FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds of Chicagoans contribute campaign money in hotly contested mayoral election . . . in New York City? The Nov. 4 general election between New York mayoral candidates Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa drew interest from across the country, including Illinois, where more than 800 people contributed over $70,000 to candidate campaign funds. Mamdani won the race on a progressive platform that’s drawn comparisons to Brandon. DD: Mamdani is not progressive, he is socialist.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/16/illinois-chicago-campaign-contributions-new-york-mayor-candidates-zohran-mamdani-andrew-cuomo-curtis-sliwa
— DePaul University lays off 114 staff members. The Lincoln Park-based school said it’s facing financial headwinds due to a significant drop in enrollment among international graduate students, an increased demand for financial aid and the rising costs of benefits.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/15/depaul-university-layoff-cuts-chicago-lincoln-park
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders use vandalism of Evanston Church Nativity scene to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/nativity-smashed-mary-evanston-church/
— What the mayor can do to address the rise of anti-Jewish crime in Chicago. DD: Democrats run Chicago. Chicago residents are overwhelmingly Democrat. Enough said.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/opinion-antisemitism-chicago-solutions/
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County officials: Police can’t enforce new law banning civil immigration arrests at courthouses
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251215/news/kane-county-officials-police-cant-enforce-new-law-banning-civil-immigration-arrests-at-courthouses/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTOS: The mainstream news media is ever-increasingly nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251215/nation-and-world-politics/another-blue-wave-napervilles-lauren-underwood-working-to-make-it-happen-while-republican-fights/
WGN9
— Local ‘Worst of the Worst’ list includes serious crimes, also traffic and weed offenses
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/local-worst-of-the-worst-list-includes-serious-crimes-also-traffic-and-weed-offenses/
FOX32
— Illinois invests $2M to strengthen fight against homelessness. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1756794
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois Republicans look for SAFE-T Act changes after Governors comment
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/safe-t-act-pre-trial-release-concerns/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump again says he is considering reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous drug. ‘So we are looking at that very strongly,’ Trump said. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-again-says-he-considering-reclassifying-marijuana-less-dangerous-drug
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight getting rid of SNAP fraud.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-administration-says-it-needs-to-fight-snap-fraud-but-the-extent-of-the-problem/article_8ec03628-6e2b-5bd1-9050-d73bcc9eeb89.html
WCIA
— IDPH releases first-ever report on alcohol use in Illinois. Nearly 23 percent of Illinois high schoolers reported consuming at least one alcoholic beverage in the past 30 days. DD: If I had been a drinker or a pot smoker, a) S.S. Kresge would not have hired me to wash dishes, b) my ACT score would have been lower, c) I would not have made it into the upper 20% of my class, and d) UIC would not have accepted me.
https://www.wcia.com/news/health-news/idph-releases-first-ever-report-on-alcohol-use-in-illinois/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Springfield receives $2 million to address homelessness. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.nprillinois.org/springfield-il/2025-12-15/springfield-receives-2-million-to-address-homelessness
INDIANA STUDENT DAILY
— Indiana University Turning Point USA membership increases significantly after Kirk assassination. DD: Who heads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district? If I had been active in Republican politics when I was in high school, the Democrats who ran the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended UIC and NIU, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I took graduate courses at Loyola and DePaul, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/12/charlie-kirk-turning-point-indiana-university-iu-news
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker slams Trump’s rhetoric on Reiner
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/16/pritzker-slams-trumps-rhetoric-on-reiner-00692394
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-649/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What motivates mainstream news media owners, leaders, employees, and advertisers? ANSWER: Electing and reelecting Democrat candidates and defeating Republican candidates. I base that mainly on my serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have included links to more than 530,000 articles. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Questions Swirl as GOP Candidate Gabby Shanahan Hands Out Policy Awards to GOP Legislators While Taking Party Cash
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/questions-swirl-as-gop-candidate-gabby-shanahan-hands-out-policy-awards-to-gop-legislators-while-taking-party-cash.html
— Illinois Republican grassroots activists are voicing growing frustration – not just with State Rep. Norine Hammond’s latest staged photo-op, but now with Aaron Del Mar’s response that many believe let her off the hook.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/grassroots-furious-after-del-mar-plays-nice-following-hammond-photo-op-controversy.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Top Zohran Mamdani fundraiser celebrated anti-NYPD slurs, said US should be ‘punished for its sins.’ DD: Immigrants to America ever-increasingly stress that their hands are clean, that is, that their ancestors were not responsible for slavery in America. I have always stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they have always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/15/us-news/top-zohran-mamdani-fundraiser-celebrated-anti-nypd-slurs-said-us-should-be-punished-for-its-sins/
BREITBART
— Machado: “Hundreds Of Thousands” Will Return To Venezuela Once Maduro Goes. DD: If/when Republicans regain control of Illinois, how many Republicans will return to Illinois?
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/12/15/maria-corina-machado-says-hundreds-of-thousands-venezuelans-will-return-home-once-maduro-goes/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times higher ed pushed socialism in 2025. DD: While I earned four college degrees, I escaped such pushes by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-higher-ed-pushed-socialism-2025/29080
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The H-1B Tsunami: Why the U.S. Must Act to Protect American Jobs, Security, and Prosperity. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Siddiqui/H1B-Tsunami-Why-US-Must-Act-Protect-American-Jobs-Security-and-Prosperity
— Were Refugees Resettled under Biden Properly Vetted? A look at the process suggests potential hazards.
https://cis.org/Report/Were-Refugees-Resettled-under-Biden-Properly-Vetted
DAILY CALLER
— Left-Wing Podcaster Jennifer Welch Says With Straight Face Charlie Kirk Justified His Own Murder. DD: Your reaction to Kirk’s assignation says more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/15/left-wing-podcaster-says-with-straight-face-charlie-kirk-justified-his-own-murder/
DAILY WIRE
— Mamdani And The Expanding Army Of DEI-Trained Social Workers. For the far-left, this is about growing the ranks of credentialed supporters of DEI in public institutions, especially schools.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-and-the-expanding-army-of-dei-trained-social-workers
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Chicago Wants Money for Lawbreaking. FAIR shows city has no standing to object to Trump’s funding cutoff.
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/misc/chicago-wants-money-lawbreaking
FOX NEWS
— AOC’s luxury spending binge in Puerto Rico reignites questions about ‘socialist’ brand: ‘Peak hypocrisy.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, everyone gets free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free childcare, free transportation, free education, free everything. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, you do not have to work unless you want to. More and more and more in America are falling for that.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aocs-luxury-binge-puerto-rico-reignites-questions-about-socialist-brand-peak-hypocrisy.print
— Trump admin launches ‘MerryChristmas.gov’ to roll out 12 days of federal gifts as Christmas comeback ramps up. DD: The Post Office would not have offered me a job when I was 18 years old in 1966 if it had not gotten a budget increase for the 1966 Christmas rush.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-admin-launches-merrychristmas-gov-173246390.html
TOWNHALL
— The Destructive Force Enabling Mayhem. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with those who hate conservatives, hate Republicans, hate Americans, hate Whites, hate males, hate older people, hate heterosexuals, hate married people, hate non-poor people, hate Protestants, hate German Americans, and/or hate those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors have been.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2025/12/16/the-destructive-force-enabling-mayhem-n2667942
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In assessing the weekend from hell, as Islamic terrorists grabbed headlines worldwide – with Jews being slaughtered on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Jews being massacred at Brown University in Providence, and U.S. soldiers and a staff member murdered in Palmyra, Syria – what is the enabling force behind such mayhem? Spoiler Alert: It’s Leftists. As demonstrated each and every day, leftists in America – Democrats and the fakestream media which carries their water – are anti-Western civilization.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Fewer MAGA Republicans ‘strongly’ support Trump. DD: What makes someone a Trump supporter? Their giving money to Trump? Their attending his rallies? Their voting for candidates he endorses?
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5649278-maga-republicans-donald-trump-approval-drop/
REUTERS
— Ford takes $19.5bn hit amid electric vehicle retreat as Trump policies bite. Company to scrap several electric models and focus on gas and hybrid as US president pulls support for EVs.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/15/ford-electric-vehicles-trump
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Confronts a Backlash of the Reasonable
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/opinion/trump-swing-voters-approval-rating.html
— Rob Reiner Fought for Democrats, and They Loved Him Back. The Hollywood star was an unusually hands-on activist and donor, whose deep understanding of politics set him apart from other celebrities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/politics/rob-reiner-democrats-politics.html
WASHINGTON POST
— MAGA leaders warn Trump the base is checking out. Will he listen? Trump’s advisers say he is preparing to hold near-weekly rallies to spend more time with the base, but he has faced criticism from within MAGA in the meantime. DD: What makes someone a member of Trump’s base? Their giving money to Trump? Their attending his rallies? Their voting for candidates he endorses?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/trump-base-maga-midterm-voters/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, everyone gets free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free childcare, free transportation, free education, free everything. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, you do not have to work unless you want to. More and more and more in America are falling for that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/15/reckoning-over-capitalism/
NEW YORK SUN
— New ‘Animal Farm’ Adaptation Sparks Backlash Over ‘Woke’ Retelling
https://www.nysun.com/article/new-animal-farm-adaptation-sparks-backlash-over-woke-retelling
USA TODAY
— DD: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/14/trump-economy-inflation-affordability-hoax/87725036007/
— DD: Gun laws do reduce gun violence. The fewer people that have guns, the more emboldened that criminals are.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/12/15/australia-gun-laws-bondi-beach-shooting/87771943007/
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Effort to overhaul ‘woke’ college accreditation system raises questions about politics and power. DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.ajc.com/education/2025/12/effort-to-overhaul-woke-college-accreditation-system-raises-questions-about-politics-and-power/
WEEK
— Trump signs executive order classifying fentanyl as a ‘weapon of mass destruction’
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/12/15/trump-signs-executive-order-classifying-fentanyl-weapon-mass-destruction/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Orwell Gets an Orwellian Rewrite. What is ‘Animal Farm’ without a focus on communist tyranny?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/orwell-gets-an-orwellian-rewrite-83635dcf
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly force EVs on everyone.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/can-u-s-automakers-compete-with-chinese-evs-while-focusing-on-gas-guzzlers-1b10c881
— A New Journal Opinion Offering. Free Expression writers will focus on life, culture and politics. DD: Will the WSJ invite me to be one of their Free Expression writers? I am completely independent. No one pulls my strings. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-new-journal-opinion-offering-free-expression-97c5c341
— Trump Criticizes Rob Reiner After His Death. Democrats and some Republicans said the president went too far in his social-media post.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-rob-reiner-death-comments-4ab536d1
FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use disparate impact a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. According to them, when Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time succeed, it is because they have benefitted from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI big time.
https://theweek.com/politics/doj-civil-rights-disparate-impact-discrimination-bondi
— Alarming Update On Student Loan Forgiveness Posted By The Education Department. DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed that I could not have gotten a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. I had not demonstrated any leadership potential. Further, I was not a minority or a female.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2025/12/15/alarming-update-on-student-loan-forgiveness-posted-by-the-education-department/
FAST COMPANY
— ICE is spending millions on ads to recruit new agents. DD: I was rudely fired by my Firestone Store boss when I was 22 years old in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had to have a job to help support my mother and brother, I accepted a job offer from IRS. What if the only job offer I had gotten was from ICE?
https://www.fastcompany.com/91460777/ice-is-spending-millions-on-ads-to-recruit-new-agents
MIT MANAGEMENT
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly use AI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/ai-reinventing-hiring-same-old-biases-heres-how-to-avoid-trap
HR GRAPEVINE
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use budget cuts a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2025-12-15-journalists-of-color-question-recent-media-layoffs-amid-dei-purge
NPR
— DD: What is your attitude toward federal employees and federal retirees? 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 despised/hated federal employee and federal retirees. I should write about that. They believe that federal employees are grossly overpaid, that federal pensions are much too generous, and that their benefits are much too generous. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5620842/how-a-va-social-workers-life-has-changed-since-leaving-the-job
THOMAS REDICK
— “Time for Trump’s Patriotic Reparations” is an Urgent Call for Trump to Finally Enact Reparations for Black Americans. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders promote Affirmative Action (AA) to get votes from Blacks. Since the 1960s, AA has been reparations. Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have forced those who are the following to pay the price of AA: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government forced me to pay the price of AA big time. It all culminated when I was 49 years old in 1997 when they forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like I had.
https://www.pr.com/press-release/955740
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Fury over family-friendly film adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm that blames capitalism and has a happy ending
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/article-15384471/Fury-family-friendly-film-adaptation-George-Orwells-Animal-Farm-blames-capitalism-happy-ending.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
WORLD ATLAS
— 12 Best Places to Live in Illinois. DD: Wheaton is not one of the 12. Why is that?
https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/12-best-places-to-live-in-illinois-2025.html
AUTO GUIDE
— These 11 Classic Cars Are A Good Investment. DD: If I had more money back in 2005, I would not have sold my 1968 Dodge Charger R/T to buy a 2005 Corvette. I had far less money in 2005 because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/featured-articles/s-10-photos-of-bmw-s-futuristic-vision-neue-klasse-x-concept-44610355
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1968–1970 Dodge Charger — $91,450 With roughly 40,000 R/Ts built and available Hemi power up to 425 hp, the second-gen Charger remains muscle-car royalty. More than half its owners today are Gen X or younger.)
HOT CARS
— America’s Oldest Surviving Car That Makes The Country’s Most Reliable Cars In 2025. DD: If I was in the market for a SUV, I would consider Buick.
https://www.hotcars.com/americas-oldest-surviving-car-brand-makes-most-reliable-cars/
Tag: discrimination
December 15, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nearly 23% of Illinois high school students say they drink. DD: If I had been a drinker, a) S.S. Kresge would not have hired me to wash dishes, b) my ACT score would have been lower, c) I would not have made it into the upper 20% of my class, and d) UIC would not have accepted me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/alcohol-report-illinois-department-of-health/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/12/15/gov-pritzker-announces-2m-in-state-funding-to-help-with-unhoused/87774489007/
WSIL TV
— Illinois’ first report on alcohol use reveals concerning trends
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/illinois-first-report-on-alcohol-use-reveals-concerning-trends/article_87bae20e-07b9-4e2e-8eea-86410235228b.html?
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Freedom Caucus raises new questions about noncitizen police officer
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/15/watch-illinois-freedom-caucus-raises-new-questions-about-noncitizen-police-officer/
CWB CHICAGO
— Man wearing ankle monitor attacked 3 women days after judge refused to detain him
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/12/man-wearing-ankle-monitor-attacked-3-women-days-after-judge-refused-to-detain-him-documents-show.html
DAILY ILLINI
— Trump administration moves to end student loan forgiveness program. DD: I could not have gotten a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I was 1-A for the Vietnam War draft. I was not a minority or a female.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/2025/12/15/trump-student-loan-forgiveness/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-436/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FREEDOMS JOURNAL
— Symbolism Is Not Salvation: A Black Conservative Response to Chicago’s Reparations Push
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2025/12/15/symbolism-is-not-salvation-a-black-conservative-response-to-chicago-s-reparations-push
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Reclassifying Marijuana Ignores Science and Endangers Families
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/reclassifying-marijuana-ignores-science-and-endangers-families/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservatives line up against Trump’s marijuana downgrade. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/15/conservatives-line-trumps-marijuana-downgrade/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Reclassifying marijuana will not make America great again. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3917642/reclassifying-marijuana-will-not-make-america-great-again/
— Democrats blame guns, not evil, for Bondi Beach and Brown University shootings
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3917487/democrats-blame-guns-not-evil-bondi-beach-brown-shootings/
BLAZE
— ‘Rents will come down’ — but not in sanctuary cities
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rents-come-down-sanctuary-cities
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times higher ed pushed socialism in 2025
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-higher-ed-pushed-socialism-in-2025/29080
FOX BUSINESS
— Sanctuary cities accused of shielding dangerous offenders from ICE enforcement
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386509733112
FOX NEWS
— Leaked lessons from first-year University of Illinois education course show extreme left bias: ‘Just so wrong.’ Student whistleblower shares PowerPoints from first semester education class riddled with far-left messaging.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/leaked-lessons-from-first-year-university-illinois-education-course-show-extreme-left-bias-just-so-wrong
FOX SPORTS
— Chicago radio host rips Cubs player for Turning Point event attendance, likens it to ‘Nazi-adjacent pep rally.’ Matt Shaw attended Kirk’s funeral during the season. DD: People’s attitudes toward Kirk and toward his assassination say a lot about them.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/chicago-radio-host-rips-cubs-player-turning-point-event-attendance-nazi-adjacent-pep-rally
TOWNHALL
— NBC News Stirs the ‘Systemic Racism’ Pot
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/15/nbc-news-systemic-racism-in-certain-activities-n2667899
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chick-fil-A Doubles Down on Wokeness After Getting Backlash for Gay ‘Marriage’ Stunt
https://www.westernjournal.com/chick-fil-doubles-wokeness-getting-backlash-gay-marriage-stunt/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago has lost its mind. The city’s fiscal situation is dire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is determined to make things worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/15/chicago-budget-brandon-johnson-taxes/
FORBES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQiCy48UMhQ
BANKING RATES
— 5 Expensive Items Everyone Should Sell Before Retiring. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I owned two collector cars, a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS and 1968 Dodge Charger R/T. I held on to them until 2005. I wish I still owned them.
https://www.aol.com/finance/5-expensive-items-everyone-sell-000608065.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “One of the first things I suggest to clients is to take a hard look at their vehicles,” said Kevin Marshall, CPA and personal finance professional at Amortization Calculator. That dream car in the garage or the second SUV might have been exciting at one point, but it also carries weight — insurance premiums, maintenance costs, and repairs that never come cheap. “Retirement often brings fewer commutes and a slower pace, so why keep paying for something that spends most of its time sitting still?” He’s seen people sell an extra car and use the money to fund an entire year of travel or home improvements. “It’s not about downsizing — it’s about reallocating your resources to what actually brings you joy now.”)
