FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What’s the point of Illinois Republicans? We asked them. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Illinois Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/illinois-gop-republicans-illinois-statehouse/
— Students say New Trier pausing their volunteerism with immigrants due to ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/students-new-trier-halting-volunteerism-immigrants/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/chicago-history-november-9/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘No hire’ job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply. DD: What frustrated your job search? For me, in 1970, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. I was 1-A. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. So I took the only job offer that I got. It was for a job that did really require a college degree working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. Early in 1971, Oldsmobile offered me a job and I accepted it. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer 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.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251108/business/no-hire-job-market-leaves-unemployed-in-limbo-as-threats-to-economy-multiply/
CBS2
— SNAP recipients in Chicago turn to food giveaways. DD: Soon, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/snap-recipients-in-chicago-turn-to-food-giveaways/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/snap-recipients-chicago-food-giveaways/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot and more hemp.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1099166/watch-the-marijuana-federal-action-not-the-speak-president-trumps-cannabis-decision-soon/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ICE receives more than 200,000 job applications. DD: What if I had become an ICE employee? 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. IRS offered me a job because I had a bachelor’s degree in business and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry. What if the only federal job offer that I had gotten was from ICE?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ice-receives-more-than-200000-job-applications-noem-says-department-of-homeland-security-dhs-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-death-threats-violence
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— IL public schools show low academic proficiency, higher taxpayer funding
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/report-il-public-schools-show-low-academic-proficiency-higher-taxpayer-funding/article_f84f2ae9-8074-4355-866c-ac185e324b63.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Reflections on the Democrat Embrace of Mamdani
https://johnkassnews.com/reflections-on-the-democrat-embrace-of-mamdani-and-the-jacobin-reign-of-terror/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How did you prepare the big news of the week? There was much news. But let’s narrow it down to a few. The Jacobin leftist Zohran Mamdani’s political victory over the ashes of what had been the Democrat Party, propelled by the Angry White Women vote. The Angry White Women Leftists, often referred to as AWFLS, have appetite and a well developed sense of entitlement. Though they and their male partners are well educated in obscure subjects, they don’t have real financially marketable skills. They know DEI bureaucracy and DEI slogans, but they can’t fix a leaky toilet or repair an electric socket. They can’t earn an honest dollar so they reach for politics to take what they want. My friend the astute writer Michael Ledwith is also fascinated by these AWFLS, who provide anger, backbone and the necessary cruelty to what we are now experiencing as American Communism. They are what we call Karens. He sent me this passage from George Orwell’s “1984.” “It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.” It explains a lot, Ledwith said. And I think of AOC and her posse of AWFLS, searching for heretics, sharpening her knife, and I hope she doesn’t find them. Because they don’t have the money to live in New York at the standard they expect to live, they demand that Zohran give them “free stuff” and call it “affordability.” They feel betrayed by the establishment because they can no longer pay for what they desire. They want to live large as befits what they think is their station. And he’s promised to use other people’s money until that’s gone and the roof caves in, as it always does. And the other big news (to me, at least) are the revelations that Democrat Deep State prosecutorial zealot Jack Smith–the javert of the new left–had hoped to prosecute “the entire Republican political apparatus” for the crime of being conservative. How did we get here? As always the dried bones of political failure have lined this road over the decades: The failure of the political establishment is the foundation of the Mamdani rise. And what did the Democrat establishment offer in New York? A tired cynical Cuomo known for feeding grandmothers in nursing homes to the pandemic, and slapping fannies and otherwise sexually harassing young women. Democrats were as exhausted as he was. And they offered a charismatic figure in Mamdani, and if he orders them to the killing fields at some future date, he wasn’t a tired Democrat hack like Cuomo. The leftist Democrats who bowed to the radical communists like Mandami enjoy talking of diversity up until the moment they hang you for speaking your mind. I’m conservative. I really don’t think a trip to prison would change my mind about the leftists who have destroyed my hometown of Chicago and have now ruined New York. You might have watched panel discussion shows—those panels of experts and witty pundits with perfect teeth–selected to reflect your politics like so many of those bobble head dogs that people place in their cars. It is amusing to watch them cast about for consensus if one hasn’t yet been formed. But bobble heads—even pretty ones—don’t quite get you there. So how did I prepare for Mamdani, especially as Democrats worried about the angry left and the political guillotine of the leftists express no desire to end their shut-down of the federal government? Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said that Democrat fear of their own won’t allow them to reopen the government. “Because they’re afraid of facing the guillotine of the radical left. And who are the radical left? They are the people who would prefer to use taxpayer dollars to pay for health care for illegal immigrants than to pay for the men and women who keep us safe.” Guillotine, fear of the unleashed mob? I looked for my old copy of Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France” It’s old. It’s affordable in paperback. It was written by a conservative. And I like it. But it has one serious drawback: It is a book. A book on paper, and this, by definition, takes effort to digest. It is not like sitting with the bobbleheads. But it does involve the Reign of Terror propelled by the Jacobin revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre. France spilled its own blood from September 1793 and into July 1794. In the Reign of Terror, some 17,000 French citizens were executed at the guillotine. Another 10,000 died in prison without trial. Among them were thousands of executed priests caught up in the Jacobin De-Christianization of France, as churches were shuttered and winemakers, shopkeepers, supporters of the king and queen were executed. Everyone and anyone could be suspected, and sent to the guillotine to the jeers of the filthy mob. It wasn’t Portland or Chicago, it was Paris. Family members accused each other as not being supportive enough of the revolution, terrified they would themselves be accused. And they were killed. And the guillotine kept falling again and again and again. For those who are afraid of reading, I leave this short video, narrated by a man with an English accent. Why? There’s nothing like an English accent to perpetuate a sense of historical authority. Fittingly, it even claimed Robespierre. Who reminds us of Robespierre today? I think of the Jacobin Democrats Adam Schiff, John Brennan of the CIA, or perhaps the imperious James Comey who destroyed the credibility of the FBI. You can see how frightened they are. Brennan is snarling the way a frightened dog snarls at the approach of a predator. At any event, the executions in France continued until finally, Napoleon became dictator of all of France and personally controlled the media and told the newspapers what to print. Now it’s New York Mayor Elect Zorhan Mamdani’s turn to play the Jacobin with his billionaire friends. His voters don’t read history. They have “feelings.” They are sentimental, emotional and thus easily manipulated, demanding “free stuff” and this leads to disaster. Soros has his meat puppet. He doesn’t need the clumsy barbarian in Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson. He’s already got Chicago, and much of the media. It’s not only Chicago and New York. The left is ascendant, full of confidence and oh so violent. The Democrat embrace of the assassination culture continued after the assassination of Christian activist Charlie Kirk. They marched in lock step in support of their candidate in Virginia who fantasized about murdering his opponents and killing the opponent’s children. It was Virginia Democrats who revenged themselves on Republican delegate Carrie Coyner, the Virginia Republican who revealed violent texts sent to her by Jay Jones. He expresses fantasies of murdering children and now is the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth that produced George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Senior Virginia Democrats like Sen. Tim Kaine supported and embraced Jay Jones. The media, which has for decades protected leftist outrage, did its job. So how did we get here? As always, the establishment failed, and legitimate concerns about cost of living were ignored. And the Bolsheviks offered a charismatic leader with plenty of charm. And now they bathe in their feelings, and think about the great future ahead of them, as they reach for power over the rest of us. And you’re surprised that I would compare today’s American Democrats to the murderous Jacobins of 18th Century France? I don’t take guillotines to protests in American cities, but they do. In Chicago, New York, Portland, Los Angeles, every place where the Democrats feel strong. The rest of us? We pray for their reign of terror to end.)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get elected, Mamdani focused on affordability. What has helped you afford things? Mamdani attended Bowdoin College in Maine where he cofounded his college’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies when he was 23. He got married when he was 34. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because I worked, a) I could afford to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) I could afford to pay for my aforesaid degrees, c) I could afford to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and d) I could afford to get married when I was 29. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How did you meet your wife? Mamdani met his wife on Hinge ( https://hinge.co/ ). I met my wife at a Presbyterian singles group meeting in Chicago in 1977. She is Catholic. I am Missouri Synod Lutheran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— ICE officers enforce federal immigration laws. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What if I had become an ICE employee? 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. IRS offered me a job because I had a bachelor’s degree in business and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I had wanted a career in the automotive industry. What if the only federal job offer that I had gotten was from ICE? – Dave Diersen
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform. I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired in 1966, who IRS hired in 1971, and who GAO hired in 1980. As it became more clear to them that I would never become a Democrat, they took ever-increasing more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents say about your ancestors? In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasingly, Americans abandon conservative principles a) because Democrat and RINO leaders attack them and b) because Republican and RINO leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance them. I should write about that. Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois no longer exist because of the aforesaid. I served on the ICRC Steering Committee 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani won an election, not a revolution. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly shout that Mamdani’s election ends conservatism, ends Republicanism, ends Christianity, ends Trump, ends etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3879333/mamdani-won-election-not-revolution/
— Chicago downtown office space vacancy rate jumps to record high levels. DD: I worked in downtown Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. I lived in downtown Chicago part-time 1974-1976 and then full-time 1976-1978. I took undergraduate classes in downtown Chicago 1966-1968 and then graduate evening classes in downtown Chicago 1971-1981 and 1992-1997.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3880329/chicago-downtown-office-space-vacancy-rate-jumps-record-high/
NEW YORK POST
— Mayor-elect Mamdani reeks of Lenin
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/business/the-fiscal-budget-remaining-intact-remains-on-the-communist-leninist-policies-of-mayor-elect-mamdani/
— Stefanik says her gubernatorial bid is ‘existential battle’ to save ‘Western Civilization’ from socialism
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/q-amp-a-stefanik-says-her-2026-gubernatorial-bid-to-unseat-hochul-is-an-existential-battle-to-save-ny-western-civilization-from-socialism/
— Mamdani-backing Hochul insists she doesn’t ‘support’ DSA, fends off relentless criticism over NYC mayor-elect endorsement
https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/mamdani-backing-hochul-i-dont-support-the-democratic-socialists-of-america/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Zohran Mamdani and the Ghost of Eugene Debs
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/zohran_mamdani_and_the_ghost_of_eugene_debs.html
BREITART
— Democrats Attacking Federal Law Enforcement Have Become the New Confederacy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/08/exclusive-rep-brad-knott-democrats-attacking-federal-law-enforcement-have-become-the-new-confederacy/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Newsom says colleges should give preference to slave descendants. DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/newsom-says-colleges-should-give-preference-to-slave-descendants/
DAILY SIGNAL
— America Fought a Civil War So Trump Could Enforce Federal Law
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/07/america-fought-a-civil-war-so-trump-could-enforce-federal-law/
FOX NEWS
— Rep Stefanik predicts antisemitism will ‘skyrocket’ following Mamdani mayoral win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384858936112
HOMELAND SECURITY
— ICE Receives More than 200,000 Applications to Join ICE Law Enforcement. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Key powers of IRS Revenue Officers include a) issuing levies to legally seize assets, including funds in bank accounts, wages, retirement funds, and accounts receivable and b) seizing and selling personal and business property to satisfy the tax debt. I did all of the aforesaid and I was not required to have a judicial warrant to do it.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11/07/ice-receives-more-200000-applications-join-ice-law-enforcement-help-remove-worst
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Indiana Democrat Leaders Protest Immigration Law That Orders Police to Report Illegal Aliens
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/indiana-democrat-leaders-protest-immigration-law-that-orders-police-to-report-illegal-aliens
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Gavin Newsom’s Divisive Racial Pandering
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/04/gavin_newsoms_divisive_racial_pandering_153485.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Mamdani got elected by shouting at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that they are oppressed by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-zohran-mamdani-struck-chord-new-york-city-voters/
CNN
— Can Democrats sell socialism to America? DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with socialism if not promote socialism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/can-democrats-sell-socialism-to-america/vi-AA1Q3CBB?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— States are pushing for more scrutiny of antisemitism in schools. DD: Democrats run schools in America.
https://wtop.com/education/2025/11/states-are-pushing-for-more-scrutiny-of-antisemitism-in-schools/
AOL
— Musk warns Mamdani policies and ‘low’ universal income would trigger ‘catastrophic decline’ in US living standards
https://www.aol.com/finance/elon-musk-warns-mamdani-policies-115500436.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Gay Russians Find a Haven on the Other Side of the World. Argentina has emerged as a surprisingly prominent destination for L.G.B.T.Q. Russians escaping President Vladimir V. Putin’s escalating anti-gay repression. DD: LGBTQers ever-increasingly dominate America. They ever-increasingly get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/world/americas/argentina-lgbtq-russia-putin-escape.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Taking inspiration from Mamdani, democratic socialists look to expand their power in L.A.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-08/mamdani-democratic-socialists-los-angeles
USA TODAY
— DD: To get elected, Mamdani focused on affordability. What has helped you afford things? Mamdani attended Bowdoin College in Maine where he cofounded his college’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies when he was 23. He got married when he was 34. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32. Because I worked, I could a) afford to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) afford to pay for my aforesaid degrees, c) afford to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and I could afford to get married when I was 29.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/07/how-zohran-mamdani-won-nyc-mayor/86580734007/
FORTUNE
— If you proletarianize young people, don’t be surprised they end up communist
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/billionaire-peter-thiel-warns-proletarianize-235603611.html
BANKRATE
— How old do you have to be to buy a house? DD: Back in the good old days, back in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24. The down payment came from what I had earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. In addition, during that time, I bought a new 1972 Corvette and paid for three graduate evening courses at Loyola.
https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/what-age-to-buy-a-house/
FED WEEK
— Is Job Application Question is Loyalty Test? Unions Seek Ruling. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform. I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired in 1966, who IRS hired in 1971, and who GAO hired in 1980. As it became more clear to them that I would never become a Democrat, they took ever-increasing more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/suit-filed-over-federal-job-applicant-loyalty-question-on-trump-policies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A coalition of federal employee unions and other organizations has filed a suit against the new essay question used in hiring asking applicants to identify several Trump administration executive orders that “are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.” “For more than a century, the civil service in the United States has been nonpartisan and not focused on political loyalty. Yet, the Trump-Vance administration is now directing the inclusion of an open-ended essay question that asks potential civil servants about their political agreement with the Trump-Vance administration’s political agenda,” said the AFGE union, one of the sponsors of the suit. “Plaintiffs allege that OPM has violated the First Amendment rights of applicants by conditioning employment on particular political viewpoints, compelling applicants to praise President Trump’s orders and policies, chilling the protected speech of other applicants who fear retaliation, and enabling and facilitating viewpoint discrimination,” it said. That question was part of a wide-ranging set of hiring policy changes—some of them routine–announced in June that among other things placed an emphasis on selecting candidates in both external and internal hiring who meet the administration’s definition of “patriotic.” In addition to the question regarding Trump executive orders, it included essay questions about what inspired the candidate to apply for the job, how they would make the government more efficient and effective, and how a strong work ethic has contributed to their career success. Unions and some Democrats on Capitol Hill immediately decried the questions—particularly the one on executive orders—as a loyalty test to Trump. OPM in later guidance said that the “must not be used to impose an ideological litmus test on candidates” although they are to be considered by hiring managers and other agency officials involved in a hiring decision. More recent guidance from OPM and OMB stresses the political makeup of “strategic hiring committees” that agencies are to establish under a later executive order with authority to approve the creation or filling of jobs. Those committees are to “ensure that agency hiring is consistent with the national interest, agency needs, and administration priorities,” it said.)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani: Win of global socialism’s new face has lessons for India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/mamdani-win-of-global-socialisms-new-face-has-lessons-for-india/
HINDU
— There is no non-Hindu in India, as everyone is a descendant of same ancestors. DD: In defense of my ancestors, they all immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago 1844-1854 and then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/there-is-no-ahindu-in-india-as-everyone-is-a-descendant-of-same-ancestors-mohan-bhagwat/article70257438.ece
DAILY MAIL
— Divided Dems fear rise of New York’s socialist mayor will split voters across America and play into Trump’s hands
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15261793/divided-democrats-zohran-mamdani-trump-new-york.html
OUTLOOK
— Mamdani’s Victory Signals Youth-Led Progressive Shift In New York Politics
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/zohran-mamdanis-victory-signals-youth-led-progressive-shift-in-new-york-politics
JERUSALEM POST
— Jewish New York died on November 4. The election of Mamdani has extinguished the long-time flavor of New York as a distinctly culturally Jewish city.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-873139
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GOOGLE AI
— Abandon conservative principles. DD: Ever-increasingly, Americans abandon conservative principles a) because Democrat and RINO leaders attack them and b) because Republican and RINO leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance them. I should write about that. Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois no longer exist because of the aforesaid. I served on the ICRC Steering Committee 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22abandon+conservative+principles%22
Tag: discrimination
November 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Group of 14 ‘suburban moms’ arrested during protest outside Broadview ICE facility. A caravan of about 20 cars drove by the Broadview ICE facility to protest immigration enforcement.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-sheriffs-deputies-remove-group-suburban-moms-broadview-protest-today-immigration-enforcement/18126098/
— Chicago business, civic and faith leaders join together to call for end to immigration raids
https://abc7chicago.com/post/united-chicago-group-business-civic-faith-leaders-join-together-call-end-immigration-raids-downtown-event/18126988/
— Supreme Court considers Kim Davis petition to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-considers-kim-davis-petition-overturn-same-sex-marriage-ruling/18125319/
— Man arrested by federal immigration agents outside DuPage County Courthouse, video shows
https://abc7chicago.com/post/man-arrested-federal-immigration-agents-outside-dupage-county-courthouse-wheaton-video-shows/18128233/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu8T0jDkqrg
NBC5
— When a federal judge in Chicago reinforced her restrictions on the use of force by federal immigration agents, she essentially accused Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino of lying. But can Bovino and other agents be held personally accountable for their actions?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlxsJKIcpjA
CBS2
— 15 protesters arrested outside Broadview ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/14-protesters-arrested-broadview-ice-facility/
WGN9
— ICE agents’ warrantless arrest sparks due process concerns in Wheaton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsoKjS2Eu1A
FOX32
— Chicago mayor testifies before U.N. on Trump immigration raids, SNAP cuts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-un-trump-immigration-snap
WTTW
— No Fare Hikes or Service Cuts Coming for Chicago Transit Agencies, RTA Chair Dillard Says
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/no-fare-hikes-or-service-cuts-coming-chicago-transit-agencies-rta-chair-says
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 14 women arrested during protest at ICE processing center in Broadview; clergy again denied access to detainees
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/protest-arrests-ice-processing-center-broadview/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/lincoln-square-family-ice-chappell-elementary-school/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals, their illegals, and their antisemites.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/opinion-chicago-immigrats-paperwork-antisemitism/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was ‘aware’ of NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani. Pritzker is speaking out about the incident, which happened Friday morning, calling it another example of President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “continuing to question U.S. citizens apparently based on the color of their skin.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/07/indian-idot-employee-stopped-by-ice-agents-questioned-if-he-was-aware-of-nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani
JOURNAL COURIER
— Morgan County Republicans hosting candidates. DD: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would still be hosting Republican candidates. While I was the chairman of TAPROOT 2005-2012, I invited speakers for 78 of its events during that time. I should list all those who spoke at those events. My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those who spoke at those events.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/morgan-county-republicans-hosting-meet-greet-21145425.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump promotes EEOC head. 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.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/donald-trump-promotes-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-head-chair-andrea-lucas-civil-rights
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump said at the start of his second term that “dangerous,” “demeaning” and “immoral” hiring preferences based on race and sex – “DEI” policies – were violating civil rights laws. The policies also undermined “national unity” and the traditional values of “hard work, excellence, and individual achievement,” according to the president.)
