FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— After legal setbacks, Trump says he’s dropping National Guard push in Chicago, other cities, for now
https://abc7chicago.com/post/legal-setbacks-president-donald-trump-says-hes-dropping-push-national-guard-chicago-la-portland-oregon-now/18336668/
— Trump announces National Guard to be removed from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-backs-off-efforts-maintain-control-california-national-guard-la/18336423/
— HHS freezing child care payments to all states until they prove funds ‘being spent legitimately’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hhs-says-freezing-child-care-payments-minnesota-fraud-allegations/18335717/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As federal health tax credits end, Chicago-area leaders warn about costs to Cook County and Illinois hospitals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/as-federal-health-tax-credits-end-chicago-area-leaders-warn-about-costs-to-cook-county-and-illinois-hospitals/
— Mamdani is set to be sworn in as mayor as NYC rings in the New Year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/zohran-mamdani-sworn-in-nyc-mayor/
— Merrillville on list for potential ICE facility
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/31/merrillville-potential-ice-facility/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/01/january-1-chicago-history/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use medical pot to push recreational pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251231/news/time-short-for-schaumburg-familys-quest-to-retain-access-to-daughters-medical-marijuana/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— OCTOBER 8, 2015 FLASHBACK: Don’t your collectible cars deserve their own condo? DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20151008/ISSUE03/151009833/iron-gate-motor-condos-is-a-car-collector-s-haven-in-Naperville
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— New Illinois education laws focus on immigrant rights. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/education/article314056405.html
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— APRIL 6, 2015 FLASHBACK: Discover a new place for car enthusiasts. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2015/04/06/real-news-discover-a-new-place-for-car-enthusiasts/41183
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What will your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to encourage voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I will hand-deliver a sample ballot and the campaign literature that Republican candidates provide me to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. The contested Republican races in my precinct are U.S. Senate, Illinois Governor, Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court, and DuPage County Sheriff. I will obtain from the DuPage County Election Division a PDF file to print individual mailing labels for the registered Republican and Independent voters, photocopy the sample ballot, stuff envelopes, divide them into five batches, and put them in walk order. I hope we have a mild winter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasing, the Democrat Party promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and notional origin discrimination. Ever-increasing, to get more votes from those who are the following, they give them more preference: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Democrats and according to RINOs, those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, non-rich, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time NEED PROTECTION from those who are conservative, Republican, American, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promise to provide that PROTECTION. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What happened to those who helped your career? I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office had hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you ever served on a jury? If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me? To justify their denying me a jury trial, the judge and justices hinted/implied/argued that no jury would side with me. But the trial record showed that my Democrat superiors had illegally forced me to retire so that they could my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I had. In 1993, when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee who had 25 years of federal service, to get rid of their employees a) who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, b) who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and/or c) who had 25 or more years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” them a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer” expired in 4 years. They succeeded in forcing me to take the early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. Things that I had done that helped me survive those 4 years included a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earing job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you will have, and therefore, the less “justice” that you will have in courts: Republican, non-poor, non-veteran, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Federal courts would not have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO if I had been Democrat, poor, veteran, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had been in America for a long time. GAO hinted/implied/argued that because of my demographics, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action big time and that I could easily afford to pay that price. GAO’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 cut my income by $86,371/year (56%) ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year pension) in today’s dollars. Off the record, GAO stressed a) that the federal government would forever pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had no dependents, d) that we had no debts, e) that we had substantial retirement and other savings, f) that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, g) that we owned three collector cars, h) etc. Again, if I had not be denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me?- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you retired? I have been retired since I was 49 years old in 1997. If you are retired, were you forced to retire? I was. What would the rest of your employment had been like if you had not retired? If I had not retired when I did, I would not have eligible to retire for another 6 years. My Democrat GAO superiors had made it extremely clear that if I did not retire, they would make those 6 years a living hell. They would constructively if not literally demote me. They would give me adverse transfers. They would give me bad job assignments. They would give me unfair performance expectations. They would give me unfair performance appraisals. They would rank me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would treat me like they had treated me in 1989. They could do all of the aforesaid because GAO was not unionized. GAO did not unionize until 2007. I considered asking my Congressman Henry Hyde to come to my defense like I had done in 1989, but I decided not to. There were too many around Hyde who were against me. Further, my Democrat GAO superiors had taken so many big adverse actions against me, I could not see myself surviving another them for another 6 years. But nevertheless, I will always ask myself, what would have happened if I had again asked Hyde to come to my defense. His coming to my defense in 1989 enabled me to survive until 1997. It motived me to earn job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. It motived me to earn a job-related master’s degree in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ‘Grassroots’ – According to the People Who Can’t Stand Them. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization are anti-conservative, that is, they are anti-Republican. They reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Instead of defending and advancing the aforesaid planks, they talk and act like they do not exist, and if not that, like they should be officially abolished. At best, they want the Republican Party to be the Democrat-Lite Party. I should write about the aforesaid anti-Republican leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/opinion-grassroots-according-to-the-people-who-cant-stand-them.html
— The Political Agenda Behind Year-End ‘Economic Collapse’ Stories
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/opinion-the-political-agenda-behind-year-end-economic-collapse-stories.html
— FBI Steps In After Illinois Review Exposes Alleged Mail Fraud Targeting Bailey
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/fbi-steps-in-after-illinois-review-exposes-alleged-mail-fraud-targeting-bailey.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois state spending balloons as state economy stagnates
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-state-spending-balloons-as-state-economy-stagnates/
— 1-in-5 city tax dollars go to Illinois police, fire pensions
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1-in-5-city-tax-dollars-go-to-illinois-police-fire-pensions/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Democrat, is trying again with his High-Skilled Immigration Reform for Employment (HIRE) Act, first introduced in July 2023. Back then, in the middle of the worst man-made immigration disaster in U.S. history, the bill seemed tone deaf. Now, it just seems nuts. DD: If they could have, all my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/31/hire-bill-expand-h-1b-visas-bad-2023-worse/
— Karoline Leavitt says administration considering denaturalization for Somalis in Minnesota fraud
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/31/karoline-leavitt-says-administration-considering-denaturalization/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Border Patrol’s monthslong deployment to Chicago now expected to go on ‘for years’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4375465/border-patrol-deployment-chicago-go-on-for-years/
— Don’t grant citizenship to people who hate their countrymen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4378901/not-everyone-deserves-citizenship-alaa-abd-el-fattah/
— Appeals court revives free speech case over school DEI training
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4379004/appeals-court-revives-free-speech-case-school-dei-training/
NEW YORK POST
— Former FBI agent Nicole Parker explains how DEI split the agency and led to disaster: ‘They were hiring idiots’ DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and the Post Office 1966-1969 and I have often written about them. Their top priority always was promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/31/us-news/former-fbi-agent-nicole-parker-explains-how-dei-split-the-agency-and-led-to-disaster/
— Harvard professor torches Ivy League school over woke anti-white, anti-male culture in blistering essay
https://nypost.com/2025/12/31/us-news/harvard-professor-torches-ivy-league-school-over-woke-anti-white-anti-male-culture-in-blistering-essay/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— History professor details the decline of education in scathing review of his 40 years at Harvard
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/31/history-professor-details-the-decline-of-education-in-scathing-review-of-his-40-years-at-harvard-1613221/
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams sets up $2M emergency fund for trans care on his way out the door
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/31/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-sets-up-2m-emergency-fund-for-trans-care-on-his-way-out-the-door-1613140/
BREITBART
— Lightfoot Warns Bovino His ‘Day of Reckoning Is Fast Approaching’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/31/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-warns-border-patrols-greg-bovino-his-day-of-reckoning-is-fast-approaching/amp/
CAPITOL RESEARCH CENTER
— How Left-Wing Nonprofits Exploit American Taxpayers to Fund Their Agendas
https://capitalresearch.org/article/how-left-wing-nonprofits-exploit-american-taxpayers-to-fund-their-agendas-best-of-2025/
FOX NEWS
— Lightfoot tells Border Patrol official his ‘day of reckoning is fast approaching’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-tells-border-patrol-official-his-day-reckoning-fast-approaching.print
— DEI and woke ideology are on life support under Trump’s return to DC, but could come roaring back with rebrand. American Principles Project president Terry Schilling says woke ideology could make a return following future elections.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dei-woke-ideology-life-support-under-trumps-return-dc-could-come-roaring-back-rebrand.amp
— 40-year Harvard professor pens scathing piece on school’s ‘exclusion of white males,’ anti-Western trends.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/40-year-harvard-professor-pens-scathing-piece-schools-exclusion-white-males-anti-western-trends
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Minnesota Governor Calls Somali Fraud Investigations “White Supremacy”
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/tim-walz-desperately-tries-defending-himself-amid-somali-fraud-allegations
NEWSMAX
— Trump: ‘Proud’ of Hispanic Border Patrol Officers
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-border-patrol-paul-perez/2025/12/31/id/1240292/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump: 90% of fraud in Minnesota is carried out by illegals from Somalia, with Rep. Omar being ‘one of the many scammers’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-90-of-fraud-in-minnesota-is-carried-out-by-illegals-from-somalia-with-rep-omar-being-one-of-the-many-scammers/
PJ MEDIA
— Former Chicago Mayor Lightfoot to Border Patrol Chief: ‘Your Day of Reckoning Is Coming’
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2025/12/31/former-chicago-mayor-to-border-patrol-chief-your-day-of-reckoning-is-coming-n4947761
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) Wants to Take Driver’s Licenses Away From ICE Agents, Not Illegal Aliens
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/31/eric-swalwell-wants-to-take-drivers-licenses-away-from-ice-agents-not-illegals-n4947735
— Secretary Duffy Issues Stark Warning to Newsom Over Illegal Licenses
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/31/secretary-duffy-issues-stark-warning-to-newsom-over-illegal-licenses-n4947734
TOWNHALL
— Minnesota’s Fraud Is Blowing the Lid Off a Broken Election System
https://townhall.com/columnists/josh-findlay/2026/01/01/minnesotas-fraud-is-blowing-the-lid-off-a-broken-election-system-n2668731
— If Elected CA Governor, Eric Swalwell Vows to Weaponize Government Against ICE Agents
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/31/swalwell-prosecute-federal-agents-for-kidnapping-n2668739
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Professor Quits After ‘Brilliant’ Student Rejected for Being ‘White Male’ DD: I should write the IRS manager who promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. Because he did that, my Democrat IRS superiors forced him to transfer to Dallas. I should write about the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and who was finally able to assign me to audits or IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me to GS-13. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer, b) delayed my promotions back to GS-12 Step 5, c) kept me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, d) never promoted me to GS-14, e) always ranked me in the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is less that what my IRS salary was when I was 23 in 1972.
https://www.newsweek.com/professor-quits-after-brilliant-student-rejected-for-being-white-male-11289605
NEW YORK TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump Move to Revoke Deportation Protection for Thousands of Migrants. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, non-rich, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time NEED PROTECTION from those who are conservative, Republican, American, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promise to provide that PROTECTION.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/us/politics/judge-blocks-deportation-protections.html
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— DD: To vote Democrats is to get rid of Americans who are conservative, Republican, non-poor, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-policies-midterm-elections-dei-attacks-20260101.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/01/america-obsessed-with-zohran-mamdani/87941107007/
— More than 317,000 federal employees left the government in 2025. The majority of employees took voluntary buyouts and early retirements as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping efforts to downsize the government. DD: In 1993, when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee who had 25 years of federal service, to get rid of their employees a) who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, b) who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and/or c) who had 25 or more years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” them a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement. The buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and the early retirement “offer” expired in 4 years. They succeeded in forcing me to take the early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. Things that I had done that helped me survive those 4 years included a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earing job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/31/317000-federal-employees-left-us-government-2025/87970708007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— MARCH 3, 2016 FLASHBACK: Iron Gate Motor Condos: Storage Units, Now With Space to Cook, Relax and Entertain. Traditional industrial park-style storage facilities are giving way to customized spaces with kitchens, reclaimed wood and stylish seating areas. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/storage-units-now-with-space-to-cook-relax-and-entertain-1457026958
FORTUNE
— Retirement DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America fora long time. I should write about that.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/31/retirement-baby-boomers-more-americans-turning-65-aging-demographics/
LEGAL NEWS LINE
— Lake County Circuit Clerk can’t undo $2.5M verdict for workers fired over politics
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/lake-co-circuit-clerk-can-t-undo-2-5m-verdict-for-workers-fired-over-politics/article_4471f879-d074-4ba4-ad15-b45d101d353c.html
FED SMITH
— OPM Issues Proposal to Narrow Federal Probationary Employee Appeal Rights. DD: Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office had hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/12/31/opm-proposal-to-narrow-probationary-employee-appeal-rights/
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5660811/the-new-challenges-obtaining-snap-benefits-for-lgbtq-recipients
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you will have, and therefore, the less “justice” that you will have in courts: Republican, non-poor, non-veteran, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Federal courts would not have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO if I had been Democrat, poor, veteran, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had been in America for a long time. To justify their denying me a jury trial, the judge and justices hinted/implied/argued that no jury would side with me. But the trial record showed that my Democrat superiors had illegally forced me to retire so that they could my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I had. GAO hinted/implied/argued that because of my demographics, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action big time and that I could easily afford to pay that price. GAO’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 cut my income by $86,371/year (56%) ($153,151/year salary minus $66,780/year pension) in today’s dollars. Off the record, GAO stressed a) that the federal government would forever pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had no dependents, d) that we had no debts, e) that we had substantial retirement and other savings, f) that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, g) that we owned three collector cars, h) etc.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/the-importance-of-know-your-rights-education/
CONVERSATION
— DD: My critics/opponents are blacklisters. They blacklist those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect and reelect since 2000. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://theconversation.com/political-witch-hunts-and-blacklists-donald-trump-and-the-new-era-of-mccarthyism-265389
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Retiring Harvard professor says college hates brilliant white men and rejects them in favor of inferior minority candidates to boost diversity.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15422541/Harvard-Professor-white-men-rejected-minorities.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
AUTOWEEK
— The Car Condo Concept Is Still Growing. DD: I am interested in American nameplate muscle cars, and especially Chargers, Mustangs, Corvettes, and Thunderbirds. Please contact me if you share my interests. I own a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T, 2013 Charger R/T, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2005 Corvette, 1972 Corvette, 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1969 Charger SE and 1968 Charger R/T, 1990 Thunderbird LX, and 1962 Impala SS.
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a68815238/car-condo-concept-still-growing/
CORVETT BLOGGER
— Corvette for Sale: Two-Owner 1972 Corvette LT1 Convertible in Downers Grove for $50,000. DD: One could compare and contrast this 1972 Corvette with my 1972 Corvette which I ordered, took delivery on October 14, 1971, and continue to own. Mine is not a LT-1 or a convertible. But it has only 5,000 mile on it, it has always been garaged, covered, kept on jacks, and is like new. It is a Steele City Gray coupe with the base 350 V-8 engine, black leather interior, automatic, air conditioning, power steering, and AM-FM stereo radio.