JD SUPRA
— DOJ Promulgates Final Rule Removing Disparate Impact Regulations Under Title VI. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/doj-promulgates-final-rule-removing-7150551/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/12/15/growing-shares-say-the-trump-administration-is-doing-too-much-to-deport-immigrants-in-the-us-illegally/
MOTHER JONES
— Trump Is Hellbent on Crushing Federal Unions, But They’re Still Kicking. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees, and especially those who are, were, or might be union members. I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/trump-doge-layoffs-federal-unions-busting-resistance-strike-protest-collective-bargaining-rights/
December 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Housing Authority subject of HUD audit citing immigration and criminal activity. The CHA is one of a handful of housing authorities across the country being audited.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/15/chicago-housing-authority-hud-oig-audit-immigration-criminal-activity
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/15/meet-the-chicago-teens-raising-money-to-help-classmates-with-parents-in-immigration-detention
— UChicago, Northwestern students receive prestigious Marshall scholarship. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me. They have always stressed that I would not have had to do that if I had gotten scholarships. They have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/11/uchicago-northwestern-students-receive-prestigious-marshall-scholarship
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/the-chicago-immigrant-orchestra-is-defiant-in-the-wake-of-recent-raids/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: CPS lunchroom workers near six months without a contract: ‘No one sees us.’ DD: Which of your jobs put you out of sight? I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and senior at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966. I worked 28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965. All during that time, I worked alone for 20 hours every week. My next job was working alone cleaning golf shores at the Flossmoor County Club. But I soon had to resign because my allergies were killing me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/cps-lunchroom-workers-contract-negotiations/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, everyone gets free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free childcare, free transportation, free education, free everything. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, you do not have to work unless you want to. More and more and more in America are falling for that.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251214/news/medical-care-is-a-human-right-st-charles-clinics-meet-the-needs-of-kane-countys-uninsured/
FOX32
— Two-thirds of Americans say government should ensure health care for all. DD: Big step toward socialism, communism, and dictatorship. America-haters ever-increasing destroy personal responsibility and blame capitalism for all problems.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-thirds-americans-believe-government-should-ensure-health-care-all-poll
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legal marijuana? Critics asking people to re-think the issue. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-legal-marijuana-critics-asking-people-to-re-think-the-issue/article_91c740f6-21e3-4738-9b42-7484b749cd3a.html
— Illinois’ abortion policy places Carbondale in a hot spot
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-illinois-abortion-policy-places-carbondale-in-a-hot-spot/article_8c21faab-ea8c-4bf2-bc3f-2c4a16805a03.html
WAND TV
— As gerrymandering battles sweep country, supporters say partisan dominance is ‘fair.’ DD: According to Democrat leaders, political jurisdictions should be gerrymandered to favor voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Democrats include minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/as-gerrymandering-battles-sweep-country-supporters-say-partisan-dominance-is-fair/article_f074880c-f23d-5dfb-8060-2a2b6c7f381c.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— For Americans, the love for chain restaurants runs deep. DD: I became a McDonald’s fan when one of my relatives became financially successful selling eggs to McDonalds starting in 1960s.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-15/for-americans-the-love-for-chain-restaurants-runs-deep
WHEATON RECORD
— A Conversation on Trump Administration’s Handling of Immigration
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/a-conversation-on-trump-administrations-handling-of-immigration/
— McManis-Evans Women’s Floor Becoming a Male Dorm. DD: Wheaton College being conservative was a reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and had one built in Wheaton in 1984.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/mcmanis-evans-womens-floor-becoming-a-male-dorm/
— Three Illinois Christian Institutions Announced Closures in Recent Years
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/three-illinois-christian-institutions-announced-closures-in-recent-years/
— New Class Coming this Spring: “The Bible, Slavery and Liberation”
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/12/14/new-class-coming-this-spring-the-bible-slavery-and-liberation/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Presumptuous Pritzker Signs Away the Lives of More Illinoisans
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/11/presumptuous-pritzker-signs-away-the-lives-of-more-illinoisans
— American “Educators” and Somali-alia
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/12/10/american-educators-and-somali-alia
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Newly-Elected Democratic Party Dundee Township Supervisor Shefali Shah Acts As If She Is All-Powerful. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have taken against me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/newly-elected-democratic-party-dundee-township-supervisor-shefali-shah-acts-as-if-she-is-all-powerful/
— Illinois Review Takes Down Darby Hills for Taking a Walk on Illegal Alien Vote
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/illinois-review-takes-down-darby-hills-for-taking-a-walk-on-illegal-alien-vote/
— Charlie Brown Christmas Available Free Saturday & Sunday on Apple+
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/charlie-brown-christmas-available-free-saturday-sunday-on-apple/
— Blackface in Easton, Maryland
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/14/blackface-in-easton-maryland/
— Illinois Ranks High on Lawsuit Abuse. DD: All my critics/opponents side with the defendants in the lawsuits that I have filed. I should write about those lawsuits, the defendants, their lawyers, and the big adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/13/14853/
— U.S. Treasury Secretary Calls Out Illinois for Refusing to Stop Taxing Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/u-s-treasury-secretary-calls-out-illinois-for-refusing-to-stop-taxing-tips/
— Bailey Attacks Pritzker on Refusing to Stop Taxing Tips in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/12/bailey-attacks-pritzker-on-refusing-to-stop-taxing-tips-in-illinois/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigration embraced by progressive evangelicals pushes America toward cultural suicide. Recycled ’70s Marxism isn’t real Christianity. DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/14/illegal-immigration-embraced-progressive-evangelicals-pushes-america/
NEW YORK POST
— The woke have seized control of NYC’s ‘affordable housing’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/14/opinion/the-woke-have-seized-control-of-nycs-affordable-housing/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Is the Indiana Redistricting Debacle the Future of MAGA?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-the-indiana-redistricting-debacle-the-future-of-maga/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Wisconsin Supreme Court takes on the Supremacy Clause. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly reject federal law. That is what the Confederates did.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_wisconsin_supreme_court_takes_on_the_supremacy_clause.html
CHRISTIAN POST
— Why the woke right is winning Gen Z: A look inside the machine
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-the-woke-right-is-winning-gen-z-a-look-inside-the-machine.html
COLLEGE FIX
— White professor still fighting in court, alleging ‘racially hostile’ environment at Penn State. DEI trainings gave ‘signals to white and Asian employees that they are not going to be treated equally.’ DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, I worked in an ever-increasingly hostile environment. Gingrich ever-increasingly cut the agency’s budget. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly used those cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. That all culminated in their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in September of 1997.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/white-professor-still-fighting-in-court-alleging-racially-hostile-environment-at-penn-state/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Would ICE Have Deported Jesus at Christmas? AWAY WITH THE MANGER: How the Left Tries to Weaponize Christmas Against Trump. DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/14/would-ice-have-deported-jesus-christmas/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This year, Catholics in Massachusetts are protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies by swapping “Away in a Manger” for “Away With the Manger.” This marks yet another instance of Trump opponents weaponizing the Christmas story to demonize immigration enforcement by claiming Jesus was a refugee and suggesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement would have arrested and deported the Christ child in the manger. The Catholic priest at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts, set up a classic nativity scene with shepherds, sheep, wise men, and … a sign reading “ICE was here” in the place where Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus would normally be. While the Catholic leadership opposed this “divisive political messaging,” the Rev. Stephen Josoma blamed the Trump administration for any division. Meanwhile, Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois, put baby Jesus in zip ties and an emergency blanket, and placed gas masks on the faces of Mary and Joseph. The church said this symbolizes the conditions of ICE detention facilities and the use of tear gas on “peaceful protesters, journalists, and community members advocating for immigration reform.” “The Holy Family were refugees,” the church posted on Facebook. “By witnessing this familiar story through the reality faced by migrants today, we hope to restore its radical edge, and to ask what it means to celebrate the birth of a refugee child while turning away those who follow in that child’s footsteps.” Was Jesus a Refugee? These strained analogies rest on a kernel of truth. According to Matthew 2:13-23, an angel appeared to Joseph, warning him to flee to Egypt because King Herod the Great aimed to kill Jesus. Herod ordered the slaughter of male children in Bethlehem, but Jesus survived in Egypt. God sent another angel to Joseph later, advising him to return to Israel because “those who sought the child’s life are dead.” Jesus arguably fit the definition of a refugee: someone forced to leave his or her country to escape war or persecution. However, anyone seeking to tie Jesus’ sojourn in Egypt to the plight of refugees or illegal aliens in America today will at once encounter a plethora of problems. Herod, the king who sought to kill Jesus, owed his position to the Roman Senate. Jesus fled Roman-ruled Judea to reside in Roman-ruled Egypt, and then returned to Roman-ruled Judea. Politically, Jesus’ flight to Egypt resembles a conservative family fleeing New York for Florida, or a liberal family moving from Texas to Illinois, more than it does a Somali refugee seeking asylum in the U.S. Jesus did not immigrate to Egypt and did not seek to become a citizen there. Furthermore, the Roman Empire at the time did not grant most of the population the right to vote, and it did not award government benefits to Jewish refugees in Egypt. Modern Western democratic welfare states need to regulate immigration more heavily than ancient empires did, partly because immigrants and refugees often claim benefits from the public purse, and these aliens may also seek to influence politics by voting or other means. Merely shouting, “Jesus was a refugee!” does nothing to address the serious concerns that illegal immigration poses. Caring for ‘The Least of These’ Christians should, of course, heed the Matthew 25 parable in which Jesus says God will reward us for helping “the least of these.” We should care for the sick, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked, to the best of our ability. These commands to love our neighbor do not extend to using the force of the state to redistribute funds, however. Jesus calls on us to love our neighbors, not to bully our neighbors into forking over cash so the government can then serve other neighbors. That parable urges us to see Jesus in the least fortunate, and Christians are right to provide aid to those who are struggling. That doesn’t mean, however, that we must sacrifice national sovereignty or oppose the enforcement of immigration law. In our globalized world, Christians can and should help those in other countries before they seek to enter the U.S., and it would be grotesque for Christians to prioritize aid for those who violated the law to come to America over legal immigrants or the poor people who are still struggling in their own countries. Contrary to the suggestion of the Evanston church, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were not political activists. Yes, Jesus came to usher in a new kingdom—but when the Jews sought to make him a king, he refused. Jesus did not set himself up as a political leader. Rather, he and his followers urged Jews and Christians to pay their taxes and to submit to the ruling authorities, knowing that the spiritual freedom of the gospel matters far more than any political cause. Jesus knew of political movements against Roman oppression, and he did not endorse them. Jesus’ decision not to lead a political rebellion against Rome likely contributed to the Jewish leaders’ scheme to have him executed. None of this is to say that Christians cannot support political causes, but it does mean that Mary and Joseph likely would not have joined the agitators who seek to block ICE from enforcing immigration law. Perhaps more importantly, ICE would not have removed Jesus from the manger—any more than it would remove conservative New Yorkers from Florida or liberal Texans from Illinois. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, not an excuse to demonize law enforcement. It’s high time for St. Susanna Parish to put the Christ child back in the center of the nativity scene where he belongs.)
EPOCH TIMES
— 1 in 4 Unemployed Americans Has a Degree—The Future of White-Collar Jobs. DD: I have been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997 despite my having a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Why is that? It is because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and because of the many additional adverse actions that they took against me before that because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and because I became an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/1-in-4-unemployed-americans-has-a-degree-the-future-of-white-collar-jobs-5950378
— Want a Job? Ditch the Degree and Pick Up a Trade. The future belongs to trades and hands-on skills. DD: Doctors discouraged my father from seeking a college degree because he had brittle type 1 diabetes. According to them, the stress would kill him. So he got an office job. He often decried his not having a degree. He was often passed over for promotions. He blamed his not having a degree for that, but his health problems were also a big factor. That led me to earn four degrees. A bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. An MBA from Loyola when I was 27. A master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. And a master’s degree in finance from IIT when I was 48. That also led me to pass the CPA examination on first attempt when I was 30. To pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. To become a licensed CPA when I was 32. And to earn four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/want-a-job-ditch-the-degree-and-pick-up-a-trade-5939262
FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigrant truck driver accused in fatal Washington crash released on $100,000 bond
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-accused-fatal-washington-crash-released-100000-bond.print
JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Hatemongers, Homophobes, Fascists, Racists, Flag-Waving Proud Racists”: Fired Radio Host Has Meltdown Over Cubs Infielder Matt Shaw Going to Kirk Funeral. DD: People’s reactions to Kirk’s assassination say a lot about them.
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/12/14/hatemongers-homophobes-fascists-racists-flag-waving-proud-racists-fired-radio-host-has-meltdown-over-cubs-infielder-matt-shaw-going-to-kirk-funeral/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Opposing the Hypocrisy of Woke Establishments
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/opposing-the-hypocrisy-of-woke-establishments/amp/
NEWSMAX
— Party Label Drives Voters More Than Policy. DD: Democrats run the news media, education, and just about everything else in America. Democrats exist to advance the liberal/socialist Democrat Party platform and to get rid of Republicans once and for all. To vote for Democrats is to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that Republicans are, the more that they should focus on their personal defense.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/politico-poll-party/2025/12/14/id/1238288/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Illegal immigrant trucker charged in Washington fatal crash was released into US under Biden—then freed again despite ICE detainer
https://thepostmillennial.com/illegal-immigrant-trucker-charged-in-washington-fatal-crash-was-released-into-us-under-biden-then-freed-again-despite-ice-detainer
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Immigration and Deportation Conundrums
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/15/the_immigration_and_deportation_conundrums_153629.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— The Weekend’s Gun Tragedies Show Why You Must Buy (Even More) Guns. DD: As Democrats gain more power, they will try to confiscate firearms and ammunition from Republicans.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/12/15/the-weekends-gun-tragedies-show-why-you-must-buy-even-more-guns-n2667868
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Without affirmative action, some colleges focus on economics. DD: Because Black and Hispanic parents have lower incomes than White parents, colleges use income as a proxy for race.
https://yorknewstimes.com/news/nation-world/education/article_5c7a93e6-cfb9-50be-a071-a40bdb92d096.html
— DD: The New York Times exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/trump-dei-funding-deaf-blind.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Do Democrats need their own billionaire? Pritzker is betting on it. The Illinois governor has tapped his wealth to climb the political ladder, moving toward a White House run while presenting himself as a champion for everyday people. DD: Does Pritzker champion for you? If so, you must be liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/billionaires-pritzker-democrats-president-trump/
— DD: Because federal courts ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, Trump has the power to fire any federal employee he wants to.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/14/supreme-court-ftc-trump-firing/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Higher cost, worse coverage: Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard. DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-14/higher-cost-worse-coverage-affordable-care-act-enrollees-say-expiring-subsidies-will-hit-them-hard
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Worried about paying for college? There are affordable options. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my having to work my way through college against me. They have always stressed that I would not have had to do that if I had gotten scholarships. They have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.ajc.com/education/2025/12/worried-about-paying-for-college-there-are-affordable-options/
USA TODAY
— Looking for a big raise or promotion in 2026? Don’t get your hopes up. DD: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my critics/opponents were ever-increasingly furious a) that the Post Office hired me in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980, b) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) that GAO promoted me in 1986, d) that I got COLAs, e) that I got step increases, f) that 72% of my and wife’s healthcare insurance premiums were subsidized, g) that I got lots of sick leave and vacation time, h) etc. According to my critics/opponents, all of the aforesaid should have been given to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/12/10/raise-promotion-chances-2026/87676414007/
— Why retirees could face a financial shock from Social Security in 2026. Many retirees are struggling with their finances, and things could get worse next year if they aren’t prepared for this reality about Social Security.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2025/12/10/financial-shock-social-security-2026/87683527007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Disparate-Impact Theory Is Unconstitutional. It purports to combat discrimination but in practice ends up encouraging it. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/disparate-impact-theory-is-unconstitutional-2664133d
— FRONT PAGE: The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate. Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them. DD: With birthright citizenship, the future of America is ever-increasingly bleak. Ever-increasingly, citizens of foreign countries that despise/hate America and despise/hate Americans are taking over America.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/chinese-billionaires-surrogacy-pregnancy-7fdfc0c3
— Does MAHA Stand for ‘Make America High Again’? Reclassifying marijuana flies in the face of Trump and RFK Jr.’s professed concern about health. DD: Pot is poison. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-maha-stand-for-make-america-high-again-ff356532
— Say Goodbye to the Billable Hour. DD: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had to account for each and every hour that I worked. I had to fill out forms each and every day with the number of hours that spent working on “job codes” and then submit those forms every 2 weeks.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-goodbye-to-billable-hours-cba198fe
FORBES
— The CPA Shortage. DD: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee in 1979 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. My passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was a 32-year-old GAO employee in 1981 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesfinancecouncil/2025/05/12/disruption-in-accounting-the-cpa-shortage-meets-the-rise-of-ai/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CPA pipeline has been weakening for years. Fewer accounting majors are sitting for the CPA exam, and the industry is seeing a mass exodus of Baby Boomers without enough young professionals to replace them. According to estimates from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, around 75% of all licensed CPAs reached retirement age by 2019.