WCIA
— Getting a snapshot of people receiving SNAP benefits in Illinois. It starts with the income level. The USDA said as of 2022, three-fourths of people with SNAP are at or below the poverty line in the state. An average person gets around $190 a month — and the average household gets $356. A 2019 breakdown of USDA numbers shows 37% of people getting SNAP assistance are white, 26% African American, 16% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Native American and 16% unknown.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/getting-a-snapshot-of-people-receiving-snap-benefits-in-illinois/amp/
NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Naperville Man Received Package With ‘Enough Fentanyl To Kill Entire Cities:’ Police say they intercepted a parcel with 1,000 fentanyl tablets en route to Ahmad Dinah, 30, of the 1100 block of Iroquois Avenue.
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/naperville-man-received-package-enough-fentanyl-kill-entire-cities-berlin
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-420/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
OPEN THE BOOKS
— Radical Groups Tied to Mamdani Associates Pulled in Millions of Taxpayer Dollars
https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/radical-groups-tied-to-mamdani-associates
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How will Mamdani’s election impact your county, township, municipality, school district, precinct, and neighborhood? Anticipate/expect that there will be more dependency on government and charity, that is, more welfare and more socialism. More LGBTQ, that is, more destruction of traditional marriage and family. More abortion, that is, more disrespect for human life. More mass/illegal immigration, especially from India. More booze, gambling, and pot, that is, more vice. More diminishment of Second Amendment rights. More Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. More replacement, that is, more replacement of those in America who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time with those who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
— What did your coworkers do to advance? To advance, my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did not do what I did, that is, they did not earn job-related college degrees, professional certifications, or a professional license. Instead, they pandered to their Democrat superiors. They helped their Democrat superiors get rid of their Republican subordinates who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government. I would focus on my Democrat superiors who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Who Are the Democratic Socialists?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/11/who-are-the-democratic-socialists/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Police Under Attack
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/police-under-attack/
— The Theology of Islam
https://illinoisfamily.org/islam-sharia/session-2-the-theology-of-islam/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Justice Jackson gives Trump short-term win on food stamp payments during shutdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/7/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-gives-trump-short-term-win-food-stamp/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mamdani — the mayor against America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/magazine-letter-from-the-editor/3878048/zohran-mamdani-mayor-against-america/
— Border Patrol chief in Chicago admits to lying as judge restricts agency’s use of force
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3879891/border-patrol-chief-chicago-admits-lying-judge-restrict-use-of-force/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Mr. Bovino and the Department of Homeland Security claimed that he had been hit by a rock on the head before throwing the tear gas, but video evidence disproves this,” Ellis said in court. “And he ultimately admitted he was not hit until after he threw the tear gas.”)
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Leftism Unleashed? Obama Tells Democrats ‘Not To Impose Litmus Tests’ for Candidates After Mamdani’s Win. The New York City socialist is ‘part of a vision for the future,’ former president says. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/leftism-unleashed-obama-tells-democrats-not-to-impose-litmus-tests-for-candidates-after-mamdanis-win/
NEW YORK POST
— Eric Adams agreed to ‘fully cooperate’ with Mamdani’s transition team
https://nypost.com/2025/11/07/us-news/eric-adams-agreed-to-fully-cooperate-with-zohran-mamdanis-transition-team/
— Mamdani schmoozes with NY Dem leaders who’ll be key to passing his socialist ‘tax the rich’ plans. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/07/us-news/zohran-mamdani-schmoozes-with-ny-dem-leaders-wholl-be-key-to-passing-his-socialist-tax-the-rich-plans/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why is Support for Socialism Growing? DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/why_is_support_for_socialism_growing.html
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
— Charlie Kirk: A Faithful Life and a Hopeful Legacy
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/charlie-kirk-a-faithful-life-and-a-hopeful-legacy
— Remembering Billy Graham’s Lasting Impact on His 107th Birthday
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/remembering-billy-graham-s-lasting-impact-on-his-107th-birthday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Billy was born on Nov. 7, 1918 to two dairy farmers residing near Charlotte, North Carolina. When he was 15, Billy accepted Christ as his Savior after he attended a series of revival meetings led by traveling evangelist Mordecai Fowler Ham. After high school, he attended Florida Bible Institute and later Wheaton College. During his time at Wheaton, he met Ruth McCue Bell, whom he married in 1943. Billy spent two years as a traveling preacher for the Christian outreach organization Youth for Christ. In 1947, he began holding his own Crusades, beginning with Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1949, he preached in a Los Angeles Crusade that stretched for eight weeks, sparking nationwide attention. Some 350,000 people attended that event. In 1950, he founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), in Minneapolis, Minnesota. That year, the first Hour of Decision radio program aired, and the next year, the Hour of Decision television broadcast began airing. In 1960, BGEA published the first issue of Decision magazine—a publication envisioned by Billy as a beacon for both lay people and Christian leaders. Throughout his life, he preached in more than 185 countries and territories, which included nearly 215 million people. Between 1947 and 2005 more than 3.2 million people responded to the Gospel invitation at his Crusades, according to official Crusade statistics. He also stood as a pastoral figure to many U.S. presidents and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal with Ruth.)
BLAZE
— The kids aren’t all right — they’re being seduced by socialism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-kids-arent-all-right-theyre-being-seduced-by-socialism
BREITBART
— ‘Don’t Let Yourself Be Intimidated’ by Local Socialist Victory. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/11/07/javier-milei-comforts-post-mamdani-america-dont-let-yourself-be-intimidated-by-local-socialist-victory/amp/
— DHS Fires Back After Democrats Accuse ICE of Lying in Viral Arrest Video: ‘Smears Fuel Violence Against Agents’
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/07/dhs-fires-back-after-democrats-accuse-ice-of-lying-in-viral-arrest-video-smears-fuel-violence-against-agents/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— More college students favor socialism than capitalism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/more-college-students-favor-socialism-than-capitalism-new-poll-finds/
DAILY CALLER
— Obama Suggests Democrats Should Roll Out Red Carpet For Socialists If They Want To Win. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/07/obama-suggests-democrats-should-roll-out-red-carpet-for-socialists-if-they-want-to-win/
FOX BUSINESS
— Will the Mamdani moment pressure New York lawmakers to embrace socialism? DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6384815391112
FOX NEWS
— Their plan was a flood of illegal immigration. Our answer is an immigration moratorium
https://www.aol.com/news/plan-flood-illegal-immigration-answer-100008309.html
NEW AMERICAN
— Illegal Alien Elected Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/illegal-alien-elected-mayor-of-st-paul-minnesota/
NEWSMAX
— George Santos: Leaving NYC After Mamdani Victory
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/george-santos-new-york-city-zohran-mamdani/2025/11/07/id/1233657/
— Dems would rather endanger children than send back illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qksxFGk3LuE
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani’s Win Began in America’s Classrooms
https://townhall.com/columnists/gregory-lyakhov/2025/11/07/zohran-mamdanis-win-began-in-americas-classrooms-n2666107
— The Evil Unleashed in 2008: From Obama, to Biden, to Harris, to Mamdani
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2025/11/08/the-evil-unleashed-in-2008-from-obama-to-biden-to-harris-to-mamdani-n2666141
WESTERN JOURNAL
— After Mamdani Victory, DeSantis Makes NYPD Officers an Offer They Can’t Refuse. “The $5k recruitment bonus we give to new officers will be utilized by a number of these NYPD officers,” DeSantis wrote.
https://www.westernjournal.com/mamdani-victory-desantis-makes-nypd-officers-offer-cant-refuse/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Axelrod calls ADL’s response to Mamdani’s election ‘shockingly gratuitous’
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5595198-axelrod-criticizes-adl-response/
CNN
— Mamdani’s speechwriter says his victory speech was meant to sound defiant
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/politics/video/zohran-mamdanis-speechwritersays-victory-speech-was-meant-to-sound-defiant
— Democrats are more enthusiastic about the midterms as Trump’s approval hits a second-term low. DD: To defeat Republican candidates, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who are liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time AGAINST those who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/politics/cnn-poll-democrats-trump-midterms
MSN
— NYC Wealth Exodus Accelerates After Mamdani’s Socialist Victory. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/nyc-wealth-exodus-accelerates-after-mamdani-s-socialist-victory/ar-AA1Q2xAf?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds
— NYC’s new socialist mayor-elect Mamdani visits mosque during trip to Puerto Rico. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/nyc-s-new-socialist-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-visits-mosque-during-trip-to-puerto-rico/ar-AA1Q1LYb?cvid=690ef2f83b014138be1bc4bca946319f
YAHOO
— NO EVIDENCE Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Plans To Convert Trump Tower In New York City Into Homeless Shelter
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-no-evidence-mayor-071341168.html
ABC NEWS
— Immigrants with health conditions may be denied visas under new Trump administration guidance
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/immigrants-health-conditions-denied-visas-new-trump-administration/story?id=127294699
CBS NEWS
— Over 250,000 Venezuelans in U.S., including thousands in South Florida, to lose Temporary Protected Status
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/venezuelans-south-florida-lose-temporary-protected-status-tps-2025/
— Mamdani serves meals at Islamic center in Puerto Rico
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/zohran-mamdani-serves-meals-at-islamic-center-in-puerto-rico/
NBC NEW YORK
— Mayor-elect Mamdani in Puerto Rico for Somos Conference
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air/as-seen-on/mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-in-puerto-rico-for-somos-conference-2/6415922/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH NINE PHOTOS: Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation. DD: I worked for GAO in its Chicago office for almost 18 years. Every time the Democrats in DC who ran the agency assigned a new office manager, they gave that manager a list of employees to purge. Of course, I was on all those lists. The more of the following that employees were, the higher that they were on those lists: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I never would have survived for almost 18 years if I had not a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, f) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and g) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/hegseth-firing-military-leaders.html
— Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump to Curtail Food Stamp Funding
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/07/us/trump-news-shutdown
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Fuentes against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/nick-fuentes-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago mayor implores U.N. body to investigate ‘abusive’ immigration campaign. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused the Trump administration of violating the “dignity of all Chicagoans” with violent raids and arbitrary detentions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/07/chicago-mayor-immigration-ice-trump-united-nations/
— Progressives warn Democrats against alienating the left and blast Schumer’s Senate leadership. Democrats are riding high after Election Day wins and some are capitalizing on the victory of New York City Mayor-Elect Mamdani.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/07/democrats-progressives-election/5d68a164-bc30-11f0-b389-38cf5ff33d6f_story.html
— Is this really the future of the Democratic Party? Will Mamdani lead the way?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/07/dick-cheney-redistricting-lurie-mamdani/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— An Emboldened Mamdani Sheds Conciliatory Tone
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-wins-interview.html
— What Mamdani’s election really says about voters. DD: From what I see, those who voted for Mamdani are anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-capitalism, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and/or anti-those who have more money than they have.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/07/what-mamdanis-election-really-says-about-voters/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders promote Mamdani’s wife
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/11/07/who-is-rama-duwaji/87155009007/
LAS VEWGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Greedy capitalists lead Americans to support socialism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/letters/letter-greedy-capitalists-lead-americans-to-support-socialism-3534747/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Campus DEI Persists, Even in Texas. ‘Health equity’ remains one of the foundational curricular pillars of UT Austin’s medical school.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/campus-dei-persists-even-in-texas-12748f45?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Why young people may turn on capitalism is circulating after Zohran Mamdani’s win. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-email-socialism-zohran-mamdani-student-debt-housing-2025-11
KELLEY & DRYE
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to make their workplaces more hostile to their employees who were Republican, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/labor-days/can-dei-training-create-a-hostile-environment
NPR
— ADL explains its Mamdani Monitor initiative: ‘Never had a candidate like this before’
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/07/nx-s1-5599931/anti-defamation-league-mamdani-monitor-jonathan-greenblatt
REASON
— Mamdani’s Win Suggests a Socialist Future for Democrats and a Rocky One for American Politics. Many in the rising generation are embracing collectivist ideas. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://reason.com/2025/11/07/mamdanis-win-suggests-a-socialist-future-for-democrats-and-a-rocky-one-for-american-politics/
AXIOS
— College students prefer socialism to capitalism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/01/socialism-capitalism-college-voters
MONTHLY REVIEW
— The World Wants to Advance to Socialism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://monthlyreview.org/articles/the-world-wants-to-advance-to-socialism/
FREE PRESS
— Capitalism Isn’t Working for Young People. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.thefp.com/p/peter-thiel-capitalism-isnt-working-for-young-people
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
CBC
— What Mamdani’s win means to this Gen Z New Yorker
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6971324
SPECTATOR
— New York is not the city that Mamdani pretends it is
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/new-york-is-not-the-city-that-mamdani-pretends-it-is/
DISPATCH
— Do Americans Love Socialism? Or Do They Just Hate the Status Quo? DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://thedispatch.com/article/socialism-mamdani-capitalism/
HINDU
— In Israel, Mamdani’s win in New York stirs alarm over shifting U.S. attitudes
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/in-israel-zohran-mamdanis-win-in-new-york-stirs-alarm-over-shifting-us-attitudes/article70255616.ece
— Socialism gaining global appeal. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/socialism-gaining-global-appeal-imperialism-losing-grip-cpim-leader/article70253352.ece/amp/
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Mamdani At Mosque In Puerto Rico After NYC Mayor Election Win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oveHda1wr34
— Why Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani’s big New York win has led to a ‘chill’ in Israel
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/after-indian-origin-zohran-mamdani-wins-big-in-us-a-chill-in-israel-heres-why-101762586119086.html
INDIA TODAY
— Indian-Origin Mayor’s Historic NYC Win; Zoran Mamdani Clashes With Donald Trump
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/indian-origin-mayors-historic-nyc-win-zoran-mamdani-clashes-with-donald-trump-ytvd-2815717-2025-11-08
TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani and the end of American innocence
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/burnt-coffee/zohran-mamdani-and-the-end-of-american-innocence/
— Big Apple has fallen far from its capitalist tree – to a socialist
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/big-apple-has-fallen-far-from-its-capitalist-tree-to-a-socialist/articleshow/125112537.cms
— Google, Microsoft and Facebook parent company Meta have halted their annual diversity reports
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-microsoft-and-meta-have-stopped-this-10-year-old-employee-related-practice/articleshow/125183066.cms
INDIAN EXPRESS
— If Mamdani’s win marks a political shift, wife Rama Duwaji’s fashion marks a cultural one, By choosing a laser-etched tatreez top by a Palestinian designer, the First Lady of New York City turned fashion into a statement of identity, resistance, and solidarity
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/rama-duwaji-zohran-mamdani-tatreez-palestinian-new-york-10353252/
— Mamdani begins NYC mayoral journey with South Asian feast, digs into ‘chili chicken with tingmo bread, aloo dum’ and chai. The freshly elected NYC mayor also shared a plate of momos with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over lunch at Nepalese restaurant Jackson Heights in Queens.
https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-tingmo-bread-chili-chicken-aloo-dum-10351616/
— Mamdani wasn’t gracious to his opponents. But the city of ambition has an overlord who understands it. “New York, New York” is no longer the unofficial anthem of the city. At the end of his victory speech, Mamdani walked off the stage with a Bollywood hit song, ‘Dhoom Machale’ playing in the background. It translates to “have a blast.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/zohran-mamdani-wasnt-gracious-to-his-opponents-but-the-city-of-ambition-has-an-overlord-who-understands-it-10352390/
FORWARD
— From Texas to Tel Aviv, invitations go out to Jews fleeing ‘Mamdani’s New York’ In Maryland, a new Jewish federation moved up its launch to capitalize on a threatened — but hardly guaranteed — exodus.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/782122/from-texas-to-tel-aviv-invitations-go-out-to-jews-fleeing-mamdanis-new-york/
EXPRESS CONNECTION
— Mamdani has appointed former US Federal Trade Commission Chairperson Lina Maliha Khan, a renowned Pakistani-American legal scholar, to co-chair his transition team.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2576456/mamdani-picks-pak-american-to-co-lead-transition-team
DAILY STAR
— What socialist Mamdani’s victory means at the heart of capitalism. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/what-socialist-mamdanis-victory-means-the-heart-capitalism-4027906
BLACK STAR NEWS
— A Socialist Win In NYC: How, Why, & What It Means. DD: Socialism discourages and destroys personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://blackstarnews.com/a-socialist-win-in-nyc-how-why-what-it-means/
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Harris, Sunak or Mamdani could spoil the ‘West’ by recreating it with ‘Indian characteristics’
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-editorial/harris-sunak-or-mamdani-could-spoil-the-west-by-recreating-it-with-indian-characteristics/articleshow/125167259.cms?from=mdr
ECONOMIST
— Mamdani lost in parts of NYC that look most like America. Our analysis shows why his victory is no model for Democrats elsewhere.
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/11/07/zohran-mamdani-lost-in-parts-of-nyc-that-look-most-like-america
TELEGRAPH
— Mamdani has started a war the Democrats cannot win. Both radicals and ‘moderates’ now have empirical evidence to prove their approach wins elections. The party is fatally divided.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/11/07/zohran-mamdani-democrats-war-cannot-win/
JNS
— Mamdani’s triumph is likely to embolden leftists in the West. For European observers, in particular, the success of the Red-Green alliance in the New York City mayoral race should be a wake-up call.
https://www.jns.org/mamdanis-triumph-is-likely-to-embolden-leftists-in-the-west/
November 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal judge Sara Ellis issued a preliminary injunction on federal immigration agents’ use of force as part of Operation Midway Blitz. Ellis said the government lied under oath, saying federal agents’ conduct in the Chicagoland area shows no signs of stopping.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-federal-judge-issue-decision-immigration-agents-use-force-ahead-tro-expiring/18119861/
— CBP Chief Bovino, federal agents seen roaming Chicago’s Southwest Side
https://abc7chicago.com/post/head-cbp-gregory-bovino-federal-immigration-agents-seen-roaming-chicagos-southwest-side-little-village-neighborhood/18122293/
— Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex marker
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-lets-trump-block-transgender-nonbinary-people-choosing-passport-sex-markers/18121930/
CBS2
— Judge grants preliminary injunction against Bovino, federal agents over use of force
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-immigration-gregory-bovino-preliminary-injunction-judge-sara-ellis/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge orders release of US Border Patrol head Gregory Bovino deposition videos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/chicago-bovino-videos-immigration/
— Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/operation-midway-blitz-injunction/
— Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/snap-funding-ruling/
— Rumors of ICE agents housed in Deerfield area sparks protests: ‘They shouldn’t be here’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/deerfield-area-ice-protest/
— ‘Immigration enforcement’ and ‘day care center’ do not belong in the same headline
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/editorial-immigration-enforcement-day-care/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal judge enters broader order governing feds’ use of force during immigration blitz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/06/judge-sara-ellis-operation-midway-blitz-tear-gas-deportation-campaign
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect and to reelect Democrat candidates and b) to defeat Republican candidates.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/06/watch-how-government-propaganda-techniques-portray-chicago-as-a-city-at-war-with-the-feds
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/06/parents-advocates-day-care-teacher-ice-arrest
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/06/minister-david-black-gregory-bovino-broadview-pepperballs-protest-court-ruling-sara-ellis
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Elgin resolution bans federal immigration agents from staging, gathering on city-owned property
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251106/news/elgin-resolution-bans-federal-immigration-agents-from-staging-gathering-on-city-owned-property/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois forbids outdoor cannabis farms. A giant weed company wants to change that. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/why-illinois-weed-companies-arent-allowed-grow-outside
WGN RADIO
— Federal judge orders Trump admin to provide full SNAP payments
https://wgnradio.com/news/federal-judge-orders-trump-admin-to-provide-full-snap-payments/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/06/ae/sanctuary-stories-combines-journalism-and-theater-to-spotlight-chicago-residents-response-to-immigration-enforcement/
JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat candidates promote more than just hatred against Trump, they promote socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/it-anti-trump-message-john-a-tures-21127545.php
COURIER JOUNAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans racists. To call someone in America a racist today is like calling someone in Germany a Jew in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Nazis ran Germany in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Democrats run America today.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2025/11/07/democrats-republicans-white-supremacy-racism-maga/86935242007/
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth, Moran Introduce Resolution to Recognize 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War. DD: How has the Vietnam War impacted you? I avoided the Vietnam War draft. Most, and at times virtually all, of my superiors were Democrat veterans. They blamed Nixon for America losing the war. They especially blamed Republicans like me who avoided the draft for America losing the war. They took their anger/hatred against Nixon and Republicans out on me. They stressed that if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967. b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new townhome in 1972, f) buy condos in downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976, g) earn an MBA in 1976, h) get married and buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, i) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, j) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, k) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, l) become a licensed CPA in 1981, m) etc. My Democrat veteran Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat veteran Firestone Store boss rudely fired me in 1971. My Democrat veteran IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education expenses in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat veteran GAO superiors forced me to take $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, etc. They used Affirmative Action to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-moran-introduce-resolution-to-recognize-50th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-the-vietnam-war—87969.cfm
POLITICO
— Judge slams feds’ credibility
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/07/judge-slams-feds-credibility-00641635
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-628/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-419/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— November 7, 2025
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=19fa91a7b3&u=7f97bb358e660a3d3fb24306a&id=bade2fe540
JOHN KASS
— Increased Risk of Schizophrenia in Youthful Users Is Another Reason for the FDA to Regulate Marijuana. DD: I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton. How has pot impacted you? A registered Republican voter in my precinct was arrested for pot. He went on to burn down his church in downtown Wheaton and then try to assassinate the DuPage County States Attorney. He is still in prison.