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2025/12/31/corvettes-for-sale-two-owner-1972-corvette-lt1-convertible-offered-on-ebay/
MED CITY NEWS
— The Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) Adoption Gap Is Worse Than You Think. DD: I have type 2 diabetes. I delayed using a CGM because my Medicare and BC/BS insurance does cover it. But recently, I bought a Stelo CGM using Amazon for $100/month. It has immediately shown that my glucose spikes to over 250 after I eat, that is, I have high hyperglycemia. I am anxiously awaiting my diabetes doctor’s instructions.
https://medcitynews.com/2025/12/cgm-diabetes-healthcare/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new study found that continuous glucose monitors can cut healthcare costs by about 20% while also improving outcomes for insulin-dependent diabetes patients, largely by reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Despite these benefits and broad insurance coverage, roughly 80% of eligible patients still are not using the technology — highlighting a significant adoption gap.)
Tag: discrimination
December 31, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— New IL laws in 2026 address missing persons investigations, sexual assault victims, police hiring
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-2026-illinois-laws-address-squatters-immigration-status-schools-gun-possession-opioid-overdose-reporting-9-retirement/18246612/
FOX32
— Chicago mayor wants state lawmakers to tax ‘ultra-rich’ to help city
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-johnson-tax-ultra-rich
WTTW
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to reelect Democrats.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/30/after-quiet-year-elections-democrats-renew-worries-about-trump-interfering-midterms
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Brandon Johnson, Larry Snelling urge parents to be mindful of teens ahead of downtown NYE celebration. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/29/chicago-new-years-eve-teens/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Immigrants arrested in Chicago at start of Trump’s second term now face prison time
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/30/trump-chicago-crime-deport-immigration-machine-gun-midway-blitz
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote bigger government. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Federal employees are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251214/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-its-time-to-end-the-debt-ceiling/
BELLEVILLNEWS DEMOCRAT
— How much does an Illinois resident need to make annually to ‘live comfortably? A single adult in Illinois needs to make $98,010 per year to live comfortably. DD: Back in the good old days, when I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when a) I got promoted to a GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) job in the Loop and b) I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building. I had worked for IRS for 3 years. I had paid for and taken graduate evening business courses at Loyola since the beginning of 1972. I had bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. I had bought a new townhome in University Park in 1972. According to my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, the promotion that I got should have been given to one of my Democrat coworkers who was a veteran, minority, and/or female. None of my coworkers were taking graduate evening business courses. My Democrat IRS superior soon a) forced the IRS manager who had promoted me to transfer to Dallas, b) disallowed my travel vouchers, c) disallowed my education deductions, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article310863020.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois education measures focus on immigrant rights. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/new-laws-illinois-education-measures-focus-on-immigrant-rights-ai-in-the-classroom/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will do? Sooner or later, all my “Republican” critics/opponents will switch parties, that is, they will officially declare that they have always been Democrats and that they despise/hate conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. Since 2000, they have done everything that they could to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. In 2024, they rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2012, they rudely ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship and destroyed the organization. In 2010 and 2004, they rudely ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster. In 2007, they rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee and destroyed the organization. In 2006, they rudely almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In 2004, they rudely defeated my bid to serve as the MTRO Treasurer. In 2004, they rudely ended my membership on the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon Says CPS Tax Hike and Budget Woes Signal Deeper Crisis for Chicago
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-says-cps-tax-hike-and-budget-woes-signal-deeper-crisis-for-chicago-audio-am560/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago school board raises tax levy on families ‘at a breaking point’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a69e8575-c370-4f7f-b6cb-a364a7f99a8f.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois counts on bad habits to raise $3.47B in sin taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-counts-on-bad-habits-to-raise-3-47b-in-sin-taxes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The many shades of Islam. Not all interpretations justify and drive terrorism, but some do.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/30/many-shades-islam/
WASHINTON EXAMINER
— How criminal justice reformers empower murderers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4364781/how-criminal-justice-reformers-empower-murderers/
NEW YORK POST
— Young white men sacrificed on the altar of diversity. DD: Democrat and RINO employers make their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or nonveteran pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat Firestone Store boss would not have rudely fired me when I was 22 years old in 1971. Because he did, I became a federal employee. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, the Democrat superiors in the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before was 40 years old.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/30/us-news/how-anti-white-dei-discrimination-fueled-nick-fuentess-fan-base/
— Harvard is destroying itself over ‘diversity’ — and taking the rest of us with it
https://nypost.com/2025/12/29/opinion/harvard-is-destroying-itself-over-diversity-and-the-rest-of-us-too/
— $5B in ‘questionable’ rental assistance under Biden revealed — including to thousands of ‘deceased tenants’ and non-citizens
https://nypost.com/2025/12/30/us-news/hud-spent-5b-in-questionable-rental-assistance-under-biden-including-dead-tenants/
— AOC to deliver opening at comrade Mamdani’s mayoral inauguration bash
https://nypost.com/2025/12/30/us-news/aoc-to-deliver-opening-at-comrade-mamdanis-mayoral-inauguration-bash/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Canard about illegals committing fewer crimes than other Americans gets blown apart from DHS data. Writing at the New York Post, John Lott shows how data are skewed to make illegals look like sweet little daisies. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/canard_about_illegals_committing_fewer_crimes_than_other_americans_gets_blown_apart_from_dhs_data.html
— Stop Apologizing For Being White. This Marxist-born racial attack bears no relationship to how American whites have fought for centuries to overcome racism and achieve equality. DD: My critics/opponents have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they have always promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/stop_apologizing_for_being_white.html
— Using tax law to accelerate deportations
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/using_tax_law_to_accelerate_deportations.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Will they be using the Somali model?’ NY gov gives Mamdani’s universal childcare plan a thumbs up. DD: Democrat leaders use childcare to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/30/will-they-be-using-the-somali-model-ny-gov-gives-mamdanis-universal-childcare-plan-a-thumbs-up-1612984/
BREITBART
— Trump’s DOJ Sues Virginia over Cheap Tuition for Migrants. DD: Noncitizens are future Democrat voters if not current Democrat voters. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with citizens of foreign countries and b) fighting deportation of those who come to America illegally and/or who stay in America illegally.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/30/trumps-doj-sues-virginia-over-cheap-tuition-for-migrants/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University at Buffalo police disperse LGBTQ sit-in that commandeered student union room
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-buffalo-police-disperse-lgbtq-sit-in-commandeered-student-union-room/29208
CENTER SQUARE
— ‘Systemic fraud’: HUD secretary condemns $5.8 billion in ‘questionable’ payments
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ef5ce7c3-1266-442a-b017-df879c81ea0c.html
DAILY CALLER
— Trump DOJ Sues State Giving Illegals Massive Tuition Breaks
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/30/trump-doj-sues-state-giving-illegal-immigrants-massive-in-state-tuition-breaks/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The West Isn’t Finished, as Long as Assimilation Starts Now. DD: Sadly, my ancestors were slow to assimilate. Consequently, 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. All my grandparents spoke German.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/30/the-west-isnt-finished-as-long-as-assimilation-starts-now/
— Trump DOJ Sues State Giving Illegal Immigrants Massive In-State Tuition Breaks
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/30/doj-sues-virginia-for-giving-illegal-immigrants-in-state-tuition/amp/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s ICE Director Blames Sanctuary Laws For Minnesota Fraud. “There’s always a tie when it comes to sanctuary jurisdictions.” DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-ice-director-blames-sanctuary-laws-for-minnesota-fraud
FOX NEWS
— Biden-era rental assistance included payments to dead tenants and noncitizens. HUD report finds approximately 30,000 deceased tenants got taxpayer funds across all 50 states.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-era-rental-assistance-included-payments-dead-tenants-non-citizens-new-hud-report-reveals
— Flashback: Inside the political movement that put a socialist in charge of New York City. Mamdani prepares to be sworn in as mayor of New York City on Thursday after defeating former Gov Andrew Cuomo.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-inside-political-movement-put-socialist-charge-new-york-city
— House GOP whip urges citizenship revocations tied to Minnesota fraud schemes
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-whip-urges-citizenship-revocations-tied-minnesota-fraud-schemes.print
HOT AIR
— Federal Judge: ICE Can Use Medicaid Data To Track Down Illegals
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/30/federal-judge-ice-can-use-medicaid-data-to-track-down-illegals-n3810344
NEWSMAX
— Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., has called for the deportation of Somali immigrants in Minnesota who “engaged in fraud” and for stripping citizenship from naturalized Somali Americans who, he said, obtained citizenship through deception or had undisclosed ties to terrorist groups.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/tom-emmer-minnesota-fraud/2025/12/30/id/1240163/
— The Department of Justice sued the University of Virginia for granting tuition benefits to illegal aliens, arguing the policy discriminates against U.S. citizens from other states.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/doj-lawsuit-uva/2025/12/30/id/1240159/
NEW AMERICAN
— Trump’s EEOC Tackling Anti-white Job Discrimination. DD: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to ever-increasingly give more preference to Democrats and to RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. That is, they have been under ever-increasing pressure to discriminate against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thenewamerican.com/uncategorised/do-the-white-thing-trumps-eeoc-tackling-anti-white-job-discrimination/
— Somali Fraudsters Should Be Denaturalized, Deported
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/gop-rep-emmer-wants-somali-fraudsters-denaturalized-deported/
PJ MEDIA
— Bombshell Report Exposes Billions in Biden-Era Fraud That Went to Dead People and Non-Citizens
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/30/bombshell-report-exposes-billions-in-biden-era-fraud-paid-to-dead-people-and-non-citizens-n4947685
— The Left Is Losing Its Race Card
https://pjmedia.com/caskeet/2025/12/30/cue-the-violin-the-left-is-losing-its-race-card-n4947713
POST MILLENNIAL
— Minn Rep Tom Emmer calls to deport, denaturalize Somali immigrants guilty of fraud
https://thepostmillennial.com/minn-rep-tom-emmer-calls-to-deport-denaturalize-somali-immigrants-guilty-of-fraud
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Top Republican calling for deportation of ‘every Somali engaged in fraud in Minnesota’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5666432-tom-emmer-somali-deportations-minnesota/
CBS NEWS
— HHS freezes all childcare payments to Minnesota after viral fraud allegations. DD: Democrat leaders use childcare to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hhs-freezes-child-care-payments-minnesota/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— More people are addicted to marijuana, but fewer seek help. DD: Pot is poison.
https://trib.com/life-entertainment/nation-world/wellness/article_bbeb5b98-4c69-5e32-9909-3c5b02ce24df.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote bigger government. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Federal employees are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/us/politics/trump-federal-government-fallout.html
— A Rupture Over Israel Is Tearing MAGA Apart. For 40 years, Christian Zionism was a powerful force in American politics. A new generation on the right is taking cues from elsewhere.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/magazine/maga-israel-antisemitism-tucker-carlson.html
WASHINGTON POST
— EEOC wants to talk to White men about discrimination. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly led to my accepting job offer from IRS.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/30/trump-eeoc-dei-andrea-lucas/
FOX NASHVILLE
— DD: What percent of illegals have serious health problems?
https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/new-dhs-department-of-homeland-security-rule-could-deny-asylum-to-migrants-posing-public-health-risks-department-of-justice-doj-president-donald-trump-administration-covid-19-pandemic-withholding-of-removal-illegal-immigration
WBUR
— How should American colleges measure merit? DD: To admit more students who are minority and/or female, colleges have ever-increasingly replaced objective criteria with subjective criteria. UIC admitted me in 1966 because my ACT score was 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class. Loyola’s graduate business school admitted me in 1972 because my GMAT score was 550 and I had a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. DePaul’s graduate accounting school admitted me in 1976 because I had an MBA from Loyola. IIT’s graduate finance school admitted me in 1992 because of the aforesaid and I had a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/12/30/american-colleges-merit-trump
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Minimum Wage Makes the Affordability Crisis Worse. Higher labor costs push prices up, while fewer jobs and hours mean less money in workers’ pockets. DD: Back in the good old days, I worked for the minimum wage (about $13/hour in today’s dollars) part-time during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time the summer in between 1964-1966. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May or 1966.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-minimum-wage-makes-the-affordability-crisis-worse-6c92dad2
— America’s 25 Years of Decline. Misgovernment has been the watchword for the first quarter of the 21st century.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-25-years-of-decline-cffe7e41
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. To push pot in America is to destroy America.is t
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/trump-is-warming-to-cannabis-but-investors-arent-impressed-53fffcb2
FORBES
— The New Ivies 2025: 20 Great Colleges Employers Love. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. He said he wanted to upgrade GAO’s workforce. He said he wanted GAO to hire, retain, and promote Ivy League graduates who had degrees in public administration. That rendered worthless my 1976 MBA from Loyola, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and my 1997 master’s degree in finance from IIT. Bowsher had an MBA from the University of Chicago.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/03/26/the-new-ivies-2025-20-great-colleges-employers-love/
FED WEEK
— DD: I am not a veteran. Even worse than that, I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. While I was a Post Office employee 1966-1969, an IRS employee 1971-1980, and a GAO employee 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were veterans gave tremendous preference to their employees who were veterans. That is, they discriminated tremendously against their non-veteran employees who were Republican like me and who were White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about that. Charles Bowsher, a veteran, who ran GAO 1981-1996 assured that GAO employees who were veterans would not suffer any adverse impacts from Gingrich’s massive budget cuts. My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War and b) used the Veterans Preference to punish their Republican non-veteran employees.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/veoa-rights-dont-apply-to-merit-promotions-court-holds/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/donald-trumps-golden-age-of-awful
VOX
— DD: Everything is a zero-sum-game. To give preference to people because they are a member of a group is to discriminate against people who are not a member of that group. My critics/opponents give preference to those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. That is, they discriminate against people because they are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/471498/zero-sum-thinking-growth-economy-housing-politics
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that citizens of India and Indian American have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/2025-the-year-america-normalised-anti-india-hate/articleshow/126252653.cms
MEAWW
— Tim Walz Labels Somali Fraud Investigation ‘White Supremacy,’ Warns of Holiday ICE Crackdown. DD: The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly against those who are White, male, older, American, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.meaww.com/video/tim-walz-labels-somali-fraud-investigation-white-supremacy-warns-of-holiday-ice-crackdown
FROM OTHER SOURCES
MED CITY NEWS
— The Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) Adoption Gap Is Worse Than You Think. DD: I have type 2 diabetes. I delayed using a CGM because my Medicare and BC/BS insurance does cover it. But recently, I bought a Stelo CGM using Amazon for $100/month. It has immediately shown that my glucose spikes to over 250 after I eat, that is, I have high hyperglycemia. I am anxiously awaiting my diabetes doctor’s instructions.
https://medcitynews.com/2025/12/cgm-diabetes-healthcare/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new study found that continuous glucose monitors can cut healthcare costs by about 20% while also improving outcomes for insulin-dependent diabetes patients, largely by reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Despite these benefits and broad insurance coverage, roughly 80% of eligible patients still are not using the technology — highlighting a significant adoption gap.)
December 29, 2025
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— Polling Signals Trouble for Democrats — and Opportunity for Republicans
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/polling_signals_trouble_for_democrats_and_opportunity_for_republicans.html
— Tucker Carlson: Pro-Islam, Anti-American, And Toxic For Republicans
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/tucker_carlson_pro_islam_anti_american_and_toxic_for_republicans.html
DAILY CALLER
— Democratic Lawmaker Says She Feels Guilty For Being White And Kids Should Too. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI. They want more and more and more preference to be given those who are minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democratic-lawmaker-says-she-feels-182204161.html
FOX NEWS
— Erika Kirk vows TPUSA will continue campus debates nationwide
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/we-not-afraid-erika-kirk-vows-tpusa-continue-campus-debates-nationwide
— Erika Kirk outlines Turning Point USA’s next chapter after Charlie Kirk
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6387005291112
— What the conservative think tank wars have to do with you. Mass exodus from Heritage Foundation reveals ideological split between populist Trump agenda and traditional conservative economics.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-what-conservative-think-tank-wars-have-do-you.amp
NEWSMAX
— DOJ Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI
https://www.newsmax.com/us/doj-dei-fraud-law/2025/12/28/id/1239955/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Charlottesville ends license plate cameras over fears data could be used to identify illegal immigrants
https://thepostmillennial.com/charlottesville-ends-license-plate-camera-program-over-fears-data-could-be-used-to-identify-illegal-immigrants
TOWNHALL
— Infighting at TPUSA?