PUNCHBOWL NEWS
— Indiana flop muddies Dem redistricting push. DD: I anticipate/expect that Pritzker could say/has said that he has the power to redistrict so that no Republican will ever be elected in Illinois.
https://punchbowl.news/article/campaigns/redistricting-dems/
PROVIDER MAGAZINE
— How to Keep Up with the Jones. DD: Did your parents have trouble keeping up with the Jones? Mine sure did. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. My mother, who never attended high school, never worked outside of the home until after he died because of her limited earning potential. I had to work my way through college. I remember in 1958 when our neighbor to the north owned a top of the line 1958 Oldsmobile, our neighbor to the south owned a top of the line 1957 Pontiac, and we owned a bottom of the line 1951 Plymouth.
https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles/Pages/How-to-Keep-Up-with-the-Jones-to-Attract-Residents-.aspx
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Only those federal employees who are the following have Civil Service protections: Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/final-schedule-f-regulations-describe-civil-service-protections-unconstitutional-overcorrections/409616/
CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
— The ‘Do My Own Research’ Voter Has a New Research Assistant. DD: If I did not spend so much time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out, I would do opposition research. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://campaignsandelections.com/voices/the-do-my-own-research-voter-has-a-new-research-assistant/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I spent years moderating focus groups, and I lost count of how many voters proudly said they “did their own research.” What that really meant was typing a candidate’s name into Google, glancing at ten blue links and, more often than not, closing the browser without clicking a thing. Now, voters searching for a candidate or issue are often getting a single neatly packaged answer assembled by artificial intelligence from whatever sources it finds most credible and clearly written. And if it answers their question, their “research” is done. That’s great if your campaign is one of those sources. If not, it’s a problem.)
December 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— House GOP unveils health care measure that does not extend ACA subsidies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/house-gop-health-care-plan-led-speaker-mike-johnson-unveiled-does-not-extend-aca-subsidies/18284008/
WGN9
— Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years
https://wgntv.com/news/health-insurance-premiums-rose-nearly-3x-the-rate-of-worker-earnings-over-the-past-25-years/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: 2 Illinois election board Democrats who blocked Senate President Don Harmon fines have ties to his donors
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/illinois-elections-board-conflicts-harmon/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for healthcare costs. Is/was your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251213/nation-and-world-politics/somethings-got-to-give-sticker-shock-hits-suburban-affordable-care-act-enrollees/
WHMI
— Leaked lessons from first-year University of Illinois education course show extreme left bias: ‘just so wrong’
https://www.whmi.com/news/fox/leaked-lessons-from-first-year-university-illinois-education-course-show-extreme-left-bias-just-so-wrong
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kathy Salvi Attends Party Building Meeting with the President
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/13/kathy-salvi-attends-party-building-meeting-with-the-president/
JOHN KASS
— Little Mogadishu the Chicago Way
https://johnkassnews.com/the-little-mogadishu-way-the-chicago-way/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bold and Blunt: Feminist wokeness is destroying masculinity
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/13/watch-bold-blunt-feminist-wokeness-destroying-masculinity/
— San Diego schools accused of woke ‘lunacy’ with lessons on 9 genders, 28 sexual orientations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/12/san-diego-schools-accused-woke-lunacy-lessons-9-genders-28-sexual/
— Appeals court allows Planned Parenthood defunding in ‘huge’ win for Trump administration
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/13/appeals-court-allows-planned-parenthood-defunding-huge-win-trump/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— IL Dem touts ‘great job’ on transit, GOP candidate Ajay Gupta laments ‘bailout’ for Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/infrastructure/3917122/illinois-transit-gop-candidate-laments-bailout-chicago/
— New York to spend $2 million providing mental health services to Afghan refugees
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3916163/new-york-2-million-dollars-mental-health-services-afghan-refugees/
NEW YORK POST
— Erika Kirk speaks out against antisemitism, political violence, during CBS town hall with Bari Weiss
https://nypost.com/2025/12/13/media/erika-kirk-speaks-out-against-antisemitism-political-violence-during-cbs-town-hall-with-bari-weiss/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Big Brother Is Holding Conservative Media Back
https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/12/big-brother-is-holding-conservative-media-back/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Duffy removes dangerous illegal alien CDLs; Democrats resist
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/duffy_removes_dangerous_illegal_alien_cdls_democrats_resist.html
— The imperial media and its enablers
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_imperial_media_and_its_enablers.html
BREITBART
— Trump Receives Hero’s Welcome at Army-Navy Game, Participates in Coin Toss
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/13/watch-trump-receives-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-game-participates-in-coin-toss/
— Cannabis Stocks Surge as Trump Weighs Marijuana Rescheduling. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/12/12/cannabis-stocks-surge-as-trump-weighs-marijuana-rescheduling/amp/
— Casten: Fraud Protections for ACA Might Hurt People Who Can’t Get Paperwork
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/13/dem-rep-casten-fraud-protections-for-aca-might-hurt-people-who-cant-get-paperwork/
— Ramirez Initiates Impeachment Push Against Noem
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/13/dem-rep-delia-ramirez-initiates-impeachment-push-against-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem/
— Newsom’s California Exposed: #1 Hub for Illegal CDL Licensing — Safety Crisis Ignites Federal Fury
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/13/newsoms-california-exposed-1-hub-for-illegal-cdl-licensing-safety-crisis-ignites-federal-fury/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— TPUSA denied, while Democrats Club approved, at Catholic Seton Hall University
https://www.thecollegefix.com/tpusa-denied-while-democrats-club-approved-at-catholic-seton-hall-university/
DAILY CALLER
— Gene Dodaro Stepping Down For New GAO Leader As Trump Admin Faces Probes For Withholding Funding. DD: Dodaro and Brown know full-well that GAO a) wasted my career, b) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/11/gene-dodaro-orice-williams-brown-government-accountability-office-replaced-trump-federal-fudning-probes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new comptroller’s leadership may be temporary, as a bipartisan group of senators are set to compile a list of potential candidates for a permanent comptroller for Trump to nominate. The acting official Orice Williams Brown is permitted to be on that list, Politico noted, as that is how Dorado wound up working as the top bureaucrat for GAO. Brown has worked there for 30 years, according to Politico. Before her current role at the GAO, she handled congressional relations for the agency. Brown will be the first Black woman to lead GAO.)
FEDERALIST
— If Time Magazine Weren’t So Corrupt, It Would Have Made Charlie Kirk Person Of The Year
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/12/if-time-magazine-werent-so-corrupt-it-would-have-made-charlie-kirk-person-of-the-year/
— It’s Morally Righteous, Not Bigotry To Notice All Cultures Are Not Equally Good
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/11/its-morally-righteous-not-bigotry-to-notice-all-cultures-are-not-equally-good/
— ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Is A Feudal Relic That Has No Place In America
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/11/birthright-citizenship-is-a-feudal-relic-that-has-no-place-in-america/
FOX NEWS
— Prosecuting Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer in the social media age. Case shows how online speculation replaces traditional courthouse reporting.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-mccarthy-prosecuting-charlie-kirks-alleged-killer-social-media-age
— BROADCAST BIAS: Networks would rather slam Trump than report on massive Somali fraud. ABC, NBC and CBS dedicate majority of Somali coverage to typical attacks on Trump.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/broadcast-bias-networks-would-rather-slam-trump-than-report-massive-somali-fraud
— Minnesota’s Somali fraud scandal exposes the hidden cost of immigration. State officials cut Housing Stabilization Services after costs exploded from $3 million to $100 million.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/minnesotas-somali-fraud-scandal-exposes-hidden-cost-immigration
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Somali Welfare Use Would Be High Even Without Fraud
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/somali-welfare-use-would-be-high-even-without-fraud/
PJ MEDIA
— Half the Licenses for Truckers in New York Were Issued to Illegal Aliens
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/12/13/half-the-licenses-for-truckers-in-new-york-were-issued-to-illegal-aliens-n4947019
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— 7 highlights from Erika Kirk’s CBS News town hall
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erika-kirk-cbs-news-town-hall-highlights/
— Erika Kirk talks faith and grief, fields question from last person to speak to Charlie: How to watch the CBS News town hall
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-town-hall-erika-kirk-how-to-watch/
NBC NEWS
— ‘We can’t be bullied’: How Trump and the GOP’s redistricting push in Indiana backfired. Aggressive tactics employed by Trump and his allies did not sit well with state lawmakers, who delivered a major political blow to national Republicans ahead of the midterms.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-gop-redistricting-push-indiana-backfired-rcna247832
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Omar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/illhan-omar-donald-trump/
— Efforts to require Asian American history in schools after anti-Asian hate starting to pay off. Since pandemic-fueled anti-Asian hate surged in 2020, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander advocates have mobilized to make AAPI history mandatory learning.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/12/12/aapi-asian-american-history-public-school-education/ccd5c852-d755-11f0-a93c-a869cf73ebd6_story.html
POLITICO
— Orice Williams Brown is queued up to lead GAO. Brown will take over as acting head of GAO in a few weeks. DD: Dodaro and Brown know full-well that GAO a) wasted my career, b) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/10/congress/the-federal-governments-next-top-watchdog-is-queued-up-00685439
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Comptroller General Gene Dodaro steps down later this month as head of the Government Accountability Office, he plans to pick the agency’s chief operating officer as his acting successor. Orice Williams Brown will replace Dodaro beginning Dec. 30, the day after his 15-year term ends at the helm of GAO, the agency confirmed Wednesday. She will be the first woman to serve in that role. The acting comptroller general will take over amid the agency’s ongoing investigations into President Donald Trump’s withholding of billions of dollars in federal cash. GAO is also under increased pressure to sue the Trump administration for impoundment and has been publicly derided this year by some top Republicans who accuse the agency of being unobjective. After Brown replaces Dodaro, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is supposed to put together a list of candidates for Trump to consider nominating for Senate confirmation to the role. The acting GAO head is allowed to be included on the roster, as Dodaro was when he served in an acting capacity prior to being confirmed in 2010. Brown has worked at GAO for more than 30 years and currently runs day-to-day management of the agency’s work helping Congress carry out its constitutional responsibilities. Before serving in her current role, she headed congressional relations for the agency.)
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Exit interview: GAO’s Gene Dodaro talks impoundments, tenure and retirement priorities. The outgoing comptroller general reflects on leading the agency through national crises, building a skilled workforce and guiding federal oversight before his term ends Dec. 29. DD: Dodaro knows full-well that GAO a) wasted my career, b) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, and c) replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/12/exit-interview-gaos-gene-dodaro-talks-impoundments-tenure-and-retirement-priorities/410114/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In this exit interview, Dodaro discusses what it’s like to lead a workforce of “trained critics,” how to build relationships with an array of political figures and GAO’s future, particularly as it runs into conflict with the Trump administration over impoundments, which is when the executive branch delays or withholds congressionally approved funding. . .I’ve prioritized making sure we have a very robust internship program here at GAO. We usually bring in about 200 interns every year. It’s one of our main pipelines for future development of the GAO workforce. . .We have over 3,000 highly trained professionals of virtually all disciplines. Financial auditing is only about 10% of what we do. The rest of it is performance audits. We need economists. We need subject area experts in defense, healthcare, transportation, etc. We have actuaries. We have scientists. We have computer security experts, acquisition experts, so we have a wide range of subject area technical experts. . .We do work that supports over 90% of the standing committees of the Congress. There’s a wide footprint, so you have to have somebody who can manage a multidisciplinary workforce on a portfolio of work that transcends across the federal government’s activities. They have to be a person that can work with these highly trained people at GAO. . .I leave behind me a very strong workforce. The GAO workforce is among the best in the world. I have total confidence in them, but you need somebody who can come in and understand how they carry out their activities to make continuous improvement, as I’ve tried to do over my time.