https://johnkassnews.com/increased-risk-of-schizophrenia-in-youthful-users-is-another-reason-for-the-fda-to-regulate-marijuana/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Has Hard Charging Republican Challenger
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/lahood-has-a-republican-challenger/
— Reick Dissects Democrats Mass Transit Tax Hike Bill and Reports on Other Parts of the Recent “Veto” Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/reick-dissects-democrats-mass-transit-tax-hike-bill-and-reports-on-other-parts-of-the-recent-veto-session/
— Marengo To Discuss Possibility of Metra Station
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/marengo-to-discuss-possibility-of-metra-station/
— Public Pressure Against Recapturing Property Tax Authority Supposedly Given Away after Passage of the Quarter of One Percent Sales Tax for Mental Health May Be Working
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/07/public-pressure-against-recapturing-property-tax-authority-supposedly-given-away-after-passage-of-the-quarter-of-one-percent-sales-tax-for-mental-health-may-be-working/
— 8.74% Property Tax Hike Sought by Huntley Park District
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/8-74-property-tax-hike-sought-by-huntley-park-district/
— Pritzker Beats New York City to Government-Financed Grocery Store
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/pritzker-beats-new-york-city-to-government-finance-grocery-store/
— Senator Sue Rezin Comments on Democrats’ Energy Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/13900/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Low-income and minority public school students are struggling, scoring well below average. DD: How much money did your parents have? My critics/opponents have always falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich, and that is why I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, get accepted by UIC, etc. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/low-income-students-16-points-below-illinois-average/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani in Puerto Rico for an annual conference of New York political insiders
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/6/zohran-mamdani-puerto-rico-annual-conference-new-york-political/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant truck drivers face bump in the road as ICE hits US highways
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3878423/illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers-ice-highways/
NEW YORK POST
— Why so many New Yorkers were swayed by the lies of socialism and Zohran Mamdani. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with Mamdani if not promote him.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/opinion/why-so-many-new-yorkers-were-swayed-by-the-lies-of-socialism-and-zohran-mamdani/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday, New Yorkers — by a slight majority, but a majority nonetheless — endorsed Zohran Mamdani and the proud, unrepentant form of socialism he champions as the answer to, as least as he presents it, all of their woes. “We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about,” Mamdani declared during his victory speech, an inversion of Ronald Reagan’s famous truism. At least some of the Big Apple’s lurch to the far left is attributable to the 34-year-old’s undeniable political talent. But there are greater, or — to be blunt — more sinister forces at work. Most insidious of all are two intertwined lies: that Americans today have it worse than their forebearers and that their wealthy peers bear the blame for their plight. Campaigning is the art of hearing people, and Mamdani heard New Yorkers better than anyone. They and their countrymen remain alarmed by the cost of living across a wide variety of goods and services: from housing, to groceries, to child care to transportation. These are real concerns that no voter should be ashamed of expressing and every politician worth their salt ought to devote their time and energy to alleviating. These justifiable feelings have been unjustly compounded, though, by progressives’ relentless demoralization campaign. Want to buy a house? Not in this economy, they say. Need health care? Good luck. Are you hopeful your kids will enjoy a better life than you did? They won’t. Never mind whether any of that is true, these claims are meant to discourage Americans into handing more power over to the government — and it’s working. Moreover, the treatment Mamdani and his comrades propose will make New Yorkers’ real problems worse. Instead of telling his soon-to-be constituents that they are the masters of their own lives — and trying to cultivate the necessary conditions for them to improve their lot — the mayor-elect’s message to his followers is that they have somehow been gipped. His celebration of his ticket to Gracie Mansion on Tuesday included denunciations of “bad landlords” and “billionaires,” as well the assertion, “For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands.” Blame games It is tempting to buy into the blame game that Mamdani has turned into such a potent weapon. To some, it comes as a great relief to believe that every errant degree they’ve pursued, every frivolous dollar they’ve spent, indeed, every mistake they’ve ever made can be chalked up to some successful person or entity pulling a fast one over them. And to hear that it is someone else’s job to get them back on track. But then again, this message — disguised as it is by flowery language, a remarkable faux generosity of spirit and seemingly optimistic utopianism — is actually astonishingly bleak. What Zohran Mamdani and his fellow travelers are telling people is that they live in a dystopia in which they lack the power to better themselves. That they’re being dragged down by anchors from which only the government can free them. And if they can’t do anything about their problems, why should they try? This accountability-free approach is alluring at first glance, but a shortfall of self-responsibility always leads to a surplus of self-loathing. Moreover, the socialist dream has been, paradoxically, kept alive by American politicians’ already pernicious spending habits. Contrary to Mamdani’s claims, the United States has hardly been practicing trickle-up austerity. As of this week, America owes its creditors over $38 trillion. Is it any wonder that voters — who have yet to suffer the worst consequences of the debt crisis — wonder why they shouldn’t receive free health care, child care, transportation and more for this substantial cost? Holding people back The charge is even more curious in New York, where the city and state enjoy ritual increases passed as a matter of course by its homogenous, left-wing leaders, who have saddled their constituents with countless taxes, regulations and union concessions — you know, the kind of malignant nuisances that actually hold people back. Mamdani wants to worsen the housing crisis with price controls; why not unshackle its builders instead? Rather than stripping gifted students of opportunities to excel, why not extend the offer to more? And if there are a dearth of well-paying jobs in the city, shouldn’t he be trying to attract, rather than antagonize, employers? The siren song of socialism always begins so beautifully. The extravagant promises, the dearth of trade-offs: It’s John Lennon’s “Imagine” come to life. But Americans had best plug their ears and look past the fog to the rocky shores ahead. Because they, not the bogeymen of Mamdani’s campaign, are at the helm.)
— ‘Tax the rich’ chant breaks out as Gov. Hochul takes the stage at Zohran Mamdani, NY AG Letitia James event
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-will-cohost-reception-with-ally-letitia-james-at-influential-somos-retreat-in-puerto-rico-as-gov-kathy-hochul-holds-overlapping-event/
— Long Island GOP surges as insiders warn Zohran Mamdani’s agenda has ‘no allure in the suburbs’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/long-island-gop-surges-as-insiders-warn-zohran-mamdanis-agenda-has-no-allure-in-the-suburbs/
— GOP senators push to deport illegal immigrant welfare ‘fraudsters,’ ban them from US permanently
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/gop-senators-push-to-deport-illegal-immigrant-welfare-fraudsters/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How Mamdani Won New York DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with Mamdani if not promote him.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/how_mamdani_won_new_york.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Why the hell did Americans choose a communist like Mamdani in the first place to put him up in an election that was a sure-fire Democrat win? The answer comes in two parts, beginning with the rise of equity in America. Equity is a sleek euphemism that’s gained cultural rizz for Progressive Americans who believe the future lies in a virulent form of social Marxism that’s cloaked in woke cultural rizz of transgender rights, social justice, equality, fairness, tolerance, critical race theory, DEI, anti-racism, white supremacy, and systemic inequality. It’s an expansion of Marxist theory, transformed by critical theory and postmodern philosophy, which connects with the emotions of those who suffer the harsh realities of inner-city poverty and violence perpetrated by generations of Leftist policy. Rather than take responsibility for the urban decay that undeniably spews from their liberalism, Democrats turned to equity’s neo-Marxist message, declaring that the suffrage in New York was the result genocidal oppression of America’s Western, Judeo-Christian, capitalist ideals (enforced by the fascist Trump administration) that created the endless inequalities of wealth, education, race, crime, incarceration, gender, sexual preference, patriarchy, and white supremacy that were systemically devouring inner-city New Yorkers. Equity was the only solution to end inequalities, because it would ensure comprehensive equal outcomes for all by imposing economic justice, tolerance, gender freedom, absolute sexual liberation, and anti-racism; it’s the last great hope of liberating humanity. Mamdani claimed his vision could deliver New York, which resonated with those who suffered from inner-city decay and despair. Equity has captured the minds of New Yorkers because it offers a new moral vision of “hope” and unlimited freedom, as a nation facing an existential crisis leaves Christianity in record numbers. People who need a new secular religion to replace Christianity were drawn to equity’s promise to bring justice and deliverance of a progressive and permissive post-Christian society. Everyone who suffered the oppression of poverty, hunger, incarceration, white supremacy, homophobia, and transphobia would thrive in racial and economic equality. They would be equally free to choose the lifestyle they want and the pleasure they deserve, all without condemnation. And the rich are finally going to surrender their wealth to pay for it all. The Left, and many in America, are buying in. It boggles the mind that this genocidal narrative that’s failed all through history has become truth in the uncritical mind. But the Left has abandoned reason for the post-truth world of emotions, a second critical point that led to Mamdani’s win. We live in a post-truth world where feelings and emotions determine reality, and facts and reason no longer matter. Today, the feelings, preferences, and desires that confirm our pre-existing narratives and cognitive biases define our individual “truths.” It’s the consequence of the postmodern movement’s quiet destruction of reason and rational thought, which has successfully undermined our confidence that truth exists and that facts, data, logic, and common sense accurately describe the world. Philosophers argued that rationalism could not intrinsically justify its claim that facts were derived from objective reality. There was no objective truth; facts were simply beliefs and opinions in a world of moral relativism. Postmodernism’s successful destruction of truth left humanity in a bind. People needed another way to interpret the world once they left rationalism behind. Emotivism, which argued that preferences, attitudes, or feelings determined all our value judgments, replaced truth and reason as post-truth became the choice of a nation determined to bask in the glow of its emotions. Today, the death of facts has liberated the world from the inconvenience of verification or falsification; “truth” is whatever aligns with feelings, emotions, and preferences. Ben Shapiro’s “Facts don’t care about your feelings” is a reaction to post-truth’s devastating effect on the nation. What happens when you offer equity as liberation to a vast number of people who have little hope of escaping the suffering and rely on their emotions to confirm predetermined anti-Western narratives? They accept it as reality without critical evaluation because a post-truth world doesn’t rely on the facts of failed Leftist policies. Feelings convince them that their suffering is caused by the racism, greed, and religious bigotry imposed under decades of Republican fascism. It is a perfect storm to resonate within the hearts of those who suffer generations of poverty, violence, and the loss of hope. This is how Mamdani won: his rise in New York followed the same path that brought Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot to power. They promised to rescue the suffering masses, yet the masses didn’t understand political theory or have the capacity to comprehend what Marxism meant for their future. Critical thinking wasn’t part of the equation; they wanted an end to their pain and suffering imposed by the heavy hands of the Tsars and the oligarchs of their day. They trusted anyone who offered deliverance from oppression and the promise of unlimited freedom and prosperity. One can hardly blame them, yet they suffered beyond imagination for generations. Over 100 million died and nearly all experienced starvation, torture, imprisonment, and, most importantly of all, the near-total loss of their freedom. We must come to terms with the implications of Mamdani’s victory. It would be easy to rationalize it as New York’s momentary loss of sanity, telling ourselves that the communist new dark age that tormented the USSR, China, and Cambodia could never happen here. But, as Mamdani’s win shows us, anything is possible in a post-truth world of pain and suffering. Even here in America.)
— The oath must come first; The American Experiment: Assimilation, Not Exception; The Oath Is Not Optional; The Danger of Disingenuous Leadership; A Call for Civic Renewal
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_oath_must_come_first.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I recently listened to a speech by Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City. In it, he unapologetically proclaimed, “I am Muslim, and I refuse to apologize for it.” He also declared that he would serve all New Yorkers. But the question must be asked: Will he serve as an American, bound by the U.S. Constitution and the principles of liberty, individualism, and civic duty? Or will he serve as a Muslim first, potentially guided more by cultural or ideological convictions than by the constitutional framework he swore to uphold?
This is not a question of religious prejudice; it is a question of civic integrity. The American experiment is built on the premise that public office is not a platform for cultural pride or ideological expression. It is a sacred trust rooted in allegiance to the Constitution. When one assumes public office in the United States, he swears an oath to uphold that document. That oath is not symbolic. It is binding. It demands that personal ideologies, religious convictions, and cultural traditions be subordinated to the rule of law and the principles of liberty, individualism, and constitutional fidelity.)
BLAZE
— What it really means to be a conservative in America today
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/what-it-really-means-to-be-a-conservative-in-america-today
BREITBART
— Speaker Johnson: ‘No Surprises’ on Election Day that Blue Cities and States Voted Democrat
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/06/speaker-johnson-no-surprises-on-election-day-that-blue-cities-and-states-voted-democrat/amp/
— Senate Dems ‘Unified’ on Continuing Government Shutdown Despite Negotiations from Republicans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/06/report-senate-dems-unified-continuing-government-shutdown-despite-negotiations/
— Florida Real Estate Surges as New Yorkers ‘Nervous’ About Socialist Mamdani
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/06/developer-florida-real-estate-surges-as-people-are-nervous-about-socialist-zohran-mamdani/
DAILY CALLER
— Here’s What Mayor Mamdani Can (And Can’t) Accomplish On Day One
https://dailycaller.com/heres-what-mayor-mamdani-can-and-cant-accomplish-on-day-one/
FOX BUSINESS
— Mamdani’s election is a ‘wake-up call’ for all Americans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6384766646112
FOX NEWS
— Trump warns of ‘communism’ following Mamdani’s win
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384762904112
— Key Trump ally jumps into New York governor’s race days after shocking Mamdani mayoral victory. MAGA star Stefanik launching 2026 New York challenge to ‘worst governor in America’ Hochul.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maga-star-stefanik-jumps-new-york-governor-race-days-after-shocking-mamdani-nyc-mayoral-win
— Karine Jean-Pierre calls Dems’ hesitation to endorse Mamdani a ‘big mistake’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384764332112
— Left-wing New Hampshire professor smeared Charlie Kirk for ‘white supremacy’ after assassination
https://www.foxnews.com/us/left-wing-new-hampshire-professor-smeared-charlie-kirk-for-white-supremacy-after-assassination
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Mamdani Begging for Supporters to Send Money to His Transition Team. Typical commie.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/mamdani-begging-for-supporters-to-send-money-to-his-transition-team/
NEWSMAX
— The left thinks illegals are better than Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsDBOinvug8
PJ MEDIA
— An illegal alien from Colombia who facilitated the illegal entry of her children via human smugglers into our country tried to hide from ICE inside a Chicago daycare.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/11/06/illegal-bursts-into-barricades-daycare-to-evade-ice-n4945700
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— With Chicago caught in ICE storm, school attendance takes a hit. DD: What percent of the parents of Chicago students are illegals?
https://wirepoints.org/with-chicago-caught-in-ice-storm-school-attendance-takes-a-hit-the-hill/
ABC NEWS
— Mamdani clinches the votes of young people, newcomers to NYC. DD: From what I see, the more of the following that Mamdani voters are, the more likely that they are: anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-capitalism, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and/or anti-those who have more money than they have.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mamdani-clinches-votes-young-people-newcomers-nyc-experts/story?id=127216885
(FROM THGE ARTICLE: Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist, captured 78% of voters under 30 and 66% of those voters 30 to 44 in Tuesday’s election, according to ABC News exit polls, conducted by SSRS. Among voters 45 to 64, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo edged out Mamdani, 53% to 47%. A majority of voters 65 and older (55%) voted for Cuomo while 36% voted for Mamdani. Additionally, newcomers to the city were some of the most likely voters in the state to vote for Mamdani, with 81% of those who have lived in New York City less than 10 years supporting him, the exit polls found. Along with his electoral success among younger and newer New Yorkers, Mamdani also earned support from 55% of voters who lived in the city for over 10 years, but were not born in the city. More of those who were born in New York City voted for Cuomo (49%) than Mamdani (38%), according to the exit polls. More first-time New York City mayoral voters also voted for Mamdani than those who have previously voted for mayor in the city, 66% versus 47%, the exit polls found. Greer said this accomplishment in gathering the majority of the youth’s vote was through Mamdani’s engagement in social media, along with the campaign’s clear message about working as a community.)