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2025/12/29/title-reflection-on-years-end-infighting-at-tpusa-n2668557
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The TPUSA audience and the general conservative movement are feeling Charlie Kirk’s passing more keenly, since the MAGA Coalition, which he helped forge and flourish, is beginning to fray. Divisions are the norm in politics, especially among party brass and grassroots activists. They all claim the right vision for their party’s standards, but rarely have the conflicts burst to the forefront as they did at TPUSA American First 2025.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A look at aging baby boomers in the United States. DD: I am 77, I am a baby boomer. Who speaks for the baby boomers in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://apnews.com/article/census-baby-boomers-aging-america-demographics-ad275e223615952ce73d52ed714d24b0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: By the end of this decade, all baby boomers will be 65 and older, and the number of people 80 and over will double in 20 years. . .The share of senior citizens in the U.S. population is projected to grow from 18.7% in 2025 to nearly 23% by 2050, while children under 18 decline from almost 21% to a projected 18.4%. . .The projected average U.S. life expectancy at birth rises from 78.9 years in 2025 to 82.2 years in 2055, according to the CBO.)
USA TODAY
— MAGA split grows as Mike Pence group poaches from Heritage Foundation
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-split-grows-as-mike-pence-group-poaches-from-heritage-foundation/ar-AA1SUXHy
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mike Johnson: House Republicans Had a Great Year. In 2025 we passed tax cuts, helped businesses expand, and repealed harmful regulations.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/house-republicans-had-a-great-year-04efce46
— Justice Department Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI. Google and Verizon among those being investigated under novel interpretation of law applying to government contractors.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-doj-dei-fraud-investigations-93213d52
FORBES
— Common Mid-Career Mistakes That Limit Advancement And Growth. DD: Democrats run the federal government. To advance in the federal government, you have to be more than just a Democrat, you have to excel at a) advancing Democrat employees who are minority and/or female and b) wasting the careers of and getting rid of Republican employees who are White and/or male.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2025/12/08/common-mid-career-mistakes-that-limit-advancement-and-growth/
— DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors struggled to meet their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets because few minorities and women want to work for the Post Office, IRS or GAO. Consequently, a) they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female and b) they wasted the careers of and got rid of their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizelting/2025/04/09/as-workplace-gender-bias-stalls-career-growth-business-ownership-offers-opportunities-to-break-barriers/
24/7 WALL STREET
— Why Social Security’s COLA Formula Is Failing Baby Boomers in 2026. Over 50% of current Social Security recipients have cut living costs because prices rise faster than their benefits. Benefits have lost around 20% of buying power since 2010 due to the COLA formula underweighting healthcare and housing costs. The 2026 COLA is 2.8% but fails to match retiree inflation because it tracks urban wage earners instead of senior spending patterns.
https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/12/28/why-social-securitys-cola-formula-is-failing-baby-boomers-in-2026/
BUSINESS JOURNAL
— DD: To get more votes from females, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly paint males as being barriers.
https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2025/12/womens-advancement-risk-leaders.html
MCKINSEY & COMPANY
— DD: To get more votes from females, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly paint males as being barriers.
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/women-in-the-workplace
https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/new-at-mckinsey-blog/new-mckinsey-book-the-unwritten-rules-about-career-advancement-for-women
SHRM
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.shrm.org/enterprise-solutions/insights/gender-pay-gap-addressing-systemic-modern-challenges
GALLUP
— Addressing the Barriers Blocking Employee Development. Less than half of U.S. employees participate in any education or training for their current job. DD: While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, virtually none of my Democrat coworkers took job-related courses like I did. I took job-related courses at UIC 1966-1968 and in 1971, at NIU 1969-1970, at Loyola 1972-1976, at DePaul 1976-1980, at Becker CPA review 1978-1979, at Roosevelt 1980-1981, at the Institute of Internal Auditors in 1981, and at IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/692642/addressing-barriers-blocking-employee-development.aspx
PRECINCT REPORTER
— DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors struggled to meet their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets because few minorities and women want to work for the Post Office, IRS or GAO. Consequently, a) they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female and b) they wasted the careers of and got rid of their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://precinctreporter.com/2025/03/13/discrimination-career-barrier-for-black-women/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. If I had been a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 because I had a) earned master’s degrees in business and accounting, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, and c) became a licensed CPA.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/05/opm-merit-hiring-plan-includes-bipartisan-reforms-politicized-new-test/405687/
AARP
— 5 Ways AARP Is Fighting Age Discrimination. DD: According to my critics/opponents, age discrimination has never existed. They deny that my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out, that is, that they used age discrimination, to not promote me to GS-13. I ultimately did make GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986, but it was not until after I had a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) transferred to GAO in 1980, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt tin 1981, and f) became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted many of my Democrat coworkers to GS-13 ahead of me a) who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had no professional certifications, and/or had no professional license and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.aarp.org/advocacy/fighting-against-age-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Backing legislation that reinforces worker rights. On a national scale, AARP is backing bipartisan bills that support older workers. In May, AARP sent letters to the House and Senate endorsing the reintroduction of the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. This legislation would restore protections, which a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision stripped away, that required older workers to prove their age was the sole reason they experienced an adverse employment action. AARP also threw its support behind two more bipartisan bills in September. The Protecting Older Americans Act lets workers choose to pursue age discrimination claims in court rather than being forced into arbitration. The Protect Older Job Applicants Act would expand protections under federal law to include people who are applying for jobs, even before they have reached the hiring stage.)
AXIOS
— For the first time, there will be more workers in states with a minimum wage of $15 an hour or higher than those with the federal minimum of $7.25. More than a decade ago, labor advocates’ fight for a $15 an hour wage seemed radical — not so much anymore. DD: Back in the good old days, I worked for the minimum wage (about $13/hour in today’s dollars) part-time during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time the summer in between 1964-1966. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May or 1966.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/28/2026-new-year-minimum-wage
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BUSINESS TODAY
— DD: To get more votes from females, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly paint males as being barriers.
https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/deep-dive/story/issues-women-face-at-work-the-silent-load-that-career-women-experience-508008-2025-12-24
STUDY INTERNATIONAL
— What women want: 9 best careers for women. DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors struggled to meet their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets because few minorities and women want to work for the Post Office, IRS or GAO. Consequently, a) they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female and b) they wasted the careers of and got rid of their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://studyinternational.com/news/best-careers-for-women/
INDEPENDENT
— DD: To get more votes from females, Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly paint males as being barriers.
https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/women-in-the-workplace-report-2025-findings-b2885110.html
December 27, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Abolish ICE’ gets early nod from Mayor Brandon Johnson in annual Chicago snowplow contest. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/abolish-ice-gets-early-nod-from-mayor-brandon-johnson-in-annual-chicago-snowplow-contest/
— Immigration-themed Nativity scene at Evanston church turns ICE agents into shepherds for a peaceful Christmas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/immigration-nativity-scene-evanston-church-ice-agents-shepherds-christmas/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Abolish ICE’ gains Mayor Brandon Johnson’s support as Chicago snowplow-naming contest returns. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/26/chicago-snowplow-naming-contest
— DD: Under Pritzker, more and more and more in Illinois will be on SNAP, that is, more and more and more will be dependent on government assistance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/12/26/illinois-hunger-congress-trump-tax-spending-law-snap-benefits-food-stamps-kate-maehr-julie-yurko
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/26/undocumented-immigrants-businesses-jobs-economy-chicago-amy-yee
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders promote Kwanzaa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/26/kwanzaa-malcolm-x-college
DAILY HERALD
— Candidate forum for 8th Congressional District Democratic primary set for Jan. 15. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Collation Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251226/news/candidate-forum-for-8th-congressional-district-democratic-primary-set-for-jan-15/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/business/article_d12558fd-a755-50c6-a98e-f3fa668efb2b.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO & WGLT
— Cannabis use among teens tied to poor school performance. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, b) graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, b) earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, c) pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) earn four more professional certifications, or e) earn a professional license. I would not have been able to get jobs that enabled me to a) buy a 6-year old car when I was 16, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, d) or get married when I was 29.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-12-26/cannabis-use-among-teens-tied-to-poor-school-performance
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-12-26/marijuana-rescheduling-would-bring-some-immediate-changes-but-others-will-take-time
https://www.wglt.org/2025-12-26/cannabis-use-among-teens-tied-to-poor-school-performance
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Taking Our Islamic Enemy at His Word
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/taking-our-islamic-enemy-at-his-word/
— Open Borders, Open Jihad
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/12/open-borders-open-jihad/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Hunger Industrial Complex: How America Manufactured a Food Insecurity Crisis
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-hunger-industrial-complex-how-america-manufactured-a-food-insecurity-crisis/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are the candidates in the contested Republican primary races on the ballot in your precinct doing to win on March 17, 2026? What are their political consultants advising them to do? Which ones are seeking or have gotten Trump’s endorsement? Which ones are you going to vote for and why? I will be hand-delivering sample Republican primary ballots and campaign literature to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you had adverse actions taken against you? When your critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against you, who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents continue to stress that when they had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me, virtually no one came to my defense. They had their operatives and their dupes a) rudely throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) rudely defeat my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) etc. Who have you hoped would have come to your defense, but did not? For me, it is those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect in general elections. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ radically woke employee training
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-illinois-radically-woke-employee-training-chicagos-budget-and-more-audio-wls/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— A Political Christmas Tree
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/26/a-political-christmas-tree/
— Democratic Party Infighting in Dundee Township Leads to Levy Meeting Tonight
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/26/democratic-party-infighting-in-dundee-township-leads-to-levy-meeting-tonight/
— Laws Taking Effect January 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/26/laws-taking-effect-january-1st/
— Bruce Leon Takes the Offensive in 9th Congressional District Democratic Party Race to Replace Jan Schakowsky
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=15074&action=edit
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— How the White House drew a new battle plan to take on the Washington press corps. DD: I should write about RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, and RINO party leaders who a) pander to the Democrat news media and b) take adverse actions against me to curry favor with the Democrat news media.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/26/white-house-drew-new-battle-plan-take-washington-press-corps/
— High-stakes gamble: Parents pour thousands into youth sports despite microscopic pro odds
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/26/play-pressure-hidden-toll-families-kids-professionalized-youth-sports/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California wants schools to keep parents in the dark
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4362234/california-wants-schools-keep-parents-in-the-dark/
NEW YORK POST
— Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan wears hijab in solidarity with Somalis as feds probe multibillion-dollar fraud scandal
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/us-news/minnesota-lt-gov-peggy-flanagan-wears-hijab-at-somali-market-amid-multibillion-dollar-fraud-scandal/
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/opinion/trump-makes-the-right-call-on-cannabis-after-a-40-year-wait/
— Mamdani picks his mentor: The woke, radical, anti-Israel YouTuber Ms. Rachel
https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/opinion/mamdani-picks-his-mentor-the-woke-radical-anti-israel-youtuber-ms-rachel/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The calamity of illegal semi-truck drivers on the road
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_calamity_of_illegal_semi_truck_drivers_on_the_road.html
— Minnesota Gov. Walz implies that white people should have to apologize for their skin color. DD: To get more votes from nonwhites, Democrats ever-increasingly glorify and praise them, pander to them, give them more preference, and tell them that White male Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/minnesota_gov_walz_implies_that_white_people_should_have_to_apologize_for_their_skin_color.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Infuriating list of fatal car crashes caused by illegals and those who allowed them licenses
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/26/infuriating-list-of-fatal-car-crashes-caused-by-illegals-and-those-who-allowed-them-licenses-1612331/
BLAZE
— Leftist radicals doxx ICE agents with ‘WANTED’ flyers in Pennsylvania
https://www.theblaze.com/news/leftist-radicals-doxx-ice-agents-with-wanted-flyers
BREITBART
— Democrats ‘Have Adopted Illegal Aliens as Their Primary Constituents’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/26/exclusive-scott-jennings-democrats-have-adopted-illegal-aliens-as-their-primary-constituents/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Kristi Noem urges illegal immigrants to self-deport with $3K bonus or risk deportation, never returning to the US. DD: To me, $3,000 is a lot of money. In today’s dollars, during 1964, 1965, and 1966, I worked for $12.77/hour washing dishes. To earn $3,000 in today’s dollars, I had to work 235 hours.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dhs-offers-3k-holiday-stipend-for-illegal-aliens-to-self-deport.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Victor Davis Hanson Explains Why DEI Is the Most ‘Toxic Ideology’ DD: DEI destroys meritocracy.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/26/victor-davis-hanson-dei-is-most-toxic-ideology-weve-ever-experienced/
FOX NEWS
— Defiant TPUSA leader won’t quit despite intimidation, harassment after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. After a string of harassment, intimidation and destruction in the wake of the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, a leader at one of the organization’s college chapters refuses to back down. DD: Who leads TPUSA in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386873781112
— Most radical courses, curriculum that received federal funding in 2025. Parents’ rights groups across the country have spoken out against far-left indoctrination over the past year. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earning a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/most-radical-courses-curriculum-received-federal-funding-2025
— Homeownership is making a comeback thanks to Trump, but there’s more to come. HUD report shows foreign-born migrants accounted for two-thirds of growth in rental demand. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My being hired in 1970 and 1971 enabled me to not only buy a new townhome in 1972, but to also buy a new Corvette in 1971 and pay for graduate evening business courses in 1972.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sec-turner-homeownership-making-comeback-thanks-trump-theres-more-come.amp
HOT AIR
— Wokeness Isn’t Dead. DD: My critics/opponents continue to promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI. They continue to deny that AA and DEI are reverse discrimination and age discrimination.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/12/26/wokeness-isnt-dead-n3810212
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Deadly Highway Crashes Prompt ICE Sweep of Illegal Alien Truckers in California
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-operation-california-highway-illegal-alien-truckers
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DEI Policies Have Caused Real Harm to Young White Men. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) reverse discrimination and age discrimination have never existed and b) older White males have caused all the world’s problems.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/dei-policies-have-caused-real-harm-to-young-white-men/amp/
NEWSMAX
— ICE: 70% Arrested Had Criminal Ties
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ice-trump-admin-illegals/2025/12/26/id/1239728/
— Discrimination Can Apply to Any Color, Any Sex, Any Race. DD: According to my critics/opponents, only those who are the following discriminate: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/bondi-dei/2025/12/26/id/1239727/
PJ MEDIA
— Laken Riley Act Arrests Reach 17,500
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/26/laken-riley-act-arrests-of-criminals-hit-17500-n4947555
— Not every Black or female is deemed more employable than a White male; only Black or female candidates who demonstrate the proper adherence to progressive values and the progressive agenda are deemed worthy. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise an older Black woman.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/12/26/theres-a-right-kind-of-black-and-a-wrong-kind-of-black-n4947548
— Woke Professor Smears ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ As Racist
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/26/woke-professor-smears-its-a-wonderful-life-as-racist-n4947551
POST MILLENNIAL
— Mamdani’s new lesbian FDNY fire chief never worked as a firefighter. “There are some young LGBTQ members that maybe don’t see this as a possibility for them and I want them to know that there’s nothing that can stop them from finding success.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdanis-new-lesbian-fdny-fire-chief-never-worked-as-a-firefighter
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some have been critical of Bonsignore’s appointment as well as her comment, saying that she was hired only for DEI purposes.)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Feminism, Anti-Racism & the Unraveling of Western Civilization. Statistics from media, academia, and law suggest meritocracy has given way to ideology—reshaping institutions, sidelining men, and raising hard questions about the West’s long-term viability.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/12/26/feminism_anti-racism_amp_the_unraveling_of_western_civilization_681458.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters continue to promote Joe Walsh.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5664041-joe-walsh-criticizes-ice-raids/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Boston Archbishop to meet with priest over controversial “ICE was here” nativity scene. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/ice-was-here-nativity-dedham-boston/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Most Americans decide 2025 isn’t the year for charity. DD: Most if not virtually all charities promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promote even more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, and f) socialism.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/24/charitable-giving-declines-philanthropy-affordability-this-year-2025/
MSN
— US rolls out $5,000 penalty for migrants caught after illegal entry
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/us-rolls-out-5000-penalty-for-migrants-caught-after-illegal-entry/ar-AA1RSlwD
CNBC
— As the cost of living keeps climbing, Americans are trying to muscle through the affordability crisis. DD: At my and my wife’s stage in life, we deal with inflation by using our retirement savings. We have no children.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/how-americans-are-responding-to-the-affordability-crisis.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Strange Death of Make America Great Again. DD: I agree with MAGA when it promotes conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. I disagree with MAGA when it rejects conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/opinion/turning-points-americafest-maga.html
— Agriculture Department Sheds a Fifth of Its Workers. From January to June, more than 20,000 employees out of more than 110,000 left the agency, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general. DD: Because of Gingrich budget cuts, GAO shed half its workers between 1980 and 1997. I was one of them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/us/politics/trump-agriculture-department-resignations-cuts.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Tale of Two Medicaid States: Minnesota Fraud vs. Indiana Reform. More indictments in Tim Walz’s state, while Mike Braun’s reforms save hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/medicaid-fraud-minnesota-indiana-reforms-tim-walz-mike-braun-d1edb6b1
— The Bruising Reality of Searching for a Job at 65. DD: I have been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always stressed that. In my defense, my Democrat GAO forced me to retire, that is, they fired me. Before that, a) they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) they delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) they forced me to take a $23,472/year pay cut (21%) n today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. Before that, my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers. Before that, my Democrat Post Office superiors, a) forced me to resign and b) disallowed my sick leave requests. The aforesaid has rendered worthless a) my work experience, b) my job-related bachelor’s degree, c) my three job-related master’s degrees, d) my six job-related professional certifications, and e) my job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/the-bruising-reality-of-searching-for-a-job-at-65-eed94709
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Committee Republicans advance House bill to overhaul the federal probationary period. DD: Have you been in a probationary period? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO supervisors were furious when they learned that because of my IRS employment, they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. In 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss unsuccessfully tried to use probationary procedures to not hire me. The Firestone Store Chicago district office hired me and assigned me to his store. He never would have hired me. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary Indiana Store. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant. He disapproved of my being German American. He disapproved of me and my ancestors living in Crete and their having been in America since 1844. The aforesaid led to my accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/committee-republicans-advance-house-bill-to-overhaul-the-federal-probationary-period/
FROM OTHER SOURSES
GOOGE AI
— Come to your defense. DD: Have you had adverse actions taken against you? When your critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against you, who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents continue to stress that when they had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me, virtually no one came to my defense. They had their operatives and their dupes a) rudely throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) rudely defeat my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) etc. Who have you hoped would have come to your defense, but did not? For me, it is those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect in general elections.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22come+to+your+defense%22
HR MORNING
— Ask these 8 questions to get difficult employees back on track. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees. They all were Democrats who were minority, female, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Further, they assigned me to work for the supervisors who they wanted to get rid of.