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if Whites and males do better at something than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males benefitted from discrimination against minorities and females.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wappp/spring-2026-seminar-fairness-and-meritocracy-work
POLITICO
— Trump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court. Incremental wins at the court give the White House confidence to go further. DD: Democrats run the federal government. Only those federal employees who are the following have Civil Service protections: Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/07/supreme-court-trump-firings-humphreys-executor-00679728
December 11, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in rare break with president
https://abc7chicago.com/post/indiana-redistricting-news-proposed-2025-map-final-vote-state-senate-thursday-amid-pressure-president-donald-trump/18275092/
— New policies cause worry among refugees, asylum seekers in Chicago area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-president-donald-trumps-new-policies-cause-worry-among-refugees-asylum-seekers-city-suburbs/18276909/
NBC5
— Indiana GOP blocks Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/indiana-gop-blocks-trumps-redistricting-push-in-a-rare-break-with-the-president/3861947/
— Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/senate-health-care-vote-aca-subsidies/3861640/
CBS2
— Hopkins introduced revamped teen curfew measure
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/hopkins-introduced-revamped-teen-curfew-measure/
WTTW
— Senators Clash Over Trump’s National Guard Deployments During Hearing Pushed by Duckworth
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/11/senators-clash-over-trump-s-national-guard-deployments-during-hearing-urged-duckworth
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In dueling DC hearings, Ramirez calls Noem a liar and Duckworth questions Trump troop deployments. Ramirez also penned a letter on Wednesday that asked House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan “to conduct a complete investigation into Noem’s “unlawful and potentially impeachable actions.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/11/kristi-noem-testimony-congress-delia-ramirez-tammy-duckworth-trump-troop-deployments
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Indiana GOP blocks Trump redistricting push, easing pressure on Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/indiana-gop-rejects-trump-redistricting-easing-illinois-pressure
— Duckworth confronts defense officials over Guard deployment in Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/tammy-duckworth-confronts-dod-officials-over-national-guard
AM870
— Young Voters Want Socialism
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/larry-elder/video/693a04b03d0f1ebab8af1d95
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— How the IRS’ crime-fighting force took on immigration. IRS Criminal Investigations Chief Guy Ficco spoke with The Associated Press about how the agency is juggling its work on new Trump administration priorities with its core mission of tax enforcement. The little-known agency has been doing more with fewer staff, according to its annual report, released on Thursday. DD: I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/how-the-irs-crime-fighting-force-took-on-21237763.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— Thirteen House Republicans joined Democrats in advancing a bill that would reverse Trump’s executive order to crack down harder on federal worker unions. DD: When I started working for the Post Office in 1966, I felt I had no choice but to join the union. When I started working for IRS in 1971, I felt I had no choice but to join the union.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/13-house-republicans-join-democrats-to-advance-bill-reversing-trumps-union-crackdown
— HUD Secretary blames illegal migration for ruining the housing market for Americans
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hud-secretary-turner-blames-illegal-migration-for-ruining-the-housing-market-for-americans-biden-administration-immigration-families
CITIES 92.9
— Your kids now belong to the Chicago Teachers Union
https://www.cities929.com/2025/12/11/op-ed-your-kids-now-belong-to-the-chicago-teachers-union/
DURBIN
— Durbin Condemns Trump’s Racist Comments Towards Immigrants In Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Meeting. During his opening remarks, Durbin again called on Noem to testify in front of the Committee, urged Grassley to consider a subpoena if she refuses to appear.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-racist-comments-towards-immigrants-in-senate-judiciary-committee-executive-meeting
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Indiana Republicans defy Trump, block redistricting push
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/indiana-republicans-defy-trump-block-redistricting-push/
— America’s unsustainable fertility crisis. A demographic earthquake is coming, unless we change.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/11/americas-unsustainable-fertility-crisis/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic socialist breaks DC campaign filing system with massive fundraising haul
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3914740/janeese-lewis-george-breaks-dc-campaign-filing-system-massive-fundraising-haul/
NEW YORK POST
— Tyler Robinson, accused in Charlie Kirk killing, smirks and chuckles during first in-person court appearance, with family in tow
https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/us-news/tyler-robinson-accused-in-charlie-kirk-killing-looks-calm-chuckles-with-lawyers-during-first-in-person-court-appearance-with-family-in-tow/
— Erika Kirk tormented by vile trolls since Charlie’s assassination
https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/opinion/miranda-devine-erika-kirk-tormented-by-vile-trolls-since-charlies-assassination/
— Nikki Haley’s son says ‘this isn’t the country for you’ if you can’t choose your loyalty. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/11/media/nikki-haleys-son-says-this-isnt-the-country-for-you-if-you-cant-choose-your-loyalty/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Pritzker and the Act of Choosing Sides
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/j_b_pritzker_and_the_act_of_choosing_sides.html
BREITBART
— Mamdani on NYPD Arresting ICE Agents
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/11/mamdani-on-nypd-arresting-ice-agents-focus-is-on-sanctuary-law-but-has-to-be-accountability-for-all-of-us-for-law-to-be-meaningful/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DHS buying six 737s to speed up getting illegal aliens OUT
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/11/dhs-buying-six-737s-to-speed-up-getting-illegal-aliens-out-1609593/
DAILY WIRE
— Ending The Woke Monopoly: White House Takes Aim At Higher Ed’s Ideological Capture. University leaders would be wise to get out of the business of indoctrination and discrimination and return to open inquiry.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ending-the-woke-monopoly-white-house-takes-aim-at-higher-eds-ideological-capture
FOX NEWS
— Noem confronts Democrats over NYC crime, asylum abuses as members hurl accusations. Noem fought off a wave of Democrat attacks and calls to resign during Thursday’s hearing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-confronts-democrats-over-nyc-crime-asylum-abuses-members-hurl-accusations
— Top Republican rebukes notions to arrest DHS agents with plan to pull funding from problem cities. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington’s SHIELD Act could target San Francisco, Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-republican-rebukes-notions-arrest-ice-agents-plan-pull-fed-funding-from-problem-cities
— Musk accuses Ilhan Omar of treason
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-accuses-ilhan-omar-treason-over-somalia-comments-viral-social-media-post
— In wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, Elon Musk says security issues keep him from spending much time in public
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/wake-charlie-kirk-murder-elon-183853711.html
HOT AIR
— Homan: You Better Believe We’re Looking Into Omar’s Alleged Marriage to Brother as Immigration Fraud
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/12/11/homan-you-better-believe-were-looking-into-omars-marriage-to-brother-as-immigration-fraud-n3809763
NATIONAL REVIEW
— On the Brink of Suicide: New York and Illinois
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-the-brink-of-suicide-new-york-and-illinois/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Pritzker ‘Violated the Supremacy Clause’ of Constitution, DHS Warns
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2025/12/10/illinois-gov-pritzker-violated-supremacy-clause
NEWSMAX
— HUD Links Migration to Higher Housing Costs
https://www.newsmax.com/us/hud-jd-vance-scott-turner/2025/12/11/id/1237974/
PJ MEDIA
— 2.5M Illegal Aliens Out of U.S. Since January
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/25m-illegals-out-of-us-since-january-n4946939
— DOJ Sues Minneapolis Schools for Race Discrimination in Hiring
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/doj-sues-minneapolis-schools-for-race-discrimination-n4946944
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair?
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/12/11/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-retail-reparations-pt-iv-n4946937
— Biden Admin Let at Least 18,000 Terrorists Into America
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/11/biden-admin-let-at-least-18000-terrorists-into-america-n4946947
POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘Not all cultures are equal’: Rep Randy Fine defends Trump admin’s crackdown on Somali migrants after billion dollar fraud scheme in Minnesota. “There are some people who come to this country to add value, and there are some that come to this country to take value.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/not-all-cultures-are-equal-rep-randy-fine-defends-trump-admins-crackdown-on-somali-migrants-after-billion-dollar-fraud-scheme-in-minnesota
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mamdani: “I’m Prepared For Any Consequence” For Standing Up To ICE For New Yorkers
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/12/10/mamdani_im_prepared_for_any_consequence_for_standing_up_to_ice_for_new_yorkers.html
TOWNHALL
— The Somali Experiment Failed, It’s Time to Change Course
https://townhall.com/columnists/dustin-grage/2025/12/11/the-somali-experiment-failed-its-time-to-change-course-n2667661
— Thank You, Indiana RINOS…for Being Totally Worthless
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/11/indianas-push-to-redraw-its-congressional-maps-torpedoed-by-republicans-n2667769
TURNING POINT USA
— Another College Student Government Votes Against a TPUSA Chapter Becoming a Recognized Student Organization
https://tpusa.com/live/another-college-student-government-votes-against-a-tpusa-chapter-becoming-a-recognized-student-organization/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders drive up grocery prices and then blame on Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-speech-affordability-fact-check-inflation-data/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Noem Faces Questions From House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/noem-house-hearing-immigration-crackdown.html
— ICE Says It Has No Videos to Release of Chicago Deportation Operations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/ice-bodycam-video-chicago.html
— What Is a Trump Gold Card? Applications Open for Million-Dollar Visas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/trump-gold-card.html
WASHINGTON POST
— House votes to repeal Trump order ending union rights at federal agencies. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/11/house-repeal-trump-union-order/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: To illegally bring a child illegally into a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-11/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-u-s
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialism Still Not That Popular. But capitalism wins only a plurality in a new survey.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-still-not-that-popular-00686d77
— Miami, a Power Center for Trump, Delivers a Rebuke of the President. Voters sent clear messages on issues in race that became a referendum on the president.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/miami-a-power-center-for-trump-delivers-a-rebuke-of-the-president-03fcebe6?mod=djemwhatsnews
MONEY WIZE
— Everything about retirement changes if you’re one of the lucky few who have a pension in America. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. I have begetting a CSRS pension since I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that.
https://www.aol.com/finance/everything-retirement-changes-one-lucky-114500050.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you’re one of the few American workers with a traditional pension, your retirement strategy likely looks different from that of your peers. As of March, 2025, only 14% of U.S. workers were covered by a defined benefit pension plan, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These plans are far more common among government employees and retirees. In fact, nearly 86% of state and local public sector workers have access to such a pension, according to Congress. And in 2024, 56% of retirees reported receiving pension income, according to the Federal Reserve. Depending on your age and your employer, a defined benefit pension could significantly shape your retirement outlook. The guaranteed monthly income offers stability, but it brings unique considerations for tax strategy and estate planning.)
NFFE
— NFFE Applauds House Passage of the Protect America’s Workforce Act to Restore Collective Bargaining Rights for Federal Employees. DD: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized sooner, I might still be a GAO employee. But if not that, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://nffe.org/nffe_news/nffe-applauds-house-passage-of-the-protect-americas-workforce-act-to-restore-collective-bargaining-rights-for-federal-employees/
POLITICO
— Indiana GOP rejects Trump’s map in major blow to his gerrymandering push
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/indiana-republicans-redistricting-vote-trump-00687714
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DEMOCRACY NOW
— Trump Launches “Trump Gold Card” Visa Program for Wealthy Noncitizens
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/11/headlines/trump_launches_trump_gold_card_visa_program_for_wealthy_noncitizens
TIMES OF INDIA
— Charlie Kirk’s Widow Delivers Emotional Message To People Mocking His Death
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/english/charlie-kirks-widow-delivers-emotional-message-to-people-mocking-his-death/videoshow/125920713.cms
— Elite US colleges see record surge in low-income enrolments as new financial aid strategies take hold. DD: Overwhelmingly, low-income students are minorities.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/elite-us-colleges-see-record-surge-in-low-income-enrolments-as-new-financial-aid-strategies-take-hold/articleshow/125913704.cms
WESTERN STANDARD
— Not all ideas are equal. Neither are all cultures.
https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/albers-not-all-ideas-are-equal-neither-are-all-cultures/69690
December 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Alderman pushes to hold social media companies accountable for teen takeovers. DD: What about parental responsibility?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/alderman-pushes-to-hold-social-media-companies-accountable-for-teen-takeovers/3861508/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson doesn’t understand what Ken Griffin and Citadel meant for Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/editorial-citadel-ken-griffin-mayor-brandon-johnson-head-tax-headquarters/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois National Guard still federalized as President Trump extends order, despite troops sitting idle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/illinois-national-guard-still-federalized-as-president-trump-extends-order-despite-troops-sitting-idle/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/elgin-venezuela-ice-tren-de-aragua/
— Aldermen forge ahead with counterproposal to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget, push new Chicago teen curfew plan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/chicago-teen-curfew-plan-12-hour-notice-police/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/10/federal-grand-jury-rejects-another-midway-blitz-case-this-time-against-laugh-factory-manager
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for high grocery prices.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12/10/trump-affordability-hoax
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: DuPage County lauds latest ruling in ongoing legal battle with county clerk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/news/a-win-for-fiscal-responsibility-dupage-county-lauds-latest-ruling-in-ongoing-legal-battle-with-co/
— Krishnamoorthi donates campaign cash from Trump adviser Shyam Sankar to immigrant rights groups
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/nation-and-world-politics/krishnamoorthi-donates-campaign-cash-from-trump-adviser-shyam-sankar-to-immigrant-rights-groups/
— Wheeling Township board approves long-awaited mental health tax
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/news/a-nice-holiday-gift-wheeling-township-board-approves-long-awaited-mental-health-tax/
— Foreigners allowed to travel to the US without a visa could soon face new social media screening
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251210/nation-and-world-politics/foreigners-allowed-to-travel-to-the-us-without-a-visa-could-soon-face-new-social-media-screening/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why there’s little enthusiasm for an Illinois congressional remap
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/why-illinois-may-redraw-congressional-districts
WGN RADIO
— DD: The Democrat news media continues to treat Pat Brady as though he still leads the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-madigan-files-for-pardon/
RIVER BENDER
— Republican Don Tracy Explains Positions in Illinois Senate Race. Tracy stresses the need for strong GOP leadership in Illinois Senate race.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/republican-don-tracy-explains-positions-in-illinois-senate-race-88959.cfm
— Dr. Pamela Long Enters Illinois Senate Race With Bid. Former Newsweek columnist files candidacy aiming to break Republican statewide drought since 2014 and make history as first legacy Black Republican woman senator in Illinois. DD: If you ran for U.S. Senate, what would you stress? I would stress that GAO works for Congress and that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I would stress that I earned master’s degrees business, accounting, and finance. I would stress that I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I would stress that I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/dr-pamela-long-enters-illinois-senate-race-with-bid-88433.cfm
FOX ILLINOIS
— Mace introduces bill to name DC’s former Black Lives Matter Plaza after Charlie Kirk
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/mace-introduces-bill-to-name-dcs-former-black-lives-matter-plaza-after-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-tpusa-blm-freedom-of-speech-mayor-bowser-washington-president-donald-trump-june-2020-george-floyd
DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Victorious Once Again in Dispute with Clerk
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_board/dupage_county_victorious_once_again_in_dispute_with_1599.php
ILLINOIZE
— Board of Elections Begins Candidate Removals
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/board-elections-begins-candidate-removals
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-646/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Ugaste: Pritzker already ‘gamed the system’ with redistricting
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ea424c9a-c0ef-43ce-a51e-cbfc77ae717f.html
— Cabello: ICE enforcement on streets wouldn’t happen if IL cooperated
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e54aff35-7d50-4adb-9e5b-5f210f2a2f5e.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, have less money than others, have more health problems than others, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, married, have more money than others, have fewer health problems than others, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Those who have demographics that vote for Democrats want the Democrat Party platform, that is, they want more dependency on government and charity, that is, socialism and communism, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling. pot, and other vices, and/or diminishment of Second Amendment rights. Those who have demographics that vote for Republicans want the Republican Party platform that is, they want personal responsibility, that is, capitalism, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, avoidance of vices, and Second Amendment rights. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. The Republican Party platform promotes prosperity and safety. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform. Republican Party leaders ever-increasingly fail/refuse to promote the Republican Party platform. That has resulted in Democrat victories, Republican defeats, and Republicans leaving Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— We already know how socialist redistributionism will end In New York City
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/10/already-know-socialist-redistributionism-end-new-york-city/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Assimilation is a winning message for Republicans. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Sadly, they did not assimilate as fast as they could/should have. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3912759/assimilation-winning-message-republicans/
— We’re getting fewer births, not just later births. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) destroy traditional marriage and family and b) promote abortion.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3913326/fewer-births-not-just-later-births/
NEW YORK POST
— Dems’ win in Miami is ‘wake-up call’ for GOP ahead of 2026, GOP mayors leader warns
https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/us-news/dallas-mayor-eric-johnson-tells-post-that-dems-win-in-miami-is-wake-up-call-for-gop-ahead-of-2026/
— Media leap to defend Minnesota’s Somali fraudsters — but trip over the awful truth
https://nypost.com/2025/12/09/opinion/media-leaps-to-somali-fraudsters-defense-but-trips-over-the-awful-truth/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Targets Democrat-Enabled Crime
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/trump_targets_democrat_enabled_crime.html
— The Democrat party’s deadly choice. DHS has revealed that Pritzker’s sanctuary policies have led to the release of over 1,700 criminal illegal aliens since January 2025.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/the_democrat_party_s_deadly_choice.html
BERTBART
— Minnesota: ‘Nearly Every’ Somali Household with Children Is on Welfare
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/10/data-81-percent-somali-households-in-minnesota-are-on-welfare/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Dictionary of Depravity’ – DHS unveils website detailing ‘worst of the worst’ illegal aliens
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/10/dictionary-of-depravity-dhs-unveils-website-detailing-worst-of-the-worst-illegal-aliens-1609373/
— ‘Send her back!’ Trump suggests Ilhan Omar is an illegal alien, mocks ‘little turban’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/10/send-her-back-trump-suggests-ilhan-omar-is-an-illegal-alien-mocks-little-turban-1609319/
BLAZE
— Mamdani dares ICE to come get him — and throws the Constitution in the trash
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/mamdani-dares-ice-to-come-get-him-and-throws-the-constitution-in-the-trash
CENTER SQUARE
— DHS has launched a new website for Americans to use to search and locate criminal foreign nationals who’ve been arrested in their neighborhoods.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dhs-website-shows-americans-noncitizens-161200386.html
CHRISTIAN POST
— A petition written by a group of ethnic-minority pastors within the Presbyterian Church in America went viral this week after accusing the largest conservative Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. of being spiritually abusive, sidelining women and “demonizing” gay people, among other grievances.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastors-accuses-pca-of-demonizing-lgbtq-sidelining-women.html
DHS
— New DHS Website Provides Public Access to Data on Individuals Removed Through ICE Operations
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/border-security/new-dhs-website-provides-public-access-to-data-on-individuals-removed-through-ice-operations/
DAILY CALLER
— Rainbow-Clad Female Reverend Compares ICE Supporters To Judas. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/10/rainbow-clad-female-reverend-compares-ice-supporters-to-judas/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Tells Rally Crowd: Every New Job Goes To American Workers, Biden Failed To Deliver. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I did. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-tells-rally-crowd-every-new-job-goes-to-american-workers-biden-failed-to-deliver
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary cities are just ‘Airbnbs for felons’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386298711112
— Homan vows to continue to flood sanctuary cities with agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386302757112
HANNITY
— Trump: 100% of Net Job Creation Has Gone to American Citizens’ Since He Took Office. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I did. Their parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://hannity.com/media-room/america-first-trump-says-100-of-net-job-creation-has-gone-to-american-citizens-since-he-took-office-watch/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Inflated Federal Pay: How Americans Are Overtaxed to Overpay the Civil Service. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) the federal government grossly overpaid me, b) my employment benefits were far too generous, c) my Civil Service Retirement System pension is far too generous, and d) my federal retirement benefits are far too generous. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour when I was 16 in 1966 to $153,151/year when I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, during that time, I a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. b) earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) earned six job-related professional certifications, and d) earned a job-related professional license. How much would someone with my aforesaid qualifications have earned in the private sector?