— Trump taps DEI critic to lead workplace civil rights agency
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/trump-taps-dei-critic-lead-workplace-civil-rights-127268150
NBC NEWS
— Mamdani vows New York will lead opposition to Trump in victory speech
https://www.aol.com/articles/mamdani-vows-york-lead-opposition-053807252.html
CNN
— New York’s new mayor is India’s pride – and a fierce critic of the country’s leader
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/us/new-york-mamdani-india-analysis-intl-hnk
— Democratic socialism, according to Zohran Mamdani
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/democratic-socialism-according-zohran-mamdani-220307351.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Mamdani Wants to Tax the Rich.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/nyregion/mamdani-hochul-childcare-tax.html
— New York City Mayoral Election Results DD: Mamdani got the most votes from those who are Black, Hispanic, renters, and public transportation users.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor.html
— Rent-Stabilized to Rent-Free? Mamdani Could Be Headed to Gracie Mansion. Five bedrooms. A ballroom. A full-time chef. The official mayoral residence in New York City could not be more different from Zohran Mamdani’s current home.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/nyregion/mamdani-gracie-mansion-nyc-mayor.html
— Anti-Defamation League Creates Antisemitism Tip Line Focused on Mamdani. The group, which has taken aim at Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani over his criticism of Israel, is facing backlash after unveiling a website where New Yorkers could report incidents of antisemitism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-monitor-antisemitism-adl.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Mamdani’s platform is the Democrat Party’s platform. Will Democrats run Mamdani for President?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/06/democrats-won-election-economy-midterms/87108313007/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Mamdani to promote more hatred against Trump. According to them, Mamdani won because he promotes affordability. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/07/trump-affordability-democrats-mamdani-cost-living/87128348007/
— Mamdani’s NYC mayoral win inspires hope among Ugandan youth. Zohran Mamdani’s historic NYC mayoral victory sparks hope and pride among Ugandans in Kampala.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2025/11/06/zohran-mamdanis-nyc-win-inspires-ugandan-youth/87136463007/
WION
— Mamdani Announces All-Female Transition Team As He Prepares for New York Mayoralty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY0bRphb0vs
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Take Mamdani Seriously and Literally. In 1932 and 1980, major ideological shifts lasted for a while. This century we swerve back and forth.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/take-mamdani-seriously-and-literally-192f1285
FORBES
— Tammy Duckworth Slams ‘5-Time Draft Dodger’ Trump. DD: How has the Vietnam War impacted you? I avoided the Vietnam War draft. Most, and at times virtually all, of my superiors were Democrat veterans. They blamed Nixon for America losing the war. They especially blamed Republicans like me who avoided the draft for America losing the war. They took their anger/hatred against Nixon and Republicans out on me. They stressed that if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967. b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new townhome in 1972, f) buy condos in downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976, g) earn an MBA in 1976, h) get married and buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, i) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, j) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, k) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, l) become a licensed CPA in 1981, m) etc. My Democrat veteran Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat veteran Firestone Store boss rudely fired me in 1971. My Democrat veteran IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education expenses in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat veteran GAO superiors forced me to take $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, etc. They used Affirmative Action to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsX-Ilp197s
FAST COMPANY
— ‘Woke is back’ on social media following Mamdani victory. For the online left, something shifted on Tuesday night.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91436255/zohran-mamdani-twitter-woke-left-new-york-city-politics-election
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES
— Who is Zohran Mamdani’s wife? Artist fighting ‘American imperialism’ Rama Duwaji, a Syrian-American illustrator, married NYC’s next mayor in a City Hall ceremony this year.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/who-zohran-mamdani-wife-rama-duwaji-election-nyc-mayor-dh6gl6mj3
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Mamdani’s win is a critique of capitalism
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/why-mamdanis-win-isnt-a-critique-of-capitalism/
— Who is Zohran Mamdani’s wife? How did he meet her?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/love-sex/zohran-mamdani-love-story-how-new-yorks-youngest-mayor-met-his-artist-wife-rama-duwaji/articleshow/125096898.cms
— Throwback to the lavish wedding of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/throwback-to-the-lavish-wedding-of-new-yorks-mayor-zohran-mamdani-and-rama-duwaji/articleshow/125143491.cms
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
— From unknown rapper to mayor: What Mamdani’s victory can teach the Democrats. Six years ago, Mamdani was an unknown New York rapper with four Twitter followers.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/from-unknown-rapper-to-mayor-what-zohran-mamdani-s-victory-can-teach-the-democrats-20251106-p5n8av.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Trump criticizes NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, defends ICE raids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnTWJnUYB6U
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— New Yorkers ‘fleeing’ after Mamdani’s win get offer from Florida sheriff; ‘if you are unhappy’
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/new-yorkers-nypd-fleeing-after-zohran-mamdanis-win-get-offer-from-florida-sheriff-if-you-are-unhappy-101762485267701.html
— Trump’s First Move Against Mamdani? US Prez Hints At Fresh ICE Raids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw_g2uYzG58
INDIA TODAY
— Trump to blame for Mamdani victory: Why MAGA knives are out for their hero. The MAGA crowd, Donald Trump’s support base, has gone berserk after electoral defeats in mayoral and gubernatorial polls. Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City is particularly stinging. Supporters are blaming Trump, saying his obsession with foreign politics and ignoring crucial domestic issues caused the setbacks.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/trump-to-blame-for-mamdani-victory-why-maga-knives-are-out-for-their-hero-affordability-shutdown-republican-2814826-2025-11-07
AUSTRALIAN
— Mamdani’s NYC victory is a win for the hipster intifada
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Finquirer%2Fmamdanis-global-intifada-stance-sparks-israelophobia-fears%2Fnews-story%2Fd5ca5145d0d402c7f33af72d32c52ace&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append
SKY NEWS
— Republicans urged to ‘get their act together’ after Mamdani win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZs5q60-hs
— Mamdani sounded ‘less moderate’ during his victory speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HREnyhPOpY
— ‘Big split’ looms in Democratic Party despite Zohran Mamdani’s win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrA110-9koE
— Mamdani blasted for jetting off to ‘luxury resort’ following election win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXaC4aQBMas
THE WIRE
— Mamdani: How He Won, What It Means and the Political Consequences
https://thewire.in/world/zohran-mamdani-how-he-won-what-it-means-and-the-political-consequences
FIRST POST
— What Zohran Mamdani’s win as New York mayor means for Hindu Americans
https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-nyc-win-lessons-for-hindu-americans-13948673.html
JNS
— Nearly half of Israelis would avoid NYC after Mamdani victory. Eighty-three percent of respondents believe the mayor-elect is an antisemite.
https://www.jns.org/poll-nearly-half-of-israelis-would-avoid-nyc-after-mamdani-victory/
— Tucker Carlson and Zohran Mamdani have a lot in common. Antisemites on the right are reading from the same anti-Israel playbook as their left-wing foes. Is this the future of the Republican and Democratic parties?
https://www.jns.org/tucker-carlson-and-zohran-mamdani-have-a-lot-in-common/
November 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Gettleman issues temporary restraining order against DHS for Broadview ICE facility conditions. DD: When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ice-news-judge-set-decide-not-issue-tro-broadview-facility/18115674/
— O’Hare, Midway among airports to have capacity reduced by FAA due to government shutdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-airspace-system-status-chicagos-ohare-midway-among-airports-have-flight-capacity-reduced-faa-due-shutdown/18119855/
SOUTHERN
— Dabrowski campaigns in Marion, calls for lower taxes and local control
https://thesouthern.com/news/dabrowski-campaigns-in-marion-calls-for-lower-taxes-and-local-control/article_50c9bd71-4163-5943-bc19-47d83b865551.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Amid A-list celebrities’ accusations that Israel is committing “genocide and apartheid” in Gaza, Paramount has reportedly created a “blacklist” of actors and actresses, determined to be “overly antisemitic,” “xenophobic,” or “homophobic.”
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/paramount-accused-of-blacklisting-stars-over-israel-comments-as-ellison-takes-charge-david-ellison-skydance
WGLT
— Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on drug boats
https://www.wglt.org/2025-11-05/trump-administration-announces-16th-deadly-strike-on-an-alleged-drug-boat
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE roils in courtroom — and classroom
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/06/ice-roils-in-courtroom-and-classroom-00639464
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— When Culture Overrules Christ: What the Virginia Election Reveals About the Black Church
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2025/11/05/when-culture-overrules-christ-what-the-virginia-election-reveals-about-the-black-church
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their operatives and their dupes glorify and praise their illegals. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Pays $500,000 Apiece for Forty Rental Homes in Madison County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/state-pays-500000-apiece-for-forty-rental-homes-in-madison-county/
— McLaughlin on Explains False Premises of Needing Mass Transit Bailout
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/06/mclaughlin-on-explains-false-premises-of-needing-mass-transit-bailout/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Clocks and soap: Gettleman orders ICE to improve conditions at controversial Chicago-area facility
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/5/judge-orders-ice-improve-conditions-controversial-chicago-area/
— Democrats brace for midterm civil war as ‘old guard’ leaders put on notice. Zohran Mamdani, AOC, Bernie Sanders promise generational and ideological revolution in the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/6/democrats-brace-midterm-civil-war-old-guard-leaders-put-notice/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ‘Socialism Is Not a Dirty Word Anymore’: Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Emboldens the Far Left. ‘This is a country that defeated the USSR, unfortunately,’ streamer Hasan Piker said alongside AOC, Jamaal Bowman, and Mehdi Hasan at Mamdani’s victory party. DD: My critics/opponents promote socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/socialism-is-not-a-dirty-word-anymore-zohran-mamdanis-victory-emboldens-the-far-left/
NEW YORK POST
— NYC Democratic Socialists of America ‘army’ takes credit for Zohran Mamdani’s win, declares it ‘a clear mandate for a Democratic socialist agenda’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/nyc-dsa-army-takes-credit-for-zohran-mamdanis-win-declares-it-a-clear-mandate-for-a-democratic-socialist-agenda/
— Parents began planning to take their kids out of NYC schools minutes after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win. DD: My parents sending me Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/families-are-fleeing-nyc-private-schools-following-mamdani-victory-competing-for-coveted-miami-spots/
— Florida sheriff invites New Yorkers looking to flee city after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election win: ‘Beginning of a new life’ DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/florida-sheriff-invites-new-yorkers-to-move-after-zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayoral-election/
— Rich New Yorkers freaking out after Zohran Mamdani’s win — but escape options are limited. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/business/rich-new-yorkers-freaking-out-after-zohran-mamdanis-win/
— Eric Trump calls Zohran Mamdani ‘crazy,’ says ‘we cannot allow’ socialism to spread countrywide at Turning Point USA event. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use Mamdani’s election to push more socialism.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/us-news/eric-trump-calls-zohran-mamdani-crazy-says-we-cannot-allow-socialism-to-spread-countrywide-at-turning-point-usa-event/
— Kirsten Fleming: No, I’m not leaving NYC because we have a socialist mayor — and neither should you. DD: I should write about all the things that Democrats and RINOs have done to get those who share my demographics to leave Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, my school district, and my precinct. But my ancestors have lived in Illinois since 1854 and I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my school district since 1978 and in my precinct since 1984.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/05/opinion/no-im-not-leaving-nyc-because-we-have-a-socialist-mayor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I work here — and for a great New York City publication. Dispatches on subway safety and city life don’t work as well from, say, a couch in West Virginia. (AI told me they have the cheapest housing prices.) The Big Apple is my home. I spent much of my childhood here and have lived in Manhattan for more than two decades. Most of my immediate and extended family are here. Every Sunday we gather in my aunt’s downtown apartment for family dinner. I don’t fly home for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I take the F train to my cousin’s house in Brooklyn. My family has been here for generations. Heck, my paternal grandmother was even stabbed here in 1961. (She survived, thankfully, and moved to a safer neighborhood in The Bronx. But you get the point: This isn’t a causal relationship.) Many tourists might see the city as merely a backdrop to film social media content or catch a Broadway show. But it’s also a place to maintain roots and raise families. And, yes, struggle to survive. I truly worry that, under Mamdani, our city — which is still emerging from its pandemic stupor — will be pulled back into an abyss of chaos and crime. I fret that businesses which no longer need to be here to remain competitive will leave and take loads of tax dollars — and jobs — with them. I also pray that Albany will spoil Mamdani’s plans for grabbing other people’s money. If all the sensible people flee, we are just handing over the keys to Mamdani — the pretty face of an ugly movement. He is a Trojan horse for the Democratic Socialists of America and their pernicious anti-Western agenda. His very dark victory speech, in which he lectured us on Islamophobia and boasted about big government, was chilling. Data shows loads of young, educated transplants voted for Mamdani — because of his pie-in-the-sky promises to freeze rents and deliver them all the trappings of success for a discounted price. If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell. . .But back to New York City: This place has taken beatings from fiscal mismanagement, rampant crime, disorder, feckless politicians, pandemics and Islamic terrorists. Now we have another foe: a smiling socialist. We must proceed boldly, with common sense and grit. And not cede this great city out of fear.)
BLAZE
— NYC’s socialist mayor will trigger a mass exodus of wealth
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/mamdani-exodus
BREITBART
— Chicago Activists Cry Victim as They Harass Immigration Officers
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/11/05/watch-chicago-activists-cry-victim-as-they-harass-immigration-officers/amp/
— DeSantis Jokes If Florida Should Impose Tariffs on Fleeing New Yorkers or Build a Wall
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/05/gov-desantis-asks-if-florida-should-impose-tariffs-fleeing-new-yorkers-or-build-wall/amp/
— Muslim Socialist Zohran Mamdani Lies in Post-Election Interview, Says Trump Is Cutting SNAP Benefits
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/05/muslim-socialist-zohran-mamdani-lies-in-post-election-interview-says-trump-is-cutting-snap-benefits/amp/
— Gettleman orders better conditions at ICE detention site near Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/news/judge-orders-better-conditions-at-ice-detention-site-near-chicago/amp/
— Trump Warns Socialist Mamdani Off to ‘Bad Start’ After Challenging Him in Victory Speech
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/05/trump-warn-mamdani-off-bad-start/
— Quigley Lies About Arrest of Illegal Alien at Chicago-Area Pre-School
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/11/05/ice-illinois-rep-lies-about-arrest-of-illegal-alien-at-chicago-area-pre-school/
CENTER SQUARE
— ICE, OK officers arrest 70 foreign nationals, half illegally driving semi-trucks. Those arrested from 15 countries, can’t read English. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/oklahoma/article_18283fdc-c965-45d2-ba5b-dd2345010e4f.html
DAILY CALLER
— ICE’s Newest Illegal Trucker Crackdown Nets Wide Cast Of Characters From Across The World. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/05/ice-busts-illegal-truckers-in-oklahoma/
— ‘Angry Mamdani’: Socialist Mayor-To-Be Braces For Harsh Reality Check
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/06/zohran-mamdani-mayor-victory-speech-andrew-cuomo-analysts/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump calls Miami a ‘refuge’ for those fleeing NYC ‘communism’ under new Mamdani leadership. President warns of ‘economic nightmare’ as 34-year-old democratic socialist wins Big Apple mayoral contest. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Miami to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/trump-calls-miami-refuge-those-fleeing-nyc-communism-under-new-mamdani-leadership
— NYC election fears drive $100M+ Florida real estate surge as ‘nervous’ New Yorkers flee south. Miami developer reports twice last year’s volume from New York buyers concerned about Mamdani’s platform. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/nyc-election-fears-drive-100m-florida-real-estate-surge-nervous-new-yorkers-flee-south.amp
FOX NEWS
— Trump cites 2 reasons for GOP losses as Mamdani, Sherrill and Spanberger soar to victory
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/2025-election-day-results
— Princeton hit with scathing federal complaint calling for probe into ‘unsafe’ and ‘unlawful’ DEI agenda
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-university-hit-with-scathing-federal-complaint-calling-for-probe-into-unsafe-and-unlawful-dei-agenda.amp
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Democrats Are Now the Party of Socialists and Would-Be Assassins
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/11/05/democrats-are-now-the-party-of-socialists-and-would-be-assassins/
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Sues Illinois Gov. Pritzker for Records on ‘Safe Haven’ for Texas Democrat Lawmakers
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-sues-illinois-gov-pritzker-for-records/
NEW AMERICAN
— Mamdani: NYC Will Arrest ICE Agents. City in Danger of Trespassing Multiple Federal Laws.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/mamdani-nyc-will-arrest-ice-agents-city-in-danger-of-trespassing-multiple-federal-laws/
— Stopping the Bleeding: Time for a Moratorium on Immigration?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/stopping-the-bleeding-time-for-a-moratorium-on-immigration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Morris, an America-first candidate running for the Senate in Kentucky, begins by mentioning Joe Biden’s open-border policy. This policy was calculated and has resulted perhaps 20 million illegals (maybe more) squatting in the United States today. Morris points out, too, that these people are unvetted — unknown quantities. Despite this, he writes, now: “Americans are forced to compete even more with illegal immigrants for jobs and housing, to have their children share our classrooms, to wait longer at the hospital, and to even have their lawfully earned, government-funded benefits depleted because of them.” Why is this happening? Because, Morris states, our politicians have ignored the problem or, worse still, he suspects, are “insidiously” cheering it on. Actually, he doesn’t have to wonder.)
NEWSMAX
— Gettleman Orders Chicago ICE Facility to Improve Detainee Conditions
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-detainees-ice/2025/11/05/id/1233410/
— 70 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Special Operation on Oklahoma Highways. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-illegal-aliens-oklahoma-highways/2025/11/05/id/1233353/
— DeSantis Asks Floridians How to Handle Fleeing New Yorkers. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/florida-ron-desantis-zohran-mamdani/2025/11/05/id/1233380/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— House Republicans launch battleground ad blitz tying Democrats to Mamdani
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5591149-republican-blitz-democrats-mamdani/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Democrats sweep key races in 2025 elections in early referendum on Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/election-day-2025-voting-results/
— Gettleman Judge issues temporary restraining order dictating conditions inside Broadview ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-temporary-restraining-order-issued-broadview-ice-facility/
— Pope Leo calls for “deep reflection” on treatment of migrants. Amid hearings about the conditions at the Broadview ICE facility, Pope Leo called for “deep reflection” on the treatment of migrants.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/pope-leo-deep-reflection-migrants-broadview-ice-facility-communion/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pope-leo-calls-for-deep-reflection-on-treatment-of-migrants/
AOL
— Here’s How Each Generation Defines the American Dream in 2025: Can They Afford It? DD: When I was young, I had the American Dream. That motivated me to take college preparatory courses in high school, get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a job-related professional license. But if I was young today, because of my demographics, I doubt that I would have the American Dream. I doubt that I could find the motivation to do what I did. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics.
https://www.aol.com/generation-defines-american-dream-2025-150114141.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Gettleman Imposes Restrictions on ICE Facility at Center of Illinois Protests. After detainees described squalid conditions at the detention site, a judge ordered the government to provide showers, water, clean toilets and access to lawyers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/judge-chicago-ice-facility-conditions.html
— Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California’s New House Maps. Republicans asked a federal court to block newly approved maps in California that were designed to flip as many as five House seats for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/republicans-lawsuit-california-redistricting-maps.html
— Mamdani Won. South Florida Expects a Real Estate Bump. Some brokers and developers in the region are waiting eagerly to see if the election of a democratic socialist will drive more wealthy New Yorkers south. DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/south-florida-real-estate-mamdani.html
— DD: To get more votes from those who are minority, female, and/or younger, Democrats and RINOs blame their problems on those who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Republicans file lawsuit to block Prop. 50 districts. DD: How gerrymandered is your congressional district? My Illinois 3rd congressional district is horribly gerrymandered. I should write about that.
https://www.latimes.com/california/live/prop-50-california-redistricting-election-day
USA TODAY
— Mamdani shows Democrats how to win. DD: How strongly will Democrat and RINO candidates follow Mamdani’s lead nationwide, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/usa-today-us-edition/20251106/281629606526007
— Democrats would be unwise to follow Zohran Mamdani down this socialist path
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/05/mamdani-political-views-democrats-election/87099018007/
— Mamdani’s historic victory will have a big impact on Democrats
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/11/04/mamdanis-historic-victory-will-have-a-big-impact-on-democrats/87093858007/
— Celebrating diversity, Mamdani’s election night party showcases a new coalition
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/05/zohran-mamdani-election-victory-party-showcases-new-coalition/87094744007/
— Losing a job doesn’t have to wreck your finances. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That cut my income by 56%. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151/year and my Civil Service Retirement System pension is $66,780/year. That is, my income is $86,371/year (56%) less. No one has ever had any sympathy for me for that loss of income for the following reasons. They believe that I was grossly overpaid and that my employee benefits were far too generous. They believe that my pension and my retirement benefits are far too generous. They despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees. They disapprove of/despise/hate my demographics, my conservatism, my fighting patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, my suing people who they pander to, and/or my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. They envy my having three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. They envy my wife’s income, our having no dependents, our having no debts, our having substantial retirement and other savings, the real estate we own, the vehicles we own, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/10/31/survive-financially-lay-off/86985596007/
DESERET NEWS
— Trump celebrates capitalism following democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s win in NYC. ‘I’ve been fighting to turn around the catastrophe we’ve inherited to make America the best place on the planet to do business,’ Trump said.