https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/back-on-track/
December 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 6 shot, 1 fatally, in Christmas night violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-least-6-shot-1-fatally-christmas-gun-violence-police-department-says/18318233/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois Democratic Senate primary race has started slow. But contrasts emerge in bid to replace Dick Durbin.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/illinois-us-senate-race-slow-start/
DAILY HERALD
— Stopping a frightening free-for-all: Fair maps amendment, protections needed more than ever
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251226/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-stopping-a-frightening-free-for-all-fair-maps-amendment-protections-needed-m/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251226/syndicated-columnists/a-place-of-moral-leadership-this-is-no-person-for-this-job/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251226/syndicated-columnists/transgender-teens/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-r81src9y4xn5130p
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DD: Have you wanted to run for a government office? Since I was 49 years old in 1997, my DuPage County critics/opponents have falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I wanted to run for DuPage County Auditor. To discourage me from considering doing that, they have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my DuPage County critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me. Of course, they ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth what did to elect and to reelect Jim Rasins and Bob Grogan as DuPage County Auditors. My critics/opponents base their false accusations against me on my being highly qualified for the office. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years as a Revenue Officer and for GAO for almost 18 years as an Analyst, the last 11 years of at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/12/25/kane-auditor-penny-wegman-named-auditor-of-the-year/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Home Alone” Beyond a Comedy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/25/home-alone-beyond-a-comedy/
— Skinner 2025 Christmas Letter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/25/skinner-2025-christmas-letter/
— The Best Legislative Christmas Greeting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/25/the-best-legislative-christmas-greeting/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congress should prioritize American graduates, not foreigners who promised to go home. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and give them preference over citizens of America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/24/congress-prioritize-american-graduates-foreigners-promised-go-home/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden OK’d illegal immigrants ‘Elvis Presley’ and ‘Connie Chung’ into US
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3919595/biden-administration-let-illegal-immigrants-elvis-presley-connie-chung-into-us/
— Biden’s DHS let migrants on bogus documents claim asylum
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oct/16/bidens-dhs-catching-releasing-migrants-bogus-documents-audit/
NEW YORK POST
— Tim Walz’s daughter Hope wishes merry Christmas to illegal migrants that ‘ICE has been terrorizing’ in divisive holiday message
https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/us-news/tim-walzs-daughter-hope-wishes-merry-christmas-to-illegal-migrants-that-ice-has-been-terrorizing-in-divisive-holiday-message/
— We know the reasons for violence against Jews — but refuse to say them aloud. We know the causes. Anemic Western leaders — politicians, college presidents, media grandees and celebrities — fear Muslim terrorism, growing Muslim voters and their own growing antisemitic campus constituencies. So, they never call out antisemitic violence other than with nauseating nothings like, “Such violence has no place here.” Or “We condemn such violence in the utmost terms.” Or “This is not who we are.”
https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/opinion/we-know-why-jews-are-targets-of-violence-but-refuse-to-admit-it/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Pope’s Christmas statements wrapped leftist political values in religious garb. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_pope_s_christmas_statements_wrapped_leftist_political_values_in_religious_garb.html
BRIETBART
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly liken Jesus, Mary, and Joseph to Illegal Migrants on Christmas. How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/12/25/rep-eric-swalwell-likens-jesus-mary-and-joseph-to-illegal-migrants-on-christmas/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Northwestern University releases pro-DEI instructions for educators to ‘anchor equity in strategy’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/northwestern-university-releases-pro-dei-instructions-educators-anchor-equity-strategy/29172
NEWSMAX
— Justices’ Ruling Clears Trump to Invoke Insurrection Act
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/supreme-court-donald-trump-insurrection-act/2025/12/25/id/1239688/
— DD: Democrats Ever-Increasingly Defend Their Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/art-del-cueto-democrats-illegal-aliens/2025/12/25/id/1239705/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Santa’s Naughty List Now Includes Illegal Aliens, Says ICE AI Video
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/santa-ice-ai-video-illegal-aliens-deport
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— CA-Based Operation Highway Sentinel Nets 101 Arrests in Crackdown on Illegals With CDLs
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/ca-based-operation-highway-sentinel-nets-101-arrests-in-crackdown-on-illegals-with-cdls/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Hope Walz praises illegal immigrants while attacking ICE in Christmas message
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/hope-walz-praises-illegal-immigrants-while-attacking-ice-in-christmas-message/
REASON
— DD: Hate filled Trump-hating Trump haters not only hate Trump, but hate America and those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://reason.com/2025/12/25/christian-nationalism-is-a-threat-to-americas-founding-principles/
TOWNHALL
— Trump’s DHS Pays Illegal Immigrants to Leave — Critics Ignore the Cost of Letting Them Stay
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/25/david-bier-what-if-biden-rewarded-illegals-n2668443
— Of Course, Politico Says Christmas Is a Right Wing Boogaloo
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/25/of-course-politico-says-christmas-is-a-right-wing-boogaloo-n2668468
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump Organization requested record number of foreign workers in 2025. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-organization-requested-record-number-034837590.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— The creation of the Pathways Program came from the simple need to replace the government’s internship program. DD: Democrats run IRS and GAO. GAO audits IRS. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. Were you an intern? To stop me from transferring from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors unsuccessfully tried to force me to become an intern, that is, to take a $71,982/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, that is, to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-4 Step 1. But they successfully forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. Needless-to-say, that ruined my GAO career. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the downgrade a) proved that what I had learned working 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, was WORTHLESS, b) proved that what I had learned passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 was WORTHLESS, c) that what I had learned earning an MBA in 1976 was WORTHLESS, and d) that what I was learning taking graduate evening accounting courses since 1976 was WORTHLESS. They used the aforesaid to ignore, dismiss, belittle a) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and c) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981. They succeed in a) delaying my promotions back to GS-11 Step 10 and GS-12 Step 5, b) keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, c) delaying my promotion to GS-13 until 1986, d) never promoting me beyond GS-13, e) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/the-pathways-program-transformed-agencies-approach-to-early-career-hiring/
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/24/nx-s1-5619298/how-the-clergy-has-rallied-against-the-trump-administrations-immigration-policies
ATLANTA VOICE
— Controlling the Scores. Standardized testing has long been framed as a neutral measure of achievement. Yet, its origins in white supremacy reveal that it was designed to privilege white, middle-class norms while excluding others. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I passed the following tests because standardized tests are biased in favor of those who share my demographics: a) the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) the ACT test with a score of 24 in 1966, c) all the tests I needed to pass to graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class in 1966, d) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, e) all the tests I needed to pass to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997, f) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. and g) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. 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.
https://theatlantavoice.com/testing-bias-black-students/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda. AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’ DD: If GAO had unionized sooner, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/trump-labor-unions-afl-cio
FEDERAL
— Trump administration ends H-1B visa lottery, shifts to skill-based system. DD: What skills do/did you have? I transferred from IRS to be a GAO Analyst when I was 31 in 1980. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who ran GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled the analytical skills that I had because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I acquired those analytical skills a) working 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, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and d) earning an MBA in 1976. Much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do for GAO. GAO’s forcing me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars ruined my GAO career and proved GAO’s discrimination against those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://thefederal.com/category/international/trump-administration-ends-h1b-visa-lottery-skill-based-system-222170
FROM OTHER SOURCES
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
— College football’s highest-paid player takes a pay cut to chase 2026 championship. DD: Who do you know that has taken a pay cut? I took a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. My Democrat IRS superiors had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 because I was a non-veteran Republican who had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. The GAO Staff Manager (Bill) who arranged the transfer promised me that he that would assign me to audits of IRS and rapidly promote me back to GS-12 Step 5 and then to GS13. But my Democrat GAO superiors almost immediately replaced Bill with Dave. Dave vehemently disapproved of me and my transfer. He gave me bad job assignments. He gave me unfair performance expectations. He gave me unfair performance appraisals. He delayed my promotions back to GS-11 Step 10 and GS-12 Step 5. He kept me off audits of IRS. He ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981. But in 1985, Dave went on extended sick leave. That enabled Bill to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986. But Dave came back in 1987. Dave forced Bill to retire in 1987. Dave threw me off audits in 1989. Dave again gave me bad job assignments. Dave again gave me unfair performance expectations. Dave again gave me unfair performance appraisals. Dave ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance for 1989. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1980, Dave would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that he did.
https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/college-football-highest-paid-player-takes-pay-cut-to-chase-2026-championship-arch-manning
December 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration moves to overhaul how H-1B visas are granted, ending lottery system
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/24/trump-administration-h-1b-visas/
— Illinois joins states suing HHS over move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/24/illinois-lawsuit-hhs-gender-affirming-care/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with delinquent student loan borrowers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/student-loan-wages-garnished/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/24/faith-leaders-denied-broadview-facility/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/24/broadview-ice-deportation-detainees-illinois-faith-leaders-denied-access-christmas-eve-jonathan-jackson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/24/after-fleeing-war-ukraine-they-thought-they-were-safe-then-came-trumps-deportation-blitz
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane Auditor Penny Wegman named Auditor of the Year. ‘This recognition reflects the collective work of Kane County government.’
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/12/25/kane-auditor-penny-wegman-named-auditor-of-the-year/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Association of County Auditors promotes professional excellence, accountability, and best practices in county financial management, according to its website. Wegman, who was reelected to a second term in 2024, is currently seeking to become the county’s treasurer. She is vying for the Democratic Party’s nomination in a three-way race with Scott Johansen and Connie Cain in the March 17, 2026, primary election. The primary winner will face incumbent Treasurer Chris Lauzen in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. Lauzen, a Republican, is unopposed in the GOP primary while he seeks a second term.)