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/inflated-federal-pay-how-americans-are-overtaxed-overpay-the-civil-service
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Medical School Module at Drexel U. Makes ‘Antiracism’ and CRT Part of Doctors’ Ethical Duty. “The school’s effort to present ideological indoctrination as medical education is unacceptable and dangerous.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/medical-school-module-at-drexel-u-makes-antiracism-and-crt-part-of-doctors-ethical-duty/
NEWSMAX
— DHS Reports More Than 2.5M Illegal Aliens Gone
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-ice-cbp/2025/12/10/id/1237855/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Mamdani: NYPD Will Not Assist ICE In Immigration Enforcement, They Will Be “Following The Policies Of Sanctuary City Law.” DD: What is your mayor’s position on assisting ICE?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/12/10/mamdani_nypd_will_not_assist_ice_in_immigration_enforcement_they_will_be_following_the_policies_of_sanctuary_city_law.html
TOWNHALL
— Trump Admin Says Biden’s Migrant Surge is to Blame for Sky-High Housing Prices
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/12/09/housing-and-urban-development-secretary-says-the-biden-admin-is-to-blame-for-unaffordability-n2667614
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/us-tourists-social-media-history-5-years-trump/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Egypt and Iran complain about planned World Cup ‘Pride’ match in Seattle
https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-seattle-egypt-iran-lgbtq-pride-4372288ea3c4465fd985e686a6cccf3c
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DD: Democrat colleges ever-increasingly give more preference to low income students because low income students are overwhelmingly minority, that is, are overwhelming Democrat. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Crete-Monee High School, the Democrats who ran the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended UIC and NIU, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics while I attended Loyola and DePaul, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-11/without-affirmative-action-elite-colleges-are-prioritizing-economic-diversity-in-admissions
— DD: To illegally bring a child illegally into a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-11/trump-administration-separates-thousands-of-migrant-families-in-the-us
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders turn women against Republican men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/republican-women-misogyny-sexism.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/science/nobel-prize-immigrants-science.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Egypt and Iran protest being drawn to play in World Cup gay pride match. Seattle’s plan for the June 26 game to be a “Pride Match” was made before the World Cup draw. Egypt said the move may “provoke cultural and religious sensitivities.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/10/world-cup-pride-match-egypt-iran/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when those who are the aforesaid succeed, it is because they benefit from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid. According to my critics/opponents, because I am all of the aforesaid, a) I owe all of my successes in life to my benefitted from discrimination against those who are not aforesaid and b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/10/pam-bondi-justice-disparate-impact-regulations/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for high grocery prices.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/shopping/2025/12/03/grocery-price-tracker/87486126007/
— Liberals aren’t having kids, conservatives are. That matters. The implications of the ideological divide on having children and family are significant to the future of the country.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/12/10/birth-rate-liberals-conservatives-prioritize-family/87621223007/
— Many workers will get a minimum wage bump in 2026. DD: I worked for the minimum wage part-time during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time the summer in between 1964-1966. With the money I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May or 1966.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/09/heres-where-minimum-wage-will-rise-2026/87624268007/
— More shoppers admit to stealing from self-checkout. What do they take?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/2025/12/08/self-checkout-theft-shoplift-increase/87608261007/
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/10/new-york-mayor-elect-mamdani-ice/87708427007/
FORBES
— ‘Ilhan Omar And The People From Somalia—They Hate Our Country’: Trump Viciously Attacks Somalians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-LjntZ34c
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal employees face lingering uncertainty. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they were ever-increasingly angry/furious with Gingrich budget cuts. They ever-increasingly took their anger/fury out on the agency’s few remaining Republican employees. I should write about that.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/federal-employees-face-lingering-uncertainty-shutdown-rifs-are-reversed/409571/
FED SMITH
— Merit, Accountability, and Job Cuts: What the 2025 President’s Management Agenda Means for Federal Employees. DD: Democrats run the federal government. According to them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. They use budget cuts and everything else that they can to get rid of federal employees who are not the aforesaid.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/12/10/merit-accountability-and-job-cuts-what-the-2025-pma-means-for-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fostering a Merit-Based Federal Workforce. The second major workforce priority is to strengthen merit-based hiring and accountability. This initiative lists four objectives: Hire the best based on skills and merit, Implement all employee performance and accountability Presidential directives, Implement the President’s Executive Orders to address labor-management relations, Recruit exceptional talent to defend the border. . .Unions have been fighting the Executive Orders in court, and those legal challenges will no doubt continue given the new PMA’s stated objectives. How successful some of the administration’s objectives for the federal workforce will ultimately be depend upon the final outcomes of the legal challenges. . .Downsizing the Federal Workforce. The PMA explicitly calls for reducing the size of the federal workforce. It outlines these three objectives: Eliminate jobs in non-essential, non-statutory functions, Remove poor performers, Strategically hire only for essential jobs The Trump administration believes that the federal government has reached historic highs in civilian employment, spending, and debt. Downsizing is framed as a way to cut waste and restore efficiency.)
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DHS employees face mandatory reassignments. DD: When I was 49 years old in 1997 a) after I had worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 8 years, b) after I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and c) after I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted that they might let me work until I would be eligible for regular retirement in 6 years if I happily agreed to be resigned to other types of audits.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/10/dhs-employees-face-mandatory-reassignments/
NEWSONE
— Texas Plans To Put Turning Point USA Chapters In Every State High School. DD: Who heads Turning Point USA in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://newsone.com/6674353/texas-wants-turning-point-usa-every-high-school/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— DD: Democrat leaders decry that Noem spent $143m on six Boeing 737s to deport illegals.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15371947/kristi-noem-boeing-jet-deportations.html
INDIA TODAY
— Seattle’s Pride game with anti-LGBTQ nations Egypt and Iran creates problems for FIFA
https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/fifa-world-cup-2026-usa-seattle-pride-game-egypt-vs-iran-anti-lgbtq-problems-2834313-2025-12-11
TIMES OF INDIA
— Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determination what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. The aforesaid frustrates their efforts to paint me as being stupid and lazy. They stress a) that I did not earn my master’s degrees until I was 27, 31, and 48, b) that I did not earn my professional certifications until I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) that I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting from the beginning and I would have taken more than one graduate evening course at a time.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/quote-of-the-day-by-lou-holtz-ability-is-what-youre-capable-of-doing-motivation-determines/articleshow/125744527.cms
December 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asks Trump to pardon him after bribery conviction
https://chicago.suntimes.com/madigan-trial-news/2025/12/09/former-illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigan-asks-trump-for-pardon
— As Indiana Republicans move toward redistricting, Pritzker warns Illinois ‘won’t stand idly by’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/12/09/indiana-redistricting-illinois-pritzker-congressional-map
— Pritzker, Johnson slam Trump admin threat to cut funding over CTA safety issues: ‘Action has been taken.’ Federal officials ordered the CTA to develop an enhanced security plan by next week in response to the burning of a woman aboard a Blue Line train last month.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/12/09/trump-administration-cta-crime-federal-funding-threat-jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/12/09/guadalupe-little-village-epiphany-catholic
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/09/tammy-duckworth-senate-hearing-illegal-dhs-arrests-chicago-woman-testimony
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn women against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/gallup-young-women-move-abroad/
DAILY HERALD
— Krishnamoorthi, Mendrick survive challenges, but some candidates knocked out
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251209/illinois-state-politics/krishnamoorthi-mendrick-survive-challenges-but-some-candidates-knocked-out/
STATELINE
— 50% of Illinois residents would move if they could. DD: What keeps you in Illinois? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. All four of my degrees are from Illinois Universities.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-residents-want-to-leave-state/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders do not want any of their illegals to be deported, and especially those who do not have a criminal record yet. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-10/about-a-third-of-people-arrested-by-ice-had-no-criminal-record-new-data-shows
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fill their schools with illegals. What percent of the students in your school district are illegals?
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/12/09/illinois-governor-signs-bill-on-immigrants-at-child-care-centers-colleges/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On the GOP side, attorney Jeannie Evans has officially entered the fray, launching her U.S. Senate campaign by presenting herself as a consumer advocate and working mom who has spent her career challenging major corporations. She steps into a marquee Republican primary against former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy. “There are important issues that demand leadership,” Evans said in her announcement. “Illinoisans deserve a fresh voice in Washington. I’m a political outsider and working mother who has taken on powerful corporations to help lower the cost of living.” Her résumé includes time at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, co-founding a litigation firm, and serving as a partner at plaintiff-side class-action firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro. Evans is also active in the Federalist Society and says she’s committed to working with President Donald Trump on lowering costs, reducing crime, and expanding education and job opportunities.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/10/union-tip-toes-around-endorsing-00684291
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-645/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago’s Leadership Fixates on Police Use-of-Force While Violent Crime and Fiscal Crisis Deepen
https://wirepoints.org/chicagos-leadership-fixates-on-police-use-of-force-while-violent-crime-and-fiscal-crisis-deepen-wirepoints-mark-glennon-warns-am560-interview/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL Statehouse candidate finds 20,000 kids without SSNs getting Medicaid
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_12d4062d-013c-430a-b4f7-402511a179d1.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Transit sales tax hike makes suburbs pay for Chicago problems
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/transit-sales-tax-hike-makes-suburbs-pay-for-chicago-problems/
— Illinois’ $143.5 billion state pension debt saw a tiny dip, but meaningful reform is needed to stop threats to taxpayers and protect state retirees.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-alone-lets-state-pension-debt-top-100b/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What keeps you in Illinois? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I have lived in my precinct since 1984. All four of my degrees are from Illinois Universities. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— A growing number of Americans are taking on second, third and even fourth jobs to offset inflation and stagnant wages. Have you worked second jobs? I did when I worked for IRS when I was 22-24 years old 1971-1972. I pumped gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Socialists argue that socialist employers, that is, Democrat employers, pay their employees more than capitalist employers, that is, Republican employers, do. Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the following because the Democrat federal government paid me far more than Republican employers would have: a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., c) pay my expenses to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, d) pay my review course expenses to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 31, and become a licensed CPA when I was 31, e) get married when I was 29, f) etc. In your opinion, if I had worked for Republican employers, how much would I have been paid? In today’s dollars, the Democrat federal government paid me a) $19.37/hour when I was 18, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153,151/year when I was 49. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Under the Democrats, the future for White males in America is ever-increasingly bleak. Fewer and fewer and fewer of them seek college degrees. Why is that? They are discouraged. Under the Democrats, non-Whites and females ever-increasingly get more and more and more preference, and especially non-White females who are Democrat, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What have your critics/opponents used to discredit your accomplishments? To discredit my accomplishments. my critics/opponents have always outrageously disgustingly unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47, I was 21, and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you have less money than your peers, it is because of Trump. I have way less money than my peers who earned college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. But I have way less money because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders use “disparate impact’ to hint/imply/argue/shout that if something results in Whites or males doing better at something than minorities or females, that it is because that something discriminates against minorities and females. Using that, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion standards in the federal government. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— A growing number of Americans are taking on second, third and even fourth jobs to offset inflation and stagnant wages. DD: Have you worked second jobs? I did when I worked for IRS when I was 22-24 years old 1971-1972. I pumped gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. The money that I earned helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/25/americans-polyworking-offset-inflation-stagnant-wages/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrat Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayor race, ending 28 years of GOP control
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3912830/democrat-eileen-higgins-miami-mayor/
— Gen Z socialists (DD: Socialists argue that socialist employers, that is, Democrat employers, pay their employees more than capitalist employers, that is, Republican employers, do. Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the following because the Democrat federal government paid me far more than Republican employers would have: a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., c) pay my expenses to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, d) pay my review course expenses to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 31, and become a licensed CPA when I was 31, e) get married when I was 29, f) etc. In your opinion, if I had worked for Republican employers, how much would I have been paid? In today’s dollars, the Democrat federal government paid me a) $19.37/hour when I was 18, b) $55,850/year when I was 22, c) $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153,151/year when I was 49.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/videos/3912567/inside-scoop-jim-antle-gen-z-socialists-christmas-reading-utah-redistricting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “A lot of younger people today don’t have any stake in the capitalist system because they don’t have any capital,” Antle said. “They study in college, they accumulate a lot of debt to pay off their student loans, and then they are not in a position where they can afford to buy a home when they graduate, so they’re perennially renting. They don’t really feel like they benefit from a lot of aspects of the free enterprise system.” Antle highlights the appeal of socialist candidates, such as newly elected New York Mayor-elect Mamdani. “He ran on an explicitly Democratic Socialist platform,” Antle said. “Many of the people who voted for him were younger professionals making six-figure salaries, but in an expensive city like New York, and in a place where they’re very unlikely to own their own homes, own any of their own property. They really feel the crushing burden of how expensive everything is in the city, and they don’t see how the free market system is really benefiting them.”)
NEW YORK POST
— Citizens are fed up with Dem-invited migrants who have disdain for US law and culture
https://nypost.com/2025/12/09/opinion/citizens-are-fed-up-with-dem-invited-migrants-that-have-disdain-for-us-law-and-culture/
— Send Her Back’: MAGA Crowd Erupts as Trump Claims Ilhan Omar is ‘Here Illegally’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEtkoidi01E
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DOJ restores equal treatment for all in civil rights enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders use “disparate impact’ to hint/imply/argue/shout that if something results in Whites or males doing better at something than minorities or females, that it is because that something discriminates against minorities and females. Using that, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion standards in the federal government. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/10/doj-restores-equal-treatment-for-all-in-civil-rights-enforcement-1609269/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Signs Bill Preventing ICE from Arresting Illegal Aliens near Courthouses
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/09/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-signs-bill-preventing-ice-arresting-illegal-aliens-courthouses/
— Trump Approval Rating up as Republicans Applaud Focus on Affordability
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/09/trump-approval-rating-up-as-republicans-applaud-focus-on-affordability/
FEDERALIST
— ‘Gold-Standard’ Immigration Enforcement Bill Lagging In Indiana As Redistricting Sucks Oxygen
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/10/gold-standard-immigration-enforcement-bill-lagging-in-indiana-as-redistricting-sucks-oxygen/
FOX NEWS
— Japan rejects same-sex marriage to save itself from demographic collapse. Tokyo court upholds traditional marriage while G7 nations face plummeting fertility rates.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/japan-rejects-same-sex-marriage-save-itself-from-demographic-collapse
— DHS blasts Newsom over taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegals as California ambulance costs may soar 382%. California governor faces federal criticism over Medi-Cal benefits as transport costs jump from $339 to potentially $1,637.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-blasts-newsom-taxpayer-funded-healthcare-illegals-california-ambulance-costs-may-soar-382-percent
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ICE Slams Pritzker as Illinois Releases 1,700 Criminal Illegal Aliens — Including Rapists and Pedophiles
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ice-slams-gov-pritzker-as-illinois-releases-1700-criminal-illegal-aliens-including-rapists-and-pedophiles
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Man Behind App That Helps Illegals Evade ICE Now Suing Bondi, Noem, Homan After Apple Took it Down
https://www.westernjournal.com/man-behind-app-helps-illegals-evade-ice-now-suing-bondi-noem-homan-apple-took/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-ice-arrested-his-mom-18-year-old-citizen-now-caring-for-his-sister-worries-he-could-be-next/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-russia-ukraine-trump-pope-leo-60c898afe3241ff67552f417a06900b0
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls Europe ‘Decaying’ and ‘Weak’ President Trump criticized his European counterparts over their defense and Ukraine policies during an interview with Politico. The president also suggested that it was time for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to compromise in the cease-fire talks.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010577149/trump-europe-decaying-weak-ukraine.html
— The Latest Trump Resistance Is Within the Indiana G.O.P. Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/indiana-redistricting-trump-republicans.html
— Nancy Mace: What’s the Point of Congress?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/opinion/nancy-mace-congress-republicans.html
— Despite Red-State Efforts, Abortion Rate Nationwide Still Climbs. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/states-new-abortion-laws.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Under the Democrats, the future for White males in America is ever-increasingly bleak. Fewer and fewer and fewer of them seek college degrees. Why is that? They are discouraged. Under the Democrats, non-Whites and females ever-increasingly get more and more and more preference, and especially non-White females who are Democrat, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. If I was young today, because of my bad demographics, I question if I could find the motivation to do what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/12/04/trump-dei-ban-college-men/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Economics of Immigration. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens drive wages down. Noncitizens vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-immigration-9b4a5b9d
— Potheads Head for the Emergency Room. Two new studies show that the ill effects of THC are increasing. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/marijuana-referendum-massachusetts-pot-users-emergency-rooms-68fa22cd
FORTUNE
— Americans can’t agree on what ‘middle class’ means anymore. DD: To discredit my accomplishments. my critics/opponents have always outrageously disgustingly unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47, I was 21, and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.aol.com/finance/americans-t-agree-middle-class-204839884.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pew Research Center defines middle class as falling between two-thirds and double the median household income—which can vary in U.S. metro areas from about $53,000 to $161,000 annually. . .With the median household income coming to roughly $83,000 as of September 2025, and steadily climbing as inflation has pushed up household costs.”)