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/11/05/trump-american-business-forum-speech/
DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
— DD: My critics/opponents attribute their successes to meritocracy, but attribute everyone else’s successes to their benefitting from discrimination against others.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/11/problem-with-meritocracy-american-exception
FLORIDA’S VOICE
— Mamdani is the new face of the Democratic Party
https://flvoicenews.com/florida-republicans-zohran-mamdani-is-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Really Was on the Ballot. The magnitude of the GOP rout is a bad sign for holding Congress in the midterms.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/2025-elections-donald-trump-gop-democrats-mikie-sherrill-abigail-spanberger-f9729d9d
— Trump Has the Legal Power to Bomb Drug Boats. But Congress can stop it by constitutional means—namely by employing the power of the purse.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-has-the-legal-power-to-bomb-drug-boats-ca93541e?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
FORBES
— ‘It Leads To The Decay Of Society’: Mike Johnson Slams Socialism And Dems Supporting Zohran Mamdani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyEEyqOTUSI
OVERDRIVE
— ICE arrests 34 ‘illegal alien’ truck drivers in a second raid on I-40 in Oklahoma. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.overdriveonline.com/regulations/article/15771097/ice-arrests-34-illegal-alien-drivers-in-a-second-raid-on-i40-in-oklahoma
CDL LIFE
— DD: Trucking company owner defends hiring noncitizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://cdllife.com/2025/cdl-pause-for-noncitizens-is-more-about-immigration-than-actual-safety-says-bay-area-trucking-company-owner/?amp
WSJ
— Gettleman Orders ICE to Clean Up Chicago Detention Conditions. Immigrants are housed in ‘disgusting’ facility that doesn’t pass constitutional muster, judge says.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/court-orders-ice-to-clean-up-chicago-detention-conditions-4b74b1ab
FINANCIAL POST
— Forget merit — good looks will still get you ahead every time. Until legislatures expand protections to include ‘appearance,’ pretty privilege will remain alive, well and entirely lawful.
https://financialpost.com/fp-work/howard-levitt-good-looks-still-get-you-ahead
NPR
— Mamdani’s youth support goes beyond New York. For many, he’s now a national leader. DD: Mamdani is 34. He has a bachelor’s degree in African Studies. What did you accomplish by the time you were 34? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being a loser and a failure. In my defense, by the time I was 34, I had a) earned master’s degrees in business and accounting, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and d) became a licensed CPA.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/02/nx-s1-5531004/zohran-mamdani-new-york-young-voters
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander. DD: How gerrymandered is your congressional district? My Illinois 3rd congressional district is horribly gerrymandered. I should write about that.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/trumps-gerrymandering-war-stalled/684833/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— America’s top banker Jamie Dimon pledges to help newly-elected socialist Zohran Mamdani
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/america-s-top-banker-jamie-dimon-pledges-to-help-newly-elected-socialist-zohran-mamdani/ar-AA1PTQ87
TELEGRAPH
— New York elites flock to Florida after Mamdani victory. Companies concerned about city’s ‘anti-business direction’ move to Miami, described as one of the ‘new Wall Streets’ DD: What percent of those who flee New York for Florida to escape Democrat socialism will vote for Democrats in Florida? Overwhelmingly, those who fled Chicago for DuPage County to escape Democrat poverty and crime vote for Democrats in DuPage County.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/11/05/new-york-elites-florida-mamdani-win/
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Mamdani’s educational background
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/zohran-mamdanis-educational-background-where-did-nyc-mayor-elect-go-to-college-101762328133696.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As per the New York Assembly website, Mamdani attended the Bronx High School of Science. He graduated from Bowdoin College with a Bachelor’s degree in African Studies. Interestingly, both his parents are Harvard graduates. CNN reported that Mamdani was politically active in his college years. While at Bowdoin College, he founded the institution’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. He also joined Change Corps, which was a year-long training program for becoming a community organizer. However, he did not finish his term, quitting after six months. The reason for this move was his creation of a union within this organization, which, he thought, would have led to his being fired. Mamdani became a naturalized citizen in 2018, paving the way for his active involvement in politics. This has now culminated in him becoming New York’s first Muslim mayor, and one of the youngest to take that office.)
November 5, 2025
To defeat Republicans, those who are the following are ever-increasingly joining together: younger, non-conservative, non-White, non-male, non-heterosexual, non-married, non-rich, non-Christian, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, non-citizen, etc. Consequently, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for Republicans who are older, conservative, White, male, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Christian, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, citizens of America, etc.
What do your critics/opponents want? My critics/opponents want ever-increasing more a) preference for those who share their demographics, b) cheap labor, c) socialism and then communism, d) destruction of traditional marriage and family, that is, LGBTQ, e) abortion, f) mass/illegal immigration, g) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, h) abolition if the Second Amendment, and i) Affirmative Action and more DEI, that is, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois. If you are Republican and if you are not leaving Illinois, you should ever-increasingly take steps to defend yourself against Democrats. Democrats will ever-increasingly do everything that they can to drive you out of Illinois. They will ever-increasingly take away your voice in government, your income, your assets, and your safety.
For Democrats, politics and government exist to take everything away from Republicans and to give everything to Democrats. My Democrat superiors in the federal government took my career away from me and gave it to my Democrat coworkers. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire. They took my job away from me and gave it to my Black Democrat subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I has six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Aurora city council proposes ordinance to limit immigration enforcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ERWmshxKac
— Family of former Gov. George Ryan holding estate sale. DD: Since 2002, Illinois voters have punished Republicans because of George Ryan. My critics/opponents continue to promote George Ryan. I should write about them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/family-former-gov-george-ryan-191629941.html
WTTW
— What (Additional Gerrymandering) Efforts Could Mean for Illinois Voters
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/04/what-redistricting-efforts-could-mean-illinois-voters
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Illinois was so gerrymandered in 2021 with our congressional districts,” Tolley said. “From an advantage standpoint, there’s not more Democrats in the state could do to pick up more seats.”)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/opinion-immigration-raids-economic-impact-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/opinion-chicago-immigration-raids-whats-next/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly ignore/dismiss/downplay crime in their Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/david-mcgrath-chicagos-a-hellhole-my-weeklong-visit-verifies-its-a-lie/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD despises/hates/rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/11/05/pope-leo-xiv-trump-anti-immigration-ice-dale-bowman-smoking-cta-united-ceo-scott-kirby
DAILY HERALD
— Democratic Pols Kiss the Democratic Socialists’ Ring
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251105/syndicated-columnists/taken-hostage-democratic-pols-kiss-the-democratic-socialists-ring/
— DD: Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251105/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-helping-neighbors-in-need-join-us-in-supporting-local-groups-addressing-hunge/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/05/city/from-soccer-fields-to-sidewalks-evanston-families-grapple-with-childrens-exposure-to-federal-immigration-enforcement/
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/05/city/five-tips-to-effectively-record-federal-immigration-enforcement-activity/
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/05/city/icirr-eyes-on-ice-text-network-alerts-community-to-verified-federal-immigration-enforcement-activity/
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/04/campus/know-your-rights-on-campus-how-to-approach-interactions-with-immigration-enforcement/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Combatting poverty in DuPage the subject of League of Women Voters forum in Glen Ellyn. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/11/04/combatting-poverty-in-dupage-the-subject-of-league-of-women-voters-forum-in-glen-ellyn/
WCIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/federal-agents-have-been-active-inside-and-outside-the-citys-limits-urbana-mayor-addresses-federal-immigration-enforcement/
LOYOLA PHOENIX
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD despises/hates/rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws.
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/11/faith-leaders-denied-communion-at-broadview-ice-facility-for-second-time/
CITIZEN PORTAL
— DuPage committee backs plan to redirect $2.1M in small-grant funds to food aid amid SNAP uncertainty
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/6731701/DuPage-County/Illinois/DuPage-committee-backs-plan-to-redirect-21M-in-small-grant-funds-to-food-aid-amid-SNAP-uncertainty
— DuPage Human Services Committee approves weatherization grant, interpreter services contract and several budget transfers
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/6731691/DuPage-County/Illinois/Votes-at-a-glance-DuPage-Human-Services-Committee-approves-weatherization-grant-interpreter-services-contract-and-several-budget-transfers
— DuPage County panel asks state’s attorney to clarify ICE signage after mixed legal interpretations
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/6731379/DuPage-County/Illinois/DuPage-County-panel-asks-states-attorney-to-clarify-ICE-signage-after-mixed-legal-interpretations
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— How the blue wave will hit Illinois
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning Briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Illegal Migrant Truck Drivers Threaten American Lives. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://johnkassnews.com/illegal-migrant-truck-drivers-threaten-american-safety/
WIREPOINTS
— Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon Interviewed by Dan Proft on Pritzker Profanity and Illinois’ New Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-interviewed-by-dan-proft-on-pritzker-profanity-and-illinois-new-clean-and-reliable-grid-affordability-act-audio/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Tracy on shutdown, tariffs; state expands sanctuary
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_52517782-7776-45c3-bd7b-2b4d1b76f869.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Daily Herald Notices the Collar Counties Got Screwed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/11/05/daily-herald-notices-the-collar-counties-got-screwed/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani’s win in New York propels Democratic Party toward socialism. D.C. lawmakers distance themselves from the far-left’s big win.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/4/zohran-mamdani-win-new-york-propels-democratic-party-toward-socialism/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS and ICE arrest ‘worst of worst’ violent illegal immigrants as Democrats continue attacks
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3874280/dhs-ice-arrest-worst-of-worst-illegal-immigrants/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Zohran Mamdani Localizes the Intifada
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/zohran-mamdani-localizes-the-intifada
NEW YORK POST
— Immigration Crackdowns Intensify Across Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zpxsDGVIBk
BREITBART
— Judge Orders Bureau of Prisons to Provide Sex Change Surgery to Transgender Pedophile Inmate
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/04/judge-orders-bureau-of-prisons-to-provide-sex-change-surgery-to-transgender-pedophile-inmate/
— Democrat Abigail Spanberger Wins Virginia Governor’s Race
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/04/democrat-abigail-spanberger-wins-virginia-governors-race/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Socialist Mamdani Wins New York City Mayoral Race
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/04/socialist-mamdani-wins-new-york-city-mayoral-race/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats sweep high-stakes races in New York, Virginia, New Jersey
https://www.foxnews.com/us/democrats-sweep-high-stakes-races-new-york-virginia-new-jersey-more-top-headlines
LIFE NEWS
— Radical Abortion Activist Abigail Spanberger Wins Virginia Governor Race
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/11/04/radical-abortion-activist-abigail-spanberger-wins-virginia-governor-race/
— Global Abortion Company is Spending $2 Billion to Promote Abortion Pills Worldwide
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/11/04/global-abortion-company-is-spending-2-bill-to-promote-abortion-pills-worldwide/
— While Liberals Have More Abortions, Conservatives Have More Babies
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/11/04/while-liberals-have-more-abortions-conservatives-just-have-more-babies/
— Abortion Causes Mental Health Problems
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/11/04/researchers-tracked-1-2-million-women-and-found-abortion-causes-mental-health-problems/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Gavin Newsom’s Divisive Racial Pandering
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/04/gavin_newsoms_divisive_racial_pandering_153485.html
TOWNHALL
— Pelosi’s Losing Legacy
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2025/11/05/pelosis-losing-legacy-n2665961
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Mamdani invokes immigrants in victory speech: ‘This democracy is yours too’ DD: How much success will Mamdani have destroying America?
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5590163-zohran-victory-immigrants/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani celebrates New York’s immigrants. DD: How much success will Mamdani have destroying America?
https://apnews.com/video/mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-celebrates-new-yorks-immigrants-50aff889011446859a5184d83180b8dd
— Americans deeply divided over DEI programs. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.aol.com/americans-deeply-divided-over-dei-143147834.html
REUTERS
— Dick Cheney, powerful former US vice president who pushed for Iraq war, dies at 84. DD: What if America had never invaded Iraq?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-vp-dick-cheney-dead-84-punchbowl-news-says-2025-11-04/
YAHOO
— Zohran Mamdani, LGBTQ+ ally, wins New York City mayoral election and makes history. DD: How much success will Mamdani have destroying America?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/zohran-mamdani-lgbtq-ally-wins-024411681.html
— LGBTQ+ ally Abigail Spanberger trounces anti-trans Republican to win Virginia governor’s race. DD: How much success will Spanberger have destroying Virginia?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lgbtq-ally-abigail-spanberger-trounces-005523718.html
CBS NEWS
— Democrats sweep key races in 2025 elections in early referendum on Trump. DD: How much success will those Democrats have destroying America?
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/election-day-2025-voting-results/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Zohran Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race After Highest Turnout in Decades. DD: How much success will Mamdani have destroying America?
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/04/nyregion/nyc-mayor-election
— California Approves Redistricting Plan as Democrats Rack Up Key Wins. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/04/us/election-new-jersey-california
— ‘Unnecessarily Cruel’: Judge Gettleman Expresses Alarm About ICE Detention Conditions. Several former detainees described tight quarters, a lack of sanitation and little access to lawyers at the Broadview immigration detention facility. DD: When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/illinois-immigration-broadview-conditions.html
— See Which Neighborhoods and Groups Drove Mamdani’s Success in the N.Y.C. Primary. DD: How diverse is your precinct? My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton is extremely diverse in terms of household income and housing value.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/25/nyregion/nyc-mayor-election-results-map-mamdani-cuomo.html
— New Pentagon Press Crew Is All In on Trump. The Defense Department’s new press policy led to an exodus of traditional journalists. Supporters of the president have stepped in. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am not a reporter or a journalist a) because I do not claim to be non-partisan, b) because none of my four college degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license are in journalism, and c) because I am not paid for what I do. In my defense, I stress that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year and that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what reports and journalists do.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/business/media/new-pentagon-press-crew-is-all-in-on-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Mike Lindell, the chief executive of MyPillow and the founder of the upstart digital news site LindellTV, recently heard about the chance to secure a Pentagon press credential, he immediately applied for four. The outlet, which strongly supports the Trump administration and is known for promoting election conspiracy theories, already had accredited journalists stationed at the White House and in Congress. The Pentagon would be a perfect capstone, he thought. “We’re going to make them proud,” he said about the administration in an interview. It has been nearly three weeks since dozens of legacy outlets — including The New York Times, The Washington Post and the three major broadcast news networks — Fox News and Newsmax surrendered press passes that gave their journalists access to the Pentagon. They did so after declining to sign on to new rules that, according to many media lawyers, curbed their First Amendment rights to report on the military. Many of those outlets have continued aggressive coverage of the military from outside the Pentagon since then. In their place, a fresh crop of news media has stepped forward to occupy the Pentagon’s tightly circumscribed press areas, ones with a strikingly different philosophy when it comes to traditional journalistic notions about the fourth estate and holding truth to power. The Pentagon said it would not release a list of the outlets in the changing press corps, but The Times was able to identify a dozen of them. They range from widely popular right-wing podcasts to niche publications largely focused on issues like abortion, but are similar in their unwavering support for the Trump administration and the firm belief that ruffling government feathers is decidedly not part of the job description. “We’re there for the big-ticket narrative stuff,” Raheem Kassam, editor in chief of the National Pulse, a part of the new Pentagon press detachment, wrote in a text message. He called his publication “basically an industry mag/site for MAGA world.” Initially, the National Pulse’s eyes and ears in the Pentagon will be Will Upton, who worked in the Treasury Department during the first Trump administration and has been a frequent and vocal critic of traditional journalists, whom he has characterized as partisan actors. Laura Loomer, the influential pro-Trump activist, said in a post on X late on Monday that she would be joining the Pentagon press corps, writing that she looks forward to “breaking more stories that impact our country and our national security.” News of her accreditation was reported earlier by The Washington Post. Other new arrivals include LifeSite News, a Catholic advocacy publication, whose Pentagon reporter is a former aide to Representative Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican, and has been accused of making antisemitic and misogynistic remarks; RedState, owned by the Christian radio giant Salem Media, whose reporter was the communications director for James O’Keefe, the right-wing hidden camera journalist who founded Project Veritas; and Gateway Pundit, a site that often has spread conspiracy theories, which will have two military correspondents, including one who is perhaps best known for her work pushing for pardons for participants in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. David Schulz, director of Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, who serves as legal counsel for the Pentagon Press Association, said that the new rules amounted to an effort to limit what journalists could report and that the new outlets had pro-Trump leanings in common. “These new regulations are really not about national security,” Mr. Schulz said. “They’re about controlling viewpoint and content.” In a statement, Sean Parnell, the chief Defense Department spokesman, said the traditional news outlets had misrepresented the policy. “The so-called ‘journalists’ staged a self-deportation and filmed their theatrics,” he said. “We are proud to see the new wave of highly motivated journalists, who value truth, occupy the Correspondents Corridor.” Mr. Parnell had previously said in a social media post that the newcomers amounted to more than 60 journalists, roughly equivalent to the number of traditional reporters who handed in their badges on Oct. 15. A handful of outlets that had been in the Pentagon press corps previously, including The Epoch Times and One America News Network, agreed to sign the policy and have remained there. Mr. Parnell’s post prompted announcements from outlets that said they would be getting credentials, among them Human Events and the Post Millennial, sister sites that share a single owner and frequent contributions from Jack Posobiec, the well-known podcaster and Navy veteran who has a close relationship with numerous Trump administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “We repealed and replaced the press pool,” Mr. Posobiec said in a recent interview on Real America’s Voice, which itself said on X that it would be getting a Pentagon credential. Libby Emmons, editor in chief of Human Events and the Post Millennial, said she had requested four passes for her staff and signed the new Pentagon press policy. “There should be a place for reporting on what they are doing without always trying to expose the dark underbelly,” Ms. Emmons said. “And that’s part of why I said sure, I’ll sign your thing and come check it out.” Major Washington outposts — Congress, the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon — have long had their own press corps: packs of print reporters, television correspondents and their camera crews, who hover in the hallways and tag along with officials as they travel. President Trump and his appointees have often criticized the journalists who follow them on a daily basis, but until now, the administration has never gone so far as to effectively remake an entire press corps. “I’ve never seen anything like that, and it doesn’t seem to resemble anything from a team that respects an actual independent press corps,” said Eric Schultz, who served as a press aide under President Barack Obama. Ms. Emmons said she had received an unsolicited invitation to apply for credentials after the legacy journalists refused to sign the new rules. “We value what the press does every single day, but unfortunately we have seen a lot of the mainstream media continue to lie,” Kingsley Wilson, Defense Department spokeswoman, said in an interview that same day with Frontlines, a media arm of Turning Point USA. That outlet subsequently announced that it, too, would be joining the new Pentagon media crew. Several of those joining the new press corps live nowhere near the nation’s capital, even though the department’s published policies say credentialed correspondents should be at the Pentagon, just outside Washington, “at least three times a month.” Tim Pool, the beanie-wearing right-wing podcaster, said on X that he did “not intend to maintain a significant presence in the Pentagon” after disclosing that his outlet, Timcast Media, was also getting a credential. Last year, a federal investigation revealed that Mr. Pool was paid to produce videos for a company that was secretly funded by the Russian government. Mr. Pool, who was not charged, has claimed he was unaware of where the payments, which amounted to $100,000 per video, came from. Under the new policy, journalists could get in trouble — and even lose access permanently — for soliciting government employees to “violate the law by providing confidential government information.” Securing confidential information is the bread and butter of accountability reporting and has produced some of the most important journalism of the past century. There are few signs, however, that the reconstituted Pentagon press corps has aspirations to test the limits of those rules. Mr. Pool, on his podcast, said, “We are not an investigative news organization.” He added: “We do not have journalists meeting with sources in parking garages while they kick over a manila folder with secret documents. We don’t do any of that.” Mr. Lindell, for his part, said he would “follow the rules to the T,” echoing the contention by Pentagon officials that leaks — even of nonclassified information — are a threat to national security. “We would never do anything like the mainstream media does to jeopardize our country,” he added.)