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/12/24/after-fleeing-war-ukraine-they-thought-they-were-safe-then-came-trumps-deportation-blitz
WIFR
— DOJ sues Illinois governor JB Pritzker, Kwame Raoul
https://www.wifr.com/video/2025/12/23/doj-sues-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-kwame-raoul/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-24/how-the-clergy-has-rallied-against-the-trump-administrations-immigration-policies
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Challenge to 77 Illinois Scholarships and Programs for Systematic Discrimination at Seven State Universities. DD: Did you get a scholarship? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if you did not get a scholarship, you were not college material. My critics/opponents have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/24/challenge-to-77-illinois-scholarships-and-programs-for-systematic-discrimination-at-seven-state-universities/
— Politicians Who Ended Up on Santa’s Naughty List
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/24/politicians-who-ended-up-on-santas-naughty-list/
— Pritzker Replaces Lost Subsidies for Planned Parenthood with State Money. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/24/pritzker-replaces-lost-subsidies-for-planned-parenthood-with-state-money/
— Downstater Reacts to Chicago Transit Bailout from Road Fund
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/downstater-reacts-to-chicago-transit-bailout-from-road-fund/
— Feds Prosecute “Hate” Motivation, Rather Than the Crime of Arson
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/feds-prosecute-hate-motivation-rather-than-the-crime-of-arson/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Naughty list includes state lawmakers, county leaders, mayors
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/naughty-list-includes-state-lawmakers-county-leaders-mayors/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Government unions put politics before workers. Political candidates use unwitting teachers’ dues to fund campaigns. DD: Yes, but if GAO had unionized sooner, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/24/government-unions-put-politics-workers/
— Radical left Democrats’ terror-influencing strategy revealed. From attacks on Supreme Court justices to ICE assaults, a pattern emerges that party leaders refuse to confront.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/24/radical-left-democrats-terror-influencing-strategy-revealed/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ben Shapiro is right to defend conservatism. DD: My critics/opponents reject many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) principles.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4357116/ben-shapiro-is-right-to-defend-conservatism/
NEW YORK POST
— Bless our billionaires — the wealth they create makes us ALL richer. An Axios-Generation poll found, “College students prefer socialism to capitalism.” DD: Under socialism, you advance based on your loyalty to your superiors, not your merit. Federal employees advance based on their loyalty to the Democrat Party platform, not based on their merit. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I dad.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/24/opinion/bless-our-billionaires-the-wealth-they-create-makes-us-all-richer/
— Judge backs New York’s ‘Green Light’ Law, delivering blow to Trump admin. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/24/us-news/judge-backs-new-yorks-green-light-law-delivering-blow-to-trump-admin/
— Race bait: To skirt the law, colleges incentivize applicants to write ‘identity essays.’ DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But if I was 18, 20, 23, 27, or 43 today, because of my bad demographics, I doubt they would admit me today.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/race-bait-to-skirt-the-law-colleges-incentivize-applicants-to-write-identity-essays/
AMAC
— 2025 Will Forever Be the Year Trump Took America’s Borders Back
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/2025-will-forever-be-the-year-trump-took-americas-borders-back/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A ‘most egregious’ injustice of ‘malicious anti-White’ lawfare
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/a_most_egregious_injustice_of_malicious_anti_white_lawfare.html
— Ted Cruz: Conservative of the year
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/ted_cruz_conservative_of_the_year.html
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Trump Supersizes the Entry Ban. Countries with High Visa Overstay Rates Get Squeezed.
https://cis.org/Fishman/Trump-Supersizes-Entry-Ban
CHRISTIAN INFORMATION RADIO
— Not Marriage Material. American women have never been this resigned to staying single. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.vcy.org/viewpoints-with-kerby-anderson/2025/04/04/not-marriage-material/
DAILY CALLER
— Far-Left Democrats Celebrate Blackness Over Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/25/kwanzaa-squanzaa-aoc-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-rashida-talib-ayanna-pressley-delia-ramirez/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The War on White Men Is Real—Here’s the Proof. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/24/the-war-on-white-men-is-real-heres-the-proof/amp/
DAILY WIRE
— Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Effort To Stop New York From Giving Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses. New York Attorney General Letitia James celebrated Tuesday’s ruling, arguing that the state law promotes safety. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-strikes-down-trumps-effort-to-stop-new-york-from-giving-illegal-immigrants-drivers-licenses
— AT&T eliminates DEI programs, says hiring and advancement will now be merit-based. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. The Democrats who ran GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.aol.com/articles/t-eliminates-dei-programs-says-074116809.html
FEDERALIST
— It’s Your Civic Duty To Reject The ‘Nation Of Immigrants’ Propaganda You Learned In School. DD: Citizens of England founded America.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/24/its-your-civic-duty-to-reject-the-nation-of-immigrants-propaganda-you-learned-in-school/
FOX NEWS
— 17,500 illegal immigrants arrested under Laken Riley Act in Trump’s second term. Kristi Noem credits Trump for empowering agency to target criminal illegal immigrants including gang members.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-17500-illegal-immigrants-arrested-under-laken-riley-act-trumps-second-term.amp
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Northwestern University Releases Pro-DEI Instructions for Educators. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/northwestern-u-releases-pro-dei-instructions-for-educators/
NEWSMAX
— ‘Radical judge’ wants illegals back into the country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLMerKakDRo
— Judge Rejects DOJ Challenge to N.Y. Driver’s License Law. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/new-york-green-light-law-illegal-aliens/2025/12/24/id/1239611/
— Laken Riley Act Drives Surge in ICE Arrests Nationwide
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/laken-riley-act-dhs-ice/2025/12/24/id/1239591/
— Border Patrol Goes Nationwide to Apprehend Aliens
https://www.newsmax.com/us/border-patrol-chief-banks/2025/12/24/id/1239559/
PJ MEDIA
— ICE Operation Named for Laken Riley Claps 1,000 Criminals in Handcuffs
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/24/ice-operation-named-for-laken-riley-claps-1000-criminals-in-handcuffs-n4947480
— New York allowed to keep giving illegal aliens drivers licenses after Biden-appointed judge’s ruling. DD: How many illegals have driver’s licenses in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? To give an illegal a driver’s license is to illegally encourage that illegal to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://thepostmillennial.com/new-york-allowed-to-keep-giving-illegal-aliens-drivers-licenses-after-biden-appointed-judges-ruling
REASON
— The DOJ Assails D.C.’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban As an Arbitrary, Historically Ungrounded Gun Law. The department’s lawsuit notes that the prohibited firearms are “in common use” for “lawful purposes,” meaning they are covered by the Second Amendment. DD: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 in 1968.
https://reason.com/2025/12/24/the-doj-assails-d-c-s-assault-weapon-ban-as-an-arbitrary-historically-ungrounded-gun-law/
TOWNHALL
— Stephen Miller Blasts CBS for Sympathizing With Criminal Illegal Immigrants
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/24/stephen-miller-calls-for-firing-of-cbs-producers-n2668464
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Europe will be ‘unrecognizable’ in 20 years due to immigration
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/europe-will-unrecognizable-20-years-due-immigration-white-house-strate-rcna247534
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— How to Use an MBA to Advance. DD: IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.usnews.com/education/articles/how-to-use-an-mba-to-advance-in-your-field-or-change-careers
YAHOO FINANCE
— More than 200 S&P 500 companies scrubbed ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from annual reports in 2025. DD: All my employers crowed about their success in meeting/exceeding Affirmative Action quotas/goals/targets, that is, they crowed about their success in discriminating against their employees who were conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/finance/more-200-p-500-companies-143039217.html
CBS NEWS
— Trump said early Wednesday that TV broadcast licenses should be revoked if newscasts and late-night shows are almost entirely negative about him and the GOP. DD: The mainstream news media is entirely negative about Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-broadcast-licenses-terminated-100-negative/
— H-1B visa lottery system being replaced as DHS prioritizes skilled, higher-paid foreign workers. 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.cbsnews.com/news/h-1b-visas-lottery-system-being-replaced-as-process-for-granting-them-reworked/
— Duckworth calls Trump a “draft-dodging coward.” DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft with deferments. Those who have done that the most were my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors and supervisors who were veterans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/at-dnc-sen-tammy-duckworth-uses-her-personal-history-to-call-out-donald-trump/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Candace Owens Is the Conservative Movement’s Frankenstein Monster
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/opinion/candace-owens-erika-kirk.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Do you know any federal employees or federal retirees? What is your attitude toward them? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 28 years. My critics/opponents have always negatively stressed that. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that federal employees have always been grossly overpaid and their benefits have always been much too generous and b) that federal pensions and benefits have always been much too generous. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that in the private sector, I never could have earned in today’s dollars a) $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, d) $82,655/year when I was 24, e) $99,069/year when I was 25, f) $112,280/year when I was 29, g) $117,807/year when I was 38, and h) $153,151 when I was 49. Since I was 49, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been $66,780/year in today’s dollars. The federal government has paid a) 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since I was 18 and b) 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums since I was 29. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-relate professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/24/trump-federal-government-workers/
ABC SAN DIEGO
— National Guard to be sent to New Orleans, after Supreme Court blocks deployment in Chicago. The National Guard is expected to be in Louisiana through the end of February to help fight crime there.
https://www.10news.com/politics/the-president/national-guard-to-be-sent-to-new-orleans-after-supreme-court-blocks-deployment-in-chicago
FAST COMPANY
— Skills-First Hiring. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. GAO audits IRS. The skills that I had that the Democrats who ran GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran included the skills that I acquired a) working 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, b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and d) earning an MBA in 1976. Much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do for GAO. GAO’s forcing me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars proves its discrimination against those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91466644/key-workforce-trends-to-watch-in-2026
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Death By Lightning Shows Why a Professional Civil Service Matters. Trump wants to bring back the spoils system. The Netflix miniseries is an entertaining tale of why we should never do that. DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to advance the Democrat Party platform. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by earning a high school diploma and passing the postal employment examination. I qualified myself for the IRS job by earning a bachelor’s degree in business and passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/19/death-by-lightning-shows-why-a-professional-civil-service-matters/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Privilege. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more wrongly privileged that you are and the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/jan/29/does-your-job-depend-on-how-privileged-you-are
December 24, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois joins lawsuit against White House’s attempted national ban on youth gender-affirming care. The Department of Health and Human Services this month unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for patients under 19, including threats to cut off federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide care. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage youth to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/12/24/illinois-joins-suit-trump-administrations-attempted-nationwide-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-youth
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/illinois-state-politics/doj-sues-illinois-governor-over-laws-protecting-immigrants-at-courthouses-and-hospitals/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration is recalling about 30 career diplomats. DD: Are/were you a career employee? I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, almost 3 for the Post Office, almost 9 for IRS, and almost 18 for GAO. But my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates not only ignored/dismissed/belittled my postal employment, they used it against me; they were furious that I had almost 3 years of federal seniority when I started at IRS. And my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates not only ignored/dismissed/belittled my IRS employment, they used it against me; they were beyond furious that I had almost 12 years of federal seniority when I started at GAO. Because of that seniority, I had more vacation day and sick days. Because of that seniority, I got a preferred corner office at GAO. Because of that seniority I got the “opportunity” to get a $25,000 buyout and to take early retirement when I was 45 in 1993.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-23/the-trump-administration-is-recalling-about-30-career-diplomats
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Military recruiting soars after Trump election and ‘woke’ policy rollback. DD: Did you enlist? Initially, my plan to get a college degree was to enlist and to use the GI Bill. If I had enlisted, I would not have been able a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) to earn an MBA when I was 27, c) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) to earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) to become a licensed CPA when I was 32. I would not have been able a) to buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) to get married when I was 29, d) etc.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/23/us-military-recruiting-hits-15-year-high-trump-administration/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Border Patrol ‘will go anywhere’ to arrest illegal immigrants in 2026
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/4355660/border-patrol-travel-arrest-illegal-immigrants-2026-chief/
— Why is Mamdani surrounded by antisemites?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4356909/why-zohran-mamdani-surrounded-by-antisemites/
NEW YORK POST
— Why do pessimistic pundits keep getting Trump’s economy so wrong?
https://nypost.com/2025/12/23/opinion/why-do-pessimistic-pundits-keep-getting-trumps-economy-so-wrong/
— Mamdani doesn’t care about ‘upward mobility.’ DD: How upwardly mobile were you? Thanks to my outstanding parents and teachers, I was able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license notwithstanding neither of my parents having attended college, my father being only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never having attended high school.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/mamdani-doesn-t-care-about-upward-mobility-and-his-charter-school-snub-proves-it/ar-AA1SQQnX
— DEI hollowed out a generation — and sapped America’s promise. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/dei-hollowed-out-a-generation-and-sapped-americas-promise/
BLAZE
— The Great Replacement isn’t a theory. It’s the plan. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. That will destroy America.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-auron-macintyre-show/the-great-replacement-isnt-a-theory-its-the-plan
BREITBART
— ICE Arrests 101 ‘Dangerous’ Illegal Alien Truckers on California Roads
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/23/report-ice-arrests-101-dangerous-illegal-alien-truckers-on-california-roads/amp/
— ICE Releases AI Video of Santa Rounding Up Illegal Aliens, Urges Self-Deportation to Avoid the ‘Naughty List’
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/12/23/watch-ice-releases-ai-video-of-santa-rounding-up-illegal-aliens-urges-self-deportation-to-avoid-the-naughty-list/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times merit made a comeback in 2025. DD: My critics/opponents credit their successes to merit. They credit my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are non-Republican, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-merit-made-comeback-2025/29157
COLLEGE FIX
— Lawsuit challenges University of Rhode Island’s ‘preference’ for hiring union members. DD: When the Democrats who ran the Post Office hired me when I was 18, I felt that I had no choice but to join the union. When the Democrats who ran IRS hired me when I was 22, I felt that I had no choice but to join the union. When the Democrats who ran GAO hired me when I was 31, they made it clear that they despised/hated unions and union members. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not been a union member, IRS would not have promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25, that is, that IRS grossly overpaid me because I was a union member.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/lawsuit-challenges-u-rhode-islands-preference-for-hiring-union-members/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left Framed Trump on ‘Affordability’ Crisis. Here’s What Trump Must Do Now. DD: If there is something that you want to buy, but you can’t afford it, who do you blame? Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hates want you to blame Trump. Who do you blame for your not having more money than you have? I blame my Democrat superiors in the federal government who wasted my career, who took many big adverse actions against me, and who forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/23/the-left-framed-trump-on-affordability-crisis-heres-what-trump-must-do-now/amp/
— Reversing Democrats’ ‘Affordability’ Trap on Trump Before Midterms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry49sksqMFg
FOX BUSINESS
— This is a good incentive for illegal aliens to leave voluntarily
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386883945112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Systematic Scholarship Discrimination In Illinois Public Universities Challenged By Equal Protection Project. Our Civil Rights Complaint to the Department of Justice involves at least seventy-seven (77) scholarships and programs across seven institutions, including the flagship University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/systematic-scholarship-discrimination-in-illinois-public-universities-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
NEW AMERICAN
— Top Democrats in Columbus, Ohio, Warn Illegal Aliens That ICE Is in Town
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/top-democrats-in-columbus-ohio-warn-illegal-aliens-that-ice-is-in-town/
— University Writing Center Rejected Proper English, Calling It “Linguistic White Supremacy”
https://thenewamerican.com/us/education/university-writing-center-rejected-proper-english-calling-it-linguistic-white-supremacy/
— ICE Arrests More Than 100 Illegal Alien Truck Drivers in California
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/ice-arrests-more-than-100-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-in-california/
PJ MEDIA
— Outrageous: Boasberg Demands Trump Return 130+ Terrorist Illegals to U.S.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/23/boasberg-outrageously-demands-trump-return-130-criminal-illegals-to-us-n4947441
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals, b) fight their deportation, and c) make it clear that they despise/hate Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My coworkers were overwhelmingly Democrats who were non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, non-Protestant, veteran, minority, female, and/or younger than me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/stephen-miller-trump-immigrants.html
— How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, a New York Times analysis found. And its many smaller cuts added up to few savings. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/doge-musk-trump-analysis.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors. DD: U.S. ambassadors serve at the pleasure of U.S. presidents. Managers of GAO offices serve at the pleasure of those who run GAO. While I worked for GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, the Democrats who ran GAO got rid of the managers who they assigned who failed to get rid of enough of the office’s employees who were GS-14 and below and who were Republican, 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 each of those managers and the employees who they got rid of.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/22/trump-ambassadors-recalled/
BOSTON HERALD
— Things are looking up, thanks to Trump
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/24/moore-things-are-looking-up-thanks-to-trump/
SACRAMENTO BEE
— Here’s how Sacramento County residents can help with the upcoming homeless count. DD: As Democrats move into your county, township, municipality, and school district, homelessness will increase.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/homeless/article313927206.html
DAILY BEACON
— Check your privilege. DD: What are your demographics? If you are the following, my critics/opponents attribute your successes in life to your benefitting from discrimination against those who are not the following: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://utdailybeacon.com/87543/opinion/check-your-privilege/
WKBN
— DOJ to investigate ‘DEI wokeness’ after Pa. school bus driver fired for banning Spanish
https://www.wkbn.com/news/doj-to-investigate-dei-wokeness-after-pa-school-bus-driver-fired-for-banning-spanish/
WHYY
— Gen Z college graduates are facing tough odds in the job market. With a historically bad job market, phantom job listings and a loss of entry-level positions due to AI, young Philadelphians are sounding the alarm. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. My salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars almost 18 years later in 1997, after I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after I became a licensed CPA in 1981, after I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-gen-z-college-graduates-job-market/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Needs More Husband Material. Marriage, disdained by many elites, has collapsed among the working class. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people are marriage material. What helped make you marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $108,978/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-needs-more-husband-material-11ae071a?mod=opinion_lead_pos7
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders want the stock market to crash so that they can blame it on Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/24/precarious-is-wall-streets-defining-word-for-2026/
— Why restricting graduate loans will bankrupt America’s talent supply chain. DD: I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I took only one course at a time because that was what I could afford in terms of time and money. Consequently, I did not earn an MBA until I was 27. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not earn a master’s degree in finance until I was 48. By then, it was too late.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/23/k-shaped-economy-education-graduate-loans-talent-supply-chain/
MONEY TALKS
— Here’s What Workers Say Matters Most in a Job in 2026 and What They’ll Do to Get It. DD: What about the importance of what employers do? The importance of what the Post Office does (deliver mail), Firestone Stores do (sell tires), Oldsmobile did (build cars), IRS does (collect taxes), and GAO does (audit federal agencies) motivated me to accept their job offers.
https://www.moneytalksnews.com/heres-what-workers-say-matters-most-in-a-job-in-and-what-theyll-do-to-get-it/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Key findings include: 85% of workers said remote work now matters more than salary when evaluating a job. 69% have switched, or seriously considered switching, career fields. Gen Z professionals reported struggling to build momentum and wanting stronger support. Working parents were stretched thin, with 65% saying remote work would better support their families. And across the workforce, return-to-office mandates have been straining trust and loyalty.)
