, they are moving away from where I live, or they are passing away. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Syverson Interviewed on Chicago Fox about Blasting Dems for Providing Health Care for Illegals
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/15/syverson-interviewed-on-chicago-fox-about-blasting-dems-for-providing-health-care-for-illegals/
— Reick Wonders If AI Excitement Has Overheated the Economy & Resulted in Excessive Taxpayer Subsidies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/15/reick-wonders-if-ai-excitement-has-overheated-the-economy-resulted-in-excessive-taxpayer-subsidies/
— UPDATE: Dog Sex Arrests in Huntley MAKES ABC, NBC & WGN
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/14/dog-sex-arrests-in-huntley/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani taps ‘Defund the Police’ champion to head team steering his transition to NYC mayor
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/mamdani-taps-defund-the-police-champion-to-head-team-steering-his-transition-to-nyc-mayor/
— Jewish New Yorkers rushing to buy guns for protection after anti-Israel Mamdani’s victory
https://www.aol.com/articles/jewish-yorkers-rushing-buy-guns-134514602.html
— Mamdani setting up NYC for violence with resistance to immigration enforcement
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/opinion/zohran-mamdani-risking-nyc-violence-with-immigration-enforcement-resistance/
— Trump admin begins massive crackdown on violent illegal migrants in Charlotte
https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/ice-raids-underway-in-charlotte-in-trumps-latest-immigration-sweep/
— Katie Wilson — a 43-year-old socialist who still lives off parents’ money — wins Seattle mayoral race. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party? How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. in 1969, he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never worked outside the home before then.
https://www.aol.com/news/katie-wilson-43-old-socialist-180222056.html
— AOC raises ‘impressive’ $11.8M — setting socialist lawmaker up for potential 2028 Senate run. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/aoc-raises-impressive-11-8m-133436890.html
— Champagne Socialist Zohran Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment — despite six-figure salary, wealthy family. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson broadcasts socialist wish list. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/11/15/utopia-seattle-mayor-elect-katie-wilson-broadcasts-socialist-wish-list-1600562/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— H-1B – Designed for Cheap Labor. DD: Employers want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Miano/H1B-Designed-Cheap-Labor
DAILY CALLER
— Socialist Katie Wilson Wins Seattle Mayor’s Race Thanks To Ballot Dumps Over A Week After Election Day. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/socialist-katie-wilson-wins-seattle-024312231.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Socialism Has Failed Everywhere. Mamdani’s NYC Will Be No Different.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/12/mayor-mamdanis-socialist-vision-is-setting-nyc-up-for-failure/
EPOCH TIMES
— How Trump Broke GOP Orthodoxy and Built a New Working-Class Party. DD: I was a member of the working class 1964-1997, that is, I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents a) look down on, if not despise, if not hate wage earners, b) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, and/or c) had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/u6lrbCAwEN/RontmvJPy/1tiNbjq0PdJ
FOX NEWS
— Socialist wave goes coast-to-coast as historic wins shake up the 2025 mayoral elections. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-socialists-win-mayoral-races-new-york-city-seattle-historic-victories
— Seattle elects socialist Katie Wilson as mayor. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385147150112
— Meet the socialist Mamdani-style mayor just elected to run West Coast’s 5th largest city. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meet-socialist-mamdani-style-mayor-just-elected-run-west-coasts-5th-largest-city
— Bill Maher tears into socialism and begs Democrats to embrace moderate candidates. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-tears-socialism-begs-democrats-embrace-moderate-candidates.amp
— Will Election Day 2025 be remembered as the rise of the socialists? DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/election-day-2025-remembered-rise-150042352.html
— Seattle elects democratic socialist Katie Wilson as mayor. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385147150112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Busts Duckworth Senate Aide for Bogus Lawyer Ruse to Release Criminal Migrant
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-illinois-fake-lawyer-tammy-duckworth
— America’s Roads Just Got More Dangerous Thanks to Radical Judges. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/rogue-federal-judges-trump-americas-roadways-
NEWSMAX
— Staten Island Leaders Renew Secession Push After Mamdani Election
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/staten-island-new-york-city-mayor/2025/11/15/id/1234693/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Seattle’s new socialist mayor looks forward to ‘coast to coast partnership’ with Mamdani. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://thepostmillennial.com/seattles-new-socialist-mayor-looks-forward-to-coast-to-coast-partnership-with-nycs-zohran-mamdani
— Staten Island sees renewed NYC secession push after Mamdani victory
https://thepostmillennial.com/staten-island-sees-renewed-nyc-secession-push-after-mamdani-victory
ZERO HEDGE
— The Foreign Worker Scam Exposes Trump’s Economic Achilles Heel
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/foreign-worker-scam-exposes-trumps-economic-achilles-heel
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To bring our nation back to legitimate self reliance would require a total reformation of our society and the removal of the political left (including globalists) from the equation. Part of this long term reformation demands a reversal of open borders ideology and multiculturalism, which has ravaged the west. Migrants view our economy as a “global commons”, a wealth pool they are all entitled to access. They don’t see it is a privilege, they see it as a “right”. This is something that Trump does have the capacity to fix in the three years he has left in office, but he has a tendency to get sidetracked by minutia and bad advice. I have been warning since before Trump was re-elected that the economy was going to be his Achilles Heal. From past examples it seems that Trump delegates a lot of his policy ideas to advisers and among these advisers (he has dozens of them, official and unofficial) there are always people who give him suicidal arguments and terrible talking points. His lack of concrete planning for economic repair is