KFF HEALTH NEWS
— Online Abortion Pill Access Up In Early 2025, Despite GOP Efforts to Restrict It
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/online-abortion-pill-access-up-in-early-2025-despite-gop-efforts-to-restrict-it/
POLITICO
— As Pope Leo’s MAGA criticism builds, Trump suggests he’d meet Catholic leader.
https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-maga-criticism-donald-trump-meeting/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if you have less money than your peers, it is because of Trump. I have way less money than my peers who earned college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license like I did. But I have way less money because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/poll-affordability-cost-of-living-00678076
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— 200 DOJ employees who left under Trump say admin is making ‘coordinated effort’ to undermine career staff. The Justice Department is actively pushing out career employees working on civil rights, they say. DD: According to Democrats, the federal government exists to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/12/200-doj-employees-who-left-under-trump-say-admin-making-coordinated-effort-undermine-career-staff/410052/
SUSTAINABILITY
— Why Microsoft Has Scaled Back DEI in its Performance Reviews. DD: To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because I opposed that discrimination, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/why-microsoft-has-scaled-back-dei-in-its-performance-reviews
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ASAM NEWS
— Duckworth becomes a voice for Asian America. DD: Who is a voice for those who share your demographics?
https://asamnews.com/2025/12/09/hegseth-defense-secretary-controversy-duckworth-response-war-crime-allegations/
NTD
— Documentary Exposes How People Opposed to Critical Race Theory Were Put on Lists. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders promote CRT to get more votes from Blacks.
https://www.ntd.com/documentary-exposes-how-people-opposed-to-critical-race-theory-were-put-on-lists_1112910.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Mamdani’s new address: Iconic $100 million Gracie Mansion
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/zohran-mamdanis-new-address-all-about-iconic-100-million-gracie-mansion-the-226-year-old-residence-in-new-york/articleshow/125882778.cms
TELEGRAPH
— Mamdani to move into $100 million mansion after becoming New York mayor, cites family safety, Mamdani, who prominently featured the issue of affordability in his election campaign, has sparked discussion with his decision to move into this $100 million mansion.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/zohran-mamdani-to-move-into-100-million-gracie-mansion-after-becoming-new-york-mayor-cites-family-safety/cid/2137078
TIMES OF INDIA
— Illinois Shields ‘ILLEGAL ALIENS’, Pritzker Unleashes Direct Attack On Trump, Noem, Bovino
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/illinois-shields-illegal-aliens-pritzker-unleashes-direct-attack-on-trump-noem-bovino-watch/videoshow/125879701.cms
— Parents’ income puts candidate in creamy layer, Karnataka high court upholds rejection. DD: My parents’ income never put me in the creamy layer. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never worked outside of the home until he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/parents-income-puts-candidate-in-creamy-layer-karnataka-high-court-upholds-rejection/articleshow/125840555.cms
December 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois educators are applauding weak school achievement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/opinion-illinois-students-achievement-china/
— Lake County immigrants relieved, but wary as arrests subside: ‘They’re still afraid.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/lake-county-immigration-enforcement/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: ICE arrests suspect after standoff between agents, protesters in Elgin
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251208/crime/ice-arrests-suspect-after-standoff-between-agents-protesters-in-elgin/
— Crowded U.S. Senate race could slim down as state board rules on objections
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251208/illinois-state-politics/crowded-senate-race-could-slim-down-as-state-board-rules-on-objections/
NBC5
— Feds threaten to withhold funding after violent incidents on CTA property. The federal government demanded that the CTA take multiple steps to improve safety on its system.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/feds-threaten-to-withhold-funding-after-violent-incidents-on-cta-property/3860623/
WGN9
— Nativity scenes around Chicagoland opt for political theme during holiday season. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/north-suburbs/nativity-scenes-around-chicagoland-opt-for-political-theme-during-holiday-season/
— Immigration raids cast shadow over Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/immigration-raids-cast-shadow-over-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe/
FOX32
— Here’s how much your family needs to earn to have a stay-at-home parent. DD: In Illinois, it is $79,102/year. My mother was a stay-at-home parent. The belief was that because she never attended high school, her earning potential was very limited. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21 and my brother was 16. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/how-much-family-needs-earn-stay-at-home-parent
WTTW
— Johnson Warns Chicago is Headed for Shutdown Amid Budget Deadlock
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/08/johnson-warns-chicago-headed-shutdown-amid-budget-deadlock
— CPD Should Revise Promotions Policy After Officer Under Investigation Promoted. DD: IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. According to my critics/opponents, that was much too fast. But I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/08/cpd-should-revise-promotions-policy-after-officer-under-investigation-promoted-johnson
STATELINE
— DHS demands Illinois honor ICE detainers for over 4,000 criminal aliens. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/dhs-demands-illinois-honor-ice-detainers-for-over-4000-criminal-aliens/
SHAW LOCAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for the cost of living.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/12/08/how-illinois-democratic-us-senate-candidates-plan-to-address-economic-issues/
NPR ILLINOIS
— FBI agents sue after being fired for kneeling during racial justice protest. DD: Trump could cite Diersen v. GAO. The 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-08/fbi-agents-sue-after-being-fired-for-kneeling-during-racial-justice-protest
ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois. DD: My passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee in 1979 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. My passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was a 32-year-old GAO employee in 1981 was one of my greatest successes. But my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled it. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.icpas.org/endowmentfund/gift/donation.aspx
(FROM THE LETTER: Every CPA remembers what it took to get there—long nights, financial strain, moments of doubt, and people who stepped in at just the right time. Today’s aspiring CPAs are facing those same moments when continuing to pursue their dream feels just out of reach. More students than ever before are turning to us for scholarships, guidance, and reassurance that the profession has their back.)
IPM NEWSROOM
— Republican Senate Candidate Don Tracy on Israel, ICE, and the future of MAGA and the GOP
https://ipmnewsroom.org/republican-senate-candidate-don-tracy-on-israel-ice-and-the-future-of-maga-and-the-gop/
— Champaign’s only low-barrier shelter is at risk of closing. DD: Chicago Democrat leaders use to send many of their homeless to Wheaton. Big homeless problems in Wheaton diminished after PADS raised its requirements.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/champaigns-only-low-barrier-shelter-is-at-risk-of-closing-some-guests-are-worried/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the only low-barrier shelter in the area, Strides does not have sobriety or abstinence requirements, and does not conduct criminal background checks before accepting guests.
TRACE
— DD: Democrat leader ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors of those who are noncitizens, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, have health problems, non-rich, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, etc.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/12/chicago-ice-school-safe-passage-violence/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-644/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-434/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
TED DABROWSKI
— Statement by Ted Dabrowski on illegals over citizens: Now for college aid
https://mailchi.mp/tedforillinois/student-aid-for-illegals
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— New Data Exposes Illinois GOP Crisis: Millions of Republicans Aren’t Voting, Party Leaders to Blame. DD: Illinois Republicans see how Illinois Republican leaders have treated me and have treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I should write about those Illinois Republican leaders who have blamed conservatives like me, that is, who have blamed platform Republicans like me, for Republican losses in Illinois the most since 2000. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform ins conservative. Far too many Illinois Republican leaders fail/refuse to defend and advance far too many planks in that platform.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/new-data-exposes-illinois-gop-crisis-millions-of-republicans-arent-voting-party-leaders-to-blame.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New voter-participation data circulating among Illinois conservatives is highlighting what many now argue is the real and long-running crisis inside the Illinois Republican Party: collapsing enthusiasm, shrinking turnout, and a leadership class that has failed the base for more than two decades. Illinois has 12.5 million residents, with roughly 10 million old enough to vote. About 8 million are registered. Yet only 6 million typically vote in a presidential cycle, and just 4 million show up for midterms. According to attorney Tom DeVore, who has studied the numbers closely, the picture for Republicans is even worse. . .For twenty years, the Illinois GOP establishment has presided over shrinking maps, shrinking turnout, shrinking relevance, and a stunning refusal to engage real voters on real issues. “You can complain about the Democrats all day long, but at the end of the day they just want it more badly than Republicans,” DeVore said. “We have a voter-enthusiasm problem in Illinois Republican politics. The party sucks, so Republicans don’t vote.” He argues the problem is not Democrat strength — it’s Republican failure. “Republicans not voting allows bad Republican leaders to stay in office,” he said. “It’s a vicious circle that only a group of people with real courage and talent can resolve.” And while party insiders often bristle at criticism, DeVore says the truth is simple: “They want to blow smoke and tell you it’s the Democrats’ problem, when in reality it’s Republican leadership’s failures.” Democrats already dominate every level of state government, and without a significant shift in Republican engagement, 2026 would simply reinforce the trend. The emerging data shows a participation gap, not a population gap — and unless those millions of inactive Republican-leaning voters reenter the process, Illinois’ political landscape is likely to remain exactly where it has been for the past two decades.)
— Illinois Republicans Lose Focus as Property Taxes Dominate Their Messaging — Despite Having Little Power to Change Them
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/12/illinois-republicans-lose-focus-as-property-taxes-dominate-their-messaging-despite-having-little-power-to-change-them.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Continues Unannounced Visits to Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/pritzker-continues-unannounced-visits-to-crystal-lake/
— Homeland Security Reveals 1,700+ Illegal Aliens Released from Prison into Society Instead of Given to ICE for Deportation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/09/homeland-security-reveals-1700-illegal-aliens-released-from-prison-into-society-instead-of-given-to-ice-for-deportation/
— Senate Republicans Seek to Mirror Federal End to Tax on Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/senate-republicans-seek-to-mirror-federal-end-to-tax-on-tips/
— Bruce Leon Gains Support from Orthodox Jewish Leaders for 9th District Democratic Party Nomination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/bruce-leon-gains-support-from-orthodox-jewish-leaders/
— What Homeland Security Says Happened in Elgin
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/what-homeland-security-says-happened-in-elgin/
— Pay Gap Between Men and Women Lessens: “Women Earn About 91–93 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by Men in Comparable Roles.” DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors paid all my female coworkers more than they paid me. All those who they promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like I had.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/pay-gap-between-men-and-women-lessens-women-earn-about-91-93-cents-for-every-dollar-earned-by-men-in-comparable-roles/
— Our U.S. Senator Not Doing Her Homework
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/our-u-s-senator-not-doing-her-homework/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mamdani should open his mayor’s mansion to illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/9/zohran-mamdani-open-mayors-mansion-illegal-immigrants/
— Conservatives outpace liberals in marrying and having children. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/8/conservatives-outpace-liberals-marrying-children/
— The new American dream starts with a college search. Choose a school and degree that will make you a success. DD: Choosing the right major is just as important. I should have chosen accounting from the beginning. I didn’t because I erroneously thought I could not pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditing examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/new-american-dream-starts-college-search/
— How multiculturalism and open borders brought Muslims’ religious war from Nigeria to America. Will Americans celebrate Christmas in 100 years? DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Christianity will die in America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/multiculturalism-open-borders-brought-muslims-religious-war-nigeria/
— Jewish Americans must get on right side of immigration debate. The direct link between leftist leaders, arrivals of unvetted foreigners. DD: My Democrat leaders in the federal government used/forced my many Jewish superiors to take many adverse actions against me. They used/forced my Jewish Post Office superiors to disallow my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and to force me to resign in 1969. They used/forced my Jewish IRS superiors to disallow my travel vouchers in 1974, to disallow my education expenses in 1978, and to not promote me beyond GS-12. They used/forced my Jewish GAO superiors to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, to delay my promotions and to not promote me beyond GS-13, to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/7/jewish-americans-must-get-right-side-immigration-debate/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE puts pressure on Illinois attorney general to honor illegal immigrant detainers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3910538/ice-pressure-illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-illegal-immigrant-detainers/
— How Democrats treat illegal immigrants better than US citizens
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3909088/how-democrats-treat-illegal-immigrants-better-than-us-citizens/
NEW YORK POST
— Furious anti-ICE protesters threw snowballs at feds to protect Chicago Tren de Aragua gangbanger
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/us-news/chicago-anti-ice-protesters-threw-snowballs-at-feds-to-protect-tren-de-argua-gangbanger-dhs-says/
— We’re raising kids who can’t do the math — making them easy to manipulate
https://nypost.com/2025/12/08/opinion/were-raising-kids-who-cant-do-the-math-making-them-easy-to-manipulate/
— Woke Protesters Support Trans Instructor On Leave For Religious Discrimination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp9g013RqVQ
BLAZE
— Illinois, Pritzker has released almost 1,800 violent illegal aliens back onto the streets in defiance of ICE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-have-released-almost-1800-violent-illegal-aliens-back-onto-the-streets-in-defiance-of-ice-dhs-says
BREITBART
— Migrant Crime Soared in Obama’s ‘Welcoming Cities’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/08/report-migrant-crime-soared-obama-welcoming-cities/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Chick-Fil-A waffles on wokeness with same-sex marriage post and DEI focus
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/chick-fil-a-waffles-on-wokeness-with-same-sex-marriage-post.html?mobile=false
CRISIS MAGAZINE
— Young Americans Are Turning to Socialism—They Deserve Better
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/young-americans-are-turning-to-socialism-they-deserve-better
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Administration Has Found 62,000 Children, Some Victims of Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/08/trump-administration-found-62000-children-some-victims-sex-trafficking-forced-labor/
— Illegals Plague Our Highways and Our Health Care
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/09/its-road-warrior-out-there/
FEDERALIST
— American Taxpayers Are Paying Somalis Millions To Not Assimilate. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Sadly, they did not assimilate as fast as they could/should have. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/08/american-taxpayers-are-paying-somalis-millions-to-not-assimilate/
FOX NEWS
— ICE warns Illinois is releasing violent criminal illegal aliens despite detainers, risking public safety. State has released 1,768 criminal aliens with active detainers since January 2025.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-warns-illinois-releasing-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-despite-detainers-risking-public-safety
— Inside ‘Little Mogadishu’: Minnesota’s beleaguered Somali community under a cloud of fraud and Trump attacks. Fox News Digital visited ‘Little Mogadishu’ in Minneapolis to hear from Somali residents as national debates over integration and welfare fraud intensify.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/inside-little-mogadishu-minnesotas-somali-community-its-push-belonging
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Paid Internship For “Students of Color” Challenged by Equal Protection Project
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/harvard-paid-internship-for-students-of-color-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
MRC TV
— Fox News Special Report Is The Only Nightly Newscast To Cover Mamdani’s ‘How To’ ICE Video For Illegals
https://mrctv.org/videos/fox-news-special-report-only-nightly-newscast-cover-mamdanis-how-ice-video-illegals
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders created affordability problems and now they blame Trump for those problems.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5640001-trump-speech-pennsylvania-economy/
ROLL CALL
— Congress must become a champion guard dog to defend its watchdog. A hostile executive branch could be in charge of the legislative branch’s investigations. DD: My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my having been a GAO employee for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. They have also ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) my becoming a licensed CPA. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present Republican a) federal candidates and elected officials and b) Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township party leaders.
https://rollcall.com/2025/12/08/congress-must-become-a-champion-guard-dog-to-defend-its-watchdog/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Dec. 29, the 15-year term of Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro will end, leaving the Government Accountability Office without a Senate-confirmed leader. The Trump administration has made no secret of its hostility toward GAO, and this creates a dangerous opening for the executive branch to undermine or even capture the agency that exists for one purpose: to help Congress do its job. The current president and his allies in Congress have publicly targeted GAO, recognizing that a weakened watchdog means weakened oversight of executive action. GAO support to Congress extends beyond any single administration. If GAO is captured or hollowed out, the damage will outlast the current presidency. Rebuilding independent investigative capacity takes decades. Losing it takes a moment of inattention. At stake is the legislative branch authority and responsibility set forth in Article I of the Constitution to oversee the executive branch. Congress must act immediately to protect GAO during the transition. This means forming a visible, bipartisan, bicameral coalition — backed by constitutional experts—to reject any executive interference with the legislative branch agency. Any attempt by the current president to appoint, nominate, or direct GAO leadership should be challenged publicly and legally. The message must be unambiguous: GAO belongs to Congress. Most Americans have never heard of GAO. That’s by design. The agency operates as Congress’s nonpartisan, nonpolitical right hand — conducting audits, evaluations, and investigations that give legislators the facts they need to oversee federal programs and hold the executive branch accountable. GAO doesn’t make policy or substitute its judgment for Congress’s. It provides the independent, professional analysis that makes genuine oversight possible.)