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— DOJ says IL law can’t be used to limit, sue, ‘harass’ ICE agents
https://www.legalnewsline.com/madison-stclair-record/justice-department-battles-illinois-over-ice-limitations/article_df7e9ec0-7b26-4da6-a1a5-205da2d1962e.html
JD SUPRA
— The EEOC Issues New Guidance Regarding Anti-American Discrimination. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My coworkers were overwhelmingly Democrats who were non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, non-Protestant, veteran, minority, female, and/or younger than me.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-eeoc-issues-new-guidance-regarding-5111758/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The technical assistance document also offers examples of specific circumstances that may implicate this new guidance on national origin discrimination, including: Using discriminatory job advertisements, such as those that include the employer’s preference for or requirement of applicants from a particular country or with a particular visa status (e.g., “H-1B preferred” or “H-1B only”). Terminating American employees who are on the “bench” between job assignments at a higher rate than employees who are visa guest workers. Requiring American workers to participate in more burdensome application processes than H-1B visa holders during the PERM labor certification process. Allowing the harassment of employees based on their national origin, accent, or ethnicity, through unwelcome remarks or conduct. Retaliating against an employee who engaged in protected activity under Title VII, such as objecting to or opposing national origin discrimination at work, participating in employer or EEOC investigations, or filing an EEOC charge.
ATLANTIC
— DD: According to hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, Trump Is looking a lot smaller and he is no longer dominating his party or the country in the way he once did.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/12/president-donald-trump-diminished/685427/
DAILY DISPATCH
— DD: I should write about anti-conservatives. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on conservative leaders in Illinois since 2000. I would focus on religious leaders in Illinois since 2000. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/news/opinion/2025-12-24-conservative-american-manhood-has-hit-rock-bottom/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIA TODAY
— Disagree with me, you won’t get the job: Trump’s test for next Fed chair. DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to advance the Democrat Party platform. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by earning a high school diploma and passing the postal employment examination. I qualified myself for the IRS job by earning a bachelor’s degree in business and passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/disagree-with-me-you-wont-get-the-job-trumps-test-for-next-fed-chair-glbs-2840797-2025-12-24
December 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Department of Justice sues Pritzker, Raoul over law barring federal immigration actions at courthouses. The law bars immigration enforcement from taking place inside or within 1,000 feet of state courthouses. The federal government claims states can’t dictate where federal agents make arrests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/22/department-of-justice-sues-pritzker-raoul-over-law-barring-federal-immigration-actions-at-courthouses
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/federal-push-to-relax-marijuana-classification-should-help-the-industry-in-illinois-but-the-effects-for-consumers-may-take-time/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251223/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-funding-for-dupagepads-will-help-save-lives-shelter-countys-homeless/
WSPY
— Bailey says Illinois must generate more power to cut costs
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/governor-candidate-says-illinois-must-generate-more-power-to-cut-costs/article_59ee29a7-6dd5-40ee-a979-639b0413ac63.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Is Forcing Ideology on Its Employees — and Calling It ‘Training’
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-forcing-ideology-on-its-employees-and-calling-it-training-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Danielle Penman, Hopeful of Succeeding Don DeWitte in State Senate, Appears Before McHenry County GOP Central Executive Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/23/danielle-penman-hopeful-of-succeeding-don-dewitte-in-state-senate-appears-before-mchenry-county-gop-central-executive-committee/
– McHenry County State’s Attorney Keeps Still Another Man from Getting SAFE-T Act Get Out of Jail Free Card
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/mchenry-county-states-attorney-keeps-still-another-man-from-getting-safe-t-actget-out-of-jail-free-card/
— A New Revenue Idea for Balancing Chicago’s Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/a-new-revenue-idea-for-balancing-chicagos-budget/
— U.S. Senate Hopeful Don Tracy Appears Before McHenry County GOP Central Executive Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/u-s-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-appears-before-mchenry-county-gop-central-executive-committee/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats thrive on government fraud. DD: I became a Certified Fraud Examiner when I was 41 in 1990. I became a Forensic Accountant when I was 48 in 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted that.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/22/democrats-thrive-government-fraud/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani doesn’t care about upward mobility. DD: From what I see, for those in America who are the following, upward mobility is ever-increasingly crashing: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, I was able to do the following, but I doubt that I could if I was young today: a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) earn six job-related professional certifications, and d) earn a job-related professional license. When I was young, the following hired me, but I doubt that they would hire me if I was young today: a) Post Office, Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO. When I was young, the following promoted me, but I doubt that they would promote me if I was young today: a) IRS and b) GAO.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/mamdani-doesnt-care-about-upward-mobility-and-his-charter-school-snub-proves-it/
— The great debate over what makes an American. DD: According to Democrat leaders, real Americans despise if not hate those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/opinion/what-makes-an-american-jd-vance-gets-it-right/
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— It’s no mystery that ‘The View’ is in the pocket of the left, but just how biased could they be? The political leanings of the show’s guests reveal the answer in stark relief, to the surprise of very few. The Media Research Center’s study of the 341 guests who visited ‘The View’ in 2025 indicates that a mere two of them are conservatives. A whopping 128 of the visitors were liberal, including 25 left-leaning politicians. DD: Since at least 2000, very few leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have been conservative.
https://americanwirenews.com/tally-of-the-view-guests-in-2025-include-128-liberals-and-guess-how-many-conservatives/
BREITBART
— Dems Demand Trump Continue Welfare-Dependent Immigration to U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/22/democrats-demand-trump-continue-welfare-dependent-immigration-to-u-s/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Michigan State to host ‘Queering Racial Justice Summit’ highlighting ‘intersections of queer and racial identity’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/michigan-state-host-queering-racial-justice-summit-highlighting-intersections-queer-racial-identity/29183
FOX BUSINESS
— Healthcare problems today are 100% caused by Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuQVUNmci_s
FOX NEWS
— Turning Point poll reveals conservatives ‘all in’ for JD Vance 2028 presidential run. DD: I conducted many straw polls for the Milton Township Republican Organization and for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I should write about those candidates who did not win those polls. I would focus on those candidates who blamed me for that and who had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/turning-point-poll-reveals-conservatives-all-in-jd-vance-2028-presidential-run
NEWSMAX
— Ban Welfare for Immigrants
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/randy-fine-ilhan-omar-somalia/2025/12/22/id/1239360/
TOWNHALL
— The Trump Admin Just Gave Illegal Aliens Even More Reason to Self-Deport
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/22/the-trump-administration-offers-a-christmas-gift-to-illegals-n2668301
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cannabis-use-is-up-46-among-american-seniors-as-trump-signs-an-order-to-reclassify-marijuana-are-you-positioned-to-profit-if-pot-stocks-surge/ar-AA1SQmC3
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A nerdy economics essay recently went viral. It asserted that the federal measure for the poverty line was woefully outdated and that for a family of four, the income needed today to function in American society was $140,000. The essay, by Michael Green, a financial market strategist, struck a nerve and set off another round of debate about affordability, focused this time on whether people with six-figure incomes should feel strapped. DD: I did not make $140,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 45 in 1993 and I had earned master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, and 41, and a professional license when I was 32.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/middle-class-us-economy-affordability.html
USA TODAY
— Federal judge rules US must give due process to deported Venezuelans. DD: The federal justices and judges in Diersen v. GAO denied me due process. They denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They would not have done that if Republicans had been the discriminators and I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/22/trump-administration-venezuelan-migrants-alien-enemies-act/87890359007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/12/20/immigrant-woman-detained-months-judge-orders-deportation/87813683007/
SACRAMENTO BEE
— As health care premiums soar, Democrats are eager to blame Republicans
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article313895932.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Heritage Foundation Blows Up. Its conservative scholars jump to Mike Pence’s policy shop after being stifled at the think tank.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/heritage-foundation-staff-exodus-mike-pence-kevin-roberts-c4ba0b7c
— AI Means the End of Entry-Level Jobs. DD: What entry-level jobs did you have? I had three. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970. My first entry-level job was a Retail Sales Manager for a Firestone Store. My salary was about $50,000/year in today’s dollars for a 44-hour workweek. In 1971, my second entry-level job was a GS-7 IRS Revenue Officer. The salary was $55,850/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted to GS-9 ($68,315/year) in 1972, to GS-11 ($82,655/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 ($99,069/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In 1980, my third entry-level job was a GS-9 Step 10 GAO Analyst. The salary was $88,808/year in today’s dollars. To get that job, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and almost earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. My salary was $153,151/year in today’s dollars almost 18 years later in 1997, after I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, after I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, after I became a licensed CPA in 1981, after I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and after I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ai-means-the-end-of-entry-level-jobs-6b268661
— Rove: Democrats’ Lessons From 2024? Never Mind. Hoping its problems have solved themselves, the party won’t release its ‘after-action report.’ DD: From what I see, the Democrat plan for retaking the White House, Senate, and House is to continue to a) destroy Trump and all those who voted for him, b) flood America with illegals and keep them in America, c) promote even more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, and d) promote socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-lessons-from-2024-never-mind-a8f93bca
— The Year the Job Market Hit a Wall. Unemployment rose and wage growth shrank this year, potentially setting up an even rougher 2026. DD: When I was 18 in 1966, the Post Office would not have offered me a job if it had not gotten a budget increase to deal with the 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/2025-jobs-unemployment-charts-f231bdef
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal government has led this year’s job cutting, as the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency quickly moved to downsize the federal workforce early in 2025. Rounds of layoffs, the deferred-resignation plan and other voluntary departure programs, including an early-retirement push, slashed the number of civil servants in the federal workforce to its smallest in more than a decade as of November.)
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2025/12/22/mike-levin-warns-of-healthcare-insurance-hikes-when-2026-hits-previews-next-steps-on-aca/
FAST COMPANY
— LGBTQ+ fans express disappointment in Nicki Minaj after she appears with Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA event. The star, who once positioned herself as a queer ally, is generating quite an intense reaction from admirers who feel betrayed.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91464983/nicki-minaj-erika-kirk-turning-point-usa-queer-fans-express-disappointment
NERD WALLET
— How to Pay for Grad School in 2025. DD: I paid lots of money for tuition and books to earn an MBA from Loyola (16 courses) in 1976 when I was 27, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul (12 courses) in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT (14 courses) in 1997. That money came from what I earned working for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/student-loans/learn/ask-brianna-paying-graduate-school
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average cost of a master’s degree was $62,820 in 2024, according to the Education Data Initiative. But the cost of graduate school can vary by school, type of degree and program. Regardless of which university’s name will be on your diploma, you may need to pay for your degree with graduate student loans. But before taking on debt, use these strategies to reduce how much you borrow.)
BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/health-costs-rise-everywhere-in-2026-not-just-with-obamacare
FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION
— Congress Should Reform GAO for the Twenty-First Century. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They wasted my career, they took many big adverse actions against me, and they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They did that because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid in 1988. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.thefai.org/posts/congress-should-reform-the-government-accountability-office-for-the-twenty-first-century
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Comptroller General Gene Dodaro’s 15-year term leading the Government Accountability Office will end later this month. Mr. Dodaro’s tenure of public service spans more than 50 years. Few Americans have made more contributions to the federal government, and his leadership has resulted in considerable savings for American taxpayers. The end of his term begins a process to fill the vacancy: a bipartisan congressional commission recommends a slate of candidates, the president nominates from that list, and the Senate provides advice and consent, including possible rejection. The process of recommending, nominating, and confirming a new Comptroller General in 1996 and 2008 took about two years, often with irregularities. The upcoming vacancy and looming debate provide an opportunity for Congress—and GAO itself—to reimagine the organization for the twenty-first century. GAO’s more-than-a-century-long history has involved several transformations. During the twentieth century, the organization’s original focus—auditing government payment vouchers–transitioned into broader financial oversight, program evaluations, and directed work on behalf of Congress. Congress started layering on additional responsibilities. In 1974, Congress directed GAO to police impoundments, and in 1996, it gave GAO a role in reviewing regulations. In the 1990s, GAO faced steep budget cuts and staffing reductions, prompting a new comptroller general, David Walker, to refocus the organization’s mission heading into the 2000s—including rebranding the organization to focus on its modern mission of government accountability and delivering a return on investment for American taxpayers in terms of government savings. Over the past quarter-century, GAO’s work has produced roughly $1.5 trillion in financial benefits for the U.S. government. Over the past 15 years, GAO’s annual reviews of duplication and waste across federal programs have resulted in more than $700 billion in financial benefits. As a trusted, nonpartisan institution within the legislative branch, GAO continues to provide substantial value to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Nevertheless, GAO is now at a crossroads. GAO and the current comptroller general have faced increasing opposition from the Trump administration and some congressional Republicans. OMB Director Russ Vought has stated, “We’re not big fans of GAO,” and called the organization “something that shouldn’t exist.” This opposition is primarily due to concerns about GAO’s recent actions related to its congressionally mandated responsibilities under the Impoundment Control Act and the Congressional Review Act. On Capitol Hill, some members and staff question the usefulness of GAO’s reports and recommendations. During the 117th Congress, a bipartisan select committee passed a recommendation that called for a review of congressional satisfaction with GAO’s work. Some evidence indicates that GAO’s work is not having the intended impact. At least a quarter of GAO’s recommendations are routinely ignored. As of December 2025, more than 5,200 open recommendations remain unaddressed. GAO maintains a “high risk list” of “government operations with serious vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, or in need of transformation,” which currently includes 37 areas, including nine items identified in the last century. Some question whether GAO is overly cautious in its approach to evaluating federal programs and activities. There is a long-running joke among congressional staff and even GAO employees and alumni that its reports typically include a balanced framing, such as “progress made, challenges remain,” which requires Congress to probe deep into the reports page and footnotes to actually understand potential problems identified through program evaluations. GAO’s own metrics show a declining impact. As of December 2025, GAO’s own performance metrics reveal a recent decline in the organization’s return on investment and in its ability to encourage federal agencies to implement its recommendations promptly between 2019 and 2024. This decline has occurred despite bipartisan reforms enacted by Congress over the past decade to increase GAO’s ROI and effectiveness. Some question whether these trends are linked to GAO’s transition to widespread remote work, which persists today and was codified by a 2023 agreement with its labor union, and to a headquarters building that is often largely empty, according to GAO staff. . .The upcoming nomination of a new comptroller general offers a chance to put GAO back on the right track. GAO itself should propose reforms and process changes to address these concerns. As Congress and President Trump prepare to recommend and nominate the next comptroller general, we recommend the following reforms to strengthen GAO’s effectiveness and value for Congress and the American people. 1. Reaffirm GAO’s core mission and explicitly prioritize fiscal stewardship…2. Empower the next comptroller general with authority, autonomy, resources, and a mandate for institutional renewal…3. Remove politically charged enforcement duties—especially under the Impoundment Control Act—and maintain strict neutrality under the Congressional Review Act…4. Direct GAO to focus on high-impact audits and program evaluations, supported by transparent performance metrics and independent review…5. Require GAO to produce more precise and actionable recommendations for Congress and federal agencies…6. Strengthen structured collaboration between GAO and Congress and embed GAO expertise within committees…7. Establish a statutory requirement for annual comptroller general recommendations on rescissions and fiscal savings opportunities…8. Expand GAO’s partnership capacity with federal agencies and state governments to strengthen program integrity and reduce mismanagement…9. Require federal departments and agencies to cooperate with GAO’s oversight and information requests fully…10. Expect the next comptroller general to restore bipartisan credibility by avoiding unnecessary political conflict…Throughout GAO’s long history, Congress has recognized the need to review and reform GAO’s mission to meet the times. In 2026, Congress should consider how to focus GAO’s work and use its $900 million in annual funding and more than 3,500 employees to meet the needs of the legislative branch and the American people. As Congress and President Trump work to identify, nominate, and confirm the next comptroller general, Congress should hold hearings and reauthorize GAO to update its mission for the twenty-first century.)