putting conservatives on edge and handing immense social influence over to Democrats and woke activists. All they have to do is point at the lack of a clear strategy and suggest that they can do better (they can’t, but it won’t matter to voters living paycheck to paycheck). Trump has done some things right. His tariff policies are absolutely necessary to counter the wealth gap created by corporate globalism. The US has been turned into a consumer nation that continuously takes on debt in order to create ever depreciating wealth. That wealth is then siphoned from the public by international conglomerates, banks and foreign interests. We are being slowly drained of our lifeblood by a nest of vampires. Tariffs are one of the few measures at Trump’s disposal to unilaterally stop the bleeding and force corporations to bring the wealth and jobs back to the US. This is done through new domestic manufacturing and the end of general outsourcing using third world labor. Globalism is NOT the free market, it is the opposite. It is forced interdependency of nations and economies to the benefit of a tiny handful of ultra-wealthy elites. The tariff fight is direct and Trump’s reasons are evident. The average Joe wants more American jobs with higher salaries for the middle class instead of wallowing in low-wage retail and service sector hell. But Trump can’t say he’s fighting for this end result through tariffs and then turn around and let an army of migrants take middle class jobs. The President stumbled into multiple forehead slapping blunders this past week. He called for 600,000 Chinese students to prop up US colleges. He called for 50-year mortgages to offset plunging home ownership, and he argued that America doesn’t have the talent pool to fill jobs taken by H1B foreigners.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— How to reverse the dumbing down of American higher ed
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/education/5606843-how-to-reverse-the-dumbing-down-of-american-higher-ed/amp/
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-mamdani-victory-shows-democrats-190000084.html
MSN
— Mamdani says to boycott Starbucks during worker strike
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mamdani-says-to-boycott-starbucks-during-worker-strike/ar-AA1QuYYS
AOL
— AI may be hurting entry-level jobs. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level was Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.
https://www.aol.com/articles/powell-says-ai-may-hurting-210440564.html
— Mamdani Wasted No Time In Quoting Socialist Eugene Debs During Victory Speech. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/zohran-mamdani-wasted-no-time-144553426.html
— College Graduates Put Socialism Back on the Ballot. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.aol.com/news/college-graduates-put-socialism-back-195526625.html
ABC NEWS
— Congress reopens government, but leaves healthcare subsidies in limbo. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, the federal government paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. That helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFXpfhYDBU8
NBC DC
— Unprecedented surge of federal retirement claims. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to make my coworkers like me who had 25 years of federal service eligible to retire when I was 45 year old in 1993, that is, they used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of my coworkers like me who had 25 years of federal service in 1993. Overwhelmingly, my coworkers who were eligible were White male males like me who had not made GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/surge-federal-retirement-claims-delays-frustration/4016344/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Fuentes against Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-john-ganz.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/opinion/abortion-pills.html
— What Even Is a ‘Good’ Job? DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and b) I was always grossly overpaid and my employment benefits were always far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/opinion/good-jobs-policy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Will Mamdani succeed in uniting Muslims and Jews against Christians?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/16/sadiq-khan-london-zohran-mamdani/
— Seasonal hiring weakest since the Great Recession. DD: When I was 18 years old, the Post Office hired me in November of 1966 because it got a budget increase to deal with 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/12/holiday-hiring-slowdown-ai-great-recession/
USA TODAY
— DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
FORTUNE
— If you proletarianize the young people, don’t be surprised they end up communist
https://www.aol.com/finance/billionaire-peter-thiel-warns-proletarianize-235603503.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/bishops-of-new-york-condemn-deportations-of-migrants-with-refugee-status
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SOCIALIST WORKER
— Should we condemn violence or embrace it? DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/should-we-condemn-violence-or-embrace-it/
ECONOMIC TIMES
— ‘No contract, no coffee!’: Mamdani calls for Starbucks boycott as union workers strike nationwide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYuUtQT647U
NTD NEWS
— DHS Drives Historic Drop in US Foreign-Born Population. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.ntd.com/dhs-drives-historic-drop-in-us-foreign-born-population_1108104.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— JD Vance challenges Donald Trump over H-1B visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/jd-vance-challenges-donald-trump-over-h-1b-visas-how-it-happens-and-what-it-reveals-about-policy/articleshow/125349490.cms
NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
— Mamdani’s multitudes and India’s soft power. Mamdani’s unapologetic embrace of his layered identities is soft power as the persuasion of authenticity, not propaganda. He may not represent India formally, yet he reflects some of its finest possibilities—pluralism, intellectual curiosity, and the capacity to juggle contradictions. DD: How soon will the Democratic Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2025/Nov/15/zohran-mamdanis-multitudes-and-indias-soft-power
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
— The forever-renter generation: they’re ones who voted Mamdani. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 years old in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome. But I would not have been able to do that if I had not a) passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, b) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, c) worked for IRS for 15 months, and d) worked part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-forever-renter-generation-they-re-ones-who-voted-teal-and-mamdani-20251114-p5nfka.html