USA TODAY
— ‘Disturbing’, ‘disgusting’, ‘unconstitutional’: Judge says of Chicago ICE facility. U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman heard from witnesses staying at an ICE facility amid President Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz. Detainees brought a lawsuit over conditions at the site. DD: When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/04/chicago-ice-facility-is-disgusting-and-unconstitutional-judge-says/87084772007/
— Do automatic car washes damage your vehicle?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/maintenance/2025/10/21/automatic-car-washes-harm-your-car/83388355007/
DALLAS EXPRESS
— Illegal Alien Households Top SNAP Usage As Shutdown Threatens Food Aid. DD: Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare.
https://dallasexpress.com/national/illegal-alien-households-top-snap-usage-as-shutdown-threatens-food-aid/
DES MOINES REGISTER
— Plans for a traditional marriage parade in Iowa town spark culture clash. DD: My critics/opponents reject traditional marriage.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/08/18/ottumwa-iowa-traditional-marriage-parade-culture-clash/85648677007/
SEATTLE TIMES
— DD: How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been destroying those who do not promote LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/more-americans-are-moving-right-on-lgbtq-issues-new-poll-finds/
FLORIDA POLITICS
— Relocation has consequences: Ron DeSantis says Florida migration helped get the left elected in New York, New Jersey. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had driving Republicans out of your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/764070-ron-desantis-says-florida-migration-helped-get-the-left-elected-in-new-york-new-jersey/
NEWS BREAK
— A former Paramount lawyer was fired and replaced by a black former intern because he was a middle-aged white man, a new lawsuit alleges. Joseph Jerome alleged in a bombshell lawsuit filed Friday in California that he was a victim of the network’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies that have since been scrapped after Donald Trump re-took the White House. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and replace me with my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I has six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.newsbreak.com/daily-mail-560402/4331515326195-cbs-fired-experienced-attorney-for-being-middle-aged-white-man-lawsuit-alleges
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/florida-man-attacks-h-1b-workers-f6e7a719
— D.C. Sandwich Thrower Goes on Trial as Jurors Hear of Mustard and Onions. Jury will consider whether Sean Dunn committed misdemeanor assault when he threw a Subway footlong at federal agent. DD: All my critics/opponents side with the defendants in the lawsuits I filed. I was denied my 7th Amendment rights, that is, my right to a jury trial, far too many times. I should about the lawsuits, the judges and justices, the defendants, and their lawyers.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/d-c-sandwich-thrower-goes-on-trial-as-jurors-hear-of-mustard-and-onions-70467a88
BLOOMBERG
— U.S. median first-time homebuyer age now a record high of 40. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 in 1972, I bought a new townhome in University Park. The down payment came from I had earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. In addition, during that time, I bought a new 1972 Corvette and paid for three graduate evening courses at Loyola.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-04/us-first-time-homebuyers-age-rises-to-40-on-high-prices-mortgage-rates
BLOOMBERG LAW
— ABA Expands Diversity Scholarship Eligibility as Suit Continues. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots on money. I would focus on those who do not share my demographics.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/aba-expands-diversity-scholarship-eligibility-as-suit-continues
FED WEEK
— Federal Hiring Freeze Update. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Because of Gingrich’s ever-increasing budget cuts during that period, GAO was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious about that. They took their anger/hatred against Gingrich out on me. I should write about that.
https://www.fedweek.com/careers/federal-hiring-freeze-update/
EDUCATION NEXT
— DD: My critics/opponents reject personal responsibility. They blame all their problems on those who do not share their demographics.
https://www.educationnext.org/whats-wrong-with-personal-responsibility/
POLITICO
— Californians approve Democrats’ anti-Trump redistricting push. The victory gives Democrats a boost amid a national gerrymandering war, while delivering a blow to President Donald Trump. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/04/california-redistricting-prop-50-passes-00635910
LGBTQ NATION
— DD: Democrat leaders point out those who falsely claim to be Christian and/or Republican.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/at-least-188-christian-republican-leaders-have-been-accused-of-child-this-year/
— DD: Democrat leaders stress that Cheney “received five draft deferments to avoid fighting in the decades-long Vietnam War.”
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/cheneys-complex-legacy-the-pro-gay-pro-vice-president/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Mamdani Stings Trump; ‘Look, An Immigrant Will Lead New York Now’ DD: How much success will Mamdani have destroying America?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/mamdani-stings-trump-look-an-immigrant-will-lead-new-york-now-full-victory-speech/videoshow/125104748.cms
— ‘Spent a decade but can’t speak English’: Indian-origin truck driver’s interview goes viral. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/spent-a-decade-but-cant-speak-english-indian-origin-truck-drivers-interview-goes-viral-social-media-users-ask-why-he-is-seeking-asylum-in-us/ar-AA1Oz7HJ
FEDERAL
— Zohran Mamdani challenges Trump in victory speech, says ‘NYC will be city of immigrants’ DD: How much success will Mamdani have destroying America?
https://thefederal.com/category/international/zohran-mamdani-donald-trump-victory-speech-new-york-city-of-immigrants-214775
November 2, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Local restaurants offering free meals to SNAP recipients who’ve lost their benefits
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-snap-benefits-november-wooden-paddle-lemont-la-grange-locations-offering-free-pizza-lost/18101012/
— Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike as sign-ups begin: ‘This will devastate us’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/affordable-care-act-obamacare-enrollee-sees-health-premium-spike-sign-ups-begin-during-government-shutdown-2025/18100578/
CBS2
— With SNAP benefits up in the air, Chicago charities and businesses step in to help
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/snap-benefits-up-in-the-air-chicago-charities-businesses-help/
WGN9
— What salary is considered ‘upper class’ in 2025? It depends on who you ask. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. In today’s dollars, when I was 49 years old in 1997, my GAO GS-13 Step 10 salary was $153,151/year. But to get that salary, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. I had earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I had earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://wgntv.com/news/what-salary-is-considered-upper-class-in-2025-it-depends-on-who-you-ask/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Boomers, or those born after World War II and through 1964, were most likely to say a salary between $100,001 and $250,000 is considered “upper class.” Thirty-five percent of the boomers surveyed, who are all at or near retirement age, said surpassing six figures was enough. Twenty percent thought you needed far more than that, deeming only a salary above $500,000 an “upper class” wage. Millennials’ answers weren’t too different from boomers’ opinions. About 37 percent of millennials surveyed (or people born between 1981 and 1996) said earning between $100,001 and $250,000 would make for an upper-class household. Meanwhile, the youngest generation surveyed had more modest opinions on what constitutes wealth. More than a third of Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, many of whom are just entering the workforce, said earning between $75,001 and $200,000 qualified as “upper class.”)
WBEZ
— In Chicago, a Halloween weekend of immigration arrests and violence
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/02/nx-s1-5594866/chicago-evanston-ice-border-patrol-protest-immigration-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/border-patrol-chicago-trump-ice/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget pitch blames ‘Trump Deficit,’ but Chicago’s money woes found elsewhere
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/mayor-brandon-johnson-budget-trump-chicago-money-woes/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mayor-brandon-johnson-budget-pitch-110000518.html
— Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/government-shutdown-home-heating-aid/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker dropped an F-bomb in his criticism of Trump administration education policies last month before Illinois’ largest teachers union. DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/11/02/pritzker-trump-f-off-video
DAILY HERALD
— Wheeling board could ban ICE operations on village property
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251102/local-politics/wheeling-board-could-ban-ice-operations-on-village-property/
HERALD
— Will County schools receive 1500 Spanish-language books to promote literacy and inclusion. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/10/31/will-county-schools-receive-1500-spanish-language-books-to-promote-literacy-and-inclusion/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump suggests Rep. Ilhan Omar return to Somalia after her video praising her homeland. DD: What percent come America to turn America into their motherland? What percent come to America to destroy America?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-suggests-rep-ilhan-omar-return-to-somalia-after-her-video-praising-her-homeland
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Dems’ Halloween Trick: Ghoulish Suicide Bill
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/10/31/illinois-dems-halloween-trick-ghoulish-suicide-bill
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘No Kings’ protests mock democracy, not defend it. Having lost at the ballot box, Democrats now try to win through noise, lawsuits and street theater.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/no-kings-protests-mock-democracy-defend/
— Gerrymandering, migration and political violence set the stage for America’s great unraveling. Political tribes redraw maps, rewrite morals and remove opponents until ballots no longer matter.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/gerrymandering-migration-political-violence-set-stage-americas-great/
— Christian colleges betray the faith they once defended. Liberal theology and woke politics have replaced prayer, repentance and fidelity to God.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/christian-colleges-betray-faith-defended/
— SNAP benefits in jeopardy as government shutdown drags into fifth week
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/snap-benefits-jeopardy-government-shutdown-drags-fifth-week/
NEW YORK POST
— Pervasive social-emotional learning brings Big Brother to the classroom
https://nypost.com/2025/11/02/opinion/pervasive-social-emotional-learning-brings-big-brother-to-the-classroom/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Kirk’s Vision Is Needed In Our Public Schools
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/kirk_s_vision_is_needed_in_our_public_schools.html
— How ‘Racist’ Was Pre-Civil-Rights-Era America?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/beyond_the_cotton_field_how_racist_was_pre_civil_rights_era_america_really.html
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Michelle Obama: From Princeton to the White House — and Still No Gratitude. DD: Things that I am grateful for include my being able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/11/michelle-obama-victim/
PJ MEDIA
— The Twin Problems of Illegal Aliens and Unqualified Truck Drivers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2025/11/02/the-twin-problems-of-illegal-aliens-and-unqualified-truck-drivers-part-two-n4945513
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— DD: Chicago Democrat leaders ever increasingly protect their illegals and their criminals.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/were-not-violent-city-chicago-locals-take-ice-block-by-block-2025-11-02/
CBS NEWS
— Trump says ICE raids “haven’t gone far enough”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-ice-raids-havent-gone-far-enough-60-minutes/
— Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says airport delays are “going to get worse” as shutdown drags on.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sean-duffy-transportation-secretary-delays-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers/
— Rising concern over government shutdown impact on economy, Americans personally
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-shutdown-impact-economy-personal/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Companies Are No Longer Hanging On to Employees. The practice of ‘labor hoarding’—holding on to employees for fear of not being able to get them back later—has reached its end. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted to get rid of me because I failed/refused to become a Democrat. They wanted to get rid of me more when I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They really wanted to get rid of me when I became an active member in class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/layoffs-labor-market-92a069c6
— Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It’s Hiring High-School Grads. Tech company offers 22 teens a chance to skip college for its fellowship, which includes a four-week seminar on Western civilization. DD: If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS in 1971. If I had not had an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/business/palantir-thinks-college-might-be-a-waste-so-its-hiring-high-school-grads-aed267d5
— The Growing Divide in the Rainbow Coalition. More gay people are speaking out against the gender ideology of trans and queer activists. DD: My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-growing-divide-in-the-rainbow-coalition-1128015b
FORBES
— Trump Immigration Rule Could Make H-1B Visa Holders Too Costly To Hire. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/11/02/trump-immigration-rule-could-make-h-1b-visa-holders-too-costly-to-hire/
October 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-house-minority-leader-hakeem-jeffries-brings-redistricting-push-illinois-sources-say-local-democratic-leaders-not-biting/18078389/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/why-hakeem-jeffries-wants-illinois-congressional-maps-redrawn/3844198/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-redistricting-why-hakeem-jeffries-wants-congressional-maps-redrawn/3844157/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1730889
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/10/27/illinois-redistricting-hakeem-jeffries-donald-trump-congress
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/editorial-ice-kristi-noem-immigration-enforcement-tear-gas-lakeview-irving-park/
— Dillard: The real consequences of not funding transit in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/28/opinion-illinois-transit-funding/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS lunchroom workers say wages are so low they can barely feed their own families. The workers, most earning $18.42 or less an hour, picketed outside CPS headquarters Monday. They’ve been working without a contract for three months. DD: In today’s dollars, the Post Office paid me $19.37-$20.67/hour to deliver mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, I was grossly overpaid.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/10/27/cps-lunchroom-workers-wages-so-low-they-can-barely-feed-own-families-chicago-public-schools
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Primary races emerge for DuPage county clerk, sheriff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251027/news/primary-races-emerge-for-dupage-county-clerk-sheriff/
— Primary battle for U.S. Senate seat gets real
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251027/nation-and-world-politics/primary-battle-for-u-s-senate-seat-gets-real/
— Palatine police defend officer who assisted federal agents
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251027/news/palatine-police-defend-officer-who-assisted-federal-agents/
KANE COUNTY CLERK
— Candidates List DD: Why hasn’t the DuPage County Clerk posted similar information?
https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/Elections/Pages/Candidates-List.aspx
SHAW LOCAL
— Everything you need to know for the March 2026 Illinois primary. This Monday candidates will start filing their petitions to appear on the ballot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/10/22/everything-you-need-to-know-for-the-march-2026-illinois-primary/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois U.S. Senate race adds 7 candidates for Dick Durbin’s seat
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-senate-race-new-candidates-don-tracy-21116208.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Indiana governor calls a special session to redraw US House maps as redistricting battle spreads
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-indiana-gov-mike-braun-calls-a-special-session-to-redraw-the-states-congressional-boundaries/
— Heated discussions at PPS board meeting on racist group-chat, board member comments
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/heated-discussions-at-pps-board-meeting-on-racist-group-chat-board-member-comments/11208295/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration says emergency funds can’t be used to keep SNAP benefits going
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-27/trump-administration-says-emergency-funds-cant-be-used-to-keep-snap-benefits-going
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-27/trump-administrations-strikes-on-boats-off-venezuela-coast-cause-concern-from-lawmakers
— Trump administration relying on unmarked vehicles in immigration enforcement. DD: The Post Office paid me to use my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, my 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and my 1969 Dodge Charger SE to deliver mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. IRS paid me to use my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air, my 1974 Dodge Dart, and my 1978 Chevrolet Chevette to collect delinquent taxes in the south suburbs and Chicago 1971-1980.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-28/trump-administration-relying-on-unmarked-vehicles-in-immigration-enforcement
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/u-s-house-minority-leader-jeffries-accelerates-illinois-redistricting-push/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats want to gerrymander Illinois even more than it already is.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/10/28/pressure-mounts-for-an-illinois-remap-00624394?nname=illinois-playbook
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party cried foul, saying, “JB Pritzker and Illinois Democrats have already gerrymandered Illinois to hell and back, creating one of most partisan maps in history.” The Illinois congressional delegation now has 14 Democrats and three Republicans.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-620/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm. I should write about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 whose opponents have put the results of their opposition research in the public realm. I would focus on those candidates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because I included links in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like. They believer that because I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, they have every right to tell me what to do and to destroy me if I do not do what they tell me to do. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do you know any federal employees? Do you know any federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 year. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. Federal retirees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as having pensions and health insurance subsidies that are far too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most. In my defense of my federal salary, pension, and benefits, I stress that while I was a federal employee, I used my own time and my own money a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) to earn a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Precinct Committeepersons Filing on First Day in McHenry County. DD: Why hasn’t the DuPage County Clerk posted similar information?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/28/precinct-committeepersons-filing-on-first-day-in-mchenry-county/
— Only One Challenge So Far to Five Incumbent Republican County Office Holders. DD: Why hasn’t the DuPage County Clerk posted similar information?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/10/27/only-one-challenge-so-far-to-five-incumbent-republican-county-office-holders/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_040d5f10-ffa3-49fa-9196-a4bfaddcf78f.html
— Illinois agency buys incompatible computer system meant to ‘streamline’ diversity efforts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1d388202-7dda-4687-a573-d94e12f1554c.html
WIREPOINTS
— New Poll: Big share of Illinois Dems say violence against ICE acceptable; most say Trump and many of his supporters are ‘like Nazis’ DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://wirepoints.org/new-poll-big-share-of-illinois-dems-say-violence-against-ice-acceptable-most-say-trump-and-many-of-his-supporters-are-like-nazis-wirepoints-quickpoint/
RAY HANANIA
— Saving the Republican Party and Illinois from the failed GOP losers who lead it. The Republican Party had strong roots in Illinois, but in recent years has been falling apart because of selfish leaders who are more concerned with themselves than with serving the public. DD: Should I write about those Illinois Republican Party leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately?
https://hanania.substack.com/p/saving-the-republican-party-and-illinois
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Offers Condolences, Urges Darren Bailey to Stay in the Fight
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/president-trump-offers-condolences-urges-darren-bailey-to-stay-in-the-fight.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3865632/black-lawmakers-hold-illinois-redistricting-representation-fears/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Obama Bros Described Hegseth Tattoo as ‘Dog Whistle’ Before Helping Maine’s Platner Fend Off Scrutiny for Nazi Tattoo. Platner, a candidate for Maine’s Senate seat, admitted to keeping a Nazi tattoo on his chest for nearly two decades but said he didn’t know the meaning. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/pod-save-platner-obama-bros-described-hegseth-tattoo-as-dog-whistle-before-helping-maines-platner-fend-off-scrutiny-for-nazi-tattoo/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/27/republican-redistricting-push-hits-gas-as-indiana-joins-party-1595735/
BREITBART
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/27/gov-mike-braun-calls-special-session-indiana-redistricting-tax-code-alignment/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Senate Candidate Graham Platner Denies His Uncovered Tattoo Is Nazi Symbol. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/21/graham-platner-maine-nazi-symbol-tattoo-susan-collins-reddit/
FEDERALIST
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/27/indiana-governor-calls-special-session-to-redraw-congressional-maps/
FOX BUSINESS
— Largest federal workers’ union calls for immediate end to shutdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2k6FZYo2nw
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says ICE ‘harassing people for not being white’
https://www.aol.com/news/jb-pritzker-says-ice-harassing-082654876.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Academics have long tried to have it both ways in claiming to support diversity and robust debate while excluding views that challenge left-wing orthodoxy. Now an influential academic publication is abandoning all pretense.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/so-much-for-diversity/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Richard Porter: The Party of ‘Whatever It Takes’: Illinois Democrats’ Descent Into Defiance
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/28/the_party_of_whatever_it_takes_illinois_democrats_descent_into_defiance_153455.html
TEXAS INSIDER
— Democrats Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel for Candidates. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://texasinsider.org/articles/democrats-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel-for-candidates
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democrats are really reaching into the bottom of the barrel in a desperate search for political candidates these days. The daily headlines have this column almost writing itself. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, we have the recent revelations of Democratic candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones, sending text messages to a colleague in 2022 wishing that someone would put “two bullets” in the head of then-Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates, Todd Gilbert. Jones went on to say that Gilbert and his wife were raising their two toddlers to be “little fascists,” that Gilbert was a “POS” whose grave he wished to “piss on,” and that he wished one of Gilbert’s children would die in his mother’s arms. He could be my state’s next chief law enforcement officer. Then, in the state of New Jersey, we have Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Michelle “Mikie” Sherrill facing questions over the circumstances of the discipline she received while a Naval Academy midshipman, which reportedly prevented her from walking with her class at graduation. Ms. Sherrill, who serves as a congresswoman from New Jersey, apparently graduated from Annapolis and went on to serve as a Navy helicopter pilot. Her military service was honorable, and perhaps whatever her infraction was — apparently a cheating scandal involving a number of midshipmen on an engineering exam — should not be disqualifying for the governorship. However, the voters of New Jersey are entitled to make that decision based on a full airing of the evidence. To date, Sherrill has refused to release her disciplinary records from the Academy, which would go a long way toward clearing the air. As they say in Washington, it’s not the crime – it’s the cover-up. As long as she refuses to release the records, the issue remains a cancer on her campaign. Ms. Sherrill had to have known that this issue lurking in her background would likely come back to haunt her campaign for governor, given the harsh light of a gubernatorial election in a major state. Perhaps her prior successful campaigns for Congress convinced her the Academy scandal was behind her. The opposition research, however, for the governorship of the Garden State, which has been hotly contested in recent years, is likely much more robust than the one in a less well-funded congressional contest. Another Democratic candidate for a powerful seat is in the glare of the Klieg lights. This time it is Bernie Sanders-endorsed Marine Corps veteran Graham Platner, who is vying for the Democratic nomination to replace the U.S. senator from Maine, Susan Collins, in that state’s 2026 Senate race. Mr. Platner was discovered to have posted a number of things on Reddit that haven’t aged very well. When you’re running in a statewide race to be Maine’s next U.S. senator, for example, it’s probably best not to have posted online that rural Mainers are “actually” racist and stupid, as the Washington Post reported Mr. Platner to have written in 2020. The Post also reported that Mr. Platner had described himself as a “Communist” on the Reddit platform. Now, I know that the Democratic Party’s “New Left” has taken a hard turn toward Karl Marx, but even New York’s radical mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, tries to distance himself from the Communist label. I can’t imagine that the denizens of the Pine Tree State are ready to embrace a self-avowed Communist. But things really veered toward darkness when it was revealed that Mr. Platner had the famed Nazi symbol of a skull-and-bones known as the Totenkopf (Death’s Head) tattooed on his chest. In what had to be one of the most disingenuous political spin jobs ever, Mr. Platner claimed not to have realized it was a Nazi symbol when he was in the Corps and had himself inked while in Croatia with some buddies. Problem is, Mr. Platner reportedly told a friend in D.C. ten years ago, “Oh, this is my Totenkopf.” Even Platner’s former political director, Genevieve MacDonald, who resigned last week over the disaster, said, “He’s not an idiot, he’s a military history buff.” Even worse than the political spin was perhaps the worst tattoo clean-up job ever, in which Mr. Platner had some shlock tattoo artist stick some legs and a dog’s head on the skull, now telling Vanity Fair the tattoo is “a Celtic knot with a dog.” Okaaayyyy… As my brother, Jim, hilariously said to me, it looks like a tick that was irradiated at Chernobyl. Get a lot of popcorn as the Democratic Party scrambles to field candidates over the next year or two. The party is in a bad way and scraping the barrel’s bottom. Several decades ago, I was an investigator for a prominent D.C. investigative firm that was hired by politicians to do opposition research on their opponents. One prominent Democrat considering a run for president had us do a self-due diligence of him in which I was involved. Smart man. Always know what the opposition can find out about you before the opposition does. Our client didn’t run for the presidency.)