TAX NOTES
— IRS Criminal Investigation Division Lists Top 10 Cases of 2025. DD: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/ggd-88-61.pdf and https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41
https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/other-documents/other-irs-documents/irs-criminal-investigation-division-lists-top-10-cases-2025/7tf2c
MOTLEY FOOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/12/22/trump-rescheduling-marijuana-pot-stocks-plunged/
NPR
— Under Trump, 317,000 workers are out of the government. Here are 3 of their stories. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Because I am none of the aforesaid and because I complained about their discrimination, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5626822/trump-federal-workers-firing-civil-servants
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD despises, if not hates, if not condemns those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD rejects the concepts of countries, borders, governments, and laws. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD wants socialism and then communism. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a Democrat.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-reason/2025/12/22/trump-die-catholic-social-teaching/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SPECTATOR
— Could a degree make you less employable? DD: Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate business evening courses. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://spectator.com/article/could-a-degree-make-you-less-employable/
INDEPENDENT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the high cost of healthcare.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/expiring-healthcare-subsidies-could-cost-you-2-050-more-each-month/ar-AA1SxPIC
ECONOMIC TIMES
— US triples self-deportation stipend till year end, offers $3000, free flight to illegal immigrants. DD: In 1993, to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and who had 25 years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO offered a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/us-triples-self-deportation-stipend-till-year-end-offers-3000-free-flight-to-illegal-immigrants/articleshow/126134067.cms
December 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. DuPage County is a prime example. Democrats have flooded DuPage County since I moved to it in 1978. Poverty and crime have ever-increasingly increased in relative terms if not absolute terms. As time goes on, the Democrats who move have lower and lower and lower incomes. Democrats vote for Democrats. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. It destroys personal responsibility. It promotes dependency on government and charity. It promotes vices. I destroys traditional marriage and family. It promotes LGBTQ and abortion. It destroys equal opportunity. It promotes Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, it promotes race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. It promotes hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251221/news/neighbors-in-need-glen-ellyn-nonprofit-provides-families-a-bridge-to-a-better-place/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CEO of the Glen Ellyn-based nonprofit, Bridge Communities, said more than 3,000 DuPage County schoolchildren are registered as homeless. Van Polen said about 44% of county renters are “rent-burdened,” paying more than 30% of their income for rent. Expenses rise, she said, and wages don’t keep up. . .A typical client, who averages a little over two years working with Bridge mentors while living in one of the 25 apartment buildings Bridge owns countywide, is a single mother in her late 20s with one to three children, Van Polen said. She works, but her job doesn’t provide a living wage. So she has her children stay with relatives while she may live out of her car. There might be a history of domestic violence.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inexperienced, poorly trained ICE and border patrol agents could face legal trouble. DD: IRS hired me when I was 22 years old in 1971 as a GS-7, currently $55,850/year, Revenue Officer. I spend my first 6 months in classroom training. See below from Google AI. IRS promoted me to GS-9, currently $68,315/year, in 1972, to GS-11, currently $82,655/year, in 1973, and to GS-12, currently $99,069/year, in 1974. My Democrat IRS superiors got more and more and more furious at the GAO manager who promoted me. According to them, those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. They forced him to transfer to Dallas, and to get rid of me, they disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and they made it clear that they would never promote me to GS13. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. The aforesaid led to my transferring to GAO in 1980.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20251222/281719800932521
(FROM GOOGLE AI: IRS revenue officer (RO) training involves extensive on-the-job training in tax law, collection techniques, and civil investigative methods. The program typically spans up to a year and includes a series of in-person training units held in various cities. Training Details On-the-Job Focus: New hires receive substantial on-the-job training, which can last anywhere from several months to a year. Structured Units: The training is often delivered in multiple units (e.g., Unit 1 through Unit 4) in various locations. Trainees have reported traveling to different cities for these multi-week sessions. Core Curriculum: The curriculum is designed to educate officers in the specifics of tax law and the techniques necessary for collecting delinquent taxes and securing delinquent returns. This includes: Conducting research, interviews, and investigations. Analyzing financial information for assigned cases. Understanding business law, including laws governing fraudulent transfers and secured debts. Learning how to interact with taxpayers and their representatives, often in the field at homes or businesses. Assessment: Training involves open-book tests, and satisfactory completion of the required levels is often a prerequisite for continued employment and promotion. Continuing Education: Once initial training is complete, officers must stay current with changes in the tax code and enforcement procedures throughout their careers. Post-Training Work Environment After successfully completing the initial training year, revenue officers may be eligible for frequent telework up to four days a week, depending on performance and management discretion. Application Process and Requirements To become an IRS revenue officer, a bachelor’s degree in any major is generally required, or a combination of education and specialized experience. While the IRS doesn’t specify a major, degrees in accounting or finance can be advantageous. . .Key Responsibilities Collection of Delinquent Taxes: The primary duty is to collect unpaid taxes, typically for cases with significant, long-ignored debt. Securing Delinquent Returns: They survey for and secure unfiled tax returns. Taxpayer Interaction: They contact and interview taxpayers (or their representatives) face-to-face or by phone, often at the taxpayer’s home or business, to discuss their financial situation and resolve the debt. Financial Analysis: They analyze financial information, often using IRS Form 433-A, Collection Information Statement, to determine a taxpayer’s ability to pay. Negotiation and Resolution: They educate taxpayers on their rights and obligations and work to resolve liabilities through various means, including: Setting up installment payment agreements. Considering Offers in Compromise (OIC). Suspending collection due to financial hardship (currently not collectible status). Enforcement Actions: If a taxpayer is uncooperative, they can take enforcement actions, which may include recommending the imposition of liens, garnishing wages, levying bank accounts, and seizing assets. Referrals: They can make referrals to IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) if they suspect tax fraud or other criminal violations.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans who are the following bigots: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-22/vance-refuses-to-set-red-lines-over-bigotry-at-turning-point-usas-convention
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich budget cuts to removed thousands of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-removes-nearly-30-career-diplomats-from-ambassadorial-positions/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— State rep Nicole La Ha, R-Homer Glen, calls out violent rhetoric after Pritzker commission rips federal officers
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/state-rep-calls-out-violent-rhetoric-after-pritzker-commission-rips-federal-officers/article_c8457e75-49c3-4733-9024-4d9d8d178871.html
DES PLAINES PATCH
— Du Page Democrats hosted the annual holiday party. Du Page Democrats hosted the annual holiday party. Large numbers members of the Chicago community Elected prominent figures in attendance.
https://patch.com/illinois/desplaines/du-page-democrats-hosted-annual-holiday-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Friday, December 12, 2025, the DuPage County Democratic Party celebrated its yearly holiday party under the leadership of County Chairman Reed McCollum. Many members of the Muslim community, as well as a number of Muslim elected officials and upcoming Muslim candidates, were there. Ashfaq Hussain, a member of the Naperville City Council; Saba Haider, a member of the DuPage County Board; Syed Hussain, a candidate for US Congress District 8th Junaid; former Glendale Heights Mayor Chaudhry Asif Khokar; Mahnoor Ahmed, a candidate for the DuPage County Board; and a number of other attendees attended the annual holiday dinner. The yearly holiday party was held by the DuPage Democrats. With a large number of community members and public leaders present, the event was a huge success. The occasion took place on Friday, December 12, 2025. Dinner and activities started at 6:30 PM after the doors were opened at 5:30 PM. Abbington Distinctive Banquets hosted the event. The purpose of the event was to generate money, honor the party’s accomplishments, and unite candidates and elected leaders. Christian Mitchell, the upcoming Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, gave the event’s keynote address. To assist local families, the DuPage Young Democrats organized a holiday supply drive in tandem with the event. Bringing together elected officials, party candidates, volunteers, and community members to promote partnerships and camaraderie was one of the event’s main goals. Honoring Success: The party’s recent achievements, especially its wins in the April elections, were honored at the ceremony. Additionally, the party utilized the event as a fundraiser to support the election of Democrats in DuPage County. Along with outlining the party’s future objectives and tactics, participants also talked on the opportunities and difficulties for the upcoming year. The recent DuPage Democrats’ annual event featured a number of keynote speakers, including: The event’s keynote speaker, Christian Mitchell, will be Illinois’s next lieutenant governor. Dr. Robin Kelly was present at the ceremony and gave a speech. She commended Reed McCollum, the chairman of the DuPage County party, for his attempts to change DuPage County from being “red” (with a Republican majority) to “blue” (with a Democratic majority). Among the prominent sponsors and speakers were Illinois Lieutenant Governor Julina Stratton and US Congress candidate Junaid Ahmed. Along with these keynote speakers, the audience was addressed by over eighty other elected officials, candidates for the Senate and Congress, and local leaders. The main political goal of Julina Stratton is to represent Illinois in the US Senate. Currently serving as Illinois’ lieutenant governor, she has formally begun her campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2026. She discusses focusing on the concerns of middle-class families, increasing wages, and making life more affordable. She stated that she is in favor of ideas like “Medicare for All” and increasing access to healthcare. She Furth mentioned supporters of federal protection of voting and reproductive rights, as has been done in Illinois. Her campaign focused heavily on opposing former President Donald Trump and promoting Illinois’s accomplishments across the country. She was the first major Democratic candidate to enter the race, supported by Governor J.B. Pritzker. Junaid Ahmed, a Muslim candidate for Congress, focuses on fighting to create an effective and equitable economy. ensuring that every citizen has access to high-quality, affordable healthcare. attaining environmental justice and combating the climatic problem. He emphasized fighting for fair justice and civil rights even more.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Republicans Decide Not to Have Rod Blagojevich as Lincoln Day Dinner Speaker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/22/mchenry-county-republicans-decide-not-to-have-rod-blagojevich-as-lincoln-day-dinner-speaker/
— What Ever Happened to Lee Daniels?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/what-ever-happened-to-lee-daniels/
— Comparing Wealth Across Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/comparing-wealth-across-illinois/
— Sue Rezin on Assisted Suicide Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/sue-rezin-on-assisted-suicide-law/
— Capparelli Endorsed for U.S. Senate by Italian Group
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=15317&action=edit
— Woodstock Cited as One of Six Best Places to Retire in Illinois, What Are the Other Five?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/21/15314/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Major signs of another coming Dark Age — collapsing the West could make history repeat.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/opinion/major-signs-of-another-coming-dark-age-collapsing-the-west-could-make-history-repeat/
FOX NEWS
— Leaked University of Illinois lecture material blames Trump for ‘white supremacy,’ embraces far-left activism. Leaked PowerPoint slides show EDUC 201 course promotes far-wing talking points on immigration and race.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/leaked-university-illinois-lecture-material-blames-trump-white-supremacy-embraces-far-left-activism
— Radical wokeism threatens American liberty
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386808265112
— White House teases major housing affordability plan as prices squeeze Americans. DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? Back in the good old days, mine came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months, working part-time for a Firestone Store for 21 months, and working for that store full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new town home in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in September of 1972. Zillow estimates it to be worth $90,800 today. IRS had just promoted me and my salary had increased from $55,850/year to $68,315/year in today’s dollars. I had bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. I had paid tuition for three graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-teases-major-housing-affordability-plan-prices-squeeze-americans
JONATHAN TURLEY
— Yale No Longer Has a Single Republican Professor Across 27 Departments. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Many, most, and at times virtually all of them were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/12/21/study-yale-has-eliminated-all-republican-faculty-from-27-departments/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— New Orleans Exposes Media Lies About ICE Enforcement
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/new-orleans-operation-catahoula-crunch-exposes-media-lies-about-ice-enforcement
NEWSMAX
— Homan: Politicians’ Rhetoric Will Bring More Bloodshed for ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-homan-ice-immigration/2025/12/21/id/1239170/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Vance rallies conservatives, honors Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA convention. Earlier this week, Erika Kirk endorsed Vance for president in 2028.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vice-president-jd-vance-rallies-conservatives-honors-charlie/story?id=128605789
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Turning Point convention’s young attendees praise VP Vance’s closing speech and 2028 outlook
https://apnews.com/video/turning-point-conventions-young-attendees-praise-vp-vances-closing-speech-and-2028-outlook-6c047838edd643c0b0691e8217a03e53
CNN
— Turning Point exposed a brewing MAGA civil war. Can Vance unite it? DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their saboteurs destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/turning-point-exposed-a-brewing-maga-civil-war-can-jd-vance-unite-it/ar-AA1SMRCm
NEW YORK TIMES
— Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me. DD: Who wants you to pay more taxes and why? Starting when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay more taxes because I was an overpaid federal employee, I avoided the Vietnam War draft, I itemized, my wife had good-paying jobs, we itemized, we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, we did not become foster parents, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/romney-tax-the-rich.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. There are many things that I could/cannot afford because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/upshot/affordability-democrats-trump.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans who are the following bigots: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/politics/vance-republicans-trump-antisemitism.html
–DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/trump-marijuana-policy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The diversity overcorrection in the workplace. Discrimination against young White men was an open secret in hiring. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974 promoted me because I was better qualified than my Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and veteran coworkers. I was taking graduate evening business courses. The Democrats who ran GAO 1986 promoted me because I was better qualified than my Democrat, minority, female, younger person, and veteran coworkers. I had earned an MBA in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/21/diversity-hiring-white-men/
NBC PHOENIX
— Vance closes out Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix. The conference drew more than 30,000 people to downtown Phoenix.