ABC NEWS
— Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE. The New York City mayor-elect posted a video explaining immigrants’ rights.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/zohran-mamdani-tells-immigrant-new-yorkers-comply-ice-128194280
CBS NEWS
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h1-b-visa-fees-rural-health-care-hospitals/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Three Years After Dobbs, the State Divide Over Abortion Deepens. DD: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/states-new-abortion-laws.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Because minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, gerrymandering is by definition racial gerrymandering. The Democrats’ 3rd Congressional District in Illinois is a prime example.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/is-this-electoral-map-based-on-race-or-partisanship/2025/12/08/6e43e5bd-7be2-4983-bed5-8e4bcdb01ec5_video.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/09/young-adults-religion-campuses-kirk/
USA TODAY
— College students less comfortable expressing beliefs after Kirk death
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/08/charlie-kirk-assassination-students-free-speech-poll/87623920007/
LAW AND THE WORPKPLACE
— EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on National Origin Discrimination DD: I am 100% German national origin and a Missouri Synod Lutheran. All my employers would have hired noncitizens and/or non-German Americans instead of me if they could have. There are many negative German stereotypes. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Germans I lived in Crete 1948-1972 when it was overwhelmingly German American and Lutheran. While I was a Firestone Store employee for more than 2 years and a federal employee for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times virtually all of my supervisors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had loved ones who were killed by Germans. In my defense, I stressed that while all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany, they all immigrated way back in 1840s and 1850s. I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. I stressed that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. I stressed that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.lawandtheworkplace.com/2025/12/eeoc-issues-updated-guidance-on-national-origin-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The EEOC has issued a one-page technical assistance document, “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against the Law” and updated its national origin discrimination landing page, reinforcing national origin discrimination protections with a focus on immigration-related issues. The latest guidance follows the EEOC’s previous 2016 Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination, which remains in effect. Title VII, which is enforced by the EEOC, prohibits employment discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and applies to most private employers with 15 or more employees. Under Title VII, discrimination based on national origin with respect to compensation and other terms and conditions of employment is unlawful, and employers are prohibited from limiting, segregating or classifying employees in a way that could deprive them of opportunities based on their national origin. The new technical assistance document defines national origin discrimination as “treating employees or applicants unfavorably or favorably because they are from a particular country or part of the world, because of ethnicity or accent, or because they appear to be of a certain ethnic background.” The landing page emphasizes that Title VII protects all workers, “including Americans,” and explains that national origin discrimination can include preferring foreign workers, including workers with certain visa statuses, over American workers. It further highlights that discrimination can occur when the victim and the person engaging in the discrimination are of the same national origin.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The GOP Can’t Agree on a Healthcare Plan. Some Republicans Are Panicking. Senate is expected to vote this week on Democratic-backed measure to extend enhanced healthcare subsidies. DD: Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-gop-cant-agree-on-a-healthcare-plan-some-republicans-are-panicking-76b6d89e
— China Is Gearing Up for a Potential Invasion of Taiwan
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/how-china-chinese-invasion-taiwan-ba7e3916
FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/12/08/a-diverse-hire-not-a-diversity-hire/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/11/final-schedule-f-regulations-describe-civil-service-protections-unconstitutional-overcorrections/409616/
POLITICO
— Supreme Court seems likely to let Trump fire independent agency heads. DD: Trump could cite Diersen v. GAO. The 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/supreme-court-slaughter-trump-firings-00681078
NPR
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly creates more homelessness by destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5637407/homelessness-in-the-new-gilded-age
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5637259/placeless-author-traces-the-roots-and-realities-of-mass-homelessness-in-america
— Americans facing unaffordable healthcare costs if ACA subsidies end share concerns. DD: Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married I was 29 years old and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5634778/americans-facing-unaffordable-healthcare-costs-if-aca-subsidies-end-share-concerns
HR ZONE
— DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government made it clear that they believed that the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://hrzone.com/2025-12-are-staff-surveys-making-employees-too-entitled/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Disturbing truth about Somalis in America that no Democrat will ever confront
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15356833/somali-americans-usa-stats-expert.html
— Woke school gives kids as young as 11 tips on how to ‘come out as trans.’ DD: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15364609/maryland-westland-middle-school-transgender-binding-lessons.html
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— US tech co-founder says he’ll pay $100,000 per day for H-1B talent: ‘Will set up recurring payment.’ DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/us-tech-co-founder-says-hell-pay-100-000-per-day-for-h-1b-talent-will-set-up-recurring-payment-101765206308941.html
ZOOM BANGLA
— Caste Discrimination a Major Drag on India’s Economy. DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://inews.zoombangla.com/caste-discrimination-a-major-drag-on-indias-economy-argues-prominent-economist/
ECONOMIC TIMES
— H-1B visa appointments cancelled for many applicants as US expands social media vetting. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/work/h1b-visa-appointments-cancelled-for-many-applicants-as-us-expands-social-media-vetting/articleshow/125865253.cms
December 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders say that there are life-and-death stakes in the debate over Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. ACA is a mecca for fraud. GAO has shown how easy it is for the ineligible to sign up.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/opinion-aca-subsidies-obamacare-congress-vote/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Somali and Somalians.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/column-donald-trump-somalis-ilhan-omar-christopher-rufo-page/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly generates more homeless people.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251207/news/they-always-provide-journeys-offers-a-lifeline-and-a-path-out-of-homelessness/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will forever do everything that they can to illegally bring citizens of foreign countries into America illegally and to illegally keep them in America illegally. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251207/news/travesty-elgin-mayor-blasts-federal-agents-actions-against-protesters/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— At this downtown condo building, second-home buyers are back. DD: In Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article on me ( https://gopillinois.com/documents/ ), to paint me as being grossly overpaid by IRS, it stressed that I owned a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East (ODE) building in downtown Chicago as well as a 5-year-old townhome in University Park. But I was renting out that townhome because I could not sell it without taking a big loss. I bought that ODE condo so that I could walk to/from it and my IRS job in the Loop and graduate evening accounting classes at DePaul.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/sales-cirrus-show-uptick-second-home-buyers-downtown
NPR ILLINOIS
— After Texas ruling, Trump and Republicans head to 2026 with a redistricting edge
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-08/after-texas-ruling-trump-and-republicans-head-to-2026-with-a-redistricting-edge
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Irish influence lives beyond the machine
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/12/08/irish-influence-lives-beyond-the-machine-00680500
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-643/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Expert blasts Illinois Congressman’s push to double H-1Bs as ‘tone-deaf’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1ac402b4-140f-401c-b5cb-0fa70098d5a7.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Scandals
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/republican-scandals/
— Outrageously High Cost Taxpayer Subsidized Housing in Alton
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/08/outrageously-high-cost-taxpayer-subsidized-housing-in-alton/
REPUBLICANS OF MAINE TOWNSHIP
— Candidate Forum DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would still be hosting candidate forums. If I was still an Illinois Center Right coalition Steering Committee member, the organization would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://romt.nationbuilder.com/candidate_forum_pickwick
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s firing power faces major test at the Supreme Court. DD: Trump could cite Diersen v. GAO. The 7th Circuit ruled that my Democrat GAO superiors had the power to force me to retire, that is, that they had the power to fire me, when I was 49 years old in 1997, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3907415/trumps-firing-power-faces-major-test-at-the-supreme-court/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Transition Adviser’s Nonprofit Under Congressional Investigation for Allegedly Teaching Illegal Aliens How To Evade ICE. The news comes after a campaign in which the New York City mayor-elect vowed to prevent ICE from carrying out deportations.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/mamdani-transition-advisers-nonprofit-under-congressional-investigation-for-allegedly-teaching-illegal-aliens-how-to-evade-ice/
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/mamdani-transition-adviser-under
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani gives advice to thwart, evade ICE in video message calling to ‘stand up’ to feds
https://nypost.com/2025/12/07/us-news/zohran-mamdani-gives-advice-to-thwart-evade-ice-in-video-message-calling-to-stand-up-to-feds/
— Protesters hurl icy snowballs at immigration agents trying to cuff man fleeing car crash outside Chicago. DD: Democrats make it ever-increasingly clear that they will a) never stop bringing illegals into America and b) never stop fighting to keep them in America. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/07/us-news/protesters-hurl-snowballs-at-immigration-agents-near-chicago/
— Younger generations are making riskier investments and spending more recklessly as they give up on the American dream of owning a home. DD: Did you have the American dream? I did. Where did the money come from for your first down payment? For me, back in the good old days, it came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. I bought a new townhome 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 1972. In addition, I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and I paid for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/07/business/younger-americans-making-riskier-investments-nonessential-purchases-for-tragic-reason/
AMERICAN THINKER
— New chant: ‘Assimilate or Repatriate’ DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Sadly, they did not assimilate as fast as they could/should have. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/new_chant_assimilate_or_repatriate.html
— Minnesota Proves that Politics is a Spoils System. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I refused to become a Democrat. My ending salary in today’s dollars was $153,151/year, but only because I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. With those qualifications, I would have earned much more in the private sector.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/12/minnesota_proves_that_politics_is_a_spoils_system.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Back at the Dawn of the Progressive Age in 1883 our representatives in Congress passed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act and promised a Golden Age with a civil service hired on merit instead of the corruption of the Spoils System. With the average federal worker now earning benefits and a pension far higher than the average private sector worker, does anyone still think that the civil service system is anything other than a corrupt spoils system? Only now the jobs in the spoils system are lifetime jobs for Democrats, and Republicans need not apply, whereas in the bad old days the spoils were switched from one party in a fair and equitable manner after each election.)
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Mamdani posts video tipping illegals on how to evade ICE, ‘stand up’ to feds
After Texas ruling, Trump and Republicans head to 2026 with a redistricting edge
BLAZE
— NYC councilwoman lays into ‘rich,’ ‘entitled’ Mamdani voters as mayor-elect plans to leave homeless encampments alone.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mamdani-homeless-camp-sweep-ban
COLLEGE FIX
— Social work accreditor says colleges should teach students to advocate DEI. DD: My critics/opponents advocate DEI. To advocate DIE is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/social-work-accreditor-says-colleges-should-teach-students-to-advocate-for-dei/
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani tells New York City residents how to resist ICE agents knocking at their door in new video after Manhattan immigration raid. DD: Mamdani ever-increasingly proves that he is anti-American if not an America-hater. That ever-increasingly proves that those who voted for Mamdani are anti-American if not America-haters. How soon will New York City succeed from America?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-elect-tells-residents-how-resist-ice-agents-knocking-door-new-video
— Republicans divided over whether to salvage Obamacare — or replace it — ahead of subsidy deadline. DD: The 72% healthcare insurance subsidy that the federal government gives its employees and retirees and their spouses helped me deal with my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ tremendous efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-remain-deeply-divided-whether-replace-reform-obamacare-policies-ahead-subsidy-deadline.amp
PJ MEDIA
— Is There Hope for the GOP in 2026? DD: How much money will Pritzker spend to defeat the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct? Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him. So far, how successful has Pritzker been in your county, township, municipality, school district, precinct, neighborhood, and block?
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/07/is-there-hope-for-the-gop-in-2026-n4946788
— DD: How welcome are you in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, in your precinct, in your neighborhood, and on your block? Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who are the following are ever-increasingly more unwelcome: American, Republican, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thepostmillennial.com/gop-sen-john-curtis-urges-americans-to-help-immigrants-feel-more-welcome-breaks-with-trump-over-somali-comments
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump to charge illegals $5,000 ‘apprehension fee.’ “Illegal aliens age 14 or older who entered the United States without inspection will be assessed a $5,000 apprehension fee.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-admin-to-charge-illegal-immigrants-5000-apprehension-fee
TOWNHALL
— Trump Administration is Sweeping Minneapolis for Illegals After Somali Fraud Exposed
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/07/trump-admin-sweeping-minneapolis-for-illegals-after-somali-fraud-exposed-n2667499
— Democratic Lawmakers Big Mad That Trump Admin is Fighting NarcoTerrorists. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote illegal drug use.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/12/07/democratic-lawmakers-big-mad-that-trump-admin-is-fighting-narcoterrorists-n2667501
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats see an opening to win the Miami mayor’s race in the latest test of the US political mood. DD: When your mayor is up for reelection, who will Democrat leaders run?
https://apnews.com/article/miami-mayor-election-democrats-trump-republicans-florida-ffffea54bb56ad0ed3bee2840b70c615
STAR TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite religious leaders against Trump, that is, against Protestants.