TOWNHALL
— The Dem Maine Senate Candidate With Nazi Tattoos Reveals How He ‘Removed’ Them. DD: Candidates should know that their opponents will do opposition research on them and that they will put the results of their opposition research in the public realm.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/10/22/dems-finally-get-their-own-naziand-the-reactions-have-been-a-mess-n2665295
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action to discriminate against Republicans who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5574902-supreme-court-affirmative-action-colleges-universities-black-enrollment/
CNN
— Democrats not swayed by call to end shutdown from largest federal workers’ union
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/politics/democrats-afge-union-shutdown
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republican leaders for the high cost of healthcare. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly increase illegal immigration, and that ever-increasingly increases the cost of healthcare. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums because of my federal employment. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums because of my federal employment. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly make it clear a) that they despise/hate past/present/future federal employees and retirees, b) that they would never stoop to take a federal job, and/or c) that they lack qualifications for federal jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that federal employees are grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous.
https://apnews.com/article/health-care-subsidies-obamacare-shutdown-e94d96a8a837a5f7f681dc6893872d3b
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-voting-maps-congress-trump-2ba53ae1f492f8e293f0fa261604e8c6
MSNBC
— GOP blasted for abandoning federal workers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0UAYsXVa-U
— Largest federal workers’ union calls for immediate end to government shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents more than 820,000 people, is pressuring lawmakers as its members go without pay.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/largest-federal-workers-union-calls-immediate-end-government-shutdown-rcna240047
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-redistricting-push-hits-roadblocks-indiana-kansas-republican-126874363
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/opinion/immigration-enforcement-latino-discrimination.html
— Top Federal Workers’ Union Breaks With Democrats on Shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees, in a shift, called on Congress to immediately reopen the government without the health care measures sought by Democratic lawmakers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/us/politics/afge-federal-workers-union-government-shutdown.html
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. How strongly is this playing out in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/us/politics/trump-free-speech.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Largest federal workers union calls for ‘clean’ bill to end shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees is calling for a stopgap funding measure to bring employees back to work with back pay.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/27/largest-employees-union-end-shutdown/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Union Pressures Democrats to End Government Shutdown. ‘Both political parties have made their point,’ AFGE president says.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/union-pressures-democrats-to-end-government-shutdown-6028b2b1
MONEY
— Few ‘Quality’ Jobs? 60% of Workers Dissatisfied With Pay and Opportunities. DD: Those considering federal jobs who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that their careers will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 ($117,807)by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. It is called up-or-out, Affirmative Action, DEI, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://money.com/us-job-market-quality-crisis/
HARVARD CRIMSON
— DD: Ever-increasingly since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/28/editorial-harvard-admissions-data-socioeconomic/
PBS
— Federal workers union calls for end to shutdown
https://www.pbs.org/video/news-wrap-1761593289/
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot regain control of the White House, U.S. Senate, or U.S. House unless they gerrymander even more.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/27/democrats-get-aggressive-on-remapping-congressional-lines-00624231
HUFFINGTON POST
— Largest Federal Employee Union Calls On Democrats To End Government Shutdown. Nearly four weeks into the shutdown, hundreds of thousands of workers are furloughed and missing paychecks. DD: Do you know any federal employees? Do you know any federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 year. Federal employees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being grossly overpaid and that their benefits are far too generous. Federal retirees have always been demonized, denigrated, and condemned as having pensions and health insurance subsidies that are far too generous. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me the most. In my defense of my federal salary, pension, and benefits, I stress that while I was a federal employee, I used my own time and my own money a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) to earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/government-shutdown-democrats-trump-afge_n_68ff7da8e4b0fb1b951554fa
October 27, 2025
Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage Democrats to obstruct federal law enforcement officers. ICE officers enforce federal immigration laws. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DHS defends ‘crowd control measures’ in Chicago ahead of Border Patrol chief Bovino testimony. Federal immigration agents appeared to deploy tear gas during multiple confrontations this week.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activity-dhs-defends-crowd-control-measures/18074569/
— Video shows federal agents break car window, detain occupants in Addison; protesters speak out
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/chicago-area-immigration-activity-video-shows-federal-agents-break-car-window-detain-driver-addison-protest-held/18075050/
— Democrat protestors detained by feds speak out after protesters confront agents at Aurora school, hospital. DD: Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. ICE officers enforce federal immigration laws. I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-activity-us-citizens-detained-federal-agents-protesters-clash-outside-aurora-elementary-school-hospital/18075042/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin issued a statement Sunday about a separate incident in Chicago, saying, “On October 25, 2025, Border Patrol conducted an operation that resulted in the arrest of, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, who has previously been arrested for assault. During the operations Border Patrol agents were surrounded and boxed in by a group of agitators. Federal law enforcement issued multiple lawful commands and verbal warnings, all of which were ignored. During the operation, two U.S. citizens were arrested for assaulting and impeding a federal officer. To safely clear the area after multiple warnings and the crowd continuing to advance on them, Border Patrol had to deploy crowd control measures. “Our officers are facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, abusers, and gang members. Secretary Noem’s message to the rioters is clear: you will not stop us or slow us down. ICE and our federal law enforcement partners will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”)
NBC5
— Video shows federal agent break car window to detain woman outside grocery store. There were multiple people in the vehicle, and it was not immediately clear how many were detained.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-shows-federal-agent-break-car-window-to-detain-woman-outside-grocery-store/3843752/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Gig workers, street vendors and day laborers hit by feds in Chicago immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/day-laborers-street-vendors-immigration/
— Federal immigration agents detained two Aurora protesters who confronted them outside an elementary school Saturday, sparking allegations of unnecessary force.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/aurora-immigration-protesters-detained-ice/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/opinion-china-us-donald-trump-xi-jinping-tariffs-exports/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/27/opinion-chicago-arts-culture-free-speech/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What’s the Insurrection Act — and will Trump use it to send the National Guard to Chicago? As courts grapple with President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, he could invoke a 218-year-old law to send in troops.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/27/insurrection-act-explainer-trump-national-guard-illinois
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://northernstar.info/129349/opinion/opinion-only-gun-control-can-stop-gun-violence/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare. What percent are receiving welfare in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/snap-suspension-hits-hard-families-fear-crowded-pantries-as-support-vanishes-oregon-portland-trump-administration-government-shutdown-republicans-democrats-hungry-heath-low-income-families-children
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Federal Agents Use Tear Gas, Disrupt Northwest Side Halloween Parade. Two neighbors, including a 70-year-old man, were arrested after allegedly interfering in the arrest of another man by immigration officers, neighbors said. A woman, 67, was also thrown to the ground by agents.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/federal-agents-use-tear-gas-again-this-time-in-northwest-side-confrontations/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE targets Lincoln Park nannies
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/10/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-619/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MARK GLENNON
— RIP Democratic Party or America? Historic Milestone Passed as Majority of Democrats Now Favor Socialism. Let the reality of what the Democratic Party has become fully sink in. The consequences cannot be overstated.
https://markglennon.substack.com/p/rip-democratic-party-or-america-historic
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. According to my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), I am an abject unmitigated failure because so many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have been defeated since 2000. In my defense, I stress that I have never been a MTRO, DCRCC, or IRP leader. I stress that they are responsible for defending and advancing the Republican Party platform. I stress that they are responsible for recruiting the best candidates to run. I stress that they are responsible for helping elect those candidates. I stress that far too many of them reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Ted Dabrowski Turns Charlie Kirk Memorial Into Campaign Rally, Shouts ‘G**dammit’ in Front of Children
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/ted-dabrowski-turns-charlie-kirk-memorial-into-campaign-rally-shouts-gdammit-in-front-of-children.html
— Sunday Night Chaos: Reports of Drunken Intimidation by GOP Leader Tony McCombie as Grassroots Candidates File Petitions in Springfield
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/10/sunday-night-chaos-reports-of-drunken-intimidation-by-gop-leader-tony-mccombie-as-grassroots-candidates-file-petitions-in-springfield.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Sean Duffy to Withhold Millions from California Over Commercial Licenses. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to promote George Ryan. I would focus on the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me lately.
https://www.newsweek.com/sean-duffy-to-withhold-millions-from-california-over-commercial-licenses-10941523
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/arnold-schwarzenegger-ex-ca-gov-criticizes-nationwide-surge/
— Trump makes the war on drugs a reality. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/26/trump-makes-war-drugs-reality-boat-strikes/
NEW YORK POST
— ‘No Kings’ protests composed mostly of educated white women in their 40s. DD: To get more votes from those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/26/us-news/no-kings-protests-composed-mostly-of-white-women-in-their-40s-experts/
AMERICAN THINKER
— America’s crisis isn’t primarily about policy. It’s about identity. We have forgotten who we are. A nation that once understood rights as God-given now treats them as government-granted privileges. Our children are taught what to think, not how to think. Our politics has devolved into tribal warfare because we’ve abandoned the moral order that transcends party loyalty. And government expands in direct proportion to our spiritual poverty. The remedy won’t come from Washington. It requires recovering three foundational truths our Founders knew but we have forgotten.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/10/america_s_crisis_is_spiritual.html
BREITBART
— Western Union Reports Fewer U.S. Dollars Being Sent Home by Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/10/26/western-union-reports-fewer-u-s-dollars-being-sent-home-by-migrants/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘10 Woke Commandments’ New Book Says Americans Should Break
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/26/new-book-offers-10-woke-commandments-americans-should-disobey/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker claims you ‘can’t believe anything ICE is doing,’ suggests it’s committing ‘felonies’
https://www.aol.com/articles/pritzker-claims-cant-believe-anything-122442695.html
— Media slams Democrats for gerrymandering hypocrisy. DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384112343112
— Chicago mayor lashes out at reporter over ‘illegal alien’ term: ‘Racist, nasty language.’ ‘Well listen, the legal term for my people were slaves. You want me to use that term too?’ Johnson asked. DD: Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-lashes-out-reporter-over-illegal-alien-term-racist-nasty-language
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson erupted at a reporter on Friday after they used the term “illegal aliens” during a press briefing, slamming the phrase as “racist” and “nasty.” In a video posted Saturday to the official Instagram account of the Chicago mayor, a reporter asked Johnson about a report on city spending related to “illegal aliens” in Chicago that he was allegedly required to file with the White House. Johnson immediately pushed back on the language. “We don’t have illegal aliens,” Johnson said to the reporter. “I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message that you wish you’ve had… Well listen, the legal term for my people were slaves. You want me to use that term too? So, look, let’s just get the language right. We’re talking about undocumented individuals that are human beings.” Johnson added that he would not “accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.” The blue city’s mayor then shifted to discuss his administration’s spending priorities, touting his $16.7 billion budget that he said invests in education, transportation, housing, environmental justice, youth employment and community safety. “And we are going to challenge the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share,” Johnson said. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., then chimed in to back Johnson’s remarks, arguing that immigration violations are not criminal offenses. “It is very important that people in Illinois and across the country understand the immigration system is a civil system,” Jayapal said. “Undocumented presence in the United States is not a criminal offense. And so thank you for the clarification on language.” Johnson has previously been outspoken in his defense of Chicago’s immigration policies and in his criticism of President Donald Trump’s approach to crime and border enforcement. Last month, the Chicago mayor delivered a fiery news conference condemning Trump’s crackdown on crime. “Jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness that has not led to safe communities,” Johnson said at the time. Last week, three illegal immigrants and six U.S. citizens were arrested in the Chicago area in what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) dubbed “one of the most violent days” of Operation Midway Blitz. Operation Midway Blitz was launched last month in honor of Katie Abraham, who was killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run allegedly caused by Julio Cucul-Bol, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala. DHS stated the goal of the operation was to “target criminal illegal aliens terrorizing Americans in sanctuary Illinois.” The Chicago mayor’s office and Rep. Pramila Jayapal did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.)
JONATHAN TURLEY
— California and Chicago Move Toward Taxation Armageddon
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/10/26/california-and-chicago-move-toward-taxation-armageddon/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Seattle Jail Hires Illegal Aliens as Corrections Officers in Defiance of State Law, Vows to Fight Ban. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens are far easier to exploit.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/seattle-jail-hires-illegal-aliens-as-corrections-officers-in-defiance-of-state-law-vows-to-fight-ban
NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/10/26/cbss-brennan-meekly-allows-rep-jeffries-defend-dem-gerrymandering
POST MILLENNIAL
— Seattle LGBTQ activist who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination files for protective order against journalist who exposed him. DD: My critics/opponents who do not like articles that I link to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do not take adverse actions against those who post those articles. Instead, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, the articles they do not like, and the adverse actions they had their operatives and dupes take against me.
https://thepostmillennial.com/seattle-lgbtq-commissioner-files-harassment-order-against-journalist-who-exposed-his-comments-celebrating-charlie-kirks-assassination
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS
— Democrats ask Noem for ICE recruitment data after agency lowers hiring standards. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://san.com/cc/democrats-ask-noem-for-ice-recruitment-data-after-agency-lowers-hiring-standards/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In August, Noem announced she is waiving age limits to join ICE. Previously, new hires had to be between 21 and 40 years old. Durbin said he is also concerned about other changes, like shortening the training program by five weeks and removing the Spanish language requirement. ICE is offering incentives, including $50,000 signing bonuses, student loan payment assistance, higher pay, extra overtime and enhanced retirement benefits. Durbin sees that as a draw for people who may not be as well qualified. “I’m very concerned that people are jumping at a $50,000 bonus. Would I take a job in a county in Illinois for $50,000?” Durbin said. “It’s an incentive for people to sign up who may not have a good record.” ICE said it is searching for patriotic Americans, “to arrest murderers, pedophiles, gang members, rapists, and other criminal illegal aliens from America’s streets.”)
TRANSPORTATION TODAY
— Legislation to establish English proficiency test for CDL introduced. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to promote George Ryan. I would focus on the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me lately.
https://transportationtodaynews.com/news/36569-legislation-to-establish-english-proficiency-test-for-cdl-introduced/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trumps-redistricting-push-hits-roadblocks-indiana-kansas-republican-126874363
NBC NEWS
— Transportation secretary Sean Duffy says he will pull $160M from California over noncitizen truck licenses. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens are far easier to exploit.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/transportation-secretary-pull-160m-california-noncitizen-truck-license-rcna239962
AOL
— Trump Declares ‘Armed Conflict’ With Drug Cartels, Labeling Them ‘Unlawful Combatants’ DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-declares-armed-conflict-drug-213807833.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘No Idea How Long People Can Hold Out’: Federal Workers Feel Brunt of Shutdown. As more than one million government employees go without pay, many are turning to side jobs and food banks to make ends meet. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/politics/federal-workers-shutdown-pay.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/business/india-labor-mobility-migration-germany-japan.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/26/gerrymandering-virginia-california-texas-prop50/
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/24/trump-venezuela-maduro-cartels-war-terror/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Left Attacks the Rule of Law. Antifa terrorists, gang members and rioters are endangering federal officers in American cities. DD: I enforced federal tax laws as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-left-attacks-the-rule-of-law-bc1dedb1
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump awarded my friend Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom this month. As a country, we need to honor Charlie’s memory, face some hard facts and take action. Before it’s too late. Charlie’s assassination forced Americans to confront a dark truth: Leftist extremists are waging war on the rule of law, liberty and our way of life. Terrorists, gang members and rioters routinely attack federal law-enforcement officers working to reimpose order after years of chaos under the Biden administration. Our officers have been shot at and assaulted. They have faced death threats, doxxing and confrontations at their homes. Spotter networks in Chicago linked to street gangs and Mexican cartels track the movements of officers for Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, relaying locations and enabling ambushes during routine enforcement operations. This month a member of the Latin Kings gang was charged with putting a bounty on the life of Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino. The illegal alien charged with placing that bounty was arrested, has pleaded not guilty, and will face justice. The incident shows the enormous risk law-enforcement officers face to make our cities safe again. A self-styled anarchist website in Portland, Ore., encouraged supporters to use high-powered laser pointers to bring down federal helicopters in the area. In Dallas an anti-ICE terrorist opened fire on an ICE facility intending to kill officers. Instead, he killed two detainees. In Alvarado, Texas, Antifa terrorists ambushed ICE officers at a detention facility, wounding a local police officer in the neck. Despite all this, pro-crime politicians seem intent on dismissing the violence, even encouraging it by stripping protections from law-enforcement officers. That is why our officers wear masks. Protecting their identity is one way to prevent bad actors from targeting their homes and threatening their families. Some politicians want to deprive officers of this protection, knowing that doing so puts their lives in grave danger. They tell local police to stand down while federal law-enforcement officers fight for their lives. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law purporting to ban federal law enforcement from wearing masks on duty. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has threatened federal officers with prosecution for enforcing immigration law. Antifa continues its attacks on law enforcement and innocent civilians in Portland, while city “leaders” hamstring the local police. I met with Portland Mayor Keith Wilson last month to request more security measures for our law-enforcement officers who have been under attack for months in his city. Mr. Wilson responded by publishing an op-ed attacking federal law-enforcement officers for doing the job he refuses to do.)
— How to Squeeze the Most From the New SALT Cap. DD: Ever since I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. Since 1972, they have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemized and even more furious since 1978 that my wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/salt-cap-tax-deduction-guide-05756b47
— The Economy That’s Great for Parents, Lousy for Their Grown-Up Kids. Many older Americans are financially comfortable, but they worry their adult children won’t achieve the same kind of economic stability. DD: I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother had never worked outside the home. After I graduated from NIU in 1970, I helped support my mother and brother until September of 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/old-young-economic-divide-7a5203f0
EFFECTIVENESS ACADEMY
— How to Measure the Impact of Your Actions. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. According to my critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), I am an abject unmitigated failure because so many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have been defeated since 2000. In my defense, I stress that I have never been a MTRO, DCRCC, or IRP leader. I stress that they are responsible for defending and advancing the Republican Party platform. I stress that they are responsible for recruiting the best candidates to run. I stress that they are responsible for helping elect those candidates. I stress that far too many of them reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about those IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.effectiveness-academy.com/blog/measure-the-impact-of-your-actions
WEEK
— The pros and cons of Affirmative Action (AA). Even before the Supreme Court struck it down, AA was a highly divisive practice. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used AA get rid of Republicans. My critics/opponents have always used AA against me big time. I should write about my critics/opponents and how they have used AA against me.
https://theweek.com/news/society/958504/pros-and-cons-of-affirmative-action
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
— Your rights as a federal employee: Due process, adverse actions and union representation. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) give me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, or f) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://ourpublicservice.org/blog/your-rights-as-a-federal-employee-due-process-adverse-actions-and-union-representation-federal-employee-explainer-series-webinar/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Due process protects federal employees’ right to fair procedures in personnel matters. It generally means employees get written notice of a proposed action and a chance to respond. Adverse actions—specific personnel actions like suspensions, pay cuts or removals—trigger these due process rights, which ensure fairness in the workplace and protect employees from undue harm or discrimination.)