https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/vice-president-jd-vance-closes-out-turning-points-annual-americafest-conference-in-phoenix-arizona/75-d864ef69-d5ff-4c98-858a-8f4b23ea575d
— Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix draws ‘counterpoint’ protest. DD: My critics/opponents oppose/despise/hate not only Kirk and Turning Point, they oppose/despise/hate conservatives like me. Should I write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious/government/political/financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.12news.com/video/news/politics/turning-points-annual-americafest-conference-in-phoenix-draws-counterpoint-protest/75-359c4cfa-d554-4045-87a6-81cc04185ce7
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— By All Means Raise Mitt Romney’s Taxes. But please spare the middle class trying to become rich like him.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/by-all-means-raise-mitt-romneys-taxes-5e936cf6
— Would You Let Claude Do Your Taxes? Preparing a return is the kind of task AI ought to be good for. DD: I use and recommend Quicken and TurboTax.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/would-you-let-claude-do-your-taxes-d7517b52
— What to Do if You Suspect You’re About to Be Laid Off. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors deliberately misled me into believing that they were going to let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003. But they succeeded in suddenly forcing me to retire when I was 49 in September of 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/holiday-layoff-signs-workers-81df9d0e
— The True Meaning of Empathy
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-true-meaning-of-empathy-5b93dfca
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some people are performers. In June 2020, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer led a group kneeling in the U.S. Capitol wearing African kente stoles. National Football League end zones say “Choose Love” and “It Takes All of Us.” Empathy? More like images over action. Then there are coddlers. They paternalistically throw money at problems: welfare, drug programs, ObamaCare. They create rules and regulations to protect “marginalized” groups: Title IX, affirmative action and federal contract set-asides. To pay for it, they rationalize redistribution of wealth so the world can be “fair” for everyone. This progressive playbook often fails. See low-income housing, preferential college admissions and rising insurance premiums. Is letting men on women’s swim teams and in women’s bathrooms empathy? I can’t get there. . .New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is a coddler: “We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” Yikes. Is that empathy or a threat? Sadly, we know how the latter ends. Lately there has been talk of a $140,000 poverty line for a family of four. See what I mean? Economist Milton Friedman put it best: “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” Intentions like “social justice” inevitably lead to organizing and activism and raised taxes—empathy is expensive!—and redistribution of wealth, without solving the underlying problems. For me, empathy and that elusive righteousness is about restoring lost dignity. And that often means setting up rules and then getting out of the way and letting freedom and free markets do their magic. There is little political credit for that whole “freedom” thing. Just results. The American way is: Do what you want, but respect the dignity of others. An essential part of respect is to not be pitied. Freedom is dignity. That’s true empathy.)
FORBES
— Healthcare Demand Is Rapidly Growing. DD: How good has your health been? My critics/opponents have always been envious of my relative good health. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I cannot run because I have a bone disease, my eyesight cannot be corrected to 20/20, and I have partial red/green color blindness. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, my health would never have been as good.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2025/12/21/healthcare-demand-is-rapidly-growing/
NIEMAN LAB
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/dei-dies-in-darkness-taking-integrity-with-it/
FREE PRESS
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) those who are the following have never been discriminated against: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) those who are the aforesaid discriminate against those who are not the aforesaid. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.thefp.com/p/should-we-feel-sorry-for-white-men
NPR
— Shopping for pricy ACA health plans? Some cheaper options come with trade-offs. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/12/21/nx-s1-5649902/aca-health-plans-costs-alternatives
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— You don’t have to apologize for being white anymore. DD: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO candidates promote more hatred against Whites and against males.
https://news.meaww.com/jd-vance-says-trump-ended-dei-you-dont-have-to-apologize-for-being-white-anymore
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— CEO’s take on merit, privilege and success divides internet. DD: Because I was able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother attended high school, my critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/90-of-life-is-ceo-s-take-on-merit-privilege-and-success-divides-internet/ar-AA1SMc3r
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A LinkedIn post by Rohan Verma, CEO and co-founder of Breathe Well-being, has sparked a discussion online about privilege, merit and the role of luck in shaping life outcomes. In his post, Verma argued that educational pedigree and family background play a decisive role in determining future success. He claimed that those who attend elite institutions such as Ivy League universities or India’s IITs and IIMs are far more likely to see their children enter top colleges and corporate leadership roles, while people engaged in low-paid or manual labor largely come from poor families, irrespective of talent or hard work. “If you went to an Ivy League or the IIT/IIM route, your kids will likely attend a good college. And there is zero chance that they will end up doing manual labor. If you are a billionaire, your kids will 100% attend Yale, Stanford, or Harvard (or something similar). And they will later become Board Chairmen and CEOs,” Verma wrote in his post. “On the other hand, – 100% of people doing lowly paid jobs or manual labor come from poor families — regardless of their IQ, talent, or propensity for hard work,” he continued. “This is how privilege persists over generations,” Verma wrote, adding that many manual laborers could have been corporate leaders “had they been born differently”. He concluded by saying that “probably 90% of life is luck,” with only a small fraction accounting for inspirational stories of people who rise against all odds. True humility and awareness, he added, come from recognizing which parts of one’s life fall into that 90%.
FROM OTHER SOURCES
HARPER COLLEGE
— Accounting Program DD: I will forever regret not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I wrongly believed that I could never pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, my IRS and GAO superiors and the accounting profession considered me to be far too old. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976.
https://www.harpercollege.edu/academics/business/accounting/index.php
(FROM THE POSTING: Start your accounting career at Harper College. Take the first steps toward becoming an accountant, bookkeeper, or financial auditor. Harper’s Accounting Program offers several courses of study, including certificate programs that prepare students for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam and entry-level roles in business and finance. Associate degrees with transfer options are also available, with Advising Services to help students plan the transfer process and provide information on what accounting classes would fit best with the student’s academic and career goals. Students will learn practical knowledge and skills essential to succeed in business careers. Harper’s Accounting courses are designed to equip students with a strong foundation in auditing, financial and managerial accounting, and business law. For professional accounting students, Harper’s Accounting Program offers an exam preparation certificate that meets Illinois Board of Examiners (ILBOE) requirements for the Uniform CPA Exam. Whether you are earning the first two years of your bachelor’s degree in accounting or if you are developing your skills as a current professional, Harper College’s Accounting Program is a valuable stepping stone toward a successful career in accounting and business finance. Get started today by exploring the Harper’s degree and certificate offerings.
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— 7 in 10 Managers Say Supervising Gen Z Feels Like Babysitting or Parenting. About 61% say their Gen Z reports require frequent hand-holding, while 52% say they struggle to follow basic instructions. DD: All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/07/22/7-in-10-managers-say-supervising-gen-z-feels-like-babysitting-or-parenting/165375/
PWC
— DD: PWC wants to hire an experienced internal auditor who is a CPA and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). Should I apply? Just kidding. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned an MBA in 1976. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://talentexchange.pwc.com/bp-audit-support-contractor-jobs/31211
December 21, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Cubs’ Matt Shaw enters a new world with his Turning Point USA appearance
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/chicago-cubs-matt-shaw-turning-point-appearance/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/21/how-i-reported-on-immigration-as-a-daughter-of-immigrants
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— U.S. Republican Senate Candidate R. Cary Capparelli argues that the Illinois Republican Party needs new leadership.
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/12/21/republican-party-in-illinois-needs-new-grassroots-candidate-says/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge’s conviction in ICE obstruction case vindicates courthouse arrests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/judges-conviction-ice-obstruction-case-vindicates-courthouse-arrests/
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest surprises attendees with phone call from Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/nicki-minaj-donald-trump-surprise-guests-turning-points-americafest/
— House investigators probing Jeffrey Epstein case urged to unseal the Clinton impeachment files
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/20/house-investigators-probing-jeffrey-epstein-case-urged-unseal-clinton/
— Our enemy Islam has revealed all. Recent massacres reveal patterns that denial and euphemisms only worsen.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/21/enemy-islam-revealed/
— Seats for sale: Campaign costs skyrocket, fueling elites in politics
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/19/seats-sale-campaign-costs-skyrocket-fueling-elites-politics/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action. DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://freebeacon.com/culture/assessing-the-wreckage-of-affirmative-action/
NEW YORK POST
— Vance wades into MAGA civil war at AmericaFest, criticizes conservatives for ‘canceling each other’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/jd-vance-wades-into-maga-civil-war-decries-conservatives-canceling-each-other/
— Tucker Carlson named ‘Antisemite of the Year’ by prominent Jewish organization after alarming interviews
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/us-news/tucker-carlson-named-antisemite-of-the-year-by-jewish-organization/
— Mamdani’s early staff picks confirm NYers’ worst fears for the next four years
https://nypost.com/2025/12/21/opinion/zohs-staffer-picks-are-starting-to-confirm-nyers-worst-fears-for-the-next-four-years/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Wake Up, Parents: American Library Association Is (Still) Grooming Our Kids. DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/21/wake-up-parents-american-library-association-is-still-grooming-our-kids/
AMERICAN THINKER
— I thought Trump didn’t want any more federal holidays
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/i_thought_trump_didn_t_want_any_more_federal_holidays.html
BREITBART
— Vance: ‘Honor’ Charlie Kirk by Not Doing Things ‘That He Himself Refused to Do in Life’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/21/jd-vance-honor-charlie-kirk-by-not-doing-things-that-he-himself-refused-to-do-in-life/
COLLEGE FIX
— U.S. House leader questions Chicago Public Schools’ exclusion of Christian student teachers
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-s-house-leader-questions-chicago-public-schools-exclusion-of-christian-student-teachers/
— University play ‘A Gay in a Manger’ features Jesus as ‘King of Gays,’ Three Wise Men as drag queens
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-play-a-gay-in-a-manger-features-jesus-as-king-of-gays-three-wise-men-as-drag-queens/
— ‘Power Rainbow’ by Harvard grad students teaches 3rd graders about systemic oppression
https://www.thecollegefix.com/power-rainbow-by-harvard-grad-students-teaches-3rd-graders-about-systemic-oppression/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Threatening Western Civilization’: Tulsi Gabbard Slams ‘Islamist Ideology’ As America’s Greatest Threat
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/21/tulsi-gabbard-islamist-ideology-america-threat-americafest-tpusa/
— WSJ Celebrates Degeneracy Just In Time For Christmas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/19/house-vaishnavi-nayel-talawadekar-throuple-wall-street-journal-relationship-gay-marriage/
EPOCH TIMES
— At TPUSA Event, Vance Warns Conservatives to Not Cancel Each Other. Sparks flew between Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, and other speakers at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/at-tpusa-event-vance-warns-conservatives-not-to-cancel-each-other-5961174
— How Chinese Syndicates With Ties to CCP Took Over Marijuana Black Market in US. ‘This stuff is being exported out of the country … It’s an international business for them,’ a drug enforcement expert said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-chinese-syndicates-with-ties-to-ccp-took-over-marijuana-black-market-in-us-5944843
— Safer Roads, More Work: Truckers Welcome Crackdown on Illegal Drivers. A series of fatal accidents in 2025 spurred calls for reforms and better scrutiny of non-resident foreign commercial driver’s license holders and applicants.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/safer-roads-more-work-truckers-welcome-crackdown-on-illegal-drivers-5947753
FOX NEWS
— Progressive churches in Colorado and Washington host drag Nativity, Christmas shows. Congregations in Colorado and Washington host Nativity shows through a ‘queer lens.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/progressive-churches-churches-colorado-washington-host-drag-nativity-christmas-shows
— Vance says ‘America First’ movement rejects ‘purity tests,’ welcomes critical thinkers. Vice president tells AmericaFest crowd Trump built coalition by welcoming supporters regardless of background. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their saboteurs destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vance-says-america-first-movement-rejects-purity-tests-welcomes-critical-thinkers
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Ben Shapiro at TPUSA: Conservative movement in danger “from charlatans who … traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/ben-shapiro-at-tpusa-conservative-movement-in-danger-from-charlatans-who-traffic-in-conspiracism-and-dishonesty/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Solved the Border Crisis Biden Claimed Was Unsolvable
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/21/trump-solved-the-border-crisis-biden-claimed-was-unsolvable-n4947344
TOWNHALL
— Vance Calls for GOP Unity, Touts Trump Agenda at AmericaFest 2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/21/jd-vance-calls-for-gop-unity-touts-trump-agenda-at-americafest-2025-n2668273
— BLM Co-founder Arrested on Domestic Assault Charges
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2025/12/21/blm-co-founder-arrested-on-domestic-assault-charges-n2668274
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Photos of Turning Point USA’s annual conservative youth conference
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/turning-point-usa-conference-photos-d99fb219f6942e16b915208e13c1b37c
CNN
— Endorsement of Vance receives mixed reactions at Turning Point USA conference
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/politics/video/turning-point-endorse-jd-vance-president-reaction-vrtc
— Turning Point’s AmericaFest is rife with infighting
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/world/video/americafest-chaos-contorno-lkl-fst-122104aseg1-cnni-world-fast
NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Girl Power Riley Gaines Shapes Turning Point USA AmericaFest
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-girl-power-shapes-turning-point-usa-americafest-11250370
NEW YORK TIMES
— $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That? DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Turning Point USA showcases the discord that Republicans like Vance will need to navigate in the future. Turning Point has endorsed Vance as the Republican nominee for the next presidential election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/21/turning-point-charlie-kirk-vance-republicans-2028/ae0bac0e-de6f-11f0-9a80-62add4d0e8ef_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Charlie Kirk’s Empire Is Lining Up Behind a Vance Presidential Bid. The vice president will speak Sunday at TPUSA’s premier event, days after Erika Kirk endorsed him for 2028 run.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/charlie-kirks-empire-is-lining-up-behind-a-jd-vance-presidential-bid-cedeb9cc
FORTUNE
— What comes after affirmative action? DD: Up until recently, Affirmative Action (AA) was the “law of the land,’ that is, up until recently, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination was the “law of the land.” My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud it.
https://fortune.com/2023/06/08/affirmative-action-supreme-court-harvard-unc/
— Five-year career plan. DD: What career advice did you reject? I refused to a) become a Democrat, b) glorify and praise my superiors and supervisors, c) pander to my superiors and supervisors, d) serve as an operative or as a dupe for my superiors and supervisors, and e) help them get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Consequently, my Democrat superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/linkedin-ceo-says-it-s-outdated-to-have-a-five-year-career-plan-it-s-a-little-bit-foolish-considering-the-pace-ai-is-changing-the-workplace/ar-AA1SBIt9
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-nativity-immigration-ice-protest-goog_l_6942ebdfe4b045d9788c63f3
AXIOS
— MAGA media mess deepens at Turning Point convention
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/21/maga-media-antisemitism-turning-point-usa
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TINES
— Affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you cannot afford something, it is Trump’s fault. There are many things that I could/cannot afford because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.ft.com/content/d5f033e9-f9de-420d-93a1-22f2e38c6d5e
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, your health care will be free.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/21/us-healthcare-system-trump
TIMES OF INDIA
— Less than one-third of state teachers clear competency test. DD: Only about 20% of those who take the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations pass them on their first attempt like I did. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would not have done that if I had been a Democrat and a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/less-than-one-third-of-state-teachers-clear-competency-test/articleshow/126097320.cms