https://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-religious-leaders-unite-to-support-somali-community-and-condemn-trump-attacks/601539354
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Abortion Access Became a Major Sticking Point in the GOP Healthcare Fight. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/aca-subsidies-abortion-funding-ebda5459
— ObamaCare Is a Mecca for Fraud. GAO shows how easy it is for the ineligible to sign up.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/obamacare-is-a-mecca-for-fraud-96fe6c29
— I Have a Positive Net Worth. Now I Just Can’t Let It Go to My Head. DD: According to Money Magazine, my net worth was $60,000 when I was 29 years old at the end of 1977. That is $322,000 in today’s dollars. In Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article on me ( https://gopillinois.com/documents/ ), it hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had that net worth because IRS grossly overpaid me ($108,978/year in today’s dollars) and because I had avoided the Vietnam War draft. In my defense, my net worth at that time came from money that I had earned a) doing yard work 1962-1964. b) delivering newspapers 1962-1966, c) washing dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, e) delivering mail 1966-1969, f) working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, h) pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, and i) collecting delinquent federal taxes for IRS since 1971. In my defense, I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/positive-net-worth-wealth-effect-bccf310c
POLITICO
— The government’s top watchdog is retiring — but the Trump probes continue. The comptroller general is wrapping up his term after an unprecedented year checking the Trump administration. DD: My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my having been a GAO employee for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. They have also ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) my becoming a licensed CPA. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present Republican a) federal candidates and elected officials and b) Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township party leaders.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/07/gene-dodaro-gao-trump-impoundment-00679550
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gene Dodaro started his career at what is now the Government Accountability Office in 1973, as then-President Richard Nixon was battling Congress for control of federal cash. More than a half-century later, Dodaro runs that watchdog agency amid another epic clash between Capitol Hill and the White House over President Donald Trump’s funding moves. Now, with his 15-year term as comptroller general coming to an end in late December, he’s getting ready to retire. “I’m going into witness protection,” Dodaro, 74, said in a recent interview of his upcoming departure from the independent office with a workforce of more than 3,000. He meant it as a joke. But Dodaro’s agency, which is tasked with auditing federal programs and helping lawmakers fulfill their constitutional duties, has been under an unprecedented level of scrutiny this year as conservative lawmakers and the White House publicly challenge GAO’s objectivity and seek to undermine its influence. Adding to the pressure on Dodaro, the Supreme Court this fall appeared to endorse the view that only the comptroller general has the authority to sue the Trump administration for flouting impoundment law — not the groups losing out on federal cash. Dodaro has declined to take such legal action, despite the urging of some lawmakers, including Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins. “People are already suing in many cases,” he reasoned, adding that the court’s decision “surprised” him and that he won’t be “cajoled” into suing. “We’ll see what we need to do. But we need to be prudent and make sure that — when we do it — we’re in the strongest possible position to prevail,” he added. Following the Supreme Court’s opinion, Collins said in a brief interview that it “goes without saying” this dynamic underscores the need for the lawmakers involved in the selection process to find a strong candidate to succeed Dodaro. Dodaro’s last day is Dec. 29, at which point he will hand-pick an acting comptroller general to take the reins of the agency until the Senate confirms a permanent replacement. A panel of 10 lawmakers seated on a bipartisan commission is supposed to suggest candidates for Trump to nominate. Whoever succeeds Dodaro will have to direct ongoing probes into Trump’s funding moves. To date, the agency has issued 11 opinions — five concluding the administration illegally withheld money, two citing some wrongdoing. Dozens are ongoing. “The worst thing for GAO is to look like you have an agenda. That’s what concerns me about allegations like we’re against the current president’s agenda. We’re not,” he said. “Our job, and most of what we’re doing, is in response to actions they’ve taken. It’s not things we’re bringing up out of nowhere.” Because the Office of Management and Budget has stonewalled GAO’s requests for information, the agency is forced to rely on evidence in the many lawsuits against the administration, Dodaro said. Moreover, the GAO head said he has never spoken to Trump’s budget chief, Russ Vought. Multiple attempts to make contact during the first Trump administration were unsuccessful, he added. “His public comments have led me to believe that wouldn’t be a successful approach here,” Dodaro said of Vought, who on social media this spring accused the office of taking a “partisan role in the first-term impeachment hoax,” a reference to GAO’s conclusion that Trump illegally withheld aid to Ukraine in 2019. The past 11 months have been politically difficult for Dodaro in other ways. Earlier this year, top Republicans derided GAO for not blessing Senate GOP efforts to skirt filibuster rules to overturn state waivers issued under former President Joe Biden for pollution standards — and ignored the agency’s conclusion to boot. Dodaro fended off Elon Musk’s attempt to send a downsizing team to GAO as part of the president’s now-disbanded Department of Government Efficiency initiative, before House Republicans proposed cutting the agency’s budget in half for the current fiscal year. It’s not the first time the comptroller general has irked a party in power. During the Biden administration, GAO delivered its first-ever estimate of fraud in the federal government, pegging losses at between $233 billion and $521 billion dollars a year. “OMB wasn’t happy,” Dodaro recalled. Dodaro’s agency doesn’t always disappoint Republicans. Just last week, GOP lawmakers cheered a new GAO report reinforcing their arguments about fraud in the Obamacare insurance marketplace. To investigate this claim, GAO set up 24 fake accounts; 22 successfully enrolled in plans. It ended up costing the federal government thousands of dollars a month. And Congress has averted several crises as a direct result of the watchdog’s warnings. That includes action to replace crucial weather satellites before they fail and to buoy the federal insurance program designed to protect Americans whose pension benefits are at risk. “GAO is incredibly valuable … the ability for Congress to ask a hard question and ask them to chase it,” said Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who added that Dodaro has for years aided him in a running effort to compel federal agencies to identify and describe each program they oversee. Dodaro also started a partnership with experts at the National Academy of Sciences and launched an international effort to help developing countries run audit offices. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who is supposed to serve on the commission to recommend candidates for a Senate-confirmed comptroller general, said lawmakers “won’t find anybody as experienced and as knowledgeable” as Dodaro. “The integrity and professionalism he brought to the job, I thought, was exceptional.” Dodaro attributes any praise to decades of relationship maintenance, including with top Trump administration officials who used to be members of Congress and senators who formerly served in the House. “I try to pull out all the stops on my Italian charm,” he joked. “We’re not only in the auditing business. We’re in the relationship business.” The next comptroller general could be anyone, and it could be a long time before that person is seated. Dodaro is the only Senate-confirmed GAO chief who was picked from inside the agency, and he held the position in an acting capacity for more than two years before then-President Barack Obama nominated him upon the recommendation of lawmakers. The Senate confirmed him by unanimous consent in 2010. “If it can be done quickly, that’s fine. If it can’t, then they need to take their time to get the right person in the job, because it’s 15 years,” Dodaro said of the selection process for his successor. “I have great confidence in the people at GAO … and I have confidence in the Congress to take their responsibility seriously and pick someone. This is their person — to serve them.”)
WEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to discourage/end traditional marriage. Ironically, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not gotten married in 1978, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or e) become a licensed CPA in 1981. While I was an IRS employee for almost 9 years and a GAO employee for almost 18 years, I ever-increasingly had more job-related education, more job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license than my IRS and GAO superiors had.
https://theweek.com/articles/528746/origins-marriage
FINANCIAL TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame affordability problems on Trump, that is, they ever-increasingly blame inflation problems on Trump.
https://www.ft.com/content/e569454d-ea51-42c5-86ed-d2d61fa47edc
HR DRIVE
— Workers from lower socioeconomic backgrounds face barriers. DD: What is your socioeconomic background? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/workers-from-lower-socioeconomic-backgrounds-face-barriers-to-inclusion/805246/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FEDERAL
— ‘Know Your Rights’: Mamdani urges New Yorkers to push back against ICE raids.
https://thefederal.com/category/international/know-your-rights-mamdani-urges-new-yorkers-push-back-against-ice-raids-219708
TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘Every illegal alien, foreigner and visa scammer…’: Stephen Miller weighs in on US birthright citizenship
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/every-illegal-alien-foreigner-and-visa-scammer-stephen-miller-weighs-in-on-us-birthright-citizenship-amid-trumps-clash-with-sc/articleshow/125817595.cms
— Homan defends Trump’s ‘garbage’ line, claims Minnesota has ‘large illegal Somali community’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/tom-homan-defends-donald-trumps-garbage-line-claims-minnesota-has-large-illegal-somali-community/articleshow/125823971.cms
SOCIALIST WORKER
— Exploitation is capitalism’s dirty secret. DD: My critics/opponents want socialism. According to them, capitalist employers exploit their employees. According to them, if had spent my career in the capitalist private sector instead of the socialist federal government, I never would have made $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. What if I had spent my career in the capitalist private sector? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I earned a CPA license. I anticipate/expect that someone in the capitalist private sector with my credentials and my work experience would have earned at least $200,000+/year. To advance in the socialist federal government, you have to be a Democrat.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/exploitation-is-capitalisms-dirty-secret/
December 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite against Republicans those who are minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/06/black-chicagoans-latinos-immigrants-operation-midway-blitz
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will forever do everything that they can to illegally bring citizens of foreign countries into America illegally and to illegally keep them in America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/opinion-police-federal-law-enforcement-public-safety-politicization/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/opinion-republican-party-donald-trump-renaming/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Somalia and Somalians.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/minnesota-somalians-somali-walz-fraud-minnesota/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois’ US Senate primary race shows candidates still must court shrinking downstate Democratic base
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/illinois-senate-race-downstate-democrats/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: From shooting to Slim Jims, immigration agents’ poor tactics made for needless safety risks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/experts-immigration-agents-poor-tactics-unsafe-policing/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will make 2026 all about 1619 instead of 1776.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251206/literature/proud-to-be-an-american-st-charles-author-publishes-book-celebrating-250-years-of-america/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251206/religion/were-not-backing-down-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-will-go-on-in-des-plaines-despite-immigrati/
OAK PARK
— Candidates need skillsets, not skeletons in the closet. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Voters demand more from Republican candidates than from Democrat candidates. They demand even more from Republican candidates who state that they are conservative. Candidates can always run as Independents. Should political parties have the power to stop candidates from seeking offices as a member of their party? If so, what criteria should be used? Far too many candidates have tremendous skeletons in their closets. When those skeletons come out, not only do they lose, but the party that they ran under loses. When their skeletons come out, far too many Republican candidates blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But nothing has ever been in my newsletters that was not already in the public realm and/or was already known by the Democrats. Democrat leaders have always falsely claimed to have first learned of Republican negatives from my newsletters. Far too many who are involved in Republican activities are Democrat plants.
https://www.oakpark.com/2021/01/26/candidates-need-skillsets-not-skeletons-in-the-closet/
WCIA
— Trump says Biden to blame for affordability crisis: ‘I’M FIXING IT.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for affordability problems, that is, for some people having less money than others. Why do you have more money than others? I took bad jobs that my peers did not have to take and would not stoop to take. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/trump-says-biden-to-blame-for-affordability-crisis-im-fixing-it/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Democrats Protecting Maduro’s Narcos
https://johnkassnews.com/why-are-democrats-protecting-narco-terrorists-like-maduro/
GOPUSA ILLINOPIS
— When voters have complaints against Trump, who do take it out on? Sadly, from what I see, ever-increasingly, it will be Republican candidates on the ballot in their precinct and their Republican Precinct Committeeman. I will get a measure of that when I hand-deliver the March 17, 2026 Republican primary ballot and Republican candidate campaign literature to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one Independent voter. In the 2024 election, Harris got 478 votes and Trump got 373 votes. The mainstream news media ever-increasingly spins everything against Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— 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. They have done that a) because they benefit personally from the aforesaid or want to benefit personally from the aforesaid and/or b) because they want to curry favor with minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and/or citizens of foreign countries. Because of the aforesaid and because I have always fought the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Because of the aforesaid and because I have always fought the aforesaid, my superiors in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition wasted my political career and got rid of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s senseless plan to end homeless camp sweeps will make NYC’s problem worse. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness because it destroys traditional marriage and family, because it promotes dependency on government and charity, because it promotes vices, and because it destroys meritocracy.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/06/opinion/michael-goodwin-mamdanis-senseless-plan-to-end-homeless-camp-sweeps-has-no-real-solution-in-sight/
— Mamdani’s DSA party pushing China propaganda in new monthly ‘political education’ seminars
https://nypost.com/2025/12/06/us-news/dsa-pushing-china-propaganda-in-new-monthly-political-education-seminar/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s optimistic America-First National Security Strategy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/12/trump_s_optimistic_america_first_national_security_strategy.html
BREITBART
— Texas ‘Bathroom Law’ Mandates Use Based on Biological Sex
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/12/06/new-texas-bathroom-law-mandates-use-based-on-biological-sex/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— Marines Say ‘Unapologetic’ Standards Drove Recruiting As Pentagon Raises The Bar Across Military. DD: Did you try to enlist? What if I had tried to enlist? I cannot run because I have a bone disease, my eyesight cannot be corrected to 20/20, I have partial red/green color blindness, my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my high school class, and I demonstrated no leadership potential while I was in grade school, high school, or college.
https://www.aol.com/articles/marines-unapologetic-standards-drove-recruiting-201630633.html
DAILY WIRE
— New Lawsuit Could Topple The Heart Of Race-Based Federal Programs. The government will likely no longer use race to establish “social disadvantage.” DD: My critics/opponents have always painted themselves as being disadvantaged and/or as being champions for the disadvantaged. According to my critics/opponents, if you have successes and you are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, it is because you benefitted from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-lawsuit-could-topple-the-heart-of-race-based-federal-programs
FOX NEWS
— Detained illegal immigrants will face $5K ‘apprehension fee’
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/detained-illegal-immigrants-face-5k-apprehension-fee-border-patrol-chief.print
— High-brow New Jersey suburb’s high school launches Socialist Club with Karl Marx imagery. Club flyer tells students to ‘learn ways to solve social problems that don’t involve exploiting the working class.’ DD: Were you exploited? According to my critics/opponents. I was never exploited because I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. According to my critics/opponents, if I had worked in the private sector, that is, if I had worked under capitalists, in today’s dollars, I never would have been able to earn $19.37/hour when I was 18 in 1966, $55,850/year when I was 22, $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,635/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 31, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153,151/year when I was 49 notwithstanding my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-relate professional license when I was 32.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/high-brow-new-jersey-suburbs-high-school-launches-socialist-club-karl-marx-imagery.amp
— Mamdani-appointed NYC professor who wrote book on ending policing now tasked with shaping community safety
https://www.aol.com/articles/mamdani-appointed-nyc-professor-wrote-110005310.html
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— 1776, Not 1619. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will make 2026 all about 1619 instead of 1776.
https://www.heritage.org/american-history/commentary/1776-not-1619
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— A Ridiculous Lack of Consequences Week in Education
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/a-ridiculous-lack-of-consequences-week-in-education/
— Some Colleges are Still Requiring Diversity-Related Admissions Essays. “College Transitions, an admissions consulting firm, identified 19 colleges with optional or required diversity essays” DD: UIC admitted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But because I oppose race and gender based preference giving, if I was 18, 20, 23, or 43 today, they would not admit me today.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/some-colleges-are-still-requiring-diversity-related-admissions-essays/
PJ MEDIA
— Mamdani Unveils Major New Element of His Plan to Destroy New York City
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/12/06/mamdani-unveils-major-new-element-of-his-plan-to-destroy-new-york-city-n4946771
VEG OUT MAGAZINE
— 9 types of discipline boomers developed that younger generations were never required to build. These forms of discipline still matter today—perhaps more than ever. And younger generations can absolutely develop them, but it requires conscious effort, because modern life removes many of the natural challenges that used to build these habits automatically.
https://vegoutmag.com/lifestyle/gen-9-types-of-discipline-boomers-developed-that-younger-generations-were-never-required-to-build/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. The discipline of delayed gratification. . .2. The discipline of doing things manually. . .3. The discipline of showing up even when you don’t feel like it. . .4. The discipline of living within your means. . .5. The discipline of face-to-face communication. . .6. The discipline of patience in problem-solving. . .7. The discipline of personal accountability. . .8. The discipline of boredom tolerance. . .9. The discipline of making do with what you have.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEW YORK
— Mamdani vows to end homeless ‘sweeps.’ DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness because it destroys traditional marriage and family, because it promotes dependency on government and charity, because it promotes vices, and because it destroys meritocracy.
https://abc7ny.com/post/mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-vows-end-homeless-sweeps-nyc/18255064/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will forever do everything that they can to illegally bring citizens of foreign countries into America illegally and to illegally keep them in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/biden-immigration-trump.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, healthcare will be free. The federal government paid 72% of my healthcare insurance while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, it has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance since I was forced to retire in 1997, and it has paid 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance since we got married in 1978. That helped me endure tremendous efforts my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/republicans-congress-health-care.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to discourage/end traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/opinion/marriage-divorce-happy.html
— Carbondale is at the Center of a Seismic Shift in Abortion Access. A liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, Carbondale has become a hub for the procedure. Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/politics/abortion-carbondale.html
— DD: The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly more anti-Christian, more anti-American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/opinion/trump-hegseth-christian-nationalism.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for affordability problems, that is, for some people having less money than others. Why do you have more money than others? I took bad jobs that my peers did not have to take and would not stoop to take. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/06/trump-affordability-inflation-prices-economy/
DAILY JOURNAL
— Justin Shegerian wins $103M in age bias case. DD: I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 years old in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors deemed me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. I ultimately did make GS-13, but not until I was 38 and had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.dailyjournal.com/article/388886-justin-shegerian-wins-103m-in-age-bias-case-in-first-time-as-first-chair
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Top Advisers Wage Campaign to Shift His Focus to High Prices. During closed-door meetings in recent weeks, the president’s aides have pressed him to calibrate his message on affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for affordability problems, that is, for some people having less money than others. Why do you have more money than others? I took bad jobs that my peers did not have to take and would not stoop to take. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-economy-affordability-lower-prices-308f93ee
FORBES
— Hegseth Trashes ‘Weakness, Wokeness, War’ During Reagan National Defense Forum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1wSXzgo1A
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly call Trump hateful things.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/usccbs-racial-justice-chair-discourages-dehumanizing-language-after-trump-somali-comments
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say anything like that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to. I had to work my way through college. Their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.epi.org/blog/immigrants-are-not-hurting-u-s-born-workers-six-facts-to-set-the-record-straight/
FROM FOREIGN SOURSES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/affordability-crisis-rocks-2026-race-trumps-poll-numbers-tank-in-key-battleground-states/amp_articleshow/125805857.cms
NDTV
— US Rolls Out $5,000 Penalty For Migrants Caught After Illegal Entry. The penalty is approved under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-rolls-out-5-000-penalty-for-migrants-caught-after-illegal-entry-9765903
DAILY MAIL
— New Jersey high school launches socialist club and uses Karl Marx imagery to promote it. DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrat leaders launch socialist clubs in the schools in your school district?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15359321/zohran-mamdani-new-jersey-socialist.html
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/new-jersey-high-school-launches-socialist-club-and-uses-karl-marx-imagery-to-promote-it/ar-AA1RQxbF