LUMINA FOUNDATION
— America is slipping in higher education. The slide starts long before college. American students are less likely to complete college on time, and more likely to leave school burdened by debt without a degree. DD: I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Because of much higher college costs today, I doubt that I could do that today if I was young today. Further, I doubt that I could buy the cars that I did. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with the money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 with the money I earned delivering mail for 13 months. I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE with the money I earned delivering mail for 12 months.
https://www.luminafoundation.org/news-and-views/america-is-slipping-in-higher-education-the-slide-starts-long-before-college/
REASON
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/26/why-fentanyl-smuggling-isnt-war-and-cannot-justify-extrajudicial-killing/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-real-target-of-trumps-war-on-drug-boats
BLACK ENTERPRISE
— Spike Lee Urges African Americans To ‘Come Back To The Motherland’ In Africa. DD: I am 100% German American. In my defense, I have always stressed a) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, b) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and c) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/spike-lee-african-americans-motherland-benin-africa/
SALON
— DD: Every day Democrat leaders make it more clear that they have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans and that their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.salon.com/2025/10/26/trumps-deportation-raids-ensnare-chicagos-everyday-workers/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIST
— DD: Democrats and Libertarians ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. DD: One reason why I was able to do the following was my never using illegal drugs: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/10/23/donald-trump-has-turned-the-war-on-drugs-into-a-real-war
October 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago police find themselves in difficult spots as wave of federal immigration enforcement continues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/26/cpd-federal-immigration-enforcement/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly not only protect, but glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/federal-arrest-man-naperville-apartment-sons/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Naperville City council OKs its Special Events and Community Arts program review after McBroom raises concerns about nonprofits’ political advocacy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/naperville-staff-review-seca-mcbroom/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/heidi-stevens-jose-olivarez/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville named second safest city in America for trick-or-treating. DD: Yesterday, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville hosted an outstanding major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners opened their doors. The event drew more than 400 children.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/naperville-safest-trick-treating-us/
DAILY HERALD
— Aurora mayor investigating feds’ arrest of protester
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251025/news/aurora-mayor-investigating-feds-arrest-of-protester/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s spat with McCombie reveals high tension of our time
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-governors-spat-with-gop-leader-reveals-high-tension-of-our-time/article_46a71827-5ce8-479b-b439-63163769bac9.html
MY RADIO LINK
— Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Hosts the 2025 Midwest Occupational Licensing Summit. DD: I became the only licensed CPA in GAO’s Chicago Office when I was 32 years old in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or younger. They had previously ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) my earning an MBA in 1976, and e) my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year in today’s dollars. They ignored, dismissed, and belittled the aforesaid because the Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger coworkers who they wanted to promote over me lacked the aforesaid.
https://www.myradiolink.com/2025/10/25/idfpr-hosts-the-2025-midwest-occupational-licensing-summit/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are retired and if you had retired later than you did, what would you have not done? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I was not eligible for regular retirement when was 55 in 2003. If I had not retired until 2003, I would not have filed a lawsuit against GAO in 1998. I would not have become a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999. I would not have become the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2000. I would not have attended the Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield as a delegate in 2000. I would not have become the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. I would not have served on the MTRO Oktoberfest fundraiser committees in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. I would not have become a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Director in 2000. I would not have become an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter Board Member in 2001. I would not have become Pat O’Malley’s gubernatorial primary campaign coordinator for Milton Township in 2001. I would not have become an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2003. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal alien charged in death of three failed CDL test 10 times, English proficiency misrepresented. DD: This harkens back to George Ryan.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/illegal-alien-charged-in-death-of-three-failed-cdl-test-10-times-english-proficiency-misrepresented-1595425/
— Seattle’s King County Jail illegally hired non-citizens, refuses to terminate them. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/seattles-king-county-jail-illegally-hired-non-citizens-refuses-to-terminate-them-report-1595365/
DAILY CALLER
— We Need To Defeat Socialism In NYC. How Did We Get Here?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/25/opinion-we-need-to-defeat-socialism-in-nyc-how-did-we-get-here-virginia-prodan/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason Behind Democrats’ Government Shutdown
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/24/the-democrats-are-stuck-in-a-shutdown-doom-loop/
— California University Drops Race-Based Scholarship in Big Blow to DEI. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. During my junior and senior years in high school, I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/25/california-school-drops-race-based-scholarship-big-blow-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Spazzes Out Over ‘Racist’ Term ‘Illegal Alien’ “The last thing that I’m going to do is accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-spazzes-out-over-racist-term-illegal-alien
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, unloaded on a reporter for asking about illegal aliens, which is a legal term for a person who is illegally in America. Johnson called the term “racist” and sarcastically suggested that he should also call black people “slaves.” The reporter asked Johnson about his apparent refusal to file a report to the White House detailing his city’s spending on illegal aliens. “What has happened with that?” the reporter asked. “We don’t have illegal aliens,” Johnson told the reporter while shaking his head. “I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message for which you’ve had.” When the reporter explained that he was merely using a legal term for a person illegally in the country, Johnson made a comparison to slavery. “Listen, the legal term for my people were slaves,” the Democrat said. “You want me to use that term, too?” “Let’s just get the language right,” the mayor continued. “We’re talking about undocumented individuals that are human beings. The last thing that I’m going to do is accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.” Johnson posted the moment to his Instagram account on Saturday and captioned the post, “This isn’t a sci-fi show. These are human beings. We will not abandon our humanity to score cheap political points.” Johnson has made it a priority to limit the ability of federal law enforcement to detain people who are in the country illegally. Earlier this month, for example, he signed an executive order to create “ICE free zones” in Chicago, which is already a sanctuary city, The Daily Wire previously reported.)
FOX NEWS
— Democrat rhetoric fueling attacks on ICE agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384027037112
— ‘No Kings’ protests largely comprised of people from one demographic. At last weekend’s “No Kings” protest in Washington, D.C., inflatable chickens bobbed above a crowd that, according to demographic research, was made up mostly of educated White women in their 40s.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/no-kings-protests-largely-comprised-people-from-one-demographic-experts
— Democrats ‘Demonize’ ICE Agents As ‘Nazis’ and ‘Gestapo’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trump-ice-chief-fox-dems-195605927.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Deports Guatemalan Illegal Alien Despite Defiance From Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/chicago-ice-deports-guatemalan-illegal-alien-despite-defiance-from-mayor-johnson-and-gov-pritzker
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Wokeness is Feminization
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/10/helen-andrews-wokeness-is-feminization/
NEW AMERICAN
— “Woke Is Dead”? In Reality, the Monster Looms, Waiting to Deliver the West’s Coup de Grâce. DD: My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, they promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/woke-is-dead-in-reality-the-monster-looms-waiting-to-deliver-the-wests-coup-de-grace/
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— DEI Defiance at the War Department? DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/10/20/dei_defiance_at_the_war_department_1141969.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Harvard’s unblinking hypocrisy: Dean denounces ‘evil’ police, ‘whiteness’
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5572628-harvards-unblinking-hypocrisy-dean-denounces-evil-police-whiteness/amp/
AOL
— How to become a ‘sponsor’ at work and help someone’s career take off. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors forced the GAO manager to retire who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/finance/become-sponsor-help-someones-career-150029691.html
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/people-of-color-career-fair-happening-this-tuesday/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. RINO leaders not only do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform, they destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/moderation-strategy-democrat-republican-center.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/opinion/trump-spanish-kavanaugh-stops-language.html
— DD: All my Democrat superiors in the federal government were married, had spouses who had little or no income, and/or had children. They all decried the tremendous cost of raising children. They all painted themselves as being grossly underpaid. They all were envious/jealous of my wife’s income and savings. They all used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children against me big time. They all hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/opinion/pregnancy-birth-children.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/white-house-boats-law.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/opinion/trump-boat-strikes-office-legal-counsel.html
–Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/opinion/trump-diversity-culture-founders.html
USA TODAY
— After Robert De Niro called Stephen Miller a ‘Nazi’ DD: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that you should anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will call you a Nazi. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun-owner, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/10/24/stephen-miller-robert-de-niro-nazi-comment/86875292007/
DES MOINES REGISTER
— Plans for a traditional marriage parade in Iowa town spark culture clash. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote traditional marriage. Reasons include their being LGBTQers and their not being in traditional marriages. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, and coworkers were furious when I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978 because they knew my being married would help me immensely. They were extremely envious/jealous of my wife’s income and savings.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/08/18/ottumwa-iowa-traditional-marriage-parade-culture-clash/85648677007/
RIPON PRESS
— 16,000 semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship program. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. During my junior and senior years in high school, I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.riponpress.com/news/sean-kinder-national-merit-scholar/article_dde0fcb7-3216-4e54-8be6-7cceec8b6c78.html
BANKRATE
— How to avoid buyer’s remorse with your new home. DD: I should write the new townhome in University Park that I bought when I was 24 in 1972. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/buyers-remorse/
KIPLINGER’S
— Laid Off at 59. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they succeeded in cutting my income by $86,371/year (56%) in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $66,780/year (44%). If they had let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003, my CSRS pension would have been much higher. The many adverse actions that they had taken against me has made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/retirement-planning/i-got-laid-off-at-59-with-an-usd800-000-401-k-what-are-my-options
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Losing a job can be a devastating financial blow at any age. But when you’re older, it can hit especially hard. Although it’s illegal to discriminate against job candidates due to older age, it’s a hard thing to prove. And unfortunately, many older workers inevitably fall victim to age discrimination. That’s why a layoff at 59 can be downright brutal.)
GALLUP
— Personal Safety Fears at Three-Decade High in U.S. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/544415/personal-safety-fears-three-decade-high.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 40% are afraid to walk alone at night near home, highest in three decades. Worry about being victimized by specific crimes remains near record highs. Fear of crime deters most Americans from doing some routine activities.)
NEWS BREAK
— The Changing Face of American Suburbs Since the 1950s. DD: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I should write about the Democrat invasion and takeover of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://www.newsbreak.com/everyday-states-316335350/4312721687264-the-changing-face-of-american-suburbs-since-the-1950s
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Picture this: you’re driving through a suburban neighborhood that your grandparents might have once called home. But instead of the predictable white picket fences and matching demographics of the 1950s, you’re seeing something entirely different. American suburbs were first populated by white families in the 1950s, and their demographics remained largely unchanged until recently. In 1990, 20% of suburbanites were people of color. By 2020, that number had more than doubled to 45%. The suburbs that once symbolized exclusivity have become melting pots of diversity, completely flipping the script on what suburban America looks like.)
TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
— The IRS announced it is ending the practice of unannounced visits from its Revenue Officers. The policy change is due to the rise in tax scams and taxpayer confusion over verifying an IRS employee’s identity, leading to safety concerns for both taxpayers and IRS employees. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/news/nta-blog/nta-blog-collection-part-two-end-of-the-irs-revenue-officer-pop-in-visit/2023/09/
TAX NOTES
— A New Era: How Revenue Officers Went From Cowboys to Desk Jockeys. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.taxnotes.com/featured-news/new-era-how-revenue-officers-went-cowboys-desk-jockeys/2023/09/25/7hcqg
NTEU
— H.R. 1228 20-Year Retirement Eligibility For IRS Revenue Officers and U.S. Customs Service Inspectors and Canine Enforcement Officers. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I was a NTEU member during all that time. NTEU came to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers to get rid of me. During that time, my salary increased from $55,850/year to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.nteu.org/legislative-action/congressional-testimony/hr-1228-20year-retirement-eligibility-fo
CONVERSATION
— Four strategies to make your neighborhood safer. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://theconversation.com/four-strategies-to-make-your-neighborhood-safer-199550
MEDIAITE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors/champions of those who are citizens of foreign countries, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more hatred against those who are American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/gavin-newsom-rips-key-trump-vibe-being-anti-woke-is-just-anti-black/
ATLANTIC
— The Liberals Who Won’t Acknowledge the Crime Problem
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/us-city-violent-crime-rate-perception/661337/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
EURASIA REVIEW
— How To Recognize Critical Race Theory. DD: My critics/opponents promote CRT, that is, they promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/26102025-how-to-recognize-critical-race-theory-oped/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First, CRT is always concerned with some form of “racial subordination.” The main blame for subordination is not placed on anyone in particular, but on what are often described as institutions, systems, or structures. . .The second key indicator of CRT is the role played by “white supremacy” in explaining all political, social, and economic problems. As Lew Rockwell has observed, the Marxist theory “of the substructure, or base, and the superstructures of society” has been loosely incorporated into critical race theory to explain the role of white supremacy in racial oppression.)
October 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UArzAIw14Oc
NBC5
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/judge-rules-in-case-of-chicago-father-detained-amid-daughters-cancer-battle/3843328/
CBS2
— Federal immigration agents target North Side neighborhoods. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/federal-immigration-agents-target-north-side-neighborhoods/
WGN9
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ze_OQguc4
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/10/24/pritzker-illinois-will-never-back-down-on-protecting-reproductive-health-care
DAILY HERALD
— Elgin joins communities looking to ban use of their property for ICE activities. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/elgin-joins-communities-looking-to-ban-use-of-their-property-for-ice-activities/
— Batavia considers ban on ICE using city property. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251024/news/batavia-considers-ban-on-ice-using-city-property/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare,
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/10/24/central-illinois-foodbank-braces-for-potential-halt-of-snap-program/86859388007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— The new leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers says state lawmakers should consider raising taxes on the wealthy. DD: Ever since I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. Since 1972, they have been furious that I paid less federal income tax because I itemed and even more furious since 1978 that my wife and I paid less federal income tax because we itemized. Further, they want my wife and I to pay more taxes because we gave up trying to have children. According to them, because we have never had to pay the tremendous cost of raising children, we can and should pay more taxes. Further, according to them, if my wife and I had children, I never would have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or d) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/education/article_e6c39b1a-4822-43aa-b5e7-ee2c0489dc0c.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Champaign County Board passed $25,000 support for reparations commission. How much in reparations do Democrats want you to pay? Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://foxillinois.com/newsletter-daily/champaign-county-board-passed-25000-support-for-reparations-commission
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly protect illegal drug dealers
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-10-24/as-strikes-on-alleged-drug-boats-grow-so-do-questions-about-their-legality-and-goal
COUNTRY HERALD
— Downtown Naperville annual Halloween Hop is this Sunday, October 26. DD: Today, Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville is hosting a major Halloween event for children of its unit owners and their friends. 40 unit owners will be opening their doors. The event is limited to 400 children.
https://countryherald.com/news/naperville-il-traffic-alert-downtown-roads-closing-for-halloween-hop-sunday/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— A Not-So-Special Report with Governor Pritzker. Excuses, Deflection, and Denial
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/10/a-not-so-special-report-with-jb-pritzker/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Swim Against the Current. This year’s keynote speaker, as you may have already seen, is Riley (Gaines) Barker – a 12-time All-American swimmer, 2-time Olympic Trial Qualifier, and 5-time SEC Champion.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/swim-against-the-current/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.37/hour in 1966 to $20.67/hour in 1969. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary increased from $55,850/year in 1971 to $112,280/year in 1980. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary increased from $88,808/year in 1980 to $153,151/year in 1997. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time have always benefitted from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Do you agree with my critics/opponents? In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pensions take up money that should go to Illinois classrooms. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pensions-take-up-money-that-should-go-to-illinois-classrooms/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Chicago Activists Accuse Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino of Violating Judge’s Use of Force Ban After He Deploys Tear Gas at Violent Anti-ICE Rioters
https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/24/chicago-activists-accuse-border-patrol-chief-gregory-bovino-of-violating-judges-use-of-force-ban-after-he-deploys-tear-gas-at-violent-anti-ice-rioters/
BREITBART
— Federal Workers Line Up at Food Banks After Dem Whip Calls Them ‘Leverage’ DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/federal-workers-line-up-at-food-banks-after-dem-whip-calls-them-leverage/
— AG Pam Bondi Warns Pelosi, Democrats for Threatening ICE Officers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/24/ag-pam-bondi-warns-pelosi-democrats-as-they-threaten-ice-officers/amp/
FEDERALIST
— New York High Court Blocks Race-Grifters From Using Courts To Indoctrinate Children
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/24/new-york-high-court-blocks-race-grifters-from-using-courts-to-indoctrinate-children/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker’s message to Chicago is ICE agents are the bad guys. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years. I should write about how people view/treat IRS Revenue Officers.
https://www.aol.com/news/jb-pritzkers-message-chicago-ice-172229482.html
— DD: Democrats question Border Patrol tactics in Illinois
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6383825294112
— 1.4 million federal employees without a paycheck as shutdown continues. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/news/1-4-million-federal-employees-221605085.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Federal workers form line down the block for food pantry as shutdown hits third-week mark. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.aol.com/articles/federal-workers-form-line-down-234055064.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders cause the shutdown and then blame it on Republican leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/mike-johnson-speaker-congress.html
— Immigration Crackdown Spreads Through Chicago, Including Wealthy Neighborhoods
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/trump-immigration-crackdown-chicago-lakeview.html
— Trump Administration Plans a Shake-Up at ICE to Speed Deportations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-deportations-ice.html
NBC NEWS
— Federal workers line up at food banks ahead of first missed check since shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp-video/mmvo250607173910
— Federal workers flock to D.C. food bank as they miss first full paycheck of shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-workers-dc-food-bank-miss-first-full-paycheck-shutdown-rcna239698
NBC WASHINGTON
— Furloughed feds miss first full paycheck amid shutdown standoff, surge at food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/government-shutdown/furloughed-feds-miss-first-full-paycheck-amid-shutdown-standoff-surge-at-food-banks/4006398/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Tensions Mount as Agents, Including Gregory Bovino, Clash With Chicagoans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/gregory-bovino-chicago-immigration.html
— Food Banks Offer Groceries for Furloughed Federal Workers. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/food-banks-federal-workers-trump.html
WKYC
— Get a job, get married: Ohio Senate passes ‘Success Sequence’ bill focused on poverty prevention in schools. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote personal responsibility. From the beginning, because my father had brittle type 1 diabetes, I knew that his days were numbered. That, and the fact he lacked money, put me on track when I was 16 years old in 1964 to work my way through college. To buy a new car to commute to/from classes at UIC, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. In bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. SEE: https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-senate-success-sequence-bill-poverty-prevention-schools/95-73b9bf47-cf6c-4ef0-b2e9-179180fee773
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What’s the Future of Racial Gerrymandering? The problem lies not with the statute but with Thornburg v. Gingles’s (1986) framework for vote dilution. DD: The Illinois 3rd Congressional District is racially gerrymandered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whats-the-future-of-racial-gerrymandering-vra-court-maps-47f3a5f8
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans White supremacists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkzL4maY3D0
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZB1TmRPV8
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: My Democrat superiors in federal government used the extreme subjectivity in their performance evaluation systems a) to favor their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) to disfavor their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors were furious when I did the following because it frustrated their efforts to disfavor me: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them
SIRM
— DD: If you are a Republican, anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will not hire you. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, or younger person who would take the job. The Democrats who ran the Post Office, IRS, and GAO wrongly anticipated/expected that I would become a Democrat.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/fired-political-affiliation-activity
ATLANTIC
— DD: Hopefully, my Crete-Monee High School class of 1966 will have its 60th reunion next year. Sadly, my interaction with my classmates was dramatically reduced because I could not run because I had a bone disease and because I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights four evenings a week plus Saturdays during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. Further, I was not viewed as being college material. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/09/high-school-reunion-attendance/684097/
PBS
— As federal workers miss paychecks, many turn to food banks. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://www.pbs.org/video/shutdown-impact-1761339544/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Furloughed federal employees seek help at food banks amid govt shutdown. DD: I was a federal worker for almost 30 years. My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid and that my benefits were far too generous.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/its-a-challenge-furloughed-federal-employees-seek-help-at-dc-food-bank-amid-govt-shutdown/amp_podcast/124797922.cms
I PAPER
— I’m scared the state pension age could rise to 70 – both my parents died younger. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That is, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/i-m-scared-the-state-pension-age-could-rise-to-70-both-my-parents-died-younger/ar-AA1P9Jd8?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds